The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-17 00:00:00

ILLNESS OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The inquiries after the Noble Duke's health at Apsley House on Saturday were very numerous; and ire are glad to learn, on inquiry, that there is less cause for apprehen sion than was at first supposed. The answer given was by means of a bulletin to the fol lowing effect : " Saturday, Feb : 15. " The Duke of Wellington is going on fav'Ourably," It was understood, however, that his Grace was de cidedly better, and that all grounds for alarm bed sub sided, beyond those which are natural in the case of a pa tient of the Noble Duke's critical ago:- Saturday Evening, Quarter to Seven o'Clock. On inquiring at the residence of his: Grace this evening, the pleasing intelligence was given, tbat the Duke's medi cal attendant, who had just quitted Apsley House, pro nounced him much better, and expressed an expectation that his illustrious patient might be declared convalescent to-morrow morning. The house has been literally besieged during the whole day, with the Nobility and Gentry of all shades of political sentiments, manifesting the most anxious interest for the Noble Duke.— Obgerver. Sunday Evening. On inquiry at his Grace's residence this evening the answer was that he was much better and able to get up. That may be considered as the official infor mation, but we are bound to add that we have heard a different report. Our information is that the Duke was so bad on Saturday as to be unable to see any person except his medical attendant, and is little,_or no better to-day. c , THE ROYAL WEDDING SUN." It will be interesting to certain gossips to know that her Majesty breakfasted at the early hour of half-past eight on the morning after her wedding —an excellent example for all good housewives to follow every morning. It is said her Majesty was much pleased with the ability and activity displayed by many of the newspapers—with The Sun and its well-executed portraits she expressed great satisfac tion, whilst the Standard and the Morning Post appeared to have afforded much amusement to both the bride and the bridegroom—judging by the smiles which the perusal of these papers elicited, while the Royal pair were at breakfast.—Carlisle Journal. The Sun published on Monday medallion por traits of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. They ars admirable specimens of art.—Brighton Gazette. We have to acknowledge the favour of a copy of this .splendid edition of our brilliant Contempo rarv—whie!' really surpasses all his past efforts— as they have been--to cheer and bright and shinLig illumine the popular- mind.—lVestcrn Times. HAMBURG MAIL, BRUSSELS, FEE. 14.—Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, and his daughter Princess Victoria,:were to arrive at Liege yesterday evening. ANTWERP, FEB. 13.—The Commerce Beige says— " We were well informed when we stated that the visit of M. Ouvrard to Brussels was connected with some great financial operations. We now learn from an authentic source, that he is engaged at Madrid in the realization of a project concerning Spain and Belgium. This is the acquisition of the Philippine Islands for our advantage on a basis entirely new, combining the means of deriving the greatest advantage from these colonies, and making them a grand depot for Belgian manufac tures and produce. Besides pecuniary aid and credit given by the State, a Society with a large capital would be founded.—Journal du Conzmerce d'ilnecrs, Feb. 14. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 2g.—The negociations of M. Zographos for the conclusion of a treaty with the Porte have suddenly taken a very favourable turn. M. Zographos, who will soon leave Constantinople to return to Greece, will be able to conclude the affair be fore his departure, as all the stipulations of the treaty seem to be settled. It is founded on the basis of the treaty concluded between Great Britain and the Porte on the 16th August, 1838. The Grand Vizier Khosrew Pacha had an apopleptic fit the day before yesterday. Medical aid being quickly applied, the old Grand Vizier was saved. He is toler ably well to-day. The death of this man, who alone is able to see through the craftily-devised plans of the Vice roy, would be at this moment an almost irreparable loss to the Porte. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANISTERLIAM, FEB. 14 Money. Bins. Actual Debt, '2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amen Syndic, 4% per 92 4 Ditto, ditto, 3y, per cent 76 4 77 Commercial company, 4 1 4 per cciit 175 177 Dlttu (MC and 1. , 3) 5 per cent. D;tto 1837, 5 per cent. 10034 160% Loan 1537, 5 per cent. uxeilanee on London, One month l 1 97% Two months ... . . 11 8,14 —Dutch Papers, Feb. 15. lIELGI A N U N DS-13Rt3Sset.e, Fes. 1/. Actual Debt, 2!.", per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant lO l l3 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 3 per Cent. 7i Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent lO geciety of Cornm2rce, 4 Y4per Cent lO7 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 94 Kational Satiety . UWttiange on London (short) _Brussels Papers, Feb- 14 . tMAIBURG BOIVOENHALLE, Fns 11. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ttnik Shares 1735 1733 An, lo. Russian Loan 1e874 les.g Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, let Series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 9 B l /4 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2 pe , Cent Ditto 5 per Cent 9B Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo.tlanish Loan, 3 per Cent 73% 7333 th'rwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... g e anish, New 3 per Cent. ll4 EXCHANGES 04 LONDON. H 7.1 BURG,ZFEB 11.-13. 7—Two months, 13 5. CLIRISIIANIA. FEB. 3.—Threc months, 4 114. STocßllows, JAN. 31.—Seventy-five days, 12.32. PEW RSBURGII, JAN. 31.--Two months, 38% pence BREMEN, FPB 9.—Two months, 6 21. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEB. 8 . I ve per Cents. Matalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1726 M ,oAl lgemeine Zeitung. Feb 11 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Fee. 11. Bills. Money. St. Sebuld.. Sch., 4 4 7 per cent. .............104% 103% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 103% 103% Mcbange on London, three months... 6 51% —Prussian State Gazette. Feb. It THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's supply of grain was moderate, and of flour good. There was a fair quantity of corn fresh up. The attendance of buyers was good. The finest English wheat obtained rather more money, other qualities maintained last quotations ; and there was more business done done in Foreign. Barley, Beans, and Peas, without change, and met a slow sale. For,Oats there was a moderate demand at former prices. The bakers purchased with hesitation, which causes a dull flour trade. PRICES ON 80 . Wheat, Red (old) 555. 7a. •••••••••.-White (old) 651. 811 s. Red (1830) 54,. Nis Fine Os file ------ Superfine (*.tic Mt. (i4s. Fine 664. 7.4. ARD OF s7ll. Beans, Small (new) 44s AtSs (old) —s.—s. Tick (new) 2tls 38— (old) 42,44s Harrow (new) 354. 40s. (01d)...,... Hs. 465. Brank Oats, Feed —. 2 ; New .35.273 Poland New Petatoe 291.325. wew 1235.325. Scotch SOs.32s. ... Irish 0 2s. 256.21r. Flour Town (per 53s 621. Seconds 54 , .5Cs North Country 50s 52. Bran l2 .13, INDON DURING LAST WEKK. Osts. I 1 , 1"4 r ,149 qrs. 6,131 qrs. 8,60) calks 376 9,379 I 988 2,401 162 Lrls. SMITHFIELD. Superfine 72h. '7ss. ---..—Foreign free &1:.825. lye. 40s. 40s. Harley 30s. 38s •---- Grinding 30...165. *---- Malting 38s. 15s. Malt ..sfls, 65i '"--- Fine New dal. 14s. arease, Grey, New 36. lc. •----. Maple New 16s. 41s. -.---. White :13s. 40:. •-•--- Boilers 405.42.. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN Le W heat. I B. English 4,410 Ars, I 6. Irish Foreign We had a large supply and a steady trade, but at a trifling deelino in prices. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d.: Mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, ss. to ss. 10d. ; Pork, 4s, 4d. to ss. Head of Cattle at market—Beasts, 2,974; Sheep, 22,690; Pigs, 490; Calves, 63. BILLINGSGATE. Supplies short, and prices high; trade pretty brisk. Turbot, Bs. to 351. ; Cod, 5s to 20s. ; Soles, 10d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, Is. end 4s. ; Oysters, 245. to 60s. per bushel; Mon, 4s. to ss. per lb. ; Mackerel, 10d. to Is ; Whitings, sd. to 10(1. ; and Haddocks, 1 0 d. to 2 s. 6 d. BERMONDSEY WATERSIDE POTATO MARKET. The supplies were plentiful, and prices are unaltered. Wisbeach 50s. ; Jersey Blues, 60s ; Scotch Reds, 60s. ; York Red s , 709. SEED MARKET. There. was but litteCione. Prices nominally were unaltered. HOP MARKET. There is but a limited demanded for Hops, and that is con fined to the fine qualities. ghese are at full prices. There are not many Hops offering just now, a reaction in the t ra de being exPecte TALLOW MARKET. Tallow was in good demand, and the owners were not anxious sellers at advanced quotations. I'. Y. C. 503., and the stock about 20,400. . _ _ TEA SALE. The monthly public sale of Tea has commenced. It consists of nearly 7,000,0001b5. of various kinds. The last sale con sisted of about 6,500,0001b'. The attendance was numerous, and the sale progressed at about previous current market rates. It is too early to state anything very definite. THE HAGUE, FEB. 11.—We hear that Sir E. C. Desbrowe, the English Am oassador at this Court, will give a splendid ball in the course of this month, in honour of the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince /Med of Saxe Cobour g ; the cards of invitati on w ill b e sent out immediately after the official notification of tne marriage. SADLERS WELLS We perceive that Mr. Honner has made an addition to his corps in the person of Mr. Denvil, who some years since made his debut at Drury-lane, as Shylock. We witnessed this gentleman's performance of Luke Rook wood, last evening, in The Death Omen, with great satisfaction. This piece is founded on Harrison Ainsworth's well-known romance of " Rookwood," and is got up with all that attention to scenery and effect for which this theatre hay, under the present manage ment, become so celebrated. Airs. R. Honner, as . Sybil, the gipsey girl, thoroughly entered into the spirit of the character, and gave the more impassioned scenes with a thrilling effect, which has rarely been surpassed. Honner himself was Dick Turpin, and a jovial careless highwayman he made him ; his little touches of pathos told all the better from the contrast offered with the general colouring of the character. His description of the death of poor Black Bess was admirably given. The Titus Tyrconnell of Mr. H. Hall was the very Tyrconnell of the author ; dress, manner, dialect, ail was perfect. We have not room to particularize the other characters, all of which, however, were most efficiently represented. The pantomime, which has out lived all its contemporaries, save one, finished the evening's amusements pleasantly, and judging from its reception, Honner is fnlly justified in announcing it for repetition every evening during the ensuing month. This will be a longer run than any pantomime has had since the days of Mother Goose. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha, with the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household in Waiting at tended Divine service yesterday morning in Buckingham Palace. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the . Closet, officiated. The Rev. Mr. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, was in attendance. Her ilJajesty arid Prince Albert went on Saturday after noon to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House. Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting, followed in another Royal carriage. Her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness o.i leaving Marlborough House went to Clarence House, St. James's, and visited the Princess Augusta, and afterwards visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses AUrrUstit and Mary of Cambridge, visited the Queen yesterday. . . . _ The Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty on Saturday, Viscount Melbourne bad an audience of the Queen on Saturday. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace on Saturday evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Prince Ernest of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha, the Marquis end Marchiopess of Normanby, Earl of Surrey, Viscount Melbourne, the Right Hon. Francis Baring, Hon. Col. Cavendish, Hon. William Cowper, the Countess of Sandwich, Lady Fanny Howard, Fien, Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Baroness Lehaen, Viscount Tor- Anton. Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron de Lowenfels, Baron de Gruben, Baron Ernest de Poel nitz, lion. Charles A. Murray, Hon. Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, and Mr. Seymour. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards at tended at the Palace during the whole of the evening, and performed a number of favourite pieces. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audlcy.strcet. Miss Kerr, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Stephens, were in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday. Prince Ernest of Saxe Cobourg visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday. His Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha did Mr. Hayter the honour to sit on Saturday at Buckingham Palace for the completion of his picture of the Coronation of her Majesty. Sir William Woods, K. IL, Garter King of Arms, had an audience on Saturday of his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha. The Duke of Sussex visited the Princess Augusta on Saturday. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess yesterday. An Anthem in honour of her Majesty's marriage, com posed by Mr. Goss, organist:of St. Paul's, was per formed in the Cathedral yesterday morning for the first time. The words of the Anthem are taken from the 21st Psalm —" The Queen shall rejoice." _ _ A Cabinet Council was bed on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Minis ters, except Lord Holland, who is suffering from an attack of gout. The Council sat three hours. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, transacted busi ness on Friday and Saturday at the Foreign Office, and also at the Treasury. Mr. Young had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at tha Colonial Office, and left town with des patches for the Governor of British Guiana. The Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home Office. Sir J. Clark had an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday. The Speaker of the House of Commons had a dinner party on Saturday, at his residence in Eaton-square. Nearly all the Cabinet Ministers, Members of the House, were among the company present. kASIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir I - Lary, Lady, and Miss Richardson, at Raggett's Hotel, from Brighton ; Lady Augusta Somerset, at Cam bridge House ; Colonel George Wyndham, in Grosvenor place, from Petworth House ; Lord Radstock, in Port land-place, from Kernptown ; Sir Adolphus and Lady Dalrymple, in Park-street, from Sussex ; Lord and Lady Beresforcl, from Hastings ; the Dowager Lady Cork, in Burlington-street; Mr. Rush, in Portland-place; Lady Parker, at the Admiralty; Mr. James Hamilton, in Glou cester-place; Capt. Gerard, in Bond-street; the Countess of Clarendon, in Grosvenor-crescent ; Mr. H. Beauclerk, Mrs. and Miss Wingfield ; Admiral Sir G. Martin ; the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, and the Merquis of Lorn, in Upper Belgrave-street ; the Dowager Lady Cawdor, in Grosvenor street ; Lord and Lady Portman, at Harewood House; Mr. and Mrs. Lambton, in Chesterton-place ; the Count de Montford, at Hanover Lodge, in the Regent's Park; the Hon. Col. Phipps, at the Marquis:of Normanby's, in Hill-street; Colonel Hughes, Mr. Compton, M.P., Mr. Edward and Lady Mary Stanley, in Grosvenor-square, from Thirlestanc House, N. B. ; Lord L'lsle, Major General Sleigh, Colonel Chattcrton, R. M. ; Colonel Lord De Ros, in Park-place; Sir William and the Hon. Lady Middleton, in Whitehall-place, from Bath ; Lady Wiliams and Miss Coutts Trotter, in Grosvenor-square, from Kemp -town, Captain and Mrs. Ebrington, in Port land-place; from Sti.eonard'son- Sea. DEPARTURES. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, for Brighton ; Lord and Lady Southampton, from the Cla rendon Hotel, for Cheltenham; Lord and Lady Adare,„ for Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan ; Captain Turton. for Cheltenham ; the Hon. Wm. Howard, M.P., for Brigh ton ; the Earl of Chichester. for Stanmore Park, Sus sex; Admiral Tomlinson, for Middleton House, Sussex; Mrs. and Miss Gambia, for Southampton; Mr. Henry Fellowes, on a visit to Viscount Ebrington, at Dublin Castle: it. A Slaney, Esq., M.P., for S!lropshire; Lieut. Fulke Greville, Ist Life Guards, for Combarnere Abbey, Cheshire ; Sir John and Lady Yarde Buller, fur Lupton House, near Exeter; W. E. U. Parker, Esq., M.P., for Devonshire ; Major Pallington, 10th Hus sars, for Exeter; Mr. Otw•ay Cave, M. P., for Brads place, Hastings ; Colonel Clive, for Whitfield Court, Hereford ; General Sir Warren Peacoeke, for Malvern Wells; Lieut.-Colonel King, for Dublin; Captain Bar nard, for Hastings ; Colonel Sir John Euitaeo, for St. Leonard's on-Sea; the Misses Wickhams from Rcggett's Hotel, for Leamington, Warwickshire; Wadham 'Wynd ham, Esq., M.-P., from the Pulteney Hotel, for-Salisbury; the Hon. Captain Hare, for Leamington Spa; Colonel Lichfield, for ditto ; Mr. an l Miss Nugent, for ditto ; Lady Newburgh, for Hindon Park; Colonel Fraser, for Castle Fraser, N.B. ; Mrs. Blount, for Leamington Spa; Major Stopford, R. A , for Dover; Captain Gerard, for Leamington Spa 7, Sir Granville Menteath, Bart., for tlse North; the Misses Manners Sutton, for Warwickshire; Sir George and Lady Hoste, for Plymouth ; Hon. Cap. tain Carey, R.N., for Plymouth ; Captain Digby, for Weymouth ; Major Shirley, for Dorsetshire. LADY JANE GREY, BY THE AUTHOR OF " ROYSTON GOWER," " FAIR. ROSAMOND," &C. Mr. Miller already occupies a high rank among the writers of his torical romance. In the present performance he has taken the utmost pains to draw his historical personages with accuracy, from investi g ation of the best authorities and much of contem porary light lately derived from the publication of State and Family Papers, and he has at the same time so completely marked his fictitious agents that no one can mistake the one for the other. Thus, on the one hand, we have Edward VI., Lady Jane Grey, Northumberland, Suffolk and his Duchess, Guildford, Cecil, and others, painted with singular fidelity and on the other, a being supposed to be possessed of super natural powers; Wardour, a lover of the hapless Lady Jane; and Amy, her faithful friend ; involved, and producing extra ordinary effeets in the plot which it has pleased the writer to invent to give a deep dramatic interest to his story, and enable him to introduce his inferior and general portraits with the costume and manners of the age. In conclusion, we have only to repeat cur encomium upon the merits of this work, which does honour to its author, and places him in a front rank among the most eminent cultivators of this species of literature.— Literary Gazette. PORT OFBRISTOL._A meeting took place at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-ttreet, on Saturday, for the pur pose of iniatory measures relative to the formation of a new pier and breakwater at Portshead, near the entrance to the Avon, which will obviate the delays and ineonvenienees attending the navigation of that river. Mr. Barron, M.P., Mr. Beamish, M.P., and other gentlemen of influence, take interest in the en tel l rise which appears of great importance to tie communica fon with helm, especialty. It is intended to connect the pier with the Great Western Railway, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1840. LITERATURE CO UR T AND CAMP OF RUNIEET SING. album, London, 1840. The name of Runjeet Sin;, a sagacious an I intelli gent Indian Prince, who died last January from the effects of a severe and protracted indisposition, brought on by his inveterate affection for strong waters, has, of late years, been much before the public ; and-the pre sent volume furnishes us with some entertaining parti culars respecting his domestic habits, as witnessed by the Hon. Captain Osborne, who, in May 183 S, was sent on a mission to Lahore by the Governor-General of India," for the purpose," as he observes in his pre face, " of endeavouring to place our alliance with Run jeet Sing on a more secure and decided footing than had hitherto been the case." This mission was highly suc cessful ; but its progress was often retarded by the dis trust and jealousy of the Indian Monarch, and it was while waiting at Lahore for his final answer to the Go vernor-General's propositions, that the author kept the ancelotical diary_ which forms the volume before us. Speaking incidentally of the Cachernirian dancing girls, whom Runjeet Sing was very fond of having about his Court, Captain Osborne tells this curious anecdote : " One of these girls, called the Lotus, is rather a cele brated character at the Court of Lahore. Runjeet Sing received her with the tribute from Cachemire about two years ago, when she was said to have been very beautiful. He fell violently in love with her, and fancied that his affection was as violently returned. One evening, in the course of conversation with M. Ventura, an Italian officer in his service, when the girl was dancing before them, he made some remark on her attachment to him, which he declared was purely disinterested, and too strong to be shaken by any offers of advantage or affection she might receive from other quarters. Ventura was incredulous ; and Runjeet Sing, highly indignant at this doubt of his powers of attraction, defied him to seduce her, and pro mised to put no obstacles in his way, further than stipulat ing that she should be placed in the customary seclusion of his zenana. After several poli:e speeches on the part of Ventura upon the impropriety of his attempting to rival his Sovereign, the challenge was accepted, and the young lady immediately transferred to the royal seraglio, with every precaution to ensure her safety. Scarce had eight and forty hours elapsed, ere the hoary old lion of Lahore was rowed from his happy dreams of love and affection by the intelligence that his guards were faithless, his Harem violated, and himself deserted ; and that the lovely Lotus had, nothing loth, beeit transplanted from her royal lover's garden to the Italian's, where she was then blooming in all her native beauty ! Runjeet Sing bore her desertion with great equanimity ; and in a short time she returned to her allegiance, and is now enrolled in his corps of Amazons." Runjeet Sing, being a martyr to ill-health, was con stantly consulting the physician attached to the Eng lish mission, but almost invariably neglected his advice. " His medicine, however," we are told, " was always given to some of his favourite chiefs, who were forced to swallow it in his presonce, and wore then shut up that his Majesty might judge' of its effects !" A few days previous to his departure from Lahore, Captain Osborne was