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13, Great 3arlborough-street. T HE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, WHITEFRIARS ; OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND. A TIIIRD EDITION of this popular Romance will be ready imme diately. Orders received by all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Nov ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vole. post Syn., C II A T SWQR TH ; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEER. Edited by R. PLUMER WARD, Esq. Author of " Tremaine," " De `ere," . Btc. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ITER MAJESSTY'S THEATRE. SEA 1844. The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season is respectfully presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Madame Grist, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Bellini, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame PETSHUH, Signor Mario, Slg. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre), Dai Fiori, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig. Fornasari, Sig. F. Labiache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor , S i g . Costa. THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grist, Madlle. Adelaide Frasi, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madlle. Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. PlMadlle. anquet, Madlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) Fanny Elssler, and Madlle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. Gouriet, M. Venafra, Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Carps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Madlle. Taglioni, and there is. every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se cured for a limited number of representations. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. THIS EVENING, MARCH 2, Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BOHEMIAN GIRL eount Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus;Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Alter Raintorth; Queen o f Gipsies, Miss Betts. which, Will be repeated Albert's celebrated Ballet of THE BEAUTY OF GHENT. Marquis de San Lucar, M. Albert; Benedict, M. Hoguet Vestris • Beatrix, Mdlle. Fleury Agnes, Mdlle. • Clara Webster; Julia, Madame Petit Stephan • Diana, Mdlle. O'Bryab. • Dress Boxes 75., Second Price Ss. 6d . ;'Upper Circles of Boxes 55., econd Price 3s. ; Pit Ss , Second Price es.; Middle Gallery 21., econd Price Is.; Upper °allay Is., Second Price ftd. • THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, MARCH '2 Will be performed the following Favourite Pieces :—Beethoven's Sinfenia Pastorale—A New Overture, by Signor CrivelliSerenade from Don Pasquale, by Herr Koenig—The Irish Echo Quadrille —A Solo on the Violoncello; by lid . Pilet—Grand Fantasia from Robert 1 e Diable—The Nightingale Waltz on the Picots). by M. Jullien..- The English Quadrille, and the Destruction of Pompeii, &c., &c. Doors Open at Halt-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is., Upper Boxes , Is. ) Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, U. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box.odice or the Theatre• of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond.street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-street ;• Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE. MONDAY, MARCH 4. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS. M. JULLIEN has the honour to submit the following ArrangN rnents for the BAL MASQUE : The Doors will be open at Nine o'ClOck. The Dances will commence at Ten. The Supper will be served at One. The Quadrilles, Waltzes, and (lalops will be under the direction of Six Masters of the Ceremonies, with whose regulations M. Jullien most respectfully requests the compliance of the Visitors, his only wish being to secure their comfort and convenience. The audience portion of the Theatre will be devoted to the use of those who wish merely to be spectators of the brilliant scene, and persons booking place, will be privileged to have them retained during the whole evening. Visitors to the I all, having also engaged Private Boxes, will be allowed to pass to and from the Salle de Danse. Tickets for the Ball, 10s. Ed. each ; the number being strictly limited. Admission for Spectators—Dress Circle,' ss. ; Boxes, 3 . ; Lower ; Upper Gallery, Is. N.B. M. Jullien, in answer to numerous inquiries, begs to state that it being his intention to make the Bal Masque an Annual En. tertainment, it will not to repeated during the present season. M. Jullien requests that any persons having any claims on him on account of these Concerts will send their bills so the Theatre imme diately, in ord. r that they may be examined and discharged. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE THIS EVENING, MARCH 2 Will be performed a New Comic Dram a, entitled GRIST TO THE MILL.. Marquis de iticheville, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vestris. After which, a Nevi Comic Drama, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews • Ssr Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury ;- Wurzle, Mr. James Bland; M a ry. Miss Julia Bennett ; Clutterbuck, Mrs llumby. To conclude with a New l•alry Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton; Queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is. Half-price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upp er Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance cummence at Seven. 'tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, frona Ten till Five. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 2. Will be performed FRA DIAVOLO. Fra Diavolo Mr. Wood; Zerlina, Mrs. Wood. After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry V% ilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxberz y ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. And other Entertainments. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. • THIS EVENING, MARCH 2, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE cmusTmAs CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mi. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, the Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Ri chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. DAV 'DOE'S ROY AL SURREY THEATRE THIS EVENING, MARCH 2, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL LING, supported by all the Company. After which, The Armenian Prodigy. or Wonderful Arid Pole Dancer. To be followed by A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by "Boa," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 36 ; Highest, 53 ; Noon, 45. BARO3IEFER, 29.55.—W1ND, S. W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezir g point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. lIIGII WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 minutes after 0 Evening .. 12 minutes after O. pp --fr • \l4.ll'in„^lm -rid :•;C: , . e _ -- , - -ortorr •., SECOND EDITION.. tritlitill 11,A int LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1844. Lord MONTEAGLE asked the Earl of DEVON when the public would be put in possession of the results of the Landlord and Tenant Commission in Ireland ? The Noble Earl said he had been prevented from returning to Ireland as he had intended, by a subpoena from the Court of Queen's Bench, but in the mean time the Commission was carrying on the inquiry. Ile was afraid he should not be able to resume his duties in the Commission till the trial on which he had been subpoenaed was concluded. Lord BROUGHAM moved for copies of the corre spondence which had taken place between the English missionaries in the South Sea Islands and the Go ment, relative to the affairs of Otaheite. The Earl of ABERDEEN had no objection to pro duce the papers, and at the same time assured Lord linouGnamthat he need be under no apprehension ai to the manner in which the missionaries would be treated by the French authorities. He thought it right to state also that the resolution come to by the French Government, disowning the act of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, was purely spontaneous, and that not one word of remonstrance had, either by the British Ambassador, or by official communication, been made to France on the subject. The war parties in both countries were making much noise about this affair, but fortunately they were little regarded. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his satisfaction at the answer given by Lord ABERDEEN, and the returns were ordered. The Marquis of NORMANDY gave notice that on Monday next he would present a petition complaining of the conduct of the Board of Charitable Bequests in Ireland. Lord BROUGHAM also gave notice that on the same day he would call the attention of the House to the progress of the new Houses of Parliament. In the Commons, the Salisbury Branch Railway Bill, the York and Scarborough Railway. Bill, and the Severn Navigation Bill, were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. GLADSTONE brought up the Report of the Select Committee on Railways. _ _ Mr. T. DuNcomnE, in an excellent speech, moved for a return of the money paid to reporters employed to take notes at the meetings for a repeal of the union. He described the three principal witnesses—Mr. HUGHES, Mr. Ross, and Mr. JACKSON, and implied that they had been suborned by the Government as spies. He, however, made an exception as to the part which these reporters took in the affair, and exculpated Mr. HUGHES and Mr: JACKSON, and threw the whole blame on the Government. Sir JAMES GRAHAM made a very lame defence. Be took the whole responsibility on himself. lle employed all the parties, and also admitted that a communicatim.had been made by the Government, that is by himself, to the Herald and Standard for a loan of their reporters ; but the main points of Mr. DUNCOMBE'S speech he could not answer, and though he had no objection to furnish a return of all the money paid, the motion strangely was lost on a division, there being for it 73, and against