The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

JUSTICE -TO IRELAND.f DINNER TO IXR. O'CONNELL. ' This Dinner will take place at COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE ott Tri.snAT, the 12th .41.%larch, at SD; q'Clock precisely. Every attentidtvwilf be paid-to make- The' arrangements worthy of the occasion. The pit and stage of the theatre will be laid together, and the tables spread over the whole area. The boxes w ill b e en tirely reserved for, ladles. The galleries will be opened, and admit tance to the boxes and galleries by tickets, which will be issued to the Stewards. Dinner Tickets, One Guinea each, to be had from the Stewards o n/ y. In consequence of the number to each Steward being limited, rr early application is requested. • The Tickets will , t>e ready on 'ridgy next. 3, Cleveland-row,. St. COPPOCK. St. James's, Feb. 26 1844. COMPANION TO THE NARRATIVES OF LADY SALE AND LIEUTENANT EYE. Just ready, in I vol. mall Bvo, with Illus ß trations, 10s. 6d. bound, • NARRATIVE OF. TIIE LATE VICTORIOUS C AMPAIGN' IN AFFGHANISTAN. ENDER* GENERAL POLLOCK. By Lleut.-JOSEPIIIIIREENWPOD, of 11.31. 31st Regiment. Henry Colburn. Publisher., 13; Great Marlborough-street. Now Ready, Price One Shilling. ip ART. IV. :of. ‘. 4 WINDSOR CASTLE,' AN HISTORICAL-EOMANCE. • Vlllll 110 ILLUSTRATIONS. By G. CRUIKSHANK, &c. To tie Completed In Eleven One Shilling Monthly Parts. Orders received by all llcalcsellers. Henry Colba.ii Publisher; 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 rots post Bvo., C ;- S-WOR T H OIL, TILE. ROMANCE. OF A WEEH. Edited by It. PLLIMER WARD, Esq. . Author of " Trernaine," " De Vero," &e. Henry Colburn, Publisher, .13, Great Marlborough-street. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, SEASON 1844. The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season Is respect:tally presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Publie. ENGAGEMENTS' FOR TUE °TEMA. Madame Grist, Madlle. M. Favent' (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Benin', Madame Dal Floriotnd Madame Persian'. Signor Mario, Sig. Correll! (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig. Dal Fiori, Sig. Felice (his first - appearance at this - Theatre); Sig. Fornasari, Sig: F. Labbteht, and Sig. Labtube. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. TUE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta, Grist, .Madlle. Adelaide Fres!, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan; Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, 3ladlle. Planquet, Madlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre); Madlle. fanny Elsaler, and Mialle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in •thli country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. Gouriet, M. Venafra, 3f. Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a _numerous sad efficient Corps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Madlle.,Taglioni, and there is. every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste Will be so; eared for a 'United number of representations. THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, Will he repeated a New Grand Opera, in - three Acts. called THE BOli EMIAN GIRL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrans; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. . Af.er which, I • Will be repeated Albert's c,lebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHENI'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Bene,act. M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, bidlle. Fleury; Agnes, Mdlle tiara Webster; Julia, '.'adame Petit Stephan; Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryart. Dress Boxes Second Price :is. bd. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 4 econd Price 3s. ; Pit 3s , Second Price 9.5.• Muddle Gallery 2a., t3_ and Price Is.; Upper Galle r y I s., Second Ace 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERT& M. JULLIEN hai the honour to announce that his ANNUAL BENEFIT will take place THIS ,EVENING, February 29. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—.PARI2 1. O vertere, - Anacreon—Cheruhini. Sarteh QuLdrille, With the imitationlof the Highland Pipe—Julien. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston, Herr lisenig. Grand Symphony (first movement), entitled The Power of Sound— Spohr. • • , . Solo, Flute. Mr. Richardson. also La Cai le--Jullien. The Destruction of Pompeii—Roth Albert. • PART IL The Nightingale Waltz—Jullien. _ Opera, Robert le Diable, Gran/ Fantasia, with Solos—Meyerbecr, Bola, Violoncello, M. Pilot. Selections from Stabat Mater—Rossini. Valle. La Valse a Deux Terns..-Jullien.- The English Quadrille—Jullien. • Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle L 2s. ; Private B Boxes, 11. I s . Ti c k ets to be, obtained at the ox-office of the Theatre of Mr. Mitchell, old Bond-street ; Mr. Andrews, N ew Bond-str eet; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 4 Maddox.street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL., HAYMARKET. M tt. BENJ AAI IN. WEBSTER, LESSEE THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Yestr is. After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus Leech, Nr Tilbury; Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett ; Lady Clutterb uc k, Mrs Humby. To conclude with a New I- airy Extravaganza entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Gracefbl, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidors, Miss Julia Bennett. . . Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery. 25.; Upper Gallery. Is. Half-price—Boxes 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper etallcry. fat Doors opened at half.past Six, and the Performance commence at Seven. • Ekkets 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. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 29, Will be performed Be llini's °Lem Serra, NORMA. Polio, Mr. Wood ; Oroveso, M r . W e i s ; Norma, Mrs. Wood ; Adel isa, Miss Grant; Clotilda, Miss Floyd. - After whicbo New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Ss Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr. Dapper; Mr. Oxberry ; Lady Clitton, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with a New Farce, called BOUNCE; or, The Ojibbeway Indians. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS EVENING, Charles;FEBRAY 29, Will be repeated, by permission of Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. O. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which the Tragedy of RICHARD tHE THIBD. Ri chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. DATIL:0(10S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. ENING, FERUY .29. Will be performed THlSEV a New Drama, B entitle A d ß THE LAST SHIL. LING. supported by all the Company. After winch. The Armenian Prodigy, or Wonderful Ariel Pole Dancer. Ts, be fbilowed by A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Boa,' with splendid Appointments. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE. THE WEATHER.--SUN OFFICE, FEB. 29.- TuratmostirrEn, Lowest, 32 ; Highest,' 45 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.7.-1% IND; S.W. NOU.—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. HIGH WATER AT 1.0.!..7D0.:N-BRiDGE THIS DAY. Morning 49 minutes after 9 r Evening .. 33 minutes after 10. ; , -; 4 lr, I, .... 3 , ::. soy , .v , • N 44 ; '''...v.-," ..,,,, • ..,..,..,.. 4 ..• 4 ....":. +,'', . A (ft f`l, - • ....v ,W77 . " - d iek ok ...... , -,..., ..„,.. ~...., . -"Fs : \ , ,izigl.kl.... _..! , ,a) , ... '. Rr ~ , •.t C. ' - '' '" - 'P . ' ~, i.". ,,,, ir ' --° eV*** ' inuj ...• • ~.' ... , ...,...X. - II ', '! . .1 ' f, PI O , O I W .4 SECOND EDITION.. / 1i \ - 4 - Jentil LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1844. Another _meeting of the-Anti-Corn-law League look place at Covent-garden_, last night, when the same enthusiaiin in o the cause, and the same determi nation to fight the battle to the last, was displayed. Sir R. PEEL'S announcement about " finality ". was treated with the mine respect as Lord J. RussEL4'S "finality." The audience, knew well that the words of a Minister signify nothing unless they are in ac cordance with existing circumstances, and that, though an announcementmay come from Downing street that the corn-laiw as as unchangeable as the law of the Medes and Persians,'it must break down before public opinion. No Minister can resist the pnblic voice. Sir. R. Pxzt. is goaded on to speak in support of the. corn-laws ; but no man who has care fully weighed his speeches on free trade—and in that we inclUde the trade in corn—can fail to see that he's waiting only for a fit Opportunity to . carry his wise principles of trade into ftill effect. The Anti-Corn-law League is lila hest supporter. . Its onward course' is too rapid, and attendedi.by events too impressive and too 4tartling, to leave' -rota for deliberation on any of the mere ... outlying circumstances a n d proper ties which are, incidental to the character of its con- atruction.- It --is a spell which has awakened 'the sltimberers of , half a Century - throughout the breadth and length of the land. Its- most de= termined opponents, cannot deny that its ap-i' peal has been magical. '. It - has Spoken, trumpet tongued, in the north ; it has re-echoed alike through. the waste and the,cultivated districts of the east ; it has made head, .and. successfully too, against the " sacred legion" of monopoly in the west; and ere long it will doubtless have brought the fertile counties of the "south. under its allegiance. - That principle must be one of. irresistible cogency which can thus, in defiance 'of long...transmitted opinions, of hereditary prejnclices, and .the authority of practical and experienced, but not the less ill-informed and ill judging agricUltarists, assail 'the very fortresses. of monopolY, and tumble down ,the long consecrated idols of "protective duties" levied.on the introduction of foreign corn. In the enterprise upon which the . League embarked -its leaders felt how much there ' was to be done T-at what" . powerful odds, with established interests. and powers-.