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NEW WORK BY MISS COSTELLO. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous Portraits, MEMOIRS OF F INENT ENGLISHWOMEN. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO. Author of " A Pilgrimage to Auvergne ;" " A Summer amongst the the Bocages and Vines," &c. Including Memoirs of Elizabeth of Hardwick, Countess of Shrews bury—Arabella Stuart—Catherine and Mary Grey—Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia—Lucy Harrington, Countess of Bedford—Pene lope Lady Rich—Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset —Margaret, Countess of Essex—Mary Evelyn—The Countess of Desmond—The Duchess of Newcastle—Lady Fanshawe, &C. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty). MAJESTY'S THEATRE. El 2 R SEASON 1844. l'lse following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season is!espectfhlly presented to the Nobility. Subscribers. and the Public. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Madame Grisl, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this Theatre), Madame Bellini, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame Persiani. Signor Mario, Sig. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre), Si;. Dai Fiori, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at th)s Theatre), Sig. Fernasari, 51g. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa. THE BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, 3iadlle. Adelaide Frasi, of the Teatro di Pergola, Florence (her- first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy Stephan ; Madlle. Scheffre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Planquet, Madlle. Barville (their 'first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle. Fanny Elssier, and Madlle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his first appearance in this country), M. Coulon, M. Gosselin, M. Gourlet, M. Venafra. M. Bertram, and 3i. Perrot, and a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Arrangements are also pending with Madlle. Taglioni, and there is. every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se cured for a limited number of representations. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING. MARCH 1, Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of HAMLET. Claudius, Mr. Diddear ; Hamlet, Mr. Charles Kean; First Grave.digger, Mr. Harley ; Gertrude, Mrs. Warner; Ophelia, Miss Romer. After which, CINDERELLA. Felix, Mr. W. Harrison; Cin— derella, Mrs. A. Shaw. Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. RI. ; Upper Circles of Boxes Is., Svond Price as. ; Pit Is , Second Price 25.; Middle Gallery 25.. Second Price IL ; Upper Gallery IL, Second Price RI. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. • PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING—PART L • Overture, Euryanthe— Weber. Quadrille, Opera Stars, in which will be introduced the most popular Opera Dances—Jullien. 8010, Cornet-a-pistons, Herr Koenig, The Storm—RochAlbert. Symphony, C. Minor -Beethoven. Duct, Violin and Violoncello, by M. Pilet and M. Deloffke. Valse, La Valse a Deux Tems—Jullien. The Destruction of Pompeii—Rock Albert. PART 11. Opera, I Puritani, Grand Fantasia for four Cornet-a -Pistons—Bellinl Quadrille, The Irish Echos—Jullien. Solo. Ophicleide, M. Prospere—Barret. rho English Quadrille—Jullien. Doors Open at Halt past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock. Promenade, Is , Upper Boxes, Is.; Dress Circle,is. dd. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the Box-otlice of the Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell; Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New Boad.street ; Mr. Sams St,J.arn€ol-street ; and M. Jullien'a Office, li, Maddox street, Bond-streeto , • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. MN. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. .• LESSEE THIS EVENING, MARCH Will be performed a New Comic Drama, entitled GRISTTO THE MILL. Marquis de Richeville, Mt. Charles Mathews ; Francine, Madame Vestris. After which, a New Comic Drima, entitled USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Bart., Mr. Charles Mathews; Sir Adonus Leech, Mr Tilbury; Wurzle Mr. James Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso Mr. J. 13Iand; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora, Mss Julia Bennett. . Orchestra Stalls, se. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, Ss. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper Gallery, Is, Half-price —Boxes,_as. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Half.past Six, and the l'erformance c-immence at Seven. _ _ Tickets and I'laces to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box office, from Ten till Fire. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STREET. LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING, MARCH 1, Will be performed an Opera, in which Madame Eugenia Garcia will perform. Atter which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir Harry Vk ilder, Mr. Walter Lacy; Mr. Dapper, Mr. Oxbersy ; Lady Clifton, Miss Fortescue. To be followed by a New Farce, in One Act, entitled THE YOUNG SCAMP; or The Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Mrs, Keeley ; Mildew, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with a Comic. Drama, called BLASE; or, The Man In Search of a Sensation. Monsieur Blase, Mr. Kee'ey ; Grosfer, Mr. Paul Bedford; Louise, Madame Eugenie Prosper ; Madame Pipou, Mrs. H. P. Ormtan. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHL THIS EVENING, MARCH 1, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, 'Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. To be followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED AND SETTLED. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar. After which, the Tragedy of RICHARD 'IHE THIRD. Ri• chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley , . To conclude with THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, MARCH I, Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL. LING, supported by all the Company. After which, The Armenian Prodigy, or Wonderful Ariel Pole Dancer. To be followed by JINKS; The Man that couldn't help it. Jinks Mr. bheppaid. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE. THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32 ; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 45. BAROMETER, 29.7.—Wmn, S.W. No'rK.—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 .. 15 minutes after 11 I Evening .. 51 minutes after II infintinff wi LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1844. Whatever may be said or thought of the late pro secutions in Ireland, it is quite clear that the feelings of the people of England have been roused from apathy and indifference, as to the state of the sistdr country. Never, at any period of his• life, did O ' CONNELL stand so high in the opinions of Englishmen as at this moment —never did sym,- pathy for the wrongs of Irishmen, and admiration for the constant champion of his countrymen, prevail to anything like the extent now exhibited, and never did persecution produce results more unfavouti able to its originators than the persecution set on foot by the Irish Government, to crush the man whom it has tended to exalt. And we believe that Irish gratitude bears equal.pace with English sympathy ; that conciliation rules where exasperation lately pre sided ; and that the very kindliest and best feelings have taken the place of bitter hatred, and undisguised detestation. The tone in both countries has changed, is changing, and will change still more, when the cause of Ireland becomes, as the late trials have tended to make it, the cause of the whole empire. The demonstration of English sympathy which is to take place at Covent-garden Theatre on Tuesday, the 12th instant, will increase the kindliness which it is so important to encourage. Seldom have we seen a list of names joined for such a purpose, equal to that which our columns this day show joined as stewards, for the purpose of fraternising with Ireland and O'CONNELL. May such meetings, and such feelings as they call into action, prevail ; and then England and Ireland united, happy, and free, may show the blessings which spring from good government, free from partiality, jealousy, and suspicion. The LORD CHANCELLOR and the Duke of WEL.. LINGTON were absent from the House of Lord: last night, and no business was transacted. In the Commons, after the presentation of petitions, Mr. V. SMITH gave notice that on Thursday se'n night he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the oath taken by Roman, Catholics before en tering Parliament. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, on the motion for going into Supply this day, he should tnove that the petitions presented to the House relati;te to the grievances of the people be referred to a Select Corn rnittee, and that till such Committee be granted the supplies be withheld. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice that he would on Thursday se'nnight move for a Select Committee to inquire into prison discipline. In answer to a question from Mr. HAWES relative to the Custom-house robberies, Lord G. SOMERSET said the inquiry was going on with all possible speed, but he could not say when it would terminate. In answer to a question from Mr. WALLACE, Mr. GLADSTONE said that in all cases when railways were brought before Parliament, in which any new powers were required, the clause recommended by the Rail way Committee would be brought into operation. He understood the clause would apply to the whole Erie in each case. The Earl of LINCOLN brought in a Bill for regu lating the building of houses in London and the neighbourhood. It' aPplied chiefly to drainage, to the prohibiting the eitr:liing on of dangerous trades; or trades noxious to heat!), in.cPwaetildistricts, and the appointment of surveyors. •!‘ Mr. RICE called the attention ire the House to the Report of the Committee Onihipvrreeks, and moved for a Select Committee to carry the objects of the Committee into effect. , Sir ROBERT PEEL said the subjeft was unner the anxious consideration of the Gcoternment, but they would propose nothing till the Report of the Commis sioners was completed and duly considered. Several Members spoke on this important subject and others connected with it, and finally the motion was with drawn, on an understanding that the Government would take the affair into their own hands. Sir V. BLAKE, after a brief discussion, withdrew his motion relative to a more speedy communication between Great Britain and America. vv Mr. WALLACE postponed his motion on railways for three weeks. Colonel RAWDON moved, that owing to the late ness of the proclamation to prevent the Clontarf meeting, a risk of dangerous collision was incurred, and a precedent, therefore, established dangerous to the lives and liberties of her MAJESTY'S subjects. Mr. V. STUART seconded the motion. Lord ELIOT, in a lengthened speech, detailed the circum stances which led to the proclamation, and trusted the House was not called upon to express its censure of the Government in the way asked for by the Gallant Colonel. The _House divided, when there were for the mo ion 62, and against it 90. Lord WousLEr brought in a Bill to inclose com mons, and land held in common. - The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a Bill to amend the law with respect to prisons and prison discipline in Scotland. The House rose at a Quarter before Eleven o'clock. All the excitement caused in France by the occu pation of Otaheite, and the bad 'feelings generated between the two countries by the late proceedings of Admiral DUPETIT Tuoilsits, might easily have been avoided by common prudence. No spot on the face of the earth could have been selected'which was less suited than Otaheite for a French colony. It is, from the education, the habits, and the aspirations of the people, peculiarly English. It was discovered by Englishmen, it was visited by English missionaries more than forty years ago, and thee, their successors, have ever si influence over the petty Sovi chiefs who govern the countr gence they have acquired, ideas may have sprung up among them, are purely English' and Protestant, and they will suffer no amalgamation with another creed or another nation. What madness, then, to throw a firebrand among them, and exhibit in a new colony all the horrors of religious dissension ! If the French retain possession of Otaheite either a protec tors or supreme rulers, they} must expel the mis sionaries, they must change the religion of the coun try, they must make the whole system French, and necessarily lead the people to believe that the men that come from the East are a selfish and degraded race, who have no settled points of faith, and who only vie with each other in disturbing a little peace ful community, which would have been tenfold more happy if no European had ever been amongst them. While the French remain protectors of that country, there can be no peace. Is it not, therefore, a matter of serious consideration for the Governments of England and France to do away with this French Protectorate, and find out some other islands in the Pacific, or elsewhere, which might equally suit the purposes of France ? England has no reason to be jealous, she has no reason to be niggardly, she has colonies in every quarter of the globe ; and when the French Government has shown such a friendly disposition to this country, and the Cabinet has risked its existence to suit the views of the English Cabinet, ought we not in return to show some generosity, and assist the GUIZOT Ministry, not only in repelling the attacks of the Opposition journals, but in conciliating, by some acts of kind ness, nearly the whole of the French nation ? We have taken possession of New Zealand. The French were there before us, but they have been ousted from the county, or if any colonists remain they are subject to English dominion. We have added immense territory to our Indian possessions, we have taken the Falkland Islands, we have occupied the whole of CA aria, and find a harbour in every quarter of the globe for our shipping, yet the British Government seems determined to grudge the French every inch of ground out of their own territory ! This is not the way to maintain the entente cordiale. There must be reciprocity a con cession, or the two countries cannot long remain at peace. Even Louis PHILIPPE, with all his skill, and GUIZOT, with all his determined bravery, must at last give way, if England will not virtually assist them in conciliating public opinion in France. England can afford to be generous, and shame to her if she loses the fairest opportunity that ever occurred of reconciling the two greatest civilised nations of the world, and securing universal peace. That insurrectionary movements and revolts, which have so incessantly agitated the' Southern States of Europe within the last tea or twelve years, should still, even after that lapse of time, have lost . so little of their activity as, at this moment, to convulse both Spain and Portugal, is rather a moral necessity than any political phenomenon. Xis the result.Llnore to be deplored than marvelled at--of a reaction, excited by a recent experience of free institutions, which is still warring against the Governments and prejudices of many past centuries—against the moral and social habits, the tone of thought, and the bent of 'feeling engendered by them. We must not too nar rowly scan the political errors of parties whom we assume to be in earnest in their efforts to consolidate their newly-achieved liberties, if they become somewhat reckless in the pursuit of so favourite an object ; or if; distracted by the various courses of action which present them selves for their, adoption, they daily with the means till they lose the end. Considerations of this kind especially apply to the position of Portugal, as contradistinguished from that of. Spain, at the present day. In Spain, all the elements of feverish excitement appear to have recombined of late, for the sole purpose of working out, in a war of partisans, and amidst the public ruin which has been thereby entailed upon the country, a fierce and grinding military despotism. In' Portugal, not withstanding the strife of parties, and the interruptions of unprincipled ' intrigue, the advance of the people has been more gradual, but more steady, and further, in the direction of ultimate freedom. Yet it cannot be denied that the existing , Government of her Most Faithful MAJESTY has not abstained from serious violations of what may be considered the fundamental constitution of the kingdom, namely, that of 18 . 29, and, her Most Faithful MAJESTY'S decree of February 1842. It is as little to be doubted that during the last two years instances have occurred" in • which her MAJESTY'S Ministers must be held to have exercised an undue constraint and control over: the spontaneous acts of their Royal Mistress. This species of virtual coercion, on the part of COSTA . CABRAL and others, and the delinquencies and de ficiences of their administration of foreign and do mestic affairs, appear to have induced the recent hostile movement of Count Bo:wrist, ex-Minister of 'War. His proclamation, addressed " to Portuguese citizens and soldiers," breathes the same fervent and devoted loyalty towards the person and authority of the Queen of PORTUGAL as he unquestionably manifested throughout the whole of his career, after the death of the Regent Joe.o VI. to her Most Faithful MA.. JESTY'S Illustrious father, Dom PEDRO IV., the Duke of BRAGANZA. The Count declares that his move ment is against the present Ministry of the QUEEN, who, in consequence of the violent restraint in which they hold their Royal Mistress, " prevent her from fulfilling, her gracious promises on promulgating the decree referred to, and from attending to the desires and petitions of her people." The Count's proclamation thus designates the pre-. sent Minister of Portugal :" " This Ministry, guided by a man who has no creed, and has no love of country, who looks to nothing but his own in terest, and who is blinded by the unbounded ambition which rules him, ready to alter his system or political opinions ac cording to the profit which may result to him, always ready to sacrifice those with whom he may have been most inti mately connected, and even to pronounce as enemies of .the State, those who will not lend themselves to become tools of his caprices, or who do not aid in his brutal despotism. This Ministry has placed us on the frightful abyss which threatens to engulf us." The proclamation, after eulogizing the unalterable loyalty of the people and the army to the Sovereign, describes the grievances under which they labour, " which have