The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

TO THE HOLDERS OF MEXICAN BOND S. NOTICE is hereby given, that the undersigned are prepared to PAY the remaining half of the COUPON for October, 1843. Lists, &c., to be had, as usual, on application. The Coupons must be left Four clear days for examination. F. DE LIZARDI AND CO., Finance Agents to the Mexican Government. 26, Austin Friars. • Now ready, at all the Booksellers, in Bye., 48. 6d.,THE PROISIBITED COMEDY, RICHELIEU IN LOVE; Or, the YOUTH of CHARLES the FIRST. Hanry Colburn,.rublisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. In 3 vols., post Bvo., A THIRD EDITION of " WHITEFRIARS OR, THE DAYS OF-CHARLES THE SECOND. DI Now READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Henry Colburu, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • MRS. THOMSON'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready; at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., TII • E WHITE MASK. An Historical Romance of the Seventeenth Century. By airs. THOMSON. Author of " Widows and Widowers," " Ragland Castle," &c. " Much as we have admired. Mrs. Thomson's preceding novels, the present, lias pleased us more than any of them. It is so easy and so natural, that we never dream of any part of it being invented, but go along with the author from begidning to end; as if we had lived at the time, and 'among the individuals who are grouped and figure in her page. There are incidents and plots enough to excite a lively in terest, and the denouement is well wrought out to satisfy the ex pectations raised in the conduct of the story."—Literary Gazette. . Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MAJOR HARRIS'S NEW WORK ON AFRICA. Justpublished, 3 Vols. Bvo., Map and coloured Plates, 425., cloth, 111 HE HIGHLANDS of lETHIOPIA ; being - 4he Account of Eighteen Months' Residence of a British Em bassy-So the Christian , Court of Shoa. By Major C. W. HARRIS, Autinir of ",Wild Sports of Southern Africa." " The 'intelligent and animated volumes of which we have now given a - bird's-eye view, we regard as rivalling In interest and import ance any book of travels' of this century."—Blackwood, March.. 4 ' The record of Major Itarris's exertions, adventures, dangers, and escapes, is, we can safely say, surpassed -by no similar narrative in interest and utillty."—United Service Magazine. - London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN.K THIS MARCH I Will be performed the Okra M. Dupree ; Gessler. Mr. G. Homcastle; William Tell, Mr. Stret-on ,• Lutern, Mdlle. Albertazzi; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martlois Mim aetts. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.— Lavel, Mr. Cooper ; My Lord Duke's Y.ervant_lirs._Liudton ; Sit Harry's Ser. vant, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Kitty , Mrs. Stirling. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is. Second Price lis.-; Pit as Second Price Qi.-, Middle Gallery Is., S c)nd Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is.. Second P rice 69., THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSER ' THIS EVENING, MARCH 11, Will be produce da New Petite Musical Drama, called DER NECHT TEUFEL. Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland ; Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mrs. Glover; Matilda, Miss P. Horton; Ca roline, Miss Julia Bennett. After which, VICTOR AND HORTENSE ; or, False Pride. Victor, Mr. Webster; Mallard, Mr. Strickland; Pompey Pettipas, Mr. Buckstone ; Hortense de Villecour, Madame Celeste; Madame Din,don, Mrs. W. Clifford. After the Drama, Mr. John Parry will sing " Blue Beard." After which will be repeated JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Guillot, Mr. Buckstone ; Josephine, Mrs. Fitswilliam To conclude with A KISS' IN THE DARK. Mr. Selina Pettibone Mr. Buckstone ; Th e U n k nown F emale, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs W Clifford. Orchestra Stalls, Si.; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery,' Is. Half-price—Boxes, 33. ; Pit 2.5. ; Gallery, Is. ; Up per Gallery, (id. Doors op e n e d at Hall.past Six, and the Performance commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box.' olfire, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. • LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVP.NING, LOVE H 11, Will be perfonned the Comic Opera of IN A VILLAGE Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ; Hawthorn, Mr Wood; Hodge, Mr. Keeley; Rosetta, Mrs. Wood; After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder Mr. Walter-Lacy ;Mr Dapper, Mt. axberry; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in 0.. e Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or My Grandmother's Pet. J o seph, M rs . Keeley; Mildew, Mr.Feeley. To conclude with a New Farce, called BOUNCE; or, The Ojibbeway Indians. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS per m is sion o f 11, Will be repeated, by 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. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, L'LRICA ; or, The Prisoner of State. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, O. Smith Maynard, Forman, Wieland, ant Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee. and Chaplin. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid, Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman ; •Mn, Fright, Miss Emma Stan'ey. Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven o'Clook. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH Il Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. After which, JANE SHORE, embracing the entire strength of the Company, o conclude with FEMALE ASSURANC Places and T Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, E at the Box °dice, from Eleven io Four. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 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IL . 4,1A3 . 4:, .4 .1.' • olt 11 1./4 ...). ~....' - ;,,,t(`:-.,, , ' . , 011114F 4 illi - • :,-, , ' ''' .."),`Z 0 - ~ :40.A, : ii.,;7,4 -,-, $),../ ~,,,06 , . •:.:: pis, All li v ''''` .0" v 4 ' 'IC - ', - 0 4; , • , ", - A 7 . T ,ilO-4 ', '' 'c' lir ' Mk . im ~,,t V 4 ' ' VROIS `'.; !.., • r ..: -„- arr-,, , .• ' #+;. 41107- illortairt LONDON, MONDAY, MAROH /1, 1844. Weihavejust :cast our ,eye' over 'the ;Bill to " facil, tate. the Inelosure and orCommons and Lands held in common the" - Exchange of Land.s, and the DiVision of Intermixed. tandS"-4o quote the formal language of the Preamble—and anything more perplexing than thiS same •Bill we have not perused ifor many a long day. To say nothing of its extend ing to sixty-eight folio pages, if is so full of verbiage, vague, technical jargon, and quaint, sprawling- paren theses interweaved one 'within the other ; so as to pro duce. the most distracting state of entanglement, that We. are almost tempted to come to the conclusion that it' was drawn up . for no„other pUrpose than to ,:throw dust inthe eyes of its readers, and conceal its Teal object from all who may be interested in the mat wr: If so; its framers have _most happily succeeded irr their intention, and may congratulate .themselves won h:kviog - produced an enigma which it .requires all 'th e in g onuity of an CgDIPUS to solve. If we were called on ,+-o define the character of this Bill—and far be it from us to speak irreverently of so striking 'a production--we should be apt to say it was one to 'take fiom those who have., little or nothing,. and, give to those who have much— in other ,words, to be - nefit those who have deans, at the expense of thme who have none. One fact at any rate is evident --namely, that the working out of the measure will be attended with no little expense,, for whole swarms of salaried commis sioners, assistant;commissioners, juries, valuers, as sessors, &sc., are pressed into the service of the Bill, ir r,,d, as a matter of course, attorneys also are mixed up with it, who, like locusts in a rice-ground, cows in a closer-field, or aldermen at a , turtle feast, :will take care to make the most of their delectable position, and gorge themselves to within an ace of suffocation. - ,H er e is a pretty little inventory of charges which we find-inserted under the modest head of " Expenses of • InCIOSUreS 4C And be it enacted, that the allowances and payments to be made to and by the valuer, and all other the- expenses of every inclosure, except the loWanceS and salaries to the assistant-commissioner; sec t etary, assistant-secretaries, clerks, messenger; and ea ". -s of the commissioners, and the travelling and ,expenses of the . commissioners' and assistant other - oners ' and, except any expenses which the gornmi cotimiiss: toper or assistant-assistant-commissioner,- or a n y Court' umt pa. -e . the powei of this. Act, shall order to be COurwi .id, shall,be borne and defrayed by the othese several persons • interested in the land to be inclosed." The only Clan 'se theme t we can find in the - Bill, htest which seems in degree to consult the :Interests of the poor, is the following:— " And.. be it ,enacted; that :the 10' I ner in making the several"several"allotments hereby direjltedf shall have due regard as well to the situation the respective Most of the Paris papers give long reports of th e houses or . homesteadi of the persons infer trial and conviction of the Abbe ComnAloy at the eated in the I land to ,be inci;sed, as to the quantity and qua y o f the binitt6 No-Allotted- to theta respectively, so far aFf in a pamphlet entitled ‘ Memoir addressed to the .. 