The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-24 00:00:00

MONEY And vir)MMERCIAL NEWS CITY, 7' IT EL KS 0' CL CK. Llyzaroot. 'COTTON NIAR.K.ET, SATURDAY.—The sales today are B,fooo bags at yesterdn)'s pries. The Iher is steamer hits arrived at Falmouth with the Lisbon rnt ii, sailed c_n the 17th instznt, from Gibraltar the 13 th, Ce rfe the 14th, and Vigo the 19th. She brings the India wad Malta mails. The intelligence from Lisbon chi( fly relates to the debates in the Chambers. The first Para aph of the address was carried, after five days' de bati.eg. by 63 to 43 The paragraph was expressive of the 'willingness cf the Chambers to cc-operate with the It.nistry. In the sitting of the 10th the third paragraph °f the address was brought under discussion, the same h x`ing previously approved of without opposition. The *lntendment proposed by the minority of the Committee was the addition, " that the Chambers regret to find that 'some most extraordinary and groundless demands on the part of the British Government have retarded the conclu sion of a treaty with Great Britain, for the repression of the infamous and barbarous slave trade." The letter from Liverpool, received this morning, states that the papers by the South American packet at Cork went to the Post-otEce. We have just received the New York papers of the ht February. Srocx EXCIIANGE —The Sales at the Stock Exchange are to a large amount this morning, and generally at a decline in price. United States Bank opened at 76, and closed at 74 cash, thus establishing k decline of 23- per cent. since yesterday, Dry Dock declined 5; Arnericvn Exchequer Bank. 1 ; Do!aware and Hudson, and Harlem Railroad, ' 3 1.; North American Trust, I; New Jersey Railroad, 3. F.xcnallon.—ln consequence of the storm to-day the Packets are detained ; the Liverpool till tomorrow morn- Hie, and the Loneon till Monday. The French ship is announced to sail this evening. The amount of business in bilut on England for the present packets has been 7ut Yt a limited extent, at Bto 81- per cent. prem. The latter is the current rate Tor good bills this morning on France at 5 francs Protest of the American Merchants and Shipmasters against the Blockade of the Port of Canton by tiro British. Hong Kong, Sept. 11, 1839. The undersigned citizens of the United States of Ame rica, merchants and shipmasters, at present in Hong Kong Bay. in the waters of China, having heard a report that it is )our intention, at Vie requisitiou of the Chief Superin tendent of British trade in China, to blockade, after the expiration of six days from this date, the river and port of Canton ; and that the force to be employed, it is under stood, will tsansist of her Britannic Majesty's ship Volage, under Sour command, and such merchant vessels as can be convenien tty armed for the oecation Wes t ' eerefore, beg leave most respectfully to present to you, and through you, to her Majesty's Chief Superinten dent tit Trade in China, that the right of such a blockade car, not be recognized by the undersigned, and if attempted to be carried into effect to their injury, or the injury of the American shipping and interests, will be considered by the l indersigned and by their countrymen, an infringement of their legal and just rights, it being it contrary to the laws of na dons, existing treaties, illegal, and without precedent. We hereby enter our most solemn protest, and do now 'solemnly protest against such a blockade, as we understand from report is now proposed to be enforced. To H. Smith, Esq , Captain of her Britannic _ Majesty's ship Volage, Hong Kong Bay. And we do heriby give notice that we shall hold her Britannic Majes y and her Government responsible to the manner for whatever lives may be sacrificed, and other losses that may be sustained by American citizens, in consequence of the said blockade and sudden proceedings ()Eller Majesty's officers in China ; and we shall further hold you personally, and all persons acting . under your au thority, responsible for whatever lives may be lost or in jury sustained in person or property by any American The above is sip:fled by 10 influential merchants. Several vess , :ls under the American, Spanish, and banish flags, were employed in bringing Indian cotton and British mar ufacture; to Cantcn from Hong Kong Bay, at high rater, of freight, and additional export duty on teas anti silks was about being laid by the Chinese, to meet the extraordinary expense incurred by the dispute with Eng -11'.4d. The Chinese had permitted the American mer. chants to go up to the Bogue promiiing them protection with their armed schooners against the English. An Indian mail has arrived, bringing those papers left baind by the last arrival—they are not of a later date. THE PONDS. Consols opened this morning at the quotations they closed on Saturday, 901 1, both for Money and time ; Exchequer Bills 1 3 prim ; India Bonds 2 discount, par; Bank Stock 178 179; India Stock 248 249. In the, Foreign Market Spanish Active 27a ; Passive 7 i t ir; — Deferred 13i ; Portuguese lower, closed at 1 at present 344; Three per Cents. 23i i; Co mnih, an 251- 281; Brazilian 78i ; Mexican 29} ; Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cents. 521 i; Five per Cents. 1001 t. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCti. Bank Stock 171111; ' India Stock I per Cent. Red. 91% % Ditto Bonda I Per Cents. Con, tit %% 4 0, South Sea Stock IOIA 8 % per Cent. Old Annuities — Ditto Ited. Nese ' N e .„ 46 IserCent... ...... ..... IN Y7:‘, 3 per Cent. Annuities. tr.! . •• 5 per Cent. '' ? ...nk Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto 500. .. 3 1 ma. dalii 5, 1860. fOct. 10, ISA-- ........ .... —....' Ditto Commercial eta. jail. 5, IMO 13% ', Ditto Advertised ... - -- 'lan. 5, 1850 . Bank Stock fir Account ... April 5, 1880 --India Stock for Account .. Jaw. 5.1870 — Consos for Account 9051 /PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK A ustrian Bonds — i Peruvian Bonsis — :Belgian Bonds . —; Ditto Account — Ditto Account B ruins n Bonds Ditto iccount ..-...... 13050 (*s 'tyres Bonds — I Ditto, 3 per Cent......... Ditto IccTsnt Chilt wa i oad '; Prtivian Bonds ... A Atzt *:`,t 13., nt . ‘- .o larai ian z< - ids . --Ditto Account — "I r a lc:a, nt LAdurnbian 1: ds,IS O 4 tNI , - Ditto Account. 27%44 It 3 1 ' Za li r s t. }' L . : 7l •Dt ...... .. ianis4 Bonds - - Passive 7% Ditto 1-:.;.:r nt — Deferred 4 I 3 t*reric 80w15... D.ltto Bonds, IS')5. ''''' ....- —! 4 per cent. —f. —c. ~ Oitto Account -- 3 per cent. ...... ...f. —r. litcxican Bonds 5 . C • 1 rxchange. —f. —r. ~ I,CT CI n . —. _,. Ditto Account — Dutch, 0 54 per cent. — Ditto, ft per Cent. Ditto Account P l eitpolitan — Ditto Account.... — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCB. ------ „„ --......., - -- Paid. Per Share. 'British Iron Company ............. II:10 1 t on Railway l '"don and South Western ... ....... .... SS/. 17s. Dd. 41 Midland Counties Railway Ccmpany. 99 743 5 North Midtand Railway Company — Ditto New Colontal Joie Stock Bank l5 Stia • . PRICES OF IRISH STOOLS. DUBLIN, FESUARY ‘.:2. !Per Cent. Console etner Cent. Stock itto Reduced Ditto New 1130 ....... "AN , City- et Dublin Steen Comp. 5% per Cent.bebantures... 915 i National Insurance Company wank Stock ... Grand Canal Stock RoYal Canal Steck HALF-PAST' ONE. We have received Montreal Papers to the 28th Jan. " The Governor- General hail communicated to the Assembly, by message, that her Majesty's Government could not assent to the bill of last Session, or to the `Ordinance of the Special Council of Lower Canada, af fixing a certain value on gold and silver coins in these Provinces, for reasons assigned by the Lord Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, to whom the matter was referred. With the exception of the ordinary mails, and the packet from the United States, we have few arrivals this morning. The accounts from Lisbon by the mail, this morning, still leave the unfortunate Portuguese bondholders in jeopardy; nothing as yet has taken place in the Cortes to give them any hopes of a speedy adjustment. To the present time there has not been any speculations of consequence in the British Market, and Consols may be qatted as iti the early part of the morning, 901 for the Account ; for Money they have been, 901; at present, 901 ; Exchequer Bills, 32 4 ; India Bonds, 2 dis. par ; Bank Stock, 174 In the Foreign Market some business has been doing in Spanish Active, which may be quoted, with a little int • proveme n t. f rom 271 to 274. have been 21 ; Portuguese receded. 