caused the disappearance of [public rights, and of individual security, and the overbur dening of the people with taxes." The wrongs of the army are largely detailed and insisted - on. The Count then appeals, by all the stirring, recol lections and great names of Portuguese history, to his fellow-citizens and soldiers to unite with' him in "saving their country, the QUEEN ) and their liberty l'' The time, he says, has now arrived for so noble an attempt. _ _ It seems evident, both from the language of many of these passages, and from that of a very remarkable farewell address to its readers in the Revolucao of the Bth ult., that some transactions have taken place in the communications between the Crown and its Ministers, of which we have not yet learned the par ticulars. In the course of the 'editor's address, he de clares that on the morrow the whole liberties of Por tugal will have been trampled under foot and extin guished by the Ministry of the QUEEN, " who is ac customed," he remarks, "to be coerced." , ...." To morrow there will not be even these formalities— neither tribunal, nor Parliament....no property, no liberty, no press !" _ _ As we observed in a former article, the well-known loyalty, merits, and services of Count Bomrim—his past favour with the QUEEN and her Royal Consort— his intrepidity and success in the field, and his ad mirable administration in the Cabinet both as Foreign and as War Minister, leave the whole affair at pre sent under a painful mystery, which is not dimi nished by the brief announcement we have received of the Count's arrest at Elvas. Since the above article was written we have later news from Portugal, which effectually discredit the account of Count BOMFIM'S arrest, but gives us no further intelligence of the movements of that officer. On the 16th of February, in conformity with a com munication, dated on the 10th, and addressed by him from Herdada de Torre to the commandant of the 7th Military Division, BOMFIM was expected at Lisbon. He had declared " that he would put him self en route as soon as possible, in order to present himself at the capital." He adds, that he had been at the residence of his friend the Count D'AVILE; Te of the Minister of War, health permitted he would into effect. Lgence reached Lisbon that BoMFIM had placed himself at the head of the insur gents, and that Count D'Avn.Ez, a general officer, had also joined them ; but the latter part of the intelli gence, with respect to AVILEZ, has been subsequently contradicted. A proclamation of the Count, on his joining the insurgents, was issued on the 14th inst., from which the following are extracts : " Inhabitants of Lisbon, and soldiers of the garrison !—I have taken command of a division, which, in a short time, will present itself before the capital, firmly resolved to make a reality of the sacred promise which was given to us on the 10th of February, 1842. " Portuguese I. the brave men who accompany me are your friends, your companions in arms. All of them respect and desire the Constitutional Charter of 1826, but all of them have been betrayed as you have been ; to all a promise was made and has been broken. " The Constitutional Charter does not exist ; Costa Cabral is the only Power of the State. " To arms, brave companions of glory ! "The Constitutional Charter! And the Queen free from restraint ! The faithful execution of the sacred promise of the 10th of November, 1842. " COUNT BOSIFIM. " Head-quarters, in Alcaia, Feb. 14, 1844." The intelligence from Madrid, which is to the 21st ult., is of the same painful character. According to a dispatch from General RONCALI, he opened his fire against Alicant on the 17th, at one o'clock in the morning, and had thrown a great number of shells into the town. The insurgents made a sortie, but were driven back. The horrible butcheries on both sides continued unabated, and scenes of a still more horrid description are anticipated on the fall of Alicant, which cannot hold out long. According to one report, Roxcau had already shot one in every five of his prisoners, who amounted to more than two hundred and all the insurgents, taken in two Custom-house sloops, were ordered to be shot on deck. The Gazette publishes a decree, re-establishing the Papal tribunal of the Rota, suppressed by a decree of the Provisional Regency of the 29th of Decem ber, 1840. The "Three Per Cents. were done at 291 for cash and 301 at sixty days ; and the Five per Cents. at 21i for cash, and 22i at sixty days. We are agreeably disappointed in the articles which appear in the French Opposition Journals of Tuesday, on the announcement respecting Otaheite, given in the Moniteur of the previous day. From the strong attacks which they have for ten days been aiming at M. GUIZOT, and the friends of peace in France, a terrible explosion might have been ex pected, but fortunately we have only a subdued mur• mur, a sort of lamentation, that the dignity of France had not been better maintained ; and that the KING in Council had not, on the receipt of the in telligence, proclaimed their intention, without waiting for the opinions of Lord ABERDEEN and Sir ROBERT PEEL. One of the most violent of the journals belonging to this class, the National, calmly observes :—" The proceeding of the Government was foreseen. When we read in the English journals and in the report of the sittings of Parliament, what interest England took in driving us froni Otaheite, we could easily foresee that Otaheite would be given up. But M. GUIZOT, who is aware or the jealous avidity of our neighbours, and who also knows how incapable he is of keeping up any dignity with them, ought not to have waited for their demands, but to have re , establisbed Queen Pomani before an order came ,from. London. But no ; he. waited a fertnight, in order that the humilia tion might he'complete—in order that it might be deafly proved in. the ,face •of the world—.that . his Cabinet is the .very humbhi servant of Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN." M. 'MI ER? journal takes nearly the same' view. " When," it says, " the English journals and the Houses of Parliament call our Government to account for ,the resolute act Of Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS, an act of weakness was naturally expected' &Om our Cabinet. We, for our part, fully looked 'for: this,' and said that we did so. But since it resigned itself to making, this new concession to ;lie:entente cordiale, hew-can it have so: far failed in management as not to preserve appear ances? As'soon as the Ministry was in'posseasion of the AdMiral'S dispatches, it certainly must have com prehended that' the news would be badly received in London, and that strong remonstrances would be made. Why did it not therefore at the first moment gather courage from its weakness ? Why, resigned as it was to the granting of everything that could be asked, did it, not take the initiative, and act with re splution,beforeany demand was made upon it ? It is possible,• and we hope, . fiAr the honour of the cowlts try, it has been sow, that tlie*e,wa.l a division in the Council, and that some of its members have placed a higher value on.the feelings of the. nation than on the notes of Lord AnagnEETt. Ntre willingly believe that the Minister of Marine has not abandened With otft defence to the timorous rancour of M. - Gni;or the work of a brave and loyal sailor, _who ii distant seas has upheld' the dignity of our flag. But these oppositions, honourable as they unquestionably have been, have only made the Matter worse." . The France is'very brief, but poetically eloquent. It could not have deseribed in.,a more_ heroic strain the destruction of all the islands in the Pacific : " The new and deplorable concession to England, in the disavowal Of Admiral DUPETIT TBOUARS, has outraged 'public opinion. The Chamber of Deputies thrilled with agitation;, the Stoek Exchange itself experienced its effects, and the Funds felt the recoil of this act of shame." The Journal des- Debats has no article on the sub ject; but another Ministerial-paper, the Globe, con cludes a long argument with the following judicious remarks Speaking seribuily, what difference is there at bottom, between protecting and occupying; As to what. relates tO: the use Which the Opposition . journals_willinake - or. the humiliation - of France to . Englanc4:ia..piece . of - silliness, which men of sense no longer think of. It is .scarcely three menthe since the English, Go vernment disavowed Commodore . PiuLET:when. he: took possession' of the Sandwich Islands: Great-nations•arelike-men of tried honour— they can acknowledge their erxara_..vdthout being afraid of an accusation of weakness." The documents moved for in the Chamber, on Mon day, amount. to nine, and extend over a period from September, •1842; to November, 9, 1843. One of these is the Report of AdMiral DUPETIT THOUARS, to which are attached two letters from Admiral TROostis to Queen POMARE and the Great Chiefs, dated re spectively the Ist and 3d of November, 1843 ; and another a _ letter from Queen POMARE to Louis PHILIPPE, King of the French, also of the same date. The debate' on this is looked forward to with much interest. Some surprise has been excited at Paris by the departure of the KING, at this season, to the Chateau d'Eu, and various Causes are' ' assigned. ' Queen CHRISTINA arrived at Nimes on the morning of the 23d inst. The steam-boat in which her MA JESTY passed along the Rhone being overtaken by the night, she was obliged to land on the Ile de la Bar thelasse, which she crossed by torchlight. The Pre fect of Vaucluse offered her MAJEsTv his carriage, in which she arrived safely at Nimes. The QUEEN went the same day to Montpellier, whence she was to pro ceed direct to Narbonne, in which town she proposed to rest on Sunday last, and on Monday to cross the Spanish frontier. On Tuesday the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 20c. ; and the Fives at 125 f. 60c. THE BOURSE—MoNDAY, EEL 26. First Highest Lowiist Last - - - • Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. .... 