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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The following outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON 1847 is respectfully submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera, and to the Publle. It is presented with the confident hope, that the saceessfal exertions made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar difilcul l Y. a company still more worthy of the fi t Theatre in Europe, find sif its distinguished Patrons will Insure the continuation Of their support. ENGAGEMENTS FOR TITE OPERA. Male. Jenny Lind (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Carmen Montenegro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlle. Sanchioli, Dfdlle, Fagianl, and Madame Solari (their first ep ee in this country) ; the Contralto , Mdlle. Viotti and Madame Mdlle. =Nagel° (their first appearanc e in this country) ; and Castellan. Signor Fraschini, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap an pearce in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Sigr Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately . withdrawn, no at a great peenniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale de Musique (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone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 p e nding with Signer C,oletthe tl, of Chevalier M 'visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Camp de SilL-sle, by Mdile. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschlni. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expressly composed for her Sfajesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on THE TEMPEST of ebehspere ; written by M. Scribe. Miranda. • .. • • .... • Mdlle. Jenny Lind. Ferdinand .................... Sig. Gardoni. Caliban ......................Herr Staudigi. Prospero ....................Sig. Lablache. It is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signer 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 SCIIILLER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the Aca lend° Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioll, and Montenegro ; Signora Gar ni,Superchi, and Fraschini will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagerWent 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, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizettl, Mercadante, Bel- BM, &c. The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an ensemble may be presented perfect in a Mtsparts. 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, and England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. _ ------- ARRANGEMENTS FOR TILE 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 ker, by M. Paul Taglioni ; Mdlle.Wanthier' of La Scala (her first appearance in this country); Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Vonore, Mdlle. Elise Montfort ; Mentes. Thevenot, Julien, Lamoreux, Emile, Fanny Pascales, and Berths; and Wile. Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this country). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may he 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 Mattia, Sig. Venafra, M. Gouriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Pugni. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. Mailres de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sons-Maitre de Ballet, M. Gosselin , Regisseur de Is Danse. 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 Pas 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. TMEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE THIS EYENI)G Rill be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Count Arnhefm, Mr. Borrasi ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus. Mr. Rafter ; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs. Hughes; Arline, Miss Rainforth. 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 FREISCHUTZ. Adolph, Mr. King; Ca=par, 111 r. Stretton ; Zamiel, Mr. Payne ; Linda, Miss Messent ; Rose, Miss Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under We Management of Mr. B. NVebster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and ori g inal Comedy, called TIIE 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, " Lac des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Bose," and " lIelen" Polkas, Sze. Ts 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. EL Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Drains, entitled the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. Characters by Messrs. Wright, Boyce, Worrell, Col lenferd, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, Miss Harding, Mrs. Matthews, Kiss Taylor, &c: Afterwhich the Comic Drama, called TAE 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 GISELLE, entitled TILE PIUNTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullen:Ord, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, hiss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. I'RINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TATS EVENING Will be performed Bellies Opera Serie, entitled NORMA. Peilio ' Mr. Allen ; Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Flavins, Mr. Wynn ; Adelgisa. Miss A. Romer; Clotilda, Miss Rourke ; Norma, M ss 134swano. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta tinted CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Geni. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbidge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall Clow'', Mr. Flexmore. FRENCII PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATIIF.. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, called LE DOCTEUR NOTE. Principal characters by MM. Lemattre, Cartigny, Pascal, Lucien, David, Dumery, Berou, Mdme. Grassau,lles. Clarissa, Khin, and Vallee. Boxes, Gs. , Pit, 3s. ed. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at hall-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be 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 Germon, 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, and the Entertainment com mences at Half-past Eight. And, in consequence of the continued demand fmr places, will repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 10, and every Wednesday Morning until Easter. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance commences at Half-past Two. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. _ . Poxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTY yespectffilly begs to acquaint the public that he purpoecs giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on THURSDAY next. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be brought Into . actlon. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-IMNT ; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the successfblComic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime entitled THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and Ali Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rochez ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Tier vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. LalTarini ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Waite. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and cmnmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new,Drama, entitled HART RATTLER; or, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Company. To conclude with a grand Miry Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin In the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Deulin ; Pantaloon, Herr R. Deulin ; Columbine, Mdlle. Theodore ; Clown, Ilerr N. Dentin ; Punch, Herr E. Deulin. Box•ofce 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, es titled THE BIRTH OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin " 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 strength of the Company. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3J. 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 bours 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 Counsellor 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, CountiVon 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 Frankfort, except in urgent cases. STOCKHOLM, .JAN. dO.--The greatest activity prevails at present in all the departments of the Government. The object of this is the preparation making for the ap proaching Diet. COPENHAGEN, JAN. 28.—The political article of the Berlin Gazette, htch hsts been frequently mentioned, headed " w to remark ouletl7 of the year 1846," which now proceeds plains of the partiality tansactions of the Estates, and corn positively that the Government the German censorship, declares notes knows nothing of those pretended Danish es to foreign sue port ers a h w o h s i t e h o f s o f m a b a r n i y , German j ourna l s have s pread cations about. BERLIN, JAN. 24 _Pers ons o t ffi h c e •ers ili XeCla h r i e gh th ° a ffi t t e l c war department, and staff they in h the report that those coma no knowledge relative to the Prussiaa army are to be emedied ; nor is there P a 'a n voef observed in the y preparation fur such a measure military establishments. The latttocit:bceireurestanee how ti immediately ever proves nothing, because the be organised, that all the troops may be placed army is 8" on the war establishment. There appeardoPesaenero'he any reason for taking such a measure. ' assembling of Russian troop s on the Polish Russian frontiers, does not inspire any apprehensions here. 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 the dissolution of a marriage ; the Prince designs in this 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 rand noise.—Hainisergh Papers, Feb. 2 jet H f r p'"4l S THE SUNI I ___LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9 1 1847. MR. DISRAELI'S NEW WORK. In the press, in 3 vols. post Bvs., TAN C R OR, THE NEW CRUSADE. E D ; By B. DISRAELI, M.P. Author of " Coningsby," " Sybil," Ere. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-i rest. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., price 11. 11s. 6d. E XPERIENCES OF A GAOL CHAPLAIN. COMPRISING RECOLLECTIONS OF 31INISTERIAL INTERCOURSE WITH CRIMINALS OF VARIOUS CLASSES, WITH THEIR CON FESSIONS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. To be had at all the Libraries. I NEW NOVEL BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES. Next week, in 3 vols., post Bvo., GEORGE L O V E L L. A Novel. By JAMES SIIERIDAN KNOWLES. Also, in 2 vols., post Bvo., MEMOIR OF THE REV. 11. F. CART, 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. , T HE HISTORY OF THE GIRON Preparing for publication, in Bvo., with Engravings , DISTS. By M. DE LAMARTINE. With an Introduction and Notes. Richard Bentley, Now 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 Tunas- DAT, the I 1 th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may he willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering Into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, 2.1,88 SACKS of WHOLE WIIEATEN 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 attends, or.an agent for him duly authorised is writing. Every Tender must bo addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be 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 25L.per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contract. RAILWAY SHAKES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the rublic for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Ice., take place every TtECDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully •equested to be addressed. AU Scrip anti Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offlred ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to testi - actions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. _ 'THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 19; Highest, 30 ; Noon, 28. BAROMETER, 29.45.—W1ND N.N.W., fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRID(4E THIS DAY. Siorning .. 14 minntes after 7.1 Eyealrig .. 42 minutes after 7 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 qnite 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 Kina 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 Dilinister 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 N. 