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-,3IIpRT I'A Pis ll' loose, P it a e that ; tones, ckery,.. 3 uP' ist gP ;hay' of 0110 sight. that o gled ►ppilYi wino. of the r slept ession , g . that In $ L anger , e d can house° ; for * readful pu blic useless, ;gone-- , fokf e nd )g d with ost w hom, ,nauced in tub or the ,then. :XPenge i n the the : the 0- 0 bees to fur" we find It , ton* co 369 I to so ,t night of th e lerviceil and we tber • but it . nnpla ht upon an sub' f above ,h land' contri• onsider ited by 'are in- BOY a t n ot .ed, add bu t A b. W OW pf . bat i;1 13 ! 3 prig l' ight as epit. n t: e ca se d ove' on vt a ' - • • - LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY Allt, ROWLAND l' ILL IN LIVI-AIPOOL. / 1 •••••.... On Friday evening last, the Guardian Society of thi: town, established in 1823, for th proteci., of fade, celebrated its twenty-fourth .truer: ary by a public dinner, at Eastwood's R , yal iletel, a here ersardy one hundred and forty af•ntlem, n were entertained with all the substantials and elegancies which that first• rate house is so well-kno ,n to afford. More than usual in terest was excited on the present occasion by the fact that Rowland Hill, Esq , the distinguish( d eriginater of the Penny Postage system, had accepted the society's invitation to dine with them. The chair was occupied by \I r. Denton, the Presidsn. of the Society for the past year. On his right sat George Hall Lawrence. Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Coun cillor Tinne, and Mr. Councillor Parker ; on his left were MRowland Hill, Esq., Mr. John Smith, of the Liverpool Qcurart and Mr. Evens, the Soc;ety's, solicitor. At same table we observed Mr. Manchester, President of the Preston Guardian Society; Mr. Wahhew, Presi dent of the Houser, eaters' Guardian Society; Mr. Fran cis Venn, Sergeant at Mace of this b mough; Mr. Wrenn, Treasurer of the Society; Mr. Coward, Mr. Condliffe, and Mr. White. Immediately its front were Mr. Reay, the Secretary of the Society; Mr. Cottam Secretary of the Manchester Guardian Society ; Mr. Hemming, Se cretary of the Birmingham Guardian Society; and Mr. C arr, Secret ar y o f the Preston Guardian Society. The vice -chair was occupied by Mr. Richard Crossley, in the absence of Mr. J. IL Jeffery, the President elect. As soo n as the cloth was withdrawn, the Secretary read letters of apology for unavoidable absence from Lord Sandon, M.P , Sir Howard Douglas, M.P.,William Brown, Esq., • M.P., Mr. Alderman Watkins, President • of the Manchester Guardian Society, and other gentle- 1 • Men who had been invited. The CIaaIRMAN proposed the health of the Clasen and the other usual loyal and patriotic toasts. Mr. JonN SmITII rose, and expressed the pleasure it afforded him to have been requested by the committee to propose the health of one of the greatest benefactors of the country, and of the world—(Cheers)--the author f cthe Penny Post System—(Cheers)—one who, though zar. from being an o ld man, was an o ld f r i en d o f hi s , v i z ., Rowl an d Hill.--(Loud cheering.) When Mr. Hill's .J Pamphlet, advocating that noble measure, appeared, ey which Mr. Hill had been good enough to send to ° him followed him to Dublin, where he read it aloud a social and fashionable party, whose attention was rivetted to it as much as if it had been one of the Mea t Popular novels; the men of business felt keenly tand he evil s of the old system, the cost of correspondence, of ca trouble which one friend . imposed upon another be ~ r r ng letters to parties in towns they might -sit tngl those who had near and dear relations at a • 0 15ean ne were constant l y anno y e d b y th e l ong d e l a y s tit; seri ous cost atten di ng wr i tten commun i ca ti ons w i t h he and even the young ladies were not un consci u ys the advantages which the proposed a (Lo te Wo uld confer in certain affaires du cccur.— . ml laughter and cheers.) It was a high gratification Illnay of en the Liverpool Guardian Sociaty to have the opper sYstem. testify in. tseir gratitude to the author of that The health of Mr. Hill was given amidst loud aPPlause. M„ ROWLAND H ILL on r i s i ng t o a ddress the com pany was rece i ved with rapturous welcome.--(Entu 7 Ras* plaudits c ont i nu i ng fir some time-) lie hveg c r t i , l i e thank ht, A t friend Mr. Smith for the manner in which e ha ' Pron •company ut , and the h manner in which they had received the toast just given. large fur tile several reasons — first -ad done himself the pleasure of accepting the in vitation with which the society had honoured him for first, that he might in person acknow ledge the triendl interest the society had taken in w hat so much concerned himself ; secondly, that he mi ght explain the nature of the duties attachieis to his Present position in connexion with the Post-office ; and . 11 , ° ve all, th a t he fright investigate on the spot those '''",eged def ects i n the postal arrangements of this to ?initY, which h a d b een so ably stated, from time to time, ln the Liverpool Mercury. It was a matter of personal b ec mvenience t o hi mself that h i s dut i es i n t h e '''-°4t•office should be c'early understosd, as the erroneous ideas which prevailed respecting them held Involved him in a correspondence which occupied time which ought to be devot e d to o th er su bj ec t s . Hi s d ut i es frowere to advise th e P ostmaster G enera l, on a ll po i nts which his L or d s hi p m i ght b e pleased to d i rec. his. h at tention, an d to carry out gradually the remainder of ieown system of P ost - o ffi ce i mprovement , o f w hi c h any rate was only one feature. Without a ge nera l understanding to this effect, he need scarcely say that he should not have felt justified in accepting office. (Cheers.) Of the management of the present details be had no control whatever. But though a slight considera tion would show that it was impossible that he could ex ercise any direct power in the Post-office, he had the good fortune to serve under a nobleman who, with ex• cellent business habits, united a thorough appreciation of the duties and responsibilities of his important office, and who was sincerely desirous of making the institution, •over which he presides, as useful to the public as pos sible. He wished to convey to his hearers some idea of the magnitude of the institution. Were he merely to state that so many millions of letters passed through the post-office in a year, no one could form any accurate con ception of the reality. The best mode probably to con vey any idea of the whole, would be for him to describe some part. For iestance, last night, when he left Lon don, he was at Euston-square when the mail was brought in to go by the train, this being only one of many which are dispatched by railways. It was considered an exceedingly light mail ; but small as it was, it literally filled six large omnibuses • and the heavy mails for- Warded on a Saturday night, filled nine carriages of a similar description. Again, the number of dead letters since the adoption of prepayment had become a very s mall fra ct i on—less than the two-hundredth part—of the whole ; nevertheless the average amount of money fo un d in such letters, in coin, bank notes, and bills of exchange, w a ft s 400 ,000/. p er annum.—(Hear, hear.) Many thou aadll,;lBre cf Pounds were actua ll y f oun d i n l etters w i t h no therer Whatever. —(L aug h ter .) The company woul d see, le avn °.i'e, that in so vast a machine the difficulties in the diffi ci ,j,anY extensive change were very great. Another tarwas, that the machine was constantly in mo oessft it never stood still night, or day, and the greatest ini"tr.o rethought and calculation were therefore neces• du in making alterations. In improving it would not th. , 0 snake a mistake ; that might stop it altogether ; CaY co uld rarely try an experiment ; a ll must b e i nves /r a t d and settled with unerring certainty beforehand. and steam engine became defective, it could be stopped, Post- e requisite repairs made ; but not so with the no ur i: lf i e He wished the society to bear these facts in and t ° to him some portion of that great confidence which they had hitherto reposed in him, assuringbtehens Bliould that so far as he was concerned no time of his n i ss rst in carrying out the remaining porno's breeqrueirusieteditselz liar defee"'"*--(Cheers.) With reference to the pecu iabniu tthis neighbsurhood, he had not ) the knowledge to say that all c h , justify h . he thought he had heard enoug to Pro ve - i t , him in (Yin g that there was much room for im sothe e e lt , whilst there were reasons for adhering to Nadi: l ,l 6ll g arrangements which, no doubt, appeared should b e ' s • It might seem to many a b sur d t h a t l e tt e r s tended, e carried past a town r which they wre in 4hsurd, and then brought back fo ; but it was not e really town Makin arose froze the impossibility of every h were asout guP a bag for e v e ry o ther town. There of es one thou san d post towns, and if every one iuillie mad e up One thousand bags, there would be a oft" 4°f bags ; in fact, more bags than letters. It had make struck him that some pates should be taken to gible the main features of the Post office system intelli ,,erninto the ' peop.e. There was no department of Go- PcoPleelit which carne so much into contact with the er ten ,' a nd it was advisable that they should know what were Tietoents were capable of improvement and what ti es _ flt. His desire had ever been, in all the difficul do _an!lcopposition with which he had to struggle, to b e 413" to the institution, and he was happy to eske able to say that even before he went to the Post sss, Instructitns had been sent to the surveyors to in t his certain returns reference to the distribution duti e :! tei ghbourhuod ; though, owing to the many other eating tade.( b een n reY had to perform, these returns had not yet the company (hear, hear.) Perhaps it might be inter withthe to revert to a few facts connected ---(Chee change produced beb the plan of penny postage. redue d rs ') Immediately fore the introduction of the ter e rate of postage the number of chargeable let including franks —delivered amounted to seventy li t so_s_oiLfo,ur amounted million amounted annually. Last year it had a half, or t two hundred and ninety-nine millions and quire feld the orioinal number. It would re fivefold :::bluding revenue up to th more than 'that to bring the Post- office e fernier gross amount; but less than the n u k effect that object.At the present moment r .nler of lett ers delivered in the London district, tis-le-Gr an d , munarptits,tng a circle o f 12 miles round the Post-office, St. bid system, was d e li vered in the whole United King dom- was as gr eat as that which, under the twenTt3h..ee iigntictreamaielliwoanssritapsitdly going on, and amounted year compared with the previous year. It was the opinion ei of many gentlemen, rate_ increased the that the introduction of the difficulty of effectinggiveimephreoaypePmp,enntitaysg.e,latnsdvas said they neloautc:dfaoc could not afford to lilies also ; but, in fact, improvements had ge came into Posed another more rapidly since the penny po s t, operation than before. When the plan was first pr.