The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-22 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Pahlic, 1 are respectfully informed, that TO-MORROW EVENING (Tues day), Feb. 23, will be performed Donizetti's celebrated Opera of LA FAVORITA. Fernando, Signer Gardoni ; Alfonso XI., Signor Superchi; Baldas- San, Signor Bouche ; Leonora, Mdlle. Ines, Mdlle. Nascio. After which a new and original grand Ballet. in five tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni. entitled COlt ALIA ; on, LE CHEVALIF.R INCOVSTANT. Mdlle. C. Rosati (her second appearance); the Knight Put debrand, M. Paul Ta.glioni ; Squire, M. Gouriet; Berths, Mdlle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. Gosselin ; Fraisondin, M. Yenefra ; Fisherman, M. di Mattis.. DANCES.—Second Tableau—Scene Dan , ante dos Caprices, by Mdlle. Rosati. he des Eau Third Tableau—Pas de la Nymp's. et de Sea Compagnes by Mdlle. Rosati and the Corps de Ballet. Fourth Tableau—Pas de la Rosiere. by Mdlle. Taglioni ; Pas do Deux, by M. P. Taglioni anel Mdlle. Rosati; Deutche Rhein, Valse des Pages et des Demo iselles d'rlonneur, by the Corps de Ballet. Fifth Tableau—liallabile des Elalbardiers, by Mile. C. Baucourt, Mdme. I', Stephan, Mdlles. Vonore, Cassan, Thevenot, Berlin, Julienne, L'Amoureux, and the Corps de Ballet ; Pas de Prucon stance, by M dile. Rosati, Mdme. I'. Stephan, and M. Taglioni. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven for Eight o'clock. UNDER TIM SAN TTY OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MA THE QUEEN. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT, For the Benefit of the Fund for the Relief of the D:stressed Irish and Scotch. The Queen has been pleased to sanction a performance at the above Theatre, in alit of the Fund for the Relief of the Distressed Irish and Scotch, and has been pleased to approve of THURSDAY EYENEN(I next, Feb. 2:5, when a favourite Opera and Ballet will be performed. PATRONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. tills Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. Her Majesty QUEEN ADELAIDE. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of KE eT. His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of CAMBRIDGE. His Excellency the LORD-LIEUTENANT of IRELAND. Her Grace the Ductless of Rich- The Viscount Jocelyn mono The Lady Ernest Bruce Her Grace the Duchess of Marl- The Lady Anne Becket borough The Lady Charlotte Guest Her Grace the Duchess of Suther• The Lady Lawley land The Lady Monteflore Her Grace the Duchess of Leinster [he Lord John Russell Her Grace the Duchess of Mon- The Lord Campbell trove IIQr Grace the Duehess of llamil- The Lord Ernest Bruce The Lord Robert Grosvenor ton His Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Lord Beaumont ,The Lord Marcus Hill IThe Lord Sadys His Grace the Duke of Leinster His Grace the Duke of Montrose IThe Lord Camoys The Lord Norreys The Marchioness of Lansdowne The Marchioness of Ailesbury The Marchioness of Clinricarde The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. The Marquis of Ailesbury, K.T. The Marquis of CI anricarde The Marquis of Sligo The Marquis of Granby The Marquis of Donegal The Countess of Carlisle The Couatess of Jersey The Countess of Tankerville The Countess Delawarr The Lord Walsingham The Lord Saye and Selo Sir J hn Guest, Bart., 11,P. Sir John Lowther, Bart., M.P. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Sir Henry Manx. Sir George Wombwell, Bart. Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart, Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Bart. Sir John Shaw, Bart. Gen. Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.E. Sir Moses Montetiore, Bart. Sir William Clay, Bart., M.P. The Countess of Clarendon The Countess of Eglintou The Earl Delawarr Mrs. Hubert de Burgh Mrs. Mountjoy Martin Mrs. John Sanford The Earl of Egllnton The Earl of Dude Mrs. Dodd The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere The Viscountess Palmerston „ The Hon. Capt. James Macdonald The Viscountess Dillon Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P. The Viscountess Jocelya C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. H. Broadley, Esq., 31. P. The Viscount Morpeth George Dodd, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Castlereagh T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Dillon Hubert De Burgh, Esq. The Viscount Chelsea Captain W. Lyon The Viscount Barrington John Sanford, Esq. The Viscount Villiers Robert Parnther, Esq. The Viscount Acheson IL Brereton Trelawny, Esq. The Viscount Milton A. Grant, Esq. The following ladles have most obligingly consented to act as a Committee for Superintending the Arrangements: — The Marchioness of Allesbury. The Marchioness of Clanricarde. The Viscountess Palmerston. At a Meeting of the Committee at her Majesty's Theatre, this 19th Bay of February : P/VESE'ST. The MARCHIONESS of AILESBURT. The MARCHIONESS of CLARICARDE. The VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON. RESOLVED : I.—That the roost strenuous efforts be mad• by the Committee to ilirther Mae objects of the Charity. ll.—That the prices of Boxes be fixed as follow : Grand Tier - Six Guineas Two Palr - - Three Guineas Pit Tier - - Fire Ditto Three Pair - Two Ditto One Pair - - Four Ditto Stalls - - - One Guinea Until Tuesday next, after which the prices to be increased. HI. That the unanimous thanks of the committee be voted to Mr. Lumley for having generously devoted the theatre to this charitable object, and for having undertaken to defray the whole of the pay ments and expenses of every kind, in order to leave the whole of the receipts to be appropriated to the benefit of the Charity. TV. That application be made to the public journals to publish the arrangements, and these resolutions, gratuiteusly for the benefit o the charity. (Signed) MARIE ELIZABETH AILESBU RY, HARRIET CLANRICARDE, E. PALMERSTON. ROYAL ITALIAN OP ERA, COVENT GAR EN, Established tor the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained In this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr. BEALE. The Noblity, Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectfully In' °rifled that the Royalltallan Opera will open the first week in April. It is proggsed to produce, in the course of the Season, some of the establish rd works of Cimarosa, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by BOHM, Dont zetti, Mereadante, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfection Is every department ; to which intent the mana,ement has assembled a Company embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANI.—Madame Grisi and Madame Persian! (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap• pear we in this country). CO.TBALTL—Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance country), and Mademoiselle Corbari. TENORL—Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Lavla (of the Imperial heatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signer Telli (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this eountry), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, aid of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BAAI BABITONI—Signor Tamburint and Signor Giorgio Romoord. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (of the Theatres San Carle, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance In this country), Signer Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and :Wier Poloniai (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, kis first appear ance in this sountry.) PRIMI BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Revere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe . . • • " . . tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame AntoMetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amalla Linari, Mademoiselle Lulgina Bellini. - ...... Seconde Tenore—Signor Emmanuele Slano (of the Theatre San Garb in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Stkgers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— SiVtor Bonconsiglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected in the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novelle. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close ,the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the billowing eminent Danseuses will appear:—Premieres Danseuse—Mademoiselle Dumi latre (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Berths (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this country), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Itaderna (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Academic Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinand. Croce, Monsieur Delferler (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets—Monsieur _Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la Danse Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Curmi (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATIM—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has beers entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of K. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsouby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Verardi (of the Theatre Dalton, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found Improved, by a carriage way being formed immediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; anti by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box Office, Bow-str.et ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. 1 lINATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM Under the Manx4ement of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will be produced the Original Farce, called TIIE WIGWAM. Clharacters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Oxberry, Keeley; Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster. and Miss Mary Keeley. After which will he produced a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE ENCIIANTIth BORNE. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear, supported by t• e whole talent of the Company. I To cone ude with a new Comic Drama, called £5OO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss Villars, end Miss Foratvr. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI under the di rec ti on of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be performed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. grnith• Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jaek Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ' • Grinnidg 11 , 1 r. Wright ; Captain Dartole, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Auber e t, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nell,- O'Neil, Mrs. Fitz william. After which the Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH TUE MILKING PAIL. Lord Philander, Mr. Cullenford ; Algetnon, Ntr. Boyee ; Diccon, Mr. Wright ; .dilly, Mrs. Fitzwilliar , n. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOC R. Mr. Frampton, Mr. Worrell; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Munyord; Nl9l Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy Scraggs, Mrs. Matthews. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THE-ITUE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Vaudeville of LE DEMON DE LA NEIL'. Frederic, 31. Berou ; Oscar, 31. Langeval ; Gillesticrn, M. Cartigny ; Maths de, Mdlle. Fargeuil ; Caroline, Mdlle. Vallee. To conclude with the admired Vaudeville, called PIERRE LE ROUGE. rierre Is Rouge, M. Lafont ; Jeanneton, Mdlle. Fargetill. Boxes, 6s. , Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 3e.; Gallery, 25. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN gI.,:RENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATIU The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will hare the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, TO-MORROW, amt every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment commence at Halt-past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take place on THIS and every MONDAY MORNING during Lent. The Performances will commence, each day, at haT-past two o'clock. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. win TIIIS EVENING nir.b 4,, Performed BeMin's Opera Scrip, entitled NORMA. Pollio, s Performed Oroveso, Mr. Leffler • Flavius, Mr. Wynn ; Adelgisa, 3,l , s ift l er Romer; Ciotilda, Miss Rourke ; Norma, Mss 11Jssano. Colman's Comedy of THE HEIR AT LAW. ASTLEX'S ROYAL A.MI'IIITHEATRE. Under the patrona Pr"riethr' Mr. W. Batty. ge of th Queen,Prince Albert, and other blembers of the Royal Fa ndly.—Mr.BATTY's Fox-Hounds meet every E'reutall at Idelf-past Six, during the week. THIS EVENING of Men and Steeds. N Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-IIUT; or, Life's Course Entire change of the SCENES of th e CIRCLE, by the double Company of Foreign Artistes. To conclude with a new Farce, entitled DRAWN FOY THE 3fILITTA. eleven till five o'ciock • Box-office open from e . , . ~e re open at six half-pact o cloca.—Stage Manager, M r . W . mid continence Broadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA TILEATIii7 --- --- Boxes, Is., Half price, 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, ad. THIS EVENING Fill be performed THE CASTLE OF ST. ALMO. Principal characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Forman, Searle, Bird, AiiSs Vincent, Miss Pearce, &.c. or, The Illustrious Stranger. After which, BURIED A LIVE; Benjamin Bowbell, Mr. Forman. To conclude with THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILEINK ; or, The Murder at the Lonely Creek. -- r a THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, PEBRUARY 22, 1647. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera, entitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Borrani; Podlebrad, Mr. Harri son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Romer; Lillie, Miss R. Isaacs. Atter which the new Ballet, called THE PRETTY SICILIAN. Count Amede, M. Croce; Roselle, Mdlle. Reclaim. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. nder the MALstgement of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. TIIIa EVENDIG Will be performed a new and original Com,dy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far rell, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Humbv, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Lac des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and ' lielen" Polkas ; Waltz, by Lannert Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka." To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mri. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of WILLIAM TELL. Geller, Mr. Fr. dericks ; William Tell, Mr. 11. Betty ; Agnes, Mrs. E. F. Saville ; Emma, Miss Richardson. To conclude with a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER ; or Me Progress of s. Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Company. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR. The POLL win )1e open on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, Feb. 25 and 26, Irom Tay, A Is. to FIVE, r.i., and on SATURDAY, Feb. 27, from Ni r, a.m. till TwILVE at noon, when it will finally Committee-room, Feb. 22. W. WEIEWELL. Chairman. TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. GENTLEMEN, Some of you will doubtless have seen a succession of personal at tacks on me which have appeared in " The Sun" newspaper, and which evidently have for their object to prejudice me In your estima tion. After the very flattering reception which I have met from you at public meetings and in my private interviews with a large pro portion of your body, I deem it due to you to state that, acting under the advice of the most eminent Counsel, I have brought an action for defamation of character against the proprietors of " The Sun" newspaper, when an opportunity .viii he afforded to my anony mous assailant to prove, if he can, the charges he has preferred against me. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient and grateful servant, CHARLES COCHRANE. Devonshire-place, Monday, Feb. 22, 1R 17. 13. Great Marlborough-street, ORDERS for BURKE'S PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 1847, NEW and REVISED EDITION, containing ail the NEW CREATION'S to the present time, and corrected throughout by the Nobility, are requested to be sent imme diately to the Ilsoksellers, by those who desire copies on the day of publication, February 27. Hoary Colburn, Publisher, la, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., 21s. bound., ADVENTURES OF THE CONNAUGHT RANGERS, By WILLIAM GRATTAN, ReQ. Late Lieutenant, Connaught Rangers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborongh•street L:A!LWA 1 ,t1:1141., lil rUBIAL ............ E‘;sn.S. LAM()ND and Co. RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thane their Friends Ind the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TvasiThr and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the dad of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favoirs, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day orevious to their being offered ; and advice' of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds isnme tiately disposed et according to instre.ctions. °daces, [tall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE BUDGET, A FULL REPORT LORD J. RUSSELL'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT WILL APPEAR in the THIRD and EXPRESS EDITIONS of " THE SUN " of THIS EVENING. Orders received by all Newspaper Agents, and es t THE THIRD EDITION Sun-office, 113, Strand. THE WEATHER—Star OFFICE, FEBRUARY 21. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 40; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 48, BAROMETER, 30 35.—WIND W., dull. FEBRUARY 22. TaERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest. 48 ; Noon, 45, BAROMETER, 30.36.—Wind W., dull. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 46 minutes after 6. Evening .. 9 minutes after 7. 44‘ co • MN. • , •4, 4'61( 2. 1 -. 4. toub. - :-....: 44, 111111A r , i• , 1.• ••• . t '•• • " ,u , 'lTtninek ,- 1111t4 , - LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1847. But that calamitous consequences might result from their recurrence, we should feel disposed to treat the recent misunderstandings in Paris as matter merely for amusement. The aspect which these squabbles have assumed is of the most ludicrous de scription conceivable. After running a tilt with their diplomatic pens, the belligerent: parties have reduced the war of their logomacy to weapons the most con temptible and harmless. They have respectively battled with each other in the tribune and in official dispatches—they are now engaged in a drawing room contention, consequent upon the transmission of invitation tickets. On Friday evening a sumptuous entertainment was given by the Marquis of NOR MANRY, and on that same evening the salons of M. GUIZOT were the scene of similar festivities. One would scarcely have anti cipated that out of this domestic coincidence could have arisen anything sufficiently important to require the repeated deliberations of the French Cabinet, and to elicit the pungent expletives of the Parisian press. Yet such is absolutely the case. The amusing characteristic which has continued conspicuous among the Gauls from the remotest an tiquity to this present year of the Redemption, is visible throughout the whole of the circumstances arising from the Montpensier marriage. In the bull fights of the Prado on the occasion of the Spanish nuptials, in the elevation of the infant "olive branch" of M. BRESSON into a dignitary of the Peninsula, in the fandangoes darced before their Royal Highnesses of France, in the presence of the prince offeuilletonisls, M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS, during the marital ceremo nies—in every accompaniment:of this remarkable pro ceeding, the arch-characteristic of the Gallic nation was peculiarly apparent. Frivolity was blended