331, at present 34i ; Columbian; 26 ; Mexican, 291 ; Spanish Passive, n: Deferred, lii ; Dutch Two ana-a-Half pet Cents. 521; Five per Cents. 1001. Xt the public ditinet in the Guildhall at York, in honour of the Queen's marriage, where, politics generally having been first introduced by the Whig Recorder, he proposed the health of " her Majesty s Ministers," which was received with biases, groans, and' Dow& with the Whigs." An amendment was moved, " That this asse.nbly has no confidence in her Ma jesty's Ministers," and carried by a majority, on a show of hands, of five to one, and the health of " Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative Members of the House of Commons" was drunk with cheers. MURDER.-011 Monday, David •Fivans, the gamekeeper of J. Wynne Eyton, Esq., was found murdered in the wood near Northam, near Coeday-Heudne mine. The infamous perpetrator of this dreadful dead committed the act for the purpose of robbing Evans of the little money he had upon him. Edward Jones, a notorious poacher, has lseen ap prehended on suspicion of committing the murder, and has been committed for trial. • The Great Western steamer, Captain Hosken, sailed from Bristol for Nev York on Thursday last, with the • evening's tide. This is the first voyage of this celebrated yes eel for the present season. Since she has been in dock she has undergone a complete oeerhauling - , and many improve ments for the comfort and convenience of passengers have been effected, and enlarued accommodation provided. Prince Mu rat, son of the cx- King if Naples, and member of the Buena parte family, vas amongst the passengers, of whom there were 7 6• There was a very valuable cargo of silks and other l i g h t goods, a b out 10,000 letters, and several sacks of newspapers. The G reat Weitem e ill be the first vessel to carry to America the new, of tl.e marriage of our gracious Queen. TI f, ' .fig Kent is to have the stables in • • • • ,:f Y• wh, r. slle gees to re . ".. •', r(' : Alirrt will have stabki ereese.l between the Larracks and .lates-street, in St. Jatneel.. park. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine Sor;i: e yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Queen Dowager also attended the Service. The Bishop of London preached the scrmon, tskirg his text from Genesis, chap. 2, verses 16 and 17. The Les sons were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the Prayers t y the Rev. Mr. Packman, and the Co, reunion Service by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Rev. Mr. Packman. The Chant was by Hawes ; the Te Deem and Jubilate in F (B..rrow). The Sanctus and Res. ponses (Davey). The Anthem, " Sing 0 Heavens" (Kent) was sung by Messrs. W. Knyvett, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, was in waiting. In the suite of her IVl,jesty and Prince Albert were the Duchess of Bedford, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Murray, Hon. Miss Lister, Marquis of Headfort, Hon. General Sir William Lumley, Lord Alfred Paget, Colrinel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. t In the suite of her Majosty the Queen Dowager were he Countess of Mayo, Hen. Miss Edett, and the Earl Howe. The Queen and Prince Albert and Suite returned in four of the Royal carriages to Buckingham Palace after the serv;ce. The Duchess of Kent continues indisposed with cold and rheumatism. Her Royal Highness has not been out of the Palace since her return from Windsor. The following Gentlemen bad audiences of his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday at Buckingham Palace :—Lord Ernest Bruce, M P. , to present an ad dress of congratulation to his Royal Highness on the aus picious occasion of his marriage, from Marlborough. Mr. Henry Grimes to present a Congratulatory Address from the Royal Town of Sutton Goldfield, in the co•rnty of Warwick. The Rev. Sir HenryDukinfield, to present to his Royal Highness an Address of Congratulation from the Inhabi tants of the Parish of St. Martio's-in-thc-Fields. Captain - Pechell, R N., M. P., and Colonel Adolphus Dalrymple, Bart., M. P., to present an Address of Con gratulation to his Royal Highness from the Inhabitants of the Borough of Brighton. His Royal Highness was attended during his reception of the Addresses by the following Gentlemen of his House bold:—Viscount Baringdon, Mr. George Edward Anson, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. The Rev. Sir Henry Dukinfield, Bart., had also an audience of the Duchess of Kent in Buckingham Palace, to present an address of congratulation to her Royal High ness on the auspicious occasion of her Most Gracious Pia jesty's marriage, from the Inhabitants of the parish of St. Martin-in.the- Fields. Her. Royal Highness was attended on the reception of this address by Lady Fanny Howard and Martel Cooper, C. 8., K. H. An address of congratulation from Southampton was presented on Thursday to the Duchess of Kent at Buck ingham Palace.. Captain Mathew, M.P., presented to the Queen ad dresses of loyalty and congratulation from the Mayor and Council of Shaftesbury, and from the Clergy, Magistrates, and Inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Shaftesbury, at her Majesty's Levee on Wednesday. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday. The Royal Dinner party, on Saturday evening, included the Earl of Erroll, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleanore and Constance Paget, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Ashley, Sir Joh❑ Hobhouse, and Colonel Cooper. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance at the Palace, and performed during the whole of the evening. On Friday Mr. Goss's Anthem, composed in honour of the Queen's marriage, was submitted to her Majesty, and was honoured with her gracious approbation. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Miss Kerr and Major Stephens were in Waiting on their Royal Highnesses. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand dinner on Saturday evening at their residence in Carlton-gardens to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, his Serene Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and a select party, including the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount Duncannon, and Lord liorpeth. Miss Kerr was in Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Baron de Groben and the Baron de Lowenfels were in Waiting on the Duke s.nd Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday, at Marlborough House_ The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, bad a meeting with Mr. Labouchere on Saturday at the Board of Trade. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. Lord Holland was prevented by in. disposition from attending the meeting. The Council sat three — hours. S;r Charles Napier and Mr. Chldes Boller, M. P., had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home Office. The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on Sa turday at Lansdowne House. Lord John Russell had a dinner party at his residence in Wilton-crescent on Saturday evening. t A SH.ION ABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Moore, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Caverdish-square ; Mrs. Douglas and family, at ditto, from Leamington; Rev. Dr. Wellesley, at ditto; Cap tain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, at their house in Park-square, from Sudley-park ; Captain and Mrs. Eenry Bathurst, in Gloucester-place ; Lord Frederick Beanclerk, at King's Hotel; Lord Edward Howard, at Norto'k House; Lord and Lady Thomas Cecil, in Belgrave-street; Lady Grey, in Hertford-street ; Baron de Tuvlon, in Weymouth-street; the Hon. Captain Pitt, and the Hon. Frederick Methuen, at the Royal Horse Guards Barracks; Sir Arthur and Miss Laura Paget, in Grosvenor-street ; Earl and Countess of Lisburne and family, in Great Stan hope street ; Sir William and Lady Medlycott, from their seat; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable and Miss Chi chester, in Cumberland-place, from Burton Constable, near Hull ; Bishop of Salisbury and Mrs. Deni son, in Portman-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Steuart, in Belgrave-street ; Countess Dowager of Claren don, Lord and Lady William Poulett, in Curzon street ; Baron de Gcrsdorff, in South Audley-street ; Gen. Sir Robert Barton, in Montagu- street ; Lady George and Miss Murray, in Green-street; Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas, Lady, and Miss Hislop, in Hertford-street; Lady Parker and family, at the Admiralty; General O'Hallc ran, in Piccadilly; Marquis of Waterford, at the Caven dish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Melton Mowbray - Hon. Mrs. Greville, at ditto, from Brighton; Captain H. Bun bury, R.N. and Lady, at ditto, from Batton Hall, Suf-. folk; Charles Bunbury, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; Se ward Buabury, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; James Foster, Esq., at ditto, from Stourbridge; George Cooke, Esq., at ditto, from Bristol ; Captain Fayrer, R. N., at ditto, from Liverpool ; John Farquhar, Esq., at ditto ; H. Sapte, Esq., at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Turner, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; the Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of Tavistock, in Belgrave-square; the Right Hon. Sir G. N. Rose, in Palace-yard, from Brighton; Lord Alford, in Belgrave-square, from Bedfordshire ; Lord Archibald St. Maur, at the Royal Horse Guards' Barracks ; the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Marquis of Tweedale's, in Belgrave square, from Dalhousie Castle, near Haddington ; Lord Stewart de Rothsay, :on Carlton-terrace, from High Cliff House, in the New Forest ; Lord Douglas, in Hano ver-square, from Hirst House. near Coldstream; Lieut. St. John Mildmay (royal Scots Grays), at Lady Mildmay's, in Belgrave-square ; the Right Hon. Sir William Rea, from the north ; Lord and Lady M'ontagu, in Hamilton-p Lice, from their seat, Beanhen House, in the New Forest ; Mr. Morier, Minister to the S Ass Cantons, from Berne ; Col. and Lady Laura Meynell, in Berkeley-square, from the Auberies, Suffolk ; Captain and Mrs. Alfred Hill, in Hyda Park-gardens ; Lord Dufferrin and Clamboye, from Balleyleidy, county Down ; Lady Charlotte Lister, in Grosvenor-square ; Lord Worsley, in Beigrave-street, from Manby Hall, near Grimsby ; E. Heneage, Esq , M.P., from Nainton Hall, Lincolnshire ; the Hon. Mrs. Fulke Greville, in Jermyn-street, from Brighton; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, in Park-square, from Sudbrook Park, near Petersham ; the Hon. Mrs. Eden, at Marlborough House, from Hampton Court Palace; Mr. Rice, M. P., from Dover ; Sir Juhn and Lady Char lotte Guest, in Spring-gardens; Lord and Lady John Thynne, in Hill-street, from Glastonbury; Lady Charles Somerset, at Marlborough House; Sir William Symonds, in Somerset-place ; Lieut.-General and the Hon. Mrs. Mundry, in Hobart-place, Eaton-square. DEPARTURES. grave, for Leamington: Spa ; the Hon. Charles John Murray, for ditto ; Captain Frankland R.N., to join the Pearl sloop - of vrar at Portsmouth ; Major-General Geeeris breet, for Huntingdon ; G. Thonibuil, Eeq , M. P-, for ditto ; Captain Bruce. R N . fur Lest-Onton Spa ; Ge_ rp•ral Sir George and Lady Nugent,- for Great Marlow Backs ; Colonel Murso, R. A , for Dover Castle ; Sir F. Burdett, for Derbyshire ; Lord Vaux, fur Oxfordshire ; Mr. Round, NI P., fur Essex ; the lion. Constantine Dillon, 60th Rita s, for Corfu • •Lady aid the Misses An tif•rson, for St. Leonard's-on- gaa ; Lord and Lady Teyn_ ham, for Leamington Sda ; the Lord Mayor of York, for York ; Prince Lucien Murat, by the Great Western for New York. LI TERA T U 11E. LADY JANE GREY, 3 Vols. Golburn, London, 1 840. To Mr. Miller. the author of t' Royston Gower," a tale of fiction which on its first appearance was we 1 received by the public, we aro indebted for this worl-, which treats-of an eventful period in our, English aunt's, and well .suited to the purposes of romance. The story opens with a sketch of an old bag, by name Duskena, who lives in a hut in Greenwich park, and is suppos.d by the superstitious neighbourhood to be ere (lowed with supernatural . powers. This old women—to whom, hy,the bye, an undue prominence is assigned in the tale—is one of the prime movers of tie intrigues against Northumberland, who bad just suc ceeded in elevating his kinswoman Lady Jane Grey to the throne ; and having accomplished the overthrew. of the aspiring Duke, by the aid of her assistauts, Lord Arundel and Sir William Cecil, Duskena obtains an interview with the Lady Jane, when imprisoned in tie Tower, after her till, and is so struck with her gentle ness of manner, and nobility of sentiment, that from having been her bitterest enemy, she becomes her warmest friend ; and after vainly endeavouring to pre vail on Queen Mary to :save her life, attends ber to the scaffold, and soon after dies of re morse. Such are the leading incidents of this story, which, generally speaking, follows history. with tolerable fidelity. Among the minorpersonages introduced, we may mention the chivalrous young nobleman, Lord Wardour, who, though opposed to the party of which Lady Jane Grey is the acknowledged bead, is yet. des perately in love with her, and enceueter3 many striking vicissitudes in his generous efforts to rescue her from the headsman's axe. The two characters, however, with which the author has taken most pains, are these of Northumberland and :(4ecil, and we award him no more praise then is his due,4hen we say that he has been successful in both these delkations. There are many graphic and eloquent sceniet descriptions scattered throughout the volumes, to,.'vehicti the author seems fond of returning at every opportunity, as though he felt himself more at home in expatiating. on the beauties of nature, than, in analyzing those 'strange and compli cated feelings of which our;motley humanity is made up. We have read Lady Jene, Grey with much plea sure, and so we are sure will ',!our readers, if only for the spirit and freedom of tota'revcry where manifested in it. The Hon. NeWtorT;l . l:;ciy6atti;ine FeHowes, from Bryanston-square, on a visit to Lord,Ebrington, at Dublin Castle ; Sir Edward Sugden, from Crawley's Hotel, for Boyle Farm, Surrey ; Sir Richard King, for Leicester shire; Major-General Sir Artiretr Clifton, for Brighton ; Lady Barham, from Upper Halley-street, for Dublin ; the Earl of Roden, for ditto; the 'Hon. Henry Robert Wes. tenra, for W ndsor ; Major M'Narnar.t. 31. P., for Clan ; Lady and Miss Poore, from the Pulteney Hotel, for Hampshire; Viscount Mountmorres, for Dublin; Roar. Admiral Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., for Kingstown, Dublin ; Lord Loftus, on a visit to Colonel and Mrs. Archdall, at Castle Archdall 'f Captain Pechell, M P., for Castle Goring ; Mr. and Lady Harriet Elkrton and Mr. Manners Satton, for Brighton ; Sir R.clun-t and Lady Wilmot Norton and family ; F. B. Beamish, Esq., M. P. from Jermvn-street , St. James's, fir his seat, Grenville Hause, Cork ; Sir Montagu' Chapman, Bart., from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, fir the Continent ; Mrs. Clement Archer and family, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish -square ; Eadvs Summers, Es . q., from ditto ; Mrs. Macrarlane n od from ditto ; Colonel Higginson, from ditto ; Cou nt and Countess de Oli ve i ra andsfamily, from ditto, for their man sion, in the Regent's Park ; the Hen. Charles N0a1,31. F., for Lord Barham's, fr. - nn ditto ; Walter Ewer, Esq., fro m ditto ; the Earl of S indwicii, for flendounbroke ; Vis ennui San o Muaro, Minister from to Court of Brazil, for Brussels ; V. B. Beamiib, Esq , M. P., from Jerinvn ttriet! for Greuyille klouse p near Cork ; Captain Mus. II "ft Al F ‘,T F grl k''7: j 2 9 k r ) OWD . El3it U t 1 1( 24, F-'4O. OUR FOREIGN TRADE. At a late , meeting of time Mancbest(r Chamber of Cinimerce, Mr. Ashworth said, he bed been a good deal struck -milli what was stated in reference to our export trade, and he had been inctuced to Look at " Burn's Glance," to see the relative proportion wbiah th 't trade Lore to .the home co nsq:mption. On waking this examination he found,. that our home trade in cotton did not amount to one-fifth of our exports.