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" This able performance is far beyond a controversial triumph, and treats Of most of the questions of Internal policy and international commerce, on which the weal or woe of the empire depends, in a mas terly nlanner."—Literary Oazettte. "In this closely-liniCil logic, Colonel Torrens has palpably the bettei of his opponent. The subtle skill with which he contrives, in the most urbane style, to Inflict the process of self-refutation is a mas ter-piece in controversy.".--Spectator. CLEAVE& GAZETTE OF VARIETY New Series, sixteen pages (royal octavo) for One Penny. Cleave's Gazette' is new uniform with Chambers's Journal, and for - varied and agreeable information equals it in its palmier dafs."--411ustrated News, Cleave, i.lhoe-lane, Fleet-street, and all Booksellers. THEATRE'ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, Will be repented a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, calledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL (-bunt Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Rsintorth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. Atter which, Will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine, Mho Carson; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Ss., Second Price Ss. ; 'Pit as Second Price 35.; Middle ( 'allery Second Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price lid. THEATRE ROYAL ; COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, Feb: I, there will be no Per formance, the Theatrsr having been let previous to M. Jullien's occupation.. TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2. First Appearance In this Country of Herr Conrad, Band Violinist of His Majesty the King of Holland's Court Orchestra, who. will perform a Solo from La Sonnambula. Grand Fantasia, with Solo for the Cornet-a-Piston, by Herr Kcenig. Solo, Oboe—M. Barret. Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson. Locke's celebrated Music to Macbeth, with Solos for Ophicleide, Bassoon, and Oboe, by Messrs. Prospere, Baumann ,and Barret— Locke. The English Quadrille—Jullien. New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes—Jullien. Doors Open at Hall past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle,_•..s. dd. ; Private Bozos, 14 Is. T ickets to be obtained at the Box-otSce of the Theatre; of kr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New 111nd-street ; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullien's Office, ;s, Maddox street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. M.R. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY I, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestria ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nizbett; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. In the course of the Evening Mr. John Parry will sing his popular Song of The Singing Lesson," accompanying himself and Pupil On the Grand Pianoforte. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TH EFA IR 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, 38. • Gallery, 28.; Upper Gallery. Is. lialf.price—Boxes, 3s. ; Pit t 25.; Ga ll ery, la ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened a t H i alt:past Si x , the Performance commence at Seven. ''ficketa and PUCes to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box. office, from Ten till Five. THEA 7 RE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented succesa attending the revival of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted every evening till further notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff: Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster • Ford, Mr. Stuart ; P age, Mr. Howe; Caine, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, ' Mr. Brindal; Mrs. P age, Madame Yestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Le see respectfully i informs the Patrons of thi s Esta 'hlishment that he has succeeded n Engaging Mr. JOHN PARRY for Three Nights only, To.night, To-morrow, and Saturday, who will on each of these Evenings sing one of his most. Popular Songs; To-night, " The Singing Lesson, " accompanying himself and pupil on the Grand Pianoforte . " The New Fairy Extravaganx of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks," Every Evening. L T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Beet Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY I, Will be repeated a New Play, in Th ree Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEV A. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, - Wright, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates. To conclude itr , th the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called BAR. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Buller] - Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews , from the lleatres Royal, Covent-garden and Dru r y.l ane; P anta: loon, Mr. Johnstone. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, • . Will ll• performed LUCREZIA BORGIA. Don Alphonso, Mr. Burdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Maltio Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Oubetta. Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia. After which, the Farce of MY FELLOW-CLERK. • To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Poo. Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe. Leaf, Miss R. lsaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Ratty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Eqtiestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS , FEBRUARY, Will be performed the Grand EVENING National Spectacle of I THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buouaparte, Mr. Gomersal, his ori ginal character. New Scenes in the Circle, and Uhequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Enormous hit of “ Stella Rittersdorf"—more crowded than ever— increased attraction or the best ng Pantomime in London, o v erfl ow - with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY I, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTER& DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes Hicks R. Honner. Neville. Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, estop, krs. R. konner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime, with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks, every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN GRA MAR , or ' Lindley.Murray,and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey ; Grottear ta •Mr. Stilt ; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Pants low% Mr. Hawkins ; blues (alternately) Miss M. R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VIC'T'ORIA THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, Will ise_performed an entirely New Domestic Maras, entitled POVERTY ;_ or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. F reer; Jessamy Tacit; Mr. Nantz; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden • Mary Graham Miss Vincent. Atte; which, the Domestic Drama of RUTH; or, ma Lass that Loves a Sailer. Bernard Jasper, Mr. Freer ; Ruth, Miss Vinc e nt. To conclude with THE MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG Grimes, Mr. Gardner; Harriet, Miss Arden. TUE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AND TirE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY.—We understand that his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, on the application of the Council of the Royal Scottish academy, has obligingly given his consent to the exhibition, in the Academy galleries, in February, of one of the most remarkable pictures in the Stafford-house collection. The picture in question is Denby's famous work representing the passage of the Red Sea by the children of Israel, with the destruction of the host of Iliaroah.—Scots man. XPRESS EDITION OF " THE SUN," I THE WEATHER.—SuN Orrzcß, FEB. 1. CONTAINING THE THERMOMET ER , Lowest, 27 ; Hihest, 38 ; Noon, orEE.N'S SP g 33. BAROMETER, N.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers 'air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. the . progress of his address, permitted hiniself to make use of any improper expressions personally reflecting on the conduct of the Attorney- General,'"with regard to the trials. He then called on the Attorney-General to hand up to their Lord ships a note which the Attorney-General had sent over to him. SE:ABU:NG OF Till ,ORDS AND COMMONS, HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. — Morning ... 17 minutes after 11. 1 Evening ... 