- posed, the large towns had only a single mail connecting them with London : now they have two mails per day Again —In England and Wales there were formerly only .two thousand post-offices of every kind ; now there were four thousand. There was a growing conviction in the minds of all connected with the Post-office, that to make the establishment profitable, they must make it as use ful as possible, and to that great Ant his best effor ts shoheuld g.be devoted. Mr. Hill concluded amidst gr e at cerin After some other toasts, the company separated a little before twelve o'clock. DEATH Or ADMIRAL SIR WILLOUGHBY k •C.B.—This d istinguished officer expired at Blackh eath LAKE, or the 18th i nst., aged seventy-four, and after a connex e ion with was the t he British navy of nearly sixty years duration. H a zc ond eon of Si r J ames Hunter Lake, Bart. At an nar 1 7_ o he e n t ered the navy, and after a probationary serv ice midshipman was a ppointed Lieutenant, November 22, 17YUr, hi s other commissio ns b e i ng thus dated :—Commande November 22, 1794 ; Post-Captain, January 4, 1796 ; llear - Admiral, August 12, 1819; Vice-Admi ra l July 22, 1830; and Admiral, N ovember 23, 1841. Sir Willoughby was Captain of the Magnificent, in Sir Home Popham's squadron, on the north coast of Spain, in 1812; and, during the Penin sular war, commanded a ' division of seamen and marines, landed to en -operate with the guerillas. In some skirniislies which ensued he was twice wounded. In 1812 Lc was honourably mentioned for his services in the Lotidwi Gazette. I n 1824, during Lord M e l v ill e ' s Administration at the Admiralty, he Was appo i nted Commander-in. Chief on the 4 North Ameri can station, and in that capacity remained until Sir Willoughby married, in 1795, the daughter of ice -Admiral John AUBride. Ile was iu the enjoyment of a l ' en4l ° 4 of 300/. per annum, in addition to half pay. LITERATURE. BPIVTLEY'S MODhIIN LITERATURR.—The Letters of Horace Walpole. 6 Vuls The Letters of Lord Chesterfield 4 Vols. On the first appearance of this serial publication we took occasion to remark upon the numerous excel lences by which it was characterised, and upon the advantages it afforded those who were desirous of making substantial and valuable additions to their libraries. Since then sufficient time has elapsed to test the merits of the publication, and to show whe toer the promises of the prospectus have been capable of fulfilment. According to the arrangements of the publisher, the various copyright works comprised in his plan have continued periodically their course of publication without any intermission, and without any abatement in the style of their "getting-up." Twice every month a separate Part has been issued ; once every month a Volume, massively bound and ele gantly emblazoned, has appeared, so that twenty-four parts or twelve volumes are forwarded to subscribers in the year. While the paper is richly glazed, and of a very durable texture, the type is large and clear, the printing distinct, th e arrangement of the contents complete in all respects, and the embellishments nu merous and appropriate. So many advantages, coupled with such remarkable moderation in price, cannot fail to redound to the credit, and to ensure the compensation of the entrepreneur. It would savour more of affectation than of judgment to volunteer any critical remarks upon the epistolary works here republished by Mr. Bentley, the celebrity of the letters of Horace Walpole and the Earl of Chesterfield being @trivalent to the extra ordinary abilities they display. Of Horace Wal pole, Earl of Orford, as a correspondent, it is impos sible to speak too highly. His "incomparable let ters" are beyond all panegyric. It is upon those apparently ephemeral, but really immortal, composi tions that his fame rests, more particularly than upon any of his more laboured productions, although we have an eminent authority for rating his other literary pieces at more than their ordinary va lue. We remember that Lord Byron, in the preface to his splendid tragedy of " Marino Faliero," thus vindicates Horace Walpole from the contempt with which he is too generally regarded :—" He is the father," says Byron, "of the first romance and last tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any living writer, be he who he may!" We are not prepared to go so far as Lord Byron has gone in this momentary ebullition of spleen or enthu siasm ; but bating the conduct of Horace Walpole to the wonderful poet, the author of " and his frivolities at Strawberry Hill, and his ridiculous jumbling - together of oligarchism and dernocrvism, we regard Horace Walpole as entitled to our esteem as an author, and to our gratitude as the writer of his delightful and matchless Letters. The epistles, again, of Phillip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, though redolent with pedantry, and ludicrous from their aristocratic primness, are always pleasant, always sparkling, and al ways instructive. The present beautiful edition is illustrated with editorial notes by Lord Mahon. Both series, namely both the Walpole correspondence and the Chesterfield correspondence are rendered peculiarly attractive and interesting from the cir• cumstance of their being accompanied by numerous letters now first published from the original manu scripts. In the present deteriorated state of the bulk of periodicals, " Modern Literature " is a welcome and deserving innovation. HISTORY of EURE3PE from 1789 to 1815. Vol I. By Archibald Alison. Seventh' Edition. Any criticism upon this splendid and elaborate historical composition would be superfluous. The great work of Archibald Alison, has, both from the European importance of its subject and from the eloquence of the narrator, assumed a position in our national literature as elevated as it is permanent. An analysis of its character and an examination into its merits were consequently unnecessary. So much has already been written upon the dramatic and elegant style of Alison, as well as upon his endeavoK to maintain throughout his pages a scrupulous im partiality, so familiarized is the general public with his magnificent production, and so fully are the abilities of our historian appreciated that we shall content our selves with simply commenting upon the peculiarities which exclusively characterise the present edition. In its publication the utmost care has been taken to preserve every portion of the original, unmutilated and unabreviated, so that in the compass of a most portable volume are comprised the entire contents of an octavo, or even of a quarto. The classification, the arrangement of the chapters, the footnotes, and the marginal references are singular for their com pactness; and this supervision has even extended to the enumeration of the authorities quoted in the nar• rative. A merely superficial glance at this catalogue will be sufficient to show the enormous research and labour t en dn g r o zu r ir m e d a i y n h u t n i e m d r c e o d p o volumes,s it o -- a n a d n research ecesi ta t ienxg a perusal of documents in German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Russian. Even in ex ternal appearance the work is remarkable for the attention paid to its general character, the binding bPing at once chaste and substantial. As a frontis piece there is a beautiful engraving from the admir able bust of the anther, produced in the studio of Mr. Patrick Park. A better edition, suited to the public at large, could not possibly have been issued. It is observed by Mr. Alison in the interesting preface affixed to the commencement, that " a subject so splendid in itself, so full of political and military instruction, replete with such great and heroic actions, adorned by so many virtues and darkened by so many crimes, never yet fell to the lot of an historian." No one will dissent from this esti mate, no one will deny that " the annals of modern Europe will be sought in vain for a parallel to that brief period of anxious effort and chequered achieve ment ;" and no one will hesitate to aver that in earnestness, in enthusiasm, in perspicacity, and in judgment, Mr. Alison has shown himself competent to grapple with that vast multitude of astonishing events, or that his earn estness is not usually modu lated by his impartiality, his enthusiasm tempered by his justice, his perspicacity varied by his illustration, and his judgment unswerving upon the most delicate and complicated questions. KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOI,IIIIIE. No. CXIII. Bacon ; his Writings and his Philosophy. Vol. 111. On this excellent abstract of Lord Bacon's philoso phical and miscellaneous writings, arranged by Mr. G. Craik, we have already spoken at some length. Now that the production is completed in the present vo lume, it would be a matter of supererogation to insist upon advantages which are so generally acknow ledged. In the miniature compilation of Mr. Craik, the very kernel of the wisdom of " the wisest of man kind" is contained. While, however, the elaboration the great originals of the immortal Verulam is evaded, there is no sacrilegious mutilation of his thought and dogmas—even the quaintnesses of his manner are preserved, and we are rejoiced at this, for those quaintnesses form the most characteristic gar ment of the Baconian philosophy. THE CABINET 1118 TURY OF ENGLAND. Vol XXII As an abridzement of the chapters entitled, " Civil' and Military History," in the Pictorial History of England, accompanied with a continuation up to the present time, by the author, Charles MacFarlane, this pocket edition of our national records is singularly complete and sensible. It has now proceeded to a sufficient extent - to enable us, in a great measure, to estimate the value of the work a s a w h o l e , an d it i s impossible to deny that it is deserving of particular commendation. While the main narrative possesses all the staidness of Goldsmith, its minor episodes are sketched with a brilliant and effective pencil. As an example, we may quote the description of the closing scene of the Reign of Terror. The master murderers are caught in their lair, at the Hotel de Ville. Ro bespierre has broken his