The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-03 00:00:00

• 13, Great Marlborough-street. MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. THE NEW AND REVISEDIEDITION Is now ready at all the Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, Wilt be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, calledTHE BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani; Thaddeus, Mr. W. Marrison; Arline, Miss .Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies, Miss Betts. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; Colum bine, Mis. Carson; Clown, Ma T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon , M r . Blanchard. Dress Boxes 7L, Second Price 3s. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes ss, Second Price 35.; Fit l . Second Price 2L• Mtddle Gallery N., Second Price ls. ; Upper Gallery IL, Second Ace 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN S CONCERTS GRAND CALEDONIAN CONCERT. PROGRAMME CHIEFLY SELECT MUSED FROM POPULAR SCOTTISH C. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3. PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART L Overture. Guy Mannering, with Solos. Buffs Quadrille, on Airs by Mr. John Parry—Jullien. 'ohn Anderson, my Jo', performed by ti err Koenig. Vain Die Nachtwandler—Strauss. Oh, Nanny, wilt thou gang wi' me, pertormed by Messrs. Handley, Harper, Laurent, Herr Kcenig. and M. Prospere. The Real Scotch Quadrille—Judie n. PART IL Overture, La Dame Blanche. Solo, Mr. Richardson, There's nae luck about the house. The Highland Quadrille—Jullien. Auld Lang Syne, by Herr Keenig. Duet, 'Twas within a Mile, performed by M. Barret and M. Baumann. Strathspey by the full orchestra. Doors Open at Hall-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is. ; Dress Circle, "2s. (id. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-office of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Bond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's-street; and M. Jullion's Office, 3, Maddox-street, Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, I Es -SEE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews ; Afr. Ford, Mr. Stuart k Mr. Page. Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mn. Nbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover; Anne Page, Miss Manley. In the course of the Evening (by Particular Desire) Mr. John Parry will sing his Descriptive Scene, entitled "The Sleeping Beauty." To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THF. FAIR Otik: wait TitE GOLDEN LOCKS( Ming Lachrymose, Mr. J. Bland; Prince Graceful. Miss I'. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, M. 3 Julia Bennett. Orchestra stalls, 55.; Boxes, ss. ; Plt, ; Gallery, :".s.; Upper Gallery, 11.11-price—Boxes ; I'it, Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, e. t. Doors opened at H alf-past six, and the Performance ciminence at Seven. 'rickets and Places to Le nail of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box— office, from Teti till THEAIRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented success attending the revival of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted every evening till further notice, thus cad :—Sir John Falstaff: Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford Mr. Stuart ; Page, Mr.. Howe; Caine, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. Brindal ; .Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Le see respectfully informs the Patrons of this Esta blishment that Mr. JOHN PARRY will sing this Evening one of his most Popular Songs—" The Sleeping Beauty." The New Fairy Extravaganza of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks," Every Evening. I. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime ot the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3. Will be repeated a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEVA. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wright, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates. To conclude with the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR LEQUIN BLUE BEARD, or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Proauced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects.' Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury.lane; Fanta. loon, Mr. Johnstone. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STEEET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, Will be performed" LUCREZIA BORGIA. 1/on Alphonso, Mr. Burdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Mattlo Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Mada me Eu g enia Garcia. - After which, the Farce of MY FELLOW-CLERK. '.conclude with the New Musical B urles q ue spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leat, Miss IL Isaacs. • • abTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, 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. DAV IDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE. Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorr—more crowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow. ing with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTER& DORF. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Honner. Neville. Vale, Smith. Johnson, Lewis. estop. Mrs. R. Honner, 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, HA RLE Q UIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley bturray,and AE I 0 U. Harlequin , M r . W. H. Harvey ; Grotear,e,- Mr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Fuller; Panta. loon, Mr. Hawsins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss IL R. lair. brother and Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama. 'entitles' POVERTY ; or, Mary . Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; J e sssm y Tacit, Mr. Nants ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss Arden ; Mary Graham, Miss Vincent After which, the Domestic Drama of RUTH; or. The Lass that Loves a sailor. Bernard Jasper, Mr. Freer ; Ruth, Miss Vincent To conclude with THE MAN WITH 'IHE CARPET BAG. Grimes, Mr. Gardner; Harriet, Miss Arden. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. 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Places more remote from the great lines will receive their papers by the Morning Mails. Orders received by all news-agents, and at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, London. THE WEATH➢L—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 3. TIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 28; Highest, 33; Noon; 35. BAROMETER, 30.—WIND, N.N.W. NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. - HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning • . 16 minutes after 1 I Evening •• 38 minutes after I • , . 1 / 4 4, `..16110 AMC i kei f-jr- liirt .71 ir-40 64- Allis w . ..\ • Z Ni "* .41150111"Z'' ' ‘,f . 41 In" SECOND EDITION. (*AUL LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1844, painful to him. On a division the motion was re jected by a majority of 107. After some conversation relative to the Irish Land Tenure Commission, Mr. DUNCOMBE brought on his amendment on that paragragh of the address having reference to the franchise in Ireland, but withdrew it, after some remarks from Sir R. PEEL. The report on the address was then agreed to. The Metropolis Improvements Bill was read a first time, and the House then adjourned. In another part of The Sun of this day will be found a letter from Mr. JONES LOYD, in answer to a request that he would become a member of an asso ciation formed for the purpose of counteracting the designs of the Anti-Corn-law League. It is not a little curious that Mr. LOYD, of all men in the world, should have been applied to to enrol himself in such an association, seeing that his opinions on the sub- ject of free trade are well known, and that it is scarcely six months since he subscribed fifty pounds to that very League which he is now called on to oppose! Really the gentleman who made such an application to him must be endowed with no ordi nary powers of effrontery, for what is it but a cool , and modest request that he will act directly counter to his known opinions, and declare himself a protec tionist when he is at heart a free trader ? We sup pose Mr. COBDEN will be next applied to, to " coun teract the designs of the Anti-Corn-law League," and possibly Mr. VILLIERS, also, may be politely requested to use his efforts for the same purpose ; and in neither of these applications would there be a whit more absurdity than in the one to which we are alluding. However, to pass this matter, and come at once to Mr. LOYD'S letter—it is penned in a tem perate, manly strain, and is so close and succinct in its reasoning, that it is impossible for even the ob tusest intellect to misapprehend it. After stating that the prosperity of British agriculture is a cause in which he would gladly enlist himself, inasmuch as it is indissolubly connected with the welfare of the whole community, the writer goes on to observe that he cannot recognise either the justice or the policy of attempting to protect his own individual interests as a landed proprietor, to the detriment of the great body of the people, by restricting the free and full supply of their food ; and he significantly adds, " I would submit whether it would not be as well for us landed proprietors to examine carefully whether these restrictive laws, thus at once offensive and injurious to other classes, are really productive of the benefit to our particular interest which has usually been as cribed to them. The agriculturist is a dealer in the produce of the soil, and the prosperity of his, as of every other, trade, must be dependent on the prosperous condition of his customers. What ever improves the