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NOTICE TO 'SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of LAST (Friday) EVENING contained — Upwards of Four Columns of Parliamentary Intelli gence, including a full Report of Sir R. Peel's Speech on bringing forward the Budget, up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. The Promotions in the Army. The List of Bankrupts, and The Bank Returns, from the London Gazette. A Report of the Meeting of the Direct Northern Railway Company. The whole extending to nearly Seven Columns. An Express Edition was published at Half-past Eight o'clock; containing nearly ten columns of the Night's Parliamentary intelligence, including a verbatim report of the whole of Sir Robert Peel's speech in bringing forward the Budget, extending to upwards of Nine Columns and a Half. Jnst ready, in 2 vols. post Bro., SCENES and ADVENTURES in SPAIN DURING the YEARS 1835-1840. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Or,Rnary to her Majesty). Now ready, In 3 vols. with 34 Illustrations from Original Drawings, price 31s. 65. bou.id, THREE YEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE ; OR, DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS. By CHARLES WHITE, Esq., " These Three Years in Constantinople may be safely taken as a text-book with respect to Turkey, its people, and its manners. Mr. White's useful work is well worthy of the attentive study of all who would know Turkey as it Is. Full, searching, complete, it will dissipate many prejudices, dispel many vague notions popu larly entertained of the much maligned Turks."—Moming Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated Belle's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W. Harrison; Catarina Cornaro, Miss ltalnforth. After which, will be repeated a Grand Ballet, entitled LES DANAIDES Danaus, M. Hog,tiet ; Euricles, Mr. Howell ; High Priest, Mr. O'Bryan; Lynceus, M.m. H. Vestris ;Chiefcor M. Del lazier ; Alemenon, Mr. .Webster; Egyptian M. Finart ; Hypermnests, Mdile. Maria; Automate, Madame Finart ; Amymone, Madame Guibilei ; Agave, Mdile. O'Brya.n. The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six in the Evening, where Privale and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons. . THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr. StricklaA ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr. Webster; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the Countess of Pompion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn, Madame Vcstris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Ben - ett. After which, USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Charles Mathews; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutterbuck, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Private Boxes, TW.I Guineas and tme Guinea and a-Half each. Tickets and 'laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATHE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE THIS EVENING _ _ Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GREJIN SUES ; 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 ; 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'llorke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Beitupre, Miss Fortescue. After which, TILE CORPORAL'A WE DDINd ; or, a Kiss of the Bride. Sir Felix Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Mr. Selby ; Lady Arethusa Ur skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Nancy Cobb, Miss Woolgar. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Another Triumph of a New Drama, called " The Soldier of For tune ; or, the Irish Settler." • Tlll5 EVENING THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years Ago ; by the Author Of " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine," 84... Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Wright, 0. Stnali, I'aul Bedford, Selby, Cul lenford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which, a New Drama, called THE SOLDIER Or FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. Characters by Miss Woolgar, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Selby, Mr. Hudson, and Miss Fortescue. To con elude 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 performeeFAZlO. Girabli Fazio, Mr. Graham ; Bartolo, Mr. Oxberry ; Bianca, Miss Cushman (her first appearance in England) After which, THE REAR-ADMIRAL. To ►e followed by LE SALON DE BAL. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. -UNDER. THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will he repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled TAKING POS SESSION. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, Craven, Kinloch, A. Wigan, Yarnold, Bender, and Stanton ; Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Howard, and Miss James. After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal Characters b► Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner; ]lies 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 Mea doWs ; - Miss Walcott. and Miss Fairhrother. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kimloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. WoWidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE:. (Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.) Xnctagement of the celebrated Tragedian, Mr. OTWAY, who will appear in conjunction with Miss DACRE, of the St. James's Theatre THIS EVENING Will be performed COR lOLA N US. Coriolanns, Mr. Otway ; Volumnia, Miss Dacre. To he followed by a Ballet called JOCK OF INVERNESS, in which Mr. Bologna, Mr. Elextnore, awl Miss Wright will appear. Concluding with SKETCHES IN INDIA. Tom Tapes, Mr. Roxby. Miss Davenport will re-appear as Juliet on Monday next ; Romeo by Mr. Alfred Ormonde. ASTLEVS ROYAL AMPHITEVATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Last Night of the Southern American Minstrels. THIS EVENING Will he repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a Real Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living FO7: and Real Pack of Hounds. To be followed by the Melodies of the American Southern Minstrels. Zntlre, Change in the Circle. —Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. Te conclude Avith thie Pantomime ef HARLEQUIN JOHNNY GILPIN'A RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 'Last Night of the• Pantomime. THIS EVENING Will he performed Mr. Fitzbars Drama of HOME AGAIN ; or, The Lieutenant's Daughter. Su'ported by Messrs, R. Ilonner, N. T. Hicks, Neville, Seaman, Niss Martin, and Mrs. Honner. After which, a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSEY, in which the whole of the Company will perform. To conclude with the n.iitornime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND pENCE. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Cora ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter. ROY .t T, VICTORIA THEATRE. Continued Triuniphant Career of" Marianne"—Success of the Two New Drama, supported )y Cie best Company in London. • THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARI„I.I::;(7r,TIe Child of Charity. Sup parte'. by Mes.,rs. Osbabliston, H. Howard, J. T. Johnson, J. Her bent, "ones, ant' W. Searle ; Miss Vincent, Miss E. Terrey, and Mr*, -- E. Jefferson. - After which. a New Petite Drama, entitled A „NIGHT'S FROLIC ; 3r, Once in a Hundred Years. Ludovic, Mr. T. H. Higgie ; Nicksus, Miss Vincent ; Grechen, Miss Z. Terrey. Tu concluee with an Orit:itiai Nautical Drama, entitled THE LIFE RAFT ; or, , tbe Two 'Reett•rs. With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, and supported by the entire strength of the Company. THE WEATIIEIt.-SuN OFFICE, FEB. 14. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 28 ; llighest, 39 ; Noon, 39, BAROMETER, 29 B.—W IND, N.W. Num.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and "Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 28 minutes after 7 Evening .. 57 minutes after 7 .... • -.).., - ,sa- :,...., • sc r ....v..,4 44. A r# 4 l ZlO4l -"•.-- - * z---! - •• --.. , 4 ‘ 1111 ; *lO% . .r 1(•!.. *4 Q* , --; 'I: .4111111&\% fie "' '' - -:. Ar 11.1; 41tt'17. 'ar 4 -Ifik 6-. ' \ • 71 .-: 111 l el p..•••.'7"! i ' ',. Illitirtec ,,' Min *LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1845, The House of Lords sat for a short period last evening, but transacted no business of importance. The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock. Among the petitions presented was one by Mr. T. Durscomna from Mr. MAZZINI on the subject of post•office espionage. The Hon. Gentlewan after wards gave notice of a motion on the subject for Tuesday next. In answer to Dr. llowattiG, Sir itonnaT PEEL stated that the Government Was not satisfied With the manner in which the commercial treaty with Turkey was carried into execution. . 'rhe Rouse having resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, Sir R. PEEL rosf l 7 . the purpose of bringing for ward the Budget. it forward, alluded to the early period at which he brought speech orard, he said that, after the announcement in the th from the Throne, that it was intended to continue i i ncome•tax for a fur ther limited period, he felt that e e had l no alternative but to submit at the earlitq ' 0 i ews of Jlesscvle period to the country the general v subject of financial policy. Ile then referred on the referred to the speech of the CHANCELLO R of theExcHEQUERr in , c a o n n d sid showed bringing forward the Budget of last ye that his estimated surplus had been very exceeded. On the sth Jantutry last there was a rably sur plus of 3,3.57,000/. The amount of the net revenu received up to the sth January was 54,003,0001., in stead ‘..f 51,790,0001, the amount estimated by the CHANCELLOR of the,Exc itEgu ER. The increase was prin cipally from the Cu •toms. The total expenditure up to sth January had been 50,646,000 Z., leaving a sur plus of 3,3.57,0001., and he had every reason to believe that by the sth April next the surplus would amount to 5,000,0001. on the year. Of course, a very con siderable portion of the revenue was produced from the income-tax, which hal I..roduced . 