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Fi• NEW ROMANCE BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PILOT." Just ready, in .3 vols. post Bvo., THE PATH FINDER; OR, THE INLAND SEA. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Author of "The Pioneers." "The Prairie," "The Last of the Mohicans," &c. " Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, Atd Learning wiser grow without her books." COWPER. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND " THE SOUTHERN STAR." rEIFIE NEXT NUMBER- (Sunday , Feb. 23 ) 1 of this spiritsd Weekly Newspaper, will contain the first of a Series of Articles—a Scriptural Dead Set"—at the Bishop of Exeter and the other apostles of the Gibbet-Church, with their spiritual auxiliaries, the hangman and the gaoler, by 'THOMAS PARKIN, E•:ti., the contributor in the last number of the Articles on Government, founded on Romans 7:lii.; and the prostitution of religion by the Clergy. • ' Office, 4, Crane-court, Fleet-street. THE NEW NOVEL. CIOU•SIN GEOFFREY, THE OLD BACHELOR. A Novel, Edited by THEODORE HOOK, Esq. In 3 vols. post Bvo. ' with a Portrait of Mr. Hook. IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES. Richard Rpntley, New 13urlington-street. • THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, Fits. 19. Will be repeated the New Original Play in Five Acts, written by Leigh Hunt. Esq., t. be *ailed A LEGEND OF FLORENCE. Francisco Agolent% Mr. Moore; Antonio Bowlinelli, Mr. Anderson ; Cesare Colonna, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Fulvio Da Rita, Mr. Bartley ; Giulio, Mrs. Walter Laey ; Ginevra, Miss Ellen Tree. After which the popular Farce of MY NEIGHBOUR'S WIEE. Mr. Somerton. Mr. Cooper ; Mr. Timothy rrowo, Mr. 111eadovrs ' • Mr. Jonathan Smith, Mr. Bartley ; Mrs. Somer ton; Mrs. W. Lacy ; Mrs. Brown, Miss Lee. To mantle with the Grand Allegorical and National Masque, in honr. ur of her Majesty's Nuptials, entitled THE FORTUNATE ISLES ; OR, THE TRIUMPHS OP - BRITANNIA, The Music composed and selected by Mr. H. 11. Bishop. 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The Printing Machine, which is one of the best in London, was at work from the hour of publica lion till the departure of the Mail, throwing of 7,000 per hour ; and even this vast number tons not equal to the demand. We may say it without vanity, because it is truth, that in all the history of the Newspaper Press there never was such a quantity of Newspapers published within the same time. NOTICE TO TETE " WEDDING SUN" SUBSCRIBERS. We have received numerous letters complaining of the non-arrival of the " ROYAL WEDDING SUN." We regret the disappointment of Subscribers, and repeat that the blame does not attach to this Ogee. Every order has been attended to, and it is remark able, under all circumstances, that so few Papers have miscarried. Our readers will be surprised to learn Mat, though several letters were sent without the address of the writers, and many thousands of Papers were despatched in great hurry and confu sion, both here and at the General Post-n . ffice, not more than a hundred have jailed to reach their destination.- In order, however, to oblige our Sub scribers, we ?equest More who have not received the Paper according to order, to advise us to that effect, and it shall be sent again without any Additional Charge. N.8.--On all occasions of great emergency or public interest, w e h ave received similar complaints of the non-a rr i va l o f THE SUN. Whetter this is to be attributed to the Post-office, or to some of the Parties through whose hands the Papers ought to pass, we cann o t t a k e upon ourselves to say. Sun Of cc, 112, Strand. MGR WATER AT LONDOO-MORRovf m, rn i ng 499 minutes after 3 I Evening...... ti minutes after .4. v . - .ergas , 0 LONDON: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 11140. - Both Houses met yesterday, a little before two o'clock, for the purpose of proceeding in state to Buckingham Palace, to congratulate the QUEEN and Prince ALBERT On their marriage. There was a great attendance of Peeii and Commoners, and on this occasion the Tories seemed most anxious to outdo their opponents in de monstrations of loyalty. The House of Lords particu larly exhibited a vast display of Conservatives. The House of Lords adjourned at two o'clock till to morrow. The Commons met again at five o'clock, when the SPEAKER read the reply of her MAJESTY to their Ad dress of Congratulation. , Lord ASHLEY gave notice of a motion for the 3d of March, to appoint a Committee to inquire into the working of the Mills and. Factories Act. On the motion of Sir RO➢ERT PEEL, to which an amendment was moved by Lord JOHN Russuu., Returns were ordered for all Pensions on the Civil List granted since the Ist of January, 1828, specifying the names of the parties and the amount of Pensions granted,. together with the total amount of Pensions granted in each year. Sir R. PEEL then, according to notice, moved for Returns of the number of Marines employed on the coast of Spain, and the amount of stores furnished to the Spanish Government, which were granted. The Earl of LINCOLN then appeared at the bar with the reply of the Duchess of Kent to the Address. Mr. PENDAIIVES brought up the Report of the Select Committee on Election Petitions, and gave notice that he would bring the subject before the House this day. In answer to a question from Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Lord PALMERSTON said the papers relative to the dis putes with China would be laid on the table in the early part of next week. In answer to another question from the Right Hon. Baronet, Lord PALMERSTON said ho could not state the nature of the relations between the Shah of PERSIA and Lord AUCKLAND, lint he bad reason to believe that there was no ground for alarm on the subject. The question of privilege was then, for the twentieth time, brought forward, and Mr. T. HOWARD, the son of the attorney in the suit of STOCKDALE against HAN SARD, was called in and examined, whereupon the - ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that he had been guilty of a breach of privilege. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved as an amendment, that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of both Houses be appointed for the pur pose of securing the freo exercise of a power so essentially necessary. A number of speeches were made on the occasion, none of which excited any inte rest except that of Mr. WALLET, in which he attri buted the illness of the emancipated Sheriff to good living and a short neck ; and recommended, as the best way of maintaining the privileges of the House, to put all the delinquents on short diet. On a division the motion was carried by a majority of 100. On the next division, Mr. T. HOWARD, jun., was committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, by a majority of 93. Mr. PEARSE, the clerk of Mr. HOWARD, was then called to the bar, and, after some debate, was committed to the custody of the Sergeant•at-Arms. Mr. Fox MADLE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the County Constabulary Act. Returns were ordered on the subjects of Municipal Corporations, Canada, and Merchant Seamen. Mr. LEADER then presented a number of petitions in favour of a free pardon to FROST, WILLIAMS, and JONES, and was proceeding with his motion when he was interrupted by Mr. F. MatiLE, and after some con versation the further discussion of the question was postponed till Thursday. Sir JOHN C. HOBHOUSE then made a motion for the purpose of including Major-General WILLSHIR3 and the officers engaged in the capture of Kelat, in the vote of thanks to the Army employed in the mili tary operations to the west of the Indic!, The House adjourned a Quarter-past Twelve. Amongst the notices which stand on the order book of the t House of Commons there is a series for Thursday, concerning the number of the constituents, given by Mr. I-1 UM E. They are intended to bring down the returns which have before been made to embrace all the registrations of the past year. We do not anticipate that they will show any large in creases of the constituencies. As far as our experi ence has gone, the operation of the rate paying clause, on the registration has tended to diminish the number of electors. Persons in general are very careless about a right which may only be ex ercised six years after it is acquired. At present there is much political apathy, and a want of every kind of stimulus to make men anxious to obtain a vote, exercising which may bring them into colli sion with their landlords, or deprive them of customers. The registration itself is an irksome mode of acquiring a prospective and valueless, or even troublesome right, and we should not be sur plised to learn that the constituency had diminished in numbers. But supposing it to be 5,000, or 10,000, or 100,000, more or less, than existed when the last returns were made, what effect will that have on the great dispute betwixt the represented and the unrepresented ? The exclusive principle which now exists will not be altered. The strong line of de marcation by which the Reform Act sepa:atcs the slave class from the master and free class, will not be weakened, or made to embrace a wider sphere. The returns may show to a nicety the extent of the disfranchisement, but will not inform the public of any danger, nor provide a remedy. They will de fine the disease, not cure it. Fur that we require a very different method, to apply which both the wish and the courage are wanting. We by no means disparage Mr. HumE's exertions. - We know no man who has rendered more useful and more disinterested services,—no man who has less considered his individual gratifi cations, and more thought of the good of the public, in all his unwearied and unrewarded labours; and we know no man who better deserves the title of a patriot. His late speech on Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion has gained for him praise from many of those who were opposed to him. At the same time, we must say, that statistical details are less required now than moral considerations. Statesmen may con over the less than one million of electors, the almost Five millions of grown males in the empire, without being roused by that to see the storm that ovethangg the land. That will come from men's feelings and thoughts, which require therefore to he studied, as well as their numbers and their possessions. It is more necessary to know what the unerdianchised meditate than what they do. We might have ton times as great a proportion of unenfranchised peOple in the empire, and if they were all contented, be exposed to no danger. If the whole constituency were only 5.000, instead of almost a million, or if all the posers of the Government were concentrated in the hands of a single person, and the people were, one and all, reconciled to his administration—if they had confidence in his talents and his virtues—if they believed him, as the Peruvians believed MA NC A CA PAC, to be a demi-god—there need be no appre hension of internal commotion under a despotism. But when there is wide-spread discontent coexisting with. freedom of discussion—when the masses, so far from reprding their rulers as demi-gods, con tinually speak of them as very ignorant, interested men—when they treat the comparatively numerous constituency as usurpers, and loudly express their mistrust in them—then the number of the unen frmchised is a most important element for the con sideration of the statesman. These higher and important moral considerations, connected with the thoughts - and-'--feelings of the people, give to Mr. HUME'S statistical tables an immense value. We are indeed aware that they will show no in crease in the number of voters, and no deduction, Therefore, from the vast number of those who point to their exclusion from the franchise as a just cause of dissatisfaction. We have ourselves very little confidence generally in the wisdom of states men ; but never was it more at fault than when it was supposed that the Reform Act, which so dis tinctly excludes all below the ten-pounders from the franchise, and so marks them as slaves, should con tent the people, or be a final settlement of the re presentation. It is impossible that such glaring injuries can be permanent ; and Mr. HUME's re turns, by showing its cast extent, while the moral considerations we have alluded to demonstrate its vast mischief, will prepare the way for further reform, Mr. Alderman HARMER is a rich man as well as prop r i etor o f the Weekly Dispatch. Hi e s on the road t o t h e M ayoralty, and next i n succession to the Chair. We think he is a proper person therefor e f or t h e b igots to attack on account of his opinions, an d they accordingly stigmatize his cha racter, and try to injure his property. They have already assailed Lord MELuoußNiz and Lord NORMA NBY for their too free opinions, and Mr. Alderman HARMER justly follows as the link be tween those noblemen and Mr. PARE. The Times and its correspondents, by attacking the Alderman, show a proper sense of indiseriminate justice, and are tesolved that no class shall escape the bigot's censure. We rejoice at that, for it will make the THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 19, IS4o. noble and the rich feel how much they are the slaves of the priesthood. They y have fan cied that, in recommending and upholding the Church as something extremely good for the poor, it would always be their humble auxiliary, and never dare to assail themselves. They will now find, however, like the blundering dealer. in magic, that they have evoked a spirit which they cannot lay. The craft of the priests is endan gered ; their wealth and power are threatened ; and those wino have put them up to teach obedience to the lower classes must now subserve their purposes, submit to their decrees, bear their inflictions, or