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REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. From DUBLIN to MULLINGAR, ATIILONE, and LONGFORDi At a Special Meeting of the Provisional Directors, held this day, which was filly attended, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : Reeolved,—That the Report of the Board of Trade in favour ofthe Irisk Great Western Railway, from Dublin to Galway, and against rho Mullingar, Athlone, and Longford, is wholly incompatible with the litereets of the Great Central Districts, west and north-west of Dublin. Resolved,—That the country lying between the Enniskillen and Dundalk Railway, on the north, and the Great Southern and Western Railway, on the south, comprising a , space from Enniskillen to Thurles of about 1 10 mile s, and from N . ewtom-Butler to Pertarling ton of about 70 miles , w ould be most imperfectly accommodated by the line recommended, which would leave the largest, most populous, and fertile portion of this district, including the whole of the northern part of Connaught, wholly without the benefit of railway communi cation. Reiolved,—That the line recommended passing from Athlone to Sailing, principally through the Bog of Allen, In close competition with the Grand Canal, would accommodate only the southern part of the district, whilst it would be destructive to the property vested in this canal. Resolved,—That the line from Dublin to Mullingar, Athlone, and Longford, traverses from east to west nearly the centre of the groat midland districts before referred to, and passing through the most fertile and populous parts of them, would afford general accom modation to the whole country, west and north-west of Dublin, in chiding the entire province of Connaught, whilst from the arrange ments made with the Royal Canal Company, it would protect and improve the property vested in that great national undertaking. Resolved,—That the principles on which the Board of Trade hare acted have: precluded them from entering into such investigation of the statements made to them as would insure to a tribunal, wholly unacquainted as the Board asp with the localities, that full and accu rate information neeessary to enable them to decide finally on this subject. Resolved,—That this Committee, deeply impressed with the vast importance of this subject, both in a local and national point of view, here unanimously come to the determination that it is their duty to being the line to Mullingar, Athlone, and Longford before Parlia ment, and they feel the utmost confidence that upon a full and searching inviaktion this lino must obtain the approval anti sane hen of the Legislature. Resolved,—That in pursuance of the foregoing Resolutions the sum of 43,000/., being the deposit required by the standing orders of Parliament, be lodged forthwith, the Petition for the Bill imme diately presented to the House of Commons, and such other mea sures adopted as will secure the most prompt and effective investiga tion of our cast before the Legislature. By order, JAMES MALLEY, ?ocretary. Dablin, 4s, Upper Sackville-etreet, 24th February, 184.5. }low ready, in 1 vol. Bvo., with Portrait, 14s. bound, MAXIMS AND OPINIONS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, Selectod Irora his Grace's Writings and Speeches, during a Public Life of more than Half a Century ; with a Biographical Memoir. By G. 11. FRANCIS, Esq. Henry Colleurn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-stre3t. Orders received by al'. Booksellers. MARRY LORREQUER.—THEi CHEAP EDITION OF MR. LEVER ' S "ARTHUR O'LEARY," UNIFORM WITH HIS OTHER WORKS. In one vol., Bvo., price only 12e. bound, ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRITIKSILINK, Is now Ready at all the Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publiaher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DEDICATED BT PERMISSION TO THE MARCHIONIIISS OF _ CORNWALLIS. Now ready, in 3 vole., with Illustrations, prise 31e. 6d. bound, TIIE HISTORY OF MAR GAR E T CATO HPOLE, A SUFFOLK GIRL. " This extraordinary female underwent some of the most singular vioiesttudes that perhaps ever marked the career of woman. Ske was tried and condemned to death at Bury Assizes is 1797, broke out of prison at Ipswich, was retaken, sentenced again to death, and her punishment changed to transportation for life. Retrieving her character in Australia, she distinguished herself in many new ad ventures, obtained a free pardon, and married a wealthy settler, who lc& her solo mistress of en immense fortune." Yenry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Juit read•, In 2 vols., pest Byo. THE WORLD OF LONDON. A New Series. By J. FISHER MURRAY, Eq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEAtTRE SEASON 1845. The fallowing Outline of the Arrangements for the ensuing Season Is respeetfUlly presented to the Nobility, Subscribers and the Public : EIiGIORMIINTS FOR THE OPERA: — Madame Grist, Maclaine Anaids Caotellan, trambilla, /Wile. Rossetti, Madame Rita Porto, And Madame Rossi Caeca!, Signor Moriani, Signor Corelli, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Paltoni, Signor Botch!, (Of La Scala, Milan—his First Appearance in this Country) and Signor Mark., Signor Fornasari, and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, a conge has been obtained, and an arrangement effected by which the talent of Signor Barroilhet, (Of tke Academie Royale do Paris) will be secured for a limited num- ber of Nights. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conduotor—Signor COSTA BALLET. Mad Lie. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, Madlle. Carito, Madlle. Louise Weiss ; Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Casson, Madlle. Demelisse, Madlle. Monoelet, and Taglioni, (Her Farewell Season.) The talent of this eminent Artiste has been secured for a few Farewell Nights, previously to her taking leave of the Stage. M. St. Leon, M. Gosselin, M. Di Mattia, M. Bertrand, M. Perrot, and M. Toussaint With a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Bngagernent has also been effected for a few nights with the Thirty-six Danseuees Viennoises, Wke have lately appeared with extraordinary success at the Aca demie Royale de Paris. Arrangements have been made for the appearance of Signor Moriani and Signor Fornasari for the Opening of the Theatre before Easter. The THEATRE will OPEN On SATURDAY, the FIRST of MARCH, When will be produced (first time in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. With new seenery by Mr. Marshall, Ernaai, Signor Moriani; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fernasari ; Carlo Quinto, Signor Botelli ; and Elvira, Madame Rita Boric,. conelude with a new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled LA. FILLE DE LA DItYADE. TM Masts by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. In which will appear Mddle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Louise Weiss, Mdlle. Ferdinand, 3ldlle. Deinel'sse, Mdlle. Casson, Mdlle. Moncelet, &e. M. Toussaint, M. Groseelin, M. Di Mattis, M. Bertrand, M. Perrot. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus Mr. W. Harrison; Arline. Miss Rainforth. To conclude with DER. FRIESCIIUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton : Linda, Miss Romer. The 110 x-office Is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIg EVENING Will be repeated ',a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs. IV. Farrell, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W. Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, &a. It the course of the evening Mr. John Parry will ,In his New Historical Romance, " Fay re Rosamonde." After which, GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. To conclude with HOW TO PAY THE RENT. T'rivate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half oath. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Areher at the Box-oflice, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL TINDER TUB DIRECTIOA OF MADAME CELESTIL THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled VIE BUSILES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidgo, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Roraldine, Mrs. rater ; O'Neill, Mrs. Ittzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. After which, MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Mist Woolgar ; Captain O'Rorke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness asaupre, Miss Fortescue. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT. Tuts EVENING TIE GRERN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years Ago ; by the Author " The Wreek Ashore," " Vlstorine;"&l. Principal Characters by Messrs. Minion, Wright, 0. Smith, Paul Redford, Selby. Cul lonnird, and Worrell Yrs. Tates, Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Madame Celoste. After Which, a New Farce, MOTHER AND CIIILD ARE DOING WELL. To conclude with THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The " Green Bushes" (No. 115) Is published In Webster's National Acting Drama, prim Is. Together with 114 of the most popular Comedies and Farces, Including Old Heads and 'Young Hearts," " Thimble Rig," " Caesar do Bazan," &c., to be had at the Office, 19, Suffolk-street, aad of all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. Last Week but one before the Easter Holidays. THIS EVENING (Till IN performed THE PRISONER OF WAR. Captain Chan nel), Mr. "Pinery ; Pallinall, Mr. Keoley ; Clarina, Miss Walcott ; Polly Palirnall;Mrs. Keeley. To be figlowed by a New Three, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Moesrs. ♦. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea dews ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother. To rmolude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kialoch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Greys, Mrs. Woellidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. FOR TUB BENEFIT OP MR. FRANK MATTHEWS. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Orlando, Mr. F. Vining ; Adam, Mr. Frank Matthews ; Old Duke, Mr. R. Younge ; Jacques, Mr. Diddear ; Le Beau, Mr. A. Wigan ; Touehetone, Mr. Keeley ; William, Mr. Meadews Corin, Mr. Pinery ; Rosalind, Miss Woolgar ; Celia, Miss Arden ; Aidrey, M re. Keeley. _ _ . A 1 ONCERT, in which Miss Emma Lacombe, Miss Josephine Ds , 'Ts, and Miss Sara Flower will appe. After which, POLKAMANIA. AW Dorrington, Mr. Frank fisthows ; Jemmy, Mr. Keeley ; Adolphus Merton, Mr. A. Wigan ; Ira Dorrington, Miss Fairbrother ; Susan, Mrs. Keeley. Cracovienne 1 , 7111 bo danced by Miss Fairbrother and Mio James. To conelude with the first act of VALENTINE AND ORSON. Nng4Peppin, Mr. Frank,Matthews ; Valentine, Mrs. Keeley ; Orsoi, r. Keeley ; 11141antine, Miss Fairbrother. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENIYG Will be performed Shakspoare's Tragedy •f MACBETH. Mac beth, Mr. Forrest ; Macduff, Mr. Graham ; Bawl°, Mr. Henry Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Cushman. To be followed by LE SALON DE BAL. To conclude with THE WIDOW BEWITCHED. Mr. Clement Furnival, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Stirling. Stage Manager, Mr. 11. I. Wallack Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwall. ?tea -office open fl•om Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, y , ha Performed DON CESAIt DE BAZAN. Don Cesar de '""' Monsieur F. Leiriaßre • Charles 11., Rol D'Espague, Mon incur Ondinot Lazarille, Mcllle. ' Ellza Forgeot ; La Maritana, Mdlle. Clarissa. ASTI , BY'I'i ROYAL AIPIIITHEATIIE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. TIIIS we he repeated TIIR ROYAL FOX HUNT ; litrodneing a Real rex-chase en the Stage. by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. YOPtilre Change in the C l r cle. — Unegnalled Feata of Horsemanship. To conclude with the laughable Faroe of THE KING'S GAR DENER. Galoshard, Mr. Diddle (his first appearance). Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. " Midnight," a Another New Drama !---Trlumphant Suomi% of Legend of St. Paul's. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, with :dew Scenery and splendid Aof St. Pa ointments, entitul's. led M ln which the entire Cdrnl DN IGHT ; or, the Sewinei and the Hour. pang perform.. pany A Legend After which, REBECCA; or, The Carbonari and the Jew's Daughter. Supported by Messrs. 11. Hughes, Seaman, H. Corri, Mrs. 11. Vining, and Miss Martin. To he followed by the Ballet of THE SOLDIER'S DREAM. In which the whole of the Ballet Company will perform. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF TILE GLEN. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will .. 4 "..9 4 . • iird*licaina, entitled FEODORA ; or, The Drop. . • ell o Oar. ,Cb.aracters by Messrs. Johnson, Made, Sear ~ iterbertclones, Watkin*, , Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, Etc. • ba'followed by MAR ANNA; or, The Child of Charity. Sup ported by Messrs. Osbnidlston, H. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bert, VI; Jones, and W. Searle ; hiss Vincent, gin E. Terrey, and Dirs. A. Jefferson. To conclude with THE lIOVSE DOG. Supported by Mr. C. J. Hlggie, J. Herbert, E. Jones, MUSE. Terrey, MIA Jefferson, ac. Boxes, 2s, ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. WIT II TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH. The MARCH NUMBER of BEVTLE Y'S MISCELLANY, Price Two Shillings and Sixpence, Will contain : THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS. A Romance of Old Paris. By ALBERT SMITH. Chap. Vll.—Louise Gauthier falls into the hands of La Maussee. Chapter VIII.—The Catacombs of the Bievre. Chap. IX.—The Revenge of it. Croix.—The 2teneontre in the Bas tille. With an Illustration by Leech. 2. 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He proposed to give to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow co-ordinate powers of licensing with the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Edin burgh. He would give time to the profession to con sider the provisions of the Bill, which he then moved for leave to introduce. After a few words from Mr. WAKLEY, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. BELLEW then moved for copies of the papers re lating to the dismissal of the Earl of LUCIN from the magistracy in Ireland. Sir T. FREMANTLE said there could he no objection to the production of the papers. After a few words from Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL fur Ireland, and Mr. Ross, the motion was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. It is with unaffected pleasure that we refer to some items of naval intelligence, which are received with sufficient confidence in the best-informed professional circ'es to warrant us in assuming them to be founded in truth. It is understood that the Admiralty Board are about to take a decisive and immediate step in the right and wise direction of giving the utmost efficiency which it comes within the province of their constitution to communicate to that which is now destined to be the right arm of the most vigorous of our national forces — namely, our war-steamer navy. We are tempted to hope that the days of official favouritism and personal in fluence are numbered at that department in which, of all ether branches of our Executive administration, it is most essential that public trusts and public duties should be sternly discharged with unsleeping vigilance, as well as with uncompromising impartiality. One of the most emphatic indications which can be given to the public of the prevalence of this healthy state of feel ing at the Board of Admiralty must, of course, be looked for in the demonstration of their inaccessibility to other claims but those of the public service, and other solicita tions but those of their own sense of public duty, in de termining on the plan for the construction and armament of ships building or to be built, and of their promptitude to give reward and encouragement to those candidates for eminence, or those most important services, whose merits have been duly tested and found to justify the distinction of such a preference. A most intelligible in dication of the character we speak of has just been ex hibited by the Lords of the Admiralty, in their marked recognition of his abilities and skill, who may hope long to be remembered as the builder of the Terrible. We have no wish to reflect unnecessarily on the much-con tested qualities of the models produced by the Surveyor of the Navy. But the practical judgment of the dis tinguished authorities who have now confirmed the superiority of the Master bhipwright's principl©s of con struction, Sx., as evidenced by their opinions of the Terrible, is worth a hundred theoretical pleas in favour of those exemplifications of naval architecture that have been produced on the Surveyor-General's "intuitive principle." Among other announcements we find the following in the columns of the Times : " Mr. Lang, master shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard, has given such satisfaction to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the design and construction of the Terrible, which has also met with the approbation of all the naval officers who have seen her, that he has been ordered to build another of the same magnificent dimensions and tonnage, and in every other respect like her, with the exception that she is to be fitted with the screw propellerinstead of paddle-wheels. Messrs. Maudsley, Field, and Sons, are t• supply the steam engines of 800-horse power. " Mr. Lang has also been ordered to lay down a first-class steam-sloop, to be named the Niger, upon a plan submitted by himself, and she is to have a screw propeller, and be com plete in March, 1847." All this is ♦ery good. If the Admiralty will cause a few such standard ships as the " Terrible" to bo built it is easy to see how the Government in the next and fu ture years may go on adding to the number, increasing the strength, enlarging and vastly reinforcing the arma ment, and securing the efficiency of our war-steamers, and even line-of-battle ships, with much reduced esti mates. We take leave to notice a few of the head s under which these very desirable results might be realised. In reference both to the indispensable neces sity for, and superior effectiveness of, war-steamers over sailing ships-of-war, and the growing conviction of the superior advantage of a heavy armament mounted on two decks, over an equal, or somewhat greater, weight of metal distributed over three, it is to be presumed that the Admiralty will discontinue, for the present, altoge ther, the building of any new ships of the line of the first class—three-deckers. Among all the wasteful and ex pensive follies of past Admiralty administrations, none have been more signal than those of the pertinaciously adhered-to system of constructing, at a vast expense, ships of those dimensions and capacity, only to cut them down, after a very few years' experience of their objec tionable working, into second-rates, at a further enormous