with affairs of national magnitude; proceedings upon which depended the fate and interests of entire communi ties were surroundedby the adjuncts of a masquerade, and.were entered, upon with the; inimitable abandon of a mere holiday pastime. As much incongruity was discoverable throughout this singular transaction as in the freaks of the dancing Chancellor, Sir Cult's- TOPIIER HATTON, or the card-playing round the bed side of the dying INIAzARts. It is fit, therefore, that what was commenced with extravagance should ter minate with absurdity. Scarcely, credible as it may appear, the Cabinet Ministers of LOUIS PHILIPPE have been assembling to decide upon the important question whether the reunion of the'Marchioness of NORMANUY should be attended by them, or vs hether, as a significant indica tion of their sentiments towards the British Ambas sador, they should altogether abstain from partaking of that brilliant entertainment. The dawn of Friday broke, "And heavily in clouds brought on the day Big with the fate," not of " CATO and of Rome," but of GUIZOT and the hospitality of the English embassage. Rumours cir culated through the capital, anxiety clouded the countenance of every citizen, the equilibrium of the money market trembled, when the decision of the Government is at length announced. The Minis ters had resolved to absent themselves from the salons of M. L' Ambassadeur Anglais ! Upon this astounding position of affairs, the suppressed passions of the Parisian newspapers burst forth in an incontrollable chorus. The Presse scorns Lord NORMANBY for inasmuch as he is no longer in his adolescence ! and sneeringly surmises that, not withstanding the indignities he is receiving daily in one shape or another, the Noble Marquis will remain in the French metropolis, becoming, merely for the sake of the retention of his post, " as supple as M. GUIZOT has shown himself to be resolute !" The Journal des Da c e s again is stung into a paroxysm of hatred against M. TRIERS and his organ the Constitutionnel; it endeav our, to criminate both as the secret parasites of the Russo.ll Administration. The Sie:cle, again, cannot recogniseoutbrea k betweenin the quarrel England a anything nd France. less than Defend u a positive s from the.Se lovers ot everything through t s h u e ch ma a rv m el a l o g u n s i f l y i n t ic hey me r d eg iv a tu rcl . There is something so irredeemably extravagant in these ebullitions of feeling on the pant of the French Government and its organs, that we cannot presume for a moment but what the matter must be brought to a conclusion in a way appropriate to the preceding circumstances—that is to say, in a manner rather ludicrous than terrible. When every reasonable Legislature would have been striving to conciliate the jealous population of the Peninsula, the Legis lature of France is forwarding to Madrid snuff boxes, ribbons, and a live novelist ! When we should have expected from every one of usual intelligence and of ordinary sense of propriety a manly retractation, or a dignified withdrawal from office, M. Guizor and his colleagues are sulkily re fraining from joining the guests of the Marquis of NORMANDY. The Noble Lord is assuredly entitled to the lenient consideration of his political antwo nista at home, considering the delicacy of his position among such eccentric diplomatists—a position scarcely one jot less delicate than that of Lemuel Gulliver among the one-eyel philosophers of the flying island.: On Thursday morning the Solicitor-General of Ireland was declared duly elected to serve in the Im perial Parliament as the representative for Galway, and repeal has been defeated in what may be con sidered one of its strongest holds in the capital of the Far West. The contest was, indeed, one of unex ampled severity, and, until the very last moment, the victory remained doubtful. Even after the dos ing of every booth it was impossible to speak with certainty as to the final result, and counsel on either sid e were engaged in arguing on the admissibility of several votes, and a close scrutiny was instituted into tl to qua lifications of the electors appearing on the list, during which several were struck off at either side ; at :length the " Union Jack " waved in triumph, while the banner of repeal was for the first time, in the "city of the tribes," depressed by defeat, and trailed in the dust. Much may, undoubtedly, be ascrit bed to the personal qualifications and strong claims of Mr. Moseatiast on the constituency, and perhaps no other candidate could have been found who would have succeeded in defeating so po , werful an opposition ; but still the unexpected victor y will inflict " a heavy blow and a great discourage meat" throughout all " repeal land." The utmost ex( Ttions were used en behalf of the unsuccessful cam lidate, the feuds of "old " and "young " Ireland we 'e, for the time being, patched up, and "moral force" and " physical force" men, united by a temporary :armis tice, strained every nerve for O'FLAUBRTY and :repeal. All the arts of electioneering tactics were made use of, and little attention was paid as to the propriety of the means adopted : forged letters were written, arid even a fictitious slip purporting to have been expressed by ourselves, end announcing the downfal of thi! Rus sell Ministry, was brought into the town, and the erroneous intelligence circulated throughout the entire locality, and for a short time impliciftly be lieved; the most erroneous accounts were sent ii i every direction where voters could possibly be supposed to be residing, generally stating a considerable ma jority for OTLAIIERTT from the time of the last official declaration of the state of the poll, 'antil it became notorious that not the slightest credence could be given to any rumour of that description; while the " physical force phalanx " brought their theories into practical operation, and were nut satis fied with heaping contumely and reproach on the supporters of the British connexion, but boo fre quently had recourse to the Irish method of persuasion, and not only damaged the windows and other property of, but also frequently inflicted severe violence on, and injury to, the persons of the Monahan party ; and yet, not withstanding all these unparallelled efforts, tihe Soli citor-General was returned by a majority of four. Great, however, as the tumult and excitement had been during the progress of the contest, it was fear fully increased when the final result became gene rally known. The mob became infuriated to the. highest degree, stones were hurled in every direction., until it became necessary to call out the military and police. The Riot Act was read, and but for the great for bearance of the soldiers many of the people must have fallen victims to their own rashness and insanity. The Solicitor-General will be a most - valuable auxiliary in St. Stephen's to the Government ; his thorough knowledge of the Irish law, the soundness of his judgment, the clearness of his intellect, and the lucidity of his style, will render him a most desirable addition to the Ministerial ranks. There is at present a singular dearth of Irish lawyers on either side of the House. With the ex ception of Mr. O ' CONNBLL, no man who has attained any degree of eminence at the Irish bar has a seat in the House ; no law officer of the Crown for that country has been in Parliament since Mr. T. 13. C. SUITH was appointed Master of the Rolls, with the exception of the short period during which Mr. PIGOT attended after his acceptance of the Chief Barony, and yet the presence of one of these functionaries is almost essentially necessary. With out pretending to any extraordinary power of vaticination we venture to prophecy that few more useful or more popular members hare ever been added to the Legislature than I:6fr. MONAHAN will very speedily become. His return, therefore, may be regarded as a fitting sub ject for congratulation to the Cabinet, but there is another reason why it should be peculiarly so beyond any we have yet alluded to. It affords the strongest evidence that their gigantic exertions on behalf of Ireland generally, are known and appreciated ; that their good intentions and anxious desire for her amelioration and elevation in the social scale are acknowledged, and that many who have hitherto advocated a separation of the Legislatures and a do mestic Irish Parliament, have been won over to a con tinuance of the union between the kingdoms by their sense and knowledge thereof. It will be in the recollection of our readers that a contest was not ventured on in Dungarean when its representation became vacant on Mr. SIIEILIS accept ance of office, because there was not a certainty of success. We may, therefore, fairly assume that it would not have been undertaken in Galway, unless a victory was looked upon as almost certain; indeed the former elections would naturally lead to such an opi nion. At the last general election two repealers walked over the course, and when previously a con test was ventured on the Whig candidates were de feated by large numerical majorities. The present triumph may, therefore, be regarded as most desirable in every point of view. On Friday evening, in the House of Lords, Lord STANLEY and his chosen band tried their strength with the Government. His Lordship divided the House upon an amendment that the Bills for per mitting the use of sugar in breweries and distilleries be referred to a Select Committee. The division was favourable to the Ministers, and there can be no doubt that these measures will soon rank among the laws of the land, clothed with the character which, in justice to the colonies, and a due regard to the com mercial interests of the mother country, they ought to bear—that of being permanent. Notwithstanding the adroitness in debate for which the Protectionist leader in the Upper House is renowned, Lord STANLEY'S recent speech was a miserable failure ; and, looking to the part which his Lordship tool( with reference to the Canadian Corn