be dragged into ruin with them. If the Bishops go on assailing the nobility, the inferior clergy get ting clerks and registrars turned out of their places for their opinions, and the 'limes and its cor respondents continue io attack rich aldermen ; it the noble and the rich are mads to feel the bigot's fangs, the lowly and the poor will have a better chance of escaping—of beihg relieved from the merciless infliction. One of the arguments of the Chartists for de 'manding Universal Suffrage is, that were they properly and completely represented they might pursue their bread-winning avocations undisturbed by the necessity of protecting themselves from in justice, or of engaging in political agitation. In our opinion that is a mistake, and no extension of The suffrage, as we have already stated, would relieve the bulk of the community from the necessity of watching over public affairs. It must at all times be impossible to prevent different classes and ranks of men from associating to obtain their peculiar ends, and they must be opposed by counter associations, or they will impose their will as a law on the commu nity. In no country is the suffrage so extensive as in the United States, and in no country are public meetings so frequent, and in no country is political agitation so continual. Delegates, whose power is to be periodically renewed, ate no more to be implicitly trusted than those who. hold their office for life under the continual threat of as sassination if they fail to give satisfaction to the multitude. The rivalry among men, the real and well-grounded suspicion of those in power, and the efforts made to foster it, will always render any sys tem of representation, however extensive, to super sede the necessity for public agitation, and to extin guish it, a vain chimera. We cannot, however, be surprised at the Char tists taking up this notion, for we find the Morning Chronicle, yesterday, moaning over the imperfect working of the Reform Act, because it has not accomplished whit no reform can accom plish, and what we take leave to say, it is not desirable any reform should accomplish—the extinc tion of the necessity for agitation. Our Contem porary said— The need of having recourse to the associating principle, on such a subject as this, is one sign of the imperfect work . ing of the Reform Act. It might have been hoped, when that passed, that all such occasions were over; and over they would be, so far as the majority of the nation is con cerned, if the result had been a real and proportionate re presentation. Agitation could then have been abandoned to the factious minority tl at has of late dealt in it so largely. Now, the agitation of this factious minority must be met by a counter-agitation, or it will in the end succeed, and get the majority over to its side. Our Contemporary therefore, in fact, gives up his own argument in the last sentence, and ad mits that however admirably a Reform Bill may work, a factitious minority niust make an agitation by the majority necessary. We make these remarks not to oppose the ex tension of the suffrage, or throw doubts on its value, but to place it on its light basis. Our op position to the demands of` the Chartists has al ways been founded on the principle that their suc cess would not relieve them from the necessity of watching over public affairs ; and our preference to Anti-Corn-law agitation, has been dictated by a conviction that they have no present chance of ob taining Universal Suffrage, while they might command the repeal of the Corn-laws, which would help forward the extension of the suf frage. We advocate- an extension of the suffrage, because it would do away with odious distinctions, put an end to a political master and political. slave-class, connect all the community together by mutual and . reciprocal politi c al fe e lings, and' make all feel that they had a common interest in the public welfare. It would lead, which is most desirable, to less partial and class legislation ; laws would not be made exclusively to benefit one class ; but to suppose, with the diversity of feelings, thoughts, and wishes, with the many classes, ranks, and interests, with the differences of talents, educa tion, and _wealth, which prevail in England, that any extension of the suffrage could or ought to put an end to political agitation, or could at once relieve the bulk of the eJmmunity from the necessity of acting in separate associations, we hold to be one of the most itUe chimeras that ever entered in the brain of a theorist. It «'OIIICI increase and foster political agitation, bringing about political improve ment. S, despotic Government is the instrument for suppressing agitation ; a free Government lives and flourishes in the equal and unfettered conflict of all ranks, conditions, anti classes. The Royal idol of Tory worship, King EaNTEsT of Hanover, has issued an address to the Electors of his kingdom, dated the 10th inst., convoking., the States- Gaicral, proregued on the 20th of last June, for the 19th of March, and directing the Eeetoral body to ex creLe that right of electron which they had be!Ore re fused to do, lest they might indirectly acknowledge the validity of his MAJESTY'S act in abolishing the Consti tution of 1833. In this address, which is very long, King ERNEST condescends to enter the arena of dispu tation with his subjects, and to convince them by rea soning that he has been all along in the right, and they in the wrong; and that though he was not without the power of punishing them for their naughtiness, yet, overcome by emotions of parental tenderness, he chose to pity and pardon them. He hopes the deputies will all, like good boys, wait upon him in his capital at the time fixed for opening the States-General, and as they f,olishly persist in their absurd partiality for a Con stitution which he gravely assures them revtr had a legal existence, although granted by his brother K.;ng Wit i.iAsi, and for years the fundamental law of the King dom, he promises to present them with a concoction of his own, vi Ilia will satisfy them to their hearts' content, His MAJESTY spurns the idea of being supposed ca pable of wheedling his subjects into an indirect sanction of the Corstitution of 1819, by means of an election according to its forms ; and.he is pleased to add that be has no ground for doing so, as that Constitution exists legally, being only suspended during the reign of his Royal predecessor. This is but the old assumption over again ; but it is satisfactory to know that his MA JESTY repudiates the notion of its receiving any confir mation from an indirect sanction by the electoral body. The only thing we cannot account for is the good tem per that pervades this address. The royal coffers, we suspect, are nearly empty ; the hopes of succeeding to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland arc waxing fainter and fainter; and possibly fears are entertained that a collision with the States