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The record of Major Harris's exertiovS, adventures; dangek, And escapes, Is, we can safely say, surpassed by no similar narrative in interest and utility."—United Service Magazine: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lerigmfini: . ' THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH 11, Will be-perfonried the Opera of GO iLLA:OME tzu.. Arno , d, 74. Hums.' °easier, Mr. G. Horneastle; Tell, . Mr. Stret-on' Linens, 11411 e. 'AlbertaSzi; Matilda, Miss Romer; Martha, Miss eetss To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Lovel, Mr. Cooper' My Lord Duke's Servant, Mr. Hudson; Sir Herres Ser vant, Mr. Harley; Mrs. Kitty, Mrs. Stirling. Dress Boxes is., Second Pride Ss. Ott ; tipper Circles of Boxes 55., Secon4 Price Is.; Pit 3s Second Price as., Middle GAlkity Ss., S cond Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Pricelxi. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. - MR. BkINJAMIN WEBSTER, , LESSEB. Will VNING, be produced THI a S N e w l'etite Musical MAßCH Drama, c.illed DER NEtHT TEUFEL. Baron Gillestern, Mr. Strickland Oscar, Mr. Howe; Baroness, Mr s . Glover; Matilda, Miss P. Horton; Ca. roli*e, Miss Julia Bennett. Atter which, VICTOR AND HORTENSE; or, False Pride. Victor, Mr. Webster; Mallard Mr. Strickland; Pompey Pettip as , Mr. - Buckstone ; Horteu i e d e Villecour, Madame Celeste; Madame Dindon, Mrs W. Clifford.' - After. the Drama, Mr. - John Parry wiU•sing 6 . Blue Beard." After which will be repe,ated JOSEPHINE; or,..The Fortune of War. Gu i ll o t, M r. B uc k stone; Josephine, Mrs. Fitzwi ll iam. To conclude w i th A ' KISS IN "THE DARK: Mr. Salim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W Clifford. • Orchestra Stalls, 55..; Boxes, As.; l it, .2s. ;.Gallery, 25..; tipper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, ; ; '2s.; Gallery, Is. -; Upper Gallery, Ad. Doors opened at Half-past Mx, and the ?erformance commence at Seven. Tickets and Places to be had a Mu t. T. Arai% at the 13 ""' °Mee, from Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, THIS EVENING, MARCH Will be performed the. Comic Opera of,LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby ; Young - Meado w s; Mr . Allen ; Hawthorn; Me. Wood ; Hodge, Mr. Keeley; Rosetta; klaW , Wbod;_ After which, a New. Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Wilder Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr. Dapper, Mr. Ox.berry; Lady Clifton, Miss 'ortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP,- or, My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs. Keeley; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with A New Farce, called BOUNCE; or, The Ojibbeway Indians. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, MARCH IL Will be r e eeated, try permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright. Lyon,,Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs, F. Mathews, Miss Chapin', and 'rtes Lee. To be-followed hyl ANTONY AND C LEOPATR A MA RRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss W oo l gar. I: After whicb, uitipA i or, 'rho Frisoner •of State: Princip a l Characters--Messrs. yon, (J." Smith, 'Maynard, Forman, Wiel an d, and Hamilton ; • lifesdknies Y a te s , D. Lee and Chaplin. To conclude with DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Timid,. Mr. Wright; Fright, Mr. Forman; Mr., Fright, Miss Emma Stanley. . • , Bokes 4s. ; Pit, Pc ; Gallery, Is.; Second prlce at Ni ne . D oors opm at Half.past Six, commencelat.Seven o'clock. DAYIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVEN,INO. MARCH It. Will be performed a New prwria, entitled THE LAST S}UL. LING, sup po rted by all the Company. After Which, JA NE SHORE, embracing the entire strength of the Company. Tocouclude with FEMALE ASSURANCE. Jilaces and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Bolt. ~ tee, from Eleven to Four. WEATHER.--SIIN OFFICE, 1%1,11E01 11. " AlWatil "Rjh" , Lowest, 35; Highest, 55; Noon, sth ZAEOMEI,it, 29.€ 4 ,—.W/N D „ S . to W. NOTE. — The number the .Thermometer. denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. I m Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 24, MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE 'TUTS DAV_ Morning .. 14 minutes after 6 Etenlng .• 41 minutes aftet a, It is now some three or four years since a proposi tion was brought forward in the House of Commons, and agreed to, for the formation of a public park at the east-end of the metropolis, to be entitled " Vic. toria Park." Not a few ad captandum speeches were made on the occasion ; and those, in particular, who introduced the measure, took credit to themselves for the kindly feeling by which they were actuated, in endeavouring to provide for the health and re creation of those immense masses of the London population who dwell eastward of Temple-bar, in the remote regions of Shoreditch, White ehapel, Mile-end, Bethnal-green, &c., in whose vici nity the park was proposed to be located. Three or four years, we repeat—probably more—have elapsed since this useful measure received the sanction of Parliament, and ;from that period to the present it would . appear that not a single decisive step has been taken with a view to carry it into effect. The matter remains in precisely the same state in which it was_ when it was first broached in the House of Commons ; and there, 'we suppose, it will be permitted to remain, unless an active stir be made on the subject, for the majority of those interested in the completion of the park, are a poor, hard-working class, weavers, small: mechanics, and such like, who are utterly Without means and influence to press their claims on the kindly consideration of the Legislature, with any chance of success. By the following, paragraph, which we quote from a Morning Contemporary, it will =be seen that we have not been speaking without' warrant, but that " ;Victoria Park" is still among the things that are yet to be :—" Notwithstanding the eager anticipations of the inhabitants of the eastern divfsion of.the metropolis, of the commencement of operations for the formation of the park early in the present spring, these are disappointed by the Crown having actually given permission to the market-gardeners to Continue in -occupation and plant their lands, which *ere lately purchased, for six months longer. The inhabitants naturally consider that the want of funds cannot be the reason of this strange delay, as the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in their report of 1842, state that they had received 100,0001. from the sale of York House, which they had invested in Eichequer bills, and their report of 1843 further states that it remains there invested, for the purpose required, in the hands of trustees." It is clear from the above paragraph that little or nothing of moment will be 'done towards the formation of the park this year, at lea. 4 ; for six months hence the fitting period for such out-door work will in a Beat measure have passed away; the fine long days of summer will„be at an end,. and the rain and gloorn of confirmed autumn will have set in. Really this long delay is quite inexcusable, the more so when we consider how imperative is the: necessity that exist s for a healthy, open place' of recreation at :the east end of the mettepolis. The inhabitants of that quarter have no airy and cheerful green fields lying within a shOrt walkinz, distance of Iliern such as • • the case in the northern district ofLondon ;:they have ,no spacious and salubrious parks, such as the West-end can boast Of; but are shut up in narrow, crowded streets, and lanes and alleys, which stretch away to an almost interminable clitanee... Here and there, to be eure, they may get sight of. a thing growing in a•miserably small, old-fashiOeil square, and, calling itself a tree,. but which loelis rather like a quiz upon vegeta tion; but with this rare exception, they can see nothing to remind them of, the country, and have no possible chance 'of gulping in a month fill of fresh, unadulterated 'air, unless they . 