The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. R°' AL BANK Capital, 1,000,000. in Deposit 51. WRFC OF AUSTRALIA. 20,000 Shares of 501. each. per Share. !TORS. Benjamin Boyd, Esq. !Alexander Cockburn, Esq. Thomas Meux, Esq. William P. Craufurd, Esq. George Webster, Esq. John Connell, Esq. John W. Sutherland, Esq. John Mitchell, Esq. irritxntse COUNSEL. • Peter Laurie, Esq. soIACITOR-S. Messrs. Parken and Webster, 13, New Boswell Court. Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, 32, New Broad-street. BANKERS. Union Bank of London, Moorgate-street, Lothbury ; and Argyle-place, Regent-street. Edinburgh—National Bank of Scotland. Leith—Edinburgh and Leith Bank. Glasgow—Western Bank of Scotland. Greenock—Greenock Bank. Aberdeen—Town and County Bank. . Arbroath—Arbroath Banking Company. Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland. Ayr—Ayrshire Banking Company. The object of the Company is for the transaction of all Ranking business at SYDNEY, LAUNCESTON, ADE LAIDE, PORT PHILIP, and such other places as the Di recurs may deem advisable ; and it is intended to apply, as far u possible, the system which has proved so successful in Scot land. The extraordinary progress which the Australasian Colonies have made within the last few years, the continued flow of emi gration towards them, together with the high value of money there, can for an increased number of establishments of this de scription, and the prosperous condition of the Banks already is operation is a sufficient guarantee that under prudent manage ment this Investment must prove a most profitable and secure one to the Shareholders, as high rates of interest are obtained with perfect security in a country where, from well ascertained data, Capital is improving at rates varying from 50 to 75 per cent. per annum. The following Extract from the Official Share List of February 4th, 1840, shows the present value of Stock in Two of the Australasian Banks formed in Lo^.don : Original Share. Paid up. Present trice. Bank of Australasia ...... £4o 0..... .£3‘ 10 • Ditto (new Shares).. 40.... ..... ••• 10 0 l7 10 Union Bank of Australia 17 10 25 10 (established in 1838) I 95 - Nor can the prosperity of Banking operations connected with those Colonies be better illustrated than by reference to the satisfactory Report of tho Directors of the Union Bank of Australia, pres e nted to the Proprietors at their General Meet ing, on th e 3d o f February, and by the following extract from the Rev. Henry Carmichael's Pamphlet on New South Wales, wherein he observes—" There are at present in Sydney three Joint Steck Banking Companies in operation, with a paid-up capital of ab sut 80,0001. each ; which divide a profit annually of from 20 to 25 per cent. His Excellency Sir James Stirling also, in his recent work on Western Australia, says, in allusion totter w e stern Bank of Australia, " The second 'half-year left a clear pre& over the expenditure of 14 and a half per cent., which:, after setting aside one-tifth as an accumulating fund, according to an existing rule, enabled the Directors to declare a dividend of 11 and a half per cent. on the paid-up capital ;at the close of the year ne dishonoured bill remaining on hand, nor had the Solicitor of the Bank to commence a single suit for the reeovery of a debt due to it." The Directors have for some time been making arrangements for immediately carrying into effect the objects of the Com pany; and in order to advance the influence of the Bank in the Colonies, they have reserved a portion of the shares for distri bn)lon Sheet. As the principal part of the business must necessarily be car ried on in the Colonies, it has been thought inexpedient to hare a numerous Board of Directors in London : it has there fore been determined that the number shall not at any time exceed ten ; but to secure the prudent administration of the 4!airs of the Bank, a complete system of superintendence is now being organized by the Directors for the Establishments in the Colonies. A sufficient capital has already been subscribed to enable the Directors to commence business immediately. They have therefore resolved, in order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to arise in other undertakings from an unre stricted application of shares, and to induce only those to apply who wish to become bona fide proprietors, not to entertain any application unless made in the printed forms provided by them for that purpose, and accompanied by a payment of 2/. upon each share applied for, the Directors reserving to themselves, at the time of appropriation, the right to reject or comply with such application, either in whole or in part, the money to be returaed if the application be rejected, and to be placed to the credit of the party in respect of the shares allotted to him if accepted. For the guidance of those who may wish to become proprie tors, it may be mentioned, that it is not in contemplation to call up more than 10/. per share for the next twelve months. The Directors have postponed filling up the London Board to the full number of ten, in order to give them the opportunity of selecting influential proprietors, whose assistance and co operation they may think it advisable to secure for the interests of the concern ; power is reserved to them for that purpose, and they are also authorized to complete all other arrangements necessary for putting the Company into immediate operation. Application for shares, in accordance with the printed form, to be made to Messrs. Boyd, 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London DEDIOATED BY PERMISSION TO HER MAJESTY. Now ready, Vol. 2, price Bs. 6d. bound, to be completed its Four or Five Volumes, beautifully embellished with Por trait: &c. LiVIS OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. (From the Norman Conquest, with Anecdotes of their Courts. Wow Itrst published from Official Records and other Authen tie Documents, private as well as public. By AGNES STRICKLAND. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " This interesting and well-written work, in which the se vere truth of history takes almost the wildness of romance, will xttiatitrite a 'valuable addition to our biographical literature." ...Morning Herald. c " This agreeable book may be considered a valuable contri kution to historical knowledge. It contains a mass of every kind of historical, antiquarian, and gossipping matter of inte- Tast."—Athenteum. • The execution of this work is equal to the conception. Great pains have been taken to make it both interesting and valuable.'—Literary Gazette. • This elegant work, in which we have everything connected vr;11 the biographies of our female Sovereigns, is one of - the kighest merit, and of permanent interest—evincing great learn ing, research, judgment, and taste."— Dispatch. " Authentic Memoirs of our English Queens is a cork which has iieen mach wanted, and Miss Strickland has spared neither labour nor research to eomplete this attractive work in an effi cient manner."—Sun. " This important work will form one of the most useful, agreeable, and essential additions to our historical library, that we have had for many years."—Naval and 3lilitary Gazette. Henry Consort), Publisher, 13, Gleat Marlborough-street. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAMS VESTRIS THIS EVENIN6,Maacn 2. Will be performed the New Original Play, in Five Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lurch, Mr. J. ; Huon, Mr. Anderson; the Countess of Eppen stein, Min Ellen Tree ; Katherine, Madame yestris. After which, a Comia Burletta, called PATTER vicases CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To eancludo with .he Grand ♦llegerioal and National Mantua, is hamar of his Majesty's Nuptials, entitled Vig, FORTUNATE ISLES; OR, THE TRIUMPHS OP BRITANNIA. TLelosie composed and selected by )fr. H. R. Bishop.. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles. is. ; Second Price, :2s. 6d. ; Pit, 33. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Deers to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to aommeuce at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and play es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Netter, at- the Box-office from Ton till Four, where Season Tiokots may is* liad open application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. ..„ —.— Novelty of extraordinary magnitude—New Historical Drama tis Legend. in three Epochas, depicting England in 16114, Bat badoes in 1665 . , Old London in 1t66, with a representa . tion of ti-e Great Fire of Lcndon. THIS EVENING, MARCH 2. WiII be acted, fr t time, a Historical Dramatic Legend, called THE CITY APPRENTICE; or, THE THREE LILIES. • Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, a Comedietta, from the French, entitled FAMILY JARS MENDED. llonhomine. Mr. Smith ; Chapinet. Mr. Saville ; Madame Itonlawinine, Mrs. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin. T. conclude with the Nautical Drama of BEN THE BOATSWAIN. Pen, Mr. Saville. STRAND THEATRE. • - AMBIDEXTROUS PRESTIDIGITATION!!! MAGNIFICENT PARAPHERNALIA !!! AWE THR-ILLING NECROMANCY! ! ! OVERFLOWING! WONDER -STRICKEN AND DELIGHTED AU DIENCES " " " The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH, by his indiv;dual and mind-astonishing performances, having congregated crowded, astounded, and pleasure-electrified audiences, will pert, rm his w,nderr n l feats of philosophical and necromantic magic, en MONDAY, MAncii 2, 1840, and every evening during the week, concluding with the :ori ginal an I mysterious GUN DELUSION. Boxes, 2s. 6d., Sec and Price, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d., Second Price Is. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six —commencing at half-p as t Seven. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We will advert to-morrow to the scene which occurred at the Bolton Board of Guardians on Friday, or publish the com munication. A Working Man" is in general correct, but we have witnessed in London, if our correspondent has not, scenesvery different, frost those ord rly meetings at Newcastle and many other places. The ge,tleman who gave an account of the " She riffite Row" had these in view at the time. 11111111 FEZ AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Me- ruing...—. 41 minutes after 11 Evening 5 minutes after 0 5 . ..,•,-: 4; 1.4 : : T ‘' , . -'e ni...1.7"...' .y.,, tm.o.— . P'? *t — if( * ' . 4 .- , -r No .- 4 1 g '• - *,;\ . .., T. : m 7A -, ;;,f.., ), a , ~, ~ ~~.~ ~'~. THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1840. LONDON: MONDAY, MARCH 2, 111411 The Herald, which is on e o f the most strenuous supporters of our Corn-laws, contained on Saturday the following information We are quite sure that our agricultural system is very defective ; that it might, under the guidance of science, be brought to a far more improved condition ; and that the actual tillers of the land have by no means kept pace with the progress of the population. We require large experi mental farms—not one, but several, situated in vario?r,s ,•••" of the United Ki ng d om, w h erein the science of rota ti.6.-2 might lie completely developed; and principles, deter. urinate and appropriate to eac h ki n d of soil and climate, estab! shed upon undeniable evidence of carefully-regis tered facts." This was part of a long pa ragrap h on agricul rzlre, which had all the authority of lime type. se, I published, and in such a paper, we hold the infor -1 mation to be extremely valuable. " That the actual tillers of the soil have by no means kept pace with the progress of population" is what the manufac turers allege against them. There may be hence forward a difference of opinion as to the cause of " the defective system of our agricul ture"—there can be none, at least on the part of the Herald, as to the existence of the defect. How it may be brought into " an improved condition," may yet be a proper subject of inquiry, but that it requires improvement the Herald ,nowffi unites with the Manchester manufacturers in arm ing.. They assert that the Corn-laws cause this baekwardness. The Corn-law men deny the cause, but now that they admit the important fact, they will not and can not deny that the " defective sys tem of agriculture," the backwardness of " the actual tillers of the soil , " " the incomplete development of the science of rotation, all exist in conjunction with the Corn-laws. If they have not caused they have not prevented this degraded condition of our agriculture. Can any thing of the same kind be said of our manufactures ? Can any man assert that our manu facturing system is very defective—that it might, under the guidance of science, be brought to a far more improved condition—that the actual manu facturers have in skill, energy, and knowledge by no means kept pace with the progress of popula tion ? We answer, no. Whatever m a y b e i ts de fects, so far as dividing its produce amongst masters and men goes (which is to be referred to our right of property, not to our manufacturing system), no man can say that " the system is defective." It has outstripped all theory, it has gone beyond all expectation. The practices of our manufacturers have put the science of our philosophers to shame, and helped them to much new information. Science may gradually bring forward improvements, but at present it cannot be said, as the Herald says of agri culture, that it can now show manufactures the way. The gigantic achievements of art have, in fact, asto nished men of science, as much as the meanest of mankind. None of them predicted those vast im provements, of which the importation of cotton from India, and returning it thither in finished muslins, underselling the cheapest labourers of the world, is perhaps one of the most striking results and illustrations. The cotton manufacture, in which the greatest improvements have been made, has never till lately, when Saxon stockings and Swiss prints can be brought into England to undersell our own pro duce, much needed what is called protection, and now only receives it to the extent of 10 per cent. ad valorem, while the raw material is taxed to an equal amount. In it, therefore, all these improve ments have been made, while it has been exposed to the competition of foreigners. It is also well known that since the prohibition was re moved to import silks, and importation permitted subject to a duty—since out silk manufacturers were exposed to competition with foreigners, which they were not before 1826, the silk manufacture here has in taste and in the ingenious application of machinery been much improved. Silks are now at least a third, and in many cases a half, cheaper than they were before the alteration of the law, besides being more agreeable to look at. From the competition to which our manufactures have been exposed the consumers have benefited amazingly, and the present cheapness of the most elegant and comfortable materials of clothing, brings them within the reach of every class except the very lowest and most destitute. The expense of transporting cottons and silks, in proportion to their value, is very trifling, while the expense of transporting a quarter of corn from the nearest source of foreign supply, has never been estimated at less than 10s. a quarter, or one-sixth of what is called a remunerating price, giving from that circumstance a protection to our ' agriculturists equal to nearly 16 per cent. In addition to this, the duty of 245. Bd. when wheat is 625. per quarter, is equivalent to an Additional protection of 40 per cent., making a pro tection to the corn grower of 56 per cent., or 46 per cent. more than the cotton, and 26 percent. more than the silk manufacturers receive, exclusive of the tax on the raw material they use. With this vast relative advantage—to which must be added that the protection to the cotton manufacturer affects in a very small degree the price of only one commodity consumed by the agriculturist, while the protection to the agriculturist affects the price of almost every thing consumed by the cotton manufacturer—we find, co-existing, a manufacturing system outstrip ping theory and surpassing expectation, and an agricultural system defective and far behind the progress of population. Now the manufacturers assert—and we believe most justly—that it is this vast protecting duty on agricultural pro duce which, preventing competition, fosters our de fective system of agriculture. It is a bounty on a costly and slovenly mode of cultivation. It makes the landlords think only of racking their rents, in stead of racking their brains to generate and pro- ' mote agricultural improvement. From Belgium, according to the information recently derived from that country, and from several parts of Germany, it is supposed we might import some agricultural practices with advantage, but our manufacturing processes are in almost every point before those of other countries. They are exported; other countries borrow from us, and we rarely borrow from them. Such is the contrast between the improvement in the almost unprotected manufacturing and the highly-protected agricultural systems I But while the Morning Herald makes the important admission which has led to these re marks, and while the Corn-law, of which it is a staunch advocate, and which, we say, has caused them, has been in existence a little more than twenty years, it also states that " nothing but a total abandonment of the policy which has pre vailed during the last twenty years—nothing but a recuricnce to that system, under which the ener gies of Eligiand were first developed—can save England from abasement to the rank of a third- rate power." If that means anything, it means that the Corn-law should be abolished, all reci procity treaties put an end to, the Test Acts be re-enacted, the Catholic Emancipation Act be swept out of the statute-book, the trade to India again sealed up, our sanguinary laws re-enacted, which the Herald, to its honour, has done much to put an end to, and that, bristling with troops and ships, Eng land, lust( ad of cultivating the arts of peace should prosecute those of war. But the passage cannot mean that, and therefore it is mere senseless, un meaning gabble. Such, however, is a specimen of the con ti adictory drivelling, utterly regardless of sense and facts (if sense means any thing beyond a cus tomary placing of words in a certain grammatical