125 60 .. 125 70 .. 125 GO .• 125 GO Four per Cents. •• .. 106 25 .. 106 25 .. 106 25 .. 106 25 Three per Cents..... 82 20 .. 82 30 .. 82 20 82 20 Bank of France.. ... . ... —3260 . • 3260 ..3260 ••3260 Lailltte Bauk, I,ooof. Sharesllo7 50 .. 1107 50 ..1107 50 —llO7 50 5,000 f. Sharesso77 50 ..5077 50 ..5077 50 ..5077 50 Belgian Bank .. •• • . Belgian Fives 1840 .. • • 1842 •• •••• •• 110 .. 110 1091 .. 1091 Spvish Passive .••.•• • • • • • • 51 • . 51 • . 5, .. 5; Old Deferred.. ••• • • 71 •• 71 •• 7} •• 7i Portuguese Five per Cents • • 46 .. .. 46; .. 461 Neapolitan lO3 90 .. 103 90 .. 103 75 .. 103 75 Roman .................... 106 j .. 1061 .. 1061 .. 106/ . ,• ik a, 1;1 , ;•. 4 1 ) 4 = , vi .- -1 7 , ,- J At ), '. A A9' irt it, , l;r4ii i =EL-:', cz:4‘,' , -1...P 4 41 . • '7'. 1 1. W .'i ~.4 4 , . ..) , = ~ ' , - ", '' I - 1 7 7.413111 0 '!: 7; ' ; ,o '-'.' - ••• .-..t.',i,:;444 016 ,„ ,-... Rr • MOS\ .;, , ,,",•14 , 40:1: 11 ;‘h ~,.,-. - ~, m, e ''.,..., 0 ra ~ • ii..-- , I— ' ' VP , end these missionaries, or - Lnce had a where he ceived the orders n his state of h rere se try. On the 19th, t e intellig and whatever religious Tit E SUN, LONDON, -F WM) M 0 - R Nr IN 0, MARCH 1, 1A444 RAILWAY SHARES, Versailles, R. 8..• B • ., • •••••••.• 16 2 50 165 .. 161 25 ...163 75 Rouen to Havre.. ......•••• 667 50 .. 667 50 .. 667 50 .. 867 50 Orleans •. Strasburg to Bale• •.• ...... 242 50 .. 245 .. 242 50 .. 245 Avignon to Marseilles.• •• .. 741 25 .. 745 .. 741 25 .. 745 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, L.B. Rouen • • ...... ..... . 832 50 .. 832 50 .. 832 150 .. 832 50 Rouen to,HatTe• Orleans .. Strasburg to Bale Avignon to Marseilles 742 50 .. 756 25 .. 742 50 .. 756 25 NEWS FROM AMERICA. • We have received, by the George Washington packet, Captain Allen, New York papers to the 9th ult. This fine vessel reached Liverpool yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, and brings intelligence six days later than that brought by the last packet. The discussion on the tariff was still going on in Congress, but without any result. One memorial was presented which is a good omen, and honourable to the Hud son's Bay Company. It stated that, from sixty to seventy emigrants to the Oregon had been driven from the territory by the Hudson's Bay men. We have no doubt the Hudson's Bay men will defend their rights, and allow no squatters in their dominions. We see no other intelligence of interest in the papers. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, FEB. 8. Speculation in Cotton has been so high, and there is so deep a stake, both here and in the South, in the article, that great interest is felt, and the market is in a most excited state. The news, therefore, by the Roscius, being to the 13th ult., from Liverpool, was looked for and received with unusual interest. The market had begun to flag, and prices had fallen off from Ito per cent. This news being favourable, will have an important influence to revive the spirits of holders. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.. 810,000 N. Y. rs. '4B 1,000 Ohio 6's, '6O 6,000 Pa s's 5,000 Indiana 25 yr Bonds b3o 37 4,000 Illinois Special Bonds 12,000 Kentucky 6's 34,000 Ohio 6's - 140 shares North American Trust Co l6+ -74 5 do. State Bank , . 8 : 450 . do. Farmers' Loan 3 21 . . 50 do. Harlem ... Railroad sls 44 .- 5 do. Ohio Life and Trust 10 do. Eagle Insurance Company lOB , 5 do. Auburn and Rochester Railroad 10 do. Long Island Railroad 7ll 50 do. New Jersey. Railroad 93 75 do. Paterson Railroad 191 do. Norwich and Worcester Railroad 394 10 do. New York Fire Insurance Company 94 68 do. Howard Insurance Company lOB DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, FEB. 25.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General on Friday, the debate on the project of law respecting the extraordinary tax on property was continued. Messrs. Backer and Enschedy defended the project of law with much talent. The latter stigmatised, as they deserved, the culpable means that are employed to excite public, opinion against a measure, the object of which was salutary. AL Backer properly reminded the Chamber of the fact, that the tax in question was for merly levied in. Holland on several occasions, under cir cumstances much more unfavourable than at present. In fact we have before us a calculation made in 1843, which shows that the extraordinary taxes laid on Hol land, during the 16 preceding years, amounted to the sum of 360 millions of florins. In Saturday's sitting four metnbers spoke against and three in favour of the law. The debate was adjourned to 'Monday the 26th. THE HAGUE, FEB. 27.—The debate was continued yesterday evening, and will be further continued this evening. Hii Majesty's steamer Bromo is to leave Helvoetsluys in the beginning of March, on a voyage to Java, and then to Japan, with presents for the Emperor of Japan. HAMBURG'', FEB. 23.—The latest accounts from Stockholm are of the 16th instant. It is to be re gretted that the bulletins of the King's health seem only to indicate the constantly increasing debility of the august patient. They are as follow : yes"tle'rEdna'y 14, ONE thePfuld.illsMajesty felt rather well which he asked for and took in small quantities. His sleep during the night was longer and calmer than in a n y p rec eding night since he became ill, The pla of e improvement. in the foot t theappears to indicate a com mencementls 15 th.— N o N o change,has t a ken place since the last bulletin. The night was c o tranquil, with about six hours' good sleep, but his Ma jesty remains faint. The 16th.—His Majesty slept last night as long and calmly as the -night before, but his strength appears this forenoon to have diminished ra ther than increased. 1)r. Hedren, Bishop of Linkopi ng , the Ki ng ' s Con fessor, arrived here on Wednesday ; he received by ex press on. Tuesday the order to come to - Stockholm, and set out an hour afterwards with post-horses. porcH Fulq o3 .—Ausrsatum, Fs& 27. alon % e,. Rills, Aetna! Debt, '2% per Cent ....... ..... . . 54 F 5 aitto, ditto 5 per cent ....... ... . 100 100 Amer t Svndic, 4 % pe r .... V 4 94Z INtto, ditto, 2% per cent. ..... Is Commercial company, 43 per cent..." 141 142 Loan 1837, 5 per " ..... 0,44 E xc hange on London . One month 12 10 Two months 1 2 05 , Haraburith, One month :35 375 t Two months f 5 le% Dutch Papers, Feb. 28. BELGIAN FUND3.....B"Le. FEL 23. A c t ua l Debt. 2% per Cent., 57 Rothschild's Loan. Five per Cent 105y4 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent. 99 Three per Thirty-seven Milli , ns, . .... _77 _—. 843 ....... .... u. 4 of of City: l lB327, cFe. Fz F u eo r a. pe l : an Ci t.,4 ! • B4 : 7l ) f l: ''''''''' 1 1: 6 0 :7 4 65 of S4l ..........•......i.••....,....; 0 , ....., _ Fes. 17. E xc h a n A ge v o s n is L u o i n A d s on i ( , s u ho ti r o t) s.....viENNA. :.6:nUti....tlekeotnoyaforulllCS:cels:gis.nlie.uln:Pniae:per".rs. Feb. 27. Five er Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. 1(11) Three per Cent 5........ ..... ........ ......... " 77 Bank Shares ifllgemeine Zeitung. Feb. 90. • COURT CIRCULAR . WINDSOR, THURSDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed morning walk. The Royal Family were taken out to-day fur their usual airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, accompanied by Lord Charles Wellesley, went out rabbit shooting in the Royal preserves this morning. The Queen has honoured Mr. Thorburn with several sittings this week for a portrait of her Majesty. Lady Portman is expected to arrive at the Castle this morning as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Major. Stephens, honoured the Melodists Club with his company at dinner at the Freemason's Tavern, yesterday evening. A Deputation on the subject. of the Great Southern and Western Railway in Ireland .had an interview with Sir R. Peel yesterday, at his official residence in Dawning-street. The Members on behalf of, the Great' Irish Southern and Western Railway Company, were Mr. G. A. Hamilton, MY., Mr. Richard Cane, Mr. George Carr, Mr. Alderman Boyce, Mr. James Perry, Mr. S. Hardy, Mr. Edward Cane, and Mr. Young, soli citorto the Company. The Deputation:were accompanied at the interview with Sir Robert, -by Lord Eliot, Chief Secretary for. Ireland. Mr. Aitaeson,. from Canada, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The, Ecclesiastical Commission. fbr England had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at the office place.. The Commissioners present were the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. John ; Nicholl, D.C.L. ,The Ottoman Ambassador transacted business yester day. at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Commandeur Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Minister; also transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the . Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Aglionby, MX., and Mr. Soames, Governor of the New Zealand Company, transacted biminess yester day, at the Colonial-office. BANK OF ENGL.A.ND. The following notice has just been issued from the Bank of England : • The Governor and Company of the Bank of England are ready, until further notice, to receive applications for loans, upon the deposit of approved Bills of Ex- Change, not hay inff more than six months 'to run, Exchequer-bills, and East India Bonds, such loans to be re paid on or before the 18th April next, with interest, at the rate of 3 per cent. per a nnum, and to be for sums of not less thazi 2,000/. each. " Bank. of England, Feb. 29, 1844." . .• tiongthe.uew . bi s wii go t . ..ii r nrrEraimts,'4Ve understand that a third edi . romance AC. `r Whitefriars ; or , the Days of Charles th e S econ d," is in the press, and wail e put , . lished immediately. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vittbltt Optitton. runs Who may read." 703LEXGN. Louis Philippe, attended by General Baron Athalin, Colonels Dumas and de Chabannes, and several orderly officers, left the Tuileries on Saturday evening at seven o'clock for his . Palace at Eu. _ .On Monday 11.• Frederic .Dolls, responsible editor of the France, was found guilty by the Court of Assizes of publishing articles, being a personal attack upon the King, showing an adhesion to another form of government than that esta blished by law, and attacks upon the oath of allegiance and fidelity. He was sentence& to be, imprisoned for eight months, and to pay a fine of B,ooof, (320/. The Duke de Montpensier arrived at hilippeville on the 18th inst., and immediately set out again for Constantine. The expedition agaiist Biskara, which his Royal Highness is gone to join, was about to move. .According to a letter from Tunis, of the 3d, which appears in the Algiers journal, the Bey was on the point of sending to Constantine a deputation composed of the highest officers of his household and the state, to express to the Duke d'Au male his regret at not having been honoured with a visit from his Royal Highness, as he, the Bey, had expected. These personages were to offer to the Prince the congratulations of their master on the appointment of his Royal Highness to the supreme command of Constantina. A Royal Ordonnance, issued on the 11th inst , appoints Captain Pujol, of the Navy, to. be Governor of the French settlements in India, in the room of Captain Norquer du Camper, who has held this colonial government above six years. - - A general meeting of the shareholders of the bank of Jacques Laffitte and Company, was held a few days ago, when a dividend of si per cent. per annum (including the interest) was declared on the shares of 5,000 f. each, and of 5 4-sths upon those of I,ooof. The Central Congress of Agriculture on Monday opened at the Luxembourg its first session, the duration of which is fixed by the rules at one week the Duke Decazes presided. More than 250 agriculturists from different parts of France, a great number of Peers and Deputies, and members: of scientific so cieties were present at the meeting. After having agreed upon all the questions to be discussed, the Congress entered upon those of agriculture, education, and experimental farms. Several.able .speeches were delivered.. The members then formed their Committees, and adjourned till the following day. The rain and snow of the last few days have swollen the Seine to a height of 3 metres 6 decimetres (about 11 feet) on the scale of the Pont.Royal. Between the bridges of the Cite, the river has overflown all the landing-places. The Paris police a few days back made a seizure of one - hundred pipes of adulterated wine in one, of the first houses in the trade. X.AVI AND POLICE. In the Prerogative Court, a paper was propounded as the will of a gentleman of the name of Hobart, who died in May, 1843, containing a direction that the sum of 4,4251. should be devoted to an equestrian statue of himself. The paper was in the testator's writing, and 'in the form of a letter to Mr. Blake, of Norwich, and written shortly befOre his' death. The probate of this paper was opposed, on the ground that so absurd a legacy afforded' evidence of the incapacity of the deceased. Sir IL J. -Fust said, that though the bequest might be an evidence of the egregious vanity of the deceased, it was not sufficient to justify the Court in holding that he ,was insane, and admitted the paper to probate. At BoW-street, .tames Glanville was charged with steal ing a number , of books, the property of Mr. Bohn, York street, Covent-garden, his master. The prisoner admitted having taken the books, but was remanded for further exa mination. - ane Smith was charged with attempting, by means of false • pretences, to obtain alms from the authorities of the parish of St. Clement Danes. After hearing the evidence of the Rev. Mr. Ellis, the rector of the parish, and of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Saville, Mr t Jardine committed the prisoner to the House of C.,o7ection for two months. Henry Hall and John 34ggeridge were brought up at Marylebone, for further exitination, on the charge of having broken and entered the premises of Measra. Woollens, paper stainers, High-street, and stolen cash - and • other property. The case was fully Proyed; and the prisoners (both of whom have been in the employ of the . piosecutors) were.-committed for.trial. - , . At Union-hall, John Elmer, a policeman is the service of, 'the Brighton 4ailway Company, was finally examined before. Mr. Cottingham, on a charge of stettlikig a gold seal and ring, the property of Mr. Fisher, a gentleman residing at Camden town. ..The case was fully established, and the prisoner was committed for trial. At .Marlborough-street Henry Ellison was fully committed on a charge of having stolen a cash-boi, containing bills of exchange and other securities for money; amounting to 7001., the pr?perty of his master, N. Sayin, prench flower and trimming importer, in South Molton-street. At the Thames Police Court, Elizabeth Reynolds, a yomig. woman, nineteen years of age, was brought _ up by John Charleg Kay; an officer of Excige,' charged with working an illicit still, at No. 4, Alfred-place, Stepney. He found the prisoner in the. back kitchen, standing beside a copper still, and surrounded by all the implements and apparatus used in diitillation. The prisoner, When questioned, said she had; been employed for a fortnight, it 3s. per day, by a Mr. and . Mrs'. Jack Son, whose persons she described, but denied any knowledge of their abode. Mr. Broderip said that he must' convict her in the penalty . of3o/., or sentence her in default to. three — niiiiitheliiid labour in the House of Correction. comr--r.asmaoicaszE. - The Prince of Wales, Duke of Northumberland, Earl of St. Germans, Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady Basset, and Sir Richard Vyvyan,,Bart., M.P., have respectively contri buted 1001. to the additional building of the Cornwall County Lunatic Asylum. Lord Eliot, , Lord Carteret, and Sir S. 1. Sp 7, Bart., 31. P., are donors of 50/. each. Ihe Duke of Wellington arrived at Strathfieldsaye en Tuesday, and on Wednesday gave a splendid entertainment to Mr. Justice Wightman and Mr. Justice Cresswell, the Judges on the western circuit. The High Sheriff, Mr. John Thomas Waddington, the Speaker, of the House of Commons,, and a circle. of about thirty of the magistracy of the county, were,invited to-meet the Judges-by the noble host. ' Lord Elphinstone arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, early in, the week, from his seat, Cumbernauld, Dumbartonshire, being his first visit to his Scottish estates since his return from the Government of Madras. • Lord Eastnor, M.P., has been making a tour in the East, and is not- expected home untiLthe. advance of the spring. Lord Suffield left Fenton2s Hotel on Wednesday, for Icor folk-square, Brighton, where Lady Suffield is staying in deli cate health. Lord and. Lady Portman -and family left Bryanstone House, Dorset, on Saturday last, for Brighton, where they have en gaged a ireiidenei for a'short time. • ' The Marquis of Wast Minster is quite recovered from his• recent. slight.indiSposition. .The Marquis does.not intend to leave Eaton Hall for Grosvenor House before the Chester .races Are Aver.v.bnt the Marchieness will be in town, most likely, a week prior to that meeting. ' The Marquis of Clinricarde has left Carlton House-terrace for Hooton Park, on a visit to - SirWm:MaSsey Stanley, • The Duke of Leeds • returned to the Clarendon Hotel on Wednesday, from Melton Mowbray, where his Grace half been• enjoying the diversion of hunting with the . Melton bounds. The Duchess and the Dowager Duchess are still at .Hornby Castle. IVICZSCELLANEOTIS. Nearly` all the' mails' from the . north are arriving at . the Post-office -considerably Postroce-considesably byond time. In. Edinburgh and the north of Scotland there have been heavy falls of snow, and. many of, the roads 'are completely blocked- up. The mails *Mb Glasgow, Perth, Inver ness, Aberdeen, Montrose ,: Arbroath, Forfar, Dundee, and other, places, - fire'Oeidne. The Wick_, and Thurso mails. are niore.than 48..hOUrs overdue: , At a: meeting on Wednesday ,of. the ratepayer's of the pa, rish - Of St: George-thOtartYr, a petition to the Commis 7 sioner'S of :Woods and Forests wus . 