36(1.4, away to • a dishaece .of some miles from their homes. As for the 'NV e 3 t - end parks, they. ire scarcely to be reached without fatigne e c t thr h :the agency of an omnibus —arid sixpences, 4 except we fear,We have received Paris papers of Friday and Sa poor, tollintirs f Of oug turd ay. - ay - Vie — affair of Otaheite, and the subscriptions do not abound among the and of fora sword to the gallant Admiral, still excite Bethnhl-green and ,I Vhitechapel ; and some interest. The conduct of the students of the sylvari uplands or,Hampstead in the north, Polytechnic School, in favouring the subscription has , Brixton in the south, are still m ore remote, and con- been condemned by the masters; and th e d e li n - Sequently inaccessible, localities. U n d er these'cir- quents, as a punishment, are t o b e con fi ne d w i t hi n cumstances, t 4 POina ion. cf a park, w h ere in they doors for f i ft een d ays . Th e t es ti mon i a l i s a l so re may stroll at leisure' on sunny summ er evenings 'eeiving support i n ot h er quarters ; and, according to some account; subscription-lists h a ve b een opene d or on Sundaya, beComeS not ,rnerely a l uxu r y, in the ranks of the national guards, and even the but a matter Of at's j olUte necessity, to the: :hard troops of the line. No one will suffer more from . thisloolish displa.3;, and none, probably, will regret worked, ill-fed, and scantily paid artisans of the'east-, end of London, wkO,nre numbered not by thousands, itt i m il oj e , ptlial:d in Admiraltbe DUPETIT THOUARS, and he but by tens of thousands ; and we do hope that Go position, of offending vernment will take their case promPtly into c 6 i l sl- the Government, or tl; P a • a p t: s subscribers. Ile•following deratiOn, an c i if a: 4 , yietoria Park" is to be formed are extracts from the at all, give directions to have it formed immediately On' Saturday the Chamber of Deputies again tII d h When a Nationalelection of M. Charles Laffitte, and the diselionatolfl4e t he Gallery, or any other luitiry to r lo a n the petitions against the Paris fortifications was con is required for the, embellishment and convenience . o f the fashionable West-end, '' not an instant's The French Government has received the following tele last • sett ing a - m hic dispatch :-;-- time is . in to work at it ;. . 11 P PE.PIG'.Oi, ~.ARCII 7.—The entry of Queen Christina Committees • of Taste are appointedy.' and ' the into Barcelon a . on the 4th was a triumph ; there was great enthm ia An, and the town was magnificently illuminated. matter becomes quite an affair of moment; h ut when The tZtes were' continuing the day before yesterday. Her a park is proposed. for the use of a poor, plebeian, Ithtjesty was to leave this day or to=morrow by land for Tar unfashionable qi i striqi whose inhabitants have no =gala, there to embark in the Lavoisier for. Valencia. —The municipal election!! of Valencia were known on the 3d. The other mo4:of.Oh.tantilv ,„ fresh air awl exescise; then, Diederados had gained the upper hug." example at present, their evil influence on the future. are incontrovertibly European evils, which it is pal pal4 the interest of all European States to remedy and to remove at once. But how is this remedy to be administered? By whom is the removal of these humilaham - Thres for the political butchery of Spain to be effected? Fora 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 of esta blished governments 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 development of her own still gigantic resources for retrieving her internal eco nomy and wealth, and her political importance. But these Powers have generously, and we should say wisely and constitutionally, abstained from such an extreme - act of interposition. If, then, the principle of ,non-intervention with the domestic policy of a foreign State, salutary as it is even when pushed, to an apparently 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 justiflable . and.conclusive. Let theqi suspend all di plomatic relations with the Spanish Court and Cabinet until these, have brought their agitations and 'factions to a close.; or, at least, under such subjection to the ancient law and constitution of the country, that they! May no longer burst forth in incessant and bloody feuds and convulsions, that are alike a dis honour to .our common Christian faith, and a revolting blot on European civilization in the nineteenth cen tury. Nadrid papers of the 3d have been received, bui as.,;usual they contain no news. The Gazette publishes a dispatch from General RONCALJ, which seems a duplicate of one trans mitted some ten days previous. It is dated Fe bruary 28, and •states, " that the instirgents had on that day made a sortie, under cover of the fort of San Fernando, but met with such a warm reception that they Here soon obliged to re-enter, under protection of the fort, leaving behind them several killed and wounded. The heavy artillery was land ing, , and every preparation making for bombarding the city of Alicant." The QUEEN-MOTHER was expected at Albacete, on the •10th instant. Great preparations were going on at different places for her reception. The Three per Cents. were done at 301 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 221 at 60 days; and tho floating debt at-s 1 at• 60 days. • • ~ • ..• . • . ... • . c . c . ..-4.e 1 V —.., _ AT. kial • '........ t • ..t...,,,::::,,,,,,,,,,,, 4 11/I..st.u . _ '''''' " 111 "' . ( 110..' • , • .: l''' - .4 ....), .... . as.,_ , ..,,,w il ak • 4- ..iiii . R u ;A, ~ -, : r. ~ 41. pl, Z..* if 0 ~.. i5,,,,' j,.. ,i,,,.,..V.,:i ts , , L , ...,10 ,- .1 . ....• v... ~' • ' l, O IT ' .. .... SE COW Up ITI 0 vi t t 414 1 , , Lt-_,-) k 4 .‘ LONDON, MINIS,MARCH 11, 1844. The proeeedings at a meeting; on Wednesday Ta.s f, - of tenant-fariners, merchants; arid tradesmen of Har leston, in tbecounty of. Suffolk, held at the 'Scan Inn, in that te*n,' and - convened `t i er the purpose; of peti tioning Parliament to repeal the_ duties on foreign corn and malt, and in'favotrr of free Wide, generally; were; with some trifling exceptions!, werthy of the in-. telligence, good senSe, and spirit of one of the most important agricultural distrieti'in F.ngland. 'ate disposed to notice & affair, the„`,raiher: because 'the scope which the address of the respebt e d ch a i tman embraced was remarkable f o r th e novelty; of s o me of its view's, in combination with a. demand, for corn , law repeal, • and the 4 SohndnesS 'and 'iaiiteity of the opinions avowed with . .regard to the operation of our system 'of currency, past and present: Desiring to say, so 'Much, any sort, off' Offence to the agricultural bodies of this kingdoin, we must own that, in general, their notions iipoti the theory of our monetary arrangements ty, no means square with those which we-have formed upon the' results. of 16ng and attentive observation. ~,,But thePhairinan of the Harleston meeting -enunciated 'some - propo - sitions on - these subjects, highWimportant iir flietnselves, and tO' us not the less intei4tizig, becauSe of their coinci dence with those which, from time to time, we have advocated. This 'gentleman, iNi r , 1. 1 . L. Tiirion, of StarderstOn, a landowner of station and considerable property in ti r e' neighbourhood, reminded the meet ing that if the corn-lawS were really beneficial, as had been contended, to those iintfiedjately interested,' they must be so to himself.: But .was for their entire repeal ;, believing that• , they now were, and had, almost altvazs, been, injUrions to the tenant• farmers, and ttieir' labourers.. lie 'proceeded to il lustrate this important point by some statistical de tails, very well digested and. very'rnneh to the , purpose.' At the same' time, and with a becoming and manly ingenuousness (which we could wish to see exten sively imitated at oih:er meetings, whether of societies for the protection of , .k4ritiS y -agrie u lt ure, Or of their opponents), he said thit ivas far froth thinking that. the repeal of these laws...mould produce very cheap corn, as the Anti-Corri-law_ League assumed itat it would do. lie went so far as to state that the League "had much injured the cause of repeal and of, free trade by holding out that hop." Ira his opinion the effect would rather be " to prodhce greater uniformity be , - . tween French and English Er'c,_ and .also' greater regularitY." tegr`eite - d r :tCoo f ,th4t " both ma:- nufacturers.:and landowners are too selfish and one sided in their vieWsOf thiS qnestion." There is much of grave truth in .all this. If the fact is to be deplored, it is not the less essential that, like other disagreeable testimonies of truth, it should be deliberately heard and considered. For our own parts, we have so recently and so often urged the claims of those most important, but mostineglected classes—the producing labourers and artisans, w h o are the great sufferers in this squabble of contending interests, by reason of cruelly diminished wages and exorbitantly increased demands on their working hours; and by the almost absorption of the needful " intervals for food and rest ;",--that we are_compelled ta,qoni n rr in this - grave imPutation of selfishness upon both those classes of capitalists alluded to. The C hairman next developed the results upon the scale ofrents and upon the prices of corn, which had been realized under the various corn-laws pass6d fromlBos to the present time. And first, as to the period from 1805 to 1815. Between 1805 and 1814 the price of corn never fell so low as 665. the quarter (the ".pivot price" of Mr. Bosmores Act of 1815), and consequently the trade Was free; and , yvt, - notwithstanding that thetigni,s4 i t importation, i n some p ar t s o f thi s same t erm, t h e pr i ce ,ranged up to 120 s. per quarter. This was a salient and remarkable event in the history of the first corn-law; and Mr. TAYLOR skil fully availed himself of so prominent a fact, in order to explain his own " convictions .of the opera tion of other causes—seldom or never sufficiently aIIOW - ed ' Tor in corn-law - discussions,—in bring ing about the high prices, and the high . rents put upon the land, which are usually ascribed to the sole agency of the law in question. " Did not," said he, " the paper money produce some effect And he ,would ask, might not the present currency-law (he ,referred partly to Peel's Bill of 1819) produce some effect,—more even