expense to the public. The public is, by this time, feelingly convinced that, independently of the grievous grounds they have for complaint on the score of profli gate expenditure, occasioned by this wanton process of alternate " building up and pulling down," rasees seldom turn out good vessels of that class into which the trans formation has lowered them. The great height of three deckers, the enormous addition which the upper deck, with its guns and appointments, makes to the superin cumbent mass and weight above the water-line, and the general tendency of their build or their stowage to bring the ports of their lower deck-tier too near the water way—these conditions are found to mar their sailing qualities, to make them steer heavily, or to render it in blowing weather dangerous to keep her lower ports open, and absolutely impracticable to do so in the event of going into action ; a defect by reason of which the force and operation of one-third of her battery are ne cessarily lost. The advantage of building long two deckers (not such as the " Albion," by the way, but ships that will carry their lower tier of guns and heaviest metal some feet higher out of the water than those of the lower deck on a first class line-of-battle ship) are manifest. They are, for the reason last mentioned, bettor sailers, having that quality in common with the frigate, which makes the frigate, as a class, the cleanest and fastest " sea-boat" in the service. It seems to be allowed, that whilst two-deckers could carry heavier metal, with more room to work the guns, they would also economise the numerical strength of crews. Their heavy ordnance would be so judicially placed in relation to tonnage, stowage, ship's working, and the plane of her motion, that these would be much less affected by such disturbing forces,' as the discharge of such great guns, than they would be in the case of any three-decker under ordinary circumstances. There is yet another advantage attaching to these long two deckers. You might increase your complement of marines in each ; for they would be most expert and efficient in assisting to work the guns abroad, and be found, in operations on shore, where military, conjointly with naval services, might be requisite, a still more valuable and able force, if that indeed be possible, than this admirable corps has on all occasions approved itself. Let it not be said, that to adopt, on a large scale, a new system of naval constructions and armaments, would lay up too large a portion of the navy in ordinary. On the contrary, you would then have abundance of shipping of the highest character, to carry to the remotest settlements which our flag protects the various military reliefs incessantly required by extraordinary emergencies, or by the regular rotation of the service. What can be more proper than that QUEEN'S troops should be carried in QUEEN'S ships ? What more wise, just, humane, or economical, than thus to get rid of the costly and clumsy adjunct of your transport service, and to avoid the frightful sacrifices of human life which every year occur, from the unseaworthiness of the craft you are now too frequently obliged to take up for these purposes ? What more politic, than by such a course to secure at once the constant practical exercise and discipline of your sailing men-of-war crews, and the cultivation of friendly and comrade-like relations of good fellowship and intelligence between your soldiers and your sailors ? If we advert to the requisitions which the progress of steam navigation establishes on all the attention of a Government like ours, we shall find ample additional reasons to rejoice that the Premier has been fortunate enough to realise a surplus revenue at the same time he calls for increased navy estimates. Let us suppose that a fatal necessity shall have arisen for the immediate embarkation of a large body of troops, and an instant descent upon an enemy's coast. In these times the delays of former Executives would be our ruin. Happily, by means of our steam navy, we can run almost any number of soldiers or force in one day, two, or three, accork;ing to the geographical position of the point to be reached, in commodious, roomy vessels, drawing very little water, and bidding defiance to the tides and the winds. The two great essentials to be provided in these craft are, an armament of which the power, range, and execution may more than compensate for the fewness of the pieces ; and such a system of defence for their machinery as may secure it as much as possible from the effect of external violence ; for without this protec tion to the means, the ends they are intended for cannot be accomplished. The armament of the Terrible, which was launched at Deptford on the 6th inst., may serve as a criterion for estimating the tremendous force of the floating bat terries which our steam navy will comprise. The Terrible is to be fitted on her upper-deck with two 68- pounder guns, of 112 cwt. each, mounted on pivots forward ; two 68-pounder guns, of similar weight and mounting, aft; four 8-inch guns, of 65 cwt. each, mid- • ships, mounted on ship carriages, and capable 'of firing 63-pounder shells. On the lower-deck two 56-pounder guns of 85 cwt. each, forward; two of the same kind aft; four 8-inch guns, of G 5 cwt. each, midships, for 68- pounder shells. The range and effect of such terrible artillery may be collected from the fact that the guns on the upper deck, made on the principle of Lieutenant- Colonel DUNDAS, are of a description which was found, in recent experiments at Deal, to carry 68-pounder solid shot considerably more than two miles. The guns on the lower deck will carry 56-pounder shots also more than two miles. The sixteen guns which the Terrible is to mount will weigh, without their carriages, more than sixty-five tons. It may be anticipated that the naval conflicts will be abridged in the ratio of the colossal powers of these engines of destruction. So much for armament. As to the steamer machinery, and the means of pro tecting it, we venture to presume that the Admiralty will, in the first place, as fast as occasion may offer, fit out our ships-of-war, whether steamers or others, with FOULERTON'S ship propeller. This admirable invention will enable every ship in a squadron or fleet, in case of action, to work her head round in four or five minutes, so as to lay herself in any position she may desire to occupy in respect of her antagonist. By this simple mechanism we may hope to lose no more naval victo ries, as has happened to us ere now, when hard fighting, consummate seamanship, and inflexible intrepidity, had put them within our grasp. Had NELSON possessed this equipment, how many of the Combined Fleet would have escaped to tell in Spain or France the tale of Trafalgar? But, as we predicted when first noticing the invention, its uses are so manifest, and their application so facile, that prejudice and prepossession themselves must du homage to the discovery, by making way for its uni versal adoption. The other grand application of mecha nical science to the working of our steam navy will undoubtedly be, we should say, the total disuse of paddle wheels and boxes, and the employment of the Archime dean screw, as the impelling power. To say nothing of the unsightliness of that extension of beam, which is a necessary incident of the paddles, the creation of a counter-force in the backwater they produce, and the consequent retardation of the steamer's way, by these pad dies, with the integrity of wheel, the whole motive prin ciple is identified. It is evident that in a stormy passage one half of her engine power may be lost by the continued dip of the vessel to the action of a continued wind and running sea, the stress of which is on that side of her. The other, at the same time, may be so much submerged as to endanger the putting out of her fires, and therefore the loss of her course, and all the accidents which may follow, But in action a few red-hot shot, or a heavy ball from one gun of large calibre, may demolish the box, unship the engine, and leave the craft a complete log upon the water. This liability is so self-evident, that the only wonder is how it can be, for a moment, lost sight of. Now the steam-engine and machinery to work the Ar chimedean screw, which screw cannot, from its position, aft, and descending through the keel, as it were, be at any time so much lifted out of the water as to be in capable of continuing its regular action, as every new ship (and we know not why it should not be so managed in old ones to which this screw may be fitted) can be conveniently placed in her waist, and otherwise pro tected from such fearful and incessant exposure to external injury. By this change of position, moreover, the ship or vessel will be better ballasted, if we may so speak. The weight of the machinery will readily be adapted to the true centre of gravity, and the line of displacement will assume conditions more favourable to her rapid and easy progress. The paddle-box must presently follow the fate of the towering sterns and elevated poops of our war-vessels under the TUDORS and the STUARTS. They will be useless, and remembered only to be smiled at We sincerely trust, and believe, that the Admiralty has now embarked in good earnest on their noble and all important task of improving the navy, reforming our naval architecture, and retrieving the errors and mis management, the imbecility or favouritism, of too many among the present Board's predecessors in office. Let us heartily congratulate the Lords Commissioners them selves, the country, and the service, on these auspicious auguries of better and wiser counsels than have for a long past period presided in this department. EIIGEI WATEIt — A . TLOSfDO24 . -BRlDGt — iltlSDix. Morning .. 