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IMMINII Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., W '0 T H; C " S OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEAK Edited by R. PLU3IER WARD, Esq_ Author of " Tremaine," " De Vere," &e. " Every one will read " Chatsworth," for it is a waif so novel b its design, so excellent in its general execution, as to lie certain to make an impression upon the public mind. In the description of the natural beauties of the scenery surrounding Chatsworth, and in the drawing of the portraits of the various guests there assembled, the author evinces equal appreciation of the picturesque and knowledge of character. He mingles brilliant and poetic descriptions of modern life, scenes, and characters, with the old romantic stories of past times. He blends in one work the ideal beauty of Tieck, the ever fresh simplicity and charming nature of Boccacio and the sparkling descriptions of the manners of this age of Mrs. Gore; amidst much to move our wonder and admiration."—Court Journal. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. LEVER'S NEW WORK. ILLUSTRATED by CRUIKSHANK. Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., AR THUR 0 LEARY; HIS WANDERINGS AND PONDERINGS - IN MANY LANDS, Edited by His Friend, HARRY LORREQUER. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIK SHANK. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. tiEft MAJESTY'S THEATR E. SEASON 1844. The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season is respectfully presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA, Madame Grist, Madlie. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Benin', Madame Dal Fiori, and Madame Persian'. :signor Mario, Sig. Correll' (his first appearance at this Theatre), Dai nor', Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig. Fornasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Labiachs. Director of tho Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Adelaide Frasi, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madlle. Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Planquet, 3ladlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle. Fanny Elssler, and Made. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. G,itiriet, M. Venafra, M. Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Madlle. Taglioni, and tbere is. every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will, be se cured for a limited number of representations. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 5, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE . [BOHEMIAN, GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of - the Gipsics. Miss Betts. After which, • Will be repeated 'Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF OULEN I'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert ; Benedict, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan • Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryan. tress Boxes 75., Second Price 3e. lid. ; 2 Upper Circles of Boxes 55., 8 cond Price 3s. • Pit 3s , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25.. Second Price Is.; s Upper Gallery Is., Second Price Gd. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MK. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSEE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 5, Will be produced a New Drama, called THE MARRIAGE OF REASON. General Bremont, Mr. Stuart; Edward, Mr. H. Hell; Bertrand, Mr. Webster; Pincbon, Mr. Buckstone ; Susette, Ma dame Celeste; Madame Pinehon, Mrs. Hurcby. Atter which, CAUGHT IN A TRAP. Marquis D'Arblay, Mr. V. ebster ; Goguenard, Mr. Rucicstone; Countess de Merville, Mrs. Nisbett ; Rose de Bellecceur, Miss Julia Bennett. To conclude with the Farce of TOM NODDY'S SECRET. Mr. Thomas Noddy, Mr. Strickland; Inkpen, Mr. Buckstone ; Ga. brielle, Miss Julia Bennett; Mary, Miss Mattley. Orchestra Stalls, As.; Boxes, ss. ' • Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-pric e —B oxes , _3B. • Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. • Upper Gallery, & l. Doors opened at Half:past Six,lind the Perfo rmance commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box valve, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. • THIS EVENING, MARCH 5, Will be repeated an English version of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. bunitni, and Paul Bedford. After ' whicli,aNeTietite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxbert y ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act„ entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or The Grandmother ' s Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Kee'ey; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. • To conclude with a Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man In Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Kee ey ; Grosfer, Mr. Paul Bedford ,• Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Madame Pipou, Mrs. H. P. Grattan. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL THIS Will be repeated, by EYENINO, MARCH 5, permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. 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. An'.ony,.Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. Alter which, ULRICA ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland, ant Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee and Chaplin. To conclude with the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Ri chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. Boxes 4s . ; 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors H op2n at al -past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock. DAV 'DOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 5, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. To be followed by A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Bos," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with A TALE OF MYSTERY, in which Messrs. Saville, Hicks, Neville, Johnson, Heslop, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. Hughes will perform Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box °lce, from Eleven to Four. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. HARBOURS op REPTGE.—A Folkestone "Turk" objects to our " nautical opinions" ou this subject. His letter, is so choice a specimen of composition, that we strongly recom mend him to get admitted without delay, into the safe keeping of some " Harbour of Refuge"--onshore. THE WEATHER.—Sti OFFICE, MARCH 4. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36'; Highest, 43 ; Noon, 35. BAROMETER, 29.4.—Wmu, E. NorE.—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 VHS DAY. Morning .. 9 minutes after 2 Evening .. 30 minutes after 2 4 c_W . 14 'or( i • am, 4.110!Alc. , feif - . bIEU " .14\‘‘ , "'N ...; " nAOIT %PP. fit cornin LONDOg, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1844. In the House of Lords the Marquis of WEST MEATII made some remarks about the expressed opi nioßs of the Catholic clergy in Ireland on the question of repeal, which were replied to by Lord NOR- M-1411Y. The subject was of no public interest and led to no result. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Sir AUGUSTUS D'ESTE, praying that the Standing Order No. 120 of the House might be suspended, in order that the evidence of Baron BUNSEN, the Prussian Minister, might be taken with regard to his claims for the Sussex Peerage before that distinguished fo reigner left the country. The Noble Lord laid on the table a Bill for im proving the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. lle then called the attention of the House to the deci sion of the Criminal Court of Louisiana, by which a man had been condemned to death for aiding in the cscape of a slave. lle believed such was the law of that State, but at the same time trusted that advantage would be taken of the interval between the sentence and the day fixed for execution (the 26th of April) for the sacred purpose of . extending mercy to the un fortunate individual. (The blasphemous remarks of the judge in sentencing this man to death appeared in The Sun some days ago.) The Marquis of CLANRICARDE gave notice that he should put a question to the Earl of DEVON relative to the real scope and object of the Landlord and Tenant Commission in Ireland. The Marquis of NORMANDY presented a petition from JOHN and ELIZABETH RYAN, complaining that the interest of 2001., the legacy of a former rector of the parish of Ballysack, had been stopped by the Board of Charitable Bequests in consequence of the national, system of education being introduced into that parish.' Ills object in bringing forward the motion was to restrain the sectarian manifestations which took place in Ireland. A brief discussion took place, when the petition seas laid on the table, and the 'louse adjourned at a Quarter to Eight o'Clock. In the House of Commons, after the presentation of petitions, and some conversation relative to the Great Western Extension Railway Bill, and the South Devon Railway Bill, which was read a second time, Mr. GLADSTONE moved the proposition of which he had given notice, with respect to Railway Bills. The Select Committee, he said, had determined to recommend the Ilouse to depart from the general rule with respect to the appointment of Committees on Railway Bills. They felt that the number of Members connected with the local interests slx%ld be materially restricted ; they con sidered that the local interests should be made sub servient to the public interests ; and he therefore proposed that the Committee on any Bill should be composed of five gentlemen totally unconnected with the local interests of the places through which the line passed. lle would, therefore, conclude by moving a resolution to the effect that, when any Bills were brought in to authorise the establishment of two lines to one point, the matter should be referred to one Committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE, Mr. EWART, Mr. WALLACE, Mr. GREENE, and several other Alembers, generally approved of the principle laid down by the President of the Board of Trade, Colonel SIDTIIORP, however, differed from the genera' feeling of the House, and moved that the further consideration of the report be postponed for a week. On this amendment a division took place, when there were—for the original resolution, 200; and for Colonel SIBTILORP'S amendment, 3. Captain BERNAL gave notice, that on bringing up the report of the army estimates,. he should move for a copy of the letter from the Secretary at War to the widow of Colonel FAWCETT, stating that a pension would not be granted to her in consequence of the way in which her husband had met his death. After several notices of motions of litte interest, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, until the House had gone into the Factories Bill, he could not fix a day for going into Committee on the New Poor-law Bill. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. O'CoNNELL, said, that her Majesty's Government would be prepared, in the course of the session, to bring in a Bill to amend the law with respect to Ro man Catholic charities. In answer to a question from Sir R. FERGUSON, Sir J. GRAHAM said, in case the House of Lords should confirm the decision of the Irish Judges with respect to Irish Presbyterian marriages, legislation on the subject would be indispensable. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the estimates be referred to a Select Committee, but, after a few words from Sir H. HARDINGE, the motion was withdrawn. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD then moved—" That the large amount of the standing army now kept up for the public service is contrary to constitutional liberty and dangerous to the rights of the people." Dr. BOWRING seconded the resolution, which was silt-- ported by Mr. FIELDER. On a division the motion was negatived by a majority of 79. Sir H. HARDINGE then brought forward the army estimates, and moved that 100,295 men should be fixed as the standing army for this year. Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the number should be reduced by 20,000. On a division the original motion was carried by a majority of 102. Several votes were then, after some discussion, agreed to; the House resumed, and adjourned at a Quarter-past Twelve o'Clock. " At the last meeting of the Edinburgh and Glas gow Railway Company," says a Scotch paper, " Sir ANDREW AGNEVI7 mov as an amett to the ap proval of the Report, the Su ains be dis continued; at the same time he presented memorials against their continuance from the Free Church Presbyteries of 'Edinburgh and Glasgow. The vote being taken, the Report was approved of by a majo rity of the shareholders present, fifteen voting for it and nine for Sir ANDREW AGNEW'S amendment—the majority represented three hundred and fifty-five votes, the minority forty-six. }lire of the minority held only one share each." Poor Sir ANDREW AGNEW ! He seems doomed to perpetual discomfi ture—predestined to be the very hero of defeat. Scotland, like England, will have nothing to do with his panaceas for piety, but repudiates both him and them with equal pertinacity-. On either side the Tweed he makes a stir only to be laughed at. The recent defeat of his amendment at the meeting of the Edinburgh nd Glasgow Railway Company which— as will by the above paragraph—was a crush ing one, 11, we trust, teach him a useful lesson of discretion whereof he stands much in need ; and convince him that it is only " labour lost" to attempt to make head against the common sense and right feeling of a community. Were the interests of true religion involved in ;such puritanical restrictions as this grim Baronet has now, for a long term of years, been assiduously endeavouring to impose on the Sab bath recreations of the people, we should not dream for an instant of objecting to them ; but religion has nothing to do with the matter; the question is one of pure Pharisaical cant—of cant unleavened with the slightest admixture of toleration or common sense. Were it possible that Sir ANDREW AGNEW and the double-distilled Saints who think with him, could ever succeed in their efforts to pro pagate fanaticism among the people, they would do more public mischief, both in a moral and religious sense, than whole centuries of enlightened legislation could repair. For let no one imagine that a long faced puritanical community must necessarily be a moral and devout one. The records of our own history show that the reverse is the fact, for never were there greater outrages committed than during the-reign of the Saints in England, when robberies, and even murders, were continually perpetrated, under the pretext of religion, by. Millenarians and Fifth Monarchy-men, who yet would have shud dered at the idea of missing attendance at a conventicle twice or thrice a day, and fancied themselves absolved from all crimes so long as they held fast by the prac tice of singing psalms and hymns in the key of a Tower-gun. Look, too, at the career of the Mun ster Anabaptists—men who cried down all innocent amusements as impious—who were strict to a degree in the performance of all external religious duties, yet who scrupled not to commit the ,most heinous ex cesses ! Generally speaking, a fanatical community must of necessity be a hypocritical one, and the day, we trust, is far distant when cant and hypocrisy shall find favour in the eyes of the major portion of the people. Stringent religious restrictions, such as those which the grim-visaged Agnewites would fain impose upon us, invariably foster the very evil which it is their object to check. As they commence by making men hypocrites, so, in nine cases out of ten, they end by making them infidels. We have received Madrid papers of the 24th and 25th ult. Alicant held out on the 21st. The Junta of Carthagena on the 18th declared the town and province in a state of siege, and ordered the surren der of all arms except those belonging to the Na tional Guards. From Madrid the only intelligence is, that the Minister of Finance is actively engaged in schemes for raising money. None but fools will trust him. On this subject the Paris Siecle justly re marks :—" The present dictatorial Government of Spain having manifestly violated the Constitution by acting in the absence of the Cortes, whose ratification is indispensable, those who shall advance money to NARVAEZ must expect to see their security rejected by the constitutional Government, when it shall have been established." The Three per Cents. were done at 294 for cash, 30/ at 60 days ; the Four per Cents., 21 for cash ; and the Five per Cents., at 22/ at 60 days. The debate in the French Chamber of Deputies on the affairs of Otaheite lasted for two days, and ex cited long speeches and strong national feeling, but finally terminated in favour of the GUIZOT Ministry. The speech of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to M. CAINE, appeared in The Sun on Satur turday. M. BILLAULT followed, and -made a violent attack on the Cabinet, accusing them of being guided in their treatment of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS pore by fear than reason. M. DU F A URE was equa lly ' ent—praised the French Admiral, bla me d M. T for disavowing acts which did hono u r t o th e 'navy, and summed up in these words :—" Much is said of the position that France ought to occupy as a naval power. We make in our budgets great sacri fices to sustain the dignity of our navy ; but, for my part, I declare it openly, I should prefer seeing France give up her navy for ever, to find her suffer ing such acts as the Ministry is defending to-day." The next speaker was the Minister of Public In struction, but he was listened to with some impati ence, as the affair had assumed a new form, in con sequence of a motion which M. Ducos handed to the President. This, of course, was known to the Oppo sition, and the President, on the last speaker leaving I the tribune, announced that M. Ducos had handed to him a written proposition, having for its object to terminate the discussion on the interpellations by a vote to the following effect :—" The Chamber, with-1 out approving of the conduct of the Cabinet pass to the order of the day." M. GUIZOT seeing the temper of the Chamber, moved an adjournment, which was' violently opposed by the Left, but ultimately carried. The debate was resumed next day, when M. GUIZOT and M. TRIERS addressed the Chamber at con siderable length ; and, on a division, Minis ters had a majority of 46, there being for the motion of M. Ducos 187, and against it 233. This is considered a great victory by the Cabinet, and had a material effect on the funds, the Three per Cents. having advanced from 82f. 20c. to 82f. 73c. as soon as the division was known on the Bourse. The Opposition papers of course are furious at the result. We give an extract from the National as a specimen : " It is with the heart deeply wounded that we take up the pen to give an account of yesterday's sitting. There were 233 deputies found against 187 to pronounce that Admiral Dupetit Thouars was wrong in defending the influence and honour of Franca against the intrigues of England -233 against 187 to signify to our seamen th a t i n distant latitudes, where they are to carry our flag, they must, under penalty of reprobation on the part of their Government, respectfully withdraw before the lowest Eng lish missionary. Already, by the establishment of the right of search, there was imposed on them the obligation to let themselves be robbed and insulted with impunity by the cruisers of Great Britain. Now they will learn that there E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1844. does not exist a single tribe of savages which has not the right to drive them away when it pleases, in the name of England. Admiral Dupetit Thouars and Captain Bruat, who supposed, very properly, that they deserved well of their country, will be struck as with a thunder-bolt, when they receive the order to evacuate their conquest, and humiliate themselves before the protegte of Great Britain. Can we not see from hence the French authorities forced to quit Queen Pomare's house, and re-establishing there with their own hands the fancy flag given by Victoria to her sister, the Queen of Otaheite ? Do we not behold them, filing off like conquered troops, between two rows of English sailors, Methodist missionaries and savages, who will not spare them the most cruel mockeries ? In truth, we have cause to regret that the tricoloured flat was re sumed by France in 1830." The discussion, which will be found in another part of the paper, will be read with interest. THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, MARCU 2. First Highest Lowest Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •• 125 85 .. 