0 minutes after 0. The ATTOENEY..GENERAL said tharif the Learn Counsel had any motipn to make on the subject he had better state it•upoh affidavit. Mr. FITZGIBBON (vehemently)—Never. And if the Attorney-General does not hand up the note to the Court I will state the substance ,of it. Mr. FITZ GIBBON then stated thafthe Attorney-General had sent him a note, calling on him to retract certain expres sions which he was represented to have used in the course of his address, and which the Attorney- General considered as personally reflecting on himself, and calling on him, if be did not retract them, to name a friend. . This statement caused the most marked sensation, surprise being the most prominent feature of it, throughout the Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that Mr. FITZ GIBBON had stated in his address to the COUTI, — Eit he was influenced by private motives in the conduct of the present prosecution—that he was guided in the conduct of it by his feelings as to what effect success or failure might have upon his political ad vancement, and if he withdrew the reflection thus cast upon his conduct, he would be satisfied. Mr. FITZGIBBON said the Attorney-General came with pistol in hand, and he could not help telling him that he would not thus draw an apology from him. Mr. MOORE suggested that as all must regret that such an occurrence had taken place, an opportunity should be given to both parties to become reconciled with each other by a mutual explanation. The CHIEF JUSTICE thanked Mr. MOORE for his suggestion, and stated that the Court felt itself in a very embarrassing situation ; and that the Attorney- General was the last man that ought to have allowed himself to be betrayed into any such expression as that now declared to the Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that now he would not impose any condition respecting the withdrawal of the expressions which had hurt him. Mr. FITZGIBBON declared that he had never meant to impute anything like improper motives to the At. torney-General in the conduct of the trials, but that he felt he did not exceed his duty in canvassing his conduct as a public man. After some further observations from the mutual friends of both learned gentlemen, Mr. FITZGIBBON resumed his address to the Court, which rose at a quarter to five. There is one circumstance that rendered the send ing the challenge at such a time and in such a manner especially blameable. The lady of Mr. FITZGIBBON and her child were sitting at the table nearly by the side of Mr. FITZGIBBON." In earnestly invoking the public, at large, to give heir most careful and attentive perusal to the " Ad dress of the Society for the Emancipation of In dustry" (which will be found in another column), we claim for that remarkable document no higher a de gree of consideration-than it is amply entitled to by its subject matter and the intrinsic importance of its con tents. From the greatness, the simplicity, the benefi cence, the national character of its objects, it is a paper with more powerful pretensions to the active sympathies of every class of British subjects—ranging, in the scale of society, above that enormous working com munity, on whose behalf its eloquent appeal is more especially asserted—than almost any we remember to have met with in our whole experience as journalists. We will briefly state what those pretensions are. The objects of the Asso ciation are not private or corporate, but strictly public. The attainment of those objects is not merely a question of expediency, but of vital neces sity to the welfare of the State. • This vital necessity consists in the visible, incontrovertible, appalling fact, that a wasting disease, which has been gene rated in the entire system of British greatness, civil and political, by erroneous legislation, must speedily become mortal, if it be not arrested by some legislative remedy of timely applica tion. The remedy suggested in the " Address," with a view directly to relieve, and • perma nently re-establish, that branch of our population which has hitherto most suffered, and at present languishes and declines under the influence of the disease we deprecate, would indirectly but rapidly reinvigorate the energies and prosperity of all other sections of the public who have been fellow-sufferers from the same evil influence. The type of the disease is, ," all the wrong and misery" which have been wrought to the labouring poor,in all occupations, by the Currency Act of 1819; and the simple remedy proposed is, the repeal of that fatal measure, accom panied with the issue, by Government, of Govern ment paper to the amount of our annual taxation. It would be affectation on our parts were we to disclaim the gratification we have derived from find ing that the "Address," in tracing the origin and the course of the disease which has so long invaded, and now threatens to destroy, " the comfort and happiness of all the productive classes," and in indicating the remedial course requisite to be taken for its removal, concurs in all respects with the views which we have ourselves long announced on these subjects, and have more particularly enforced for some months past. The Address, after announcing that " the time has arrived when active measures must be taken for the protection and relief of the indu,stry of the country," takes 'a rapid review of those isolated and partial attempts which, only, have hitherto been made "to rescue our suffering people from the cruel bondage" imposed on them by the consequences or the results of the mea sures we have so often denounced. It adverts to the Anti-Corn-law League, and its exertions on behalf of the manufacturer ; to the efforts from time to time put forward on behalf of factory children—female colliery labourers—education of the children of the poor, &c.—and laments the insufficiency of these "to meet the exigencies of the times." It then proceeds, " We turn to our fellow-countrymen of every de gree, and ask them to join us in forming a Society which, entertaining no schemes of private advantage, but devoted solely to the public good, hopes, by the corrective aid of the Legislature, to remove the evils which an unfortunate Act of Legislation has created." We will not do the "Address" the injustice of giving, in abstract only, the several paragraphs occupied by the argument for the propriety . of securing taxation wages to the labourer, and taxation prices to the manufac turer and the Agriculturist —as to the manu factured commodities of the one, and the produce of the other; or to the demonstration of that enormous legislative blunder or injustice—unparalleled at least in the annals of legislative spoliation—which by fixing and legalising, exclusively, a gold standard of cur rency, and diminishing the previous paper circulation in the enormous proportion necessary to enable the Bank of England to meet its excessive liabilities under this more expensive and prodigiously decreased metallic currency, so reduced prices, and by conse quence the wages of labour, that " it is calculated that more than 30,000,0001. annually are wrung from the hard earnings of the poor by means of extra toil and increased privations, which nature cannot long endure." "By adding taxation to natural or gold prices, that portion of the indirect taxes which cannot be borne by the productive classes in their productive capacity will be paid at last by the con sumer"—from whose shoulders, let it never be forgotten —Sir ROBERT PEEL'S iniquitous Bill quietly trans ferred it to those of the then already taxed, but since miserably under-paid, under-fed, and unregarded labourer and artisan. As we must here conclude our notice of the " Address," we may commend these, its benevolent purposes, to the beet assistance and the best wishes of our readers. " We object to the labouring man being burthened with the task 0. providing all that wealth which others, who do not work, enjoy at his expense, while they allow him, in re turn for unremitting toil, less food and clothing, worse shel ter, coarser and harder fare, than a West India planter allowed his slaves, or an English farmer gives his horses. We are desirous of seeing the industrious workman partake of some of the benefits of those improvements in machinery which have hitherto added so wonderfully to the luxuries of the rich, but have sunk the poor into deeper poverty." " To effect this, we shall urge that higher wages be given— wages not merely increased in numerical amount, but able to tainable article.contan d.waegrpleeadtgere ourselvesquantityo to f p e ro ve v ry e t u h s e e t fu t l hi a s n i d s a n t ecessary th f o or L t e liz s e l z at t ur en e t ., o , f its be nweifithowtheacgrtioenatsoestleflaycinliptoyn, depe nding vote ot We indulge a pleasing confidence that this appeal will be most efficiently responded to throughout the country ; arid we cordidlly concur in the old ballad prediction that follows :,-- 66 It was once merry England, And it Mail be is again." THE SITN I LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1844. SUNIIVIARY OF MFW,-; AND teptttt a ;„, HER. MAJESTY'S -" 11710 runs may rtwl." • :• rOREZGIC, The French mail had not iurired when the paper went to preas, SPEECH. OPENIMiooPLUILLVMENT LAW ANXI In the Court of Common Pleas the rule nisi, in the case of Lord William Paget v. the Earl of Cardigan, for entering up judgment as in the case of a nonsuit, was discharged, on the terms of a peremptory undertaking to proceed to trial. The witness Winter stillkeeps out of the way. Patrick Leigh Strachan, convicted at the Old Bailey during the session before last, was sentenced by the Court of Queen's Bench, to be inprisoned in Clerkenwell gaol for eighteen months, and kept to hard labour. Eli Froud, a bricklayer, living in St. James-street, Cam berwell-new-road, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, charged with committing a desperate assault on his wife Mary, who is confined in Guy's Hospital, owing to the serious injuries inflicted on her with a poker. A police man produced a poker broken in two, with which the in juries were inflicted, and said that he found it lying on the floor of the room in which the outrage was committed; he also produced a medical certificate from the hospital, to the effect that the woman who was assaulted was considered in a very precarious condition, and that, being enciente, a pre mature labour was momentarily ex p ecte d to take place. 