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er-- - HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON 1 1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Pubße. It is presented with the co nfident hope, that the successful exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty company still more worthy of the first Theatre in Europe, its distinguished Patrons will insure the continuation of their sup rt. a t tn. ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA. Ifdlls. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlle. Sanchioll, Mdlle, Fagiani, and Madame Solari (their first ap pearance in this country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Viotti and Mdlle. 11a.ria Nascio (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame Castellan. Signor Fraschini, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Ac Sig Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor F. Lablache ; Signor Borella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Corelli ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Herr Staudigl (his first appearance); and Signor Lablache. In addition to the above, arrangements are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Opera at Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to brills out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'ceuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de Silesie, by Mdl'e. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschinl. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of ShaksPere; written by M. Scribe. Miranda Jenny Lind. Ferdinand Caliban .• .••••••••••• . • •• • .. • Herr Staudigl. Prospero • • ... . It is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a new Opera, of which the plot is founded on the ROB BERS of SCHILLER. . ... . Rossinrs Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca- Senate Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioli, and Montenegro ; Signors Gar jf,Superchi, and Fraschinl, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Easter. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs d'ceuvre of Mozart, Cimaroaa, Rossini, Donizetti, 3lercadante, Bel li:A, &c. The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect in a .'ii•eparts. A NUMEROUS ORCHESTRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, has been selected from some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS has been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germany, aUd England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Cerito ; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Mdlle. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle.Wanthier, of La Scala (her first appearance in this country); Madame Petit Stephan. Male. Honore, Millie. Elise Montfort ; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Bertin ; and Mdlle. Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manlier in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie Royale, Paris (his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Mania, Sig. Venafra, 31. Geuriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. MailreS de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, 31. Casa', of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous-Maitre de Ballet, M. GoSTelin Regisseur do is Dense, M. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the kindness of a popular and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGERIA. The celebrated Pm de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by M. Perrot, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des Deesses and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVF.NIXG Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnhelm, Mr. Borrani, ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus. Mr. Rafter ; Deviishoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Itainforth. After which a new Ballet, called THE PRETTY SICILIAN. In which M. Croce, M. Blasts, and Mdlle. Baderna will appear. To conclude with the Last Act of DER FREISCHLTTZ. Adolph, 11r. King; Ca-par. Mr. Stretton ; Zamiei, Mr. Payne ; Linda, Miss Measent ; Rose, Miss Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, 111Y3fARKET. Under the Management of Mr. 13. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Webster, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture. des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and " Helen" Polkas, Sx. To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil. Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. TfIEATItE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drama, entitled the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Boyce, Worrell, Cul lenford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Harding, Mrs. Matthews, Kiss Taylor, &c. After which the Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Lord Philander, Mr. Cullenford ; Algernon, Mr. Boyce ; Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To • conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the ;Ballet of LA G!SELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; er, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen'ord,Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed Bellini's Opera Serie, entitled NORMA. Panto, Mr. Allen; Oroveso, Mr. Lefler; Flavius, Mr. Wynn; Adelgisa, Mias A. Romer; Clotilda, Miss Rourke ; Norma, M as Mssano. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta lented CHILDREN will go through their wonderthl performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The A im _ !lean Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en tltl;d The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE ; or, The One-eyed Genf. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, MIES Burbidge ; _Sprite, Mr. It. Marshall ; Clews, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, called LE DOCTEUR NOIR. Principal characters by MM. Lemaitre, Cartioy, Pascal, Loden, David, Dumery, Berm', Mdme. Grassau, 31dlics. Clarisso, and Vallee. Boxes, Se., Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls; 3e.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may he engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gerrnon, will have the honour of repeat ing, their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING (Tuesday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, arid the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequ.nce of the continued demand for places, will repeat their DIY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 10, and every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Trio o'clock, and the performance commences at Half-past Two. The Programme will be varied on each occasion, . _ . Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. 11nder the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTY respectffilly begs to acquaint the public that he purposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on TH URSDA Y next. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be brought into action.... THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successfbi Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY TH [EVES ; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors (wen at six and e , mmence tt half•past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled BABY RATTLER ; or, 'The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength.of the Company. To conclude with a grand fairy Pantomime, callal THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin in the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Dentin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, :Mlle. Theodore; Clown, Herr N. Dentin ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. Box•oftice open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vin cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, and Messrs. N. T. Hicks, Howard, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which, the new and grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin 0 Go-a-Head," and Joe Miller and his Men. Clown. Mr. T. Barry. To conclude with THE DUKE OF SHOREDITCH, Supported by the entire Comic shength of the Company. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d. ; Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. HAMBURGH MAIL. VIENNA, JAN. 22.—For some time past the German journals have paid particular attention to the accounts of the health of Prince Metternich. We are able to state on the best authority, that that eminent statesman, who has for so long a period exercised an active and salutary influence in the affairs of the world, still en joys the best health in every sense of the word, and la tours without interruption. with almost incredible dili gence and energy, almost daily from nine o'clock in the morning till midnight, in his important official duties, and therefore all the reports respecting his declining health are wholly unfounded. We hear that the Counseller of State, Baron Wedner, is appointed as Deputy of Count Von Munch Belling hausen as president of the Diet whenever he should be absent from Frankfort, Count,Von Munich Bellinghausen still remains president of the Diet, but in order to re lieve Prince Metternich from the weight of business, will always make a considerable stay here and not return to Frankf ,rt, except in urgent cases. STOCICUOLM, JAN. 30.—The greatest activity prevails „a! present in all the departments of the Governm ent. Whe object of this is the preparation making for the ap 10?_Fhing Diet.acEN uoPENu J A N . 28.