might re-open the ques tion of the eligibility of a blind prince to the regal dig nity. If these suspicions prove unfounded there is mischief brewing. We expect an early explication in Hanover of the cunning policy of a fox in a hen-roost. We have received Madrid Journals of the 10th inst. The following is a list of the Deputies and Senators elected by the capital to represent it in the new Cortes. Deputies :—Senora CANTERO, OLOZAQA, ARGUELLES, CALATRAVA, LOPEZ, OCA, CABALLERO, MENDIZA, BAL, GOMEZ PARDO, and MIRANDA. Senators :--- Senors SAN MIGUEL, FERRER, and LOPEZ. We have. given in our extracts from the Paris Jour. nals the latest news from the theatre of war. Madrid continued perfectly tranquil. On the Stock Exchange no ready money business was done en the 10th. The Fives were at 28 5-16 at 604,1ay5: Letters from Athens of the 27th ult. state that King Onto has expressed to Sir G. LYONS an earnest wish for the restoration of friendly relations with England. As a proof of his sincerity he has given up the Russian system of banishing his subjects without trial, and ordered that such as were so banished should be re stored to their homes at the expense of the Govern ment. lie is said to be more frightened than he pre tends by the Russian conspiracn in which nearly the whole of his Cabinet is implicat e d. H e h as proo f s i his hands that nearly every individual about his perso was in the pay of Russia ; but such is his awe of th CzAa, that were it not for the presence of the Englis Ambassador, and the firmnez.s of the Lord High Com misclioner of the lonian Islands, he would destroy every one of them, rather than incur the displeasure of Russia. The Paris Journals of Monday attribute to the in discretion of the KING the last cruse of disagreement between the Cabinets of the Tuileries and St. Peters burg. It appears that it was.his MAJESTY who circu lated the report among the Foreign Ambassadors that Russian gold was expended in supporting the Capitole, and that the liberation of M. DURAND Was his own act, in order to avoid the scandal of convicting his " brother NICHOLAS" of being no better than a vulgar conspirator against the Monarchy of July. It scents also that Louts PHILIPPE gave utterance to these extraordinary sentiments without the knowledge of his Ministers, end the consequence was, that when Count DE MEDEM demanded from Marshal SOULT the publication of M. DURAND'S paper, the President of the Council declared that Russia was not at All impli cated in any of the documents seized. A Cabinet Council was held on Sunday at the Hotel of Foreign Affairs, which sat three hours, and as the Russian Charge d'Affaires, Count DE MEDEM, paid a short visit to the President of the Council in the course of its deliberations, it was generally supposed that the qaest:on under consideration was the charges ,referred by Louts PHI LIPPE aga i ns t th e Czar, and his Ministers. Official despatches from Algiers of the Bth inst. had reached the Minister of War. They represent French Africa as tranquil. They bring long details of Marshal VALLEE'S defensive measures, but they are not of the least interest to an English reader. Oa the 12th inst. Lord BROUGEIAM passed through Lyons. His Lordship will re)ide at Cannes, where he has an estate, for about two months, in order to recruit his exhausted strength. The Moniteur of this morning has no official part. The Gazette du Cesare states an order of the Minister of the Interior has just enjoined several Spanish refugees in the depot at Limoges to repair immediately to different placer, raclt of them to the North of France. M. de B.,l4nawda, formerly Minister to Ferdinand VII., and Colonel Cancio, Marquls of Villagodio, set out on the 15th at six o'clock in the morning, the first for Beaune, the s , cond for Yssengeaux. A report has been spread at Saragossa, that Zurbano has been killed. Letters from that city say that Cabrera, whose recovery has been an nounce.t, is not yet out of danger. lie has been removed from Morella to San M !tes, for the benefit of a milder elimete.—Le Cons'itutionnel MAS DE LAS MATAS, FEB. 9.—The battalion of Char seurs of Luchana set out this morning for Alcoriza. This is the commencement of the movement against Segura, which the General.in-Cuief will direct in person. It is thought that he will set out on the 12th or 15th, with part of the division of Puic-Samper. Some deserters have come from Molinos ; they say that Cabrera's troops are ill paid and ill fed ; as fur him no body has yet seen him, and the soldiers begin to murmur at this ignorance of his fate. In a word, the faction is discouraged. —Phare des Pyrenees. Metter from Saragossa, dated the 10th, published in the sama Jaurnal, says that operations would he deferred till the return of fine weather, the mountains being covered with snow, The artillery is still at Saragossa, but ammuni tLn Waggons are daily despatched to Muniessa. The same letter says that M. Avirioreta, whose name has been so often menti.,ned for some days past, was set at liberty the day before yesterday, by order of the Duke of Victory, and is, I believe, already on his way to France. Le Conimeree. BOURSE..—NaIs, MONDAY, Fits. 17. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. , Price rrench 5 per Cents lll 5 ... 113 , 0 .., 112 95 ... 1 3 10 4 per Cents 3 per Cents Bl 10 - S 2 10 ... 82 3 ... 3? 10 Bank of tinince Lafiltte Bank I,ooof. Sh lO9 ...Ina) ...!, 61 ...I to 5,030 f. Sh 5215 ...5215 ...5215 ...5215 Etelgiee Man: 957 50 ... 1.4.2 50 ... 135 i ~. 937 59 5 per Cents 3 per Cents 7! 45 ... 71 45 ... 71 45 ... 71 45 United States Bank Loan Spanish Active. 27 li ... : 27 4 ... 2714 ... 27% Passive B% ... 61 5 . ... 6- ... 6% New 111 (erred Old Deferred 7% ... 7% ... 7% ... 7% rortuplest .1 per Cents.-- 23% ... 25% ... 23% ... 93% 1 , 1ea,,01l IAII 11 1 .!% Roan - 103 _ A ... I 03-;i 1 CS ;4 ItAILWA Y — SiIAREi,. St. (:rnitiaii Versailles. ft. } 552 50 ... 560 ... 552 50 ... ISM L.B. NU to Thann .. 23 litilhausrn ... 425 ...425 4'2 &rAsuurz to Bale 35! 50 ... 3.;5 ... 552 50 ... 355 CHURCH EXTENSION. TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUN. SIR —The mode in which petitions for Church Exten sion are got up, should be gcnrrally known, that their va lue may bo duly appreciated. The trick to obtain signa hires to a petition of this class from Weymouth, merits the praise of ingenuity, if nrt of openness. - Bills were published calling on the inhabitants to sign the congratu latory addresses to our rzr.cious Queen and her Royal huF 'band, king in the Gurlaall. When I appeared to attach my name to the address. a parchment was presented with the head rolled up, I took the precaution to read before I wrote, and imagine my surprike and indignation at finding it was a petition for more Church. I cast my eye down the names, and saw some that I am convinced could only have been atf , ched in pure ignorance of the nature of the document. The parchments for her Majesty and her Consort lay separated from their Addresses, and many doubtless imagined that the petition first presented was expressive of their good will to their Monarch, instead of a desire to enlarge an establishment which proves one of the greatest obstacles to the religious exertions of the country.