5,100,0001 For the entitling year, on the supposition that the ' House would not continue the income-tax, he estimated the revenue at 47,900,0001. being for the Customs 22,000,0001; for the Excise 13,500,0001.; for the Stamp Duties 7,100,0001.; for the Land and Assessed Taxes 4,200,000/. ; for the Post-office (the actual receipts from which last year amounted to 691,0001.) 700,000/., for Crown Lands 1,500,0001., and for Miscellaneous 250,0001. This, with 600,0001. to receive from China, and the half year's produce of the income-tax, would make the amount of revenue for next year 51,100,0001., even if ;he House should refuse to continue the income-tax. The total charges, assuming the present system to remain unaltered, would be 48,557,000/., leaving still a surplus on sth April, 1846, of 2,543,0001. He admitted that there was the same stringent obligation on the Government to avoid unnecessary expenditure when there was a surplus, that there was when there was a deficiency, and that it was their duty to re move, at as early a period as possible, such increased taxation as pressed on the public trade and the public interest, at the same time he thought the public were under very erroneous ideas as to what was really necessary for the public service. The Right Hon. Gentleman then went through a detailed statement of the various fixed charges on the public revenue, and on alluding to the civil list took occasion to pay a well-merited tribute to the judicious controul ex- ercised by her INIAJESTY over her own expenditure — a wise economy, the only source of true magnificence, by the exercise of which her MAJESTY had been enabled to meet the increased expenditure of her growing family, and to entertain the Sovereigns of other States who had visited her, in a style of magnifi cence worthy of them and of herself, without incurr ing a single debt, and without adding one tittle to the burdens of the country, beyond the Civil List voted to her on her accession to the Throne. This well-merited eulogium was received with loud cheers from all parts of the House. The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the importance of our colonial possessions, and of the necessity of keeping up an adequate military force for their defence. The present force of the army he could not consent to diminish ; and the vote proposed for the Army Esti mates during the present year would be the same as last, viz., 6,600,000/. He proposed to submit an increased estimate for the navy—the increase would be of 2,500 more men than were at present actually employed, or about 4,000 more men than the number voted last year. The expense caused by the proposed increase in the naval force would be about 184,0001. He also proposed to ask for a vote of 187,0001. for the formathn of the basins for steam- vessels at Portsmouth and Deptford. He also pro posed to take a vote for the purpose of enabling them to keep the steam navy in a respectable condition, and on account of the naval service and the ordnance connected with the navy, there would be an in crease in the estimates of nearly a million. The following was the estimate of the total expenditure : The charge for the Debt, 28,395,000/. ; the charge for the Consolidated Fund, 2,400,0001.; making a total of 30,795,0001. The vote of supply for the army, 6,678,000/. ; for the navy, 6,936,000/. ; for the ordnance, 2,142,0001.; for the miscellaneous esti mates, 3,200,0001., being, together, 18,895,0001., and added to the charge for the debt of the Consolidated Fund, 49,695,000/. ; for the revenue of next year he would take 51,100,0001. The charges for the present year, 49,690,0001. And, even with this in creased expenditure, there would be a surplus on the sth of April, 1846, of between one and two millions. To meet this increased expenditure he pro posed to continue the property-tax for a further period. Suppose the property-tax to be continued, the estimate of the revenue for the next year, on the sth of April, 1846, aided by the 5,200,0001. of the property•tax, would be 53,700,0001., and as long as the other sources of the revenue remain equally productive, and as long as the property •tax con tinued, 53,700,000/., subject to a reduction of 60:.),000/., will be the amount of the revenue. This 600,0001. was the amount received as Chinese money ; it would be received for one year more, but for the purpose of calculating the revenue, it had better be struck out altogether. The revenue for the year, then, on the sth of April, 1846, would be 53,100,0001. The charge for the debt, and on account of the different branches of the public service, would be 49,690,000/. ; so that there woul 1 be left, as long as the income-tax should be continued, and de ducting the Chinese money, a surplus of 3,409,0001. If the House acceded to his proposal, he did not propose to maintain any material surplus of revenue over expenditure, but to devote it to the reduction of those taxes which pressed more onerously on the com munity than the property-tax. He proposed a re duction of the sugar duties in the following manner : In respect of brown Muscovado sugar, which is now subject to 255. 3d., he proposed to make a reduction of 11s. 3d., and to reduce the duty to 14s.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) With regard to Mus covado sugar, that reduced duty would apply to all British plantation sugar—to sugar the produce of the Mauritius—to sugar the produce of our West Indian Colonies ; and with regard to the produce of those districts in British India, with re gard to which a different rule now applied, he pro posed, in the case of those districts, to retain the same relative proportionate duty, and that duty should be 18s. Bd. This was applicable to those countries of India which were permitted to import sugar. He proposed that 'he amount of protective duty should not exceed 9s. 4d., and the duty on free-labour sugar will, there fure, be 235. 4d. Of course, in countries with whom existing treaties are in force, we could not deprive them of that which was their right. 'With regard to white, or clayed sugar, or sugar which by some pro cess is made equal to clayed sugar, he proposed that the duty on British Plantation East India sugar should he reduced from 255. 3d. to 16s. 4d., and that the duty on sugar imparted from India, or those parts of India from which sugar might be imported, should be 21s. 91., and that the duty on free-labour fo reign sugar—that is, clayed—should be 28s. Thus re taining the whole amount of discriminating duty, which last year was 10s. 61., but applying it in a dif ferent manner, giving 9s. 4d. protection on Muscovado sugar, and increasing the protection to 1 I s. 4d. on white sugar. The amount of discriminating duty would re main the same as it was last year. The duty on molasses he proposed to preserve in the same proportion. He proposed on refined sugar that it should be imported at a duty of 145., instead of 18s. Bd., and that double-refined sugar should be imported under a dnty of 215., the 14s. including the 5 per cent. The effect of these reductions would be to decrease the price to the consumers lid. per lb. He proposed to abolish all duties generally upon exports, including the export duties on coals ; and he trusted that the proprietors of coal-mines would give the people the full benefit of the reduction. If it were true that a combination existed amongst the coal proprietors to enhance the price to the home-consumer, there could not be a greater argument against mono poly. He also proposed to do away with the import duty on a variety of articles (430 in number) being principally raw materials used in manufactures, such as silk, hemp, flax, yarns, &c Ile also proposed to abolish the duty on furniture wood, on animal and vegetable manures, on ores and minerals, with the exception of copper ore, on iron and zinc in the first stages of manufacture, on dye stuffs, and drugs, and on staves. With the exception of staves he did not propose to interfere with the present timber duties. He also proposed to repeal altogether the duty on cotton-wool. He ad mitted that each one of the Excise duties presented a prima facie case against its ex-, istence in its present shape, but it was impossible to deal with all of them. He proposed, with regard to Excise duties, to abolish altogether the ,auction duty, and to charge 151. for the auctioneer's licence generally, for which he would be enabled to deal with every description of property, instead of making it necessary for him to take out a variety of particular licences. He proposed also to do away with the duty on glass, a duty which amounted to between 200 and 300 per cent. on the price of the article, and which sunjected the manufacturer to the most vexatious regulations. He anticipated the most beneficial effects from this latter re duction, both in a commercial and a sanatory point of view, and considered the a b o liti on of the duty on glass far preferable to the removal o f t h e duty on windows. He believed that from our superior facili ties for manufacture, this country might almost supply all the world with glass. These were all the reduc tions which he proposed to make, and the fol. THE St N, LONDO 4 NLSATITIADAY MOItNING, rtiIII,ITARY lowing he estimated as the loss upon each :—The estimated loss on sugar, 1,300,0001. ; on coal, 183,000/. ; on minor articles imported, being the raw materials of manufactures including staves, 320,0001. ; on cotton-wool, 680,0001.; on auction duty, 250,000/.; on glass, 640,000/. ; the total loss to revenue, 3,338,000/. ; very nearly absorbing the whole of the surplus. lie did not believe that