—The political article of the Berlin G headed "Reviewa Gazette, has been frequently mentioned, of the year 1846," which now proceeds to remark o n the tr plains of the partiality of the Estates, and com the Germa n censors hip, d ec l a r e s positively that the G f Governmtoent knows nothing of those pretended Danish notes fo reign powers which so man y German journals have spread such a host of fabri cations about. BERLIN, JAN. 24 . —Persons fil ilnegla highre tha t offices theyofficers rp h s av o e f no knowledge relative to the r the Prussian army are to be embodied preparation for such a measure to be nor is th ere any observed in the military establishments. The latter circumstance how ever proves nothing, because the ao organised, that all the troops may be placed imm e diately on the war establishment. There does not a l 7p - e e s; be any reason for taking such a measure. T he assembli be ng of Russian troops on apprehensions . Young Prince Hatyfeldt a member of the highest Roman Catholic aristocracy in Silesia, intends to dissolve his present marriage and contract another. As it is only in the rarest cases that his holiness at Rome grants this the dissolution of a m arria g e ; the Prince designs in case to embrace the Protestant faith, a circumstance which is much talked of, and causes the greatest sensa tion in the higher circles, Prince Hatyfeldt is a brother of the Countess Hatyfeldt whose lawsuit lately made so mach noise.—Hamburgh Papers, Feb. 2, THE SUN MR. DISRAELI'S NEW WORK. In tho press, in 3 vo:s. post live., T A. N C R OR, THE NEW CRUSADE. E D By B. DISRAELI, M.P. Author of " Coningsby," " Syhil," &c. Henry Colhuru, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough ,treet. Now ready, In 3 vols. post Bvo., price 11. 113. 6d. E XPERIENCES OF A GAOL CHAPLAIN. COMPRISING RECOLLECTIONS OF MINISTERIAL INTERCOURSE WITH CRIMIN ILS OF VARIOUS CLASSES, WITH THEIR CON FESSIONS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. NEW NOVEL BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES. Next week, in 3 vols., post Bvo.. GEORGE L O V E L L. A Novel. By JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES. Also, in 2 vols., post Svo., MEMOIR OF THE REV. 11. F. CARY, Translator of Dante, with his Literary Journal and Letters. Edited by his son, the Rev. HENRY CARY. Edward Moxon,Dover-street ; Agents: A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Cumming and Co., Dublin ; and Griffin and Co., Glasgow. NEW WORK ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Preparing for publication, in Bvo., with Engravings , T HE HISTORY OF THE GIRONDISTS. By M. DE LAMARTINE. With an Introduction and Notes. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. CONTRACT FOR WHOLE WHEATEN MEAL. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SERVICES, Somerset-place, Feb. 9, 1847. THE COMMISSIONERS for executing the Office of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on Times- DAY, the 11th instant, at One o'clock, they wilt be ready to treat With such Persons as may be willing to CONTRAC l' for Supplying and Delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, 2,688 SACKS of WHOLE WHEATEN MEAL. A Sample of the Meal, and the Conditions of the Contract, may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock. on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the,party attend , , or.an agent for him duly authorised ix writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also he delivered at Somerset-place, accom panied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging t• become bound with the person tendering, In the sum of 251.. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contract. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 31ESS1I,S. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Sc., take place every TIIESDAT and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the nail of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered; and advicos of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instrections. (Vices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. rilE WEATHER.—Snr; OFFICE, FEBRUARY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 19; Highest. 30 ; Noon, 28. BAROMETER, 29.45.—W1ND N.N.W., fine. HIGII WAl'Elc AT 1,0,41)0N-tilcflot4t , THIS DAY. Nforning 14 minutes after 7. Evening .. 42 minutes after 7. ( 4, % , . -; . `'4if ' if 7 41 z " i'ili--' , '.." - 41011 6,4= it t 2.1k.;:•!C•, ;. 4 , • ''''' -. :.1 ' • Y.,. , . ~.. 7 " M C ' S . 4 '' ' 4 Z31 - 3 4 ,! -.=. A- „. . . _ , SECOND EDITION. OUJening LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1847. THE COURT. The QUEEN and Prince ALBERT, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal Household, are expected to ar rive at Buckingham Palace at four o'clock this after -noon from Windsor Castle. A special train was ordered at three o'clock at the Slough station, to convey the royal party. Prussia must ever regard as one of her most me morable anniversaries the 3d of February, 1847. On that day a constitution was given to the Prussian people by FREDERICK WILHELM IV., and by the royal ordinance in which that glorious announcement was made the representative system of government was formally incorporated in the Legislature of the king dom. It is with joy and exultation that we publish the twenty-three articles of this constitution—joy in the conviction that it is, perhaps, the most certain means of ensuring the everlasting prosperity of the kingdom—and exultation in this new testimony of the progress of the great civilizing spirit of the age, and of the indomitable advance of the principles of popu!ar liberation. The knowledge of the magnifi cent and substantial boons conferred upon them by their monarch—and conferred upon them, too, not grudgingly in the constraint of an insurrectionary movement, but spontaneously, and even unexpectedly —must impart a generous and beneficent enthusiasm to the patriots of Germany. We confess that the concessions proclaimed in the royal or dinances are wanting in that completeness of applica tion to every social exigency which so peculiarly characterises the constitutions of Western Europe ; we confess that the catalogue of legislative innova tions contained in those royal ordinances are particu larised by many extraordinary deficiencies, and that, beside our own matured and now venerable system of popular representation, that bestowed upon his sub jects by FREDERICK WILHELM is mar►ellously crude and insufficient ; but, convinced that this unparalleled act of royal generosity is only the starting point of a grand and systematic in provement, we are satisfied with the constitution just created at Berlin, and the Prussian population will assuredly be satisfied in like manner. They will be more than satisfied ; they will imbibe from this testi mony of confidence in themselves an increased affection and an enduring loyalty for a SOVEREIGN, who has himself evinced such loyalty to their inalienable, butlitherto unacknowledged rights. By this noble declaration in the cause of freedom and civilization the King of PRUSSII has seized a talisman more potent than that of MERLIN and a wand more magical than that of PROSPERO : he has transformed the enemies of his dynasty into its upholders and its guardians : he has solidified the unstable founda tions of his throne into the adamant of national love. Monarchs have heretofore endeavoured, with a few illustrious exceptions, to perpetuate their power and grandeur in hereditary succession by riveting afresh the chains of their authority, and iky extending the bounds of their several dominions. In the increased dimensions of their territory, and the profounder exercise of their despotism, they have seemed to recognise the only means of ensuring the reverence of the million, and of rendering their empire perpetual. Heretofore the nations of the earth have only emancipated themselves by the most terrible .exhibitions oftheir wrath and of their strength. Hitherto, in all ages, and in all countries, liberty has been baptised with blood. Before the genius of freedom could be appeased the people have invariably been compelled to pour out the libations of battle. The republic of America was only raised under the protection of the sword of WASHINGTON. The thraldom of the Bourbons was only dissipated by the storms of a revolution such as the earth had never seen before. The petty dictatorship of Holland was only destroyed by the revolt against the Stadtholder. The liberal constitution now enjoyed by the, Grecians has been bought by butchery and insurrection. BouvAß had to maintain the independence of his country by the fullness of his bodily courage and the excellence of his strategy. SANTA ANNA is compelled to guide his fellow•countrymen through a similar ordeal. And England herself, the favourite of fortune, was necessitated to realise her own emancipation by the subjugation of JoHsr, by the decapitation of CHARLES, and by the expulsion of JAMES. It is because history tells us that these bloody and horrible catastrophes have been hitherto inseparable from the progress of liberal opinions, that we conceive Prussia is entitled to such deep and cordial felicitations. In the con stitution granted to Prussia by the reigning SOVE REIGN a representative legislature is per manently establishment. The people are hence forth to have a voice in the fabrication and administration of the laws by which they are governed. All the members of the eight provincial Diets are to be assembled at the option of the Monarch in one grand United Diet of the kingdom. An upper house, entitled the Chamber of the Herren stand, will consist of all the Princes of the blood royal and of all the nobility of the empire. A lower house, entitled the Chamber of the Ritterstand, will comprise the delegates, or rather the representatives, of the various classes and provinces of Prussia. To their wisdom d em om er w ge i n ll ey b , e th su e b p m ro i p tt r e i d et , y ex o c f e a p n t y in of tax es , an d n the f that impo sitiongnoivnelcaseso of the regulation of th e n a tional exchequer. B y this mean of the people. It i s more than a co nso l at i on t s the sceptre will here after be vi r t ua ll y i keeping asteethine leverthese o o f rd e i i n v an ilis c a e t s io o n is already aeting upon FREDERICK WILRF LM, Pon the abs o l u t e monarchies of Northern Europ e . i To reflect that France possesses a Legislature which fails to represent the sentiments, the honour, " Lac LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1847. and