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The Cham ber, he trusted, would see the necessity from this fact; of attending to that portion of the report which spoke of the course to be taken on the renewal of treaties, and the lessening of our tariffs. We were told from time to time of the importat ice of our home trade, and of the advantages of the high prlice of food. He could not upon this question refrain front anak:ng one ob servation. He thought that if this fact was home out, the past year should hays been distinguished: for its prospe rous home trade. But what was the fact ? In 1838 the home made took 84,000,0001b5. of manufactured cotton goods, while last year it only consume'i 60,000,0001b5. Therefore with high lorices our borne trade has fallen off to the extent of per cent.— (Applause.) Further than this, our c onsumptian of cotton for the past year was 10 per cort. less than the previous year ; and in the face of our :markets abroad being glutted with the usual supplies from n our manufac turing establishments, we had the addit onal hardship thrown upon us of being compelled to fo. rce out of the country 24,000 0001bs. of cotton manilla etured }or the home tradee-•-(Hear, hear.) This qu entity, man afac turcd expressly for the home trade, Lad indeed been • obliged to be actually " squeezed" out of the reountry to keep our working population from a stare alien. — (Hear.) He would not direct attention:. to this subject further than to repeat, that it showed O. necessity of attending to the renewal of treaties now: about to expire, CO as to have them placed, if possibl e, on a more ad vantageous basis. Mr. Alderman COBDEN said we cmig ht be told that our foreign trade had been very prosper( .us last year, and the authority that would be quoted woo' Id be the official tables, showing that there had been muc h increase in the 'exports. Now it was useless in the House of Com mons to 'bring - forward any argument at all against the'se official tables, for Sir Robert Peel we ulit say, " They are your own accounts, Burn's Glance, showing a very considerable increase in yoto- exports. How, then, can you tell us that your foreigti trade is d eclining ?" lie had made some inquiries into the feet o f the increase of exports in - last year, and he for, rid that . there goods had gone abroad, not in the usua.l chi muds, but hail been forced abroad, to glut the nwrk( As, as the surplus 'of our home demand. Thus it was km mown that, while the tunal supplies of the foreign :Berke , is had hisen com paratively idle, there had been a gri eater amount of shipments at Liverpool. They knew? :that a prodigious quantity of goods had been sent to New York, rand and that they had been sold at u ruinceas sacrifice. They were continually told that their home trade was the most important, and that it ought, by all means, to be fostered. How coulicl the home trade be most important, when the raw material of the manufacturer was of foreign grow tt m ? How ceuid they sell tfieir goods to the fennel . of Lin cobashire unless they first bought the materials ' front the grower of North Carolina ? It was not g eue rally known that • four-fifths of the weight of our #eotton was sent abroad last year, and one-fifth only eoaeurn ad at home. What, then, h:carae of the argum eat, that the home trade was the most important and 0- me most sure trade ? How was it the . mose sure trade, m Olen, with the high prices of last year, it had declined 25 per cent., and they had been obliged to send that 2 5 per eent. abroad, • or else cease to -employ their wo rk people %—(Ap plause.) Look at it in anothe r point of view. ' They - were told by Mr. Maculloc I:, on an estimate formed in 1832, 4 that the raw mate rieml; of our cotton mn xnufacture cost seven millions st cling, the labour expended upon it amounted to 21 milli one, and the pro fit of the capitalists to six millions' r sore, making 34 Four-fifths of these goods were sent abroad —for what ? For claret, port, slk.erry, coffee, tea, sugar, silks, and all other luxuries for the affluent and idle ; while the working ma n, who contri-• buted more than one-half to the value of these goods, vas not allowed to vxch. Inge them for the thing's he most stood in 'need - of—the corn ant cattle of other countries.—(Ap plauso.) Looking at the facts altogethor, that the: notne COOSUMCM could not take more than one-fifth of our produce, and yet stood in the position of a dog in the manger, sayitag, " We cannot buy your pods, but you shall not soli them anywhere clso," it did appear to him one of the most extraordinary anomalies:and one of the most won derful instances of wickedness ever attempted to be practised upon I,ny trade. Mr.. GARDNIEII. thought that Mr.•M'acculloch's state ment about the profits of the manufacturer being 6,000,000/. was exaggerated. Il applie d to last year, .it cugLt to be 2,11(10,0001—the other_way-- E X CELLENT.—A publk meeting has been held lately in Woonsocket (Mass.) and the followthg preamble and resolution adopted :—Whereas it is currently reported that in one of our neighbouring villages, " a mail mado during the last year 1,530 dollars, by minding his t)w n. business, and 500 dollars by letting other peoples alone"---therefore resolved, that we recommend to some of the good people in our village to try the experiment, not only as a source of emolument to themselves, but of satisfaction to their neighbours.—American Paper. • • • THE PIFF'S ELM OUTRAGE .—Bowen has been discharged by the Cheltenham Magistr rtes. There were five persons swearing an alibi, and three swearing to the iden tity. We believe the murderer to have ;been the man who bought the Mackintosh of Mr. Hardwick, and who was taken up by the Berkeley Hunt at Northleach nest morning. It ap pears that ,Mr. H. and another highly respectable individual, though of opinion that Bowen was not the man, they had seen the night of the attempted murder, said that he was neverthe less very . like him. One of the coolest things we ever heard of was the interference a a Bristol Magistrate, who, dating his warrant the day before a decision was arrived at by the Chel tenham Magistrates, causes the man to be apprehended en ti.e same charge immediately after he was acquitted here. We doubt the legality of this procedure, but we have no doubt whatever as to its extreme discourtesy towards; the Cheltenham Bench. — Cheltenham Express. A NEW WAY OF SENDING BII.:IDE CAKE.— O n Tuesday last a small piece of her Majesty's bride cake was rec eived by a gentleman in Leeds enclosed in a letter. The sheet of paper, with its contents, weighed unetsr half an ounce, and, consequently, cost only one penny. —Halifax Guardian. STATE OF CRIME IN PARIS.--The police have just. succeeded in arresting a band of robbers of a desperate description. Three men had attempted to co.nmit a barglary last Tuesday night in the house of an innkeeper in the Fan bear, St Martin, and, by the presence of mind of the owner of the house, were arrested by the police before they could retire with the booty they hail collected. One of them proved to be a man named Dinnoutier, who some months ago had been arrested in Paris under the assumed nano! of Johnson and had subsequently escaped from the prison of Cambrai, whither he had been sent for examination relative to some previous de predations. These men were all armed with pistols, and had a large supply of housebreaking tools. The pace soon disco - vered where Dummitier had been lodging, and on proceeding thither the day before yesterday arrested two other individuals, notorious thieves, and who at the time were strongly armed. An immense quantity of stolen goods was found at their lodg ings.