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aes • ° 4 4.tation, and all the evil consequences that follow from it, ve „ Al be permitted to subside.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") should rejoice, in whatever capacity I was, considering it would be the happiest day of my life when I could "le s the beloved Sovereign of the realm fulaing the fondest wish of a heart—(Cheers) —full of affection towards all her people, but mingling affection with sympathy and tenderness I towards Ireland—(Loud cheers)—and should hail with joy the dawn of that auspicious day when she could alight, like I some beneficent spirit, on the shores of Ireland, andlay the foundations of the temple of peace—(Cheers)—when she could, in accents which, proceeding from the heart, would speak to i the heart rather than to the ear, call on her Irish subjects of all classes and denomination3—Protestant and Roman Catholic, i Saxon and Celt.—to forget the differences of creed and of race, and hallow that temple of peace of which she had laid the foundation—to hallow it with sacrifices holier than those with • which the temples of old were hallowed—by the sacrifice of • those evil passions that dishonour our common faith, and ere vent the union of heart and hand in defence of our common country. (The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst the I loud and long-continued cheering of the Ministerial benches.) Sir Valentine Blake, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Roche, stood up together, for the purpose of addressing the House, but the Noble Lord and the Hon. Member for Cork gave way to Sir VALENTINE BLAKE, who attempted to address the House several times, but at each attempt was met with such shouts as " Divide, divide," " Spoke, spoke," " Lord John Russell," that the Hon. Gentleman was obliged to sit down, after having moved the adjournment of the debate, amidst con siderable laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh." Mr. ROCHE said he rose for the purpose of seconding the motion of the Honourable Baronet who had just sat down, and, under present circumstances, he would not attempt anything so unreasonable, but the House would recol lect that the party with which he and the Hon. Baronet were connected, had been accused by the Right Hon. Baronet of a crime the grossest that human nature could be guilty of, namely, that of willingly deluding their countrymen by a wilful perversion of history.—(Laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh.") Considering the position which he held with regard to Ireland, 'he did not think it would be very unreasonable to trespass upon the attention of the House for a few minutes.—( Cheers. ) The Right Hon. Baronei had represented his Learned Col league as saying that the Parliament which existed before 1800 was a desirable one, and he charged them with wishing to restore a corrupt Legislature. What his Hon. and Learned Friend had said was, that in the 18 yeara previous to 1800 no country had made such strides in advancement as Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) Why did not the Right Hon. Baronet controvert his Hon. Friends statements with regard to the subsequent acts of the Legislature towards Ireland? He thought that such a course would have been more appropriate. He regi etted that the Right Hon. Baronet did not give them more hopes for Ireland—that instead of flinging unworthy appellations at the agitators, he did not grapple with the grievances which made them agitators.— (Hear, hear.) He might depend upon it, that if he did not grapple with them, they would grapple with him. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) They were agitators, he would never deny it; and he was sorry to say that they were likely to continue agitators, for there appeared to be no disposition on the part of the powerful majority in that House to take from them their spell.--( Hear, hear. ) The motion for the adjournment was then withdrawn. Lord J. RUSSELL, in rising to reply, said that in the ex hausted state of the House he would not address them at any great length, but there were some points which had heea • raised in the debate, to which he could not avoid adverting. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State, for the Home Department, had taunted him with the course which he had taken on that occasion. Now, he had sta'ed last year, his opinion with respect to repeal, and the repeal agitation, but he did think the period when Mr. O'Connell was convicted in a Court of Law was not the proper period for saying any thing disparaging of that. Hon. and Learned Gentleman. He bad stated when the country was to a large extent confided to his care the preservation of the peace was essentially aided by the course which Mr. O'Connell took with regard to the Chartists and the trades' associations.—( Hear, hear.) He should never regret that he had subjected himself to that imputation, for if any thing could be said in favour of the course which Mr. O'Connell had pursued for the preservation of the peace of the country, he thought that the present was the moment for saying it.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that he (Lord John Russell) must wish to see his motion defeated, because if he had not, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, he would have proposed resolutions at once for the purpose of bringing under the consideration of the House measures to remedy the grievances of Ireland. He could not, however, but recollect that such a motion had been proposed in the course of last Ses sion by an Irish representative, had been treated as a vote of censure on the Government, and rejected. He was, therefore, perfectly justified in bringing forward the present motion. The Right Hon. Secretary for the Home Department in speaking of his (Lord J. Russell's) observations with regard to Lord Lyndhurst had left out the purpose for which those observations had been made. The traversers in Ireland had been indicted for attempting to excite feelings of ill-will in the minds of the people of Ireland against the people of Eng land, and his object was to show that Lord Lyndhurst, the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, and Mr. Bradshaw, (perhaps he might as well have left his name out), had pre viously used expressions tending to irritate the people of Eng land against the people of Ireland.—( Cheers. ) Lord STANLEY—What words did I make use of ? Lord J. RUSSELL—The words used by the Noble Lord were " minions of Popery." Lard STANLEY—Those were not my words. They were cited by me as used by the Hon. Member for St. Alban's, on the other side, and were never applied to Catholics at all— (Ministerial cheering)—but to the Noble Lord and the Mem ber of the Government who acted with him.—( Cheering and counter cheers.) The denial that the words were ever used by me, was made last session : and if the Noble Lord will re fer to the debates, he will see that they were never used by me except as a quotation from the Hon. Gentleman oppoosite, and were never applied to Roman Catholics at all. Lord JOHN RUSSELL was not aware that the Noble Lord had made this explanation last Session. He had stated that the words had been used by the Hon. Member for Wood stock, but the adoption of those words by the Noble Lord— Lord STANLEY—I never adopted the words.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it extremely strange if the words have never been used that they should have been quoted in the sense they had been by the Hon. Member far Sheffield. But with respect to Lord Lyndhurst, he had said nothing against that Noble Lord's character ; no one could have a higher opinion of that Noble Lord's talents than he had; but he eontended that it was his hostility to Ireland which had procured him present office. He had spoken of his carelessness in the performance of his judi c ial duties. Perhaps that was an ill-considered expression ; but he considered that the Noble Lord was more indebted for his high station to his political talents than to his judgments in the Court of Equity ; and with regard to the charge of judicial carelessness, none of those who had spoken en the other side had taken pains to contradict that, neither had any one thought proper to defend the charge of the Chief Justice. The Attorney-Ge neral for Ireland, who had passed a high panegyric upon that eminent person, would, he thought, have praised him for the display of that calmness and sobriety . of demeanour which be came a judge in the exercise of his judicial functions • but the Right Honourable Attorney-General had completely passed by the charge without observation. The Right Hon. Gentle man, at the commencement of his speech, had stated that he should not speak with the acrimony which he ( Lord Jr Rus sell) had used, but with great temper and forbearance. Then the Right Hon. Gentleman went on to say, after some description of what his conduct had been, that he would rather have cut off his right hand than have retained office in the circumstances under which they (the late Administration) retained office; and, with respect to Lord Plunket, he (Lord John Russell) could not help thinking that the Right Hon. Gentlemen's expressions savoured of some of that acrimony which he had attributed to him . (Lord John Russell). Some of the circumstances connected with the retirement of Lord Plunket he would now mention. It had been stated to Lord Melbourne, that Lord Plunket at his thedadvanced age, was (desirous of relinquishing his post. Lord Campbell wished to know, as the dissolution was about to take place, if he would go and stand as a candidate at the elec tion for Edinburgh. Lord Melbourne, on Lord Plunket's desire to retire being communicated to him, directed that the Attorney-General should be made Lord Chancellor of Ireland. A few days after that had been communicated to Lord Campbell, it was ascertained that Lord Plunket was not desirous to retire. Subsequently it was ascertained that Lord Plunket would retire, and then Lord Campbell went to Ireland. No disrespect was ever intended to Lord Plunket. He (Lord John Russell) had always considered that Lord Plunket was the most eloquent man he had ever heard in Parliament. But with re gard to Ireland the measures that would sustain autho rity which they proposed were always supported by gentlemen . opposite; while those measures which would conciliate the people of that country, and tend to restore tranquil lity, were invariably obstructed by them. The Right Hon. Gentleman has alluded to the Coercion Bill. Did he disapprove of that measure ? If he did, he could much better get an account of the details of it from the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) hear him, as he was then Secretary for Ireland, than from any , ether person. The great reason which he (Lord J. Russell) had 'for the in troduction of this Bill was, for the protection of property and the prevention of outrage and murder in the rural district and for no abstract motive, and on these grounds he gave full con sent to it.