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 rai3e 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. TRIERS, to screen N. GUIZOT 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 many 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 —persona 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 profitable employ ment:for 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 f i F ts uu in r h te a e b u itants L a b e l t e u t s o e x p r a o m v i i n d e e for its e t h a p e mil lions of acres nominally in tillage, but the pro abfiol°ditieso. duce of which, it is calculated by competent persons, might be quadrupled by the proper application of that surplus labour that exists in the country ; four million acres of land as yet unreclaimed and un cultivated,rabic and pas ture land, to pay 10 per cent. on the neces s ary or the plough, but which might be converted into a untouched by the spade for the outlay. Surely, with such opportunities profitable employment of the entire population, the Commissioners of Public Works were justified in saying, " It may be doubted whether the count r y does contain a sufficient quantity of lab our w to develop its resources." Sir H. KANEas rather below the mark when he s.a- " that Ireland might be made to produce sufficient for , the supp o rt o f seven t een m illi ons o f inhabitants.' And the calculations of the celebrated OUTER, 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 sum 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 Boma, FEB. I.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32i for cash ; the Four per Cents. at 20i ; the Five per 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 isue letters of marque against the United States. In Normandy the price of flour was leas 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 Railroad, 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 ?' Sir,' 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 l'Opera at 78f. sc. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Fxszusav 8. Dutch Rhenish, 4%—East Indian, %—Great Southern of Madras, 4—Great Western Canada, 24—Louvain a la Sambre, I4—Lux embourg, 2 4—Madras, :idiom, and Arcot, 4 —Namur and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, 124—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7 , 4 Sambrkand Meuse, 6%. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 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 alter/ion 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 bad 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% % for present transfer, and to 90% % for time. The announcement of the Government financial state ment being intended to ; 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. arc 92i, N, and the Three per Cents. 90% 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 22 1 4, 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, ;hough without any decided fall. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. nucEs. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 204 204 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 90%/ 90% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 90%k liy Q 90% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 92% % ,, ,,i % 92% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9% 9% Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 9 5.16 9 5-16 India Stock .. . • .. 251 250 250 South Sea Stock .. Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 90 1 4 90% Consols for Account .. •• .. .. .. 90N 3j90 3 ,4 Exchequer Mils. 1N d. i 4 d. 1,0001... .. .... 9 6 pm. 6 5001.:. .. .... 6 9 pm. 9 Ditto, Small .... 59 pm. 9 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5-per Cent .. .. 109 109 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent .. 40 40 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . .. 94 Grenada, 1 per Cent .. .. .. . Ditto, Deferred .. .. .. • • • • 3% 3% Mexican Bonds, 1846, b per Cent .. %-- Ditto, for the Account .. .. 22 tA 22M Portuguese Four per Cent .. • . Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 35 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent •• .. Ditto, Passive Bonds .. . • • • s ii 5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. . • • • 34 14 34% Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 34% 34% Venezuela Bolids, 2 per Cent .. .. 38% 38N Dividends on the above payable in Landon. PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS . DONE AT CLOSIXO RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Amber., Notting., Beaton, and Eastern Junction .. • . .. 2% .. • • 2% ••••• • • • • • 2% Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 14 •• . 13% Caledonian .. .• .. .. .. 30 •••• .. Cheltenham and Oxford .. .. 2 .... •• . ...... . 1% Direct Northern Scrip .. • • .. 2%.... 2% .... ••• - .. 2 A Eastern Counties .. .. .. .. 20 .... 21% %•.•• • • .. 21% Ditto, New .. .. .. . .. 20 .... 21 Do. I'erpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. ... •••• Ditto, ditto, .. .. ..No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 4 p... ..... M p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 4 .. .. 4% 3( .... • • • • 4% East Lancashire .. .. .. .. 14 •• • • • • Ditto New .. .. 5 .... .......... 7 .1 2 Ditto, ditto New Scrip • • .. 1 • • 23( .. • • .... • • 2% East Lincolnshire .. _4 •• . • ••• . • • .... .6% i.l7and Huntingdon .. 12%.... 14% ••.. • • .... 14 Great Northern (London & York Regd.) .. 2% .... 2% 2% do (Direct Northern Regd.) 33(.... % 3 fs Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% .... 26 Great North of England . ..100 ....236 Ditto, New .. 5 .... 593 i ..... 59 3 4 Ditto, New % 17% Great Western .. .. 85 .... • • Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12%.... 19%4 19 4 Ditto, New .. B% Ipswich sad Bury St.Edmunds .. 14 .. 124 . ..... . l2 4 Leeds and Bradford • • • • .. 3.5 .... 81 .•..• • .. 81 Leeds and Thlrsk • • .. 22% — Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent... 3% .... 4% . Liverpocl, Crosby, and Southport 2 .... .......... London and Blackwall .. 161. 13s. 4d. .... • • .... Ditto, New, No. 2 • • • • • • 1 p.. • • ...... 1 p London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .. . 554 55% .... 55% London an i North-Western . • .100 ....190 191 l9l Ditto, Quarters -- . 2 .. •• • • ...• Ditto ditto, New Shares .. 2 .... 14% 14 • • 14 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 18 5 j lB% Ditto, Oil. Shares M. &B. •• 40 .. 72% • • Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (A) 5 11% •. •• • • .... 1134 Ditto, 101. Shares M. & 13. (It) 5 .... 11%.......... 11% London and South-Western..4ll. Gs. 10d.•. 