The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-06 00:00:00

THE PRESENT SESSION. In an article on the opening of a new session of Parliament, our Contemporary, the Spectator, has some caustic remarks on the unprofitable results to which that session, in all probability, will lead. It takes as disparaging a view of what it calls its "hope less" labours, as of the degree of interest with which the public at large regard their commencement. This degree, in its estimation, is evidently represented by that negative quantity which, in commercial par lance, is termed nil. If we rightly collect his meaning, the Spectator himself expects no thing from the new Parliament; whilst the public manifests such an apathy about its existence, as im plies that nothing is to be expected from it. We are kept, it is said, in more than even the usual degree of igno rance of the programme of the measures to be brought orward, the pieces to be performed, and the partie t o whom their representation is to be assigned. There is more playfulness, we trust, than truth in these re marks, and in the conclusion which is deduced from them, " that the session of 1845 is destined to follow the fate of some of its predecessors, in exhibiting an absurd contrast between any brilliant expectations formed of it at its opening, and the realised national benefit derived at its termination, from the whole aggregate of its labours during that in terval." Our Government must strangely neg lect its duty, if it fail to originate within the next six months, some of the most important, ex tensive, and urgent questions that-any administration has submitted to the Legislature during the years that have elapsed since the general peace of 1815. Our Legislature will utterly have repudiated its own legitimate functions if it have not, before the next sessional recess, compelled the questions we speak of to be submitted by the Government for full and ma ture discussion within the walls of Parliament. In truth the necessity of the case, properly looked at, supplies abundant guarantees for the assumption that the now pending ses sion will be rendered memorable by the variety, the numbs?", and the extraordinary magnitude of the matters and the interests with which Parlia mint will have to deal, which it inust finally adjust or vindicate, propound or renew, but which it will be out of its power to postpone. On this account we differ from our Contemporary, and are disposed to look rather for a " hopeful" than for his " hopeless" ces3ion. Let us consider fur a moment what, under the head of home business, are the great social and domestic questions pressing for the earliest consideration, with a force and exigency proportionate to the intense solicitude which they excite in the public mind. There is, first, the reconstruction of the amended Poor-law, especially in reference to Sir JAMES GRAHANI'S Bill, which attempts to establish the law of settlement on a single basis, namely, the settlement in every case acquired by the father. It is deemed, on high authority, very expedient that the Ilace of birth of the male parent should thus deter mine the settlement of the progeny; and nothing seems to be fairer than the course which the Right Honourable the Home Secretary has adopted, for ar riving at the opinions of the soundest practical autho rities on this vital question ; for it involves the recon struction, not only of the Act, but of the Poor-law Com mission itself. If we may judge of the aggregate returns from the Boards of Guardians throughout England and Wales (and, we believe, Ireland) to the questions submitted for their opinion and report, with copies of the new Bill ; by those we have had already an opportunity of becoming acquainted with, we may safely predict that the replies to the Home Secretary's various queries will be so contradictory, so conflicting, and yet so unqualified and unhesitating, in most instances, that Sir JAMES will be compelled to abandon his new principle. On the other hand, we firmly believe that the anomalies, absurdities, in justice, and uncertainty, attending the operation and construction of the law of settlement, as it at present exists, will be so powerfully de monstrated by these returns and replies, that Parliament will be brought to the unanimous determination that such a law shall so longer be acted upon. We have heard it surmised that these difficulties will result in a foreseen conclusion ; and that the whole burden of the poor-rate will be levied by a Poor-subsistence tax under Parliamentary authority, through Government machinery, in the usual manner, but with a more equable distribution than has hitherto been adopted in respect of moveable as well as fixed capital and income. Next, there will be the all-im portant question, whether the property-tax is to be re-imposed and re-endured; and if that should even be determined in the affirmative, there remains another almost as difficult—quite as insidious :—" How shall the surplus revenue be appropriated ?" Without the property-tax there can be no surplus at all. With it, and a realised surplus, there will be the re missive pretensions of malt to be balanced against those of windows, of tea against those of raw cotton, of paper, &c. The manufacturing interest will have to be fought by the reluctant Minister on one " Supply" night against the landed interest; on another the landowner will be set up to ride over the manufac turer. It is very evident, that if there be a " surplus , ' the consumers of tea sugar, tobacco, paper, raw cotton, &c., &c., will not hear of their claims being postponed or adjourned. These must be met, and either affirmed or negatived. Then the busi ness of appropriation of surplus will be transferred to its relations with such vast affairs as the paying fur new harbours of refuge, breakwaters, and forts, the extension and strengthening of our steam navy, and all the other details of that necessary condition of preparation for warlike contingencies, the wisdom of which appears to be no longer matter of doubt with any party in the kingdom. A most rigorous 1 revenue inquiry we suppose will also be called for by some of these Members in either House whose ej:es have been opened to the scandalous inefficiency of our Custom House management, in London more particularly, and the incalculable loss, which the frauds that have grown up under such a fiscal administration have inflicted, and still inflict upon the annual income and financial resources of the em pire. We cannot believe that the corn-laws will be continued to 1846 in the same shape they present themselves under, now, in 1845. Nor is it to be imagined that our monetary system can be trusted for another year in its present rickety and vicious condition to those happy accidents which have tided it through so many perils, on so many occasions, with out actually renewing its disastrous shipwrecks of 1825-26, and 1838. We are much mistaken, more over, if the Legislature will not deem it still its duty to infuse more vigour and liberality into any existing plans of national education, so as to arrest, if possible, the appalling growth and in crease of' crimes, in a large proportion of cases the result of ignorance —in almost all, stamped by a cha racter of atrocity, a recklessness of blood, a proneness to savage violence, and even to treachery, such as will impart to the criminal annals of the last twelve months darker and more prurient shades of guilt, than have been heretofore thought compatible with the charac ter of even the most degraded classes of our population. Besides all these questions, in connexion with our do mestic and social status, the Parliament will scarcely separate again without paying due attention to others • that it is not less imperative upon t to regard with the most unremitting vigilance. The restrictions on our foreign commerce, which cramp our home in dustry and contract our foreign markets, impoverish the trade of our greatest staples, and paralyse the enterprise and speculation of our manufacturers and shipowners, whilst they burden our consuming classes with iniquitous and vexatious imposts ; —these must be largely removed forthwith. The utmost 'knits of patience, as well as prudence, have been reached. This is a work which brooks no further delay. In the foreign relations of the country, GOD knows, we detect but too many indications that re mind us how possible it is that Parliament, even in the pending session,opinionisia may be called on to record its political measures of the most profound interes the most extensive l bearing. In Europe we have not yet concluded our differences with the French Government, touching the right of search, the Otaheite affair, or the the Gambia and the Senegal. In America we see but one continued series of ebullitions, dictated her b e y at to feeling l to which it is not necessary name, but which seems identified app 'tK a double purpose of unprincipled territorial wi aggrandise ment, and of the manifestation of an attitude of defi ance to Great. Britain. Neither in the Oregon occu pation, nor the annexation of Texas, nor the scanda lous tampering with Mexican and Texian authorities, do we recognise in the bearing of the United States' Government any cause for satisfying ourselves that there is no danger of a violent disorganisation, 1845, of those 'amicable relations betwc en the' Union and this country which have subsisted now, through so many years, to the great advantage of both nations, and the benefit of the civilised world at large. It is not in such elements of disturbing forces, as these, that we can make out the promise of one of those "hopeless sessions," whose barrenness of excitement, --whose routine -torpidity, offer perhaps, after all, the best assurance for the prolonged maintenance of the peace and repose of the world—to the two Govern ments which are most deeply concerned in preserving them inviolate. THE SIJN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1845. 