126 10 .. 125 85 .. 126 10 Three per Cents.• •. • 82 75 • • 82 80 .• 82 75 82 80 Bank of France.• .• • • • •• .• . 3270 .•3270 ..3270 • • 3270 Belgian Bank Belgian Fives ...... • ...•••• 104 •• 104 104 .. 104 1840 .••••••• 107 f •• 1071 107 f •• 1071 1842 •••••••• 103 f 109 f •• 109 f .• 109 f Spanish Active•••...•••.•. 331 .. 33f • • 33 • • 33f Portuguese Five per Cents 46 .. 46 .. 46 .. 46 Neapolitan.... RAILWAY SHARES. Rouen • . Rouen to Havre.. 675 .. 676 25 .. 675 •• 676 25 Orleans • • • • • 852. 50 .. 852 50 .. 852 50 . .. 852 50 Strasburg to Bale • • • • • • •• • • 245 Avignon to Marseilles• • •• • . 760 .. 247 50 .. 245 .. 760 - 760 •• 246 25 - 760 EMANCIPATION OF INDUSTRY SOCIETY. A preliminary meeting of a number of influential gentlemen connected with the above Society, who have already taken offices at 22, Parliament-street, was held on Saturday last, at the British Coffee-house, Cock spur-street, for the purpose of extending its operations. The Chair was taken, at two o'clock, by Joshua Schole field, Esq., M.P. In the course of the proceedings the meeting was addressed at some length by the Chair man; John Taylor, Esq. ; Robert Wallace, Esq., M.P. ; Robert Taylor, Esq., M.P.; T. Lamie Murray, Esq.; Charles Enderby, Esq.; A. Spottiswoodv, Esq. ; Alex. Wilson, Esq.; E. Capps, Esq.; E. Body, Esq.; and several others. Mr. SCIIOLEFIELD,* in opening the proceedings of the meeting, said that he-should follow his usual custom s and say but little; yet, on the present occasion, he must ob serve that, besides giving his hearty concurrence to the object and proceedings of the Society, he felt assured that the time for carrying out its principles was most op portune and well-advised. The pretended prosperity of the country was all fallacious, and unless some great change was effected, the dark side of the picture would very soon be shown, and he therefore trusted that a speedy success would attend this Society, which provided the only effectual remedy for the evil. Mr. TAYLOR, in moving the adoption of the resolu tions, expressed his regret that the gentleman was not present by whom they had been originally drawn up, as he could have done more justice to the subject. With reference to the first resolution, he thought it important that the public should know how grievous the effect was of that change of currency which was made in 1819 on the poorest of the productive classes. Mr. Pitt, in 1797, could not raise the annual taxation, levied chiefly in duties on commodities, above twenty millions a year, in a gold currency, or in paper convertible into gold at a fixed price ; but as soon as he set free the paper currency, and left it to be convertible into gold at its market price, the springs of industry were restored to action, and in the next year taxes were raised to the amount of thirty millions, which were afterwards in creased to more than fifty millions. In the middle of that twenty years, from 1808 to 1829, when they were made to produce fifty-three millions, a Bill was passed, which caused all these taxes to become payable in that fixed gold value, which was impossible to be borne in 1797, with a taxation of less than twenty millions a year. This Act (of 1819) had deeply depressed the working classes, and filled our poor-houses and gaols with un happy creatures who must beg or steal for a subsistence. Some persons may doubt the truth of this statement, and ask how the poor producer can be affected by our heavy taxation, since if he has lower wages given him, the prices of the necessaries of life are reduced in an equal proportion ? They do not consider that payments may be made in kind as well as in money. If the employers of the poor are called on for more taxes than they can afford to pay, or are able to recover by in creased prices from the wealthy as consumers, they will turn round on their workpeople, and force them to work more hours for less wages, and so produce a greater quantity of goods than before at no increase of cost. Thus the poor pay that excess of taxation which their employers are unable to meet. A difference of only 2s. per week in the wages of six millions of people makes a difference to them of thirty millions a year in their earn ings; and it is notorious that wages since the year 1819 have been reduced to a greater extent than this. The remedy is to be found in a return to that system of paper money, improved in principle, under which this enor mous amount of taxation bad been permitted to grow up. The remedy would be pointed out in the resolutions, which he would now beg to read, and propose for adop tion by the meeting.—[The resolutions will be found in our advertising columns.) Mr. WALLACE, M.P., in seconding the motion, said that he had formerly joined a Society, established for similar objects, in 1833, and which was supported by 150 Members of the House of Commons. That Society, he conceived, did not sufficiently grapple with the subject of the currency, and its exertions consequently relaxed. He was glad, however, that at last some definite and fixed principles had been advanced by this Society, and he felt confidence in the result of its exertions. He would observe, that though the objects of this Society precluded any consideration of merely party politics, and, from the course of events, the abolition of the corn laws might be considered to be of that character, yet he could not help saying that he had strong opinions on the abolition of the corn-laws, but that if any mischief was likely to arise by the carrying out of that measure, the exertions of this Society were calculated to enlighten the public on points on which information was greatly needed, and that the accomplishment of its object would altogether avert the evils which many apprehended from extinguishing the protection of home-grown corn. The Government, he thought, were determined to have one bank of issue for the three kingdoms, and it was impor tant that the moment should be seized upon, while the topic of the monetary system was necessarily engross ing much of public interest. He felt convinced that discussion would at this time do good ; and that, amidst the various remedies proposed foe. averting the acknowledged evils of the present system, it would tend to fix public atten tion on the most prevalent and injurious of them all; and he hoped the activity of the promoters and other members of the Society would conduce to blend ing the exertions of all parties in one common effort, for the benefit of the suffering industry of the country. The attempt to conduct the business of the country with a currency of a metallic standard was evidently futile. The production of gold might have increased ; for, though the South American mines had been less ener getically worked of late, yet the returns of the Russian mines had largely increased, and the amount of bullion in the vaults of the Bank of England was now, he believed, greater than it had ever been ; but what was the trade and the industry of the country the better for it? Nothing, absolutely nothing ; and he firmly be lieved that, until the currency of the country was put upon a better basis, there would be no prevention of the fluctuations to which the commercial world was daily, and most injuriously subject. Mr. Wallace was glad to see that this Society avoided the evil of that party to which he had formerly belonged. The former Society had avoided everything like a declaration of positive principle, and bad consequently become like a rope of sand ; but, in the proceedings of this Society, and in the resolutions now submitted to this meeting, such principles were clearly laid down and positively defined, and he would say that, in seconding the adoption of these resolutions, he most cordially concurred in all that they advanced. Mr. LAMIE MURRAY stated that, having been con nected with the Society formed in 1833, to which Mr. Wallace had referred, he was able to confirm what had fallen from that Hon. Gentleman. That Society, which numbered among its members a large proportion of the Members of both Houses of Parliament, had failed in consequence of not adopting a fixed principle. Too much deference was paid to the opinions and scruples of some influential parties, with the hope of obtaining their Parliamentary support and carrying the measure they recommended. For his own part he had never had con fidence in any attempt to move Parliament until the Members had been acted upon through their constitu encies, and he had often urged the adoption of such measures as would have enabled the Society then formed to fall back upon the people, and those who were suffer ing under the effects of the evil complained of. His opi nion was in favour of placing the principles of the So ciety in their true light before the public, but especially with distinctness before those by whom they were op posed. He did not wish to be mixed up with those who advOcated an irresponsible paper remedy, or be misre presented as wishing to depreciate the value of money by any arbitrary measures. Mr. Murray wished it to be known that the Society stated it as broadly and as firmly as possible, that a fixed price of gold, as the basis of a monetary system, was wrong in principle, and unjust to the entire mass of producers, whether labourers or capitalists. Such a system was beneficial only to those who enjoyed such fixed incomes as were incapable pf improvement, and whose selfish interests were promoted by the existence of those low prices which gave them a greater command over the labour of others. The sooner the discussion of this matter came on—and the more the terms of it were defined and limited the better—the sooner would the public become acquainted with the relative merits of the principles of these who advocated an exclusively me tallic standard