—,l am, &c. -Weymouth, Feb. 18. • CANDMUS. LThis is only another proof that there is at least one party in the country that act on the immoral principle at tributed to the Jesultc—that " the end justifies the means." Last Session, when the Church-rate question was agitated in Parliament, the Tory clergy acted thus, and, to deceive the ignorant peasantry, denounced from the pulpits the Liberals as infidels, and the Ministers as guilty of in!ro_ diming a plan: to destroy every parish-church in the king dom. They knew the object of Government was the very reverse ; but their morality and religion are like their loy alty--übservient 'o their selfish interests 1 J LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(TUIS BAY.) DNA T., FEB. 18.—Strong easterly breeze.—Sailed the Brcugliarn, Kettlewell, fur New Zealand ; St. Andrew, Leitch, Charleston ; William Forster, Trayte, St. Thomas's; Thetis, Furrier, Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind E.S.E. strong breeze.-- Sailed th e Willi am M oney, G reen, for Sydney, New South Wales ; Sea Witch, Bagley, Gambia. FA LMOETII, FEB. 17.—Wind S.S.E. to S.E.—Arrived the Spey packet, from Halifax—sailed. the 29th ult. Sailed the Linnet packet, for Havannah, Belize, and Mexico; Penguin packet, West Indies ; Sesostris steamer, Mousley, Bombay ; Gem, nob, and Kestrel, Reed, Cape of Good Hope ; Croaker; and Daniel, Tucker, Terceira • Adah, Pahallo, Jamaica; Criterion, F r y, L a G uayra ; Ranshawe, Nuthall, Mogadore. COWES, FEB. 17.—Sailed the Quiver, for St. Michael'.. RAMSGATE, FEB. 18.—Sail e d th e B urn h am, B ow l es, for the Cape of ood Hope ; Naed, Wahimern, Monte Video ; Cwsar Helene, Teedman, St. Domingo ; and Georgiana, Reichart, Cape de Verd's. DAILTMOUTH, FEB 18.—Sailed the Sally, Thompson, for New York ; and Eclair, Woizider, Mogadore. BRISTOL, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Arnold, from Odessa. Sailed the 3!inerva, Furlong, for Jamaica ; Caledonia, Tucker, Trinidad ; and Augusta, Balsdon, Barbadoes. MILFORD, FEB. 17.—Sotiled the ^ Cornwall, Butcher, for Rio Janeiro ; Ralclusba, Grierson, Trinidad ; Mersey, Gre gory, Vera Cruz ; and Circassian, Ritchie, Cuba, and 100 sail to the westward, PORTSMOUTH. FEB. 18.—Off port, the Europe, Brown, for the Cape of Good Hope, sailed the 13th December. SHIELDS, FEB. 16.—Sailed, the llazlerigg, Ritzrna, for Now York ; Elliot, Meidrum, Quebec. YARMOUTII, FEB. 18.—A few heads of flax or hemp have been picked up off Caistor, supposed from a vessel wrecked three or four months since. Dsrow, FEB. 17.—The Nancy, Allen, of Harwich, from Liver')3ol, put in here yesterday from New Quay, and is dis charging, to repair. 11:4MGATE, FEB. 18.—The Caroline, bound to Croisie, in putting to sea this morning, struck on the East Pier, and put back with damage. A meeting of the members of the London Dio cesan Board of Education was held on Wednesday at 50, Lei cester.square. Among the gratifying circumstances stated at this meeting is the fact that five of her Majesty's Judges have consented to act as inspectors of the schools in union, with the Board, upon the appointment of the Bishop of London ; and that, in company with the c l ergymen nom i nate d b y h i s Lord ship as their cpadjutori, they devoted no inconsiderable por tion of their brief leisure at Ch r i s t mas to t hi s i nteresting an d important work. It is unnecessary to add, that the Judges could only undertake such a task, as a provisional and.tempo rary arrangement, until some permanent and effectual system of inspection can be established. The Board has already col lected a valuable mass of information on the subject of educa tion in the diocese; and is steadily proceeding in its labours, although it is matter of regret that the prosecution of some of its designs is impeded by the want of sufficient funds to carry them into full effect. THE WEATHER.—On Sunday evening the wind got round to th• east. in which quarter it has remained ever since. The temperature at the same time became lower, and to-day it is quite wintry ;we have a sharp wind with some snow, which was preceded by hail. • COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Among the distinguished visitors to this theatre on Monday night to wit ness the performance of the Beggar's Opera and the splendid spectacle in honour of the Q ueen, were t h e i r S erene Hi g h n esses the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg (father of Prince Albert), and the Prince Ernest. Their Highnesses went ineog., but it was soon known th at t h ey were present, and they attracted uni versal attention. Notwithstanding the bad state of the wea ther the house was crowded in every part, and the audience evinced their satisfaction wi , h the performances by thunders of applause, and by frequent encores. Two MORE CHARTISTS ARRESTED.—Yes terday a man named Paul Holdsvrorth, and a brother named John, resident in Li!tle. Horton, were arrested, in consequence of evidence which transpired at the examination at York on Monday and Tuesday last. As the evidence against these men has been detained at York, the prisoners have been removed there for examination.—Bradford Observer. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There were moderate fresh supplies of both Grain and Flour. Business to a fair extent has been transacted, and there was much firmness in the trade at Monday's prices. The Flour trade showed no signs of improvement. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a very good supply. the demand dull, and prices unaltered. Beef, 2s. Si to 3s. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 81 ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. to 4s. Bd. per stone of 8 lbs. Eggs, 6s. to Ss. per 120. BILLINGSGATE, The supplies were moderately good, and prices much about the same as last quoted; trade good. Turl , ot, 51. to 3?s. ; Cod. 3s. to lOs. ; Smelts, 58. per doz. ; Jack Pike, 9d. to ls. per lb. ; Oysters 245. to 60s. per bushel ; Lobsters, 6d. to 3s. ; Soles, 9d. to 4s. per pair; Salmon, 3s. to 4s. per lb. TEA :7 ,, ALE_TinaD DAY. There was a good attendance of the trade, and though the importers were firm, pt ices cannot be quoted higher ; but the principal holders being determined to buy in rather than yield, consequently there tAati not much business done. If the con sumption of Tea goes on, the buyers must yield. COLONIAL MARKET. Not much done, and prices unaltered. B. P. Sugar sold steadily at previous r a t e ,. Java Rice still dull. 1,700 bag,s of Saltpetre sold at last prices. MONEY and COMMKRCIAL NEWS CITY TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIT/D./POOL COTTON MARYST, TUESDAT.