favoured with a sight of that matchless diamond—the finest in the world—which is called tha " Mountain of Light," and of which Runjeet Sing was deservedly proud. "It certainly is," says the Gallant Author, " a most magnificent diamond, about an inch and a half in length, and upwards of an inch in breadth, and stands out from the setting about half an inch ; it is in the shape of an egg, and is set in a bracelet be tween two very handsome diamonds about half its size. It is valued at three millior s sterling, is very brilliant, and without a flaw of any kind." We sum .up our briefnotice of this volume, by saying that it is of a lively, sketchy character, full of anecdote, and illus trated with several plates. NINA SFORZA. Saunders and 01leg, London, 1840. The prime villain and moi , ing principle of this tra gedy is one Ugone Spinola, the head of a noble house in Genoa, whose fortunes, however, have been blasted by the rival house of Doria. To this family, accordingly, Spinola vows undying hatred ; and we find him in the earlier scenes of the play, domiciled under the roof of liaphael Doria, a dissipated, thoughtless youth, who, deceived by his plausible exterior, ranks him among his intimate friends. Driven from his home at Genoa by his father, on account of his irregularities, Doria sets out with Spinola and some other am:minter, to Venice,' where he takes up his above at the house of Sforza, with whose daughter, Nina, he very soon after falls despe rately in love ; and the sudden death of his father enabling him to return home, he marries Nina, who immediately accompanies him to Genoa. Spinola now commences his machinations against the young wedded pair, and taking advantage of Doria's transient flirts• tati.an with an artful Florentine lady, persuades Nina that he has become indifferent to her affection, and so works upon her feelings, that in a moment of despera tion she quits her husband's house, and poisons herself in an adjoining wood. Here she is found in a dying state, by Doria, who, also overpowered by anguish, puts an end to his existence, but not before he has dis covered the treachery of Spinola, who indeed has openly confessed his hatred to him, and• its cause. It will be seen from this hasty sketch, that there is little novelty in the plot of Nina Sforza ; some of the leading characters are, however, well de fined, especially that of Nina, in which there is infinite purity and tenderness. The language of the play is vigorous throughout, and in the last scene be tween Doria and Spinola is highly impassioned. As a first attempt, we consider Nina Sforza very creditable to the skill and genius of i!s author. PICTORIAL SHAKSPEAME—PART XVI. C. Knight, Lonlon, 1840. The present Part contains the entire tragedy of Othello, accompanied by terse, explanatory notes, clearing up all that is deubtful and obscure in the text, and here and there suggesting an ingenious read ing. The embellishments, as usual, are excellent. A LEGEND OF FLO.hENCE. Moron London, 1840. • The chief character in this tragic play—namely, Francesco Ago!anti, is as shrewdly conceived as it is forcibly executed ; nothing indeed can surpass the skill with which its subtler and minuter touches are deve loped, or the caustic but bitter sarcasm implied in that maudlin anxiety to appear respectable in the world's eye which influences Agolanti's every ao. tion, and tones down to the true hypocritical whine his most malignant and envenomed speeches. Mr. Hunt has drawn this character with more sternness and vigour than we thought he possesseA ; and by so doing, has placed in fine relief that high-smiled, uncom plaining victim, Ginevra, who, hoaeless of mitigating her " respectable" husband's systematic brutality by a gentle and considerate course of conduct, has no other resource left than the grave, to which, at the opening of the. play, she is represented as fast hasten ing. The little that this most unhappy creature has to say—for she is by no means one who deals in exuberant speech—is full of the truest pathos, nod strikes at once to the heart. But it is 11:..‘r unworthy husband that has most tasked the author's skill in portraiture. On this " respectable " sample of humanity is lavished all his power of analysis ; and the result is, a character as abject, crawling, and petty, even in its vi!lany, as it is possible to conceive. Yet it can scarcely be called dramatic, for it wants the bold, striking features of the drama, and is, besides, utterly destitute of interest. As regards the dialogue of the play, it is full of touches of feeling and fancy, which arc not too ostentatiously thrust under the reader's notice, but are always in their proper place. LORD BROUGHAM (From theliendal Mercury.) We mentioned in our last that an address had been pre sented to Lord Brougham by the members of the Mechanics' News-room in this town, thanking him for his cgaduct during the present session of Parliament. The following is the reply which has been received from that Noble man : " London, Feb. sth, 1840. Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving your letter, and I beg, through yen, to return my bcst thanks to my esteemed county-men, for the very acceptable honour con ferred upon me. " My affection for the Working Classes of the People never can end but with my life and I ve r y h eart il y w i s h that it, were in my po wer to b e of any more use to them, in oblaking the objects of their just des'res and expectations. " On my return to England, from which I am obliged to be absent for the next six or eight weeks,—l shall al ways be found at my post in Parliament, and I am sure they will never find me slow to lend whatever held I can to the well considered impro‘ement of oar institutions, when attempted by just and lawful moans. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, " BROUGHAM. " To Mr. Jas. 'pedding, Mechanics' News-room, Kendal." .1.1••••••••••••••,•••••••,•• INDIA, AND THE COURT AND CAMP OF RUNJEET SING.—ThiSVOIIIMe, by the Hon. G. W. Osborne, the son of Lord Godolphin, the result of a mission to the King of Lahore, is one of the most interesting, and, at the same time, one of the most important that has appeared for a long time. " It is full," says the Times," of curious details; and describes the means by which the late Runjeet Sing contrived to raise himself to the command of a powerful kingdom; it developes his public and private life—his character and peculiarities—his virtues apd his vices ; the political relations and power of the Sikh state—its resources—its import ance as an ally to the British Government in India, in the event of an invasion from Russia or Persia; it pourtrays many of the almost incre dible conventions and customs of the Sikh people, a nation of whom little is known brlond their geographical locality, affording more insight into the real character of the natives of a vast division of India than is to be met with in the voluminous and cumbrous descriptions of vocessed trAveliera,” CAPTURE OF KELAT. The following is a most graphic, as well as, we be believe, accurately minute account of the capture of Kelat : " CAMP KELAT, Nov. 16.