13, Great Marlborough-street. ( ERINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU'S WORK. COLBURN'S EDITION—NOW READY. PRICE ONLY EIGHT SHILLINGS, BOUND, Orders received by all Booksellers. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, during the ENSUING SESSION of PARLIAMENT, will spare neither exertion nor expense to sustain and extend the character it has hitherto obtained of furnishing to its readers, and with the greatest minuteness of detail, the EARLIEST and MOST EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE of POLITICAL and PUBLIC MOVEMENTS, from its own PECULIAR SOURCES of INFORMATION. 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An Edition for the Country, in time for the Frida y Evening Mails, or such country subscribers as prefer to receive their paper on a Saturday. An Edition for Town and Country, in time for the Saturday Evening Mails. An Edition for the Town exclusively, published early on the Sunday Mousing, containing the Saturday's Law, Police, and News to the hour of publication. Sold by all Newsmen in town and country, price 6d. ; or, sent by post (if pre-paid), at Gs. 6d. per Quarter, 13s. the ilalf-year and 265. per Annum.—Offiee, 337, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRUTtY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Balfe's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Rainforth. After which, will be repeated a Grand Ballet, entitled LES DANAIDES. Danaus, M. Hoguet ; Eurk:les, Mr. Howell ; High Priest, Mr. O'Bryan ; Lyncens, Mon. H. Vbstris ; I'olyctor, M. Del ferler ; Alemenon, Mr. Webster ; Egyptian Chief, M. Einart ; Hypermuesta, Mdlle. Maria ; Automate, Madame Finart ; Amymone, Madame Guibilei ; Agave, Mdlle. O'Bryan. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeate - d a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. Stricklar d ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of Pompion, Mrs. W. Cliford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Benrett. After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Minnie, Madame Vestris. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING WM be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled TILE GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yate" ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rouke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Bcaupre, Miss Forteseue. After which, TILE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or, a Kiss of the Bride. Sir Felix Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Mr. Selby ; Lady Arethusa Gr skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Nancy Cobb, Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. A Thorough Adelphi hit !—Vide, " The Times," and Public Press. THIS EVENING THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years Ago ; by the Author of " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," &,. Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Wright, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Selby, Cul lenford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which, a New Drama, called THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. Characters by Miss Woolgar, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Selby, Mr. Hudson, and Miss Fortescue. To con clude with the New Farce of THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; a Kiss of the Bride. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon• seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr. Oxberry ; Rosaline, Miss E. Stanley; Anisette, Miss Marshall. To be followed by THE IRISH WEDDING. Principal Characters by Mdlles. Caroline Rousset and Teresine, Miss Marshall, and Messrs. J. Rousset, Marshall, and Gilbert. After which, a New Comedietta, entitled THE BRIGADIER. Principal Characters by Messrs. Wallack, Granby, and Compton ; Miss E. Homer, and Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with THE REAR-ADMIRAL. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled TAKING POS SESSION. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, Craven, Killion, A. Wigan, Yarnold, Bender, and Stanton ; Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Howard, and Miss James. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner ; Miss Walcott, Mrs. Usher, and Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE. Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and pea dows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kialoch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Unequalled Success of the Southern American Minstrels. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a Real Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. To be followed by the Melodies of the American Southern Minstrels. Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ; Harlequin, Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. D. W. Broadfoot. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The Grand Pantomime every Evening, with Splendid Novelties, and Another New Piece. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSEY, in which the whole of the Company will perform. After which, BEN THE BOATSWAIN. To be followed by the Original Bohemian Polka, by Mr, Harvey and Miss Smtthyes. To conclude with the Pantomime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND PENCE. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corti ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box , office, from Eleven to Four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .- 18 minutes after 1 I Evening .. 43 minutes after I. ceive them as having the weight and authority of Government advice on one side or the other ? _ _ Sir ROBERT PEEL replied that the House had acted in this matter by the advice of a Select Com mittee ; but it never was the intention of the Go vernment—it certainly never was his (Sir R. PEEL'S) intention—to devolve upon the Board of Trade the power of determining which railway plans should be adopted and which should be rejected. It was his opinion that the influence of the reports of the Board of Trade upon the decision of the Committees would depend upon the weight of the facts and the value of the information produced on the inquiry. It was never his intention—nor would he ever consent to any course which would involve the Government in the determination of these questions between com peting speculations. After a few words from Mr. F. FRENCH, Lord HOWICK withdrew his motion at the recommendation of Mr. GREENE, on the understanding that all those sessional orders which related to the subject should be postponed. The other sessional orders were agreed to. Mr. EWART postponed his motion on the subject of the morning sittings of the House. The Library Committee was appointed. In answer to Mr. HuME, Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated, that he could not undertake to proceed this session with the County Courts Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice, that he should move for leave to bring in the Law of Settlements Bill to-morrow (this day) sen'night. Sir R. PEEL, in answer to Mr. RICE, said that the report of the Commission on Harbours of Refuge had been referred to the Admiralty. But the Govern ment had come to no decision with respect to any harbour except that of Holyhead, where some works would be carried on for facilitating , the communica- .. ... tion with that part of the United Kingdom. The Right Hon. Baronet likewise announced that her MAJESTY would receive the address of the House in answer to her gracious speech, at half-past two o'clock to•morrow (this day.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in reply to Mr. HUME, said, that he intended to introduce, a measure respecting the charities of England during the course of the pre sent session. Lord JOHN RUSSELL put a question on the subject of the financial statement, in reply to which — Sir R. PEEL said that he had already given notice that he would bring forward his financial statement on Friday se'nnight, and on Friday next he would state exactly what its purport would be. Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave notice of his intention to introduce a Bill for the payment of the Clerks of the Crown by salary instead of fees to-morrow (this day) se'nnight. On the order of the day for bringing up the report on the address being read, Mr. HUME urged upon the House the necessity of relieving commerce by the removal of some of the oppressive duties to which it was now subjected. He expressed his approval of the manner in which the Otaheite affair had been settled. Mr. WILLIAMS complained of the non-reduction of the national expenditure. Mr. S. CRAWFORD hoped that some measure would be introduced to regulate the relation of landlord and tenant in Ireland. Mr. WALLACE by voting for the address would not pledge himself to vote for the estimates. Sir R. PEEL said that his voting for the address in volved no such pledge. Mr. WAKLEY complained of the undue pressure of the income-tax, and of the hardships inflicted on the labouring classes by the existing law of settlement, and expressed a hope that when the Bill of the Go vernment on the subject of that law should be intro duced, a Committee would be appointed to inquire into the condition of the people. The Hon. Gentle- man related a case illustrative of the cruelties inflicted by the existing law, and asked if it was surprising that outrage and discontent should exist under such a state of things ? He then expressed his approval of the foreign policy of the Government, and his disapproval of the manner in which the State trials in Ireland had been conducted, and suggested to the Irish Members the propriety of proposing measures for the redress of the grievances of Ireland, leaving to Parliament the responsibility of rejecting those measures if they should venture to do so. The report on the address was then brought up and agreed to. Just as the House was about to rise, a petition was presented from Mr. GEORGE MOFFATT, complaining of an undue return for the borough of Dartmouth. The House adjourned at Eight &clock. Her MAJESTY'S Speech on the opening of the present session, and the debate of Tuesday in both Houses, being now fully before our readers, they will be enabled to form a pretty accurate judgment of the general tendencies of the financial and commerc: policy which .the Government are intending to pursue. The very unusual announcement, by the First Lord of the Treasury, of his resolution to bring forward the Budget, or Government Financial Statement for the year, at so early a day as the 14th instant, is, in some respects, the most prominent feature of these opening proceedings. In the almost abruptness of this notice of motion, as given on behalf of the Right Hon. Baronet, we find the indications of a somewhat alarm ing alacrity to follow out the significant hint con veyed in the following passage of her MAJESTY'S Speech, viz. :—" The Act which was passed . . . . for imposing a tax upon income will shortly expire. It will be for you, in your wisdom, to determine whether it may not be expedient to continue its operation for a further period." Alas ! for John Bull. He has no more doubt of the " wisdom of Parliament's" dis covering that he is still too plethoric in the region of the pocket, and that it will be necessary still to reduce this tendency to make money, by continuing that venesection of his purse-strings which has been, now for three successive years, resorted to by his Tam worth doctor, than a corpulent schoolboy anticipates any division of opinion among his medical attendants, when one of them submits to the other the extreme propriety of repeating the nauseous doses that have already brought him to death's door. The Minister, to do him justice, does not get up the machinery of his measures amiss. When they are most obnoxious in character, he is most astute at devising the means of getting over them quickly. When new difficulties arise to hamper the action of his Government, he employs this very machinery to overcome them, and thus skilfully converts a main element of Ministerial weakness, because it is of an obnoxious character, into an engine of Ministerial strategy, to ride over the obstacles offered to him by others, and to accelerate his own career over that difficult and dangerous ground, all dwelling or delay upon which is fraught with imminent peril to his own power and tenure of office. We have seen the demands upon him for re mission of taxes, which have been elicited on all hands by the knowledge that the last quarter's returns demonstrated a surplus of revenue over ex penditure. The landlords, the tenant-farmers, the manufacturers, the householders, the poorer smokers and snuff-takers, the more industrious of our artizans, &c., have, all of them, by turns, been clamorous for the repeal of the malt-tax, the duties on raw cotton, on windows, on tea, on tobacco, on paper, and so forth. How to concede the application of A, without uniting B and C in confirmed hostility to him, would have been a sad puzzle for any Premier less fortunate, or less cunning than the Premier. He makes a virtue of necessity. " The income-tax will shortly expire." A great fact that, End highly proper to come into her MAJESTY'S Speech. Her MAJESTY'S Government are very reluctant to do without it ; so her MAJESTY is made to talk of the " expediency" of renewing it for a further period. Something more is thus gained ; the mind of the country is accustomed beforehand to contemplate a proposition, which, if it came upon them without so much of preparation, might prove too startling to be adopted. On the other band, it is at least as essential that much time should not be allowed for the agitation of the several schemes of remission. Therefore, Sir ROBERT fixes his Budget exposition for the 14th inst. If, on that day, he can carry the House of Commons with him, in voting that the income-tax should be continued, he can afterwards repudiate all remission applications in detail. "It is only through the income-tax I realize any surplus of public income over public expenditure You have already resolved that it is necessary that the revenue should exceed the charge of the current year. Her MAJESTY is assured,—' that it will be our determination to maintain an amount of revenue adequate to provide for the public service, aud. amply sufficient to meet the necessary expenditure of the country, and firmly to uphold that public credit which is indispensable to the national welfare.' If I give up the income tax, I have no surplus. If, retaining that tax, I give up the taxes on malt, paper, cotton, tea, windows, or any two of them, I shall yet have no surplus. In the face of the resolution of Parliament and the recommendation of her MAJESTY, I cannot, by ac ceding to your wishes, leave myself without the means necessary for, and adequate to, the public ex penditure and services." This will be the Premier's case, and it is difficult, upon principle, to gainsay it. But if this State necessity can really be shown for retaining this war impost (for such it should exclu sively be) in the thirtieth year of an unbroken peace, let us hope that Sir ROBERT PEEL will come forward with some wise, just, and indispensable modifications of its abominable inequality. To take seven-pence in the pound from the hard-earned income of the man with 1501. a year, is an infinitely larger demand upon his means than Si. per cent. would be on the man of from 600/. to 1,0001. a year; or 71. 10s. per cent. on all incomes from 1,000/. to 5,000/. ; or 101. per cent on all incomes from 5,0001. to 10,0001.; and 121. 10s. per Cent. on all above 10,0001. The Premier would gain, we suspect, by such a conver sion for the country, both in the increased aggregate and the diminished cost of collection ; but this scheme would mulct far more heavily than the scale he has adopted, the redundant incomes of himself and his most influential supporters. We do trust he will carefully re-examine schedule D of his original Bill, with a view to see how far he can relieve the small salaried clerk, the little tradesman, the limited an nuitant, and the more moderately paid of our mili tary and naval pensioners from the liability to contri buter 7d. in the pound out of th e i r scan t y i ncomes. B The general proceedings o f b o th H ouses on Tues day night were not very re mar k a bl e f or a c h arac t er twe purpose subject. upose very sh or tl y to recur more particu larlyu to this of interest or excitement. In the House of Lords, we observe that the Duke of MONTROSE warned the Government of the serious embarrassment they were preparing for themselves, by their most uncalled-for attempt to force upon Scotland the PEEL currency motion of 1819. In the Commons, after the speeches of the mover and seconder of the address, the most notable matters were the animadversions of Lord JoHN RUSSELL on the deportment of both the French and English Governments in respect to the Otaheit e t a h fl e 'a r i e r o , n ;on and the misunderstandingsfulcondition of affai rs i n Spain, for whi c h cr e dit had actually been tak en , his consequ en t thedisgrace Lordship observed, as the result of the good under standing between the Crowns of England and France ; the omission from the royal speech of all allusion to the beneficial extension experienced in our trade with China, in happy fulfilment of Lord PALMERSTON'S predictions as to the ultimate results of the policy he had, when in office, adopted ; and of some very pointed reproba tion of the measures adopted by her MAJESTY'S Ministers in reference to the late State Trials in Ire land. The Noble Lord was very happy in rallying the Government for expecting that the Russian Government would be impressed, through the visit of the Emperor to Queen VICTORIA, with the necessity of improving the existing relations between Russia and this country, so long as we persisted in that anti free-trade system of duties which excluded from our ports the greater proportion of commodities that, under a more liberal system, Russia would be eager to exchange with us. Lord PALMERSTON spoke with his accustomed vigour and extreme acuteness on the important questions of the increase of the slave trade, and the blundering manner in which