The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-09 00:00:00

Jacobins of France, and these fellows who attend the League Meetings are great grandchildren of these bloody fellows. They want to destroy the landlord in order to pick the pocket of the tenant, and then send the labourer to the devil."—(Roars of laughter.) The mildest word supplied to them was blasphemy. But there were some of them who wanted to put down all discussion on the subject.— ( - Hear, hear.) Twenty-eight petitions had been presented to tie House of Commons to stop these mischievous discussions. This reminded him of a benighted village, in which, whenever there was a storm at night, the clergyman used to be called sup to read a chapter out of the Bible.—(Laughter.) They bad no intention of being put down ; they had no idea of sur rendering one jot of their principle.—( Great cheering.) Their business was simply to increase, by every means in their power, their efforts to forward the cause. The recent movement had thrown new light upon the Object, and had shown what were the real grounds upon which their enemies proceeded. The Morning Post was the faithful organ of their views ; as such it had received many votes of thanks at their meetings.—(Hear, hear.) On the day before Parliament met, that journal said, " The business of farmers as to resist, to the utmost of their power, the hypothesis that any supply from abroad is necessary." It further said that the business of landlords was to take care of their own interests, and that the agriculturists of England had a right to the mono isoly of supplying England with food ; and that the sliding scale was founded on that hypothesis. This, at least, was in telligible language.—( Hear, hear.) The same journal ridi culed improvements in agriculture, on the ground that their effect was to increase the quantity and lower the price of corn, as well as on the ground of their expense. He had lately heard of a new plan on the part of the monopo lists being s t ar ted for the maintenance of monopoly. That plan was no other than a system of exclusive dealing. It was only two days ago that this plan was suggested in the organ of the Government, the Morning Herald. If any tradesmen ven tured to condemn the present system of monopoly, all support was to be drawn from him in his business. Let the tradesmen be an honest man—let him have a large family to bring up— yet, if he dared to express his opinion in favour of free trade, be was to be marked as a person undeserving of support in his business. How could these monopolists have the face after this to talk of the morality of the people or of their spiritual destitu tion ? This last attempt of the monopolists was most odious tyranny.—(Cheers. ) The free trade party might, if they chose, adopt the same course, but he would never recommend any man, who was a friend to the cause, to pursue such an odious system. Every man had a right to his opinion.—(Cheers.) He trusted that this odious and detestable attempt at tyranny on the part of the monopolists would only encourage the free traders to fresh exertions.—(Cheers.) The monopolists, amongst other foolish arguments, had made use of one which bad caused some sensation amongst parties who were inclined to be free traders. They said that if the corn-laws were re pealed, we never could meet the demands of the public cre ditor. He ventured to say, that out of all the fallacies which had been started by the monopolists, there had been none more worthless or groundless than this one. Did not they bearrepeatedly in the House of Lords, that they could not think of taxing the bread of the people for revenue ?—( Hear and a laugh?) Why, how was revenue raised, but upon what the people consumed ? And if bread were cheap, as a matter of course they would have more money to lay out in those articles which were taxed for the purposes of revenue. Mr. Huskisson, in the very last speech which he made in the House of Commons said—and his words had been prophetic—that if the corn-laws were maintained, the only means of maintaining public faith would be by an income-tax. How true had his anticipations proved. To illustrate the position he had taken, he would refer to the revenue received during three years of scarcity and three years of cheapness. The years 1835, 1836, and 1837, were cheap years, and the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, were years of scarcity. In the cheap years, the ave rage price of corn was 475. the quarter, and during the years of scarcity it was 675. being a difference of 40 per cent. It multi be borne in mind that during the last three years, the population of the kingdom increased one million, and it would be reasonable to expect that in that account considerably ex ciseable articles would have been consumed. The amount of revenue colteted during the cheap years was 159,800,0001., and the amount during the dear years, when the population bad increased one million, was only 159,200,000/.—(Hear, hear.) Now in what was it that this falling off was most perceptible? Why it was in the Customs and Excise Departments. During the cheap years the revenue from the Customs was 117.000,0001., while, during the dear year, the amount received from tne stoma and Ex cise was, notwithstanding the increase in the population, only 116,000,000/.—(Hear, hear.) During the cheap year the revenue received upon spirits, tea, and sugar, was 51,000,0001., while during the three dear years, notwithstanding - the increase in the population, it was only 47,000,0001. Now, if the same amount had continued to have been received there would have been received annually 2,300,0001. Now what was the deficit which Sir R. Peel wished to make up by his income-tax? It was 2,344,0001., being only a difference 44,000/.—(Cheers.) He mentioned this fact to show that the present income tax was merely imposed to keep up the present corn-laws. He did not know whether this was a great or a small fact—( Cheers)—but it seemed to him to be a very important one. He recollected the present Minister, when he was bringing in his tariff, in which he proposed to reduce the duty on cattle, being warned of the results of his so doing by one of his own supporters—a county Member. This county Member read a letter, in which the writer told him what a trade there would be between the United States and England if the duty on cattle were reduced. He showed that provision would be abundant and cheap in this country if this reduction took place. He (Mr. Villiers) re membered entering the House at the time, and he was auto. nished to hear this good information given by a county Mem ber, he being a Monopolist; and he was not a little surprised at hearing him say that all these benefits would certainly befal the country if the reduction in the duty on cattle were to take place.—( Laughter.) Why, the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself, only last year, said that he was free to confess that, whenever there was a good harvest, and prices of provisions were law that the receipts from the Excise were sure to increase. Mr. Gladstone had said that he had no doubt that if the trade in food were opened with other countries that the supply would be paid for by the manufactures of this country, and that it would consequently give a great increase to the employmeet of the people.—(Hear, hear.) Why, Sir Robert Peel himself bad said that he had no doubt that if they lowered the price of provisions sufficiently, the people would hardly feel the income tax at all. How could they say, then, that the repeal of the corn-laws would render the country unable to keep faith with the public creditor. The people had never shown any disposi tion to cheat the public creditor.—(Loud cheer°. ) The Duke of Richmond had asserted at a public meeting that the advocates of free trade only wished to defraud the public creditor. He (Mr. Villiers) was there to say that there was not the slightest foundation for that calumny.—(Cheers.) He said the public creditor never would be in any danger, except from the class to which the Duke of Richmond belonged. —( Loud cheers.) Such a charge came with a peculiarly bad grace from the Duke of Richmond, inasmuch as he was a Member of the Govern ment that proposed that there should be a duty imposed on transfer of stock.—( Hear, hear, and cries of " Give it him.") He wished there was more to be said in their favour.—. ( Hear, hear.) One Noble Lord at Hertford had stated that if the corn-laws were repealed, it would tend to diminish the enjoyments and luxuries of persons of his class. Nobody grudged them their luxuries, only let them get them in a proper manner. Why should the corn .laws be maintained for their exclusive benefit. Just as well might the doctor or the lawyer claim to have a law passed to perpetuate disease and litigation.—( Cheers.) He would oniy wish those who were not convinced of the soundness of the principles of free trade, to consider the arguments of those who were the oppo nents of those principles. The motto of the free traders was "no surrender."—(Cheers.) And he believed that their efforts would succeed for their cause was not like of their op ponents powerless, spiritless, and selfish.