general condition of the people, and causes a rise of their wages, must promote in a most effectual manner the prospe rity of the agriculturist. Our population is annually increasing at a fearful rate; if a corresponding increase of employment be not found, that population must ultimately become a charge on our land, and thus prove ruinous to our interests as land-owners." This is quietly but forcibly put, and seems to us to go at once to the root of the question. Not less emphatic are the writer's remarks on the subject of protective laws in general, which he declares to be founded on erroneous principles, to engender jealousies and heart-burnings among the different classes of the in . ▪ dustrious community, and to diminish the wealth of the country by interrupting its legitimate distribution, and forcing it into wrong channels. Mr. LOYD next proceeds to state his impression of the objects which the League have in view by their agitation, and explicitly states that he cannot concur "in designating them as mischievous designs," for he conceives, on the contrary, that " they are founded in reason." He concludes with the following hint to the agriculturists, by which it is to be hoped they will make a point of profiting :—" In the laws upon which too many of us at present rely, I can place no confidence; what is unjust and baneful to the rest of the community, cannot be permanently beneficial to us." We thank the Monopolist Association, for their impudent appli cation to Mr. JONES LOYD, inasmuch as it has . been the means of drawing from that gentleman one of the most lucid—forcible—argumentative—and con vincing letters on the subject of the corn-laws, and monopoly in general, it has ever been our good fortune to peruse. At the present crisis—when the Minister has for a season (but only for a season!) thrown himself into the arms of the Ric HAIONDS, and the T&OLLOPES, and the rest of that fry—such a letter is invaluable, as putting us in possession of the cool, deliberate judgment of one of the wealthiest merchants of the day ; and who is still less re markable for his wealth, than for his great practical sagacity, and the utter absence all party views that characterise his opinions. The League has many able lecturers in its service ; but the best lecturer it can possibly employ, is this letter of Mr. JONES LOYD, which it will do well to circulate in the cheapest possible form throughout the country, for it strips the subject of its adventitious ornaments, and addresses it self, by its simple and traAsparent style, to the under standings of the most ordinary minded men. One word more, by way of wind-up,to the League. The necessity for strenuous agitation, always imperative, is now far more so than ever. They must adopt a bolder tone in their language—bearing in mind the effect that a few recent bursts of dictatorial energy on the part of the Monopolists have produced on the mind of our trembling, canting, time-serving Minister —must get up meeting after meeting ; issue address after address ; and justify the confi dence of the country by preserving a stern, impassioned, uncompromising course of conduct in this, their apparent, season of depression. Have they not justice—have they not common sense—have they not every possible motive on their side that can urge men to strenuous action ? Again and again we say to the League—persevere, for in perseverance lies your sole chance of success. What, though the Premier has for the season sold himself to the Mono polists ! Surely you should by this time know him well! He is a man who will sell himself readily to which ever party gives him the fairest prospect of a continu ance in office ; and your's will be able to offer him this effectual bribe, if you only exert your selves with the spirit of men conscious of the justice of the cause, and resolved to win the day. The House of Lords met at twelve o'clock yester day, and, after appointing a deputation to present the address to her Majesty, adjourned till Monday. In the Commons Mr. THORNELT presented a peti tion, adopted at a very numerous meeting in Liver pool, complaining of the selection of the jury in the Irish State trials, and the rejection of every Roman Catholic, and prayed the House to institute an in quiry on the subject. Mr. WARD gave notice of an amendment on the motion of the Member for Pontefract, relative to the Irish Church. A. number of other notices of motion were given, for which we refer to the Parliamentary report. In answer to a question from Sir GEORGE GREY, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the LORD CHANCELLOR had announced in the other House his intention to bring in, at an early period, a Bill for the improvement of Ecclesiastical Courts. Mr. DIVETT, in answer to a question from Sir ROBERT PEEL, said the charge which he intended to bring against Mr. BONHAM, on the Bth of February, had reference to his conduct at the last election for the City of London, inasmuch as that gentleman had, either through himself or guided by others, made representations which, if not fraudulent, were cer tainly reprehensible. The statement made by the Honourable Member caused much laughter on the Ministerial benches. Mr. WALLACE brought forward his motion on the presentation of petitions, the object of which was to allow, as formerly, discussion on their contents. Sir ROBERT PEEL opposed the motion, and thought that the standing order. adopted by a large majority of the House, was for the public advantage. Mr. BROTRERTON also opposed the motion, which, ,►fter some remarks from Mr. WARD, Mr. FIELDER, and a reply from Mr. WALLACE, was withdrawn. Sir GEORGE CLERK moved the usual sessional orders, which, after some opposition from Mr. WIL LIAMS, were agreed to. Lord CLIVE brought up theßeport on the Address, when Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved that all the words relating to the union be omitted. This led to an interesting debate on the late exhibition in the Four Courts, by Mr. SMITH, the Attorney-General for Ireland. Mr. ROEBUCK made the first onset, and other Liberal Members followed. Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ELIOT endeavoured to make the best of a bad case, but even the Premier was, after nu merous attempts to palliate his conduct, compelled to admit that the Chief Justice had rebuked that high functionary in terms which must have been highly Our Dublin .Correspondent makes the following remarks on the proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Thursday : The speech-making in the Queen's Bench still goes on without intermission. Mr. Whiteside, Counsel for Mr. Duffy, of the Nation newspap e r, spoke to-day and did his work well. His speech is decidedly the most able that has has yet been delivered for the traversers, with the exception of that of Mr. Sheil. He ridiculed the idea of any analogy existing between the Repeal " monster meetings" and assemblages of the Chartists in England, or any seditious meetings that had ever been made the subject of a State pro secution. He cited law authorities without limit in support of his position, and read from the News Letter , of the 27th of April, 1834, a de scription of the meeting of two hundred thousand men in London on the subject of the sentences passed on the Dorsetshire labourers—their procession in divi sions through the streets of the metropolis in military array, with banners flying, to Downing-street, to place a " monster petition" in the hands of the then Minister of the Crown—Lord Melbourne—and ap pealed to the evidence of Mr. Charles Ross to show that this " monster meeting," with all the charac teristics of the meetings in Ireland, was not con sidered an illegal meeting. He asked, how could the peaceable, orderly meetings in Ireland, be held to be illegal, if this meeting in England was not so considered ? He referred to the declaration in Par liament of Sir Robert Peel, on the 24th of May, 1843, that if greater powers than those of the ordi nary law of the land were necessary to put down the Repeal agitation, that he would apply to Parliament for those powers; and he (Mr. Whiteside) argued, that as several of the "monster meetings" had been held at the time of that declaration, the first Minister of the Crown did not hold them as illegal, otherwise he would have brought the law to bear upon them for their sup pression, had he found it necessary, previous to the pro- rogation of Parliament, by asking for additional powers for their suppression. Hew, then, could it be said that in the eyes of the Government those meetings were illegal ; above all, how could they be charac terised as prominent features of a conspiracy ? The Learned Gentleman was listened to with great atten tion, and, after a speech of more than six hours, sat down quite exhausted. Whatever may be the sentiments of the country on the object of the Puseyite movement, it seems pretty clear that the University of Oxford herself contem plates no interference in the matter. If any doubt might have been entertained on the subject the recent manifesto of his Grace the Chancellor and the Very Reverend the Vice-Chancellor, in reply to an appli cation from Lord ASHLEY and a large number of graduates, must effectually dispel all such uncer tainty: From this document, it seems, that ample means have already been resorted to for the purpose of freeing the University from the influence of the obnoxious opinions. What are the means ? The Chancellor and Vice tell us. They are comprised in three sapient mea sures, one of which, we learn from the document itself, has been in operation about two hundred and fifty years, and the other two, we believe, were also employed some time before the doctrines referred to were known in this country. Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles at matri culation, and at the conferring degrees, is the first of the safeguards against the intrusion of heterodox doctrines ; secondly, we find due provision made in the tests which were instituted on the creation of some modern endowments ; and lastly, we are told the University has done still more by means of the increase in the amount of theological training pur sued among the students. How impotent all these plans have been for the purposes they were designed to subserve, may be clearly perceived by that most unerring of all tests, reference to actual experience. How is it that the University of Oxford contains within herself almost all the elements which go to compose a Roman Catholic seminary ? How is it that she finds herself incapable of suppressing opinions which have been denounced by her chief resident dignitary as contrary to the formula and doctrines of the Protes tant Reformed Church established in these dominions? How is it that year after year she is compelled to send forth men from her schools, who avow their determination to disseminate, wherever they may come, principles utterly opposed to the standards of acknowledged orthodoxy ? How is it that she che rishes by her endowments those who are constantly plotting her ruin as a nursery of Protestant truth ? Tell us how these things are, if the powers already exercised by the University are asserted to be effectual for maintaining her in her pristine purity. It might be very well for his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON to defend his non-interference by such an explanation. The country prizes his Grace for his achievements in war, not for his labours either in the closet or in the pulpit. But how is it that Dr. IVTNTER is found acquiesing in such apologies for doing nothing? Has his Reverence at length become more tolerant of error than he was a few months since; when an opportunity was afforded for the ex plicit declaration of his :principles? Has the ap pointment to the Lichfield mitre disconcerted his former zeal? But we tell both the Chancellor and the Vice- Chancellor, and "the Masters, Professors, Taxors, and all that bear office in the ancient University," that the cool indifference with which they—such of them, we mean, as are not personally tainted with these opinions—what is going on is not parti cipated in by the country at large. What is more, we beg to remind that learned body, that, after all, they must depend for their influence, respectability, and status, upon the estimation in which they are held by the country ; and that unless they adopt some measures for regaining the good opinion of the Protestants of the empire, it may chance to fare with them and their endowments less agreeably than they might desire. The amendment which, in an early part of the debate of Thursday evening, Mr. SHARMAN CRAW FORD thought proper to move upon the address to her MAJESTY proposed by Lord CLIVE, appears to us to have been a very inexpedient proceeding. Whether considered in reference to the constitutional principle involved in its proposition, or to the tactics of a legi timate opposition to the Government, or even to the mere efficiency of party demonstrations, we must de precate the course which has thus been taken. And we do so, not simply disclaiming any feeling of personal prepossession against Mr. Citawroup, but under a full impression, on the contrary, that a more sincere or honest man it would be as difficult to find The accounts from Madrid are of the 26th nit. It was stated in the journals that General PRIM (now Count DE RELre) was to be appointed Governor of Madrid. The latest accounts from Saragossa and Bar celona were satisfactory. On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents. were done at 26i and 27 for cash, and 28 for 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 191- at 60 days, with I premium. in Parliament, as it would be to name one Irish gen tleman of more unwearied zeal in the service of his native country, or of a more ardent and profound at tachment to its people. In fact, we believe that the error into which he appears to have fallen in this case was one of the results of that excess of constitutional temperament over disciplined judgment which is na tive to the idiosyncracy of Irish character, under even its happiest development. Mr. CRAWFORD'S amend ment, in effect, amounted to this : that the House should apprise her Majesty that, in the present state of the country they would feel it their duty to in quire into grievances before they voted supplies. As to the constitutional principle, nobody will at- The Paris papers of Thursday bring no intelligence of interest to an . English reader. The resignation of M. SALVANDY forms the principal subject of political conversation. Parties hostile to the Government look upon it in a favourable light, as he is known to be a firm adherent of Count MOLE, destined as they believe to be the successor of M. GUJZOT. During the last three days, says the Reforine, the visits of Count MOLE to the Tuileries had become more fre quent. On Tuesday he was summoned twice to the Palace, and on Wednesday he passed the greater part of the day in conference with the KING. Mar shal VALLEE has likewise been received at the Tuileries. Neither of the Chambers sat on Wednes day or Thursday; on Friday it was understood Minis ters were to bring on their propcsed measure on public instruction in the Chamber of Peers. The funds had rallied a little on Thursday. The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. sc. ; the Five per Cents., at 1241. 80c. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, at 8501. ; Rouen, 'B36f. 26c. ; Havre, 665 f.; Avignon, 742 E. 50c. ; Spanish Actives, 301. _ tempt to challenge the undoubted right of Parliament to withhold voting the supplies until certain in quiries, voted by the Legislature to be necessary for the redress of certain grievances, shall have been first instituted. So admitted an axiom, however, as the " lex et consuetude" of Parliament, it was not ne cessary, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL well argued, to make the subject of a formal declaration by that House. Its constitutional principle was not, more over, involved in the question whether the House of Commons would affirm or reject an amendment which the same Noble Lord considered, in the next alternative, as an intimation that the supplies, " which are not merely for the Crown but for the country," would be temporarily withheld " by an obstructive minority." Nor did Mr. CRAWFORD, in disclaiming this hypothesis, attempt to invalidate the force of the inference. In either case, therefore, the amendment was unnecessary—or not intended— to affirm a constitutional principle. Was it, in the next place, compatible with the tactics of a legitimate opposition to Ministers ? So far from it, that Mr. WARBURTON, with that manli ness and good sense which generally distinguish his peeches in the House, demonstrated that such a course of proceeding at this juncture, and under existing circumstances, would not merely embarrass her MAJESTY'S Ministers, but tend to prejudice the great interests and the public service of this country. He happily illustrated, too, the wide distinction to be noted between the probable results of such a vote as Mr. CRAwFoRD would have called for in the present day,• and those which would have ensued upon it in earlier ages of our history, when the revenues of the Crown (yet unconnected with the public) might have sufficed to carry on the machinery of the various State departments for some considerable time, without any large amount of public inconvenience. The Honourable Member for Kendal showed, moreover, that the whole of this machinery must now-a-days stand still, if such a course were to be resorted to to compel the redress of grievances generally. He said that, " when the House stopped supplies of old, the evil was small in comparison of what a similar stoppage would produce at this day. The Crown of old had large revenues of its own ; but at this day the revenues of the Crown were nothing in comparison with the whole expenses of our establishments. The grievances of the country were now so many, that if the supplies wore stopped till they were all redressed, the whole session would be gone before any supply were voted." The danger, let us add, to the salutary influence of a legitimate opposition to Government, would be proportionably great, if the country found them dis posed to sanction a check of this kind, at the sacrifice of so many higher considerations, in order, only, to strengthen their own controlling agency. As to the efficiency of the amendment in question, as a " party demonstration," the numbers on the division tell their own tale. It was supported by 29 Mem bers, opposed by 285, and consequently rejected by a majority of 256. We are really at a loss to discover what object was to be realised by this premature proclamation of the minority of their own weakness. It is quite as difficult to understand why the division was hazarded at all, since other means were open to the Hon. Mover for recording the same opinions as are comprised in its terms, without telling off a skeleton company, at the end of the engagement, to demonstrate " that they had gained a loss." We subjoin the very manly and sensible letter of the Right Hon. Earl SPENCER, in reply to the memorial of the meeting at Spalding (held on the 23d ult.), calling on his Lordship to resign his office of President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Our readers will remember, that a sec tion of that Society, in its abounding liberality, and its exuberant solicitude to challenge free discus sion on all topics connected with the great agricul- summARY OF NEWS R