asitfie base of our currency, and of those who preferred the. exchange of a responsible aper cur rency convertible' into gold at the market value of the precious metal, the sooner would the proper remedies be applied to the evils of our present system ; a system which he did not hesitate to say inevitably occasioned incessant fluctuations in the commercial world, in juriously depreciated all the products of industry, and inflicted ruin and destitution on its unfortunate victims. Mr. ENDERBY stated that the apparent abundance of the precious metals at this time in England, the United States of America, France, and other countries, was not owing to any increase in the produce of the mines, nei ther was he of opinion that any nation was impoverished or suffering from having parted with them, but that the apparent abundance (for he contended that gold and silver were only considered abundant when they were collected in large quantities for sale) arose from the re served fund of the productive classes, from their savings set apart for periods of adversity, which period he, stated had overtaken them, and they had experienced extreme sufferings and privations. He observed that it had been a common practice for the labouring classes of all nations to put aside (in coin) a portion of their hard earned wages, when.they could afford to do so; but stern necessity had for a long period reversed this order of things, and it was from this source the precious metals had been obtained. He instanced two cases of the sort as having recently been brought under his immediate con sideration—the one a mechanic, the other a labourer ; both these men were seeking employment, the former had expended the last of eleven sovereigns, which he had been able to save while in work ; the latter had not only expended seven sovereigns which, under similar circum stances, he had collected, but was in debt, and had pawned some of his clothing. Mr. Enderby attributed the existing distress to the course the Bank of England were compelled to pursue in 1837 for the purpose of re taining the gold in their coffers ; he argued that periods of prosperity are periods when the precious metals are being withdrawn from the Bank, and are becoming the private property of the labouring community, not merely of the population of England but of the world ; and ho mentioned a recent case of a number of the natives of of India having returned to their homes, from the Mau ritius, where they had been engaged to work for a certain period (which had expired), bringing with them small fortunes in dollars. He added that it was utterly impossible for the nation to enjoy any lengthened prosperity under the existing monetary system, for the measures of the Bank must, of necessity be opposed to the wants of the community. If, he observed, employ ment were found for all classes of labourers in England and Ireland, at remunerating wages, the amount in gold and silver that would be absolutely required to play wages on Saturdays, th roug h out the kingdom, would be more than the Bank could supply especially if the la- bourers, as heretofore, saved coin ; neither would the Bank suffer so much gold to be withdrawn, as to afford any reasonable expectation of extended amelioration to the community at large. Mr. Enderby concluded by re marking, that under the existing monetary system it was impossible to " Emancipate Industry." Mr. Bony observed, that he must notice an objection which had been started in consequence of a misappre hension of the principles of this Society—he meant the supposition that this Society advocated two prices for the same article, when in fact such was not the case. All that this Society contended for in the regulation of the commercial portion of the currency, was that paper is sued by private or joint-stock banks should be conver tible in gold at the market value, instead of at the fixed price of 3L 17s. loid. per oz. The effect of doing this would certainly be apparently to make two prices, by protecting the home producer in security , to him the taxation value of his article in paper, but leaving it to be exported at its rate in gold, the common medium of exchange between the countries of the world. The ob jection of all who entertained this view fell to the ground before the knowledge of those who were acquainted with the duplicate quality of the circulation in many places abroad, and particularly with the sterling and currency ratios of the West India islands; and apart from all other reasons, this was a sufficient inducement to him to sup port this Society. Several other gentlemen concurred in the views here expressed, and the resolutions were unanimously adopted. THE PRO-CORN-LAW LEAGUERS. Yesterday evening, at the Freemasons"favern, a meeting, in pursuance of a requisition, of some indivi duals calling themselves the " National Anti-League Association," was held at half-past six o'clock, at which hour :Sir Richard Joddrell took the chair. Perhaps by the insertion of an extract from their prospectus, we could more graphically lay before the public the policy, the logic, and the liberality of those who convened the meeting. Before doing so, however, we must remark, that although the " great" room was not filled, yet a more heterogenous and discordant meeting it has never been our lot to witness, The following is the extract to which we have alluded : " THE NATIONAL ANTI-LEAGUE ASSOCIATION. " The efforts now being made throughout the kingdom, in opposition to the League faction, are not only most laudable, but may be regarded as an indication of the injury, which is at all times to be apprehended from the machinations of weak and designing demagogues ; but however great and generous those exertions may be, they can effect but little real advan tage in the absence of a point of general concentration and succour in the metropolis. The interests of the several branches of national industry, now in operation, are so pro videntially interwoven, that any measure which injures the one, must inevitably paralyse the other. The repeal of the corn-laws embraces the whole system of free trade, and the interests of all classes are alike involved in the mischievous agitation of the Anti-Corn-Law League. It is true, that the agriculture of the country is the grand abject of attack by the League, but their power and numbers are derived chiefly from the delusions which they have unscrupulously imposed on manutticturing classes of the community. Their fallacies would not only destroy the agricultural, but the trading and industrial interests of the kingdom :—the removal of protec tive duties would inflict. - certain misery on the agriculturist, the tradesman, and the operative. " The provincial Anti-League Societies consist, almost ex clusively, of the agricultural classes, and their exertions are confined to their respective localities ; while the manufactur ing and trading districts are effectively occupied by the League. It is, therefore, intended that The National Corn-law Association for the Protection of Agriculture' shall extend its sphere of operations, by concentrating the opposition of all classes so as to form a complete antagonist body to that dangerous conclave—The League." After a short address from the CHAIRMAN, Mr. SEIERROD rose to move the first resolution. It was to the following eflect,—That it was the opinion of the meeting that, at the present moment, great distress pervaded the working classes of the United Kingdom, and that the removal of any one of the protective duties on foreign produce would tend materially to increase that distress and involve the British empire in ruin. In sup port of the principles involved in the resolution he said no person could doubt the right of every man to have the means of proper living, and that they had resources in their own bosoms quite sufficient to make them, corn fortable.—(Laughter.) He next said, in allusion to Mr. Fielden, that it was the intention and purpose of the manufacturers to sacrifice the interests and happiness of the community to their own cupidity; and, in proof, he said that Mr. Marshall, of Leeds, had worked a number of children to such a "degree that they were taken to a tank of water, and digir heads dipped in it, in order that they might be refreihed, and again go to work. Messrs. D eacon Hu me , Bewring, and Villiers, wanted to bring the n ages down to the same level as they were upon the Continent. He thiew down the gauntlet to any one of the League, and hoped they would come forward and meet him in pubic discussion.—(Mingled cheers, laughter, and hisses. , He asked them all to come forward and show thaVINA League should no longer go on in its successful career of robbing and plundering the working classes.—(Laughter.) He called upon the aristocracy and the landed interest to come forward and protect labour from the attacks of the Corn-law League, or they would not long gaze on the battlements of their ancestors.—(Laaghter.) The speaker, amidst much laughter, made some indefinite allusion to Jugurtha, and concluded (in obedience to a hint from some person on the platform) by stating that he—(himself—not Jugur tha)—was a Spitalfield's weaver, and daring any person to come forward and controvert his assertion. At this moment a scene most indescribably ludicrous took place. An individual, habited in an ostler's dress, took up the gauntlet, and after touching a lock of hair on the front of his forehead as a mark of respect to the Chairman, claimed, as well as we could understand from the noise and confusion which prevailed, to be heard. He was, however, eventually compelled to retire, and . make way for— A person, whose name was stated to be Mr. BUR ROWES, a delegate from the London Union of the Spitalfields' weavers, and who seconded the resolution, after which An individual, who described himself as a journey man baker, rose to support it. In attempting to do so he again threw down the gauntlet to the League. He was sure that the repeal of the corn-laws would injure four classes of persons—(Cries of "-No, no")—and would tend to injure and destroy a most industrious, intelli gent, and truly benevolent class of men, he meant the Journeymen-millers.