1 Paris.assizes, fora libel Onthe'Vniversity of Fran c e, o may be consistent with the- general convenience such persons ; ad that such valuer in raa mg e Bishops of France and fathers of families, on the war allotments shall_ have particular regard to the made • t the Church and the community by the to be administered ? By whom is the removal of these human shambles: for the political butchery of Spain to be effected? For a dozen years of alternating constitu-. tions and intrigues, parties and influences—these have been' in full requisition ; affronting the ma jesty of law, and menacing the tranquillity o f esta • Wished iciverninents in surrounding States. Her own dismantled condition, faction-torn, impoverished, and deCrepid, would have enabled the great European Powers at any time to compel her to return to order, and to the peaceful devel9pment of her own still gigantic resources fore retrieving her internal eco nomy and wealth, and her political importance. But these Powers have generously, and we should say wisely and constifutionally, abstained from such an extreme act of interposition. If, then, theprmciple of non - intervention with the domestic policy of a foreign State, salutary as it is even When pushed to an ipparently' injudicious point, be still to be respected as to. Spain ; let the same great Powers exercise their controlling influence, by a means more indirect, not less efficient, and, we should apprehend, by the law.of nations, perfectly justifiable and conclusive.' Let them suspend all di• plomatic relations with the Spanish Court and Cabinet until these have brought their agitations and factions to a closo; or, itt least, under such subjection to the ancient law and constitution of the country, that they may no longer burst forth in indessarit and bloody feuds, and convulsions, that are:Alie a dis honour to our common Christian faith, and a revolting blot on 'Eur°Pfili civilization, in the nineteenth cen tury. • „ , - Accounts have been received from,Stockholm to the 24th ult., when the kpito remained in nearly the same state. r The bulletin of the 23d is as follows :—" His Met.TESTY - has again begun to re/press a desire for some nourishment, and feels himself rather stronger, afterr-a very gtiod night. The affection of the foot is better, as there is an appearance 'of suppuration." The Hamburgh papers announce the arrival of the Stockholth mall Of the 27th, but without any account whatever of the.lima's health. According to lgadrid p;pers of the Ist instant, the QUEEN-DOWAGER was to arrive at Barcelona on the 2d, where she would remain till the 6th, then embark for Talencia,'' an 4 .reach Aranjuez on Tues day next. These papers furnish no intelligence from Alicant or Carthagena. • .The Three per Cents. were done at 30k for cash, and 301 at GO days ; and the Five per Cents. at' 22i for cash, and 22t, at 60 days. - THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MON,NING, MARCH 11, 1844, ( convenience of the persons interssted in respect of the smallest estates in the land subjected to be inclosed under this Act." This is but a sorry crumb of comfort, but—so far as we can discover—it is all that the poor are likely to get from the present measure ; for though the Bill states that they may, if they please, enter a protest against any attempt to inQlose their common lands, yet we can gather, from significant indications that peep out in many of the Clauses, that their protest will be unheeded, and their opposition neutralised, by the more influential residents in the neighbourhood. As for presenting them with an allotment in lieu of their old right to feed their ducks, geese, sheep, pigs, and donkeys on the waste lands in their vicinity, this appears to us at best but a doubtful compensation ; the more so as it will be forced on them, whether they like it or not. Under no possible cir cumstances can we bring ourselves to regard a project for inclosing common-lands—that is to say, the only lands that still remain to the poor—with ap probation ; and accordingly we shall watch the pro gress of this very. equivocal Bill with the utmost jea lousy, for though it professes to be founded on prin ciples of justice and humanity, yet, if we mistake not, it contains the seeds of serious injury to the interests of the poorer and more defenceless classes of the com munity. We cannot believe that the respectable Members who prepared and brought in the Bill have any design to rob the poor cottager of his right, but can they control the machinery of this Commission when once set agoing ? Since the Opposition Press was extinguished at Ma drid, no accounts of the slightest importance have ap peared in the Government journals respecting the af fairs of Alicant and Carthagena. Nearly the same silence prevails with regard to the state of the capital. Mystery, military despotism, and that horrible system of sanguinary retaliation sanctioned by the Du RANG o decree are the orders of the day. To the outrages on personal rights, liberty, and property, which are the certain consequences of this most humiliating, and at the same time most terrible of tyrannies, are super added those wanton sacrifices of human life, those in cessant demands for the blood of political opponents, which are only dreamed of under a reign of military terror. And as if even these atrocities were insuffi cient to glut the appetite for carnage, which is the disgraceful distinction of almost every Spanish parti san in the factious and insurrectionary movements of these days—prisoners of war, guilty of the crime of being taken in arms against the intolerable rule of NARVAEZ and the ferocious malignity of RONCALI, are decimated ! In a recent case, after some fighting against a detachment of the troops commanded by RONCALI, a party of 200 men surrendered to the vic torious banner of the " Captain-General." The com manding officer of the besieging forces (the affair was a sortie) ordered every fifth man to be shot ! In the most recent communications that have been received touching the progress of the young QUEEN'S troops against the insurgents, we read the following:— " The naval commander, Colonel Pinzon, sends the account of his taking possession of the Island of Ta barca, which the insurgents did not attempt to defend, the few persons there having hoisted a white flag on his commencing to cannonade it. This was on the 13th, and he admits that the blockade was almost fruitless.' On the 14th he went with the steamer in front of Alicant to silence the fire of two feluccas, the Pluton and Proser pina, which were firing on the English manufactory, where the Government engineers were at work : this object he effected, the feluccas retiring within the Mole, but the fire from the Castle cut up the steamer a good deal, one shot going right into the poop, and another, after carry ing away the chimney, took off the heads of a sapper and artilleryman; upon which he retired to the anchorage at the island. The insurgents who were taken in the two guarda costas were to be shot upon deck. The Govern ment has so-far given way that the insurgents taken at Alcoz are not to be shot, as ordered at first, without the form of a trial. The court-martial is now sitting there upon th• case. " The soldiers of the carabineers taken at Elda were to be decimated ; and the Heraldo states that a dispatch has been received from General Roncali to that effect." Even this passage conveys but a feeble idea of the blood-guiltiness which has stained, at this early stage of them, all the operations directed by the QUEEN'S officers against those of her subjects who will not submit to the domination of such monsters. The whole of their fine country seems about to be overrun by the same remorseless agents of a sanguinary and jealous Government, with which Spain in former cen turies, had become familiar at the hands of a PEDRO or a PHILIP. Domiciliary visits of authorised spies and police agents, secret arrests, long and painful imprisonments of innocent men on the mere whispers of hired and unprincipled ruffians who have the ear of the Minister, are once more filling the ancient dungeons of Madrid. In the field and in garrison the military commanders are almost rivalling the atrocities of the execrable MINA, in whose person our English hospitality and humanity were destined to be so signally dishonoured and forgotten. In the capital, and in the towns, the mischievous activity, the secr-'t combinations, and the uncontrolled harsh ness at 1 brutality exercised towards captives, who are rotting in obscure and solitary confinement, recal the dark and dreary period in which the spiritual predecessors of the present political inquisition in sulted Heaven, v :and disgusted a ll m a n ki n d w i th its diabolical discipline ; its- alternations of deceptive hope and Physical torture, of treacherous deception, and unqualified intiinidation. Now long are these horrors—the reproach, the shame, the revolting infamy of Europe, in 1844—t0 continue ? Englishmen impatiently demand, in the name of popular liberty and of Christian civilization, that these scenes of wantou and of useless carnage should at once cease and determine. Their moral example at present, their evil influence on the future, are incontrovertibly European evils, which it is pal pably- the interest of all European States to remedy and to remove at once. But how is this remedy monopolist University." The prosecution, which Iwas instituted at the instance of the Minister of Public Instruction, was conducted by the Procureur- General, and excited much interest. The jury, after delibe rating for more than an hour, returned a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced the Abbe to impri sonment for fifteen days and a fine of 4,000 francs (1601.) This is a significant proof that the middle classes have no sympathy with those Jesuitical Churchmen, who have been carrying on a war against the public schools of France, and using every means' to recover dominion over the minds of the people. The Ministry have had another triumph in the Chamber of Deputies. On Thursday the Committees for examin ing the Secret Service Money Bill were appointed, and out of nine Commissioners eight belonged to the Ministerial party. The funds continued firm, the Three per Cents. closing on Thursday at 82f. 50c. and the Fives, without the Coupons, at 122 f. 40c. THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, MARCH 7. First Ilighes t Lowest Last Price. P;ico. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. ex dlv 121 75 • • 122:45 .. 121 75 .. 122 35 Three per Cents..... 82 35 • • 82 55 .. 82 35 .. 82 45 Bank of France..... ..... ..3265 ..3265 ..3265 ..3265 Laftitte_Bank, I,ooof. Bharesllo7 50 • •1107 N • • 1107 50 ..1107 50 5,000 f. SharessoBo ..5082 50 —5OBO • -•50E12 50 Belgian Bank . . 660 .. 662 60 .• 660 .. 662 50 Belgian Fives ... .• • • ..... • - 1041 • • 1041 • • 1041 .. 1041 1840 Spanish Active •• •• •• .. Passive si .• 6 .. 51 .. 6 Neapolitan lOl 60 .. 102 •• 101 60 .. 102 Roman 106 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain .• .....• •• •••• 830 .. 830 .. 830 • 830 Versailles, R. 8.......•• •••• 370 .. 370 .. 370 .. 370 L. 13........• •• • . 177 50 .. 177 50 .. 175 .. 175 Rouen ............... ..... 850 .. 855 .. 850 .. 655 Rouen to Havre 677 50 .. 680 .. 677 50.. 678 75 Orleans Strasburg to Bale•• •••• •• •• 242 50 .. 245 .. 242 50 .. 243 75 Avignon tok.Marseilles..'.. •• 760 .. 760 •• 760 .. 760 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain ....•••• —— • . 830 .. 832 50 .• 830 .. 832 50 Versailles, R. 8.• Rouen .......... • • • • • ....• 860 .• 860 .. 855 .. 855 Rouen to Havre••.., Orleans •............ Strasburg to Bale • ......... 241 25 .. 243 75 .. 241 25 .. 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles•• •. • • 760 • • 762 50.•• 760 • • 762 50 To-morrow evening the grand banquet takes place, which is to be given at Covent-garden Theatre, to Mr. O'Connell. We believe that no spectacle of our times will surpass it ; indeed, we doubt whether any will equal it. The Committee have been unremitting in their efforts to render the arrangements worthy of the occasion, and the eagerness exhibited in fashionable circles to see the festival is unequalled. It has been found necessary to enlarge the area of the theatre to its utmost extent, and even then the space falls short of the size that is required. The stewards have made reserves of tickets up to the latest moment, and to prevent disappointment to strangers coming from distant parts, have resolved to give up their own places, rather than exclude any who are anxious to join in .this grand national testimony of sympathy with Ireland. ACTIONS OF MAHA.RAJPOOR AND PUNNIAR.-Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, has just published three ex cellent sketches in reference to the two great battles gained by the British arms at Gwalior. One de scribes the route and positions of the Army of Exer cise before the commencement of hostilities ; another gives an outline of the movements of the Anglo- Indian army under Sir H. Gough upon Maharajpoor and Choundah ; and the third, a similar outline of General Gre's engagement in front of Gwalior. This strong fortress, it will be seen from the map, lies between the scenes of action, being about t en miles from Punniar a n d eighteen from ' Maharajpoor. The rivulets, valleys, and temporary forts erected for the occasion are exhibited with much precision, and the sketches altogether will be found very useful in forming a correct idea of the country around the strongest fortress in India. They are published to gether in one small sheet and are accompanied by notes pointing out the lines of attack, the positions of the different regiments in the course of the day, and the respective camps of the victors of the battle. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH B.—The Seine rose yesterday to is greatest height. The causeway of Lacken, that is the new royal road, was again under water. We do not remember to have seen so many successive inunda tions as this year.aThis is the sixth time this winter that the Seine has overflowed its banks. Most of the mann factories-ou the banks of this river have ceased work for more than six successive weeks. The Chamber entered yesterdy on the discussion of the project oflaw relative to the repayment and the conversion of the loan of 100,800,000 francs. The Minister of Fi nance begun by showing that the remonstrances of some French capitalists were unfounded. He afterwards gave the formal assurance that it was not correct that the nego tiations with Holland for the reimbursement of a capital of eighty millions of florins were already much advanced. After some observations of M. Corswarren, who pro posed the conversion should be into Four per Cent. Stock ; and of Messrs. Hoffschmidt and Cogels, who defended thelprojectxff the Central Section, Count Meeus spoke, and was listened to with great attention. He approved of the principle of the proposed measure, and thought that the Government had perhaps shown excessive caution in contenting itself with a conversion into Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, when the state of our credit would have allowed it to attempt a conversion into Four per Cent. Stock. After some further remarks by different Mem bers, the general discussion was closed, and the• first article, authorising the reimbursement, was unanimously agreed to by tke seventy-two members present. The second article, fixing the conversion into Four , and-a-Half per Cent. Stock was agreed to, M. Com warren's amendment of Four per Cent. stock being re ' jetted. The debate was then adjourned. The King gave a private audience two days ago to the English engineers, Messrs. Cubitt and Topwitb, who gave his Majesty a most satisfactory account of the result of the then examination of the country between thb Sambre and the Meuse, and received from his Ma jesty fresh assurances of the interest he takes in the un dertaking which is the object of their mission. BELGIAN FUNDS...Baussme, Manny 8. Actual Debt, 9% per Cent., 59 Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ............ 103 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 99 cr. Three per Cent. Thirty-seven Mills na, ditto n Loan of City, 1832, F our per C ent 1843.... Society of Commerce,.Four and . a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Fi ve per C ent. 04% I sue of ................ 000 ...• National Society . 0000 000000000 00000000 •••••••••• 00 0 0 0 0 Exchange on London (short) 00000 — —Brussels Papers, /larch 8 AUSTRIAN FUNDS...VIENNA, FEB. 28. Five or Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lOOl Three per Cents . . 77% Bank Shares .... Allgenteine Zeittarg, March 4. DUTCH FUN DS....qkbIISTERDA 114, MARSH 7. Money. sins. Actual Debt, '2% per Cent 54% !Sig Jitto, ditto 6 per cent : ....... ..... 100 Inn% Arnett Svndic,4% per cent...." ..... Ditto, ditto, ayi per cent. .... Commercial Company. 4% per cent..." l4lk 142 Loan 1807, 5 per cent..•" ..... ••••••••••••••••••• 119 9.1% Exchange on Lender', Onemonth . . ..... 12 10 • Twomenths 12 05 Haraburgh, One rosnth.....A 35. 37% Two months s'6 IS Patch' Papers, March 8. lIAMBURGH MAIL. HAMBL'RCII, .MABCIT 5.—T a steamers, which left Cuxhaven yesterday morning, got up to Altona in the afternoon, and broke, as far as possible, the ice on the rivfri: but about - five- o'clock four of them gave up the attempt, only the Darlay, Captain 'Draper, perse vered, when the, ice stopped her passage he only gave way a little, and then repeated his efforts to break through ; before he had succeeded the Hamburgh, Cap tain Brown, came up, and, by the exertions of both ves sels, the ice at Altona was broken. through, and both arrived in this harbour nearly at the same time. In consequence the ice is now set afloat, and the channel here is tolerably clear. The Nepean passed Blankenese at half-past one o'clock this afternoon. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bnaux, MARC/I 6. ' Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. ... . . 101 X 101% Prussian English Bonds, 1030, 4 per cent lOl% Exchange on London 6 24 Prussian State Gazette, March 6 HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Maacm 5. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. 113 11234 Bank ....... .......... ..... 1605 Anglo-Russian 112% Russian 5 per Cent . , Ist series, Certificate.... 105% 105 Inscription, lit series ..... ..... 105 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope arid Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates 99% New 4 per Cent. (1840 ...... 91% 91 Dutch Actual Debt, % per Cent. ••••••••••••••• 64.7 i Ditto 5 per Cent. ..... - New Tickets.. . Angio.Danisb m ire7n73 per Cent. •••••••••••••••••• 843 i at Spanish, New 5 per Cents. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 18% 1834 FIRE AT BROMPTON.—On Saturday night. about ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises occupied by Mr. tyres, facing the Swan Tavern, Old Brompton. No time was lost after the discovery was first made in dispatching the ne cessary intelligence to the different engine-stations, and Carter and Fogs soon arrived with the County fire-engine, and the'King-street Brigade engine. The fire spread with great fury, and speedily extended itself to the adjoining building termed Heath Cottage, and from thence to buildings in the occupancy of Mr. Lyater. The flames were not en tirely extinguished till about half-past eleven o'clock, and very considerable damage has been done. Three separate buildings belonging to Mr.'Joyce, consisting of barn stables, and a shed, are b urned down; the greater part of Heath Cottage is also destroyed. GENERAL POST -OFFICE.--.011 Friday afternoon the f o llowing notice respecting the future transmission of letters and newspapers to Sydney and Port Philip, was issued by order of the Postmaster-General :—" The Postmaster -Gene ral having nownscertained that an overland post exists be tween Sydney, New South Wales, and Port Philip, all letters and newspapers posted hereafter, addressed to any of the towns in the settlement of Port Philip will be sent by packet unless specially marked by private s hi p. ' Let tteorsSyndent Sydney unless will be charged with the packet-rate of Is., &c. Newspapers will be sent free of postage. This re gulation does not apply to letters and newspapers addressed to the other British Colonies in Australia, viz :—Van Die ztautd.men's La „ nd, South Australia, West Australia, nor to New PRlsox DISCIPLINE.