than the present corn-law does on present prices." If these questions Were answered affirmatively, then were the farmers wrong in looking for protection to the corn-law and a sliding-scale only." The lovers of "protection" would really do well to lay seriously to heart these considerations, at once so incontestible and so pertinent, and especially the statistical proofs of which we have spoken above. Thus, in the same ten years, 1805 to 1815, the import of ,foreign wheat averaged about 500,000 quarters per . annum. " This showed," Mr. TAYLOR argued, " that with open ports and high prices to tempt importation, we cannot have unlimited supplies, as some suppose." In 1838, 1839, [ and 1840, -it -seems our importati ons - of wheat ex - ceeded 2,000,000 quarters per annum ; and yet it - could not be said that there was, all that time, a sur plus of wheat, or that wheat was especially cheap. The, fact was, that with the lapse of years our popu lation had largely increased ; with population, manu factures; with these, 'the manufacturing community; and with that community, our consumption. " The more our manufacturers are employed," said he, " the more corn and food they require ; and the better after the first mooting of the question and the first flourish of patriotic trumpets in Parliament, the affair is allowed to drop quietly out of notice, and no man seems to think it worth his while to revive it. This should not be ; to say the least of it, it is ungenerous and impolitic ; and we do hope that those officials who have a voice in the matter, will bear in mind that the poor mechanics at the east•end of the metropolis have quite as much right toihave their interests consulted as those who dwell at the west-end, and who claim, in consequence, the privileges and consideration due to their unquestioned respectability. . . The, Journal des Chemins de Fer states that at a meeting of the Cabinet Council, held on Friday, the Ministry decided that the Orleans and Mars Railway Bill and the Paris and Chartres Railway Bill should be presented to the Chambers withoat delay. "We have learned," says the Patric.," that some Italian emi grants resident in Paris, such as Lieut.-General Pepe, General Busi, Count Mamianic, and Lovatelli, Amari, Canalli, Crema, Leopardi, Moiltalegie, Roberchi, and Gonna, were thi s d ay sent for to the Prefecture of Police. M. Delaport inforined them, that the French Government was acquainted with the intrigues of M. Mappini, Chief of La 'Jenne Itllie, for produc ing an insurrection in .Italy, and .he, 4$ a, friend, adVised them to abstain from taking any part in` acts by which they might. be compromised." "The Augsburgh Gazette _gives th e f o ll ow i ng f rom Posen, 2,sth,ult, :—The fate' of the Russo-Polish refugees is decided. This morning about two-thirds of them were sent under escort to .Magdeburg. The remainder will follow in a' few d a y s , with the exception of a few who have received permission to stay until the end of March. Amongst the persons affected by the measure are the Cbunt de Plater, who has always re sided here in a very retired manner, and who recently pur chased an estate in the Grand Duchy; the rich. Count de Potocki, son-in-law of Count Edward de Razzinlii ; Count Eugene Breza ; and M. de Luszewski, who is the owner of two houses in Posen." 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 rango 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 NARYAEZ and the ferocious malignity of RoNcam, are decimated ! In a recent case, after some fighting against a' detachment of the - troops commanded by Rorresid, 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 costes were to be shot upon cleat. ' The Govern ment has so far given way that the insurgents taken at Alcoz are not to be shot, as or d ere d at" first, without the form of a trial. The court-martial is now sitting there upon the 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, liar becotne familiar at the hands of a PEDRO or a PHIL I P. 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 thc 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 mischi evous ac ti v i ty, the secret combinations, and the uncontrolled harsh ne4s and brutality exercised t owar d s capt i ves, who ar rotting in obscure and solitary confinement, recal th 4 dark and 'dreary period in which the spiritual predecessors of the present political inquisition in sulted Heaven, and disgusted all mankind with its diabolical discipline; its alternations of deceptive hope and physical torture, of treacherous deception, and unqualified intimidation. How 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 wanton and of useless carnage should at once cease and determine. Their mora With the exception of the Five per Cent. Stock, the Funds on Saturday continued firm. TtIE BOURSE—SATURDAY, MARCH 9. First Highest Lowest Last • Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. exdiv 122 65 . • 122 65 . • 122 40 • • 122 45 Four-and•a-Half• •• • 110 50 • • 110 50 • • 110 50 • • 110 50 Four per Cents. •• • • 104 50 • • 10.5 .• 104 50 • • 105 Three per Cents.• •• • 82 90 82 90 .. 82 80 .. 82 80 Bank of France 3265 —3263 ..3265 ..3265 Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllos • • 1105 —llO5 ..1103 5,000 f. SharessoBs - • 5085 . • .5085 —5085 Belgian Fives ... 1840 •••• • • • • 1 081 • • 1081. • • 1081 • • 1081 1842 ........109 •• 109 .. 109 109 Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 34 .• 34 • • 34 34 Passive ...... •• • • 61 .. 6* 61 • • Threes •• • •••• • . 7 .• 361 .. 361 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 461 • • 461 • • 46 46f Neapolitan lO2 40 102 60 .. 102 40 102 60 Roman l O6l • • ,1061 • • 1063 • • 1061 RAILWAY SHARES. St.Gerniain Versailles, 11.11... • ..... •• • • 385 • • 385 • • 382 50 .• 382 50 L.B 175 • • 175 . • 172 50 .• 172 50 Rouen . 865 • • 872 50 .• 86.5 ' 670 • Rouen to Havre • 687 50 • • 677 50 .. 680 680 Orleans . 8 77 55 877 50 • 87.5 • . 875 Strasburg to Bale.. .• •• . • 245 . • 245 . • 243 75 .- 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles .. 775 775 .. 771 25 .. 771 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain .............. 830 • • 832 50 .. 830 .. 832 50 Versailles, R.8.............380 .. 385 • • 380 • • 385 L.B 172 80 .. 175 .. 172 50 . • 175 Rouen 870 .. 877 50 • • 870 • • 877 50 Rouen to Havre.....• • ..... 687 50 • • 690 • • 682 50 .. 685 Orleans • Strasburg to hale 242 50 .. 245 242 50 .. 245 Avignon to Marseilles— • • 775 •• 780 • . 771 25 .. 775 prices we (the growers) shall receive." Granted, — if the Legislature, meanwhile, will only discharge the first and most imperative duty which justice, feeling, and the safety of the empire alike require; namely, so amend our existing monetary system;—so to remodel and ameliorate the currency as to make it perform the hitherto neglected function of distribution to the poor and labouring classes, whose condition at present deteriorates, from day to day, in the inverse ratio of manufacturing production and of the accumulation of To morrow evening the grand banquet takes place, which is to be given at Cownt-garden Theatre, to Mr. O'Connell. lirc , 'beli,.!ve 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. capital in the kingdom. Let us hear Mr. TAYLOR fur ther on this very point; for to that, we find, his state ments and his reasoning irresistibly tend. We could not desire a more convincing argument for the change in the currency, which we contend ought immediately to be adopted with regard to issuing Government paper, convertible into Bank notes or gold or silver, at the market value of bullion, to the extent of our present taxa tion. That extent or amount, be it remembered, is neither allowed for by the manufacturer in wages to his workmen, nor represented ty the convertible cur- rency exclusively legalised, and abridged to the arbi _ _ trary gold standard of PEEL'S Bill of 1819 :—" In 1815 wheat was down to 635. Bd. per quarter on the average; and the landowners, considering, then, that it could not be grown for less than 80s. per quarter, passed a law prohibiting importation when the price was below that sum. Then the ruin of the tenant- ACTIONS Or MAIIABAJPOOR 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 Chmindah ; and the. third, a .similar outline of General Grey's engagement in front of Gwalior. This celebrated place, it will be seen from the map, lies between the scenes of action, being about ten miles froM Punniar and 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 after the battle. farmer and . the labourer commenced; and mark— during the operation of this corn-law PEEL'S Cur. rency Bill was passed." It might be imagined impossible to enhance the enormity of the injustice, worked by such a statute, passed under such circumstances, at such a peri o d. Nothing, however, is more certain than that the very next illustration,' supplied by the same speaker, does greatly exaggerate its oppressive injustice. Want of space compels us here, for the present, to break off. With the abstract which we shall publish to-morrow of the proceedings, the speeches delivered, &c. at that meeting, we shall probably recur to the subject. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1844. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY. For Wheat fresh up to-day the demand was by no means active. However, the finest qualities of both red and white found buyers, at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day se'nnight. All other kinds of English Wheat at late rates. Fine Foreign Wheat at very full prices. For Corn under lockS rates were almost nominal. For Barley the rates of Monday last were barely supported. Malt had a downward tendency. In Oats no quotable difference can be noted. Bunts, Peas, and Flour unaltered. ---- - CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Witstim—Essex & Kent, !MALT—Chevalier.... 63s to red... .... .. 44s to 63s , 0Avs--Yorkshire and Ditto, white . . ..... 58s to 66s Lincolneh., feed 238 to Norfolk ' and ..... Potatoe coin, red ........... 42s to 49 s Y oughall and Cork, Ditt0white........... 45s to sfis black Irish, red.............. 47s to 50s Cork, white Ditto white .... ..... 49s to 545/ Scot c h, f ee d RYE—Old 2l's to 33s Beams—Tick 30s to 36s New 36s to 38s PEAS—Grey ......... ...... 35s to 38s BARLEY—Grinding 2ss to 288 1 Maple ........ ..... ... 33s to als Malting 'l3B is 3651 White ..... ........ ..... 308 to 35. Chevalier 32s to 35. Boilers MALT—Suffolk and No:. FLona—Town made folk s6s to 6221 Sufto k ..... . .... . . 34s to 38s Brown sos to 51st Stockton SzYc:;folk 34s to 36 Kingston and Ware 56s to 625 1 : t t o 33s ' FL FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLO UR IN BOND. WREAY—PaRtZie 5l o 65s Be o s t7 N ß s ..... American o to 2 2 6 5 5 s Hamburgh 368 to 40s Pees 23s to 274 BARLEY 3O Own—New lss to 17s Baltic Feed•... ...... ••••••••••• 14s to 168 3s SMITH maxim). The Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at, in some in stances, a decline on last week's quotations of 2d per Sibs— the highest figure not exceeding 4s per 81bs.; but at which a good clearance was effected. The numbers of Sheep were by no means extensive. Prime Old Downs commanded a very steady trade, at full prices—viz., from 4s 2d to 4s 6d per Blbs ; while the half-breds and long woolled Sheep were freely disposed of, at late rates. The prices realised for Lambs were from 5s to 6s per 81bs. Calves at late rates. Pigs at pre - vious quotations. rriu , Ae Per 811 is, to sink the offal. s. d.t05..1.1 1. d. to s. d. eep ...... 3 2 Second fltolity ditto 3 0 3 4, Second quality ditto... 3 4 3 6 ,nierior Beasts . ..... 2 0 210 Inferior Sh 2'lo ' Prime large Oxen -3 6- 38; Coarse-woolled ditto.. 3 8 4 0 Prime scot ,. . 3lO 4Oi Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 6 Large coarse Calves 310 4 2 Large /togs 2lO 3 8 Prime small ditt0...... 4 4 4 10, Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Suckling Calves, each 19 828 0 Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 21 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET. B 2 364 I Sheep. I Calves. Pigs 2364 S O 1 74 412 NEW GATT AND LEADErizzusia. The general demand for meat must be considered steady, and prices to have had an upward tendency. An evident int 33m2G‘ Pork, large.. .... provethent has been observed in the quality of meat on offer. At per stone, the Carcase „ s. d , toe_ (1., s, to a. d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton. inferior 26 3. 0 ...... 1 ---4-".-THE PAST WEEK. 2 28, middling g 3 2 3 4 prime ..... 3 6 3 8 " 8 3 N 'TZT ...... prime small Beasts. Sheen. Calves. Pim kotland... ..... ........... 16 400 312 Yorkshire • 2 0 COO - A RRIVALS Norfolk -- 70 Suffolk 4 5 100 -- 112 CambridgeshireDO —_ 30 Es' sex Surrey 22 2 20 95 200 Devonshire Wiltshire ........ - ..... Other parts ------ ------ T0ta1............. - ..... 111) 1 , 92 0 400 2,134 Previous week'sarrival...... 1,6.0 610 2,870 Difference since our last... Se 70 210 Of BogotTall AND SPITALPIEUTIS. For the best qualities of Potatoes, the demand is very firm at fully last week's quotations. In all other kinds, the sup. plies of which are seasonably extensive, only a moderate bu siness is doing, at late rates. BO&OUGH HOP PEARICHT. Since our last report only a moderate business has been doing in this market; nevertheless holders are very firm, and have obtained full prices in every instance. WOOL MARKET. The demand is somewhat active, at prices fully equal to the late advance. No public sales are yet appointed. TALLOW. This market remains steady, and fine Y. C. is very firm and scarce, at 4s 3d. There is no feature to notice, except that a fair business has been done in new Tallow 'during the week at 413 ad to 413 ad. Town' Tallow is plentiful at 41s net cash. SEIZURE UNDER TILE I N COME-TAX.—It IS well known in this district, and no doubt almost equally so • throughout the kingdom, that the firm of John Fielden and Brothers, 'the largest spinners and manufacturers in the kingdom, .naside ,their return under the Income-tax Act, in 1839,1840, and 1841—Nil. This return, it is also pretty generally known, was not.: satisfactory to the Commis sioners, and . in consequence o ne o f the partners appeared to show cause•aginst a surcharge of 1 9 ,0001: per 'annum,_ which, at sevenpeuce in th e poun d , amounte d t o . ; 350/. The indi vidual who thus appealed made oath to the correctness of the return, i. e., that no profits had been made by the firm in those years ; and not only this, but the Commissioners should have access to all Woks and documents in corro boration of the return that had been made. All this,' how ever, would not be taken as a se t o ff against a nil return. The result is, that on Tuesday last Mr. Thomas Fielden, it is said, delivered to the officer charged with the execution the keys of their warehouse in Peel-street, Manchester, and probably the officer is now in ac t ua l possession. That the Govern ment will sell there is no doubt ; that.the firm will permit a sale is equally certain, especially after what the Hon. Member for 'Oldham has 'publicly stated on the subject The wisdom of permitting such extreme measures has been • freely . canvassed on 'Change, at . Man cheater ; but as it is notorious% that three of the most disastrous years (since 1836) were those of 1839, 1840, and 1841, the years from w hi c h t h e p ro f i ts were calculated, 'the general impression i s th a t th e case i s an- extremely hard one ; no one supposing, who has any knowledge of the extraordi nary losses sustained on the immense stocks held by the Messrs. Fielden in those years (report states the amount at one million piecos),-but that the return was precisely what it ought to Bate been. When the sale is to take place has not .vet been stated, but come when it may, 'the attendance will be, such as was never:witnessed on any similar'odeasion.—Leedl . • , , ~., • • • PICKLING WI TH P YROLIGNEOUS ACID-- T he ad vantages which this acid has over malt vinegar ought not to. be overlooked : it possesses a very d es irable property--that of hardening or rend er i ng crisp whatever is pickled in it, and that in a very short space of time compared with 'vinegar; it is also suitable wh ere distilled vinegar is required, and more - , over got mo r e th an one-fourth the price of the latter. There is no doubt of thi s ac i d being extensively used i n t h e whole sale way, althou g h the picklesl would not appear of so good a colour.—Polytech n i c Review. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit Optnton " Wko runs may read." The - Duke of Devonshire leaves Devonshire House early in the week to join the Earl and Countess of Granville, at Brighton. 'The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland also will shortly go to Brighton, where their family are residing, and purpose prolen,, , ring their stay there until Easter. The Duke of Buccleuch and a distinguished circle were entertained, by the Earl of Haddington at the Admiralty, on Saturday last. The Noble Earl will commence his levees at the Admiralty on Thursday next, the 14th inst. The Marquis of Laasdowne entertained. Lord Melbourne and a select party at dinner, on Friday evening, at Lansdowne House. The Marquis of Conyngham left Jermyn-street at the end of last week , for Cowes, to superintend the alterations iu his yacht, _the Flower_of Yarrow (late a cutter), which is being lengthened, as his Lordship intends to go afloat early in the season. The Earl of Mountcharles, his Lordship's eldest son, has been on a eontinental tour. Lord and Lady Brougham entertained a select party at dinner, on Sunday evening, in Grafton -street. The Speaker of the House of Commons has his last levee on Saturday next, and that gentleman's parliamentary dinners conclude this session on the 30th inst. CESAL.S.ATEO . A meeting of tenant-fariners was held at Harleston, in Suf folk, on Wednesday, when resolutions, condemnatory of the corn;laws; were carried by a great majority. A numerous and highly respectable meeting was held on Thursday evening in the Theatre, Preston, in aid of the 100,000/. League tend. A deptttation from the League, con. sisting of Richard Cobden,, Esq., M.P., Colonel Thompson, and Mr. R. R. Moore, addressed the meeting for several hourS. After which, a subscription was commenced, and the sum 0f..895/. was announced by the chairmnn as the amount collected. - - - The importation of-live stock from Scotland to the port of London i 8 rapidly on the increase. During