—(Shouts of laughter.) He knew that the American corn came here in the shape of flour, in barrels. And (said the speaker), lam sure of this, for I have been in Yankee town.—(Renewed laughter.) He then entered into some details on his present pecu niary emoluments, as compared with what they had been when he was (to use his own phraseology) " a-doing so many many more batches" during the week. He next passed from this subject to propose the second re solution, which was to the effect that the meeting de nounced the attempt of the Anti-Corn-law League to excite the feelings of the agricultural classes, and calling upon the agricultural classes to unite against that dan gerous conclave the League. Mr. MAILLARD, after abusing in set terms the League, its supporters, and the whole manufacturing interest, seconded this resolution. Mr. RUFFLE RIDLEY, a person well known as *ll. Chartist orator, particularly during the excitement which pervaded London some time ago, when disturbance per waded the provinces, here rose, .-when a scene of in describable confusion took place His party, which was very numerous, rose en masse, cheering and waving hats, while those who favoured the objects of tfie meeting, and those in favour of the Anti-Corn-law League, who also mustered very strongly, were equally veciforous. I When order was somewhat restored, be was calling upon the people not to beled away by either of the two antago nistic parties—the Anti-Corn-law League, or those who were formed to oppose them, because both parties were trying to sacrifice their (the people's) lives at the shrine of their own interests. He asked could not both parties be called base, bloody, and brutal (Hear, hear, and cheers.) They might be called Whig Chartists, or Tory Chartists, but they were there aspen, and determined to denounce hypocrisy, and to tell both parties, face to face, that the working classes would stop short of nothing except their political redemption,— (Cheers.) Such being his opinion, he should move as an amendment upon the last resolution, That while this meeting is of opinion that the line of policy adopted by the Anti-Corn-law League is erroneous and injurious without a complete renovation of the Legislative system, yet they are also of opinion that every system of agita tion which has not for its end the attainment of the People's Charter is equally erroneous and injurious in policy, and unworthy to occupy the attention of this meeting or of the public generally. With respect to the Anti-Corn-law League, and the new Association calling itself the Anti-League Association, he should advise the people to leave them to the fate of the Kilkenny cats, and they would tear each other to pieces in a very short time. . . . Mr. SPGRATH seconded the amendment, which ap peared to have a vast number of supporters in the room, although no official declaration was made from the Chair, as to whether it was passed or not. Here another scene of indescribable confusion again arose, owing to a number of persons claiming their right to address the meeting from the platform, which be came densely thronged, and a long time intervened be fore any person could be heard. A great many other persons, most of whom were well known as Chartist orators, endeavoured to speak, when the Chairman, amidst, the greatest uproar, decided that Mr. Mainte was entitled to be heard. This gentleman, who was most conspicuous at the seve ral meetings on Clerkenwell-green, Islington-green, and other places, when the police had orders to disperse them, then rose to propose the next resolution, and after vitu perating the Anti-Corn-law Leugue and its objects in the bitterest terms, amidst stormy symptoms of disapproba tion and cries of " Do you call yourself a Chartist ?" said the purport of the resolution was that a repeal of the corn-laws would be most injurious to all the industrious classes of the United Kingdom. At this moment Mr. WHEELER, another Chartist, said —We have had quite enough of discussion to answer any beneficial object, and I therefore move that the Chair man do now leave the chair.—(Groans and confusion.) Mr. FORD, a gentleman of similar political views, se conded the proposition, but what he said could be only guessed by his pantomime. Another scene of confusion here ensued, which quite rivalled the 0. P. rows in the good old theatrical days, amidst which the Chairman, evidently with but little reluctance, made his exit. • Mr. WHEELER then, amidst roars of laughter, pro posed a vote of thanks to the Chairman, of which not the slightest notice seemed to be taken by the meeting, seine of whom had congregated themselves into little groups, like what might be seen on a Sunday in Smith.; held or on Clerkenwell-green, for the purpose of hearing some more learned pundit expound his particular views of politics, as they amused themselves by cheering for Peargus O'Connor and the Charter ; but by far the greater number had gone away long before the - last reso lution was put. • Although-hi the programme four resolutions were an RAILWAY SIIARES FOR FEBRUARY ACCOUNT. Versailles, R. 8.•• • 351 25 .. 351 95 .. 351 25 351 25 L.B. 835 .. 835 .. 832 50 .. 832 50 ••• 671 25 .. 675 .. 671 25 675 • Rouen . ... • ... • . Mitten to Havre.. Orleans •••• 852 50 .. 853 75 .. 852 50 .. 853 75 Strasburg to Bale•• RAILWAY SHARES FOR MARCH ACCOUNT. Versailles,R.b... • ....... •. 352 50 •• 352 50 .. 352 50 .. 252 50 L.B ....••. 177 50 .. 177 50 .. 175 Rouen to Havre•• ....... •. 675 677 50 .. 675 •• 175 •• 677 50 Orleans • • ..:. 853 75 .. 856 25 .. 853 75 .. 856 25 Stiasburg to Bale.. 247 50 .. 248 75 .. 247 50 248 75 AMERICAN NEWS. (TWO DAYS LATER.) LIVERPOOL, MONDA.T, 3 A.M. By the packet-ship England, arrived at 10 o'clock, last evening, after an excellent passage of 16 days from New York, we, have received papers to the 16th ult. inclusive. The American papers announce the arrival at Natchez, Mississippi, on the . Ist ult., of Capt. Elliot, the English Ambassador to Texas. The Texian Congress is still in session; there ap pears to be a strong feeling, both in the Government and among the people, favourable to the annexation of that country to the United States. The Texian House of Representatives are unanimously in favour, of the proceeeding. .A communication from Key West, Florida, dated 30th January, states that an English ship, the Father Mathew, had been wrecked off Caesar's Creek. She was quite a new vessel, and only on her second voy age, from St. Stephen's to Matanzas, with a cargo of sugar box-shooks. Part of the cargo and materials will be saved and brought to Key West. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, FEB. 15. The advance noticed in Stocks a few days since is firmly sustained, without any further improvement being realised. Harlem advanced per cent. ; Paterson ; Pennsylvania Fives ; Norwich down ; North American Trust Company ; Farmers' Trust ; Ohio Sixes, Indiana, Illinois, Ken tucky, Canton, and Vicksburg closed at yesterday's prkes. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The Funds closed about a per cent. better than in the morning, as regards time bargains, though there has not been much doing. Consols for Money were 97k, and for Account 974. The Unfunded Debt was without alteration. The operations in the Foreign Market were unimportant after one o'clock. Spanish Actives closed at 25, and the Three per Cents. at 33 to a. Buenos Ayres were 36/ to 37 ; Brazilian Old Bonds were 80* ; and Mexican, 34g. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby Thirds were 6 ; and North Midland, 10 discount; Birmingham and Derby Eighths have been 2i ; Birmingham and Gloucester, New, 2 ; Eastern Counties Extension, 4 ; Great Western. 35; Manchester and Leeds, 43 ; and Rouen and Havre, 6i premium ; London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 3 ; Union of Australia, / ; and Union of London, / premium. The advices from New York to the 16th ult. by the England do not add anything of interest to the accounts given this morning. The Oxford packet-ship had been seized, and was to be appraised, but it was hoped would not be confiscated, for smuggling of its officers. (From The Siin of Last Night.) There was a steady market for Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday, but only 2,500 bales were sold.—Shares were much the same. South 'Western, Great Western, and North Mid land, being best supported. Birmingham and Gloucester yere 74; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58i ; Grand Junction, 227 ; Great Western Half, 681 ; Birmingham, 234 ; South Western, 76i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 401 ; South Eastern, 35 to 34i. The Cannadian accounts last received state that a very general employment had been found for the emigrants who had arrived out in the course of the past season. It was not expected that any very considerable addition would be made to the grant for public works next year, beyond that already promised. It is therefore rather important to intended emi grants to be informed that no very extensive additional de mand will exist for labourers. The speculations in Cotton at New York were still kept up, but scarcely with as much vigour as they were. This is a good sign, as it will tend to give an additional check to the time operations in staple at Liverpool. . Some later accounts have come from Mexico. The letters before us are to the 28th of January. Two conductas was about to start for Vera Cruz, said to convey, at least a million of dollars, principally on merchants' account. The slight differences that have existed between the republic and this country, it was expected, would be satisfactorily arranged. The trade of Mexico was improving. The following is a translation of the Government order that came into operation in the Island of Cuba on the Ist January last : " Art. 1. Every box of sugar exported in a Spanish vessel will pay five rials ; in a foreign vessel six rials. . 