the interests of her people, is a melancholy truth ; and that this should be her actual position, sixteen years having elapsed since a revolution was effected to protect her liberties from the encroachments of regal sway and to remove the fetters which restrained the free expression of popular sympathies, seems quite an anomaly. Yet, such is the fact. How ever glorious and sudden may have been the efforts which France has made from time to time to secure a state machinery which should faithfully represent the interests, desires, and honour of the great body of her people, and however satisfactorily they have seemed for the moment to , have accomplished their national hopes, the vices of her rulers have invariably sufficed, gradually, to undermine and stealthily to deprive her of the blessings of ;constitutional liberty. Year after year, since 1830, have the Chambers of her Parliament by degrees more faintly reflected the morality and intelligence of the French nation. If con viction of this were previously wanting, the recent proceedings in their Legislature in connexion with the Montpensier marriage must by this time have completly rooted it in the minds of our con tinental neighbours. Such a conviction is enough to disgust them with monarchical institutions. No wonder that they should become restless and discon tented beneath a form of government which, despite of their past efforts, presents, generation after genera tion, the recusant phase of stifling the legitimate ex pression of the national will. They must look with wonder and envy upon the different results which attend the operations of our Constitution. In England, whenever the 'people at large have resolved upon the expediency and reasonableness of any change in her affairs, external or internal, her system of representa tion is found to be in that healthy condition that the alteration desired is certain of being effectuated ; and were our representative system ascertained to be imperfect for the object coveted, we should set about widening its foundations, as we did in 1830. In France, the bearings of the political machinery are quite the reverse. There the will of the KING is omnipotent, that of the people a cypher. Hence it would be a great error to confound the character of that enlightened country with the acts of the Government. There is no cor respondence between the one and the other. Louis PHILIPPE is, in fact, the perpetual Prime Minister of the State, and filling this anomalous position in con nexion with the possession of sovereignty, it follows, from the infirmity of human nature, that extensive personal interests take precedence in his mind over those of national consideration. The fact that Louis PHILIPPE sent for M. TRIERS with the view of inducing him, as the chief of the Opposition in the Chambers, to abstain from discharging his duty as a representative, by forbear ing to raise a discussion upon the Spanish marriages, is strong evidence of the direct influence he does not hesitate to exercise in matters where legislators ought to be left free and unbiassed to deliberate upon points of intrinsic importance to their country's welfare. In our time such an unconstitutional act as this would never be dreamt of or attempted by our Sove reign. Such an endeavour would never have been made by the holder of the French sceptre, had M. GulzoT's conduct, to which he was instigated by his wily master, been honourable and worthy of the dignity of France, instead of having been tortuous and flagrantly unjust. But as this was not the policy of his Minis terial dupe, Louis PHILIPPE, when no credit could be gained, was only anxious, in the interview which he insidiously commanded from M. Timms, to screen M. Grimy' from merited disgrace, and himself from national censure. Fortunately, the regal manoeuvre failed, and the fulness of the treachery of the French Court has been rendered glaringly manifest by the ample debate which has since ensued in the Chamber of Deputies. M. GUIZOT may, and no doubt will, re main in power with the aid of a packed majority, whilst France herself must continue to suffer humi liation. Neither do we see how the French nation can in future be spared the repetition of similar and indelible acts of degradation on the part of her public servants, except by effecting a radical change in the Constitution. The number of placemen in both Chambers, particularly among the Deputies, is notorious, and an outrage upon national liberty. This horde of bribed dummies of the State must be expelled, or reduced within decent limits, numerically commensurate with the chief offices of the Executive. Moreover, when ever our neighbours shall succeed in carrying this essential reformation, they must vigilantly guard against and control any subsequent attempt to in crease the patronage of the Crown, more especially within the precincts of the Legislature. Till this be accomplished, and rigidly adhered to, France must remain a stranger to the benefits and blessings of constitutional independence. We are well aware that many intelligent and well disposed gentlemen have looked upon a large and ex tensive system of emigration as a panacea for the ills of Ireland, as the sole means of alleviating per manently the distress in that country, while others, actuated by less amiable motives, see in its adoption a way by which they may escape the odium they would otherwise incur should they attempt to carry into execution their darling project of clearing their estates, and turning their unfortunate cottier tenants from the spots where they were born and brought up, and banishing them from their native land. The advocates of the system wilfully shut their eyes to its ieany objectionable points, and to the enormous ex penditure that must take place if the measure be adopted to the extent demanded, and which would be absolutely necessary in order to create the result they desire—a sensible diminution in the amount of labour in the home market. It is not the inefficient or use less drones that are invited to seek their fortunes on a distant shore. It is not those who press as a dead weight on the property of the country, and are burdens on its resources, that are to be expatriated, but the strong, the active, the intelligent, the indus trious labourers—persons who, if any opportunity was afforded to them, can readily earn daily bread for themselves and families by their own exertions and the sweat of their own brows. It would be the greatest inhumanity to export any other class, to banish those who should perish by a miserable and lingering death, if abandoned to their fate unregarded. It is a wilful casting away of the real strength of the country, of the producers of national wealth, of the consumers of exciseable products, and the contributors to the public revenue, to deprive us of those who could alone with justice be assisted to emigrate. Those persons may now be unable to obtain a prcfitable employ ment/or their labour. The money of the State should be employed in opening favourable channels for their industry, and not in driving them from our shores. At best, emigration can afford but a temporary benefit; the reduction thereby occasioned will speedily be filled up by the annual increase ; a continued drain equivalent to that increase must be kept up, and even that, expensive as it would be, will only keep things in statu quo, and not improve our condition in any respect. The real remedy must be in the in creased productiveness of the country. The only thing that could possibly justify the wholesale deportation desired would be the fact, that the land of the country was inadequate to produce a sufficiency for the support of its inhabitants, and most assuredly this is not the case at present. Let us just look to the actual cir cumstances, to the enormous quantities of live stock, of oxen, sheep, calves, pigs, of wheat, oats, barley—in fact, of every description of agricultural produce usually exported from the Irish to the British shores. Are these evidences of a country un belte us so examine a p rovide mine forits capabilities.the of its E Fourteen inhabitants ! L lions of acres nominally in tillage, but the pro duce of which, it is calculated by competent persons, thatm i ght be surplus l quadrupled abour that by t he exists tu proper the a cu p u p u l t i r c y a o f i u i u o r f c in u i l i t l i i v o a n te a d n , re u s n o to f uc la h n e d d bays 3; h e t e u s p n a r d e e c 1 ai u r mad the a p n l d ou u g n h - , land, to pay 10 per cent. on th e but which might be converted into pas turearablenaecnedssarsd in outlay. Surely, with such opportunities for thet h the profitable employment of the entire population, of labour saying, " It may be doubted whether the country does contain a sufficient quantity to develop its resources." Sir R. KA was rather below the mark when he stated " that Ireland mi g ht b e m a de to produce sufficient for , the support of seventeen millions of inhabitants.' And the calculations of the celebrated OLITER, in his work on population, founded on statistical tables drawn from official returns, are little, if at all, ex aggerated "That the resources of the British isles was sufficient to provide labour and subsist ence for six times the amount of the present popula tion." Away, then, with the idea that a wholesale trans portation must take place. If there must be a system of colonization, let it be a home colonization, and let the parties be engaged on the reclamation and improvement of the millions of acres now lying waste and unproductive, in extracting the hidden wealth from the soil, and converting the barren heaths and the trackless bogs into rich and fertile holdings. The same or a lesser expenditure than that which would be required for emigration would accomplish this magical transformation. , Madrid papers of the Ist inst. have arrived. It is stated that the QUEEN has refused to accept the resignation of General PEZUELA, the Captain-General of Madrid. The Minister of Marine has not yet been appointed. The documents relating to the Montpensier marriage are to be laid before the Cortes in a few days. The QUEEN has ordered a considerable MIDI of money to be placed at the disposal of the authorities of the Maeztrazgo to relieve the sufferings of the population. Senor PAVIA is hourly expected in Madrid. MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 1.