Bill, when a member of the late Government—a part to which we have on former occasions, whilst advocating the ap plication of free-trade principles in relation to sugar, drawn the attention of our readers, and of which Lord CLARENDON did not fail very aptly to remind Lord STANLEY on Friday night—we must say that a covert opposition to the Bills in question could have come from no quarter with a worse grace than from his Lordship. The principles of the Canadian Corn Bill and the pending sugar measures, as well as the circumstances under which the former was pressed, and the latter are urged upon the attention of Parlia. rnent, are as identical and parallel as could well be conceived. Thus Lord STANLEY'S conduct is palpably inconsistent. If his Lordship was right on Friday, he was clearly wrong in 1845, when, in opposition to the Protectionists of that year, he suc ceeded in carrying through the House of Commons, and in accordance with an implied pledge as solemn as any pledge of such a nature could be made by the Legislature, the Bill which favoured the importation of Canadian corn into this country. Nobody at that time enlarged with greater force than did Lord STANLEY upon the expediency, not to say necessity, of a strict adherence on the part of the British Par - , liament to the fulfilment of that pledge. In the ' case before us we have precisely the same facts. Last year we exposed West India sugar to competition with foreign produce of the like nature. The late period of the session prevented the Govern ment from benefiting the West India colonies by granting them an equitable quid pro quo, by a removal of the prohibitions against the use of sugar for the purposes of brewing arid distillation; but it was distinctly intimated that all fiscal regulations prejudicial to their interests should be abandoned as early as possible. This assurance was given to them not only by the present, but also by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and yet the statesman who would now treat with levity the faith thus im parted to the colonists by two successive Ministries, is the very man who, not two years since, repudiated such a proceeding in terms of eloquent indignation. Nothing, therefore, we repeat, could be more devoid of grace than Lord STANLEY'S late party manoeuvre. As an act of common justice we should have been bound to pass the present Sugar Bills, if Irish distress had not intervened, as, unhappily, it has, to render their enactment all the more desirable. Hence, simply to associate them with their bearings in mitiga tion of the sufferings of our famine-stricken fellow-subjects, in order to build up an argument in favour of making them temporary, in the place of being permanent in their operation, is a selfish, dis honourable, and vicious pretext. All these questions are now handled in a proper spirit; they are disposed of solely with reference to considerations of re venue. The argument of protection, synonymous with monopoly, is exploded for ever. It is gratify ing to glean from Earl CLARENDON'S able and lucid speech, that whilst we are acting justly towards the West Indians, the revenue will become improved by the substitution of sugar for malt in our breweries. On the other hand, the agriculturists have no just grounds for alarm, seeing that too free a use of sugar in the manufacture of beer would serve to deteriorate its quality. Altogether, we regard the Iproceedings in the House of Peers on Friday evening with great satisfaction. Of all the great administrative reforms of modern times, the roost important is, perhaps, the Post-office re form, of which Mr. ROWLAND HILL was the great on That he was originally appointed to carry out hir own plans by the Government of Lord MELBOURNE, that he was not continued in office by the Government of Sir R. PEEL, and that he has again become connected with the Post -office under the Government of Lord Jonx RUSSELL, are facts of which the public are cognizant. But the exact nature of his connexion with the establish ment in St. Martin's-le-Grand—the nature of the reforms which he proposed to introduce and his power to carry them out, are matters of which the public have hitherto been entirely ignorant. We have, however, received some degree of knowledge on these subjects from his speech at the meeting of the Liverpool Guardian Society, which will be found in another column. To that speech we would direct the particular attention of our readers as containing a succinct resume of the history of the working of the penny postage for the past, of its proba ble prospects for the future, and of the various reforms which Mr. Um, proposes to introduce to make his plans complete. There is one subject to which we hope Mr. ROWLAND HILL will direct his particular attention, that is the hour of the departure of the morning mails. Those mails leave in general at ten o'clock, which is about the most incon venient hour for departure out of the whole four-and twenty. The object of a morning mail is to secure such a delivery and redeparture as that the answer to a letter posted by that mail may be received the same day, and it would puzzle the ingenuity of any one who wished to render such a scheme abortive, to appoint an hour for the departure of the morning mail which would more effectually do so than the hour of ten o'clock in the morn ing. But while it is the duty of the Post-office authorities to adopt any measure that can by possibility conduce to the accommodation of the public, it is a duty incumbent on the public to place no let or hindrance in the way of the Post-office authorities ; and Mr. Hill gives a long catalogue of laches on the part of the public, which are deserving of the severest reprobation. For this list we must refer the reader to his speech—but will it be be lieved, that during the course of the year, an immense number of letters containing money are put into the Pose office, absolutely without any direction at all ; that many have merely the name of the party for whom they are in tended written on the cover, and that more have merely the name and the word " London" as the whole address and superscription ? If the careless persons posting those letters were the only losers, it would be a matter of little consequence, but the mischief is, that the officers of the Post-office have their time, which is the time of the public, wasted in attempts to ascertain the senders of these letters, and the deliveries of properly addressed i letters ere consequently retarded, We read in a letter from Lucerne of the 12th— " The trial of the persons accused of being concerned in the assassination of M. Leu took place on the 10th, before the Criminal Tribunal, in the presence of a crowded auditory; and yesterday the Tribunal delivered judgment. Michael Achermann was condemned to death ; Rosa Felix, mother of Muller, to 18 years imprisonment; A. Muller, brother of F. Muller, to the pillory and to hard labour in irons; Corrag gionio, 'luster, Lorentz, and Schmikt were acquitted, but the last two were condemned to ten months ' imprisonment i for having taken part n the expeditions of the free corps; M. Bichler was acquitted of complicity in the murder, but not appearing, was condemned to death for havi ng b een con cerned in the free corps expeditions; a similar sentence was passed upon Lieut. Brunner; Zoreichen was acquitted; Tenanz Reiners was sentenced to two months' hard labour; aid Troller was acquitted. M. Corr agg i ou i , though declared not guilty, had remained sixteen months in prison." Madrid papers to the 13th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes the following as the reply of the QUEEN to the Address of the Senate :—" I have hoard with the greatest pleasure the noble sentiments which you have manifested in the name of the Senate, and I rely on your loyal co-operation for assuring the welfare of our country." It will be recollected that in the Chamber of Deputies, before the commencement of v ther. t d o eb w a h te ich on s t e h n e o A r li d a d : r;ss yo Senor SAGASTI put certainpaqruteosftiothnes Irtointishtery:ldinecislitneerd, On this question the Clang as to their willingness to lay before the Chamber s' s o p f e a F k E i n R g D o n: N h D e m an e s : L e contracts of the Queen and th t P oL :: lf u U t gl b: B l i e t ve l el O c ViLl o s i° r l a p'l t ): :tit the l e " The present Ministry seems disposed to refuse to submit a t The r nnation fortune has the leftright b 3, to Ferdinandknow what l I. to o s becomehi his i e . nations constitu tionally which goinfufsatthndetaap.ughters. It is in rain that it is pretend m ed . t s h a a g t asti n makes many tidential character should be attributed to the successor con- Ferdinand VII., and to the marriage contracts of hi: r t o u th n e fo m un e d as e u a re p p u r b o l p ic os o e p d in b i y o • children. It is generally admitted among governed that monarchs cannot possess personal pro perty. There exists in Spain a high moral reason, For strongly reasonsre recommends comments on the destination given to the great property ; Ferdinand VII.; it speaks of mysteries, of losses, of ° opera tions, on which it is important light should be thrown in the perhaps ends interest, and for the honour of the persons compromised , and therefore it is that a profo u nd ex amination ought to be made into the succession, heretofore too mysterious, of Fer dinand VII. It is almost impossible that in the marriage contracts of a Queen, and an heiress presumptive of the Throne, there should not be some stipulations affecting the interests of the nation, which are so closely united with those of the reigning dynasty. The enemies of the present ' order of things suppose that the ten millions just ordered to be paid to the Queen's household, are destined to cover a part of the sum that the Duke de Dlontpensier should have received on account of the fortune of our Infanta, and also to cover a part of the sum ad vanced, nobody knows by whom, to the famous General Flores. A thousand comments are made on this subject. People do not understand how it is that in moments of embarrassment, and without any apparent necessity, ten millions should be drawn from the public treasury, or what is worse, be borrowed at 5i per cent. interest, whilst no aid is given to the widows of those who have fallen on the field of battle. At the very moment at which the ten millions were carried to the Palace there was at the doors of the Treasury an innumerable crowd of un happy wretches, widows and orphans, who were asking for bread. Orders were obliged to be given to the officer on duty to disperse this melancholy assemblage; but the armed force discharged its duty with the greatest delicacy, so much did the state of the poor unfortunates awaken its pity! We hope that the Ministers will hasten to deny all the rumours afloat, which are no doubt erroneous. The nation is inte rested in knowing to what purpose the ten millions just de livered have been devoted. The Ministry ought to publish detailed accounts of the public expenses, and of the manner in which they have been employed, in conformity with the law relative to the budget. It is only thus that it can silence malevolent reports, save its own responsibility, and conciliate public esteem." MADRID BOLSA, FED. 13.