the income-tax necessarily dimi nished the revenue from the assessed taxes, and he proposed its continuance in order to enable the Govern• tnent to make this great experiment in the reduction of taxation. And the period for which he should propose the income-tax would not exceed the period for which it had been originally introduced. He did not ask that the income-tax should endure for more than three years, and, at the expiration of that period, he hoped they should be in a condition to dispense with it altogether. In every case of reduction he had absolutely repealed a tax, and, therefore, from the increased consumption of the article he could not expect any benefit ; but he hoped that indirect and incidental effects would be produced, and would be the cause of increased con sumption of many articles subject to duty, and by invigorating the industry and extending the com mercial enterprise of the country, and by indirect channels to supply that void which he could not hope to supply by direct taxation. These were the conclusions to which he had come, after most mature deliberation, and he submitted them to the judgment of the House. The Right lion. Gentleman then sat down, amidst great cheering from the Opposition benches. Indeed, it was remarkable that throughout the whole of his speech the cheering, which was on many occasions most hearty, came almost exclusively from his op ponents. His ordinary supporters sat on the Minis terial benches in sullen but most significant silence ; they seemed to be, to make use of a nautical phrase, quite taken-aback by the Budget. • A desultory conversation followed, in the course of which Mr. LIDDELL denied, and Lord HowlcK de nounced, the combination of the coal owners in the north. The latter Noble Lord also protested against the continuance of the distinction between free -labour and slave-labour sugar. Several Hon. Members took part in it, and as had been pre viously suggested by Lord Jous RUSSELL, the fur ther discussion on the subject was postponed until Monday. The CHAIRMAN then obtained leave to report pro . gress, and the House resumed, and immediately afterwards adjourned, at a Quarter past Nine o'Clock. The debate of Thursday, on Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S motion for a " Select Committee to inquire into the manner in which the money voted, since the year 1835, for the construction (..f ships has been expended, and as to the extent to which the ships so con structed were improved," was certainly the most im portant which has been taken, as yet, in the House of Commons since the commencement of the session. The division by which this valuable motion was lost, we must add, appears to us to have been one of the least commendable we have had to record. From the nature of Sir CHARLES'S very striking statement, it would be hopeless to attempt any analytical digest of the facts he adduced ; but they comprise a mass of details which every reader who desires to acquire a :air insight into the arcana and iniquities of Admi- ralty Ship Building, will do well to study. The general question, suggested by the terms of the Gal hint Commodore's motion, is one of such vast import. ante, at all times, to the well-being, the independence, the very existence of this country as a First-rate Power, that we are too overpowered by its import ance to risk any review of the speeches it elicited, which might inadequately represent the grave and impressive character of the charges adduced by the gallant mover; the important confirmation those charges rectived from high professional authority at a subsequent period of the debate ; or the very lame and unsatisfactory defence to them offered by that distinguished officer Sir GEORGE COCKBURN. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN had, indeed, this point to fall loack upon, and he was not slow to avail himself of it; namely, that the charges applied, almost exclusively, to an epoch of Admiralty and Navy Board Administration some years prior to the last accession of Sir GEORGE to office. But how the House of Commons, with the case before them, set out in his broad, bold, uncompromising, manner, by Sir C. NAPIER, and incidentally and even through the adduction of other particulars into which Sir CHARLES had not entered, by Captain Rous, from _ _ the opposite benches (in a speech admirable for the frank, manly, and holiest tone that pervaded it)—how the House could be brought to find a verdict for the Admiralty culprits, and nonsuit their impugner, in a division of 93 Noes to 32 Ayes, we cannot under stand. On such a question, as Sir C. NAPIER truly remarked, every representative of the people ought to forget, for the time, on which side of the House he sits, and vote only according to his own conscientious conviction of what his duty to the country requires at his hands. And what were the circumstances in connexion with the past operations of that department, to which is confided the supreme control and imme diate superintendence of our naval architecture in her MAJESTY'S dockyards, that the attention of the House was on this occasion invited to ? Sir CHARLES told them what was the complement and condition of our ships of the line and ships of war, in 1800, when he first entered the naval service, of which the first and second classes alone could be considered of the highest character and properties. He then gave a humorous, but a faithful account of the wasteful and incessant process of alterations, by cutting down, lengthenin'g, taking to pieces, altering, and breaking up, which successive Admiralty Boards had followed, at a vast and ruinous expense, according to the caprice or the favouritism, the folly or the incompetency, of the presiding authorities. He showed how, despite of re ports from the most qualified officers, of the tests of experiment and observation on the performances of vessels of different classes, those which ought to have been for ever discountenanced were built in numbers, only to be lost or laid up shortly afterwards ; and ships of the force, capacity, armament, and qualities most to be desired, emphatically discouraged and neg lected. The " forty . thieves " (rasies) and the "donkey" frigates, and the "patent coffin" gun-brigs, came in for a just share of his sarcastic exposure. With regard to the unpardonable delinquencies, the scandalous incompetency of the Admiralty under Lord MELVILLE'S Administration, during our last war with America, and the disastrous results of that reign of mismanagement and imbecility, he expressed himself in terms of severity by no means, in our judgment, commensurate with the official malfeasance of those days. He proved. irrefragably, that it was the feeling at all Boards of Admiralty to discourage scientific improvements when brought forward by civilians : and to this cause, giving Sir W. SYMONDS, the Surveyor, full credit for some good vessels, he attributed the failure of the recent constructions by merely practical men. But the great force of his speech, and we state it with regret, was—the exhibition of our slow advances in naval war-steamer building, and the very capital defects of the best models we have yet got afloat ; steam-frigates, for example, without, in one class, any guns on their main-decks--in another with guns there, but no means of properly running them out and working them ; with prows and sterns too sharp or contracted for the one or two great guns they are meant to carry ; and other mistakes of draught-lines, &c., than which we can imagine nothing more urgently demanding instant rectification. The Terrible seemed to be admitted on all hands to be the best steamer - of this kind yet produced, though by no means faultless. This part of the subject, however, is of too much importance to be further pursued by us within our present limits, and we shall therefore, re turn to it at an early opportunity. The result of the proceedings in the Convocation at Oxford, on Thursday, may well excite the greatest alarm among the Protestants of the United Kingdom. Mr. WARD, a man of high standing in the Univer sity, in a book lately published by him, has avowed his conviction that the English Reformation is "des titute of all claims en our sympathy and regard ;" and that were we " to pursue such a line of conduct as has been therein sketched, in proportion, as we did so, we should be taught from above to discern and appreciate the plain marks of Divine wisdom and authority in the Roman Church, to repent in sorrow and bitterness of heart our great sin in deserting her communion, and to sue humbly at her feet for pardon analearesstitoarllation." express is imp ossible iy : find in unequivocal terms fullest adherence to the doctrines of the Church of Rome—the abhorrence of Protestants, and which every Churchman has taken vows to resist to the ut most, yet we find, that at a meeting consisting of 1,363 members, not fewer than 586 supported Mr. WARD and the Popish religion. A motion for de priving the delinquent of his degrees was then put, and carried by a majority of only 58. Among the supporters of Mr. WARD we find the names of Mr. GLADSTONE, late a Cabinet Minister; Dr. llooa, Mr. H. WILBER FORCE, Mr. COURTENAY, the protegee of the Bishop of EXETER, and Mr. ERNEST HAWKINS, Secretary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel. We have not space for comments on this event, so full of danger to the Reformed faith ; bat they are hardly required. Every reader can judge for himself, and every good Protestant will only be the more roused to resist these innovators till a victory is obtained over the enemies of liberty and true religion. Madrid journals of the 6th inst. hare been received, but they are destitute of interest. The Chamber of Deputies were still engaged in discussing the Bill for the prevention of the slave trade, fourteen clauses of which had been adopted. The Three per