2. Every quintal of coffee exported in a Spanish vessel to a Spanish port will pay three rials ; in a Spanish vessel to a foreign port, four rials ; and in a foreign vessel to a foreign port, four rials and a half. " Art. 3. Molasses and Spanish brandy are declared free of export duties. _ _ _ A Art. 4. Every vessel departing fully loaded with molasses, will be exempt from paying tonnage dues. . _ " Art. 5. Every ir - e;ser carrying away more :than 1,000 boxes of sugar will be charged tonnage dues according to their measurement—if foreign, 6 rials per ton ;if Spanish, 2 rials. _ Art. 6. The same advantage regarding tonnage dues will be enjoyed by vessels carrying away 2,000 sacks of coffee and over 300 pipet of brandy." , There was not much business transacted in the Funds to day. The Commissioners bought their usual amount of Consols at 978 and 97j, but they were readily sup plied. Up to noon there was not a single quo tation for Consols for the Account. For the transfer to-morrow the money price was 97g early in the morn ing. It is now 97g. The premium upon Exchequer Bills is 695., having been done at 71s. to 725. The Three-and a-Half per Cents. (New Stock) have remained at lon to A bargain has been done in Consols for the Account since the above was written, at 97g. In the Foreign Bonds a considerable degree of activity has prevailed to-day. Spanish Actives for the Account opened at 2b, but have since receded to 24 and the Three per Cents. from 35i to 348. The French Five per Cents. are at 125 f. 50c. ; Dutch Five per Cents at 1018 ; and Belgian was last quoted at 1058. The prospect of a new loan, though to convert the Five per Cents. to a Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, has rendered the market heavy. Colombian Bonds, ex-Venezuelan, are in demand, and have reached 15g. The value now is rather lower. Chilian have risen to 1038, but Mexican are flat at 34j ; Brazil Stock of 1829 and 1839 have been just sold at 78. The Railway Share market has a firm aspect this morning. We can quote a slight rise in the York and North Midland, in the Great Western, in the South-Western, in the Midland Counties, in the French lines, and in the South-Eastern and Dover. The Real del Monte Mining Shares have risen 61 In the Joint Stock Bank Shares no business was transacted this morning. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 2.—Our market continues firm, and a fair amount of business has been done. London and Brighton, 43g ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40i; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 49 ; Midland Counties, 88 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 71i ; Paris and Lyons, 21. 17s. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS.I Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red...... ....... 98 Ditto Bonds 66 pm 3 per Cent. Cons 34 per Cent. Bei lO3 Ditto New Annuities... 96 New 34 per Cent. 1024 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 1%d... 70 pm. New 5 per Cent. .... ...... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7O pm. Jan. 1860 l2ic Bank Stock for Acct.... 196 Oct. 1859 12% India Stock for Acct ... 2784 Jan. 1860 l2 9-16 Consols for Acct.......... 97% FOREIGN FUND& Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent 7sh Belgian, 5 per Cent 105% Ditto, New Ditto _ Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 37 , Russian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent 103% Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent: /5% Spanish, 5 per Cent.... ..... .. 25 Ditto, 1824 — Ditto , 3 per Cent as Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 4/3 (Ditto, Deferred.. 14% Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18::5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange —f. —e. Mexican, 5 per Cent ......... 34% French, 3 per Cent. B3f. ....e. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 183'7 —' i Dutch, 2% per Cent 54 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent.. 30%' Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 59 Ditto Thirds (25 paid) ........ . ..... ......... Ditto Eighths (It. 10s. paid) 3% Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 7 73 Ditto New (17%:daid) Eastern Counties (23 paid) Ditto Extension (13s. 4d. paid) Great Western (75 paid) London and Birmingham (Stock) Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ll3 North Midland (100 paid) Paris and Orleans (2 0 paid) Rouen and Havre ( j 4 paid) South Eastern and ver (50 paid) 35 Ditto Scrip (25 paid)...... ...................... We have reason to believe that her Majesty con templates, during the ensuing season, a prolonged residence in the Isle of Wight. Negotiations have, we are informed, been for some time in progress to secure for her Majesty's use an appropriate residence upon the coast, so situate that it might afford Ltho means of rapid communication by rail way with the metropolis, and at the same time possess those facilities for yachting and aquatic amusements in which Brighton is so eminently deficient. Within the last few days, we believe, Osborne House, near Cowes, the seat of Lady' Isabella Blachford, has been selected for the Royal aocommO tion ; and should it be found sufficiently commodious, it will probably be taken at first only fora . limited period, but with the right to purchase at a fixed price at the expiration of the term. It is hinted that in this case a Bill will be brought forward in Parliament, to enable the Crown to dispose of that costly but unsightly fabric, the Brighton Pavilion.— Times. SILVER MINE.—We learn, from Stockholm, that a silver mine, which is expected to . be very productive, h as been discovered near the tom of Lacliberg. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND pubitr Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN'. On Friday, the French Chamber of Deputies came to a division on the affair of Otaheite, when the Ministers had a majority of 46. This raised the funds in a few minutts• 54c. According to intelligence brought by the 'ship Jules, from Monte Video, of the 31st December, affairs there had become complicated to a most disastrous extent. On December 27, M. Pichon, the French Consul-General, demanded his pass ports, and having received them, embarked on the 31st, in the Atalante: M. Leyde, the Portuguese Consul, also retired on board a brig of war of his own nation. The French mer chantmen in the roadstead had, a week before, received orders from the French Admiral to be in readiness to sail at the first signal, but on the 30th, the English, American, and Brazilian commanders posted a notice to the vessels of their nations not to remove from their anchorage without further orders. The town was nearly destitute of supplies, the blockade being kept with the utmost rigour. Queen Christina arrived at Narbonne on the 24th, on her way to Barcelona. Her Majesty was received with Royal honours by the authorities. She left on the afternoon of the 26th for Perpignan. A horrible crime (says the Paris Siecle) was committed on Thursday evening at six o'clock, in the Rue de Londres. An Englishman residing in that street, No. 40, was assassinated in his apartment, by blows from logs of fire-wood. It is sup posed that the assassins expected to find a large sum of money, which was said, to have been received during the day. The name of the victim was Ward. The Seine rose on Thursday to 5 metres 95 centimetres (19 feet), but had fallen yesterday to 5 metres 50 centimetres. Since the quays have been submerged, all the steps and land ing-places have been lighted by lamps to prevent accident. The Moniteur contains a notice of the Director-General of the Post-office, announcing that from the 4th of March a line of steam-packets, for the conveyance of passengers, would ply monthly between Marseilles and Alexandria. According to a published report by the Prefecture of Po lice, on the adulteration of wine in Paris, this fraud i s prin cipally committed by the wholesale merchants and retail dealers, who amount in Paris to 600. The ingredients chiefly employed by them are syrups made from fecula, raisins, raw sugar, dried fruits, and other.similar things, which are made to ferment in a quantity of water, by adding small portions of alcohol, vinegar, and tartaric acid. The Moniteur publishes the table of the prices of wheat in the several market towns of France in last month, from which it appears that the average cost of the .hectolitre was—at Gray, Toulouse, Marseilles, and Lyons, 22f. 17c.; at Marans and Bordeaux, 20f. 36e. ; at St. Laurent and the Grand Lemps, 31f. 39c.; at Mulhausen and Strasburgli, 19f. 55c. ' • at Bergues, Arras, Roye, Soissons, Paris, and Rouen, 181. 32c. ; at Saumur and Nantes, 19f. 92c. ; at Metz, Verdun, and Charleville, 16f. 45c. ; at St. Lo, Paimpol, Quimper, and Hennebon,l9f. 51c. The hectolitre is equal to 2i imp. bushel. According to letters from Vienna of the 22d ult., M. de Rothschild, of that city, had held several conferences with the Russian Ambassador on the subject of the decree for the re moval of Polish Jews- from the frontiers, and hopes - were entertained that the decree, which has already been much modified, will be entirely revoked. Weslearn from Berlin, 21st ult., that the King of Prussia had been so unwell for some days, that he had not quitted his chamber ; but his illness was not of sufficient gravity to render it necessary to issue bulletins. Advices from Athens, of the 10th, state that King Otho has had a narrow escape from being poisoned, owing to the carelessness of his cook, who prepared a dish in a vessel in which verdigris had been allowed to collect. The illness, however, soon gave way to proper remedies. COURT-1".&81 1 Z 0 N ABLM. The Court will change mourning on Thursday next for his late Royal Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha; there will be a further change on Thursday se'nnight, the 14th instant, and on tke 21st instant the Court will go out of morning. The posthumous bust of the late Duke, which the Prince has continued to superintend, is now completed. Lord and Lady Brougham entertained the Duke ofWelling ton, Lord and Lady Stanley, Lady Peel, Sir James and Lady Graham, Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Sir William Follett, and a distinguished circle at dinner on Saturday last, at their residence in Grafton -street. Sir Robert Peel, from a previous engagement to dine with the Russian his Company , company. could no t honour the Noble and Learned Lord with Sir Robert Peel, Bart., gives his first Cabinet dinner this season to-morrow, at his mansion in Whitehall-garden. The Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, Earl and Countess Craven, Hon. Frederick Craven, Mr. Grenfell and Miss Grenfell, and a large party, have been staying during the last week at Croxteth Park, on visits to the Earl and Coun tess of Sefton. Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimston fashionable circle Craven, circle a p t r o c c e o e o d m shortly b e o y n , l a v v a ig c t k s o h t r e e Ear l where a n a d will assemble during Coventry races. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield and family are still at Graefenberg, in Austrian Silesia, where they are expected to pass the spring. Lord Anson is pursuing his academical studies, near Huntingdon, preparatory to entering the uni versity. The Noble Earl's health is much-improved. The Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary Sack ville West left town on Saturday for Bourn Hall, Cambridge. shire. The Earl of Ilehester presided at the meeting held at.Wer mmith on Saturday, to take measures for erecting a suitable monument, in the county of Dorset, to the memory of the late gallant Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, G.C.B. Viscount Rauelagh has left town for Bordeaux. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Moxhay, the liberal proprietor of the Hall of Com merce, has written letters to some of the great mercantile houses in the City, offering the use of his noble building for the purpose of a meeting, to- express the public opinion on the conduct of the Emperor of Russia towards the Jewish portion of his subjects. It is believed that the offer will be accepted. The Bank of England, the East India Company, the Wor shipful Company of Mercers, and the Worshipful Company of Grocers have, during the past week, each subscribed the sum of 2001. in aid of the association for visiting and reliev ing the poor at their own dwellings. The gross amount of the fund of this association is now, we hear, above 20,0001., and its operations are extended over upwards of sixty of the parishes. al taa Society held his second con -n, on the at'his mansion, full meeting, there being Tv m eer o Trs s rah t aze d et es pri t epr i e t sit u ocican t d e edin o st f all t ty li . Lm altyht e t eW r e o ßoav po se nya l i i nvge,ry at least 350 fellows and visitors present, including most of the members of the different literary and scientitic institutions, besides several learned savans from Germany, America, &c. The Marquis of Northampton was unavoidably absent from impaired health, but the honours of the reception were ably acquitted by Mr. C. S. Dickens and Viscount Alford. The last averages show a considerable advance in the price isf wheat—that of the last week being 555. hi. per quarter, which is an increase of from 4s. to ss. on the prices which pre vailed during the greater part of the autumn and winter; and of 3s. sd. within the last five weeks Bean, who was taken into custody for attempting to annoy her Majesty by presenting a pistol at her Majesty's carriage, as she was taking an airing in St. James's-park, and for which he was tried at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in the Millbank Penitentiary, was on Saturday liberated, the term for which he was incarcerated having expired. A new floating steam-boat pier has been constructed by the Fishmonger.? Company, and thrown out from the river front ofttleir spacious hall adjoinipgthe north-west corner of Loudon-lidsdge, which is likely t o prove a great accommoda tion to the public making short trip s per steam- b oat to West minster, Greenwich, Woolwich, Lunehouse, and the Adelphi Pier. COURT CIRCULAR The Queen held a Privy Council a quarter before three o'clock yesterday a fterno on , at Buckingham Palace. It was his Royal Highness P r i nce A lbert, Lord Wharn- President ; the Duke o f W e lli ngton, Commander ;btylie Duke of Buccleuch, Lord P riv y S ea l ; Si r R o b t. Commander in-Chief i- t ffc e e n h, di Lord eefd Peel, First Lord of the Treasury ; the Earl of Aberdeen, Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs; Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, Secretary of State for the Home Department; Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chan cellor of the Exchequer ; the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Edward Knatchbull, Paymaster of the Forces ; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse. At the Council a new Sheriff was appointed for the county of Rutland. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audience to Lord Whamcliffe and Sir Robert Peel. The Court was attended by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Comptroller of the Hous hold. Lord Byron and Admiral Sir Robert Otway were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Peince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, took equestrian exercise in the Riding School at Pimlico yesterday. His Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. The " Immaculate Conception," painted for the King of Spain, Philip IV., by Murillo, was submitted to the inspec tion of her Majesty and Prince Albert, by Mr. Woodburn, at Buckingham Palace, yesterday. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday. Mr. Somes, Governor of the New Zealand Company had an interview with Lord Stanley, yesterday, at the Colonial Office. _ ➢ir. Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Dispatches for the Governors of the North American Co lonies were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial office. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. The average price of Wheat last week was 17.03 f. and that of Rye 16.41 f. The duties on importation and exportation remain as before. A letter from Liege, of the 27th, says :—" Our rivers are rising in an extraordinary manner. The Meuse has risen half a yard since yesterday, and continues to rise. All the lower part of the city is under water. Several accidents are reported. The ship Ville de Bruxelles, which left Antwerp in April, 1843, with colonists, for San Thomas, in Guatemala, has just returned with a cargo of indigo, mahogany, and logwood, which will be sold by auction as soon as the vessel is unloaded. It brings very unsatisfactory accounts of the state of the colony. BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 29.—The Sections of the Chamber, at the request of the Minister of Finance, are engaged, laying aside all other business, in examining the project of law for the conversion of the Five per Cent. loans. Five of the six sections have already named their reporters. THE HAGUE, MARCH I.—The Second Chamber of the Stated-General in its sitting of to-day, agreed after long de bates, to the following project of law :- 1. For completing the ways and means for the years 1844 and 1845, by a majority of 29 to 25. 2. For paying the debt to the Handelsmaatschappy (Com mercial Company), by 31 to 23. 3. For regulating the claim of his late Majesty King Fre derick William, by 39 to 12. After which the Chamber adjourned indefinitely.—Stoats Courant, Feb. 29 And March 1. .AsurrEnmst, MARCH 2.—lt is with de e p re g re t that we have to announce that the Second Chamber of the States General has had the courage to agree to the project of law for an extraordinary income-tax, &c. We say that it had the courage, for courage surely was necessary to pass such a law, for the dangers 'which it threatens are great.—Amster dam Ifandelsblad, March 2. A veteran Tory, when dying at Durham, on Sun day last, observed to a friend that he had " made his peace with God and all mankind; shortly after which, he hur riedlY " inquired By the. hy,_ have they hanged O'Connell yet ? nouneed to be put to the meeting, only thre e were _n Posed. We should have stated at first, that we 7it• not notice one person on the platrorm whose 111 mentioned, would be familiar to our reader , . ,tlit The meeting broke up shortly after ten o'clock, same confusion that marked it during the evening. • HAYMARKET THEATRE',„ds An adaptation of Scribe's drama Le 11111"'rojtc Raison, was produced at this theatre last evening, so the title of the Marriage of Reason. If we Le d ti aright, a version of this-same piece nas pro Covent-garden some years since, And met wit h the sort of equivocal success which attended the Marryitt) Reason last evening. The foiioWing 1 8 a s on d of the plot. Edward (Mr. Roll), . the- Aid General Bremont (Mr. Stuart), is in low bo g Suzette (Madame Celeste), a poor orphan, wh° li gr ag rs brought up in the General's family. Edward nll e ta llf marriage, and the General interferes, and uvea.; o ll persuades Suzette to marry Bertrand (%% moustache, who had followed him through all 114 A . paigns, and who is deeply in love with ~4 This is the marriage of reason, and Edwar,;oll has accidentally discovered that Bertrand had, `pro before, saved his life at Strasburg, voluntarily II enjoining Suzette to love Bertrand. Suzette, T.,"dr admiration for the noble character of Bertrancl2;; a/ furs her affection to him, and thus the Mr .;7 0 40. Reason bids fair to become a marriage of hit e s ro il There are some excellent situations, and some 7 • incidents, in this drama; but the dialogue is Oce, ;c ips. heavy, and the piece drags. By a fre e ar th of the pruning knife the piece would be nil', proved, and will probably have a run. The admirable. Stuart, as the General, made a g'"" t oitl of a very up-hill part. There was a quiet in ter , 0 about his acting which told exceedingly. Bertrand, was the beau ideal of a vieux-motai‘—onii strange mixture of pathos and fun, which can-,_,-,01 found in the French soldier or the English ssi".",„,:ece Suzette of Madame Celeste was a beautiful tioltfl melodramatic acting, and Buckstone as a 11 l e "bed husband, and Mrs. Humby as his better half, t ivo most laughter-moving. At the fall of the curt to pt was a vigorous display of opposition, met by Or a display of support--as to which bad the 10 11 d ot would be impossible to say, without a division',o' to quote the Speaker of the House of Commons - doubtful occasions, we "think the Ayes had lt- .7 12 $, COVENT GARDEN THEA'r" 10. is M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MA S 2 it M. Jullien's Grand Bal Masque took plac theatre last evening, and it was one of the nos s t ed ; affairs of the sort that we have ever witn es Ag orchestra was placed nearly at the back Of while the pit was boarded over, so that the n o s, of the theatre formed one vast salon de danse. 