the right of search, established under the treaties of 1830 and 1833, had been both attacked and vin dicated. Before, Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose, Mr. GLADSTONE made an impressive and interesting statement, as to the conscientiously differing views —on questions of religious and educational policy— especially in their relations with Ireland, which he entertained, and the necessity he had on that ac e )unt felt himself under, of retiring from the Go vernment, which (it seems) is determined to carry them. He distinctly avowed that he had not been influenced, in this resignation of office, by any misunderstanding whatever with his late col leagues, on commercial matters. The address in answer to the speech was passed unanimously, though some of the older school of Tories appeared to be much scandalised at the Premier's emphatic pledge that he would bring forward immediate measures for extending the advantages of academical instruction in the sister country, and for liberally extending the grant to the Roman Catholic College at Maynooth. Parliament will find business growing on their hands, if they waste as much time on extraneous discussions between this and July as they did last year. Let them look to it ! tal We have observed with pleasure that Mr. WAL LACE, the Member for Greenock, is at his post again, and, as heretofore, looking t o th e i nterest of the many in place of the few, whi c h w ill b e b est explained to our readers by giving copies of the two following notices of motion respecting railways, to which we have only to add our recommendation that those who have suffered from non - compliance with the provisions of the Act for the accommodation of the public in third-class carriages, should, without delay, publish the instances in which it has been violated, so that the Hon. Member may have the case of the public fully before him : "To inquire of the President of the Board of Trade, how many of the Railway Companies coming within the provisions of the Act of last session had complied with the regnlations laid down in the sixth clause, as to having seats and protection front the weather for the conveypassengers, and also how many had n failedaal the e attention cles ofo ttohcrod-empl lays" ` To c of the House, to the several re ports made by the Select Committees on railways, to the appointment of the Board constituted by the Board of Trade on the 24th of August, 1844, for the transaction of railway business, and to the nature and effects of its published decisions on the interests of the country, with a view to the revision and amendment of the Railway Act of last session." The Paris papers announce two facts, which leave no doubt that the GUIZOT Ministry have now the full sup port of the KING, and that they aro determined, at last, to allow no open enemy to remain in their camp. By a royal ordonnance, dated the 31st ult., the KING has ap pointed Baron DE BILLING to be his Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister -Plenipotent i ary to the King of DENMARK, in the room of the Count DE St. PRIEST ; and, by another ordonnance, dated on the Ist inst., M. DE LAM BERT, Sub-Director of the Commercial Department in the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, is appointed Director of the same department, in the room of M. DROUYN DE LHUYS. The Count DE ST. PRIEST had not only voted, but spoken against the Government, in the Peers ; and M. DROUYN DE LHUYS, not only by his vote in the Lower Chamber, but by his conduct and discourses in his own office, had shown himself the most ardent opponent of the policy and administration of M. GUIZOT. These dismissals, therefore, prove that the " Chateau" will not ec o afford shelter t o renegades and enemies of t he Govern ment. The Opp os iti on journals, of course, are furious against this act o f 'vigour. According t o th e C ons tit u tionnel, a general amnesty will be g rante d b y the Span i s h Government on the pro mulgation exceptions, will extend to all Spaniards imprisoned or& ne2o exiled for political enees. The fund s were fir m o n Monday. The Three per cnts, closed fd at the 851. w oc Constitution, . n ; , which, with a few t h e Fives at 122 f. 65c. ; the Havre, 8971. 50 0. • Spanish Three p er C ents, 41 ; Old Orleans Rail roa d Sh ares , 1,147 E 50c. ; Rouen, I,loof. ; Deferred Stock, 81; Belgian Two - a nd- a-Half p er Cents., 62f. 20c. The Mad r id j ourna l s o f the 28th ult. bring no news. The Three per Cents c l os ed at 32* for cash , and 32 i at 60 days .; the F ive per Cents . *at 28i for cash, and 24 at 60 days; and the Debt without interest, at 6i- at 55 days. It will be seen from an announcement in another part of The Sun, that the more resp ectable p ortion of the Chartists hav e di sc l a i me d participation with that w meetings, unrea sonable class wh o wou ld prohiloit all t i scussion hole The at public except on one topic body of Chartists have been charged with this imputa tion. We are glad to find that this imputation is unjust, and trust that the stigma thus cast on ,them will be ex clusively confined to that small minority whose only objects seem to be mischief and confusion. The merchants connected with the East Indies are in great consternation at an announcement from Marseilles, by which it appears that the Calcutta mail that left here on the 24th ult., found no vessel to convey it to Malta. The consequence is, that it will have to wait at Marseilles till the arrival of the Bombay mail. that leaves here on Friday, before it can be carried on to Malta and Alexandria. When it reaches the latter place, one of two contin gencies may arise—either it will be forwarded to Bombay with the Bombay mail, in whi c h case the original and duplicate letters will both go by the same vessel; or it will be detained there a month for the next Calcatta conveyance, and in that case the duplicates will o i t ull precede the originals. Great dissatis faction is expressed at the over sight which seems t o h av e been comm itted b y the Admiralty in not providing vessel to take the Calcutta mail f rom Marseilles to Malta. All the advantage that was h eld forth by the announcement of aspecial is c e K om c pl A ete s l T y t th E r ._ own w sw e ay. ROYAL mail vis n r h TO e 24 I t v h A believe we are correct in stating that it is the intention of her Majesty and the Prince Consort to honour the Earl and Countess of Warwick with a visit at Worwicit Cootie dorips euning Easter Paper. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The English Stocks close flatly, Consols, for Money, being down to 98i and for Time, to 98 g. Bank Stock is 2141 to 215 i ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 103,i to 104. Exchequer Bills are 61s. to 645. premium. The Foreign Investments are also rather heavy. Spanish Five per Cents. brought 28k, and the Three per Cents., 411 2. Mexican were 36 to 35k. The Railway Shares were quoted much the same as in the morning. Churnet Valley were still rather heavy, and Caledonian, London and York, and South Eastern, continued in favour. There was a slight revival in the demand for Lynn and Ely, which had been got down simply on account of the call of 11. ss. from 7 to 4i per share. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The transactions in Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 4,000 bales, including 500 bales of American. Prices were steady.—A large business was done in Shares at full prices : —Birmingham and Gloucester, 130 129 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 55 ; Caledonian, 8% %; Chester and Birken head, 38% 39%; Chester and Holyhe id, 7%; Dublin and Bel fast, 6 ; Eastern Counties, 19% 19 ; Churnet Valley, 9% 9 ; Grand Junction, 229 ; Ditto, Half, 112 114 ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 12%; Ditto, Scrip, 10 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 27 ; Lancaster and Preston, 53 %; London and Birmingham, 236 ; London and Brighton, 56 57 ; London and South-Western, 80%; London and York, 5i 61 ; Direct Northern, 2% %; Cambridge and Lincoln, 4% %; Man chester and Birmingham, 57%; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 63%; Ditto, Quarters, 14; ; Midland Counties, 129 ; North British, 12i 13 ; North Wales, 11; Preston and Wyre, 535. 6(1. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 535. 9d. ; Scottish Central, 3% 4%; Sheffield and Manchester, 104 %; Shrewsbury and Grand. Junction, 7% %; South-Eastern, 51 %; Ditto, No. 2, 22% 22 ; Ulster, 42%; Paris and Rouen, 42%; Sambre and Meuse, 3% ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5% % ; Northern of France, Si. 17s. 6d, to 51. 