—The sales this day amount to 2,500 bags, chiefly Americans, of which 500 bags are for export. Arrivals this morning—French and Halifax mails. the latter by the Spey, sailed on the 29th January—ship let ters from tlv.t Cape of Good Hope, 13th Dsiceraber; Cal cu:ta, Ist of October. By the Halifax mail we have received papers to the 28th of January. The Legislature—Nothing of importance has trans pired in the past week. Fire at St. John's.-0,1 the 21st inst., a fire took place in German -street, by which five dwelling-houses, with their out-buildings, were destroyed. The Provincial Legislature meets on the 28th inst. The weather has set in cold. Boston harbour is now fro. zen over strong enough to travel upon. incendiaries at Jamaica —By the schooner Ariel, at New YGrk from Savannah-la-:tiler, we learn of a destruc. tive fire attributed to the negroes, by which property to tic amount of 15,0001. was lost. . _ At an Annual Mi. , cting of the Halifax end Union Ma rine Insurance Company, hell or, Tivsdav aid Wednesday last, a dividend of 20 per cent. by each of those Companies for 18 months upon the Stock paid in was declared. We have received New Brunswick Papers to the 26th January. The - Weather.—On Thursday morning we were visited by a regular old fashionable snow storm, by a strong gale from the eastward; during the night the wind changed to the we Award, and blew with much violence from that guar. ter. This morning the weather is beautifully clear. Tuesday next, the 28th inst., is the day appointed fur ti:e meeting of the Leg slature of this province: Cape of Good Hope Papers have been received to the 15th Decomber. In reference to our remarks last week in the false statement imposed upon the Times by some party or other, respecting the decline of our foreign tra , le, we have beard it Suggested that the apparent increase shown by the Cus tom llotr,;e Returns, may have arisen from the great quan tity of Coffee hoarded in bond, and shipped again for Great Britain, an ingenious method of importing Foreign Coffee as from a British possession. But that this is not the causo of the diff,!rence appears from the amount of the duties co:leeted at the Custom-house, • Cape Town, for the years 1837-1838 : in 1838, the amount collected was... £30,817 13 10 In 1837 25,721 15 9 Showing an increase or Atli it is remarkable that the Government fees were each considerably less in 1838 than in 1537. This increase of 5,000/. in round numbers, derived front duty of only 3 per cent., shows an increase in the amount of goods imported for consumption in the year 1838 over 1837 of 166,6661. So much for the mercantile moral:ty of those who at pre seta furnish the ?hires with Cape intelligence. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 90} 91 for the Account ; Money, 903 3 ; ft zeheouer Bills 6 8 prem. ; India Bonds, 1 die. I prem. ; Batik Stock 178 179; India Stock, 2473 2413. In the Foreign market, Spanish Active is not quite so good as it left off yesterday, at 263 273 at present 263 27 ; Passive 73; Deferred 123 133 ; Portuguese same as they closed, 333 34 ; Three per Cents., 233 1; Co lumbian, 253 .2-, as they left off; Mexican 223 29 ; Brazilian 783 f ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half pet Cents., 523 3 ; Five per Cants. 1003 101. In the Foreign Exchanges 3esterday a slight advance t )ok place, but not much business was doing. rlticEs OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIS". Tank Stock 171 3 34 t(: India !Meek 3 per Cent. Bed. 9l t i qi, i Ditto Bonds; 3 per Cents. Con , P -A 73, South Sea Stock — S, per Cent .. i Old Annuities — Ditto Red. 94% tiN New Ditto _..... New 314 per Cent 9'.j., It 7, S per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Di tto 500.,, .. 3 9 pas. ..lan 5, 13. 1 14 13 15-10 14. Ditt o 3 mal i ............. 3 6 pit. Oct. Di, Mg — Commercial....,, Ditto Co I .. , 1... dig. Jen. 5, 1860 1:31i 11-18 ' Ditto Advertiled .. Jan. --- 5, l!'!AO — /tank Stock for Account ... April 5, MO — India Stock for Account .. --. Jan. 5. 1870 - --Consos for Account 90% Pri.ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLOCK Austrian Bonds — ' Peruvian Fonds ..... Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilia n Bonds Ditto .Iccourit 3uenos Ayres Bonds Ditto li:r.o.znt ......... Ohiln:n to I.i i 1) to •..3..-... it Colam: ian 0: ids Ditto Account ............... Ditto less, tit Columbian 3t • d 5,1824 Litt: 4.:::3 - .llt I:anish Bonds Ditto A':. , nt. Greak. Bonds _ , r i .nr i ch, 5 per Cent....... —f. —C Ditto Bonds, 18:25 . 4 per cent. ...... f. —c. Did° Account , , Mci:ican Bonds, 5 per Cioit. D.!to .account ' ' Dutch, t1 , .4 per cent.... ..... 52; N Ditto, 0 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account . ellicEs OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ON's: O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Wont Western Railway Company Mb 664 Ditto New 30 30U Northern and Eastern Railway Company 25 13 COURSE OF EXCHANGE YE S . d'Eal , Ar. Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Gitira:ta Ditto, at sight An,wcrp... ..•-•,..• - ego,. I " lisinburg. A1t0na..... ,1 Paris, 3 lays' sight...• ..... '...;5 40 11'7,:rrno —...•...........p0r oz. 1.3 Ditte....... ........... 3 Ms, 9,', , 5 Lisr,Gri ......... ..... 6b MarseMarseilles. illes 2. 1 ., 65 0?0rt0...... “..... . . ... ~... ..... .' , 5 BO li IdettUK Frankfort on Mains, Es_ at. ito 4 l,'"iatiie. .......................-.," I'll tersisu:gb, ruble... 3 Us, 371 v I fhleitil Arcs ........... ........ .. Berlin .. Vienna, effective f1...3 M ti' 5 PhiLlt“. Drl:a ~, ...........„ tb Trieste......4itto ln 7 1•R1(':' ...21 Si :.i.ll,•iy OZ. I.la.irld . 6 , 4 et,,tu,a 4 to:, 1, :24,1:1 •.. t , t 3 0 Cadiz....- ................» 3614 'roe- go G 1,4: .•= tat t... c: ‘ Cili)Oa .... . 36% Ne-r Ortoli;.:o•st .......... ft n 0 Barcelona Seville ' 3B Siivrr . ;tars .. ~.,,,.. r , 0 u lIALF-P.4117701VA. In the Dutch part of the Cape of Good Hope Papers re ceived this morning there is a declaration from the camp of the emigrants to the Commander of British forces at Port Natal, in %hid) the emigrants demand that the arms seized:by t'ic British officer at Port Natal should be given up to them, as they were purchased with their own money, and they were in peace with all the surrounding natives. The Lisbon mail still remains due; it is generally sup. posed that she has been detained. - Consols have been during the morning alternately buyers and sellers at 90k for the Account, Money 901 z; Exche quer Bills have receded in consequence of the Notice from the Exchequer-Bill Office, and may be quoted 5 3 prom ; Bank Stock, 178. also lower 1781 ; India Stock, 24al ; India Bonds, 1 disc. 1 prem. In thu Foreign Market Spanish Bonds 261; Passive, 71; Deferred, 12k; Portuguese nothing done ; Chinon, 38 Six per Cents ; Brazilian, 77i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 58k ; Five per Cents. 1001. NI B _R. .ANNERNIAN.