64 64 Ditto, Scrip • • • • • • • • • • 5 •• • • 5 14 ••••• • • • ' • 5i,4 London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ~. 21( •• •• .. 1% Lynn and Ely .. „. .. 20 .... 21% 221 22 Lynn and Dercham •• 15 .... 16%%....••.. 163 Blanchester and Leeds .._B2 .• -•••• Ditto, Quarter Sharer, .. 12 .... 16% ... 16% Ditto Extension 425. .. • • I% % p.... • • 1% p Ditto. Liverpool and Bury •• 24 •• . —..........— Ditto ditto 1 •• • • •-• •• • ..... • • 114 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .. •• • • .... 1% Midland ..100 123% 122%.... 122% Ditto, New .• • • •• 30 •• •• 35 •••••• • • • • 35 4 Ditto, New .. .. • • 2 •• • • 53414 ........534 Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 108 .. . 98 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 •• • • 32% % % 32 Newport and Abergavenny 2 3a % . Northern Counties Union .. 2% .... 1% •. • • ...... 1% North British 25 • • • 3434 Ditto, Half Shares .. • . 123 .... 163% 16 34 Ditto, Extension .. . • .. ••• 114 Ditto, Thirds .. .. • • • • 1 .... 334 %• • ..... 3% North Staffordshire .. • • • . 5 8% S.—. • • 8 Preston and Wire .. • • •. 25 .... 35 34 • • 3536 Ditto, Half Shares .. 634 .. • . 10% .• • 11 Scottish Central .. . .. 15 .... 213 22 22 Scottish Midland .. • . 1734 21 ...... •• • . 21 Sheffield, Rotherham, & Coil° .. 2% • ... 2% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 .... 4 • • •• •• 4 Ditto, Class B •• • • 1!4.... 1 1 % % ...... • • 1% Shropshire Union .. •• 425..... die. •. • • I die. South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and West ItidingUn!on •• 425..... % % p.... 1 34 p York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .......... Ditto, New.. 5 11 11% Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 8% .. York sad North Midland .. .. 50 .... 91 90........ 90 Ditto, Selby .. 50 .... 8934 .... ••• • • • 89 34 Ditto, Extension .. .. 20 .... 3714 37 .... • • 37 Ditto, Preference .. 2 .... 11% 12 •• 12 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. .. 18 .... 14 1 ,E .. .. —•• • • 14 % Dutch Rhenish .. .. .. .. 7 .. .. 4%.. ...... .. 4% Louvain a la Sambre .. .. 6 .. • • 1 ... • .. 1 Northern of France • . .. • • 8 .... 12% • • • • • • • • • • 12% Paris and Lyons .. 8 .. 7% Rouen and Havre • . .. 20 .... 27 • • .. • • • • .. 27 iiCIJSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House Sat :,? -da Y ') hear appeals. The Peers present were—the Lord Chanceno:, the Duke of Manchester, and Lord Beaumont. The arguments in this case were commenced {o-day, appear likely to occupy their Lordships for several days. The case came before their Lordships 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 1,0004 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. IVILSON t% WILSON Sir FITZROY KELLY iS the principal counsel for the ap pellant, and Mr. BETIIELL 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 fur 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. tiro „,,..• ': al " • ;It • Allirib •-• J... t't ittning ,1111t4 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 popular 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 marvellously icrude 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, but:hitherto unacknowledged rights. By this noble declaration in the cause of freedom and civilization the King of PRUSSIA 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 by extending the hounds 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 of their 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. BOLIVAR 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 JOHN, 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 will be submitted, excepting in cases of stion of tax es , an d o f singular emergency, the propriety of any novel impo the regulation of the national exchequer. By this m eans th e sceptre w ill here after be virtually in th e k FREDERIC K NV ILUEL eeping of the peopl e . It i s more than a consolation to see i n th ese or di nances o f 1 upo m rl that the l ever o f c i v ili sat i on is already a c ti ng the absolute monarc hi es of Northern Europe. To reflect that France ;;;;;:es a Legislature which fails to represent the sentiments, the honour, THE WEATHER. On Sunday a very marked change took place in the weather. The wind had been northerly and mild for several days previously, 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 Sunday morn 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 melted snow. We have Olt 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 ! The 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 we have had a good fall of snow, it may remain a few days longer. When a thaw takes place London will be in a precious puddle ! LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We are requested to state, that although the trains upon the South-Western Railway have been partially stopped since yesterday afternoon, and some are still over-due, owing to the vast accumulation of snow upon the line, that no accident whatever has occurred ; that nothing but a temporary inconvenience is apprehended, and that every exertion is being made fli t a o rn c A lea n r so a n w , a ß y a t r h t. e , K . e .B obstruc tion. 47thbe liberal By the employment of three engines, with two Foot, has bequeathed his carriages and a van only, the mails were with great ' exertion in certain proportions, to his two younger funded property, and to his leg acie personalty s t was o hi his servants. valued t e s t . eldest son, Sir John and andTc d h i oe ffi lol c na u ct l le t - y iGn b .ec r n o h u ei g re ;? os t f h i r rt o hyf u e g he leaves the whole of William Hamilton Anson, Bart., who succeeds to the free holds and family estate, _ __ the plate, pic -20,000/. The residue to be equally divided among his five younger children. sons and three daughters; General was in his 75th year, and entered the Sir Harry G ' Smith, Bart. .0 B at the age of seventeen. , . ~ army Colonelcy of the 47th. succeeds to the . , t r u h r e e a , Gallantb ooks , carriages, He h a tic s e l f t ROBBERY. Information was police that, between two and three yesterday recei v ed h aftsnoon, as Mr. William J. Carwardine, o'clock on Saturday employ of Messrs. Wilson and Company, of clerk, in the oroP City,from Wood- street, was proceeding Messrs. Silver-street , Company s, bankers, Lombard-street, to the Old Barclay and Comp of the Poultry, he was robbed of a black DARING STREET Jewry, by containing 251. in gold. The robbery also of a canvass bag the thief cutting through both Mr. Carwar dine'swas effected by pocket of the under coat. leather pocket-book, containing a bill of exchange for 51/. 