it 144. The discussion did not place the mode in which the Trish trias had been conducted in a more favourable -light, nor raise the character of the Home Secretary. Mr. Ross, or as Mr. DUNCOMBE called him the Carlisle patriot," had stated that he was employed by ar_peison high in office, but he was prevented by :the Counsel for the Crown from saying who that person was. Sir J. GRAHAM supplied the deficiency, and announced that he was the "person high in office" alluded to. Lord JouN RUSSELL made a brief speech on the occasion. The conclus'on was admirable; and told with great. effect. Every discus sion that takes place on these Irish trials only tends to confirm the public mind in the belief that the tra versers were not justly tried. " I will state my be lief," said his Lordship, "that if the same offence had been committed in this country, supposing the Attorney-General for Englandhad pursued a somewhat similar course, we should have had a different charge from the Judge, and a different verdict from the jury. That is my opinion ; and be the persons who they may, I never will cease from endeavouring to obtain for the people of Ireland the full enjoyment of all those rights and privileges, of the possession of which the people of England are so justly proud." These generous sen timents were responded to by loud cheers. On the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. S. CRAWFORD renewed his motion for redressing grievances before granting supplies. Mr. BLEWITT seconded the motion; and on a division there were for the motion, 15 ; and against it, 95. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Sir C. NAPIER complained of the thinness of the House, when millions was voted away, and also blamed the reporters for shutting their books ; but on this occasion he had no reason to complain, for they reported his speech fully, and, though their books were closed, we have no doubt the Gallant Commodore's remarks about the navy were faithfully given. Some other speeches were made, and several large grants voted, and the House resumed. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House, at One o'C lock, adjourned till Monday. We are of that old-fashioned school of Englishmen who look to our navy with feelingi of unbounded confidence, affection, and pride. It is a service the most native and proper to our people. It is con nected with their hereditary habits as an insular nation, and endeared to all classes by the prejudices of those habits. Then—there are the associations of three centuries of triumphs and supremacy upon the boundless waters, " whereon it moves, and lives, and hath its being," which consecrate its position in the popular esteem. Pre-eminent alike in maritime dis covery and in naval warfare, it has spread the renown of our country to the most distant . regions that sur round the poles, or lie " beneath the line ; " and it has vindicated the honour, asserted the rights, and extended the dominion and in fluence of our flag against all opponents, in every climate, and upon every sea. Against the confederacy of all the nations of continental Europe it has defended our own empire, and vanquished, and dictated its own terms to, those who would have challenged :our political existence as an indep'_ndent State. But its sphere of real glory, its career of beneficent utility, have been only enlarged and dig nified in seasons of peace.. Far from relapsing into a condition of indolent disorganisation, this noble force have long been accustomed to keep up their practical discipline, and discharge the duties they owe to the State which maintains them, by protecting our wide-spread commerce in the ports of every country to which it extends. During the last•century it has not only revived the spirit of geographical and mercantile enterprise, which prompted our CABOTS and our DRAKES to " put a girdle round the world ;" not only taken and maintained the lead in all those immense acquisitions, which have increased and en riched our knowledge of the globe ;—but it as achieved a reputation, through the abilities of its offi cers, for patient research, laborious accuracy, perse vering intrepidity—for sagacity and truth, in all the higher branches of astronomical observation and of philosophic experiments for determining problems the most important to navigation,—which have ever been unrivalled in the history of science. Whatever, therefore, regards the present condition and the per manent welfare of this fine service, should always command the profound attention of every English man who feels an interest in the glory of his native land. For ourselves, it is long since we have expe rienced these sentiments more powerfully than on a perusal of the debate, in the House of Commons last I night,' on the " Navy Estimates." We can scarcely hope to touch, within our limits to-day, the various important topics which presented themselves for discussion on this occa sion. But it is only fair to remark, in general terms, that they involved matters of the most vital importance to the material strength of our navy.; to the efficiency of the service, especially in the su perior classes of its officers ; to the further im mediate extension and improvement of that most essential and decisive arm of modern naval warfare, armed steam-ships, with a view to the preservation of our present preponderating strength in this de partment (and which can only be preserved, by adopting the course so powerfully insisted on by the gallant officers who successively addressed the House on these points) ; to the evils of esvouritism in the patronage of the Admi ralty,—most especially perhaps in the department of naval architecture ; and to the necessity of both the professional and the civil heads of that Admiralty dismissing obsolete prepossessions and prejudices, in favour of inventions, discoveries, and principles tested by the most carefully conducted experiments, and by practical results the best authenticated and the most conclusive. It is gratifying to remark that Conservative Members of the profession joined heartily with Whig and Radical brother officers, in the valuable admonitions which they tendered to the Government authorities on these all-important subjects. The tone of personal independence which they' took was well contrasted and dignified by the professional solicitude they manifested for the well-being of the service to which they belonged. Whilst we pay this just tribute to the speeches of Sir CHARLES NAPIER and Captain Rots, Captain PECHELL and Sir GEORGE CocxBURN, we must ex press our regret that the latter (for whose first-rate seamanship and distinguished professional career we entertain the most unaffected respect), should have evinced a little of that impatience under contradiction and the statement of opposing opinions, which went so far to justify the objection powerfully urged by Captain Rots to the impolicy of retaining in active employ ments and commands, those, whom age or infirmity ought to have retired, in order to be replaced by men less advanced in years, and whose greater energy and physical vigour must be so much better suited to the demands and exigencies of the service. The Right Hon. and Gallant Gentleman's answer to Captain PECHELL will not satisfy any man that her MAJESTY'S naval force, off the coast of Ireland, has not been oc casionally called upon to aid, directly or indirectly, in the collection of poor-rates and other such services, at once distasteful to and incompatible with the true duties of the navy. Captain PECRELL did good service in calling attention to the gross neglect of the Admi ralty, in so long delaying the adoption of certain in dispensable improvements in the build and equipment of our war-steamers. He instanced their tardiness in fitting their vessels with that invaluable and mar vellous application projected by Mr. SMITH, and pressed upon the Board unceasingly during the last year or two, of the Archimedian screw-pro peller. The French war-steamer which accom panied her MAJESTY part of the way from Treport, and afterwards, if we remember, visited Portsmouth with the French Princes, is a per fect model of a steamer on this principle ; in the use of which, greater security and effectiveness are neces sarily attained with greater symmetry, from the absence of the unsightly and cumbrous paddle-boxes on the sides and waist of the craft—offering, at onee, the fairest mark for the enemy's guns and the most certain means of her own instant and irretrievable crippling. What was the answer of Sir G. COCK BURN to the case of immediate necessity so irresis tibly put to him,—on the fair assumption, always ad missible in argument though to be deplored indeed, were it truly in anticipation,—of hostilities between France and England ? This:— " They had now several engineers engaged in testing the results of different experiments, and he had no doubt but that before many years elapsed we should have adopted a principle so much improved as entirely to defeat the rivalry of foreign nations." "Before many years have elapsed"—alas ! the ques tion of the wisdom or the folly of our steamers being or iwt, with these screws N ow prepared and fitted, may have been already decided. We must resume on an early day, our notice of the remaining passage in the debate. The only intelligence in the Madrid journals, of the 23d ult., is a decree published by the Finance Minis- ter, relative to the tobacco duties. According to vast reforms are to take place, and the interest on the Three per Cents. is to be faithfully paid. The plan is to lease the duties to a company of capitalists, on certain conditions, among which are the following : The contract shall endure for ten years, reckoning from the Ist of May, 1844. The contractors shall pay 75,000,000 reals (750,0001.) each year, into the Treasury; without any reduction, and the contractors shall advance to the Government 50,000,000 of reals billon, in gold or silver,.or in bills on rani and Lon don, or on the provinces, at the exchange or the day, in four equal payments, the first payment to be made on the day the contract