relation, without any reference to the things of which they arc supposed to be signs) with which not only the Herald but the bulk of the Corn-law and Tory Journals continually and daily dose their readers. For some time past various accounts have been received in London of sundry acts, savouring of the worst spirit of despotism, alleged to have been committed by the Executive Govern ment of the lonian Islands, with the con sent and approbation of Sir HOWARD DouGL as, the Lord High Commissioner. The latest of these is detailed in a letter from Corfu, dated the 30th of January, of which we shall give the substance, in the hope that in a few das s we shall be able to remove, by official documents, the imputations which they cast upon the character of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS. Some time early in December SPIRIDION PA tRn l e G n ° aolf CatiOdrfU,STpEuLs pushed GANGADI, IWO young d the stre e t s , and epithet e against a Senator in r p e erl y plied a b v y e abusive theht into cus ' t . ot y, n ithe b t eing remonstra t e d with I T he S- e t n h a e t y ol. w v e e r r e y c p o r tn o : tnittcd c 'to prison. Their parentst no regard d was applied t o k now t h e e cause of their detention, being detained but or n p e a ar id ly t o their prayers, and, after month, they were sent ence d to b e banished with out a l s being knowing whither, and with out so much allowed one interview with thei r f am ili es hi s sentence, if the facts are really such as they have been reported to us, is not only tyrannical in the extreme, but it is, at the same time, grossly illegal ; for it is expressly declared in the Penal Code of she lonian Islands (Article 247), that " Any insult or threat against a public func tionary, committed while he is not in the execution of his official duties, but out of vengeance, or in consequence of a legitimate act connected with his functions, if it be slight, shall be punished with six months to three years' imprisonment in the House of Correction ; and if it be serious, with eighteen months to four years' imprisonment in the House of Correction." Asthiscase is but a solitary one out of many we trust that the prominence now given to it will call forth such official explanations as shall satisfy her MAJESTY'S iubjects here that the inhabitants of the lonian islands experience her gracious pro tection in the righteous administration of the laws and the constitution which Great Britain has gua ranteed to them. Our readers will find in another part of The Sun, copied from the Augsburg Gazette of the 23d of February, a curious correspondence which passed in the month of December last between Count PONTOIS, the " perfect diplomatist," and Minister of France at the Ottoman Porte, and It Esclup PActrA, Minister for Foreign Affairs. The sub ject of it is the share the French Admiral was stated by M. Avedik, the interpreter of Vice-Admiral OSMAN BEY, to have had in the disgraceful trans action of betraying the Turkish fleet to the Viceroy of Egypt ; and we defy any impartial person, after a careful perusal of Count de PONTOIS' Note, to affirm that the French Admiral was not privy to the treason of the CAPITAN PACIIA. As The Sun happened to be the first Journal, not only in England but in Europe, in which a suspicion of Admiral LA LANDE's good faith was expressed— and as this was done long before M. Avedik's escape from Alexandria, it ally be interesting to recapitulate such particulars as may serve to make the correspondence to which we are now directing attention generally understood. A very few words will suffice for this purpose. When the Turkish fleet, consisting of nineteen sail, the entire naval strength of the empire, passed the Dardanelles, the first act of the Capitan Pacha was to go on board Admiral LALANDE'S ship, where the two admirals held a private conference of about three hours' duration. Admiral LALANDE had three ships of war with him at the time, Ad miral STOPFORD, with the British squadron, was at a short distance, and yet LALANDE neither accom panied the Ottoman fleet on its cruise, nor did he send any account of what had taken place to the British Commander. Now, be it remembered that ;he sole object of keeping a French squadron a ,be mouth of the Dardanelles was to watch the mo, tions of the Turkish fleet ; it having been previousl agreed upon that the French Admiral should con trol the movements of the Turkish, and the Bri ish Commander those of the Egyptian squadrons. Well, the CAPITAN PACHA having concluded the secret conference with Admiral LALANDE, went on board his ship, got under weigh, and without molestation or remonstrance, sailed into the harbour of Alexandria, and like a traitor as he was, delivered up the entire fleet to the Viceroy Now, it was when the news of the betrayal of the fleet first leached England that we denounced Admiral LALANDE as a participator in the treachery of Ossi AN BEY. This was in dignantly denied by the Paris papers, and rejected as unfounded by our London contemporaries. Some time after, however, M. Avedik, the Capitan Paella's interpreter, made his escape from Alexan dria; and on his arrival at Constantinople drew up a report of what took place at the interview between Admiral LALANDE and the Capitan Pasha, and thus substantiated, on the evidence of an eye and ear-witness, the charge which we had made against the French Admiral. M. AVEDIK proved to the satisfaction of the Porte and the diplomatic body, that Admiral LALANDE was privy to and connived at the treason of OSMAN BEY. It is not to be wondered at that the unexpected discovery of an intrigue so very disgraceful to France should give great umbrage to the French Ambassador ; and it is as little surprising that a diplomatist so " perfect" as Count de PONTOIS should feel an uncommon eagerness to display his wonderful abi• lines at extricating his Government out of ano ordinary difficulty. But a wiser diplomatist than the Count has recommended as little use of the pen as possible, in some cases, and we dare affirm Admiral LALANDE'S to be one of them. At all events, the Count's note makes the matter just as bad as it can be. "It was precisely by means of Admiral LA • LANDE'S report," writes the over-frank Louis- PHILIPPE-created-perfect diplomatist, " commu nicated to the Ambassadors of the Great Powers, and to the Porte itself, as soon as Admiral ROUS SIN had received it by the Papin, that the Porte received the first intimation of the CAPITAN Pacit a's projects, and thus found itself able to take all the means in its power to destroy or neu tralize these projects. Admiral LALANDE, in ad vising the CAPSTAN PACHA to set sail, not for Candia, but for Rhodes, and in hastening to inform the—French Ambassador at Constantinople of all that had passed, and of the confidence reposed in him by the CAPSTAN PACHA, in order that it might be communicated to the Porte, did all in his power, as commander of a fleet belonging to a friendly Power in alliance with T ur k e y." This is a clear admission of the whole charge against the French Admiral. His knowledge of the trea sonable designs of the CAPSTAN PACHA is avowed, and yet a merit is claimed for his communication of that knowledge to his own Go vernment at a time when the Five Powers in con junction could not have hindered the Turkish fleet from entering the harbour of Alexandria The insulting" allusion to the " opportunities," which M. DE PONTOIS well knew the Ottoman Porte had not, of preventing the realization of the CAPSTAN PAcitiCis treachery, in consequence of Admiral LALANDE'S mock despatches, is as con temptible as it is gratuitous, and might surely have been spared on such an occasion. Our Gailic contemporaries boasted a good deal, when this affair first happeued, about OSMAN BEY'S selection of a French officer for his confidant on so momen. tous an occasion. We gladly leave them all the honour which must result from the exposure of its object. Without the slightest intention of hurting the self-love of our sensitive neighbours, we take leave to express our belief, that no British naval Commander would have listened to the communi cation made by OSMAN BEY to Admiral LALANDE without making it at once known to the fleet, and sending the CAPITAN PACHA to Constantinople, and further that, were a British Corninander so to act, the British Government would cashier him in less than three hours after the fact was fully proved. Upon R Escnt DPA sti A's note we shalt offer no commentary. It is equally moderate and dignified The highly-important intelligence that the Spanish Government had declared the capital in a state of siege was communicated, by telegraph, to the French Government on Saturday, and was im mediately posted up at the Bourse. The following is a copy of the telegraphic despatch : .., ___ " BAYONNE, FEB',2j NINE 'O'CLOCK ' consequence of grave disorders in the bosom of the Chamber, and of attempts at insurrection (without), Madrid has been declared in a state of siege. On the 2-Ith the Session of the Cortes was suspended. " A. the departure of the courier Madrid was tranquil." t e;o or, t t t l o i e employ verificatio n of Private letters, of the 22d ult., fr om _Madrid, an i ticipate th e occurrence o f suc h