010,0 tion to the large chandelier in the centre of there were six magnificent cut glass chaade.6lool, pended from the proscenium, while faur t iofe r i a l ones, suspended from the ceiling by festoon, or evii gave light to that part of the saloon acts i l e 'ots the piei-a.nd a similar number suspended over 1 41 gave light to the orchestra. The fittings ger; theatre were exceedingly tasteful. Wreaths ° were suspended along the front of the boxes fro do to pillar, and in front of each box panel was s l* . 1 4 4 1 :1 a banner, emblazoned with armorial bearinco Ad doors were opened at nine o'clock, and the galleries were immediately crowded. N° ° 4O admitted to the saloon unless they were,„ A and this rule was strictly adhered to 1 the evening. The dancing commen.Cn ot ia o'clock, long before which hour the o '4 00,4 crowded by persons attired in the costume ks,r2 every nation under the sun. Turks and Gree':',6 sians and Circassians, Affghans and Sq ° ,4„ 4 1 :4 most amicably in the dance ; Quakers were seen joining in the res! tofsol waltzing with most demure looking gypsies. 1, 1 4, A i Cleopatra made a vis a vis to Macbeth and r i r o i / Jetfi in the same set Jim Crow and Cordelia, with Pi' 0 0 Columbine, joined the side couples. The 1 10 1 1 4 telf 7 s4 of the Ball were admirable. There were six Tor the Ceremonies, and in consequence of their inueitel. exertions the utmost order and regularity pre l o ri eleven o'clock the theatre was crowded 111 thbr' i el and the coup d'ceil from the boxes was superhi oce ,04 altogether was one of the most brilliant we 0 4, 5 beheld. At one o'clock the supper was s . „ el lei ifF e rf consisted of every delicacy of the season, " „ '...tirsf abundance. The festivities were kept uP "- early, or rather very late hour in the morning' , SPORTING INTELLIGE NCE, TATTERSALL'S—YESTERD AY ' COVENTRY TRIAL STAKES. ' Oe• 3 to 1 agst Be e 'ser Even between en-y- h Ghlo and Celeste 11 F st e th d Even betting between Queen of the GiP Bles 4 Ghlo. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS srmo,gkeo 7 to 4 agst Mr. John Day's Ugly Buck CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert 14 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Pagan—tak en 15 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite_ _take 16 to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior —t -20 to I agst Lord Eglintoun's Jamie Forest 20 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita „ ' 28 to 1 agst Mr. Gough's Greenfinch — ta ke- r 40 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Vakeel—taken. 000.0101 The betting agst Sir Robert showed an impl' o°e . Pr oo le odds last quoted in town, but did not support t i. .. 4," ri )l 4 , movement ; 12 to 1 was offered in. two or tr A tt f 00 until late in the day, without a blow being strue:'ecli f ili more, however, 70 was laid out, to which st ot o, thfee bets in small sums at the odds t hepre e „ Pagan opened at 16 to 1, and in the course o ', boat 14.," advanced a couple of points ; very little was 01 1 1 '0 o r nits, and agst the Prior there was a majority 0 dt / tll thing worthy of notice was said or done A 1 0" ,* favourites. DERBY. 6 tc 1 'agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 13 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan 16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando en 20 to I agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—tam 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire -30 to 1 agst Mr. Watts' Voltri h tA eli: 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin ns. Foig-a-ballag.---- - - - - I , - uken Igo 40 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loaditons--, 40 to 1 agst Sir G. liaathcote's Campuo 40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice Mr. P--ma's V- 40 to 1 agst Jr. Payne's Vat colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Ch eri° 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Hill's Beaumont—takeatsoli 1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Cuthbert's Beaufrontlso 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Bradshaw's Sir Isaac-41004° 1000 to 15 agst Mr. St. Paul's Telemachne-; t he ; no t 1000 to 15 each, in one bet, agst King 1:) " , A; Telemachus, and Lancet. _,_ „ a saa j olPe . 2000 to 10 agst Rogers's lot for the Two 1- e A ° i: 're i Stakes, Newmarket Stakes, and Derby ; and - °I P l ' the St. Leger. o° 4 1 PI" A hedging bet of 1,800 to 300, and others t 0 ifiw.---le 11 1 AI the same price, were laid agst the Ugly Bac'', i i.' s ' irr nevertheless, were far from numerous or "I", li e 00 j et e was the highest offer agst Rattan—any oddsadva 0.4, 400 $ have been taken. We have named the onlY 14 07 Ad in connexion with Orlando ; "no one seemed iri t tia te it i t A ir back him. 20 to 1 'was laid two or thr e ,, e ,,, ,h ' Leander, and, we suspect, would have been leA' c i, , "1 i out much pressing. rAuld Squire was b ;aig I ( abo l quarter at 3Q to 1, and in another at 25 to 1, d 40 to , at 40 to lin hundreds, Campunero at 33 111 2„es, ;, de latter the real odds), Sir Isaac five or six„ t ",„ - fes ed. 0 and Beaufiont at 1,000 to 10 each, Mount k/u - 0 11 ie Nothi n g s ral 0 20, and Telemachus at 1,000 to 15. Cockamaroo, lonian, or Running Rein. The t ell y ant , -, however well it may look on paper, was not, brisk. OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The 13e6 , i 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade seboo+._,apv' 17 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boardil we re 0 7 t The odds agst each of the mares speciteu sot small amount. ; sted The Spalthorne Coursing Meeting terir",, - ,, bid when the Cup was won by Mr. W. Nes ' beating in the run up Mr. Bate's Belinda. mi a house e G i n n T N o o rr rio M l -------- k- a sq ßz e, 2 yr .— he L re ort ad S y u s ffi o nl il i ti e4 :# o l .o l , loo,l ; delicate state of health. Lord and Lady Fr,.. 1 . - t - 0 0.0 lirai t y sojourning at 6, Eastern-terrace. Lady -,.".,1? in- . s t i d departure yesterday to resume her duties as PL . _A on her Majesty. Mr. Justice Tindal hos 11 :: o s OP - Albion, and the Earl and Countess of Ashbur a ti IF Duncannon at the Bedford. tn e/l e ter f rri w , C0 113 _,,,e .01 iel on THE AFFAIRS OF OTAHEITE.- -, -- - 0 c...- - t o.; the Fi each press on this debate are all of on soe sei ste le f vituperative, prejudiced, and unjust, and 101 . 1 en of 11 ; 01 0 ,9 no claim upon the attention or consideratior_irio reader. One imputation, directed against 04 S e ssli, if ri ; not, however, be unnecessary to repel. These i ° l 3 l : it As that "the Times, being the only London Pit, e ita ta re ' nounced on Tuesday the restoration of Ota too * f iti Pomare, must have obtained that infornllno th . el m British Government " (with whom they persirrdcfil p w a e r s is ta a n a d shiagandaiyn.,f,avoispo:rcopmamrius niccaoatteedfutpo.o i icogir . e s tilf cto , 1( 1 ; 1 , 11 ; that t b d le a to inquire, they will find that our sa e t 0n9 0 , ,* t y the Moniteur of Monday last, containing the 'clock,% 0 1 in question left Paris at half-past nine 0 , 0 00 4 is li to Y ; that he arrived in Boulogne , n°l l , o o l ° I , of severity of the weather, in less than twelvae .... rite fs ! boo : 0 —that it being then ow water, the li r t ej t i . i - e bt,l t: specially engaged for us, could not leav ois o r Ff., w A Boulogne before one o'clock on Tuesday 11 . 1 n i od; ° l :;eg- ,e -owing to the frightful Elate af the nln' l 4 0 c' ( sl,l"4 steamer could not make Folkestone before eigl i i s si be,t o special railroad train ordered i m mediately °n 5 10 0 ' ab, ,J, soled our messenger to reach the Times-01'1°Z, bV, or rif eleven o'clock. The important news broug“..a v .0 0 ~ published in a second edition in a few minutes "'" ,01 tte l si ° —Times. Es, fisA 000 DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COONT- as her_.,re,,,f —Her Ladyship died on Saturday morning , 'she 7 0 - - „0,9 in St. James's-square, at an advanced age: o d 00 1 10 1 ;1 of William Lygon, first Earl BeauchampLa_, .4„4o,_cieo; of James Penn, Esq., and by that Noble M-T rire ri, a'4 6 o 0 , October, 1816, her Ladyship had issue nine_nf.'iojollrga the late and present Earl Beauchamp, the . l l -M w . s ra P i.o , Henry B. Lygon, the Hon. Major-Genera! -r-1,,g0a. ' 0 1 , i , the Countess of Longford, and Lady rPhi t°3s ;n j t iellitilj t :iitil O i ' ) MR. BARNARD GREGOILT.---- --5 g ilts tat o o, o de 0 it will be recollected, is now undergoing s st c orlicals e t iler sonment in Newgate, has long been ( 53 3_1., #0 1th,5 t o b i! al l , in a declining state of health ; and it, is ° l _74 - c loil°_„ f il s of favourable change takes place, there s grq r. Gresiio ~e t i ho will live out the term of his sentence-0 '_ ;sol iers e ; t 7 0 11 ,',0 , lowed every accommodation afforded t I ) . .'„' to sua ill iet f 0( situated in the prison, and does not apPoll!, e eo niPl, z tioP from the effect of his confinement. ; 11 4, 0 81 al' th e der which he labours is believed to be an In a t .4 long standing.—Sunday Paper. asf,:, roft:cy P sour P( - UNLICENSEDSPORTING.-- , a i t. f a ir Hammersmith Police Court, William Stal s wiex , 0 l'At, years of age, living in School-house-lane ' 4, committed by Mr. G. Clive, the sittineg2l..„sl6; 00e4e0t170 gate for trial on three charges of st ai rl lnE...„ ol dhA e re de r, eight live pigeons, and a live black _ he ',„i t h. _2: p ris°„:ied sons in the neighbourhood of Ilainnie r _%jost ( 41 .7, 0 C 1) ( ler several other charges of a similar nature_eadbue e ivp i , ev ve ; but they were not gone into. It aPPe l F__ , w ith ‘ v t iced pieces of bread and some barley ykrith lioli_ . he eil the pretence of feeding fowls, pigeons, oct ' oat , into a by place, and then contriyed to ba g ►+~~.. The lack . 5 1 Earl bierent '44 1 r t „ e b e ti th t: th o , 144 try 11.14 4 1 . 1? ,1 M I ; k tes, o ne tll4