—(Loud Cheers.) Mr. Comes); next rose to address the meeting, and was re ceived with a burst of cheering which lasted for some minutes. He said, that since he last had the pleasure of meeting them there, he had had the honour of addressing many large assem blies of their fellow-countrymen ; but he assured them that be looked upon that meeting with surprise and gratifieati in on account of the enthusiasm even at present prevailing in the metropolis. He felt very much disposed to give something )10 an ABC of the question over again. He had been told that on that evening they were favoured with the attendance of many visitors who were neither very well informed nor of scourse convinced on the subject. He would therefore first give the young pupils a lesson in the elementary principles of free trade, and endeavour to send them away good missionaries. Now what was free trade? Not the pulling down of all the -custom-houses; but by free trade they meant the abolition of all protective duties. They did not propose to do away with indirect taxation, and to obtain revenue by means of direct taxation. There were a class of men who had taken possession of the Custom-house, and had installed their clerks therein to collect the Customs for their particular benefit, and the free traders intended to remove them out of taw Custom-house. He would remind his young friends, the steclents, that monopolies existing now were analogous to the monopolies which existed under the Tudors and the Stuarts, when the Sovereign granted monopolies to the creatures of the Court for the exclusive sale of sugar leather, salt, and other articles. One by one, those monopolies were abolished, until a 13w was passed by which it was enacted that no Sovereign should bare the powerof granting monopolies of any sort. There was no difference, however, in the present monopoly which existed. It was just as much a monopoly as though Queen Victoria had granted it to any particular person. The mono poly in the sale of sugar was still as great, for our sugar came from a mere spec of the world, as compared with the South American continent, the East Indies, China, and the Indian Archipelago. He believed that many of his auditors that night were of the agricultural interest. They would probably be curious to know why the free-traders called themsela es the Anti-Corn-law League. The reason was, they advocated the abolition of the corn monopoly, believing it to be the foster parent of all other monopolies.—(Cheers.) If they destroyed that, the rest wo u ld f o llo w . —( Hear, h ear . ) When Sir R. Peel proposed the alteration in the tariff, he (Mr. Cobden) looked to see if the article of corn was there, tut he could not find it, and on his asking why it was not there, Sir R. Peel said that corn was different to everything else in the tariff. They were told by the Earls and the Dukes that the corn-laws regulated wages. Now, he would ask the working people present if, when they were making a bargain for emplment, any reference was ever made as to the price of corn?— ('Cries of " No, no.") Why the hackney-coach and the waternien's fares were all regulated by Act of Parliament, and yet he dare say, that when those fares were made no re gard was paid to the price of corn.—( Hear, hear.) He had heard something of women stitch, stitch, stitching for three halfpence a shirt.—( Hear.) He wished to know if the price of corn regulated their w e g (Cheers ) When Sir R. Peel brought in his . 0311 2-law a iw s o .— Years age, he (Mr. Cobden) moved an amenument to the effect that before passing a Corn ißnilitrtohpoeyrtiouognhtthetowcosnesisdeir how far it was practicable to raise to that atriendingentio the labourer. Sir R. Peel, in an swercould fix the rate of wag es witsah it was quite impossible that they 14 t t i n ie this country--it could only be settled by competition world's ma r k e t. H e (M r . C.) went to a division ; and Sir ieeland his friend s wen t out at one door, while about t went y went with him (M r . Cobden) out of the other, and or thi rty yet those p arties wh o re j ecte d that motion, in a few minutes afterwar ds came back and com menced_p_assing a law by whi c h they i • egulated the p r i ce o f majority of cotton that born. Why, how they would s t are , if if they h a d spinners were in the House of Com mons to proposed to fi x the price of printed cotto ns , only, they were to do so, they would be hooted from the metrop o li s , In the iron trade large fortunes had been lost. Some years ago iron was 15/. 10s. per ton. Now, it was only 5/. 10s., yet no one in the House of Commons propose d measures to protect persons engaged in this tr a d e . To sho w the fallacy of wages being regulated by the price of corn, he. (Mr. Cobden) was paying more wages to inexperienced la bourers than the beat agricultural labourer got in Dorsetshire. _(Cheers.) If they had a repeal of the corn-laws, that must increase the demand for labour, boa? in this country and abroad, and therefore it must benefit the labouring population. Why, if it did nothing else, it would relievetthe country of the burden of two millions ("paupers, who would then obtain work. So far from throwing land out of cultivation, he ap pealed to the opinions of the Earl of Ducie, confessedly at the head ofthe arable farmers of the country, and the Earl Spencer, who was at the head of the grazing farmers of the country, and they stated it as their belief that the repeal of the corn laws would call all the poor land into cultivation. It had been said that if the cern-laws were repealed, the foreigners would send over their corn, but they would take nothing in re turn. Why this, if it said anything, said that the fo reigners were ready to give in their produce for nothing. Why take new the case of a tailor and a provision merchant at Wm.. A middling Pam Lyn between thew, and be sees the tailor every week carying home butter and cheese from the ; provision merchant's, and he goes to him and sap, " You are importing largely from the provision merchant, and yet you send no clothes in return. The tailor replies that at all events he was all right.—(Laughter.) Upon this the middling in dividuals would go to the provision merchant, and say " You are sending largely to that tailor, but you get no clothes in return." And the provision merchant would answer, " No, but I get money." The middling reciprocity man would take another crotchet into his head and go back to the tailor and say, " Why this is a pretty drain of bullion—you pay in gold to the provision man, how are you t o g et that ? that cannot last you know ?" So then the tailor replies, " Why, I get the money from the grocer and the baker, and youknow my children cannot live on gold." And so the reciprocity man leaves the house. He wanted the farmers to understand what the motives and objects of the Anti-Corn-law League were. He did not choose to allow the landlords to hack their old arguments. There was not one new argument adduced—no new " young England' stood up with the cuckoo cry of protection ; in fact, the term of " protection" put him in mind of that beautiful tale of the Vicar of Wakefield, where Mr. Jenkinson talks of the cos mogony of the world, and, on the strength of that word, takes in poor Moses, and eventually Dr. Primrose himself.—(Cheers and laughter.) He did not—neither, he was sure, did the meeting—like to deal in vituperation ; but still they all liked to abstract amusement from sources such as this, and their intention was to publish—he did not know whether he could call it " elegant extracts"—divers por tions of the monopolist speeches as specimens of morals, man ners, and humanity ; and he thought that there was one gen tleman who had given such a specimen of his oratorical and descriptive powers in speaking of the League, that his phy siognomy should be This as the frontispiece of the work.— ( Loud laughter.) This individual bad called the League Jaco bins, Jonathan Wylds, and Jack Sheppards ; and that the Anti-Corn-law League were composed of a mass of ragga muffins. Those were the words of Sir Charles Knightley. Another gentlemen—a Noble Lord, too—had asked what this agitation meant. He (Mr. Cobden) did not believe before that there was so much titled ignorance or coroneted vul garity as was manifested in this " nobleman's " speech, when he asked this question. He certainly did not expect to see much of what might be called cogent argument come from such a source, but still he thought that he might expect de cency of manner at all events.--(Hear, hear.) The League had been accused of violence ; the League was small at first, and then there was some excuse for their violence, because all bodies which were powerless were generally addicted to the use of hard words, and such was the reason for which they could excuse the epithets now applied to them by their opponents. (Cheers.) In this state of the agitation they had such high prospects that he should not wonder if the League sv , ,re com pelled not to admit any individual except they belonged to the upper classes.—( Cheers, and laughter.) For they had—let the meeting be aware—marquises and earls joining the League. —( Cheers.) But their opponents proposed to counteract the efforts of the League, by the dissemination of pro-corn-law tracts, and having lecturers to hold forth in favour of mono poly. How he should like to attend the first meeting ! ( Laughter.) Let his (Mr. Cobden's) audience fancy a leature upon starvation, and then fancy how very beautiful must be the exordium upon such a subject. The meetings which had been held had been styled the meetings of tenant-farmers, but they were nothing more than assemblages of persons, who could be called nothing else than auctioneers and valuators of land, and to whom all changes and rise of rents would be a benefit. Such a class of men as this were scarcely known in Scotland now. The Anti- Corn-law party had abstained carefully from interfering with the meetings, because they thought it unjust for any one to interfere with the meetings of others, but still this feeling on their part did not reach their opponents. He was now labour ing under a hoarseness contracted from this cause. In the town of Birmingham there were large yellow placards from Mr. F. O'Connor, calling upon the men of Birmingham to come for ward and oppose these " Mill Tyrants." He (Mr. Cobden) was glad of the challenge, in order that he might have an opportu nity of testing the good sense of the men of Birmingham. At that large meeting four-fifths were working men, yet a body of fifty in the centre of the meeting, acting upon the signal of a notorious individupl, who sat in the organ loft, and acted as fugleman, disturbed the whole meeting. He appealed to the ladies in the gallery, and asked the men present if they would allow such venal tyranny as that to be exercised over them there ; and in less than five minutes after his appeal some few of the most disorderly were removed, and the rest showed themselves (in the usual manner) quite as great cow ards as they xere bullies before, and were as quiet as mice in a church.