--The Three per Cents. were done at 32} for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 24 ; the Five par Cents. at 20 13.16 ; the Passives at 61 ; and the Coupons at 19. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. All the officers and soldiers on leave of absence at Marseilles have been ordered, by a telegraphic dispatch from Paris, to return to their respective corps. A de tachment of artillery, consisting of 136 horses and 13 men, under the command of three officers, have been ordered to proceed to Marseilles, to load wheat, and to convey it to the interior. An agent of the Mexican Government has established himself at Marseilles, with authority to naturalise per sons as Mexican subjects, and to is,ue letters of marque against the United States. In Normandy the price of flour was less during the last week than it had been during the week preceding; but in Paris, on Saturday, the price continued the same . Great activity prevails in all the dockyards in France. There are to be launched at Brest during the year 1847 the Tagus, of 100 guns; the Perseverante, 60; the Ne mesis, 50; the Faune, first-rate brig; and the steamer Cafarelli. At Cherbourg the Sane steam-frigate, of 540-horse power, is to be launched on the 15th instant. A section of the Boulogne and Amiens Raihoed, from Amiens to Abbeville, will be opened on the Ist March. The Commerce says— " We find in a letter from Vienna an expression Prince de Metternich made use of in a conversation with a young diplo matist, who appeared greatly alarmed at the consequences of the confiscation of Cracow. We are threatened with war,' said the latter. 'By whom?' asked the Prince. By France,' replied the diplomatist; ' the act of the three Powers seems to have greatly irritated her. Has Austria sufficiently calculated the consequences of her conduct?' ' Sit,' answered M. de Metternich, with one of those smiles which are peculiar to him, ' you calumniate the French Go vernment; at its head is placed a courteous Minister, who insults nobody, and is never offended by the insults of others.' " The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de I'Opera at 78f. sc. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FTBljUJilr 8. Dutch Rhenish, 45i—East Indian, % —Great Southern of Madras, —Great Western Canada, 2Nk —Louvain a la Sambre, Uu —Lux embourg, 2 %—Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, —Namur and Liege, 234 —Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7% — Sambre and Meuse, 6%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TIJI:EE. In the Liverpool market yesterday the sales of Cotton were 7,000 bales at about previous rates. There was abundance of new Cotton on show. Railway shares were without any material alteration and dull. The march of events in Mexico is not very rapid, accord ing to the intelligence by the Dee steamer, but each day brings additional proof of the hard struggle which Santa Anna will have in order even to delay the progress of the invading enemy. In the meantime we may safely calculate on a very large expendi ture ere the United States can accomplish its ends, and if this is to be made good by the vanquished state, there will, indeed, be a sorry prospect for the foreign creditors. We should infer, however, that, as usual, brother Jonathan will be chiefly anxious to extend his territory, and conse quently that California, or some other equally large addi tion to the overgrown states, will be the " compensation" accepted from the ill-used republic of Mexico, an easy prey, as it has been, to internal factions, and for that reason also to its foreign assailants. In the West India colonies, whence the accounts received reach to the middle of January, the weather had been very favourable for the crops, and a continuance of seasonable weather was expected to favour an abundant return to the planter. In Grenada and St. Lucia the weather had been very wet, and at St. Christopher's there had been fever prevalent ; but Jamaica, Trinidad, and the other islands were improving in their gene ral position. There is a striking instance of negro longevity adduced, a man named John Crawford Ricketts, having died in Spanish Town at the extraordinary age of 142 years, and having been in good health up to within about a fortnight of his decease. The Funds are weak again this morning, and there is very little disposition to support the market. Consols have re ceded to 90 3 / 4 % for present transfer, and to 90 3 / 4 % for time. The announcement of the Government financial state ment being intended tol be brought forward on Monday week has not disposed parties to speculate, as may be sup posed, in the prevalent uncertainty as to whether there will be a loan or an issue of bills. The New Three-and-a• Quarter per Cents. are 92% 3 / 4 , and the Three per Cents. 90% 3i. Bank Stock is quiet at 204, and India Stock at 250 to 251. The premium on the unfunded debt is 6s. to 95., being again rather firm. The Foreign Stock Market is as duil as ever. Mexican Bends have been at 221, Grenada Deferred at 3%, Buenos Ayres at 40, and Venezuela at 38%. Spanish Three per Cents, have been 34 3 / 4 . Portuguese Four per Cents. have been nominally about 36 to 37. Shares are very dull, and rather heavy again in price, though without any decided fall. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • • • • • • • 204 Throe per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 90%% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 90% 34 %34 Xew Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 9234 %%% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1560 .. Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 • • 9% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 8-16 India Stock .• .• .• • . .. • • 251 250 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, New Annuities .. • • .. 904 Censols tor Account .. .• 90%% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 134 d. 1,000/. ... 9 6 pm. 5001. .. •• • • 69 pm. Ditto, Small 5 9 p m . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT. ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • . 109 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.• • 40 Granada, 1 per Cent. .. — Ditto. Deferred •••• • • • • 334 Mexican ' 1846, 5 per Cent .. Ditto, for the Account • • • • 224 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • • 53.4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. •• 34% Ditto, for the Account • • • • 34% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent • • 3634 Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. Nib SRAM Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% 2% •• .. to Birmingham aild Oxford Junction • • 5 •• • • 14 .. . to Direct Northern Scrip • • • • .. • • 2 34 •• • • 2% •• • . to Eastern Counties .. • • • . • • • • 20 •• • • 21% %.. to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, Si. 13s. 4d to Ditto, ditto .. .. N 0.2, 6/. 13s. p•• to Ditto, York Extension , • • • • • 4 •• • • 4 34 %•• to East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • 14 ••• • •• • • to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • • • 5 .• • • •• • • to— Ditto, ditto, New Scrip .. • • 134 .. • • 2% •• .. to Ely and Huntingdon • • • • • 1236 1434 to Great Northern (London & York Regd) 23{ .• 234 •• .. to Ditto (Direct Northern Regd.) • • 3% •• • • 3% %•• to Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 2734 26 .. • • to Great North of England .. • • • • 100 .. • 236 .. ••to Ditto, New • • • • • • • • .. .. 5 .• Ditto, ,N ew • • • • • • . • • • • • 134 •. • • 1734 •• .. to Great Western • • • • • • • • .. 55 •• • • .. • • to Ditto Quarter Shares • • • • • • 123' •• • • 1934 • • to Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds .. 14 Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. • . 35 Leeds and Thirsk . • • • • . 22% •• • •• • • to Do., do., Preference, 6 per Cent .. 3% .• • • 4%.... to Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .• 2 •• • • 4% •••• to London and Illackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • •• • • to Ditto, New, No. 2 .. 1 p.... to I.ondon, Brighton, and South Coast 50 ... • 554 to 5534 London and North-Western .. 100 .. 190 .... to 191 Ditto, Quarters .. • • .. • • .. 2 • • • to Ditto ditto New .. . 2 .. • • 14% .... to 14 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 Ditto, 401. Shares .. M. and B. .. 40 .... 7234 •• • • to Ditto, 101. Shares .. M. and B. (A) 5 .. 11% .... to Ditto, 101. Shares .. 31. and B. (11) 5 ... • 11% .. • • to London and South-Western 411. 6;,. 10d. .• • • 64 .. • • to Ditto, Scrip • . .. • • .. .. 5 ... • 54 .. ••to Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .• • • 21% ••• • to 22% Lynn and Dereliam .. • • •. 15 . 16%.. ••to 17 Manchester and Leeds .. . .. 82 •• .. to Ditto. Quarter Shares •• .• •. 12 .... 16% •• to Ditto, Extension • • • .. . 425..... 1 pto Midland • • • • •• •• • • —lOO •• —123% • • to 122% Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 30 .... 35 1 4 to Ditto, New • • .. .• • • 2 .. • • 5% 1 4 .. to Newcastle and Berwick • • • . •• 20 .. •• 32 %% to Newport and Abergavenny .. .. ...• %.... to -- Northern Counties Union .• • - • • 2% 1%• • • • to North liritish • • • • • • • • • • 25 .. •• •• .. to Ditto, Half Shares • • .. •• 1234 .. • • 1634 .... to Ditto, Extension • • •• •• • • %•• •• 1% • ..• to Ditto, Thirds • • • •• • • • • I •• •• 3 yy, %•• to North Staffordshire •• • • •• •• •• 8% ••• • to 8 Preston andWyre • • • • .• • . • • 25 .... 35 . • • to 34% Ditto. Half nharee • . '• • • • 6% .... 10% to Scottish Midland .. .• • • • • 17% .. • • ut •• to Sleilicld, Rotherham, and Goole • • 2%.. . 2% •••• to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) .. 