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32 for cash; the Four per Cents., at 20 1 p; ; the Five per Cents., at 20% : the Debt without Interest, at 6 1 4 ; and the Coupons, at 18%. We have received the Paris papers of Friday and Saturday. The Presse of Friday contains a furious attack upon Lord PALmEnsToN because ho does not expel the Count DE MONTEMOLIN from England. The writer in the Presse forgets that England is a country free, not in name only, but in reality, where neither SOVEREIGN nor Ministers have the power of interfering with the per• sonal liberty of even a foreigner, and where (and it would be well that the same could be said with equal truth of all constitutional Governments), as the SOVEREIGN reigns by the law, so must the SOVEREIGN obey the law, not in appearance only, but in deed and in truth. The large majority by which Lord G. BtvliticK's motion wad defeated has operated "as a heavy blow and a great discouragement" to the Guisot party, who have of late been actively intriguing for a change of Ministry in England. The Ministerial journalists are scarcely able to conceal their disappointment. Of the tone adopted by the Opposition !fie Following extract from the Commerce will give an idea : "The Kndlish Ministry have obtained a majority of 204 votes. This result was not doubtful. But, the effeet of this vote is, that the Whig Ministry is firmly fixed in its place; for in England, where. the constitutional regime is siecere, majorities are real, and when they announce themselves they give the Ministry a certitude of existence. The strength which the English Ministry displays is a rude blow to M; Guizot, who al so di sposes o f an - itntnetise majority, but which, thanks to corruption, does not represent the veritable will of the country. The relations between M, Guizot and Lord Palmerston are evidently such that the two Ministers cannot remain in face of each other without danger of a per sonal irritation, the consequences of which are but too easy to calculate. Which of the two Ministers will yield to the other, for the two countries are determined not to have a war ? A single fact will deckle the question—namely, the more or less reality offered by each of the majorities which support the two Ministers. At present M. Guizot, better than any other person in France, ought to comprehend how ephemeral and false are the triumphs procured by corrup tion. The Cabinet which weighs on us for six years, has undertaken the task of extinguishing all the general passions of politics. In their place, it has excited the whole circle of private interests. That it is exceedinglyuseful and even in dispensable to maintain one's self in a country in spite of its wishes. its progress, and its dignity; but if a moment comes when energy of action or resistance is required, a Ministry who has weakened and corrupted everything, seeks in vain around it, in a desperate case, for true convictions, spontaneous resources, and force of public opinion. What it finds is a majority of solicitors, satisfied or to satisfy, which has no will of its own, and of which the approbation is insured in advance to every act and every word—a pro digality of submission, sometimes embarrassing, but never a support or assistance. Had there been a real Conservative majority in the Chamber, that majority on taking on itself to blame M. Guizot for certain ',raced& in the Spanish mar riages,f f cGwGirne defendinghouua-rajeiizzlosmd:otrtit re-establishing Chamber, couldso uji u sittttjai l hhni c y l eetga. a h arl ora a lenancfp y idnrlci r e yiooesdnasm r oblpe e l loni n ;tri, walhtdoiaancsaentedeirtliddee:mo}(enwl what down eh ae o ttrchiebe F i eosesrswffwca(a)soenerrutuyechihr, surprises, trsl; t oii:es h e, :t e tnshirith:ieah g aestert r pari e ipoinni t a eaneld t aagspigeie s ol ibes,ue e ,ri iai r eisstso v ae3eff i npo( c ;rte e , tttAfahhtfo o :lee. o l the sayings and doings of M. Guizot ! as if the policy of M. necessities for denials, was the highest point of the policy of France!" The Marchioness of NORMANDY gave a grand rout on Friday evening. The rooms were thronged with the elite of the British and foreign personages of distinction at present in Paris. None of the French Ministers were present, nor were any of the members of the Ministerial party. Count MOLE and M. TIIIEDS were among the company. M. GUIZOT gave a reception the same evening. which was much crowded. Among the assemblage were several of the KING'S Ministers, his colleagues, most of the members of the diplomatic corps, a great many foreigners of distinction, including Lord and Lady HOLLAND, Lord TIOWDRN, Baton Da CAPELLEN, late Governor of the Dutch East Indies ; and Count VILLAREAL, formerly Portuguese Minister in the Cabinet of COSTA CABRAL ; Duke PlsoutEß, and many other Peers ; M. DuPIN, and nearly all the members of the Conservative party in the Chamber of Deputies, and a very large portion of the members of the Council of State and the Institute. Th e rise in the price of corn in the United States has created some alarm in Paris. The Ddbats, in alluding to this subject, says— " This augmentation of price in America is the repetition of what took place in Europe at the beginning of the year. We must hope that it will not in its turn have the effect of raising the prices in our markets. What makes us think that it will not, is the fact that at the present price of corn in America, with a freight more than double what is usually charged, there would still remain a good profit for the importers. We do not think that the Government stands in need of warning on this subject. It is acquainted with all that is passing with what is grave in the state of things, and with the probable duration of the difficulties. It shows by the impulsion which it has given to public works by the development of the means of charity, and by the recent order by which powerful steamers are sent to those seas, where vessels laden with corn might otherwise experience a delay, that its solicitude is awakened. It shows this also by the measures which it has adopted to prevent every attempt at riot. With order the crisis will pass over, not without suf fering, but in such a way as soon to leave no trace behind. If we allowed disorder to prevail, if we did not immediately repress it on every point where it should be manifested, the crisis would become a calamity. What is passing shows also I he falsehoold and danger of these theories which recommend commercial isolation to governments, which would compel nations to live upon their own resources, and which, under the pretext of favouring national industry, would erect a Chinese wall round the parties, and regard as a calamity the arrival of foreign products. Where should we be now if we had not the resource of foreign corn ? We ask every honest man what our situation would be if the rigour of our tariffs excluded all supplies of food from abroad ?" The KING has directed six steamers to be employed in towing merchant vessels laden with corn in places where they may be becalmed or exposed to contrary winds. fhe following are the points at which the steamers are to be stationed:—Two at the Dardanell. s ; two in the Bay of Alg,siras, to facilitate the passage through the Straits of Gibraltar ; and two at the entrance of the British Channel. The provisions of the law authorising the importation of corn into France are to be extended to Algeria. According to the Courrier Francais, M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS wished to demand an explanation from M. LEON DE MALLEYILLE, on account of the attack of the latter in the Chamber of Deputies on the Dumas doings in Spain and Africa. M. VIENNET, however, to whom in his capacity of President of the Society of Literary Men, M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS applied to to be his second, refused, on the ground that on the late trial M. DUMAS had chosen to renounce the title of litterateur, and assume chat of Marquis. M. VIXNNET, it is well known, places his title of litterateur at the head of all others, and rather than resign it, would resign his Peerage. This has, for the present, put a check upon the bellicose pro pensities of M. DuxAs. The Courrier Francais adds— " That the Duke de Montpensier, after the sitting at the Palais Bourbon, where the mission of M Dumas was so severely handled, directed kis secretary, M. Latour, to for ward to him a letter in his name, assuring him of his affec tion, notwithstanding the aspersions cast upon his character on that day. We must also say that the Duke d'Aumale and the Prince de Joinville formally condemned the conduct of their brother, who, everybody knows, wrote the order in virtue of which the Velose steamer was placed at the dis posal of M. Dumas. That order was transmitted from Madrid, signed by the Prince, who, though a mere officer of artilley, transformed himself on the occasion into a Minister of Marine." PARIS BOURSE, FEB. 20. The market has been much firmer to-day, and from a good demand for stock springing up, an advance in both Threes and Fives was announced at the close, the last call for the former being 78f. 50c., and for the latter 118 f. 95c. The market closed as follows :—Three per Cents., for cash, 78f. 50c. ' • for account, 78f. 50c. ; Five per Ce n t s ., f or cas h, 119 f. 5c.; for account, 118 f. 95c. ; Bank of France Shares, 3,285 f.; Neapolitan, 1011. 