is taken possession of. This advance of funds on the part of the enterprise will bear an interest of 6 per cent., payable half-yearly. The contractors will be repaid this advance of 50,000,000 (500,0001.) at the rate of 10,000,000 each year of the last five years of the duration of the c ontract. All this promises fai r ; but, nevertheless, we say to English contractors, leave all the advan tages of the contract to the Spaniards themselves. We fear it is only another scheme to raise the wind, and rob those who will be mad enough to trust to Spanish honour. The Three per Cents. were quoted at 30 7-W at sixty days, and Fives at 23. The affair of Otaheite still occupies public atten tion at Paris, but it is to be hoped that the explana tions given by Ministers in the Chamber on Tuesday will set it at rest. The conduct of Admiral DUPETIT Tumults, on the showing of the Minister of Marine, was both unjustifiable and ridiculous. No resistance, said M. GulzoT, had been made against the French authorities, either by the QUEEN or the English, and there was nothing whatever to justify the conduct of the Admiral. He indignantly repelled the charge that the Government had acted in this affair in con sequence of any communication from the English Cabinet, and declared that the resolution which had been adopted by the KING in Council was a sponta neous and independent act. A brief report of the speeches will be found under the proper head. The KING returned to Paris from Eu on Wednesday forenoon. The funds:on Thosday closed at the price of the preceding day. THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, 29. First Highest Low*Nt Last Pr i ce . Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents..... 125 70 .. 125 75 .. 125 70 .• 12.§ 70 Four per lO6 10 .. 106 10 .. 106 10 • • 106 10 Three per Cents.• •• • 82 35 . • 82 40 .• 82 35 • • 82 35 Bank of France.• .• • • ...... 3270 ..3270 ..3270 • .3270 LafUtte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllos ..1105 ..1105 ..1105 Belgian Bank ..•••••• Belgian Fives. 104 .. 1041 .• 104 .. 1041 1840 •• • • 1071 .. 1074 .. 107 1 .. 1071 1842 . •. 109/ .• 109 i .. 1091 .. 1091 Three5........ 76 75 76 75 76 75 ••76 75 Spanish Active -••• • • • • 331 .. 331 • • 331 .. 334 Passive .••. • • • • .... 51 • . 51 • . 51 • . 51 Portuguese Five per Cents • • 46 .. 46 .. 45/ • . 451 Neapolitan .... ...... 103 .. 103 .. 102 30 .. 102 65 Roman • . .......... ........ 1061 .. 1061 .. 1064 .. 1064 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain BO5 .. 805 .. 805 .. 805 Versailles, R.B. L.B.•••••••••••• 170 .. 175 170 .. 175 Rouen to Havre 673 75 .. 673 75 .. 673 75 .. 673 7b Orleans .. • Strasburg to Bale. .......•• 246 25 .. 247 50 .. 246 25 .. 247 50 Avignon to Marseilles.. • • RAILWAY SHARES; FOR THE ACCOUNT. St. Germain .• •••• • • .• 825 .. 825 .. 825 825 Versailles, R.B 350 .. 350 .. 350 .. 350 L.B.•••••• 167 50 .. 175 .. 167 50 .. 175 Rouen ..•• •• • • • • 837 50 .. 837 50 .. 837 50 .. 837 50 Rouen to Havre•. 673 75 .. 673 75 .. 673 75 .. 673 75 Orleans •....• Strasburg toplale 247 50 .. 247 50 .. 245 .. 245 Avignon to Marseilles...• .• 757 50 .• 758 75 .. 755 .. 758 75 Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite, are expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. The Royal party were to leave Windsor Castle at half-past three o'clock. - - MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies of both fruit and vegetables were rather ex tensive, yet the trade was steady, at mostly full prices :—Po tatoes, from 2s 6d to 4s 6d per cwt ; Young Onions, 2s 3d to 4s 9d ; Coleworts or Greens, 2s 3d to 4s ; Turnips, is 9d to 2s 9d; Carrots, 4s to 5s 6d; and Leeks, 8d to Is 2d per dozen bunches ; old Onions, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Spinach, Is 9d to 2s 3d; Apples, is 3d to 4s; Pears, 6s to 12s; and Brocoli sprouts, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ; Asparagus, 3s to 8s ; French Beans, 2s 6d to 4d ; Oranges, 6s to 14s ; and Lemons, fis to 12s per 100. lIIINGERFORD. There was about an average supply of Fish, while the demand for it was comparatively steady, at full quotations. In all other articles only a moderate business was doing. NEWOALTZI AMID ZEILDENII.B.XL. We had full average supplies of both Game and Poultry, while the demand was slow, on the following terms:— Fowls, is 6d to 4s ; Chickens, is 3d to 2s; Ducks, is to 2s 3d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons, 4d to 10d; Tur keys, 4s to 9s ; Rabbits, 6d to is 6d ; Hares, is 6d to 2s 9d ; Partridges, is to 2s ; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s ; Wild Ducks, 15 6d to 2s; Teal, 9d to is 6d; Widgeons, is to Is 3d; Snipes, 6d to ls ; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 3d; Plovers, 3d to 6d, each ; and Larks, is 3d to is 6d. per dozen. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Pork commanded a ready sale, at late rates. All other kinds of Meat met a dull inquiry : Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 45 Bd ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per Blbs, by the carcase. NEWPORT. There was but a moderate supply of Meat, yet the demand was inactive, at barely late rates. BILLINGSGATE. The supply of Fish was rather extensive, yet the trade was steady. Turbots, 8s to 18s ; Cod-fish, is 6d to 7s ; Brill, 6d to 2s 3d ; Hallibut, 4s to 7s ; Haddocks, 2d to 6d ; Lobsters, 8d to 3s 3d ; Whitings, ld to 3d ; Crabs, 6d to 3s ; Scates, is to 3s ; Gurnets, 6d to is ; Plaice, 3d to is each ; Soles, 6d to 3s per pair; Eels, 4d to 8d per lb; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Oysters, 8s to 54s per bushel ; Red Herrings, 8s to 40s per barrel ; Mackarel, 3d to 6d each. WICITECHAPEL. Each kind of Meat was in moderate supply, and a sluggish inquiry on the following terms :—Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; and Pork 2s 6d to 4s per 81b5. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis ars from Sid to 9id ; of Household bid to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDE MARKET Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 4d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 2d ; inferior do, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 7s 9d ; long woolled sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 9d ; short do, 3s 6d to 5s 3d; lamb skins, is 3d to is 6d; and shearlings, 4d to Bd. each. THE SUN, LONDON,__SATTJRDAY EVENING, Nteknen - 2, 1844 LAW INTELLI 114LYAT.ILRZETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ ; use ful ditto,. 31 5s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to 31 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/6s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. The best hay sold somewhat freely at full prices, but otherwise the demand was in a very sluggish state. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 31 Ss ; useful ditto, 3/ lOs to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 16s to 4/ ; Clover Hay, 31 to 4/ 15s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 119 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade comparatively steady. WIIITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ ; useful ditto, 3/ 5s to /3l lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3115 s ; Clover Hay, 315 s to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly at late rates. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. The factors showed great firmness in demanding higher prices for Wheat at this day's market, which caused a slow trade, but we enhance our quotations Is. per quarter. The Barley trade is dull, yet last week's prices are fully main tained. Oats and Shelling are without material alteration, but Beans are sold a little better. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. OLD. NEW Wheat, Sufna, Essex, and Kent Red. to 57 53 to 56 Ditto ditto White.. 62 5 6 CO Norfolk... ~,,,, ... ... . ...... Ditto ditto White... 59 52 56 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 55 40 fp Ditto ditto White... 57 5'2 55 Yorkshire Red —.— 55 47 5 3 Ditto ditto White... 57 50 54 Foreign Red 54 58 Ditto ditto .....„ ..... White 56 60 Per quarter imperial. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ... ................. — 37 34 35 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 36 32 34 Grinding .......... ............ . ........ ... so 32 Foreign — 115 92 31 Per qr. of 631 b. to the bushel, Beans, Small fine .............. 3l 35 30 SI • Ticks 31 34 30 32 Foreign ....... ..... .-- -- -- -- Oats, Potato aed Pols' , d """ --1 . ... --s. Dealing lO.l. to 11d., Foreign —d, to —d. pet Stout. 5he11ing.................................... ........ 21s. to 251. per Lead. Malt ....... ..........a—.. 401 fine 445. per I.c.d Rapeseed.... 2 3, Oa 241.01. 251. Os. per La, t. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) MANCHESTER'--FRIDAY. The speculators at Liverpool, and not a bet made. HOOTON-PARK STFEPLE CHASE.—FRIDAY. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added ; 3 miles, Lord Maidstone's Caesar, 12st (Owner 1 Moore L or d Maidstone's Emperor, 12st (Mr. A. 2 C a pt a in France's Brenda, 12st (Owner 3 Mr. Crawford's Thelleturned (Mr. H. Johnstone) fell. Even on The Returned, 3to 1 agst Caesar. Lord Maid stone declared to win with Cxsar ; Emperor, therefore, made the running to within a short distance of home, where he gave way to Ctesar, who won by two lengths. The Returned jumped into the brook. Sweepstakes of 10 sot's. each, with 50 added ; 12st each. Sir W. I. Stanley's Charley (Lord E. Russell) 1 Mr, Grace na Lightning Mr. Antey's Corsair 3 The following also ran :—Sir G. Houston's Curiosity, Mr. Berrow's Challenger, Mr. Stanley's Kildare, Mr. Wilkinson n 4 Sankey, and Mr. Williams' Effendi. Charley took the lead, was the only horse that cleared the brook, and won cleverly by two lengths. COURSING. BALDOCK CLUB ISlErasisci, FEB. 29 A2(13 MARCH I.—The Bitch Puppy Stakes (6 Subs), were won by Mr. Little's ikovying ; the Six Dogs Stakes, by. Mr. V, Prior's Pluck ; and the All-Aged Stakes (8 dogs), by Mr. Smyth's Ma'am, OVERLAND MAIL.