—(Laughter.) He knew that men could be found quite ready to degrade the sacred name of liberty. Their organs of the press—even the Morning Post—(a laugh)—were trying to put down the Anti-Corn-law League; but let any man come to the Theatre, and see the order, the decorum, and the enthusiasm which pervaded the vast multitude he surveyed, and then see what the materiel was upon which the League rested.--(Cheers.) If a meeting were called to take the sense of a particular town, county, or borough, he thought it was the duty of every man to attend and state what his ideas were of the means most likely to conduce to the general welfare. He invited the monopolists to:come and meet him as his object was to make converts by reasoning. On the 24th of this month, he in tended proceeding to Gloucester, where, and with all sincerity, he invited the monopolists to come and meet him, and then and there discuss the point at issue. The monopolists at tempted to say that the acts of the Anti-Corn-law League were alone countenanced by the rabble of the towns ; bat was it not fifty of the rabble of Birmingham who tried to break up the meeting then ? All that was wanting was for the working and industrial classes to enter into the matter heart and soul, and then monopoly would be broken up. If the people of London were to speak trumpet-tongued upon the sub ject, there was no Minister of the Crown who dared to maintain office, if he supported the system of monopoly by which the people of this country were crushed to the earth. Mr. Baring had designated all those who voted against him as rabble, and he (Mr. Cobden) was very glad to say that he should be one of this rabble, for he should be registered very shortly in his right as an eleotor of the City of London.—(Cheers.) The moment that the public voice became strong and unanimous that moment must monopoly fall to the ground.— (Cheers.) General Evasts next rose, and apologised for speaking after the eloquent gentlemen who had just addressed the meeting. When two parties are opposed to each other, that party which most continually shifts and changes its policy and tactics is most - sure to be in error. At first, the Anti-Corn-law League were treated with derision, but now its opponents recommended to the agriculturists that they should, in order to compete with foreign countries, study all the various branches of agricultural chermstry ; and the First Lord of the Treasury had offered the services of one of his bulls to improve the breed of cattle.— (Laughter.) The Anti-Corn-law League had gone into the agricultural districts, and now they heard of farmers' dinners and the like, at which were Dukes and Earls, to counteract the reasonings of the League amongst the tenant-farmers. He should not much longer trespass upon the attention of the meet ing, for they had heard from Mr. Cobden the A B C of this great question. With respect to the cry which had been raised by, their opponents, that it was necessary this country should be independent of foreign countries, he would ask was it right that any one country should be in dependent of another ? He denied most distinctly that those laws which by taxation prevented this country from trading with foreign countries afforded the slightest benetitor protection to the tenant or occupying farmer. If the agriculturists claimed the right of protective duties, why were not all other trades in the community entitled to a similar right ? Another cant phrase was very general—the " wooden walls of Eng land," but all dispassionate and thinking men must see that the source of this glory and bulwark of England lies in the com mercial navy of the country. Even if free trade were to be considered simply as a matter of mere revenue they would find that the abolition of all restrictive duties had the effect of in creasing the income. When the duty on coffee was redueed to one half the consumption was increased in three or four fold. The same was the case with respect to wool. Again, although the French Government increased the duties on English manufactures, yet when the English Government reduced the export duties the amount of duties increased from 600,000/. to nearly three millions, or nearly five fold. In conclusion, he should say that he hoped the great mass of the people would still adhere to the firm determination which they had already manifested, and the result would be ultimate reform of those laws which pressed so heavily upon the industry and energies of the people. After the Chairman had announced that the next night of meeting was fixed for Thursday, the 15th inst., the assembly separated. COURT CIRCULAR. Womson, THURSDAY.—The Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting on the Queen, took her departure from the Castle to-day. Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting on her Majesty, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting, also left the C4.stle this morning. To-morrow the Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Frances Devereux, will, it is expected, take their departure. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) and Colonel Wylde, remain at present at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt, arrived in town yesterday morn ing from her residence at Kew. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Alilefelt and Baron Knesebeck, left town in the forenoon -- on a visit to her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, at Witley Court, Worcester shire. Their Royal Highnesses and suite travelled by the London and Birmingham Railway, and took their departure by the ten o'clock train from the Euston-square terminus. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England sat yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commis sioners present were the Bishop of London, the Bishop "of Exeter, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salisbury, and the Dean of Westminster. The Health of Towns Commission sat yesterday at Gwy dyr House, Whitehall. The Commissioners present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Robert Ag lionhy Slaney, Mr. George Graham, Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Dr. Playfair, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard Owen, llunterian Professor of the College of Surgeons, Capt. William Thomas Denison, Mr. J. It. Martin, and Mr. James Smith, of Deanston. 'The Duke of Buccleuch gave a dinner to the Cabinet Mi nisters on Wednesday evening, at his residence, Montagu House, Whitehall-gardens. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster, returned to town on Wednesday afternoon, from Windsor Castle, after attending the nomination of the Sheriff for the county of Lancaster for the present year. The Earl of Dalhousie had an interview with the Duke of Wellington yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong, and also from the Governor of Newfoundland, were received yester day at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester dThe Lords present were, Lord B roug h am, L ord Camp beall, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Lord Campbell gave judgment on " The General Steam Navigation Company v. Tonkin," an appe a l f rom a decision of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, relative to a collision between the steamer Menai, and the schooner Friends. His Lordship, after stating that the Dean of the Arches, who had attended the hearing of the case, entirely concurred with the Lords present in their decision, gave judgment that the Court would recommend to her Majesty, that the judgment appealed against should be affirmed with costs. The Judge of the Admiralty having joined their Lordships, an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " Jones v. Francis Godrich," was heard, Dr. Addams and the Queen's Advocate appeared for the respective parties. An appeal from Bengal was heard, " Maharaja Tej Chand v. Sri Kauth Ghose and others." Messrs. 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Mathews ; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ni:bett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. Aber the Comedy Mr John Parry will sing his New Song, entitle' A Ballad on Bitters." To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachryraoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. THEAI RE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented success of The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted To.night, and three times a week till further notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff. Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Page, Mr. Howe; Caius, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. Brindal; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Lessee respectfully informs the Patrons of this Esta blishment that Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing this Evening one of his Popular Songs—" A Ballad on Bitters." The New Fairy Extra vaganza of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks," Every Evening -Graceful, Miss P. Horton; Lucidora, Miss Julia Ben nett. The New Comic Drama of " Used Up," will be repeated To-morrow, and three times a-week. The " Little Devil" to morrow Night. I. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL . P r incipal Characters—Messrs. 0. , Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, riliss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. After which, a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEVA. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wright, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates. To conclude w;th the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called II AR. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Eflects! Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal. Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Punta. loon. Mr. Johnstone. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be repeated an English version of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Burdini, and Paul Bedford. After which, the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE. Zaida (the Greek Save), Madame Eugenie Prosper. 