—0 n our arrival at Quetta we heard that a small force was to be sent against Muerah Khan. The 17th and the Bengal 31st, with four of the Shah's guns, were in orders for the trip under Colette' Croker, but during the day it was increased by the Queen's, and two howi'zers from the 3d troop, to go under the command of Brigadier Baumgerdt. They were ordered to march on the 3d, and ourselves direct down the Bolan Pass on the 4th. The General, however, having altered his mind, and determined to proceed to Kelat himself, we were required to accompany him ; so our camels' heads were turned the opposite way, and off we went, Captain Bean, the political agent, declaring there would not be a shot fired. Instead of eight marches, we found it to be eleven good long ones. When we arrived at a village two marches from this, Muerab Khan sent to tell us not to advance, or he would consider it a challenge which he would accept ; and when we marched as usual the next morning, although horsemen came out to meet us end fired upon our advanced guard, still the politicals could not realise it to themselves that he dared to fight. On the 13th we had but a seven miles' march to make to Kelat, and we had no sooner left our ground than a body of about 100 horsemen showed themselves on our flank and commenced a fire, of course a very random and harmless one ; but a few light infantry were sent to keep them, at all events, at a respectful distance from the column. They say that some six or seven were shot, and three of our infantry wounded. After St march of five miles, we came through a gorge in the hills, and all at once saw the citadel of Kelat looking most for mi.lable. The fort itself was hid behind three small hills ; but on these hills were crowds of men, who no sooner saw us than they opened a fire from four or five guns that they had managed to mount up there : we were just in their range, but that was all, and no harm was done. All the horsemen had now collected on the plain, about 800 yards from us, and presented a most tempting shot for one of our guns, so Forster was ordered up to the front, and one round sent them off in double quick time. The General now halted us, and scut a couple of companies on some distance to the left, to clear some gardens, close to which he purposed pitch ing our camp, and the next step decided upon was to dislodge the men from those commanding heights, and I must say the movement to accomplish this was indeed most beautiful. He told off two European companies to each of the two left hills, and three of the 31st against the third hill, and we (the artillery) were to go up to within a nice range, and then, under cover of our guns, the infantry were to advance. The order to advance was given. Our six guns (Forster's two and the Shah's four) trotted up to. within 500 yards of there ; the four Euro pean companies were coming up behind and clear of us to the left, and the 31st to the right. Of course as we trotted up and got into action they blazed away nobly at us, but in a few minutes we were un limbered, and I think I am correct in saying that with half-a-dozen rounds of sperical case, which burst beautifully, the hills were all perfectly abandoned, and the infantry took - possession of them without the ex change of a single shot ; however, they pushed on, at one time with the hopes of dashing into the gate of the fort before the fugitives could shut it, but they were too quick for our men ; this got the infantry very close, and as we limbered up we took our guns over the hills they had deserted, and got into position about 180 yards from the fort walls, and commenced a fire upon the defences of the place ; in the meantime the infantry most gallantly rushed on to get u n d er a mu d wa l l that ran parallel to the walls of the fort, and within 30 yards from it. They had a very long run for it over a perfectly open field, under a tremendous fire, and the slaughter of our men was very great ; however, they soon reached it, and screened themselves. These were two companies of Europeans, one of each regiment, and this mud wall was to the left of the gateway a little ; to the right a com pany of the Queen's pushed on under cover of some huts, but not very close to the fort ; they were there safe, but in advance, about 80 yards, was a ruined hut, which, could they reach in safety, would protect them, and they would then be as near the gate as their comrades. This .was Rait's company, and presently first one man peeped round the corner, and saw this place, and then another, and in another instant off they went ; but, before reaching the hut, they suffered severely, an officer and several men shot dead. Now our position was most perfectly beautiful—the infantry so close up to the gate ready fora dash in, and lying down underthe walls. Our position did not afford us a direct , fire at the gateway, but a very oblique one, and every shot at the gate passed over the heads of Rait's company as we fired, they never moved. The advance of the 31st was under cover of some hull, not far behind, also ready to make a push. We now blazed away at the gate, which did not resist our shot ; they went through it without knocking it down. Seeing this, a couple of six-pounders were sent directly opposite the gate on the plain, and a couple of shots and down it went. The advance was sounded, one cheer, and thirty yards took them to the gate. We now knew all was right, and the infantry pus h e d in. In another instant a red coat stood on the wall over the gate, cheering the men in, and then we heard the roll of our musketry. It was most glorious. The Be'oochees fought most desperately, and it we:, far more severe work than at Ghuzuce. There open space inside for our m en to see their ce:,n,,they were fired at from peopl e i n t h e h ote:es ; besides, we h u ad not 1,000 bayonets altogeth er • e "'vas no ; .but there they were, iore hour and fifteen minutes from the time the Gene-a ° first gave th e or d er t o ad ,na n p e o e s . sess T i possessi on o e f ita t the fort P ) , still remained to be taken, and it was a most formidable job, being immensely high, with only one entrance to it by a very narrow, long, wind ;rig passage, perfectly dark. At first the door could not be opened ; but when that was effected, as our men me n r o u rn s h i n e g d duopwnthsiws or P d " i s n ag l e ia ' n t d ll , e3 w r and if any man did get up th e passage, he was cut to h w o e r k e n e r w e p t u h l e s e d r a n d y , pieces at the tap. But what is it that Europeans will not do ? Even this they accomplished, though it was defended by all the great men of the country, who had assembled there, and Muerab Khan himself did, as he said he would do, die at the door of his Zenana with his sword in his hand, and nobly they all did it. It was past four in the evening before the citadel had fairly surrendered. Many shut themselves up in houses and kept firing at our men unseen. Among the killed are . recognised numbers of chic& and great men, and we have prisoners all these rascally Governors of Shawl, Dadur, Gun dava and different places, who had run away from their villages. The infantry describe it as being a much more severe fight than Ghuznee, and we have every reason to say the same, though our loss is little or nothing. The garrison is estimated at more than 4,000, though I hear the General in his despatch says 2,000 only ; but it is of no oonsequence, because 2,000 is quite as good as double the number in a fort. The place itself is miserably weak, but the citadel is very strong. The , General had no intention of taking it in hand in the way it was done, but we all agree his ar rangements that day were famous. It was merely in tended to dislodge the men on the bills, and then com mence a regular business, but it was very capital work to have everything done in such style. To our earprise the we prizes, ze i s t , i a s g r r a e t a h t er nu a m ri b e e h r o p f la h c o e r , se4 and s we arrs busy aboat oarnols, sheep, grain, and'oeautiful shawls, c ar p e t s , an d silks, nd a clu li a tt n l t e i , ti t e r s f ea g sure. We shall no t rema i n h ere great a more than iwo or three days, and then move strAight down the Gundava Pass." THE HORSHAM BANK ROBBERY.--011 Fri day night a large quantity of gold and silver was stolen from the bank situate in West.street, Horsham, under circumstances of ar. exceedingly . mysterious nature. No disturbance was heard during the night. At six o'clock on the following morn ing, the cleric found that a wooden box, containing upwards of 5,0001. in Bank of England and provincial notes, and also the sum of 457/. 