-und er w h a t s t em discouragement from class legislati on .. B ut . in the actual conduet,of that . enterprise they had incessantly, to , grapple with obstacles mere formidable than any they could have anticipated. False_ data and incomplete statistics had perverted, instead of ' guiding, • the conclusions that highly gifted ' minds had, in many instances, arrived at, touching the laws of -which it was, the first, the avowed effort of the League 'tO procure the repeal. And thus, not only-were-farmers and tenants found amongst the most strenuous supporters of the unjust monopoly-which lantifords had long exercised so. un- . "li'ElYstirky,\kinjtiriously to their interests.; but even the "poorer classes of consumers upon whom that mono poly supply of.dear bread had operated, as it ever inu.st operate, so oppresSively, - were, at first, in not ~...,:i r. !Infrequent instances, vehemently opposed to its e*- k\Ll n. • . , ; ~..... - t ‘.... .-.- .... whateTer the . cbtficilities, 1 e obstAcles i the - • - Al it . 0 / /,;- j prejudices, the fo ces, the influence, which lay dearly in prospect before them when the active spirits of the League commenced their arduous crusade—what ever the ignorance or fatuity with which, as their labours were advanced, they had to contend—they brought to their mighty task faculties of mind and body which have proved more than equa' to the de mands of each successive exigency. They have made proselytes, by the force of argument and illustra. tion alone, in every rank of society. From the highest order of our long-descended and opulent nobility, to the humblest, and poorest, and the hardest-working sections of our working population, they have equally recruited the ranks of their adhe rents. In every portion of the empire they have pushed . their cause with the same indomitable activity and spiAt—with the same average success. The popularity and influence of the League are in- creased and consolidated, in place of being exhausted or endangered by these constant appeals to public opinion. It carries about it a self-maintaining excitement. The crowded attendance of last evening demonstrates that the sympathy it has aroused in all classes, on behalf of its great cause, is inex haustible— " Age cannot wither it, Nor custom sate its infinite variety." And, in truth, the merits of that cause are of a magnitude and character, intrinsically, which out weigh all the splendour of the brilliant success that has hitherto attended its advocacy, and are a more eloquent testimony to the merits of its champions than twenty Such demonstrations as that, even, of last night. For what is the constitu tional fight in which the League have en gaged ? It is a struggle on their part for the abolition of a grinding Monopoly, vested by an improVident and iniquitous Legislature in one " class" of the nation. On the part of that 'class it is a des perate Struggle' to retain what they fondly imagine a. 'privilege, which it must, now and permanently, be for their signal benefit to retain. The poor feel that from this contest one of two alternatives must inevita bly result to them. The success of the League will secure for their working hands, and for their half starved children, an abundant and cheap supply of the first necessary of life at all times, and under any of those often recurring fluctuations of trade and de• rangements of the currency to which they have been made the &rst and most certain victims. The failure of the League must hand them over to the tender mercies of that Legislature, which, after cheering them on through all the sufferings ind burdens of a wasting war of twelve years (reckoning from the peace of Amiens) by their repeated pledges to relieve them from their unnatural load of taxation on the return of peace, profaned that auspicious event by taxing -more heavily than ever, from that moment, the * millions of bread consumers, for the palpable, sordid; disgraceful, and fraudulent purpose of en hancing the rentals of themselves and some few thousands of other bread growers. The in dustrious but ill remunerated mechanic and journey man—the struggling tradesinan—the reduced or in digent pensioner —they who struggle " to maintain appearances," or the class with which they are un fortunately connected by family or other relations, in the hopeless effort to obtain an adequate measure of monopoly-taxed subsistence out of. their currency taxed pittances of income—these l oo k ,forward withintense solicitude to a consummation which may enable them, at las 4 to participate in the bounties of natural production from the enjoyment which the iron hand of the monopolist has for nine-and-twenty years rudely thrust them forth to pine in sickness or perish. in despair. The pro-corn-law landlords — neither satisfied with the excessive rentals they have long derived in virtue of the excessive prices which the working of that law has obtained.for the 'produce of their acres, nor content to contribute their Volun tary sacrifice to -the mass of those compulsjry ones which the circumstances of the - times' and the " de mands of Parliament" have so largely exacted from every other class of the people —are mad enpugh to protract that which would, even now, be accepted as a concession by those who will, ere long, indignantly extort it as a just, but contumaciously withheld, debt to the nation at large. The final triumph of the League is certain. The ultimate consequebces of such impracticability in their opponents no 'tan can venture to predict. That insurrecti onar y movements and revoltst,which I have so incessantly ag it a t e d the ; Southern S at es o f Europe within the la s t t en or twe l ve years, shoul4 still, even after that lap se o f ti me, h ave l ost so ittle : of their activity as, at this moment, to convulse both Spain and Portugal, is rather a moral necessity than any political phenom enon . It i s t h e result— ore to be vv ; deplored than marvell e d at—of a reactio n , xc it e d by a recent experi ence o f f ree institutions; ich is still warring against the Governments and preiudices of many past centuries—against the mo ra l an d social habits, the tone of thought, and the bent of feeling engendered by the m . W e must not to nar rowly scan the political 'errors "of parties whom we assume . to be in earnest .in their efforts to consolidate their -newly-achieved libert es, -if they , become somewhat reckless 'in the ursuit Of ; So favourite an object ; or if, distrac ed by the various course s o f ac ti on w hi c h present; them selves for their adoption, they dally with the !means till they lose the end. Considerations of this ki - nd especially apply to . the position. of . Portugal, as contradistinguished from that of Spa.n, at the present day. In Spain, all the elements" of feverish excitement appear to have recombined: of late, for the sole purpose of working out, in a war of partisans, and, amidst -the public ruin which has been thereby entailed upon the country; a fierce and grinding military ' deipOtism. In Portugal, not withstanding the strife, of parties, and the 'interruptions of nnprinciplei intrigue, I, the advance of the people has been more gradua), but more steady, and further, 'in the direction of ultimate freedom. Yet it cannot he denied that the existing' Government , of her Most Faithful MAJESTY has not abstained' from serious, violations of what may be considered the fundamental constitution of the kingdom, namely, that of 1829, and her I Most, Faithful MAJESTY'S decree of February 1842. It is as little to be doubted that during the last two years instances have occurred in which her MAJESTY'S Ministers must be 'held to ' have exercised an undue constraint and control over the spontaneous acts of their Royal Mistress. This species of virtual coercion; - on the part of Cosa CABRAL' and others, and the delinquencies and de-; fieiences of their administration of foreign and do mestio.affairs, appear to have induced the recent hostile movement of Count BOMFDI, ex-Minister of War. His proclamation, addressed " to Portuguese citizens Queen and. soldiers ," breathes the •same f erven t and doted loyalty towards the person and authority of the of PORTUGAL as he unquestionably manifested throughout the whole of his career, after the death of the Regent JOAO yi. to her Most Faithful MA JESTY'S Illustrious:father, Dorn PEDRO IV., the Duke crf - 13a.tuANZA. The Count declares - that his move-' ment is against the present Ministry of the QUEEN ? whO, in cOn sequen ee --- Ort l he violent restrairit'in which they hold their Royal Mistress, "prevent her from fulfilling her gracious: promises on promulgating the decree referred to, and from attending to 'the desires and petitiOns of her people." The Count's proclamation thus designates the pre sent Minister- of Portugal :" . • ~ This Ministry, guided bY a man who his no creed, and has no love of country, who looks to nothing but his own in terest, and who is blinded by the 'unbounded ambition, Vrhich rules him, ready to a lt er hi s system or political' opinidii's .ae cording,to the profit which may result to him, always ready to sacrifice those with whom he may have been most .inti mately, connected, and even to pronounce as enemies of the State, theise who will.not lend themselves to become tools of his caprices, or who do not aid in his brutal despotism. .This Ministry has placed us 'on the frightful abyss which threatens to engulf us.' . • • ' •" • ' ' The proclamation, after eulogizing the unalterable loyalty of the people and the army to the Sovereign, describes the grievances under which they labour, " which have caused . the disappearance of ipublic rights, and of individual security, , and the ov-erbur (-teeing Of the people with taxes." The wrongs of the army are largely detailed and insisted on.' The Count then appeals, by all the stirring recol lections and great names of Portuguese history, to his fellow-citizens and soldiers to unite with him in "saving their country, the QUEEN, and their liberty The time, he says, has now arrived for so noble an attempt. It seems evident, both from the language of many of these passages, and fmn that of a very remarkable': farewell address to its readers in the Revoluao of the I tTILA SUN, I/0 NJ) 0 'TIFTT RSD -A V _ . kitlV_G,_ FE BR UAR 29, 1844. which she arrived safely at Nimes. The QUEEN went the same day to Montpellier, whence she was to pro ceed direct to Narbonne, in which town she proposed to rest on Sunday last, and on Monday to cross the Spanish frontier. On Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 2Qc. ; and the Fives at 125 f. 60e. THE BOURSE---Nrozin.ty,FEn. 26. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five,,per Cents 125 60 125 70... 125 60 .- 125 60 Four per Cents. •• •• 106 25 .. 106 25 106.25 .. 106 25 Three per Cents.— • 82 20 .. 82 30 .. 82 20 .. 82 20 Bank of France .• .• •• • 3260 .. 3260 • • 3260 —3260 Laftitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllo7 50 ..1107 50 ..1107 50 ..1107 50 5,000 f. Sharesso77 50 ..5077 50 ..5077 50 —5077 5(1 Belgian Bank . ..... .... . . 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660 Belgian Fives ....... lO6 106 .. 105 1 105 1 1840 1842 Spanish Passive ..• ••••• • • • • 51 .. 54 .. 51 .- 54 Old Deferred....... 71 Portuguese Five ref Cents.. 46 .. 461 .. 461 • . 464 Neapolitan ....... ••• • • •• • • 103 90 • • 103 90 .. 103 75 .. 103 75 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B. • 345.73 .. 343 75 343 75 .. 343 75 - L. 8...... ....... 162 50 .. 165 .. 161 25 .. 163 75 Rouen to. Havre • • 667 50 .. 667 50 .. 667 50 .. 667 50 Orleans ...... .• • • • • • - Strasburg to Bale ..... ...•• 242 50 .. 245 .. 242 50 .. 245 Avignon to Marseilles— • • 741 25 .. 745 • • 741 25 .. 745 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TIIE ACCOUNT. Per - ailles, ..... • •• •• .• 162 50 .. 165 162 50 .. 16.5 Rouen ....... ..... 832 50 .. 832 50 .. 832 50 .• 832 50 Rouen to Havre. Orleans •• ••••• •• •• •• •• 837 50 .. 842 50 .. 837 50 .. 842 50 Strasburg to Bale •• Avignon to Marseilles•• •• 742 50 .. 756 25 .. 742 50 .. 756 25 MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.-111 the week ending February 27, there has been a decrease of 31 in the deaths, as compared - with those of the previous week ; but the excess over the average is still great, amounting to 137: This arises chiefly from diseases of the lungs: The average is 330, while last week the number was 428. The deaths from bronchitis were 63, average 19 ; from pneumonia 111, average 91 ; consumption 165, average 146; diseases of the heart 41, average 21; dropsy 32, average 9. There is a considerable decrease in violent deaths, the ave rage being.2s, while last week the number was only 15, and of these 10 were from burns and scalds, one was from drowning; no case of suicide is stated. Of the 19 persons who died of small , pox, 12 had not been vaccinated. The , thermometer, according, to observations made at the Greenwich Observatory, was lowest on the night of the 23d, marking '23.5 degrees (of Fahrenheit), and highest on the 24th; being 48.3 degrees. In a note it is stated that the changes in the height of the barometer have been considerable. On Feb. 22d it stood at 29.1, on the 23d it had risen to 29.7, and on the 24th it had fallen to 28.6, and at midnight rose to 29.5. BANK OF ENGL.A.ND. The following notice has just been issued from the Bank ,of England " - The Governor and Company of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive applications for loans, upon the deposit of approved Bills of Ex change, . not having- more than six months to run, Exchequer-bills, and East- India Bonds, such loans to be re paid on or before the 18th April next, with interest, at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, and to be for sums of not less than 2,0001. each. " Bank of England, Feb. 29, 1844." . LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 29.—Wind, fresh breeze at S.W., and fine clear weather. DEAL, FEB. 28.—Wind N.N.W. to W.S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Guardian, Calcuttai; Claremont, Bake r , D emerara ; Alexander ' Dean, Cuba. Sld. Sydney, China ; Th omas L ee, Calcutta; Lotui, Barbadoes. Remain, Anna Robertson, for • Madras ; Ida, coast of Africa. RAMSGATE, FEB. 28.—Arrd. Active, Rio for Hamburgh, leaky. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E.N.E. to W.—Sld. George, Calcutta; Robert Stride, Bordeaux. Arrd. London, London for Jamaica, with loss of foreyard. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind S.S.W., hard and squally. —Arrd. Dorothea, London for Grenada; Princess Charlotte, London for Honduras; Prince George transport, London for the West Indies. - STARCROSS, FEB. 28.—Arrd. Ann, Maracaibo to Liverpool. SALCOMBE, FFII. 27.—Arrd. Speedy, Liverpool for LisliOn, bore up froni off Cape Ortega!, with loss of sails, boat, and other daMage. JERSEY, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Broad Axe, Balhache, St. Do mingo, with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind W., strong breeze and squally. —Sid. Albert, Dominica. The Echo, from Dunkirk to Cette, which put in here on the 25th inst., after being on shore on the Gadges, has been surveyed, and commenced discharging. YARMOUTH, FEB. 28.-Ihe Sarah, from London to Goole, and not the Mary Ann, of Hull, is ashore on Corton Beach. SHIELDS, Fan. 27.—The William and Evadne remain on the Herd Swill. WAINFLEET, FEB. 28.—The City of Carlisle, Proudlove, was wrecked yesterday on the Dog flead Sand, off this place ; craw saved. HARTLEPOOL, FEB. 27.—During a severe snow storm from E. to N.E., with a heavy sea, the following vessels went on Shore to the southward, viz. :—Lime, of London ; the Brack, Eliza, and Carlisle, of South Shields ; Noah's Ark, of Aber- , deen ; Felicity, of Lynn ; Chovee, of Newcastle ; the Hope, of Scarborough ; and a laden schooner, name unknown. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind W.N.W., moderate.--Arrd. Union, Todd, Robert Whitway (sld: Dec. 2), and Heart of Oak, Valparaiso ; Richard Watson, Savanilla; Sealby, Bell, Tampico. Put back, Arno, for Havannah. Off, Delhi, Havannah (packet), and George Washington. CORK, Fan. 26.—Arrd. Gem, Robb, Rio Grande, and sailed for Liverpool ; Jane and Catharine, Sofa, liftyti. ABERDEEN, FEB. 26.—The Newcastle, from Shields, sank at her anchors this morning in the bay, hating beendismasted in a gale, 23d inst. ; crew saved. MoNntosE, FEB. 23.=The Leslie, Davidson, of Yarmouth, was wrecked in a heavy gal e l as t night, eight miles N. of this; crow drowned. The gale continues from E,N.E. with snow. &rut, FEB. 27.—A quarter deck with a quantity of wreck, apparently from a schooner, has washed ashore near here. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Cities and in Engle& and 18 43. nude Town the Returns of , per Imperial Quarter. Wheat...—. 5111. ld. i Oats ........ lIIs. 7.1. i Beam.... 90s. 41 liArley.... ..... 333. 7cl. 1 Rye .. ..... . 325 10d $ Pea5e......... 31s. 2d F 7tW r h t ea h li e en: W pec ee to k r en o d n ed th F e eb d r i u n t r y en 2 t AVICRAGICS OF THS LAST SUL WIEKS. Weeks ending WHISAT. IlaftL3Y.l OATS. 1 RTC: 1 DRAMS. .—.......1---. --....-- TEMP 6 93 2 18 0 33 10 2 + ,8 30 8 Jan. 20 ....”— ,l 51 8, 31 7, 1 .____ B 9 31 7i 29 6 l 30 3 27 52 3 33 8 19 9 32 do 6 Se 10 10 ... 52 731 1 10 Ise 32910 30 6 17 53 6 33 4 19 11 31 5 :0 6 31 1 24 .... .... .1 56 1 33 7 19 7 32 10 30 4 21 9 IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVE RAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS wheat.,.....:.1 52. Ild. Oat 3 . ... I m.. 19g. 21. Bea 2lls lid Hades 333. 51. Rye *se.... 32, 91 Pe1ec........•30a. j 9d. Feb. 3 ......... 52 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat lBs., Ori. I Oats ......... 7s. Od. Beam 11,. 6d. Barley .......... 5; Od. Rye . ........ 10 P . 6d.) Pease 10, 6d. Bth instant, that some transactions have taken place in the communications between the Crown and its Ministers, of which we have not yet learned the par ticulars. In the course of the editor's address, he de clares that on the morrow the whole liberties of Por tugal will have been trampled under foot and extin guished, by the Ministry of the QUEEN, " who is ac customed," he remarks, "to be coerced." " To morrow there will not be even these formalities— neither tribunal, nor Parliainent ....no property, no liberty, no press!" As we observed in a former article, the well-known loyalty, merits, and services of Count BOMEild—his past favour with the QUEEN and her Royal Consort— his intrepidity and success in the field, and his ad mirable administration in the Cabinet both as Foreign and as War Minister, leave the whole affair at pre sent under a painful mystery, which is not dimi nished by the brief announcement we have received of the Count's arrest at Elvas. Since the above article was written we have later news from Portugal, which effectually discredit the account of Count BOMFIM'S arrest, but gives us no "further intelligence of the movements of that officer. On the 16th of February, in conformity with a com munication, dated On the 10th, and addressed by him from Herdada de Torre to the commandant of the . 7th Military Division, BoMrmt was expected at Lisbon. He had declared " that he would put him self en route as soon as possible, in order to present himself at the capital." He adds, that he had been at the residence of his friend the Count D'Avii.Ez, where he received the orders of the Minister of War, and that when his state of health permitted he would not fail to carry his purpose into effect. On the 19th, the intelligence reached Lisbon that Boum& had placed himself at the head of the insur gents, and that Count D'AVILEZ, a general officer, had also joined them ; but the latter part of the intelli gence, with respect to AVILEZ, has been subsequently contradicted. • A proclamation of the C oun t, on hi s joining the insurgents, was issued on the 14th inst., from which the following are extracts : • " Inhabitants of Lisbon, and soldiers of the garrison !