'fhe prisoner, who said nothing in answer to the charge, was re manded. William Matthews and David Orridge, the conductor and driver of Kerrison's Clapton omnibus, No. 4,930, were charged before Mr. Broughton with insulting conduct to Dr. Eliot, a surgeon, residing on Finsbury Pavement. Mr. Broughton sentenced Matthews, as the least culpable of the two, to pay 9s. fine and costs ; and Orrigge to pay a fine of 20s. and the costs, or fourteen days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. At the Thames Police Court, Captain Thomas Dunnett, the master of the brig Sarah Charlotte, appeared before Mr. Broderip, on a charge of abandoning three seamen, named Edmund Wilkinson, Hiram Gibbs, and James Cline, in a fo reign port, without the sanction of the British Consul. The Magistrate said there was a prima facie case made out on the part of the Crown, and the defendant had been guilty of a technical violation of the law; but there was nothing affect ing his moral character, nor had he acted with any inhu manity. He ordered him to find bail, himself in 601., and one surety in 601., to meet the charge at the sessions. Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, It affords me great satisfaction again to meet you in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of piofiting by your assistance and advice. I entertain a confident hope that the general peace so necessary for the happiness and prosperity of all nations will continue uninterrupted. My friendly relations with the King of the French, and the good understanding happily esta blished between my Government and that of his Majesty, with the continued assurances of the peace ful and amicable dispositions of all Princes and States, confirm me in this expectation. I have directed that the treaty which I have concluded with the Emperor of China shall be laid before you, and I rejoice to think that it will, in its results, prove highly advantageous to the trade of this country. Throughout the whole course of my negocia tions with the Government of China, I have uni formly disclaimed the wish for any exclusive advan tages. It has been my desire that equal favour should be shown to the industry and commercial enterprise of all nations. The hostilities which took place during the past year in Sinde have led to the annexation of a con siderable portion of that country to the British pos sessions in the East. In all the military operations, and especially in the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad, the constancy and valour of the troops, Native and European, and the skill and gallantry of their distinguished Com mander have been most conspicuous. I have directed that additional information ex planatory of the transactions in Sinde, shall be forth with communicated to you. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, The Estimates for the ensuing year will be im mediately laid before you. They have been prepared with a strict regard to economy, and at the same time with a due consideration of those exigencies of the Public Service which are con nected with the maintenance of our maritime strength, and the multiplied demands on the Naval and Military Establishments from the various parts of a widely-extended Empire. DIY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I congratulate you on the improved condition of several important branches of the trade and manufac tures of the country. I trust that the increased demand for labour has relieved, in a corresponding degree, many classes of my faithful subjects from sufferings and privations, which, at former periods, I have had occasion to deplore. For several successive years the annual produce of the Revenite fell short of the Public Expenditure. I confidently trust that' in the present year the public income will be amply sufficient to defray the charges upon it. I feel assured that in considering all matters connected with the financial concerns of the country, you will bear in rabid the evil consequences of accu mulating debt during the time of peace, and that you will• firmly resolve to uphold that public credit, the maintenance of which concerns equally the perma nent interests and the honour and reputation of a great country. In the course of the present year the opportu nity will occur of giving notice to the Bank of England on the subject of‘the revision of its Charter. It may be advisable that during this session of Parliament, and previously to the arrival of the period assigned for the giving of such notice, the state of the law with regard to the privileges of the Bank of Eng land, and to other banking establishments, should be brought under your consideration. At the close of the last Session of Parliament, I declared to you my firm determination to main tain inviolate the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland. I expressed, at the same time, my earnest desire to co-operate with Parliament in the adoption of all such measures as might tend to improve the social condition of Ireland, and to develope the natural re sources of that part of the United Kingdom. I am resolved to act in strict conformity with this declaration. I forbear from observations on events in Ireland, in respect to which proceedings are pending before the proper legal tribunal. My attention has been directed to the . state of the law and practice with regard to the occupation of land in Ireland. I have deemed it advisable to institute extensive local inquiries into a subject of so much importance, and have appointed a Commission with ample autho rity to conduct the requisite investigation. I : recommend to your early consideration the enactments at present in force in Ireland concern ing the registration of voters for Members of Par liament. You will probably find that a revision of the Law of Registration, taken in conjunction with other causes at present in operkion, would produce a ma terial diminution of the number of county voters. and that it may be advisable on that account to consider the state of the law, with a view to an ex tension of the county franchise in Ireland. I commit to your deliberate consideration the various important questions of public policy which will necessarily come under your re% iew,with full confidence in your loyalty and wisdom, and with an earnest prayer to Almighty God to direct and favour your efforts to promote the welfare of all classes of my people. LEEDS WOOLLEN MARKETS.—There is a good amount of business doing at both the Cloth Halls nearly every market day, and the demand for tweeds and similar goods seems to be increasing. In fine goods little or nothing is doing. Numerous buyers have been in the town on home account, and a fair trade is doing in the warehouses.—The price of tallow in Leeds remains at 4s. 3d. per imperial stone. —York Courant. WHALE FISHERT.—As an instance of the decline of the whale fishery, it is mentioned that the whole number of vessels that sailed for this trade in 1843 was 11, whereas there used to be about 50 per annum.-41yr Observer. THE COTTON CROP.