'To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque weetacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing-Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leaf, Miss R. Isaacs. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1844. BOROUGH, to Lord AUCKLAND. His remarks about the " old friends" of Sir HENRY POTTINGER, and the manner in which Sir HENRY treated his friends when he was among them, formed a strong contrast to the lamentations of Lord ASHLEY. Mr. EMERSON TEN NENT followed, and demolished all the castles built in the air by Lord ASHLEY. He treated the letter said to have been written by Sir H. POTTINGER as a for gery, and could prove it from Sir H. POTTINGER'S own words, who had described his " old friends" as a vicious and wicked race, and predicted their pre sent destiny. After speeches from Sir C. NAPIER, Sir R. PEEL, and Lord J. RUSSELL, the House divided, when the motion was negatived by a majority of 134. Mr. DIVETT then made his motion for an address to her Majesty to dismiss Mr. BONHAM from his situation in the Ordnance-office, but not being se conded, it fell to the ground. The House adjourned at Five Minutes to Two. The last charge in the warfare has commenced, and the Solicitor-General for Ireland has begun his reply to the speeches for the defendants, and his ge neral summary of the whole case. It will require all the talent which he possesses —and that is well-known to be not a little—to bring the minds of the jury back to anything like a favourable state for the prosecu tors. Conviction, or acquittal, or no verdict at all, fortunately signifies not one single iota, for the public has decided upon the case long ago, and no finding of the jury will alter the decision of the country. But the opinion to be entertained of Irish juries, of their subserviency to official purposes, or freedom from party bias, will be greatly influenced by the result of this trial. And if the Solicitor-General succeeds in averting a verdict of direct acquittal, or in compass ing the finding of no verdict at all, he will do great things for his employers. Should he succeed so far as to give any plausible pretext for a verdict of guilty, and, should the jury avail themselves of such a pre ttxt to carry out the purpose for Which they were put into the box, great will be the laudation be stowed upon the Solicitor-General. He will not, in his attempts, use the weapon of offence, nor follow the example of his Learned Leader by producing his fire-arms in Court; but he will aim, by slow, in sidious poison, to gain his ends, and to compass the destruction of O'CONNELL and his fellow-defendants. Thus the pliability of an Irish jury, and the talent or jesuitry of an Irish Solicitor-General, are, in truth, the only issues about to be decided by the State prosecution of the Government of Sir R. PEEL. Did any Government, in times past—did any Ad ministration upon record, ever put itself into the position that the present Government has as sumed on this occasion ? Legal preparation un equalled, in more senses than one—unequalled in extent, unequalled in absurdity : - trickery and artifice unknown in legal annals ; employed in the suppression of jury lists, and in the fraudulent packing of a jury : intolerance and bigotry, in making a religious test the ground, for exclusion from the panel chosen out of the mutilated list. And yet after all this preparation, this trickery, this intoler ance, all that the Government has been able to do, is to put themselves on their trial, and to place their own conduct, their own misdoings for adjudication, whilst those of whom they sought to make criminals, are comparatively free from all care as to what the final ending of thew trials may be. So will it always be, when Governments suffer themselves to be dragged from the beaten road of justice into the tortuous paths which petty malignity and private malice prefer to tread. To gratify the dogged pertinacity of a WELLINGTON, the demoniac hatred of a STANLEY, and the paltry pettifogging acerbity of a GnAtaiaxt, the Government of Sir R. PEEL has been led into this maze of persecution, and has perilled its very existence upon the putting down of O'CoNNELL. The cause of Repeal has been ad vanced more by tb e proceedings of the Government than by any thing: that years of agitation could have effected. Sir R. P pn. has nobody but himself to thank if he should find, ino matter what the verdict of this fraudulently-sele dted, unfairly packed, and infamously concocted jury may be (a selection, a packing, and a concoction, in Which the jury are no sharers, and from which, perch ance, they may yet gloriously yin dicate themselves} ; , that the cause of Repeal has gained a strength, and acquired a force, which, but for these prosecutions, it c,,ti ld never hale attained. Repeal of the at lion is the child of Tory parents — it has been fostered by them, and nursed until it has gained its present stature, by their care and superin tendence ;—and if ;ever a repeal of the union, which we sincerely depree ate, should he found unavoidable, to Tory misgovern ment, obstinapy, and imbecility alone will such an le , vent be attributed. Though the dis ct fission raised by Lord ASHLEY in the House of Com - co ons on the affairs of Sinde has led to no immediate lees ult favourable to the Ameers, it has been of great service to the cause of truth and justice. It has di spulled the calumnies heaped on Sir CHARLES NAPIER , it has placed before the public the real position in which he stood; and it has elicited from all : parties the highest tribute to his foresight, skill, an d bravery. It has done more ; for the statements i nay le by authorities competent to judge leave no doubt that if a General of less penetrating mind: .and less decision had been ap pointed to CODID aai id the Sinde army, we should have had a re] )etition of the Affghanistan tragedy, the wh' ilo of the British troops and their auxiliaries would: . ..have been surprised, and every officer, soldier an a follower, put to an ignominious death. No praise s, 'therefore, is too great for conduct which saved, the 'nation from such a calamity, and prevented a gen 'mai rising of all the discontented States adjoining the British possessions in India. Lord ASHLEY'S r )tion, to parts of which there can be no objection, Was lost by a great majority, and a mixed majority , too, consisting of Whigs, and Radicals, and T aeries. Three of the leading members of the late C government voted in the majority, namely, Lord I ) .LLarnasrox, Lord JoHN RUSSELL, and Sir J. C. H :x)EarousE, the late President of the Board of Contro' 1... This is fair a n d honour a ble, and removes all susp 'owns that Lord PALMERSTON or any of his colleagues Twould join in the wild cry of execrat ing a line of poli ey which was forced on Lord ELLEN BOROUGH and Sir NAPIER, and which could not be condemned wi - tb out involving that of Lord AUCK LAND and Sir Jon ti KEANE in the same condemnation. Lord ASHLEY 1 i9 .s the character of being a very humane an impartial man in all his con duct, both publi. and private, but it is singular that a Noblc aaan with such a character should waste all k.is commiseration and tears only on one party, the In !Elting and tyrannical Ameers, and would again subjc x A to their iron dominion thousands of emancipated sl yes, and tens of thousands of in dustrious Hindoos h brought down to the lowest mi sery by their e xactions and oppressions. Every author, almost wi Ithout exception, who has written on Sinde, has (14 scribed the sufferings of the people under the late Ai peers as intolerable, and their go vernment as tl IV very worst to be found in all the East. Inas his Lordship no sympathy for oppressed s ftbjects and slaves, and is it consistent with his professed humanity to call upon the Indian I government to direct the " imme diate restoration cd the Ameers to liberty and the enjoyment of the; z estates ?" While he laments the fate of a few chiefs I, allowed 20,0001. a year, and, with one exception, co iparatively at liberty, he forgets the sufferings, the war, and the murders which their restoration, even for six months, would entail on their unhappy victims. Let the Ameers be treated with due humat itv, let everything consistent with prudence and sec isrity be done for their comfort ; but keep them at a itstance from Sinde, and leave the inhabitants to the r blessings of a civilized acid paternal Government. Madrid papers io,f the st inst. have been received, and bring intelli{ mnce of vast importance. Another revolution in Spai ;to has commenced which, in all pro bability, will lead .tto a bloody civil war. On the 28th of last month ar( iv olt of a formidable character broke out in the seaport , town of Alicante. The provincial regiment, station( col at that place, joined in the incur rection, and the g 7i. , neral cries were—'l Long live the Constitutional Qv ZEN !" " Down with the Ministers !" The military auti ht )rities were completely taken by surprise ; the Ger ler: al Commandant, and the Political Chief were arrt'ate d by the Custom-house Car biniers, and a au nta formed. On the intelli gencewas immediately immoned, the troops were a ll reaching adrid, a Council of Minist ers placed under arms, nd orders issued for the arrest of all the leaders of the Progresista party, including, among others, CORTINA, LOPES, MADOZ, GARREDO, GERNICA, ORS, and BENEDICTO. These arrests have taken place, it is said, in consequence of proofs of a conspiracy being discovered from intercepted letters. The Madrid Gazette was published at a late hour on the Ist, and from the decrees and proclamations pub lished in it, the Government evidently anticipate a general rising in the east of Spain. The provinces of Alicante, Murcia, Albacete, Valencia, Almeria, and Castellon de la Plana, are ordered to be forthwith declared under martial-law. The war steamer Isabella 11., brig Nervion, and a schooner of war, are ordered to proceed immediately to blockade Alicante ; and the most severe measures are contemplated with respect to the insurgents, as may be seen from the following atrocious decree issued by the Government, dated Madrid, Feb. 1, 1844 : " 1. All