di sor d ers , i n conse tqiuteenic,oe,oeftsthoet. s ti lsquabblesa s bu Parlia mentary language, about the due return of Mem bers, against whose return petitions were presented. It is to be observed that at the commencement o f the Session of the Cortes,two Election Committees are appointed—the first consisting of seven Mein ' hers to examine all petitions against return s and report upon them ; the second, composed of five Members, with the power of revising such reports before presentation to the Chamber. Nor are these Reports final. The Chamber may either adopt, modify, or reject them, or even send them back to the Committees for further consideration. Here there is an ample opportunity afforded for a well organized minority to waste the time of a whole Session in mere preliminary inquiries, as, accordin g to the Spanish Constitution, no public business can Le entered upon before the validity of all contested returns is decided. At first the Spanish Liberals, disgusted at the enormity of the Ministerial system of wholesale corruption, resolved to retire in a body from the Cortes, and protest against the validity of that assembly altogether. This alarmed the iMi nistry as much as it delighted the populace, but it was abandoned, on the representation of some of the members that it would lead to a civil war. The next proposal was to take advantage of the constitutional forms observed in the deliberations of the Cortes, by which the designs of the Cabinet might be so impeded as to be rendered abortive, and this was embraced with alacrity. This was found so successful the 22d, on ment could do nothing. The Chamber of Depu• ties was a scene of uptoar and confusion. The Ministers had entered into a new contract with Senor —Eirttot A for the i.upply of the army. The following outline of this infamous job is from the Madrid correspondence of the Chronicle : Contractor gives 60,000,000 reels in provisions, which cost, at the present rate of the articles, 30,000,000 reals; he gives, besides, 40 000.000 reals in money, at a peseta for a franc, which will be about 36,800,000 reels; and 150,000,000 in coupons, at 25 per cent., making about 35,000,000 reals; and in all 91,800,000 reals. For this he is to receive from the Government 200,000,000 in bills upon the Havannah, at NI per cent, discount, which will make some 236 000,000 reals. Deducting the cost price of the value given by the contractor from this sum, a profit of 144 200,000 will remain to him. But this is not All : 1,000 000,000 reals in Inn,ls are to be cr,ated upon the strength of the law of the 17th March —I think it is 1338—are to be created, with an interest of 5 per cent. ai guarantees for this monstrous trans.ction. How any country could stand profligate extravogance of this kind, I leave)ou to consider)" Tile object of M. OUVRARD'S mission to Madrid, which excited so much attention among financiers, is reported to be the establishment of a licensed gambling house in that capital Spain, it appears, is not going to the devil fast enough, and therefore she is to receive an impetus from the founding of a new college for graduations in profli gacy. The national music is to be perfected by adding to the sound of the drum and the roar of artillery the rattling of the dice-box. The whole of the Pang Joutnals of Friday and Saturday have been received. M. THIERS has obtained a complete triumph at the Tuileries, what ever fate may await him in the Chambers. On Saturday the appointment of the new Cabinet, of which he is the chief, was all but officially an nounced to the Deputies. We subjoin, without preface, a list of the new Ministry : M. TIIIERS. President of the Council, and Minister for Foreign Affairs. M. DE RENIUSAT, Minister of the Interior. M. VIVIEN, Minister of Justice. M. DUCAS, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce. M. JAI:BERT, Minister of Public Works. M. PELET (de la Lozere), Minister of Finance. M. COUSIN, Minister of Public Instruction. General CUBIERES, Minister of War. ADMIRAL Roussni. Minister of Marine. A private letter from Paris, dated four o'clock P.m. Saturday, says nothing about the appointment of M. DUCAS—states the Finance Department to have been vacant at that hour, and M. PELET (de la llozere) to he the new Minister of Commerce. The fact, one way or the other, is of small im portance, and will be decided by the next mail from Paris. Should no intrigue occur to dash to pieces the new Cabinet at the moment its formation is de clared complete, it will have many great difficulties to struggle against before it can restore confidence to France and to her allies. What is to be done is little in comparison with what must be undone. SOUL T'S system must be entirely abandoned, and measures adopted for the general identification of the interests of liberal Europe. M. e n - HERS must rend asunder that veil of diplomatic mystery in which weak equivocating politicians shroud the merest trifles, and which is especially unsuitable for great emergencies. There are occasions when seeming rashness in Statesmen is the truest wisdom ; and this is particularly as regards Statesmen whose sup port comes directly from the people, and are only tolerated by the Court. Marshal SOULT has be. queathed to M. TRIERS the legacy of—England distrustful of, Russia inimical to, Austria indif. ferent to, and the Porte suspicious of the French alliance. In fact, by a political blunder, une qualled in absurdity, SouLT all but sacrificed the Enolish alliance at the very moment that he was widening the breach between France and Russia. There is no other news of importance in the Paris Journals, with the exception of an important tele graphic despatch from Spain, received in Paris on S turday, which is given in art article on Spanish affairs. We find a good deal of Oriental gossip in the papers, but the substance of it has already ap peared in our columns. A Journal rays r—" At a moment when French inte rests require to be well represented in China, Marshal Soult has just appointed to the Consulate at Canton M. Chailaye, sun of the Consul at Smyrna, a young man, twenty-one years of age.—La Gazette de France. BOURSE.—PAKis, SATURDAI, FHB, 29. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price French 5 per Cents ll3 55 ... 113 95 113 85 ... 1.3 95 4 per Cents lO4 ... , C 4 ... 104 104 3 per Cents ..... 82 50 82 50 ... 82 40 ... 82 45 Bank cii erance Latfitte Bank I,ooof. Sh lO6O ...1060 1 , 0 5,11000. sh 5208 ...5200 —.5200 ...5200 Belgian Bank 935 035 935 ... 035 3 per Cents 75 50 ... 73 50 ... 73 50 73 30 United States Bank Loan.— 98 1 4 ... OS ... 5 814 084 Spgiiish Ae.ive 27 34 ... 2814 ...275,E 2654 Passive 6)4 ... 7 ... 6iy ... New Deterred Portuguese 3 per Cents lea: olitsn Roman 1023 10334 103% ... 141334 It %4'/1Y SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, It. B 555 555 ... 550 550 LB. 372 50 372 50 ... 370 370 Orleans Strasburg to Bale :3411 i4f; „, 24 ;340 ASPHALTES AND BITU ENS. Yarn (Maberly'‘) By the arrival of the Royal Tar steamer at Fal mouth, on Saturday, we have received advices from Lisbon of the 24th ult. The address in answer to th• speech from the throne was still under discussion. The paragraph relative to Eng land and the Slave Trade was brought forward on Monday the 17th, and on Saturday the Chamber had not come to a decision upon it. Nothing could be louder than the cites of the Opposition for a de claration of war against this country—cries strongly and emphatically deprecated by the Ministry and their adherents, and by all the reflecting portion of the Portuguese people. M. PAssos MANOEL made himself particularly conspicuous in preferring the most ridiculous charges against Great Britain ; asserting, among other things, that the officers on board the English anti-:lave cruisers were them selves implicated in the sale of negroes taken on board Portuguese slavers. The following extract from a despatch of the Governor of the Island of St. Thomas, dated the 20th of November, was published in the Diario of the 21st ult., and for a moment tended to ap pease the exasperation of the opposition against England " - The gallant Commander Cardoso, of the brig-of-war Tejo, having been informed that some of the English enviers had vectored to search vessels under the guns of our fortresses, immediately on the arrival in the port, of the officer commanding the English cruisers, sent his first Lieutenant to demand an explanation of such conduct. The English commander made every apology, acknow ledged that Lieutenant Ross, of her Britannic Majesty's ship Curlew, had acted improperly, and said that he would send a brig at once to the Cape of Good Elope with a let ter to Captain Elliott, soliciting the removal of Lieutenant R,,ss from the station " We find no account of guerilla movements in the Portuguese Journals, and are glad to have to state that the country is more than usually tranquil. M. The Belgian v r ü BA s e s sl el g D s i a and En n aar lape t : ivtehde r s on co have Court come rtri do afy Loudon, hand. ot Ant werp, o on Board the Soho steamer. In the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, on Friday, a project of law for the prevention of duelling was discussed, when a Deputy proposed that restrictions should be im posed upon the liberty of the press. On Saturday the attendar.ce of Members was so small as to prevent the doing of any business. The German Papers publish advices from Con stantinople of the sth ult., in which it is stated that the Greek Patriarch has fallen under the displeasure both of the Porte and the Government of the lonian Islands. He is, however, supported by Russia, who finds him an excellent tool for effecting her dark purposes. SE..Ltil AN h UNDS—B ; , FEB • L , L o it T u , a u l l lie::: per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cunt ......... 101% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per ..... 04% ------- .s per Cent........._ OS Societyot Corn i rt l r ' c ' e l , P Z ( p ':e e ' r 't Cent lO7 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent .....» 94 % National Society . o• • •••••• Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers. Feb. 20. AUSTRIAN FUNllb.—Vir.usa, Fee. `2l• rive per Cents. Metalliques - Boer per Cents. ..... „ .......... ............ 101% Three pc.r Cents. Bank Shares ........ ...„„ ....... :522 --Al/gen:erne Zeirung:Feb . ANTI-CORN LAW MEETINGi AT PRESTON.-011 Monday a public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Preston, was held in the Town Hall (which was crowded to excess), t o cons id er t h e propr i e ty of petitioning for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Resolutions were unani mously passed condemnatory of those laws, and a peti tion adopted in favour ofan immediate and total repeal. In the evening another meeting was held in the Cockpit by the operative s , at which it vras universally agreed to organize a working man's association to obtain the re peal of the Corn-laws. All the leading Chartists spoke at this meeting, declaring that they should be ashamed of themselves to offer any opposition to a movement so important, and pledg ing their best efforts to co-opera tion in favou r o f a repea l. —Manchester Guardia n . This is an ex amp l e w hi c h we h o p e o th er Ch ar ti s t s w ill imitate. If, us t h ey say, they want to control the Legislature, to break up old institutions, and extend the power of the democracy over the House of Cow. mons, what mean s so f eas ibl e , w h a t plan s o certain, as to unite With the middle classes, anti ec;ffip.4 the ;Iris tocracy, enthroned in the Legislature, to yield the Corn laws, which are the strong-hold of their power ? The true virtue of the Reform Act consists much more in the mode I of carrying it which set aside the House of Lords, and overthrew ail prescription, than in the act itself. Mr. Macaulay lately delivered an admirable speech on the utility of agitation. Let the Chartists foliow his hints, and, by enforcing a repeal of the Corn-laws, again assert the supremacy of the popular will. Another blow will in that way be given to the aristocracy, again will pre , scription be set aside, again will the democracy, and in rig nteousnesstoo,give the law to the law-givers, and every such exertion of their power familiarizes he commu nity to its exercise, and promotes the ohj.'cts of t crucy. Let the Chartists, therefore, go for a repeal ut the Corn-laws.—En. San. COSSERVATIVE DINNER.—On Saturday evening about 450 Tories dined together at Merchant Tailors' Hall, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.. was in the chair. On his right and left 'were Lord Teignnaouth, M.P., Lord Sandon, M.P., the Recorder of London, M.P., Sir Edward Sugden, M.P., Captain Aisager, M.P., Sir F. Pollock, M.P., Dr. Crol,y, John Master. man, Esq., and other political characters of less note. Dr. Crony and Sir Edward Sugden were the great ora tors of the festival, which, we are glad to say, was not contaminated by scenes like those at Canterbury and Ashton-under-Lyne. The Rev. Gentleman laboured hard to prove that the State was dependent on the Church, and the Chr►•uh independent or the State ; and Sir Edward Sugdeo, though less eloquent, was no less eager to show that there was no division in the Tory camp. His anxiety to prove the unanimity of the party, with the absence of the proxi mate Prime Minister and his right and left hand men gives rise to strong suspicions that a screw is loose. Where were Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley. and Sir James Graham, and Sir George Clerk, arid nearly all the leading men of the Conservative party ? Is this your evidence, Sir Edward, to prove that " the Conservatives in the House of Commons were as firm and compact a body as ever existed ?" MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales to day have been 3,500 bags, at yesterday's prices. The Licbon mail has arrived by the Royal Tar, sailed on the 24th February, Gibraltar 20th, Cadiz 21st, Oporto 25th, Vigo 25th. Also two French, two Ostend, and on.. Dutch. Snip letters from Calcutta 10th October, and Rio Janeiro. At Lisbon the exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, was 561 per rnilrei, discount on ex paper money 60 to 61 per cent. - The news from Madrid this morning caused a fall in Spanish Active of 1 from the leaving off prices o Sa turday. The accounts from Lisbon show that the Portuguese Bondholders are still neglected. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the leaving of quotations of Saturday, 901 / Money, and 90i It, 91 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills 4 6 premium ; India Bonds. 2 die,, par; India Stock, 248 249 ; Bank Stock, 178 179. In the Foreign Market the chief operation at present ;s in Spanish Active. On Saturday the price was 291 1, from which they fell this morning to 28, and have been done since at 281 1. Portuguese, also loser, closed at 35/ ; at present 34/ 51 ; Columbian receded from 26fr to 251 26-1- ; Mexican also receded from 29/ 30 to 294 / ; Spanish Deferred 131 i also lower ; Dutch Two.and-a- Hal f per Cents. 53A- i ; Five per Cents., 1001 i. Owing to the north-easterly winds, we have no arrivals from the United States. Pa 10Es OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCB. Rank Stuck 179 India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cents. Con ..............911%% South Sea Stock 3, per Cent — Old Annuities 881„ Ditto Red. 944( %3‘ New Ditto New :336 per Cent 9-7" 9 3 per Cent. Annuities, 175 i New .") per Cent. -1 Exch. Bills, X 1,0410 -4 5 3 pr, Bank Long Annuities toexpire I Ditto 500... 45 3 pm. Jan; 5, ISO , l3 15-16 14 Ditto Small 4 6 3 pm. Oct. 10, 1K59 f dis. Jan. 5, IH6O 13 11-11 iii Ditto Advertised ...... pin. Jan. 5, Mc!, Bank Stock for Account ... Aprils, 1860 . — India Stock for Account .. 25C Jaa. "5.1670 - Consols for Account 9l PRICES OF FOREIGN FIJ NOS THIS DA's AI ONE 0 (JAW!, Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilis .1 801115 .. . .... ... - Ditto New Bonds .... 15% 1: Ditto Account 3uenoi .-tyrc, Bond, Ditto lcza„nt. ......... :':hitlizn 30 - 1:1 i attz ',:',::: - c. nt. — Russian Bonds, 1811:1 CoLtruian Br ids —, Ditto Account, Dim: kc'.s,. nt Columbian 'I d 5,1824 "6 57i Spanish Bonds !iBk. 9 1 4 Cr.:3 kcca.irt .Danis:: Bonds Ditto ~...t: nt — Def•.rred Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. —t, Ditto Bonds, 1825 — i ---- 4 per cent. .f. - .. ...... —l. —c. . Ditto Account — --- 3 per cent. ...... A —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — , ---- Exchange. —f, —c. Ditto Account ......... Ditto, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan. — Ditto Account.... — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOLK. Paid. Per Shalt.. London and Birmingham Railway Company... go 15314 3 &Ditto New Shares , ondoal and Greenwich Railway Company go : 9 % Xi% London and South Western, , ~... ....... 381. 17s. 9d. 44 London and Croydon Railway Company.... : 141. Ms. ad. Iv% II rill Midland Railway Company .......... ...... Ditto New lO In PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN , FEBUARY `2B. 3 per tlent. Consols )6 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 1830 -- 36 por Cent. Debentures... 915 i ; National Insurance Company Bank Stock .— City Debentures, 4 per cent. —Grand Canal Stock - Debentures, 4 Royal Canal Stock . LIA L F-PA S T ONR. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday'. date. Accounts from the Hague state that on the 27til ult., an emrloye of the Minister of Finance left for Brussels on a mission to receive the sum of 2,500,000 florins of the debt due from Holland to Belgium, according to the treaty of the 24 Articles. 'CHANGE OF AMSTERDAM, FEB 28.