103. in gold, and 1761. 14s. 10d. in silver, was gone. A tin cashbox, containing 551. in Bank of England notes, and SI. 10s. in gold, had been forced open, and gold alone been abstracted. Upon a table i n the kitchen were found the fragments of a ham, two empty wine bottles, and a brandy bottle. Upon searching the cellar it was Lund that the thief or thieves had abstracted two bottles of Moselle wine and one of champagne brandy from the bin ; as also cheese from the larder, upon which it appeared they regaled themselves previous to leaving the house. A cork-screw haft also been fetched from a closet in the parlour, in which was plate valued at 200/. none of whi c h was m i ssing. The clerk attended before the Magistrates, and ma d e a sworn statement, and the affair still remains buried in mystery, but the investigation is never theless actively followed up by Mr. Padwick and Sergeant Otw ay. SINGULAR MORTALITY AMONG Cows.--A novel disease of the most deadly character has lately made its appearance, and caused some consternation, in the extensive dames in the neighbourhood of Purfleet. The first part at tacked is the tongue, which rapidly becomes so blistered and swollen as utterly to prevent the animal from taking its food. Unless the most prompt and skilful means are used to avert its progress, the disease rapidly extends to the animal's hoofs, which in a short time absolutely rot off, a n d certa i n death is of course the consequence. This disease, in most cases fatal, is not known ever to have shown itself before, and is generally attri buted to the extraordinary quantity of rain which has fallen during the last eight months. NEWCASTLE AND NORTH SHIELDS R AIL WAY.—The fourth annual meeting of this Company took place on Tuesday last, 4th February. From the report it ap peared that, during the .ix months the railway has been open, upwards'of 350,000 passengers had been carried,:and more than 10,0001. had been taken.— Carlisle Journal. TREATMENT OF' THOROGOOD'S CASE. (From the Examiler.) Oa the case' of Thorogood, Lord John Russell has delivered a speech of supreme bun ton, which, for the occasion at least, quite separates him from the low party, and wonderfully exalts him in the opinion of the High Church. The Times praises his Lordship's performance as " smart and sensi ble ;" but smart is not the word for it, it was dainty and disdainful, It was seasoned with con tempt of weakness and poverty, and a lofty scorn of grievances. It was thus thoroughly aristocratic, and what in Tory coteries would be emphatically called gentlemanly. The speech indeed seems to have been made for the recovery of the speaker's favour with his caste, and fur his restoration to the bosom of the Church. How fin e , in the low-life-above•stairs sense of the word fine, is this mention of Thorogood and account of his case— , " This man had been detained thirteen months in pri son, for refusing to pay the sum of five shillings and six pence (for Church Rates)—not an important sum—only because he was determined to support his rir„ht not to pay obedience to the legal Court before which 1-,e wen summon ed, and to place his defiance on record i% opposition to the law of the land." This is, as the story-books say', all mighty grand, but it is not quite original. Lori', John has borrowed the scornful allusion to the mars" s determination to support his rights from the maid in Hood's " Last Shilling," who says of the coachmar pleading for his fare, " Here's an impudent fellow a-st•,uwding on his rights." Contrast the cont.vmptuous mention of this man, suf fering, as he think -.3, for conscience sake, with the terms in which the Slie.feifs are spoken of, the compliments to their conduct and to the sense of duty on which they are given crr;di•. for acting. But the Sheriffs are rich men, and supp orted by a powerful body, and Tborogood is a poor she maker. How fine , again, is that parenthetic valuation of five shillings a- n d sixpence—" of an important sum"—that is to sr,y, not an important sum in the eyes of an im portant personage. But the non-importance goes to the root , of the whole matter ; the case of Thorogood is trea.bsd as it is, because Thorogood is not an important Persian, and because he belongs to not an important lsoJy—the recent instances of want of vigour on the part of the Dissenters, when propositions for their relief bare been in discussion, having very much shaken the opinion of their strength and influence. That " Heaven helps those who help themselves" is a golden maxim, but the Dissenters latterly have neither moved to help themselves, nor to help others who were striving to help them. Their inertness, when the excel lent Ministerial project for the abolition of Church-rates was attacked with every foul weapon by the High Church party, seriously impaired their importance. The inference was that their strength had been overrated. Hence the cavalier treatment which they new experi ence. This conduct is not magnanimous. The princi ples of justice arc the same, whether the claimants of re dress be the strong or the weak, and a high mind would be scrupulously respectful in its treatment of weakness under wrongs fancied or real. For our own parts, we do not believe that the Dis senters have lost strength, but their energy has been sleeping. When they depended only on themselves they worked wonders, and made themselves respected ; but just in proportion as others have come to their aid, and Government has exerted itself for the relief of one of their main grievances, they have relaxed their own efforts, and become passive and helpless. But to return to Lord John Russell's non-import ance of a five-and-sixpenny scruple cf conscience. In Ireland claims for tithes of less amount and import ance than the despised fly e-and-sixpence were resisted, and the process of Courts disputed by main force; but Lord John Russell did not hold that that case of de fiance of the law did not c all for remedy, because it was the case of thousands of Thorogoods instead of one. The difference, then, is precisely the difference between the strong and the weak. Having in one part o r his speech so emphatically pronounced judgment of non-importance on five and sixpence, in another passage the same sum rose to such importance and so powerful an influence, that truth would melt before the temptation of it in the human breast, like snow in the sun. In opposition to Mr. T. Duncombe's proposal, that persons making a decla ration of dissent should be exempt from Church -rates, Lord John answered— " Here was obviously a pecuniary snare. A man might be ostensibly a member of the Established Church ; )- int he might be a lukewarm member or indifferent, Y tl " . .. the temptation was held out to him to relieve himself f- ann the payment of the 53. 6d. Church-rate, by sim p l y 'making a declaration that he conscientious ly dissented .rom the do trines of the Ch urc h.