--French Paper. SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—Last week a special general Court of the Proprietors of this Company was field, for the purpose of preparing an address of congratulation to the Quo= on her marriage. At twelve o'clock, Charles Franks, Esq.; the sub-Governor, took the chair, and, after a few pre fatory remarks, called on the Secretary to read the address. Mr. Capel moved that it be agreed to, signed by the Chair- man, and then transmitted to her Majesty in the usual way, which was seconded by Mr. Hammond, and carried, after some immaterial verbal alterations had been agreed to. Mr. Jones then moved that it be left to the Directors also to pre , pare a i address to Prince Albert, as it must be most agreea',le to 1-er Majesty to perceive that respect was also paid to her husbanl. Mr. Linde Locatta rose to second the proposition. A Proprietor asked if Prince George of Denmark was ad dressed as well as Queen Anne, when he was informed by Mr. Vaux that the company was not in existence at the time of the marriage. The motion was then put and carried unanimously, when Mr. Jones observed that he had no of ish to cause division in the weting by his motion, and was happy to see the Pro prietors of one mind, as it was their duty, as loyal subjects of her Maj !sty, to welcome a Prince who had come to be a resi dent am m gst us, and to whom we should now look for the protection of the Protestant establishments of the country. 'The Chairman then promised to prepare the address to Prince Albert, when the meeting separated. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS.--From the table of mortality, published by order of the Registrar-Gene ral, it appears that the deaths registered in the week ending Sa turday the 15th of February, 1510, amounted to 813. The average number registered weekly in 1833 was 1,013. The low mortality of the last four weeks is to be ascr ibed to the mild ness of the weather, and to the fact that no epidemic, except of scarlet fever, is prevailing. The deaths in the last week from small-pox were only 6, measles 13, scarlatina 46, hopping cough 20, typhus 30, inflammation of the lungs, air-tubes, and pleura 70, asthma 35, consumption 141, apoplexy 18, para lysis 13, cancer 9, rheumatism 6, childbirth 7, sudden deaths upon which inquests were held but no intelligible verdicts re turned 13, privation 1, violent deaths 15. Of the 813 persons 393 were males, 42.0 females; 356 were under 15, 282 between 15 and 60, 174 above 60 years of age. The deaths in the west districts were 93, north districts 145, central districts 172, east districts 190, south districts 208. The population in the thirty-two metropolitan districts, it is estimated, will amount, by the middle of the year 1840, to 1,955,000. RICCI AND RARE.—There may now be seen on a paper at the window of au eating-house in Middleborough, Sudbury, the following : Victoria sausages rich and good, Prince Albert black-puddings, an excellent food." The Wiltshire Independent says—" The la bourer--a married man—whose case we mentioned a few weeks az.r, and who nas induced by a threat of imprisonment to agree to work for 6s a week, has, we have since been informed, been compelled to at. ept still lower wages. He is now working for ss. a week, aad out of this pittance he has to maintain himself, his wife, and child." Here's a commentary on the Corn-laws NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:- (From tl.e Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 22.—The Blenheim, 72, Cal ea r n Sir H. Senhouse, sailed on - Tuesday for the tis dies, laden with warlike stores to be employed against the Chi nese. The Blonde frigate has arrived at Ply mo , en, from this port, and, with the Nimrod 20 and Pylade alB immediately follow the Blenheim. Th e Andros A ll at this port, is nearly ready for. sex, and will also pa 'acted to the same quarter, touching at the Msuritiue. The Crescent 42, in command of Lieutenant l )40nellan, sailed on Tuesday for Rio de Janeiro, where she is to be stationed as a depot for captured negroes, She took out despatches for Rear-Admiral Ross and Commode re. Sulli van ; also a draft of boys for the squadron. Lie , at. Nott, appointed to the President flag - ship , likewise to, d e a pas sage in the Crescent. The Vestal 28, was at Halifax on the 29th of Jr wary, where she will remain till May, to re.eaver the 'ties lth of her crew, having lost 27 of them by fever. The Wizard 16, arrived at R i o de J..n, 'irch firtai Ply mouth, on the 26th December. THE CYCLOPS STeAM FRIGATE. —This Sph. ngia, vessel arrived here on Thursday, will be off immediatenv to. Lis bon, with a new capstan for the Reven g e 76, will then proceed to Gibraltar and Malta This vessel ie. 1, 200 tons burden, but whether new or old measurement is not mentioned ; she carries 460 tons of coal, which is co eisidet ed a 25 days' consumption, and is armed with two teskits . eft guns on swivels, and four eight-inch - gun s on theb elaTeed,e. and on the main-deck has ports for 16 32-pound !ers, but has no guns on board for that deck. When she' started ' from the river she drew 18ft. aft, and 17ft forward., but is now lightened one foot by the consumption of 60 tens of coals. This ship would carry well 1,000 soldiers ens h aT deck, or she would carry, berthed in the regular 'i nanner, 400 troops across the Atlantic, or 300 to the Es .ee medics. She is very easy at sea, and possesses great sue A, 'hating, under canvas and steam, with the wind m7'4 aft, cleared 11 knots over the ground; if, therefore, ',no was built for the purpose of carrying troops quickly. she has effectually answered the purpose of her construe' ,or and the Govern ment ; but if, as we really believe, ' ae was intended to be armed with 22 heavy guns, with her full complement of fuel, then else is a feilure, r d w i th the additional guns which she ought to have on. beard, and with a proper powder, she must g o to sea tionate eight of shot wed with not more than 18 gays' furl, about three-fourths of what she hss capacity 'et) carry. The armament of-412 such guns as we have enumerated, matching her with a large frigate, would require a crew of at least 9 50 , men, includ ing officers and engine attendants ; said she has abundant, if not elegant, accommodation, for tide number. At pre sent her complement is, we, believe, 175, which is more than her man-of-war-like qualifications will warrant; and, therefore, she es a needlessly expensive vessel— as we are quite Certain, that two vessels of 800 tons may be constructed to carry each the same armament the Cyclops now does—drawing not more than 12, feet water, and be sailed at an. expense not ex ceeding her's ; consequently twice as useful. With regard to carrying troops, a 28-gun frigate, fitted as a trooper, will do such work as effectually and much cheaper. Be it understood, we do not decry such a vessel as this, we lament only that she is not effeetiee for what she was in tended. We had omitted to say a word of her engines and boilers; they must be seen to be appreciated ; their beauty, lightness, and strength of construction does infinite credit to Messrs. Seaward, the engineers, and the airiness of the whole arrangement must be a grateful relief to the men employed in wets a floating Pandemonium. The Columbia steamer, M. Thompson, master, sailed yesterday for Plymouth ; report seys she is to go to San Sebastian, to being home another detachment of the Royal Marine battalion in that quarter. The Prometheus steamer sailed this evening for Ply mouth, Gibraltar, and Malta. William Martin, Esq., the naval surgeon at Malta, took passage in her. The following New York packets have sailed this week, having been detained by the westerly gales :—Ontario, Griswold, and Westminster, Moore ; and, this afternoon, the St. James, Sebor. The present strong easterly winds will clear the Channel and all the ports of outward-bound ships. The Roberts and Stratheden, both for Madras, have this week called at Spithead, and having taken in stock and embarked passengers, proceeded on their voyage. Arrived at Cowes yesterday, the ship Achilles, Captain D. Duncan, from the Mauritius, which she left on the 24th November last, in company with the ships Penyard P.:rk, Captain Middleton, Ariel and Africa, and the Earl of Lauderdale, Captain I'cll••••••till for London. The Achilles touched at the Cape on the 30;h, and left it on the next day ; she left her Majesty's troop ship Jupiter, in Simons Bay, having on board the 61st Regiment ; she was to sail on the 17'h December. On the 17th December, spoke the snip Eccles, from China for London, • all well. • _ _ _ _ _ _ - On Friday, the 14th; inst., the French sloop Aimablo Victoire, Duriel, master, belonging to and from Barfleur, was seized by Lieutenant Woodroffe, R.N. of the Preston Station, Weymouth, with.twelve casks of Foreign Spirits on board. At pithead.