—( Hear, hear) The Right Honourable Gentleman had spoken of his Landlord and Tenant commission in Ireland. He (Lord John Russell) looked upon that Commission with some doubt. The Right Hon. Gentleman must admit that it Was calculated to disturb the public mind, by raising indefinite expectation in Ireland on the subject of tenantry. He (Lord John Russell) could not forget that when Mr. Drum mond used the expression that property had its duties as well as its rights, it drew down a strong lecture from the Right Honourable Baronet opposite, and now he (Lord J. Russell) had with some surprise the Right Hon. Baronet declare that one of the objects of the Commission would be to bring to light the abuses of this system. The Right Hon. Baronet had spoken of the great question of the Church, but he could not support the Right Hon. Baronet's views on that subject. It had been said that the Church was meant for the instruction of the people, but in one case of which he read to - day, th ere was only one Protestant in tha parish, and ho w Could that clergyman be called the instructor of the people when he held not the slightest communion with tnousands of Catholics in his parish. He thought there could be no doubt about the feasibility of paying the Catholic Clergy by the state when in the year 1825. Dr. Doyle consented to the adoption of such a measure. The Right Honourable Gentleman had said that he (Lord John Rus tell) — had been very careful not to put his motion in such a manner which should commit him to any particular course if he were again to come into office. Now, considering that he (Lord J. Russell) had proposed the extension of the franchise in Ireland, both Parliamentary and municipal, an increased grant to Maynooth, and a perfect equality in civil rights with England, he did not think, that during the ten years when the Right Honourable Gentleman was out o f o ffi ce, he had propo sed- any measures so distinct and so comprehensive.—( Cheers.) The Noble Lord the Secretary for the Col on i es cautioned him to weigh well the responsibity of bringing f orwar d t hi s motiou He (Lord John Russell) thought there was much l ess responsi . bility in making the motion than in lea v : ng th e state Of Ireland undiscussed. If he had not brought forward this motion the repeal party would be strengthened. It would be said, that no matter how Ireland was governed, it would give no concern to the English Parliament—that the House was very busy about the Horse-racing Bill, but that it was nothing to them what was done in Ireland.—(Cheers.) The whole cause of the debate appeared on one side, and the other to induce the people to think that their case would be considered in the English House of Commons.—( Hear, hear.) The manner in which he had been supported, and in which the debate had been conducted, would show the Irish people that to that House their petitions should be addressed, and their grievances should be considered. He thought that his proposition would tend to unite them more and snore with the English nation. He greatly regretted that recriminations should be introduced into the debate and he was sorry that the Noble Lord had thought proper to read the terms of the Catholic oath.—(Cheers.) Who could mistake the meaning of the Noble Lord.—(Cheers.) I What would the Noble Lord say if be were a witness in a court of justice, and an acrimonious lawyer were to remind him em phatically that he was sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ? Would he not think that it was intended to insinuate that he required the caution ? —(Cheeps.) What else could be the feeling if the Roman Catholics—( Hear, hear)—and must not be an encouragement to others who were less informed than the Noble Lord, and who were too apt to apt to assert that the Catholics ought not to be in Parliamen , because they did not regard an oath ? ( Hear, hear.) He was far from wishing to hurt the feelings of the Noble Lord, or injure him in the estimation of the public. On the contrary, he held the Noble Lord in the highest esteem, and when he was invited by Lord Melbourne to take the lead of their party in that House, when his Noble Friend succeeded, he expressed his wish that the Noble Lord would return:to the party with whom he had acted in early life, when he ( Lord J. Russell) would be perfectly willing to follow him as leader— ( Cries of hear, hear) but he thought that with the Noble Lords talent and influence he ought to be careful how he increased the unfriendly feelings between the different classes of the people. It was necessary that they should give a frank and full confidence to the Roman Catholics so as to end these melancholy distinctions.—(Cheers, and cries of " Di vide, divide.") Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House then divided, when there vppeared— Against the motion... For the motion Majority against the motion The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Four o'Clock. DR. REID ON VENTILATION On Monday, March 4, will be published, Bvo., with Diagrams, and Three Hundred and Twenty Engravings on Wood, price 16s. cloth. ILLUSTRATIONS of the THEORY and PRAC TICE of VENTILATION : with Remarks on Warming, Ex clusive Lighting, and the Communication of Sound. By D. B. REID, M.D., F.R.S.E., &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW WORK BY MISS COSTELLO. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous Port - aits, MEMOIRS OF E MINEN T ENGLISHWOMEN. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO. Author of " A Pilgrimage to Auvergne ;" A Summer amongst the the Bocages and Vines," &c. Including Memoirs of Elizabeth of Hardwick, Countess of Shrews bury—Arabella Stuart—Catherine and Mary Grey—Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia—Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford—Pene lupe Lady Rich—Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset—Margaret, Countess of Essex—Mary Evelyn—The Countess of Desmond—The Duchess of Newcastle—Lady Fanshawe, &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). MR. LAING'S NEW WORK ON THE SEA-KINGS. Published this day, 3 cols Bvo. Ms. cloth, THE CHRONICLE of the KINGS of NOR WAY, from the Earliest Period of the History of the Northern Sea-Kings to the Middle of the Twelfth Century, commonly called the Heimskringla. Translated (from the Icelandic of SNORRO STURLESON, with Notes, and a Prelhninary Discourse, by SAMUEL LAING, Author of" A Residence in Norway," " A Tour in Sweden," " Notes of a Traveller," &c. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longnians (TER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. ILL SEASON 1844. The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season is respectfully presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA, Madame Grisi, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this theatre), Madame Beßini, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame Persiani. Signor Mario, Sig. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre), Dai Fiori, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig,. Fornasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Adelaide Frasi, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Planquet, Madlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madile. Fanny Elssler, and 31Alle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Conlon, M. Gosselin, M. Gauriet, M. Venafra, M. Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Carps de Ballet. Arrangements are also peading with Madlle. Taglioni, and there is. 0: cry probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se e rred for a limited number of representations. , • THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, Will he repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GHIL. Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, Will be repeated Albert's c:flebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHEN I'. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Bane let, M. Hoguet Vestris; Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury ; Agnes, Mdlle. Clara Webster ; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan; Diana, Md3c. O'Bryan. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS, THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART L Overture, The Siege of Corinth—Rossini. Quadrille, Opera Stars, in which will be introduced the most popular opera Dances—Jullien. Grand Symphony (first movement); entitled The Power of Sound— Spohr. Solo, Cornet-a.pistons, Herr Koenig, The Storm- Roch Albert. Valse, Mecklenburger Strelitz—Kcenig. The Destruction of Pompeii—Roth Albert. PART IL Opera, Don Juan, with Silos—Mozart. New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes—Jullien. Solo, 'Violin, M. Deloffre. Valse, Le Bouquet Royal—Jullien. he English Quadrille—Jullien. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mit. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mr. Charles Mathews; Francine, Madame Vestris. _ _ After which, a New Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews ; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle, M r. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New hairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. I. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS Ii:VENING, FEBRUARY 24, Will be performed Eellini's Opera Sezia, NORMA. Pollio, Mr. Wood; Oroveso, Mr. Wei a; Norma, Mrs. Weod ; Adel_ lea, M►ss Grant; Clotilda, Miss Floyd. After which, a New Comic Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man in Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Kee'ey ; Orosfer, Mr. Patti Bedford ; Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Madame Pipou, Mrs. H. P. Grattan. And other Entertainments. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. Ct, Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. After which, the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD- Ri chard, Mr. Wright- Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE WRECK ASHORE. Principal Cha racters—Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar,.Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, and Wright. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. I THIS EVENING. FEBRUARY '24, Will be repeated LOVE'S SACRIFICE, support. d by the entire Company. Atter which, A . CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Boz," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with THE BOHEMIANS OF PARIS. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 23; Highest, 36 ' Noon, 37. BAROMETER, 29.85.-IVIND, S. to S.D. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair 18 usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning • • 19 initiates after 5 I Evening •• 36 minutes after 5. AUL LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1844. In the House of Lords a Bill was read a second time to simplify the transfer of real property. The Bishop of EXETER moved for a Select Com mittee to inquire into the state of religious worship and spiritual instruction in the union workhouses in England and Wales. The speech of this Puseyite Prelate was what might have been expected. It was all Church, and full of hostility to Dissenters. He wished, as a matter of course, to raise the au thority of the Church above all other authorities, and told the Government, that if they refused a Com mittee of Inquiry the glory of the Ministry would be eclipsed. The Committee was refused, for the motion was negatived without a division. We refer our readers to the report to show what priests can do. The House adjourned at Half-past Seven. In the Commons, Mr. C. RUSSELL moved the second reading of the Newbury and Great Western Railway Bill. Sir Was. HEATHCOTE opposed the motion, un less he had a clear understanding from Mr. RUSSELL that no opposition would be made to another com peting line, that by the South Western Con2pany from Basingstoke to Newbury. A brief discussion took place. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the second reading of the Bill should be deferred for a fortnight, and Mr. C. RUSSELL had no objection. The second reading was accordingly postponed for a fortnight. Capt. PECHELL gave notice that on Thursday next he should make a motion relative to defaulters in the payment of assessed taxes. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, after some ex planation with regard to the Gilbert Unions, the Poor-law Amendment Bill was read a second time, with an understanding that the discussion on the Bill was to take place on going into Committee. In answer to a question from Mr. WALLACE, Sir G. CLERK said that the Government had given di rections, in reference to the free -postage paper, to have a certain number of half-sheets prepared, as an experiment, which would be ready in a few days for delivery. The p4ers would be sold at 2s. 3d. a quire, and lid. each. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resumed the debate on the state of Ireland. The greater part of his speech referred to the mode of conducting the State trials in Ireland, and to the course which he had pursued under similar circumstances in England, and was distinguished by great moderation and good feeling towards his opponents. Mr. ROEBUCK complimented the Attorney-General for the mild and conciliatory manner in which he had expressed himself, and then proceeded to discuss the question brought forward by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The Irish state trials formed one of the main topics of his speech, and, in that respect he only followed _ the example of his pre decessors. The result of these trials, he said, iad no moral effect. One opinion, however, h e expressed, in which every Englishman, Scotsman, and most Irish will agree—he could not conceive a greater mischief that could happen to Ireland than repeal, except the continuance of a military Govern ment. This is an honourable admission from one who took such a strong interest in the Canadian in surrection. Mr. O'CONNELL and Sir R. PEEL then followed, and Lord J. RUSSELL replied. The House, then, at Four o'Clock, divided, when the numbers were— For the motion. Against it Majority against the motion ..-99 . 225 . 324 Between the mischievous and infatuated tendency to interpose in every foreign quarrel, the advent of which could be detected on the political horizon, that was the.besetting and disastrous sin of the PITT po licy, and of the race of imbecile Tory Ministers, who procured toleration for their own insignificance, by succeeding to the name without either the energy or the talent of that great man ;—be tween this morbid excitability and a wise, vigilant, and prompt alacrity in upholding the legitimate interests and influence of Great Britain in every region where they have once been asserted and ac knowledged,—there is a middle course, which we hope and trust it is not Lord ABERDEEN'S purpose to disregard. The statements we have published of recent proceedings at ; Tahiti, the violent dethronement of the nativd::sf4reign, Queen Po- MARE, and the , 'i•itrio.*,4lktiiiars proclamation of their sulfection „Arthorify of Lours Pm- LierE, ake l if the, intelligence !nay be depended upon, of dv'iliaraetti-ek;c'xall for I,much more satis factory e'4l;f4l - IW,Vo%tet been elicited from oui,Vrititeris4ol( kl-qnse of Parliament. Sir R. Pale k orxXhiliklayi intaiiswer to a question from Sir G. Mir; stctOgieitiA4retted what had ' taken place, and the Government Wad put itself in communication with that of France on the subject. The question was also brought before the House of Lords by Lord BROUGIAM, and with the same re sult. The Earl of ABERDEEN believed the accounts received were correct, and he had read them with great regret: LorrtGuasf's remarks will be received wiifi e fie6 *probation. The Opposition press of Fraridel4 Ms)vitig- - heaven and earth to bring the two countries'TritclOrlision, and have seized upon this exploit of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS as a god-send. We merely state plain facts. We have established in Tahiti and all its neigh bouring islands the most legitimate authority and influence, which the prior rights of discovery by Captain Wara.rs, and almost an entire century of subsequent intercourse and amicable connexion, the interchange of good offices, the maintenance of our original patronage and protection to the people, un interrupted commercial dealings with them, and even the extension of the Royal hospitality and favour in this country to their princes—can be supposed to have properly acquired for us. We have not been back ward to secure to large communities of their abori ginal inhabitants the advantages of elementary edu cation ; and in instructing and advancing them in the arts, resources, and refinements of civilised existence we have succeeded, to an unusual extent, in making them distinguish between the incidental vices, and the permanent moral amelioration likely to be pro duced among them by European institutions. Of late we have witnessed with regret the same disposition to usurp or efface the records of this British priority in the march of Polynesian improve ment, which M. DE BOUGAINVILLE was encouraged by his Government to attempt, in following out the previous track of that most illustrious of circumnavi gators, our renowned countryman Captain Coon. This disposition we may deem it sufficient to de nounce on the score of bad faith and paltry disinge nuousness. But we are apt to fear that this second or third, and it should seem successful attempt of French encroachment and duplicity on the inde pendence of Tahiti is, not only morally, but politi cally also, a delinquency of much graver character. In expressing this opinion, we are not disposed to Overrate the natural or commercial importance of the territorial position on which the tricoloured flag has been unfurled in Caen of French sovereignty. Still less are we inclined to form our estimate of that importance from the opinions of the Siicle, which 'regard the acquisi tion as a worthless one. French colonists are proverbially the worst and most' unsuccessful in the world. Probably the French journals are far from being competent authorities as to such estimates. It may he—and, indeed, we have no doubt,—that France could not hold Tahiti, or any other island, in those seas, against us, in the deplorable event of a war between Great Britain and France. But this aspect of the probable issue of a distant, and, we firmly believe, a most improbable contingency, cannot diminish the intrinsic value of Tahiti to our commercial and even to our naval marine, independently of all relations of com merce and trade, as an excellent and indispensable station for the victualling and refitting of our ship ping in these latitudes, and a true land of succour for the re-establishment of their sick and convalescent crews. But to these relations of commerce and trade,—the whale fishery and sandalwood trade of the neighbouring waters and islands ren der it an entrepot, and a refuge of the highest importance. For we are led to presume that these once lucrative branches of our proverbial mari time enterprise, especially the whale fishery, are not always to languish and decline, as they now do, under the ignorant administration which still palsies or circumscribes the evolutions of our commercial industry. It is not our demand, therefore, that the British Government should interpose in this matter, on a pretence of vindicating territorial rights of a dignity and value to justify recourse to that extreme arbi triment in the distant Pacific, which must involve a war in Europe and throughout the world between two of the most powerful empires in existence; for no such rights can be predi cated as to this case ;—no such lofty character could be attributed to them, if they were. But we do think, both in reference to the strong claims on English protection which the unfortunate QUEEN pos sesses by her previous relations with British authority, by her friendless position, by her generous and un abated reliance on British good faith and sym pathy ; and, lastly, by the overwhelming dis parity of force to which she has been com pelled to succumb ;—and in reference to what is due to the honour and inviolable