-.=Thp Overland mail for the 4th March, is by a notice issued from tho 64Urgl Jost - office, de tai tin the 6th. FUENCif WHALERS.—Advices received from the Sandwich Islan4 or October 26, state that the whalers Jonas of Nantes, the AdAzz if Havre, and the Ajax, of Havre, w ere lying in Hondulu with f!1 cargoes, and were about to proceed homeward. OF A HOUSE AT DEPTFORD.--Wednesday morning, about pjev,en o'clock, the inhabitants of High street, Deptford, were gre4l4 warmed in consequence of the fall of the entire front of an old' house in that street. The km was about being pulled down , and l?y carelessness tha works ftcAt had been left unsupported, " • SUMMARY-OF NEW A.Zir D • Vublir Optitton. Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The discussion in the French Chamber on the proceedings of Admiral Dupetit Thouars at Otaheite commenced on Thursday, and had not closed at the hour of post. Should a division take place, Ministers, it wasenticipated, would have a considerable' majority. On Tuesday the King, after having visited the church at Eu, went to the wood de la Poterie. His Majesty was ac companied by the Prefect and Engineer of the department, General d'Audenarde, the Mayor of Eu, Col. de Chabanne, and Count de Strada. The King afterwards went to the farm on the Treport road. In the evening there was a grand dinner at the Chateau, at which all ,the civil and military authorities were present. • At seven o'clock his Majesty set out on his return to Paris, and at eleven o'clock on Wednes day arrived at the Tuileries. Lady Cowley commenced her second series of route on Wednesday evening by a most numerous and brilliant assem blage. The elite of English society, residents or visitors in Paris, were present on the occasion, and also a great number of the French nobility. Among the brilliant crowd was the newly arrived Turkish Ambassador, Reschid Paella, who was an object of general interest. " Letters from Beyrout," says the Presse, " received by ex press, bring the follow in g im p ortant intelligence :—Mount Lebanus is in insurrection. Twelve thousand Maronites are un der arms, and have named for their chief Francis Cozeno. Two Druse chiefs , who were as hosta g es at Beyrout, escaped durieg al:. night, and returned to the mountain to make Maronites. The inhabitants of the common cause c h a a u d s d e e ice l , : : ;. h ed t , h t after having for a length of time '' exactions of the Turkish d em anded from the Porte that tt.. h have no longer functionaries should be put a stop to, L ey any hope but in arms." . .. The Postampt Gazette of Frankfort gives the following, of the 20th ult., from Posen :—" Within the last few days, the Government has adopted measures which give rise to a belief that not only the Polish emigrants and Russo-Polish directors had entered into revolutionary conspiracies, but that they have been joined by young men belonging to the Grand Duchy. Domiciliary visits have been made at the houses of several young men of the city, and their papers seized and put under seal. Forbidden books have also been detected and secured. At the same time we have not learnt whether the Government have succeeded in acquiring the evidence sought for." Admiral Gall, one of the oldest admirals in the Russian navy, lately died at St. Petersburgh, at the age of 84. He was an Englishman by birth, and had been nearly 60 years in the Russian service, A letter from Zara (Dalmatia,) in the Journal de Frank fort, gates that, on Feb. 9, near ten in the evening, a slight shock of an earthquake was felt in the neighbourhood, which lasted three or four seconds. The atmosphere was serene at the time. It is stated in a letter from Carlsruhe, of the 22d, that the principal cemetery , of that place has been recently the scene of repeated violations , More than forty graves have been opened, and all the gold and other valuable orna ments with which the bodies were interred stolen, Ao these atrocities weir carried on with great caution on the part of the depredators, the cr;Zie would have remained unpunished if a young man had not be,;:t arrested in the act of offering for sale a silver handle of a corisiii. This person instantly con fessed, and denounced his associates, not less thin} thirty of whom have since been apprehended. LAW AND POLICE. At the Hertford Assizes the Rev. Mr. Brogden was ac. quitted on a charge of firing at and wounding a man named Cornelius Wintle a constable, whom the rev. gentle man had mistaken for a thief. The Assizes of the Northern Circuit commenced an Thurs day at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The business is not heavy, but in one case there are nine charges of rape against one man. Among the members of the Bar engaged on the Western Circuit, the assizes of which commenced at Winchester on Friday, there was a general feeling of regret at the arrival of the intelligence of the death of Mr. Sergeant Bonipas, the senior counsel on that Circuit, who expired on Thursday last, He was much respected by the profession. Frederick Radford, a butcher, Frederick Shaw, a gold beater, and Anne, his wife, John Dybell, a parchment cutter, Edward Radford, a copper-plate printer, and an old woman named Mary Osborne, were charged at Bow-street, on sus picion of being concerned in burglariously entering the fac tory of Mr. Smith, bookseller and stationer, 49, Long-acre, and stealing therefrom two parcels of receipt stamps, three bank-notes for 201., 29 sovereigns, and a number of engrav ings, with other articles, on the sth ult. The evidence was not complete, and Roe and Shaw were remanded. John Dobey Pollard, a solicitor, residing at No. 2, Bowling green-lane, King-street, Borough, and Marsh-gate, Lambeth, was charged, at Clerkenwell, with stabbing Mr. 11. Ken worthy, a reporter, residing in Camden-town. The parties had had some refreshment together, and the prisoner was not quite sober at the time. The prosecutor luckily escaped in jury. Pollard was committed for trial, but admitted to bail, James Kelly, a young man of respectable appearance, was charged at Lambeth-street, with being found upon the pre mises of Mr. Castle, a ship-broker in High-street, Wapping, to be detainedi n n , custody nam ed A young ma under singular and suspicious circumstances. He appea r e d to be labouring under the effects of insanity. He was o rdered ° Bassett, was remanded from Green wich office on a charge of being concerned in a robbery of letters, containing money, &c., front the post-office at Lewisham. COTTRT—VASHIONABLE. The Lord Chamberlain (Earl Delawarr) arrived on Friday in Upper Grosvenor-street, from a visit to the Earl and Countess Amherst, at Knole Park, near Seven Oaks, to transact official business, and his Lordship afterwards left for Bourn Hall, Cambridgeshire, on a visit to Mr. Francis and Lady Elizabeth Russell. The Earl and Countess of Arran are expected to leave town early in the ensuing week for the Lodge, Enniscorthy. The Earl of Powis arrived in Berkeley-square early in the week to attend the Ancient Britons Welsh festival, from Walcot House, near Ludlow. The Countess and the Ladies Herbert are expected in town for the season early in the ensuing month. Lady Beresford left Paris for Mulogne on Wednesday last Sir Robert Peel has a dinner party on Saturday next, the ' 9th inst., at his residence in 'Whitehall-gardens. Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., and family, have arrived at his man sion in Hyde Park-place, from Rome and Naples. Viscount and Lady Campden have left Gainsborough House for Barham Court. Mr. O'Connell has E has i j S u C statt a e3s N ed E a ° l 77 ett fil e; to the people of Ireland, denouncing in the strongest terms the incendiaries who have set fire to farming property in some places. He again adverts to the manner in which he had been received by the English people, He says, ." I have been received with kind and manly generosity by tens of thousands of the English. The Irish people themselves could not receive me with more of the noblest sentiments of sympathy and good feeling. I cannot express the extent of my gratitude, nor ought the Irish people ever to forget that sympathy which is not created or limited by kindness towards an individual, but whose basis is a fervent desire to have justice done to the Irish nation. I hope the people of Ireland will never forget these instances of generous kindliness." A meeting, consisting of 8,000 individuals, was held at Manchester on Thursday evening, the Mayor in the chair, for the pur pose of taking into cons id erat i on th e propr i e t y o f presenting a memorial to her Majesty upon the present state of Ireland, consequent upon the Government prosecutions. Resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were adopted, and it was resolved that a memorial should be pre sented to the Queen, embodying the substance of the resolu tions, to be signed by the Mayor, and also by the people of Manchester. The Carlton Club has purchased the leases of Mr. Evans, the bookseller's premises, and of those recently occupied by Mr. Mott, which will be pulled down for the purpose of en larging their present club-house, and of building a splendid edifice. We understand that several plans have been already sent in. On Friday the whole of the men of the Royal Artillery at Woolwich off duty were assembled to witness the infliction of corporeal punishment, to the extent of 150 lashes, upon Gun ner and Driver Davis, of the 6th battalion, who was tried by a Court-martial, and found guilty, of breaking open one of the barrack-rooms, and stealing a cornopean, value 51., the property of Lieutenant-Colonel Colquhoun. The prisoner, on leaving the hospital, will be discharged from the regiment with ignominy. G.—(THIS DAY.) fresh,n w idN I i(la t last night, with heavy with o O ps ar, as Y s y n p , g3eLt 'S kruc S disi. l - 1 2 1 1. v i squalls. DEAL, MARCH I.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. John Tomlinson; Hutchinson, China; Elephanta, Ross, Ma nilla ; Stratford, Tait, Mauritius ; Zampa, Lanske, Angostura for Bremen. Sid. Poictiers, Madras ok, Coun tess Hope, Montreal, and John Crai ; Thomas Sno g, New York ; Emma, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind W.N.W. to W., hard and squally.