the chiefs, officers, and sergeants who belong to the army, provincial militia, national militia, carabiniers, or navy, who have taken part in the rebellion of Alicante, shall be shot, wherever they can be met with, upon the sole identi fication of their persons. "2. If, after the insurgent troops of all arms have been invited to place themselves again under the loyal standard within a short space of time, which remains at the discretion of your Excellency to fix, they do not present themselves, they shall be decimated whenever they can be come at, ac cording to the regulations. " 3. All the inhabitants who have taken part in the revolt at Alicante, as leaders of the rebellion, shall be shot. "4. The captains-general and commanders remain strictly responsible for the execution of the preceding dis positions." Another journal, the Posdata, states : " News has been received from Murcia that the provincia regiment of Valencia had left Alicante disarmed, having refused to take any active part in the insurrection, and that the only force there consisted of National Guards and Cara biniers. It says that D. Pantaleon Bonnet, formerly a Carlist chief, is President of the Junta of Alicante; and 1). Manuel Carreras, an Exaltado leader, Vice-President. " Several other deputies and other persons have been ar rested, and orders are out to take up some sixty persons altogether ; besides which, five couriers were sent off express in different directions, last night, with similar orders to the provinces. " A circular has been sent to all the captains-general an nouncing the revolt at Alicante, and ordering them to consult with the political chiefs, and to be prepared to proclaim mar tial-law if required." The following is another account, with additional particulars, furnished by a Madrid Correspondent : " The President of the Council was called at eleven o'clock, on the night of the 31st, by the Secretary of the Council, when a Council was immediately sum moned. After reading the official dispatches an nouncing the insurrection at Alicante, and the inau guration of a Junta in that town, the Ministry took energetic steps to put it down. Very important correspondence was consequently stopped and seiz ed, by order of the Government, and in consequence of discoveries then made, a great number of persons were arrested in the course of the night. Among the persons arrested are MM. MANUAL CORTINA, PASCUEL MADOZ, GERNICA VERDA Y PEREZ, I. B. Ammo, and GARREDO. All the Deputies are de tained for the present at the Caral de Corte. All the garrison is under arms, and since last night every military post is doubled. A small flying column left Madrid during the night, which is to proceed by forced marches to Valencia, to reinforce the military division of that province. The details of the affair are not published, and the only thing known here is the fact of the outbreak, and the measures taken by Government. The Government did not wish the details to be published in the Gazette. It is said that the Commander of the Custom-house Carabiniers, named BONNET, is at the head of the movement; and that having surprised the authorities, he imprisoned the military Governor, M. LASCALA, and the political chief, M. RAMON CERATT, and the Provincial Com mandant of Valencia. " The Junta in its proclamation, and the insur gents in their demonstrations, cried out, ' Down with tyranny, down with the executioners!" Down with the Government!' Viva liberty!' Viva the Contitutional QUEEN !' The Government has given orders to prevent the spreading of this unexpected movement to Valencia, Murcia, Malaga, and the coast. It is reported that the insurgents have carried Valencia and Santander. The news here created an extraordinary degree of excitement. " P.S.—The Government has just received dis patches from Murcia. They state that some part of the Provincial Battalions of Valencia did not take part in the movement, but they were, nevertheless, disarmed by the authorities. The only troops re maining, therefore, at Alicante, were the National Guards and the Carabiniers, who, it would appear, were at the head of the insurrection. The head of the Junta is Don PANTALEON BONNET, and the Vice president the celebrated Don MANUAL CABRERA. Search has been made for M. LOPEZ JoActimm and FERNANDO MADOZ, to arrest them, but they cannot be found." The funds, in consequence of this unfavourable news, on the Ist of February, fell 11 per Cent. The Three per Cents. were done at 28 for cash, and 28 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20i at 60 days. By accounts from Paris of the 7th, w•e learn that the Government had come to a determi nation respecting the formation of railroads throughout France, and that the plan proposed by the Minister of Finance (LAPLAQNE), and supported by the KING, had been adopted. According to this plan the working and traffic upon the lines, and supplying the engines, &c., are to be done by companies, while the State undertakes to form the embankments and cuttings, and lay the rails. No loan will be required. This had a favourable effect on the funds, for, though depressed by the news of disturbances in Spain, they soon recovered. The Three per C ents., which had fallen to 81f. 70c., closing at 81f.80c., and the Fives at 125 f. The new elections of Deputies at Marseilles, Tou louse, Montpellier, Ploermel, and Doullens, in conse quence of the resignations of MM. BERRYER, DE VALMY, DE _ LARCY, DE LAROCHEJACQUELIN, and BUN DE BOURDON, the Legitimist Deputies, are fixed for the 2d of March next. THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •• .. 124 80 .• 124 85 .• 124 85 • • 124 90 Three per Cents..... 81 85 • • 81 80 • • 81 70 • • 81 80 Bank of France... .• 3285 .. 3285 ••3285 ..3285 Laftitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso7o 5070 • • 5070 ..5070 Belgian Bank .. • .. Belgian Fives .••• • • • .• 107 .. 107 • • 107 • • 107 1840 ........108 .. 108 .. 108 •• 108 1842 ..•..... 1101 .. 1104 .• 110/ 110/ Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• •• • 554 551 .. 55i 551 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 31 3 • • 31 i • • 31 • • 31 Passive .••••• • • • • • • 5 4 • • 5 1 • • 51 • • 51 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 481 • • 484 • • 481 .. 481 Neapolitan ................ 107 .. 107 .. 107 • • 107 Roman _• • 1064 • • 10 64 • • 1061 • • 1064 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.••..... • 346 25 .. 346 25 .. 346 25 • • 346 25 L. 8.• ••• • • •• • • 180 • • 185 .. 177 50 185 Rouen •••• Rouen to Havre ...... • • 710 • • 710 • • 690 .. 701 25 Orleans •••• 853 75 856 25 .. 852 50 .. 855 Strasburg to Bale.. • • • • 242 50 .. 243 75 • • 240 .. 242 50 Montpellier to Cette . • • • • • • • 500 • • 505 • • 500 .. 505 Avignon to Marseilles.. • • • • 772 50 • • 776 25 .. 770 776 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, 347R.8..••••••• 347 50 . • 352 50 347 50 352 50 180 .• 185 .. 180 .• 185 845 .. 845 •• 845 • 845 Rouen Rouen to Havre........... 700 Orleans • • . • •• 701 25 690 860 850 • 701 25 • 860 Strasburg' to Bale. - • • Avignon to Marseilles . 242 . 775 .• 240 •. 243 75 .• 243 75 •• 777 50 - 770 •. 776 25 Pix or THE MINT.—The trial of the Pix of the Royal Mint took place this morning in the Comptroller of the Exchequer's Office, Whitehall, before the Lord Chancel lor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Master of the Mint, the Comptroller of the Exchequer, and other Privy Councillors. The principal members of the Gold smiths' Company were summoned, and having been , sworn to test the weight and fineness of the coinage, and also the amount of alloy, the Lord Chancellor proceeded to charge the jury, commenting on the large amount of coinage since the last trial of the Pix in March, 1842, the gold coinage exceeding twelve millions, and also a large amount of silver coinage. His Lordship explained the different standards of gold and silver, the allowance to the officers of the Mint, both as to weight and fine ness ; the manner in which the specimens in the Pix were selected from each quantity of bullion coined in the Mint ; and directed them to compare these specimens with the " Trial Plates" of gold and silver kept in West minster Abbey. His Lordship gave permission to the jury to proceed to Goldsmiths' Hall there to assay the coinage, and intimated that he should be at the House of Lords from five to half-past six o'clock to . receive their return, and after that hour, should the jury not have completed their return, his Lordship would receive Councillors them at his private residence in Ge or g e-street. The usual invitations to dinner at Golds miths ' Hall h a vi ng Chancellor, h r e o e c n eed mad eing swere adjourned.t he- - fo r r e ma Privy n o thef jury topresent, the Lord the d p andbY thethe EARL OF CARLIELE.