reputation of the British flag, outraged (as we understand the case) by the proceedings of the French commander, in his zeal to distinguish himself by a somewhat theatrical spectacle, in honour of the King of the FRENCH; our Foreign Minister is bound to exact explicit and ample explanations from the Cabinet of the Tuileries. It neither consorts with our national spirit, nor with our national interests—nor can it be reconciled with the honour of our Gracious SOVEREIGN—that, after the independent though feeble Monarch of a friendly and interesting people had formally thrown herself on the protection of the British QUEEN, a French officer, backed by an insignificant French naval force, should take upon himself to anticipate the result of that appeal; to outrage the character, the liberty, and the rights of the appellant; and to repudiate the majesty and authority of the tribunal to which her prayer had been carried. But, above all, why should the mis sionaries, who have done so much good in these islands, be turned adrift, for that must be the result, by the abrupt decision of a French Admiral ? The Madrid journals of the 15th bring no addi tional intelligence from Alicant or Murcia. In the meantime some of them comment very freely on the cause of the rising in those quarters, and attribute them chiefly to the machinations of the English. Mr. BULWER, it is said, has made a formal remon strance against these attacks upon England by the Ministerial press, and very justly, as a French Oppo sition paper asserts, for the subject is one of which the English Ambassador might well take notice, the Madrid journals being at this moment, in con sequence of the state of siege, under the direct con trol of the Ministers, who thus render themselves responsible for the articles which appear in them. Here is a specimen from the Castellano of these vile attacks :—" Let not our readers forget the intrigues and revolutionary schemes that proceed from London, Gibraltar, and Lisbon, and connect themselves with those on at Madrid. Let th em re memberof the rebels the_ coast of vh i t c h h e are landin goi ngg Galicia a few years ago—the humiliation which our young QUEEN has been recently subjected to by her Prime Minister—the support afforded, to the most desperate partisans of ESPARTERO—the risings which have simultaneously taken place on the frontiers of Portugal and Spain—and the expulsion from Lisbon of the ex-Minister, OLOZAGA. To all this, let us add the few plausible pretexts that can be found for rebelling against a young QUEEN who has just as sumed the reins of the State—the significant silenee of the Sovereign of England, who so affection ately treats the ex-REGENT, and everybody, we are certain, will consider the insurrections of Alicant and Carthagena as ESPARTERIST insurrections, just like that attempted at Saragossa and other places, and like the one also which previously concealed itself under the mask of the Central Junta. The character of this rebellion being known, the Government and all good Spaniards must unite to crush it." The Three per Cents. were done at 29 7-16 at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 20i. The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the motion of M. REMUSAT, to exclude placemen from seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It is evidently brought forward by the Opposition as a trial of strength between the parties, and will probably give rise to lengthened discussion. M. THIERS, who op posed a similar motion when in office, has now changed his mind, and will assist the Opposition in annoying, and, if possible, overturning the GUIZOT Ministry. The Journal des Debats, though confident of success, evidently regards the question as one of much importance, and has two articles on the subject, one of which is to prove that both THIERS and REMUSAT, in 1840, asserted that the exclusion of public functionaries from seats in the lower Chamber would be dangerous to the institutions of the country. Most of the Opposition journals affect surprise at the silence of the Government organs, relative to the oc cupation of Otaheite, and assert that M. GUIZOT is sadly embarrassed by the " untoward event." The remarks made in both Houses of Parliament last night, will rather add to his difficulty. It was rumoured at Paris that the Government would not sanction the proceedings of the Admiral. The French funds continued firm, the Three per Cents. closing on Wednesday at 82f. 40c. ; and the Fives at 125 f. 75c. TILE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21. First Highest Lowest' Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 125 60 125 70 • • 125 60 .. 125 70 Three per Cents. • B2 35 82 35 . • 82 35 82 35 Bank of France• 3 .277 50 •• 3277 50 • • 3277 SO • • 3277 50 Laffitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllos 1105 . • 1105 .. 1105 5,000 f. Sharesso72 50 5072 50 5072 50 ..5072 50 Belgian Bank .. • • • • ..... • • • 665 • • 665 . • 660 .. 660 1841 Belgian Fives .•••••• • • • • • • 1071 • • 1071 1071 • • 1071 1840 .• • 1842 Spanish Active Passive •••.•••• Old Deferred. • • 71 • • 71 • • 7/ .. 71 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 451 • • 45 . • • 451 • . 451- Neapolitan •• • • ••• • • • • • 104 50 • • 104 50 • • 104 .. 104 .. 1061 • • 106 .. 106/ 'lt . , 'Pr,,,...'.; ' , V - , - tikkif,c7ft ~,,,, at 1.1444. '-`,,,; l ft 41 ' l ‘ , 4. "''''. ' dt-V,. '!.: • dot - , ~...:,,^ _,.......}, ~.,....,..., ~.. 44016 ...„---.,,. ..• ••,,,,, R r . ~, 0S .. ' ' , 00l'"•-wro" ''''' . - _.., 41110,,,"-', DigLi ; \ 4 . 1 . -„,,,, , , '", ... . o t."' ' - ' • ' NIIIM. - ..,,.....7--, .., , •• ~.-.:.... RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R. 8.•• •• .... •• 345 • • 345 .. 345 L. 8....• •• .• • • 170 • • 172 50... 1 70 .. 170 Rouen 827 50 830 •• 827 80 .. 830 Rouen to ...... 660 663 75 .. 660 .. 463 76 Orleans • ... ..... 840 .. 842 50 .. 840 .. 841 25 Strasburg to Rale Mulhausen to Thann • • Avignon to Marseilles.. .. 740 • 745 • • 740 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Ver-ailles, 170 • • 170 • . 170 Rouen• • • • 249 • • 380 • • 745 •• 170 832 50 .. 662 N 660 .. 842 50 837 50 .. 842 50 O R r o l u e en ans to .. ll .. a .... .... .......... 6 8 6 3 2 7 5 8 0 0 • • 66 5 Strasburg to Ba:e.• • • •••••• 241 25 .. 241 25 .• 241 25 .. 241 25 Avignon to Marseilles• •• • 740 •• 747 50 •• 740 .• 745 MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS - - - - - - CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. . The depression in the English Funds continued up to the close of business, although the sales were not numerous at the reduced rates. Console left off at 97* to 971, but beyond speculation we cannot discover any cause. The heavy Stocks were without alteration. To some extent the Foreign Bonds also were affected by the retrograde movement in our own Funds. Spanish were 23i to 1 for the Actives, and 33 for the Three per Cents. Buenos Ayres were 351; Columbian 134 to 13* ; Mexican 34 to 34* ; Portuguese 451, for the Converted ; and Dutch Five per Cents. 1024. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 44 ; Eastern Counties, 12a and South Eastern Scrip, 14* discount. Chester and Holyhead have been ; Great Western, 31* ; Ditto, Fifths, 64 ; Birmingham, 137 • Croydon, 21 • Manchester and Leeds, 37 ; North Midland, ' Halves, 3 ; South Eastern, Scrip, 101; and York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 14 premium. Commercial Bank of London Shares were 65 discount. The slight improvement which occurred on last post day in the rates of the foreign exchanges appears to have been supported. (From The Sun of Last Night.) In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, the sales were 4,000 bales, all to the trade, and at previous rates. In the Share Market prices were still drooping. Birmingham and Gloucester, 71; Eastern Counties, 104 ; Edinburt and Glas gow, 57 ; Birmingham, 224 ; Ditto, New, 38 ; Brighton, 424 ; South Western, 75* ; Ditto, Eighths, 3 3s. ; Man chester and Leeds, 111* ; Paris and Lyons, 2/. 18s. 6d. ; Paris and Orleans, 324 ; South Eastern, 35* ; Ditto, New, 354. Much satisfaction has been produced in mercantile' circles at the notice given by Mr. Labouchere, of his intention to bring forward that most important question—the commer cial relations between this country and the Brazils—and, however important the debates respecting Ireland may be, still the postponement of the motion, even but for a limited period, upon this topic caused some regret in the City this morning. All the returns and compilations relative to our exports of manufactured goods exhibit a great fall ing off in our trade with the Brazils. We may give one illustration. The exports of yarn and cotton manufac tures to the Brazils and other parts of South America, in 1837, were 108,521 lbs. ; in 1841, but 15,503 lbs. ' • and last year only 5,6 16 lbs. In other articles equally disastrous results are exhibited in consequence of the continuance of high duties upon the importation of the staple produce of Brazil—sugar. There are not any colonial arrivals of interest in the City this morning. Although the Government broker took 20,0001. Consols this morning at 974, the price has since fallen. The cause of the reaction in some quarters is assigned to the official confirma tion in Parliament to the occupation of Tahiti by the French Admiral, and the dethronement of Queen Pomare. None but a Bear speculator in Consols would dream that a casus belli would arise with France and this country, as no doubt her Majesty will be re stored after a period. The reaetion in the Funds is more to be attributed to the state of the Consol Account, the settlement of which is fixed for Tuesday next. Consols for that day opened at 97C fell to 974, and are now at 974. For Money the opening price was 974 ' it fell to 97i and ral lied to 4. The Three -and-a- Half per Cents. keep firm. The premium upon Exchequer Bills is up to 715.; India Bonds and Stock are rather flat. Bank Stock reached 195 early in the dal, but it now at 195. the value of Spanish Bonds has not improved,this morning, notwithstanding the statement that the tobacco contract is to be open for public competition, and that 800,0001. have been offered for it, and refused by the Spanish Finance Dlinister. Not much credit is due to any assertions emanating from Spanish officials, and the Active Bonds have remained at 234 to 24, and the Three per Cents at 334 to 334. The Treasury Bonds were sold late yesterday at. 40. The Old Portuguese Five per Cents are very steady At. 76. Dutch Stock has fallen a shade. Brazilian. had ad vanced to 794. Peruvian are at 301, and Colombian ex-. Venezuelan at 134. It is rumoured that the Colombian and Venezuelan Republics have made some arrangements to pay the interest on the debts of each, but they want a new loan. The Railway Shares market is not active :—London, and Birmingham have fallen from 126 to 124 prem. ;Madehester, , and Leeds, from 40 to 38 prem. ; and S ou th E astern -.and. Dover to 15 dis. A few of the other sharea, commanded a slight rise on yesterday's values. Santiago de Cuba Mining Shares are at 3 dis. MANCHESTEa STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 22.