--As we anticipated a fortnight ago, the speculators on both sides, of the Atlantic have suc ceeded, by acting and re-acting on each other's operations, in proctiring, both in the United States and here, an advance in price which we cannot think is justified by anything we have been able to discover, either in the American papers, or in the state of our demand or consumption here. Since our last arrivals from the United States it does appear that heavy rains have prevailed over a considerable extent of country occupied as cotton plantations; and that, in consequence, the crop will be somewhat shorter than previously 1% e had reason to expect. The general anticipation in the Luited States, if we may judge from the statements confi dently put forth iu the newspapers, is, that it will not exceed 1,700,000 bales, and one letter from New Orleans estimates it as low as 1,600,000 bales. This, however, is the lowest estimate we have anywhere seen ; and, on the other hand, Messrs. Stewart and Wright, cotton brokers, New . York, in their circular, state that they see no reason to alter their estimate of 1,800,000 bales, made so long ago as the 14th of November last. In the midst of these conflicting statements, if we refer to the state ment of the total quantities of cotton received at the various American ports, up to the latest dates, as compared with the same dates in 1842—a statement which appears in ist7oo7f,3t6h7eballoetsh; instant—we 1842, 906,036 bales. The difference, therefore, between the receipts of 1843 and 1842 is about 22i per cent. in favour of a l‘ n re t— w w Y e rn. fi k nd Si those receipts anal to Commercial be—lB43L, the last named year. In this town; there appears to be a general disposition to deduct 100,000 bales from previous estimates; and this appears to us to be a reasonable deduc tion for the damage which there seems too much re ason to fear the crop has sustained since the preceding advices. Though we cannot subscribe to the extreme views of the New Orleans letter already referred to, as to the probable amount of the crop, it contains some statements with reference to peculiarities in the growth of the plant itself, not undeserv ing of attention by those interested in the trade. The intelli gence of the crop brought by the recent arrivals immedi a t e l y produced a very active and excited market in Liverpool ; prices rose fully Ad. per pound; and, as will be seen by the report of yesterday's cotton market, transactions to a large. amount continued to be made, and much speculative WWI tleS4 was cleue,—Manchester Guardian. • MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In tlyaiverpool Cotton Market yesterday the sales were fully 22,000 bales, and prices were id. to Id. per lb. higher than last Friday. Speculators took 5,000 bales Surat, and 9,000 American ; the sales comprising 6,000 bales Surat at 31d. to 40., 2,500 Brazil and Egyptian, and the rest American at sd. to 6/d. per lb.—There was a steady market for shares, and a fair business was done : Grand Junction were 229 ; Liver pool and Manchester, 221 ; Birmingham. 242 ; Brighton, 46 ; Midlaud Counti e s, 91 ; P ar i s arid Orleaus, 331; Rouen and Havre, 11f, ; Paris and Rouen 32, 2 ... The English Securities are gums „cot, business being sus pended till after the receipt of the Queen's Speech. Consols are at a decline of 97* to 94, being affected by the report of the Parisian Bourse. Exchequer Bills are 665. to 695. premium. and India Bonds, 81s. to • 83s. premium. Bank Stock is 194 to 195. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. realise 1021 to 1021. The Foreign Bonds are supported. Spanish Five per Cents. have been at 231 to I and•the Threes at 311 to i. Brazils are 79, and Portuguese Converted'47. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. have been 541 to 55. Mexican are 341 for Money, and 34/ to a for Time. Shares are generally steady ; but the Southern lines droop BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities ...... 97i1f111 3i per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3i per Cent. Annuities lOlll gi South Sea Sto c k - llOl Bank Stock for Account ' 195 Consols for Account India Stock Exchequer Bills, lid. lid. 10001 ..... ......... 69 5004 ... .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Danish Bonds ' 1825, 3 per Cent . 86f Mexican Bonds, 1837, b per Cent......,... 341 Ditto for the Account.. Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 23111 S-4anish Bonds, Five per Cent. Ditto for the Account bf 23 a Ditto Passive Bonds Ditto Deferred l3f Ditto Three per Cent. ••• Ditto for the Account • 31 414 Dutch 2f per Cent Dutch 5 per Cent. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. .. . RAILWAYS. . Paid. Per Share. • Birmingham and Derby ...... ... 100 Ditto Thirds Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto f Shares Ditto Fifths Harwich Extension - Liverpool a n d Manchester .....100 Ditto f Shares London arid Brighton ...... ...,.. 50 London and !Rockwall ...... ...... 16f 6ifl... to London and S ou th Western ... 4115 ... - I‘Ditto Eighths.-- ............ . a Lender) anti Croydo n ( T run k)... 13i l6lf ... to blancheoter and Leeds Midland Counties... 100 Ditto 1 Shares - lb Norwich and Brandon Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen .. .... • .. ... 20 Rouen and Havre .... ......... .. 8 South Eastern and Dover... .... . . tio Ditto Scrip York and North Mid1and......... 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch 24 2 O lll ... to IVIANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, J AN. 31.--A good inquiry still exists for railways generally, but stock is 'sparingly offered. Manchester and Leeds are in request at 1101., our transactions are :—Bristol and Exeter, 671; Birmingham and Gloucester, 71 ; Manchester an d Leeds, 110 ; Ditto, Half, 49; Manchester and 13irrning ham, 391; Paris and Rouen, 32 ; Eastern Counties per petual, 15s. 6d. premium. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY . RAT MARKETS. S3tmurtELD.—Common Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 31 3s ; Useful Ditto; 315 s to 31 I4s ; fine Upland Ditto, 31 15s to 41; Clover Hay, Si to 5l; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 12s per load. Beth Hay and Straw moved off steadily, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 13s to 3l 8s ; useful ditto, 31 10s to Si 16s ; fine . Upland ditto, 31 17s to 4/ 2s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 3s to 41 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 13s per load. A limited supply and a steady demand. Quotations somewhat on the advance. • WII ITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 3/ 3s ; useful ditto, 315 s to 3114 ; fine Upland ditto, 31 15s to 41; Clover Hay, 315 s to Si 5s ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 10s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade tolerably firm. - MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL,YAN. 31.—Most descriptions of prime stock com manded a steady demand, at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the trade ruled extremely dull, and a clearance was with difficulty effected. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s to 3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 32 ; Sheep, 1,292 - ; Calves, 38 ; Pigs, 40. itOMFORD ' J. 31.—We had a fair busine ss _ d o i ng i n sheep at full quotations. In other kinds of . Stock very little was doing. Beef, from 2s to 4s ; Mutton, 2s lOd to 4s 4d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s ; Quarter-Old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; and Milch Cows with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each. LEWES, JAN. 30.—We had a fair average stock on offer, to-day, and which moved off slowly, on the following terms ; Beef from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s; to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 10d per 8 lbs. LAW INTELLIGENCE EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) :Sittings at Nisi Fritts, before Lord ABINOER and Common Juries.) 'The following undefended cases were disposed of at the sitting of the Court this morning; in each case verdicts for the plaintiffs Nlere given :—lu Walsh v. Gates, for 261. 198; Martin v. Ratcliffe, for 351. 38. 4d.; Cohen and Another v; Lawrence, for 664 19s. 41, . „: 414 fr, 1.71.11111 t- op, • , 9 7 . g 1r 5 . 41101111% • • • M. os , ..114 %DR nr rejt %WV SECOND EDITION; arming 24"m4 LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1844, The Irish Attorney-General, already too cele brated for his way of conducting state prosecutions, has at last reached the climax of absurdity, and brought the Government which he represents into supreme contempt. In every step he has taken in these momentous trials he has committed a blunder. The original panel of jurors was mutilated by the withdrawal, or suppression, or abstraction, of forty eight jurors; all the Catholics on the list were struck off; the whole of Catholic Ireland was roused to mad ness by this deliberate insult; and every wise and im partial and honest Protestant said this rash proceed ing vitiated the whole proceedings. But all these blunders or machinations, all the remaining bigoted prejudices of bygone times, all the concealed rancour of Orangemen in office, and the evident determination of certain parties, by foul or fair means, to obtain a verdict against Mr. O'CoNNELL, are nothing com pared with the outrageous, and the hitherto un exampled, conduct of the first law officer of the Crown, in challenging a brotheradvocate in the midst of the proceedings to fight a duel. Why is he not put into Bedlam at once ? Why is the representative of even-handed justice—the guardian of the laws —the man that evil-doers should look up to with fear, and