—(4 H ear, ' from . Hume.) Th e Hon. Membe r f or Kilk enny m i g h t poss;:r;ty have some very good argument to or in contr adietio. John Russell) had sa id ; b ut h o of what he (Lord could be urged in support of t could not see what e'd. thus setting up a bribe to induce persons of a lukew-, m attachment to the Church to abandon it." Lord John may k..ave doubts whether the Archbishop of Canterbury i nimself cou d resist such a snare—he (asmight . ' Jr._, Lushin g t on s h owe d i n a h um bl er i ns t ance ) cle c l". nirnself a Dissenter to save the five and sixpence --not now " not an important sue—and he might take his seat on the cathedral throne the next moment. Lord John pays the Church the compliment of supposing that it has amongst its communicants many so indifferent, both to it and to truth, that for five and sixpence they would tell a lie in the false renouncement of it. What an honour and glory it must be to the Church to retain the false show of this portion of its congregations. Dr. Lushington did not go so far as Lord John Rus sell. He was not sure that men would deny their Church for five shillings and sixpence, but with two pounds ten or five pounds he thought the temptation might alarmingly begin : " It was said that no person would make a false decla ration for the sake of si. Gd. ; but there might be cases in which the sum required was Si. or 505., and this might operate as a temptation to a man in distressed circum stances to make a false declaration. According to the plan of the Hon. Member a man might might make a de claration one day and go to the church the next, and laugh at the churchwarden." Lord John Russell acknowledges that the Ecclesias tical Courts should not have cognizance of suits for Church-rates, and that the remedy should not be against the person but against the goods—and in satis faction of the demand for the Church the seizure of the family Bible has been not an uncommon nor inappro priate choice. Mr. flume made an excellent speech in reply to Lord John. Will Lord John Russell hold as tt) the Scotch Church the principle which he ridicules in his parody of John son ? " He could understand, with regard to the lighter arts, the principle embodied in those lines of Dr. Johnson : The drama's laws the d.:•ama's patrons give, For those who live to please must please to live,' But sorry would he be to hear that The pulpit's 1.7.ws the pulpit's patrons give, And those who live to preach must preach to live.'" This may do all very well south of the Tweed, but how will it comport with Ministerial politics north ? Lord John Russell's ardour for the Church on 'l'ucs• day was the delight of the Tories. He declared— " As long as that House recognised the laws by which a State religion was established in this country, and so long as such was the law, no individual was at liberty to dis obey it." Finding this sentiment loudly cheered by the Tories, his Lordship was moved to go farther He would go further than that, and declare his belief that the Established Church of England was feunded on just, wise, and fair principles." Here we have before us the crow, the cheese, and the fox. At the first note of the crow, reynard is in rap tures. He claps his paws, he wags his bushy tail in an ecstasy, he cries " Bravo, bravissimo ! what a voice ! what execution! how he takes the C above the line !" Upon this, quoth the delighted crow, ‘‘ I can go farther than that—higher than that," and he strains another harsh discord to the'unbounded delight of reynard. But beware, oh Corby, lest you drop the cheese—it trembles in your mouth while you arc in dulging in those half-note shakes which make all your party shake, ay, and your opponents shake, too, in other fashions—your friends with fear, and your foes with laughter. (From the Nottingham Review.) From our report of the proceedings of Parliament, it will be seen that the principal debate of the week took place upon the motion of Mr. T. Duncombe, for the discharge of John Thorogood, and also for leave to in troduce a Bill to exempt every individual from the pay ment of Church-rates, who should make de c l arat i on o f his dissent from the established religion of the country. The proposition of IMr. Duncornbe was moderate, just, and in perfect accordance with the precepts of the New Testament. We should have thought so reasonable a proposal would have been at once acceded to by the Ministerial leader of the House of Commons ; but to the surprise of all the Dissenting supporters of Govern ment, Lord John Russell vindicated the imprisonment of Thorogood, and expressed his belief that the l aw by which Church-rates are levied was founded upon " just, wise, and scriptural principles !" Not contented with this statement, his Lordship insi nuated that the Dissenters were a querulous body; and this, too, in the face or the well-known:fact, that rathe than embarrass the Government of which ho is a mem her, they refrained from pressing Ministers for relief from this obnoxious impost. This is really too bad, anl comes from Lord John Russell as an act of palpable itr;ratitude. The Dissenting M em b ers of the House of' Commons, upon the " want of confidence" vote, sup ported the Government against th e assaults of the Opposition ; and for preserving a Cabinet which they could at once have annihilated, the Colonial Secretary becomes petulant and insulting, when they endeavour to obtain a concession which is not only strictly just, but which Parliament has no right to withhold. Mr. Hume. pertinently asked Lord John Rus.;ell how it was, that he seconded the motion of Lord Althorpe for the abolition of Church -rates, if he thought they were wise and just ? With regard to the case of Thorogood, Lord John Russell's taunt will be treated contemptuously by all who respect the inviolability of conscience. Is it not monstrous, that because a man objects to pay a tax of ss. 6d. towards a Church which Mr. Gillon described as but " half a degree removed from Popery," he should be subject to imprisonment for life? The Dis senters rightly regard Thorogood as a martyr in a righteous cause ; and when this tax shall be abo lished, as most assuredly it will speedily he, and the dogmas upon which it is founded lose their supremacy, his name will be held in lasting remembrance, as the stern and devoted champion of the sacred principles of religious liberty. Lord John Russell observes, a 4 long as an Established Church was maintained by the law of the land, that law should be obeyed, even if it were founded on the best principle, and no individual was at liberty to disobey it. By what argument, then, will his Lordship defend the "glorious " Reformation? What becomes, too, of the command, " obey God in preference to man," if the doctrine pros ounded by the little haughty Lord be correct ? Has not his Lord ship recently subscribed 100/. towards the funds of the Church Missionary Society ? and what are the objects of this Society, b u t t h e su b vers i on of established idola try ? In the opini on o f L or d J ohn Russell, it matters not whether the established religion he Protestantism, Catholicism, or Mohammedanism ; it is equally the boanden duty of all to obey it whilst it continues the law of the land. The Dissenters think very differently, and will make a conscience in keeping just laws," 'out will not observe those based upon error, and '.:;ontrary to holy writ. _.'he following placard and petiti:-.4 have appeared at Lynn : The discussion which has arisen in the House of Commons, upon the occasion of John Thorogood's case being brought forward by the Hon. T. Duncombe, the Member for Finsbury, must convey the impression to every thinking mind, that the period has now 'Arrived, when the ft iends of civil and religious liberty ..nust once more show a bold front, and pour in the;„( petitions to the House of Commons for the immediate abolition o f Church -rates, and it is presumed the follewi ng meet the prompt an d hearty assent of every friend of freedom in Ly nn : To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The Petition of the undersigned Members of the t sta- Wished Church, Protestant Dissenters, and others, inhabi tants of King's Lynn, Showeth,_That your petitioners feel themselyeP, impe ratively called upon once more to address your "flonour able house upon the subject of Church -rates. Your peti tioners have already expressed their deep cor,vi e ti ee et' the injustice and impolicy of this impost, and ',hey did indulge the hope, that the House of Commoin would have been prepared to have vindicated their 0, ,n consistency, and At the same time to have given Prarcical effect to their own resolution, passed at the close, of