14s. great coat and_ .,il Woodford J. Williams, with the of } F . Captain B.— The Odin steam-vessel, the Amphion steam-frigate, is now ready officers and crew of her steam up to-day for the purpose of leav ingfor sea, and has afternoon to have her compasses adjusted Woolwich this Rill then proceed to Portsmouth to take at Greenhithe, and unc?e V r ° th ° e Ll c v h l a c r i ge ' on board meal an d rice for Ireland.. The Rosamond steam- John Foote, left Woolwich on Friday morning for ' C o mmander G reen hithe to have her compasses adjusted, and latter place this afternoon for Portsmouth to vessel will leave the la C o mmander the basin, and will be tried down the has been taken out o river in a few da. Capta in Denham, R.N., F.R.S., had an 81 at the Board of Trade, on interview with Lord Clarendon,after be paid in advance at that port. The Antelope steam-vessel Thursday last, and the foss of the Sirius steamer on of inquiry respecting the coast of Ireland. da SOCIETY.—Yester y BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE immediately proceeded on commis sion of the supporters the annual general meeting was held at the City Auxiliary to the above Associationh o Rev. Mr. London Coffee-house, Ludgate-bill. T read the report. Charles worth having taken the chair, the secretary embers bad re po rt. Since the formation of the society, thein of the tributed the sum of 473/. for the distributionhund. The number Scrip tures amongst the poor of the neighbour of the West W. Ellis moved the tion to a few prayer-hooka. The Rev' blonr , o Chaplain of adoption of the report. The Rev. R. stated that the present of bibles circulated was 335, and of testaments 260, in adder of in seconding the resolution , sta years ego, Society had distributed, since its formation, forty no fewer than 18,000,000 copies ofsocieties were the number of copies circulated by foreign 000 000. The in cluded, there would be found a total of 30, , he usual formal re port was unanimously adopted, after which the usual resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated.. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON Ani t O . 8- the Ho y Scriptures. If mimic RAILWAY.—Owing to the snow on Sun d ay e ge getting into the atmospheric tube, the various trains after five o'clock power, but in consequence of a stoppage had to be conveyed by the locomotive. At nine o'clock attempt was made to work the down train by atmospheric . sent after the train to assist it on its journey, when one of ge a locomotive was the men employed to superintend the closing of the valve by the cement, not being aware of the arrangement, and it iS S upposed not expecting a locomotive on the atmospheric line, was fulfilling his duty, and before he was observed the engine ran over him, almost literally crushing him to pieces. The body of the unfortunate man, whose name was Thomas Smith, was conveyed to the Jolly Sailor, near where the acci dent occurred, to await the result of a 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 hue coining to a stoppage in conse quence of th e severe frost. ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC y HOSPITAL. — Yester- da • the forty-thi r d annual genera l meeting of the governors of this ch ar i ty, founded for the rel i e f o f th e po or o f every c,untry and denominati o n su ffering from disease of the eye, was held at the instituti on i n Bloomfield-street,Moorfields, It llattley, Esq., p res idi ng . The medical report stated that during Otts/Ohoaudt-bpeaentietneetsei Lad been relieved, t ved into the hou se and operated upon with t h e mos t grat i fying results. ' rhe expendi ture for t h e year was nearly 9 00/., theear upwards u o p f w l a o r O ds patients 7, n donations and subscriptions amounted to 3121., dividends on stock 221/. At the last annual meeting there was a balance in hand of 838/. 15s. ; but which, at present, in consequence of the great increase of patients, is reduced to 574/. The re port was adopted. The Lye Church, near Stourbridge, having been :::ola , •ge 1 so as . , '- to afford 200 additional seats for adults and 400 for children, was re -opened by the Lord Bishop of W i , caster on Wednesday l oraBL--Birmiayham Gazette, - MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered 316 •• • • •-• •• - 314 Erratum in Yesterday's List—Read Scottish Central 22% to 21% instead of 22 to 21%. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY) Lonnox, FEB. 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, w ith l oss o f ma i nmast, bowsprit, &c., and two men washed overboard, having been on her beam en ds, 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, FEB. 5.—A boat, marked " Fanny, of Barum, George Brooks," was picked up off Oxwich Point, 31st ult. PORN TALBOT, FEB. 7.—The Douglas, Boyne ' from Bar row, was in contact this morning with a large brig, and re ceived some damage. BELFAST, FIB. s.—The Eliza Jane, from Sinelle, arrived here to-day, with loss of bowsprit, &c. Fowxv, Fax. B.—The Eliza, Furze, from Leghorn, arrived at Mevagessey, yesterday, with loss of fore-mast, main-top mast, jibboom, bulwarks, &c. PENXANCE, FEB. 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. LIVERPOOL, FEB. i.—The lanthe, barque, of and from St. John's, New Brunswick to the Clyde, with loss of bowsprit, foremast and mainmast head, &c., was spoken, and supplied with provisions and sails, on the sth instant, in lat. 50, low. 13, by the Stephen Whitney, Popham, arrived here. Isr ()BRUT (Sara), FEB. s.—The dismasted vessel, reported on the 3d inst., as having been towed into Ryleakin, is the Spokesman, Baiter, of and for Liverpool, from Ballina, 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. REDCAR, Fan. B.—Part of a vessel's boat, marked " William Newman, Mernbull, Weymouth," came ashore at Skinningrove, on the 4th inst. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) EMT MAR IC sTs SsirrimaLn.—Meadow Hay, 2153 to 3115 s ; Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, I/ 8s to 11 13s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. CustßEßLAND.