3 •• • • 4 •• • • to Ditto, ditto (B) •• 134.... 1 54 %.. to Shropshire Union • .• •• •• 425..... % dis. to South Yorkshire, Doncaster, & Goole 2 2 .• •. to West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 423. ••••1%V2 pto York and Newcastle • . • . • • 25 to Ditto, New .. .• • • • • • • 5 .. • • 1114.... to Ditto, Preference • • • • • • 4 ...• 836 .. ••to York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... 91 •• • to 90 Ditto, Selby .. .. • • .. 50 .. • • 89% to Ditto. Extension •• •• .. 20 • 3714 •. to 37 Ditto, Preference • . .. • • • • 2 11% ••..to 12 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 18 14% —.. to Dutch Rhenish •• • • • • .. .. 7 • • 4% .. ••to Louvain ala Sambre .. .• 6 .... to Northern of France •• .. • • 8 •• • • 12% .•.• to Paris and Lyons. .. • . •• 8 ...• .... to Rouen and Havre .. 2O .• .. 27 to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered .. •• .• • • to Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read Scottish Central 22% to 21% instead of 22% to 2114. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY) LONDON, FEn. 9.—Wind S.W. by W., moderate breeze and frosty. LIVERPOOL, FEB. B.—Wind S.S.W., light.—Arrd. Com merce, Thorpe, Benin ; Birhampore, Smith, Calcutta; Ste phen Witney, Popham, New York; Nova Scotian, Nicker- son, Liverpool, N.S, Sld., 7th, Ararat, Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, Fan. B.—The Balticum, Dickson, nom St. Domingo, arrived here to-day, leaky, with loss of mainmast, bowsprit, &c., and two men washed overboard, having been on her beam ends, 23d ult. The True Blue, of this port, got on shore on Battery Point this morning ; since got off, and laid on the mud. SWANSEA, Fan. 5.—A boat;' marked " Fanny, of Barum, George Brooks," was picked up off Ouwich Point, 31st ult. PORT TALBOT, Fun. 7.—The Douglas. Boyne from Bar row, was in conta c t thi s morn i ng w i t h a large brig, and re ceived some damage. BELFAST, FEB. s.—The Eliza Jane, from Sinelle, arrived here to-day, with loss of bowsprit, &c. FOWZY, FEB. B.—The Eliza, Furze, from Leghorn, arrived at hievagessey, yesterday, with loss of fore-mast, main-top mast, jibboom, bulwarks, &c. PINZANCE, Fitts. 7. — During yesterday and last night it blew a severe gale, with violent squalls from W.N.W. to N.N.W. About sixty of the vessels bound to St. George's Channel, which sailed from the Roads on the 4th instant, have been driven back. LIvEZPOOL, FEB. B.—The lanthe, barque, of and from St. John's, New Brunswick to the Clyde, with lose of bowsprit, foremast and mainmast head, &e., was spoken, and supplied with provisions and sails, on the sth instant, in lat. 50, lou. 13, by the Stephen Whitney, Popham, arrived here. ISLE ORNSAY (SKYE), FEB, s.—The dismasted vessel, reported on the 3d inst., as having been towed into Ryleakin, is the Spokesman, Baxter, of and for Liverpool, from Balling, in ballast. BERWICK, FEB. 6.—The Udney, Ferguson, of and for Dundee, from Newcastle (coal laden), was run into this morning, near the Big Fern Light, whilst in stays, by a schooner bound northward, and sunk soon after in twenty. five fathoms water; crew landed at North Sunderland. REDCAB, Fan. B.—Part of a vessel's boat, marked a William Newman, Mernbull, Weymouth," came ashore at Skinningrove, on the 4th inst. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord Beaumont. THE WEATHER. On Sunday a very marked change took place in the weather. The wind had been northerly and mild for several days previouily, with an appearance of settled weather, but on Saturday afternoon symptoms of change appeared. The barometer went down upwards of half an inch, and on Sundaymorn ing snow and sleet poured down pretty freely, which con tinued all day. But towards the evening the wind, which had veered to the north-east, blew sharply and cold, with strong indications of frost. About eight o'clock the frost set in in right good earnest—the thermometer, which stood at 49 on Saturday, went down to 33 on Sunday noon, indicated 26 at eleven o'clock on Sunday night, and was just 20 on Monday morning. The severity of the frost was now felt all over town and country ;—men, horses, and vehicles in full slide and slip over roads and streets frozen over, with snow several inches deep—rendered the more slippery from the suddenness of the frost over a wash of netted snow. We have not yet heard of any serious accidents; but the storm of snow has continued all day up to the time we write, half-past six o'clock, Monday evening—the greatest fall we have had for these two years. TUESDAY, THREE O'CLOCK. The severity of the frost continues, and with more in• tensity to-day ; but the snow has ceased, and the weather is beautiful—the sun shining brightly on spire and house-top, glittering with snow ! Tho contrast is withal refreshing, compared with the dull, foggy at mosphere we have had for the last ten days ; and the only wish now is, that as Ile have had a good fall of snow, it may remain a few days longer. When a thaw takes pace London will be in a precious puddle I AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We state, that although the trains upon the afternoon, and some are still over-due, owing yesterday accumulation of snow upon the line, that South- Western Railway have been partiallystop stopped since to the vast er has occurred • that nothing but no 3 clear w te with away g great ehaet exertionob s t r u inconveniencee is apprehended, and that a temporary . are L r c e ri qu D e ° st N ed t o e mployment of three engines, with two y and th a e va ht through. the 47th Foot,has bequeathed his g ly, rfl th a e de mail to 1 Sir William Anson, Bart., K.C.8., The late Genera ' carriagestobstruc tion. . property, in certain every exertion is n be n i n n proportions, to his two younger Chef of li e leaves the whole of the plate, daughters;pic and to his eldest son, Sir John sons and three odoson, Barb, who succeeds to the free holds and family estate,._ sm l a l n , d ili C ia o m lon i e l l a - m in a C t The personalty was valued at tures, books, carr d ia u gs, and difficulty funded accident wbrl aut ge•' e to be equally divided among his five 20,0001. The rest The Gallant General was in his 75th year, and entered th e seve nteen. Sir Harry Smith, B ar t., G.C . 8 . , of the 47 th. army at the age of o C younger children. He has left liberal le g acies to his servant s. suc ceeds to the o STREET ROBBERY. —• Information was DARING hpolice that, between two and three M W'll' J. C d' afternoon, as r. i lam arwar me, o'clock on Saturday l ) of Messrs. Wilson and Company, of clerk, in the einpio-s-treet, City, was proceeding from Messrs. Silver-street, Woo' v's, bankers, Lombard-street, to the Old Barclay and the Company s, Poultry, he was robbed of a black Jewry, by way I containing a bill of exchange for 511.145. leather pocket-book, yesterday received by. p thief cutting through both Mr. Carwar dine'swas effected by the and pocket of the under coat. great coat a • — The Odin steam-vessel, FEB.r • WOOLWICH, Captain Woodford J. Williams, with the else of a canvass bag containing 25/. in gold. The robbery under the charge of Amphion steam-frigate, is now ready to-day for the purpose of leav ingher steam up for sea, and has afternoon cos her compasses adjusted Woolwich this will then peed to Portsmouth to take at Greenhithe, and rice for Ireland. The Rosamond steam vessel,on board meal and John Foote, left Woolwich on Friday C°lninandehrithe to have her compasses adjusted, and morning for Green officers and crew of the paid in advance be a t of the basin, and will be tried down the has been taken out Captain Denham, R.N., F.R.S., had an river in a few days. Lord Clarendon, at the Board of Trade, on interview with will leave the latter place this afternoon for Portsmouth to the loss of the Sirius steamer on sion of inquiry respecting the coast of Ireland. Tr Vra".l BIBLE SOClETT.—Yesterday BRITISH AND FO.----` f the supporters of the West the annual general meeting o Association was held at the Thursday last, and immediately after proceeded on commis- City Auxiliary to the above read the report. Charles worth having taken the chair, the secretarymembers had Since the formation of the society, the of the con tributed the sum of 4731. for the distribution The number Scrip tures amongst the poor of the neighbourhood. London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. The Rev. Mr. W Ellis moved the addi tion to a few prayer -books. The Rev. W. Chaplain of Morro, adoption of the report. The Rev. R. M°l3 d that the present of bibles circulated was 335, and of testaments. 260, in Bridewell, in seconding the resolution, state society had distributed, since its formation, Scriptures. If no fewer than 18,000,000 copies of the Holy societies were in the number of copies circulated by foreign ~„,. The re eluded, there would be found a total of 30,00v,w‘i• - al h the usual formal port was unanimously adopted, after whin resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated. . ATMOS FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CRorDON Sunday getting PURRIC RAILWAY.—Owing to the snow " after five o'clock into the atmospheric tube, the various trains At nine o'clock an had to be conveyed by the locomotive. ' by atmospheric attempt was made to work the down train ...- a locomotive was power, but in consequence of a stopp!b- . • forty years ago, of the valve the men employed to superintend the closing sent after the train to assist it on its journey , when one of is supposed not expecting a locomotive on the atmospheric by the cement, not bein aware of the arrangement, and it line, was fulfilling his duty, and before lie was observed the engine ran over him, almost literally crus hing him to , pieces. dent occurred, t o awa i t the result o f a Smith, was con veye d to the Jolly-Sa il or , ne ar where the acci dent body o f t h e unfortunate man, w h ose name was lhomas coroner's inquest. During yesterday the trains were generally propelled by loco motive steam-engines, those trains which it was attempted to run on the atmospheric line coming to a stoppage in conse quence of the severe frost. ROYAL LONDO N OPHTHALMIC HOSPlTAL.