—Mandarin convict ship. In Harbour—Britannia, Victoria, Excellent, P:que, Andromache, Royal George, Magicienne, Cyclops steam frigate, Pantaloon, Raven cutter, Messenger steamer, Ad venturer naval transport. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 21.—The Wanderer. Commander Denman, and Fantame, Commander Butterfield, have sailed fer the Cape and West African stetion, to relieve the Harlequin and Wolverine, ordered home to be p..id off. The Columbia arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth, and sailed the following - day with marines and supernume raries for the same place. The Bc.reaq, Dutch frigate, sailed on Monday' for Batavia. The Blonde arrived on Tuesday with supernumeraries from Portsmouth. The Nimrod sailed on Wednesday for the East Indies with despatches. The Cossard, French brig, sailed on Wed nesday for Brest. Remaining in Hal:none—lmpregnable, San Josef, Thun- Netley, Carron, and Flamer derer, Inconstant , Sylph , steam-vessels, and Falmouth, Roche -ter, and Goodwill lighters. In the Sounai—Blonde, Pylales, and Lloyds freight ship, bound to the Cape of Good Hope. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. —Promotion : --Matc—Heary J. Douglas, to the rank of Lieutenant (special appointment.) Appointment :—.Commander.—s W. 11. Qu'n, to the Persian, a new 16-gun brig. Lieu tersauts—T. P. Thompson, B. C. Adams, and C. B. Warren, to the Magicienne; Abraham Darby, additional to the Royal Sovereign, for service of Advice packet. Master—Mr. Thomas Richardson, to Ardromacile. Sur geons—G. D. Meclaren, to the Magicienne ; C. Priaulx, to the Pylades ; John Sloan, to tee Cho. Assistant- Surgeoe—E. J. Brown, to the Magicienne, Mates— Lord Amelius Beauclerk, to the Blenheim; 11.nry Charl ton, to the Thunderer ; J. W. Conolly. Hon. J. W. Spencer, J. Perkins, J. G. Simpkinson, T. Forster, and L. P. Piggott, to the Excellent; 0. P. Knott, to the Magicienne. Midshipmen—Wm. Wardrop, to the Ex cellent; I'. S. L. Brooke, and T. 0. B. Seymour, to the Britannia. Volunteers, Ist Cass—Mr. W. Wood, to the Magicienne. Naval Instructor—Mr. A. A. Bridgman, to the Thunderer. Clerks—G. E. Ricketts, to the Pearl ; W. R. Rowe (additional) to the Britannia ; Mr. Jas. R. Andrews, from the Admiral's office, to the Magicienne, John Elliott, Esq., from service in the Plymouth Ordi nary, has taken the duties of Admiral's Secretary at this port, vice B. Chimmo, Esq., who was ecting till Mr l . Elliott could join. MALTA, Fen. s.—The Hydra steamer arrived here on Wednesday from Vourla, bringing dates from thence to the 25th. The Romney made her number on Monday, but owing to the wind being fresh, did not come to anchor until yesterday. She left Vourla on the 23d ult., but an chored again on the same evening in the Gulf of Smyrna, by an order from the Admiral, communicated by signal, for the purpose of delivering an anchor to the Powerful., that ship, on shifting her berth to that previously taken up by the Rodney, having discovered her anchor to be broken. The Phoenix conveyed the anchor from the Rodney. By these arrivals we learn that Admiral Sir Robert Stopford will, immediately after the arrival of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis (who sailed yesterday in the Rhaclamanthus), hoist his flag in the Gorgon steamer, and proceed to Malta ; the Princess Charlotte will follow. The Rodney having suffered very boisterous weather on her passage down, will require some stores, &c., and having to take lemon juice for England will most probably not tail until she is admitted to pratique. The Bellerophon, Asia, Van guard, and Ganges, will receive pratique to-morrow. The Asia and Ganges, with the Daphne and Castor, return to Vourla about the 15th inst. The Vanguard will sail for Corfu and England next week ; the Bellerophon will re main, as Captain Austin is to carry on the dock-yard duty during the absence of the Rear-Admiral superintendent. The Hydra is said to have been ordered home by the Admiralty to proceed to China, but Sir Robert Stopford, finding her so superior to the other steamers in the Medi terranean, has applied for her to remain cut. On her last voyage from Vourla, during the late strong N. W. gale, she mide five miles per hour clear head-way. Lady Maitland left for England in the Herefordshire, which sailed from Bombay on the 28th of December. H. M. brig. Algerine was desp atched from 13orebay on the s th of December with despatches for the Admiralty, under charge of the late Sir Freckeek Maitland's Flag-Lieut., Ogilby, and a mail of 1,486 covers, which, on arriving C at . Aden (date not given) w ere transferred to the 1!; I schooner Mahi, but this ve ssel had not reached Suez up to the 231 of January. The Algerine had left Aden for.Trin comalee. H. M. S. W ellesle y and Larne were ly i ng in Bombay harbour on the 2d ult. Gen eral Sir Henry Fane, G. C. B e i late Commander-in -Chief i n Intfia, embarked on board the Malabar on the ;31st of December, and was to sail for England on the day following. The Malta paper sa y s that Captain Napier has resigned the command of the Powerful, because Admiral Sir Thomas Louis was called up from Malta, to command the fleet at Vourla, in the ale:ence of Sir Role rt Stopford ; it having been intends d that Commodore Parker should command in such a case; which intention was set aside by the Commodore's- return to England, at a moment when the com mander-in-ehief, from illness, found it necessary to quit his high and responsible command. In the Mediterranean squadron, Mr. Dickson, midship man of the Rodrey, has exchanged with Mr. Hawke, mate of the Edinburgh ; Second Lieutenant Mr. Cul lum, R M., of the Rodney, has joined the Gorgon ; Mr. Walton, mate of the Vanguard, is to join the Go t - - 1 gon ; and Lieutenant Norway, of tho Hydra, trans. CHAMP DE ROSES, Siinpkin and Marsha Lon lon, 1840. We have here a collection ,pems from the pens of some of the most popu'ar „writers in France well adapted to the perusal of thos ttos people who have made some progress in the Fr - melt language. Among the poems we find one entitlNl " The Old Man and the Elm" which is the production of a rude man, named - Chatelain," and displays much tenderness and delicacy of sentiment. A VISIT TO A FARM-ItOUSE. Darien and Clerk. London, 1840. This instructive little child's-hook gives several inte resting details respecting the various rnimals which are turned to account in an English farm-house. It is also embellished with upwards of fifty wood engravings. SIR .REDMO_ND. Saunders and Odey, London. 1840. - A volume of very harmless verse, by Mrs. alwerd Thomas, who shows considerable, fseility of versifica. tion, and expresses pleasing ideas in a graceful, unaf fected manner. WESTERN'S COMMENTARIES. Richards, London, 1840. We noticed this work in The Suit on its firet ap pearance two or three years since, and , stated at the time that we thought from its highly useful and impor tant character—being Commentaries on the Laws of England incorporated with the text of De Lolme--.