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to 31 16s ; Clover ditto , 315 s to 41 14 8; an d Straw, 98 to 11140 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ 1 5 s ; Clo ver ditto, 31 8 8 t o 51 ; and Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 13 8 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. PRICES OF PORTER AND ALES.—Yesterclay, the leading brewers of the metropo li s • issu ed a ci rcular 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 st Leghorn is that of Bo and Co., silk manufacturers. Their liabilities in London and Manchester are stated to amount to between 4 0,0001. and 50,0001. According to advices 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:Y 4 to 28 roubles.' .Advices from Riga to the 30th ult. quote the exchange at 41 1 A, which is a shade less unfavourable for this country. The in SOUTHAMPTON, Fsa. B.—quiry respecting the delay of the Trent for want of coal between Havannah and Jamaica has concluded, by the dismissal of the captain and suspension of the first engineer, who is to be recommended to a junior engineer birth until he has had more experience. The Oriental Cempany'f; steam-ship Tiber, Captain Bingham, Admiralty Agent Lieu tenant In g lish, left the (leeks at three >.M. this day, for Gibraltar, with the usual 214.1 ii, a good cargo, and above twenty p assen g ers. Mr. Cobden has arrived in Rome. .ANSTRUTDEIt AND OTHERS V. AnADIN. Mr. M. C. Hill, Mr. Bethel], and Mr. MSChristie appeared fur 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. Him 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 of the estate had been made to him by the agent of the late Right Hon. Gen tleman, and by some means or other he got possession of it so long ago as the year 1843. The appellants denied that any such 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 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 pay them 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 Ilen't intend giving my opinion to-day. I feel this to be a case of nicety, and 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 efjustice ; and there are so few rules to guide the Court in administering justice AS Disuncr racist LAw, that I think it better to ta k e 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 bad 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. MSChristie objected to the Judge of the Supreme Court remanding the case i 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 felt to be a very great grievance. With a view to appeal to her Majesty, Mr. M‘Chriatie, 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 could 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 BROUGIIA3I 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 Tharsday 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 had 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 in the case of a final 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'CHRISTIE 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 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 gratated 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 on, 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). His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat in Ins Court in Lincoln's-Inn to-day and took motions, but no case of any public interest came before 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 whem 83 were charged with felony. The Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE charged the grand' saidu in the usual form, and, in allusion to jnepl t e h c a r t im oo m t al , Of te was with exceedineret he criminals whose natu r es appeared on the calendar, no less 33 were children, in the true s ense of the word—their ages erceh t han9o varying from seven to fifteen 3' d e f a o o r r r s' s j e e a r t l i n off w T o h b o l m a n a s k e t P s a a g n e d , a counterpane , jria ill Williams valuemswas lO i .d, indicted p p y It appeared from the 2d " t evidence of two constables of the D Esq., of Hyde Parkighaerdens. division of police, that on the night of ins t., about ten o'clock, the p risoner seen an c d o muipnognout beingof Alr. challenged Pages stables carrying a large as .. to w hat it contained, he immediately bundle, w as • t o custody at a low by y re o w ne it o d f ow th n orn ,and suc ceeded for the time in effecting his esca p e , but was eventually taken in lodgi ng -h o use in St. Giles s. U p on exami n i ng the bundle it was found to contain the articles charged in the indictment, which the prisoner, with a daring and adroitness showing him to be an experienced hand, managed to take from some of the rooms up stairs, which were unoccupied, Mr. Page's family being out of town at the time. The prisoner, who cross-examined the witnesses for the prosecution with a lawyer-like tact, was found Guilty, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. the r. Matthew Mtophy was indicted for stealing a watch, property of Jean Rodrigues, who geve his evidence through the medium of a Portuguese interpreter, and stated that be 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. y Anne Nicholson was indicted for stealing a purse, containing 9s. 6i1., 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.) BURG LARY.— William Adams and Henry Parker were in dicted for I,rTaking into tliti ilwelling-house of James August, at Beddingtou, near Croydon, and stealing therefrom a waist coat, swine cheese, and other property. It appeared from the evidence of the different wiluesses that on Sunday night, the 31st ultimo, the house of the pro secutor was entered, and the property stolen therefrom. On - 4orni the following morning the prisoner Parker sold the wa:Ntcoatfa 3 a man named Wright, a beer-shop keeper at Croy( ton , Il l ' ' 3 ' afterwards pledged it. The prisoners on being app reheade Is denied all knowledge of the robbery, but Adams al terwar said that both of them went on the Sunday nigh tto gust's house, being familiarly acquainted with him, but "Tot 4 ;rie him at home, he (Adams) broke a square of g l3l6iii nu,.. en, and took away the property, not f or , the back a lark. Adams further add 'eclo,—!.l. sake of stealing, but he gave the waistcoat It; Parker for the purl 10se of selling it. It appeared in evidence that both prisoners held reap.. actable and responsible