—Yester day the forty-third annual general meeting of the governors Richard Bartley, Es q ., p of this cberity, founded for the relief of the poor of every country and denomination suffering from disease of the eve, was held at the institution in Bloomfield-street, Moorfields, that during the past year upwards of 7,000 out-patients had been relieved, and upwards of 100 patients had been received patients,n e ar s residing. The medical report stated into the house and operated upon with the most gratifying results. The expenditure for the year was nearly 9001., the increase n C r h eaB ur e eh of , donations and subscriptions amounted to 312/, dividends on stock 2211. At the last annual meeting there was a balance in hand of 838/. 15s. ; but which. at present, in consequence of t T he he gr L ea y t port was adopted. is te u r reduced to s h 7 L 4 v /. in l g ' h b e e r e e n • enlarged so as to afford 200 additional seats for adults and 400 for children, was re -opened by the Lord Bishop of Wor- i ceder OU Wedatulay l aate-Birmingham Gazette. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY lIEZTS. Sstrrumer.D.—Meadow Hay MAT , 2/ 5s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 be to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 8s to 11 13s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow Hay, 218 s to 3116 s ; Clover ditto, 315 s to 41 14s ; and Straw, 119 s to 1114 s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPIL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to Si; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. PRICES OF PORTER AND ALES..---Yesterday, the leading brewers of the metropolis issued a circular to the trade, setting forth, that " they have on this day (Feb. 8), resumed the old prices of porter and ales." The firm mentioned as having failed at Leghornais that of Bo and Co., silk manufacturers. Their liabilities in London and Manchester are stated to amount to between 40,0001. and 50,000!. According to advises from Odessa the wheat market was maintained with much firmness, but business, in consequence of the high demands of holders, had been limited. The latest sales of Polish, good seconds quality, were at 27 3 / 4 to 28% roubles. Advises from Riga to the 30th ult. quote the exchange at 41%, which is a shade less unfavourable for this country. THE SMA LL D EBTS A CT. —Th e appo in tments of Judges have been made, and are expected to b_ e g forthwith. Amon g th e appointments will be found " three etted sergeants-at-law. After the 15th of March, actions brought in the superior Courts, for debts not excee ß d o in th g 20!., will ent a il on th e p l a i n tiff s the law ex P enses. plaintiff and defendant may be examined under the Small Debts Act. A NEW COMET.—On Saturd ay evening minutes after nine o'clock, Mr. llci discovered l a a- t m e t le c few minutes comet in Cepheus. The comet isi t'a no positive nucleus f aint ne bulosity, with a slight condensation iu the centre, tho ug h is visible. SOUTHAMPTON, FED. B.—Thea hientwqueeirnyHarveasnpneachtianngd the delay of t he Trent fur wantot. co be e he recohtm cap t ain recommended Jamaica has concluded, by t he suspension of the fi rst engi neer, d w i h sm o ils is al to of to a junior engineer b,irtahteaunmti.lshhiephTaishehra,dcmapotraeinexßpinergihenacme: The Oriental Compipa)'s left the docks at three Admiralty Agent Lieutenant Inlish, rat. this day, for Gihraltpassengers. Viscount Hardinge, the present Governor-Ge nera l of India, w ill arrive in England the beginning of next y ear . —United Service Gazette. _ one. Air. Cobden has arr i ved in WILSON V. WILSON. The arguments in this case were commenced to-day, and appear likely to occul,y their Lordships for several daN s. The case came before their I_,rdships upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, decreeing the specific performance of certain articles of agreement entered into between the appellant and respondent, who are husband and wife, by which .it was alleged that the appellant was to give up to the respondent for her life certain estates, and he was to accept an annuity of 1,0001. a year, and to live separate from the respondent; who, in consideration of the execution of the agreement, agreed to forego a suit she had instituted in the Ecclesiastical Court. As the facts of the case are of a delicate nature, and some of them unfit for pub lication, we decline in the present state of the case entering further into it. Sir Frrznor KELLY is the principal counsel for the ap. pellant, and Mr. BETLIELI. for the respondent. PRIVY COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat to-day, at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear appeals. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Master of the Rolls, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. IN THE MATTER OF MITCHELL'S PATENT. This case stood in the paper to-day for the purpose of having a day fixed for its hearing. On the case being called on, and no party appearing, it was ordered to stand over to a future day. ANSTRUTITER. AND OTHERS v. ARABIN, Mr. M. C. Hill, Mr. Bethel!, and Mr. M'Christie appeared for the appellants; Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Lloyd appeared for the respondent. Mr. LLOYD applied that the case might stand over to an other day, in consequence of Sir Fitzroy Kelly being unable to attend, but their Lordships refused the application. Mr. Hsu. stated the nature of the case. It was a petition to her Majesty, praying for leave to appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylen. By the 52d section of the charter of Ceylon, by which legal proceedings there are governed, parties litigant have a right de jure to appeal to her Majesty in council, against any final order, judgment, or sentence, that may be pronounced by the courts in Ceylon, but not against an interlocutory order or any order or sentence not having the effect of a final order; and in the present instance the order complained of was neither a final order nor could it very well be said to have that effect ; hence the ne cessity of presenting the present petition under the 53d section of the charter to her Majesty • for leave to appeal under the peculiar circumstances of this case. The plaintiffs were the administrators of the property and effects in the island of Ceylon of the late Right Hon. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, who was formerly Governor of that island. He died possessed of a large estate there, upwards of 300 acres of which were cultivated as a coffee plantation. It was alleged by the respondent that a sale ache estate had been made to him by the agent of the late Right Hon. Gen teman, and by some means or other he got possession of it so long ago as the year 1843. The appellants denied that any seat sale had been made, and commenced an action of ejectment against the respondent in the early part of last year for the purpose of recovering the possession of the estate and obtaining damages. By the practice of that island all original proceedings must be instituted in the pro vince in which the property is situated; and from every interlocutory proceeding taken there, the parties have the right of an appeal to the Supreme Court at Colombo. The proceedings in the present case had therefore to be com p menced in Kandy, and for nearly one entire year the road between Kandy and Colombo had been traversed with ap peal after appeal made by the respondent until the order now complained of had been pronounced. After the utmost difficulty on the part of the appellants, they obtained a judgment and verdict on the 31st of July, 1846, from the District Court of Kandy, by which the respondent was or dered to deliver up possession of the estate to the appellants, and to paythem 6,0001. as and for damages and mesne profits, together with the costs of the suit. The respondent had previously repeatedly moved for commissions to examine witnesses and parties in England, all of which, with other applications and appeals, in the shape of dilatories had been refused. He appealed to the Supreme Court against the final order of the 31st of July of the District Court of Kandy, and, after having heard the case argued at great length, the Learned Judge stated :—" I don't intend giving ' my opinion to-day. I feel this to be a case of nicety, anti would rather wish for time to consider it. We shall put off the case, therefore, till Thursday, if it will not be any incon venience for you assessors to come here then again. lam sorry to give you that trouble, but this is an important case, and the position of the Court is rather difficult, being a question not of law, but ./'justice; and there are so few rules to guide the Court in adrninistering justice AS DISTINCT FROM LAW, that I think it better to take further time to consider it. I shall give my opinion on Thursday." Accordingly on Thursday the supreme Court, deciding upon its view of justice as contra-distinguished from law, set aside the judg ment and verdict of the Court below, and remanded the case back for a new trial, requiring further evidence to be given on both sides, and giving the respondent liberty to amend his proceedings, which would inevitably have the effect of causing the whole thing to be gone over again de novo. The appellants had been under the necessity of sending out his (Mr. hill's) Learned Friend, Mr. M`Christie, to assist in the conduct of the cause in Ceylon. That gentleman had now returned, and he had had the be• nefit of consultations with him, and his assistance on the present occasion ; he was able, therefore, to state with ac curacy the facts, for Mr. M'Christie had been present at, and taken part in, all the preceedings which had taken place in Ceylon. Mr. M'Christie objected to the Judge of the Supreme Court remanding the case back to the District Court, bat submitted that, if he did send it back, it ought not to do so except upon the payment of the costs by the respondent, and certain other terms being imposed. The Supreme Court, however, refused to impose any such terms, notwithstanding the respondent was residing in France, and out of the jurisdiction of the Court ; and without any such, back it sent it, which the ap pellant considered and f e lt t o b e a very great gr i evance. With a view to appeal to her Majesty, Mr. M'Christie, after the judgment of the Supreme Court, now complained of was pronounced, moved that Court for a certified copy of its record of all the proceedings there in the cause. That motion was granted, and that record was now ready to be produced to their Lordships, so that every thing that maid enable the Judicial Committee to arrive at a judg ment upon he rights of the parties was before it, and there fore he (Mr. Hill) submitted that this was a case in which the appellants ought to have leave to appeal. Lord BROUGHAM observed, that his difficulty was to know, how the Judges or the powers of the Supreme Court of Ceylon had the ability between Tuesday and Thursday to prepare a code of justice as distinguished from law, by which they could have been enabled to decide any question in this case.