24 minutes after 4 I Evening •. 42 minutes after 4. The eighth anniversary of the Buckingham Conserva tive Association was celebrated yesterday in the Town hall, when about 300 members sat down to dinner. The Duke of BUQKINGUAM was in the chair. We are glad to find that the complaints against Sir ROBERT PEEL and his new tariff were not so loud and violent as might have been anticipated in a county so much under Tory and clerical influence. The Conservative members, it is true, grumbled and spoke " at PEEL," but their anger was compara tively mild, and they resolved not to despair while they had the Noble Duke at_their head, and, to do the Duke justice, he claimed for himself and his party sufficient power. In fact, he reiterated the well-known words of the Duke of RicamoNn, which have been condensed into the following phrase:—" Those who made PEEL can unmake him." "It was his firm belief," said the Duke of BUCKING. SIAM, " that it was entirely in the power of the country gentlemen of England to keep any Government within proper limits and in proper order, and that if they acted up to the principles which they avowed upon the hust ings there need be no fear that the agriculture of the country would be protected. He offered this humble opinion honestly and conscientiously, and were he in the House of Commons he would act boldly up to it." The real gravamen, however of the charge against their own idol was, that he seemed to have forgotten entirely that the English language contained the word " agriculture." " Already," said Mr. EATON, "in the present year they had heard much about the reduction of the auction duties, and the duties upon glass and a va riety of other articles, from men who were supposed to be the leaders of an agricultural Parliament. But, alas ! it was no longer an agricultural Parliament, for even in the opening speech of the session so much as the name of agriculture was not once mentioned." Captain FITZMAIIRICE sings in the same strain, " From the circumstance of their depressed state not having been even alluded to, one would be led to think that the Right Hon. Baronet had been rehearsing the old ballad, Oh, no we never mention them,' " The only just and unanswerable speech made on the occasion was by Mr. CLAYTON, the Member for Aylesbury. It was very brief, but quite to the purpose, and requires not a word of comment. "He had great confidence," he said, "in the measures of her MAJESTY'S Government, for, al though agriculture could not participate in the improve ments made by those measures, yet he would not be dismayed, because it would be contrary to all experi ence and to the soundest principles of legislation, to sup ,a n a d g r manufactures l d o f r e the i c n o u in n t i r t y s c p o o n se tin th u a ed t if to the tio tr u a r d is e h present depressed state." Madrid journals of the 18th inst. have been received On that day the Senate passed the Bills for the repres sion of the slave trade, and the maintenance of the es tablishments for nuns throughout Spain. General CONCHA. had been ordered to resume his command at Vittoria, where disturbances had taken place. An ex traordinary courier had arrived from Catalonia, and it was rumoured that disturbances had also broken out in that province. The Three per Cents. closed at 33 1-16 for cash, and 33i at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 24 at 60 days ; the Floating Debt at 79 for cash ; and the Four per Cents. at 21 for cash. The Paris journals are chiefly occupied with the affairs of Spain and Switzerland. The leading Govern ment paper, the Journal des Deberts, at last begins to see danger in the reforms introduced by CHRISTINA. and NARVAEZ into the Spanish Constitution, and especially in the last movement made to satisfy the clergy and the POPE, by restoring the unsold national properly to the Church. It justly describes this as a retrogade move ment, and as a step towards the restoration of the pro perty sold as well as unsold. The promise of the present Ministry, however solemn or sincere, in reality, is worth nothing, and public faith in Spain is of the same value. Another Ministry, having given no such assurance as the present, would not scruple to break every previous en gagement, and this appears to bo the general and anxious feeling of all those who have purchased Church pro perty. The following are the remarks of the Journal des Debate : " The avowed object of this Bill is to make advances to the Court of Rome, and facilitate the negotiations for re-estab lishing a good understanding between the two countries; but it is only the first step in a retrograde path, and upon which no party can entertain a doubt. The total value of the national property, the restitution of is hich to the clergy is proposed, has been made to amount, and as we believe offi cially, to 58,000,000 rea l s , a b ou t 15,000,000 of francs ; but in reality it is worth no more th a n 7,000,000t'. or 6,000,000 f. The charge of mai n t a i n i ng th e Church and clergy of Spain amounted to about 39,000,000 E per annum, and consequently the Cortes will h ave t o gran t 32,00°,("f. per annum to partlysupply p th ro es p e ri l e v t a o n rs ts. of T ja h n i d s e s d tat es e toaftesth,inagnsd partly dependentmaking the clergy upon the Government for a subvention, will not satisfy the clergy themselves, and will, at the same time, form a striking contrast with the Constitution which Spain now enjoys. In fact, it is stated that the Court of Rome and the clergy de mand a re-establishment of the tithes, and which, in truth, have never been wholly abolished. Thus regaining the privi lege of the mortmain the clergy, once restored to the posses sion of a part of its former wealth, and to the faculty of re ceiving devises and gifts, will, from the known superstition and ignorance of the higher classes in Spain, be incessantly in creasing in riches. It must at once be evident that the clergy THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1845. will rapidly regain all its former influence, and concentrating in its hands immense estates and property, inalienably must arrest the progress of the general prosperity of the country. The holders of property which did not belong to the clergy, and of which about three-fourths have been sold, are greatly alarmed; and although in this first sitting the Government, through the President of the Council of Minis-• ters, gave them the most positive assurances of the mainte nance of their rights, they aro far from being easy as to their future fate. It is more than probable that as long as the present Cabinet remains in power it will succeed in keep ing the Absolutist party in a state of impotence, as it has subdued the anarchists and revolutionists. But it is known that the two most dangerous adversaries of this Ministry— the Marquis de Viluma and M. Tejada—have openly declared their opinions to be in favour of the clergy, and that even already at the elections they openly oppose the constitutional candidates." We fear there is too much truth in this statement. The QUEEN-MOTHER is bent on reconciliation with Rome ; she will risk the safety of the country for ker own personal interests, and the result to a certainty will be a dreadful outbreak, which NARVAEZ will find too strong for him. France will find a cordon of troops necessary at the foot of the Pyrenees as well as at the foot of the Jura. The same journal gives rather a gloomy prospect of Swiss affairs. After adverting to the religious struggle it says : " The question of the Jesuits disappears before a much more general one, that of the maintenance of the compact and of the cantonal sovereignty, which is the basis of it. This is so true that Protestant cantons, by an apparent anomaly, find themselves supporting the cause of the com• parry of Jesus, and, on the other hand, the minority, which at Lucerne itself had rejected the appeal of the Jesuits, at present joins the Government to defend the in dependence and sovereignty of the canton. The re ligious question was already by itself dangerous enough not to need to be complicated by the political question. This state of things is not only grave for Switzerland, but also for Europe, and the consequences which it may pro duce are of a nature to affect the equilibrium established by treaties. Without any doubt, foreign Powers have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of Switzerland, but this restriction exists only as long as Switzerland herself does not change the conditions on which her existence is guaranteed by the great Powers. The treaties of Vienna and Paris have constituted Switzerland as a federative republic and have recognised her perpetual neutrality. The revolution, directed at present by the Radicals, wou!d be the overturning of both." The Quctidienne mentions a report that the mission of M. Rossi to Rome has for its object principally an appli cation to the POPE to recal the Jesuits from Switzerland. According to the same report, M. Rossi is to stop at Ge neva and Lausanne, and exert himself to calm the effer vescence which prevails there. The Presse makes the following remarks on the dis cussions in the House of Commons on Mr. DUNCOMBE'S the goods sold really belonged to the plaintiff or to another person, who was indebted to the defendant. The case was likely to occupy the whole of the day. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS (THIS DAY.) (Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE.) A most respectable-looking tradesman, named Edward Jones, was indicted for stealing three valuable snuff-boxes, the property of John Ward. The prisoner, who pleaded :not guilty in the first instance, denied in the most solemn man ner that he had any felonious intention when he took the pro perty. However, at the suggestion of Mr. Ballantine, who appeared as his counsel, he retracted his original plea, and pleaded guilty. A host of most respectable persons, many of whom deposed to having known the prisoner for upwards of twenty years, gave him the highest character for respectabi • lity and honesty. The Learned .ASSISTANT-JUDGE expressed his regret that such a person as the prisoner should be placed in so disgrace ful a situation, and sentenced him to six weeks' imprison ment, with hard labour. William Johnson, a powerful-looking young fellow, was indicted for stealing a quantity of tools, the property of George Barnes and others. It appeared by the evidence that the prosecutors were en gaged on some of the new houses erecting in Kensington, and when leaving, on Saturday night, locked up their tools, and the same night the prisoner broke open the doors, and took the property. The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE said this was a most heart less robbery, inasmuch as it tended to prevent industrious men from earning their living, and he was determined to punish it severely. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be imprisoned for six calendar months in the House of Correction, and be kept to hard labour. Thomas Ricketts was indicted for stealing a number of books, the property of George Willis. The prosecutor is the extensive bookseller and publisher under the Piazza at the corner of James-street, Covent-garden. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to three months' im prisonment with hard labour. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. . . The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was quieter. Sales, 2,000 to 2,500 bales, all to the trade, at previous rates. —Shares rather improved. Birmingham and Derby, 94% ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 131 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 58 ; Caledonian, 7% ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 595. ; Chester and Holybesel 4 B ; Churnet Valley, 7% % ; Eastern Counties, 17 1 / 8 ; Ditto, Perpetual, No. 2, 235. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarter, 51 ,4 ; Glasgow and Dum fries, 16s. 6d. ; Glasgow and Greenock, 15% ; Kendal and Windermere, 4% ; Lancaster and Preston, Quar ters, 7 ; Liverpool and Preston, 2% 3 ; London and Birmingham, 230%; Ditto, 321. Shares, 41% ; London and Brighton, 58 ; London and South-Western, 50/. Shares, 124 12%; London and York, 7%; Direct Northern, 2 ; Man chester and Birmingham, Quarter, 11% ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 60% 61; Ditto, Quarter, 14M %; Midland Counties, 125%; Newcastle and Berwick, 14 13% ; North Wales, 11%; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, 54 ; South- Eastern, No. 1, 14% ; Ditto, No. 2,9%; Trent Valley, 19 3 / 4 20; Paris and Lyons, 3 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bor deaux, 61,4 3 / 4 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5L 12m. ; Northern of France, 5/. Ils. 3d. There are no arrivals to-day with later intelligence from any quarter. The public securities have been rather lively to-day, but the market continues unsteady. Consols for present transfer have realised 99% to 99%, and for the next account about 99 3 / 4 to 99%. Exchequer-bills have been fluctuating from 635. to 675. prem. ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 104% to 103% ; and the Three per Cents. 100% to 1004. Bank Stock is 212 to 213; and India Stock 281 to 283, being rather better. The Foreign Investments are flat again : Spanish Five per Cents. at 27 %, and the Three per Cents. at 404 to N. Portuguese Converted have been 60% to 61%. Mexican Bonds have realised 354 to %, and Buenos Ayres 42. Dutch Two-and. a-Half per Cents. have been 63% to 4. The Share Market is more buoyant to-day, with one or two exceptions, as the list subjoined will show. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 4 per Cents Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12 1 -16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 ll% CLOSING PRICES. 212 1003( 3 99% 104 12 1-16 11% India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto 1 d uner ,0001. . . South Sea Stock Consols for Account .......... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 1 d 63 66 pm. 64 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small Ditto Advertised 63 65 pm. 66 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 89 3 4 35% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 42 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Deferred Stock 16% 16 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Ditto, Account ..... ...... 61% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto 3 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 45 44 Ditto, Deferred Belgian Scrip, 2% per Cent 6OA% Dutch, 2% per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 91 98% PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES Birming. and Gloucesterloo 131% 132% Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New.... . ......... 2 ...... 271 A 63% Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 56% 57 .. Caledonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1 1 / 2 2%4% ...... %7 Chester and Holyhead... 5 Cliurnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern I Mblin and Belfast Junc 2% 5 l / 2% Dublin and Galway..... 2 11 / 2 3 Eastern Counties 141. 165.... 16 3 4 17 1 4 Eastern Union lO .. .. Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,E 1 5 34 Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England-100 Ditto New 5 44 Ditto New Great Western sq ......174, Ditto % Shares Ditto Fifths 2O Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2% ... .. Hull and Gainsborough 1% 2 1 4 Hull and Selby 5O London and Birminghm (Stock) 228 London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s 4d. 71 ,4 London and Brighton... 50 ... 57% 58% 3 4 59% 59% London and S. Western 41/6s 10d 78% 79 Ditto New 2%. .12 11 1 h% London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 18% Ditto Guaranteed per Cent. London and York 2% 6% 7% Manchester and Birmin. 40 Ditto Quarters 4 — Manchester and Leeds... 73 Midland 100 ......125 . . Ditto New 2 ..... 7 3 / 4 1 4 Midland, Birm.,Derby...loo Newcastle and Darling ton Junction .. 24 .. ... 47% 49 Newnasi le and Berwick 1% Newark and Sheffield ... 1 1 / 2 North British - 7% l2 4 12 Ditto, New Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent Rugby,Wor'ster,&Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm 2 I %G 4%%% South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 39 3 / 40% 1 A Ditto, No. 1 Ditto, No. 2. Ditto, No. 3 7p 8 South Wales 2ll 2 Trent Valley 2 .. 20 A3A Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 2% West Cornwall 1 14... York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Ditto Extension ...... 1 % FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and A miens... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 24 8 17% 11% 38% 41 81 23034 184 63% 11 138 . 2% 1 1 0 61 2 3% 4 1 4 40% 914 3 3 / 4 t'aris and Lyons 2 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. Strasbourg and Bale 1... 14 Tours and Nantes 1 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia Colonial 25 London Joint Stock..... 10 London & Westminster. 20 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 25.—We have had a steady market and a fair business. The quotations are Bristol and Exeter, New Shares, 6 3-16 ; Chester and Holy head, 7% 8%; Great North of England, 301. Shares, 19%; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 29 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 14%; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 104; Midland, 40/. Shares, 8 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares. 13 ; South-Eastern, No. 1, 15 ; Barnsley Junction, Half Shares, 2%; Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction, 7% 8; Blackburn, Darwen, andßolton, ; Caledonian, 6% ; Churnet Valley, 7% %; Ely and Bedford, 1%; Erewash Valley, 9; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 4%; Kendal and Windermere, 4%; Leeds,, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 3 3 % ; London and Wor cester, Oxford and Rugby, 3 1 %; London and York, 7% ; Manchester and Buxton, 3% ; Newark and Sheffield, 2% ; Trent Valley, 19% ; Union Plate Glass, 18. 12! 4 ( 44 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 26.—Wind easterly, strong breeze and fine ; it rained hard last night. DEAL, FEB. 25, P.M.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Duke of Portland, Hamlin, Madras; Achilles, Trevett, and Rockliff, Garrett, Ceylon; Tanjore, Stewart, Calcutta; James, Wil liams, and Magnet, 'Veal, Ichaboe ; Rosanna, Ichaboe for Newcastle; Hendrika, Batavia for Rotterdam. The James, in the Downs, reports 280 vessels at Ichaboe 26th ult., and not half would obtain cargoes. OrF DOVER, FEB. 25.—Marchioness Douro, China. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 25.