the good for pro tection—to be allowed to disgrace his office, and break down a prosecution, which, if it had been the most just and imperative, could not have withstood such unmeasured folly for two days ? Talk of the wild Irish ! Talk rather of the wild Saxon ; for in the whole course of the proceedings, rashness, and bigotry, and violence, and the worst passions, have all been displayed on one side, and that is the side of the Crown. It is impossible to form a greater contrast than that between the prosecu tors and the traversers. The latter have, in every respect, conducted themselves according to the strictest forms of law, and the most fastidious cour- tesy towards the Bench and the law officers of the Crown.; yet, because one of the counsel in the course of his address to the jury tells the Attorney-Gene ral some plain truths, that legal functionary flies into a passion, and insults the Court, the de fendants, and his country, by an appeal to arms. "If these things are done in the green tree, what will be done in ttip dry ?" -If such opprobrious acts are committed in open Court, what may be committed behind the scenes ? If a list of forty-eight jurors is stolen, who will now be accused as the culprit ? If an Attorney-General can openly set the law - of his country at defiance, while conducting a solemn in vestigation, what may be done by himself and his underlings in secret ? The impartial public, nay, even those that are not al ways impar tial, will view such a scene with ab solute horror, and ask what chance any man has for justice under such a system ? If Mr. O'CouNsu, is guilty of the charges brought against him (of which we believe him entirely innocent), he has " the d—l's luck" in being blessed with such a prosecutor. No one cares what Mr. SMITH now says or does, and the sooner these trials are brought to a close, by an acquittal, the better for the Crown, the Government, and the country. The Irish State trials were resumed on Tuesday, when Mr. FITZGIBBON commenced his address, as Counsel for Dr. GRAY. He said that the doctrine of con spiracy, as laid down by the Attorney-General, was, that it was a combination of two or more persons to do an illegal act, or to do a lawful act through unlawful means. He denied the correctness of the doctrine. That preposition had been laid down by Lord DEN MAN, in a case which occurred in 1832, and had been repeated by the same Learned Lord in a case in 1834. But it was a mere dictum and not a decision ; and in 1839, when it was cited before Lord DENMAN himself, his Lordship said he did not think it a correct proposition, In the case of the King r. Forbes, better known as the bottle riot case, Chief Justice BusnE had laid down a similar doctrine to that of Lord DENMAN, and it was to be found in East's Pleas of the Crown. But however good a text-writer EAST was, he denied that [he was to be considered a good legal authority. They had looked in CORE, and all the old autho rities on the subject, without being able to disT cover any such doctrine. With respect to the two cases cited by the Attorney-General in support of the doctrine above quoted—viz., the King v. Watson, Howel's State Trials, vol. 22, ' and the case of the King v. Murphy, Bth Carrington and Payne, in which latter case Mr. Justice COLERIDGE had laid down the doctrine of conspiracy adopted by the Attorney-Gene ral, he submitted that they did not apply in the present instance at all. The former case was one of high treason, and could not be cited as similar to the present, which was one of misdemeanour, and therefore Mr. Justice BATLEY'S decision on it must not be considered valid. In the case of the King" v. Murphy, though the doctrine laid down by the Attorney-Gefieral was applicable to the facts there, it was by no means so to the facts in the present case. The Learned Gentleman de nied that there was . any case of conspi racy established. The people were peaceable and orderly. They were not drilled, and ordered to advance and. retire, as they were in Eng. land. The people met in large numbers, but it was by such means that redress of grievances was always obtained. The Learned Gentleman then re ferred to the means adopted by the mailed Barons of England when the great charter of England's liberties was wrested from King Jouw, and to the attitude assumed by the people at the time of the Clare election. He afterwards commented, in very strong language, on the conduct of the Attorney-General, with regard to the prosecutions. He did not object to his doing his duty, but he ought to do so in a manly and straightforward manner, and not state the law incorrectly to obtain the conviction of a brother barrister, who had been an ornament to his profession for many years. He concurred with the Attorney-General that this was a mo mentous case—momentous to the Attorney-General, and the party with which he was connected. It would afford that party a scourge to repress the people from giving expression to their feelings and opinions, but he trusted the Court and jury would interpose to pre vent them from obtaining that power. The juries of England had always saved the liberties of the people when they were sought to be crushed by charges like the present. The last case o f this kind was the charge of constructive treason brought against TOOHE and . HARDY, but an English jury three times brought in a verdict of not guilty. Our Dublin Correspondent gives the result of the day's proceedings in these words . " One of the most extraordinary scenes that perhaps ever took place in a court of justice, was enacted this afternoon in the Court of Queen's Bench, between the Attorney-General and Mr. FITZGIBBON. It would seem that the good old practice, so peculiarly Irish, of settling all matters in dispute by an appeal to the pistol is, in these degenerate days, becoming so fallen into disuse, that, to sustain the character of the law, even the law-officers of the Crown, and that too in open Court, call out " Any money for a duel !" During the progress of Mr. Fi ' this day, the Court a n d Jury r asusual about speech this N ech about two o'clock, for refreshment. During their absence the Attorney-General' was observed to convey a 'tote to Mr. FITZGIBBON, which he had been writing in Court. On the return of their . Lordships, Mr. FITZGIBBON applied to them to ascertain whether he had, during COOKE V. CREW. .. Mr. Whateley and Mr. Miller appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Humphrey conducted the case for the defendant. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for false imprisonment. It appeared that the plaintiff, who was a commercial traveller for a mercantile house in the City,.en gaged from the defendant a phaeton, for . which he - was to pay 21. 10s. a month. Subsequently the plaintiff became involved in difficulties, and having left his , employment returned. the phaeton to the defendant, at the same time stating his inability at that time to pay for the hire of the phaeton. The defendant detained the servant of the plaintiff who brought it back, and having traced the plaintiff to a coffee-house; there arrested him on a charge Of felony, and caused him to be conveyed to the Moor-lane station-house, where he was confined during the night. The next morning he was taken before Sir Peter Laurie, at Guild hall, who stated - his belief that the case was not one of felony, and remanded him to the next day, when the money was raised and the debt paid.—Verdict for the plaintiff 5/. HUNTER V. BRAITHWAITE. This was an action to recover compensation in damages, under the following circumstances, which have been detailed at length in The Sun. 41'he plaintiff, who is a licensed victualler, carrying on business at the Earl Cathcart's, in Munster-street,. Regent's park, embarked with four friends on board the Prince Albert steam-boat, with the intention of proceeding to Sheerness, on a pleasure excursion. On reaching Gravesend the captain denounced. them to the crew as pickpockets and members of the " swell mob," at the same time informing them in language which could not be misconstrued, that they must land at Gravesend, and which they were compelled to do, and where, from the pre judice created against them, they were annoyed by a mob, and refused refreshments or admission into any tavern in the town. After several ineffectual attempts to get a passage by the steam-boats plying to London, they were compelled, at considerable expense, to take a carriage to town. The de fendant is the proprietor of the steam-boat. An action was brought last term by Mr. Coppin, one of the party, against Mr. Braithwaite, when the preceding fact s were addneed, and a verdict found for 501. in his favour. Verdict for the plaintiff, 201. - THE LATE FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—The following address has been presented to the Royal Marines, to whose prompt assistance upon this occasion so much credit is due : To Captain Buchanan, the officer in