—I have taken command of a division, which, in a short time, will present itself bef ore th e ca pit a l, firmly resolved to make a reality of the sacred promise which was given to us on the 10th of February, 1842. "Portuguese! the brave men who accompany me are your friends, your companions in arms. All of them respect and desire the Constitutional Charter of 1826, but all of them have been betrayed as you have been : to all a promise was made and has been broken. "The Constitutional Charter does not exist; Costa Cabral is the only Power of the State. - " To arms, brave tompanioni of glory! "The •Constitutional Charter ! And the Queen free from restraint ! The -faithful execution of the sacred promise of the 10th of November, 1842. • "COUNT BOMFIM. " Head-quarters, in Alcaia, Feb. 14, 1844." The intelligence from Madrid, which is to the 21st instant, is of the same painful character. According to a dispatch from General RONCALI, he opened his fire against Alicant on the 17th, at one o'clock in the morning, and had thrown a great number of shells into the town. The insurgents made a sortie, but were driven back. The horrible butcheries on both sides continued unabated, and scenes of a still more horrid description are anticipated on the fall of Alicant, which cannot hold out long. According to one report, RONCALI had already shot one in every five of his prisoners, who amounted to more than two hundred and all the insurgents, taken in two Custom-house sloops, were ordered to be shot on deck. The, qazege publishes a decree, re-establishing the Papallribunal of the Rota, suppressed by a decree of the Provisional Regency of the 29th of Decem ber, 1840. The Three per Cents. were done at 29.1 for cash, and 30} at sixty days ; and the Five per Cents. at 211 for cash, and 22i : at sixty days. We are 'agreeably disappointed in the articles which appear in the French Opposition Journals of Tuesday, on the announcement respecting Otaheite, given in the 211Oniteur of the previous day. From the strong attacks which they have for ten days been aiming at M. Gutzor, and the friends of peace in Prance, a terrible explosion might have been ex pected, but fortunately, we have only a subdued mur mur, a sort of lamentation, that the dignity of France had not been better maintained ; and that the KING in Council had not, on the receipt of the in telligence, proclaimed their intention, 'without waiting for the opinions of Lord ABERDEEN and Sir ROBERT PEEL. One of the most violent of the journals belonging to this class, the National, calmly observes :—" The'proceeding of the Government was foreseen. When we read in the English journals and in the report of the sittings of Parliament, what interest England took in driving us from Otaheite, we could easily foresee that Otaheite would be given up. But M. GUIZOT, who is aware of the jealous avidity of our neighbours, And who also knows lovi incapable he is of keeping up any dignity with them, ought not to have waited for their demands, but to .have 1;e-established Queen Pomaite before an order came from London. But no ; he waited a fortnight, in order that the humilia tion might be cOmplete—in order that it might be clearly proved, in the face of the world—that his Cabinet is the very humble servant of Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN." M. TRIERS' journal takes nearly ihe same view. " - When," it says, " the English journals and the Houses of Parliament call our Governinent to account for the resolute act Of Admiral DUPETIT TROUARS, an act of weakness was naturally expected from our Cabinet. We, for our part, fully looked for this, and said that we did so. But" since it resigned itself to making this new concession to the entente cordiale, how can it have so far failed in management as not to preserve appear ances ? As soon as the Ministry was in possession of the Admiral's dispatches, it certainly must have com prehended that the news would be badly received in London, and that strong remonstrances would be made. Why did it not therefore at the first moment gather - courage from its weakness ? Why, resigned as it was to the granting of everything that could be asked, did it not take the initiative, and act with re- Solution before any demand was made upon it ? It is Possible, .and welope, for the honour of the coun try, it has been sp, that there was a division in the Council, and that some of its members have placed a higher value on the feelings of the nation than on the notes of Lord ABERDEEN. We willingly believe that the Minister of Marine has not abandoned with out defence to the timorous rancour of M. Gummi the work of a brave and loyal sailor, who in distant seas has upheld the dignity of But these oppositions, honourable as they unquestionably have been, have only made the matter Worse." The France is very brief, but poetically eloquent. It could not have described in a more heroic strain the destruction of all the islands in the Pacific The new and deplorable concession to England, in the disavowal of AdMiral PUP...kTIT THOUARS, has outraged public opinion. The Chamber of Deputies thrilled with agitation ; the Stock Exchange itself experienced its effects, and the Funds felt the recoil of this act of ehame." The'JoUrnal des Debate has no article on the sub ject; but another 141iitisterial paper, the Globe, con cludes a long argument with the following judicious remarks :—" Speaking seriously, what difference is there at bottom, between protecting and occupying. As to' what =relates to the use which the Opposition journals will make of the humiliation of Trance to .Englant4 it is a piece of silliness, which men of sense ,no longer think of. It is scarcely three months since the English , Government disavowed Commodore PAULET when he took possession of the Sandwich Islands. Great 'nations are like men of tried honour— they can acknowledge their errors without being afraid of an accusation .of weakness." --- . - The documents moved for in the Chamber, on Mon day,, amount to nine, and extend over a period from September, 1842, to November, 9, 1843. One of these is the Report of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, to which are att ac h e d t wo l etters f rom Admiral THOUARS '' to Queen POMARE and the Great Chiefs, dated re spectively the Ist and 3d of November, 1843 ; and another a letter from Queen 1301IARE to Loves PHILIPPE, King of the Freud), also of the same date. The debate on this is looked forward to with much interest. Some surprise has been excited at Paris by the departure of the KING, at this season, to the Chateau d'Eu, and various causes are assigned. Queen. CHRISTINA arrived at Nimeaon the mr,r n i ng of the 23d inst. The steam-boat in which 'ner M A . JESTT passed along the Rhone being overt-men night, she was obliged to land on the '- thblass - e, Nihich ihe crossed by torch' tie de la Bar a i en by the ,Joiktis. The Pre- I feet of V auc l use offered her I ",ix 1. carr i age, i n e orx ....:. 1,, MARKET NEWS,-(THIS DAY.) TIATIVLAREETS. .—C SmTurrp.moarse Mead ow H ay, 2l lOs to 3l ; use ulllsdsit ' ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 108 per load. A short supply, and a heavy demand. 31 15s l s ov / ec 3 Clover Hay, to t lOs;580 51 fine Upland ditto, 31 10 8 t o CumsEuLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/12s to 3/ 35; useful ditto, 31 55 to 31 13s; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 14s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5 s to 4 / 17 s; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/ 9s; Wheat Straw, 118 s to 1 112 s per load. Both Hay and Straw met a . slow inquiry, at the above quotations. w urrEcH AFEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3/ ; useful ditto, 3/ 53 to 31 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 3l 12s to 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 5 / s s; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 10s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs' to 1/ 1 2s per load. S u ppl y goo d , and trade very dull. - " MEAT MARICETS. s o uTHALL, FE% 28.—Although the supply of each kind of Pigs, 42. fat stock was on the whole good, the demand was throughout steady on the following terms ;—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 2a 6d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2a 8d to 3s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, ' 4 s° ha ; d a steady sale for fat stock rates.----Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s;. 3 t4° 1 0- u ßda; tt yiS n ! at !g lt d Fe t irl o .;2ln 4a CBl;a-1 :8 1 ; 1Ve. ; e8d Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; guar and Milch Cows with their LEWES, FEB. 27.—There was Only a moderate business smallt 2 CT S O quar ter-old Calf,S r i l e:P t V i o g e s r i , 8 I 81b5.61 o s tcl eacr. ; doing here to-day; yet prices were supported:—Beef from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per Blbs. i th s e lini m , i y r o ri v t o y t e d publishedfelt roidnuc-ttihone Ev L i n n ' g th t e cti Edition list i of of Th of a correspondence between Earl De Grey and the Dublin 0 3 e1nof f t o ilA,i n vuo r een i cnd n uttin i erba E ,i:or di niatkyn t si i tn o af n graftoireivarni Protestant Operative Association, the name of - Mr. J. S. Tre b2oaoirt countrymannt h oot e fe t City i in' called the lawny was' accidentally omitted, but it appeared in the which d e l!' 1. 1 odpuo provincial with occurred epi a (el the agent, and to re?eive the other-101: in sovereigns. As he was a, stranger, the clerk to whom he applied refused to take the note and give him the required change, and directed him to get it changed at the Bank of England. .The countryman proceeded there accordingly, and Just as he was about to enter was met by a person who told him he need not trouble himself to :go any further, as he could . give him change at once. The countryman gave him his note, and receiving what he thought to be twenty soverejgni, returned to the banking-house to pay in the ten. His consternation was • great, when he -found that the .coins he had received were only worthless medals. ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: —On Tuesday , the members of this Society met numerously at their mansion in Hanover-square. Professor Owen, F.R.S., in the chair. It was announced, amid applause, that,. since Sunday last,- another valuable accession to the Society's menagerie, in the Regent's-park, had taken place in the shape of a new male giraffe, the foal of one of those which, in 1837, was brought over from the forests of Darfur, in the interior of Northern 'Africa, upwards of 6 feet high, the dam being about 17 feet. Mr. Gould presented three new' specimens of kangaroo, and Mr. Frazer three new species of birds, hitherto unknown in 'this country. A new species of stryx, or " snowy owl," was acknowledged from Captain Farrel . ; and the reading of a paper by Mr. Yarrell, on a remarkable shoal of anew species of fish caught at Lyme Regis, and which had added to the 'handicraft of thefishermen,.coneluded the proceedings of the ' evening. • -The enthusiasm displayed at Covent-garden on desiring housetoe poaatuywr ssi in Wednesday evening must have shown: Mr. O'Connell that the heart of the English people is in the right place—that. they are over ready to fling themselves into the breach when injustice is perpetrated—and that they will not stand tamely by, and allow him to be made a sacrifice for the gratification of the Orange faction. In Ireland , the best effects may be ex pected from so enthusiastic a reception having been given to the man who, whatever maybe his faults, has conferred inesti mable benefits upon his country, and who, as the champion 'of Irish rights, continues to had the foremost place in the estimation of his countrymen. Coercion has been attempted in Ireland ; with what success is known to all. Pity that our ,Much do ye rulers, following tfonglloaNinvintgryththeetspeeriexnalemnptloefofkintaheelsist.e. Government, fear, however, that nothing is to be hoped for from the men to whom the destinies of Ireland are for the present unfor tunately Committed, --Glasgow tirgla. SUIifiARY OF NEWS AND pttbltr t ttq t etri " Who micas may read." POREIGN. Louis Philippe, attended by General Baron Athalin, Colonels Dumas and de Chabannes, and several orderly officers, left the Tuileries on Saturday evening at seven o'clock for his Palace at Eu. On Monday M. Frederic Dolls responsible editor of the Fritn&, was found guilty by the Court of Assizes of publishing articles, being a personal attack upon the King, showing an adhesion to. another form of . government than that esta blished by law, and attacks upon the oath of . allegiance and Minty. He was 'sentenced, to be imprisoned far eight months ; and to pay a fine of - B,ooof. (3201. The Duke de Montpensier arr i ve d a t I tilippeville on the 18th inst., and immediately set out again for Constantina. The expedition against Biskara, which his Royal Highness is gone to join, was about to move. According to a letter from Tunis, of the 3d, which appears in the Algiers journal, the Bey was on the point of sending to Constantine a deputation composed of the. highest officers of his household and the state, to express to the Duke d'Au male his regret at not having been honoured with a visit from his Royal Highness, as he, the Bey, had expected. These personages were to offer to the Prince the congratulations of their master on the ,appointment of, his Royal Highness to the supreme command of Constantine. • A Royal Ordonnance,' issued on the 11th inst, appoints Captain Pujol, of the Navy, to be Governor of the French settlements in India, in the room of Captain Norquer du Camper,: who has held this colonial government above six years. A general meeting of the shareholders of the bank of Jacques Laffitte and Company, was held a few days ago, when a dividend of 64 per cent. per annum (including the interest) was declared, on the shares of 5,000 f. each, and of 5 4-sths upon those of I,ooof. The Central Congress of Agriculture on Monday opened at the Luxembourg its first session, the duration of which is fixed by the rules at one week ; the Duke Decazes presided. More than 250 agriculturists from different parts of France, a great number of Peers and Deputies, and members of scientific so cieties were present at the meeting. After having agreed upon all the questions to be discussed, the Congress entered upon those of agriculture, education, and experimental farms. Several able speeches were delivered. The members then formed their Committees, and adjourned till the following day. The rain and snow of the last few days have swollen the Seine to a height of 3 metres 6 decimetres (about 11 feet) on the Kale of the Pont-Royal. Between the bridges of the Cite, the river has overflown all the landing-plaCtis.--__ The Paris police a f ew d a y s b ac k ma d e a seizure of - one hundred pipes of adulterated wine in one of the first houses in the trade. LAW AND POLICE. In the Prerogative Court, a paper was propounded as the will of a gentleman of the name of Hobart, who died in May, 1843, containing a direction that the sum of 4,4251. should be devoted to an equestrian statue, of himself. The paper was in the testator's writing, and in the form of a letter to Mr. Blake, of Norwich, and written shortly before his death. The probate of this paper was opposed, on the ground that so absurd a legacy afforded evidence of the incapacity of the deceased. Sir H. J. Fust said, that though the bequest might be an evidence of the egregious vanity. of the deceased, it was not sufficient to justify the Court in holding that he was insane, and admitted the paper to probate. At Bow-street, James Glanville was charged with steal ing a number otboeks, the property of Mr. - Bolin, York street, Covent-garden, his master. The prisoner admitted having taken the b'ooks, but was remanded fOr further exa mination. Jane Smith was charged with attempting, by 'means of false pretences, to obtain alnis from the authorities of the parish of St. Clement Danes. After hearing the evidence of the Rev.lir. Ellis, the'rector of the parish, and of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Saville, Mr. Jardine committed the prisoner to the House of Correction for two months. Henry Hall and John Muggeridge were brought up at Marylebone, for further examination, on the charge ofhaving broken and entered the premises of Messrs. Woollens, paper stainers, High-street, and stolen cash and other property. The case was fully "proved, and the prisoners (both of whom have been in the employ of the prosecutors) were committed for trial. • ' At Union-hall, John Elmer, a policeman in the service of the Brighton'Railway Company, was finally examined before Mr..Cottingham, on a charge of stealing a gold seal and ring, the property of Mr. Fisher, a gentleman residing at Camden town. The case was fully established, and the prisoner was committed for trial. t t o r i n i i the exchange and poorf t other ehri,B securities i‘r f r o o. r i t money, ovsitnr a ,e Holton-street. t apmerhoinpagerey importer, having st o l en a cas h-b ox, conta i n i ng bill s of At'Marlborough-st ree t H enry Elli son was f u ll y comm i tte d amounting untin fi g ow to er 7oo an / d4 At the Thames Police Court, Elizabeth Reynolds, a young woman, nineteen years of age, was brought up by John Charles Kay, an officer of Excise, charged with working an illicit still, at No. '4, Alfred-place, Stepney. He found the prisoner in the back kitchen, standing beside a copper still, and surrounded by all 'the implements _and apparatus used in distillation. The prisoner, when questioned, said she had been employed for a fortnight, at 3s. per day, by a Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, whose persons she described, but denied any knowledge of their abode. Mr. Broderip said that he must convict her in the penalty . of3o/., or sentence herin default to three months' hard labour in the House of Correction, COUSIT-...•-rASIIXONII,I3LE. The Prince of Wales, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of St. Germane, Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady Basset, and Sir Richard VyYyan, Bart.; M.P., have respectively contri butedloo/.16 the additional building of the Cornivall County Lunatic Asylum. Lord Eliot, Lord Carteret, and Sir T. Spry, Bart., M.P., are donors of 501. each. The Duke of Wellington arrived 'at .Strathfieldave on Tuesday, and on Wednesday gave a splendid entertainment to Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Judges on the western circuit- .The High Sheriff, Mr. John Thomas Waddington, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and a eircle of about thirty of the maci.stracv of the county, were invited to meet the Judg e s by the noble hi.t. Lord Elphinstone arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, early in the week, from his seat,'CUmbernauld, Dumbartonshire, being his first visit to *his . Scottish estates since his return. from , the Government of Madras. Lord Eastnor, M.P., has been making a tour in the East, and is not expected home until the advance of the spring. Lord Suffield left. Fenton's Hotel on Wednesday, for Nor folk-square, Brighton, where Lady Suffield is staying in deli cate health. Lord and Lady Portman andfamily left Bryanstone House, Dorset, on Saturday last, for• Brighton, where they have en gaged a residence for a short time. The Marquis of Westminster is quite recovered from his recent slight indisposition. The Marquis does not intend to leave Eaton Hall for Grosvenor House before the Chester races are over; but the Marchioness will be in town, most likely, a week prior to that meeting. The Marquis of Clanricarde has left Carlton House-terrace for Hooton Park, on a visit to Sir Wm. Massey Stanley. The Duke of Leeds returned to the Clarendon Hotel yester day, from Melton Mowbray, where his Grace has been en joying the diversion of hunting with the Melton hounds. The Duchess and the Dowager Duchess are still at Hornby Castle. InISCELMANMOUS. Nearly all the mails from the north are arriving at the General Post-office considerably beyond time. In Edinburgh and.the north of Scotland there have been heavy falls ,of snow, and many of the roads are completely blocked up. The mails from Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Perth, Inver ness,' Aberdeen, Montrose, Arbroath, Forfar, Dundee,. and other places, are overdue. The Wick. and Thurso mails are More than 48 hours overdue. -, At a meeting on Wednesday of the ratepayers of the pa rishuf St.. George-the-Martyr, a petition to the Coinmis-. siouers of Woods and Forests was proposed and agreed to, praying.that. a portion of any sum granted for the improve ment of the metropolis might be applied towards the trma tionof a road through the, district called the Mint to the great Dover-road. The Mint was stated to be one Of the most immoral and profligate places in the metropolis. - knumerous and influential meeting of coal-factors,' coal merchants, and others interested in the coal trade, was held - on Wednesday, at the Coal Exchange, near Billingsgate, for the purpose of: petitioning . Parliament on the proposed new tax of sd. per ton Upon all coals imported into LondCn, order to defray the: expenses of the contemplated Thames embankment, It was urged, amongst other arguments, that the poorer classes would be greatly aggrieved by it ; that the extent of the tax would be to the large amount of 55,0001. a year upon the inhabitants of London and its environs ; that the coal and shipping interests could bear no further bur dens, being already sufficiently taxed by the impost of Is. ld. per ton already in force ; and that the projected embankment along the Thames was an imaginary scheme for improving the banks of the river, and would be fraught with consider able injury and inconvenience to the proprietors of wharfs and the navigation of lighters. A petition in accordance with the object of the meeting was unanimously adopted, and will-be presented to the House of Commons by Sir J. Dnke. -Sir John Beckett presided at the annual dinner of the ;Law' Life Assurance Society, on Tuesday evening, at the Clarcaidon, Hotel. 