—Arrd. MAI S. Resistance, Plymouth. Off, Richmond, London, for Algo Bay. PLYMOUTH; MARCH I.—Wind W.—Arrd. Virginia, Liver pool for Boston, with cargo shifted. FALMOUTH, MARCH I.—Wind W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrd. Lord Stanley, Shields for Aden, put back ; Albert, Dominica. LIVERPOOL, MARCH I.—Wind W. moderate.—Arrd. Mar garet, Rio de la Hache ; Memley, Glover, Laguna, Dec. 31 ; George Schofield, Schofield, Apalachiola. Ski. Tartar, Ha vannah ; Thomas Bennett, Charleston ; South Esk, Boston. KINGSTOWN, FEB. 29.—Arrd. Madonna, Demerara. CORK, FEB. 28.—Acrd. Nestor, Stuart, Mauritius (100 days) ; Clio, Bridgwater, for Savannah, leaky. You Gum„, FELL 2".—Acrd. Mary Flagg, St. John's, N. B. OFF ALDBOROUGH, MARCH I.—Andromache, Hull, for St. John's, N.B. YARMOUTH, MARCH The Runcina, Cowie, of Cullen, on shore on the Barber Sand, yesterday, has been got off, and will proceed, as she makes no water. WELLS, MARCH I.—The Robert and William, of Boston, on shore at Hunstanton, has been got off, after discharging 110 quarters of wheat, and into the harbour, where she will discharge the remaining part of it, being wet. C. DICKENS, ESQ. (Boz), IN LIVERPOOL.—The annual Christmas soirée, at the Mechanics Institution, having been postponed in order to suit the convenience of Charles Dickens, Esq., who had promised to preside on the occasion, the event, which was looked forward to by many with feel ings of anticipated delight, came off on Monday evening last. Long before the hour appointed for the opening of the doors, the street was crowded with persons anxious to obtain ad mission, and double rows of carriages, cars, and other vehicles, lined Mount-street, from Hope-street, to Rodney street: From the excellence of the arrangements, however, after the first rush was over, not the slightest inconvenience was experienced. Mr. Dickens had arrived in town during the day, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Burnett, of Manchester,Mr. Burnett, and another friend. He was supported on the right by Wm. Fawcett, Esq., President of the Institution, and Sir Arnold Knight, and on the left by W. B. Hodgson, Esq., the secretary, and John Smith, Esq., of the Liverpool Mercury. On the platform, and in the other parts of the ball, we noticed . • followingttivalh,heormbusirneyet gentlemen :—W. Rathbone, Esq. i Sir Joshua RA.ndYre.wYaKteusr,tzE, Esqs.cl. ; W. D. M'Andrew, Esq Andrew Melly, 'Esq. ; Dr, Dr. Heldenmaier ; James Wason , Jun, Esq.; Richard Shed, Erip ? and many of the Directors of the Institution. Most of the gentiernen• 11-44 their families with them. It would be difficult to describe, sap the ,Liverpool Mercury, after giving a full description of the proceedings, and a Forort tho poeches, the pleasure which ni"nbers of the townsmen and towilSwppga forpgrinc.ed from the visit of Mr. Dickens. The inimitable ilia pilikmpropic. " has made an era in Liverpool from which nay 4,5400;4 eir!';',TT;tidio o e Commons,. be dated. a n n ne be t o f: rw t g h i hi the • hi : a p ues :lTT sTo r fit - h y n ii tju lAPE r, R w .- 14 : y h o e c t:i s u t b a l t i c s h h e e d rs a o p f et E it prayi fOF fqllPvl the Excise duties on paper; and we understand that the principal papAr: makers in Mid-Lothian have prepared and sent off a petition a Similar import. — Witness. GENCK CHANCEILY.-(THIS DAY.) Z'OLEY V. HILL. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal occupied the Court the whole morning. The question iu the case re— lated to the conducting of a colliery in Staffordshire. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir C. WiLtzims.) or HE CHARLES MATHEWS. Mr. Charles Mathews, the celebrated comedian, tame up this morning to undergo his second examination. Mr. JA3IES appeared on behalf of Mr. Anderson, and in formed the Court that after the intimation thrown out by his Honour on a previous occasion, relative to the distribution of the bankrupt'ssalary, he should not feel called upon to offer any further opposition to the passing of the bankrupt, it being, however, understood that his client was to be appointed one of the assignees. His HONOUR thought that was the most prudent course the Learned Gentleman could adopt, under existing circum stances. The facts, when they first came out, certainly were startling, but the explanation of the bankrupt had cleared them up. With the powers and talents which Mr. Mathews possessed, he might, if he pursued a virtuous and proper path, ultimately attain an independence, mid recover his lost reputation. It must, however, be constantly borne in mind by him, that, in the event of his again coming before that Court, it would no doubt be considered that it was through his own Tecklesness and impropriety of con duct ; and' the Court would, in consequence, not be in clined to treat him with so much lenity as it did then. Mr. Mathews warmly thanked the Court and Mr. Ander son for the kindness they had evinced towards him, and then retired, his third and last examination having been pre viously fixed for the 4th of April next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION HALL.-(THIS DAY.) James Williams, a smartly-dressed youth, was charged be fora wi t , CvttinOam with discharging a loaded pistol In tha public highway.. It appeared that on the preceding evening the prisoner was observed in the Kent-road to fire a pistol, and a policeman going up to him to know:the cause, he refused to give him any satisfaction on the subject. When taken into custody there was found in his possession a gold chain, to which was appended a gold eye-glass ; and on being questioned he at first refused to give any. account of himself or.divulge where he lived. In the course of the morning, howesier, it was ascer tained that he resided with a Mrs. Ward, No. 5, Hanover street, Walworth, who attended the examination, and in re.: ply to the magistrate gave a very extraordinary account of the lad. She said that he was what is termed a " chance" child, and that his father allowed 30s. a week to him, and out of that he paid her for his board and lodging; that her son had purchased the costly articles which he wore. This latter assertion, however, was contradicted by the prisoner, who said that he bought them, as well as the pistols, himself. In answer to further questions, Mrs. Ward said that:the youth amused himself by playing about the streets ' • that he was allowed to do as he liked ; and that, since he had been living under her roof, he had never attended a place of wor ship. Altogether, the woman gave such a very mysterious 11Peount of the lad, and the manner in which he became pos sessed of the gold articles, that the Magistrate said it was evident he was going headlong to destruction, and that he hoped, through the medium of the public press, the father would become acquainted with the manner . in which his son was brought up. Is 4. CorriNGHAzu added that he should detain the prisoner in ensOclY inquiries were made on the subject. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MARCH 1. SUPPLY. MR. T. DUNCOMBE'S MOTION, MAJORITY, AGAINST—I 44. Acland, T. D. Follett, Sir W. W. Maclean DI A'Court, Captain Fox, S. Lane M'Neill, Duncan Antrobus, Edward Fuller, A. E. Mahon, Lord Arbuthnot, Hon. H, (Jaskol', James M. Mainwaring, T Arkwright, Geot ge Gladstone, W. E. Masterman, Jahn Astell, William Glynne, Sir S. R. Milnes, Richard Raillie, Colonel H. Gordon ;Captain Mundy, F,. M. _ Willie, H. J. Goring, Charles Neville, Ralph Lankes, George Goulburn, Henry Nicholl Right Hon Baring, H. B, Graham, Sir J. O'Brien, A.'S. Barrington Viscount Grouriail, rem. Oswald, Alexander Beckett, William Greene, T. Nolte, C, W, Bentinck, Lord G. Gregory, W. H. Pattcll, J. W Boldero, H. G. Grogan, Ed war d Peel Mr Robert Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, Geo. Al e x Peel; Jonathan Llettleld, Bariah Hamilton ' Wm. J. P.umptre, Joh n P Bradshaw, James Hamner, Sir John Pollock, Sir Fred. Bramston, T. W. Harcourt, G. G, . Freed William T. Bruce. Lord E. Hardinge, Sir H. Pringle, Alexander thick, Lewis W. Hardy, John Reid, Sir John It, Bunbury, Thomas Hayes, Sir E. Rendlesharn, Lord Burrell, Sir C. M, Henley, J. W. Repton, G eorge J . Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Richards, Richard Chapman. A. Hinds, J. H. Rous, Lion. Captain Cliartcris, Francis Hodgson, R. Rushbrooke,Colonel Chetwode, Sir John Hope, Chart. a Sanderson, It. Clerk, Sir George Hope, G. W. Sandon, Viscount Cochrane, Alex, Hornby, John Seariett, R C. Cockburn, Sir G. Houldsworth, T. Scott, F. Collett, W. ltickford Hughes, W. B. Seymour, Sir R. Copeland, Alderman Hussey, Thomas Shirley, E. P. orry, Right Hon. ki Irton, Samuel Sibthorp, Colonel Cripps, W. • Irving, John Smith, T. B. C. Di t tmar, Hon. G. Jerioyn, Earl Smollett, Alexander Denison, 11l B. ' Jocelyn, Viscount Somerset; Lord U. Dick, Quintiii thostone, Hope Stanley, Lord Dickinson. F. H. erlible, H@TITY Stewart, John Douglas, Sir H. Khatchbull, Sir 4 41-ittOP, Hon. H. M. Douglas, sir C. E. Knight, H. G. Tennent, J. F,, Duncombe, 4, Lascelles, W. S. To Q. Eaton, Richard J. JAW, t- harles K Trotter, J, Egerton, W.V. Lincoln, Earl of Wall, C. Daring Eliot, Lord Lockhart, William Wellesley Lord C. Ernlyn, Viscount Lowther J. H. Wortley. Hon. John S Escott. Bichkarn Lygon, lion. Gen. Wynaltialia Colonel Estcourt, I'. G. B. lirl'Cleachy, F. A. Yorke. E. T. Farnham, E. B. Mackenaio, Thomas TRLIARS, Fitzmaurice, W. MacKenzie, W. F. Fremantle, Sir T. Flower, Sir James Mackinnon, W. A. Basing, Henry MINORITY, FOR-73. Aglionby, H. A. Dalrymple, Captain Pulsford, R bert Baring. F, T. Dawson, Hon. T. V. Ramsbottom, J. Barnard, E. G. Dennistoun, J. . Rawdon,:J. D. Barron, H. W Duff, James Ricardo, J. L, Berkeley, C. Duncan, George Roche, E. B. Berkeley, Hon. M. F Duncannon Lord Scheletield, J. Bernal, Ralph Dundas, Admiral Stanley,' W. G. Bernal, Captain Ellice, E. Stanstiela, W. it. Blake, M. J. Elphinstone, Howard Strickland, Sir ti. Blewitt, Reginald Fielden, J. Strutt, Edward bodkin, John James Gore, Robert Tancred, H. W Bowes, J. Hastie Archibald Thornely, Thomas Bewring, Dr. Hay, Sir A. L. Troubridge Sir T. Bright, John Hill, Lord Marcus Villiers, Charles r'. Brotherton, J. Hersman, Edward Wakley, Thomas Browne, Hon. W. Layard, Captain Wallace, R Buller C. Marjoribanks, R Ward, H. G. Busfeifd, W. Martin. John Wawn, John Butler, Colonel Mitchell, T. A. Williams, W. Byng, Hon. G. S. Morris, , lDavid .. Wyse, 1. Carew, Hon. R. S. Murphy, F. S. Yorke, R. H. Cave, t. 0. - O'Connell, Maurice Cobden, Richard O'Ferrall, 'More TELLIIRS. Celtxirne, W. Ridley Pattison, James Duncombe, T. S. Collett, John Peck ell, Captain Bellew, R. M. Crawford, W. S. Plumridge, Captain MR. S. CRAWFORD'S MOTION. MINORITY-AYES, 15. Aglionby H. A. Duncan, George Wakley, Thomas Blewitt, R. Duncombe, T. S. Wawn, J. T. Bodkin, J. J. O'Connell, M. Williams. W. Bowling. Dr. Plumridge, Captain TELLBRS. Bright, John Scholetield, J. Crawford, W. S. Cobden, Richard Villiers, Charles P. Feilden, J. . ' MAJORITY-NOES, 91. BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO. (From the Weekly Dispatch of this day.) LIVERPOOL, MARCH I.