jaw-bone with a pistol-shot in attempting suicide. Coffinhal has hurled Henriot from a window into an open sewer. Lebas has killed himself with a bullet. Saint Just had armed himself with a dagger, and Couthon has crawled under a table, when they are surprised by Leonard Bourdon and his associates. " When Leonard Bourdon burst into the room, fol lowed by s ome g•endarmes (himself, according to some accounts, including his own, being disguised as a com mon gendarme), Robespierre was sitting bleeding on a chair, with a knife in his hand ; Couthon was lying under t h e ta b le as though he were dead ; t h e municipal officers were throwing o ff th e ir scarfs, and apparently preparing covered in the foul the gendarmes, and submitted to conspirators quietly for flight. One or two pistols . were fired by be. then all the broken and a skull a wounded, disfigure dtak en vaee w a h nd ere b h o e un h d a . d. fa fi ll e e fi a ri ; o i t ‘ , ag b a a:l t. l i y a , and covered with filth, was dis c were now Robespierr e was so found alive, though with limbs running over every part l o f fractured. Some of the armed people, crowding into the council- chamber and his ceaer s from under the table, and pro posedthe vast building, dragged throwing out Couthon by the heels he opened his e •es ca-,e into the Seine ; but here uponthat he was not yut (lead and gave them to understand wounded "ere put upnr; nor so much as dying. The shouting " Victory ! victi)brr.anr?ards or stretehers, and, ducted them to the Tuil eries, Leonard. Bourdon eon between three and four o'clockl3y this time it was o'clock in tho afternoon, astor n t he _ morning. At four out rages, and tortures, which pro ved insults, triumphed were as ferocious as those that those who pierre, his brother Augustin, Saint J ust, w h o fell, Robes riot, and sixteen others, were carted at the C ou thon, Hen ri) be carried through the busiest streets of e onniergerie Paris to the Place de la lievolu;ion. The carts were followed by a countless multitude, and the windows and housetops are said to have been more crowded than ever they had been i before. Jestings and laughii.g, filthy p uns and que(ti. bets, were mixed with wire curses, shrieks, and anathe mas. During a halt, a band of women, formerly his own Tricoteuses, or Furies of the Guillotine, executed an in fernal dance round his cart, with chipping of hands and tether demonst.ations of joy. On arriving in the Place de la Revolution they laid him down on the groupd at the foot of the scaffold, for he was to be executed last of TEIE_SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1647. the twenty-one, and he could not stand—indeed, he too r COURT CIRCULAR. was now almost dead, his face was livid, his eyes were The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the sunk in his head. At the f a ll o f eac h h ea d, a , countless Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, left Buckingham multitude shouted and waved hats and claps, and they P a l ace i n a carriage and four at a quarter past three shouted the loudest when Sampson held np the heads of o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Claremont. Saint Just and Couthon. At last, Robespierre's turn Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal, the came, sor the axe bad clanked down twenty times, and Princess Alice, and the Princess Hslena, and the Lady and well-known sky-blue coat (now torn, and streaked there remained none alive but he. As his ghastly figure in Waiting the Marchi o n e ss of Douro , the Lord in , Waiting, th e E ar l o f M orton ; t h e M aster o f t h e House and clotted with blood) slowly emer ged to the surface hold, Major-General Bowles ; the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel th e H on. Charles Grey ; and the Equerry in a o n f d th a e s s t c i d mn , r t e h e e n r e t h w n a s i s a another c vuniversal hats o ts a r a o n f a v o c i a c p e s s : Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain the Hon. A. H. Goy- Sams , )n tore off his coat, brutally wrenched the foul listen don , followed i n f our carriages and four. Her Majesty an d h er RoyaljConsort were conducted to a bandageh orr i b l e from cry or his their carri age b y t h e L ord Cham b er l a i n, t h e M aster o f oni scream a ; m t h p e r n broken left e f f r t n j m a w h fell, b esid e n g thenthe first sound of lamentation of suffericg he had b e en heard Horse, and Lord George Lennox. to utter since his arrest. This fearful cry was still Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Royal Children, ringing in the air, when the heavy axe, wet with the and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal household, arrived at Claremont, at a quarter before five o'clock on blood of his brother and his friends, clanked down once more. Samson held up the frightful head ; the specta- Claremont on Saturday evening. Saturday afternoon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay arrived at tors shouted and applauded for several minutes, ar!ti then went away singing. It was towards seven o'clock in the evening of the 10th Thermidor, or 28th of July." Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took We perceive that Mr. Mac Farlane takes the most their usual ear l y wa lk , i n Claremont Park. charitable view of Robespierre's character, regarding The Royal F am ily took the i r accustomed a i r i ngs yes him as a madman. We suspect Mr. Carlyle would terday forenoon. be indignant at the insinuation. Albeit, the incon- Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and gruities of the incorruptible's character and conduct Gentlemen of th e R oya l su i te, atten d e d di v i ne serv i ce are only reconcilable on the supposition of his in yesterday at Cl aremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. sanity. srue=s=sa Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, the lessons by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the communion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of St. Asaph. The anthem was " 0 God thou hest cast us out," (Purcell). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Lady Fanny Howard was in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, and among the nobility present were the Marquises of An glesey, Northampton, and Salisbury; Ladies Palmer ston and Charlemont; Lords Granville, Listowel, Can terbury, Norreys, De Manley, and W. Graham. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Ch a p e l R o y a l St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse attended Divine Service, yesterday, in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town on Saturday morning, for her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesebeck and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpetb, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Bight Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented from attending the Council by indisposition. The Council sat an hour and a half. Mr. W. Beresford, M.P., and a deputation from the Ipswich and Bury Railway Company, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Strutt, on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. A deputation from the National Philanthropic Asso ciation had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. B. Bond Cabbell. M.P., Rev. M. W. Lusignan, Mr. Charles Cochrane, Dr. J. B. Serny, Mr. Joseph Rogers, Mr. M. Davies, and Dr. Bromet. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans acted business on Saturday at the Foreign -office. Mr. Hudson and a deputation had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Governor had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday 3 Mr. John O'Connell, M.P, Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. Hamilton, M.P., and a deputat ion o f I r is h distillers , had an interview with Lord Joh n Ru ssell o n Saturday. Sir Alexander Johnston had an interv iew with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Mr. Greene, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the night Hon. E. Strutt. The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on Saturday at Lansdowne House. THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAM- BRIDGE.—ANSWER OF PRINCE ALBERT. Before the departure of the court for Clarement, on Saturday, the following answer was returned by Prince Albert to the deputation of Heads of Colleges, who hal presented to his Royal Highness the request of the resi dent members of the University of Cambridge, to allow him to be appointed to the office of Chancellor : " The expression of the wish upon the part of so numerous and influential a portion of the Senate of the University of Cambridge, including so many emim nt names, that I should allow myself to be proposed for election into the vacant office of Chancellor of that Uni versity, cannot be otherwise than highly gratifying to my feelings. Did it not appear from the proceediegs entered into by others in the University, that there does not exist that degree of unanimity which alone would leave me at liberty to consent to be put in nomination. I should have felt both the greatest pleasure and pride in acceding to the desire expressed in this address, and so personally connecting myself with your ancient and re nowned seat of learning. "Buckingham Palace, Feb. 20, 1847." DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTH. (From the Inverness Courier.) RIOTING AT BEAGLY.—During the latter part of last week some disturbances took place at Beauly, to prevent the shipment of grain, and peace was only restored by the presence of the military. On Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday some dissatisfaction was shown at attempts to ship grain, and the shippers having com • municated with the authorities in Inverness, Mr. Colqu houn, with Mr. John Macbean and a party of constables, proceeded to Beauly on Saturday morning. A number of special constables had also been sworn in in the village. Under the protection of this force, the attempt to ship was renewed ' • but the rioters twi ce d e f orce d t h e authorities, assaulted the Sheriff and Mr. Macbean, and threw one of the carts over the quay. Finding the force at his disposal too weak to restore order, vehicles were sent to Fort-George, and seventy soldiers of the 76th regiment were conveyed to Beauly during the night. Their presence had an immediate effect in check ing disturbance ; rued on Monday morning six of the mob (five men and a woman) were apprehended and brought to Inverness gaol. The authorities are on the spot taking a precognition of the case. The shipment of She grain was completed on Monday, and the vessel sailed that evening. To-day (Tuesday), the military arrived here ou their way to Fort-George. ROSEMARKIE, FEB. 15.