16s. 6d. Unqualified satisfaction has been expressed in commercial circles, this morning, at the announcement of Sir Robert Peel, that he intends, at so early a period as the 14th inst., to give his financial expose. For years and years past, it has been a matter of notoriety and complaint that trade and commerce have been most materially retarded in con sequence of the length of time which has elapsed between the assembling of the Legislature and the announcement of the views of the Government with respect to the tariff, and other matters which may affect directly or indirectly the trade of the country. The general expecta tion is, that the hints given through the " ordinary sources of public information," that a large number of the articles contained in the present tariff should be struck off the roll, will not be lost sight of by Sir Robert Peel. Indeed, there is not the slightest doubt entertained but that the whole commercial arrangements to be proposed to Parliament are already entirely completed. The other parts of the speech of Sir Robert Peel are held to be favour able in most points of view, aad have been a subject of con versation in almost all circles of the City. The intended interference with the circulation of Ireland and Scotland is not at all unexpected, and whatever differences of opinion may exist upon the subject, there is no doubt that Sir Robert Peel intends to strain every nerve for the purpose of carrying out an assimilation as respects the currency of the United Kingdom. The Dutch Government continues its system of reducing the interest on its debt, and Messrs. Raphael and Sons advise us that last Saturday the following letters, representing 14,571,800 guilders of old Five per Cents., were drawn at the Hague, to be paid off :—M, V, K, E, C, H, I, T, R, and B. The Funds are still rather drooping, and it is the impres sion that the sales making are on account of anticipated railway calls. Consols for Money have receded from par to 991 a, and for Account from 1004 to 994. Exchequer bills are 61s. to 645. premium ; Bank Stock is 2144 to 215 ; and India Stock 285 to 2854. The New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents. are 104 l to 1034, being also lower. The Government broker is, however, still a buyer. The foreign investments are steady at about previous rates. Spanish Five per Cents. realise 284, and the Three per Cents. 414 Portuguese Converted are 584 to 59. Mexican Stock has realised 16i to 364 ; Peruvian, 33 to 324 ; Colom bian, 144 ; and Brazilian, 904. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents have been 63*. The Railway Shares continue buoyant, and there is an advance in several instances. The London and York, South- Eastern, and Birmingham are better. The Rugby have gone back a little. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced . . 100% % 1 4 100 1 3 per Cent. Consols New 3 1 A per Cents Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 12 1 / s 3-16 12 3-16 Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1 860 11 13-16 India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001... Consols for Account.... ..... India Stock, for Account. ..... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 ,4 d 6l 64 pm. 64 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small ... 62 61 64 pm. 64 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES Brazilian Bonds Ditto, 5 per Cent. Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent 42p Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela l4l Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 361 Ditto Account Ditto, Deferred 16% 16% Peruvian Bohds, 6 per Cents 333 214 32% Ditto, Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Ditto, Account 9% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account 98% 28% Ditto, Passive 87% 14% 36 Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto, Account 41% French, 3 per Cent Exchange 2sf. 60c. Dutch, 2 1 / per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 983 % 98 1 ,! PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAY SHARES PRICES. Birmin and Gloucester. 100 .....133 135 128 1 ,4... 129 Ditto New Shares ... 17 1 / 32 Ditto 1 / 2 Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 — Bristol and Gloucester... 30 Cal.xionian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4 3/4 YB IA Chester and Holyhead... 5 ellurnet Valley Cornwall Direct Northern Dublin and Belfast June 2 14 6 6 Eastern Counties .25 ... .19 8%76 Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, /qo. 1.... 3% l% Eastern Union lO Ditto Extension Ely and Bedford Great South. and West. 4% 23/ 8 Iz4 (Ireland) Ditto Extension Great North of England..loo Ditto New.... Ditto New 2 Great Western 75 l7B 177 179 Ditto 1% Shares 5O lO2 Guildford, Farn'm,Ports. 2%... .. Harwich Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghm (Stock)... 239 242 240 London and Blackwall.. 16% SVs London and Bright0n.., 50 London and Greenwich.. 123 London and S. Western. 41% BO D'o. New consolidated Bths 6 Ditto New 2 1% 1 3 14% London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 19 18 1 / 2 London and York 2% 6 l / 21 , 4% % 5 / 8... Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds.,. 70 l4O Ditto % Shares 3O Manchester and Birmin. 40 Ditto Quarters Midland 100 l3l 129 1 ,4 130.,. Ditto New 2 .. ... 8 3 / 4 97/ 8 Midland,Birm.,Derby...100 Newcastle and Darling- 5% 2:4 13 19 1 4 6% 128 9 ton Junction ::. 24 ...... 70 74 Newcastle and Berwick 1 1 / 2 ...... 16 1 / 2 15 1 / 2 17% 181 North British Norwich and Brand0n... 8 Ditto New Shares 1 Oxford and Worcester... 2 1 / 2 1 ...... ........ Richmond and West End Junction Rugby Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Binn 2 l /2 714 8N South Devon... lO ...... 16 15g 16 1 / 2 South Eastern & Dover 33 1 / 2 4 9 1 /2 50 Ditto No. 2. Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wa1e5...... 2 l/ 8 A 9% 8...... Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ..,... 3%% 4... . West Cornwall ....:. ...... 1 1 4— .. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 35/ 4AI 614 15 1 /, 501% 39 4 1 4 30 Ditto, New 8 York and North Midland 50 Ditto, Selby Ditto Extension .. .. 1 Boulogne and Amien5... 2 11 3 3 / 4 FRENCH g Great North. of France.. 4 Lyons and Avignon 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 --••• •• - RAILWAYS.I4 , Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Rouen and Havre l4 — Tours and Nantes 1 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHAGE, FEB. 4.—We have had a very active market, and a considerable business has been done at higher prices generally :—Birmingham and Glou cester, 131; Bristol and Gloucester, 57 ; Chester and Holy head, 7 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 65% ; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 53 ; London and South-Western, 80%; Ditto, New Shares, 13 ; M anc h es t er and Leeds, Half Shares, 64; Manchester and Birmingham, 57 3 / 4 58; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 8 3 / 4 9 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale 10% ; Midland Railway C onso l s , 130 ex. div. ; Ditto, 401. ' Shares, 9 % 1 / 4 . ; Preston and Wyre, 21% 22; South-Eastern, New, 21% ; Barnsley Junction, 7% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 7% A ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 5 9-16 1 4 ; BoltonNigan, and Liverpool,slh % , Caledonian, 7 3 4 8 ; Cork and Bandon, 3 1 4 • Churnet Valley, 9/ 14 ; Ely and Bedford, 2 5-16 ; Great Grimsby and Shef field Junction, 2% ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail and Canal, 5% sf. 3s. 6d. ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 6% %; Liverpool. Ormskirk, and P res t on, 3 % ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 5 1 4 ; London and York, 6 % Manchester and Buxton, 3% ;Sottish Central, 3 1 4 7-16 ; ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 5 3 / 4 6 1 4 ; South port and Euxton, 8 4,• Trent Valley, 1134 1 4 ; Great Northern of France (English), 6. 70 14% 42% 3 VIOLATION or THE RIGHT OF FREE DISCUSSION. —Resolved,--That we, the members of the National Association, of 242, High Holborn, thus publicly declare our strong disapprobation of the conduct of those persons who, on the evening of February 4, so disgracefully interrupted a meeting called by the friends of free trade, in our Hall, for the hearing of a lecture from Mr. George Thompson ; conceiving, as we do, that such conduct is calculated to injure the cause of Chartism, of which we are advocates, is destructive of all free discussion, is anti - democratic, and unjust. And further, we think it the imperative duty of all honest Chartists to come boldly forward, and for the sake of the cause they have espoused, redeem it from the imputation cast upon it by the conduct of a few intolerant individuals, who, for the last few years, have gone from place to object for which It place to mar every meeting, however worthy the Jam km c0110d.,--Wipacd lanuatozotAry, ( • 4 4t AN - 1 f . 1 1 "Ws '‘q• ..,,1D4L4070,1P-774.0111 ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Continued Triumphant Career of " Marianne"—Two New Dramas, supported by the best Company in London. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIANNE ; or, The Child of Charity. Sup ported by Messrs. Osbaldiston, 11. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bert, E. Jones, and W. Searle ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mrs. E. Jefferson. After which, a New Petite Drama, entitled A NIGHT'S FROLIC ; or, Once in a Hundred Years. Ludovic, Mr. T. IL Rig& ; Nicksus, Miss Vincent ; Grec'neu, Miss E. Terrey. To conclude with an Original Nautical Drama, entitled THE LIFE RAFT; or. the Two Reefers. With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, and supported by the entire strength of the Company. Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 5. NERMOMETER, Lowest, 29 ; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 40, BARO3IETER, 30.09.