command of the de tachment of her Majesty's Royal Marines on duty at Dept ford, on Thursday, the 11th of January, 1844. Sir—We, the undersigned vicar, rector, churchwardens, and inhabi tants of the parishes of St. Nichol as an d St. Paul, Deptford, Kent, desire to . express our sincere thanks for the prompt and, effective assistance rendered by you and the officers and men under your command, at the alarming fire which oc curred in nigh-street, Deptford, on the 11th instant, and our admiration of the intrepidity and orderly and soldierlike conduct displayed on that occasion, by which the threatened serious conflagration was arrested, and but for which we feel convinced a very great loss of property, if not of life, must have occurred. We request you will accept for yourself, and be good enough to communicate to those of your corps to whose very zealous exertions we and our fellow-townsmen areso much indebted, this earnest of our feelings of gratitude towards you and them. We remain, &c." The following is the reply Royal Marine Barracks, Deptford. Gentle men,-1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a document bearing your signatures, together with many others of the respectable inhabitants of Deptford, expressing their gratitude to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and pri vates, under my orders, in reducing and stopping the fire which broke out on the morning of the 11th iust., ni High street, Deptford. I have to request that yo u w ill b e pleaded to convey to them the high gratification 1 feel that the de tachment of the Royal Marines under my command should have proved of so much service at a time when much vain- - able property was threatened with destruction. I trust that they will always meet their approbaaptcitoahniunrunec ohidimel,marrsadiineindiiislnarogfadsieltd.. any other circumstances. I have th e h onour to be your 1 1 {ee N t AN or: and e obedient t.serAT'oantth, the Vicar, BtrelA Paul's and St. Nicholas'." PRICE OF WOoL—Since the begin n i ng o f Novem ber wool has risen" above 40 pefeent., and still looks upwards, and as the manufacturers have 110 stocks on hand, the farmers may confidently look forward for Several years to good prices, in spite of a ll th e exertions of the League.--KelsoM ail. BRIGHTON.— THEDUKE' OP CAMBRIDGE.-011 Saturday Morning his Royal Highness took his gun and w e nt into Col, Wyndh am ' s pres erves,,but before he had any sport he kicked against the stump of a tree, and had rather a se vere fall. His Royal Highniss returned to Petworth House immediately, but we are happy to state that he was able to dine with the company, the only inconvenience he felt from the accident being a stiffness in the shoulder. On Sunday his Royal Highness attended Divine service in the parish church, both in the morning and afternoon, and on the fol lowing day took his departure for Good Wood, oni a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, DOVER, JAN. 31. It is now definitively arranged that the South Eastern Rail way should be opened to Dover on Tuesday next, the 6th of February ; and the event will be celebrated by a dinner, on a sumptuous scale, at the theatre, to. which the Directors, engineers, and officers, of the Company. The civic authori ties of Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, Canterbury, Deal; Hythe, Folkettone, &c., are to be invited ; an excellent Committee, of which the Mayor is chairman, has been appointed to conduct the banquet, and - a liberal subscription entered into to defray the expellee of it,--(F rom a correspondent.) . . ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT STOCK...P.OAT. On Tuesday evening one of the largeit, most, respectable , and most enthusiastic meetings ever - held in took place last evening, in aid of the great League Fund of 100,00 a the meeting was held in Batty's Royal Circus, Middle Hill gate, a spacious pavilion,. capable of seating 2,500 persons ; and the whole available space in the boxes, pit, and galleries, was crowded to excess. At ten minutes before seven o'clock, the chair was taken by Cephas Howard, - Eiq., Mayor of -the Borough ; and, on the platform were the following gentlemen :—Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P.,' Mr,- ; Alderman Armitage, and Mr. R. M oore ( a deputation froM the League) . ; Henry Marsland, Esq., M.P. ; - Messrs. Alderman Orrell, Alderman Hollins, Samuel Carrington, John Dyson Fernley; Rev. Charles Baker, Rev. S. Healey ; the' Town-clerk ; i Messrs. Thomas Eskrigge, Jamei Ashton, Benjamin Ashton, John Lees, Henry Pearson, W. R. Potts, Hamer, Sefton, Wilde, M'Culloch, Carrington, Potter, &c. . In opening the proceedings, the Chairman said, they were met for the purpose of receiving the deputation from the Anti-Corn-law League, advocates of the .repial 'of. the corn-laws and free trade in every department of commerce -(Loud applause.)—Henry Marsland, Esq., MX., then ea- 11 _ 1 e forward to move the first reso l u ti on , an d was received w i th cheers.. He adverted to the origin of the Anti-Corn-law League, the opposition they had met with, and the triumph they had achieved over their opponents. They had gone among the agricultural districts for the purpose of enlighten ing the minds of those for whose benefit the corn-laws were said to be enacted. Great had been the labours of his Hon. Colleague—(Loud cheers)—and his coadjutors in the' cause; and the farmers had now become convinced that they wer not benefited by these laws, and had much rather that we should be the consumers of their produce than the victims of their policy. The Anti-Corn-law League had done very much to liberate us from the political trammels in which we were tied, and men of all shades of politics were now found uniting in this great movement in favour of free and unshackled commerce. The. Whigs were equally guilty with the Tories in not caring for the country, and therefore the country ceased to care for them. He rejoiced that this was no party, movement ; and, As a proof that it was no parr, movement,' he was glad to be able to point to the gentleman who now occupied the chair.—(Hear, hear.) After advert ing to the deep distress which had lately - been - felt in Stock port,—distress which might soon return unless the polidy which it had been caused was altered,—he'concluded bytnev ing the following resolution :-- "That this meeting, being firmly ofopinion that this cowl. try suffers severely from the baneful effects pf monopoly, especially the corn-law, and that all l aw s w hi c h i n t er fere with the freedom of industry and with the bounties •of Pro vidence are impolitic and 'unjust, resolves' to tender its best assistance, oh all necessary occasions, to . the National Anti- Corn-laW.teague, in its persevering endeavours for the coin+ plete abolition of alt commercial monopolieB."--,(Appiause.) The Rev. Charles 'Bak er , B ap ti st minister, briefly se conded the resolution ; and it passed without a single dis sentient voice. - A great number of addrestes were presented by working in - en to Mr. Cobden from different manufactories, thanking him for his exertions, and calling upon him to persevere - in his great object-.-the destruction of monopolies: Mr. Cobden returned thanks to the deputation, and then addressed the meeting. Mr. Moore announced the subscriptions, for the night, whieh amounted to 944/., in addition to 320/...sub - . scribed by Messrs. Orrell and boffins at Manchester. Before. the meeting broke. up the total contribution, for Stockport was announced to be 1,333 t. 9s. 4d. FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATION' AT WAKEFIELD. - ' WAKEPIELD, WEDNESDAY .EVENING.—The promised " monstration of the friends of free trade, and the abolition of the corn-laws, in the Vest Riding of Yorkshire" w as made this evening. The theatre selected f or this diiplay was the hall of the Corn Exchange, which was judiciously and taste' fully fitted up for the occasion. Seats were provided 6062 3 in all, and large as was the number, every ticket WiS posed of several days ago, and many person* applied. in-Sig as 'early:eve:l'as Monday. The following localities were represented by their dele gates :—Ossett, Halifax, Farsley, Uothersall, Cleckheaton, Heckmondwike, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Yeadon; Hoisforth, Guiseley, Rawden, Pudsey, Batley, Barnsley,. Wakefield, Huddersfield„Lindley, Lockwood, south Crosland, Honlef, Kirkburton,Oolcar, Dalton, Kirkeaton, Murfield; .SkehnOlv thorpe, Clayton West, Hornefurth, 'Mole - green, —Birkbeft Bradford, Otley, Morton, Clayton, and LeedS, Five o'clock was the hour appointed for the dinner, but Ole guests did not enter the room until a quarter to six. Jades Garth Marshall, Esq., presided as chairman, the vice-chair men being H. IL Stansfield, George Craven, F. Schwann, and Carbutt, Esqrs. The whole of the excellent arrangements were under the immediate superintendence Or— Kends% Esq., assisted by G. ill. Bingley,' Esq., „the -secretary of tbi Wakefield Anti-Corn-law Association; - On the right of the Chairman sat Lord Morpeth, D. Gas° kell, Esq., Col. Thompson, George WiLson, GrimstOneo Wm. Hand, George Oxley, T. Bazeley; E. Baines; T. 