the past week no fewer than 374 live cattle were landed. On Friday after noon the steam-ship Dundee, Captain Kidd, arrived at Wap ping from Dundee- 7 -her first trip this season: She brought 112 live cattle; 40 sheep, 24 boxes . of the river Tay salmon, about 15 tons of killed b ee f, mu tto n , an d pork • about 10,000 hares and rabbits, and a large quantity of Forfarshire manu factured goods. The other importations of cattle-during the week were, from Aberdeen, 150 ; Banff, 86 ; and Fraser burgh, 26." Mr. Baily has, just received a commission: for a statue in marble of his late Royal Highness the Duke-of Sussex, for the Masonic-hall at the Freemasons' Tavern. - - - We understand that there is na truth in the story of coins having been found at Chatsworth to the amount of 10,0001., as stated in some of the papers. . A sermon in behalf o f th e S co t c h Free Church was preached on Sunday, at Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars. road, by the Rev. Dr. Candlish, of Edinburgh. Divine service commenced at half-past ten o'clock in - the forenoon. The - atteildante was not so great as alight have been expected, but this circumstance may be attributed to the very unsettled state_of the weather. Sermons were also preached in various other Dissenting cha pels thrOughout the metropolis for the same object: - - On Friday evening, a deputation visited. Saddlevvorth, for the purpose of addressing a meeting convened in aid of the League fund. The meeting, which was held in a large Dissenting place of worship, crowded to excess was-addressed by the members of the deputation with great- effect, and at the close of their speeches, a subscription was commenced, arid upwards of 2501. was collected before the meeting*s_eparated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dimwit 11.--Wind.this day at noon, strong breeze from S. to W., and cloudy, with rain at times - DEAL, MAntit:9.-*- - -W. S.W. to W. by S. - ,to N.N.E. and N., squally.--Arrd. Medora, Sprigge,.: Berbice ; Wilhelm Ludwig, Batavia, for Bremen; John. William base, Calcutta, for London ; - John, Mauritius; Caroline, Bock, Rio, for Hamburgh ; Secret, Valparaiso ; Octavio, -Pete r s on , Para, for Antweip. sa British Empire, Madras ; Rose-, berry, Bombay ; Toronto and Harriet, Capp of Good Hope ; Lucretia, Cape Coast Castle ; Vicar of Bray, Valparaiso ; Janet ; Willis, Demerara; Thistle, Antigua; Martha, Trinidad ; -Gla diator, New York ; AVilliam, Henderson, St. John's, N.B. ; Harmony, St. John's, New Foundland, with the rest of the outward bound. The 'Claudine; from China, has not arrived in .the Downs as reported. The Toronto, for the Cape of Good Hope, and the ,Thistle, for Antigna n Were in. contact tozday, and both received considerable damage ; the former proceeded _down the Channel, and the latter has put into Dover, - with bowsprit sprung, &c. OFF MARGATE, MARCH 9.—T. Hoult, Cape of Giiod Hope OFF DOVER, MARClt . lo.—Mary Catherine, Taylor, China Agrippina, Rogers, Mauritius. - - PORTSMOUTH,,MARCH 9.—Wind W., fresh breezes. 10th, —W.S.W. to N.N . X.;' hard.--Sld. Surge, China; New' York. OF THE START, 31Ancit 9.--Stadt Schielam and:Gu -1 sine, Batavia for Rotterdam. - - PLYMOUTH, MARcu 10:—Wind S.W.—Sld. Hymen, Lima. LIVERPOOL, MARCH" 9.—Wind W.N.W. fresh. - 10th.— N.W.- moderate. 9th.—Arrd. Commer ce , ' Jones, "Ichoboe, Jan. 10; Violet, Simpson, Cameroo ns; . Irt, Grier,Terriam buco ; Gipsy, Cresswell, Maranham, 4th ul.; Matthew King, Miller,. St. Domingo; Captain Ross, Kinnaird, Hon duras ; Perseverance, Bennett, Savannah, 10th ; Pickwick, Cornish, Lima, Dec. 6 Champion, New Orleans ; Spring field, Roy, - Savannah ;- Abijon, Charleston 1 Challenger, M'Ewen, Ichoboe, Jam 10. Off—Lady Paget... WHITBY, MARCH 9.-z-The Queen, Read, _of and from Shields to Charente, drove from her anchors, and went out to sea during a gale atW.N.W., the master and five - men - on shore at thetime. A large loaded brig was seen to go down-betWeen' one and . two o'clock this morning; four milea to thg north= ward, with all hands. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 10.—The George Canning, Allen, from Shields to London, sprung a leak yesterday a ft ernoon , and was run on the rocks to the north of Flamboroirgh Head Light-house, and went to pieces (crew saved)," it hlowhig gale at west-north-west at the time. FALMOUTH ' MARCH 9.—Wind W.S.W. t o N . W ., f resh breeze. 10.—S.W. to N.W., strong gales and squally—Arid. Mary, Hendrichsen, Buenos Ayres,'and sailed 9th for Ham burgh; Swift, David, Aux Cayes. Off port, - St. - George,. Lughrue, Callao ; Edward, Schmidt, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Antwerp. - _ GUERNSEY, MARCH s.—Sld. William, Cape of-Good Hope. JERSEY, MARCH 9..--Sld. Damon, St. Helena; Harriet, Campbell, Rio Janeiro. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 9.—The Symmetry, Palin t of this port, was abandoned last night, in a sinking state,. liming been in contact with the Elizabeth Adnet, arrived here—crew saved. ItEncAn, MARCH 9.—The Jenny, of Faversham, is sup posed to have foundered,"-26th ult., off this port-t--crew sup posed to be drowned. 'The Iropewell, from Whitby to Stock ton, was driven on the rockS near here this morning, and is now on the beach, with loss of rudder —crew saved. - - CULINARY WQNItER.—In a very recherche - dinner given last Saturday, by some friends of Mr, O'Contiell, at the Reform Club, there was a remarkable.- dainty dish placed upon the table,"; entitled " Le Souffli: Monstre a la .Clontarf." The height of it was 2g inches, 'Lind :the width 17 ; it took four hours and a quarter to bake, and contained 36 eggs, with Other ingredients in proportion. Fifty very small souffles were seen clinging mind that collosal mountain, and an extraordinary good likeness of the great agitator (drawn on rice paper, and-surrounded by wreaths of shareiredi) appeared, as it were; rising_ from the volca n i c C ra t er . I t crea t e d much humour amongst the assembled guests, and we are happy to state that this monstrous sweet meeting was dispersed with the most perfect order. An UNWELCOME YIkTOR.—On Saturday- after noon, about five o'clock, Messrs. Sangster, umbrella, - parasol, and walking-stick mannTacturers, Fleet-street, 'were thrown into the utmost state of: alarm in 'consequence of the sudden appearance of a horse with a lad upon his back in their shop, who, in his ingress, forced down the counter, on which were lying a number of gold and silver-headed canes, most of which were injured, besides deniolishing a glass-door, the panes of which were shivered to atoms. A gentleman, Who Was making a purchase, was also knocked down . witli great foice, and the animal in turning, himself fell, the prostrate gentle man narrowly escaping being crushed by the weight- of the horse's body. The horse, nu being raised, was led out of-the shop; but net before he hgd shattered a glass casement, and done other damage. It Appea rs that ihe animal* had taken fright at something in *street. , The boy was hot it all.in jured;'and the gentleman only slightly so. - WOREZGN. Accounts from Paris state that the Duke of Nemours is seriously indisposed. The complaint is said to be sore throat. The report_ caused a depression of 30c. in the Three per Cent. Stock on Friday, but on Saturday they recovered and ultimately closed at 82f. 80c. • The heads of the banking-houses in Paris who negotiated the Belgian Loan of 1831-32, on Friday had an interview with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, to whom they presented a peti tion, signed by the holders of. shares in that loan, praying him to use his influence with the- Belgian Government to prevent its reducing the interest of the loan from .Five to Four per Cent., contrary to the terms of the contract.. The Minister' informed them that he had already taken the first steps, and promised to transmit their representations to Brussels. The Viscount de Contades died a few days ago at Paris, from the following comparatively slight cause :—Walking along the _street only a few days before, he fell and broke his thumb. The pain brought on a fever, which terminated his life. The Faubourg St. Martin was on Friday morning in com motion, in consequence of the discovery of a new murder, the body of a woman being found in a cellar cut in pieces. The husband, it is said, has been arrested. The arrests in the Basque Provinces continue. Several of the principal persons in the district . ' are involved in the Carlist conspiracy. The Descartes steam-frigate of 450 horse power, was launched at Rochefort on the sth inst. Captain Essen of the English vessel the Romulus, whose crew had the affray with the French ship the Laurentine, in the harbour of Marseilles, which We mentioned on Tuesday, has published in- the journals of that port a statement of the affair in justification of himself, his officers, and men. He de dares, that being obliged to remo ve th e berth of his vessel to escape the consequences of the gale, he was attempting.to do so when the men of the Laurentine, carried a hawser from her to a Neapolitan vessel and barred his passage. Some of his crew went on board the Neapolitan and east off the rope, but it was twice replaced and laid 'across his way again, Upon this his mate went on board the Laurentine to remon strate When he was violently assaulted and struck in the loins with a. handspike, and that what was afterwards done by his men was merely in self-defence. A few nights ago, as six men belonging to a fishing smack, of Dieppe were in a boat laying the nets for fishing for whit ing, a violent gust of wind surprised them, and capsized the boat, causing the loss of every man in her. The Memorial de _Rouen states that the quays of Rouen aro under water from the flood in the Seine, and considerable damage has been done, to goods lying . in the cellars of the adjacent houses. The low grounds near Rouen are all inun dated, and much property has been washed away. - • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge entertained his Ex cellency Baron Brunuow and a select party on Sunday even ing, at Kew Cottage. Her Majesty's first drawing-room, on the 25th instant, is expected to be very numerously attended. It is understood that the Royal apartments in Kew Palace are to be forthwith prepared for the temporary sojourn of the Prince of Wales, and the Princesses Royal and Alice, during the stay-of the Court in town, for the advantage of the coun try air. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House on Friday evening, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Carlisle, at Castle Howard, Yorkshire. We are happy to hear that the Noble Earl is in a fair way of recovery. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose left town on Saturday, on their return 'to Sulby Hall, for the remainder of the hunting season._ LAW INTELLIGENCI. THE CASE of SUPPOSED TRANCE AT DEPTFORD. In the last notice of this extraordinary case it was stated, on the authority of several surgeons of experience, that de composition of the body was going on, although not appa rent to a non-professional person. On Friday, however, there were such unequivocal signs of decomposition having taken place,lhat the parents of the deceased , determined on having a post mortem examination, and Messrs. Downing, sur geons to the R division of police, and Mr. Caleb Taylor, . sur geonj of High-street, Deptford, were requested to'perform the operation, which they did in a most minute and careful man ner, and in which they were. occupied several hours. The folloWing is an authorised copy of their report : "FRIDAY, MARCH 8. " POST MORTEN EXAMINATION. ON , THE BODY OF HENRY FRANCIS. .. " The body was well. praportioned, robust, and above the middle stature. The calvarium being removed, the dura mater and arachnoid were found translucent and healthy, and no unusual quantity of serum in its cavity, but the vessels of the pia mater were remarkably congested with venous blood, the larger ones being quite prominent from distension and their minutest ramifications filled. The brain was also found very Much congested, and sections of it being made, bloody points in very unusual numbers were shown, from extreme congestion of its•small vessels. The ventricles contained no unusual quantity of serum, but the plexus choroides was much congested. No clot or extravasation was found. " On opening the chest the pericardium was found to con tain about four ounces of redish serum, the left ventricle of the heart dilat e d an d hyp er t rop hi e d ; the right ventricle, semi lunar, mitral, and tricuspid valves and aorta quite healthy, , but the right ventricle, venn cave; ascendens and descendens, brachio-cephalics, coronary, and other veins were much tended with blood; the left pleural cavity containing about 8 oz. redish serum (this, as well as the contents of the peri cardium, being probably the result of cadaveric exosmosis), the membranes themselves being healthy. The right pleural cavity was completely obliterated by old adhesions, the lung being adherent throughout from apex to base, so that it was impossible to remove it without laceration ; both lungs were much,congested, but otherwise healthy. The stomach con tained some undigested food, amongst which were found many large masses of cheese, considerably larger than filberts, their nature being evident when cut into. The stomach was healthy, except being, in common with all the organs of the body, much congested; which was also the case with the kid neys, .being_ large, of a deep chocolate colour. The liver, spleen, intestines, and peritoneum healthy. " From this examination, it is evident that disease of the heart was not the immediate cause of death, it having been produced by congestive apoplexy. " C. TAYLOR. The, foregoing document will no doubt be DOWNING read with great interest by the,professiori as well as the public. One remark able fact is, that amongst the number of professional gentle + men who viewed the body during the 35 days after death, only one gentleman 'expressed an opinion as to the cause of death,,which has been borne out by the post mortem exami nation, and that was the gentleman who Was mistaken for Mr. Callaway by the family (on whose authority it was stated .Mr. Callaway and 'Mr. Bransby Cooper had seen the. body)., The'gentleman referred to pronounced that the • de ceased had died front paralysis of the brain, and pointed out the prpper_ course which should have been pursued. Mr. Taylor, certainly bled the deceased half an hour after the first surgeon ,bad pronounced him dead, and the blood flowed copiously from the .arm., Messrs. Downing and Taylor have not at present - given any opinion as to the Cause- of the extra ordinary retention of :natural , appearances for - so great a length' of time: Even on opening the" body- the effluvium was very slight. This case clearly shows the necessity of a more patient in quiry by Coroners' juries, as in this case the Coroner thought it unnecessary to call the medical man, himself pronouncing that deceased died from'an enlargement of the heart, on which the jury returned a verdict: FIRE ON BOARD A.SHIP. MELANCII.OLY LOSS OF LIFE. DEVONPORT, , MARCH 9. 7 —This morning about one o'clock an alarm of fire was heard at Mutton Cove,. and shortly after flames were observed issuing from the companion and cabin window of the brig Theresa, of about 150 tons, . Captain Nichols, belonging to Devonport, and recently arrived from Newport with a cargo of coals, which she was discharging at the wharf near her Majesty's arsenal. The two town engines were speedily on the spot, but owing to a defect in the hose, some time elapsed before they were brought into play. Lieut. Williams, the superintendent of the dockyard police, with one engine, and Colonel Clarke with part of the 76th Regiment and another engine, were soon there. Captain Milne, son of the Port Admiral; Sir David Milne, and Lieut. Elliott, with a company of Artillery, were also present. About ten minutes after the engines arrived a boy Was observed to make two inef fectual attempts to leap from the cabin and catch hold of the skylight combings: the third time a Man on the quarter-deck pulled him out, but, harrowing to relate, the flesh on the poor boy's arm peeled off in the act ; the shirt was burnt off his back, and the hair of his head destroyed.' He was immediately con veyed to the workhonse* The cargo very soon ignited, and, although lots tide, the vessel was most injudiciously scuttled, when of course the water ran. out as soon as it was poured in. The fire was, however, eventually subdued, but the brig is so much inju re d, as tobe past repair. The charred remains of John Davis, of Devonport, aged 18, wero f o u n d i n th e steerage berth. He, with. John Phillips. aged 13, the lad who was rescued through the cabin-window, were the only, persons on board. The unfortunate youth was relieved from his sufferings in the course of the forenoon. Before dying, he stated that he went. on boar& about 9 o'clock on the Fri day evening,. carefully put out his light and retired to bed, in the state-room, having received permission to do so from the master.. The lad, who is the son of a gentleman now re sident at Newport, but fortherls a collector of customs at a Cornish port, was determined to go to sea, in opposition to the wishes of his relatives, and was considered on board - the brig more as a passenger than a sailor. The fire originated in the steerage, where . Phillips slept in the mate's berth. It is supposed that he came on board very late, and that through his negligence the accident occurred; he must have been smothered in his -bed - -place. .The clothes belonging to the crew are destroyed, ,rus they slept aft anti. messed with the captain, to whom pO blame can be attributed in this melan choly accident. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hoar appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and Lord Beaumont. DRUMMOND V. WALDRON. The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied their Lordships the whole morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE `GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY. THE LADY TIIIEVES.—Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw and Enana Wells were placed at the bar this day, before Mr. Alderman Challis, for the purpose of being finally examined on various charges of shoplifting. 