tural interest of this kingdom, had thought fit to taboo the rather important question of the corn-law monopoly. Any member was to be at liberty to ex• press his own opinions, even on that matter—provided always that they concurred with those of these sa gacious memorialists. The quiet dignity, good sense, forbearance, and yet significant brevity with which Lord SPENCER " declines to comply" with the re quest of the gentlemen, are eminently characteristic of the Noble and inflexible President : " Wiseton, Jan. 27, 1844. " Sir—l have this day received your letter, containing a request to me from certain inhabitants of Spalding and its neighbourhood to resign the office which I hold for this year, of President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Believing, as I do, that the Society is doing a great deal of good by the improvement which it is tending to produce in the agriculture of the country, and wishing, therefore, most earnestly to do all in my power to support it, no personal con sideration would induce me to hold the office of its President for one moment, if I thought that my resignation of that office would be advantageous to the Society. As, however, upon the best consideration I can give to the subject, I am convinced that my resignation of that office, for the reasons stated in the paper which you have inclosed to me, would be extremely detrimental to its interests, I must decline to com ply with the request of the gentlemen for whom you are acting. " I beg to say that the opinion which I have lately ex pressed upon- the corn-laws is no new opinion of mine. I held it, as it is perfectly well known, long before the Anti- Corn-law League, with which I have no connection what ever, was in existence. " I have the honour to be, Si r , " Your moat obedient humble servant. "Chas. F. Bonner, Esq., Spalding.", " SPENCER." AND tittblit Optuton. •` Who runs may read." PONLEIGN. A Council of Ministers was held on Wednesday at the Tuileries, at which the King presided. Previously: bt, Council M. Guizot had a long conference with his Majesty. On Tuesday the King, and his sister Madame Adelaide, accompanied by General Durosnel and Colonel de Chabannes, paid a visit to Neuilly. In the evening their Majesties re ceived at the Tuileries the British Ambassador, the Minister of Baden, the Minister of Commerce, General Marquis de Faudoas, Generals de Pouthon, Guingret, and other distin guished personages. The Marquis de Larochejaquelin has announced to the electors of Ploermel his intention of again soliciting their suffrages. The Moniteur states that the voyage of M. Gisquet to Constantinople, in which he is accompanied by his family, is connected with an agricultural project in Egypt, in virtue of an arrangement between the Viceroy and a French company, of which M. Gisquet forms part. An official Return has been published of the aggregate imports and exports of corn and flour in France during the last year. The imports were as follow, in metrical quin tals (the metrical quintal is 2211 lbs. English) :—Wheat, 1,490,783 ; other corn, 150,603 ; flour, 3,913. The exports were—Wheat, 68,599 ; other corn, 90,556 ; flour, 33,373. The quantity remaining in the entrepots on the Ist of January last were—Wheat, 64,072 ; other corn, 7,135 ; flour, 17,365. The Jioniteur publishes the table of the prices of wheat in the markets of France during the month of January last, from which it appears, that the average rate was 22f. 22c. per hectolitre (2i imp. bushels), at Toulouse, Gray, Lyons, and Marseilles ; 20£ 46c. at Marans and Bordeaux ; 21£ 59c. at St. Laurent and Le Grand Lemps ; 19f. 54c. at Mulhausen and Strasburg; 19£ lc. at Berges, Arras, Roye, Soissons, Paris, and Rouen; 18£ 85c. at Saumur and Nantes; 16f.58c. at Met; Verdun, and Charleville ; 19f. 10c. at St. Lo, Paim pol, Quimper, and Hennebon. The Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva bas just adopted, by a large majority, the system of trial by jury, for crimes, misdemeanors, and in all cases. The directors of the railroad from Breslau to Freeburg, in Silesia, have established in each of the carriages a signal, by which passengers, in case of necessity, may have the train stopped. This is done by hoisting a slag through an aperture in the roof, and this being perceived by a conductor he orders the stoppage of the locomotive, and proceeds to inquire - Ito the cause of the signal. LAW AND POLICS. At the Middlesex Sessions, Peter Kiley, aged 22, was in dicted, charged with having assaulted gichard Bartlett and other police constables whilst in the execution of their duty. The case was fully reported when the prisoner was examined at Marylebone, Mr. F. O'Connor being the principal witness. The jury, after an absence of twenty minutes, returned, find ing the defendant guilty of a common assault, but recom mended him to mercy on account of the injuries he had re ceived, and the violence with which he had been treated during his confinement to the station-house. The Chairman sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. George King, the driver of a slop cart belonging to Gore, the city scavenger, was brought before Sir J. Key, at Guild hull, charged with ill-treating a horse, by compelling it to work when in an unfit state, from a wound near the shoul der. Sir J. Key inflicted the extreme penalty of 40s, and in default of payment committed him to Bridewvll for 14 days. At Worship-street, William Harris, a linen-draper, in Church-street, Bethnal-green-road, and a woman named Mary Gannon, were charged with receiving a quantity of valuable French silk lace, the property of Messrs. Marshall and Co., silk-mercers and laceinen, of Were-street, Oxford-street. It was proved that the woman had been a lace-agent fox' several years, and that she had no knowledge of the mode in which the lace in question had been obtained. She was then admitted a witness against Ilarris ; and, after hearing her evidence, Mr. Bingham com mitted the male prisoner fir trial. At Lambeth-street, John Felix, John Wood, and John Wood, jun., who have been in custody for some days past on a charge of plundering- the Export Excise-office on Tower hill, of several reams of printed paper, were fully committed for trial. Thomas Edwards, the American seaman, charged at the Thames police-court, with the wilful murder of William Kammish, on board the barque Amelia, of Jersey, whilst voyaging on the high seas, from Para to London, was fully committed to take his trial on the charge of wilful murder, at the next session of the Central Criminal Court, which commences on Monday. COUNT-1 1 4 SZIONABIAL Preparation; are made for the reception of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor Castle, this day. They are expected to arrive between four and five o'clock in the afternoon. leaving Buckingham Palace imme diately after luncheon, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, from Fleurs Castle. The Duke of Beaufort returned to town on Wednesday, and the Duchess on Thursday, from Hampton Court. On Thursday evening their Graces received at dinner the Mar quis of Worcester (who has just returned from Rome), the Lord George and Lord Alfred Paget, and Dr. Quin. `Viscountess Palmerston is expected to give her first assent bly on Saturday next. Lady Emily Hardinge and Miss Hardinge have arrived in Whitehall-gardens from Sir Henry's seat, near Penshurst, for the season. Sir Robert and Lady Peel will give a splendid banquet on Saturday next to a circle of about forty, to which the Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, his Excel lency the French Ambassador, and Countess de St. Aulaire, and most of the corps diplomatique are invited. The Marchioness of Anglesey and Lady Adelaide Paget arrived early in the last week at Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdon, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, from Beau desert, Staffordshire. The Gallant Marquis and Lord Alfred Paget have returned to Uxbridge House. 111ISCELLANZIOU6. A meeting of Corn-law Leaguers was held on Friday, at the Town Hall, St. Albans, for the purpose of forming an Association to oppose the Anti-Corn-law League. There were present, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Verulam, the Earl of Essex, Lord Grimston, M.P., the Hon. G. D. Ryder, M.P., Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., Sir J. S. Sebright, H. W. Bur chell, Esq., J. S. Story, Esq., T. W. Blogg, Esq., R. Clutter buck, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Moore, the Rev. Dr. Nicholson, the Rev. Mr. Midcome, a great many other gentlemen of the county, and upwards of two hundred farmers. The usual re solutions were all carried unanimously, and it was announced that upwards of 1,0001. were collected in the room. Among the contributors were, the Marquis of Salisbury, 100/. ; Lord Verulam, 100/. ; the Earl of Essex, 50/. ; Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., 100/. ; the Hon. G. D. Ryder, 50/. Mr. Edridge, of Puckeridge-house, has acceded to the call of the North Wilts Reform Association, to stand for the va cancy, against Mr. Sotheron, the Tory candidate ; and in his letter to Admiral Bouverie, accepting the invitation, says, " I shall be delighted to do battle in the sacred cause of free trade, and of civil and religious liberty, against monopoly of every description." The funerals of Sir Francis Burdett and his lady, took place at Ramsbury, Wiltshire, on Wednesday. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-G.WIDEN. Owing to the frost the supply of vegetables was somewhat limited, while the demand was active, and, in some instances, at improved quotations. The sale for fruit was heavy, and late rates were with difficulty supported. NEW"GATE AND LEADENEALL• We had a full average supply of both Game and Poultry to-day, yet the demand was steady. on the following terms : Fowls, 2s to 4s 6d ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s ; Ducks, is to 2s 6d ; Geese, 4s to 6s; Pigeons, 4d to 10d; Turkeys, 4s to 10s; Rabbits, 6d to is 4d; Hares, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Partridges, is 6d to 2s; Pheasants, 2s 6d to 4s; Wild Ducks, is 9d to 2s; Teal, Is. to is 6d ; 'Widgeons, 6d to is each; Snipes, 6d to Is; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 6d ; Plovers, 3d to 6d, and Larks, is per dozen. The demand for prime Mutton was ac tive, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. In other kinds of Meat very little was doing. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1844. BOURSE-THURSDAY, FEB. I. First I lighesi Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. • • .. 124 40 .. 124 60 .. 124 40 • • 124 60 Four per Cents. •• • • 106 106 .. 106 ... 106 Three per Cents •• • Si 90 • • 81 90 • • 81 80 • • 81 80 Bank of France.... • • ....• • 3282 50 • .3282 50 ..3282 50 • . 3282 50 Belgian Bank .• .. 685 .. 685 .. 685 .. 685 1841 Belgian Fives lO6l .. 107 .. 1061 .. 107 1840 .. 1081 .. 109 .. 108{ .. 109 1842 ........ 1091 .• 1091 .. 1091 • • 1091 Spanish Active .•.• • • • 31 • • 31 • • 301 • • 30j Passive • •• • 51 • • S# • • 5 1 • • 51 Portuguese Five per Cents.. 481 • • 481 • • 471 481 Neapolitan • • 107 .. 107 . • 107 • • 107 ltounui ..... ....• •. .. 106 • • 106 • • 106 • . 106 RAILWAY SIURES, St. Germain . . Versailles,L.B.• ••• • • ...... 180 Roueu . .. 845 .. 825 .. 825 .. 181 25 .. 180 .. 845 ..' 845 .. 825 .. 181 25 .. 845 .. 663 75 .. 663 75 .. 663 75 .. 845 .. 845 .. 845 •• 233 75 .. 235 •• 742 50 .. 745 Rouen to Hare ... • ..• • Orleans 663 75 845 Strasburg to Bale.. • • • ..... 235 •• 235 Avignon to Marseilles...... 742 50 .. 745 RAILWAY SHARES FOR JANUARY ACCOUNT, 181 25 .. 181 25 .. 181 25 .. 181 25 668 75 .. 668 75 .. 66$ 75 .. 668 75 850 .. 850 .. 842 50 .. 842 50 VersaillesZL.B...•••• •. Rouen to Ilavre•..• .• • 4 Weans •• Strasburg: to ..... 233 75 Avignon to Marseilles.... • . 740 .• 233 75 ..23. 740 7 4 RAILWAY SiLUtES FOR FEBRUARY ACCOUNT. Versallles, L.B. Rouen Rouen to Ravie.: .......... 665 Orleans ................... 845 .. 665 •. 850 .. 665 .. 845 .. 182 50 .. 836'25 •• 850 Strasburg to Bale • Avignon to Marseilles— .• .. 742 50 .. 742'0 • • 742 50 742 50 POSTPONEMENT OF THE COMMONS' ADDRESS.—The reception by the Queen of the address from the House of Commons was postponed, in consequence of intelli gence having reached his Royal Highness Prince Albert, this morning, of the decease of his father, the Duke of Saxe Coburg. Notice was, in consequence, sent to the House of Commons, and to all the usual officers of the Household. The Court will leave town this afternoon. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY LONDON, FEB: 3.—Wind light north easterly breeze and fine clear weather. _ DEAL, FEB. 2.—Wind S. to S.S.E. by E., strong.—Arrd. Anna Isabella, Falreloth, Sierra Leone ; Samarang, 3iadras, DUBLIN, Exa. I.—The Stephen Whitney, from New York, is re ported to be totally lost on the Skerries.—(3lem. The Stephen Whitney arrived at Liverpool let inst.) ItAmsGALE, FEB. 2.—The Deveron, Christie, which was put on shore yesterday, near the East Cliff Lodge, has come off, and put in here leaky. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Dutch transport Dordrecht, Guimam, for Flushing. Sld. Ocean, Trinidad ; Ralph Bernal, Jamaica ; To ronto and _Harbinger, New York. OFF WEYMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Montrose, New York (18 days). DARTMOUTH, FEs. 2.—Acrd. Elizabeth Bentley, London, for Sa vannah. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind S.S.E. to N.N.W.—Sid. her Majesty's ship Volage, Westward. FALMOUTH, FEB. 2.—Wind N.W. to N.N.W., strong gales and squally.—Arrd. Nayoden, Bury, for Malaga, with boats stove, and loss of sails. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2.—Wind moderate.—Acrd. John Dug -3laranham (Dec. 22) ; Gr ace , R yne, Ant i gua (D ec. 29) ; dale, 3111 wash, Singap ore ; Ar gy i eshire, M'Neil, Bombay ; Cumber land,Adan Adams, Gay', New Orleans ; Formosa, Mobile ; Thomas Bennett, Halsey, Charleston ; South Esk, Boston. WIVENHOE, J AN . s.—Arrd. Brodie, Kiel, for London, with loss of anchors and leaky, having struck on the Heaps ; Paris, Shields, for painted spars, with a piece of a bowsprit and were maintnast, all fallen in with on the 24th inst. off London, leaky, assiste d in, havin g s truck ou the West Barrows. N &c., picked up and landed here, by the B order Mai d , from London. A laden sloop Flamborough brought up off the Pier Head last night, apparently in distress ; a A i . a 3 d o , .—awnSdheivtthee, the topmast, r topmast, jib-boom, steamer proceeded to her, but could render no assistance, and she bore away to the sout hward. C gale yesterday the Lady Napier, from St. COSY, JAN. i 31. —During -n ie g k a , was blown out to sea while the captain was on shore for orders. BRISTOL, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Penn, Mauritius. Ski. Neptune, Nevis. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.—lt blew hard , all last night from N.W., and has continued to-day from N.E., with sleet and snow. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 2.—lt blew a gale last night from S.W. to S.S.W., and still continues to blow hard from N. and N.N.W. FALMOUTH, FEB. 2.—lt commenced blowing a strong gale last night from the westward, and veered to the N.N.W. during the night, and continues. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 2 . —The Penryn shore inside the Batte r y , but will p rob ably come off on the flood w ithout damage. It blew a tre mendous gale all last night from S.S.W. to N.W. Castle, from Southampton , i s on FALLING IN of the EXCAVATION OF THE NEW GRECIAN CLUB-HOUSE, CITY SEVERAL MEN BURIED. This morning at half-past eleven o'clock, while between thirty and forty men, consisting of carpenters and excavators, were en. gaged In clearing out the foundation for the New Grecian Club. house, adjoining Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's Bank, a large portion of the embankment next the Mansion-house Court gave way, burying several of the unfortunate men with it. All hands were immediately called to the spot, and, after great exertions, a carpenter and two excavators were got out, one of whom was so much injured that he was immediately taken to the hospital. It . _ was then discovered that three others were still buried—namely, a carpenter and two labourers, who were engaged at the bottom in shoreing up the embankment. The exertions of the men were still continued with unabated vigour, notwithstanding the very ini mineht danger of the situation, from the shorting of the embankment (which is at that part from twenty to thirty feet) having all fallen with the earth, added to the very sloppy nature of the soil. At half-past twelve the unfortunate men had not been recovered, and not the least hope wasentertained that they could be got out alive. One of the men who was dug out stated to our informant, that he had had his fears all the morning as to the safety of the shores. QUEEN'S. BENCH.-.-(THIS DAY.) This was the second day of the Sittings in Banco after term. The Court took the new trial paper, and was occu pied the whole morning in hearing arguments in a case re lating to a disputed matter of account. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP. 15 to 1 agst Sir . Robert (t) 30 to 1 aget Tacita (t) 16 to 1 agst Merry Andrew (t) 30 to 1 agst Pagan (t ., 18 to 1 agst the Prior (t) 30 to 1 agst Martyr t) 22 to 1 agst Pharaoh (t) 30 to 1 agst Young °chin 25 to 1 agst What (t) var (t) DEP BY. si to 1 agst Scott's lot 20 to 1 agst Orlando 10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot 33 to 1 aget Voltri (t) 20 to 1 agst Ld. Exeter's lot 40 to 1 agst Apprentice (t 7 to 1 agst Ugly Buck 1000 to 12 agst Johnny 15 to 2 agst Rattan Broome (t) 14 to 1 aget Leander The rest as before. A man, in digging a trench at Pagny-sur-Moselle, a few days back, struck on an earthen vase (which was un fortunately broken), containing 2,400 medals of the 13th and 14th centuries. Some are smaller than the rest, and bear the figure of a bishop wearing his mitre. On the other side is a cross, with some characters around. On the larger ones, on one side is a number of heraldic signs, and on the other a large cross. On some may be seen the words " Signum Dei vivi," and on some of the smaller I 0 11, the initials of Jean d'Apremont, Bishop of Metz. Amongst these pieces were found 11 struck with the effigy of John Count de Maine, afterwards King Join. of France, made prisoner at Poictiers ; six pieces of St. Louis, six of Jean d'Apremont, Bishop o Metz in 1227 ; and two of Jacques de Lorraine, Bishop o Metz in 1239. A young fellow from Mag dalen-street, named George Fox, was convicted of cruelly ill-treating a cat,' in Childwell-Alley, during Divine service, on the 21st ult. There were others (not in custody) in company with the prisoners at the time, who were participators in the brutal act of baiting a cat with a ferocious dog, and afterwards swinging it round by its tail, and smashing its head with their whole force against a tree, merely for pastime. Prisoner was fined in the fullest penalty, forty shillings, and ex penses eight shillings. In default he was committed to the county house of correction, for fourteen days. The Court extremely regretted they could not inflict a severer punish ment upon such a brute.