—1 t might be expected that the meeting of proprietors, &c., held here on the Bth instant, would allay the alarm of scarcity, as well as put an end to all di , position to riot in this district ; such, however, has not been the case. On Thursday morn ing last, a shipment of ninety quarters of barley, be longing to Mr. David Macbean, Flowerburn, w as to take place at Chanonry Point, and the one-half was scarcely aboard the vessel, when a mob of about 400 assembled from Fortrose, Rosemarkie, and Avoch. Mr. Mackenzie, of Flowerburn (the Provost of Fortrose), was early at his post, and seeing, from the continual augmentation of the crowd, that any further shipment was then imprac ticable, he deemed it prudent to send for a detachment of soldiers from Fort George. Accordingly 50 men soon arrived, under command of Captain Flannighan, where upon the crowd betook themselves to Rosemarkie, in order to obstruct the carts which were coming in that direction. The military, however, followed them, and escorted the carts back to the vessel, when the whole was safely shipped. BALLINTRAID, INVERGORDON, &c.—On Monday last an attempt was made to ship grain at the port of Ballin traid, but a mob, composed chiefly of women, assembled and turned back the carts. They also loosed the ship from her moorings, and let her go. Another vessel is expected, and the military were to be on the spot last night.—Another attempt was also to be made to ship grain at Invergordon, under the protection of the mili tary. The Sheriff and Convenor of the county were at Ballintraid. Mr. Tulloch has been active in going about among the poor, admonishing them and inquiring into their condition. We are happy to say that the shipping of grain has been going on at the port of Inverness without inter ruption. MR. WALLACE'S NEW OPERA OF " MATILDA," AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. We are glad to learn that Miss Romer is quite re covered, and that Mr. Vincent Wallace's new Opera of Matilda will be produced at Drury-lane Theatre this evening. Judging from the overture, we are of opinion that this opera will prove one of the most successful that Mr. Bann has ever produced since he undertook the management of the theatre. Wallace is not only a most accomplished musician, but he is also a man of original genius. If we mistake not, his Matilda will add im mensely to the fame ho has already acquired as the com poser of Maritana. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SIINDAV.—By the arrival of the packet ship Oxford, Captain Yeadon, from New York, which port she left on the 4th instant, we have received papers up to the day of her sailing. The Oxford has made a remarkably quick passage, the voyage from land to land being only 12- days, and the whole voyage up to her ar rival in the Mersey only 16 days. This arrival brings us some interesting news. We learn from the seat of war that the American forces bad taken the city of Victoria from the Mexicans without a battle or even a shot being fired. The occupation was effected on the 4th January by General Quitman and Colonel Kinney. There seems to be some ques tion in the papers as to the locality of this place, it being in one case stated to be the same as New Santaita der, a town in the department of Tamaulipas, some two hundred miles from the city of San Luis Potosi, whilst another states it to be sixty miles north of Santander, near the place where Liens is marked on the map; never theless, though the site is doubtful, the news has given a fresh impetus to the war fever of our trans-Atlantic friends. The letter of General Taylor, which has excited so much attention, is to be followed by the publication of the whole of his correspondence with the War Depart. ment, from the time he took his position at Fort Brown till the storming of Monterey. This is the result of a motion made by Mr. Thompson in the House of Repre sentatives, and to the production of which the Govern ment have agreed. Its production is anticipated with great eagerness by the friends of General Taylor. The Secretary of the Treasury has presented to the Senate a report in answer to the resolution of that body, calling for information relative to an increase or dimi nution of duties, with a view to the augmentation of the revenue. (From the New York Herald of Feb. 4.) TO THE LATEST MOMINT-TELEGRAPHIC.-THE STORM. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 3, TEN P.M.—The storm has been severe. The western telegraph line has been suspended in consequence. Innumerable houses have been unroofed. Four wood sheds at the Camden Railroad depot, each 150 long, were prostrated. A number of vessels were driven from their anchorage. The tide has overflowed all the wharves. The damage is very great along the Schuylkill river. A vessel at Darby Creek had her masts blown down. ALBANY, FEB. 3, EIGHT r.m.—We have had a rain storm all day. The Earl of Elgin arrived at Montreal on Friday. The Bill has pa..sed both branches of the Michigan Legisla ture reducing the rate of interest to ix per cent. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 3.—The weather was very wet and stormy, rendering all out-door business exceedingly disagree able. The markets were generally quiet, while quotations exhibited some less firmness in breadstuffs. Ashes—The market was steady, with moderate sales at 4 dolls. 81ie. to 4 dolls. 87 f i e. for Pots and 5 dolls. 37ie. for Pearls. Barley-75 cents. was offered. Holders held it at higher rates. Beef-400 bbls. sold since last report (country), mess 10 dolls., prime 8 dolls. On 'Change holders were firm at 10 dolls. 50c. for mess, and 8 dolls. 50c. for prime. Breadstuffs—Flour—This market continued quiet. Some large holders demanded 7 dolls. for Genessee, but buyers were not. so plentiful as yesterday at 6 dolls. 874 c.; small sales were made at 6 dolls. 87kc., and 1,000 ditto at 6 dolls. 7.5 c. ; 150 Troy ditto sold at 6 dolls. 75c.; 4,000 barrels Southern, Georgetown and 250 ditto Howard - s t ree t, B a lti more , so ld at 6 dolls. 50c. Cotton—Notwithstanding the very inclement state of the weather, there appeared to be a good business transacting in this article. We heard of sales of 2,000 bales at firm prices, a portion of which was reported for export. MUSICAL MEMORANDA. By letters received from Vienna, we learn that Mr Balfe's opera, The Bohemian Girl, has been perfornied fifty-eight times. The celebrated composer, Meyerbecr, was present at one of its representations, and was so emportl with the freshness of its melodies, that he pur poses having it immediately produced at Berlin. The Bohemian Girl and The Castle of Aymon have been translated into the Hungarian language, and will be im mediately produced in several theatres in Hungary. OPERA COMIQUE, PARIS.--On Monday evening last, a new comie opera, called Le Sultan Saladin, in one act, was performed at the Opera Comique: the author of the libretto was declared to be M. Dupin, and the composer of the music M. Luigi Bordese. It was very favourably received. The music is simple and pretty, and well adapted to the subject. Rossini's new opera, Robert Bruce, was performed at the Grand Opera, Paris, on Monday evening last, to a crowded house, with increased success, for the fourteenth time. HER MAJ ESTY ' S THEATRE.—On Saturday even in g their Royal Highnesses the Duke a nd Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prince Frederick of Hesse, and at tended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the performance at this theatre with their presence. There were also present the Conde de Montemolin, the Viscount and Viscountess Falkland and party (who occupied her Majesty Queen Adelaide's box); his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brun now, accompanied by M a d emo i se ll e Ol gar d e Lechner ; . the Marquis and Marchion ess o f Ail es b ury, t h e M a rquis of S ligo, the Marquis of Blandford, the Baron and Baroness Rehausen, the Count Koudrifsky, his Excellency Count Kielmansegg e, the Hanoverian Minister, Monsieur Couttu ; Mrs. Stand ish , ee i ll a l e . et d e e r, B th e e rg E , his Excellency Baron Hugel, her Excellency the Barone ss t t h ra e r ß ei zro th n e N E i e c r h i o e l f as i de Busch ; the Earl of Lonsdale, the Marquis de St. Annul. , h, the Har rington, the Earl of Granville, the Viscount Castlereag h, Viscount Duncannon, the Viscount Cantalupe, the Clifden, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady Te mple t E erton, more, Lord Chichester, Lord Sandys, Lady Maryld,g Lady Lord and Lady Charles Wellealey, Lord Gera Webb, Mackenzie, General Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir H a e rl o° andnt d e Cun°tilerscsY ,Earl lr l of well, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, the Hon. A. Batt" . l. Bowers, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir G. Hampson, Sir GeoerffieryWiro.maebsi Mrs. Dennistoun, Capt. Greville, Major Baring. Co Col. Wildman, Capt- and th e H on . Mrs. Ryder B Major Buckley, Capt. Blair, Mr. Stuart, M.P., the uHo n. _r, Burt on, , Wellesley, Sir Henry Webster, Mr. Henry Broadvrood, Di .P., _ Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Capt. Lyon, &ea &C. LICENSING or PLAYS.—A circular has been for warded from the Lord Chamberlain's-office, the copies of directed to the lessees of the metropolitan theatres, stating t ha t plays hitherto sent in for examination have, i n in various in stances, been very illegibly written, and have con t a ined so . Lord Cham berlain,great difficulty that they have been read. 'bl written, and that representation should be clearly and legty follow i ng therefore, requires that suc t h h p e laY plays as are many erasures and interlineations, that irtrhheas statements n em w en it t h s on the title-page of every play should be given :—The name of the theatre, date of play, the actual date of delivery, and t h e propos ed 1 be until performed re presentation • and that no play sh al l been sent in. Lord Howden had It having been stated that g 4 . seven days Asher the period at which such copy the n in a t m en e d o e f d t f h o e r arrived in London with such terms respect ing the have e ir b s Paris, and that Howden is still at be able to say that Lord to doubt that he will be speedily there is no reason whatever armed with the com binedenabled to proceed to his destination , Go ve rnments of France and La Plata as M. Guiaot would consent to," we are glad to be instructions of the ail Eng land, for the settlement o f points in disp u te expectation,be betw een only - wait the leisure of the French sides of the River Plate. So far pressing matters, to be p ut into belligerent parties on both ro ceeded there is no point of dif ference, r e r n y t o h u e t as the negociations have P h a shape as will enable nre the British Env oy t o ts for a h Governmen complete and satis factorythe wishes of bot 'on.