'proposed . and" agreed to, 'praYing that a portion of. any, sum granted . for the improve ment of the metropolis might, be applied towards the forma, film of a road through the district called the 'Mint to the 'Great pOieitroad. The' Mint . was stated, to be, one`Of the most immoral and profligate places in the metropolis. A numerous: and .influential meeting ,of Coal-faetorsi coal nierchantS; and others interested in the coal trade, was held •on Wednesday,.at the Coal. Exchange, near Billingsgatejor the purpose of petitioning 'Parliament on the proposed new tax, of sd, per ten upon all . coals imported into London, in order to defray the expenses of; the contemplated Thames embankment. It was urged, amongst Other arguments, that the ,poorer classes would be ;Treacly aggrieved by it ; that the ex t tept_Of tfie tftt would be to the large amount of 55,0001. a year upon the Inhabitaiiti of LOndon and its environs; that the coal and shipping interests could bear no further bur denS, being already sufficiently taxed by the impost of ls. ld. ' per ton already in force r ; and that the projected embankment along-the Thames was an imaginary. scheme, for .improving the banks of the river, and wouldbe fraught with:consider- able injury . andinconvenience ' to the proprietors of. wharfs and the • : navigation of lighters. A petition in ' accordance j with theobject of the meeting was unanimously adopted, and will be presented to the House of Corimions by Sir. T. Duke. Sir John Beckett presided at the annual dinner of. the Law Life Assurance Society, on Tuesday evening, at the Clarendon Hotel. Lord Abu - Ter, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. C. E. Law, Sir Charles . F. Williams, Isc.i.were present: - A retnin„Moved for by Sir j.Graham, Bart., shows that total number of pampers ilieved in the, quarter ending Lady-day, 1843, 10 584 unions in 'England and Wales, amounted to 1,303,089, of whom .201,927 .werejn-debr, and 1,101,162 out-doorpaupers. ; Within the last 'few days nineteen petitions, 'signed b 1,128 hay 6 Veen preSeuted,aguinst the union of the dioceses ,of Bangor and 4Asaph. . . . . . , . .B.*EIVAt OF THE MMLs.--SoUTH- Aitirortr, FEB. 28.—The Oriental Company's' steatu-packet Little Liverpool, arrived here last night at . eleven o'elock, and Janded hisc,mails, which were .forwarded to London by this morning's mail . .train.. She left Gihraltar the 18th inst., Cadiz the 19th, Lisbon the 21St, - Oporto and Vigo the 23d. The Liverpoolhas only four passengers, and a full fruit cargo and. Spanish hams. • . SEAsiArei HtisPlTA±,Socrix.--;:-The dinner of this charity, founded in the year 1821; for the comfort and pro tection of sick. and diseased ,seamen in the port of London, and for Some time since the operations of which have been carried on on board, the Dreadnought gun-ship, moored off Greenwich, took place at the London Tavern; 'Henry Kem ble, Lsq., M.P.; in the chair, , supported by Sir H. Pelly, Bait ; near Admiral Toting Captain Sparshot, Mr. Red house, Mr. Alfred Francis, Captain• Locke, Lieutenant Wag horn, R.N., Mr. Adam Young; Mr, Oliver Lang, and several Other ofthe most influential members of the maritime and shipping interests-Of tbe City. 'Mu:utile dinner, which was one worthy of the house in which it took place, " Beuedictus" was sung byVessrs...lolly, Young, Atkins; Masters Hender son and, Force,, and 'Jolly, jun. 'The responses to the loyal toasts were, as usual, patriotic ; and all of those having re ference to the heads of 6hipping institutions were vociferously responded to. During the evening, it was stated that the munificent sum of 2,520/. had ,been subscribed'by the 'Trinity House,. five of the brethren of which were. present, The East India Company had likewise subscribed in .all .2;1004 Amongst the siibscribers announced daring the evening were, her Male,stY the Queen, 100 guineas annually; her Majesty the Queen Dowager, 10/. annually; the. Trinity Hous e , 300/ . ; 11. Bond Cabbell, Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Barclay,.Peritins, and'CO:, and the Honourable East India Company, 100 sul nee's.; Mr. George Souks,- Vice-Admiral Sir . William Hall Gage, Lord John Russell,. Captain Phipps liernby, -General Sir Williern,ll. Clinton, Sir J. H. Pelly, Bart. ; Mr. John ' Latouche, Admiral Sir . RObert Stopford, , •Captain Nairne ; and ,Various ; araounts frothforeign oompnnlea. Upwards of 1,3001: was collected during the evening. . • LONDON PEACE SOCIETY.---k public meeting, ex planatory'ef tl.eprinciplea and in aid bf the calNcts a this Society, was: held in the British Scliool:foorri;Harf-alley, Far ringdotizstret4l dfl'l'llkiday evening,. February 27, John Lee, Esq:, LLD., 'B;c., in the chair. The 'meeting was addressed by the-Chairman, the Rev. IV. Miall,,-E. Y 8( 1- , . Rev, ;C. Duis-0,.. 111.4.,, Mr; JtffersOli, Jtiseph ,About 40 Persons were preient, 4 1 , 1 4 4f Sloe4 - 14e 440 1 1`4.ti 4 .4' 011 A44 91 40 t 9. 149 tiOCieWo pr4l4l* • " MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING, The Funds closed this afternoon with a steady appear ance, Consols being 974 4, but without much doing. The . heavy Stocks and the Unfunded Debt remained as in the morning. The extreme rise in Spanish Three per Cents. was not quite maintained after the accounts were balanced, but the disposi tion continues to be favourable to a rise. The Five per Cents. were 25i to 4, and the Three per Cents. 354 to 4. Peruvian were 304 to 4 for Account. Colombian were .134 to 4. Dutch Five per Cents. receded to 1014. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Great Western Half were 184 ; Hull and Selby, 104 . to 11 ; Birmingham, l 3 ; Guildford Junction, ; South Western, 344 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 12 to 114 ; North Midland Half, 44 ; Ditto Thirds, 84 ; Paris and Rouen, 124 to 4 ; Yarmouth, 64 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 104 premium. South Eastern were-i 4. discount. National Provincial Bank of England New Shares were 4 discount ; Provincial of Ire land, 17 ; and Union of Australia, 4 to 1 Rremium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton in the Liverpool Market yesterday were 6,000 bags at former rates ; 50 Egyptian, 'ad. to 84d. ; 100 Bahia, 64d. ; 200 Maranham, 6d. to 64d. ; 150• Pernambuco, 64d. ; 500 Surat, 34d. to 4id. ; and the rest American, at 54d. to Bd. Speculators took 1,000 bales.—The Share Market has been dull. French Stock and South Easterns met with a poor inquiry. Birmingham and Glou cester, 734 ; Chester and Holyhead, 54; Grand Junction, 225 ; Birmingham, 232 ; Brighton, 43 ; South Western Eighths, 3 1; North Midland, 89* ; Paris and Lyous,2l. 165.; Paris and Rouen, 324 ; South Eastern, New, 354. There are no late Colonial accounts in the City to-day. The private accounts from Gibraltar state that smug gling to a considerable extent was carried on there, and, indeed, if our other advices be correct, at all quarters, illicit trade was carried on into Spain almost without a chick, not a few of the officers appointed to collect the revenue participating with the smugglers in the profits arising from an evasion of the Customs' duties. No question, however, that with a settled Ministry these mal-practices will be almost entirely put a stop to, and the-revenues of the country most materially benefited. The Report relative to the affairs of the bankrupt Bank of Manchester has been the topic of much conversation in mone tary circles in the City, and the immense losses incurred by the Directors and Managers of that ill-fated and misconducted concern, , will, it is hoped, be a warning to others wilt) may be solicited' to enter into speculations and adventures of a doubtful character. The Government brokers bought 20,000/. Consols this morning at 97i ; and, beyond a fluctuation of a fraction, the rates have been thus quoted for Money and Account all day. The premium on Exchequer Bills has been rather heavy at 68s. The Three per Cents. Reduced have , fallen * per. cent. The Three-and-a-Half , per Cents. have also drooped a trifle. The: attempt at conversion to a Three per Cent. (not a Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. as reported, as that would be mere trifling with the matter), is, we believe. a settled point. Bank Stock has fluctuated between 194 and 194. This is the Account day in the Foreign Stock Market, and , as yet the , adjustment has proceeded safely. Spanish ,Three per Cents. have advanced from 34* to 36i, but are now 35k. The Five per Cents. have touched 24i to 25, and the Deferred 131. Mexican Stock is a trifle lower than yesterday, and Belgian Bonds the same. Peruvian is quoted now at 30, Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 55, and Por tuguese Converted at 45g. The Share Market is firm to-day. The London and Bir niingham Railway have improved to 136 premium, and the York and Scarborough to 16 premium. National Bank of Ireland Shares have just been quoted at 31 discount; and the Real del Monte Mines (unregistered) at 5. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 28.—Our market is firm to-day and stock is sparingly offered :--Eastorn Counties, 10 5-16'; Ditto, Registered Shares, 123-16 to j ; Ditto, Perpetual, 1/. 6s. 10d. ; London and Brighton, 43* ; Manchester and Birmingham, 40*. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUN DS Bank Stock ........ ...... 195 Indian Stock 278 pm 3 per Cent. R ed .. 