Cents. closed at 31i for cash, and 321 at 60 days; the Five per Cents. at 24 at 60 days ; and the Debt without interest at 7 at 60 days. The leading French journals are chiefly occupied with discussions on the present state of the Ministry, and the probable result of the vote on the Secret Service Money Bill; but we find no new arguments and but very little that can interest the English reader. The Opposition journals continue to main tain that the Ministry have already been tried and found wanting, not on an accidental question, but on one of the very first importance —peace or war with England. These are the words of M. THUM' journal :—" The question of the PRITCHARD indemnity bore upon the principal act of the Cabinet in the in terval of the session ; it had for an instant placed the peace of Europe in peril ; it was con , nected, besides, with the question of Morocco, as is shown by the correspondence of M. DE JAI6:AC, and with the question of our relations with England in the way in which the Ministry understood the maintenance of them. It never therefore could have entered into the mind of any man of sense that such a question, chosen besides by the Ministry and parties' in the Chambers as a Parliamentary field of battle, was a question of secondary order, an accidental question the solu tion of which did not directly interest the policy and existence of the Cabinet. Had not M. Guzzor said that he would not be satisfied with a doubtful ma- jority, and that for a good policy, the majority mus be firm and decided ? After forty-eight hours em • ployed with all the activity of men who were playing their last stake, a majority of four was ob tained, and then, vi hen'the entire Address was to be voted, and when the policy of the Cabinet in its ensemble was more evidently in question, only three new votes could be added to the number, and the sense of such a division appears subject to discus sion and comment. The journal which has now doubts did not dissimulate. the gravity of the vote, and came to the conclusion that the Ministry ought t o o ot re c t o i n re se v n o t l i u o n g tar t i o ly g , not r h o av w i i n t g h l t o o s o t t w h e e ak ma a jo in r a it j y o , r l iry t , A majority of eight, 'added the Debate, cannot satisfy a Ministry like ,that of the 29th of. October. The 140 members of the Lemardelay club have not increased this majority of eight. It is a mockery to equivocate on what is as clear as the sun at noonday.* Tne Ministerial papers on the other hand contend that the Ministry could pursue no other course, and that they would have negleCted their duty to the KING and the country by resigning before their general policy was unequivocally condemned. Should the vote be unfavourable, understood that Ministers will not immediately resign, or perhaps not resign till the meeting of a new Chamber—that the urgent business of the session will be disposed of with all possible 'dispatch, and the Chamber will then be dis solved. The Journal (fps Debate contains some obser vation on the state of agriculture in France, the truth of which will be admitted by' all travellers who have paid attention to the skeet. Much is yet to be done - for the country4n-that respect. The following complaints differ little froin'those made by VOLTAIRE seventy years ago : • " Our situation in this respect is deplorable. Meat in France is scarce and dear. . It is a species of food almost un kinn manufactures. o c w he n theytoear Our population isap rw o a n et s eksn g oc e wa n wn e 7 r t a oht l ,a that procureha e n n gs peasants, sffih e operative sufficient, t i a c oud larly in the poor departments i , n d m o n an ot y e r a e t sp fl e c o s t h a m wi e t a h t r t e e g n a t r i d m t e o s lt y work, on an average, as a French been established in the construc tioncwonassumtewhaoenrnkcme performan. arises twice e i f n aa inferiority i ho o a r i csh t relative proportion railroads n f; animalbu t when fuu d i t inquired ed by eachw h a what labourer, was the it was ascertained that the British labourers consumed twice as much flesh meat as the •French. We can easily compre hend, therefore, the disadvantage which our manufacturers labour under in their competition with other countries in consequence of the high pride of meat. The inferiority of our agricultural produce acts in 'a most unfavourable degree upon our manufacturers. It has often been asserted that France ought to produce sufficient iron for her consumption. Iron has been declared as necessary in war as in agriculture. Horses likewise are necessary in war, and still we have been obliged to import 300,000 more than we exported between the years 1823 and 1841." The following are miscellaneous extracts from the Continental papers : on which t o b acco i s cu l t i vate d , h as l a t e l y , who possesses one of the . c ild o ti u 'An rri gPaP er r7 F 9Y rncais, entered i n t o a con t r a c t with the richest do mains says C t u h n i en t Government at Paris for, the supply of 1,000,000 kilos., 2,000,0001 b. of tobacco in leaf. rh H oea a jd v o r b e lym ha wa s l,h e dic r u e h c if e t i al vi r d 'ee ni ff i s ce from the Postmaster-General and e T d : t — te. " m A s l i l l t r h u e ns po b s e tr w as ee t n ers par o i n s that, from Marchl, the AdMinistration will have no further need and, consequently, th a t they might thenceforth eir ofedisspr:sieces ; their horses for any other purposes. The Post-office at Havre has not received any communica tion as to the new mode of service to be adopted for the con veyance of the dispatches in lieu of that now employed." A letter from Vienna, of the 4th, in the Journal de Franc part of Hungary, and fi th ir a t t ' isn.taotensetyhiallt a ageftrirtinye Pre- sixtt l l s dr i e n n had died of hunger. A letter from Dresden, Feb: 3, says :—" We have to de plore another fatal duel which-.has just taken place at Frei berg. One of the officers of the garrison, lieutenant having at a ball trod on the foot of a lady, who was dancing with Count Dembinski, a student at the Academy of Mines, aged 19, and having forgotten to apologise for his awkward ness, was challenged by the Count.. The weapons were pis tols, and the distance 15 paces.. • The Count grazed the arm of his antagonist,,but the ball of the latter proved mortal, striking the Count-in the heart. He had only time to ex claim, "My poor mother!" when he fell dead. The de ceased was the son of the late General Dembinski, who com manded the Polish army' during the last revolution. The mother is still alive. She lost a few weeks back a daughter, aged 18, and has another daughter at present dangerously ill." Tuscany is pot only constructing railroads , but the cele brated engineer, Count Marchetti Tomasi de Rietti, is en gaged in perfecting a plan fox a junction between the Medi terranean and the Adriatic, by•means of a canal, which would unite the Esino, the Chiasio, and the Tiber. He requires five years,to complete his work. The Posdata of Madrid states that the Spanish Govern ment has conceded the intended line of railway from Madrid to Cadiz, with- branches to Toledo and Xerez, for a period of 99 years, to a French company, but it is added that the Bank of Belgium has engaged to, furnish a third of the capital, which is estimated at 125 millions of francs. On Wednesday the - Funds were more firm. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse at 85f. - E the New Loan, at 86; the Five per Cents., at 122 f. oe. ; Orleans Railroad Shqves, 1,157 f. 50c. ; Rou e n, 1,097 f. 50c. ; Havre, 885 f.; Spanish Three per Ce n t s ., 401 ; Ditto, Domestic Debt, 321; Belgian Two-and-- a-Half per Cents.„62. ST. ANN'S SCiCirri.--:--Thursday the half-yearly general court of the members of the above society was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of receiving a report of the proceedings of the committee and electing twelve children into the asylum. Alderman Johnson was in the chair. The report stated that the . institution is in a high state of pros perity, and notwithstanding:the, necessarily large expenditure, the committee had been enabled during the past year to add the sum of 1,5504 to its permanent funds. The Duke of Cleveland will preside at the next anniversary festival. The report having been unanimously adopted, the following resolution was passed " That,in addition to the children elected by ballot at each half. yearly election, the child who shall have polled the largest num . ber of.votea during the time.that he or she has been a candidate, shall also be admitted into the Brixton Asylum, provided that he or she shall have polled upwards of two thousand votes during that period." The election then commenced, there being one hundred and two candidates, and at four o'clock, an hour after the closing of the ballot boxes, the names of the twelve highest on the poll were read. After voting thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. . TROTTING MATCH roe. 401. —Thursday the match between Mr. James's horse Paddy and Mr. M'Clue's mare, to trot in harness over twelve miles of road, came off on two miles of measured road at Penge, near Dtilivich. The usual and necessary preliminaries being adjusted, the race was commenced, and the first mile accomplished in 3 minutes and 35 seconds, and the second mile turned in 7 minutes and 19 seconds ; and at the com pletion of four miles, which ~fiocupltd 14 minutes and 41 seconds, the mare had an advantage.. They were pulled in and rubbed down, and resumed the match, and co ncluded four miles more in 15 minutes and 26 seconds. They were again pulled up and re freshed, and appeared ratherpitieue 4, the road being exceeedingly heavy, and the race became one of st r eng th rather then one of speed. They again started, and on the approach of the tenth mile the driver of the mare deemed it necessary to relinquish the race, and the horse was driven in the winner, accomplishing the twelve miles of road in 48 minutes and4s seconds. The following gentlemen are to be raised to the rank of Queen's Counsel :--Messrs—Lee, Parry, and Wood, of the Equity Bar • and Mesas: Ifumfrey, Hayward, Butt, Russell Gurney, and Montigu Chambers, of the Common Lew Bar. MONEY arid COMMEICIAt NEWS, CITY, FRIDAY Stocks closed etuietly this afternoon, Consols at 99 1 ,4 % for Money, and 99% for Account ; Bank Stock rallied to 212% ; Reduced Three per Cents. were not higher than par. Spanish Active Bonds were a trifle better, being at 28 ; and the Three per Cents. touched 41 1 A Mexican were 65% The ridditiOnill tfadAdaiOtis , in iidliNVO,*, Stittrel bate beets these :—Cambridge and Lincoln were 2 1 4 ; Chiifitet 6%; Dublin and Belfast, 3 ; Eastern Union, 9 ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 7 ; Ditto Extension, 3%; Great North of England, 80; Harwich, 1 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 14; South Western, New, 10 3 / to 1 4 ; London and York, 4A to 414: Newcastle and Berwick, 15 1 / 2 ; Norwich and Brandun, 641 Richmond and West End, 2 to %; Rugby and Tring, 31 Staines and Richmond, .