75c. ; Spanish, net quoted. RAILWAYS.— The Share Market has also improved. Throughout the day most of the lines were in good demand, and at the close quotations were generally higher. For cash Paris and Orleans left off at 1,270 f.; Paris and Rouen, 870 f.; Strasburg and Basle, 207 f. 50c.; Northern, 628 f. 75c.; Bor deaux, 5401. ; Paris and Lyons, 4921. 50c. ; Parts and Stras burg, 4681. 75c. ; Dieppe, 305 f. ; Montereau, 312 f. 50c. ; Cette, 457 f. 50c. Other lines not quoted. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FLBRUAAY 20. _ _ Boulogne and Amlens, 14% —Dutch Ylienish, 4%—iast Indian. %—Luxembourg, 2 —Namur and Liege, 2S—Northern of France, 12%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR. MEETING OF PRINCE ALBERT'S SUPPORTERS. We understand that a large number of noblemen and other influential members of the University of Cambridge met this day at the Union Hotel, Cockepur-street, and formed a committee to secure the election of Prince ♦lbert into the office of Chancellor. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, L or d B roug h am , an d Lord Camp bell. MIL DAVID BAUD, BART., V. LAIRD. Mr. RoLT this morning resumed the arguments in this case on behalf of the respondent, following Mr. James Stuart Wortley, who concluded his address on Thursday. The LORD ADVOCATE replied at some length, and The Lonn CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu. ments, stated that their Lordships would endeavour to give judgment in the case on Thursday next. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Guildhall, before the LORD CRISP JUSTICE and a special jury.) SPICER a. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for certain injuries sustained by a smack named the Cornet, belonging to the plaintiff, in consequence of the William Joliffe, a steam-boat, belonging to the defendants, striking against it during a night in February last, about twenty miles off Harwich. It was alleged that the steam boat had but one white light on her mast, and that she bore straight down upon the smack. The tide was half flood, and a alight gale was blowing from the north• west. The case was likely to extend beyond the ordinary day's sitting,. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD Omar BARON and Special Juries.) L&ILLI V. DENNISTOUN. In this case the Attorney. General, Mr. Crowder, and Mr. Greenwood appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Ellis, for the defendant. The action arose out of some extensive bill transactions, to the amount of 26,0001., between a person of the name of Shiraz and the defendant. The details of the case were of the most intricate and complicated nature, and presenting no feature whatever of interest to the public. The case occupied the attention of the Court during the whole of ita sitting. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was this morning occupied with two causes, one a dispute about an account, and the other a matter arising out of a bankruptcy. Neither were of any public interest. BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) IN RD POULDEN AND LAFARQUE. This morning the examination of the bankrupt Poulden was resumed, on his application for his certificate. The bankrupt bad been in business with Lafarque, as shipowners, in Crotched-friars. Mr. DUNCAN appeared on behalf of the assignees, and several creditors, to oppose the certificate being granted. In the course of a very_ lengthened examination, it was elicited Front the bankftipt Pottitthn that he had induced Lafarque to become partner with him, and bring a large dm Into the concern, by false representation ) and afterwards quarrelled with hint and liejit tile bdeits: Atliongft the more serious dhargea admitted by him, were the giving a cheque for 1,0001. to a Mr. Rudall, drawn on a banker's where he had no funds, and also giving some freight notes which were fictitious. His Hosoua (Goulburn) said that this amounted very nearly to a capital offence, and some years ago the bank rtApt's life *ouldj in all probability, have been forfeited. Mr, LAWRENCk addressed the Cotirt at great length for the bankrupt. His HoNotat, after commenting in very severe terms on the bankrupt's general conduct, said he would not be doing justice to the trading torrimunity if he allowed the bankrupt ever to go into business again Wider the sanction of this court. The certificate was, therefore, wholly refused. ------ MARLBRO 4 -STREET—(THIS DAY.) Amphe C. Pretiot, a fespettably dressed Young man, was charged with stealing several articles )11 gold froth his employer, Mr. Klaftenberg. 175, Regent-street. It appeared that the, yt,ung man had been in the employ ment of Mr. Kalftenberg, who is a watchmaker, for the list two years, and that during the latter part of that time his master had missed both watches and carriage clocks, some of theta belonging to stock and some to custonters who had sent them for repairs. But last week there were three gold watches missing which had been sent in to be repaired, and Mr. Klaftenberg entertaining some suspicion informed the police of the robbery, and search was made among the pawn brokers. In the meantime the prisoner absconded. Police. constable 182 C discovered two of the watches missing pledged at Mrs. Fieming's, Lower-John -street, Golden square, and the other at Mr. Rockford's, Princes-street ; and at Mr. Bartland's, Princes street, a carriage clock was found pledged, which Mr. Klaftenberg identified as one of three which tie had missed from stock some time ago. At the prisoner's lo4ings the police found two cases oelonging to two of the watches stolen and identifie.l by the customers. one of them, indeed, bearing the customer's name, and also two carriage clock keys, one of which belonged to the car riage clock produced in court. The prisoner himself, wih. had absconded on Friday last; was taken into custody on he Lee road, near Blackheath. The prisoner, who said nothing in defence, was remanded for a week, that Mr. Klaftenberg might have an oppur;ucity to look over his stock and farther inquiry be made by the police. WORSHIP-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) Robert Neville, a " lumper," was charged with hurling, on Saturday tight last, Joseph Davidson, a vendor of oranges in the gallery of the City of London theatre, over five seats, so that he narrowly escaped being precipitated into the pi:. The complainant added that he had no sooner reg4i, ed his former position than he was again thrown by the defenda:a with similar savage violence, and his stock in trade was much damaged, and himself considerably Burt. In the course of the inquiry Mr. Broughton elicited that the outrage on the part of the defendant originated in the complainant having commented upon the conduct of the pri soner's companions, who were sweeps in their sooty habili ments, and who had been amusing themselves by sooting the faces of several individuals around them. Mr. BaouGifrox—What, are sweeps in their dirty work ing dresses admitted into the theatres? His Worship was assured that it was a very common oc currence for them to be seen in that state in the upper galleries of our larger theatres. They were sure to get the best seats on those occasions, as people readily made way on their approach. Mr. 13noticarrosr said the defendant must pay a fine of ss. to the Queen, or hand over the amount of damage sustained by the complainant. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAL?? ER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 3,000 Sales, of which 500 were for export. There was ne altera tion in prices. —Railway Shares were firmer, but not brisk. There have been one or two ship arrivals to- day, but the accounts they bring, although later, are not of importance. From Rio de Janeiro we have letters and papers per Peterel. The markets do not appear to have offered any feature, nor have we any later information of interest from the Rio Plate belligerents. From the United States there are accounts of February 4. The exchange had gone back slightly, but the Money Market was tolerably easy, notwithstanding the prospect of con tinued heavy expenditure for the Mexican war. The question which most occupied the attention of Congress, was how to raise the necessary supplies, a question, by the by, which puzzles a good many other countries just now, be sides ourselves We find that the Canadian merchants coining out unmis takeably in their support of free commerce. In the annual report of the Council of the Toronto Board of Trade, it is re marked that her Majesty's banisters were reported to have stated that it was not their intention to pro pose to Parliament any' alteration in the existing navigation laws, a part of the effect of which, as the Board is aware, is to confine the carrying trade of the pro vince, to and from the United Kingdom, to British or colonial built ships; and as the rates of freight charges between Montreal and Liverpool are generally, at least twice as much as these for similar services between New York and Liver pool, the opinion very generally prevails that under the existing navigation laws much higher rates of freight are charged than would be, if the carrying trade of the province was open to the general competition of the ships of all nations. It is very evident that whatever amount the carrying trade of the country cost more under