— $ b el-yen pacificati f f, t e u r c e n Cabinetc e , f r it e % id other they n 1 pons—Contraryprices srenow markets have again risen. In L on don realised. n the fall of the grain been pretty nearly recovere d; and at Monday week has anic of purchasing se Wakefield yesterday a p seem e d to have nevertheless, th F s t iry. an. y such • d the buyers. It is, e opinion of those seize be best be presumed to informe d, that there is no scarcity of grain toju papers concur in The Scotch and Engl is h farmers to be representing the quantity of grain held by whPoRmOaSyPECTS ca' usually heldat greater at present this period ; whilst to than the average : demand arisin fr in meet the extraordinary : ts have alr eady ° b the failure of the potato crop, the impor increased. As, however, been large' and are likely to be greatly ; t he holders of winter has returned upon us again, .grain are realising a but the scarcity by which they profit is temporary harves t; b ut h not of profit. The stock one of speculation, of flour in Liverpool at the commencement of th is montk was 500,000 barrels. And the arriva ls in Liver p ool alone during Janu ary exceeded 250,000 quarters of grain and 1,500 tons of provisions. The quantity yet to come front America is still greater. And, on the other baud, we learn from St. l'eters burgh that on the opening of the navigation, shipments of grain will be made to the extent of 110,000 chetwerts of wheat, and 800,000 chetrerts of oats, rye, and rye fr eer. Tbcto purchasea have already been e ff ected, and i t is Said that other 90,000 clietverts are held, and coming dowa fo: ahipment.—LiveTool Standard. PAIRLP,SS OPERATIONS OR ANIMAL S --. NEW MARKET, FEU. 11.—Operations upon a thorough -bred mare and a donkey, whilst under the influence of etheric vapour, were performed by Messrs. Barron, Newma r k et, at their ve terinary establishment. The mare was made to inhale the etheric vapour. In four minutes she fell powerle,s and in sensible, and the operation of unnerving was Performed on both fore-legs, without the slightest manifestation of pain. Within '2O minutes the mare was perfectly restored from the effects of the ether. The stallion ass was under • the etheric influence in three minutes and a half, when the operation of castration was performed with as mach facility as though the ass were dead. In 15 minutes sensibility and consciousness returned, and both mare and ass had a comfortable repose No restraint whatever was used in either case during the operation, and both are doing well. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, FEB. 19. -- The de mand for wool this week has been limited; the spinners and manufacturers buy sparingly and cautiously. There is not any variation of moment in the prices quoted; but the sales which have been mad• have been at rather lower rates. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 18.—We cannot report any relief to that extreme dullness that has pre vailed in the trade for the last month: sales are li mited, and prices are again a turn in favour of the buyer. LEEDS. —The woollen cloth market this day week was quite as dull at the cloth halls as the markets of late, but on Tuesday there was more done in low qualities, but fine goods were very little inquired for. On the whole, the market may be quoted much below an average at this season of the year. Prices remain about the same, and the stocks in the manufacturers' hands are moderate. Business in the warehouses has improved a little. There has been more country buyers in the town the last few days than for some time, but the business doing by the home houses is Rauch below an average, and the shipping houses are doing less than usual at this season . BRADFORD, FEB. 18.—The sales of combing wools still continue to be on a limited scale. The purchases, however, have been at a shade lower prices. Clothing wools are in fair request. We cannot report any varia• tion of moment in the yarn market. As we mentioned last week, the export houses are doing more business. Prices are very firmly maintained, and indeed a trifle in advance has been generally obtained. There has been a very great number of pieces, principally Orleans and Paramattas, purchased to-day. There are large sales of pieces for the American market. Altogether the prospect brightens as we advance. _ MANCHESTER, 'THURSDAY EVENING.—It is impossible to describe the depression that exists in our cloth and yarn markets. Every seller has his own price; but when it is considered that most goods are now within 5 per cent. of the lowest known, and that the staple is 60 or 70 per cent higher than it was twelve or fifteen months ago, some idea may be formed of the miserable state of things that now exists. During the week we have had a com plete stoppage of several mills, but it is gratifying to hear that the proprietors of most, or all of them, contemplate the payment of a portion of the wages, to be repaid b 3 the operatives when fully employed again by easy instal restuhlatt froma much co ments. Though this kind feeling may thus be extended, a a g ll m bu u t st certainstill larger number of mills will be c l os e d in the course of the next two or three weeks. So that the ratepayers may look for heavy poor's rates for some time to come. suffering LEICESTER.—Both the country and London markets g continue very flat; the late severe weather has cleared largesin a of the oum n m t f o l mills. . su out the winter goods in the retailer's hands, which, though it has kept them back from making their spring purchases, will have supplied funds for that purpose, their trade being in a very healthy state. Inquiries art , making about shipping goods, and a few orders have been received. Worsted yarns are dull of sale, and some mills are working short time. Wools are flat, and a shade lower in price. The general trade continues dull, and manufacturers are acting with great caution. In cotton goods more is doing, and more orders are antici pated as the weather becomes milder. In material there is no alteration, and it appears doubtful if the last ad vance in cotton will be realised. .OILTALITY IN THE AEMT.—The annual mortality among 1,000 young men aged from twenty to forty years in civil life in Great Britain is 15, among the British troops in the Windward and Leeward Islands it is 85, in the garrisons in Jamaica 143, among the slaves in Cuba (of all ages) 100. It appears that the number of soldiers who have perished by sickness in the Windward and Leeward command, viz.;Barbad . ies, Trini dad, &c., since 1817, is 10,381 • and in Jamaica, during the same period , 11 , 0 40—total, 21,421 soldiers, mostly nativ es of Britain, and under thirty years of age. The deaths among the troops in Bermuda are net included in the above. Ma. HENRY RUSSELL'S ENTERTAINMENT.--MF. Henry Russell, the great actor singer, opens this evening at the Strand Theatre. Who, that has ever heard him sing "The Maniac," or " The Ship on Fire," can forget his thril ing power and pathos? Who, that has heard his Negro anecdotes, can forget his wondrous humour? The house, we expect, will be crowded. MADAME ANNA BISHOP.—The English prima donna is achieving a great triumph in the sister island. The Dublin Pilot, speaking of her performances at the Dublin theatre, says :—" Thursday and Friday last Madame Anna Bishop performed, with immense effect, the part of Amine, in La S nambula, and if we were delighted in listening to her admirable singing in the Maid of Artois, we were astonished at the impressive manner and purity of style with which she interpreted Bellini's beautiful opera. She is, in truth, a great artist, and nothing could be more perfect than her wonderful vocalisation in her first cavatina, "Dearest companions." Her last scene was also very fine, and Madame Anna Bishop surpassed herself in the favourite rondo finale, which was demanded by the enraptured audi ence three times. After the fall of the curtain cries for "La Bishop" being loud and long, the fair vocalist made her ap ' pelyance, and with winning and lady-like demeanour, evinced her appreciation of the good taste and kindness of the audience. On Saturday, by the wish of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and family, the opera of The Maid of Artois was repeated with great effect; on that occasion the house was crowded, and besides the noble party above men. tioned, there was a great number of our nobility. M. Thions, a village priest, has been lately de prived of office by the Bishop of A.utun. No act of dishonesty or incontinence was alleged against M. Thions. For the last sixteen years he fulfilled his ministry in the little commune of Chanes, near Macon. He was respected and beloved by his parishioners; they had the happiness of finding in him one of those priests, too rare now-a-days, who to true cha rity unite religious zeal. But although the Abbe Thions had won general approbation, he was bad in repute with his Bishop. For what reason? Because he had refused to join his lordship in an attack on the Professors of the University. This was the only crime sthich he had committed. One day, then, on returning from church, the Abbe Thions found at his parson age, an agent of his episcopal superior, who presented to him a confession of faith, which he was to sign under pain of be ing dismissed from his living. "Take your choice," said this agent to the Abbe, "either give me your signature immedi ately, or hand over to me the keys of the Church." Thus rudely an d oppressively treated, M. Thions conducted him self to like c consciention, ious and h nourabl man i h ef's sign from compuls? q uired such utter s ervilit a y. d abandoned functions which re sign MARE'S NEST.—We find the Following in the Union .filimarelai re :.—" an nounces that negociations mar riage of the Count de Montento in daughter of the Duke The Princess Mary The only serious obstacle religion between difficulty will Catholicity." Our London coirespondent still continue relative to the l' with the Princess Mary, of Cambridge, uncle of Queen Victoria. was born on the :,1d November, 1833. to the union is the difference of the parties; but it is believed that this be removed by the Princess embracing WAKEFIELD CORN M , ARILET, Diu:ay.—The sup plies this week are small. r sl op, demand for wheat is I yet holders are firm and require last week's prices. The high price of barley causes maltsters to pause, and there is only a small amount of business done at late rates. Oats and shelling are in limited request, also beans, but no variation in value. LivEßreoi. CLASSIFICATIONS. New Orleans, Uplands. Florida. Mob. & Texas Inferior none none none Ordinary Middling ... 