% ; South Wales, 3 1 4 ; Trent Valley, 17 ; ork and North Midland, ex. div., 53 1 / 4 to 54%; Do., Half, ex. div., 26% ; Do , Selby, 47 ; Do., Extension, 10% to 11 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 3 1 ; Great Northern of Fraoce, ; Orleans and Vierzon, 9% to 10 ; Tours and Nantes, 1, and Bordeaux and Toulouse, 1 4 % premium. Di rect Northern were % discount, and Dublin and Galway par. The Foreign Exchanges rose pretty generally this after noon, but principally on llamburgh, Paris, and Antwerp. (Fro'. The Sun of Last Night.) A large business was done in Cotton at Liverpool yester day. Sales, 10,000 bales, of which about one third was on speculation.—Shares were quoted as follows :—Birmingham and Gloucester, 134 ; Bristol and Gloucester, 59 ; Caledo nian, 7% ; Chester and Birkenhead, 39%;; Chester and Holyhead, 8 74 ' • Dublin and Belfast, 5/. 16s. 3d.; Churnet Talley, 8 1 / 2 7% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 30s. 6d.; Glasgow and - Greenock, 15 1 / ; Grand Junction, Quarter, 56 55 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 2914 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three quarters, 31 1 ,4 ; London and Birmingham (321.), 43 1 4 ; London and Brighton, 55 ; London and York, 6% ; Man chester and Birmingham, 65 . ; Midland Counties, 126 1 ,4 127 ; Newcastle and Berwick, 13 1 4 ; North British, 13%; Scot tish Central, 6 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 105; South- Eastern, 41% ; Dtto (No. 1), 16% ; Trent Valley, 17% 15%; Paris and Orleans, 45 ; Paris and Rouen, 42 1 4 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 5 • Northern of France, An intense Clegree of anxiety is expressed in all circles this morning for the exposé of the Minister in the House of Commons this evening. So short a period will elapse ere the full details will be laid before the public, that it is scarcely necessary to refer to the current reports of the day as to the changes which are likely to be made in the tariff, and possi bly in the income-tax. We cannot, however, but reiterate the rumours which are in increased circulation, that some material change will be made in the sugar, the tea, and other duties ; and buyers to a very considerable extent are holding back in order to ascertain the variations to be proposed this evening. The advices which have come to hand from Canada this morning, are generally speaking barren of interest, with the exception of the following extract relative to the lumber trade, which is from the Quebec Gazette of the 13th ult. : " A public meeting had been held at Toronto, on the 4th inst., of shipowners and others concerned in he carrying trade of Canada, at which it was resolved that a petition should be drawn up and presented to the Legislature, setting forth the grievances under which they labour from the in terference of foreigners in the trade. The nature of the grievance is stated to be, that timber, cut and dressed for market on the shore of Lake Erie, and throughout the western part of Canada West, is there purchased by foreign ers, carried by them in foreign vessels to French Creek, a port in the United States, rafted there; afterwards brought into Canada, entered at the Custom-house at Coteau du Lac as foreign lumber, nominally pad ing a duty of 5 per cent., and again shipped for the British market as Canadian lumber." • Dates of December 20, from the Cape of Good Hope, state that at Natal matters were still unsettled as regards the emigrant farmers, and that many of them were leaving for Delgoa Bay. There is a more firm market for money this morn ing, the pressure occasioned by the settlement of the Railway and other Share accounts having, to a great extent, passed off very satisfactorily. Consols for the Account have been done at 99% %, and for looney 991/. 2 The Three per Cents. Reduced keep at about 100 1 4 ; the New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. at 100%. Exchequer bills 545. to 565; India Bonds at 70 premium; and Bank Stock at 111 1 / 2 to 112%. There has not been any business of extent done in the Foreign Funds this morning. Brazilian Bonds have been quoted at 88 ; Mexican at a fall from 36 to 35%; Portuguese Converted at 58; Spanish at 27%, the Three per Cents. at 40%; and the Dutch Four per Cents. at 98% 3%. The Share Market is somewhat heavy this morning, gene rally speaking. The usual list will furnish the correct quo. tations. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. 47 /4, • 3, 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols .. 99 1 ,6% 99% New 3 1 A per Cents Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 12% 1-16 12 1-16 India Bonds, 1,0001.. Ditto under 1,0001. Consols for Account. Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 112 d.... 56 54 56 pm. 56 Ditto 500/. . Ditto Small ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 BB Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...... Ditto, Account Ditto, Deferred Stock l 6 l / 2% Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Converted Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Account — 2 Ditto 3 per Cent. 4 0 3 /4 41% Ditto, Account 4l 14 Dutch, 2 1 4 per Cent Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 98 X 4 5 41 98 3 A Ditto, 5 per Cent — 99 1 % PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. piuurs. RAILWAY SHARES Birmin and Gloucester. 100 132 135 1 / 2 ...... -- Ditto New Shares 171/ 2 33 ... Ditto 1 ,4 Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New.... . ......... 2 _6l/2 35% 8% --+ Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 59 CalJdonian Cambridge and Lincoln 1% 4 3 1 ; 0 4 ...... Chester and Holyhead... 5 Cliurnet Valley Direct Northern Dublin and Galway..... 2 1 / 4 2 l /2 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 1 ,4 — Eastern Counties 141. 165.... 17 1 Eastern Union lO . ... Ditto Extension Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Great South. and West. (Ireland) - Ditto Extension Great North of England..100 Ditto New Ditto New 2 - Great Western BO ......177 1 4 - Ditto % Shares Guildford, Farn'm,l'orts. 2 1 / 2 _ .. 4 1 / 2 Harwich Lancaster and Carlisle l5 London and Birminghm (Stock)...... — Ditto, Quarters... London and Brighton... 50 5 5 1,4 56% London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 80 .. Ditto New 2% l2 ••• Ditto New London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 18 1 A 3 A London and York .....• ') Manchester and Birmin. 40 Ditto 1 ,,i Shares Midland 100 12 5 1 /2 Ditto New 2 ..... 8 1 4 Midland, Ilium, Derby...100 Newrasiie and Berwick 1 1 / 2 ...... 14 1 / 2 16 Newry and Enniskillen. 2 1 / 2 Newark and Sheffield ... 1 1 A, 2% ..... North British —„..... —.... .. Ditto New 1 . ...... Norwich and Brandon... 10 Richmond and West End Junction Rughy,Wor'ster,& Tring 1 Shrews., Wolverharnp., Dudley, and Birm 2l i 6 1,01 , South Devon... lO ...... 15 1 South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 41: Ditto, No. 2. , Ditto, No 3 ... 2 1 -, 2% 2 1 / 5 1 ? 9 [7/ I l 9 - fr• 71 12'9 /.1 . . _ Staines and Richmond... 1 South Wales 212...... 5 1 / 1 /2 ...... .., Trent Valley Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. Yarmouth and Norwich. 20 ...._ 26 / 2 York and North Midland 50 lO5 Ditto % Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Ditto, Selby 2O — Ditto Extension:— ... 1 1 4 — .04 1 ,4 51% .24 5% FRENCH RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens... 2 Great North. of France.. 4 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Orleans and Vierzon ... 2 ... Paris and Lyons .. ' Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg ... 2 Tours and Nantes 1 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 12. —We have had an extensive business done, generally at lower prices : Blackburn and I'reston, 14 1 /. ; Bristol and Exeter, 82 ex new ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2,26 s ; Man chester and Birmingham, 65 64%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 111 ; Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, 11 1 /; Birken head, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 7% I ,‘ ; Black burn, Burnley, and Acc rin g t on , 574, 6 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 7 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3% ; Churnet Valley, 81 , 4 54; Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 3% 3-16; Lon don and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4; Newark and Sheffield, 2% ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 1 11-16; Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 6%; :Southport and Euxton, 3%; Trent Valley, 17% ~/1. 12 42% MARSEILLES, FEB. B.