—The improvement at the Exchanges of London bad an influence on our national Funds, which in general improved ; a good deal was done in the Integrals; the Society Actions of Com merce further declined at the opening, owing to some sales, but at the end of the market they improved. The transactions in Ardoin's Spanish were animated, and a number of purchasers appeared in the market. Some activity has taken place in the Consol Market since the early part of the morning, and several small lots have been purchased in the various stocks, which had the: effect rather to improve the Market. Consols have been done at 91 for the Account ; at pre sent may be quoted the same ; Money, 90i 1 1, ; Money in the House at 5 per cent. We understand that the failure which took place on the settling day of Consols is ascertained to be of a greater extent then was anticipated on that day : the differences he owes in and out of the house is stated to be from 40,0001. to 50,000/. His failure in general is much regretted by the members of the house. Exchequer Bills lower, 4 53; Bank Stock, 179 ; In dia Stock, 248. In the Foreign Market there has been a good deal of fluctuation in Spanish fictive, which was the chief feature of speculation during the morning. In the early part of the morning the above St oc k receded 28 9 a per cent., since which a reaction took place, and it may be quoted at present 29; Protugueie, 34; Three per Cents., ; Columbian, 26k ; Mexican, nothing done ; Spanisi' Passive, 7i; Deferred, l4g- ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half pet Cents. 53k; Five per Cents 100 i. Mr. Trevelyan, the new Assistant Secretary to the Treasu7, in the room of Mr. Spearman, commenced his official duties on Saturday. The will of the late Mr. John Holroyd, of Northumberland -street, Strand, plumber to her Majesty. the public offices, &c , was proved in the Prerogative Court, Can terbury, on the 6th instant, and the personal estate sworn ander 90,0001. The deceased many years since saved the life of his late Majesty George 111., when fired at by Hatfield, the lunatic, at the theatre. The Earl of Fitzvvilliam has given 3001. to wards the erection of a parsonage house at Dore; and the Duke of Devonshire, in addition to the ground for the site of the house and garden, has given 751. for the same purpose.. Sheffield Iris. The Earl of Shrewsbury has begun the erection of a new Roman Catholic chapel and school at Alton Towers. Worcester Journal. The Countess of Minto has issued cards for grand balls at the Admiralty, on the 10th and 24th instant, and for soirees on the 17th and 31st. The DUke of Leeds returned to the Clarendon Hotel on Friday evening from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, where his Grace has been entertaining a sporting party. The Duchess and Dowager Duchess are staying at Hornby Castle. The Earl of Harrington arrived at Pembroke House, Privy-gardens, yesterday afternoon, having been sent for express from his scat, Elverston Hall, Derbyshire, in con sequence of the sudden demise of his brother, the Hon. Major- General Lincoln Stanhope. The Countess of Harrington and her youthful daughter remain at Elverston until after the inter ment of the late gallant General. ChURCti P.a iIoNAGE, sCOT- LAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the notice with which you have honoured my pamphlet on Scottish Church patronage, you express a doubt whether, under my scheme fur at once abolishing patronage and compensating the patrons, these last would be satisfied with the average price of 500/., which you say I put upon their rights. Permit me to explain, that your difficulty is anticipated in my publicatien ; foe it is there suggested that either a fixed prree or a price to be assessed by Jury, should be eiv n hi the re. -se',t eoi.er3; and surely- the pat; ons, wi h a l t orrt:cm= coolci obj•a! , to the Luce exposit,: the rrwerias p •o (`)9, ~ :t t; grids. and thereby practically putting a re . gative on the scheni--1 rt.ply, First, that Juries will, on the vt hole, give a just ver dict, and I would g , ve the patrons (as I would give him whom an old writer calls the author of patronage) their due ; and second, that, despairing, as I do, of getting the rieceiisary 300.0001 4 ' from Government for (air patro nages, and therefore, assuming that an Act of Parliament would do no more than merely authorise parishes to buy their patronages, I submit, that no ami , unt which any sane Jury could put on any patronage would be a really severe harden on the parish. My ceuntrym,n do not like much to pay for any thing ; and hence the privilege of purchas ing might not be extensively used for a time; but where ever a parish did resolve to purchase, the questi a between 300/ and 1.000/. would not startle it. You call me a Non-Intrusioeist. But lamno " Non lairusionist" in the n,w technical sense of that term, which means a saving of patronage, with a veto to the people. I am an " Abolitionist," and the Government may rest assured, that if they bring in a half measure— which Non-Intrusion is—without compensation, either they will be arrested in their course by the patrons, or, if they carry it, leaving, as they will, the sting of patronage in the hearts of the Scottish people, these will only intermit their clamour for a season, and will return up-in Parliament in a year or two with redoubled vigour and venom, for the ex termination of the old grievance (" which neither we nor our fathers were able to bear"), just as if nothing had now been conceded. Lord Melbourne has announced that a definite commun;- cation will be made on this subject in the course of March. Let him go the whole hog, if he means to consult his own peace, or to obtain political support from the ten pounders of the north. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, humble seivant, Edinburgh, Feb., 1840. JAMES BRIDGE '3, * You say 30.0001 This arises from a mistake, which rcpt into a few copies of my pampnlvt, but which was cor t-ected generally by a cancelled leaf. [We agree with Mr. Bridges on one main point. Let there be no half measure introduced. If Government take up the question, let there be a sweeping reform, and let the people, and not the clergy, have the real patronage. —Ed. Sun CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. The proceedings of the above Court were resumed this day before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Mr. Sergeant Arabin, Alderman White, the Under She riffs, &c., with the usual formalities. After the Grand Jury were sworn, the RECORDER pro ceeded to deliver his charge to them, in which he stated hat the number of prisoners was less than the average ; but regretted that some of them were of a serious description. He alluded particularly to the charges for stabbing and cutting with knives, and of throwing corrosive fluid with inten. to maim and injure He adverted t., other cases which stood for trial, but they possessed no feature of in terest. POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. The Morning Post of this day alludes in the fallowing n%perbolical strain to the Conservative Association dinner a:hich was swallowed at Merchant Tailors' Hat! .on Sa turday An earnest and intense desire for the glory, zippiness, and security of the reigning Sovereign, free ''rout the adulteration of courtly or interested sycophancy ; generous and patriotic regard to the solid and enduring •nterests of the country, in their iris, parable union with her iiicient and well-tried institutions ; a manly anxiety that he character, the honour, and the commercial interests of the nation should be supported and upheld in our intercourse with Foreign States; and an irrepressible sentiment of nality and scorn towards an Administration which affords lAily proof that such feelings and principles are unknown o its members, or have no influence upon its conduct-- i!o'se were the sentiments which pervaded the great Conservative assemblage of Saturday "—.The Times ibs , rves, with reference to the Chinese question : " But was Captain Elliott authorized by Ministers to 'dockade the Chinese ports, or had lie no sanction for such a proceeding but his own high will and ,Leasure ? In either case he ought to have persisted in this coercive measure once instituted:__lss, as an o ffi c i a l luty ; 2d, as a right which 'he had assumed conscien iously, and in the exercise of a sound discretion. But it ippears that the blockade was no sooner announced than it was abandoned."—The Morning Chronicle, referring again to the Corn-law question, remarks as follows : " The nature and operation of the Corn-laws are well understood throughout the country; and we have that con fidence in the force of truth, that we do not believe the landowners, with all their preponderance in the Legisla ture, will be able much longer to maintain a monopoly which, for the sake of enabling them to rob all the other classes of the community, is striking at the very founda tion of the national prosperity." The Morning Herald thus returns to the Privilege question : .‘ When the House of Commons made an experiment, in the reign of Queen Anne, similar to that which it is making in the reign of Queen Victoria, to set itself above the law of the land, and to subject the liberties of the people to its arbitrary control, it was, after a great rruggle, signally defeated. Such, we trust, will be the final result of the present contest to set up ARBITUARY PONNER in the land, in derogation and contempt of the tithority of tbeCourts of Law and the constitutional rights of Englishmen." The Morning Advertiser expresses itself in the follow ing terms on the subject of Tory tactics :—" Those Re formers wbo are sometimes caught in Tory traps, act no doubt upon the principle, that honesty is the best policy ; and they persuade themselves, possibly, that their integrity ind their wisdom are on a par. But the Tories who catch hem, read the old maxim with a difference; they do not adopt honesty as the best policy ; with them honesty is the last policy. When honest, we know they must be at their wit's end. They never yet hit upon such an expedient, until they were desperate." THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The wind having been adverse, the Supplies of Grain and Flour last week were small, and the quantities of Corn fresh up are but middling ; the attendance of buyers good. The best Wheat, both English and Foreign, obtained an advance of 25., and other qualities Is. per quarter on last Monday's rates. Barley dull, at form ,, r prices. Beans and Peas unva ried. The demand for Oats was fair, and the trade firm. In Flour there was rather more doing than of late. raterts ON BOARD ok SETT Wheat, fled (old) 60.. 