—in a letter received from -, dated Naples, Jan. 29, it is stated that Mr. Banner man, M.P., has just been thrown from his horse ahnost under my windows, and it is feared he ha 4 received a concussion of the brain. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN GL A SGOW.—Tuesday evening intelligence was received at the different fire-offices in the metropolis of an awful fire which happened in the city of Glasgow, on Moaday morning last, and proved the largest that has happened in that city for several years past. The fire com menced in the spinning-mills of Messrs. Henry Holdsworth and Co., situated in the vicinity of the steam-packet quay. The property destroyed is estimated at 30,0001. By the cala mity upwards of 2,000 poor persons, chiefly females, aro thrown out of employ. The Hon. William Temple, brother to Lord Palmerston, has left town to resume his diplomatic duties at the Court of Naples. Mr. Otway Cave has paired off till Easter with Sir Francis Burdett. THE DISSENTERS.—A Correspondent suggests that a meeting of the Dissenters should be held, at which Mr. Charles Lushington (the staunch friend to the object of real of Church-rates,)should beg nvited to preside, to consider what steps should be taken in the new circumstances in which they were placed. He offers his mite towards defraying the expense. COINING.—Three women of the names of Dwyer, Langley, and Styles, charged at Hatton-garden on Saturday with coining half-crowns, shillings, and sixpences, were fully committed to Newgate. As a curiosity we notice having, on Saturday, seen the Bombay Gazette of 1839, bound for reference, at the North and South American Coffee-house, being only the forty third day from Bombay. CURIOUS R OBBERY.—During last Monday night thirty-six aqua-es of glass were tck sn out of the windows of the two new houses situate on the north road leading from Layerthorpe to Haworth, in the submb3 of th's city.—York Gazette. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council to-morrow afternoon at Uuckinghara Palace. We have authority to state that the report of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert having composed the Music of an Opera to be brought oat at Drury-lane Theatre is not correct. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace for the reception of the Congratulatory Addres•es from the houses of Parliament on the auspicious occasion of her Majesty's Marriage. Butts Addresses were very numersusly attended by Members of either house. That from the House of Lords was pre sented by upwards of sixty Peers. Their Lordships arrived in procession at the Palace at five minutes past two o'clock, and all appeared either in Uniforms or Court dresses. The Lord Chancellor came in his State Coach, attended by his Secretary and Purse Bearer, and preceded by a Sergeant-ut-Arms bear• ing the Mace. His Lordship wore his State Robes. Th• Duke of Cambridge came in State. His Royal Highness was habited in his Uniform as Colonel of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, and wore the Ribb an d and Star of the mos t noble Order of the Garter. The Duke of Sussex came in State, and Fore a Military Uniform with the Star of the Order of the Garter, the Thistle, and the Bath, with the Ribband of the Order of the Garter. The Peers were condncted on their arrival up the Grand Staircase to the Green Drawing Room, and as soon as all were assembled, were conducted to the presence of the Queen in the Throne Room by the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, her Ma. jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, commanded by their Lieutenant, the Hon. Edward Butler, lining the sides of the room. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was on the left of the Queen, and the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Duchess of Bedford, Lady in Waiting, stood on the right of her Majesty. The Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Chamber lain, the Earl of Erroll, K. T., Lord Steward, the Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Master of the Horse, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the three Principal Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, and the Principal Officers of the House hold stood on either side of the Throne. The Peers advanced near the Throne, when the Lord Chan cellor read the Address of Congratulation, to 'shish her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. Among those present were the Archbishop of Canterbury) the Bishops of London, Exeter, Norwich, Salisbury, Rochester Ely, and Lichfield._ Lusts—Norfolk, Somerset, Devonshire, Sutherland. MARQUlSES—Westminster, Huntly, Anglesy, Londonderry, Westmeath, Northampton, Cholmondeley, Bute. E.% it r.s—Bandon Shaftesbury, Aberdeen, Burlington, Ripon, Howe, Eldon, Charlevill e , Verulam, Mayo, J ersey , Wilton, Haddington, Delav-arr, Brecknock, Cardigan. VISCOU NT—Sydney. Loins.—Colborne, Du ;sang, Byron, Lilford, Ashburton, Kenyon, Monteagle, Cowley, Stuart de Rothsay, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Seaford, Carington, Says and Sete, Willoughby d'Eresby, Arundel, Colchester.. Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., Gentleman Usher of the Black RoJ, and Mr. John William Birch, Clerk Assistant of the Parliaments, were in attendance on their Lordships. The Members of the House of Commons arrived at twenty minutes past two o'clock at the Palace, the Speaker in his State Coach, and wearing his State Official Robes, and attended by his Chaplain and other Officers. The Right Hon. Gentleman and the numerous body of Members by whom he was accom panied, were ushered into the Library in the Lower Suite of Rooms. On the retirement of the Peers from the Royal Presence, the House of Commons were immediately introduced with sia milar ceremony to the Presence of the Queen on the Throne. The Speaker read the Congratulatory Address to the Queen on the auspicious event of her Majesty's Marriage. Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer to the Ad real, and the Deputation then retired. Among the Members present were the Earl of Lincoln, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Cole. LORDS—EIiot, Stanley, Claude Hamilton, Ernest Brum Ingestre, Grimston, James Stuart, Ashley, Marcus Hill, Mor peth, Ossulston, Granville Somerset, Sandon, George Bentinck. Rtowr HOITOURABLLS— Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, R. Lalor Shed, Thomas "B. Macaulay, George Ste vans Byng, Tennyson D'Eyncourt, Sit George Grey, Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Henry Parnell, Francis Baring, Sir Ed ward Knatchbull, Henry Goulburn. IloNotT Raines—Sidney Herbert, William Duncombe, Fox Maule, William Cowper, Mr. Knox, J. Elliot, H. Lowry Corry, R. Clive, Captain Duncombe. The Attorney-General. Sias--Richard Bulkeley Philips, Thomas Acland, George Clerk, William Somerville, Matthew Wood, Charles Douglas, Frederick Trench, Hussey Vivian, C. Lemon, T. Cochrane. The O'Connor Don. Alderman Humphery. COLONELS— Hugh Baillie, Wood, Anson, Ruakbrooke, Rollcaton. MaJoa—Vivian. CAPTAINS—R. Alsager, Pechell, R.N., Meynell, a'Conrti Massive ns—Charles Baillic Hamilton, Briscoe, R. M. Milnes, llog,g, Thomas Hope, George W. Hope, Freshfield, Sanderson, John Ellis, G a ily K n i g h t, J o h n Round,D'ls;acli, Goring, Sanford, Campbell of Islay, Villiers Stuart, Robert Steuart, O'Connell, Ormsby Gore, Hume, Sheppard, Kem ble, Robert Parker, Gaskell, H as ti e , V ernon S m i th, J. H.Tivian, Muntz, Pattison, Pendarves, Grattan, J. H. Lowther, Stan dish, Blackstone, Grirnsditcb, Bailey ( Worcester), Dick, A'Coart, Holmes. The Court was attended by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lord Hill, G. C. 8., Gold Stink in Waiting, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Clerk Marshal, Mr. J. B. Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen. at-Arms, the Hon. Fred. Byng, Mr. Martins, and Captaia Green, Gentlem en U s h ers i n Waiting, Mr. Con - all, and Mas ter Wemyss, Pages of 'honour in Waiting, Sir Benjamin Smith and Captain Bellairs, Exon in Waiting. The Marquis of Headfort was the Lord in Waiting, the Hon. General Sir Wiliam Lumley, the Groom in Waiting, and Lord Alfred Paget, the Equerry in Waiting. . The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. The Queen's Guard, composed of the Scots Fusileer Guardi a was on duty in front of the Palace, and received the Royal Dukes on their arrival with the usual honours, the Band play ing " Good save the Queen." His Royal Highness Prince Albert received, yesterday after noon, at Buckingham Palace, the whole of the Corps Diplo. matique, who were severally presented to his Royal Highness by Viscount Palmerston, G.C. 8., the Queen's Principal Se cre!ary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Message of Congratulation to Prince Albert from the House of Lords, On the occasion of his inarria.ge with her Ma jesty, was also presented to his Royal Highness by the Peers deputed by the House—viz., the Marquis of Lansdowne, K. G., Lord Pi esident of the Council, the Marquis of Anglesey, K. G., G. C. 8., and the Earl of Ripon. His Royal Highness was attend, d by General Sir George Anson, G. C. 11., Captain Seymour, and Mr. George Edward Anson, the Gentlemen of his Household. The Message from the House of Lords to her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, congratulating her Royal Highness on the auspicious occasion of her Majesty's marriage, was pre sented yesterd y afternoon at Buckingham Palace, by the Mar qnis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Anglesey, and the Ear of Ripon. The Duchess of Kent also received the Mesiage of Congra tulation from the House of Commons on the same auspicious event. The Message was presented to the Royal Duchess by the following Members deputed by the House :—The Earl of Lincoln, Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., Mr. Campbell, of Islay, and Mr. Villiers Stuart. The Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady Fanny Howard. Lady in Waiting, and Colonel G. Couper, C. 8., First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal Highness's Household. Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Lord Chamber lain, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lord Hill. The Royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening in cluded the Earl of Erroll, the Earl of Uxb:idge, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Viscount Mel bourne, Viscount Barrington, Major the Han. George and Mrs. Keppel, Col. Wylde, and Mr. George E. Anson, The Band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance, and performed during the evening the following selection (SOverture, Le Serment (Auber); Londoner Saigon Walser trauss) ; Cavatina, Quel too sorriso alteo, Torquato Tasso ( Donizetti) ; Le Chasse Quadrilles (Musard); Aria (Doni zetti); Sophien Walzer (Labitzky); Prussian March (Neil hardt) ; Postilion Galope (Labitzky). The Duchess of Bedford and Lady Harriet Clive'have suc ceeded the Countess of Sandwich and Mrs. Brand, as the Lady and NVeman of the Bedchamber in Waiting on the Queen • and the Marquis o f H ea df ort, K. P., and the Hon. General Sir Win. Lumley, have succeeded Viscount To: rington and the Hon. Major Keppel, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on het Majesty. A Deputation, consisting of Messrs. Mark Phillips, Brother ton, R. Walker, and Thornley, had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office. Richard Thornton, Esq., Sir Thomas B. Lethbridge, Bart, Vincent Eyre, Esq., Joseph Tasker, Esq., and Thomas Thornton, Esq., a Deputation from the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign Office. Viscount Sydney had an interview with the Mar* of Nora manby, yesterday. THE DUKE OP WELLINGTON. --We have the highest gratification in stating, on the authority of his Grace's medical attendant, that his noble patient was not only much better yest er d ay , b ut that during the day the improvement was progressive, and up to a late hour last evening his early and complete restoration to health was confidently anticipated. The following bulletin was shown yesterday to the numerous inquirers :—" Apsley House, Tuesday morning. —The Duke of Wellington has h a d a good night, and is gong on well.' Without signature. Lord and Lady Jersey, and other intimate personal friends of the Noble Duke, send regularly to Apsley House twice a day to inquire after his Grace. Lord Southamptsn has taken the mansion lately occupied by Lord Palmerston, in Great Stanhope-street, hay ing disposed of his late residence in Carlton-gardens, to Mr. Hodgson, ALP. Lord Gleniyon has imported a pack of fox hounds from Blair Athol for the recreation of the officers of his regiment, the Royal Scots Greys, quartered at Cork. The Dowager Marchioness Conyngham liberally regaled the poor, in the vicinity of Bifrons, with beef, bread, and beer, according to the number of their families, on the oc casion of her Majesty's nuptials. The Earl of Shannon, with his usual liberality, has sent to his agent, Mr. Leslie, 1501. for the relief of his western tenantry in this inclement season.- Southern Reporter. Sir Thomas Phillips, late Mayor of Newport, h as as left that abanistc ow r t .l n to reside iehas already in London, attended three andte in ter n m ds practising s._Brijiioi Mirror. Saturday morning the mortal remains of the Baroness Moneorvo, the lady of his Excellency the Portuguese Ambassador, were removed from his Excellency's residence. No. 57, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square, for interment in the Convent at Hammersmith. The funeral procession con sisted of a hearse drawn by four horses, containing the body in a coffin covered with rich crimson velvet, where it was depcsited in a vault. His Excellency and a few near relations followed in a mourning coach, drawn by four horses. The funeral was strictly private. P-- ' J