— (A laugh.) Mr. LLOYDD submitted that the appellants were not at liberty to come to her Majesty without having first gone to all the judges of the Supreme Court collectively, by way of review, as provided by the Charter. He also submitted that this not being a final order, the appellants bad no right to come here at all, and that they had not shown sufficient pressure upon them to entitle them to call upon her Majesty for the exercise of her prerogative in granting them such an indulgence as they now prayed for. Lord CAMPBELL considered that it surely must be but fair that the appellants should have an opportunity of supporting the judgment they had obtained from the District Court; and it would be impossible for them to do that if liberty were not now given them to appeal. The MASTER of the ROLLS said that the necessity ofhaving gone to the Collective Court before the appelants came here only existed iu the case of afina/ order, which this was not said to be. Lord BROUGHAM called en Mr. M'Christie to state if he thought proper, anything that might occur t• him, from his local knowledge of the island, as he had been there. Mr. M'ClutiSTIE said the respondent had had every oppor• tunity, on all occasions, of defending himself, that the whole of the proceedings, as certified by the Supreme Court, were now in London, and ready to be produced to their Lordships, and it was a well-known fact, both between the legal ad j • visers on both sides in Ceylon, and also to the judges there, that no decision of the courts there would be submit ted to by the parties in this case, without in the end coming to their - Lordships; and, therefore, it was of the utmost im portance that the case should now be entertained here. Their LORDSHIPS were all clearly of opinion, that under the circumstances of this case, the appellants ought to be allowed to appeal, and liberty was granted to do so ac cordingly. GEILS v. GEILS. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the Court of Arches. Upon the case being called Lord BROUGHAM, on the part of their Lordships, desired all parties except those connected with the case to with draw; he did so because the facts of the case were of so in delicate a nature that the public morals required that they should not be put forth before the world. Strangers then withdrew, and the argument on the case occupied their Lordships in private the whole morning. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND). Ills Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat in his Court in Lincoln's-Inn to-day and took motions, but no case of any public interest came befuro his Honour during the morning. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The February general Quarter Sessions for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning, before the Assistant- Judge and a full bench of magistrates, when the number of prisoners for trial was 90, of wham 83 were charged with felony. the usual form, and, in allusion to juv e e d nil t e that of the 90 The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE charged the. g i r o a a n ls d , j s u a r i y d i i n t was with exceeding regret he perceiv 33 were children, in the true sense criminals whose names appeared on t o h f e t c h a e lendar, varying from seven to fifteen word — their ll o less than s a counterpane, value 108., the property gorlo_hbolmanasketpsaagned, John Williams was indicted y Esq., of Hyde Park-gardens. of two constables of the D that on the night o etaarratealin of the 2d inst., about division of police, seen coming out of Mr. Page's the prisoner was ten o'clock, It appeared from the evidence . what it' contained, he immediately of them as to by one d for the time in effecting his and succeeded stables carrying a large bundle, and upon being challenged threw it down, Giles s. Upon examining the bundle • house in t. i . . escape, but was s eventually taken into custody at a low lodging • ner with a daring and adroitness showing it was round to contain . the articles charged in the indictment, which the priso , him to be an experienced hand, managed to t a k e f rom some of the rooms up sta ir s , which were unoccupied, Mr. Page's family being out of town at the time. The prisoner, who cross-examined th e w i tnesses for the prosec ution with a lawyer-like tact, was found Guilty, aid sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Matthew Murphy was indicted for stealing a watch, the property of Jean Rodrigues, who gave his evidence through the medium of a Portuguese interpreter, and stated that he was at a public-house in Wapping, called the Jolly Sailors, when the prisoner came next to him, and managed to abstract his watch from his waistcoat pocket. To the evident surprise of the prisoner himself, he was Acquitted. Mary Anne Nielwlson was indicted for stealing a purse, containing 9s. 6d., the property of Thomas Carpenter. The robbery was one of the ordinary street robberies by females, and a verdict of Guilty was returned. The Learned ASSISTANT •JUDGE, in passing sentence, re marked upon the great increase latterly of this species of robbery, and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprison ment. SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.) BURGLARY. William Adams and Henry Parker were in dicted for breaking into the dwelling-house of James August, at Beddington, near Croydon, and stealing therefrom a waist coat, some cheese, and other property. It appeared from the evidence of the different witnesses that on Sunday night, the 31st ultimo, the house of the pro of:Win was entered, and the property ot9lett thoreniz Oa the following morning the prisoner Parker sold the waistcoat to a man named Wright, a beer-shop keeper at Croydon, who afterwards pledged it. The prisoners on being apprehended denied all knowledge of the robbery, but Adams afterwards said that both of them went on the Sunday night to Au• gust's house, being familiarly acquainted with him, but not finding him at home, he (Adams) broke a square of glass in the back kitchen, and took away the property, not for the sake of stealing, but for a lark. Adams further added, that he gave the waistcoat to Parker for the purpose of selling it. It appeared in evidence that both prisoners held respectable and responsible situations at Croydon, and were on familiar terms with August, who had on the same Sunday night been drinking together at a public-house at Beddington, where they separated at nine o'clock. August said that on his arrival home he heard a noise of some persons leaving the house, therefore it was alleged that it could not be the pri soners, but some other persons, as they were known to be at Croydon at the time. In defence, Adams said that he received the waistcoat from a man at NI right's beer-shop on Monday morning, and asked Parker, who was with him, to dispose of it. He denied that they were at August's house on Sunday night. He made that statement not knowing what he said. Both prisoners received excellent characters for honesty and general good conduct. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Acquittal for both prisoners. Wiltianz Pollard, a farm labourer, aged 33, was indicted for feloniously stealing at Cranley one live sheep, the pro perty of Thomas Killick. Thomas Killick, the son of the prosecutor, said that about seven o'clock in the evening of the lit inst. he counted the sheep belonging to his father, and found the number (70) all safe in the fold. On the following morning, about eight o'clock, he again counted them, and missed one. He then looked about the fold, and in a ditch, at the lower parts found the skin, entrails, and head of the missing sheep. There were footsteps of hobnailed boots, and near the skin the marks of corded trousers. The wh ole of the sheep were marked with pitch, and the skin corresponded with the others. William Henry Biddleton, superintendent of the Godsl ming police, said that on the morning of the 4th instant, he went to the prisoner's house, at Cranley, near Mr. Killick's farm, and searched it. He there found an old frock, covered with blood, a chopper with mutton fat on it, and a sack with small pieces of fat sticking to it. He then went up stairs, and on ascending perceived a curious screw on the top of the eighth step. He procured a screw driver, and having extracted the screw, discovered a secret cupboard, in which a portion of a sheep had been deposited. His attention was afterwards called to• a well at the rear of the house, and on, looking into it perceived lumps of fat floating on the surface of the water. He procured grapnels, and succeeded in pull ing out the carcase of an ewe sheep, excepting two ribs, which had been cut out, and the head and skin. She carcase corresponded with the skin in every particular. He then took the 'prisoner into custody, and found the trousers he had on, and his boots, to correspond with the marks near where the skin was