9B Ditto Bonds BB pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. ..... .... 97 Ditto Old Annuities 3% per Cent. Rei 103) Ditto New Annuities... 96% New 3% per Cent lO2 Ex. Bills, 1,000/. 1 ficl... 70 pm. New 5 per Cent. Ditto 5001. 69 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 7O pm. Jan. 1860 l2 13.16 Bank Stock for Ara:— 195 Oct. 1859 l2ft India Stock for Acct.... 278 Jan. 1860 12% Consols for Acct. P7 - , FOREIGN_FUNDS. , Austrian, 5 per Cent ........ - !POrtuguese,s per Cent ....- • 7514. Belgian, 5 per Cent - 105 3 Ditto, New Ditto „; .... ... Brazilian Bonds .-. .•- . ...... 90 ;Prussian, 5 per Cent - Buenos, Ayres, 6 per Ceot... • 35% Russian, 5 per Cent - (Milan, li per Cent lO5 ,Ditto, Metallic ...... ........ •.. - Colombian, 6 per Cent Ditto, 1824 Ditto, S per Cent 35% Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent -93 Ditto, Deferred...-. ..... .; .•.. • 13% Danish,3 per Cent ' 97% Fiench, 5 per Cent.;.-.1261. .-c. Greek, 18. 5. 5 per Cent...-. . Exchange ...............- -1: -• c. Mexican, 5 per Cent" '.. 34% French, 3 per Cent. 83f. -c. Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837 - Dutch, 2% per Cent.... 5i • Peruvian, 1825, 8 per Cent 30 Ditto, 5 per Cent 101% SHARE • Great Western (75 paid) - Ditto Half Shares (50 paid) • Hull and Selby (50 paid) 6l London and Birmingham (Stock) ......... London and Guildford Junction ( 5 p a 'd) 5% • ~ London and South Western (411. 6s. - 10 d. paid) * 76 • 'Ditto Eighths (iss.taid) Northern and Eastern-14S paid) „, ..... „,„„ North Midland (100" paid) Ditto Half'Shares (40 paid) Di to Thirds (ell. 135.4 d.) - 29 Paris and Roiten443o paid). • South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 35 Ditto Scrip •(25 paid)..................... .......... . Yarmouth and Norwich (13 paid): LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON; FEB. ft . esh : bieeze - at andfine clear Weather. _ DEAL, Fen. 28.--Win moderate.— Arrd. Guardian, Cakuttat latentorit, Baker, Demerara; Alexander,-Dean, Cuba. Sid Sydney; China r Thomas Lee, Calcutta; otus, Barbadoosi . --,Remam,- Anna , Robertson, for Madras ;. Ida, coast of Africd -- "" , --- - - R.A.sisohiti, Fan. 28.—Aid. Active, Rio for Hamburgh, leaky. PLYMOUTH, n. 28.,Wind to - W.-- 7 .Sldi;Gearge, Calcutta ; Robert Stride, Bordeaux. Arrd.- Londoni.London for Jamaica, with loss of foreyard. - Ponzsmourn, FEB. 28.—Wind S.S.W., hard - and sqUalik. —Arrd. Dorothea, London for Grenada ; Princess Charlotte, London for Honduras; Prince George transport, London for the West Indies. STARCROSS, FEB. 28.—Arrd. Ann, Maracaibo to Liverpool. SALCOMBE, FFB:27.—Arrd. Speedy, Liverpool for Lisbon, bore up from off, Cape Ortegal, with loss of sails, boat, and other damage. JERSEY, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Broad A..xe, Balhache, St. Do mingo, with loss of boats, bulwarks, _ - _ FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind W., strong breeze and squally. —Sid. Albert, bominica. The Echo, from Dunkirk to Cette, which put in here on the 25th inst., after being on shore on the Gadges, has been surveyed, and commenced discharging. YARMOUTH, FEB.. 28.—The Sarah, from London to Goole, and not the Mary Ann, of Hull, is ashore on Corton Beach. SHIELDS, FEB. 27.—The -William and Evadne remain on the Herd Sand. WAINFLEET, FEB. 28.—The City of Carlisle, Frondlove, was wrecked yesterday on' the Dog lead Sand, off this place ; crew saved. HARTLEPOOL, FEa. 27.—During a severe snow storm from E. to N.E., with a heavy sea, the following vessels went on shore to the southward, viz. ;—Lime, of London - ; the Brack, . Eliza, and Carlisle, of south Shields ; - _Noah's Ark, of Aber deen ; Felicity, of Lynn • Chovee, of Newcastle; the Hope, of Scarborough; and a laden schooner, name unknown. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind. W.N.W., moderate.—Arrd. Union, Todd, Robert Whitway (sld. Dec. 2), and Heart of Oak, Valparaiso ; Richard Watson, Savanilla ; Sealby, Bell, Tampico, Put back, Arno, for Havannah. - Off, Havannah (packet), and. George Washington. . • CORK, FEB..26.—Arrd. Gem, Robb, Rio Grande, and sailed for Liverpool ; Jane and Catharine, Suta,-Hayti. ABERDEEN, FEB. 26.—The Newcastle, from Shields, sank at her anchors this morning in the bay, having been dismasted in a gale, 23d inst. ; crew saved. MONTROSE, Fan. 23.—The Leslie, Davidson, of Yarmouth, was reeked in a heavy gale last night, eight- miles N. of this ; crew drowned. The gale continues frqm E.N.E. with snow. BLYTH, FEB. 27.—A quarter deck with a= quantity of wreck, apparently from a schooner, has washed ashore near here. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YEsTERDA.r. CHESTER CUP. - 14 to 1 agst Mr. T. A. Milbank's Sir Robert-16 to 1 taken once 16 to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior-:taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite--taken 18 to 1 agst Col. Craddock's Pagan • - 20 to 1 agst Mr. Tuting's Tacita—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Freedom—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gough's Greenfinch—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Martyr—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Merry Andrew 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglintoun's Jamie Forest—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Lovesay's Testatrix—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's What-40 to 1 taken once. Very little done, except on Tacita. !ARM 3 to 1 agst The Ugly Buck and Rattan—taken to a small sum • - • • 1,000 to 50 agst Forth's lot, bar Leander—taken -500 to 400 agst Scott's, John Day's, and Rogers'a lote-ta. 11 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck 13 to 2 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—take 7 to 1 15 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—taken - 20 to l agst Lord Maidstone's Gockamaroo , --taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. A.Wood's Running Rein-30 to 1 t. twice 30 to 1 agst ' Col. Peel's lonia* 30 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loaclstone 33 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Csunpinero. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddlebow 40 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Vat colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice . 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome-,takes 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Balchin's Vicarage colt OAKS. - 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barricade—taken. STATE OF TRADE AT MANCIIESTER.—Th conse quence of the drooping of the cotton market at Liverpool, there has been but a moderate demand for goods and yarn ; and, with the exception of the higher counts of twist (50's and upwards, which are in good demand, at full prices,) the market has been flat, with a slight tendency to decline in most articles. Manchester Guardian, _ CAPTURE OF AN ESCAPED CONVICT.—Gunner and driver Blake, of the Royal Artillery, under sentence of trans portation for fourteen years for repeated' offeftce ,s and who escaped from the ward-room of the Ordnance Hospital, at Woolwich, on the night of the 16th instant, _has -been de tected at Harley Barracks, the dep6t station of the East India Company's Service. The prisoner had enlisted into the East India Company, and was to have been sworn - in on the day following that on which he was recognised. • A curious fraud occurred, in the City fn the course of Wednesday afternoon. A poor countryman called at an eminent banking-house with a 20/. note, desiring to pay in 101. on account of a provincial bank, of which this house was the agent, and to re2eive the other 10/. in sovereign& As he was a stranger, the clerk to whom he applied refused to take the note and give him the regnired change, and directed him to get it changed at the Rank of England.- The countryman proceeded thus accordingly, and just as - he was' ab,a4t to linter was met by a person who told liim lie Xlied not trouble himself to go , any further, as he could give him change at once. The countryman 000 him his note,- and receivinj what he thought to La twenty sovereigns, retuniecl , to . the banking.hou4a to pay in the ten. His qexfsterilatlen .was great, when he found that the eyi;;4 lie had received Were only worthless medals. EDucATRIII AND . CRIME.—The calendar of the pTmlat intermediate sessions for the bundred h 2, a f v Se e 6rd' co tarns the names of s i x ty-A ve Rersop,§, v4O treecom mitted- mitted on charges of felony, gwaom twenty-four can neither read nor write s thiAy-seven can read, or - rea d and write perfeOlx, and tbur only can read and write we l l , TiltreMeffict six Persons for trial on charges of mischMtikn , y A 9,44. 4""f. can read, or read and wriP ' ' 3 - 4) fgux "24 le lther read nor lon wtg,.,-,..-Ni f y ic h A ter si r 4 \ls%/ o u ou tit , 9 lits eto -Bath to- take .the waist, MAGAZINE' /DAY -BLACKWOOD' S MAGAZINE. , Major -.Harris's late work on the highlands .2Ethiopia forms the subject of a criticism or rather essay, in this Number; the writer has slcilfully.es: tracted all the most relishing passageS in the.MaieV Volumes, and produced avery re able article: Spe lt ' Spe' ing of the prospects of _African' digniiery, he tells 11 _ 1 ,. -that it is not likelythat that great cohtinent will ev.L_er be extensively. explored, unless it be entered from to' Abyssinian side_ " All attempts,. " headds, "to end it by the western coast -have failed; • The -heat, i•P' swamps, the rank vegetation, and the unhealth9 Bt ' mosphere, have proved insurmountable barriers. 