11fr. Alderman Challis remarked, that the best course to. adopt would be to take the depositions in all the cases which were perfect, and bind the witnesses over to prosecute, which being done, • Mr: Clarkson said that as the prisoners had now been one month in custody, and during that time the officers had done all in their power to ascertain whether the money in the two saving-banks, standing in the names of the prisoners was the produce yany robbery, and they not being able to trace it to such a source, he now applied to have the books given up to enable the prisoners to obtain such assistance as was necessary Ito their defence. Upon the principle of humanity it ought not to be withheld. Mr. Alderman' CtrALus said, that a vast quantity of valuable property had been found, and although not traced yet before they could be tried, some claimant might come forward and own it ; besides further evidence might be "ob tained, which would show the money might be the result of other robberies, Mr. CLAnKsort—lf not, you will let them have it? Mr. Alderman Cunws-+Certainly. If either of the pri soners asked to say any thing, he wolikl hear them, other wise he should fully commit them for . trial on the several charges r but they would be brought up on Monday the 10th of April, and should nothing transpire they would then be sent to Newgate. The prisoners were then fully committed. • CLERKENWELL-(THIS' DAY.) Two men named Madigan and IValshe, were charged.with assaults of a violent character on olice constable 124 E. It appeared from the evidence that on. the previous night, about twelve o'clock, the officer being on duty in Coram street, saw the prisoners shoving one another against the shop windows, and thereby disturbing the , inmates. The officer requested of them desist, but they became more disorderly; he took them into custody. Walshe immediately struck him, and Madigan kicked him in so savage a manner, that he Minn the flags. In attempting to get up, Madigan seized-the constable's forefinger in his mouth, and tore away the flesh from it. He knocked the officer down a second time, and when he was lying on the flags kicked him. At length the prisoners were secured. The complainant added that he was still suffering great pain from the wound on his finger. Mr. Inspector Hawley stated that several of the respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood had complained of the pri soners and their associates. Mi. QuEENwoon said he always made a distinction between that inhumann practice of biting, and other kinds of assault, and also where a prostrate man was kicked. He should send Madigan to the House of Correction for 21 days, and Walshe for seven days. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Jones , a boy, was placed a t th e b ar charged with having robbeflhis master, Mr. Barnard Swinstead, straw hat manufacturer, 32, Oxford -street, of ten sovereigns and a straw bonnet. The prosecutor stated that Jones had been employed by him as errand boy, and on the 21st of February last he ab scondea, taking with him the money alluded to. The witness had upon the Monday evening placed a sum of 30/. in notes and 10 sovereigns in gold in a cupboard at the back of his shop, which cash was safe . on the Tuesday evening. The pri soner came early upon the Wednesday, and soon after left, leaving the shop door open, When witness came down stairs he found that the lock of the cupboard had been forced open and the gold abstracted. The bonnet had been left,by a lady, and the prisoner had been sent home with it, but it had never been received. Mr. RA.wwsrsox—How is it that he had not been taken into custody before? Mr. Swinstead—He was taken into custody at Sheerness a few days after, on suspicion of having stolen the money which he was spending very freely, and I wrote to the constable there, stating that an officer would be down on the 'succeeding morning ; but that person, after taking the balance, 31., from him, let him go. Mr. RAWLINSON said it was a most reprehensible thing, and before committing the prisoner he should like to see the offi cer from Sheerness. He should therefore remand the case for a week. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Ann ,Kelly was brought before Mr. Trail, charged with stealing eight sovereigns from Mr. John Marsh, under the folloWing circumstances : The complainant, who resides in Trinity -square, was met by the prisoner on the preceding night, and accompanied her to a house in Newington. He had not been long in this place when the prisoner contrived to obtain possession of his purse containing eleven sovereigns. He missed the purse and eight sovereigns, and. when he ac cused her of robbing him, she conveyed something into her mouth, and for some time was unable to arti culate, and become very ill. From the symptoms then appa rent it was believed she had managed to swallow the eight sovereigns, but she denied that such was the fact, and de clared that she knew nothing about the money. The com plainant, however, having no doubt on his mind as to his being robbed by the prisoner, she was committed for trial. ---- -- wg MONEY AID COMMERCIAL N f f. CITY, QUARTER TO VI 13 o f the This is the first day appointed in the resolutions oo the House of Common) to receive notice of dissent." tobe holders of the Thret-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities' of ef 0 ,,. scheme of conversion propounded by the Chan} , j ,i, hes', Exchequer on Friday last, but up to the hour I, '" ; he boo' this article not one inscription has been made in '''' provided for that purpose in the chief cashier's Olio! „Will A considerable amount of business has been trans% ri.o the Consol Marke!,this• morning, and all in favouti7ont in prices. This indicates a feeling that the Geg, ree per, proposition will tend to en h ance th e value of the .. jee ot Cents. For Mon e y, as we ll as f or t h e A cc ount, the l" tgbt Consols has been tBi to 98g. The Commissioner'Zires 21,3004 Consols at t 8 a. The New Three-and -a-1;V Cents. have been done at 102 i and 1021. Exche c l O . at 71s. to 725. premium., and Reduced A.nnuitics, ‘1 ,• .o( dividend, at 99. . 0 niilal _t Pursuant to promise, the agents for the Rep Mexico have advertised the half-year's dividend that it i7i n ot unpaid on 11th October 1843 they Navin-g now in li to ample means to do so. By the last West India s teame r ' ,sl ! ) d o l; actual amount received for the dividend fund was 13° 01 nt ° ' lars. There are assurances held out of the punctual II- the cier the interest upon Mexican Stock for the future, an u tiell ed t,' sequence is, that the prices of the Bonds have norl sirs' advance. The Old Five per Cents. have itnprocn to 15, Saturday from 354 t o 364, an d t h e D e f erre d from A-s i , se' For Spanish Stock the price receded from 251 to k 4 ke er' the Three per C en t s . from 354 to 35i. Dtitch St: e t - l A - 01 4 up, and Belgia n h ave b een sold at 104 1 . Chilia r o billlt are at 50; Brazilian at 81; Peruvian at 30; an dC° ex Venezuela, at 141. • ta-dal'.),dl A vast amount of business has been done again 0 e• - • '- „ Railway Share M ar k e t, b u t pr i ces are scarce ly so " were on Saturday. BRITISH FUN ( D yr S om TH t j e S t 3 D iti A c r al A u T st. o ) O NE 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . ................ .... : 9 6 01 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities IOV New 3% per Cent. Annuities ...••. . 85 India Bonds,l,ooo Ditto under 1,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account India Stock Exchequer - Bills, I V. 13d• 1,000/. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o% l ' 104 Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent BOO Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent -;(14 45 Ditto Deferred O'CLOCK. 154 ltd Columbian Bonds. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent. Mexican Bonds, .837, 5 per Cent. .. ... . ...... ..••• 1 6 6 Ditto for the Account. • .• Ditto Deferred Stock •••• Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. SO Ditto for the Account. Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840. .............. ii 4 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred Ditto Three per Cent. :10 Ditto for the Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O 4)i Dutch 2% l.er Cents . Ditto for the Ac coun t Dutch 5 per Cents: 10 1 / " ~ . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT oNr'',„. • RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Stikno e. Birmingham and Derby lOO - ••“•• 6e 4 ...* : t° ' V Ditto Eighths Birmingham and Gloucester lOO ...;..... 84 63 '''' . to .„; Ditto New Bristol and Exeter 7O 7 0 2 7‘76 to ..• Chester and Holyhead 5 OO ." t o ••••• Eastern Counties Ditto New Ditto Extension l3s. 4d ht. ....... 0 a Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O 62% ...... to 0 Great'North of England lOO 9834 ....... ~..., Great Western Ditto 3 , Shares - Ditto ifths l2 .........19 ....•..••. to ., graind Junction II arrowgate and KLaresboro' ... 3 Hull and Selby Ditto 34 Shares.... ............ ..... 6 . ....... '"" to London and Brighton 5O 44g2r" .to •4 0 , Ditto Loan Notes lO ......... 11 _,„„.• ... , to ," London and Birmingham. Stock ...... 242 xo' ". to ,' Dino 34 Shares Ditto New Thirds 2 ......... 401;,',!: . , to 4 London and South Western 41% .....'. 84 . 7 ." .