found. Mr. Whitburn, a farmer, residing near the prosecutor, said that he saw the prisoner, at 10 o'clock iof the morning of the 4th instant, carry a large bag to the vied at the rear of his house, from which he took several pieces of mutton, and throw it into the well. He afterwards gave information to last witness. William Street, a labourer, said that oil the night of the Ist instant he saw the prisoner, in I:oLcipany with three others, proceed towards High Hillocks (the prosecutor e farm) with a sack under his arm. The prisoner, who was undefended, :said that he knoll' nothing about the sheep, it must have bean placed there by other parties. He declared that he was _ _ The CHAIRMAN summed up at some length, and thejurft without the least hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be tie nsported for the term of fifteen years. Mr. Biddleton received a high compliment from the Bench for the activity he had displayed in furtive:, ing the ends of justice. BRAINTREE CHURCH-RA TE CASE JUL,GMENT OF LORD DENZIL& N. GOSLING V. VELST. In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday,. , . Lord Denman delivered the judgment of the Court in this ea se, which ha! excited considerable interest. The Noble and_ Learned Lord reviewed at great length all the authorities is similar cases, and went over the whole of the facts with gr eat care and minuteness. The Court held that the meeting at which the rate com plained of was made was duly and regularly culla d—that the parishioners were bound by law to pay the exp ease of re pairing the church and every other expense nee ena try for the decent and proper celebration of the service s Of the church—that the proper way to do so was imposing a money rate, and that that rate should be made in vestry assembled. In the case before the Court it, appeared that the meeting had been properly called; that tine PrGP i tion for making a rate for the repair of the churck t ad been duly put, and that an amendment was proposed,. which was supported by the majority of the meeting. object ing to the making of any compulsory rate, on the Ore" that it was opposed to their conscientious scruples sun d feel ings; that the chairman refused to act upon that amendment' which was carried by a large majority; and that :there fore, the majority left the meeting, and there. :beinil _ A n ° other amendment proposed, the rate, as originally pro_ i , n Pv""..' was agreed to. That was the course of procel"'"_„Pd and the Court was of opinion that it was regulalt, °- that the rate was properly and legally made. ID A the majority of the meeting prop ose d an alteration )1. 1 11 e ;. amount of the rate, or m ove d any amendment Pe,. nent and relevant to th e o bj ec t o f t h e meeting, _AI" circumstances of th e case wou ld h are b een e it27 but as it was, as the am en d ment propose d was wholly mai d s the object for which the meeting was called, and as the ma jority did not propose any pertinent amendment, but en .r.; contrary left the church, the cou rt mus t look upoll_:"7. amendment, and the opposition which took p1ec2L0,,,, if it had not been made at all. Under all the circrn hn dtO of the case, the Court held that the parish IV" piir the fabric of the church, that the proper wa, . ne Coma was by money rate, and that in the case before t must. the rate had been properly and legally made, and they therefore, decide in favour of the defendant. The Bishop of London sat on the bench, on the right of -- v to do 30 Mr. Justice Patteson during the delivering of the judgment. after which he left the Court. INFORMATION UNDER THE METROPOLITAN BUILD.. INcs ACT.—A case. of considerable importance came on yes terday in a Court of Referees, being, we believe, the first held under the Metropolitan Buildings Act, for a breach of the provisions of this Act. The Court was held at the office of the district surveyor, Bermondsey-square, Mr. Simmonds, the registrar, presiding. The information was promoted by a Mr. Boulanger, a Frenchman, occupying premises in the rear of Bermondsey New-road, and there carrying on tbe business of a japaumer. A Mr. Sug den, a builder, having thought fit to form a new street in the vicinity of his pre mises, had built several houses, lealsing but ten feet space between them and Mr. Boulanger n property, whereas the Act requires that no alley shall Jae constructed less than twenty feet wide, and no street less than fifty. Several wit nesses were examined, and these facts were sworn to in evi dence. The defence set up was, that the land was private property, although it was admitted that it had been a publis way for a great number of years. The official referees Said they knew of no private interests, and that the Metropolitan Buildings Act was never intended to a erve private purposes , but the interests of the public at large.. After a very pre tracted discussion the proceedings were brought to a close, it being understood that the informant had fully made out his case, which will require the demolition of the houses, or a sufficient compensation to Mr. Boulanger.. The official award , however, will be made in a few days. CAUTION TO MAN UFACTURERS.A rather novel ,y stem of fraud was brought to light at the Southern District Police Court, on Monday last. A woman named Jean Pei lock, who, along with others, receive 11 lbs. of yarn each day. from their employers, Messrs. Go ur l e y an d C o ., w as foun d guilty of fraudulently retaining at least *lb. each day in he r possession. Being obliged to 'return the particular weight received she effected both purposes by boiling the pirns, an d they being composed of soft wood, absorbed the water, thus making the weight equal to that received. A woman named Janet Fleming, belonging to Busby, acted as the reset, and sold the booty in Paisley. Pollock was sentenced to thirty, and Fleming to twenty, days' imprisonment.—Scotch formers' Gazette. OLD NICK, OR THE CHIMNEY SWEEP.---A s hort time since, in a parish on the confines of Devon and Corn' wall, an honest and thrifty fanner engaged a sweep to cony) to his house, for the purpose of sweeping his chimneys and flues; and as the worthy knight of the soot brash arrived late in the evening, he was provided with a warm su pper and comfortably domiciled in the barn, i n or d er t o com mence his operations early on the f o ll ow i ng morn i ng. S oo ty bad himself comfortably i s th e w i nnow i ng - s h eet , and stretched his weary limbs on s ome c l ean straw, an d bad just resigned hims e lf t o th e arms o f M orpheus, when, 1 0 , man with a dark lantern, and another with a nu mber of sacks entered the ba rn , an d spee di ly b egan to fill the sac ks with the wheat, which w as l y i ng i n t h e b arn-pool j ust fit for the market. The sweep lay snug In his dormitory and watched their operations, without saying a word; when one of the thieves remarked to his companion, that they should get on much more expeditiously in filling their sacks, if they had got a third pe rson t o h o ld th e i r can dl e . S o oty, wit n great simplicity, aroused himself from his rustic crib, and exhibiting his ebony figure to the astonished robbers, coolly raid to them, "I'll hold the candle for you." The con science-stricken thieves in their excited imagination readily conceiving the "gentleman in black," to be no less a person age than his satanic majesty himself, hurriedly threw down the sacks, flew through the doorway like a flash of light ning, and in their terror and hurry to escape the clutches of Old Nick, actually took their departure, leaving a horse and cart behind them, which they had intended for the transit of the corn, and poor sooty, the only actor left on the stage, speedily alarmed the sleeping inmates of the farm-house, and put them in pursuit of the marau ders, but with what succes s reporter does not inform us. — Western Lum inary . FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE FROST.--OH Sunday night, about half-past eleven o'clock, as a woman named Jeffries, living at No. 13, Camden-street, Kensington Gravel Pits, was returning home, she fell with great force on her back. She was assisted home by two policemen, but she died shortly after her arrival, having ruptured a blood-vessel by the fall. A society is about to be formed in North Shields, having for its object the prevention of the smoke nuisances arising from steam-boats and manufactories.—Newcastle JournaL 811C7718. of York- On the sth inst., the wife o f Th omas Al exan der, Esq., place, Portman-square, of a s on , still-born. On the sth inst., the wile o f M r . J o h n William Burrows, of Upper Albany-street, Regent's-park, of a daughter. Esq.. On the 6th inst., at Beddiugton, the lady ofJoseph Laurence , of a son. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Mathew's, North Brixton, Charles Russell, solicitor, Ityde, Isle of Wight, to Ellen, second daughter of the late Thomas Forstr, Esq. DIES. On the 17th ult., William Thoraton, Esq., late surgeon of tke 99th Regiment of Foot, aged 69. On the tat inst., at Bayswat er, Alexander Gordon Rose, aged 24. On the 3d inst., in Old C avendish-street, Miss Sarah Wright. Archdeacon of Chester and Canon of the Cathedral, aged 83. at Kens'ogton, Susanna, relict of the late Lieute- On the 3d inst., at Chester, the Venerable Unwin Clarke, M.A., Want t n G tl e ie ne 4 r t a h l inst., On the 4th inst., at Sion-hill, Bath, Harriet Margaret, relict oldie Charles Barton, age .1 72. late Major Dely, aged 69. On the 4111 inst., at Denton Hall, Lincolnshire, Lady Welby, wife of sir William Earle Welby, Bart., aged 75. On the 4th inst., at (Alston Rectory, George Moody, Esq., aged 75. On the sth inst., at karFs-court, Brompton, Jane, the wife of Cap tain T. W. Baldwin. On the sth inst.. Mr. Alfl'ed Fisher, Rose-street, Newgate-market. On the sth inst., Mr. William Pearce, of Clare-street, Lineolifil Inn.ileids, aged 43. On the sth inst., at Thavies Inn, Mrs. Ann Luke, aged 61. On the 6th inst., at Philly Brook House, Leyton, Ewes. Roiph Henry Doxat, Esq., aged 46. 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