the last Session, upon this subject, by grappling :roldly and manfully with the question, and, backed 1.1 the strong force of opinion, t o have public t to a success f u l issue; but most crrrir: d dee ve p rnment is their regret . e and surpri se at seeing organ of th e Go '.'ne House of Commons -....their undauuted leader, as they fondly flattered themse'ses, in the cause of Religious Liberty— quailing ber Church and No Popery minority Jte a bigot e d Hi g h in his abandonment of • measure of ju s ti ce, already c'sriied through the House of Co'eamons by a majority ',if five ; and proposing, in its stead, simply a removal this subject, f rom an or 77 the scene o f p ersecut i on upon with the pre sen t pr - ,eclesiasti ca l to a Ci v il Court, which irresponsibl e MP , ponderance of Clerical and High Tory than the exist :.1° .giatrates, wou ld prove more t) rannical .n , una tribl, have he xer - however objectionable it may Your 4r. such petitioners therefore most strongly protest against r°' absolut e t r ifli ng w i t h the feelings and wishes of nume ..es and conscientious classes of their fellow-Christians and fellow -countrymen, and they most humbly, but at the same time most energetically declare, that to such a compromise, upon such a vital question, they never can become parties, and they will never cease to agitate, until full justice is done to the Disse,iting body, and undoubted security afforded to the Established Church, by passing the measure which has already received the sanction of a majority of the House of Commons, which " provided for the expense of Church-rates by means of an improved system of managing Church lands. "And your petitioners, &c. &c." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ( From the l'otes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, FEB. 11. CHURCH RATES. Motion made, and Questign proposed, " That leave be give n to bring in a Bill to relieve from the payment of Church Rates that portion of her Majest's subjects who conscientiously dis sent from the rites of the Lstabbilled Church :"--Mr. Thomas Duncombe :)—The House divided : Aglionhy, H. A. Aglionby, Major Baines, E. Barnard, E. G. ices, 'l'. Blake, W. J. Bridgman, Hewitt Brutherton, J. Butler, Colonel Callaghan, D. Collier, John Collins, William Dennistoun, J. Duke, Sir James Ewart, W. Lilian, W. D. Greg, R. H, Greig, D. Hall, Sir B. Hastict, A. Hawes, B. Ileatheoat, J. NORI T Y—A YE S, 62. Hector, C. J. Strutt, Edward Horsman, Edward Style, Sir Charles Hume, J. Tancred H. W. llumphery, J. Thornely, Thomas Hutton, It. Turner, Edmund Jervis, Swyntin Vigois, N. laishington, C. Villiers, Charles P. Molesworth, Sii W. Wakley, Thomas Muskctt, George A. Walker, R. O'Brien, W. Smith Wallace, 11l 0 Callaghan, Hon. C. Warb ur t on, H. O'Conne I, D. Ward, 11. G. O'Connor . Don Wemyss, J. C. Oswald, Jrmes Williams, W. Paulson, J. Williams, W. A. Pech ell, Captain Wood, Sir Matthew Pryme, G. Wood, B. Roche, W. Yates, J. A. Salwey, Colonel Smith, B. Somerville, Sir W. Strickland, Sir G. TELLRfI Duncornbe, T. S. Ellis, Wynn .',eland, 'F. D. Arbuthnot, Hon. H Baker, Edward Baring, F. T. Bell, Matthew Bentinck, Lord G. Blair, James Blannerhaqsett, A. Bolling, W. Bu - dett, Sir F. Cantilupe, Lord Chapman, A. Clay, W. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert Colquhoun, J. C. Conolly, E. Corry, Right Hon. H Ceurtenay, Philip Crawley, S. Dalmeny, Lord Darby. George D'lsraeli, Benjamin Dottin, Abel Rous Dialcombe. Du tie, George Egerton, W.T. Eliot, Lord Eliot, Ilon. J. E. Ellis, J. Follett, Sir William Fort, John Fremantle, Sir T. French, F. Fr:oilfield, J. \V. Wynne, Sir S. It. Gordon, Robert Gore, O. \V. Goulburn, Henry GrAam, Sir James ,JORITY—N OES, Grattan, J. Greene, T. Grey, Sir C. Grey, Sir G. Grirnsditch, Thomas Halford, H. Harcourt, G. G. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbs; t, Hon. S. liVrries ' John C. Hinde, J. 11. Holthouse, Sir J. C. Hodges, T. L. Mimes ' W. Hope, lion. C. Hope, G. W. Hothaim, Lord llughes, W. B. Ingestrie, Lord Ingham, Robert Inglis, Sir IL H. Irton, S. Irving, John Johnstone, Hope Remble. Henry hnatchbull, Sir L. Labonehere, H. Law, lion. C. H. Liddell, H. T. Lockhart, A. AL Lowther, J Lushington, Hon. S. Lygon, lion. (;en. Macauley, T. B. Mackenzie, Thomas MacKenzie, W. F. Mau!e, Hon. Fox , Mild:ray, P. S' John, Morpctli, N"..lCoUllt Nichol], Packe, C. W. Paluxr, George Parker, R. T. Parnell, Sir If. Peel, Hon. Sir R. Perceval, Colonel Pigot, D. It. Pinney, \V Polhill, Frederick Pringle, A. I'rotheroe, Edward Pusey, P. Rae, bir William Rich, H. Richards, It. Russel!, Lord John Rutherfurd, A, Soarlet, J. Y. Shaw Frederick Sheil, It, L. Sheppard, T. Sinclair, Sir Geerge Smith, Abel Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, E. Staunton, Sir G. T. Stuart, Villiers Sugacn, Sir Edward Surrey, Earl of Sutton, Hon, J, Teigninouth. Lord Trench, Sit t. Troubridge, Sir T. Tufnell, Vete, Sir C 13, Wood, C. Wyse, Thontas 'nillama.— Parker, J. Stanley, E. .1. Ciry IMPROVEMENTS,-_A meeting, at which Sir Peter Laurie presided, was held at the Crown and An chor a few days since, for the purpose of forwarding a project. which has been in contemplation for the last two years for forming a new street from Nengate-street to the eastern end of Holborn, by which Holborn and snow-hill will be avoided. From the statements put forth at the a b ove ing, it appears that the proj ecte d new street is to be perfectly meeetlevel. It is to commence a t th e O ld Bailey, exactly opposite to Now gate-st-eet, leaving Skinuer_streeton the right, th Green Arbour-co ur t , near Sea-passing coal-lane, near Break-neekrough steps, through C as tl e -street, and Turnagaln-lane to Farringdon street, which it will cross by a viaduct bridge, and in nearly a direct line, will intersect Plurntree-court and Shoo-lane, and, passing over St. Andrew's Church-yard and through Thavies' Inn, will terminate at I3artlett's-buildings, Opposite to Hatton garden, on Holborn-hill. It is proprJsed to repay the ex penses of this undertaking chiefly by a toll of a penny on each horse. 8,000,000 horses are said, to pass and repass Holborn hill annually. No toll is to he levied on foot passengers, of whom 27,000,000 arc supposed to pass to and fro in the course of a year. Without venturing to offer an opinion upon the pro. ject in question, it certainly does appear somewhat remarkable that a practical remedy for the serious obstacles to traffic which are presented in Snow and Holborn-hills, has not long ere this been carried into effect. Sir Peter Laurie expressed him self to this effect at the meeting alluded to, and observed that, being desirous of ascertaining the result of the late improve ments made in Moorgate, he had applied at the Chamberlain's Office, and found that the City, on applying to Parliament for an Act to authorise those improvements, stated they had Ilay out forthati) so d ta purpose, bguteetuhsaitytthheapt r i o t pe had rty p i ai n i eTf ere d Ol. with to had turned out all expenses, and the 100,0001. remained untouched, and wan now applicable to other intended improvements in the Cit. Sir Peter Laurie said he approved of the plan for carrying 0 . 4 the projected new street, and would give the object every - sup . port in his power. A dreadful accident happened on Monfl ay l ast to the Rev. Richard Lucas, of Edithweston, Ru'aand li e was out hunting with the Co houndi, Arhen, whilst they were drawing Clipsham Wood, a horse ridden by Mr. Willan, jun., of Corby, lashed . 21a ; and broke Mr. bleat's right leg, just below the knee. "!;ne fracture 18 very severe. Li nco ln Mercury. d At ty3by IS Ilec iter, St. Lions rch uinit dis was ;aol, Ile sue dis- rs. es of "•oni with !rew 11 of 11 of per lay'g now Go tied )ur- ices - Jere lent Litt- tato ber, i'ere the ols, ried uer ,els, ley tu ree ;I; [elf :W~ ~,;~,.