(0 .' Ditto Eighths X ... ..... 6 •••• .... to 1, London and Croydon (Trunk) Lancaster and Carlisle .. 43 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Midland Counties lOO ......... 0 2 Pt .... to Dittolk Shares Norwich and Brandon Paris and Orleans ............. Paris and Rouen 2O ......... 34iii• •••" to P I, South Eastern and Dover 5O - Ditto Scrip 25 ......... 360"' to Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midl an d Ditto New Shares.... .. .. ...... ..... 20 56 ••••".... to ... _.ll Ditto Scarboro' Branch . . ... .... 2% 2l ........• e oo o MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 9:-"Well;peSS btu a very buoyant market to-d a y, and considerable bu'" 111 4 been done at the quotations :—Eastern Counties,- A 6110 1 9-16ths ; Ditto PerPetual, IL 9s. 10d.; Edinburg'i . ' 8. . t di Quarters, 15* • Manchester and Birmingham, 44 4 tn . ste ~,,w Paris and arleans, 341 ; Sheffield and Manch° r P"" , I South Western One-Eighth Shares, 41; Manchester ante, 104. . CLOSING PRII4B. • pol' BRITISH FUNDS. ', ...... „- 04 Bank Stock ... . ....... — Indian ' Stock... ..... ... ..• 90 1 3 per Cent. Red..... 99 Ditto Bonds .......... ... .... 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... 9B%'Ditto Old Annuities •••• ..--„0 3% per Cent. Red 'Ditto New Annuities , ' ~ t pi, New 334 per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001.10' . -- IS , New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001:..".".-..." •••• , Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11.... ....... igN Jan. 1860.... ..... Bank Stock for ACct• ••' PO Oct. 1859 Consols for Acce••••"" . : -.1 Jan. 1860 lndia Stock for Acct •"' FOREIGN FUNDS. Cen t ~.,.• 0 0 ~ Austrian, 5 per Cent — !Portuguese ,5 per .., _„,. • , Belgian, 5 per Cent.... ...... Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — , Russian, 5 per Cent..... Mien,. 6 per Cent ..... .. . ... ~ • Colombian, 8 per Cent. 1454 Spanish, 5 per Cent ..... .•' A Ditto, 1824 Ditto, 3 per Cent........ . 1. P_Z Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 'Ditto Deferred ........... .. ......7 ;:i. , Danish, 3 per Cent Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent — 'Exchange ............•••... ... J . Mexican, 5 per Cent Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 — ;Dutch, 2 3 6 per Cent ...• •• Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent — 'Di t t o , 5 per Cent ....... SHARES. " Birmingham and Gloucester (100 p a id) 2 0 Ditto New (17% daid) 71 'Bristol and Exeter (.0 paid) II . . Eastern Counties (23 p a id) 13 1 Ditto New (25 paid) Ditto Extension (Iz-s. 4d. paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths (12 paid) 4Ol Lonlon and Brighton (50 paid) • ,N London and Blackwell (161. 13s. 4c11) .................. London and Birmingham (Stock) London and Greenwich (Lt. !Ls. 4d. paid) .....•••• 19 - bitto, Preference or Privilege (IN. 17s. 2d. Pd) Ng London and- South Western (ill. 6s. 10d. paid) ••• 4 Ditto Eighths (Iss. paid) Lancaster and Carlisle ( 5 paid) l l6 Manchester and Leeds (70 p a id) 5l Ditto 'slew Shares (30 paid) Norwich and Brandon ( 2.paid) Northern and Eastern (43 p aid ) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) Paris and Rouen (26 paid) l4 Rouen and Havre tvid) M South Eastern and 'pi" CO paid),... s Yarmouth and Nor (Li (1a paid) • ..i.. ............ •• 4% . TILE , SLIAP"'Cq.R.N-LA w : 111 • POLISTS. $ llP ' n at e rs The monopolist meeting heia, yesterday afteril° °- , 01 10 .4 has proved, , as, we anticipated; that the independe, n ' et ael'"o statesmen, and " other persons," of Westmorelana;bou tt i ; little sympathy with those Who seek to persuade to col e , high rents and Heavy PriOr . -ratei are matters of 1 '209 0 , to merit practical agriculturists ; b u t th a t those b i ." — e „ 4 !` in realityeberne by the generous landlords, for wiLvi le o o f • tectioK; Legislature,lias contrived to institute t voett i o dePendentlfd;the lay and cleric a l squ i rear chy --°' hen land and tithes-jand a few Tory hangers-on fr°"' te 6 a and the nethboUrhobil, 'we 'saw none present but d Shap and 00 L 0 ,, from 'Askham, an d wther, an • from Riginaden and Ki r by Lonsdale—the same who.a,, 010, at the Kendal election in November• last, with 0 1 1' 0 4117 1 walking sticks, which most p eo pl e ca ll e d bl u dgeon 0 1 °0 hands, and even they seemed chap-fallen and out gW er at the use made of their serf-lik e serv i ces . There w oo ctl eA t within, and gloom. ithout the t place of assemblage -- the 6 o f ing, no enthusiasm, no expressions of devotion tOcitoio,tilv loaf, and no zeal, exp resse d or apparent, for the e ' I 1 ,3 18 imported corn from the wilds of Westrnorelsin • ot whole affair looked like the rehearsal Of v : po - ot e jt farce—all the humour and jest of which had fed through repetition. The flatness - of the thing the speakers, who might have been expecte to J% ,t . i b 4 , interest from cooling, by remembrance of thentake,:eit. ePI,O - were to play ; but they evidentl i r regarded ° e l to 00 , tions as " work without hope"—the e brts of coo° s o 0 r a felon caught in the fact, and pre-convicted by ' .51 31513 fession. The marriage -settlement and endownient.e ',Arc; tion of Sir Edward Knatchbull, the " oo mmon-Se °3 ol l 2 t or. ments of Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Grabl u t ts lukewarm co-ope r ati on a ff or d e d .t o th e protectia o "theo l :o' Gladstone, seemed to hang like a dead weight 11 .1 ) ? 1/ ,er:r .of the speech ma k ers , an d to c l og and clip trier e, jo s . tence. 'lt was, in sooth, a pitif u l ex hibiti o n of m sL cs 0 .5.4 et bolstered, as well as m i g ht b e , b y d ar i ng an d rerktio reitior tion. We have only time and space now, however% be 0 4 ,0 the attention of our read ers t o th e s t a t eme nts af, atto ot `tib moreland monopolists themsel ves — argu ments we t o them, because their confutation is part. of their ;WO,. to . stance; and to b ear i n m i n d th e preten d e d facts 1 ! s boollbe prove a necessity for m a i n t a i n i ng the corn-laws as t wo° the tenant and labou rer , as we shall next week elite r toy , discussion of these points more fully.--,feudal o6l.c !ad ° d ' is °I VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMEB-- motl- - ef TIES.—On Saturday the Duke of Devonshire , jioritTiol . Normanby, Marquis and Marchioness of L a ilY Ott• Viscount and Viscounte ss S evern , Dowager r a nd o re land, Lord and Lady A s hl ey , Lo r d F o ley, 31 " A rtY ., Stanley, Mr. F. Byng, and a distinguished P uit tess f ief entertained at dinner by Vi scoun t a nd Vis c° l . ac e. bo ut merston, at their residen c e i n C ar lt on House"te l ho e : g; jl' Ladyship had an assembly after dinner, , w her 'sl o . 260 personages of rank and distinction lardinggrace' v'"ipo ship's salons by their presence. Among the au ,' 0., of were the Marquis of Headfort and Ladies Moil pirqu it i Taylor, Marchioness of Sligo and Ladies Mown e, _ i doar°_.,l Lansdowne, his Excellency the Russian Minister_ar,xelit Brunnow, his Excellency Count Reventlow, C v oLn d t e. l i ' v o e ll 3 e ,e n r , , E M. anxdce3lilaedn.cylltuhrnem.Beeilaginaeiri, 11vIiisne,ihosiutsenrisat'isodopli?0? • and Honourable Misses Dillon, Countess co:, B o ati°lol, C L o a u d n y tes L s ou o i f sa ch F a it r z ie roz, nt E a ar n l d of La A d r y ran, L°. r e u . Fol s° ,.aat Ham . visev one l • Lord Crewe, Viscount and Viscountess Jee_e_'- o '* 11 " ..0 and Viscountess Ilowick, Baron and 13 1 )1 , Rothschild, Lady Caroline Wood, Honoura A clitfOr , ' , ,Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford and Miss _ sate s° _ O Ol, Staanton,_ his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, t-iX t u nes s Palsis# fiery and Ladies Primrose, Viscount and Vlsek", e Von-, s e Lady Hislop and Miss Hislop, Lord Biont_ea,f oc l i v alin j Foley, 'Mrs. M. Martyn, Viscount Emlyn, I and Catherine Hon. Cavendishmiss Eden, and sh ? Cavendish , s h s omas w i j n EA 1 1. , o e f i t i t oo l g 5, Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lady Methuen and Lord Glen Methuen, Mrs. Morier and Misses Morier, a nclf at t, Lady Pechel, Sir John and Lady Easthope , nits triad Vernon Smith, Lord James Stuart, Mr. and the pay": Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Rose, his Excellency the -113/000, Minister and Baroness de Cetto, Sir Augu stus -Ladir g aa Forster, Mr.. E. Landseer, Hon. F. ant: coabroaef, C r h a i 3 l , • Sir Ex •c u el e l o e r n aa c e y an ß d ar i oli d y s u e g y e m l M h i s a s r e t s e r t i s I mour, Lord Ernest Bruce, his Excellency t_ d mrs• A jo re, o basiader, Countess Reventlow, Mr. G. E. de Thille, Sir William Lord rid an 'l L h id vian, Lady Dacre and Miss Sullivan, f , Blanche Balfour, Mr. and Lady 'Georgian, a **-- Excellency Mr. Everett, Lady Elizabeth Gore, Lord Marcus Rill, Mr. aid Mrs. Edwa rGd ., ° ,4 le E ti N ce c i' e ll it ulfe l li jer eYll, Bjornstjerna, Baron Koller, Baron Lebzelterivi Count iiielmansegge, Mr. and Mrs. Townele, , ; 31 1, tr Leman, ACh Mr. and 11 f I r i:s m . G. Milner A ra i Craig n 3 d ir ili A ss fa u ci r l e o i n d a e l it ,o l: 7 ,ol r o d at, C e, • ham and lion. Misses Pepys, Sir John Cam..ll,,!foryie, and Lady Colborne and lion. Miss Matey Tana, &e.