123 a 123 123 a 123 123 a 124 Good middling 123 a 124 123 a 12i 124 al3 .11iddling fain...— 124 a 13 123 a 13 13 a 133 Fair Fully fair Good fair Fine Corn—The arrivals have been large, about six or seven cargoes having arrived within a day or so, much of which, however, it was believed had already been sold. This fore noon 25,000 bushels sold at 1 doll. 03 ; during 'change 10,300 bushels Jersey yellow and white, 5,000 for future de livery, changed hands at 1 doll. Corn Meiji—We note sale of 100 barrels, to arrive at 4 dolls. 75; and 1,000 ditto, on the spot, at 5 dolls. Wheat—The market was quiet. We note a sale of 500 bushels Genessee white at 1 doll. 55. Freights—The packet-ship lowa has been withdrawn from the Havre line, and loaded with flour for Liverpool at 75., which continued the current rate. to-day. Grain continued to be shipped, in sacks, at 23d.; cotton was quoted at 7-16 d. to id. per lb. ; square bales, probably, could have been shipped a trifle lower. No new remarks to make in reference to rates current to Havre and London. PirrsnuucH, FEB. 2.—The Ohio is in good navigable order. There is no change in the price of flour. Sales heavy, with little demand. ClNCrili ATI, JAN. 31.—Flour commands 4 dolls. 80 to 4 dolls. 90 ; Lard. 6i; and Pork in bulk, 5. BALTIMORE, FEB. 2.—Howard-street Flour has expe rienced a decline in price. Sales of 1,000 barrels were made to-day at 5 dolls. 87k. Sales of 3,000 barrels Baltimore City Mills at 6 dolls., at which price the market is firm. Sales of corn meal at 5 dells. • ditto, prime Wheat, 1 doll. 28 per bushel ; ditto prime yellow corn, 95c. • ditto oats, 38c. PHILADELPHIA, FEB, 2.—Flour and Meal—On Tuesday night, on receipt of the private letters from Europe, 3,000 barrels were sold at 5 dolls. 62fr to 5 dolls. 75. On Wednes day 13,000 barrels were taken for export at 6 dolls. up to 6 dolls. 25, and the latter price was refused. Since then the demand has fallen oil, and prices have declined 124 to 184 e. per barrel. Sales of 15,000 barrels at 6 dolls 18i, 6 dolls. l2i, 6 dolls. 9, 6 dolls. 6, and 6 dolls., the market closing quiet to-day at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 6i. Sales for the week 31.000 bbls. for shipment and on speculation. For city use sales at 6 dolls. 61 to 6 dolls. 37i, extra at higher rates. - Rye Flour is held at 4 dolls. 75, but no sales. Corn Meal has also advanced. Sales of 22,000 bbls. at 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. 25 early in the week, and subsequently at 4 dolls. 50, 4 dolls. 62b, to 4 dolls. 75, part for future delivery. To-day we quote 4 dolls. 50 to 4 dolls. 75. Bread has advanced a cent. per pound. SALE OF STOCKS AT PHILADELPHIA, FEE. 3. —First Board-200 U. S. Loan 6's, '62, 102 ; 5,100 ditto, 6's, 101 i ; 100 ditto, 1011; 1,000 Reading RR Bonds, 75, 74k; 5,000 U. S. Loan, 6's, '56, 1011 ; 30 Girard Bank, 10/; 4 Grand Gulf Bank, 6. Second Board-152 Girard Bank, 107; 1,000 State s's, 724 ; 517 Texas Treasury Notes, 14 ; 1,500 Wilm' n RR Bonds, 81; 66 Schuylkill Bank, 5; 5,000 Texas Treasury Notes, 14i ; 884 ditto, 10's, 'si ; 1,500 Tekas Bonds, 20; 30 Morristown RR, 91; 30 Morris Canal, 10g. THE GALWAY ELECTION. RETURN OF MR. MONAHAN. The following is the official statement of the High Sheriff : Monahan O'Flaherty 506 Majority 4 THE COURT.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert, with the Royal Family, will return to town from Claremont to-morrow, the Queen having appointed to hold her second levee this season on Wednesday next; and on Saturday, according to present arrangements, the Court will take its departure from Buckingham Palace for Osborne House. The whole of the infant Royal Family will accompany their illustrious parents to the Isle of Wight. Her Majesty, it is stated. will prolong her stay at Osborne House for three weeks. Indeed it is expected that the Court will not return to Buckingham Palace until within two or three days previously to the 25th proximo, on which day the first drawing. room this year will be held by her Majesty at St. James's Palace. The Court will afterwards proceed to Windsor for the Easter holidays, remaining for about a week or ten days at the castle. On Saturday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.8., war sworn in Commander in-Chief of the Company's forces, and second member of council on the Bombay establish ment. Sir Willoughby Cotton afterwards dined with the Directors, at the London Tavern, Bishops.. gate-street, when they were honoured with the company of the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Clare, the Earl of Charleville, the Earl of Auckland, Viscount Seaham. Lord Adolphus Vane, the Honourable John Coventry, Sir John Hobhouse, the Lord Chief Baron, and several civil and mili tary officers of high rank. IMPORTANT INEcittMATION IN THE EX CISE DE PARTMENT.—The Lords of the Treasury have for some time past been in correspondence with the Commissioners of Ex cise, in reference t o th e present mode of superannuation of the officers in that branch of the public service. The present regulation is, that all officers are compelled to subscribe to the superannuation fund, and, after a certain number of years' service, are eligible to become recipients bf it on application being made to the board for that purpose. Of course the superannuation allowance is a considerable modification of the remuneration received in active service, and a bar to any advance ; consequently, few persons apply for it un less accident renders them wholly unable to perform their duties. The sum thus deducted from their salaries, at death, by the present arrangement, falls into the general fund, leaving the widow and family of the deceased officer totally unprovided for. The result of the present corre spondeUce between the Treasury and the Commissioners of Excise appears to be a proposition that, if at the decease of any officer he would have been entitled to a retiring allow ance, his widow shall enjoy the same amount as he would have received; and failing a widow, that the direct branches of his family . shall equally share the provision made for them by their deceased parent. The plan has met with great approbation by all parties interested. DREADFUL FRATRICIDE.—On Monday the Bth current, a few friends had made an appointment tospend the day together in the house of Allen Dunn, senior, residing at Fullerton, Tollcross. About five o'clock, the daughter of the said Allan Dunn, accompanied by her husband, re turned home to blossend, leaving their son and daughter-in law in the honse of another sister, who lives near to old Dunn. After spending a short time there, the latter went to n th .c e lac h k o , u a se cen o in cc p u a p n ied ied b b y y Doludnul?suntinv,o song, ~~ ' illiam fell, and Allan. During the time some ham was getting ready for them, old Dunn accused his son William with taking money from his mother the previous day, which irritated the son, and caused him to lay hold of his father by the nose in rather a rough manner. The old man cried out to the other son, "will you Gee him muracr me ?" when Allan, who was Et that time using a ham knife, laid hold of his brother William and inflicted a fearful wound on his head with the weapon, and r. t ft he e s rw eiiilot a u rd t the ran it to the handle into his body immediately a b ove the heart, which caused instant death. On All an see i ng what he d police , o I a il ( a h t otg o i n i c i e fled. I 'll'‘hietrbehilvaasi yardsew int intimation o t f i:n se where the deed was committed, but they heard of it about nine o'clock, and sent notice to Mr. Holland, the superinten dent, who eight resides in Airdrie, a di s t ance of miles. It was after ten o'clock before the superintendent heard of it, and he, without dmoment's delay, proceeded to the spot,which he reached in three quarters of an hour after receiving the re port. By that time the officers were on the right track, and after travelling several miles, th e y appre hending Allan Dunn; near succeeded in Holytown, and had him con veyed to Airdrie. Next morning, he was brought up for examination, and committed to prison, where he now lies.— , Glasgow Chronicle. 7HE SHOES of FORTUNE, and Other Tales. By Hans Christian Andersen. This little volume contains translations of many of Christian Andersen's children's tales, and a de lightful little book it is. There are very few authors so well qualified to write for the amusement of the young as is Christian Andersen; it is not necessary for him to assume a new style, or to write in a different language, when addressing juvenile readers, for his habitual strain of thought and form of expression are always simple and -natural, and, in the true sense of the word, ohidish. So much is this characteristic apparent in this little vo lume, that so far from writing down to suit the capacity of his little readers, he appears rather, in most instances, to be only expressing his own thoughts and feelings. So great is the simplicity of this little book, so extravagant are the fancies of its author, that, we doubt not, many of the precocious juveniles of " the rising generation" will look down upon both book and author as too childish and too ridiculous to afford them any amuse ment. On the other hand, all, of whatever age, who can appreciate the natural, and, remembering the fan cies of their own youthful days, can sympathize ,with the childish, will experience pleasure in looking over these miniature tales. Andersen gazes abroad on the great field of nature with the imagination of a child, and the appreciation of a poet. With the imagination of a child, however strange the expression may appear, with the imaginative fancy, which invests every object with life, and thoughts, and feelings, and with the power of speech. To him there are literally, " Tongues in trees, books in the running brook, " Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." Yes, " good in every thing," for most of these simple tales, besides evoking smiles during their perusal, are calculated to inspire some moral reflection at their close. The first story, the " Shoes of Fortune," which gives its title to the book, is founded upon a not very uncommon contrivance in fairy tales, the transporting or transforming of some favoured in dividual into the place or person he might happen to desire. By putting on the "shoes of for tune," the poor man takes the place of the rich, the poet is metamorphosed into the bird carolling above his head ; the would-be traveller longing to behold the beauties of southron lands, finds himself suddenly in course disagreeable in el? these qua rtersand ins w the the wonderFul shoes, the favoured object of fortune finds other el l p a changes ge d i l i gence, occasioned by no reason to approve of his change of state, and learns, f i o t r i m s a to tio b l e i h o () ce p:d r e , a t o l e s o s n o e n c of o u c n o n n i l t l e ( n )r t. K n T e h p e , w fi h r t s ) t a t l r w a n n y s e admiring the days of King Hans, some four hundred years ago, finds himself, on putting on the fairy shoes, transported to that ancient epoch, on which his admira tion gives place to very different sentiments, as we sus pect would, under similar circpmstances, be the ease with those who talk so much of " the good old times." It is unnecessary to particularise the various tales ; to those who can admire or appreciate one, the whole will be most attractive, and the little volume a delightful re creation. It were difficult to find a more amusing hook for those children in years who are not too wise or too learned to be really children in feelings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Theobald's staghds., Wed., Newton (Suffolk); Sat., Quv, at 11. Lord Elcho's hds., Tues., Budle ; Wed., Lilburn ; Fri., Twizel House ; Sat., Belford. Mr. Horndon's hds., Thurs., Chapman's Walls-10%. Mr. Roe's lids., Wed., Bigbury Court ; Sat., Crey Combo. Tiverton hds., Wed., Winsford Village; Sat., Dulverton —lO%. Devon hds., Thurs., Bradley-11. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Dringhouses ; Thurs., Seri van ; Sat., Skelton-10'4. Sinnington hds., Tues., Dalby ; Fri., Gillamoo-10. Hurworth lids., Tues., Nerthallerton ; Sat., Hilton-10%. Bedale hds., Wed., Hutton Conyers; Fri., Catterick Bridge 10%. —Sir C. Constable's stghds, Wed., Hedon-11%. Cleveland lids., Thurs., Guisborough Park. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Marston St. Lawrence; Thurs., Edgcott Village; Sat., Fenny Compton Wharf-10%. Mr. Watson's hds., Wed., Warkworth ; Fri., Longhirst — lO % Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., Swainby Bridge; Fri., Hil ton-10%. Mr. Fane's hrrs., Wed., Little Haseley ; Sat., Watlington. Warwickshire hds., Tues.. Whichford Village; Thurs., Lower Shuckburgh Village; Fri., Church Tysoe ; Sat., Sherington. V. W. H., Tues., Hournington Hall; Thurs., Lechlade ; Sat., Charlton Gate. Berkshire hds., Wad., Tar Wood ; Fri., Step Farm. Lord Parker's lids., Tues., Nuneham Park; Fri., Cane End. LORD HARDINGE ON RAILWAYS IN INDIA. On Monday was printed, by order of the House of Commons, a copy of railway reports from India. There are seven papers in the document, the last of which is an important communication from the Governor-Gene ral, Lord Hardinge, dated the 28th July last, wherein his excellency states his opinion on the proposed Indian railways, and also his confidence that the speculation will entirely fail, unless it be largely and liberally encouraged by the East India Company. The following observations of Lord Hardinge show the importance of the proposed undertaking: —"The limitation of the Company' s liber ality may b safely calculated by the positive and palpa ble advantages which a railway from Calcutta to Delhi would confer, and it need only he guaranteed to be forthcoming when an efficient and daily com munication by railway shall have been actually com pleted between the two extremities, and measures have been taken to ensure that it shall be permanently kept up. The calculation of the contribution to be given would be based on the political, military, and commer cial advantages which would be derived from the com pletion and full operation of such a line. In a political point of view, the daily delivery of the mails from Delhi to Calcutta in sixty hours, instead of eight days—the electric telegraphic communicating important orders in a few minutes from one extremity to the other—would give the Government great additional powers, approach ing almost to übiquity, as compared with the system of thik runners and ddik travelling. Such a facility would decide the question of the Governor-General and the members of Government moving up to the frontier; or, if it were necessary, to move rapidly up, the return would be equally speedy. The rigour, the confidence, and the economy with which the Government would be carried on would be greatly increased. In a military point of view, I should estimate the value of moving troops and stores with great rapidity, would be equal to the services of four regiments of infantry. This reduc tion of military establishments would be a saving of 50,0001. a year on the lowest scale. When the Lanca shire Yeomanry were moved to Birmingham, they com pleted 120 miles in three hours, rod e th e i r horses quite fresh to the scene of the disturbance, having accom plished a distance of 130 miles in five hours, and being again at their houses on the following day. In this country, where no man can tell one week what the next may produce, the facility of a rapid concentration of in fantry and artillery, and stores, may be the cheap pre vention of an insurrection, the speedy termination of a war, or the safety of the empire. I need not enter into the commercial and agricultural advantages which would repay the Exchequer for a large portion of the outlay contributed by the State. All these points are so well known and so generally admitted, that I will merely conclude by stating my opinion, that on military consi derations alone the grant of one million sterling, or an annual contribution of five lace of rupees, may be contri buted to the great line, when completed, from Calcutta to Delhi, and a pecuniary saving be effected by a dimi nution of military establishments, arising out of the faci lity with which the troops would be moved from one point to another." FALL OE TWO HOUS a E f s er ilnsr Tent-street , Southwark, S E o E }u, T ot . four o'clock, an accident of a most alarming nature occurred t Thursday by wilicl seven morning, per persons shortly n nearly lost time past the house numbered 210 in the street, formerly e n th aill er e e d in. used as a chapel, had been considered unsafe,somevaOr k ll , notwithstand ing, fell e oft m y orning in m i lt a h, and her two wall, v'lnd m e a n with a crash daughters, which, o a a n t i n e l o d e e d r I yt to lady, d owing togetherto a w violent h e gale r party y f stack of resembling a peal of thunder. The heavy the top of that house, and on the one adjoining, known upon g ch u i e m st n io e n is, the Temperance Union Coffee-house, both roofs - ;•er n e ov f a as in, and also the floorings, so that the interior of both houses orced became filled with bricks and rubbish: At that timeAlrs Smith and her two daughters were in one building, and Mr.' Smith, the landlord of the coffee-house, with his wife an two sons, were in the other. For some tim e it was feared that all the ' parties had perished, but the joists and flooring having settled upon the top of Mr. Smith's bedstead, they formed a kind of arch, which protected the inmates, and they thereby escaped. Mrs. Smith and her daughters also, by some extraordinary means escaped destruction; ono of the parties only received any personal injury, and that merely by cut on the head. The upper room of the coffee-house was decorated with tents and canopies for the use of the society termed " The Sons of the Plicenix.'"f he whole of the para phernalia has been destroyed, and Mr. Smith has lost furni ture valued at upwards of 1001. DUNDEE TRADE, FED. 16.—We have no particular change in the state of our market to notice. It is under stood, that the sales of flax during the past week have been of considerable extent, and at full prices. Tows and codillas are in demand, and have been sold at an advance on the prices previously previously paid. In the value of jute there is n o alte a • . Linens continue in fair demand as well as y arns, although som e part i cular kinds aro rather neglected. No arrivals from foreign since our last.— Coup l 1 • er. CABINET DINNER.—The Earl of Clarendon has issued invitations to his several colleagues for a Cabinet dinner on Wednesday, the ad proximo. - THE RIVER PLA T E. Extracts of letters received from the River Plate by the William Peile, arrived at Liverpool. BUENOS Amiss, Nov. :5C,. 1845,—From the interior all is quiet. We are led to believe that General Urquiza is quite fa vourable to this Government, and we have no reason to doubt our information, notwithstanding all sorts of rumours to the contrary. Rivera has opened his campaign with a few native fol lowers and some French basques. We are of opinion be will do nothing, although great hopes are entertained to the con trary at Monte Video. Jerked beef and tallow are allowed to be exported from, this, by special permission from the Government. DEC. B.—Political matters offer nothing new. An active and strenuous opposition will be made by the Monte,Video circle to prevent any arrangement whilst they are in receipt of 2,0001. per day from the Custom House. Exchange -745. per doubloon ; doubloons, 320 dolls. MONTE VMEO, Dac. 15.—1 n politics nothing worth re. peating. Affairs in Entre Rios continued about the same. Exchange -45d. to 45d. • (From the British Packet, Buenos Ayres paper, of Dec. 5.) Messrs. Graham and G. L. Brent arrived in town on Monday last from Paraguay, with dispatches for the United States legation. It is understood that Signior Lopez had not only issued a decree, as was before stated, suspending hostilities against the confederation, but actually disbanded. his army. For the rest, the Paraguay ruler appears to be as infatuated as ever with the idea of dissevering that pro vince from the national union ; and there is but too much reason to apprehend that his eyes will not be opened to the folly of such a pretension until he shall have shaken off the ominous influence of Brazilian diplomacy. That Signior Lopez should remain for any great length of time under his present delusion we deem quite improbable ; and we look forward with confidence to the period of pacification and re newal of commercial intercourse as the commencement of an era fruitful of results demonstrative of the immense benefits to be derived from preserving the national union unimpaired, and equally conclusive as to the selfish motives by which the Imperial Cabinet is actuated in encouraging a separation by which Paraguay would be the only loser, and Brazil the sole gainer. Although the mission of Messrs. Graham and Brent has failed to attain the main object for which it was undertaken, it will, nevertheless, be productive of one very useful result in contributing to correct the erroneous impressions so pre valent abroad with respect to everything connected with Paraguay, and thus leading to a just appreciation of the na ture of the question at issue. OFFICIAL NOTE. Buenos Ayres, Nov. 9,1846. The Minister of Foreign Relations, &c. To Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, Commander-in-Chiet of her Brit sh Majesty's naval forces in the river Plate. The undersigned, by order of his Excellency the Governor and Captain-General of the Province, has the honour to ad dress you, for the purpose of placing at your disposition the articles composing the luggage of the British officer Charles G. Fegen, commander of the schooner Federal, captured by the Argentine forces stationed at San Lorenzo, on the passage down of that vessel. His Excellency the Governor has directed the under signed on this occasion to forward you a copy of the list re mitted with said luggage by the provisional Commander-in- Chief of the department of the north. General Lucio Mancilla, and also of the note addressed under this date to that officer, detailing the motives of this resolution. The undersigned trusts that Commodore Herbert will look upon' the slight demonstration of the Argentine Government as a fresh proof, among so many others that it has evinced, o f the esteem with which it regards the recent course of policy adopted by her Britannic Majesty with respect to the Argentine Confederation. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to re new to Commodore Herbert the expression of the high esteem with which he has regarded him at all times. God preserve you many years. FELIPE AIIANA. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Con , """ 18 .) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY, FEB. 20. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : THURSDAY, FEB. 25. Paisley and Renfraw (Sale and Improvement). East of Fife (Markinch Deviation). Eastern Counties (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Branch from Vange to Battle Bridge). Chester and Holyhead (Extensions at Chester and Holy_ head, &c.) Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch. Dublin and Drogheda (Branch from Navan to Kells). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2) Branches. Cornwall. Oldham Alliance. FRIDAY, FEB. 26. • - Northampton and Banbury. TUE SPEAKER'S ,LEVEE.—The Right Hon. the Speaker of the ( House of Commons gave his fourth grand Parliamentary entertainment on Saturday last, at his man sion in Eaton-square; tl.e guests of the Ri g ht. H on . Gentle man on this occasion being the leading members of the Pro tectionist party. Covers were laid for 28. The circle in cluded Lerd George Bentinck, the Marquis of Chandos, Vis count Bernard, Lord John Manners, Hon. C. E. Law, Sir ' John Ty rre ll, Si r Willi am V erner, the Right Hon. F. Shaw., Colonel Sibthorp, Major Beresford, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Miles, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Packe, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. P a lm e r, Mr. Ark wright, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr.' Finch, Mr. Quintin Dick, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Houldsworth, Mr. F. Mackinnon, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Lefroy. After the banquet the Right Hon. Gentleman held his first levee for the present session. The Duke of Wellington was amongst the earliest to pay his respects to the Speaker. His Grace arrived in company with Lord Charles Wellesley. The general circle at the levee comprised the following members of the Lower House : The Earl Jermyn, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Sandon, Viscount Ehrington, Viscount Newry and Morne, Lord Brooke, Lord Dalmeney, Lord James Start, Lord Norreys, Lord Clements, Lord Ernest Bruce, Hon. H. T. Liddell, Hon. H. Fitzroy Hon. T. Ve.sey, Right Hon. Sir. Robert Peel, Right lion. Sir James Graham, Right Hon. the At torney-General, Sir William Somerville, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir E. Colebroolce, ' Sir John Pakington, Sir W. Heathcote, Sir Richard Bulke ley Phillips, Sir A. L. Hay, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir John Hope, Sir Montague Cholmeley ; Right Hon. Colonel G. L. Darner, Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Right Hon. E. Strutt, Right Hon. Fox Maule, Right Hen. T. Miln er Gib son ; C aptain Boldero, Captain Connolly, Captain Egerton, Captain James; Alderman Copeland, Dr. 13owrit,g, Mr. Greene, Mr. Black burne, Mr. Waddington, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Dugdale, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Sanderson, Mr. R. Ferguson, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. Card well, Mr. Stuart, Mr. W. 0. Gore, Mr. D. Barclay, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Willshere, Mr. Spooner, Mr. R. D. Mangles, Mr. Townelev, Mr. Godson, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Kemble, Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Romilly, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Williams, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Rich, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. P. Butler. Mr. Brotherton, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Hastie, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Brownrigg, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Ross, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Ferrand, M r. S . C rawford, Mr. Dundas, r. F. French, and Mr. Hildy-ard. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Setwell, and some few other gentlemen, not having seats in the House, paid their respects to the Speaker, at the levee. The Duke of Wellington was the only Member of the House of Peers present. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY.—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Earl and Countess of Clarend on , Viscount Morpeth, LordJ. Russell, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady Ashley, the lion. W. Cowper, and a distin guished circle, at dinner, at their residence at Carlton-gar dens, on Saturday, previous to her Ladyship's reunion, Among the brilliant company at the reception were—his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Die trichstein, his Excellency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, his Excellency Count Reventlow, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, his Excellency the Bel gian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency . Baron Hugel, his Excellency the Saxon Minister and Ba roness de Reus,, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires and Baroness Rehausen, Count Revel, the Marquis de St. Aulaire, Count Louis de Noailles, Baron Koller, Baron Brenner, Baron Nicholay, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, the Marquis and Marchioness .of Lansdowne, the Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl aLci Countess of Listowell and Miss Wyndham, Dowager-Coun tess of Verulam, Viscount Anson, Lord and and Lady Beau mont, Lord and Lady Melgund and the Ladies Elliott, Lord Harry Vane, Lord Dudley Stuart, Viscoant and Viscountess Folkestone and Lady Jane Bcuverie, Lord De Mattley, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Viscount Go derich, Viscount Canter bury, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Mahon, Lord John Manners, Lady Georgians Romilly, Lady Theresa Lewis, Lord Brooke, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lord and Lady- J. Stuart, and Miss Stuart, Lady Easthope, Lord and Lady Camoys and the Hon. Miss Stonor, Sir George and Lady Grey, Sir S. and Lady and Miss Canning, Sir A. and Lady and Miss Clifford, Mr. and Lady C. Maxse, Sir B. Hall, Baron - and Lady and Miss Parke, * Sir C. and Lady and Miss Adam, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Montague, Hon. Colonel D. Darner, Sir D. J. Norreys, Hon. J. and Mrs. Ashley, Hon. Mr. Fortescue, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Mr. and Lady G. Fullarton, Sir H. Webster, Hon. H. Howard, Right Hon: F. Maule, Admiral and Miss Bowles, Hon. W. S. and Lady C. and Miss Lascelles, Hon. C. S. Rice, Hon. Miss rs Eden, an f te A. and Lady A. Forster, Right Hon. E. Stanley, Hon. S. Ponsonby, Mr. Ly o ns, Murchison, Sir R. and Lady B. 1 Corry, Mr. G. E. Anson, I. A B l . r. c l o ' c . h ß ra y n n e g ; Duncan A , fr ilr.it. Di. Diilnes, p MC i M a n dev i l le,PfTPo r 'j' d S , lai 3 t3rni f igl r rt ISat( li o n . l i . Mrs. elLli; G dile3.4 . :. i rt o mi e rnond, IV IN T I r . 1 . .. a 1 11 ' c u l f i e 1.8 11 IBirr.. Craig, cmcou a nr l tt r ee . fif t: o. .. 7, a , nt/I,l.rAl.lll,i'solsn..2'blanque, Mr. Panizzi, Mr. 11. Vyner, 7 The marriage of the second LEGHORN, EB. son of Don Carlos to the Archduchess Mary, sister of the D u k e of Modena, was to ha l :e is b s e a e i n d cthelaetbrhaeteidla: an idea tMotlena yesterday (;tise 6n of The Duke of Lucca had already be en g in oio th g a t t o c ll i t3 e flo d r e stlo i ni n );e the ays. spring, in order to negotiate the sale, in the royal domain of Saxony, of an estate which belongs to him in that country. It appears that, about that period, the Prince and the Princess of Lucca will pro ceed to Venice and Vienna, and perhaps even to Eng land. The execution of these plans will, however, doubtless depend upon the conclusion of the financial arrangetnents with Tuscany. Some persons pretend, it is true, that the Duchess de Berri w ill come to the assistance of her son-in law at all events, giving or advancing him the necessary funds for satisfying his travelling F lorence e Duke and Duchess of Modena are expected a on the 12th, or the 13th, REVELATIONS Or PORTUGAL ' • WITH A GLA_Nt TEE PRES ENT S TATE OF SPAIN. Br Mu. ITUCALIES..—AT the present moment when our attention is turned to the insurrectionary movements now taking place in Portugal, these volumes will he found of considerable rains, as they supply information en which we may rely with confidence. Mr. Hughes is now there, and has taken infinite pains to render himself conversant with the subject, by searching out facts with the greatest diligence, and sparing no efforts while engaged in the undertaking he had in hand for facilitating its object. Mr. Hughes seems to have been platted in a position whence he could-command various sources of infor mation, and renders himself au fait to the private manccu vrings and machinations by which the marriage of the Queen Isabel with her cousin was brought about. There is much in these volumes which show the author tg be possessed of considerable powers of observation. We have derived con siderable pleasure from the perusal of the work, and strongly recommend it to our readers, as one likely to afford•them much amusement and instruction.— Sunday Timm Lisl-