—The following letter, which has just come to hand, from the River Plate, gives a graphic sketch of affairs at Monte Video. The respectability of the source from whence the communication is derived, is a guarantee for the correctness of the statements. The condi tion of the Monte Videans is, as regards provisions, it will be seen, somewhat critical ; but the contest between the rival Republics is, the writer thinks, drawing to a crisis Nov. 22, 1843.—We have now been upwards of nine months besieged, and, although I cannot say that the war is yet over, I am happy in finding there is some appearance of its being so, as we cannot hold out more than a month longer, because the Government have not the means of payingfor the supplies of provisions requisite for the garrison of the city, which amounts to about 3,000 dollars daily. They have long since sold all the duties and Government property, and the foreign mer chants have advanced upwards of 1,000,000 dollars to carry on thewar ; Government have besides to find rations for 0014 8,000 poor people, now living in the city on account of the biopic: ade ; these rations are now reduced one-half, There is a great amount of suffering and misery in the city, and it must in crease daily until the war is at an end; even then how many must be deprived of fathers, husbands, and brothers ! It is now a fortnight since iati new§ from River& uteri The 18th of October, in which be states that he is comitig . to relieve the capital, and has a very strong. army, INUIAA, the chief of the enemy's cavalry, with all hie furee, were re treating before Rivera, whom we expect near here every day lie is coming to give battle to Blancoes, that he may get assistance from the infantry. It is said that Rivera mast have at present an army of 10000 or 12,000 men t surely with that army he can beat Oribe, and then we shall he all right again. We have had a great many skirmishes lately, and numbers of our men have been wounded. We have four hospitals for the wounded, and they get very well attended to. The principal one has received about 1,300 wounded men since the Ist of July. Nine r.ai., there are just gone to the mole, to be embarked, 2,000 infantry, and 200 cavalry, with some cannon—it is supposed for the Mount. If so, we may probably see a fight to-morrow, or it may be they go to Santa Lucia, to join with Rivera. A battle must take place, and I expect it will be in the sight of the city. We had a very hard fight last week. A Colonel Neira, with 25 men, went to attack an outpost of the enemy, when he was shot. As our people did not return with the body, 360 Italians, and 50 blacks went to regain it. They had to fight upwards of 2,000 Blancoes, and they suc ceeded, after a desperate struggle, in regaining the body. The Italians and blacks charged with the bayonets, and killed upwards of 100 men. We had seven killed and about fifty wounded. A melancholy occurrence took place the day our troops went out on this expedition. A lieutenant of cavalry and one man charged eight Blancoes. It was thought at the time that the officer had boon killed, but from those who have come in since, it appears that the horse of the lieute nant was shot from under him, and he fell a prisoner to the Blancoes, who immediately cut off his head, which was found the next morning stuck on the iron rails fronting a dwelling• house, with the ears cut off. How different was the treat meat given to the officer who fell into the hands of our men. He was, after a few days' imprisonment sent on board the English commodore's ship, in order to be given up to Admiral Brown, the commodore of the Buenos Ayrean navy. Nov. 24.—Our troops are still at the Mount, We have sent more to-day. I expect it is an expedition to obtain cattle. HER MAJESTY ' S THEATRE.—This establishment is not likely to open before the 9th inst. Agents from tlw ma , nagement have departed for Paris on llPPAllijt of the Action at law pending between the direPaeur of 10 Milieus and For nasari, who, unless the matter is amicably arranged, win not, be able to leave Paris as soon as his services will be re quired here. The rehearsals for the new ballet Esmeralda take place daily under the surveillance of r mot ; li t vi§to the indefatigable Naclawl, r omam um AT A RAILWAY STATION.--The Post master-General has ordered a Post -office to be opened at Normanton Railway station, by which passengers will km an opportunity of receivin and forwiicilille . .iPttql tab igillgtAlt TilQ iflll*4llll ttntion is at the junc tion tiaeldancnester La Leeds and York and North Mid land lines with the North Midland line, about three miles f r om Wakefield, and ninemiles from Leeds. The same ghonld be done at other large statim, .=. ifilitik4gtieg - 9404 etiterclay. evening from the Colonial-office, for the Go vernors o f t h e West India GQlciniee. MAGAZINES—CONTINUED. COLONIAL MAGAZINE. This is a carefully conducted periodical, and con tains a vast mass of useful colonial information, ga• thered from a variety of sources. In the Number before us we find some entertaining recollections, ac companied by wood engravings, of "Algeria in the year 1843." JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. A Journal, as may be surmised from its title, - wholly of a practical character, and appealing for the most part to the tastes of agriculture. The informa tion it contains is various, and appears to be judi ciously condensed and well arranged. UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE. The two most entertaining articles in this Number are—first, an account of a " Five Days' Retreat of a Turkish Army," in which there are many stirring and even dramatic incidents ; and secondly, " Military Anecdotes and Sketches of Character." In this last article, Major Wilkie, the author, gives a brief and piquant sketch of the late Captain Dormer, who, ac cording to the Major's account, must have been one of the most inveterate gastronomists on record, " hav ing a pure love of the art, which, like other loves, be came a passion, and a reigning one." DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. There is here a very tedious essay on " Mesme rism," which, so far as we can see, comes to no defi nite conclusion, but leaves the subject in the same perplexed state in which it found it. In the article quaintly headed " Nuts and Nut-Crackers," we find some smart and pertinent references to the " Humane Society," who, it seems, take a world of trouble to save a man from drowning, but pay no attention to him, even though starving, until animation is sus pended. " Arrah Neil" is another of Mr. James's works of fiction ; it is agreeably written, but is not much elevated above common-place. ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE. We are glad to renew our acquaintance with the " Chronicles of Clovernook," which are here resumed, after having been discontinued for several months. The allegory—or alligator, as Mrs. Malaprop would call it—is a little too mystical in places, but a careful attention on the part of the reader will enable him to perceive its drift, and to appreciate the truly ca tholic spirit that pervades it. We have been struck with the following thought, which, if not absolutely new—as what thought is ?—is tersely and forcibly expressed:—" Happy is the man who can say, peace giving bed. For, oh, what a rack to the spirit of man may be found in goose-down! You are in bed, peace-giving bed, you say ; it is deep night, and in that solemn pause you seem to feel the pulse —to hear the very heart of time. You try to think of many things, but the spirit, or demon of the bed sets up yourself before yourself—brings up your doings to the bar of your own conscience ; and what a set of scurvy gaol-birds may be found among them! They peep in at your curtains, crowd in at the foot of your bed, and though you have no rushlight you see their leering, sneaking faces." " Winter the King, and Spring the Poet," is a translation from the Swedish of Vitalis. It is a very graceful lyric; the versification is uniformly harmonious in its cadence ; and the thoughts and images, of which it is full, are developed with vigour and freedom. We hope to see more translations from the pen of the same author, Of the reinftining tirticlos the most in tergi4ting is a tale entitled The Monastery of Dove dale," which is embellished with a very choice engraving, RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA- MENT. The following is the progress the undermentioned Bills have made through the House : North British Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Gibson Craig. Slamannan Junction Railway—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Dennistoun and Mr. Gibson Craig. Newbury, Basingstoke, London, and Southampton Railway Bill, " for making a Railway from the London and South- Western Railway to the town of Newbury"—Read a first time. Salisbury Branch Railway Bill—Read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection. York and Scarborough Railway Bill—Read a second time, committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Furness Railway Bill, "for making a Railway from Ramp side and Barrow to Dalton Lindale and Kirkby Ireleth, in the county palatine of Lancaster, to be called The Furness Railway' "—Read a first time. _ _ Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway-- Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read, Bill ordered to brought in by Lord Francis Egerton, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, and Mr. Wilson Patten. Guildford Junction Railway Bill, " for making a Railway from the London and South-Western Railway to Guildford, in the county of Surrey"—Read a first. time, Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill, " to amend and en large some of the _provisions of the Act authorisi ng th e con struction of the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway, and to authorise the construction of certain new works iu connexion therewith"—Read a first time. SECOND REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMIT TEE ON RAILWAYS. The Select Committee on Railways have agreed to report the following resolutions :- 1. That, in each case where Bills are now pending to author rise the construction of new lines of railway, competing With one another, such Bills be respectively referred to one Com mittee. 