-it would be favourably received by the public ; and our anticipations have been verified, for the second edition i; now lying en our table, containing much new - n -Ater, arranged and digested with much tact, end a fitting regard to conciseness. Ti:e gentleman to'whorn we are indebtei for -this •servieeable prac,ical work is—Mr. Western, of the Middle Temple. MON TA CU 2E. Tw•o Vols. Churton, London, 1840. Miss Mitford's well-known villa s ° sketches—as the authoress candidly states in her preface—have suggested the form of this work, which is an attempt to depict the homely, every-day life and manners in the remoter parts of Miehigen, where the refinements and luxuries to be met with in the larger towns and cities of Ame rica, arc, as yet, comparatively unknown. The work sets out in a spirited manner, with an account of a a trip to a newly planned settlement on the skirts of a Michigan wood, where the party seek shelter for a night in a log-hothe ;- this spirit, however, is not long sustained, for nothing can he tamer or more uninteresting than the sketches of some of the char acters who form the society of the new village of Mo&. tacutc. The second volume is the most amusing, and contains, inter alia, a lively account of a strawberry party in the woods, which is hit off with a freshness, and minuteness of touch that reminds us of the famous gypsy-party in Miss Austen's Mansfield Park. GEOGRAPHICAL, 'STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL DICTIONARY—PART 1. Longman, London, 1840. . This is a work which—judging from the part before us—bids fair to be one of the best of its kind in the language. The compiler is Mr. Maculloch, a thoroughly practical man, and to whom the public is already in debted for the 's Commercial Dictionary," which has acquired great and , deserved popularity. In every page of the present part there there are abundant marks of pains-taking. The articles are tvritteu in the tersest style possible, yet nothing of moment is omitted. We have just g!anced at the account of Africa, and find there that the compiler has not contented himself with giving merely a history of the different expeditions of diScovery into that unhealthy region ; but has incorpo rated with his details all the most recent discoveries that have been made in Africa, such as Lander's, Denham's, Clspperton's, &c. Equally copious and satisfactory is the account of America, whose commercial, geographi. cal, and various local pecularities are all carefullybrought under notice. The pert is accompanied by an excellent map of the world on Niercator'a projection. COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. A new romantic opera, in three acts, was brought out at this thedtre on Saturday evening. It is entitled Mabel, or the Gipsey's Revenge, and the principal characters were perfo mcd by Miss Rainsforth, Mr. Harrison, Mr. J. Bland, and Mrs. C. Jones. The music was arranged by Mr. Jolly, the words are by Mr. Reynoldaon. It would, however, be a waste of time to give the plot, or any ac count of the piece, as probably it will nut be represented a second time. Miss Rainsforth sung.escellently, and Mr. Harrison also performed his part well ; but their labour was thrown away. The piece is radica ly bad. The per foi mars did their duty, but their eiTirts were wilmut effect. If the piece appears a second time we shall give another account. The Nottingham Review has Misunderstood our o- . presslan of regret at the great severity of sonic provin cial Journals. We did not complain of those Journals, but we felt regret that the Ministry should has e de served their severity. We approved of the artich of the No'tingham Review, and accordingly quoted it, but we regretted that conduct in the Ministry wi ich had called it forth. THE NEW ROMANCE." THE PATH-PINDER ; THE IsiLatan Sza.."—" Our heartiest greeting always awaits Mr. Cooper," says the Athenceurn, .‘ when, as m hts ' Pathfinder,' he betakes himself like a true man and poet, to bring hems to our firesides, by the magic of his desuripttons , some of those wide and wild features of American nature, be side the magnificence of which, the lakes, and woods, Fnd fells, of the dear mother country dwindle into the dimensions of the bits of broken glass, and green sprigs, and pinches of clay, which, in the child's show-box, represent water, trees, and mountain. The inland sea of Ontario, was sure in such haids to prove as captivating a subject as the broad ocean or the prairie and we prepared to meet in The Pathfinder' another escape through the woods like that in The Last of the Mthicanse— another rare over the waters, as in former sea corn nc :s —or another land si , .ge, like the fearful leaguer of the blocs-house, described in ' The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish.' The event has proved us to be well nigh as sagacious as Mr. Cooper's hero himself, yet not perfect ; for in place of any one of these stirr.ng passages the American novelist giTes us alt three. 'Were he I o adopt the fashion of Victor lingo t`st his dramas, and Bulwer in his novels, and christen each &visi6n of ' Pathfinder' with its own charaeteristic title, the first volume of the work might be called . the 'frail, the scco.Jd the Lake, the third the Siege. Yet it is fair to apprise the r , aier that the interest o' t le story is as unflaggingly maititained as if it were the first of its family." ferred to the Prinerss Charlotte, to make room for Lieutenant I'm-nor. from Englan-!. Mr. Wainwright, midshipman of the Rodney, has passed his examioa. tion for Lieutenant, Surgeon Allan, la'e of the Benbosv (appointed to Hasler Hospital), and Mr. Rueseil,• late purser of Vie Tyne (superseded by Mr. Lyall from Eng. laid), hay arrived in, and will preceed by the Rodney to England, and also Mr. Knaprnan, late purser of the Rodney, invalided from her a faw days ago at Vourla, after having served in her four years and upwards. The sentence of the seaman of the Powerful condemned to death, has been commuted to transportation for life. He is now a prisoner on board the Rodney. In Port—Rodney, 92, (tearing the flag cf Commodore Hyde Parker, C. B.) ; Ganges, 80; Asia, 84 ; Vanruard, 60 ; Bellerophon, 78; Castor, 36 ; Daphne, 18 ; Zebra, 16; Beacon, 8; Magpie, 4; Ceylon, 6; steamers Hydra, 4; Confiance, 2 ; Hermes, 2; Acheron, 2 ; Blazer, 2; Megtera, 2; H. N. M. frigate Rhine; Ottoman schooner Meihud ; and the French steamers Rhameses and Euro:us. —Hampshire Telegraph. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. observe in The ,S,n of the 12th instant, under the bead of " Bacon Curing," from a correspondent, a statement that it is little understood in South Wales, which I beg to deny; for the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke, particularly the latter, will produce equal • if not superior, bacon to any county of England or Wales; %%hid, is generally kept for a year or two, and by persons , that can afford to do so, for three or four years—slew ericr quality a•d flavour —the fat perfectly white, and the lean red. - inserting this you tvill oblige - a subscriber, and I remain, ..7 . ;r, your obedient Servant, DAVID HUGHES. iverfcrdwart, F eb 21. PRINCE ALBERY. In the printed instruction s an d regulstionf for the fast of Lent in the year 1840, addressed to ail the fa. tbful in the London distlic - , by Thomas, Bishop of Olena, yicar apos tolic in that district, there is the following passage ; " We cannot omit, in this our first address to voot, dearly beloved, after the solemn nuptials of our beiOvt.d Sovereign, to admonish you of the additional duty which this jo) ful event imposes on you; though we are coat dent your loyalty to her Majesty, and your devotion to your country have anticipated our admonition. With. heartfelt acknowledgment ycu have thanked tLe Giver of every good gift for the auspicious marriage of her Majesty with his Royal Highness Prince Albert; and have fervently prayed that their union may be long and happy ; that they may see their progeny to the third and fourth generations; and after our gracious Queen shall have administered tem poral prosperity to her subjects, they may both be brought to eternal happiness in heaven. Continue thus to corn ply, in dutiful affection, with the obligation which Al mighty God, by the mouth of St. Paul, imposes, 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2. " That these supplications may he unceasing, we have directed our beloved clergy to insert the name of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in the prayer which they daily recite for her Majesty and the Royal Family, at the end of the adorable Sacrifice." The words inserted in the prayer ere " Albertum conn sortern ejus regium." POLITICAL SUMMARY o THIS MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Post