'Punt, R. Milligan, R. 1~ orbes, J. Scholefield,..— Gully; Jos. Kaye, E. Ackroyd,-Wm. Morris, and Willoughby Wood, Esqrs., and the Rev. J. G. Morris. - - On the left were Richard Cobden, - Esq.; the Mayor of Leeds, John Bright, Wilkinson, R. R. Moore, - D. Lupton , T. Mallison, George Crosland, H. Ashivortb, G.Wise, Clay, Jas. Thompson, Welsh, D. Peckover, Dawson , H. Clayton, Taylor Crooke, W. Harvey, and Ched" wick, Lsqrs. • - - - The Hon. C. P. Villiers, who had accepted, an invitation , was unable, from sudden indisposition, to attend: The approach of Lord Morpeth to the Hall waif announce", to the dense company by th e app l ause of the populace 0" thronged the avenues leading to the banquetting room. fin; mediutely his Lordship entered the building those assemble" there responded to the enthusiastic plaudits - of the people. Messrs. Cobden, Bright, Gaskell, and COlonel Thompson were alio loudlS , cheered as they entered the room, and were severally recognised. - At five minutes before seven, the cloth-having been Ir" moved, the ladies entered the ga ll er y,- an d were l ou dl y ap plauded. As soon as order was restored, grace havingbeee said, The Chairman rose and gave " The health or her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," which was drunk with nine tinier nine. - , - The first toast was not given till seven - o'clock, and the last mail train left Wakefield at a quarter-past seven, whets the express left. _ coust.T---r4SISXONR•I3X.M. The Speaker of the House of Commons is expected to com mence his Parliamentary dinners the third Saturday in this month. The Right Hon. Gentleman came to town from his seat in Hants on Tuesday. The Duke of Montrose and Lord Ernest Bruce came to town on Wednesday for the meeting of Parliament. The Marquis of Salisbury, who has been visiting Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour at Whittinghame House, near Dunbar, has arrived in Arlington-street from the north. Lord and Lady Stanley have issued cards for a grand dinner party on Saturday next, to which most of the Foreign Ministers are invited. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Howley have ar , rived for the season from Addington Palace, the archiepis copal residence, near Croydon. IVIZSCELX.A.NEOUS. The following is a list of the game killed during the last week by a small party on a visit to the Hon. H. Wilson, at Didlington Park :—On the two first ,days, pheasants, 279 ; partridges, 13 ; hares, 225 ; rabbits, 216 ; woodcocks, 12 ; snipes, teal, and other water-fowl, 29—total, 774. Three last days, pheasants, 180 ; partridges, 21; hares, 177 ; rabbits, 178 ; woodcocks, 7 ; teal and other water-fowl, 52—total, 615. Grand total, 1,389. The hunting Ameers of Sinde could not beat this. By a recent Order in Council, all the stills in New South Wales have been suppressed, in 'consequence of the demora lising effects produced by ardent spirits on the population of that colony. Government have in all instances awarded compensation. The Royal Santiago Mining Company held their half yearly general meeting on Wednesday, at the offices in Old Broad-street, Mr. J. Robertson in the chair. The Report announced that the quantity of copper ore received from the mines during the past half-year had been 5,700 tons, pro ducing 49,656/. The total expenditure during the same period had been 37,829/., leaving an available profit in hand of 12,223/. From the general election in July, 1841, to the month of February, 1844, there have been 69 changes in the repre sentation, or more than one-tenth of the number of members of the House of Commons. Of these, 23 have been unseated on petition, 15 have died, and 26 have retired. In consequence of a great number of convicts having'been shipped off from her Majesty's Dock-yards, Woolwich, Chat ham, Portsmouth, &c., within these few days, the Lords of the Admiralty have issued orders for a large number of la bourers to be entered fo do the work required ; but none are admitted who cannot pass the test as to their strength. Lancashire has become the most populous county in the kingdom, and Middlesex, which a short time since stood at the head in point of numbers, is now only rated third. The earnings of the several railways in Great Britain, for the last year, are calculated at 4,627,056/. The receipts for the London and Birmingham line were the highest, amount ing to not less than 826,509/. The Great Western stands next, the receipts being 701,363/. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB I.—Wind N.W. DEAL, JAN 31.—Wind A.DL, W.N.W., strong and squally. P.M. W.N.W., fresh breeze.—Arrd. Robert . Small, Slight, Calcutta ; Antigua packet, M‘Knight, Ceylon ; Isabella Anna, Faircleugh, Sierra Leone ; Margaret, Pridham, Demerara; Clara and Emma, Hud son, West Indies ; William, Mog a d ore. During last night it blew heavily from W.N.W. to,N.W. ; A.M., this day, strong wind W.N.W., with heavy snow squalls; P.M., N.W., more moderate; 7, p.m., W.N.W.,w., fresh. Darling, and Chi e f ta i n, Cuba. P ORT SMOUTH, JAN. 31.--Wind, N.W., squally.— Arrd. Harbinger, Grangemouth for N ew Y or k. Off , Nayaden, Charleston, for Hainburgh. SWANSEA', JAN. 30. — Arrd. &c arrie d, . n, Audicochea ; AIdermanFALMOUTH,N. w. Il' during ho .TAX.in the night and continues ; the shippingp s 3 o n, ID. llt has bl own a violent gale from ride well. BEDE, JAN. 31.—Some long deck-planks, painted white under, and with composition or copper nails, sup posed from a steamer or a packet, apparently very fresh, of o f bulwarks Milford,, have been washed ashore here. RYE, JAN. 31.—The Lainburn, of Hastings, in running or this harbour, struck on a sunk bank, capsized, and it is expected will become a wreck. OFF BROADSTAIRS, JAN. 30 . - -Elizabeth, of South Shields, America for London. WECITEHAVEN, JAN. 29. —Ar r d . ' Sirius, having Ra v b e e n e g n l a in th inst., off Wick gale.—Arrd. Orleans ; Rob Roy, ) : Creaniore, Shapley, Arnold, Mobile ; Shakspeare, Henderson, Charleston Jefferson, Mason, Virginia. Kate, eflooit-Clachval S traltd i c dw o :i t : t h° , wlt r i'ht a he rti l JAN. oib Lark,as 31 2 . 9;1 -Find,ult N ' W " a Maceio ; Adrian, Davis, New KINGSTOUN, JAN. 30.—Arrd. Demerara,Demerara. CORK, JAN. 29._Arrd. John Dugdale, Singapore. HARTLEPOOL, JAN. 31.—The Two Brothers, Trotter, of Newcastle, ran on the rocks off the Heugh, yester day, but was got off, and in here, i n a s i n ki ng state. YARMOUTH, JAN. 31.-1 he Margaret, of Sunderland, crew saved.—Mem. The Margaret has since been towed i n t o H arw i c h , with loss of bowsprit, &c., and only one man on board, having w ,h as e ab i a a n rg do a n r ed yesterday, off Blythe, been fallen in with off the Humber. TO IE SAVINGS'EDITOR TI OP TILE SUN. Stu—l quite agree with " A Manager" respecting the cause of the increase in the deposits in the Savings' Banks. lie says " That the increase in the amount of deposits is no criterion, the description of the depositors can only be fairly looked at." I shall be sorry if the interest be lowered, as it is said that it is likely to be, when the Parliament meets, to " make Acts to amend Acts," &c. &c. I amconvinced that many persons have money in the Savings' Banks, who ought not to have. Much of the amounts now in the Banks are not Savings, but Legacies, and as the writer justly states, " the money is vested in trustees for So-and-so." For one I hope that the interest will not be lowered, but that a more strict investigation should be made by the Managers of Savings, and not, as they are new, Legacy Banks.-1 remain, respect fully. NOT A /MANAGER. v • Huddersfield, 1844. STATISTICS or RAILWAYS.—Mr. Earle Langston, broker, of Manche s t er, i n an annual statement of calls and traffic on the pri nc i pa l railways in Great Britain, makes it t o appear that the t o t a l of calls m 1843 was 1,456,5671. ag a i ns t 2,722,595/. in 1842,0 f traffic in 18 43 , 4 , 627 , 056 /. against 4,036,741/. in 1841 , and 7,491,390/. in 184 0; the tot a l 4,320,442/. in 1842, 3,714,515/. in 1841, and 2,481,303/. in 1840; the calls made in the course of the four years amount ing, collectively, to 15,707,3901., and the traffic to 15,143,316/. The earnings of the several lines of which returns are fur nished, for the last year, and which comprise the above amount of 4,627,0564 are thus specified : Birmingha m & Derb. £66,221 London and Croydon £15,572 Birmingham & Glou. 93,454 London and Greenw. 40,969 Birkenhead and Ches. 23,440 London and South W. 315,542 Eastern Counties 115,713 31 an., Bolton, & Bury 34,352 Edinburgh - and Glas 111,038 -Manchester and Bir. 144,557 Grand Junction Glasg., Paisley, & Ayr 62,607111id1and Counties ... 