—Yesterday morning, at half-past ten, Sir Win. Follett entered this port on board the steamer Alecto, from Naples. Sir William, on his passage, experienced most rough weather, so much so that it was at one time expected the Alecto would be obliged to run into Toulon. During his stay in the Bay of Naples, the Alecto ran aground and lost all her boats. She leaves in a day or two for England to be paid off, having been five years on the Mediterranean station. Such has been the violence of the north-west winds for the last fortnight, that upwards of 200 ves sels have been o:diged to seek shelter in the ports of Sardinia. THE WEATHER.--THE PAaas.—The weather on Wednesday was intensely cold,the wind blowing keenly from the east. During the night the frost was most severe, and at break of day on Wednesday the streets of the metropolis had the appearance of sheets of ice, the pavement being extremely slippery. The snow which fell during the tint two days of the week lies in seine places four feet deep. This is the case on the Lammas lands at Fulham, which at high tides are usually under water. At the Receiving house on 'Wednesday farenoon, the mercury, at ten, was as low as 14 degrees--the lowest point it has reached this winter. The fineness of the day caused the parks to be thronged, and thousands disported themselves upon the ice. In the Regent's-park the ice was in excellent condition. The number of persons who ventured -on was upwards of 4,000. Several duckings took place in the course of thi day, but none of any moment. In St. James's-park the ice was very unsafe. This is always the case in this park; but, despite of this, there was a good number of skaters. The ice broke several times, and, although many were immersed, nothing serious occurred. Upon the Serpentine the ice was in a bad state, but in the middle of the day the skaters were very nume. roue. No accidents occurred. In Kensington.gardens the number of slaters during the day was upwards of 1,000. The members of the Skating Club were there. Several of them went knee deep into the wee:, Dut were rysecii.b , PI out. • 15, - 1845. SUMMARY OF NEWS A p Public Optitton. " Who runs may read." N'OREIGN. The cold was still ♦ery intense at Nil. on Wednesday. ♦t nine in the morning of that day, Fairenheit's thermometer marked IS by 17 below fresaing. The Memorial des Pyrenees contains accounts of the falling of several avalanches in the Valley of Ossau. A number of barns and sheds filled with cattle were buried in the snow at Aas, but no human litres were lost, The cold in the south appears to have been very great. On Monday morning, at seven o'clock, the thermometer at Lyons marked 101 degrees centigrade below zero (14 Fahrenheit). A few days ago, a great mass of the snow which covered the plateau upon the slope of the mountain which overhangs the village of Moliere, in the Ave}ron, fell upon the village, and buried four houses, with their inhabitants. Several of the inhabitants were dttg out alive, but eleven persons perished by this disaster. We read in the Presse :—" Among the instructions and notes which the Duke de Broglie carries with him to England, there is said to be a project drawn up by M. Bouet, Governor of Senegal, who is still in Paris. The plan proposed by M. Bouet would, we are assured, advantageously modify the treaties of 1831 and 1833. We are ignorant, ho.cever, in what it consists." The Constitutionnel publishes a copv of the commercial treaty between France and China. It consists of thirty.five articles, and ifsimilar in every respect to that which has been concluded with England. It is reported that the Prussian and Danish Genernments have agreed to refer their differences about the Sound dues to the media tion of France. During the last month, the eonsumption of meat in Paris was 7,409 oxen, 1,378 cows, 6,939 calves, and 41,631 sheep, being 572 oxen, 74 cows, 1,142 calves, and 2,319 sheep more than in January, 1844. This consumption has never been so great in the same month of the year since 1825. We are authorised to state (says Galignani) that the Committee ofthe Franco.Er.glish Railway Company (Jacques Lefebvre) from Tours to Nantes is composed as follows :—The Hon. George Daw son, M.P., and Member of the Privy Council; Mathew Boulton Rennie, Esq. Director of the London and Westminster Bank ; John Anderson, Esq.,merchant ; George Hankey, Esq., Director of the Dover or South Eastern Railway. An accident happened during the performance of Robert le Diable, in the evening of Sunday last, at the Valenciennes Theatre, which might have had the same fatal effects as that which destroyed the life of Miss Clara Webster in London. While the actress who was performing Isabella was, in the second act, reading the letter from Robert, the long veil hanging behind her, suspended from her co. ronet , caught fire from a gas-light, and in a moment was in one entire blaze. Fortunately, it was seen by the foreman of the firemen, who instantly came on to the stage, tore off the veil, and extinguished the flames. The actress fainted from the fright, but in a very short time she recovered, and resumed her part. fal.V7 AND POLICII At the Middlesex sessions, Michael Donovan, master of the Roman Catholic charity school at Somers-town, was indicted for assaulting Thomas Cavanagh, a pupil in the above school, on the 21st of January. The jury found him Not Guilty on the ground that he was justified in chastising the boy to a moderate extent, which was all he had done. At Guildhall, William Hatch, who was lately employed as a traveller, by Messrs. Sutton and Shepherd, stationers, Sta. tioners'-court, Ludgate-hill, was charged with embezzling various sums received from customers in various parts of the country, to the extent of 1251. The prisoner, who denied the charge, and defied the prosecutors to prove it, was remanded, on an understanding that he should be admitted to bail. At Clerkenwell, Elizabeth Peach, alias Frazer, was finally exa mined, charged by Mr. Henry Shakspeare, of No. 25, Mitchell street, St. Luke's, with stealing a 5/. Bank of England note, and 71. in gold and silver, a shawl, and other articles, and fully com mitted for trial. COURT—FASHIONABLE. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal is shortly expected in town from a visit to the Queen Dowager, at Witte) , Court. The Marquis of Breadalbane, who came to town on Wednesday, left Park.lane on the same day, to join the Marchioness at Brighton. The Earl of Errol, who, we regret to say, continues very unwel at his mansion in Clarges.street, was considered rather better on Thursday. The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam have gone on a visit to Earl and Countess Bruce, at Savenahe Lodge, near Marlborough . The Dowager Countess of Pembroke returned to Wilton House on Wednesday, from a visit to Earl and Countess Bruce, at Sa venahe Lodge. MISCELLANEOUS. The terms upon which the proprietors of the Torpoint Steam Ferry have agreed to cede the ferry to the Plymouth and Falmouth Railway Company are said to be, that the entire capital sunk from the commencement is to be repaid with interest at the rate of 4i per cent. The tolls arising from the ferry were let on Tuesday, by Mr. Hainselin, for one year, for 2,4701., being nearly 3001. above the amount paid last year. Last night a meeting of the parishioners of St. James, Clerken well, was held at the Red Lion, Rosamond-street, for the purpose of taking measures to obtain a repeal of the window-tax, when the chair having been taken, several of the inhabitants addressed the meeting, and a series of resolutions were moved and agreed to in support of the object, after which the meeting separated. Marylebone Parish Church was broken into on Wednesday night by some thieves, whose object appears to have been the commu nion plate, kc., which is very valuable ; fortunately, however, the door of the strong room in which it was deposited resisted all the attempts made upon it, and the only booty the thieves found con sisted of 30s. in cash, taken from the desk of the parish clerk, and five brass candlesticks, found in an ante-room, the door of which was forced to get at the strong room. The covering of the pulpit had been removed by the depredators, in search, it is supposed, of the gold lace which usually ornaments it, but that had been re moved, and securely locked up, as is the custom during Lent. Re mains of lucifer matches were left in the vestry, and a candle had been lighted. We regret to state that the last accounts from Sidney, New south Wales, announce the death of Sir James Dowling, the Chief Justice of that colony. He died on the 25th of September. THE PORTLAND VASE. Yesterday, a letter was received by Mr. Jardine, at the Bow street Police.office, with an enclosure of 31., which the writer re quested he would apply to the payment of the sum awarded, in compensation, to the Trustees of the British Museum, and in de fault of which the young man who destroyed the Portland Vase and its glass case, had been committed to hard labour for two months. The sum was accordingly appropriated to this purpose, and the Governor of Tothill-fields prison received the authority of the ma gistrate to discharge his prisoner, who immediately repaired to the European Coffee-house, in Long.acre, where he previously resided, and at which, we believe, he is still located. From another source we learn that the offender, who de. Dies that his name is William Lloyd (the name by which he was known at the coffee-house, is a student at the Dublin University, which he entered as a pensioner, under the tui. flan of Dr. Atkins, and at which he has at present a brother of considerable standing. Beyond this he gives no particu. lars respecting himself and family, from a desire, as he stated when under examination, not to inflict upon his relati►es the pain of his disgrace. He says that his object in visiting Eng. land was merely to spend the vacation