—Wind N.E. by S.—Arrd. her Majesty's ships Skylark and Nautilus, eastward. COWES FEB 25.---Wind S --And Lily, Lanfesty Bahia. DARTMOUTH, Fun. 24.—.Arrd. Brothei - ;, WaltolOchaboe, sailed Dec. 27, touched on the Skerries, but got off without damage. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. lone, Ichaboe ; Arica, Davidson, Arica ; Speed, Brewer, Buenos Ayres; Zanoni, Sims, New Orleans ; Douglas, and Coronation, Sa vannah. Sld. Dryad, Singapore; Mars, Batavia; Elizabeth, Barbadoes ; Mammon, Antigua; Albatross, New Orleans; Ashburton, New York; Charlotte, Wilmington, and Osprey, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off, Safeguard, Charleston. The Ardent, of Londonderry, reported from Sligo, was seized in the Mersey yesterday afternoon, with about twenty-one, tons of tobacco on board. Conic, FEB. 23.—Arrd. Sarah, Murray, and Till, Ichaboe. Dusisix, F. 24.-51 d. Garonne, Trinidad. - 16 ' , gut• MA,. Arlarp;;; • fp, • • „cit. D 7611 , 4 141. " • SECOND EDITION. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of LAST (Tuesday) EVENING contained — The latest Prices of Shares from the Official List. The Official Appointments, the Promotiors in the Army, the List of Bankrupts, &c., from the Gazette. The course of Exchange. Market Intelligence up to the latest hour. Parliamentary Intelligence, containing a full Report of the Proceedings in the House of Lords up to the hour of adjournment; and of the Proceedings in the House of Commons up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. 141 JP turning ..-'`2qtti LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1845. The House of Lords sat at Five o'clock. Among the notices of motion was one by Lord BROUGHAM, for Thursday week, of a Bill to transfer the jurisdiction in divorce cases from the House of Lords to another tribunal. Their Lordships adjourned after sitting a very short time. The House of Commons sat at Twelve o'clock. The report on the Railway Companies clauses Bill was received. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Railway Companies Consolidation Bill. Various clauses were agreed to, as were some amendments, proposed by Mr. AOLIONBY and other Hon. Members, and the House resumed, on the understanding that there should be a morning sitting on Thursday, when the Bill would again come under consideration. The House then adjourned for an hour and a half, and resumed at Five o'clock. Various petitions were presented, and notices of mo tion given. Mr. WALLACE postponed his motion on the subject of railways to the 11th March. The Honourable Gen tleman then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice on the subject of the admi nistration of justice in Scotland, which was : " To bring before the House the amount of business done yearly by the Court of Session, and the nature and extent of the duties of the judges composing that Court ; and to ask leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of the Act 1 WILLIAM IV., C. 69, as provides that there shall be thirteen judges in the said court ; and to extend the jurisdiction of the stipendiary county judges, called sheriffs, by giving them the power of awarding the punishment of transportation, in the event of the judges in the Court of Session being reduced below the number of thirteen." The LORD ADVOCATE and Mr. Fox MAULE opposed the motion, which was withdrawn. Sir R. INGLIS then rose to call the attention of the House to the condition of the negroes liberated from prize slave-ships, and moved for certain papers relating to the condition of liberated negroes in Sierra Leone and the Mauritius. Mr. G. W. HorE seconded the motion, and defended the conduct of the Government as respected their treat ment of the liberated Africans. A short discussion ensued, in the course of which the proceedings of the missionaries were animadverted upon by Mr. AGLIONBY and defended by Sir T. ACLAND, and Mr. PLUMPTRE. The motion was agreed to. Dr. BOWRING moved for a copy of a certain procla mation issused by the Governor of Hong-Kong, for a census and registry of the inhabitants of that island. The motion was opposed by Mr. C. Hope, on the part of the Government. Sir G. STAUNTON also spoke against the motion. Dr. BOWRING eventually withdrew the motion, reserv ing a right to bring it forward on another opportunity. Sir J. GRAHAM then rose to introduce his Bill for the ,better regulation of medical practice throughout the United Kingdom. He proposed, first, to establish a Council of Health, to exer cise a superintendence over the medical education of the kingdom ; secondly, to secure to all medical practi tioners equal facilities of practice throughout the United Kingdom ; and, thirdly, by the standard of examination as to qualifications being uniform, to establish a registra tion of medical practitioners, and to confine eligibility to public medical employment to registered practitioners. He proposed to repeal the statute of HENRY VIII., which gave to members of the Collegesof Physicians and Surgeons the exclusive right of practising in a district of seven miles round the metropolis as far as regarded re gistered practitioners, but ho would exempt graduates of Oxford and Cambridge from the operation of the Bill, the effect of which would be to exclude them from me tropolitan practice, unless they chose of themselves to come within the operation of the Act, and be registered. He hoped, however, some arrangement might be come to, to prevent the necessity of persevering with this clause. He proposed to repeal the Apothecaries' Act, not totally, but only so far as parties registered under the new Act were concerned. This would leave the provisions of the Apothecaries' Act imposing penalties on illegal practitioners totally untouched, and parties practising without quali fication, would be in addition liable, as they were at present, to a criminal prosecution at corn - mon law, for pretending to be that which they were not. Any person falsely assuming any medical title recog nised by the Bill to be liable to prosecution. He also proposed to make it necessary that every examiner of the Apothecaries' Company should be an apothecary of ten years' standing. With regard to physicians, he thought thirty-six ) ears of age not too late to fix as the limit for their preliminary examination ; and with regard to surgeons, he proposed that no one should be qualified to act as surgeon who had not previously undergone an examination for the degree of licentiate in surgery. He also proposed that there should be an examination in midwifery as well as in physic and surgery. He pro posed that the Council of Health should be empowered to examine practitioners in all their branches. He con sidered it indi s p ensa b ly necessary rop t o h s a ed t t t o he sh g or r t e c a n t body of general practiti oners s h ould be connected with the College of Surgeons. He p the time of university residence required by the Bill of last year to qualify for the office of physician, and he adhered to the plan proposed in the Bill of last year for constituting the councils; and he also proposed to give motion : " If England is the country of bold and sudden reforms, she is also the classic land of the most crying abuses. Not only the Ministry does not intend renouncing this monstrous right interfereto clandestinely in the most delicate point of social intercourse, to spy out the confidences of friendship, to steal the secrets of families and affairs, but its friends do not blush publicly to give excuses for a practice so contrary to the spirit of our time. One of them, for instance, has seriously maintained that letters in transit are the property of the Crown, and that the Government is fully authorised to take cognizance of what they contain.' This incre dible doctrine was greeted by very feeble murmurs. Let us, however, hasten to add, that speakers were met with of all parties, even on the Ministerial benches them selves, demanding that the scandal of the cabinet noir should at length have a term in England. Several of them having cited the example of France, Mr. Coch rane falsely made a declaration in contradiction to the asser tion that France had long since suppressed the institution of the cabinet noir. He felt himself authorised, he said, by a long sojourn amongst us, to maintain that, to his certain knowledge, letters are frequently opened in Paris. We do not hesitate to declare that Mr. Cochrane calumniates our country. If ever a Ministry permitted itself to do amongst us what Sir J. Graham has done in England, and if the act was denounced In the Chamber, a unanimous cry of repro bation would arise against the man who could have made so dishonourable a use of the power confided to him. It would be an exceedingly grave case of moral responsibility." The French Funds were somewhat lower on Monday. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 80e. ; Ditto, New Loan, 85f. 90c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 f. 250. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,196 f. 25c. ; Rouen, I,llof. ; Havre, 910 f.; Spanish Actives, 361 ; Ditto, Passive, 61; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 61f. 90c. THIS DAY'S NEWS THE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD APPREHENSION AND EXAMINATION OF THE SUPPOSED MURDERER. This morning a person named Thomas Hooker, residing at 11, Victoria-terrace, Portland Town, was examined before the Magistrate, at Marylebone Police-Court, charged on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Delarue, of Whittlebury-street, Euston-square. The pri soner, a well-dressed, tall, thin young man, of the same profession, and an intimate acquaintance of the mur dered man, appeared quite unconcerned, and evidently paid the utmost attention to the statements of the various witnesses. _ _ The evidence of Edward Hilton, baker, was first taken, and was a simple recapitulation of what has already ap peared before the Coroner. He heard the cries of murder, and on going to the place from whence the cries proceeded, h e and others found the body of the deceased. The surgeon, Mr. Perry, of Hampstead, detailed the re sult of the post mortem examination, which only established the fact that deceased had met his death from blows on the head, inflicted by a blunt instrument. Sarah Kitchener—Lived at 55, Whittlebury-street, Euston square. Deceased lived there. Saw him last on Friday. He told me to keep a fire in, as he would return in an hour and a half. I have seen the body, and know it to be Delarue. James Kitchener—Brother to last witness, and landlord of the house in which deceased resided. His evidence went to confirm his sister's. He knew that deceased had a watch, but never saw it. He had not observed many acquaintances call upon the deceased, and never heard of any one having a spite against him. I have never seen the prisoner at the bar. Edward Scoltney,: 21 T division, residing at Chiswick — Between seven and eight o'clock yesterday evening, received information that Thomas Hooker (the prisoner), was an ac quaintance of the deceased, and that on Saturday night he was seen with a great deal of money. I went with the in spector and sergeant to his house, No. 11, Victoria .place, Portland-town. About one o'clock this morning we went first to the residence of prisoner's father, but I returned to his own lodgings, and when I knocked, he got up to answer. He came down in his shirt and trousers. I asked if he was Thomas Hooker, and he said lie was Thomas Hooker. I said, you are my prisoner, and told him I was a sergeant of police, and was taking him into custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Delarue. I then asked him to show me his apartments. Mr. RAWIANSON—Did he answer nothing when taken into custody ? Witness—He said he knew Delarue. 1 asked him to show his apartments, and he said, "Follow me ;" and I then searched his apartments. His brother was in bed in the room to which he took me, on the second floor, and the prisoner told him to get out of bed and dress himself. During the time I was searching, his brother said, " Tom, tell the policeman all you know about it." The prisoner then went to the bed-side, took the watch from under the pillow, and said, " That was Delarue's ; he gave it to me last Friday morning, about ten o'clock, to sell it for him." We then came down stairs, and I got some duplicates referring to other property, which the pri soner said belonged to Delarue. (The property con- sisted of duplicates for rings,watch-guard, &c.) After going to where I had left Inspector Partridge, and telling him what had occurred, we returned to the prisoner's lodgings to re new the search. He said he had only some letters from different females, but he did not couple the deceased's name with them. The prisoner was then taken to the Hampstead station. Inspector Partridge produced a bundle of letters. The last witness gave him the information alluded to. He went to the prisoner's father's house, at 17, Charles-street, where he expected some important information, but in that he failed, and fearing that some alarm might be given to the pri soner, he (the inspector) sent Scoltney alone to his lodgings. When he saw the prisoner, he informed him of the charge against him. Went up into the prisoner's room, and found some old clothes and sacking under the bed, and also above it. In a table drawer found papers and other documents. There were 76 of them, apparently written by a young lady, and all in the same handwriting. On the mantel-shelf found half-a-sovereign and a shilling. He said he had more money, and supposed he dropped a sovereign on the bed. He was then taken to the station-house. He should be able to prove that he had mad• several purchases of clothing on Saturday. Inspector Shackell, of the detective force, received informa tion of the murder on Saturday, and on the Sunday after examined the place where the murder was committed. Pro ceeded to deceased's lodgings, and found a number of obscene prints, and, among bills of account, found one from a watch maker for the very watch produced in Court that day. This watch was seen in the deceased's possession on Friday, at two o'clock. Mr. RAwLiNsoN—Who proves that /—The girl, Sir. Sarah Kitchener was re-called—She saw his watch on Friday at dinner time. Did not know the watch, but the chain resembled the one he wore. Mr. Delarue got up at a little after nine on Friday morning, and he remained at home for about half an hour. Be breakfasted almost as soon as he got up. The brother of the deceased said the watch was the one he wore till the Sunday previous, but the guard was not the same. ,Deceased's was a solid gold one, and that was o n ly coloured". Mr. RAWLINSON asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything:' The prisoner said at he could bring witnesses to prove that he did not leave his home till a quarter or ten minutes to eight on Friday night. That was all he wished to say that day. Mr. RAWLLNI4ON—I shall feel it my duty to remand you till Tuesday neat; and if in the meantime you are required to appear before the Coroner you will have to go before him. The prisoner was then removed. CMANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day, and heard appeals. MORRELL V. SUTTOIC.-JUDGMENT. This case stood on the paper to-day for judgment, It will be recollected that it was argued some considerable time since before the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, and Mr. Jus tice Coleridge. Those two Learned Judges attended this morning, and gave their opinions on the case, the question in which related to the construction of a will. The Learned Judges differing in their opinions, at the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor it was arranged that the case should be re argued before the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.: IN THE CASE OF TILE LUDLOW CHARITIES. The further arguments in this part-heard case occupied his Lordship the whole of the morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Vice-Chancellor of England took causes to day, but nothiu; of public interest came before the Court. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a special jury.) RELPII V. lIAMBER. This was the only case which came before the Court to day, and it possessed little interest to the public. The action arose out of a distress and sale of goods, which the plaintiff alleged belonged to himself, The only question was whether SUM 2' ARY OF NEWS AND Vulattr eiptnton. " Who runs may read." rionzaGN. On Saturday evening their Majesties the King and ( - Pe e of the French received the Minister of Denmark, the Presi" dent of the Chamber of Deputies, the Marquis de R ouge ; mont, Count Mole, the Baron de Mareuil, General Aypic ' and Messrs. Boissy d'Anglas, de rEspee, and Lacrosse , Mew hers of the Chamber of Deputies. mid Sir Wm. Follett and family had arrived at Paris, alighted at the Hotel Meurier. The city of Rheims has opened a subscription for a 11 1 ,,,„ 01111 ; ment to the memory of Count d'Erlon, to which the Di" has subscribed I,ooof. and Marshal Soult 500 f. The Bishop of Chartres has published a letter to the 31111.- rater of Justice and Public Worship, on the subject of t pastoral letter of Cardinal de Bonald, Archbishop of it °l/ o f The Bishop declares that he participates in the sentimeno the Cardirial. A complete change of the weather has taken place in Par. o : Early on Saturday morning there was a slight fall of ral followed by a frost which, for a time, rendered the streets ;1° slippery that, in most places, it was dangerous to walk. I;id, the course of an hour or two, however, a ;thaw cornmeT'r,. and, before the end of the day, no other vestiges of the fro: tip mained than the heaps of snow which had been shovelledture for carting away. During the whole of Sunday the temPe was mild, with occasional rain. eh It appears from a statistical return drawn up by the S e y Minister of Finance, that the number of nuns in sr- - 11,772. art 9 It will be seen by the following accounts from varioilS,F a i: of the continent that the severity of the frost has bees frignbe At Augsburgb, last week, the 96 fountains that suPP, I IOO town with water were completely frozen up. The cni,A,fie at 22 degrees below the freezing point of Reaumur—ln zero of Fahrenheit. is A Copenhagen letter of the 12th states that the viint .r ~6 0 Denmark hafbeen more severe than in any precedieg Jo. since 1829. The sea was frozen even to a co nsiderabl e tance from the port, and in a few days, if the frost continv" persons would be able to cross on foot into Sweden. bee The Impartial du .Rhin represents the cold as having ell intense on the plateaux of the Black Forest. For Oa 4 days the thermometer at Donauochingen marked 19 degi'd below the freezing point of Reaumur-10 3 ,4 below ze'r°f,, Fahrenheit. On the 13th inst. it sunk to 22 IL, 17 Y s and on the 14th to 24 R. , salve , The Journal du Havre states that on Thursday the : - „ t below Quillebceuf, was so covered with blocks of ice, b"„ ti g was with the greatest difficulty that the tug-steamen 3 :o; make their way through them up to the quay of that " to but get beyond it was impossible, the ice from thence le. Villequier being so closely packed that scarcely anY stices were to be seen. oo The Impartial of Nancy reports that two person s ,„ village of Bispingi (Meurthe), in returnin g . home fro': od nesbrange on the 10th inst., lost themselves in a fora' , were found there the next morning frozen to death. AND POZZCID. ,41 1 13 ' .. 