of this day observes, in the course of a leading article on the subject of the Middlesex meeting on Friday last, at the Freemasons' Tavern : —" Now that the right of petition is denied to the general body of then people by Members of the House of Ccmmons, who, int support of privilege, become the leaders of hired banditti,. the Magistrates of Middlesex and the Corporation of the City of London, who may, perhaps, be permitted for a fo.v days longer to exercise that right, ought nest'. and, we believe, will not, neglect it. We venture to predict that their complaints will, era long, be beard in the House of Commons in a tone to which that Assembly has not been recently accustomed , "—The Morning Herald, speaking of the meeting Of the Livery of London, on the Privilege question, which is an nounced for this day, observes—" If any attempt shoul.i be made by a preconcerted plan of priviltge lan unpriviley - Id ruains to disturb the intended meeting, they ilia find that! there is a spirit in the citizens of London determined to vindicate, either against open assault or secret Iftaettery, ;he great cause of constitutional liberty. so alien efslly violated by the imprisonment of their Sheriffs, and the siidietive incarceration of attorneys and attorneys' clerks." The Morning Chronicle, reverting to the Privilege ques— tion, expresses itself in the fot owing terms trust, alter the celebration at Freemasons' Tavern, we shall hear no more of the Overwhelming manifestations or pnblic opinion against the majority of the House of Com • mons in the collision with the Court of Queen's Bench. The knot of cnrrupt jobbers in the city, and their abetters in the House of Commons, have received a lesson from which it is to be hoped they duly profit. If we turn to the provinces, we everywhere end the journals, which are the acknowledged organs of pubi;e opinion, condemning the Court of Queen's Bench, and euppertirg the majority of the House of Commons."— The Tinos, speaking on the recent ravel discussion in the Commons, remarks as follows :—"‘ The plain and obvious consith•raion, which has been entirely lost sight of by men in office, is, that the force required fo. - our national security is a relative, not a positive force ; and that the quesion of adequacy, or the reverse, in our establishments, must turn by an means exclusively on the number of ships or seamen afloat, but on the conjoint calculation of the num bers maintained by England, and of those which constitute the establishment of foreign Powers." LLOYDS SHIPPING-(TNIS DAY.) DEAL, Fin. 23.—Wind E.S.E., strong breeres.—Sailed the Richmond, Fasher, for St. Jago di Cuba ; Juana, Bilboa. LivEareoL, FEE. 23.—Wind S.E., fresh breezes.—Ar rived the Patriot King, Clarke, from Calcutta, sailed 7th Nov.. St. llelena sth ult. ; Art.b, ditto; Niagara, Bombay; Maither, Jenea, Bombay, sailed 4th December ; Amphitrite, Odessa. Sailed the Van dalia, Saull, for New Orleans; Niagara, Cole, Mobile; Mar garet, Jackson, Demerara; Emulous, Ferguson. ditto; La nark, Simpson, ditto; New York, Nivee, ditto; Coveret, Bute, New Orleans ; Echo. Cray: ell, ditto ; Havre, Carpenter, Savannah; Charles Ilumberton, Marshall, ditto ; Isabel, Matthews, Terceira. Off poi t, Rowena, from Mobile. DARTMOUTH, FEE. 2E—Arrived the Egmont, from Ba tavia, in 85 days ; and Leopard, Porte Prince. EALmouvr, Faa. 22.—Strong gales from the Eastward. — Arrived the John Denniston, Barker, from Calcutta; Camp bell, Robson, Tobago, w.th loss of jibbsom.; Gunner, An derson,.Malta ; and Iberia, steamer, Cooper, Gibralter—left 13th, Cadiz 14th, Lisbon 17th, and Vigo 18th inst. JERSEY, Frs. 20.—Sailed the Themis, Le Bas, for Cuba ; and Rolla, Miller, Pernambuco. MILFORD, Fan. 22.—Arrived the Ariel, Hepburn, Manus- THE DUKE OT WELLINGTON.—We rejoice to state that the Duke of Wellington was yesterday so per fectly recovered es to be able to ride about on hortablck to pay visits. Considering the state of the atmosphere we can not but feel that it would have been much bett r had the Noble Duke been a little less daring. Except fur the young and strong, yesterday was a day for the fireside. We wish sincerely that his Grate would condeiccod to think of that great public interest, jhe preservation of his own health, the only public interest, a' we intimated the other day, which he ever for a moment disregards. The Noble Duke did not look well, but appeared to be in excellent spirits.-211orring Pool. (From Bell's Ljfe in London.)—" The uni versal testimony borne by our numerous friends, as well are by our Daily Contemporaries, to the surpassing excellence cf ear Pictorial Illustrations of her Msjesty's Nuptials last week, and the great demand for extra copies of our paper of February 16, have induced us to print a second edition, which will be on sale till the end of March, and may be had of any agent ; or by sending a letter to the office, enclosing a sixpence, a copy, or more, of Bell's Life in London will be sent by return of poet. This is one of the great advantages under the new postage act; and at all times this means may be adopted of getting copies of our Journal, provided the order is given before the day of pub lication:" Office of Bell's Life in London, 170 Strand. The Wedding Observer of February 16 was two sheets, price 10d. One shilling in an envelope, directed to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand (not prepaid), will its ire a copy by return of general or penny post to any part of the Unites Kingdom. This is one of the great advantages under the new Pestage Act, we having ourselves received, over oar usual number, more than three thousand letters ordering extra Observers during the last week. The two sheets of the Ob server contained 48 long folio columns—viz., 14 columns of the np C .n o si b n u g rg a , n an e d y T t lem e o o t f r 9 1 2 ht il s l R um oi n al at H io i n g s h ; neLs d ; royal marriage and :natters connected _therewith, and 6 columns (a folio page) of superior engravings ; columns of ptrticularsof t l h o e 11 columns of miscellaneous and advertisements. This Observer of Feb. 16 will be kept on sale until the end of Marsh. columnshouse of Saxeeo PUBLIC MEETING AT GLASGOW. sYe terday (Tuesday) a public meeting of the gentle men b e l o g i ng to this city and neighbourhood, friendly to the in ere h ction of a monument e o f s Wellington, gn edreci The meeting was convened requisition; i a t t s h o e h n e l : l , dear and d P wasrtnvenostAat :t s et s ce e tn m d b e r d r o o ht r in ot . to of tahe numerouslyDu k in consequence m five to six hundred of those friendly to the object . exception of a fees gentlemen who have taken t h e popular t view te on some political questions, his Grace the Duke of Hantilton and Lord Belhaven were the only Liberals of distinction pre sent. Lord Belha ven t oo k no in • part the business, and the Duke of Hamilton limited his support of the proceedings, entirely to the services rendered to the country by the Duke of Wellington " as her best and bravest Gene ral" - The meeting was originally intended to be one of all parties; but this having failed, Lord Kelburne, with that frankness and candour which distinguishes his statements on every occasion, openly avowed that since they had not succeeded in rallying all parties round them, they would not forego their desire to take notice of the services which the Duke a Welling ton has rendered to his country as a Statesman. We are meek indebted to Lord Kelburne for this undisguised avowal of The object in view, by the erection of the Glasgow monument to his Grace of Wellington, though we most readily admit that as a politician the Duke of Wellington is one of the best of the Conservative party. The only military gentleman we observed on the platform was Sir Neil Douglas. He served during all the campaigns of the Pcnhistilar war up till the conclusion of the reace after the battle of Waterloo.— Glasgo Chronicle. Among the a dvantages of railway ti vellin;., we may mention the fact that more than one fish onger is Lea mington teeeives a suiply of fish by eleven o'clpek in the ono noon of every dk ,v purchased at Billingsgate, London, the same morning. —Leamirigton Gazette.