—The account of his Lordship's health received in town this day is favourable, viz., that " The Noble Earl is rather better." The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, will be made up on Thursday morning, the 15th inst., and for Egypt, India, Hong-Kong, and China, on the morning of the Ist of March, via Southampton. The overland closed mail to India, via Marseilles, on the evening of the 4th of March, if not detained. The West Indies, Ma deira, Bermuda, St. Jago de Cuba, and Venezuela, on the morning of the 17th instant, to be forwarded by the Clyde steamer, via Southampton. Sydney, Ne'r South Wales, on the morning of the 29th inst., to be forwarded by the Supe rior, via Gravesend. British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, on the evening of the 4th of March, to be forwarded by the Caledonia steamer, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubltr Optitton. " Who runs may rend." POREIGN. The accounts from Spain are very alarming. Alicante and it is said several other places had revolted against the Go vernment, arrested the civil and military authorities, and formed juntas. The , Gazette is fall of the most severe decrees directed against the insurgents. The provinces of Alicante, Murcia, and Castellon de la Plana, are placed under martial-law, The examination of the Budget continued in the bureaux of the French Chamber of Deputies. The seventh and eighth bureaux terminated the discussion on the Estimates of the War and Finance departments, and then commenced the Budget of Receipts. The other seven bureaux would not terminate their labours until Thursday, or perhaps later. In the eighth, a strong opinion was given in favour of the con version of the Five per Cents. A late letter from Philippeville (Algeria) announces the arrival there of 200 military convicts, who are to be em ployed on the projected works at Stora. It states that the spring, which in ancient times supplied Stora with water, has been discovered, with parts of the Roman aqueducts and conduits, many of which are still in remarkably fine preserva tion. The letter states that they are to be restored, and the water brought down again to the village. " Foreign commerce," says the Echo de la Frontiere, " be gins to take advantage of the Valenciennes railroad. A por tion of the merchandise sent to France, either for consumption or transit, and which formerly was sent by Forbach, now comes in by Valenciennes, and thp commission agents-of this town begin to enjoy the profit arising from the opening of this new way of communication with Germany. The Seine has risen in consequence of the snow which has lately fallen. Its level is now upwards of three feet higher than what it was a few days back. A few days ago, as M. Guichard, mayor of the commune of Villediere, in the Cote d'Or, owner of the mill of Beaulieu, was seated about eight in the evening .by the kitchen fire side, surrounded by his wife and three servants, he was fired -at through the window, which had neither shutters nor cur tains, and two bullets were lodged in his back, by which the spine was broken. He lingered several days in great agony, and then expired. The execution of Poulmann, condemned a few days back for the murder of the innkeeper of Nangis, took place, on, Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, at the Barriere St. Jacques. From the time of his condemnation the pris - ohel• testified an anxious wish to have it all over. Dr. Marel Lavalleei in a communication to the Presse , on the atatc of iiiiaioionty in China, says :—" The Chineie fre quently boast, and with justice, of their great advancement in civilisation, but their medical men scarcely know as much of anatomy as every unprofessional man in Europe. They never inspect the internal organs, but leave all to the imagi nation. As a proof of this, they conceive that there is a long vessel descending from the heart through the perineum, which directs the moral functions of the heart." LAW AND POLICE. The case of Mr. Charles Mathews, comedian, came before the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday. He returns his pro perty as nit; and his debts at 8,111/. He proposes to set aside half his income, for the benefit of his creditors. The case was adjourned. At the Central Criminal Court, Elizabeth Todd, 55, spin ster, and Sarah Trussler, 36, spinster, were indicted, the former for forging and uttering a receipt for the sum of 116/. 9s. 7d., with intent to defraud the Rev. J. H. Spry and others, the trustees of the Marylebone Savings' Bank, and the latter prisoner was charged with aiding and assisting in the com mission of the felony. They were found guilty, but recom mended to mercy, the act having been committed more from ignorance than with a felonious intent. They were sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. At the Surrey adjourned Sessions, William Hortsman Richardson, a chemist and druggist, Maria Richardson (wife of defendant), and Sarah Lee, sister of Mrs. Richardson, sur rendered to take their trial, charged with cruelly ill-treating an orphan child of three years of age, at §t. Paul's, Dept ford. They were convicted only of a comition assault, and Mr. Richardson was fined 51. and discharged. Henry Bailey, a constable, No. 7, in the employ of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, was charged at Marylebone with having been drunk whilst upon duty. An important office was assigned to the prisoner, which was to turn the " points " at the Camden station, to direct' the en gines in their proper line. He was, however, found drunk in his box, and had a train approached in the meantime itis impossible to calculate the disastrous consequences which might have occurred. He was committed to hard labour for two months. _ _ John Stevens, ,a silversmith, of John-street, Islington, was charged at Union-Hall with fraudulently obtaining money of Mr. Folkard, a pawnbroker, in the London-road, by means of spurious ingots of silver. The investigation excited considerable interest. Prisoner was remanded. William M'Gregor and Charles Lambert were charged, at Thames-street, with piracy and attempting to create a revolt on board the whaling ship Hester, belonging to Mr. Thomas Sturge, whilst on an outward-bound voyage from London to Desolation Island, in the South Pacific. The offence was alleged to have occurred on the 30th of September last, the vessel being at that time in the latitude of Rio Janeiro. The case was remanded. MISCELLANEOUS. The fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Licensed Victuallers' Society was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopgate-street. The chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Keasley, who is the Governor of the Society, and shortly after three about 700 persons sat down to the excellent dinner which had been provided by the proprietor of the establishment. The festivities were prolonged until a late hour in the evening, and everything went oft to the sa tisfaction of the assembled company. In the Marylebone Savings' Bank 14,130 deposit accounts remained open on the 20th of November last, of which no less than 6,819 held balances averaging less than 4/. Bs. 10d. each. Upwards of 319,496/. was invested with the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National. Debt ; this amount has since risen to 327,096/. 3s. 10d., and is rapidly on the advance. Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the Proprie tors of the Northern and Eastern Railway, was held at the Shoreditch terminus, Mr. W. Marshall, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding, supported by Mr. Ward, M.P. for Sheffield; Mr. Routh; Mr. Masterman, banker; Captain Mangles, R.N. ; Mr. Vizard ; Mr. Kinnaird ; Mr. Mills, deputy-chairman ; Mr. Gilbertson, mayor of Hert ford; Mr. Levy, and others. The Report announced that the traffic in passengers, during the past half-year, had amounted to 38,6841., and for parcels and goods to 0,182/., making a total of 43,767/. ; and being an increase on the cor responding period of the previous year of 8,021/., or 22i, per cent. The Directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 411 per cent. on the share capital of the Company. The Re port, after some discussion, was received and adopted, with an amendment substituting a dividend of 5 per cent. instead of 41. A gratuity of 4,000/. was then voted to the Directors for their past services in the management of the railway ; and the vote having been acknowledged, the meeting adjourned. On Thursday evening the officers of the Ist Life Guards and Grenadier Guards gave an amateur performance at the Windsor Theatre, the proceeds of which, after defraying ne cessary expenses, will be appropiated to the charitable insti tutions of the town. The unhappy woman, Dickenson, who murdered her two children, and afterwards attempted self-destruction, is suffi ciently recovered to be removed to Newgate, and is to be re moved there as soon as the Grand Jury is discharged, so as to allow her time to gain strength to meet her trial at the next session. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 9.—Wind, moderate, westerly breezes, and fine. DEAL, FEB. S.—Wind W.N.W. fresh.—Arrd. Crocus, Rio Janeiro. Put back, Woodhouse, for St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind W.N.W., blowing hard.—Arrd. Paragon, Loudon, for Barbadoes ; Alliance, do., for Cape Coast Castle. Off, Helena, Leavitt, Singapore, and Cape of Good Hope. OFF DOVER, FEB. B.—Ganges, Gibson, Mauritius. BRISTOL, FEB. B.—Arrd. Anna, Jones, Demerara, with loss of boats, &e. CABDIFF, FEB. 7.—Sld. Anna Louisa, New York. BUDE, FEB. S.—The Velocity, from Llanelly, in coming into the harbour got ashore inside the breakwater, and it is expected she has injured her bottom. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 7.—The Lady Alice Lambton, Hosken, from Shields to Constantinople, which put in here 3d inst., is discharging her cargo to repair. YARMOUTH, FEB. 7.—The Catherine, Williams, from London to Lerwick, put in here yesterday leaky, and is discharging her cargo. LIVERPOOL, FEB. B.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes .—Arrd. Paragon, Coleman, Calcutta ; Mahaica, Junup, and Standard, Fawcett, Deme rara (29th Dec.) ; Robert Lyers, Atkins, Porto Cabello ; Rival, Maracaibo ; Victory, White, and Yarmouth, New Orleans ; Good win, Davis, Mobile ; Washington, Wilkie, and Rosalarna, Buckley, Savannah. Off, Laurence, —. The flats, Seaforth, of Pres ton, and Eagle, of Fleetwood, are ashore near Formby. BOULOGNE, FEB. 7.—A boat, marked Jane of Sunderland on her stern, and J. S. on her bow, painted black, with a varnish streak, has been picked up and landed here. CoNsTANTINoPLE, JAN. 17.—The Greek schooner Penelope, and the Russian brig Peddocrata, are wrecked in the Dardanelles. It is reported that the port of Odessa is frozen up. Reports are also cur rent of several losses having occurred in the Black Sea. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. We have had but few arrivals of English Wheat up to our market this week, while the show of samples of that article was small. All kinds met a steady sale at fully the prices of Monday. The trade with Foreign Wheat was firm, at pre vious rates. There was a good display of Barley samples. Superfine malting qualities sold freely; other kinds slowly, at late currencies. The Malt trade was comparatively steady, at full prices. All other kinds of Grain were quite as dear. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Plour English.... B,OlO qrs. 6,390 qrs. 2 ,3 30 .irs• I 3,950 sacks. Irish 3BO 1,470 I Foreign.... Malt, 5,250 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts ;;;;but moderate as to numbers, and for the most part of middling and inferior quality. For all kinds of beef, however, the demand was in a very depressed state, and Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. There was a very small number of sheep in the pens, owing to which the mutton trade was active at very full rates, and at which a clearance was readily effected. Calves were in full average supply and heavy demand, at a depression of from 2d to quite 4d per 81bs. In pigs little was doing at our quotations. Mulch cows moved off slowly at from 16/ to 191 5s each Per Bibs. to sink the:otraL s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Interior 8ea5t5.......... 2 9 9 10, Inferior Sheep 210 3 0 Second quality ditto... 3 0 3 - 4, Second quality ditto 3 9 3 6 Prime large Oxen.... 3 6 3 B', Coarse -vroolled ditto 3 8 4 0 prime Scots, &c. 3lO 4 0' Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 6 Large coarse Calves... 3 8 6 61 Large Hogs. .....«...,. 3 0 3 6 Prime small ditto ...... 4 8 410 Small Porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 1$ 049 0 I Quarter old Pigs, oachl 0 21 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. - - Beasts. 1 "eep. I Calves. 1 Pig , 638 2,600 I 164 2110 . NEWCIATE AND LEADDNUALL. Prime qualities of meat sold freely, other kinds slowly at the following prices : At per stone, by the Carcase B. d. tee. d.l e. d toe. d Beef, 2 2 2 4, Mutton, inferior ...." 2 4 2 8 --- middling 2 6 2 8; middling 2 10 3 2 ---- prime 1arge ,.,.,, 2 10 3 0; - prime 3 4 8 8 -- prime small 3 2 3 4i Pork, large 3 Veal ..............».»..... 3 6 4 :131- 1 ....... I.i 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The supply of new Hops continuing unusually small, and most of the large brewers being short of stock, the demand for such is active, at very full prices ; indeed, in some instances, Weald of Kents, in pockets, have commanded 2s per cwt more motley. In old Hops a good business is doing, at the late improvement in their currencies. The rates paid for new Hops were as under :—Weald of Kent, pockets, 6/ 4s to 6/ 14s; Mid Kent ditto, 6/ 12s to 9/ lOs •' E as t Kent ditto, 61158 to 91; Choice ditto, 101 to 11 / l ls ; Sussex ditto, 6/ to 6/ 12s ; Farnhame, 8/ 15s to 11/ 158 ; Mid Kent, bags, 61 12s to Si 10s. COLONS/S. to. &MAR.—The market for British Plantation has been very firm. The quantity on show has not been large. The sales have amounted - td about 2,000 hhds, and in many instances at the advanced rate* of 6d per cwt. Refined has been very firm, and also rather dearer ; Standard Lumps about 7 6 5• Bengal.—The public sales have been very limited, viz. about 1,675 bags, which sold at 62s to 68s for mid to fine strong grainy yellow, at 70s 6d for fine white, and at 56s 6d to 5 7 s for brown. Madras-497 bags realised 54s to 61s for goou brown to fine yellow. Mauritius.—A fair private business has been doing at steady rates, but there have been no public sales. Foreign.—The market has been very quiet for these descriptions. COFFEE.—British Plantation sorts have not attracted much attention. In Ceylon, there has been a moderate business doing, 1,700 bags only partly sold, good ordinary pale at 65s to 665, and Plantation as high as 100 s. In Mocha, bales went mostly at 465, and 57s to 77s for low to good cleaned garbled. The transactions in Foreign have con prised 511 bags Company's Java, which were taken in at 48s to 525, for good and fine yellow, and 54 packages African at 54s per cwt. SPicus.-823 bags Black Pepper, partly sold at 3d to 30 per lb. RUM.—The market is steady for this article, but the W I. ness doing is not exteensive. RICE.-738 bags Madras sold at 8s 6d to 9s for low white. CarToN.—There has been rather a large business doing this article, and privately between 7,000 and 8,000 bales hac e been disposed of at id per lb. advance. At auction, however, 2,000 bales Surat, and 800 bales Madras, were boughti ll ' though at full rates. 200 bales American sold at Sid to 5•1" in bond. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s per cwt. on the spot; and 42s for the last three months. TEA.—The market is steady for this article, with a fa ir business for consumption. Since the public sales paces hav e ruled much the same. The accounts from China state that 9,000,0001bs were afloat, and which will be received hero from time to time, as arrivals are occurring daily. There al l public sales again next Tuesday. LiONE ir AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUAIITE.R TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quie ter ' but. at previous rates, 6,000 bales finding buyers, including 2,000 on speculation, and the sales comprised 200 Pern'i buco at 60. to 7d ; 100 Bahia, at 6P. to 6id. ; 600 Sura t, 3/d. to 4P. ; and the rest American at 53d. to 7d. for OF leans. Though the Share Market was not animated, a , : fa lr business was done.—Eastern Counties were 10i_; Eu al• burgh and Glasgow, 59i ; Grand Junction, 228 ; Birmiuf" ham, Quarter, 28i; Manchester and Birmingham, 391 1 Midland Counties„92 ; Paris and Orleans, 33 ; Ditto an Rouen, 32*;.•and,Sduth Eastern, Scrip, 35k. ar ter There are aio au lr accounts of interest from any qu— r to-day the-'M us advices of the 11th of Novernbe being as usual rather barren. Coolie immigration was Pr °. ceeding, but complaints were made of the Colonial Eloverl: meet not rendering some pecuniary assistance to favour seeing the large amount of money lying idle in the Treasuill and abstracted from the general circulation. ts The Funds .havec been tolerable steady this morning 97* for the Aeeotcht, and at 97* for Money. The Cal!: missioners bought 20,0001. Reduced Three per Cents. at 9DA There were two other purchases of importance, but still to:. market is scarcely so high as it was. The disorganised sta te 2 affairs in Spain has induced a few sales in our own Fund: There is an opinion entertained in many quarters that EsP7 O tero may be requested to retrace his steps to Madrid trote hence, and that something like a liberal reception wou ld th ig given to him is not doubted. How France would like v is another question. The heavy stocks are firm to-dap „ .. d 3 value of Exchequer Bills and India Bonds remain very I n " the same as yesterday. Bank Stock is at 193. rue' The Foreign Market was thrown this morning into se . 6 thing like, a panic, on a small scale, by the important inteT, gence of another revolution having broken out in 1 71;0 since during the last few days, all the leading spec a t he have been operating confidently for an advance, upon be ground of the " great " financial plans that were toi brought forward. From the quotations of 24i W o ,, for the Actives; and 33 to I for the Three per Ceu there has been a reaction to-day to 22i to 23, and 32 toX, Whether the revolt extends or not, it could hardly b e _,wg pected that the effect on the Stock could be otherwise, *4- the tickelish position of everything Spanish, and the in - 0 voidable and heavy outlaywhich these constant political birveea must inevitably occasion to any Government. It is M u te r° considered by Spaniards in the City, among whom EsP ar p r o. numbers many friends, that the arrest of the factious t,e.lr gresistas is a just retribution against them for conduct towards the late Regent, who, had he renie l i ; e . at the head of affairs, might, ere this, have done s° ,,dit• '' thin.. effectual partially to restore his country's c r- i. r d The Passive Spanish Stock has been 5i to and the Defe i ts 13* to I. The tide now, as the glut of money must f0rc40,6 way into some channel, turns towards Peruvian, whick, s ' o et been run up to 25i and 26* for time. Mexiean Stuck ' O 6 l quite so good, being 34i to ;' but Columbian are s upp°o, at 12i to 4. Brazil are 79 to 78i. Port uguese Conve" utc a have been 47 to 44. Belgian Bonds are at 106 ; and Two-and-a-Half per Cents, at 55i to *. .the Not a great deal of business has been transacted 1 . 13 a to Railway Shares this morning, nor have the prices van e l e any extent worth special notice. The latest value' annexed:— BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI L (From the Official List.) Bank 5t0ck.,.... .... . ....... . ...... . ............. 102)6 90 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO3 , gig New 3% per Cent. Annuities lo2 13.16 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 12 / Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. Mil India Bonds,l,oo Ditto under 1,000 62 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 1 d . 1501 pa 1,0004 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOB Brazilian Bonds, .5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. l2O Mexican:Bonds,l637.s . per Cent ..... Ditto for the Accotini 94g 4c Ditto Deferred Stock. ll Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents Ditto for the Account. Portuguese Bonds. 5 per Cent. ................... 70% Ditto Converted 4T Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account 23 It% Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred O P , Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account 32 3 Dutch 2% per Cents ' 5 )4 5 c Dutch 5 per Cents lolNosi New Loan 1837, 6 per Cents. lol A PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ON& RAILWAXS. PAID. PRE SMARR. , Birmingham and Gloucester.... 100_ .. .... .. ... . ••• . 9. , Ditto New Bristol and Exeter 7O 0936 . ..... ._ ~, Eastern Counties Ditto Extension ............ ......... 13s. 4d. %...••••• "I JO Great Western Harwich Extension 2 London and Brighton 5O :VN " t t °, .. London and Guildford Junction 5 - London and South Western 41% Ditto Eighths Manchester and Leeds lt to Ditto 14 Shares. Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 39Y %"' -- .... Northern and Eastern 45 —.2%............. to 5 to Ditto U Shares Morth Midland Ditto Thirds 2 l, 13s. 4d 3o li ..... .to - Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O 32% t,..