4 5 At the Mansion-house Charles Smith, formerly A f ° f in the service of Mr. De Lisle, 16, Devonshire-001 vo• charged with robbing his master's house of cash 1111 "/ perty to the amount of 4601. on the night of the Bth e__„iice, vember last. The prisoner has hitherto eluded the 13" but he was taken into custody on Saturday at Bug* was committed for trial. A d at John Robinson, about 16 years of age, was chary - i n s V Guildhall with stealing a half-sovereign, and silver ce oe st the amount of 175., from the safe in the counting' b° oo_, Messrs. Johnson and Simpson's, gold-lace manuf ect io 9o Little Britain. It was stated that the p r i son er had 00 0 0 the previous week. The prosecutor, Alderman „ T WO wished the case to be summarily disposed of, and the et, remanded. George .Newland was brought up at Marlboroug h t r e o for further examination, charged with having, " c i with a person calling himself Captain Kelly, obtai n ° will perty by fraudulent means from tradesmen, and We s remanded. 0 11 David Burke, John Scully, Jas. Buckley, Patrick :,11/'oo' and James Grady, ballast getters, in the employ efr t r . i i e stli.' poration of the Trinity House, were charged at „d street, with felony, in appropriating to their own us°sb. that posing of a chest of plate, valued at over 100/., Ivol , oir; had picked up in the river off Cotton's Wharf, Sou,' piocl The box belonged to Mr. Gardner, of Kintholt ° ,,lls Brompton, and on the sth of October was being c° 0 y by two watermen in a boat to Chelsea, when it was a ho near Waterloo-bridge, by the swell of a steamer. . ".„ tbe,' of various articles of plate with Mr. Gardner's mar was clearly proved against the prisoners, and t he/ remanded. COURT—PASIZIONABI.S. pit et Her Majesty will give a grand banquet this e n e Buckingham Palace. Her Serene Highness the ISP Duchess Stephanis of Baden, and the Marquis chioness of Douglas, have been honoured with invitt l ,oefij We understand that, according to p res ent arrso r Ue her Majesty and Prince Albert's• visit to the v.,-,"v Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle, and the vu to ter Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood, is intended place during the Easter recess. I, Yeamid. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby Bas l o k at Mulgrave Castle from visiting Lord and Lady .. .J1 worth, ae Ravensworth Castle. The Earl and Coas t "' , grave are sojourning at Mulgrave Castle. A dsP r : The Earl of Harrowby,l who was indisP° s e ~ii co .' 0 0 the last week at his mansion in Grosvenor-squs i noco valescent. Sir Benjamin Brodie has been in atte st ' his Lordship. xottg oaf Lord Nugent has quite recovered from the 0.--,„ 0 O d f, recent accident, while riding to town from Haisn'Aed,""w His Lordship is staying at present at Lillies, near Al 0 11 The Dowager Lady Arundel, who has been on the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, at Stowe, it'" - a iting tour in Lincolnshire. l' vis Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., and Lady Charlotto cebe Mr. Villiers Stuart, M.P., and Mr. Villiers Stuart, Il i !, JO' among the distinguished visitors of Lord and LP': Stuart, at Cardiff Castle, during the last week. IVIISCELLANM ' e OUS. o. ir 4 t t 9 It is gratifying to learn, as another proof tbs, facturers do not withhold from those in their enflol thl 'oe benefit of an improved demand for their goods, ttit masters of Dudley have agreed to advance W s E'd se, 0 1 cent., and that a similar advance has been ag'7,; - . 10 1 Bromsgrove. There is still an impression that iron will be advanced. d a 6 P7i1 4 The Proprietors of the St. Katherine Docks n o' o 4 l meeting yesterday, to consider the expedienCY e t pe an additional capital to an amount not exceeding ° i o n ore of the present capital, for an extinction of a P° r : the (0 floating debt. The terms agreed upon are, the for ill o f prietors will have the option of subscribing at P,s r 'ot, ; l it much stock as they now hold, the first instn„ 010 6 cent., to be paid before April next, and subsequt i to. to exceed ten per cent. The dock business app oS- 00 4 , increased considerably this year. h vet , ' t ft ' The Bishop of Ely is still improving, althoug — 05 0 0 and Dr. Fisher and the family-surgeon are in c° tendance at the Palace. MARKET NEWS—(THIS 4 OA CORN-EXCHANGE.—WED- 0 — Very little fresh English Wheat was brought for: 1 1 des; i o yet, owing to the absence of many of the princ i P r q elfl the demand for that article of Grain was in a 1 " „ ;; WV!' state, at prices barely equal to those obtained mete 1( The show of free Foreign Wheat was small ; ties were held at full rates, but other kinds were The supply of Barley was tolerably good, tho u g" b ot or extensive. Malting parcels were quite as dear/ yes* ferior kinds were a shade easier. Malt, 0at5, 1369121 ' Flour were extremely inactive. ARRIVALS. ,1;10 °At , . 1 % Barley. 720 qrs. 460 / b,BO = 8 -- I 70 pro 4 5 Malt, 1,180 qrs. 0 ° • 'IVIEXTECHAPEZ. Although the supplies of Meat offering , n o r i c er large, the trade ruled ,dull, at barely stationi,eWse. were Iry 1 41 04 Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d i Mutton, 2s 8d to 35 8c 1 ; ; be cO' to 45 10d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 81102 bY _, .., English .• • • • Irish •••• • • • Foreign ... Wheat. 1,730 qrs r--- 10'. - t Ory IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVEMENT 0 -'" a rle r e, Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the P l c iTrv e ee . of the above Society was held at the King's th e Pir l °I Poultry, for the purpose of receiving the report ol io fac i d tors, and the transaction of general business; int 03 6 ; tlie Devon in the chair. The Society was founded 3.neriouhea• incorporated by Act of Parliament, since whi c eral A fr the Directors have purchased, at a cost of 25,00 01., 5 1 5 , 1 1 , V sand acres of Irish mountain and bog waste 1 0 ea ltsr eo r same has been placed in a condition of productir ve il ja the Society. The estates are four in nurnber;;;golice,itee kel, in the county of Galway, 1,333 acres ► i u n. in e°," 0 ; 1 the county of Limerick, 1,611 acres ; Kilkerr i „, e ;idne:rir mars, 5,620 acres ; and Glenask, 5,698 acre s- -- 7 0 0, tn,ort , of 18,204 English statute acres. Colonel Robf i ote se ra' paging Director, read a very lengthy a nd 14 g b 0 The Ibe r detailing the favourable progress of the SecletY;_,pecelos., dal statement set forth that the total assets erldlL2,7l/. be ets last were 13,217/. 3s. 6d., and the liabilities. bac ing,, e i e leaving a balance of 10,8451. 13s. 6d. The rePor_b,iso, Ow adopted, thanks were voted to the Noble Ch .tert meeting broke up. A si e stiV irP e i st The remains of the late Marquis of • 0 010 0 a is, K.G., were interred yesterday in the family ro_ erit sar e (l oor , Eccleston, Cheshire, in the presence of the Pre' rt G roffl the Earl of Wilton,Earl Grosvenor, Lord Ne- e __....... and other branches of the family. ------- ladBo,nnottfhhceea22ll Captain He rbert at Kilmore, I lAil d ' tile B/Brirnße:ar moogban, _re ~,, R. Pollock, Schoenberg, R.N., c„,,f B _ . . s °, l 'itea ,ll '' ... 23d inst., at St. George e- terrace, 1.1-"" sow of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Aldersgate-strect, the Alf' e of Mr. ~. won Maw, of a son 1 , SO' forOzEthssee2x3,doifnasts.,o.nMrs. Robinson, of AfarYla ild-P°lll ' -.. si sorb' son o , n of th a e d 2 a 4 u t g h h i t n e s r t . ., ;it Arlington-street, Lady DAIIII Jollci On the 24th inst., at Woburn - Eg gs " , A the hidi °I Weston, Esq., of a son. 111.R.RIED. r. I'l l i fji t; On the 22d inst., at St. Helen's, Bishopsgae, ter ° I ' Mason Pretious, of Piccadilly, to Jane, eldest &Wel late Samuel Osborn, Esq ,of Kingsland. G iffit.110,93,7 • On the 22d inst., at Hammersmith, Thorne., filnebye, - , of Montague House, Hammersmith, to Emma, ,i— -cocenildorta,ugllahnitemr oerfsmJ.itßh.. Nichols, EEL , F'S .ll " °f the C "tt tbg I le 11 ztOn Aolli On the 22d inst., at the College Chapel, 3 While - J. Benson, A.BI ,of Chichester, te Miss myie, a r Yorkshire. , Sicli°l° --- ....z.------ - DIED. On the 20th inst., i n Streatham Paragon, Ainbr°E. Esq., aged 93. 131001113biltr On the 20th inst., in Southampton-street, O n square , Deodatus Eaton , Esq. aged 57.d0 the Bey. Ls On the 21st inst. , a t North- e nd, Croyn , Gibbon Newman. ham, Willi On the 21st inst., at Perry rise, Syden-- ' 10 , Yowler, Esq., aged 86. c et, sg e V On the 21st inst., at Hastings, Sussex, bli ss P-17,4* t On the 23d inst., at Claphana-rise, Frances P'" i daughter of Mr. Benjamin Cooper. .. 0)& 0 4 On the 23d inst., at Kensington, Captain Th°1317,. On the 23d inst., Mr. John Hawkins, ibuirtl9'4 of B r i g hton, aged 66. gerrifiel i h 16" Edward On the 24th inst., Mr. James Cook's -court, Carey-street, aged 88. . i s ------ —y-% yollslo, London : Printed and Published by algr, ile. ,of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ole , co osN Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is T ' ue Middlesex, Wednesday, February 26, 1845. .......0e5 ....., I , 144,