—Chelmsford Chronicle. lIITNGERWORD. We had a full average time of year supply of fish, yet the demand for it was tolerably active, at fully late rates. In fruit and vegetables vary little was doing, at about previous currencies. WHXTBCXAPZL. Most kinds of 1;1;7. were in good supply and sluggish demand, at about stationary prices. NEWPORT. Although the supplTjiielitWisnot large, the general trade was inactive, at late rates. lIILLINGSGATE. Thero was a good business doing in Fish, at full prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from **l to 9d; of Household bid to 8d per 4lbs loaf. HIDE iVIAIIICET Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 5s 2d to 5s 4d ; inferior do, 4s 6d to ss. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s; long woolled sheep, 4s 6s to 5s 9d ; short do, 3s to 4s 6d. HAT MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Common Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 108 ; Useful Ditto, 3112 s to 31 16s ; fine Upland Ditto, 3116 s to 41; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/8s to 1/ lOs; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 1/ 13s per load. A short supply and steady demand. Prices somewhat on the advance. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 12 s ; useful ditto, 31 13s to 31 16s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 17s to 414 s ; Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 41 18s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, l/ 12s to 11 14s per load. A limited supply and a steady demand. Both Hay and Straw com manded a fair inquiry, at the above quotations. WRITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 3/ 10s ; useful ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 15s ; fine Upland ditto, 3116 s to 41; Clover Hay, 3110 s to 5l 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11101; Wheat Straw, 11 lis to 1/ 13s per load. Supply good, and trade tolerably steady. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. A considerable extent of business has been done in Wheat to-day, at rather improved rates. The best samples of Barley command fully last week's rates, but inferior sorts are dull, and scarcely support their value. Oats and Shelling are im proved demand, without material alteration in prices. Beans are is per quarter dearer. Per qr. of 601 b. LD to the bushel. New O. . Wheat, Suffolk, Essex, and Rent Red. —to 55 53 to 54 Ditto ditto White... 60 54 51 Norfolk Red ...... 53 47 52 Ditto ditto White... 56 51 55 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 53 47 52 Ditto ditto ..... .... While— -- 5 5 51 53 Yorkshire R e d 53 47 52 Ditto d i tto White... 56 50 54 F0reige........... - Ditto ditto ..... ..... White 55 58 _ Per quer cr imperial Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 37 34 35 Yorkshire ar:d Lincolnshire 36 32 34 Grinding Foreig • 35 32 34 Per qr.. f 631 b. to th bushel Beans, Small I:ne Ticks 3l 34 29 31 Foreign • Oats, Potato a..d Yola d """.• —s. healing lOl to 11d., Fcrtign —d to —4. pet Ston.. 0000000 00000000 lls. to 211. per Lead. Malt 000 0000000 ••••••••••401. fine 435. per 0000000 231.05. 241.01. 251.115. per La. t. EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF GENERAL TOM THUMB, Jumroa.—An illustrious individual (a lineal descendant of the " Immortal Tom") is daily expected from New York. if Brother Jonathan is not " poking his fun at us," he is the most remarkable production of modern times. His age is eleven years! he weighs 15 lbs. 2 or. !! in height 25 inches !I! Most perfectly formed, re. markably healthy, good looking, and talented. The little war rior's errand is, we hear, to extract some more of John Bull's loose cash. We shall certainly pay his Generalship a visit, and re. port Accordingly, MONE ir AND COMMERCIAL. NEWS CITY, QUARTER To THREE. There was a very firm market for Cotton at Liverpool yes terday. Sales, 20,000 bales, of which 14,000 were on specu lation.—A fair business was done in shares at steady prices. Birmingham and Gloucester were 714 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59% ; Grand Junction, 229% ; Great Western Half 72 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 222 ; Birmingham, 243% ; Rouen and Havre, 14% ; South Eastern, 354 ; and ditto New, 363. The debates in Parliament are likely to have more than ordinary influence upon the Funds and Money Market during the present session, so many important topics having been announced for discussion—and not the least point is the sub ject of the renewal of the Bank charter : it is not believed that any material alteration will be made, unless the joint stock banking interest bestir themselves, and that in good time. There is rather more business doing in the Consol Market this morning, and prices are a shade higher. Consols for Money have been sold just now at 97%, and for Money the same. Bank Stock was rather depressed early in the day, namely, to 192, but it has rallied again to 193%. The heavy stocks are firm. India Stock commands a rise on yesterday's value of 2 per cent., being now 278. There is no particular alteration in India Bonds or Exchequer Bills this morning. A good deal of business was transacted in the Foreign Funds this morning. Spanish Actives have been quoted at 22i, and the Three per Cents. at 31% 4. For Belgian Bonds 6 per cent. above par is the current value. In Dutch Stock scarcely any alteration has taken place this morning. The South American Bonds are not much in demand except Mexican for Account, which arc at 34% 1. Brazilian ',Stock is 4 per cent. lower than yesterday. The Share Market has not presented a very animated ap pearance this morning, and generally rather lower terms have been submitted to, as for instance, the Great Western, the Manchester and Birmingham, the Edinburgh and Glas gow, Sic. Provincial Bank of Ireland Shares have been sold at 16 premium. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List) Bank Stock 193:192 19334 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ..„.„.„....„.•• 97 96 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities. ... i 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1816....... ....... 334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ew 334 per Cent. Annuities...." ~,..... Long Annuities, Expire Ith Jan. 11180........ Back Stock for Account ..... ... ........... Consols for Account .................«....„.„.. . .„ 9 7n % Exchequer Bills, 13(d: 134 cl 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small cu FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Belgian Bonds, i per Cent lO6 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account 2t M Ditto Three per Cent. Ditto for the Account Dutch 234 per Cents 54% Dutch 5 per Cents. lOl% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWARR. PAID. PER SHAM Birmingham and Gloucester laatern Counties Ditto New.., 25 .........124 ... to FAlinburgh and Glasgow Great Western London and Brighton 5O 46304 ... to London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13% Manchester and Leeds 7O ll2 Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 Norwich and Brandon Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre. South Eastern and Dover 5O 3534 to - MANCHESTER STOCK. EXCHANGE, FEB. 2.—We have a firm market without any material alteration in prices.— Eastern Counties, New, 12%; ditto Perpetual, 15s. 6d. to 165.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 59% ; ManeheSter and Leeds Half Shares, 49%. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. C0n5...... 97% Ditto Old Annuities — 34 per Cent. Red....... 103 Ditto New Annuities — New 3% per Cent New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5ma11..... 69 pm Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent — Russians per cent — Ditto, Metallic .....» Spanish, 5 per cent ;Ditto, 3 per cent... ;Ditto Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. (Exchange —f. —c. French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Dutch, 2% per cent. 55 ;Ditto, 5 per c :nt.... 101 i SHARES. 1. Birmingham and Derby (100 paid) ......... Ditto Eighths (1/ I 0 paid) Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 pd) 74 Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. 69 Eastern Counties (23 paid) l O% Ditto New Shares (25 paid) ... 12% Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) 594 Gravesend, Rochester, and Chatham (24 p) 2% Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 90 Great Western (75 paid) ... 112 London and Brighton (50 pa d) 46 London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) Ditto Preference, or Privilege ......... ...... London and South Western (411 tis 10d pd) 78 Ditto Eighths (15s. paid) ... 2% London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ... 16% Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ...... 111 Manchester and Birmingham ( 40 pai , l) 39% Norwich and Brandon (2 paid) Paris and Orleans (20 paid) .. ... 33% Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ... . 32% Rouen and Havre ( 6 paid) 14% South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)........ :35% Ditto Scrip (25 paid) 36% A t !mu, 5 per cent b per cent 1054 Brazilian 80nd5.... .....• 79# lerios A yres 6 per cent. 3311 Whim, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent 124 Ditto 1624 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 93 Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian. 1825,6 per ct. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met at One o'Clock, for the . ,purpose of going up with the address to her Majesty. There was not a dill attendance of Members, only thirty-two Members being present when the House was counted, after prayers. Several lion. Gentlemen wore the uniforms of Deputy-Lieutenants, but the majority were in plain dress. The at tendance of Members on the Opposition benches was very scanty. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after One o'clock. The 3leinLers dropped in very slowly, and at half-past one there were only thirty-eight present. A meiSage was dispatched to the Library, and atter some time the Attorney-General and Mr. Jervis, Q.C., entered and made the House. Sir R. PEEL then rose and said—ln the course of the discussion last night on the Report on the address, he stated that he had reason to believe, in case the Report on the address should be agreed to, her Iklajesty, in answer to the communication that would be made to her, requesting to know at what period it would be convenient to her Majesty to receive the address of the House of Commons, would pro bably name this day at two o'clock. lle made that intimation to the House, thinking it might be for the general convenience that Hon. Members should have an opportunity of paying their respects to her Majesty. In consequence of that intimation, the Report on the address having been agreed to, an order was made that the address be presented to her Majesty by the whole House. Her Majesty would certainly have adhered to this arrangement ; but it was his paintbl duty now to state that in the course of this morning intelligence had been received, which, though not direct and conclusive, there was still too much reason to fear was well founded, of the death of the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, the fattier of the illustri ous Prince, the Consort of her MajestY. In consequence of this event, her Majesty could not, of course, receive the address in the usual manner; and he had, therefore, to make a motion, which he was sure would receive the general concurrence of the House, that the order for the presentation of the address by the whole House be rescinded—that, under the particular circumstances of the case, there should be a departure from the usual practice—and that the address be presented by such Members of the House as were mem bers of the Privy Council. The order for the presentation of the address by the whole House was then discharged, and the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet agreed to. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL complained of the great inconve nience he had been that morning put to; while endeavouring to make the House, in consequence of the communication between the House and Westminster-hall being closed, notwithstanding the Speaker's order of last session that it should remain open. The SPEAKER said he had ordered .that the communication should always be lett open, and lie would see that the necessary directions were given for that purpose. The House then adjourned. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise eek T. Name of Railway. otal ended £. 1. d. Jan. 27 Birmingham and Derby _ Junction.... 1,301 1 8 26 Birmingham and Gloucester ...... ..... 1,650 7 1 27 Brandling Junction 26 Chester and Birkenhead 28 Dundee and Arbroath ... lB9 8 1 27 Edinburgh and Glasgow... 1,786 8 1 28 Eastern Counties 27 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr....... 1,134 2 6 27 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenoek...... 683 610 27 Grand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 6,914 0 4 27 Great North of England 28 Great Western 11,698 3 2 26 Liverpool and Manchester 4,004 17 7 26 London and Birmingham London and Blackwall — 27 London and Brighton 30 London and Croydon 230 12 0 Feb. 1 London and Greenwich 660 15 3 Jan. 26 London and South Western ... 4,402 18 1 25 Manchester, Bolton. and Bury 713 0 I '7 Manchester and Birmingham 27 Manchester & Leeds & Hull& Selby 5,199 9 9 27 Midland Counties.... 2,'248 8 7 27 Newcastle and Carlisle 28 Newcastle and North Shields .... 309 12 2 Northern and Eastern ... .. ••••• • ...• 27 North Midland E. 3,900 8 0 26 North Union. 23 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ••• 27 Preston and Wyre 225 7 1 27 Sheffield and Manchester 466 6 1 Feb. 1 South Eastern.. Jan. 27 Taff Vale.. . • 619 14 4 28 Ulster... ... ••• sss 12 10 27 York and North Midland 1,345 14 10 THE DUBLIN CORPORATION THE QUEEN'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The Deputation, •svithtftei.dcires;Of the Dublin Corpora tion, waited on her Majesty, at two o'clock to-day, which consisted of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Gardener and Mac:;. kennar, Town Councillors J Dunne, J. Bury, J. Fallon, J. Burke, F. Tuite, John Rielly, W. Reynolds, the High on stable, City Marshal, Mace-bearer, Sword-bearer, and the Rev. Dr. O'Connell, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor. The following is the answer:— "I receive with satisfaction the assurance that sentiments of loyalty and attachment to my perion and Crown continue to be cherished by you. " The legal proceedings to which you refer are now in pro gress before a competent tribunal, and I am unwilling to interrupt the administration of justice according to law. "It is at all times my anxious deiire that any grievance, of which my people can justly complain, should be speedily redressed, and I confide in the wisdom of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the adoption of such legislative measures as may be necessary for that purpose." ERRATUM.—In the notice of the new writ move for the borough of Devizes yesterday, Mr. Sotheron, the late Member, is stated as " deceased." The Hon. Member va cated his seat by accepting the Chiltern Hundreds. .. 182 50 .. 180 .. 836 25 .. 836 PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedmgs of Me House of Commons.) THURSDAY, FEB. I. THE ADDRESS.—MR. HUME'S AMENDMENT. MINORITY—AYES, 49. Barnard. E. G. Dundas. David Ricardo, John Lewis Berkeley, C. Elphinstone, Howard Roebuck, J. A. Ber nal, Captaia Evans, William Strutt, Edward Blcwitt, R. Fielden, J. Chornely, Thomas Bodkin, J. S. Gibson, 'l'. M. Trelawny, , J. S. Bright, John tiisborne, Thomas Villiers, Charles P. Brothe. ton, Joseph Granger, Thomas C. Wakley, Thos's Busfeild, W. Hastie, Archibald Wallace, R. Butler, P. S. Hawes, B. Warburton, Henry Chapman, Benjamin Hindley, Charles W a rd, H. 0. Childers, J. W. Johnson, General Williams, W. Christie, W. D. Marshall, W. WooJ, Benjamin Cobden, Richard Mitchell, T. A. Yorke, R. H Colborne, N. R. W. Murphy, F. S Crawford, W. S. Napier, Sir Charles TELLIC lig. Duncombe, T. S. Pattison, Jam, s Hume, Joseph Dundas, Admiral Plumridge, Captain Bowring, Dr. Dundas, F. Ponsonby, Hon. John MAJORITY—NOES, 235. • Acker', James Fitzmaurice, W. Morgan, C. Acland, Sir Thomas Flower, Sir James' Mundy, E. M. Ackland, T. D. kollett, Sir William Neeld, Joseph A'Court apt. Fox, S. Lane Neville, Ralph Adare. Lord Fuller. A. E. Newdegate, C. N. Adderley, C. B. Gaskell, James M. Nichol!, Right Hon Allix, John Peter Gladstone, W. E. Norreys, Lord A ntrobus, Edmund Glynne, Sir Stephen Northland, Lord Arbuthnot, Hush Godson, Richard O'Brien, A. S Arkwright, George Gordon, Captain Ossulston, Lord Astell, William Gore, Montague Oswald, Alexander sttwood, M. Gore, W. Ormsby Packe, C. W. Bagot, Hon. W. Gore, Robert Paget, Lord W. Bailey, Joseph Goulburn, Henry Pakington, J. S. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Graham, Sir J. Patten Wilson Bankes, George Granby, Marquis Peel, Patten, Robert Baring, W. B. Green. 1, Peter Peel, Jonathan Barneby, John Greene, I'. Pennant, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Gregory, W. H. P.umptre, John P. Baskerville, 'l'. B. ill. Griinsditch, Thomas Pollington, Viscount Beckett, William Grimston, Lord Powell, Colonel Bell, Matthew Hale, R. B. ~ne Praed, W T. Bentinck, Lord G. halford, H. Pringle, Alexander Beresford, Major Hamilton, G. A. Pryse, Pryse 131ackburne,Ilireland Hamilton, Lord C. Pusey, Philip Blakemote, R. Hanincraiir John 'lepton, George J. Bolder°, H. G. Hardlnge, Sir H. Rice, E. Royd Borthwick, Peter Heathcete, Sir W. Richards, K Botfield, Beriah Heneage, G. W. Round, C. G. 3 Bradshaw, James Henley. J. W. Round, John Brewton T. W. Henniker. Lord Rushbroiske, WOW tiroadley. H. Hepburn, Sir 'l'. B. Russell, Charles Bruce. Lord E. Herbert, . Ryder. G. D. Bruen, Colonel Hervey, Lord A. Swiderson, P. Buck, L. W. Hillsborough, Earl of Sandon, Viscount Buckley, Edmun I Hi n ae, J. H. Scarlett, R C. Buller, Sir J. Yarde Hodgson, F. Scott, F. Burrell, Sir C M. Hodgson, It. Seymour. Sir H. _ Casopbell, John H. Holmes, W. A'Court show. B i g ht Hon. e - Card.ell, E. Hope, Charle, Shirley, Is:. J. Castlereagh, Vicct. H o p e , Al exan d er Sibthorp, Colonel Cot twode, Sir John H o p e , G. W. Smith, Abel Chohnondeley, Hugh Hornby. John Christopher, It. A. H owar d, P. H. Chute, W. L. Clayton, Rice It Hussey, Ambrose BSSl°tnalynntelher Somerset, ' L liL o . r on d r. dO6. logestre, Lord Stuart, Ilenry Clerk, Si , George Jeriwyn, Earl Sutton, Hon. H. M. h live, Viscount Jones, Theobald Tennent, J. E. Cochrane, A. Ki atchbull, Sir E. Thesiger, F. Collett, W. Bickford Knight,.Henry Gaily Tnompsou, Ald. Compton, H. C. Lascelles, W. S. Thornhill, George Connolly, Colonel Law, : harks E. Tolltmache, F. J. Coote, Sir C Lefroy,lAnthony, Towline, G. Copel.nd, Alderman Legh, (1. C. Trench, Sir F. W. orry, Right Hon. H Leslie, C. P. Trevor, Hon. R. Courtenay, Viscount Liddel, H. I'. Trollopo, Sir John Cripps, W. Lincoln, Earl of Trotter, John Curteis, H. B. Lockhart, William Turnor, Christophe r Darby, George Long. Walter Tyrrell, Sir J. Davies, D. A S Lowther, John FL Vane, Lord Harry' Denison, E B. Lyall, George Verner, Colonel Dickinson. F. H. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Waddington, il. S. Dodd, George M`Geachy, F. A. Walsh, Sir J. Douglas, Sir Howard Maclean D Welte:ley, Lord C. Douglas, Sir C. E. M`Neill, Duncan Wilbraham, It. B. Douglas, J. D. Mainwaring, 'l' Wilde, Sir 'l'. Douro, Marquis of Mangles, H. U. Wilshere, W. Dowdeswell, W. Manners, Lord C. Wodehouse, Eamon. Drummond, H. H. Manners, Lord J. Wood, Colonel Duffield, T. D. March, Earl of Wood, Colonel T. Duncombe, A. Marshain Viscount Wortley, Jas. 6 Du Pre, C. G. Martin, h. \V Wortley. Hon. Joh n Eaton. R. J. • Master, 'l'. W. C. Egerton, W. T. Masterman, John YWorykned,haHmol'i.CLlTl k gerton, Sir P. Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Young, John Eliot, Lordi Meynell, Captain Emlyn, Viscount Milts, P. W. S. TELLERS., Escott. Bichkani Miles, NVilliam Fremantle, Sir T. Eiitcourt, 'l'. G. it. Mordaunt, Sir J. Baring, H. Fellowes, Edward Morgan, Octavio' FRIDAY, FEE. 2. ADDRESS ON THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. AIR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S AMENDMENT. Amendment proposed, to leave cut the words, " that youf Majesty is resolved to act in strict conformity with the declares' , tion made by ) our Majesty at the close of the last session. r e Parliament, of your firm determination to maintain invioN P A the Legislative Unien between Great Britain and Ireland, ‘ l3 " also :" Question put, " That the words proposed to beleft 014 stand part of thy Address:" The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 142. Acland, T. D. Gladstone, W. E. Miles, P. W. S. &'Court, Capt E. Conlon, Captain Mitchell, T. A. Adderley, C. B. Gore, Montague Mown, Octavitie Affix, John Peter Gore, W. It. 0. Mor*n, C. Antrobus, Edmund Goulburn, Henry Napier, Sir Charles Arbuthnott, Hugh Gr..ham, Sir James Newdegate C. 14 .. Arkwright, George (banger, T. C. Newport, Viscou n t Bailey, J. i.reenall, Peter Nichol!, J. . Bailey, Joseph, jun. Greene, I'. . Northland, Lor d Baillie, H. J. -Grimseitch, T. O'Brien, A. _Ma l " — Baskerville, TB. M. ;Half ord, Henry Paget, Lord W. S rßeckett, William Hall, Sir Benjamin Pakrngtoa, John 0 Bell, Matthew Hamilton, J. Hans Peel, Sir Robert Bentinck. Lord G. - Hamilton, G A. Peel, Jonathan Boldero,,H. George Hamilton, W. J. Pluniptre,.J. P. T A Borthwick, Peter Hamilton, LordClaud Pollington, Visc oll Bottield, Beriah Hardinge, Sir H. Pollock, Sir Fred. _ Brocklellurst, J. Hardy, John Pringle, Alexa nder Bruce, Lord Ernest Hastie, A. ltashleigh, Wei. Buckley,. Edmund Heneage, G. W. Round, John . 1 Campbell, John H. Henley, J. W. Ruslibrooke, Colo"' Cardwell, Edward Hepburn, Sir T. B. Russell, J. D. „ Chetwode, Sir John • Herbert, Hon. S. Scott, Hen. F watt, l 0 an" Clayton, R. R. Hervey. Lord A. Shaw, Frederick Clerk, S ir G. Hodgson, Richard Sibthorp, Colonel Clive, Viscount Holmes, W. A'Court Somerset, Cochrane, Alex. Here, Cheri.. Stanley, Loi Compton, H. Hope, G. W. Stew art, John ,„, Connolly, Colonel Herlihy, John Sutton, H o , az H. . Coote. Sir C. H. Hussey, Ambrose 'Ferment, J. E. Corry, Hon. Henry Ingestre, Lord Thesiger, F. Cripps, W. Jermyn, Earl Tollemache, J. Darby, George Jollitte, Sir W. Trench, Sir F. Dickinson, F H. Jones, Captainl Tumor, C. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Knatchbull, Slr E. Vane, Lord IL Douglas, J. D S. Lawson, Andrew Vesey, Hen.T. Drummond H. H. Lefroy, Anthony Wilhams, W. it Dugdale, W. S. Lincoln, Earl of Wodehouse, Bo n. ''" Duncan Lord Lockhart, William Wood, Colonel 1 • Eliot, L o rd M'Geachy, F. A. ' Wortley, J. St uart Escott, Bickham Mackenzie, W. F. Wyndham Col onel, Estcourt, T. G. B. Maclean, Doirklel Yorke. E. 'l'. Farnham, E. B. M'Neill, Duncan Yorke, R. H. . Flower, Sir James Manners, Lord J. Young, John Follett, Sir W. W. Martin, C. W. Millet, John Master, 'l'. W. TELLiiii& Forster ' Matthew Masterman John Fremantle ;Sir T . J Fuller, A. E. Maxwell, J. P Baring, H. B. Gaskell, J. M. Meynell, Captain • MINORITY—NOES, 3b. Barron. Sir Henry Feilden, J. Scholefleld, J. Bernal, Captain French , F. ' Scott, Robert • Blewitt, Reginald Gibson, T. M. Stock, Sergeant_. l.odkin, John James Gore, Robert Strickland. WA/. Bowring, Dr. Hume, Joseph Tancred, H. W. ~. Brother ton, J. Langston. J. H. Villiers, Chart"; ' Busteild, William Muntz, G. F. Curteis, H. B. Murphy, F. S. D.iwson, T. V. Murray. A. Wo o d, yeß.. , Duncombe, T. S. Paulson, James W vi a a t l l ac eT ßobe n ora l s: Dundas, Admiral Plumridge, Captain Elphinstone, Howard Rawdon, J. D. Esmonde, Sir F. Roebuck, J. A. TELLYYi. Crawford, W. O'Conor Don WILL of the LATE MIC,THOMP OI44 ' OF THE PRIORY, HAMPSTEAD. PREROGATIVE COURT, FEB. 2. LE BAS v. GREGORY. f The deceased in this case was Mr. John Thompson, 0 -. A 5, th Priory, Hanipstead, who died on the 6th of March, 1 aged 84, a widower. The question related to a will left o 4 him, dated March 5, 1843, which was propounded O h u s• being no executor or residuary legatee appointed therein) vir; Mrs. Margaret Le Bas, a niece of the deceased, and Wa s °r r, posed by Mr. Barnard Gregory, in the character of e xeeat t li named in an .alleged will of the deceased, bearing date 22d of February, 1843. The will in question was c ontaA, in three sheets of paper, in the handwriting of the deeen., but in a very imperfect form. The first sheet contained lea a very few lines ; the second was full of writing, but erl isi l over, as if with the intention of cancelling; the third a only a few lines, and at the conclusion were the fo ll ° W is st words 2—" I, John Thompson, do declare this to be 11 1 L c h, will and testament. Witness my hand this sth of Mr h a 1843. Signed and published by the above-named 4.111 Thompson, in our presence, Sarah Thompson, Mary , na ti Clark." The names of these witnesses (who were aer: t he of the deceased) were written in pencil, as they stated, u. l t of direction of the deceased. There was, moreover, a we i v isa continuity in the three sheets. The purport of the viu' irea t to bequeath various legacies, and amongst others 401• foot to Mrs. Le Bas ; but the residue was undisposed of; wit e rd by the will of February, the residue was given to Mr. 1 33 ,,'",,b, ,1 1 Gregory, who was wholly excluded by the will of B iwo 1843, as originally contained in the three sheets. 01 subscribing witnesses proved that they witnessed the wio, t l O Mr. Amos Gann, a solicitor, proved that he received fr°lll•he deceased the three sheets, which contained alterations , fa v t i s purpose of drawing thence a new will, one of the alterat6re, being the insertion of a legacy of 1001. to Mr. Barnard o eti tP gory. Before the new will was executed, however, the dece S died. Mr. Gann, in his examination, produced a letter froa l o so deceased, in which the latter informed him that lie had i :, in his will, which had been witnessed by his two servA n ` ,4l pencil, " so that it could be altered," and Mr. Gann idel'% 0 0 the three sheets of paper now produced as the p a pers Is "is the deceased delivered to him as instructi ons for the, " t he will. Mr. Gann further stated that wh en lie brouiPois new will to the deceased, Mr. Gregory was p rese nt; 2h t s ry , read it over to the deceased in th e p resence o f Mr. Gi l l' to and likewise gave, at the same time, one copy of the t' et ion Mr. Gregory to read, and that the latter made no OIU the to the disposition, nor did he or the deceased advert t ° previous will of February. rt of After hearing Dr. Curteis and Dr. Bayford in s u Pchol l the will of March, 1843, and Dr. Harding and Dr. B• in opposition to the paper, , flee s ill Sir H. Jenner Fust said, there were some circums -a _ froas this case which were very extraordinary. It was the facts, that whatever might turn out to be the v' s pro the deceased, it was his intention to execute this 33 net visional will, and to consult his solicitor about makini,reery, will.. Now, it would appear that on the 2 2 d of F#' lol had only ten days before, the deceased had had prepared f dio' executed a will by which he had made a ve ry o ffill:e . i k e „ l SO. position of his property, giving an annuity of -0 0 1 1 1 ,_!", e tittf , _ Le Bas (instead of 40/.), and the whole resalte of ' 5 , o f 111# real and personal, to Mr. B. Gregory, "in testiroons eitas approbation of his conduct ;" and he appointed linn o so'v 911°11 tutor' of that will. Now, it was extraordinarY, in # :rie d t space of time, that the deceased should hav e detert;„ ha d o make a perfectly different will, by which Mr. Gre . !!: i t ti ii s atiff . legacy of only 100/., and that only after a to between the deceased and his solicitor. Accoraw_b4 Gann, when he attended the deceased with the Pc_ p art/ 0 _ drawn from the three sheets, Mr. Gregory , the obj ect i on e' i in this cause, was present, and he made.n o to the disposition •, yet it was a most extraor d i na r y leffacYtur: stance that when he found himself set down r o tiou Greg° l l; Gann,loCl 1. n thet dwelcieicalsieldiadbabdeefnorignosettretend ohnistlfireiesnurf when the deceased said, " Set him down f u , !, i r ave ra ade most extraordinary that Mr. Gregory sho or ••-•-* t 110 should have been made, either by the deceased_o gory, to a will executed only ten days bef t he t is Ce t undersL observation at the time, and that not the slightest irtfrferV::: Learned Judge) protested he could no r ___ been spars nape Pa-Ptbs silence, and why that will should neve subject of some conversation. The identit y _e its P o the was another di ffi culty in the case ; anot h e r 7_77 ch ri t e_ er l e recollection of the witnesses of thold not was executed. • But, according to the avid A he 5 11mi 1 , 1 12 Te l other testamentary papers in existenc% and ; brou ght .1 1, $8 ri ot dispose of this case till those papers neci, h thought ill., bet might elucidate the present case, wli some inforralitly7o!r in a state to be disposed of till there was t there th e n n fore' executed the Court as to whether or no Ewa,fore, v.-- executed paper. He slould defer bia de rthatiou. _ been he had that Das he man i tile Que en o t 9. BERLIN, JAN. 26.-11" 1111"5d is now sonvalen , refreshed by quiet sleep in the nigi t, an n v' ce " , ' • more bulletins, therefore, will new be IWO • • .