'Lord" Abinger, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. . Law, Sir Charles F. Williams; &c., were present. A return, moved for by Sir J. Graham, Bart., show that the total number of paupers relieved in the quarter e ding Lady 7 day, 1843, in 584 unions in England and - ales, amounted to 1,303,089, of whom 201,927 were in-dOor,l and 1,101,162 out-door paupers. ,• , . Within the last few days nineteen petitions, signed by ,128 persons, have been presented against the union of the dioceses of Bangor and St. Asaph. - • • - : , ARRIVAL OP , YLIE PENINSULAR MAILS..SOUTII .k.mrroN, FE . B. 28.—The Oriental Company'a ateans-packet Little Liverpool, arrived here last. night at eleven o'4lock, and landed her mails, which were forwarded to London by this morning's mail- train. She left Gibraltar the 18th in st., Cadiz the 19th, Lisbon The 21st, Oporto and Vigo the23d. The Liverpool has only,fpur passengers, and a full fruit iargo and Spanish hams. • SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—The dinner oil this charity, founded in the year 1821, for the comfort and pro tection of sick and diseased seamen in the port of London; and for some time since the operations of which have been, carried" on on board the Dreadnought gun-ship, moored off , Greenwich, took place at the London Tavern; Henry- em ble, Esq., 111. P.-, in the chair, "supported by Sir H. elly, 111. P .- , Bart. ; tear -Admiral Young, Captain Sparshot, Mr. ed houie, Mr. Alfred Francis, Captain Locke, Lieutenant Wag horn, R.N., Mr Adam Young, Mr. Oliver Lang, and several other of-the most influential .members of-the maritime anti , shipping interests of the City. After the dinner,. which! was one worthy of the' house in - which it took place, " Benedi tae , was sung by Messrs. Jolly, Young, Atkins, Masters .He Ber soni and Force,' and Jolly, jun. The responses to the oyal , toasts - were, as usual, patriotic; and all of those having re-. fereiice to the heads of shipping institutions were vociferously responded to. During the evening, it - was stated that the munificent sum of 2,520/. had been subscribed by the Trinity House, - five of brethren of which were present. The East• India Company -had likewise subscribed in .all . 2,400/. • Amongst the subscribers announced during the evening were, • her. Majesty the Queen, 100 guineas annually ; 7her - Majesty the Queen. Dowager, 10/. annually; the Trinity _House; 3001. ; 13. Bond Cabbell, Barclay, , Bevan, and Co., Barclay, Perkins, and Co., and the Honourable East India Company, 100 'gui neas ; .111 r. George. Stinnes, Vice-Admiral Sir William Hall • Gtike, - Lord John Russell, Captain Phipps Hornby, General Sir William 'H. 'Clinton, Sir J. 11. Polly, Bart. ; Mr. Bohn Latouche; Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Captain - Nairne ; and various amounts from foreign companies. Upwards of 1,3001. -was collected during the evening. _LONDON- PEACE- SOCIETY.—A public meeting, ex planatory of the principles and in aid of the objects of this -Society, wasfield in the British School-room, Harp-alley, kar ringdon-street; on Tuesday evening, February .27, John Lee, Esq., LLD., &c., in the chair. The meeting was addressed by the eh:time - 1, the Rev. W. Miall, E. W. Richard, Esq., ,Mr. Rigaud,:the Rey. ,C. Dukes, M.A. Mr. Jefferson, and JosephT.isrici," Esq., of Neitili Wie. - Al out 400 'Persons were present, and •134 signed the dec laration of adhesion to the society's principles. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY). The House sat to- day to hear appeals. The Peers present, were, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Abi ngcr , an d Lord. Campbell. IVIRO;1 V. COOPER. INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY) IN RE STEPHEN CROKER. In this matter the insolvent had been previously in this Co . urt before the Learned Chief Commissioner, when it was ad journed in order to enable the insolvent to come to some arrangement with his creditors, and also to pay a certain sum of money into Court. He appeared now in Court, and stated his inability to com ply with the stipulations which he had proposed at his last hearing. Mr. Commissioner PorLocK then read the judgment of the Learned Chief Commissioner, by,which the insolvent was remanded for a period of eight months from the date of his vesting order, for fraudulently making away with property, to the detriment of his creditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - - UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Elizabeth Fakins was charged with robbing Daniel Nicho las, an apprentice on board the Lord John Russell brig, under the following aggravated circumstances :—The Complainant, who is quite a youth, was going on board the Lord William Russell with a bundle, containing his Bible, shirt, and some articles, but the people of the vessel not hearing him when he hailed from the shore, the prisoner came up and offered her services to obtain for him a lodging for the night, as it was then getting late.' The bov finc►irg that he had no chance of getting on board availed iiitrise,' Lt the oiler, and Cm, o,ri soner took him . 3 a House in Vise-yard, where she! robbe4 him nC I.:. ~!; "'" 4 was taken into c , ..Loay soon and in the ciauz,e of the examination - ,, as stated that she had been frequently in custody on charges of felony.—She was committed. - MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DA' .) John Juc4 living in Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, was charged with having been driving furiously, and thereby running the shaft of his chaise-cart into the chest of a young horse, belonging to Mr. Thomas Sandford, hay and corn salesman, of Market-street, Paddington, and causing its death. The evidence went to prove that, yesterday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, the defendant was driving at the rate of ten Miles an hour along the green lanes which lead from Paddington to Kensal New-town, and that lie came in contact with Mr. Sandford, who was driving his horse and gig in a contrary direction. The shaft of defendant's cart penetrated the chest of Mr. Sandford's horse, caning its death almost instantaneously. His cries of " politjew'brhught a constable to his assistance, and the defendant was given into custody.. Mr. LONG thought that driving at the rate of ten miles an hour along such an unfrequented road did not come within the provisions of the Act. He would, therefore, dismiss the case, but the complainant could, if he felt so inclined, enter into an action in another Court. He (Mr. Long) would, however, recommend that some arrangement should be made between them. The parties then left the Court. LIVERPOOL GRAND STEEPLE CHASE. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft., with 100 added, the second saves his stake. (41 subs., 19 declared.) Mr. Quartermaine's Discount, lOst 121 b (Crickmere) 1 Mr. S. Crawfurd's• The Returned, 12st (Scott) 2 Sir T; H. Goodrick nd Torn Tug, lOst 71b (Rockley) 3 Lord Maidstone's Caesar, list 101 b (Barker) 4 The following also ran :—Mr. Ekins' Peter Simple, 12st 121 b (Frisby) ; Mr. Millbank's Robinson, 12st 71b (Parker) ; Lord Maidstone's Wiverton, 12st 41b (01i- ver) ; Mr. W. Scott's Heslington, 12st (Mr. W. Benett) ; Lord. E. Russell's Lather, 11st 21b (Ball) ; Sir J. Gerard's Louis Philippe, list (Cowell) ; W. Hollinshead's Little Peter, lOst 121 b (Day) ; Mr. Moore's Nimrod, lOst 1011 (A. M‘Donough) ; Lord Sefton nd. Ma rengo, lOst 101 b (Brotherton) ; Mr. Kennedy's Teetotaller, 10st 71b (Sharkey); Lord G. Bentinck nd. the Romp, lOst 71b (Byron) ; and Sir N. M. Stanley ud. Charity, 10st 71b (Powell). Betting-5 to 1 agst Marengo, sto 1 agst Discount,, 8 to' 1 agst Heslington, 8 to 1 agst Wiverton, 12 to 1 agst Charity, 14 to 1 agst Robinson, 14 to 1 agst Nimrod, 15 to 1 agst The Returned, 20 to 1 agst Louis Philippe, and 25 to .1 agst the Romp. The race, for nearly the whole distance, was between the first four, Tom Tug having a strong lead to the lane, in the second round, where The Returned, Romp, and Cnsar, joined him, and they raced together to the straight running Discount then went up, headed them at the distance, and went in a gallant winner by 20 lengths, The Returned beat ing- Toni Tug by nearly two lengths. Ca3sar was a bad fourth, and Lather fifth ; the others were beaten off. The ground ran over was the same as last year ; it was very heavy. In the match for 3007., Wiverton received forfeit from Arctic. The Champion Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 10 sow. each, with 50 added ; the second saved his stake. Two miles. (11' subs.) * Mr. Uaworth's Chance, aged 9 (Bradley) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Heslington, 6 yrd 39 , l in r (Oliver) 2 M .ar r: Milbank's Robinson, aged , i tt . ) (Parker) 3 The following were not placed :—lirsj)3nber na Baronet, 5 yrs (Thoma 4); Mr. Ekins' Peter Simple, aged (Frisby) ; And . Mr. J. G. Watson's Mudlark (Brotherton). Betting— Even on Chance ; 5 to 2 agst Heslington ; and 4 to 1 agst Robinson.. Peter. Simple made all the running to the last hurdle, which was taken in advance by Heslington kid Chance nearly abreast. At the stand, Chance quitted her companiOns and won cleverly. _ , , . ANOTHER ACCOUNT. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—This crack affair came off to-day .as fixed; atAintree, and attracted, as usual, a very large concourse of spectators. The day was fine in the morning, but by the timelhe majority of the spectators had assembled, and justprevious to the race, it began to rain heavily, but again cleared up before the race was Over. _ :The, race, as our sporting readers are aware, was for a Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, 10 forfeit, with 100 added, and was ,run over four miles of ground which, from the very Small number of : falls and other mishaps, did not appear to have been .of a very difficult ',nature. The ground was very heavy, owing to the late rains,. but the ,pace throughout was capital ; the whole distance, we believe, being done under sixteen minutes. Sixteen horses started, - and the race was won by Mr. Quartermaine's Discount (Crickpere), beating The Returned (2d), Tom Tug (3d), Ctesar (4th), and the following not placed :—Peter Simple, Robinson, • Wiverton, Iteslington, Lather, Louis Philippe, Little Peter, Nimrod, Marengo, Teetotuin, The Romp, and Charity. The betting was as follows ;-5 to 1 agst Discount, 6 to 1 Agst Marengo, 8 to 1 agst %Viverton, 8 to 1 agst Lleslington, 10 to 1 agst Nimrod, 10 to 1 agst Robinson, 12 to 1 agst Charity, -14 to 1 -agst The Returned, and 2540 I:agst The Romp. Toni Tug took the lead, closely f o llowed by Discount, The Their Lordships were occupied the whole day • with the arguments in this case, which came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Exchequer. The question in the case related to the tithes of a ,parish in Lir, colnshire. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Bethel], and Mr. Bacon, ap peared for the appellants; Mr. Simpkins= and Mr. Ander don for the respondents. The case appears likely to occupy two or three days in argument. CHANCERY.-(THIS •DAY.) CUMIN HOSPITAL V. EARL powis.—THE TTORNEY-GEN . • ...Aid V. The case came before the Court upon appeal from the deci sion of Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce. The Attorney-General, Mr. H. Twiss, and Mr. Wray, ap peared for the Clown ; Mr. L. Wigram and Mr. Lloyd for the noble respondent. The question in the case relates to a charity called the Clurin Hospital, founded so far back as the reign of James the First, by the then Earl of Northampton. In the year 1837 this charity was certified, by the Charity Commissioners, to the Attorney-General, the effect of that certificate being to make the Attorney-General competent to file an informa tion without a relator, and to institute proceedings. for the regulation of the charity. In the month ofJuly, 1840, a bill was filed by the warden and poor men of the hospital, against the Earl of Powis and the Attorney-General, praying that the accounts of the charity might be taken, and that a scheme might be approved for the future regulation of the charity. Subsequently, and without any knowledge of the filins of the bill; the Attorney-General filed an information against Earl Powis having the same object in view as the bill, and to that information no answer was put in till a decree was obtained from the Vice-Chancell or Knight Bruce in the suit Bled by the warden and poor men of the hospital, and it was not until that decree was abOut to be passed that the Attor nerGeneral became aware that a bill had .been'filed. Upon this discovery he submitted to the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce that no decree for a scheme for the future management of a charity could be made in any case except where the Attorney-General was plaintiff. The Vice-Chancellor over ruled this objection, and 'from that decision the present ap peal was brought. After some short discussion, it was arranged that the case should stand over, to see if some arrangement could not be come to by the parties. SHERIFF'S COURT.-(THIS DAY.) . (Before ➢ir. Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common Jury.) WILLIS V. MALTEY. Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Lock for the defendant. This was an action to recover 41. Is. 2d., for work and labour, under these circumstances : The plaintiff, a cook, entered the service of the defendant, a gentleman residing at Brixton, on the 12th of August, 1843, on an understanding that she was to receive 15/. a-year for her services. She quitted his service on the 7th of October, having been dismissed for alleged misconduct. The action, therefore, was for a month's wages, and for board wages. during that period. The plaintiff did not continue in the service of the defendant during the month, but contended, that by established usage, she was fully entitled to a month's warning, or a month's pay. - Moreover, the case being ag gravated on the part of the defendant, he having given her in charge of a policeman, for creating a disburba nc e i n hi s h ouse , and on a trumpe r y charge of throwing some potatoes into the dust-bin. On reaching the station-house, he did not, however, prefer any charge against her. One pound, seven shillings, had been paid into Court. Mr. LOCK for the defendant said, that the only parties who would derive any benefit from this action, should it be decided in favour of the plaintiff, would be the plaintiff's solicitor and his . Learned Friend. The action was brought in the Queen's Bench in order to crease the costs and to put the defendant to as much annoy ance as possible. It ought to have been tried at a Court of Requests or before a magistrate—in either case, the expense being trifling and such disputes a s th e one before the Court amicably settled. He contended that the plaintiff was a bad servant, that she behaved improperly and violently, and that the defendant was perfectly justified in abruptly dismissing her. He also contended that the IL 7s. which had been paid into Court was amply sufficient to compensate the plaintiffi Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 4/. ls. 2d. .~~ Romp, The Retained, with the " nick," close at their 11 7 Tom Tug stumbled at the first, fence, but inunediatel ruined his lead, and went en with the running et pace, to the artificial brook opposiie . the Grand Std „ l L four teen f ot. svik),,when Discount took the sec °l '" tie° from Tie .Retuniphi r with Marengo, The Romp, '— three °Gifts wa - np. This order was continued to WI water jumpl netuthe canal (the seci3nd time rounds 0 Marengo went.t4i the front. At the next fence Pe ters e fell, and Heslin g t on , f o ll ow i ng i n hi s t rac k, .0 104( c ; 1 him, and shortly afterwards gave up;in Coto. ga ren 'et tinned his lead till entering the course out of the lane , Discount and Tom. Tug passed him, the former les di t 1 Returned, The Romp, and Ciesar came next, and to ~,"" the race was left. Th e l a tt er di e d awa y 011 enterer straight running, where Discount took a decided It o l The Returned chall e n ge d T om -Tug: Discount lead to the end, and won very easily by ten yoga% Returned beating Tom Tug for thesecond place4ar ter 0 tal race. Lather, Th e R om p, an d M aren go, were ale next three after Caesar, but all beaten off. pail The Champion Hurdle Race was won by M-r. Chance (Bradley), beating Heslington, Bobins ° ' Simple, Baronet, and lludlark. LATEST CHESTER CUP BETTING AT LIVIMPOO: agst Sir Robert; 15 to 1 a gs t C a tt on it e ; 20 to I 14 " t, dom; 20 to 1 agst Pharaoh; 25 to 1 agst Alice 1 1 a ^ 30 to 1 agst Arnagill; 30 to 1 apt What ; and. to t° Vakeel. _ - v v MON_E V AND COMMERCIAL 111 ,V CITY,, QUARTER TO T J r 1 The sales of Cotton in the Li ver p oo l M ar ket r e 4, 6,000 bags at former r a t es; 50 Egyptian, 7ia- tu ... 4 0,, Bahia, bid. ; 200 Maranh a m, 6d. t o 60. ; 150 ro - erP 6,- 1 ,-d. ; 500 Surat, aid. to 4id. ; and the rest ..1 2 t• es. ° ,1 1 at sicl. to Bd. Speculators took LOOO 1)- „a 0:, Share Market has been dull. French Stock e n ' n d ' t 1 .4 1 , Easterns met with a poor inquiry. Birminghanl,"jorv A tester, 731 ; Chester and Holyhead, 4 ; uranu wer„ 225; Birmingham, 232 ; Brighton, 43 ; South 211 F Eighths, n ; North Midland, fi94 ; Paris and 30 °° ' Paris and' Rouen, 321 ; S ou th Eastern, New, d ay' There are no late Colonial accounts in the City t;60" The private accounts from Gib ra lt ar state t it ill gling to a conside ra bl e ex t en t was carried °, at,4 and, indeed, if our other advices be c.orr ec , sv o l quarters, illicit trade was carried on into '81 0 7 1 ,p0it, 4 without a check, not a few of- the officers'fir to collect the revenue participating with the ' 1 '11) 4 in the profits arising from an evasion of the Custe.' e t l ry tt; No question, however, that with a settled Mil"' s tol ti. mal-practices will be almost entirely put 3 , 1 0 1 and the revenues of the country most materially. l " t 154 The Report relative to the affairs of the bankr o i s is‘o Manchester has been the topic of much conversatitiou jty,, tary circles in the City, and the immense losses inc r r ' . ,, i lil Directors and Managers of that ill-fated and rat; 0 10_,, concern, will, it is hoped, be a warning to others' i r ,',,o ° solicited to enter into speculations and adven"" ii doubtful character. ' 10' - Coa o The Government, brokers bought 20,0001. t ips , i morning at 97i ; and, beyond a fluctuation of a ir s _ e t All °1 rates have been thus quoted for Money and Acene a ' g it'i i i The premium on Exchequer Bills has been rather hf etit . The Three per Cents. Reduced have fallen i Pe r et e i a 7/ Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have also droop . t 1 ,11 1 6 i The attempt at conversion to a Three per Cent. t n .;; ( 114', 1 ) and-a-Quarter per Cent. as reported, as that fre" :fit , ''' trifling with the matt er ), i s , we b e li eve , a se ttledli"" Stock has fluctuated between 194-i and 195. ~fi r litt':e This is the Account day in-the Foreign Stock 1. , . 4 , f s . as yet the adjustment has proceeded safely. SP, al ' i blit i; per Cents• have advanced from 341 to at ! to now 351. The Five per Cents. have touched . ' o f ~, .a, 10 ii c and the Deferred 13i. Mexican Stock is a trill . is i 0 yesterday, and Belgian Bonds the same. 