situations at Croydon, and were on fa niliar terms with August, who had on the same Sunday night been drinking together at a public-house at Beddii von, where they separated at nine o'clock. August said th . at on t b e th p i r his arrival home he heard a noise of some p ersons leaviu g: the house, therefore it was allesed that it could no som were e, but some other personS, as they known to e Da at Croydon at the time. a out waistcoat ft In defence, Adams said that he received t he - and sal Led a man at \ right's beer-shop on Monday mornina; . tutt Parker, who was with him, to dispose of it. nt. de they were at August's house on Sunday n.l.ght. He that statement not knowing what he said. far hone sty Both prisoners received excellent characters Ile daued t and general good conduct. The CHAIRMAN briefly summed up, and the ju :flea a verdict of Acquittal for both prisoners. Wiliam Pollard, a farm labourer, aged 33, was 6°4 2. for feloniously stealing at Cranley one live sheep, OA perty of Thomas Killick. Thomas Killick, the son of the prosecutor, said th at a'b°,llt seven o'clock in the evening of the Ist inst. he cou ptedlei sheep belonging to his father, and found the number ( 70)1.' safe in the fold. On the following morning, about eight; o'clock, he again counted them, and missed one. He the looked about the fold, and in a ditch, at the lc aver pull found the skin, entrails, and head of the missin g sheeP• There were footsteps of hobnailed boots, and near the slnet the marks of corded trousers. The whole of the a heel , w ere marked with pitch, and the akin corresponded with t be other s " William Henry Biddleton, superintendent of t be Oodal ming police, said that on the morning of the 4th k la tent, Its went to the prisoner's house, at Cranley, near Mr ered farm, and searched it. He there found an old frock, cov with blood, a chopper with mutton fat on it, and a sac k with small pieces of fat sticking to it. He then went ; sip stairs, and on ascending perceived a curious screw on • ale top of the eighth step. He procured a screw driver, a act, having extracted the screw, discovered a secret cupbOart 1, iin which a portion of a sheep had been deposited. His att ca ti o n was afterwards called to a well at the rear of the hot tee, and on looking into it perceived lumps of fat floating on the surface of the water. He procured grapnel, and succeed( :r1 in pull ing out the carcase of an ewe sheep, exceptinf VT 0 ribs, which had been cut out, and the head and skin. '1 lit carcase corresponded with the skin in every particular. :Ha then took the prisoner into custody, and found the trate len Ihe had on, and his boots, to correspond with the marks f Lee; r where the skin was found. Mr. Whitburn, a farmer, residing near tie proses tor, said that he saw the prisoner, at 10 o'clock of the morale ig of the 4th instant, carry a large bag to the well at thr s r car of his house, from which he took several pieces of r nu tton, and throw it into the well. He afterwards gave in' ;Or] nation to last witness. William Street, a labourer, said that on the . al ; gist of the let instant. he saw the prisoner, in company vrith three others, proceed towards High Hillocks (the al rosccutor'S farm) with a sack under his arm. The prisoner, who was undefended, said that . he k nell' nothing about the sheep, it must have been placed the re b 7 other parties. He declared that he was innoce; at. The CHAIRMAN summed up at some length, an d the kir)" , witlicut the least hesitation , returned a verdict of 4.iuilty. The CHAIRMAN sentenced him to be trans' acids for the term of fifteen years. Mr. Biddleton received a high compliment fr ens the Bench for the activity he had displayed in furtherir g die ends 01 justice. BRAINTREE CHURCH-RAS CE CASE JUTGMENT OF LORD DENMA 15r. GOSLING V. VELEY. In the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, Lord Denman delivered the judgment of the Court in this ci we, which Jul excited considerable interest. The Noble and Learned Lor" reviewed at great length all the authorities ii t similar caged; and went over the whole of the facts with 1 great care algi rn nuteness. The Court held that the meeting at which - the rate oar plained of was made was duly and regularly ci tired—that the parishioners were bound by law to pay the ex pense of re pairing the church and every other expense net ;a wa ry for the decent and proper celebration of the set th •of e church—that the proper way to do I* Was j r imposing a money rate, and that that rate sh Dull be in e t; in vestry assembled. In the case before the Cc met itapPeer . that the meeting had been properly called; th at the prG1) 051• tion fur making a rate for the repair of the cl im•ch had been duly put, and that an amendment was pi !op osed, which was supported by the majority of the rat :4:Ong, objacl ing to the making of any compulsory rate, ( at the gran,. that it was opposed to their conscientious sort gales and feel ings; that thechairman refused to act upon tha it amendment' which was carried by a large majority; at Kt that therefore, the majority left the meeting, and tl lee e be in g li; other amendment proposed, the rate, as origintally proPn ge was agreed to. That was the course c proceedingi and the Court was of opinion that it we is regular, 12 , 4 that the rate was properly and legally ms ide. of 1. majority of the meeting proposed an alt eration amount of the rate, or moved any amc aidment Per" nent and relevant to the object of the :meeting, tered circumstances of the case would hafe. been albeside be na. but as it was, as the amendment proposed vr:ar . whaily the object for which the meeting was called, contrary did not propose any pertineut amendn tort, but on the contrary left the church, the mutt must ksolc_ u Pgri e , . a s amendment, and the opposition which too.K P__ rcumstancea if it had not been made at all. Under all t i L.`" bound to re of the case, the Court held that the parish wa y to do 50 pair the fabric of the church, that the prot w ' and as the i t. was by money rate, and that in the case t nd they mot, the rate had been properly and legally made,. therefore, decide in favour of the defendant. The Bishop of London sat on the bench, the right of re the Court Mr. Justice Patteson, during the delivering WO, judgment, after which he left the Court. INFORMATION UNDER TIIE METROPOL ITAN INGS Acr.