133,777 Glasgow andGreenock 44,871 1 Newca.stle & Carlisle 72,311 Great Western 701,36 3 1N0rth Midland Great North of Engl. 71,257 North Union Hull and Selby Liverpool and blanch 2l9,733Preston and Wyre ... 13,631 London and Birmingh B26,so9'Sheffield and blanch. 23,125 London and Brighton 189,130 South Ea5tern......... 143,204 London and Blackw. 42,269:Y0rk and North Midl. 86,096 . A serious accident happened on Sunday morning at the Paris station of the Orleans Railroad. The train with merchandise, having attached to it a waggon for passengers, which left Orleans on Saturday night, on arriving at about nine o'clock at the terminus, got off the rails as it was en tering the station. The waggon, which contained seven passengers, was overturned, and two of them were almost instantaneously killed by the shock. ~, expired at his resi dence OF AN OLD BOW-STREET OFFICER.--Yes terday m at o t rn he in r g o ff e e o t t es , da ßo y) w_ lS s l t r r . ee F r fancis Goodson, office. donee attached to the court. His rapid decline was occa sioned by asthma, which closed his career, after a month's confinement to his bed. He had been 21 years in the ser vice of Government, attached to Bow-street, and 15 years court-keeper. He was the companion of lluthven, Ballard, John James Smith, and the rest of the old Bow-street officers, who now enjoy their pensions, after hard service ; and who, mere shadows of their former selves, often visit the spot of their former active associations. BOULOGNE AND CALAIS.---The number Or persons who passed too and from -France via Boulogne, in the week ending January 25, was 624, and - via Calais 234. The num bers in the correspodding•w ee k m eA t i e t year were—wliOulogne 409, Calais 180. The Duke of Cambridge, while shooting in Colonel Wynd ham's preserves, on Saturday, stumbled against the stump of a tree, and had rather a severe fall. Hi s R o y a l Hi g h ness returned to Petworth House immediately, but was able to dine with the company, the only inconvenience resulting from the accident being a stiffness of the shoulder. The Earl of Aberdeen entertained the Count de St. Au laire, Baron E. Langsdorff, Sir Robert Peel, Prince Castelci cala, Sir James Graham, Count Kielmansegge, General Sancho, M. Van de Weyer, Count de Tarnac, Baron de Cetto, Viscount Canning, the Marquis de Lisboa, and a dis tinguished party, at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at Argyll House. PU 'EYISM. The following is the answer of the Chancellor, the Vico.. Chancellor, and the Heads of Houses_ to the Lax Address against the Tractarian party : _ the Right Honourable Lord Ashley and-Other Lay Mem' hers of the United Church of England -and-Ireland. We have received, and have had for some time under oq consideration, the letter addressed to us byyOurlordship and other gentlemen, in our character as the responsible Go:, vernors ,of the University o f O x f or d , on. the . s ubject 0, sentiments diffused_ by means of -various -publication s . sent :forth within the last few years, by several distin guished members of the University, the tendency of which' it has grieved you to Observe, has been tOTexcite dissatisfac tion with the principles of our Reformed". Church, as an' bodied in the Book of Common Prayer, and especially in al° Thirty-nine Articles of 'Religion.- After stating the .opinion of your Lordship; and olihe gen' tlemen who with your Lordship have signed this letter) o f the great ,national evils 'Which will be the result of tion .from the ProteStant c h a r ac t er o f the Ch:nrch,of. Eog" land, and the alarm with which you have' observed Si i '„ g r toms of such deViation; which have a pp eare d i n t h e opin ion'' avowed by some whose station in-the - University gives - then , extensive influence over the younger portiOn of the academe" cal body; - Your Lordship, and • the gentlemen ivho with your Lordsbit have signed this letter, call upon us, the Authoritiesof 14 ' . University, to take su c h steps as are - open- tors for protePS: ing the youth committed to our superintending care from t ; 0 : dangerous influence referred to, and fin; security g to thenl,.'t the future, such tuitio n as is in strict• acgordance with to g Protestant Church of England and the Constitution of WO realms. It is undoubtedly true that, within the last few years, c r. tain tracts or pamphlets have been publislied by several dig' tinguished members of the University, containing and sentiments considered by many to be not conformsb to, or consistent with, the doctrines of the Reformed Pr t) testant Church of England, as embodied in the Book of Cora won Prayer, and iu the articles of religion called Thirty-nine Articles." The opinions and doctrines contained in these tracts ()f pamphlets have been considered, discussed, and replied to' other publications, and those discussions. have, at differen ti times, attracted more or leis of the public attention. Against the pre va l ence , h owever; of erroneous opitnll. .i"s among its m em b ers genera ll y, t h e UniversitiissesSes a safe guard in the statute enacted more tha n _twosentUries which providee that every candidate for martriculation should subscribethe Thirty-nine Articles ; and every can did a t e for degree should again subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles, a llil in addition th ereto, t h e Three Articles in the 36th Canon. The authorities of the Uni vers it y lave not' l os t sight 01 their duty in enforcing a strict complianc e with this statute; nor have they shown themselves indifferent to the inlPr°ve ment of religious instruction within- the Universityi For, when her Majesty was enabled, by recent 4' , of the - Legislatur e , t o prov id e for th e found sti g r n . maintenance, and regulation of additional F r°fe ships of Divinity, th e au th or i t i es of the University. with the assistance of Convocation, a d opte d every ra7.. sure for which they were competent, to carry into execu tion the views of Government and of Parliament. And they d trust that, by perseverance in a course of Moderation no watchfulness, they will be enabled, unclei the Divine bloc' sing, to train up the youth committed to their c are in 01 0 pure principles of the Reformed Church of England. WELLINGTON, Chancellor, P. WINTER, Vice-Chancellor, On behalf of the Heads of Ifouse°' FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER —Yesterday morning,' between eight and nine o'clock, the following ve_ a _ r Y distressing and fatal accident occurred on the" river Thain 7 off Thames-bank, near Chelsea College, and _by which a 1.-- twa s h p the e .ve c ,an t ae a u xto b ff l o e hfta y phll o a se, u ps t l i on g asget m eh a i n s man, life:--The Th d Georgee deceased was_ proceeding 0 2 c 3 e , e r d residing at the river with a barge, along with a man-named Painter, all. a a lo b n o g ve t - h n e am gun ed w , the ale o unfortunate thebarg m e, an wh w e r_ h r j foot slipped :and he fell overboard. Painter used every deavour to save.his mate, but in vain, for after a t a struggles he flank to rise no more. The drags were used '- find the body, but without success. The, deceased was sob er at the time of the accident. se am Arrangements - are i n progress f or p l ac i n g earriages , on-the roa d from Stortford through Newniarke.9 and from Colchester through Ipswi c h, to Vorwich,- early the' spring. BERLIN, JAN. 23.—The King of . Hanover .5 visa of palaces at tor to this city Hanoverd is deferre for left the for - preset.' ondon Togler, til4e inn to. , L same inspect Kew Palace, and or d er s e vera l a lt era tions and en largenients, deemed necessary should it be still big" MaJelt ie determinatien to make a lengthened stay in season. BAR T ' We DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM. JOHNSTON, .4, et, Is' have to record the demise of the above respected Ba ron et, by telligence of whose death was received on Monday Wit, tows 13th we are informed that Sir William expired °ll - n us Londo 1 ; 1 13th ult., having been seized with illness on the prezue. Thursday. The melancholy event happened at the 11 et, The deceased Baronet, who was son of the sixth Baron „A f ter was in his 84th year. He married first Miss liscon,,ut i a.: aw l of Mr. John Bacon, of Shrubland Hall, Suffolk, in secondly, the only ' daughter of Mr. JOhn Bacon,- of House, Middlesex. His son, Mr. William Bacon Johns ttvw succeeds to the family honours and estates. ' r s LINCOLN'S INN, JAN. 30.—T he following gentle men were this day ca ll e d to the degree Of Barrister-atr--uenm by the Hon. So c i e t y o f Lincoln's Inn, viz. ton Esq., Thomas Henry Mackay, Esq., Benjamin Ba Esq., William David Lewis, Esq., Edmund GritrisheWt Hugh Edward Ad a ir,'. Esq., Robert Cholmeley , E. 6 4'" William White, Esq. • at tended 'e divine erstal service t i h n at th Ik e p r s a . ris C h h c r i i i sutricaha Gil lour Sabbath week. 'Though the object of nittch attention, gu "'", t. Curiosity, she comported - herself with gt*.at c 041:L ' ? " eomposure. 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