—W1ND, N.W. NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest"i denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. MOtilittA AM* LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1845. The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock. A great number of petitions for new lines of railway were presented. In answer to a question from Mr. WALLACE, Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE stated that all the railway com panies but two had complied with the provisions of the Act of last session, in providing additional ac commodation for third-class passengers. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. liumr, expressed his willingness to institute an inquiry into the operation of the Scotch Prisons Act. The usual sessional orders were then moved, and daring the course of the discussion on them, Mr. WALLACE complained of the great expense inflicte3 on parties interested in private Bills, and the great waste of time consequent upon the lengthy speeches of counsel, and suggested the propriety of counsel being excluded altogether. Mr. EWART asked if the Government were pre pared to introduce any measure to prevent Members from serving on private Committees who had an interest in the questions submitted to those Com. mittees. Sir IL PEEL was not prepared to make any such announcement. Lord Howicx complained of the injustice which would be inflicted on parties interested in those Rail way Bills, against which the Board of Trade had re ported, if no longer time were given them for the presentation of petitions for their Bills, than was allowed for the presentation of petitions for other private Bills. The Noble Lord complained of the system , which g a ve suc h v a s t p o wers to the Board of Irade, and concluded by suggesting that the time allowed for b r i ng i ng in Railway Bills should be twenty- one days after the report of the Board of 5 m Trade should b e p r i n t e d . Sire Bills, dela y ß. ought I propose d agreed with regard rail waythat P a m ugh t to t a thatke p l ace the wh discussion should be adjourned in order to consid er the subject. A short discussion followed, i n the course of which Mr. VERNON SMITH asked whether the Govern. ment was prepared to stand by the Board of Trade reports as official, and whether the Renee WAS to re. SUMMARY OF NEWS ANh Vutiitr Opittton. " Who runs may read." 0TLX:E4;.4%. , 7 Accounts from Paris announce a great amount of business in railroad shares on Monday, with an advaLce of prices on most lines. The rage for this speculation is by no means confined to England. Most favourable intelligence has been lately received at Paris from Algeria. Tranquillity reigns throughout the French pos sysions, and the Arab tribes continue to frequent all the markets. The procession of the Bceuf Gras took place at Paris on Sunday, in the order announced, but, owing to the coldness of the day, the crowd was not so great as usual, and there were very few masks. We learn from Venice that the Duke de Bordeaux is now there and in perfect health. The Municipal Council of Paris has, it is said, come to a resolu tion to re-number all the houses in the capital, and render them as nearly as possible regular. The figures are all to be uniformly painted in white on a blue ground. The New Zurich Gazette of the 30th ult. states that a meeting of the Conservative party has been held at Zurich, at which a peti. tion to the Grand Council against the admission of the Jesuits was agreed upon► 31,./VW 411 , 2X0 vomacrs, At the Central Criminal Court one of the jurors became seriously ill, and he would have fallen from his seat if he had not been caught and supported by one of his fellow-jurors. He was immediately removed from the box. A discussion ensued as to the proper course for the Court to adept, and ultimately a fresh juror was called, the whole panel re.sworn, and the trial recommenced. William Onley, a letter-carrier, was fully committed from Bow. street, for stealing a money letter. At Clerkenwell Henry Webster, a young man, who descsibed himself as the son of Sir Godfrey Webster, of Battle Abbey, Sussex, was charged with having been drunk, and assaulting police.constable 426 N. He was fined ten shillings, and in default of payment locked up. ' " George Gardner and Robert Brown, two shabby-genteel looking fellows, were committed from Queen-square. charged with stealing seven billiard.balls and some articles of wearing ap. parel, from the house of Mr. Evans, the Royal Clarence, West bourne-place, Pimlico. Mr. John Morgan, a town traveller, of highly respectable con. nexions, was placed at the bar at Marylebotie, charged with shop. lifting, and fully committed for trial. A lengthened investigation took place at Lambeth before Mr. Henry on a charge of rape. Benjamin John Beams, a tall yr,ung man, of fashionable appearance, who was described as a solicitor's clerk, was charged with violating the person of Miss Amelia F. Shepheard, who is not quite 15 years of age. After the prosecutrix had given her evidence, Mr. Henry observed that, on the showing of the prosecutrix herself the charge did not, in his opinion, amount to one of rape. There could be no doubt that the conduct of the prisoner was most scandalous and shameful, and that he had by the most cunning artifice succeeded in seducing the unfortunate young woman. Still, however, her conduct was, to say the least of it, most incautious and indiscreet. The pri soner was discharged, ~:•j~L~K'l[4l4:im.:k't9~"9Fl~k r~ M' . On Tuesday evening the 6th annual meeting of the members and friends of the Deverill.street Chapel, Dover-road, branch of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, was held at the above chapel ; Thomas Gurney, Esq., in the chair. From the report it appeared that the subscriptions to the parent Society, during the pact year. exceeded those of the preceding by 1,0001., and that the subscrip. tions from the branch, for the past year, amounted to 1281. 12s. I Id. The meeting was addressed by a deputation from the parent Society, the Rev. Messrs. J. Methel, S. R. Hale, J. Freeman, missionary from Fomah Bay, sc., and resolutions to uphold the missionary' cause were adopted. The scaffolding and hoarding surrounding the colossal pedestrian figure of William the Fourth, recently erected in the mega space of King William-street, London-bridge, was removed op Tuesday, and the whole work thrown open to the full view of the public. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Commander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. Sir George Clerk, Bart., was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. The Right Hon. Sir George Clerk was declared by the Queen in Council to be Vice President of the Committee of Council, appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations. The Right Hon. Baronet also kissed hands on being appointed Master of the Mint. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. _ _ Her M - ajesty gave audiences to the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Wharncliffe, and Sir Robert Peel. The Court was attended by the Treasurer of the House holdt _the Marquis of Lo n d on d erry, G o ld S t i c k i n W a i t i ng, the 'Marquis of Ormond, Lord in Waiting, and Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, RN., Groom in Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, went yesterday morning to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset-house. The Queen, attended by the Countess of Gainsborough and Colonel Wylde, visited her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, at Kensington, yesterday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was taken an air ing yesterday, in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highnss the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meek lenburgh Strelitz visited Prince Albert yesterday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Lady Caroline Murray. the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl and Countess of Dal housie, and Sir George Anson. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, went yesterday to Blackwall, and in spected the Great Britain steamer. Mr. L. W. Buck, M.P. for North Devon, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Dispatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Governor of Malta, were yeceived yes- terday at the Colonial-office. Lord Fitz william had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie yesterday. The Dowager-Countess of Suffield has arrived at Farrance's Hotel, from Norfolk. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. PIRATES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Advices were received at Lloyd's, yesterday, from their agents at Gibraltar and Patras, reporting the pre sence of pirates in the above sea. _ _ _ . . The agent at the former port states that the Spanish brig Sopresa, bound from Cadiz to La Guayra, had re turned to Cadiz, the captain reporting that when he had proceeded as far as Cape St. Vincent, three piratical vessels, a barque, brig, and schooner, hove in sight, and the brig gave chase to him, but he managed, after being chased for some days, to re-anchor in Cadiz bay. The agent at Patras reports that an lonian vessel, with 2,000 dollars on board, on her way to the Gulf of Corinth, to load currants for a British merchant, anchored in a e-eek through stress of weather, where she was waylaid by a pirate and attacked, but the crew repulsed them, the clerk in charge of the money was, however, seriously wounded. On the above news reaching Gibraltar, her Majesty's ship Scout, the Swedish corvette Carlskrona, and the Danish brig of war Mercurius, all proceeded to sea to cruise in the above neighbourhood. In the mean time it will be well if all merchant vessels bound up the Mediterranean be provided with arms and ammunition in case they should fall in with them. LONDON, Fat s.