• to 1 6 Rouen and Havre. South Eastern and Dover SO - Ditto Scrip York and North Midland - 0 Ditto Scarboro' Branch 234 2l ... . ..... ' llO .O .4 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHAN9E, FEB B.—We I, .i be'', good market to-day and a fair amount of busines s 1 - I , rei, transacted at the following quotations :—Bolton 916 ' 16 . ,„1 1 ton, 294 ; Chester and Birkenhead, Half Share 9 'd 01P . ,,, Eastern Counties, new registered, 12* ; Edinburgh a; 4 00`; gow, Quarter Shares, 14i ; Manchester and Bitn ii c bet'' 39i ; North Union, 98 ex. all. ; Sheffield and Mal 62 ; South Western, One-eighth Shares, 31.95. ; .. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. # pi s 0 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... 3 per Cent. Cons 97/ Ditto Old Annuities... ~.._„ 3i per Cent. Red ......• 103 1 Ditto New Annuities'' 61c New 3/ per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 74 4 '.. 011 PL New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ••••-• 193 Jan. 1860 - .... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. „t, Aastrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese , 5 per ce n t ' Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto ..••••'" / Brazilian Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. •" ..-• Baenos Ayres 6 per cent — Russian, 5 per cent. '•"; ..". Cnilian 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ..... .• ." , Colombian, 6 per cent l2i 'Spanish, 5 per cent••••". 9 'Ditto, 1824 . •'.3 Ditto, 3 per cent.....'" J e. Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 93 Ditto, Deferred•••• ''_E, ."-.., Danish, 3 per g ent — French, 5 per cent. - - :_ f. ....-v c, Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange...... • ••• ......f, " Mexican, 5 per cent 34* French, 3 per cent. oi Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent' 101 i Peruvian, 1825,6 perct. 25i Ditto, 5 per cent.... SHARES. 10 Eastern Counties (23 paid) •••• ..... ill Ditto New Shares (25 paid) . ... ..• _,.. Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ............ 141 • Ditto Registered (14 paid) —.• • 231 • Grand Junction (100 paid)... ••••• .• 2it Harwich Extension (2 paid) ... .. ........... • 45 tendon and Brighton (50 pa d) . ...„ ........ 61 London and Blackwell (16l 13, 4d paid) •• 945 London and Birmingham ( paid) ..... ... 43/'' Ditto New Thirds (2 paid)... .!.••••: .. 771 London and South Western ( 4116 s 10d1m) 21 Ditto Eighths (158. paid) ...............••• 114 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... ... •• b 1 Ditto New Shares (30 paid) ........ „ ..... 10 Ditto Quarter Shams ( 2 paid) ........ ••• 391 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ... ... 341 Newcastle and Darlington Junction(ls paid 951 North Midland (100 paid) ............ . ..... • . 3 2 1 Paris and Rouen (20 paid)... . .•• ............ 35 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid ) ..... •• sbi Ditto Scrip (25 paid) ................... . 20i York and Scarboro' Branch (2* paid) ...... id.--------------. b frorsq and FA Jockey public-house, Mansfield, FAIRLY CAUGHT.—Mr. Newton , of tue - . hA t - a estlA nes ale went out of the barrels more quickly that( 11_,° 11 13t . t o; two policemen secreted in the cellar on it o ndaY,, , "g eo tte o t or waiting till six in the morning, into the cellar and co„, servant man (having a companion in attendance?, 7003_2 menced " helping himself" with ale into a bott attendance?, 7b sites and his friend were secured. The servant had a key so as to fit the cellar door. —Doncaster having discovered 1,.. tot fr BIRTHS.. cau le°D. On the 2d inst., at York, the lad y of Thomas, A Esq., of a daughter. f V V.- On the 4th inst., at Cavendish -square, the l a dy 0 if ill' Marjoribanks, jun., Esq., of a son. mi., On the 4th inst., the wife of W. B. Tarrant , . 11 00 1°a brook, of a daughter. W ife On the sth inst., at Park -crescent, the ° Forsyth, Esq., hamster, of a daughter. O A MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at the Church of St. MerA e ....111% . " - -1: afterwards according to the rites of the COW:0 1 1 1 7 n, o co , o o Thomas Havers, Esq., of Norwood, Surrey, to F . ' N Pl it daughter of Rogers Ruding, Esq., of Notting. Regent's-park. tse et ' DIED. Alfreci-9 On the sth inst., at his residence , N o. 10, J 1° Bedford-square, Thomas Simpter, Esq., aged 73. too, ° On the 30th ult., at Camden Cottages, Camden- Addison, musician and co, aged 79. On the 2d inst., in Paris mposer , Dr. Charles Loudon. 0 0• of ~ o f On the 4th int., at 8i........_._............... 0n the 3d inst., Mr. James Piggot,.lunßic_ . , lll : ge r t te Young, aged 58. .- o n 01.11 46 0 . London : Printed and Published by MOW — T...a 0 No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, St. — ? County of Middlesex, Friday, FebruarY 9 2 1844. AsTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. ' Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mr. Gomersal, his ori ginal character New Scenes in the Circle, and Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Enormous hit of "Stella crowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow ing with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTERS .DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Homier, Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, I- estop, Mrs. R. honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by .‘ Bol," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. IL Harvey ; Grotesiue, Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M. H. Fair_ brother and Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be produced THE GNOME OF THE GOLD MINES. supported by Messrs. Freer, Nantz, Miss Vincent. &c. After which, THE FAIRY LADY ; or, The Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. BETH; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scarbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31 ' • Highest, 43 ; Noon, 36. BAROMETER, 29.3.—W1ND, 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. _ . HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 5 minutes after 5 Evening 25 minutes 'after 5, ( It 4 ge, AVi , a t'au I • hui t ' - - - - 41" - 4-- ..,4).1.- 4..„ ~,,..- :.,-..%„," , !it... .4` , 14 s ' AM; 14.21:16364,‘ 7, r ' Ith, ``..- -' 'f• ' -,,',.. r- ..: . , ~...,_, SECOND EDITION.. ITtlithl LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1844. In the House of Lords, in the absence of the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of a Bill, with the following long title :—" The Actions for Penalties on Gaming Dis continuance Bill." The object of the Bill is to put a stop to a number of qui tam actions, brought by ruined gamblers, or persons who will not pay their bets, against several gentlemen on the turf, the pe nalties for which, if enforced, would amount to 300,0001. The law has been obsolete for the last fifty years, and the Duke of RICHMOND proposes, not the repeal of the old Act, but some of its enactments, and also an application to the Judges in Chambers, to stop the pending actions, on payment of costs out of the pockets of the parties bringing - the actions, and to add a clause, on the third reading, suspending future actions. Lord CAMPBELL concurred in the provisions of the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON and the Bishop of EXETER made brief speeches on the occasion, but we cannot discover their object. The first Bishop could not see anything bad in betting, provided a man had plenty of money, but he would allow no betting among the poor, because he wished to protect them. Is his Lordship not aware that more rich men than poor men have been ruined by betting, and that the poor have as much right as the rich to do what they like with their own? The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time this day. This was the only busi ness of the evening, and the House adjourned at an early hour. In the Commons, after the presentation of peti tions, Sir IL. HARDINGE gave notice that he would bring forward the Army Estimates on Friday, the 16th of February. Mr. LABQUCHERE gave notice that, on the 22d of the same month, he would bring for ward a motion respecting the relations between this country and the Brazils. Mr. WALLACE, on the same evening, will move for a Select Committee on the criminal law of Scotland. Lord PALMERSTON postponed his motion on the slave trade for a fortnight. Lord ASHLEY then brought forward his motion for an address to the Crown, praying that her MA JESTY will take into her consideration the situation and treatment of the Ameers of Sinde, and direct their immediate restoration to liberty and the en joyment of their estates. It would be difficult to give an outline of his Lordship's speech. He described the Ameers as almost perfect beings, anxious to co-operate with the British Government, affording a free transit to the British troops on their march to Caubul, and in every respect fulfilling their engagements. Any one acquainted with the history of that country, for the last five years, knows that his Lordship has not read history care fully, or that he has been imposed upon by interested parties, as Mr. ROEBUCK afterwards told him. Could any man wlvo knew anything of the question before the House say, as Lord ASHLEY did, that detach ments of our army were marched through their country, not only without opposition, but with their free concur rence and cordial co-operation ? All writers, agi ee in stating that the Ameers did nothing except"on weompulsion, and that every obstacle was thrown in t he way of the British troops. Mr. Ravalucir. followed ; and, according to his notice of motion, imputed all the blame, which Lord ASK LEY would throw on Lord ELLEN.. In a few days, in 3 vols. Bvo., CHAT S W O R T H; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK. Edited by R. PLUMER WARD, Esq. - Author of " Tremahie," " De Vere," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T H BR OTHERS. By the Author of " Oliver Cromwell," " Marmaduke &c. " This author is destined to take a high rank among the writers of fiction. He has imagination, eloquence, a knowledge of human na ture, and the power of touching the heart deeply."—John Bull. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street.