—We have no improvement to note in our market to-day, and our quota. tions, with few exceptions, are lower. Bolton and Preston, 294 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 974 ; Manchester and Leeds, 110; South Eastern Scrip, 36i. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Indian Stock 278 pm. 'Ditto Bonds B7 pm. Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities., 964 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d 72 pm. Ditto 001. 7O pm. Ditto Small. 7O pin. Bank Stock for Acct 195 India Stock for Acct 2784: Consols for Acct. ...... 1 FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent 76 Belgian, 5 per Cent... ....... .. 106 Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 79 Prussian, 5 per Cent Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent... 85 Russian, 5 per Cent Chilian, C per Cent l O5 Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 33 Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 13% Danish, 3 per Cent G D D i i t tt t o e , , 9 per Def Cen t 88 French, 5 per Cent...l26f —c, Greek, 184, 5 per Cent... Exchange —f. —c, Mexican, 5 per Cent ........ 3434 French, S per Cent. —f. _c. Ditto, i per Cent, 1837 Dutch, 234 per Cent 55 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 304 Ditto, 5 per Cent 1024 SHARES. Chester and Holyhead ( 5 paid) Great Western (75 paid) Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) ..................»...« 67 Ditto fifths (12 paid)... ............................... Hull and Selby (50 paid) .... .... .. ................... London and Birmingham (Stock) Ditto New Quarter Shards ( 2 p aid) 27 London and South Western .111. 65. lOci. paid) London and Croydon (Trunk , .................. Manchester and Leeds (70 pa et) 1%4 North Midland (100 paid) ... Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 3ll Ditto Scrip p 5 paid) . . ................................. York and Scarborough 'Branch ('=4 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Gibraltar Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 75 Rotterdam 2U.12 6b Genoa 25 95 Antwerp 25 95 Milan — ll i a t m on b a urgh M.B. 13 15 Ve nice 47 A 14 0 Naples 39i Paris, 3 days' sight... 25 70 Palermo, per oz llB Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon! s3e Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 23 Frankfort on Maine.. 122 Bahia 23 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 36i Buenos Ayres Berlin 7 NevrYork,2ldys sight Vienna, effec. fi. 3 M 957 Philadelphia 1 rieste, ditto; 958 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars..£3 17 9 Cadiz Bilbao 36 New Doubloons..... 00 0 Barcelona 36 New Dollars O4 94 Seville Silver in Bare 0 4 11i Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 9 9 8 7Z 3 per Cent. Cens . 3% per Cent. Rei ... New 3% per Cent lO2 New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12% Oct. 1859 123( Jan. 1860 l2 9-16 FOREIG Viscount Loftus and Lord WM. Clinton were amongst the numerous passengers who left London for Ant werp on Sunday last by the steamer Princess Victoria, Capt. Jackson. The ship returned to the St. Katharine's wharf, Tower, on Thursday wan i ng , after an expeditious passage. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND publtr Optnton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The procession of the Bceuf Gras was repeated on Tuesday, at Paris, and the weather being very fine, although rather cold, the Boulevards were crowded with persons assembled to see the lines of carriages, and in expectation of beholding groups of maskers. As far as numbers went they were not disappointed as to the carriages, but the maskers were by no means numerous. Those who did make a display were evi dently for the most part composed of the working classes. The weather on Wednesday was excessively cold, with a fall of snow. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the produce and con sumption of domestic sugar down to the close of January, 1844. On the Ist of February there were still 324 manu factories in activity, which, as compared with the number existing on the same day in 1843, shows a decrease of 58. The •quantity manufactured during the whole season was 20,186,622 kilogrammes, or 2,279,259 less than in 1843, and that sold for consumption 15,952,102. The duties levied on that article in January last amounted to 1,125,605 f. The Chambers of Commerce have received a circular offi cial dispatch from the Minister of Commerce to the following purport :—Merchant vessels bound for ports in the Mediter ranean, on being obliged to put into Gibraltar from stress of weather, have been used, in order to escape the payment of anchorage-dues, to take a mooring at a distance from the bat teries, in unsafe ground, and at the same time do not gain their object of saving the exacted payment. French ships driven to take shelter in the Bay of Gibraltar are therefore recommended to wait for favourable weather, by coming to an anchor at the west of Mala Point, at the mouth of the small river the Majorgo, to the south of the town of St. Roch, where they will be in Spanish water, better sheltered, and very nearly free from all dues. The Augsburg Gazette of the 17th states, on the authority of a letter from Naples, that some regret is already mani fested by the Neapolitan Court at having, under the influence of deceptive promises, so promptly recognised the Spanish Government. It is again stated that the Courts of Sardinia and Rome persistin their refusal to follow the example of that of Naples. The accident which has happened to M. Gay Lussac will not be attended with any serious consequences. His sur geons have made a most favourable report on the subject to his friends and acquaintances. A subscription has been set on foot to defray the expense of a marble statue of Rossini, which is to be placed in the saloon of the Academie Royal de Mush - Ine z . . Madame Persiani, Correlli, ana Fornasari, will leave Paris for London at the end of this month. Fornasari centinues seriously indisposed. Rubini, on quitting St. Petersburgh, proceeds to Moscow, after which he will visit London, where the prinzo tenorc is expected to arrive during the ensuing season. The Weser Gazette states, from Copenhagen, that the Emperor and Empress of Russia are expected too arrive in that city early in the spring. LAW AND POLICE. In the case of Fraser v. Bagley, which occupied the Court of Common Pleas for three days, the jury, at ten o'clock at night, after consulting for three minutes, returned a verdict for the defendant. At Marylebone Police-court, James Gatsell, an oft-con victed member of the swell mob, was brought up for re examination, charged on suspicion of having stolen a purse, containing a 51. note, from the person of Mrs. Allen, wife of the clerk of the peace for Westminster.. The case was not fully made out, but the prisoner was, as a suspected person loitering about with the view of committing a felony, com mitted for two months. William Bennett, a man of respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, at Union Hall, charged with committing various robberies. It was his practice to drive up to the door of a tradesman's shop, enter, and order a variety of goods which he desired to be placed in his vehicle, and drove off with speed. Five distinct charges having been preferred, the prisoner was committed. At the same Court, John Stevens, the silversmith, charged with obtaining money to the amount of between 701. and 801. of Mr. Folkard, a pawnbroker, by means of spurious ingots of silver, the particulars of whose examination havealready appeared, was again brought up, and the depositions having been taken, he was committed. Sarah EVans was charged at Clerkenwell with having in her possession 81bs. of foreign tobacco, &c., which subjected her to a penalty of 1001. The prisoner said the tobacco was handed to her by a man to carry. She did not know him. Mr. Greenwood convicted her in the penalty of 1001., and told her if there were any 'mitigating circumstances attached to her case, she might petition the Commissioners of Customs. At Lambeth-street, Norman Proctor, a smartly-dressed young man was charged with defrauding a poor man named Wright out of a horse, cart, and harness, of the value of 121. It appeared that on the sth of July last, the prisoner called upon the prosecutor and said his master, who was a lime merchant, wanted such a horse and cart as he had for sale, and took him to a person whom he represented to be his mas ter, but who turned out to be his brother. The person pur chased the property, and prevailed upon the poor man to take a bill for the amount, payable in seven days. The bill was presented, when the person in the house said the drawer of the bill had merely taken lodgings there on that morning, that he left upon the same day, and that he knew nothing whatever of him. The prisoner was remanded, Mr. Norton remarking that he belonged to a gang who had obtained pro perty from very poor persons, amounting to near 500/. On Thursday the Windsor bench of Magistrates proceeded with the investigation of the charges against John Downes, Robert Tucker, Charles Wansell, William Large, Richard Woodhouse, James Thomas, and George Dawson, of riot, and of assault and robbery committed upon three men, named Garn'ham, Varney, and Baker, the former of whom had been a witness to sustain five informations against certain beer shop-keepers in the parish of Horton for permitting gambling on their respective premises. Downes and Wansell were committed to Abingdon gaol to take their trial for highway robbery. Tucker, Large, and Thomas were admitted to bail, and the other two were discharged. C OURM--WASEIZONAIII6II. This day is the birth-day of the Duke of Cambridge, who will completes his 70th year. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar has been visiting the Queen Dowager at Witley Court, since Wednesday last. The Duke of Devonshire has returned to Chatsworth from visiting Sir W. Boothby, at Ashbourn-hall. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have been entertaining, at Badminton, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, his Excellency the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. Mr. Bagot, Mr. Lovell, &c. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, and Baron and Baroness Brunnow, came to town on Wednesday night. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have come to town from Brighton for the season. The Noble Marquis is in the possession of better health than for some years past. The Countess of Cardigan has arrived in town from Deene Park, Northamptonshire, but returns early next week, and her Ladyship intends to reside there till Easter. Viscount Loftus and Lord William Clinton were amongst the passengers who left London for Antwerp, on Sunday last, by the steamer Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons will hold his sessional levees on the 2d, the 9th, and the 16th of March. The Bishop of Bangor has arrived in town from Wales for the season. Sir R. Peel gives a Parliamentary dinner to-day, to a circle of about fifty noblemen and gentlemen. Inzscxxmaremous. The number of prisoners now in the Penitentiary exceeds 1,200. A general meeting of the subscribers to the London,Hospital was on Thursday held at 3, Crosby-square, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. John Capel, treasurer, in the chair. From the statement laid before the meeting by Mr. Joseph Cecil, Honorary Secre- tary to the Charity, the addition to that fund during the past year was 2081., and the gross amount figured 5,1551. 10s. In May, 1832, a transfer of 8,7391. 11 s. from this fund was made to the general estate of the hospital. IRELAND. MILITARY OCCUPATION OF IRELAND. DUBLIN, FEB. 21.—The Government still continue their arrangements for the military occupation of the country. The Nenagli Guardian of this day thus reports progress from that quarter : "Two cart-loads of ordnance stores, containing five hun dred stand of arms, arrived here under a strong escort of the Har i from Roscrea, on Saturday last, and proceeded en route on Monday morning, under the escort of an officer's party of the. 52d, for Killaloe. On Tuesday there arrived from Killaloe, under the escort of the 52d, a quantity of ammuni tton, to the amount of 20,000 rounds of ball cartridge, for the use Of :the troops in this depot, and a like quantity to pro ceed to Templemore and Roscrea." The' war-steamer Tartarus sailed from Dingle, county of Kerry, on Sunday last, on a cruise alone that coast. The war-steamer Stromboli is still stationed in Ventry harbour, on the Kerry coast. The chief occupation of the officers of both steamers has been the agreeable one of attending balls and pleasure parties amongst the gentry residing in the vi cinity. REPRESENTATION OF LONDONDERRY. _ Captain Robert Peel Dawson and the other candidates for the representation of this county have retired, in consequence of the determination of the family of Sir Robert Bateson to start the second son of that Baronet, Lieutenant Bateson, of the 11th Light Dragoons, as successor to his brother, the late:Member, who died of malignant fever at Jerusalem, en last Christmas-eve. BIOGRAPHY or O'CONNELL, GRATIS.—TIIO Fourth Supplement, gratis, . with the Weekly Dispatch, will be published to-morrow, Feb. 25, and of the full size of that journal, containing the Biography of Mr. O'Connell, written by a gentleman intimately acquainted with, and, conse quently, one who has treasured up many reminiscences con nected with the great Agitator. This will be the last of the Supplements relative to the State Trials in Dublin, as pro mised by the Proprietors of the Dispatch, who have spared no exertions to render them complete as Historical Registers, and therefore invaluable as works for reference. In quantity they consist of 128 Dispatch columns, which are equal to an octavo volume of nearly 1,000 pages. Orders for the Dispatch received by every Newsvender and Bookseller in the kingdom ; and by Mr. Wood, at the office, 139, Fleet-street. —" The Proprietors of this popular and widely-circulated journal in tend, it will be seen, to present their readers with two addi tional Supplements, making four, relative to the State Trials —the most comprehensive history of that memorable inves tigation wifich has appeared."—Liverpool Chronicle. PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BlLLS.—Yesterday being the last day for presenting petitions for private Bills to Parliament, the lobby of the House of Common's was thronged with persons anxious not to lose the benefit of the present session. The majority of the petitions were for short or branch railways, which seem now to excite as much of the public attention as the main lines did in the year 1826. Three or four have been projected for the northern district of Kent, but only two of these can this year be entertained by the Legislature, viz., that from Rosherville, at Northfleet, to Chatham (avoiding Graves end, Strood, and Rochester), and that from the town of Gravesend to Rochester and Strood. The company engaged in the latter undertaking had issued a prospectus, intending to go from Gravesend to the northward of the Thames and Medway Canal, but finding that the Canal Com pany had actually commenced a railway on the south bank of the canal (under the authoriry contained in their Act of 1804), which was to begin within half a mile of the Terrace-pier, and to terminate near Rochester-bridge, it was resolved to seek only for the authority of Parliament to carry on the line from the Terrace-pier so far a s t o form a junction with the Canal line, and consequently th e intended capital of 150,0001. has been redu ce d t o 20,0001 . If thisduring ueyrie dn p g r wotj the t c ehn t ensuing is railwayse u r i acted, emedm eras those eminent contractors,passengers and lug gage w ill be between con- Rochester and G r a v es en d Messrs. Fox, llenderson, and Co., have engaged to complete the Canal line by the first of August next, before which time the new pier at the Terrace-gardep will be completed. COURT CIRCULAR. - - - - WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took ' their customary early walk this morning, in the grounds about the Castle. Shortly before twelve o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle for town. His Royal Highness pro ceeded to the Slough station, and took his departure by a special train on the Great Western railway. The Prince was attended by Mr. George Edward Anson and Lord Charles Wellesley. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing to-day. At half-past five o'clock his Royal Highness Prince Albert and suite returned to the Castle from town. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will dine with her Majesty and her illustrious Consort at the Castle this evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George E. Anson and Lord Charles Wellesley, arrived at the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway, by a special train yesterday morning, from 'Windsor Castle. The royal party immediately proceeded to Buckingham Palace, where they arrived at a quarter before one o'clock. In the afternoon, after partaking of a dejeunO at the Pa lace, the Prince, attended by Lord Charles Wellesley - , went to Gwydyr House, Whitehall, to preside at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the fine arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. The meeting was held at half-past two o'clock, at which hour his Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House. The other Commissioners present were the Earl of Lin coln, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Col borne, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart. ; Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, M.P. ; Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., and Mr. Henry Hallam. The Commission sat until half-past four o'clock, when his Royal Highness Prince Albert took his departure, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, and proceeded to the Paddington ter minus of the Great Western Railway. The Prince and suite left town by a special train on their return to Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morning, from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Glou cester House. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday evening from Kew. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy- Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. ➢I. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister, and M. Mosquera, New Granada Chargé d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. A deputation, headed by Mr. Philips, M.P., had an inter view with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief trans acted business yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of the Mauritius FRIDAi( NIGHT'S GAZETTE. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, FEB. 23, 1844. The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint the Mar chioness of Ormonde to be one of the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber, in the place of the Countess of Mayo, deceased. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Grey Porter Atthill, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the Island of St. Lucia. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 23. 17th Light Dragoons—Second-class Staff Surgeon J. B. Gibson, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Pilkington, promoted on the Staff, Feb. 23. Scots Fusilier Guards—The Hen. J. W. Fortescue to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rodney, wbo:retires, Feb. 23, Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign F. Carter, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lysons, promoted in the 3d West India Re giment ; W. H. S. Sharpe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carter, Feb. 23. 3d Foot—Major C. E. Eaton, from 29th Foot, to be Major, vice Barr, who exchanges, Dec. 15, 1843. 