2. That the Committees for the consideration of such Bills be specially constituted. 3. That Bills now pending to authorise the construction of new lines of railway, . which will compete with existing rail ways, be in like manner referred to Committees specially con stituted. 4. That such Committees be composed of five members, to be nominated by the Committee of Selection, who shall sign a declaration that their constituents have no local interest, and that they themselves have no personal interest in the Bill or Bills referred to them, and that they will not vote on any question which may arise without having duly heard and attended to the evidence relating thereto, and that three shall be a quorum. 5. That a Select Committee be appointed, to consider which of the pending Railway Bills shall be deemed competin g Bill s , according to the foregoing resolutions. 6. That such Select Ciimmittee be composed of five Mem bers, of whom three shall be a quorum, and that the Com mittee have power to send for persona, papers, and records. 7. That such of the Standing Orders as relate to the com position of the Committees on private Bills, and the orders consequent thereon, be suspended, so far as regards com peting Railway Bills pending in the course of the 144,:61,04t session. THE HOUSE Or SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN. In Fri day-street, Cheapside, a short time ago, stood the house which was in the occupation of Sir Christopher Wren, the eminent architect, during the erection of SC raid's Cathe dral, and which adjoined the chureb Of St: Matthew, Friday street. In the course of pulling doWn the building, which was sold a few weeks ago, and which is now nearly levelled with the ground, several silver and copper coins were fOluAd in the joists of the flooring by some of the w(2 l : l PPau. The silver coins were of the reign of Queen lli.aheth, some being in good preservation. rflw cupper emus were of an earlier period. ll@ fcindation walls are of extraordinary thickntwk a portion of which formed part of the Saracen's lea which is also taken down. THE ORDNANCE EsTIMATNO, --The estimates of the office of OrdBARN (including barracks, surveys of the United. Kingdonh Commissariat, and military and civil superannua tions) for the year 1844-45, have just been printed by eider of the House of Commons. The total sum to to voted , for the current year amounts to b 63,49,00.41, which is less by 9,078/. than the anlOnnt VONd 111 the year 1843-44. There Will lie aPPreprtateci, for ordinary, 621,5994 ; for extra ordi naries, 1,020,9914 ; superannuated, 163,680/. ; and for commis% eariat supplies, 174,688/. ; making altogether an aninngt , of 1,980,958/. As, however, sums to the amount of 140,8941. re main to the credit of the Ordminee,effice, the estimates for the current yea of cc arse Minced to 1,840,064/. WIMo4SaII, VIIIPAY,----The second battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, under the command of Colonel Berke ley Drummond, arrived at Windsor this morning, by rail, way from Paddington to SlOngli, AVM St. george's Barracks, and relieved the third battalion Of the Grenadier Guards, which proceeded to town by the Great Western Railway. Wring the whole of the period the Grenadier Guards were in garrison at Windsor, We conduct of the privates was cif the most orderly, peaceable, and quiet description. THE STATE OF IRELAND—MI(4'OSn WIETITINEI AT BIRMINGHAM.—We are glad to learn that the spirited in habitants of Birmingham intend to hold a public meeting in the Town-hall there on Wednesday next, on the present state of Ireland, --The meeting has been called by the Mayor, on a requisition signed by twenty-eight town-councillors, anti seven hundred burgesses and other inhabitants, subscribed in one day. Mr. O'Connell has accepted an invitation to attend. The Mayor will preside, SOCIETY of ANPW.ET BillTosis,--The 130th anni versary of the Society of Ancient Britons was celebrated yes terda,heing St. David's day, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, The festival was well attended, an d i n justice to the proprietor of the tavern, it must be said that the preparations made for the guests and the whole arrangements were better than on many former c , elebratiOlll, The chair was taken at half-past six o'clock hy Sir J. Benn Walsh, Bart., supported by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Powis, the Hon, Ur. Clive, the Hon. Mr. Trevor, Sir W. W. Virynn, Oelauel Wood, M.P., Sergeant Atcherly, Mr, E, Williams, and many other gentlemen connected with the Principality. The company amounted to 150 persons. In the galleries was a brilliant assemblage of ladies, and the musical arrangerneptgi under the direction Of Mr. J. Parry, the bard of ales, assisted by Messrs. Atkins, Young, Fit 4, william, and other vocalist s , an d b y M r. Richards, thellianist, and other professional gentlemen, were excellent in their kind. The usual loyal, national, and local toasts were drank with the usual honours, and a large amount of subscriptions for the su?port of the Welch School, making a sum total of nearly LOX/. announced. Amongst the contributions were.-=, Her ajesty, 105/. ; the Queen Dowager, 25/. ; the Duke of Newcastle, 504 ; L or d P ow i s, 5 0 / . ; colonel Wood, 201., and many other noblemen 4110, gentlemen to large sums. The festivities wer t V it t up. is the good old style of ancient piirile.ll.4 eleven o'clock, when the company separetsci o , ely gratified with the events of the day. -FIRE AT CHELSEA.—This u 1 n 4 slwrity before one o'clock, a fire, attended 'WW I§ Onsiderable loss of pro p.erty, broke 9.11 t he remises belonging to Mr. John 4own as t e L;oach and Horses, wine -vaults, situate at, Na '4, Royal Hospital-row, Chelsea. -Owing le inflammable nature of the stock upoli 1 . 4;t4045 , s premises, t t h ha e n k a ogre quit s rt s e t f li ti e ll fiA i r l e.g •wiv, yeiy Tapi and in little more t.T# I ,S9A egraplete lasing mass ; and that firemen exerted themselves to the utmost.' theta. *MI this firs tisc no o t v w er i y th , s t t h an e din pre g - were unable to save either the building or its, by half-past two o'clock the whc , lci we kr 9 P l .the 1 t , sustained is considerahlt,u4 ic C•011id 1 14 4 e aSeertanned, in IllOritest whether the sufferer was ID§ peverat or the adjoining houses are cletuagede.spe., eia . _those belonging to Mr. Merit-Wag,', I's 0; N and Mr. Francis Fairhead groCF., 3 1 9 ' 1 / 9 k' X ' CI:4C "It " of the outbreak cou ld not I?nl#WVI.l/4411.- - MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE W S CITY, QUARTER TO THREE' to The transactions in Cotton at Li ver p oo l yes t er day wer- A the extent of 4,000 :bales, all to the trade, and prices r t mained as previously quo t e d.—A cons id era ble an 3 , ° : of business was d one i n R a il way S toc k, but TA A was no improvement in prices. Birmingham Gloucester were 734 ; Eastern Counties, Registered , 1 3 , of Edinburgh and Glasgow, 581 ex dividend; Great ICL . , ; „" tm England, 95i ; Liverpool and .Manchester, 2211 ; g t hani, Thirds, 404 • South Western, 764 ; Manchester SI Birmingham, 40*; ' Midland Counties, 88 .; Paris and )1 0 "" 32 Ulster, 3011. ~0 of the state and prospects of trade in the provinces paramount importance, and the following account from tb intelligent Manchester agents, blessrs.:Ferguson and ° will be doubtless perused with interest : —. Ot t Or "At the date of our l as t re p ort (27th u lt . ), w hen gr eat a citement was prevalent both i n th e Li ver p o ol Cotton mar and in this neighbourhood, we ventured to express our APPL, hensions that the over-sanguine expectations of the ful l prosperity of trade, and too con fid en t re li anc e upon (I ° llb reports concerning the American cotton crop, which were 'o a ,b r inducing so many parties to embark in extensive sP ec o d tions in cotton wool, would lead to a reaction , check the healthy current of demand for manufaetwe s ; which had appdrently set in, and which promised, if net eat turbed by artificial obstacles, to lead on gradually to gr.., and enduring advantages. Without being disposed gr.., dervalue the prospects with which the year commence could not help expressing our conviction that by many ties those prospects were extravagantly overrated; the 4103 alone, probably, being in some cases suggestive of ,4"" thought. An effort has been made during the Les three or four days to rally cotton, and the t i; eo of last week have been regained. That le will be an immediate and important decline in the raw stalen we do not mean to insist. The low rate of interest will e _i te e holders to refrain from pressing sales ; and the advices tf.l„ out by the Hibernia, of the extraordinary operations a r e i week, previous to her departure, when a larger Vi e,amo sales were reported than had ever previously taken . ;; will no doubt operate to enhance prices in the United Sta, • but ultimately, and that before long, we fully antieir ia ' e retrogression in the prices of cotton. " What we ventured to anticipate has already taken and the advanced prices of manufactures in this mar ti e checked demand. It is certain that much lees busines!.sl been transacted this menth than in the previous one, b ligd manufacturers of most descriptions of staple fabrics have co - A . little or no stock, and are yet engaged with previous viy. tracts, prices, so far, have only in rare instances given „ o r Nor do we expect a material decline in the prices of 1 ! 