in viewing the principal exhibitions and other objects of attraction in the metropolis ; and that having exhausted his means, it was his intention to have written to his friends for a remittance, to enable him to return to Dublin. _ _ .... During the short period of his confinement, we understand, he felt very deeply the degradation to which he was exposed ; and, on more than one occasion, evinced rather a refractory dis. position. Thursday morning he refused to comply with certain regulations of the prison, and having been consequently handled by one of the turnkeys, with the view of compelling submission, he raised his arm and struck him a violent blow over his ear. For this breach of order he was consigned to solitary confinement, with the additional restraint of a pair of handcuffs, and in this position he was kept until the unexpected arrival of an order fur his dismissal. He has never been heard to speak of the offence for which he was committed in other than terms of apparent contrition. Indeed, he talks of a willingness to Five up his claim to pro pertg to which he is entitled, and to devote the remainder of his life to any pursuit by which he cou'd be instrumental in affording reparation to the Museum for the mischief which, in an uncon. scions moment, he was the means of causing. Of the genuineness of all this it is as impossible to speak with certainty, as it is dangerous to offer an opinion. We can only say he wears the look of sincerity. If, in smashing one of the most precious relics of antiquity in the whole Museum, the delinquent sought notoriety, and knew, from the deplorable deficiency of the law, that he could thus obtain it without material personal punish ment (even if he fai'ed in exciting commisseration, by talking of unaccountable visitations, brought on by rash intemperance), we can only say that he has accomplished his object well, for never were the fraternity of " penny.a.liners" more busy in their inqui ries, or the active artists of our illustrated periodicals more anxious in their endeavours to present to the world the very eyes, nose, and mouth, of any " mysterious" being who, of late years, has ex. cited public attention. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUVRSDST.—AdmiraI Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., Commander-in-Chief, re-hoisted his gag on board the St. Vincent on Monday. The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, left the harbour and an. chorcd at Spithsad on Monday. Captain Rowley mustered and in spected the crew the same day; she was paid in advance yester day, and sailed to.day for the Brazils. The Medway royal mail steamer, having had her rudder repaired and copper examined, was undocked on Monday, and lett for Southampton on Tuesday. _ _ The Duck lighter arrived yesterday from Chatham, with stores. It is not the intention of her Majesty to honour the Isle of Wight with a residence next autumn, her Majesty having notified to Lady Isabella Blachford, that Osborne House would not be re quired for the royal residence, and given up the contract for that mansion. The furniture removed from the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, has been packed up to be returned to that Palace. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail steam-ship Ocean, Captain J. C. Host, landed the Dutch snail at Blackwall early yesterday, after an unprecedented short passage of only nineteen and a half hours from Schereling Bay. The frost set in on Saturday, more intense than ever at Rotterdam, and the captain set all ' hands to work to discharge his outward cargo, which he ac complished in time to leave Rotterdam for Schereling early on Monday morning, and whence she left with the mails early on Wednesday morning for London. The Emerald Isle steamer,;that intended to follow immediately after the 0‘ can, got blocked up with the ice, and remains. Mr. J. M. Balfour, M.P., and Lady Blanche Bal four are at Whittingham House, near Dunbar, staying on a visit to Mr. and Lady Eleanor Balfour. It is entirely owing to the father of the Hon. Member remaining so unwell that he has not come to town to attend to his Parliamentary duties. We stated, yesterday, in referring to the legal ap pointments of the Government, that it was generally believed that Mr. Baron Gurney had obtained a promise, that upon h s resigning his son should obtain a silk gown. We are assured that there is no foundation for such it report.-3forning Paper. ST. STEPHEN'S ON A QUICKSAND. — It seems that the new Houses of Parliament arc built on a quicksand, which, says the account, " has a tendency to change places and shift itself." Considering how often the Members shifted and changed places lest session, on the very same questions, we do not think a better founda tion could have been selected for them to deliberate upon. Hence fl,rth our legislators will be able to shift on the best of grounds. It would read rather strangely, though, if the evening papers ended their Parliamentary report, some stormy afternoon, with an intima tion that the House was " left shifting," for the quicksand might shift the House, little by little, right into the middle of the Thames. But we have one consolation—as Mr. Pattison is in the House, it will re quire no small power to move it.—Punch. FORTH V. LAwsoN.—Our readers will recollect that, in the course of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's speech for the plaintiff in this ease, the Learned Sergeant made some rather severe remarks upon the conduct of Mr. Clive, the magistrate at Wandsworth Police office. Two or three days ago, however, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd took an opportunity, when there was no immediate business before the Court, to say that he would, with his Lordsh i p 's permission, advert to a matter which had arisen on Saturday last, in the case of "Forth us. Lawson." He had, in commenting on the proceedings before Mr. Clive, made remarks on the conduct of that gentleman which ha thed Teen wholly unpremeditated, and were e xcited by e feelings of moment, and which he felt to be unjust, anti therefore was anxious to withdraw. As Mr. Clive had been a respected member of his own circuit, he felt the more anxious to withdraw remarks which were inconsisent with the esteem in which he Dad always held that gen ponass.—rinto. LAW INTELLIGENCE• ..... , -..........''. nousp, OF LORDS. E.l) 14. The House sat tr.day to hear appeals. The Peers present Were, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and L"rd Campbell. FORREST V. HARVEY. The arguments were resumed in this case, and occupied their Lordships the whole morning. COURT OF CHANCERY Feb. 14 Th,2 Loan CHANCELLOR oat In Lincoln's Inn-hall to -day, and after diposing of 4everal unopposed lunatic petitions that stood oil the paper, proceeded to hear the further arg uments in the pat heard cafe of the Ludlow Charities, which occupied the Court the remainder. of the day. When the case was first brought befor r e the Court by Sir Charles Wetherell, on the 17th of Decombe last, we shortly stated the facts VICE-CHA..VCELLORS' COURT, Fen.. ho! e The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND WAS eng a g ed morning with the hearing of short causes und unopposed Peti ti.". the r Feb. 14. COURT OF QUI.: t.NS BENCH', Feb. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Loan DENMAN a nd a Special JurY" THE QUEEN V. JESSOP. This was an indictment for perjury preferred againet the 80 dr fendant, who was alleged to have sworn t hat he arrested A 0 when such was nut the fact. The case p roceeded a short 10_1: when it was found that there was not sufficient evidence to o t° blish the charge. The defendant was therefore acquitted. The Court then proceeded to hear common jury cases. b. 14 COURT OF EXCHEQUEII, Feb. 14 No case of any public interest came umler the adj of this Court. udicAtto.. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Fe!. 14. • (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER IN RE JOAN MICNDE The name of this insolvent, who describ ed himself in his fhb as an attorney, has been already frequently before the publl o e i in connection with proceedings both in this Court and the Cour t . Bankruptcy. He had had many dealings in the way eounting, and other such transactions with Lord Huntingtovb' Colonel Copeland, and Mr. Hugh Stratford Stratford. It MI/ in the recollection of our readers that considerable litigation e;' sued in consequence of the hitter gentleman refusing to 1 4 Y c5 ., r 7, " bills of exchange which had passed through the insolvent's bl" This day being appointed for the hearing of the insolvent, hie Mr. CooEE, who appeared on his behalf, applied to have petition removed from the file of the Court. The Learned Co . 1, , sel stated, in support of the application, that the insolvent's b_.°o). ruptcy and insolvency were wholly to be attributed to circ u ie s stances over which he had no control. He had M ir' t a lady, who was in debt to the amonnt of ' el f. thousand pounds, of which fact the insolvent was in total igu °r "i a is at the time of his union with her. The insolvent also held c er .% bills of Mr. Hugh Stratford Stratford, which the insolvent , pected would have been paid when they becamehete of bill dis; were not. Should they, however, be paid by Mr. Stratford,' all would be a large surplus coming to the insolvent after his creditors 20s. in the pound. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER said he should not dismiss the , t he Mr. Comte admitted as there was an existing petition SriSt Court of Bankruptcy, all benefit which might be expected r t ° t o t from the control over the insolven t ' s p ro p ert y would be ea" by that means. facts Ia The COURT inquired if there were any affidavits of the reply ? to which the Learned Counse l answered in the neg s t t . ' o c ter gni Mr. Commissioner RZYNOLDS said b efore he could en . o, such application as that made by the insolve nt, he must file vita detailing fully all the facts of the case. The further hearing was then adjourned. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. I ` . (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) COOPER V. WATTS. The whole of the forenoon was occupied in this „'- Se° which was an action at the instance of J. Cooper, tr,, ° lelils' Bond-street, to recover from H. Watts, of Lincoln'el l3 4 .",:„Eptb e the sum of 161 . 45., for goods supplied at various times ,'„ierY, beginning of 1841 to the end of 1843. While the "%i s teo of the amount of goods named was not denied, it 1/ 5.5 :,ti01l for the defence that Mr. Watts never had any trim:l,s7ora with the plaintiff, but only with his son, Mr. the Cooper, whom he understood to be a princiP al / f ive° business; that all the orders for goods l'ier'? ,1 •° I personally to Edward Cooper, at the prenve, Si Bond street, and not to the plaintiff; and t „ b : l i i 10,f' various times the defendant, as a set off, had suPP" - 2,. 6° ' Edward Cooper with other goods to the value of 26/. 1 10 1 . so that actually defendant had overpaid him more th; tb Evidence was called to show that whatever nlig ht fdee rti , impression of Mr. Watts in relation to Mr. latter. 411 Cooper's position in the business, that the only foreman to his father ; and, further, th11:006, the transactions of the business were conducted in t e l l , lit l , e ; of James Cooper only up to May, 1844, several 11,011`-nicat'i the debt was contracted. The son had for a fe ic : o ;, after that period carried on business on his ow n acc ulPilics•W," had been obliged to give it up from the h in which he had been involved through pelt", proper conduct, and was now nowhere to e ,„ in e r The son had supplied the goods to M r. Watts ~.bste,,,f; capacity of servant to his father , and had no right ~,sset'i; to set off any private debt of his own ag ainst the til-faicto The jury, after a short consultation , ret urned A le the full amount of 161. 4s. --.....a, vA I MARKET NE ‘IrS.--(YEsTU— vi 0, CORN EXCETANGE—rxrair4II: s t 14 0 There was a very limited supply of English b e 0 0 0 Although the attendance of dealers was by ~l ' o ° o 8_,,,0 numerous, the demand for all descriptions of the r e forv o s was steady, at fully Monday's quotations. In t in d t he r i or e Wheat a fair average business was transacted, 20 ; se i4 . 13 1,0 wore freely supported. The supply of Barley " t ha t iir t o v, than equal to the wants of the trade, the sale forLifylo‘elil was very dull at previous currencies. Malt moved ' o rs 7 yet prices were supported. Oats, Beans, and Pea' at previous rates. fl' ij fi I ARRIVALS. 01 'Wheat. Barley. oats. 4,230 qrs. 5,02 0 qrs. 2,360 9,97 0 i 200 840 1,11 0 Malt, 4,240 qrs. .113 4 ' SIVIrrifFIELD. , ... ott t o Notwithstanding the supply of Beasts on sale s oy, is ket was but moderate, we have to report a very s i d ° l to \il o for that description of stock, at prices barely efl u " st s oi l isil obtained on Monday. There were offering 70 1/ea , e, ifi lieti Sheep from Holland, as also 100 Scots from 13 111-e saPii o l average condition. With Sheep we were scantili,,, O, Prime old Downs sold freely, ether breeds slo",:'';liaifigo rates. In Calves, the numbers of which were rat' e e r tecl.;,„ /i t very little was doing, yet the quotations were suPP,,,o l '' found buyers at full prices. Mulch Cows sold ' ti. from 141 to 191 each, including their small Calf. • 6 3 1 4 Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 0 , .. a t° ; s. d. to a. d. itto 4 , 4 Inferior Beasts ••. • 2 6 210 Second quality' d•••:„ - 3 ,; • Second quality ditto. 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolleddi“" 4 's Prime large Oxen •• 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wetlicrl , 4 6 Prime Scots . . Large coarse Calves 4 4 5 2 Large Hogs* • " '..: 4 . 1 ! 4 Prime small ditto .16 '" v Suckling Calves, lB 0 30 0 Quarter old Pig , '. 0 Inferior Sheep ••• • 2 8 3 0 Lambs ........ ... rie• SUPPLY AT MARKET. 1° Beasts. t$ o 840 I Sheep. I Calves. • 9. 4 828 2, I 142 ele t/$ "eta AFEWOAT3S A A ;ID LEAD 0,- — he cill . On the whole the trade was inactiv e, yet t 4, a. t ruled about stationary. 1 os'lo At per stone, by the Carcas e. O. b • i 2 / 1 s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.-- 2 4 2 8 Mutton, inferlo. r :, 3 (1 6 3 , middling •••• 2 10 3 0 —___— rniddlinb • . •3 4 ; 6 prime large •• 3 2 3 4 —_— prim •., 3 $ ' prime small Veal. •••••••.. • . 3 10 5 4! small •• • ... i r, ,0 Ay ZIOROUGIif HO? Vi.t.i.SLThe Je lil t rellpi There is an evident improvement here in x i s e tif ,l all kinds of Bops, the supply of which on °", e , r ve 0 • limited, and in some instances the quotations" til t"rj tendency. 1 10 ¢6 iti. , l , ' v" English • • • • • • Irish •••• • • • • Foreign . . Col.olllr_4 i . have been limited to about 700 l,hds, up ~'Pg ' 1 ,.• SUGAR —The business transactions in 8 01 ' 1 .'4 evr -1 1 5 - elusive, as the holders ask advanced rates, 011 Y,tiof , l e g per cwt, compared with this day week. At i ,, ti t - 0 6 15- .9 Barbadoes went at 67s for tine yellow, at 6" A t ' mid, and at 56s to 578 Gd for low. stead pr REFlNED—Standard Lumps been - 45 ' have to 6 per cwt. `2 5 or i'' 10 EAST INDIA.-6,760 bags Mauritius sold r t, s 6d h itt, i: fine yellow, 58s Gd to 61s 6d for good, 55s to du o e io' si lla 4,470 bags Bengal went at 66s to 663 6d for A od I v o .° to 1.-0( 0 t i o sit f a 64s 6d for good, and at 60s 6d to 65s for da„T"P6d fat ' ~, fir 5,669 bags Madras in bond sold at 23s to 2° 5 6 0 I ) , 00,,a,t yellow, and at 17s to 19s 6d for brown. 915 t ° ,h 5 1 Jir FottEIGN.-939 boxes Havannah sold at - d ball' , d e . fine yellow, and at 20s to 20s Gd for 0 0 ' little cla''''il's damaged.•erY s be ep COFFEE.—In West India there has been' vier; o leo( and prices are easier, as the stock is heasi• Q gi u es6cl i rji; a fair demand for Mocha, and at stead)' rat e .'id at • 11 14' 1 00 clean garbled at 59s to 62s per cwt, and low l , Eas, t i od, A o cwt. Not much has been done in corn,blWas reaL o ;,,t,, , Mysore, 221 bags, at the 4d dutY , venting vcr16,54; 6d to 45s 6d for good ord mixed. ' t , 5 1 °, 00 , I ,' 01 done at 22s to 245. Company's Java / 5 5°3 / 0 - CO ',, i , rooi and fine Singapore, 38s to 425 per cwt• 4 ,. n , O ra P o d t il ic: bags at auction sold 54s to 66s 6d f° 1. ,,., - e ord , ‘, ll-, i4 l aLr s ' Demerara kind at 69s 6d to 72s for *n e '-',.,,'; bag 3 -tg.o'ops- arc' to 465 fur triage. There have been 1,21.',. 0 rd t? i 0 5 sold at 51s fOr fine ord, and 40s to 48a graP The supply of foreign offering is not large. 0 4 taken in at 45s to 59s per cwt. l id. it,. Rum.—This article has been dull. SricEs.—Black I'epper has been in --", ad t ° ,. c ;1 0 4 ,;,,, 1 eg Eastern, 1,840 bags, has been taken in 3 , / 13s p e ,:' Sok,',i, Jamaica Ginger has been sold at 3/ 9s to r 3 d per--. 015 to a small parcel of Pimento went at 2id to e . 26 id L t 9 , 6 d have realised 2s 10d to 4s per lb, and dace a IZIcE. - 7 00 bags 108 pockets Dolg a ' O t .. , e, ~ lO n oti 12s 6d for sound. a etivi , .tio ,, 4 r- SALTPETILE.—There has not been any d by and o. er ilo , CorroN.—Of 1,500 bales Surat offe re r lb., g,idL,ls , ' half has found buyers at 2%d to 21Ad per t° ),, V . ,,,,1 1 ! bags out of 1,600 Madras put up went a,, riu , wo ir , c ll o Of TEA.—The market has been q uiets hr,,,. e ra ar, ° o o° ' e lle l there are public sales in progress, but y,n: nol on ',, s y 1 wait until the Budget is announced. I, _`-," d von' vatelv, has been 11 1 / 2 d to Is per lb, a" cir t ' 105 P c ' . 0 , leaf is 3d to Is 3 1 / ./ 2 d per lb. ~, 6,1 to I!if fa TALLOW.—Y.Y.C. is steady , at "„, c ,.' op _A(lair ' , 1 1 " co.a.x. IYI.AI-47.,arket ,--iiiirtle.V; Prices per ton at the close of the i l . carr,6,,;000; 16s; Buddle's West Hartley, 1656VartleY, ' 1 6 ,1 ; , ', /) .15 a . ' Fenham Hartley, 14s 6d ; nasti"fls. fart y, 15s We t ‘ li t i ' well Main, 16s 6d ; Morrison's ' 3 i9 ,6d ; , g 4 6,1; 10 , West llartley, 16s 9d ; Tantield Moors ' wo o, ~,.° w:,rcP 19s ; Wylam, 15s 6d; W.E. 1 3 el l a n p ii, 16a 6 , , `; S 0 ;3 ,11 li tite.cl dera 2 pe r ;,,. Clark and Co. 163 6d; W.E. , Cl el .l n s - 6,1 • W' e i n 'ioa t ll4,l ! ,pur, 17s; W:E., Killingworth, ! i i . v v . 'E., 0 206 .6 d; 1 6$ 11 ",„: 16s 6d ; W.E , Eden Main, Iss 6 1 -I ,' "ROO, 10 010' , ; '.7 0 1: 6( .' rth w e st sb r b o rli t ki. W.E., Braddyll's Hetton, 20s 18s ; Larnbton, 20s 6d; Ravensvo 20s 6d ; 903 e * 1-11 {1 Fl ie Pemberton, 18s ; Russell's llettontc,aradoe, - 0 ;00', Co e Stewart's 20s 6n ; NV hitwell, 93; „ os ; p i rrf, e, 19 3 'F,toa Leasingthorne, 19s 6d ; Adelaidde, .4 A Seymour imeoorgios , 7 6 ; South Durham , 8 ' ii •, O s ; lot daP , ,,, 7 pen Hartley, 17s ; Lewiss ger, .Y s ince , .) - - ...3s ; Snapethorpe, 175.--So WO /Jig 711 " , et, geld° ~..11° On the 13th inst., in Douglity•altooiter. ingtoo , 1“'" s, Mrs. E. Ferguson Camrou,x, °I iv lore? I ' l tire f er , On the 9th inst., at Gibsn- 1 t gel~ chanan Balfour, of a daughter. _village vces , On the 9th inst., at l'arkr-s1":" A po Mrs. William Benett, of a dam.,liter• A wl ,ir f ob , ' ber DIED' , t , tiso n d fsq ' C , On the 16th of December las t' CraW f°r ' fr, ll. ar__roliils ie f, - , ba. c liild ° f) teL; jesty's*Consul-General in C Thce,__, en ch sr' On the 6th inst., Mary P 1 u Ch °r 0 3 r Reaaing'iptise, , , At Lambert, of Burglifield, nea Hartley, the wife of Joseph ,rocker Rectory' .-- d De" ,' On the 6th inst., at the , the gon. and ~I Staffordshire, Harriet, wife 01 ~.-0, .; Talbot, aged 30. . 'o ll' 1j , 1 •o. el -------- DO > t ---'--------- d hl' 1111" Otce'CooP f London: Printed and Publish! _...-, e Sul` i 0 ilie . :,.. tl'i.. ,- ;trand, Stra ~,, in l ,- . f 16F 184 ' % Iliddloaex, Saturday, February . . 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