20th Foot—Lieutenant W. Frith to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brock, deceased. Ensign J. R. Jackson to be Lieutenant vice Frith, Jan. 3. J. E. Deane, to be Ensign, vice, Jackson, Feb. 23. 21st Foot—Paymaster G. P. Erskine, from 45th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Jean, deceased, Feb 23. 22d Foot—Captain D. R. Smith to be Major without pur chase, vice W. Raban, who retires upon full-pay ; Lieutenant W. B. Kelly to be Captain, vice Smith, Feb. 23. 25th Foot—Lieutenant H. T. Walker to be Adjutant, vice Priestley, promoted, Feb. 23. 26th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Home, M.D. from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, who resigns, Feb. 23. 28th Foot—Captain F. Adams to be Major, without pur chase, vice Parker, deceased ; Captain G. R. Cummin, from 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice M ' Murdo , who exchanges, Oct. 20 ; Lieut. E. Luga rd, from 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, Oct. 29 ; Ensign J. A. Macdougall, from 62d Foot, to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Mac Lachlan, de ceased, Nov. 12, 1843. 20th Foot—Major M. Barr, from 3d Foot, to be Major, vice Eaton, who exchanges, Dec. 15, 1843. 30th Foot—Ensign C. D. Oliver to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Broome, who retires ; R. S. Lindesay, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Oliver, Feb. 23. 40th Foot—A. R. Rundle, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Roberts, appointed to the 62d Foot, Feb. 23. 49th Foot—W. E. H. Vere, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Ponsonby, appointed to the Ist or Grenadier Regi ment of Foot Guards, Feb 23. _ _ 50th Foot—Lieut. R. E. De Montmorency, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke, promoted, Feb. 23. 55th Foot—Lieut. H. Edwards to be Captain, without purchase, vice De Havilland, deceased, Sept. 7 ; Ensign T. R. Hickson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, July, 15 ; Ensign W. J. J. Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Edwards, Sept. 7, 1843. To be Ensigns, without purchaseL.G. J. A. Cameron, Gent., vice Hickson, Feb. 23; G. S. Home, Gent., vice Smith, Feb. 24; Lieutenant J. Freud to be Adjutant, vice Magrath, deceased, July 4. 66th Foot—R. C. Stanhope, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Austin, promoted, Feb. 23. 62d Foot—Ensign C. Roberts, from. the 40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Macdougall, promoted in 28th Foot, Feb. 23. 66th Foot--W. Simpson, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grogan, appointed to the Ist Dragoons, Feb. 23. 67th Foot—Captain F. W. Lane, from 3d West India Regi ment, to be Captain, vice Vane, who exchanges, Feb. 22 Captain R. Hare, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice G. A. Currie, who exchanges, receiving the difference ; Lieut. H. Collette to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hare, who retires ; Ensign R. Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Collette ; J. C. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase,: vice Jones, Feb. 23. 68th Foot—Major-General Sir E. Gibbs, K. C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General Sir W. Johnston, K.C.1., de • ceased, Feb. 21. 70th Foot—Major E. J. White, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice J. Kelsall, who retires upon full-pay ; Captain W. Taylor, to be Major, vice White; Lieut. J. P. Castobadie, to be Captain, vice Taylor ; Ensign J. W. Filder, to be Lieutenant, vice Castobadie ; F. W. Dowse, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Filder, Feb. 23. 78th Foot—Captain W. M. G. M'Mardo, from 28th Font, to be Captain, vice Cumnsin, who exchanges, Oct. 20, 1843, 85th Foot—G. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lord Langford, promoted in 7th Foot, Oct. 23, 1843. 98th Foot—Ensign S. H. H. Edwards to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Dec. 18, 1843; C. B. Browne, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edwards, promoted, Feb. 23; Lieut. F. T. Wade to be Adjutant, vice Ormsby, promoted, Dec. 18, 1843. 3d West India Regiment—Captain C. B. Vane, from the 67th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lane, who exchanges, Feb. 22. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign J. Borrow to7,:be Lieute • nant, by purchase, vice Le Touzel, who retires ; Ensign R. G. G. Cumming, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Ensign, with purchase, vice Bissett, promoted, Feb. 23; J. S. Francis, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Borrow, Feb. 24. Royal Newfoundland Companies—W. J. Coen, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vise Cumming, appointed to Cape Mounted Riflemen, Feb. 23. BREVET.—Captain R. Hare, of 67th Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841. HOSPITAL STAFF.—lnspector-General of Hospitals—H. Bone, M.D., with local tank, to be Inspector-General of Hos pitals, Oct. 2, 1843 ; Staff-Surgeon of Second Class W. M. Ford to be Staff- Surgeon of the First Class, vice Barclay, promoted, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire. South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry—The Hon. 0. G. C. Bridgeman, commonly called Lord Viscount Newport, to be Captain, vice W. Lloyd, deceased; J. Roeke, Gent., to be Cornet, vice R. Corbett, deceased. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetehire. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—F. W. Slade, Esq., to be Captain, vice Ord, resigned ; P. P. Bouverie, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Maher, resigned, Feb. 20. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD EGAN LEE and JOHN HADDOCK, printers, Craven-yard, Druri-lane, to surrender March 4, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee , Basinghall-street ; Walsh, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOHN CONAWAY, cheesemonger, Gray's Inn-lane, March 8, and April 5, at eleven, at the ourt of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. EDWARD ARNATT, baker, Oxford, March 5, at eleven, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, official assignee, A ldermanbury ; Spencer, Verulam-buildings ; Brunner, Oxford. WILLIAM GOLDING, innkeeper, Glemsford, Suffolk, March 6, at twelve, and March 29, at one,. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chil ton and Acland, Chancery-lane; Gooday, Sudbury. ROBERT PENNY, draper, Cockermouth, March 5, and April 16, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Waugh, Cockermouth ; Stubbs, Furnival's Inn, London. WILLIAM JACKSON, baker, Liverpool, March 12, and April 3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Co., Temple, Lon don ; Deane, Liverpool. JOHN HUGHES, painter, Liverpool, March 8, at half past eleven, and April 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples, Frederick's-place, 0;d Jewry, London ; Fairclough, Liverpool. JAMES MALLALI EU, woollen manufacturer, Saddle worth, Yorkshire, March 8, and April 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Buckley, Ashton-under-Lyne. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY, R. Humble, assistant draper, Glossop, Derbyshire. J. Burge, jun., tailor, Weston-super-Mare, Somersetshire. F. Randle, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire. C. Wright, victualler, Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. E, Sawyer, trader, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire. I. Brooks, stone mason, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. J. T. Carlisle, schoolmaster, Pendleton, Lancashire. G. Worrall, Post-office clerk, Birmingham. F. Farrar, attorney, New Peckham. D. Gregory, coal merchant, Cheltenham. T. Green, innkeeper, York. M. Whitaker, clothier, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. W. Hogg, saddler, Manchester. E. James, cordwainer, Sheffield. F. Sowry, shopkeeper, Wortley, Yorkshire. J. Hill, fruiterer, Rochdale. 0. R. Windsor, solicitor, St. Ann's-terrace, St. John's wood. J. Hillier, builder, Fulham. F. Forman, butcher, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire. R. Tackle, baker, Creek-road, Deptford. G. Atherley, grocer, south-street, Chelsea. M. S. Phillips, butcher, Cheltenham. G. Rickword, veterinary surgeon, Bedford. T. Turnbull, grocer, Skipton, Yorkshire. S. Lightfoot, rice cleaner, Liverpool. G. Parish, butcher, King's Swinford, Staffordshire. J. Walton, licensed victualler, Great Budworth, Cheshire. M. Camp, Abingdon. G. Cambden, nautical brazier, Meeting-house -alley, Calvert street, Old Gravel-lane. H. Drury, Captain R.N., Portsea. G. Titchmarsh, farmer, Foxton, Cambridgeshire. G. Douat, licensed victualler, Tonbridge, Kent. M. Carter, doctor in medicine, Reading, Berkshire. J. Scales, land steward, Battle, Sussex. J. Slark, Cowley Peachey, Middlesex. R. Smith, clerk, Seckford-street, Clerkenwell. H. Knight, Maidstone, Kent. T. Ives, blacksmith, Wokingham, Wiltshire. G. Eastwood, coin dealer, Fore-street, Cripplegate. J. Brown, tailor, Clifton-street, Finsbury. D. Robinson ' wharfinger, Sneinton, 'Nottinghamsh ire. T. Chatwin, brazier, Aston, Warwickshire. T. Cooper, piano-forte key maker, Chapman-st., Islington. E. Brown, Paradise-street, Lambeth. T. Clinch, beer retailer, Albert's-place, City-road. SECOND NOTICES. E. Tucker, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street, Magil 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsgerr official assignee. F. Asprey, attorney, Furnival's Inn, Feb. 29, at two, at tbr Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. ,„„ H. Pelf, dealer, Upper Stamford-street , Feb. 2Q,. at """'.. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. be , W. Franklin, blacksmith, Bedford, Feb. 29, a t One, at t Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee. J. Moulton, John-street, Clerkenwell, Feb. 29, a t one, Ow, the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee. T. Marsden, licensed victualler, Well-walk, Hamoste7" Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follette official assignee. E. Hawkes, bookseller, Church-street, St. Luke's, Chel 6nra Feb. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,' official assignee. J. Briden, corn dealer, Paddington - street , S t. Diarylib°l3_eY G r eem. Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. official assignee. E. Chapman, policeman, Little Albany-street North, lie gent's-park, Feb. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,official assignee. M. Barnett, watch-maker, Swan-street, Minories, Df mr u-- at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. G ranny assignee. J. Simpson, oil and colour man, Grosvenor-row, Pita' Gro e " March 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. official assignee. W. A. King, clerk, Lower Queen-street, Rotherliitliso ic March 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of BauhruP Edwards, official assignee. T. Heath, engraver, Holywell-street, Strand, half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, ° cis assignee. M J. W. Mott, sheriff's officer's assistant, Chancery-lane , ,,i,„ o ar 2, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy , .'" --111 official assignee. slat A. Wedd, livery-stable keeper, Queen's-row, Pimlico, 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. March 2, Ili PRICE OF SUGAR. for il l. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar , ci f week ending Feb. 20, 1844, is 365. 104 d. per cwt., '3•°i e jar t h , of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon 011 portation thereof into Great Britain. • {Dividends, &c., on Monday.] n Al'. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTER D A Y ' CORN EXCHANGE. • NJ i We had about an average supply of English Wheat on o p t o -lay. Fine qualities were in demand at Monday's VOO l i ons; but all other kinds were a heavy sale, and Pri1b..41.1 with diffit;:lity supported. In foreign Wheat exec t, little was dolt,,Z, at unaltered currencies. The qua,rti 0 0 Barley on show wag larger, while •the trade with it 1 110 " . d i ll I, at barely stationary piices. The Malt trade was very d. , while Oats, Beans, Peas, Raj. Flour ruled as last qua . . ARM :Its. PIO Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. I , gin .•• English 2,350 qra. 5,550 qrS , 3,670 qrs. 1 4 — • ....." : Irish - - 760 14,370 ...." Foreign 6OO Malt, 2,740 qrs. SMITHFIELD. Notwithstanding the supply of beasts wa s very (4.- have again to report a dull inquiry . for that descalorr stock, at barely Monday's reduced prices. Prime old es, s 1 1 , being unusually scarce, commanded, in some instil ° advance of 2d per 81 bs. In ot h e r breeds of Shes?.rs4 business was doing, at very full rates. Calves were If pe r r supply and active demand, at an improvement Of 2 „,, lbs. Pigs moved off briskly, and their quotations hAu , 6 1 warditendency. Mikh Cows sold slowly, at from 191. each. • Per Sibs. to sink the offal. A - tl' # $ a. d. to 5.4.1 8 Inferior Beasts...." 2 6 2 Si Inferior s s, 4 - Second quality ditto 210 3 0, Second quality „ Prime large Oxen 't 2 3 6 ; Coarse.woolled ditto-. 17, 2 4 Prime Scots, &c.. 3 8 3 10 ' Seuthdown Wether4 • 0 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 61 Large Hogs Prime small ditto 4 8 4 10, Small Porkers F" Suckling Calves, each 18 028 0 I Quarter old Pigs, each. .. SUPPLY AT MARKET. Busts. I Sheep. I Calves. •• I 0 584 I 2,040 I 98 NEVII7GATE AND smisiozzraim--: 01 0 We had a full average supply ofeach kind of Ines' to-day, while the demand was steady, at full prices' • At per stone, by the Carcase s , a. d. to s. d.l 2 6 . Beef, inferior...« --IT; 0 middling 262 8i middling .••» 6g; —.-prime large 210 30 1 --- p r ime ..... 0 ; --prime small 3 2 34, Pork, large ........ 5 6 ; Veal 3 8 4 11? • BOROUGH HOP TILELIZIOST. il,d, For Weald of Kent packets we have a very act4o 0 05, at an advance of 2s per cwt. In all oth er kinds " good business is doing, at full prices. COLONIAL. A.wd. SUGAR.—The West India market continu es quantity on show is so limited as to check business, rovej 900 hhds and trcs have been sold up to this day b c reig,P r 4 contract, and we quote Jamaica - brown , 595, g° ° ,. s to ' fine 64s to 67s ; Demerara brown,. 58s to 59s fine o te A and Barbadoes, 60s to 70s per cwt: Refined has bee - , , , IV; also at full rates; lumps to pass th e standard, 78° 1(11 0 has been some good brown and mid Ceylon Sugar I ° licly at 57s 6d to 61s per cwt. 04°1° BENGAL.-6,400 bags, partly sold at 60 s to 62s for tha,. to good, and at 68s to 70s for low to fine y ellow ; .0 0r was taken in at full rates, or above 'the value, good' white at 6786 d to 70s. , MAUEITIUS.-7,485 bags, p artly sold at 6d advs°C°l° e 36 to fine yellow 65s to 69;6 , and low to mid 595 to • • tor After the sale they were taken privately. FOREIGN.-1,38l bags Havannah sold at 155 6d to :114401 brown and yellow damaged ; and 21 s 6 d to 245 for r the sound was rather cheaper. A large private busil. 3 been done at is advance. • 1110LAssEs.—Some Barbadoes 'his been sold at 29:00 Grenada at 20s 6d, but only 38 puncheons by Ceylon realised 20s per cwt. COFFEE.—British Plantation i 4 scarce and in d 110,A there have been no new auctions ; and. Jamaica 11.,,stiSj 120 s. Ceylon still attracts attention ; good- ofabZorii from 66s 6d and 68s to 60s and 69s per cwt. 7 0 _ : ,,g67„ - in bond, were nearly all taken in, "a few lots rea_ 68s 6d per cwt. In East India Sorts there haye sales. Padang has obtained 28s to 30s, and / 3 . ...5ni;.0 about 1,000 bags have been offered. 153. bales only partly sold at 46s to 80s for ord to good. 3 u ,,, e 110rd/ Rica tea s. obtained 52s to 53s 6d for good to fi ne er`kiiit CocoA.—British Plantation supports full prices; 45 0 , , , has not been much doing in Foreign ; 1,03 2 hales Guyaquil have realised 15s 6d to 17s 6d per clvt• A vet SALTPETRE.-1,425 bags Bengal mostly fowl' 25s 6d to 26s 6d for 9 to 7* lbs refraction r o f mostl y Rum p .—The market has continued firm. - -0 at is llid to 2s, and strong Demerara is deater• 0 1, • RlCE.—This article is steady, but quiet. CorroN.—There is less doing, but prices areing the," TALLow.—P.Y.C. is rather flat, at 41s Per ar t TEA.—The public sales of 36,792 packag.e s 10.1 brought to a close, and 17,700 have changed 1111011 r, rates. Privately the sale prices are maintainig't derate business doing. 11 1.6* SlGres,4 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NAPIER'S "W" 0+ As , —We are requested to state that Mr. Colbnr. o 4 sn e r• Marlborough-street, has this day published " Europe, Asia, and Africa," by Lieutenant -Col s 6:. c , cgr y author of Scenes and Sports in Foreign L an a ri ch 4b` 2 vols. small Bvo., with illustrations, 21s. boinl a ; now be had of all booksellers. Mr dolbunn has ait 1 ,1 0 0 . 00 lished :-1. A new and revised edition of Miss Lives of the Queens of England-2. Letters of N- s , o ls. Pier of Scots, edited by Miss Strickland, new edition, G il idchs' Bvo., 21s. bound-3. Burke's History of the Lal a y" ',.; 3 0 11 Part 11., 10s. 6d.-4. Colonel Davidson's Tra v r , e ' o lo. ( 1-" 2 vols. small Bvo.-5. Hood's Whimsicalities, br„,.010. Bvo., with numerous illustrations by Leech, 2 ' ' rt i `:„,V 6. The Light Dragoon, by the author of “The Subalte.o; 17011 small Bvo.—and 7. Secret Memoirs of the Irish 1.3-101. Jonah Barrington, new and cheaper edition, ' twenty-eight portraits, 14s. bound. • dole v ot „.„., . 0 CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL.—A ner' the ov: just been put up in the Cathedral Church el ''Oil+ ) Chichester, the expense of which has been defrayedool to f scription. The three ancient quartrefoils in au ceo l Ole are occupied by designs representing the Arr;t, 'l l i # burning bush to Moses, the baptism of t,hrtecot. descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pe n h t gln_fie ci hs Resurrection occupies the northern side lig - ' o vsee ,- 1 , Ascension the southern. Emblems of the foll y o f th e are placed in the upper and in the lo wer Par's ; 0 011 0 : lights. The 01' n,,, THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.---•--- , 0 100.-_, l 1,4 first portion of Bank-buildings, which Was i c ° o ";, c lue r ;tos' Monday by Mr. Pullen, the auctioneer, allu„ctia following day, has realised a good return, am 00 3 , 1,300/., the property disposed of including theel).,ia Ccrl j et.: ing-house and residence of Messrs. Ladbrok f the Oa three other houses. On Monday next the . 9 ,:.,:s to portion will be commenced, among the btu /J % being the Sun Fire-office $ 044% ?►MARRIED. ha il, . 0 0 On the 15th inst., at Meriden Charles garsarto iv London, to Anna Maria, eldest 'daughter of J oe master, Esq., M.D. xenicelbaot On the 20th ins►., at St. John's Church, Cl,e r 4tb , e ,O l ii , Rev. Henry Wynter, of Chatham, to Ann 11 ,%,, t ure daughter of the late Thomas Francis Rano, r-- 4 '' 1 c i, of the City-road, London. On the 20th inst., at the British Arobassadoesiorgiebiser: Woolley, Esq., of Walton, near Peterborough of V . daughter of the late W. Comerford Clarksov, 1-' E(er'l'y tors'-Commons, London, ' Ilan/ 411 tel. On the 20th inst., at Beaumont, Windsor, --- dolt , Esq., eldest son of Sir Henry Every, Bart., to Jane' of the late Rev. Sir John Robinson, Bart. DE. On the 16th inst., in Lamb's Coneluit-street, 311.1°1111. cf derson, aged 66. „,., le e On the 17th inst., at Windsor, Dlr• John 1311.`' Southampton, aged 78. 11, 554. ith On the a keth inst, in Gower -place, Richard Sare ce l i tic On the T9th inst., at South Lambeth, Priicleu sister of Alderman Lucas, aged 75. PO' ffi' On the 19th inst., Elizabeth Mary, the wife °frill.. t. of Bedford. square, Brighton. On the 20th inst., George Stone, Esq., of Cilislabuji;3it;rbeellip' On the 20th inst., at Leicester-square, sat° el only surviving daughter of Mr. David Davies., dP e On the 21st inst., Hamilton Gyll, Esq. , 18° - Lodge, aged 39. of Strand, and Published by 1111.700 3loLondon the &ou.nltl72,olstiTiinddcutt e Sun Office, 74)" 0 .11 2, S ir f la 4: 6uturdaf; February 24: .---.—.----------..------...---- I‘, l "' BIRTHS. TI 0. 13rC'e ef , On the 4th inst., at Pisa, the lady of Dr. --. of a daughter. .deagLtas, On the 19th inst., Mrs. Cuthbert Britton Slee; of Lo Oh the 19th inst., at Brighton, the lady of J. • _ be , Esq., of Oakfield Lodge, Sussex, of a son. fJ• S' trtv'r Af On the 20th inst., at Oxford, the lady 0- thole ...P Esq., of a son. Trillia'oos; 10 On the 9th of January, at Le Fromager, d o e - j ot of George Sa Coste, Esq., Judicial Referee, of ft ta w 1 4 . On the 20th ult., at Geneva, the lady of CAP 0.1 , Martin, of a daughter. On the 20th inst., in South-street, Graren°r44ll°l6A. 6 of ' Edward Begot, of a daughter. b e lactr On the 20th inst., at Upper Tulse-hill, t 0 ti# lonides, Esq., of a daughter. , ,haul te ' On the 20th inst., at Cumberland -place, (-)111'ir lady of Andrew Saunders, Esq., of a son and be • el ii P: es' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MOANIVG, FEBRUARY 24, 1844.