1 'Ae; factures, even if the rates of the raw staple should re Sc for present quotations for yarns, and most descript ioav of manufactured goods, leave but a very bare margin, if profit to the spinner and manufacturer." tbe The Funds are rather dull, but this arises both fr ol° - t circumstance of the transfer books closing for sever'. l ments, and from the early cessation of busines. , a s uSuP'"r. Saturdays. Consols are 97i to for Mout-y, and 97 1 , S u ed tn nately buyers and sellsl.erts: 695. premium. premium. On A ccoun t. ° 1; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. are 1.03 to ; New, 10 2 1 "- and Exchequer Bills, 71s. The Foreign investments have been rather aa- --- p s Spanish, however, has gone b ac k a li tt l e, the Fives b e 25 to and the Three per Cents., 35i to I. Colombian b o ot touched 14-,t, to a- • and Brazilian, 80*. Portuguese Conn e sto are steady at 45k; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents' 55 to a. Railway Shares are rather drooping. Birmiughan i , to been down to 133 and 1321 p r e m i um ; an d S out h East" 15i discount. There Is not much doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE' O'CLOCIG (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols, Annuities 9l per Cent, Reduced Annuities lO3 'l2O A eti 3% per Cent Annuities lO2 Long .Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860.... ...... Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1560. India Bonds, 1,000 ..... Ditto under 1,000 EA g Bank Stock for Account Console for Account . ............... . ... .—• 97 Exchequer Bills, 1,0004 14d. ... ****Tt4a p . 5001. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised......... ... FO r ß r E a l i a lia N ti P B U on N d D s, S 5 THIS en D t AY AT ONE O'CLsooc 711 Columbian Bonds, Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent - Ditto for the Account . ••• 34 ,44 . Ditto Deferred Stock 1 . ,% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 51 Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds 5 per Cent. ...... ......... . Ditto Converted . ................. Spanish Bonds. Five per eent 18.10 45 t wo Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred •••... l4 85 , Ditto Three per Cent, Ditto for the Account Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 55 i Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto for the Account. 10i' Dutch 5 per Cents PRICES - OF SHARES THIS DAY AT Cl.- NT .,,, RAILWAXS. P AID . Pia Su' i ' — gill , Birmingham and Gloucester Chester and Holyhead—. ..... ..... 5 Eastern Counties ....... ............ .. 523 Ditto New '..t ''" Great Western London and Blackwall 163 • ' bli ....... i i , ign' London and Birmingham . Stock..-,;,, • ., 233 ...... •. t o ... London and South Western tl/6 •••••• —.. ...... to .1 Ditto Eighths .. 2% %/i to i l Manchester and Leeds 7 -0 llO ..•••'" ' .. to ••'' Manchester and Birmingham 40 40% .... to •••• ,,, Midland Counties 100 SB 1 Norwich and 8rand0n...... A 2 Paris and Otiegia south Eastern and Dover p,ittc Scrip . . 2 550 .i.a• . •• 3 5 3 4 li st . 3 . 5 . .. . . .: to to 3 5 0.. .. a York and North Midland Ditto New Mares 2 O, ~...... 54 ........... so, .. Pitta Rearboro' Branch 2,§ JOINT STOCK BANKS. $ National Provincial of England... 35 owom. 34 % o; * . t. (~,,. l- I MANCHESTER STOCK ExcltAxo.g . , MARcti 1 . -- -"l ss tel ket is firm to-day, with the exception (21 . ' South,.. o so; which are cinetetA AQWel'. The sales art . :—Birraingiii s GlOWealeT Quarters, 17i 1 Bolton a n d Preston, 29il a jogS, Counties, perpetual, 1/. Os. ',bd. • Edinburgh and 'oft' 58 WC div, 1 Midland Counties, 88 Sh e ffield and Mall 71 and 71i ; South Eastern, asi ; Do. Scrip, 35k. COURT .CIRCULAR it iber, / WINDSOR, FRIDHer Majesty and Prince ,ig_ ; took their usual early walk this morning in th e sor bourhood of the Castle. Her Majesty and his Highness again promenaded in the afternoon. The Royal Family were taken their customary , to-day. b° • rf e His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out 4)- n 11,Tfr back in the forenoon, att en d e d b y Colon e l t he Equerry in Waiting. a t Sa 14 Colonel the Hon. Charles G re y h as arrj 9 ~(j et ii Castle and has relieved Lord Charles Wellesl e y Marshal) in the duties of Equerry in Waiting. I ye Her Royal Highness th e D uc h ess o f Kent , t with her Majesty and her Illustrious Consa r '' Castle this evening. ttr a ' ii) t i ; s ,it The Court will leave th e C as tl e to-morrow k— for London. Her Maje s ty an d P r i nc iAlbert, de a po rt „ t i r by the Royal suite, are expected to take the,,, a ir after Inch for Buckingham Palace,. Their oulfio tt nesses the Prince of Wales, th e P r i ncess Rol: Princess Alice will accompany the Royal ply His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge gilw- ciu Divine PAivioo yesterday morning in St. Gen4 e : s ,f Hanover-square, W ei° His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Snl e 0 ;1 arrived in town y es t er d ay f rom Windsor. 505,,,"e0 Messrs. 11, Jacks, J. Richard, T. Stee l r e f H. _Ainsworth, a Deputation from the df l a boos ie ti pf Coopers, had an interview with th e Earl of Du m o rec Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade' ; bif ie the duty on staves, Ca lv e t' Summonses were issued on Thursday to te dity p i Minititors to attend a Cabinet Council yesi e , r v estl e df noon at the Foreign-o ffi ce. At two 0 oloeS . „l",ert i ber the following Ministers attended :—Sir ~`",.1 of Silg Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, P a 'ougag f oth deep, Leal Stanley, Sir James Graham, Earl tl of P. of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, e t Sir H. Harolinge, and Sir E. Knatchbull. o .o l lfei l The Lord Chancello r arri ve d a t the Fore'i o , ar y it; half-past two o'clock. The D u k e of Welliegio a; in town yesterday, and also joined his collt 11 ,0 Council, The Council sat two hours. tur clit) A Sir Robert at' Peel has a dinner party rdr e %cr the 9th inst., his residence in Whitehall-0 t ous Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, cod, business yesterday at the Foreign-office. „, of e Dispatches from the Governor of the Ca p e v iel ^ Hope, and also from the Governor of Sier ra OP' St. Helena, were received y e sterday a t the office. t be et ; •0- A hay +log sr MASTRRS AND SERVANTS.—.. —1 Orb 0 0 e introduced into the House of Commons fer t e tereX e powers of Justices in determining comaia" a Om 11; tors, servants, and artificers, and for th e W r o ods,i,, covery of wages before Justices. It chiefly ej eo ve 13el, m i visions of the Acts 20 George H., c. 19; 31 .1. 111 es, 6 George c. 25 ; and 4 George IV., c. oT t palra under the care of Mr. W. Mimes, Mr. Ro he Mr. H. Gaily Knight. vr i s tok if ir BRISTOL AND EXETER RALLWAY. v.• v. f tbe the general meeting of the proprietors e• re p ..fit Exeter Railway Company was held at the W et , l ,o, 1 1 ,0 15. tol, Mr. Ricketts, the Chairman of the I-Ir e r f., supported by Mr. Divett, M.P., Mr. Brunel, land, .1:0 d' number of proprietors from the west of E,lig,% ar t., Ic o Piiio o o ham, the secretary, read the Directors' . 0 " oft be .11% nounced that the amount of fixed rent and s h a d t',111" - 0 , the Great Western Railway Company had , s for th e .,,,e r o, c° o6 ti t to the Bristol and Exeterßailway ColnPa n ,L pa ssel, 1 4 . , , year was 25,5551., the share of toll on 197,n7 .46 9/. 0 to ts' $ 0 veyed 5,028X0 miles, being 5,2 324, all o okivg 1 1 :• ; le Ar '. 0( tons of goods, conveyed 443,714 miles, 4 . 10 ha a ee ir , 312491. The gross earnings on the lineTthere i t ttri tT s er d b e: , % far as Beambridge, had been 56,5 431 . the Company ou the Great Western Come:lifs w v l oter .he farted to arbitration. The state of the ingly satisfactory, and the whole lode tot7aise is te confidently expected to be ready for public of May next. .01,11e P ,der 16th ll'ot 10 t. James Carroll, a recruit of the for t e the committed to our county prison, IsTenagl a li , Deco.- , John Ardell, at Borrisokane, on the 26 vi —.Newish paper.. C" BIRTHS.' the rn la J 9 On the 22d ult. at Stuttgard, in C. Berton, Esq„ of son. Guerng e " 're. Telfr On the 93th ult., at Villette Lodge , W ra p of Healy Eden Jones, Esq., of a daughter?l,s, On the 27th ult., at the Marquis of 131 1 st' of a solli t be P Brighton, the jay Georgians E. C. Grefi la isclY how On the q? th ult., at Great Missenden , I, a folf W. .1. ilargess, of a son, who survived only pee _ _ DIED. New ing t on, • On the 21st ult., at Holland Loag e l ti )*- burgh, George Glen, Esq., late of BronlP..°_u On the 21st ult., at Brighton„ the n' late of Littlehampten, Sussex, aged 37 : ,„ ria On the 28th ult., at Maidstone , Freiv Go, ney, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel ano..;:;; On the 29th ult., at Woburu-Plac' e i,r daughter of the late Henry Goodreao - ', - ..sck„ rr op ) s i On the 29th nit , -; In New JP.;od-street, 'iict Sarah, re p 0 On the Me ult.,Off. FOOditSalkela.• 'v• aged 80. hter a ve• c. ..:oeshunt, Ov. t).. e l 29th u -' l_l(arie Louise, tahais Smith, of 11'ydeVale, Blackheath• o f fe On the 28th ult., Peter, the eldest e_ o ( l' 23 . . ;6,00 ( the daug ter v Esq., of Sussex-place, Regent's-park, ag e London ; Printed and Published bY 11 - 1 11% 4 4, ee ib No 112, Strand, at The Sun Offi n .,.4 1 2, County of Middlesex, Saturday , ig."-