the operation of the Navigation Laws than it would if they were repealed—is that amount of a tax imposed by Imperial Statutes on the people of Canada, for the benefit of British and colonial shipowners? If Canadian farmers be denied pro tection for the produce of their labour in the markets of the mother country, they ought not, hi justice, to be required by the laws of that country to pay taxes far the protection and benefit of any class of their fellow subjects, whether British and colonial shipowners or others. The following prognostications as to the future prospects of the canals are not very cheering ; " Again, the public canals have been constructed at a very great outlay of borrowed money, in order to afford accommoation to the increasing commerce of the country, and to draw by way of St. Lawrence a portion of the carrying trade of the Western United States. The latter advantage is, probably, now lost, and with these laws continued, and protective duties in the mother country and in the province abolished three years hence, possibly over two-thirds of the whole import and export trade of Western Canada will pass thruugn the state of New York, and the amount of debt in curred in constructing the public canals will be in conse quence so much capital lost to Canada. The Stock market has been in an unsteady condition, and there is a "strong tug" between Bulls and Bears as to which shall have the pre eminence. There is a difficulty in ascertaining how the acoount stands, but that it is very heavy, the operations of the last few weeks may lead us fairly to conclude. Some say that the speculative transactions entered into represent nearly six millions sterling, and while the operators for a fall boast of their ability to deliver the whole ut the steak they have agreed for, the Bulk deny that there is anything like this amount of Stock available, unless, indeed, the public were to be seized with a much more extraordinary panic than it is all probable even the most industrious efforts will excite. The market could not be expected to be firm, pending the uncertainty relative to the new financial plans, and the fluctuation may be yet more serious if the method of raising the money required be not the most judicious possible under the circum stances, and which, we still think, would b e an em i ss i on of Exc hequer Bills. The premium upon this security has been 2s to 6s to-day, which is a slight advance. Consols have been heavy at. 90% 3 / 4 ; the Three-per-Cent. Reduced Annuities are 91 to 4, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 92 3 / 4 to 93. Bank Stock is steady at 203 L/ to 204, and India Stock at 250. The Foreign Bonds have been totally unheeded. Spanish Three per Cents. are flat nominally at about 35, and the Five per Cents. have been done at 24%. The Pa ss i ve St oc k i s at SN. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 58N ; and the lour per Cents. 92 3 / 4 . The market for Railway Shares has been quieter, and at scarcely such high rates. Norfolk Shares are an exception, however, having risen to 137 3 / 4 and 140. North British ark firm at 34% to 35 1 ; Newmarket and Chesterford, 10% 4 ; North-Western, 184 1 A to 186; Midland, 121 1 / 4 to 1224 Newcastle and Berwick. 32; and Eastern Counties, 21% %. York and Newcastle ate 36% 3 / 4 ; North-Eastern New are not higher than 21; South-Western have been supported at 68%; and Brighton at 55 3 / 4 to 56. Dntch Rhenish are 4to and Northern of France, 12 3 / 4 %. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PR ICE s . Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. •• 204 203% 203% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 91% 91 91 Three per Cent. Console Annuities .. .. 90% % 90% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 92% % 93 93 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 4, 1860 .. 9 9-16 % 9% India Stock .. .. . • . .. .. .. 250 250 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. p 51 , Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .• .. .. p 10 p Consols for Account •• •• .. .. .. 90%3( 90 A Exchequer Bills. 1 % d. 1 kid. 1,0001... .. -- .... 26 pm, 11 5001. . .. .... 6 1— pin. 11 Ditto, Small .... 6 I—. pm. 11 Ditto, Advertised .. • • 6 pm. 11 ONE CLOSINt FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PliloEs Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 22 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 22 4 Portuguese Four per Cent •• • • 35 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .• . • .. 24% 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. .. .. 5% 5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 35% Dividendm on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 58% 58% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 % :2% BUSINESS PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. PAID, ONDEOON,CELAOCTK. Crlit°lcSlElisi.. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. • • 2 % •• • • 2 % ••••• • • • •• Bit mingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 14% .. • • .... Birming., Wolver., and Dudley • • b •• • • ••••• • • • • • Buckinghamshire .. • • • • 848 . •• • • P ..... Caledonian . .. • . 30 .... 26% • Direct Northern Scrip • • • • • • 2 % •• • • 2 % ••••• • • • • • Eastern Counties .. .. 20 .. 21% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. ai Ditto, York Extension • • .• 4 •• .. ...... Eastern Union • • • • .. .. 40 .......... East Lancashire .. • • .. 14 .• .. ........ •• Ditto New • • • • . • . • . • 5 E as t Lincolnshire ........4 .... •••• • • • • Edi n b u rgh and Glasgow • • .. 50 • . ••• • • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 10 .... 20 .... * • • Ely and Huntingdon .. /e ••.• 121, •.......... Great Northern (London & York Great Western .. 85 ........ Ditto, Half Shares 50 .... 70% • 7054 Huddersfield and Manchester .. 16 Ditto, ditto, Extension 5 .... 6% Hull and Selby .. .. •• 50 103 Ipswich aid Bury SLEdmunds .. 14 .... 12% 12% Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 .... 4 1 4 1 1 / 4•• 4% LlYerp.. Mauch., & Newt. Jun c t. 2% .... 2.. .... 2 London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. 8 1 4 1 / 4 ••• • • • 8 % Ditto, Now, No. 2.. • • 1/. 13e, 4d. 114 i p...... 1 p London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 . 55% 56 ..... . 56 London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. 9 54 • • 9% London and North-W es t ern .. .. 100 .• . 18554 18454 186 186 Ditto, Quarters . • • .. 2 .... 21 Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 14% ...... 14% Ditto, Fifths .. . .. 2 .......... 18 1 4 Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. .. 40 ...• 74 73 73 Ditto, 101. Shares M. &u, (B) 5 .... 11%........., 11% London and South-Western .. 411. 63.10 d... 6654 66;4 Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .. 54 Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21% . . Lynn and Dereham .. 15 .... •••• • • • • 16 34 Manchester and Leeds .. 82 .... Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 .... 4914 Ditto, Fifths . • • • • • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. • • % p...... • • Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1 1 %14 •••• • • • Midland • • • • • • .• .• ••100 •. • 122 1 / 4 121 1 / 4 .. • • Ditto, New • • •• • • 30 •• • • 35 % ••••• • • • • • Midland, Binning. & Gloucest..• 100 —.122% Newcastle and Berwick .• .. 20 .... 32 ••••• • • • • • Newmarket and Chesterford .. 10 .... 10%%•74 ••• • • • 1094 Norfolk .. • • .. .. • • ..100 ....140 13794 .. Ditto, Half Shares .. 10 . 131! • • Northern Counties Union .. I • • • .... 49N 10% NI P 114 122 35 122% korth British .• • 4 • • •• 25 .• • • 34% 35 1 ,i •• • • Ditto, Half Shares .. .. I 2 •• • • 1 6 •35 • • Ditto, Quarter Shares •• .. 24 •• • • 41i •• • • •• • " •• Ditto, ds .. • • .. / .• • • ••••• • • • • Northern and Eastern .. 50 ...• ••••• • • • • • Ditto, NOW ••• •• •• 14 • • • • 2 ,1 3 , 4 •• • • NorthStattordshirj ......... '6 • • • • • • Ditto SCrip (late Churnet and 131 y -the) .0 a . I. a. I •• • • •••••• • • 11 Oxibril,Worcest.,& ‘Volvertimptii. 17I+_ •• •• ...• ••• • • '• • • 34h, Preston and NVyre .. 25 .•• • 3 4 ••••-• • • • • 1.0”4 Ditto, half Shares (A) .. f , )‘/ • 10 % •••••• • • • 1S• Ditto ditto (B) .• .. 1 % • • Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 ••• • •• • ••• • • • Scottish Central . 15 .... 22 •• . •••• $2 :Scottish Midland .• . ~ 1714.... 22% •••••• •• ' 4% ''' biaewsbary and Birminghare 3 4!4 south S:aff.rdshire Junction ~11.14.4 d.. P •••• •• " • South Yorkshit , , Doncaster, and 2 1 4 Goole .. .. • _ 2 _ 24 •••••• •• • . • 2 % • Swans. & Loughor &Cameron'a • •• 2 •• • • ”i •• •• •• •*" P fretit Valley and Midland June. 425..... P • • • • •• •• West Riding .• •. 425. P" ••" •• 36% York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 363 i xii •• •"• 1 ill Ditto, New.. .. .. 5 .. , 11Ni .• •••• " • " Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 •• • • 8 1'4 "'•• ' • • • 19; 4 York ;lad North Midland .. 50 87 80,i •• 3 64 liitn , Ext. ns!on . 20 .. •••• • • " 21% Do. P. and W. Riding Eaten. 10 •• 22 •• •• '• O. , • •as • • IG N RA 11, WA Vs. Dutch Rhenish • • .. .. 7 4IA 4.... •• Louvain ala Sambre .. • . .. 6 ....1 ...... •• •• Northern ut France .. .. .• ••• • • • Orleans and 13ourdeaux 6 .... MINES. Real del Monte, Unrecistered CLO'UD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY)' -saw • Lasnox, FEB. 22. —Wind S.W., light breeze and foggP DEAL, FEB. 21. Wt.; i W. to W. S. W A M l * A t li, peror, Jones. Hong Bong; Ropaist, Mturay, „Afriett. Ca; sO , trwt, the River. Oliver Cromwell, Sydney ; Marc, The Liverpool, steam-schooner, Hull to Dublin , was in tact 18thinst. of the Wight with the Commerc e, and "" proceeded to Ramsgate with damage. mik TORBAY, FEB. 21.—Wind S.W. —Std. Frances A re — New York; Industrie, Newfoundland. vr: rent , PLvmorrn, Fan. 21. Wind S.W.—Off port, St. u; z, Calcutta. NEWPoUT, FEW 20.—Wind S.W. Sid. Queen, 1-Y° Havannah ; Sippio " g, Jamaica. Arr a ' LtvEuroor„ FEB. 21.