—Wind this day at noon, N.W., fresh breeze and fine clear weather. DEAL, FEB. 4.—A.M., Wind N.E. to N.N.E., P.M., N.N.W.. light breeze.—Sid. Indianian, Bombay ; Norfolk, Algoa Bay ; Tancred, St. Lucia ; and the rest of the outward-bound, except Caledonia, for Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind N. to E.N.E.—Sid. Prima Donna, Swan River ; Toronto, New York. COWES, FEB. 4.—Arrd. Harmony, Gibson, Havannah ; Scandina vian, Newcastle, for Barcelona, has come into harbour to stop a leak. The Caledonia, Galrn, from Batavia to Gothenberg, has come into harbour with rudder-head damaged. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 4.—Sld. Thames steamer, West Indies. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind variable.—Arrd. Alfred, Smith, Ichaboe for Perth. leaky. FALmoirru. FEB. 4.—Wind E.N.E., light breeze.—Acrd. Francis Russell, Ichaboe. BRISTOL, FEB. 4.—Wind W., light.--Sid. Fingalton, St. John's, N.B CASTLETOWN (BEARHAVEN), JAN. 30.—S1d. Circassian, Cuba. STROMNE9B, JAN. 27.—S1d. Barnard, Ichaboe. DONAGHADEE, JAN. 31.—The Dolphin, Clegg, of this port, was to tally wrecked at Sarnlash. BELFAST, FEB. I.—it blew a heavy gale at S.W. and N.W. along the North Coast 28th and 26th ult., during which two skips went down near Lough Larne; one coal laden, the other with lime ; crews supposed to be drowned. A schooner was seen to founder near Bal lintoy and Giant's Causeway. A large sloop bound to this port with iron went down at Barron Point, near Cushendall, crew saved. Between Ballycastle and Portrush some feather-beds, a topmast, Baltic planks, &c., have washed ashore. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 4.—Wind N.N.W., light.—Arrd. Carthagenian, Bombay ; George Douglas, St. Andrew's ; Margaret, and New Zea land, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Damascus, Savannah ; Mary Ann, Maranhain ; Wasp, Africa ; Lord Anson, Sierra Leone ; Parker, Demerara ; Corinth, Havannah ; New York, New York ; Hibernia, steamer, Halifax. Off, Bolton Abbey, Ichaboe. BALLYCASTLE, FEB. I.—The Shannon, M`Nab, from Sligo, at Rathlin Island, is a total wreck. CLIVE, FEB. 2.—Arrd. Aberfoyle, M'Alpine, Ichaboe. 3.—Jane, Pitt, Demerara. 13131,1 MARIS, FED. I.—Sld. Ayrshire Lass, St. Domingo.: FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, FEB. 2.—The King presided to-day in a Council o f Ministers. His Majesty attended Divine service in the chapel the Palace. The King has received the letter, by which the King of Bavaria announced that her Royal Highness the Princess, August Consort of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, has been safely delivered of a Prince. The receipts of the Custom-house at Antwerp in the month of January, amounted to the sum of 320,395 francs. The quantity of snow which fell on the 31st ult. in the environs of Liege, was so considerable, that the last train far Brussels, which sets cut at a quarter past three, could proceed no further than Fexhe, and was obliged to return to Liege, where it arrived at eight o'clock. The last train from Brussels did indeed reach Liege, but it was eight hours on the way. TELLIGENCE, IHESTER.—TITESDAY. ;It CUP. 10 to 1 agst Semiseria 25 to 1 agst Zanoni (t) 15 to 1 agst Obscurity 40 to 1 agst Foig-a-ballagh (t) 18 to 1 agst Cataract (t) 40 to 1 agst Extempore 22 to 1 agst Pug (t) 1000 to 20 agst Seaport (t) 25 to 1 agst The Era t) 1000 to 15 agst The Master of 25 to 1 agst Celeste the Rolls filly (t). SPORTING BETTING AT MANC CHE STE DERBY. 11 to I agst Alarm 30 to 1 agst Mentor 13 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 30 to 1 agst Miss Whip col 18 to 1 agst Pain 33 to 1 agst Weatherbit 18 to 1 agst Idas 35 to 1 agst Old England 30 to 1 agst Newsmonger (t) 40 to 1 agst Frederica col 30 to 1 agst Annandale 40 to 1 agst Ironmaster OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Lancashire Witch (t). WIGNEYS ESTATE.—The dividends just declared are as follows :—Joint estate 5d., I. N. Wigney's separate estate 45 3d., and C. Wigney's separate estate ss. 3d. in the pound.— Brighton Guardian. The Eastern Counties Railway Company, following the example of some other lines, are now running enclosed second class carriages from Hertford to London. The alteration at present is only partial, but it 111 tO be hoped that ite adoptioll will become general on the line. . - EASTERN C The seventeenth seventeenth half-yearly meeting of this Compaq was held yesterday at the London Tavern. Mr. De salt' quet, Chairman of the Directors, in the Chair. been The common seal of the C om p an y having St' taehed to the register by the Proprietors, The CII,IIE - max briefly opened the business of the tie . ): by observing that there was every prospect of success vie tending the proposed extension of this Coinpany belbr„e the Board of Trade, inasmuch as the principle or' which that Board had acted was conservative of existing interests. Mr. DUNCAN, the law cle rk of the Compan ,then r eed Y the port following Re of Direors. " The Directors have so the recently ct met the Proprietors al . e . Special General Meeting to repor t to them the various r,e, " ', B sures proposed for the branc h and extension lines 0 1 I , Company, that they deem it u nnecessary again to enternpfl the subject until the decisio n of the Board of Trade upet!,a;,, whole of the schemes connec ted with this railway tha n ' been announced. " The accounts of the expenditure on capital accoun.t ...srre, appended to this report. The accounts for the past al ,i t i r o , s connected with the traffic, are also annexed, and they - , ,i ,I care net profit of 15.495/. The Directors have, therefore, - e ca t, a dividend for the quarter, after the rate of 2L 14s. Pe r , per annum upon the consolidated stock of the Compan:critii., " The intended opening of the fifty additional miles ei _ t he way between Newport, Cambridge, Ely, and Brando!,0:00, Ist July next, has rendered an immediate and censcesry increase necessary to the engines, carriages, and nth a e . ,'„ioosl ing stock of the Comany, in order to meet the, au.' orders e traffic upon this important extension of the line' for that Stock have been given. " The declaration of forfeeure by the Directors ef s e ly i tehfetlpieteosreingtinmaelesthinagres of the Company' has to be confirrew Of " Since the last special general meeting, the resi,en, at‘sit'filte, Theodore W. Rathbone. Esq., the DeptitytoC„fehotaiiiramo!!,:ilne`t'teired, ;tlto Company, from the Direction, has been received. 1.D_,,-rith experience of Mr. Rathbone in all matters connecr;o3, to railways has caused hi long connexion with this ; 4 . 4,010 be essentially serviceable to the interests of the andunn regret and lie retires, accompanied by the sincere esteem so long of every one of his celleagues with whom he b e ' s , in the laboured. The Directors have supplied the veen!.Naietr F r ancis direction thus occasioned, by the election of tine Lee, Esq. by re tati° • ll : " At the present meeting four Directors retire )11 cees, , 1 t lr w ' o l ip : o . h : ne — r a I Er T el e v ll ae r l i' , i b i a 3is df a o n r\ q ‘r u , et, Cornelius Butler, Jo e l _4l c' Act of Parliament." e il - l e ia le m ct it()n°,lliinngtegrNinVsells. E'C'raP4nYs A statement of the accounts was ' e read, from which it appeared that the capital account theit„p 11131°11 :i i l t 9 p o e 6 n , d 7 S e d 0 / t . 02 the . lo 4 d th . ofOjnantuhaerye7tiesissi,oLis,..__ 5,11. 6 „, ~-• 2ex,l 1, 4 t0 79, 418/. The interest on loans account amounted, best'r lill 14s. 10d. The traffic account on the ° of 2 01 7. showed a balance in favour of the ComPtulLe line er, 2s. sd. The traffic account of the hibited a balance of 6.357/. ls. 6d. clarahebruiess son. gro . 1 00 Colehe s 'the on each side of the traffic account of the ae t of a was 68,6681. 7s. 3d., and of the traffic aeceeeistion funs Cambridge line 47,1611 Iss. 7d. The deP!' d , i e svins ~ to the 4th January. 1845, was 6,345/. ls . ' il ' a rter ' s r f l e devisable fund of 15,495/. 2s. 6d. fort 1 q per ne ' ito 25. / les• lend to the 4th January, 1845, equa. - o f 14. on the capital stock, at the average value ..i Rob ert per share. Mr. DUNCAN then read a report fronlap;lefir.red ,tobata Stephenson, the engineer, from whic h it re ceedi l l l tiog the works on the extension lines were 1 3 , ie d by s ; e ocl most satisfactory manner, and it couclu", by , th .., e a that the whole of these lines would be oPesvPssleecell of the next July. This ennouncenieut with much applause. , to roiled on .