'II north is fenced by a line of burning wilderness. the east is open, free, fertile, and beantiful." is a suggestion well worth being attended to, Should • taste for expiating Mika again find- favour in the eyes_ of our enterprising travellers; , 4 A Word or Two of the Opera-tive Classes " furnishes us with some amusing particulars respecting some of the most eminent exee ll i tioners and dancers—strange conjunction !--ofthe le es century. But singularly enough, the -writer less no mention of Samson, the expertest and politest el ' ecutioner on record, who went - through hit trouble: some duties so scientifically that- it must have bee ' quite a pleasure to have been guillotined by hi. l ,t There were- three, we. believe, of -the namebut ails elder brother was the Situison:' Heinvarittbli a most deferential observance to his victims held proceeding to business, and sometimes even offer 8 them a pinch of snuff; but 10, before they had to to sneeze, their heads were rolling in the basket. a man is to be beheaded, it must be a great - com r : to him to be beheaded by one who understands tort practices the gentilities. -Speaking' i nc identally e t ' the fame acquired by . operadancers, we are told th be it it is often as " European, nay, as universal,"es. t p t fame won by a Wellington, a 'ralleyrand, or a 4 '; ternich. This is but too, true, and what is worse, t is a truth as old as the hills. As in pasti•so-in . Pre sel , l s times, the world neglects' instructors;-_ and paJ a court only to those who amuse .it. A - learned Anil philosophic Coleridge dies in comparative neglect destitution, while a TaliOni lives- in. affluence, • it • patronised by mighty Sovereigns, courted - 11.4j and fashion, and sees all her movements .ehronl e ' e a from day to day, just as though she were a 'crowe for head! Truly, this is a great encouragement et people to wear away life in the ,effort to insr s o their fellow-creatures! " Belfront Castle" ° amusing tale, illustratiienf some 'orthe I social eof, mities of those days of chivalry which Bnrice praised so highly. 44 Free Trade and Protect ies, contains a diverting theory or two. The empire, it seems, fell-a victim to the 'destructive Pi j i ciples of free-trade! The mistress of -the w ° might have been alive to this 'day, had she - been g o verned by a monopoly Elecutite, with a Feel ' l , t i t t head ; but she chose to put faith in Cobden and B r io councillors, and the consequence Was; that she w o f off in a gallopping consumption. - The '.irrtiPt' ° "„ e o the Goths and Vandals; the luxury and-recideniti of her patricians, and the slothful, deienerite ° me of the vast mass of her effeminate citizens-noll-t met what they were under the -Republic, or the.. o r ce § days of the empire,--thee. combined eke-nie° f.i had' nothing to do With-the • Matter ;' Rome died ° 'ool l free-trade in Corn ; and the inference vvhiclißhic 4 , l . o jll would wish - to establish- is this—that Englariu, l e die, too, if she wantonly exposes herself to the mte mortal malady. " A Rothan•ldyr is -a. more To and thoughtful poem th4u:ig: usually . to be. fours magazines, and accordingly 'we sutjinn it :,,-• Oh ! blame not, friend, with scoff unfeeling, The gentle tale of 'grief and wrong, - Which, all the pains of life revealing, Yet teaches peace by thoughtful seng: . The landscape round us-wide e*pinided As ere was the name Of And Rome, though fallen, allen, our souls.conunatiqu' In this her empire's- earliest home. Her brightness beamed on each 4.r mOunit!lnt : Her life made gre6n the - grass 'wetrode,., • Her memory haunted still the folintain And spread her shadows o'er the sod. Her ruins told their tale of glory, Decreed to that eternal sky ; ' . And through that ancient grove; her story With sibyl whisper, seemed to-sigh. • The pile her wealthiest mourner bungled. In glimpse we caught through. ilex Metella's Tower by sunshine gilded, That heaths alike on feast or tomb. And on this plain, not yet, benighted, , < • .; - 'Mid awful ages mouldering there, Young hands in new-bloWn flowers deliOteLYP • Young eyes look'd bright in sunniest air. • Till•we, Viterbo b s ovine-cu p qnaffing, • Which fairer lips refused to grace, .. '• • 'Could win by jest thoSe lips to laughing... And veird in folly wisdom's face.'. : But say, my friend, thou sage mysterious, What nymph, whatmuse di s ow m n :a the stra -Whichbade our heedless mirth be seridust And - ivoke our ears to nobler pain ? region grave of plain - and highland, With Dome's grey ruin strewn around, Is not a soft Calypso's island, t • Nor fades at Truth'S evoking sound. • High thoughts in Words of qiiiet beauty Accord with visions grand-as these; ; -And song's imperishable duty ' Ilas holier aims than but to please. _ By word and image deeply wedded, By cadence apt and varied rhyme, To rouse the soul in sloth embedded, And tune its poweis to' life sublime. , • . By loftier shows of man's large being Than man's dim actual hour. disphlys. To clear our eyes fol. puter seeing, And nerve the flagging spiiits gam By strains of bold heroic pleasure,, And action strong as thought conceives, By many a doOm-resounding measure That best our selfish woes relieves ; - By these to stir, .by these to brighten, By these to lift the soul from earth, • * The poet dares our joys to frighten, And thrills the dirge of lazy mirth. Ye Ruins, dust of empires vanish'd, Ye mountains, clad with countless yesrt i From your great presence ne'er.be banish" Sad songs that live in earnest years : • Sad songs, themusic oF.TiIT sorrOw, Profound and calm as bight's bhle deep Accurst the dreams of any morrow When . man will feel he cannot weep. BENTLEY'S frtrscLtiAN- v • h ole This periodical reached us at . s o• late an do ell, terday that we have. adareely had time O ehe than just glance at its content sc ' t an amusing Number; and opens with ' iti ber csoly story of the " , Fortunes 'of the..Seatterg ouu " halo, which, so far as it has .yet proceeded, is 31 . 1 0 of r e ment - on his former tal e . Th e deseriel: a itr g e Glenalvon Fogg'S Coburg_ melodrama , the enr;, hearsal at the theatre; in the presenCe of tured author, abounds 'in sly touches 'tom o eell o f which are the more effective inasmuch 6 1 A ‘ketc l l oo , be based on truth. :There is. also spit't' l >o ll ,,, , l a young bay's first day at a public - sqh° ° ohoo l-, , portant :epoch in'their lives which few, 5 Wh e t : t e r ever forget. "Eve of St. Andrew rely" 5 11 riod of Napoleon's "'invasion of Russia, of; 'a? many was in 'ti state of high politicUtr; v erf o , s o secret political societies Were spreading , 1 ; ifer, ja rection. The . heroine of the narrativ° Muller, an enthusiaitie 'young Gerrean , 1, love with LouisePalsn, the daughter of the.febso;,4 of one of the SoCietieS in question. New e l, patr o j v i that the father of this girl, though a stiu,",,;, was also a confirmed:mononiamao f - ema i l; oaT e il showed itself' in the strange means will e ".00 for procuring rare editions of old -boeks‘,..e . y?,lr e • ii: call at the house of some .gentleman Or • a hil , e at understood had a variety of this sort, ant1,, 0 6 c 11 11 , 0 4 gaged in conversation, would suddenY ; he 0 1 7 0 0 brains out with &nice' little•hammer, vim ° , ;then notch kept concealed about his .person, a n 'if eehea coolly off • with . his treasure,. 29 disp 9 ` c of moment had hapPened; 'He . had thlreanltch several respectable gentlefolks , withod!, go sts l3 o ,oe , least suspicion, for no one s uppos ge ed nt t i ll e u: uirtii.i ti: tt l ; :tok teli patriot as Palm, and one .too so could be a wholesale murderer ; when L ., a Co° air one fine day he took aim at the,skull of whose back 'was turned towards hi nt ; 1 "1. 0 bon ▪ 0 eoveredin the act by Herman 'Muller, er: to be entering the room at - the m om course arrested, found guilty, and deoPri.,ls: note attached to the tale, we learn tlint .f _ Agia of founded on fact.-Lanother striking illus„Zige,, ,, . 5 Byron's famous adage, that truth. co p fiction. The present part of- Mr, t . cud f tio " Physiology of London _Life" to • °,004 tion, as minute as an alictioneer'ireataS:o3ol. first day of term in the London „g with a story illiistrattie of the troubleff ..thathi ties and vexations that beset .the' path; i .lob of ;:i and briefiess barrister... The "pe a ; t e 0- e ar Murat" details the last days of the l a b wel 1 0 I Naples—Napoleon's brother-in -law; a nflit isr all. rons, but rash Man and the finest e it`' l 7; e ' c ati st 1 1 0 Europe. Melancholy as was his fo A : for Suri,ito ; i,ay that it was altogether iunerit"e".„ o tr iist,p, o° in succession betrayed all and was warned beforehand what thel h aa ifei sequence should he again set' m eantf°° ll- ff `` .°6P Naples. But lie disregarded the 3 !" late destiny. and rushed , headlong . on his i c aot.e Chaplain" gives us an interesting 1 1 . 11 , „: • „oil , EcluAuUd Kean; which iwe 'subjoin - o f.ou!;„st e _ parties N* Ns '! „. t ni d, be .. ore a `. 4 As to Bean, his transit from the d it l g 7L o e. , lFo§ and penury to: fame and wealth T i T ri s i t yiir til iO ap ° tif il e o neous. PoOr. fellow.! I have seen acre nd of his cheßtp.ered.olxiey.",,,Al;:.J4.ge:;,.,,,,ipii-,., AP h ave , been et.,apeetatozywheadteAliapit.rio pe‘•- stvlo to a house that had nQt fire pour ~, . FKII rat bei +.