'Peruvit 0 0' now at 30, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at d ' tuguese Converted at 45g. 110 4 ? The Share Market is firm to-day. The Lond ° l l , O l fr i York mingliam and Scarborough to 16 have improved premium. 6 to 13 pNati ° rendaw i KO 1 7 P" Ireland Shares have j us t b een quo t e d a t 3i discou° ; Real del Monte Mines (unregistered) at 511*. „,00' ,g BRITISH,FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 1 3'."'" /43 i w (From the Official Lid.) , 19 5 0 Bank 5t0ck........„.........." ............•..».... ." 0 i S per Cent. Reduced Annuities .........••••••"" 91 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuitie5.................f*!".109 434 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ' ... ...... •• . 104 New 3% per Cent. Annuitie5............... ....... 11110 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860......••••• ii . , Ditto 3. Years, Expire 11th Oct. 1859 , ..«•-.. 1V1,,1i Ditto 30 Years, Exp i re sth Jan. 1660. .;.. ..... 1 07 , Consols for Account .."......,. . ~........ ........ .. Exchequer Bills, 13(d. 1 ) 0 1 "... 1,000/. ... . . ...... .. . ... ....... ..».»..... 6 P." nu 5004 .. . ..... ............ ..... Ditto 5mai1.............. .... ....,,, 59 •- • Ditto Advertised......... ....... FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O r C s4N Mexican 80nd5,1237, 5 per Cent. ............."•• 941,ji Ditto for the Acc0unt..."......................... ith', Ditto Deferred 5t0ck............................... 50r Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent5...................*•." ..... , Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent...........;”*“*" 45 ti Ditto for the Account ..,....................."" 0 p Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent ..............••••" 24, Ditto for the Acc0unt.....................•••••'"" Mg: Ditto Deferred.............. ..... ............•••••••••" 01 Ditto Three per Cent. .. » ..................i...."" 3411 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent.............. .... ... .. 5 40 Dutch 2))4 per Cents igo,4l Dutch 5 per Cent 5........ ... .................... New Loan 1837, sper Cents.„.-......... ! . •,.,„.• 'IVA PRICKS - OF SHARES THIS DAY ik. - A dl RAILWAXB. rm.. PER q"' 0 , Birmingham and Derby........... 100 Ditto Eighths ...................... 11 1011 Chester and Holyhead 5 ........ 5 % **** 19 Eastern Counties Ditto New.. ... ...... ...... ........ Edinburgh and Glasgow Great North of England. .... ......,;.. ~,• / • Great Wester .....•• 75 ......... -",.. " ~.. i t' d ,/ Ditto Shares .... ..... .........* 50 ......... •,•-• 1.‘ ,, ,,,,, - ..1 , . Ditto ifths. .... . ......... ............ 12...»..... „," . i g i / London and Brighton .............. 50 ........."'"_ '„-. :. ~'" ... London and Birmingham...—. Stock - ......." . .4..• `" Ditto 34-Shares ~,,.. 20334 , 0.4 " I f c .N ..rivatilk ...a Croydon . (filia)::: fig:::: - 6, '..to ; Norwich and Brandon • 2 ..... ... , 5 % ' ... . 1° Newcastle and Darlington Junet 14 ( 15 .... ..... .7 . ,,,,.,:,"* . t , ,, Paris and Orleans ................ t ° /.. Paris and Rouen 2O .... .... 33 i .. ....".. OP Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland - .. 0 7 0 r Ditto Scarboro' Branch r,r2 --0 id MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. ...,. f r 11 is firm to-day and stock is sparingly offere d „ 3 :.. :16 t A"; Counties, 10 5-16 ; Ditto, Registered Shares, 1 ,tt0," Ditto, Perpetual, IL 6s. 10d. ; London and BM Manchester and Birmingham, 404. CLOSING PRICES. 1 4° BRITISH FUNDS. ao ro Bank Stock Dlnidtgnnosntoedik::::::::::.... yi, 8 6 , 4 0, 3 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. 5% per Cent. Eel lO3 Ditto New Ancuni„, e Z i f ; P;;; New 3% per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills 1,0001. 171 : 0 New 5 per Cent. . Ditto 5 1 001••••• ............ 0 Long Annuities to expire Ditto smail....-.1' . ... „ s . l i Jan. 1860 -..... 12 13-16 Bank Stock for . 04 : t ~,, i y,i Oct. 1 8 59............ 121,‘ India Stock for A • , , Jan. 1860 12% Consols for Acct. ..... ... . 0 FOREIGN FUNDS. r • ,' Ce nt ••.. Austrian, 5 per Cent — 'Portuguese, 5 per ~ ....... „ , Belgian, 5 per Cent 105% Ditto, New Ditt,, o .l ..... " , Brazilian Bonds .. 80 Prussian , 5 per„,,%•''' t. ..,.....', 1 Buenos Ayres, 6 per ceiit... 55% magma!), taper L..' ......."„ ; th t Milan, 6 per Cent ........».. 105 ,Ditto, Metallic ...V . ....." , . T Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 13% Spanish, 5 per Celt. . ~.• . j. Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Ceat••••.',...lf, `,O Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 23 Ditto, Deferred...l.",.ltj, / knish, 3 per Cent ..... ...... Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — Exchange ...._,...",':„..,•.bi, Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., i 837 ,Dutch. 2% Per .... Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent., 3O lima°, 5 per Cent •.. SHARE ..•••• - ;s4 Great Western (75 paid) ....• 61 Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Hull and Selby (50 paid) ....• vs London and Birmingham (Stock) .... .......... ••••• 64 London and Guildford Junctioq.( 5 pa'd) -".•"" l iii London and South Western (411765. 10d. Pat -) : ' , gs t i Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) .......... . ..... . ... .. ..... .. Northern and Eastern (45 paid) . ....... :.......••• ..... 14 North Midland (100 paid) ...... ..........•».-••••"'5 Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) ........... ..... .... ***- .. sg) Di to Thirds (211. 138.4 d.) ........... ......••••••" ... .. Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ................. ..... ".. South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ........... .. • . -.. Ditto Scrip (25 paid) . . ..... .. ... ... . .. •" .• . . 2 / ' ',Yarmouth and Norwich (13 paid) ............ .... ..... 0,9' .4 $ 1N1 . ,, A Y cl THE WEATHER.--DETENTION Or T" 40..- 1 - if l a el- or On Tuesday evening the sky, which had Pr ..n d th e . " dear and frosfy, suddenly became overcast, . 1 7 ., . 0-1 3 ` ot fi Changed from nearly 'due north to about W. s ' w inehe. air -became much raildbr, - the, thermoMeter!iodc ads pop o'clock stood at 31 degrees,' having at tell ou ' fre eah l t he e Io 39, being a difference of 8, or 7 above the _d th, 0 1 . 1 'The frost, in consequence, rapidly gave, way, , of tf t 1 . 2 of skaters anti -curlers in the neighbour-110%0,e. n igh liv e tropolis are again,', disafpointed. 'Durtpg t it bil e s t i o the greater part - :4£fliyesterday morning , „, ii , gt ii d e . from about ; `fi n , Ivith . heavy squalls. 1 4 .,, r rr A I; ,0 derated consid,3r-jibliobout nine o'clock, ,!", ,'"i a 1 1 .. ", e'",o weather was unuaually mild, with briltn,„' er ooom,, t e '',ol sunshine, until about three o'clock in the 31 '„d tli! gni the atmosphere suddenly became darken ed ' .7 . 0 sn o t. .1' a slight 'rain shower, but in a short time ' t o salis it tel i a peeped out, and continued to give its rays 1 % lP,ist noon the thermometer at the entrance of 1,u,, eff ee1, , ,44, ent's o ffi ce in the London Docks stood at 44 '„ u eit to J 15• ,, shade. Last evening, at six o'clock, it had Ow 0 . 00. i ,g / v i f breeze fr"l .01 0 li; ti t a cloudy atmosphere and a strong a l I- .rn The fears entertained for the safety of s ever te gsl , I ,a o sels, known to have been at sea during th s , i_t ee s.:i f, unfortunately been realised in numerous in 5J! ,, _ 5e5 ,,,7 3 0 7 t , number of vessels have been wrecked, alict . ',;l te loP e : c ob! f i the crews were drowned. As the weather is still P r o r t .], several steam-packets from the Continent,. a__ . ' t i l e . o _ ° (, - 1 0 0 1 wise, are-overdue. Nearly all the mails tr .. 9 . 7 tiii , B -I . e; ii , f oo arriving at the General Post-office, St. I n° , - 4 .dinbu r o Pf so it 4 ' considerably beyond their fixed time. in I,`-' fall,s iie la i, ° e r the north of Scotland, there have been li?' ti p • 1 t. . e ,t, and many the roads are completely blocKe r _ ye rnei7plit o t from Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Perth, I n d 01 4 1 P or i deen, Montrose, Arbroath, Forfar, Dalldeef,...... An 0 0 09 ...e P ' 0 .0 due at the General Post-office yesterday alle'r iut ii6 ri, al,; s t arrived last evening. The Wick and Thurt° of a te 1570 ' than forty-eight hours overdue. Several 4.0.01 are also long overdue. There was a h eav Y j - ---.or _or,- -' 1 - - evening shortly after seven o'clock. N 0 44 BIRTH'S. 0. 0 8 14 Feb. 26, at Hampstead, the lady of sydsio of „it of s, ditign/ Feb. 27, at Peckham, the lady of Dr. IL___ -.....:_____.--, j-• id'i 6 0- 0 , MARR/ED- r i , ,pri get Feb. 27, at St. ` Mary's, Bryanston-square, - 1- t . &log , Esq., of Mead Lodge, Herta, to Laura , Y olll3 g es g 0 17; Joseph Waldegrave Gunning, Esq., of BroniPtroas/ijc t`l Feb. Mont at St. George's, Hanover-square, ,', sotO te t neux gomerie, Esq ,of Garboldisharo Iln"% n a Oi s the Hon. Georgiana Foley, daughter of the late. o 010} the present Lord Foley. 0 , °` .800 D ttl.,, Feb. 27, at St. Mary's Church, Paddington,' l i t outr , aio arf Esq., of Park-place-terrace, to Mary Ann , 'Nfotilia — lai , i; ° Thomas Chambers,.of Upper Seour-street, , de ico 4 / Feb. 27, at St. James's Church, I. Gaste..thter, the Chateau • de Noe, Prussia, to Bertha,- !taut' Lousada, Esq., of, Bruxelles. _______----------- ' ao o' l % o DIED. i r eye viiii.4 half, Jan. 15, at Georgina, Canada West, aged tnle / li r ' Agnes Mary, , , cap.-. ,i•t Bourchier, R.N. ; and on the 22d, aged ,of % CAP v o4 Feb. 23, the - Rev. W. Oxenham, vicar a, V e Bou • • -, youngest ttauguter OO , e~oa• Bourchier, R.N., b oth of scarlet fever. shire, and prebendary of Exeter Cathedral,geo.ed 6• 3 _, 1 • '5„4 Feb. 23, at Ilfracombe, T. J. Anniger Esq ., a .,,,,b ag',,j '- Feb. 25, in Great Ormond-street, Ir. ' R. Gle t : o f P • Feb. 26, in Torrington-square,Sarah, the wife •ilibw l op , Winslow, Esq of 3 . 11. ' . Feb 26, at Feb. Feltham, Mary ~'► wife Paine, aged 79. A ged r . Feb ' . 27,.Ann, relict of. Thomas Daxs Es c k% of Corot;;;', ".") 'OCSA3IIO London: Printed and Published NG 112, Strand, at The SUIR Office, rti0.112,401-150 Cmulvi of puraday, Foritsti li -41)