74. Beans, Small new) 4i9 03, White (01d)... „66,. 82s. —_old - --() ..... ...... Red 1839) .56= ,9 3.. --- Wick ,new) ...„.... 30- 38 Fin,. - (old) ...... ... 4f.!•.44 Superfine 68, 72, --- Harrow (new) '3B- 4 ,, , - Wit.te V 1839; . 62. , 's--------- (old) „ ... 44, 46,, -----.-- Fine' _Superfine 74s 13 ( a rs, F ee d --Foreign free 60, 1 , 4 -- New ....... . ... 23 • 27 i, •tyr 46 46, -- Poland - ... riarlcy Grinding 10, "6, • Potatoe 2- 325. Malting 3B:. 46, ----. N 7, m Malt 5O, (35. --- Scotch 2o' d 2. -- Fine New.. ...... ...66. 74s Irish 22, .. 25 .27r. Pease, Grey, New . 30. 3:),. Flow Town per sack .... 58, 02.. Maple New . O., 42.. .. Seconds ............... 54 .56s -.—.. White lB, 40, - Nwrtli Countr, ... 50 59 . ..—. Boilers 4O, 42 . Bran.. ..... .. .. ... ~.. ...... .. 12 13g. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEKK. heat. 1 >i irte ? ; ... 3,415“:-. 1 4,843 0 1 2 r ,754 ~. 0,191 sack s -- i 781 1,101 English ..... .rich 5,074 SMITHFIELD. The market was well stocked with all descriptions, except Calves. Trade heavy, and prices for Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs, lower on an average 3d. per stone. Fine Veal realized a slight advance, but the aspect of the market was decidedly down wards. Beef, 3s 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. to 4s. Bd. Beasts, 2,780 ; Sheer, 20,770 ; Pigs, 410; Calves, 50. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies good, prices reasonable, and demand lively. Tur bot, ss. to 21s. ; C4.d , 3s. to 12s. ; Soles, 6d. to 4s. per pair; Lobsters, Is. to ss. ; Mackerel, Bd. to Is. ; Oysters, 249. to 60s. per bushel ; Whitings, 4d. to Bd. ; Haddocks, 6d. to ts. each; Salmon, 2s. to 2s. lid• per lb. BERMONDSEY WATER-SIDE POTATO MARKET. Supply short and quality good. Trade has improved, and all good sound samples have fetch d extreme prices. York Reds, 65•. to 78s. ; Scotch Reds, 755. ; Guernsey and Jersey, 50s. to 645. Foreign ...... :. . ' , rls. HOP AND SEED MARKET. There was a steady demand for tine Hops, and they com manded full prices ; other kinds dull of sale, but the quotations not lower. The Seed Market presented no novelty whatever. TALLOW MARKET. P. Y. C. flat, and the fine was 51s. 3d. to 51s. 6d. The Stock is 17,800. Town quoted at 555. 6d. TEA MARKET. No business whatever done except by the very needy holders, which will be the case until the 6th of March. .. The Mandarin convict ship, with Frost and the other noted convicts on board, sailed from Falmouth on Friday afternoon, after getting her defects made good. Mr. Estcourt's grand dinner to the Vice-Chan cellor and principal officers of the University of Oxford, on .........- 4 ,,„_. Thursday next, at th e Clarendon Hotel, is on the occasion of DEAL, MARCH I.—A strong easterly breeze.—Arri ve d that learned body coming to town expressly to present an ad- the Mountaineer, M'Caskell, from Demerara. Sailed the dress of congratulation to her Majesty and Prince Albert, at the Fingalton, Primrose, fur Sr. John's, New Brunswick levee, on Friday. HER M AJESTY ' S T HEATRE . -- Th e op . eni . ng Stenton,a p Coast Castle ; B r i t i s h Q ueen steamer , Roberts, Smith, Fernand o P o; J ersey Tar, Stratford, Ce of this th ea t re was announced for Saturday evening, but owing New York, at one P.M. formances w ere postpone d t ill to-morrow. to the ill ness o f Mdll e. de Varney, the Prima Donna, the per- PORTSMOUTH, MARCH I.•.—Wind E. N. E., fi ne weat h er. At Pool Fl anne l M ar k et , on W e d nes d ay , t h e --Sailed the J ust i ne , L oader, for Bombay; Princessarlotte, Wil s o n , T r i n i dad. Ch show w as l arge, an d nearly all purchased at extremely low prices. LIVERPOOL, F EB . 29.—M o d erate breezes --Arrived th e WAR WITH C HINA —Th e r e has been so much , Mary, from S myrna O ff port, the Aurelia, from the Mediterranean. Sailed the Liverpool, Smith, and Co of misunderstanding as to the character of our proceedings lumbus, Pentreath, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; Don against China, that we are induced to state what we believe to Juan, Newfoundland •; Warren, Sinitn, Africa ; Silas be the most likely course. A Portsmouth Journal, generally a Richards, Dickinson, New York ; Argyle steamer, Wil good authority, has announced that a force of 18,000 soldier s. items, and Michigan, Sturges, New Orleans; Blatel . Snipe, China ; Avon, Robinson, Trinidad ; NVanstead, S LY t. ' was to be taken from India, for the purpose of a grand military Thomas; Elizabeth, Mulearister, Grenade; Shalt, peare, 1 operation against Pekin itself ; whilst, on the other hand, the Tories, in and out of Parliament, have been complaining that the recent d e p ar t ure o f two ,r three vesse l s o f war f rom thi s Henderson, Charleston ; Marian. Parfores, Apalachicola. country should be the first steps taken against China. Now, PM, MOUTH, FEB. 28.--Wind N. E. -- Sailed the An whilst we deem it improbable in the extreme that any such force dromache, New, for Port Philip. as 18,000 soldi ers w ill b e d rawn f rom I n di a to aid our operations FALMOUTH, FEB. 28 —Wind E. to E. N. E., strong against China, we can, with equal confidence, assert our belief, breezes. —Arrived the Honester, Andrews, from Cepha• that the vessels recently despatched from this country were but lonica. Sailed the nindarin, Middle, for Van Diemen's a small portion, indeed, of the force to be employed, and that at Singapo re , w hi c h i s to b e tha p l ace o f genera l mus t er, t h ey will Land. F e b. 29 A rrived the Royal Tar steamer, Brooks, ~ find ample ev id ence of'he vigilance and carefulness with which from Gib ra l tar— l eft 20th Februa her Majesty'sGovernmenthadcollectedfrom India,andelsewhere, , 2 4th, Oporto and Vi go 25tH. 17 Cadiz 21st, Lisbon ' such a force as must ensure the fullest success. Naval officers best acquaint e d w i t h t h e Chi na seas seem t o thi n k th a t e ff ect i ve , ' The Rev. Dr. Lee was elected on Tuesday last operations can b e mos t secure l y en t ere d upon about the 2d Principal of the Univerity of Edinburgh, vice the Very Rev. week in May.— Observer. , Dr. Baird, deceased. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-Critls DAY. THE MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON'S SoIREE• —On Saturday evening the Marquis of Northampton, as Pre sident of the Royal Society, gave his first soi' ee this season at his mansion i:i Piccadilly. The whole range of elegant saloons was thrown open, and the rooms we re most b r i lliantly li g hted by two magnificent chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. PerrY and Co. The grand staircase and corridors were illuminated by splendid candelabra, There were nearly 300 members of that scientific body present, and in c l u d e d t h e Marquis of Win chester, Lord Cole, Lord Braybrook, Viscount Sandou, Lord Monteagle, Lord John Russell, Lord Nugent, the Bishop of Ely, Sir AlexanderJohnstone, Lord Mahon, Mr. Gaily Knigh t ' M.P , Mr. E. Tennent, M.P., Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., Sir R. Lubbock, Sir Felix Booth, Mr. Lockhart, Mr Disney' Mr. Christie, Mr. Murchison, sir Philip M. Egerton, Bart- , Lord Seaford, Sir John Barrow, Si r A st l ey Cooper, Si r K. Westmacott, Dr. Sutherland, D r. B rowne, Dr. % l et, &e. Lady Charles Somers et h as succeeded the Mar chioness of Westmeath, as L a d y of the Bedchainter to th e Queen Dowager, the Ma rc hi oness having fixed her residen ce in Italy. Sir Robert arid Lady P ee l h a d a di nner-part y °P Saturday last, at th e i r res i dence in Whitehall-gardens. His Excellency Gener a l Al ava, Marquis and Marchioness o f Lon donderry, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Frances V. 4 1, Lord Ellenborough, L or d C laude Hamilton, Baron Bent'ne Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, Viscount Villiers, V i scoun t Can tilupe, f ount G. Esterh azy, L ord Ossulston, &c., were a niong the company. VENING EDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert snd the Queen Dowager attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. Jellies's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev J. R Wood, from the First Epistle General of John, chap. verses 15, IC and 17. The Lessons were read by the Rev. Mr. Packman, the Prayers by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communio❑ Service by the Rev. Dr. Wesley and the Rev Mr. Packman. The Musical Service was Boyce in A, the Sanctus and Commandments Ebden's, and the Anthem 0 Lord give ear unto my prayer" (Green) was sung by Messrs. Wyld and Horticastle. Mr. J B. Sale presided at the organ. Th, Rev J V-nie was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, In the suit, of the Queen and Prince Albert were Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Lister, Hon. Miss Murray, Marquis of Headfort, Lord Robert Grosvenor, General the Hon Sir William Lumley, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Wylde, and Lieutenant Seymour. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Eden, and Earl Howe. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and suite returned in four carriages, after the service, to Buckingham Palace. The Queen held a Court on Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Mons Guizot, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo tentiary from bis Majesty the King of the French, had an audience of the Queen to deliver his credentials. His Ex cellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affair=, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Recorder and the City Remembrancer, had an audience of her Majesty, to receive her commands relative to a dutiful and loyal Ad dress of Congratulation from the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, and also with respect to a similar Address from the Court of Common Council. Her Ma jesty was pleased to appoint two o'clock, on Tuesday after noon, for the reception of the Address of the Mayor and Aldermen ; that from the Common Council to be received immediately afterwards. Her Majesty was attended by the Marquis of Headfort, K P., Lord in Waiting; and General the Hon. Sir Wil liam Lumley, Groom in Waiting. Mons. Guizot, after having had his first audience of the Queen, was presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace The L rd Mayor, the Recorder, anti the City Remem brancer, had an audience of Prince Albert to ascertain his pleasure rn lative to Addresses of Congratulation from the Mayor and Aldermen, and also from the Court of Common Council. His Royal Highness was pleased to appoint Tuesday afternoon, after the presentation of the Addresses flora both Courts to the Queen. The following gentlemen had audience of his Royal Highness P&ince Albert, on Saturday, to present Ad dresses of Congratulation upon his marriage with her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen:— _ Sir Thoma; Winnington, Bart., M. P., from the Mayor and Corporation of Bewdley. The Mayor of Sheffield, Mr. John Parker, M.P., and Mr. H. G. Ward, M. P. l —from the Master Cutlers of Sheffield. Mr. Brothetton, M. P.,—from Salford. Mr. Sheffield Grace..,—from the Freeholders of the Town and Palish of Stradbally, in Ireland,—and from the British Visitors at Dieppe. Mr. Fort, M. P.,—from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of the Borough of Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster. The Mayor of Ashton-under• Lyne and Mr. Hind ley, M. P ,—from the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne. The Mayor of Hereford and Mr. C►ive. M.P., from Hereford. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the following Officers of his Household :-...-Lord Robert Gros venor, Groom of the Stole; Mi. George Edward Anson, Treasurer; Viscount Boringdon, Gentleman of the Bed chamber; Lieut.-Colonel Wylde, Equerry; and Lieut. Francis Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber. Sir Matthew Wood, Bart., M. P., accompanied by a deputation, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Saturday afternoon, to present the freedom of the Fishmongers' Company to his Royal Highness. The Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the City Remem brancer, waited upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, to learn her pleasure with respect to the compliments of congratulation from the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, and also from the Court of Common Council, upon the marriage of her Majesty with Prince Albert. The Duchess of Kent was pleased to appoint three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon for the reception of the Ad dress from both Courts. Addresses of Congratulation to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent were presented to her Royal Highhess on Saturday from the following places : From the Borougbreeve, Constables, and Inhabitants of the Borough of Salford—presented by Mr. Brotherton. From the Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry, Mer chants, Manufacturers. and other Inhabitants of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne—presented by the Mayor and a deputation. From the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the City and Borough of Hereford, presented by the M a yor and a deputation. From Sht Feld—by a deputation. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was unable from indisposition to receive the Addresses on Saturday in person. The deputation from the City of London, and the Gen. tlemen with the Congratulatory Addresses, were respec tively received by Colonel Couper, C. 8., First Equerry and Comptroller of the Duchess of Kent's Household. The Marquis of Normanby had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday, The Royal Dinner Party on Satdrday evening included the Earl of Erroll, Viscount M.'lbourne, Viscount Mor peth, Lord Holland, Lord and Lad) Robert Grosvenor, and the Right Hon. Thomas B. Macaulay. The Band (.f the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended at the Palace during the evening, and performed for the first time several new pieces of music, among others introducing a Set of Quadrilles from the Opera of Torquato Tasso, by Childe. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness also visited the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Ser vice yesterday afternoon, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine Service yester day morning in Grosvenor Chapel Miss Kerr and Major Stephens were in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office; it was attended by all the Ministers. The Council sat three hours. Colonel Torrens, Mr. F. Elliot, and Mr. Villiers bad interview. , with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at the Colonial Office. General Johtison and Mr. Fielding had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home Office. A meeting was held on Saturday at the Board of Trade, which was attended by the Lord President, the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Labouchere. The Earl of Burlington and Sir Hesketh Fleetwood had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby, on Satur day, at the Home Office. JASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Macdonald, at Mivart's Hotel, from Melton Mow bray; the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, in St. James's square, from their seat Rahy Castle ; - Mr. Rice, M. P., Iron Dane -court, in Kent; Mr. Samuel Higgins, in Cha pel•street, Grosvenor-place; Lord and Lady Wilton, in Grosvenor-square ; M. de Beauvoir, in Grosvenor-square, from Engbfield-green ; the Hon. Capt. Edward Howard, M. P , at Carlisle House ; Mr. Edward and Lady Buller, on Cumberland -terrace, Regent's Park; the Marquis of Westmeath, from Castletown, Delvin, Westmeath; Col- Angerstein, in St. James's square, from Weeting" Hall, Norfolk ; Lord Bloomfield, from Loughton Hall ; Hon. Captain Poulett, R. N., from Br ghton ; the Right Hon. Mr. Robert Adair, G. C. 8., in ChesterfiAd-street, May fair; the Hon. and Rev. Augustus and Lady Mary Phipps, at Lord Euston's, in Grosvenor-place, from Southvrold Rectory, Suffolk. DEPARTURES. The Hon. Major-General Trevor, from Burlington House, for the Clyde ; the Earl of Longford, fur Long ford Castle ; Sir William Gallvvey, 88th regiment, for Dublin; Sir Horace Seymour and Dowager Lady Clin ton, from Hampton Court; Mr. %I albonke Childers, M. P., from the Carlton Hotel, for Cavilley Hall ; the Right lion. Wilson Croker, for West Mousley ; the Earl of Orkney, for Sarßon Court; Major-General Sir George Soavell, K. C. 13., for Sandhurst; Lord Brabazon, for Wicklow ; the Earl of Cardigan, for Hales-place, near Canterbury; Mr. Ward, 3 , 1. P., for Gilston Park, Herts. The Earl Fitizwilliam has given 300/. towards the erection of a mirsonage house at Dore; amt the Duke of Devonshire, in addition to the ground for the site of the house and garden, has given 751. for the same purpose.—Sheffield Iris. he ,Speaker gave Ins thiru grand dinner on Sa turday evening, in Eaton -square, to Lord Seymour, Mr. Sheil, Lord Dalmeny, Mr. O'Connell, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Wyse, Mr. AL J. O'Connell, Sir de Lacy Evans, Mr. Hume, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Hawkins, Captain Ellice, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Villiers, Si r George Strickland, Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gill borne, Mr. Parker, Mr. Ilawes, Mr. S. Hodges, Mr. Horeman, the Rev. Mr. Andrews, chaplain, and Mr. Charles Romilly.. At ten o' c l oc k t h e Ri ght Hon. Gentleman held his second levee, which was attended by the Marquis of Normanby, Lord J. Russell, Sir G. Clerk, and 120 Members of both parties in Parliament.