—A case of considerable import - anus came on yes terday in a Court of Referees, being, we believe, the first held under the Metropolitan Buildings Act, I or a breach of the provisions of this Act. The Court was h eld at the office of the district surveyor, Bermondsey-square, Ur. Simmontise the registrar, presiding. The information w. is promoted by a Mr. Boulanger, a Frenchman, occupying 1 remises in the rear of Bermondsey New-road, and there ca. crying on the business of a japanner. A Mr. Sugden, a builder, having thought fit to form a new street in the viciinity of hie pm. mises, bad built several houses, leaving but ten feet appal between them and Mr. Boulanger's property, whereas the Act requires that no alley shall be 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 Priva.° property, although it was admitted that. it had been a WA?! way for a great number of years. The caTicial. r eferees gaol they knew of no private interests, and that t be Metropolitan Buildings Act was never intended to serve ?rivet° purpose* but the interests of the public at large. After a very 1 ) ,...._" - tracted discussion the proceedings were brought to a ci a ! it being understood that the informant had :fully m ade ou t his case, which will require the demolition of the house , ' Orr sufficient compensation to Mr. Boulanger. Theyofficial MON, however, will be made in a few days. CAUTION TO MANUFACTURERS:a .rather nove l ather t system of fraud was brought to light at the Sou them Distri ct Police Court, on Monday last. A woman mu ne d Jean P o l'" lock, who, along with others, receive 1* lbe. of yarn each dad from their employers, Messrs. Gourlay amid Co., was fen ° , guilty of fraudulently retaining at least ills. es ‘ch day in, L lt possession. Being obliged to return the particularvieig"a received she effected both purposes by boili ng the pirns, an they being composed of soft wood, absc-rbtid the water, tbU making the weight equal to that received. A woman nam A Janet Fleming, belonging t o B us by, ac ted as the reset, sold the booty in Paisley. Pollock was se atenced to tbirtle and Fleming to twenty, days' imprisonment.—Scotch formers' Gazette. OLD NICK, OR THE CHIMNEY SNYERF.—A shor t time since, in a parish on the confines of Devon and Cern' wall, an honest and thrifty farmer engaged. a sweep to cell to his house, for the purpose of sweeping his chimneys an flues - and as the worthy knight of the soot brush arrived lido! in the evening, he was provided with a warm supper a n a comfortably domiciled in the barn, in order to commenc e his operations early on the following morning. Sooty hal wrapped himself comfortably in the winreowing-sheet, and stretched his weary limbs on some clean straw, and had just resigned himself to the arms o f M or ph eus , when, had lot man with a dark lantern, and another with a number of sacks entered the barn, and speedily bei;an to fill the sack' with the wheat, which was lying in the hem-pool just fit for the market. The sweep lay snug In ItiS dormitory an d watched their operations, without saying tt word; when one of the thieves remarked to his companion, that they shou ld get on much more expeditio us ly i n tilling tiheir sacks, if the/ had got a third pe r son t o h o ld th e ir candle. Sooty, wit great simplicity, aroused himself from his rustic crib, a nd exhibiting his ebony figure to the astonished robbers, coolly raid to them, " I'll hold the candle foe you." The con science-stricken thieves in their excited i magmation 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 li g ht . ning, and in their terror and hurry to esc ap e the clutches o f Old Nick, actually took their departure, 1 saving a horse and cart behind them, which they had intended for the transit of the corn, and poor sooty, the only actoy , left on the stage, speedily alarmed the sleeping inmates of Mae farm-house, and put them in pursuit of the marauders, but with what success our reporter does not inform us Western ,Luminary. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM THE FRONT.—On 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 blo od-veeed 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.—Newcast le Journal. BIICTIIB. of York- On the sth inst., the wife of Themaa AIeUMW' , l ' E l" place, Portman-square, of a eon, still-born. of Upper On the sth inst., the wife of Mr. John William BtirrOw s, Albany-street, Regent's-park, of a daughter. On the Gth inst., at Beddington, the lady ofJoalalo b - Laurence, Esq. , of a son. MARRIED. On the 4th inst., at St. Mathew's, North Brixton, Charles Russell. solicitor, Ryde, Isle of Wight, to Mien, second daughter of tbe late Thomas Forst(•r, Esq. DIED. n r the 99th On the 17th ult., William Thoreton, Est., late argon Begin - lent of Foot, aged 69. ~ ag ed 24. On the let inst., at Bayswater, Alexander Gorden Roe' , On the 3d inst., in Old Cayendish-street, MIN Sarah Wright. __ On the 34 inst., at Chester, the Venerable UnW in Clarke, Di.*. Archdeacon of Chester aad Canon of the Cathedral, a Icd 83. On the 4th inst., at Kensington, Susanna, relict of t he late Lleut e• nant General Charles Barton, aged 72. llot of the On the 4th inst., at Sion-hill, Bath, Harriet Margaeot, re late Major Dely, aged 69 . wife -a' liff, On the 4th inst., at Denton Hall, Lincolnshire, LOY e . of sir William Earle Welby, Bart., aged 75. 7 5. On the 4th inst., at Wigton. Rectory, George Moody' En', ag ed On the sth inst. at Earl's-court, Brompton, Jane, all , taro T. W. Baldwin. . m arket. On the sth inst., Mr. Al fr ed Fisher, Rose-street, NeWi:e. e--- 's Linco ln On the sth inst., Mr. William Pearce, of Clare-street , Inn-fields, aged 43. On the sth inst., at 'navies Inn, Mrs. Ann Luke, ag ed 61. ~, se l, BOLIN. On the 6th inst., at Philly Brook House, Leyton. Henry Doxat, Esq., aged 46. (red 77. On the 6th list., in Dorset-square, R. Feliowes, LL.D., A. , ~.„111. e wife of Car On the 6th inst., at Well-street, fT , /cl..rey, the rev. George" swi, r,•=ideut toltor nt the Itaf.:mey l'h , 'u.:lc ,,l ~' '''''L r9" _ -____....,.......- 1.011d.:11 1 1!I tel. ,r± P ithll,?. I, 1{+1. 7 1 , :f 1 ". 01 I ' M " 1114 Strand, Printer, at 17te Sun . 6lllce, No. 112. z qrana, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Tlletiday, Fe! bray 9, 1847. r I rri gni the sak Me Oa heit Cs, cri Ca 1 ,