--Stolzer, who was-capitally convicted at the Central Criminal Coiirt last October, and sent to the Millbank Penitentiary when reprieved, has be come insane, and has been sent to the criminal wing of Bethlehem Hospital. 'SUMMARY OF NEWS AND %labUr eptitton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Sunday last the mother of a young mantuamaker, living in the Rue de Valois, Palais Royal, came to Paris to visit her daughter, but could not gain admittance, though there was every reason to believe the young woman was in her room. The Commissary of Poli c e having been sent for, ordered the door to be forced open, and the poor girl was found dead, and by her side the lifeless body of a non-com missioned officer of a regiment quartered at Meaux. They had stifled themselves by means of charcoal. A farm-labourer, named Robichon, has been condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of the Seine-et-Marne, at Me lun, for murder and robbery. , During the absence of his mas ter and mistress, named Maltaverne, who resided at the farm of La Mare-Rouge, he broke open a cupboard, and stole a sum of 130 f, and in order to prevent evidence of his crime murdered three of Maltaverne's daughters, aged 19, 14, and 11 years, by beating in their skulls. A fourth child, an in fant of two years. was sitting at the door in tears, when another sister, who had been absent in the fields, returned to the house. Suspicion having fallen upon him, he was ar rested, and confessed his crime. The Augsburgh Gazette contains a letter from Constanti nople, Feb. 14, which states that a letter from Adrianople had been received there, announcing that a sudden tha w h a d caused a great inundation, which had destroyed 3,000 ho uses , and carried away a considerable quantity of goods. The loss is estimated at 3,000,000 piastres. A letter in the same journal, from the frontiers of Turkey, of February 21, gives the following :—" All the coasts of the Black Sea, and particularly the ports of Sebastopol and Odessa, are in the greatest movement. It is supposed that the Emperor will himself direct the operations in person. Amongst others, General Yermoloff is named. The opera tions are not to be commenced until the arrival of the Em peror on the Kuban. A letter from Constantinople states that Circassian agents are purchasing up ammunition at any price." The General Diet of Hungary had adopted, by a majority of 41 votes against 8, a motion for the emancipation of the Jews. LAW AND POLICE. At the Central Criminal Court, Sarah Dickenson, charged with the murder of her two children at Deptford, was tried and acquitted, as being of unsound mind. She is to be de tained in safe custody during her Majesty's pleasure. Yesterday Mr. Wm. Read, an extensive ship-builder of Ipswich, and a member of the Town Council for that place, was brought before Sir Peter Laurie. at the Mansion-house, in custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged with having combined with Charles William Simpson, the master of the Colina brig, to cast away that vessel, with the view of defrauding the Marine Alliance Assurance Company of the amount of property for which she was insured. The case was remanded fur a week. Mr. Crawley, proprietor of the York Hotel, Albemarle street, was summoned before Mr. Hardwiek, for refusing to supply "proper accommodation" to Sergeant-Major Jones, of the London Recruiting Staff, who had been billeted upon him. He was fined 3/. A person named Edward Harpond, living in Park-road, Greenwich, and described as a gentleman, was charged at Worship-street with setting a ferocious dog at several chil dren, by which two of them were severely injured. Through his solicitor he expressed his regret at what had happened, and offered to pay the medical expenses. Mr. Bingham, however, would allow no compromise, and sent him for one month to the House of Correction, in addition to a fine of 405., at the expiration of the month to be brought up on a second charge. The prisoner appeared astounded at the de cision. COURT-FASHIONABLE. All the embellishments in the State rooms in St. James' Palace, the Queen's Robing Room, the Guard Chamber, Stc., are to be completed by Wednesday next, when her Majesty will hold her first levee for the season. The Duke of Cambridge, who has been suffering from an attack of the gout, which prevented him from attending the Countess St. Aulaire's first assembly at Manchester House, is rather better. The Speaker of the House of Commons hied his second sessional levee on Saturday, in Eaton-square. Previous to the reception, the Right Hon. Gentleman entertained at dinner a circle of twenty-eight Ministerial Members of the House of Commons. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady Rachel Eve lyn Russell, are expected to remain at Nice till the advance of the spring, and then return to Campden Hill for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire, accompanied by Lord Edwin Hill, arrived at Dublin on Monday last from visiting the family estates at Blessington and Edenderry. The Noble Marquis expressed to his agents and principal tenants the satisfaction he experienced in personally witness ing the settled state and improving condition of all classes on his property. The Earl and Countess of Wicklow and Ladies Howard are expected in Cavendish-square, at the close of next week, from Ireland. , and M rs . D avys, h ave T arrived he bosuugh. palace, Peter- Earl Fitzhardinge arrived at the G erman Cottage, his B in ish D o o p ver of -street, r f b f o o r m oug t h he episcopal villa at Cheltenham, on Thursday last, from Berkeley Castle. The Noble Earl's hounds are at the Cheltenham kennel, and will close the hunting season in that neighbourhood. Earl and Countess Ashburnham have arrived in town from Ashburnham House. _ Viscount and Viscountess Milton and family have left town for Brighton. e t l h f e b? co :f in itt m o a fn thecommand o of. t landing he im o! i d "n er e the British army in Egypt, mortal Abercromby, on the Bth of March, 1801, took place on Friday, at the United Service Club, when a number of The commemoralatitanCdiEnt under distinguished officers of both services sat down to a most splendid banquet. The Society recently formed, entitled " The Medical Pro tection Assembly," has;,issued circulars to every medical practitioner in the kingdom, appealing for assistance in re sisting the charter recently granted to the Royal College of Surgeoni. An aggregata - meeting of the profession is called for the 25th inst. `, frßioabres-rt Taylor, Carlile, and others Rev,la c k road, which was for some ye T ar h s e ee li eu o p tuienddab,yitnheP of the same school, and m are recently by the Socialists, has at last been deserted, and is-now shut up. • Grisi and Mario are expected in town, from Paris, shortly after the closing of the Theatre Italien in Paris, for the sea son, on the 31st. E sq .,. sa y s a St oc k port paper, owner of the Warrington, issu e d an order, on the 7th henry Bold estate,Houghton, neanear of January last, that the hares and rabbits on his estate should be destroyed, except those within the park. Since that period upwards of eight hundred hares have been de stroyed ; one half going to the hall, and the remainder among the tenantry on whose land they have been fed. Sir Edward Sugden hae been suffering from illness during the recent sittings in his Court, and since its rising has been much indisposed. His Lordship is now staying at Sutton, a marine village, near Vb 4. In some parts of Conn Aught, especially in Galway, the bumbler classes are suffering great distress. The Galway Vindicator contains a very afflicting statement on this sub ject. " Whole families, (says that journal) are without any support except a few stones of potatoes amongst them, and hundreds of others have none at all. The expenditure of the City police in 1843 is stated by Mr. D. W. Harvey to be 41,351/., which divided by the popula tion (140,967) of the city, presents'a cost of ss. 10(1Z per head. The expenditure for the metropolitan police in the year 1843 is stated by the Commissioners of Police to be 289,3221. This amount, divided by the population (2,032,458) of the metropolitan police districts, shows a cost of 2s. 10d. per head. PArEn. Colquhoun has moved for a return stat ing the name, description, and locality of every paper mill in England ; and also, the number of engines, machines, and vats in each of such mills; and the quantity of paper made at each mill, and charged by the Excise ; also a similar return for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. On Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock, the King of the French left the Tuileries for St. Cloud, attended by General Friant and two orderly officers, and returned to dinner. In the evening their Majesties had a select party to dinner. The subscription for bl. Dupetit Thouars amounted on Thursday to I,ooof. or 40/. The National publishes a list ex tending to two columns, at the head of which are 250 students of the Polytechnic School, who subscribe 125 f., or 10 sous (5d.) each. The .Archimede, which sailed from Brest on the 20th ult. with part of the mission for China, was obliged to put into Lorient by contrary winds ; she, however, soon after took her departure, and was seen on the 24th off Cape Finisterre. Count de Lurde, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French at Buenos Ayres, has just been recalled, and M. de Marennes, appointed to replace him. Foi a length of time M. de Lurde acknowledged that he was unable to obtain satisfaction from Rosas, since the Guizot Ministry refused him the means of acting with vigour. It is reported at Munich, according to a letter of the 2d inst., from thit city, that in case Ki ng Oth o s h ou ld h appen to ie withoilt an heir, the young Duke of Wurtemberg, grandson of Louis Philippe, will be made successor to the Greek throne 4 The Ga.;ettenles Tribunaux contains the following relative to thy, murder in the Rue des Londres :—" The unceasing resear&es instituted by the authorities to pierce into the mystelly attending the murder of the late Mr. Ward, have brought to light some circumstances that may lead to a dis covery of the truth. It appears that two days before the crime, the deceased passed the night in a lodging-house of bad character, and inhabited by men suspected of immoral practices. All those men, to the number of fourteen, have been arrested. They have undergone one examination, but all that we can say at present is that they protest their inno cence." LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - Lortpos, MAncit ht south westerly airs, and cloudy. Light DIAL, MAnat B.