—Wind S.S.W., moderate.-- Ninhaica, Jump, Demerara ; liaaius, Johnston, Charlelt?f:. Oxford, Yeaton, Nev York, sailed 4th inst. ; Mali . 1 4, '' -,,„„Adeet slattritius ; Thomas Mellor, Bruce, Macao; Mary, P"' . .„, 0 0, Havannalt ; Larne, Nickets, New Orleans; Stirling, ° ;., urt tO o. Savannah ; Defence, Brewster, Charleston ; Fanny', P libt Sld. the outward bound ready for sea. 20. The wreck th, schooner Napoleon, of St. John's, New Brunswick, withigli dead body of a man laMhetl to the pumps, was passed inst., lat. 42, long. 47, by the Defence, arrived here. CLYDE, Fs'. 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. Esquimaux, Demerara • Cannata, Fillson, Manilla; Eclipse, Lem Halifax, N.S. ; St. Andrew, Bitch, New York; Morris, Daggow, New York. WARRENPOINT, FEB. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Monroe, New York. Sid. Brothers, New York. WATERFORD, FEB. 18.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrd.,, Bolton Ravannah. Off port, Foigh-a-Ballagb, Br ot O w— St. John's, 13runswick, for Dublin. BELFAST, FEB.~ ' 9.— Wi n d S.S.W.—Arrd. Union. ° old New York; Sultan, Sav - Zgv, Philadelphia. Sid. WißisT Sarah, Philadelphia; Letitia, Heyen, New York. C o mm PETF.RHEAD, FEB. 18.—Wind W. — Sailed Greenland. DOVER, FEB. 21.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Union, ain s ly ILFRACOMBE, FEB. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. 1(ala zoo, Clark, New Yok for Li verpool. SHEERNESS, FEB. r 21.—The Watchword, from Cons tO n nople to London, got on the Grain Spit yesterday; caP to-day, and will proceed to Stangate Creek. bi t° ' BRISTOL, Fan. 19.—A barque, with ports painted Wile& abandoned, and apparently waterlogged, was passectZde inst., in lat. 46 N., long. 14 S., by the Queen of the P i ' arrived here. d!, DARTMOUTH, FEB. 21.—Her Msjesty ' s reve nue Nimble struck on a rock yesterday afternoon west lf r - Berry Head, and sunk; crew saved. ‘,O" Ysitsiourn, Fats. 19. Tlie Jane, Johnson, from nor toft to Goole, was abandoned, in a sinking state, Off" 001, ton, 18th instant, having been in contact with the Col l of Scarborough ; crew saved. is SWANSEA, FEB. 20.—A quantity of wreck, stiPPrre belong to the Brechin Castle, of Dundee, coming on S °° Pwlldyr. MILFORD, FEB. 19.—The Zephyr, from Alexandrlso4 in contact last night with the Trnmp (Lazarel), and so damage. ise b HOLYHEAD, FEB. 20.—The Minerva has gone to %too The schooner, Dolphin (supposed to be of Wexford ) ported to be en shore at ti Rhowolyn. • DP t° lstakv, FEB. 17.—A brig of about 200 to 300 too * . SO 4 laden, and abandoned, drifted on shore here 16th instill" went to pieces. The cargo is driving on shore. GREAT WESTERN and WYCO RAILWAY.—( :HIS DAY.) ato rLog The usual half-yearly general meeting of the proPurl:o tbi the Great Western and Wycombe Railway was ( LOP afternoon, at the offices of the company, in West Striae Barlow, chairman of the Board of Directors, in tb 6 7 0 i4 The meeting was made special, for the purpose of 09 ,1 3 m ssf• the agreement of sale to the Great Western Railway ' I P 6 The report stated that the line had been sold at PA•bi. receipts from the commencement amounted t0, 9 7 1 - folon ce 2d., and the expenditure to 8,8641. Os. Bd., WO* of 9861. 151.6 d, The report was unanimously adopted, and the ° ti r e :t r if l e e sil business of the meeting, consisting of the re' s directors and auditors, was gone through. SPECIAL MEETING. into A sp ec ' Al The proprietors then resolved themselves meeting. The purchase-money was calculated at 20,0 for this stl4 ii rec eived in Ph the Uxbridge line, and that sum was to be lments. of all expenses and demands, and paid by insta The sale was unanimously confirmed, a nd t he meetsgo the Wycombe shareholders terminated. -•e GREAT WESTERN AND UXBRIDGE RAILWI':;O4 Similar meetings of this c o mp an y were then helm: o eo , the same figures, the same report, and the same age; et confirmed and adopted. It was understood that 11 ,1 3 80 share was to be returned immediately, and the balance . ; of the agreement for sale shall have have been confirsnel a tft legislative enactment. The balance m i g ht b e 10 s . per*" but that could not be stated specifically. TAW VALE RAILWAY AND - 11)- COMPANY. —(THIS DAY.) The half yearly general meeting of the daY Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company was held this the London Tavern, Biahopgate-street, for generalf c 0 poses; . the meeting was also special for the purPosa n n oof sideriug the draft of a Bill to enable the Taw Vale Doe' rind Dock Company to lease their undertaking W tk.oooc don and South-Western Company; Mr. Emanuel t " presided. ito e4 After the common seal of the company had been to the registry of proprietors, rl / g° proprietorr of al The CHAIRMAN said that before the finance rep ,° ode read, he might say that an addition would require to 9 e d to the expenditure side of 3,805/. ss. lid., which WO; 0 4 the balance to the end of the year. Thus the 4 xP i l,ooe" getting their Bill passed, &c., would amount to wine to the The report was then read, which, after re ferring t , account, stated that measures were being ta k e n for ,j t of; pose of leasing the line to the South•Westero 04 1; an d They had also made proposals to lease the EI prr Crediton Railway, which had been well received bYI.I-eie prietors of the latter Company. This would giv e *-- o t j b : direct and thorough line from Cornwall and Devo ll ,, ,t oOF., heart of the Metropolis. The directors, therefore , . sb: v g tv urged upon the shareholders the propriety of twee d ' this proposition. be° of The engineer's report was then read, as were the op of the dr a ft submitt e d to th e Ex e te r a nd C re diton Be" - The report was unanimously agreed to. fth e The heads of the draft proposed to the shareholder s Exeter and Croydon Railway were briefly— A Credt " That a lease in perpetuity of the Exeter an. Railway be granted to the Taw Vale and Dock C°T,;O upon the following conditions, via.:—That interest at tPolfs ~f five per cent. be paid by the Taw Vale Company UP:sete t amount of deposits, calls, and paid up capital of the and Crediton Railway Company. na "That provided the profits exceed five per cent. the s t -- n of such profits up to any cent. be further paid '- Exeter and Crediton Com eel ° " That provided the profits exceed 5i per cent. (t. 4 , h e$ beyond the 5i per cent.) be equally divided betweeP fr-e companies.fof " That the profits be estimated after deducting one-- workirg expenses. eil it°r l "That the lease be guarante e d to the Exeter and Cr t ß h a eo i Railway u a tmh y eo b fn y llo t ,ts ll ooo e n S l o c uf u , ail t h is r - v. W owt e e s id t L e i : oi n Atxh ß i for their past services. the , a l i s w r e e c a c ri t ' n o Cdr directors b e P n 8; in v r o ' • hp r o /: Mr. NN ILLIAMS also moved that the sum of 1 ,- - e il annum be granted to the board for their services; an - beeS works should be completed. This resolution, havi n g seconded, was also carried. • tor° Two South-Western Directors were appointed dire pi the company in the room of two gentlemen of the Vale Company, who retired. 11 1 Mr. Williams and Mr. Horne were appointed auditors' a salary of 20/. each. A resolution, sanctioning the leasing of the' Ea Crediton Railway, was then passed unanimously. Ol The meeting was then declared special, for the P ar r' the considering the draft of the Bill, leasiug the Taw Vale to , t o Boutli .Western Company. The Bill was approved, ali ci „ r e business of the meeting being declared at am end, th e rietors separated. untre The finance report showed a balance in hand of air 8,000 r., which, deducting the sum mentioned by - the ,inn, would leave somewhere about 5.0001. in the bane" hands. • STEAM SHIPPING ASSOCIATI° (THIS DAY.) Ste il° The general meeting of the proprietors of the o f the Shipping Association took pl ace t hi s d ay, at t h e o ffice, f r om Company, 28, St. Swithi a ' s -l ase . W s are pre vented giving the particulars, as the press were excluded BIRTHS. On the 4th inst., at Bowness, Windermere, the wife it. , ell 0. Gibson, Esq., of a son. E • l' On tin. II th inst., at Prospect-place, W a ndsworth-road , A-- urs . Smith, the l ady On th of e 1 3th inst ., at Bownham House, Gloucesters.- -hfro , Leonard Strachey, Esq., of a caughter. fain G. j. L. On the 18th inst., at Woolwich , the lady of —sP Buchanan, Royal Artillery, of a son. MA RD. i ciatitr ° ,,Pi On the lath inst., at Torre Chur ßl ch, E Torquay NV day Oct " Esq., Commander in the Royal Navy, to Anne, second the late J. Ilivts, Esq., of Gledhow-grove, York. DIED. .tra rS ric* On the 20th ult., at St. John, N w e Brunsw ick, 11 7 1.11! only son of Captain Francis Dick, Royal Artillery. ..... eo us hir e ' On the 9th inst., Henry Allen, Esq., of the Lodge , i".,„4,10 1114. many years Chairman ot the Quarter Sessions, and Del. , u nant of that county, aged 92. On the' th inst., at Jesmond House, Northumber relict of the late John Anderson, Esq. e Of 11151° Op the loth inst., at Hereford, Elizabeth Anne, wit ' i PUring, Esq., aged 61. daug hter " On the 1 14th inst., at Eastbourne, Trances Wildnuan, grog On H. Wildman, Esq., aged 73. On the IGth inst., at Potterells, Herts, William ClierlesuvA"— Esq., aged 68. Ctinn ingil°l On the .17th inst., in London, Major-General Thom dle of the Corps of Royal Engineers. re li c t of - Oil the 17th inst., at Arundel-terrace, Brighton, Marl, land, 11014 . late J. A. A ttwood, Esq. gee • it°bat On the 17th inst., at Epsom, Emma, widow of the late a Collier, s eco nd Hesketh. On the 17th inst., at Douglas, Isle of Man, Ge or g ia ~aga daughter of Captain Sir Robert t' n, II • , -N • rinotighbi 001110 A On the 18th inst., at Blac!theath-park, Si r 11 Lake, K.C.8., Admiral of the White, aged 74 --. London: Printed and Published by btURDO TOITNVI the , ei 14;00 1" 112' Strand, Printer, at Th e Su,. , No. i is, St rand, bli re' of the Savoy, iu the Comity of Middienex, 2dOndal, braary 22. 1847. 2. 1 _ 4 4, . • 1 ~.. =~ ~___.