- r s, The CHAIRMAN then moved that the reP,,_,,,,rieto and adopted, and circulated amongst the rivr f tb t i , Mr. KETTERING seconded the motion. isine a o f ma Mr. SCOTT then at some length °eV:4looll.e, iess great increase in the capital account. „ . , 1., o a l' o tee originally been little more than 2.000,0ufs ro ot be ,„.o of now nearly 3,000,0001. He thought theltdoecl, ,(' ' t ,be mismanagement somewhere. lie cell'P were in . the number of Liverpool gentlemen who .ia " a direction. t 0 t effiejen ec° The CHAIRMAN replied that the Mos Wit h reg e g e e, been received from those gentlemen- tha t if tis or tee the capital account, he could only say la s t nin c , ha t th e Gentleman had been present at th ° „; it Wa S 1 1. meetings, he would then have heard hcif-increaseuso the' capital account had lately been so tru e -u re port W The motion for the adoption of tb ° t •et r e' des J lie put, and carried unanimously . s ha c iees , Mr. TITE said, that as the directe.r_sbie ser tbe o fq ceived no remuneration for their g i v enYa iu t ° ,Tea t ' f' w ttoh o et u ihr ld epm m asa o t ve that a sum of 4,00 01 be ool b e v n s n e u m a i ll c y e . s, and that a sure ° f I ' B tl 3ls defer ..t Mr. BURT seconded the motion. , _„ e r to _4 o iev Mr. LA MERT thought it would be bet ter Ow est motion to the next Meeting an d Wye ae• , ame els to that effect. but the Doti °l/ Some discussion then took place, „wit 1,0 was ultimately withdrawn, and the a l b" 1 Bit cl t " then carried amidst great applanee• ho rot es ' Thanks 'to the Chairman wer e t meeting separated. ................ A IP ' t _ _. irs'lll'otrolft,f. UNION BANK OF A-.., - ,tmegin tittiog . blip-- stainotoi-,e4 The Governors and Directors of this es.a ~,,,, 0 , oe , ~tosi-0 their office, 38, Old Broad-stre t fOr the purP-7.A to.' 41 0 ' 00 0 vertisement, of confirming the resolutions ~,,, 1 Aso t hin- c e ' •ns agre' gth a P di et 4, C ' ooitillt,anthnhsdtegeiol:BeDußsote,:ae J. R. , which were to the effect that the oor7 i , Coil,' 13. -. o litt f .B S T e ro t o t do l d e;ent should be repeallithes. J. s'ouP. , ,r. d. The Directors present were It -000 - 7 to el l ' d o'clock The SEBRETART read the minutes * of t"-,,,5eu....,A,1,,, ~.....,- „0a5. , ,, e , jejrt.:gcrutSivel:trprit.r:stoclasoit p;:olCreal'-rerzied9ol7 1:7( the clauses of the Deed of Settlementes Pr',.rtile 16""ttistl",-oet.:"'i substance of the clause to be substitnted f°'; en they tasY th e ote:1 prietors and Directors are in future to rifee_A," as w,,, - 'tbSt VS4S , 7,,, ' i July in each year, and upon such other the ' l ost 1 7 ily 30, .t the .-' That of the one to be substituted fo r th :d g d l gitl' e°is if' 2,0001. be paid the Directors for the Year_A - at non._,, - •ceS. , f ar- - „ c that that be fixed as the sum to be divide"oeirsa•cioe,7- ,te.• of each year in future, as remuneration for null o ,ol, in g orr - The CHAIRMAN then put the question iti t ,, ,,, too and they were unanimously agi.'''''' FRIGHTFUL cr)j•L'ill of ''''fft , i) Tvs o " o , - c 010', 1 1,06 8 - e , TIMSBURY (SomERSZTSHIn , wh i c h ..01. ..10 ACCIPNI. VAe s ii 10 ., One of those terrific torrents of wear coal„pitS l' io te., yot; in upon the workmen employed in t he r eeii ol „ „lei hit 0, i gaged in the mines (Hayeswood) of )1 f ',ogres/ s ot "„ 01 (one of the magistrates of the countY ~,h;werittuea por P o po, the number at an eoafrinyeahroluyrltohoi,s drnesocrennidnegd• the pit lafiroaernorititlo7, tboeoPtir an hour, aAnftaelrannengwagaisng in their usual I the eSt" t ° t l _ f a " of ib i s (a distance of more thangiavemnilbeYfrtoh:ehaetla!uotb!tb-n,.l,7the.,irelit; was rushing in. A s may readily ne itealg_al „oast P . ;,01170 1 poor fellows was great in the extreme,),for..ili ei nie , i le ',Fit ~d/ mation been given than the dread fl ed lgs g rbe asj . .. t o p oo :rbo sa them. The greatest terror now seised tiP°l2_,o,lebtt!4,o: for raising the coal (the only means of escaPe ‘ o d ti t ,o.' e!tiire would not hold more than a dozen or fourt.ee.aa ~is lit _:Jon who succeeded in reaching the m outh of 'e"nte'red the to r o tri' up in batches. As many as possib l y his was r e4/ ,. u des I,oo ljerfr clinging to the sides and by the r9Pes; """ lot P' ors' ~ me th e se , t , ' seven or eight times, and by the ti a reach tn' ro fe cated from their perilous condition the stet W o o, 0 , r oe , and in a few minutes more would have . d t . v g the Inc teo en ~ OP l r c o t When all who had succeeded in gagn__'l,, t hg CO Adi 1 . 0 ~ had been safely landed on the surface, an:: „tight . o ber s . pa quent upon the occurrence of an acciel.el:_, 0 to . o . l: r i tb '., thati danger had subsided, inquiry was institwlePascertani, 0 f 7.01 P i as OW eP" • so' any of the party were missing, When l . on , fl t, 0 d1,. 0 r teen were not forthcoming, and the c°n cet tal° es i t i ' d; ‘ . se' ie b € they had perished. This, however, to a t, to say, was not the case, for on scare rb_elfhgAstio alt,lo,..clideit 4, verse that four had made their escape thbenPe: f ond ( 00;01 remaining ten have not yet (12 o'clock ) A the ti#: it en de 0 position which they occupied in the Pe , : no pub . 0 00 0 11;' , , being more than a mile from the %mut rae r wita ...0 0 11 .01 0 0 4 by those who know the pit that they ?Jol t is in'yi t he ';; I loo ,is In the confusion which Preva'l'hoeici all .„, the 4 tb. ti o time to collect more beeminut details. Ste-01°11°WdeeP' °liege found the inquest will held either_ ~t ote s ... t o be 4 day. We learn that the pit is about is r ose' oboe . adjoins an old one, from which there is e' oen ...0 .1 0 water has burst. n one of " g e t* S a t " f " THREE O'CLOCK .- We have Pit s ee : t . there ar the Via ' ,.jie s ' 0 1 down an hour or two ago to ascertain 1 far 0 .o),p op their missing companions; they Went L c) n otbM g ,lll o4. permit them, and report that they can 7 - ury , A iw Thesepits are in the parish of Tilus' 1 00 0 eight or nine railer south of Bath. 0,, 4 ,0 0 . A ST /I' int e' V " CATtrio co° LATE RA IL WA Y a „ of t . I ocn i ge " IP!, MANCHESTER, TCESHAT.--MT. Fento n ' ~ of to llofe• ,cc' s that ft • ~,1 u e.:,,,t D e I tn e 00 of the engine department, said.' 1 1 for the '' 'oolib'',loo°',.pf ion was brought into the shed at nlB ,l - sd t hat , l ow - ,40 , - • valVes so as to let out all the steanl, T,,,,,b1e cu t the eflo A OO only way in which he could give a '" -accitlen!,t, _4o' .‘ dent, was, that on the morning of the sive to o tigo Ajo s tv" ,0 : 0 the hes t e ' ' f el l' .0 etP ° unknowingly have screwed down the v. pIRO' t Several of the jury said this was wing g e tV e c eS' given yet. the o lle us ' 0, 0 e) 0 After the Coroner had summed up, „flit be fre ,c d to ile t 1 , 0 4 1„ turned :-" That from the evidence br?l,,,,ceit c io. o , e s e to , y o , to suppose that the ordinary valve 1u1f,,,, enlJ.nst it i,., t se . , o p t ° ,', pressure of the steam, and that . ai.(,)7L__=iii,g, :1_ , :,,,,t! l e '; ..pl u o 4 • 0 0 1 ; up safetythe coPl!e.., 'Oa_ A v. ~ PO of the jury that there was a flaw he contract;°"under Geaseco. part of the firbox, arising frorn t _ A . O 10+, 10 0 , ~,,too valve was impeded in tsin,‘, the metal in its ordinary' workin,.._,:Aviitiata r,_ 60.0w pressure, to the catastrophe,. by ‘,9o:l',„reto thes e ii•,; and William Alcock met their death. _f,, enoine of sOut. p 110 di jury - lay a deodand on the ~ _____----- jo ~,. • -- Th e 'IP iie .--- e 0 o.i..eer;E• „len t ee i e THEATRE ROYAL, DAIL' A prof) ,t 0,60 iii.o , distinguished persons hor!ire.-10, to iN i i pl o of 0)5 with their pre,ence en l'u-s_ctlye's ~.-Thedoolers ;,,tri cessful new bailet. Les -lia""' _ o f bos , 4 04 _. a p t fort, Marquis and Marc b iolien_u 0 40, ,i'll'r.ligteet: c.,,,:i, quis and Marchioness of tf a u r r o . l' tl t i t : r dig d. 0 , Marchioness of Convnghare,e '',.,1 1 e,..._ fltid it t.,„0.7 iiril of Pembroke, Earl of'L)esgaeuielle, 11'4;0 'liter llictv'rP Keilmansegge, Count d lin, Pagec'l3, t t'jir oece tlereagh, Ranelagh, D u p , ~,,,0 her, r4r5..13_ Henry Baring,ebbe, CaPtal" I Cele° het o SirsrJohn L o w• • and , OP V , King, Sir Henry ote t o „t i' s r , Major White, MAjor 13ony ru, e , C re i r t e ° 1 , of bd' Ay er 0 , a ttack his to LORD STANLEY. ---• ,Ne t 4 APO c' knee that his Lortaship is Stanley is sufferine- from so no t able to lea ve ..--The clshir without assistance. „oarsiNG•roli- t Il i, Let ~ t A THE EARL or ill rdaY was t" eta 3ifa 4 Yi numerous inquiries yeste a _ . a the ..‘ fe , 0 0 tinned in the same weak st Le ; to su ccee vof D'" oe The Earl of Lucan . s , a. the countthiett SI tily Slige as Lord Lieutenanuteil to_,, a aaY , ne iller , f l o r T r Majesty will hold a Co u pr i g ), Cou Council S r` Clerk will be sworn a -`-__ittee of . Vice President of the Come . ; su lf/t p I I-, r en'il tai ti he 1 —Evening Paper. v _. 5 . -.1 -e rr sr, Cs? 00 ti e ll' SOUTHAMPTON, -1: s' l43l', 11°Yal o'cl°el(' 00 11• A t ' Oriental Company's stean a at eigilitioniesnlar (OW' Evans, arrived this morP ir , l e . o o f the e ...„,„Froift_ty Alt" f ninsula, bringing thewuol ~5 fools' •,, 0 0, ; , v 6 ibr iie , l , l are , • dates of departure 2 _ 3 j h Lisbon, ri n g fa o ler :, ~1,1 26th tilt. ; Cadix, 2' t ships of vfir_,.',,,,eret_eiseroo ~,e' 30th ; and igo, 31st. P Flat rer, Pante Cs"-, lgertoils'? Her Majesty's steamer . 2 1 an d c I;iNanish b.....llLyree voiot Swedish frig-ate Josephshir At trail ! I ' , 0 ::,ti s c out, v t er.4oisbnafgetr, eor it. A Caiz—Tier Majesty'9 Eng I ' ,utiOtO 14-s t o of w i e seg e Norwegiancygne. ja c n o . corvette N 0 r i d . sshi).SterranaTp.orti , b 0 0 01, t un , q orb to Ascension with troopstl , .., a ga ,:, 0 . ~. 1621 1, 1 ",, ~a d tt It"'" h a ving sprung - a boarul .- repairs, twenty-three packages o Merehß§e• , . RAILWAY. In the press, in 3 vols. post Bvo., AN E W DT THE N 0 V E L. AUTHOR OF "CECIL." " Put gall in thine ink though thou write with a goosequill."— Shakspeare. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Svo., 1~1 Ii E ECCENTRIC LOVER. A NOVEL. By BAYLE ST. JOHN, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. I