—Wind E.N.E. to •E.S.E.—Arrd. Clau dine, Morris, China; Berhice, Berbice ; Potomac, New York for Hull. BUDE, MARCH B.—About five tons of iron were recovered on the 6th instant from the Alonzo, of Stockton, driven ashore in Octobei. She lies nearly under water. OFF THE WIGHT, baiter' 7. —Palembang, Hockster, l3a tavia for Amsterdam ; Kooig Willem 11., Hooper, Batavia for Middleberg. OFF BRIGHTON, MAR.' • Anna, Bremen for New York. PORTLAND ROADS, —Arrd. Nueva Iberia,' Tu bina, Havannah for Ham LLANELLI'', Mulch n, of Cork, ashore near thLlumbles, has been go •• ; in here to repair. IurARMOUTII, MARCH 7.—The Lady Harvey, of this port, which sank in the River yest er day, has been raised. LIVERPOOL, MAncit B.—Wind S.S.E., light.—Sld. Cameron, Calcutta ; Alecto, Bombay; Globe, Lima ; Lady Mary, Buenos Ayres • Resolution, Maranham ; Itonohosset, Ha vannah ; J. Ll:Shepherd, New Orleans; Susquehanna, Phi ladelphia ; Panope, St. John's, New. Brunswick ; Demerest, Halifax. The Henrietta, Crede, from Loch— to this port, with wool and pig iron, foundered this morning near the Crosby light ship, crew saved. CORK, MARCH 6.—And. Olive Branch, Hannon, Buenos Ayres ; Benin, Snow, Benin (80 days). LEITH, MARCH 7.---Sld.'.Duncan, Grenada. SUNDERLAND, MARCH .—Slcl, Lumley, St. John's, New Brunswick.. FALmotrur, MARCH B.—Wind S., moderate—Sld. Crane packet, Brazils. NEWPORT, MAncx B.—Sld. Maddison and Carl Justus, Philadelphia ; Falcon, Havannah ; Pandora, Bermuda. BIDEFORD, MARCH 6.—Shl. Wellington, Cape Coast. PILL, MARCH 7.—Sld. Miramichi, St. John's, New Brunswick. The following specimen of the " schoolmaster abroad" hangs in a conspicuou s position in the High-street of Our fashionable town :--" Lost - 28th Day of Febuary neare Winchcombe st a s ma ll re d merocker Box C on t a ing a gi)ld . Ring with Emmeral Set i n Di amods. Wh oe ver has found the same and will bring i t to the cryer o ffice will receive to gineas Reward."—Cheltenham—Cheltenhamßeward."—Cheltenham Clironack, ,8 MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000 bales, the market continuing rather quiet. The Share Mar ket was brisk, and a large business was done. Chester and Holyhead were 54 to 6* ; Eastern Counties, ex New, 11i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 60i ; Grand Junction, 230 ; Great Western, 112 to 1121; Lancaster and Carlisle, 53; Birming ham, Thirds, 40 to 41; Brighton, 44* ; South Western, 794 to 80 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 43/. 17s. to 44/. 10s. ; Midland Counties, 904 ; Paris and LYons, 24 ; Paiii - and Orleans, 34 ; *South Eastern, 364. The announcement made last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as to the terms upon which it is intended to carry out a diminution of the annual interest now payable to the public creditors of the United Kingdom, was, as might have been expected, the topic of almost general conversa tion, in monied and banking circles. The almost general feeling is, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer will invite the aid of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to enable him to carry out his scheme. It is not necessary for us further to refer to the statement of the Chancellor, a full report of which will be found in another part of The Sun. Our immediate object is to note the influence this proposition has made upon the Three per Cents., and more especially upon the Three-and-a-Half per Cents., the holders of the latter securities being affected by the measure ; and strange to say the Three-and-a-Half per ' Cents. early in the morning receded but a trifle. The Consol market too was pretty firm, but it has since receded, viz., from 984 to 98i for Money, and from 984 to 981 for the Account. The premium upon Exchequer Bills has been 725. and 735. Bank Stock for Account has reached 198, and India Stock is at 281. It appears that the receipts by the West India steamer for the Mexican dividends are much larger than they were stated yesterday, being at least 125,000 dollars. The mem bers of the Stock Exchange do not like such mis-statements, as they lead to undue preference, and aid speculative operations in favour of those who receive the authentic information. The affair has been talked of this morn ing in no mild terms, and it is hoped that such a deception will not be again practised. Mexican Bonds this morning advanced to 354, but they are, for money, worth but 351 The other South American Stocks are firm. Colombian ex Venezuela, at 15 ; Brazilian, at 81 ; and Buenos Ayres at 374 38. Spanish Stock has been quoted at 25} 3; the Three per Cents. at 354; Portuguese Converted at 47 ; and Dutch Five per Cents, at 1014. The Share Market is firm, and prices still continue to look up. The business done to-day is immense. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—Our mar ket to-day has been animated, and most stocks are in ad vance :—Bolton and Preston, 30 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 60 ; Ditto Quarters, 15 ; London and Brighton, 444 ; Man chester and Birmingham, 444 Ai ; South Western Eighths, 4 ; Eastern Counties, perpetual, 28s. 4d. to 295. 4d. LOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds — pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. - 336 per Cent. Re] ...... New 3% per Cent ...... New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001. 72 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 72 pm. Jan. 1860 Bank Stock for Acct.... 197% Oct. 1859 — India Stock for Acct.... 282 Jan. 1860 Consols for Acct. 9 334 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian,.s per Cent .... . . ... 115 Portuguese, 5 per Cent — Belgian, 5 per Cent — t .Ditto t New Ditto Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent.. Russian, 5 per Cent — Chllian, 6 per Cent Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per Cent:...... 143 Spanish, 5 per Cent 2546 Ditto, 1824. ..... ........ ........ . Ditt o , 3 per C en t 3sg Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent ll3 .Ditto, Deferred l5 Danish, 3 per Cent • .... ..... —. (French, 5 per Cent f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per Cent.... .Exchange ........... Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837.... 'Dutch, 23 per Cent 56 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... .30% Ditto, 5 per Cent lOl% SHARES. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) 6234 Ditto Thirds (25 paid) Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 8.2 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) 72 Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) 6 Eastern Counties (23 paid) , ll% Ditto New (23 paid) Ditto Extension (IFs. 4d. paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 62 Ditto Quarter Shares (1234 paid) l5 Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (234 paid)..; 2 Oreat North of England (100 paid) 9B Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) • 7l Ditto t itths (12 paid) l9x Harwieh (Braithwaite) (2 paid) Harrowgate and Knaresboro' ( 3 paid) 3 Hull and Selby (50 paid) 6l Ditto Quarter Shares ( 6 paid)... ..... ...... London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall (161. 13s. 4(11) e London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Thirds (2 paid) 4l London and Greenwich (1::t. (Is. 4d. paid) 534 London and Guildford Junction ( 5 paid) London and South Western (411. 6 s. 10d. paid) Ees Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) • 4 London and Croydon (Trunk) ... 17 Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid),...., 614 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ll6 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) .............. ......... /0 Manchester and Birmingham 45 Midland Counties (100 paid) 93 Ditto Qaarter Shares (15 paid) ....... ........... ... 23 Ditto Fifths ( 2 paid) 3% North British (2% paid) 3 Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Quarters (1234 paid) North Midland (100 paid) 93 Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) 34% South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 36 Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 36% West London Thames Extension 1 2 paid) Yarmouth and Norwich (1; paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) 'l2B Ditto New Shares (20 paid) 'SPORTING INTELLIGENCE MANCHESTER BETTING.--FRIPAY. CHESTER CUP. _ 9 to 1 agst Pagan (t) 40 to 1 agst Reindeer (t) 13 to 1 agst Sir Robert 50 to 1 agst Tacita 20 to 1 agst Jamie Forest (t) 25 to 1 agst Celeste (t) 30 to 1 agst The Prior (t) Offers to take S to 1 a DERBY AND OAKS.—Nothin tbout all the 3 yrs old. tg done. WARWICK SPRING MEETING, 1844. Acceptances for the Warwick Handicap. Vibration, 5 yrs, Bst 131b—Mos que , 6 yrs, B st 8 1b —A j ax, 6 yrs. Bst 11—Isaac, aged, 7st 81b—Naworth, aged, 7st slb —Jack, 5 yrs, 7st 41b—Nylghau, 4 yrs, 7 s t 41b—I rony , 5 yrs, 7st 41b-The Curate, 4 yrs, 7st—Pickwick(h b), aged, 7st—Aurungzebe, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Mechanic, 4 yrs, 6st 71b—Father Mathew, 3 yrs, sst 71b. The rest pay 5 sovs. each. The Trial Sakes Beaumont, 3 yrs—Freystrop, 3 yrs—Molecatcher, 3 yrs— The Elbe, 3 yrs—Ninety-one, 3 yrs—Queen of the - Gipsies, 4 yrs—The Mole, 3 vrs—Brunel, 3 yrs—Seafowl, 3 3 , 11- . Celeste, 3 3-rs. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT, 1844. Acceptances for the Northamptonshire Stakes. Knight of the Whisle, 6 yrs, Bst f2lb—Robert de Gorham, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Mosque 6 yrs, Bst 21b—Venus; 4 yrs, Bst • - Bellissima, aged, 7st 101b—Ajax, 6 yrs; 7st 91b—Mania, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Captain Flathooker, 5 yrs, 7st 7113--Lady Mary, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Blackdrop, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Arcanus, 5 yrs, 7st 41b —Hooton, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Wiverton, aged, 7st—Naworth, aged, 7st—Vitellius, 4 yrs, 7st—President (h b) 6 yrs, Est 111 b Irony, 5 yrs, Est 111b—Czar, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Grace Darling, 4 vrs, Est 91b—Nylghau, 4 yrs, est 91b—Antidote, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Roderick, 5 yrs, Bst 81b—Poussin,. 4 yrs, Est 81b— Fathew Mathew, 2 yrs, sst 21b. BATH RACES.—The Race Committee, much to their credit, have adopted the regulations against defaulters: WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASE ENTRY. Acceptances for the Royal Birthday Stakes. Gaylad, 12st 101b—Vanguard, 12st 5113 , --Regalia, list 81b Robin Adair, list 71b—Discount, list 51b--Creeper, 1 1 st— Marengo, 1 Ist—King Cole, 1 lst—Culverthorpe, Kist 101 b Roulette, lOst 101b—Cora, lOst 81b—Brilliant, I.ost 41b—For get-me-N-ot, lOst 41b—Charity, lOst 41b—Lady Harkaway, lOst—Josephine, 10st. PEMBROKESHIRE STEEPLE CHASE—:TutinsDAv. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 20 added. (12 sovs. - each.) Mr. Lewis's Tally-ho, aged, 12st 81b Mr. Hughes's Gipsy Girl, aged, list Illb Mr. Jones's br g by Dr. Faustus, aged, list Mr. L. Phillips' Kitty, aged, llst Kitty won six or seven lengths, having made all the run ning, but going outside a post was declared distanced, and the race given to Tally-ho. COURSING. OVERTON (Wthrs), MAncit 6.—The Overton Cup (8 dogs), was won by Mr. Palmer's Palestine ; Mr. Beaver's Fides ran up. The Totterdown Cup (4 dogs), was won by Mr. Beaver's Tyrant, and the Averbury Stakes by Mr. Church's Sally. LYTHAM, MARCH 4,5, AND 6.—The Great Clifton Cup (24 subs., of 51. Ws. each), was won by Mr. E. Hornby's Hermit ; Mr. Reade's Lavalette ran up. The Talbot Cup (24 subs., of 31. ss. each), was won by Mr. Bake's Kate ; Mr. Chew's Spring ran up. The Lytham Stakes of 21. ss. each (32 subs.) were won by Mr. Peacock's Gipsey Queen ; Mr. Slaney's Shiney ran up. LANARK AND RENFREW, MARCH 6.—The Champion Collar was won by Sir J. Boswell's Major; the Darnley Stakes by Mr. Langtrey's Doctor. BROCKLESBY HUNT STEEPLE-CHASE—MONDAY. This event took place on Monday, and although - the club has suffered by law proceedings, and consequently the amount given was small in comparison with the now great stakes of the day, the name of the Brocklesby Hunt Race carried its weight with it, and there appeared to exist-the same ambition to bear away the palm of that race as when the club was in its zenith ; mainly, perhaps, on account of its being the nur sery of some of the best steeple race-horses in the world, amongst others, Gay Lad, Peter Simple, and Croxhy. The betting before starting was 2 to 1 against Newcastle Tommy, 3to 1 against La Bat, and 3to 1 against The Miller. The race was for A . Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. ea c h, w ith 2 5 added by the Brocklesby Hunt Club; second horse to save his stake; open to all England, for maiden horses ; four yrs, llst ; five, list 91b ; six and aged, 12st. Mr. Nainby's gr g Newcastle Tommy, by Bob Logic, 6 yrs . 1 Mr. Loft's bg La Bat, by B runsw i cker, 6 yrs Nainby) 2 Mr. Richardson's b g Guy, by Bachelor, aged Mr. T. Marris's b g The Miller, by Little John, 6 yrs 0 Mr. H. Lambert's b g Whitelock, by M'Adam, 5 yrs 0 Mr. IL Skipworth's g m Molly Bawn, 4 yrs • 0 Won cleverly by a coup l e of lengths. - Guy a bad third, The Miller and Whitelock very far in the rear, fourth and fifth. The frequenters of Croxton Park Races will be glad to hear that the stewards have caused a spacious stand, covered over, to be erected near to the winning post, with rooms on the ground floor, well warmed, and a large space around fenced in, where the whole business.of the races will be centred and conducted; the whole being studiouily arranged for the comfort and convenience of sportsmen and all connected with the Turf Adjoining are refreshment-rooms, the sup plying of which will be entrusted to a respectable and com petent hotel or innkeeper. The races will take place on the 28th and 29th instant, and will be run on the New Course. The following horses are named for the Billesden Coplow Wiverton, aged; Europe, 4 yrs; Giovanni filly, 4 yrs; and Humility, 6 yrs. - - GREAT FOOT-RACE FOR 200/.—lhe- great foot race for 1001, aside, between lenkinson, the London Stag, and John Smith, the Regent-street Pet, came oB` on Tuesday at Sutton. The distance chosen was a quarter of a mile, and as both men have acquired great celebrit y AA runners, and very heavy sums depended upon the result; there was - a large assemblage of sporting men present to witness the , race. The betting opened at six to four on Smith, but as the time of starting approached the odds increased to . 2 to. 1, and no, 1 takers. Preliminaries having been arranged, at half past three o'clock the men were in readiness, and on the signal being given ' went off. The Stag took the lead at a great pace, his opponent lying close up for the first three hundred yards; at the end of *MO I the men were abreast of each other, The strtigglelor the led was ••4- • • • first-rate, when, amidst the cheers of his friends, the Stag dashed away from his opponent, maintained the lead, and won by four yards. Lord Castlereagh has become President of the Thames Regatta Club for the forthcoming season, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Her Majesty's Theatre opened on Saturday evening with Donizetti's opera of "Adelia," and a new ballet of Perrot's, entitled "La Esmeralda." Mr. Lumley's in tention had been originally to have opened with Herold's chef-d'oeuvre, " Zainpa," but in consequence of the un avoidable absence of Fornasari, who did not arrive until Saturday night, "Adelia," with which the season opened last year, was substituted, and " Zampa " will, we un derstand, be produced on Saturday next, on which occa sionFornasari will make his first appearance this season. Madame Persiani and Signor Corelli, the new tenor, ap• peared in "Adelia;" and arrangements have been made for the appearance of Mademoiselle Favanti be fore Easter. The new ballet is supported by Carlotta Grisi, Adelaide Frasi, St. Leon, and Perrot ; so that Mr. Lumley commences this season in the same spirited manner in which he commenced the last, and does not wait until after Easter, as his pre decessors have usually done, before he commences the season in earnest. 'This spirited, and, let us add, honour able conduct, was, last year, amply rewarded by the public patronage. Crowded houses every evening proved that, not only on the part of the manager, but on the part of the public also, the real as well as the nominal opera season commenced at the beginning of March, and we doubt not but that similar satisfactory results will follow on the present occasion—that Mr. Lumley's exer tions will meet with their well-deserved reward—and that, as he has proved himself to be the most spirited, his patrons will prove to him that it is their determina tion he shall be the most successful impresario that has ever held sway over the destinies of her Majesty's Theatre. The engagements for the opera included Grisi, Persiani, Fornasari, the two Lablaches, and Mario; and in addi tion, Mademoiselle Favanti, Signor Corelli, who made a successful debut on Saturday evening, and Signor Felice, are engaged. The ballet will be more strongly sup ported than it was even last season, eminent as that season must ever be in the annals of her Majesty's theatre. Fanny Elssler, Cerito, Carlotta Grisi, Guy Stephan, Adelaide Frasi, St. Leon, Coulon, and Perrot, are already engaged, and we are delighted to hear that " arrangements are pending with Taglioni, and that there is every probability that the services of this eminent artiste will be secured for a limited number of represen tations." Signor Costa has resumed the baton of con ductor and director of the music, and Perrot is the director of the ballet. The opera of " Adelia" was pro duced at the commencement of last season, and was frequently repeated. Madame Persiani sustained on Saturday her original character of Adelia, and we never remember to have seen her look better, or to have heard her in better voice. Never has she exe- I cuted anything more brilliantly than she gave her opening scena on Saturday evening. It was a chef d'ceuvre of brilliancy of execution and graceful expres siveness and tenderness. The great triumph of the evening, however, was the finale. Driven to madness in consequence of the condemnation of her lover, she re covers her senses on finding that he has been pardoned, and in giving expression to the joy with which her heart overflows, she exhibits a power and energy, a bril liancy of execution, and truthfulness and tenderness of expression, that has never been surpassed. Her acting throughout was beautifully pathetic, and never before has she appeared to such advantage in the character of Adelia as she did on Saturday evening. She was rapturously applauded throughout, and at the fall of the curtain, was led on by Corelli and F. Lablache, who sustained the characters of Oliviero and Arnoldo, and was again most enthusiastically greeted by the audience. Signor Corelli, who made his debut on this occasion, is a tenor singer of great promise. His voice, which is a mixed voice, is firm and gobd, and of a very agreeable quality. His style is very agreeable, and he is the best second tenor that we have had at the Opera for years. The new ballet " La Esmeralda," is founded on Victor Hugo's celebrated romance " Notre Dame de Paris." Perrot, however, in composing his ballet, has taken considerable liberties with his original, particularly in the denouement, as will appear from the following outline of the plot. It should be premised that the ballet is in five tableaux. The first tableau is the Cours des Miracles, the haunt of the beggars of Paris in the days of Louis XI. The Truands are assembled there under Clopin (Gourret), their king. The lame throw aside their crutches, the blind remove the patches from their eyes and recover their sight ; all is confusion and revelry, and a charac teristic valse is danced by the coryphees. Pierre Grin goire (Perrot), an unfortunate pennyless poet, who has lost his way, wanders into the Cours des Miracles. He is seized, plundered of his hat and wallet, brought before Clopin, and sentenced to be hanged, unless some one of the women will respite him by marrying him. He be seeches each of the females present to take pity on him, but after having examined him, they unanimously reject his addresses. The pantomime of Perrot throughout this scene was admirable, his grotesque exhibition of terror was extremely ludicrous, and his expression of joy on recovering his poem from the fellow who had stolen his wallet, was a genuine touch of nature. Poor Gringoire has the rope round his neck when the attention of all is directed to Esmeralda, who comes bounding in, a thing of life and light. She is Gringoire's better angel, and at once consents to save his life by marrying him. Then cameLa Tuiandaisi, acharacteristic pas, most gracefully executed by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot. She was loudly applauded, and a bolero movement which she executed with the utmost precision and elegance, was rapturously encored. The Truands retire, and Claude Frollo (Gosselin), attended by Quasimodo, the hunch back (Coulon), enter, and attempt to carry off Esme ralda. She is rescued by Phoebus de Chatennpes (St. Leon)who enters at the head of his archers. Frollo escapes, but Quasimodo is taken, Esmeralda looks at her de liverer, the handsome Phcebus, and is at once in love with him. At her intercession he releases Quasimodo, who retires slowly, with his gaze still rivetted on his young benefactress. The Captain now makes Esmeralda understand that he requires a recompense for acceding to her- wishes ; but she recoils from him, and flies, casting ' on him a tender glance. The second tableau is a small vaulted chamber, with a little couch, a table, and a chair, the only furniture. Esmeralda enters, sad and melan choly, and shortly after Gringoire, who presses his arm round her waist. She flies him, and he pursues her, but when on the point of securing her, the blade of a poignard glitters before his eyes. Esmeralda informs him that pity alone had induced her to take him for a husband, that he may become her companion, and accompany her in her street dances, if he wishes, but no more. He consents ; they prac• tice a dance, and he retires with an air of re signation. Esmeralda throws herself upon her couch, and Frollo enters the chamber. Quasimodo stays on the threshold, Frollo kneels, and implores her to listen to his passion; but she tells him that she loves Phcebus. In his jealous rage, Frollo rushes on her; she shrinks at his, feet, and implores his pity. Frollo turns for a mo ment, when Esineralda escapes through a secret en tranca, The third tableau is in the garden of the Hotel Gondelaurier, with the preparations for: the marriage of Fleur de Lys and Phcebus. Fleur de Lys (Made moiselle Adelaide Frasi). enters, accompanied by her bridesmaids; and in this scene is introduced the Pas des Fleurs by Mademoiselle Frasi, supported by Mdlles. Ferdinand and Barville. Mademoiselle Adelaide Frasi possesses beautiful and expressive, features, and a fault less form—her style of dancing is exceedingly graceful and elegant; she aims at uniting the beauties of the Taglioni and the Elssler school. In this she succeeded wonderfully, and her transitions from the one style to the other were admirable. She was rapturously applauded, and her debut was most successful. This was followed by a pas de trois by Mdlles. Scheffre, Plunkett, and M. St. Leon, in which St. Leon exhibited some of those astonishing tours de face which he alone can execute. Esmeralda, who has come to dance, in honour of the wedding, recognises Phcsbus ; he ap proaches, she extends her hand to him, he presses it with fervour, and, forgetting in her beauty the occasion of the presence of his bride, he prays her to dance with him. Then follows the Pas de Esmeralda, exquisitely danced by Carlotta Grisi and Perrot. Fleur de Lys re proaches him with his conduct, and is borne away fainting. Gringoire protects Esmeralda from the fury of the guests, and leads her off, followed by Phcebus. The fourth tableau is an apartment in a cabaret, with a window opening upon the river. Clopin now enters with a torch in his hand, followed by Frollo, who draws from his breast the poignard of Esmeralda ; he hears a noise upon the stairs, and immediately conceals himself. Phoebus and Esmeralda appear. He tells her of his pas sion and his love ; but, taking a piece of down from his plume, she breathes upon it, and, as it fl oats - away, tells him that such are his oaths. At• last she allows him to draw her towards a bench ; she kneels at his feet, and contemplates him -with passionate admiration. Frollo springs forward with the poignard in his hand, and as Phcebus draws the young Bohemian into a neighbour ing chamber, a blow, and groans are heard, then the fall of a body, and Frollo rushes out madly, followed by Esmeralda, who sinks fainting with terror on the floor. A crowd enters the cabaret, among them Clopin. A murder has been committed, and Esmeralda is denounced as the criminal ; They then seize and carry her away, in spite of her pro testations and her tears. The fifth and last tableau is on the banks of the Seine ; a prison to the right, the tower of Notre Dame in the distance. Esmeralda is conducted to the prison by an escort of archers, precedes by Frollo. Gringoire enters ; he pauses before one o f t h e grates of the prison, terror-stricken at hearing, judgment pro nounced upon her. He then addresses the people, who are about to break out into tumult, when the proceSsion of the Roi des Fous appears. Quasimodo enters, borne upon the shoulders of the 'Truands. Th e d oors of the prison open, and the archers appear, conducting Esme ralda to execution. The cortege pauses, that she may bid Gringoire adieu. Phcebus is seen amongst the crowd, and Esmeralda faints at the,sight. Flinging himself on his knees beside her, he declares her innocent, and points out Frollo as the assassin. By degrees Esmeralda re covers her senses. She sees Phcebus at her feet, offering her his hand and heart. But the happiness of the two lovers drives Frollo to madness. He rushes on Esme ralda with the intention of stabbing her • but his arm is arrested by Quasimodo, who tears the dagger from his hand, and plunges it into his breast. 'thus ends the ballet. At the close of the ballet Carlotta Grisi was called for and received.with the most enthusiastic plaudits, which she had well earned, not only by her excellent dancing, but by the beautifully expressive pantomime of her acting. Hor acting in thellast scene was perfection. The music, by Signor Puigni, was pretty and appropriate, and the wise en scene was perfect. The dioramic effect introduced in the opening scene was exceedingly beautiful, and the gar dens, of the Hotel Gondelaurie exhibited a perfect Para dise. Nothing could exceed the brilliant splendour of this scene, or the elegance of the costumes of the white robed houris, who danced the pas des flours. The last scene, too, was exceedi ng l y pict uresque. The. success of the ballet was complete, an d " L a E s meralda" is one more to be added to the list of triumphs achieved by Perrot as a composer of ballet. The House was very fashionably attended, and was crowded—circumstances, neither of which are of frequent occurrence on an open- ing night. Wallack, says the New York Herald, is lecturing and LiYiug dramatic 093 at New Orleans. LITERATURE. THE WHITE MASK. Bentley, London, 1844. :f ar The twenty y ears o f b us tl e an d intrigue 74 diately following the Revolution of HA h ave been a favourite period with our modern 01 70. and accordingly we are not surprised tit ~be r Thompso n h as presse d t h em i nto t h e s ervide.r . present w o rk o f fi c ti on . Th e i nc id en t s relateaf ai i " White Mask" are supposed to have occurred r ot a the reigns of William and Anne, and though - hot numerous and exciting enoug h, y e t we are PM • • Ai that they outrage probability in any one 04 %0 regards the per sonages o f th e s t or y, the , as canvas—to borrow a phrase from the palette —a I sc li crowded with them, and they elbow and P s tloa other so as to produce a scene of co nstant'cono All the wits and b eau ti es o f t h e t i me — a uthors, se b e statesmen, and soldiers—Mrs. Thompson bring ds , fore us in her teeming pages, as if the excelle ne . the novel consisted i n th e number, rather thauLtd e s, nice individ u ality, o f it s c h aracters . Of vg - j o y then old and worn down with repeated ditsf i lli er ments, of Prior, Colley Cibber, Castlemain, ven knows how many other notorious persowy lse g the day, we g et f requen t b u t not very vivid if,l7 Farquhar, however—that ill-starred - draman was cut off in the fulnes s o f hi s p rom ise, all not so brilliant, is a thousand times more eir.7o natural than Congreve—this gifted young diT7 t ir is drawn at f u ll l eng th ; an d b y f ar th e most , esting incidents in the narrative are those with " ce ir he is connected. His first interview with t. 11 ,,,e ,e brated actress, Mrs. Oldfield, then an obscul'; o l officiating at the Mitre tavern, is very skilfalll_,t), pleasingly des cr ib e d, an d t h e di a l ogue is lively out being too pointed or elaborated. The Mask" will probably be liked for its bustle, so: 0" incessant action of its plot, which is always ty move ; but we certainly cannot complime nt. *Jr authoress on the adroitness with which she No lineated her various characters. - • .., CHATSWORTH. 3 Vols. Colburn, .1 ,0 " i ""Z :180 ;alf If we except some descriptive passages whien.W here and there in the course of a long and,sn eli w ok prosy introduction, th ere i s not muc h i n this . - ..it i r that is calculated to attr ac t p u bli c atten ti o n, net 7iiit standing that it is us h ere d i n t o t h e wor ld unnt st r auspices of the author of " T rema i ne ,” who ' r i r i g i. nounced in the title-page as its editor. Thel r _... called "Chatsworth ' simply from the circum7of that it consists of a collection of short tales e d f i lt-A., supposed to be writt en by a par t y o f talen t quote one of the favourite can t t erms o f the dlV 4 ibil aristocratic guests assembled b enea th the rontl s i t o princely palace, by way of passing away n fe e T, agreeably. The wr iti ng o f t h ese ta l es may ' have proved a very agreeable occupation ,t e ,.. . 0 0 • authors, but the per usa l o f th em b y their resnel-tbef prove, we fear, qu it e - a diff erent matter , for P contain little that is nove l i n concep tion, an d execution scarcely, if ever, rises above common :Of Their chief recommendations are their bren t E itt the easy, unpretending spirit in which 'th e t s to, penned. The first, w hi c h i s ent i t l e d "Th!..two,* Vows," is the best of the series, and one O L - . Datif , the incidents conn ec t e d with the heroin e yi hoW Dorigen, excite a li ve l y i n t erest. O n the of t y however, the intr o d uc ti on i s th e b es t part o f work, for despite it s length and the frequent . sote.! of its sketche s of character, we find ail 1 .. .0 graphic and life-like descriptions of the ru'a c i ii , scenery in the imm e di a t e ne i g hb our h oo d of is tle. worth. The followi ng , i n our judgulen t ',,P most effective passage in the whole three voltcooir is a sketch of a picturesque landscape about 1 i itk throw from Mattock-bath ; and the autheri so tei some show of justice, prefers it to all the scenery of the Rhine and the still more b e German Spas : " Every step we a d vance up the valley of the " D of f giows more an d more re d o l ent o f t h e atmosphereottbe spot which i s now ev id ent l y near, at hander 0 A ?°, fabled tree, within a certain distance of whose Pr a lpo . unclean thing would harbour. Chatsworth eP r nia . _ a r beatifying influence on all things within that e .,," - it4P- - ' the extremity of one of whose radii an approaell,:o' commenced. On the southern side of Mattock - LS e fe4 scenery, with infinite natural loveliness,lisdeform7 s h t!i here and there by one of those enormities with W.,1 1 1 6 sr / , pestilent demon of commerce has desecrated a i li ti f o lli , had otherwise rivalled in beauty the most bes u l i f je!` those in fable. Here stands midway u p the w og'. some fair forest-clothed hill, everlastingly over , the vale for miles around with its innumeTable e e ' a stit vast cotton m il l. Th ere , d own b y t h e soft Wet c oat; of the river, ju s t w h ere a gent l e declivity. in ' l ' 10 1/ " . has broken its ser ene f ace i nto sparkling dimples never ceasing noise of i nnumera bl e h ammers isel r i l e o low blackened walls, that clay and night, in suns- tit in moonlight, vomit forth volleys of poisone.„ lo- 4P''' that blast th e t rees all around till no bird wu ts k:4 34 ' them. Not much less offensive to the eye of the bepillared and bepedimented castle of soltt,, o , ‘ lord or iron m as t er h ang i ng h eav i ly against the 6 fe:4-91 yonder upland, like a loathsome goitre on the 'l bill° some mountain maid that were else fair as her ovre ph Or Once passed the th res h o ld o f t h at c i rcle of w hi c h f ' worth is the centre, w e h ave not on l y no more ;004! painful and offensive anomalies, but every thing . di gfr a : take a tone and c o l our f rom t h ose o f the pretspen vinity of the district. the precise station of its owner, and that he is As or,, , with station; neither shrinking painfully from 17 0 .1 r , below him, nor straining awkwardly towards tlitosir is above him. The pleasant homestead of the s u is bjecl , tial yeoman stands soberly in the midst of its j o ref, fields, aiming at nothing higher than to mark tme i soir d • ing-place of their simple-minded owner. The OSl' domicile of the village pastor looks blandly Al sheltering trees—the emblem of that holy an' 0 calm, which it is the blessed office of its inmate W i ._, A i s 01/ ., : around him, but which never yet emanated I'"" .• paltry prettiness of a dandy parsonage." 4,10 '! SELECTIONS FROM WORDSW OO Burns, London, 1844. ; With one or two exceptions, these seleet'''oo.l: the poetical wor k s o f Mr. Wordsworth ar n s r :P with taste and jud gmen t. W e miss, holve noble poem on the "Ruins of Kilchoran CP' an -0 of the most characteristic he ever penny” di • readily have dispen se d w ith th e Pet Lig a b it i , : " Foresight" in which n o t hi s strengthl weakness, is made manifest. In a , brief intir . notice the editor• of this n ea t littl e duedee'„ fl e a commenting on the thoughtful and elevated. of Wordswerth's genius, goes on to obserY-1 W his works the English tongue is seen ninl i t o o;. ll :f perfection ; its powers of delicate exPre7,.,;.ietf_, flexible idiom s , it s vas t compass, the riehy. „ 0•0_: t its rhythms, :bei ng all di sp l aye d in tr ,e • . ' tive garb o f verse , an d yet wiat : 0 0 1 .• rigorous conformity to the laws of its- own thef t ; This is justly sa id. T o say not hi ng o f his i be commendations, Mr. Wordsworth is perhaP s „ ; voli a scrupulously grammatical wr it er of his 1 1. 5- blorl;a g • Pope, 'whom it h as so l ong b een the la s b o a praise for hi s i nvar i a bl e corr ectnessti r li s oasf . in instances of slo ven l y and d e f ec tive ..A . wo rt-b Those who wo u ld d esire to see Mr. V"Theit f ‘ v• Uo, • genius and p ower o f felicitous ex pression in v .O force, cannot do better than peruse attend peen' of " Laodamia"— a poem which is a ililesiJ e t, as Parian marble, and is informed by : 1 , ) , itj spirit, austere even to absolute stoicism 1" 010 i ther re pre i racter. The "Banks of the Wye" is able production, bearing in every line the'' its author's genius ; and both these striking s : o o. the .one cold, and p ure , an d pass i o nless, Br eetl o . Canova's sculptures, the other full of ferve nt • —are included in the selection before us- *, - CC° . ADULTERATION .OF TO ;:, 0111k if.• MANSION-HOUSE, DONCASTER , 7 - 1, THE QUERN AGAINST STROOD AND o f tous.- -- „,ais This was an information for the adulteratio n rec entlVA • the detection of which the o ffi cers of excise hav e f iir•Lj;' o ' very active under the immediate directions, ° Batr,:tittr the Hon. Chairman of the Board of Excise. ‘ ' i ir it r . Fr t satei the Excise-office, attended for the Crown , 1411 + 7, a lgowlArtri . the defence. After, a long invegigation , convicted them in the penalty of 300/.. whie" he4oo - one-half, with the condemnation of a large tobacco, which will be destroyed. attended GUILDALL,by fir. f o o f r: o h o e t ,d and n fe d nd th al e it c . on Th dem e Eeian 'forthescinrivrnarMA, and ucit_ .. _ _ filc h , 3 . in an information here for a LINCOLN, .1 "geur-eirrli:APar. n A at ia i g c tra f t s e winch will be q I tile ', ; . destroyed; Professor- Graham., 0 - - .I , ; Universit y, attended to prove the adulteration. ,• . ",:'' •`, uantity 0 low , THE DUKE OF LEEDS.—This. nobleMa li i.,:„:. sajfi, considered to be a spirited rider, has met with a 08 `"ftilf Id . pent at Melton Mowbrav, in consequence of hii,l l ßt''' 1 4 ( 4 , ' i with him, while huntini from which place he stance. 4 the Clarendon Hotel, in order to have the a i t titaa''' siacoreenvicted in tbfetegrodo; medical attendant, Mr. M`Cann, of Parliament-strieetiteiitl;', whose care his Grace now is. We are haPPY. to ea t- - the injuries, which were supposed at first to be of I l i' ~, . t ~,lt, nature, are going on favourably. FRIGHTFUL. FALL.—On Friday . • , *bri% l it plOrlllne --.1 • of one of the lofty and extensive mansions now in i tl? , : A t : layer, named Thomas Burton, whilst at work near t 1: 03$41 1101", of erection at Bayswater, accidentally missed his f , t 44141 :41t, ) ,:5 : fell from a height of nearly 70 feet, into a ccllri be°_,,,,ertin his fall striking against, but passing through , /the 11 .... 1 7,v0ra r ' putlogs and scaffold poles of the building. PAS' fe1.107 d oe' men rushed to the spot, where therfoundl.iir4 bleedt' o r , fusel) , from the nose and mouth. They lOst,Cno ti .. , l " F i j ottst, veying him to St. George's Hospital , whe re, on e7,7,t,0 PI ; by the surgeons, it was ascertained, to the sistonishlorov!! that not a bone in his body was broken., He r ;.; had, l ': o ° l i t or sustained several bruises by coming in eontadwitloi-01, rous..pales, hie his riPacieut.__Zbare-414--ha :.• 8r ' doubt that he will be enabled to leave the institution a days, quite restored, fa r , t . CHATHAM, MARCH 8.---The Thames fitting.4oo, convict ship for Bermuda, is drawing fast towards c° llll 7 ' '/-; , She is ordered to be put out of dock on the 23d illst- 4 ''( ; o-;;• Yesterday morning the steam-boat ri?P. T ‘iy ilk Wales was placed in a most • . . - hour, in consequence of getting fie6itaira between i. ..„;, Of arch of London-bridge and the new pier recently thrr'"A e k , perilotte lutuation for 11 , 13 e ; 11 10 . i at Fishmongers' Wharf; the boat had a number' or s:7 l ei,i . gers, who wore in the greatest state of alarm fra n hu be t .i prehension of the vessel breaking her back, in vi- 0 " OP P ' . serious loss of life must have resulted. It is quite 0 , er , to the City authorities should interfere), and not StifferbePloo!. be run out into the river in places such as this, t° t ' A . eafr neat risk of life and property, as well as imped iug ''' gatiou of the flyer. •= .:* • ~.~ :..,, .~•