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ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GAR::EN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect peribrinance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr.BEALE. The Nobility. Gentry, and Patrons of Music, are respectfully in ormed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the first week In April. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the Season, some of the established works of Cimarosa, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Doni sett', Mercadaute, and Verdi, on a scale of the utmost perfection in every department ; to which intent the mana,:ernent has assembled a Company embracing the greatest and most varied talent in Europe. PRIMA SOPRANI.—Madame Grist and Madame Persian' (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Ronconi and Mdlle. Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap• pearanee in this couutry). CONTRALTI.— Signora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in:this country), and Mademoiselle Corner'. TENORI.---Signor Mario, Signor Salvator Lavia (of the Imperial heatre of St. l'etershurgh, his first appearance in this country), 'Signor Tulli (of the. Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor Said' (ot the Theatre La Scala, In Milan, and of the Imperial 'n.leatres in Vienna and St. retersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIM! BASSI BABlTONl—Signo:"franburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROk'ONDl—Signor 3.larlid (of the Theatres San Carlo, Naples, La Scala, Milan, and the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, his first appearance in this country), Signor Angelo Alba (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Polonini (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, kis first appear ance in this country.) PRIMI BASSI (TX)MICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, li:s first appearance hi this country), and Signor Agostino Rovere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, Milan, Vienna, and St. re tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—Madame Antoiuetta Mollidori (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle Amalla Limit i, Mademoiselle Luigina Ilellini. icconde Tenors—Signor Emmanuele Slano (of the Theatre San Carlo In Naple3). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Singers will complete the Vocal Department. Chorus Master— Signor Bonconstglio. Prompter—Signor Monterasi. The ORCHESTRA, formed of Artistes possessing the highest executive powers, will comprise among its members Eighty distin guished professors. The Military Band of the Coldstream Guards will be under the direction of Mr. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected in the theatre by Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. Novello. The BALLET, of a brilliant and costly character, will close the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will be suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elssler ; and, during the season, the following eminent Danseuses will appear : —Premieres Danseuse—Mademoiselle Dumi latre (ef the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Berlin (of the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first appearance in this co - antry), Mademoiselle Neodot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La eicala, Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco {of the Academie Royale de Paris). Monsieur Petipa (of the Gland Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gontie (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Ferdinando Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Auguste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). Maitres des Ballets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Monsieur Blasis (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Melon. Regisseur de la Dense— Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Alessandro Celled (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has been entirely reconstructed and decorated, under the immediate direction and after designs of S. Albano, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. The Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management has happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Ferri and Vermeil (of the Theatre Italien, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches to the Theatre will be found improved, by a carriage way being Permed immediately under the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties can leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weather ; and by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Loom will be under the superintendence of Mr. J. 0. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, end Boxes, for the night or season, to be obtained at the Box Office, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Berle, and Cii.'s, 201, Regent-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed, that THIS EVENING. Feb. 23, will be I :rfe.rnied Donizetti's celebrated Opera. of LA. FAVORITA. Fernando, Signer Gardoni ; Alfonso X 1., Signor Superchl; Baldas- San, Sig,nor Bouchc ; Leonora, Mdlle. Sanchioli ; Ines, Mollie. Nascio. After which, a new and original grand Ballet, iu live tableau, M. Paul Taglioni, entitled CORALIA ; ou, LE CHEVALIER INCONSTANT. Coralia, Mdlle. C. Rosati (her second appearance) ; the Knight ;Jul debrand, M. Paul Taglioni • Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mille. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Ilonore ; Duke, M. Gosselln ; Fralsondin, M. Venefra ; Fisherman, M. di Mattia. DANCES.—Second Tableau—Scene Damaate des Caprices, by Mollie. Rosati. Third Tableau—Pas de la Nyinphe des Eau et de Ses Coropagnes, by Mdlle. Rosati and the Corps de Ballet. Fourth Tableau—Pas de la Rosiere, by Mdlle. Taglioni ; Pas de Deux, by M. P. Taglioni and Mdlle. Rosati ; Deutche Rhein, Valse des Pages et des Demoiselles d'llonneur, by the Corps de Ballet. Fifth Tableau—Ballabile des Halbardiers, by Mine. C. Baucourt, Mdme. 1., Stephan, Mulles. Honore, Cassan, Thevenot, Bertin, Julienne, L'Amoureux, and the Corps de Ballet ; Pas de l'lncon stance, by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan, and M. Taglioni. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven for Eight o'clock. UNDER THE SANCTION OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MA JESTY THE QUEEN. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT, For the Benefit of the Fund for the Relief of the Distressed Irish and Scotch. The Queen has been pleased to sanction a performance at the above Theatre, in aid of the Fund for the Relief of the Distressed Irish and Scotch, and has been pleased to approve of THURSDAY ETENtRU next, Feb. 25, when a favourite Opera and Ballet will be performed. PATRONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. Her Majesty QUEEN ADELAIDE. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of KENT. His Royal Highness the DUKE of CAMBRIDGE. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of CAMBRIDGE. Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of GLOUCESTIR. HIS Excellency the LORD-LIEUTENANT of IRELAND. Her Grace the Duchess of Rich -1 The Lady Anne Becket mond I The Lady Charlotte Guest Her Grace the D uc h ess o f Marl- The Lady Lawley borough The Lady Monteflore Her Grace the Duchess of Saute r The Lord John Russell land The Lord Campbell Her Grace the Duchess of Leinster The Lord Ernest Bruce Her Grace the Duchess of Mon- The Lordßobert Grosvenor trove The Lord Beaumont Her Grace the Duchess of Hamil- The Lord Marcus Hill ton The Lo:d Sadys His Grace the Duke of Richmond, The Lord Cainoys K.G. The Lord Norreys His Grace the Duke of Leinster The Lord Walsinghain His Grace the Duke of Montrose The Lord Says and Sele The Marchioness of Lansdowne The Lord Rossmore. The Marchioness of Ailesbury Sir John Guest, Bart., M.P. The Marchioness of Clanricarde Sir John Lowther,Bart., M.P. The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G. Sir Ilenry Webb, Bart. The Marquis of Ailesbury, K.T. Sir Henry Meux, The Marquis of Clanricarde Sir George Wombwell, Bart. The Marquis of Sligo Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart, The Marquis of Granby Sir Henry Bold lloghton, Bart. The Marquis of Donegal Sir John Shaw, Bart. The Countess of Carlisle Gen. Sir Andrew Barnard, G.C.B. The Countess of Jersey Sir Moses Monteflore, Bart. The Countess of Tankerville Sir William Clay, Bart., M.P. The Countess Delawarr Mrs. Packs Reading. The Countess of Clarendon Mrs. Hubert de Burgh The Countess of Eglintou Mrs. Mountjoy Martin The Earl Delawarr Mrs. John Sanford The Earl of Eglintou Mrs. Dodd The Earl of Ducie The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere The Viscountess Palmerston The Hon. Capt. James Macdonald The Viscountess Dillon Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P. The Viscountess Jocelyn C. W. Packs, Esq. The Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Morpeth H. Broadley, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Castlereagh George Dodd, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Dillon T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P. The Viscount Chelsea Hubert De Burgh, Esq. The Viscount Barrington The Viscount Villiers Captain W. Ly . O n. Captain Mountjoy Martin. The Viscount Acheson I.Jocin Sanford, Esq :. The Viscount Milton The Viscount Jocelyn The Lady Ernest Bruce Robert Parnther, Esq. H. Brereton Trelawny, Esq. A. Grant, Esq. The following ladies have most obligingly consented to act as a Committee for Superintending the Arrangements : The Marchioness of Ailesbury. The Marchioness of Clanrics rde. The Viscountess Palmerston. At a Meeting of the Committee at her Majesty's Theatre, thle 19th day of February : PRESENT. The MARCHIONESS of AMESBURY. Tho MARCHIONESS of CLARICARDE. The VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON. RESOLVED : L—That the most strenueus efforts be made by the Committee to further the objects of the Charity. ll.—That the prices of Boxes be fixed as follow :- 1 Grand Tier - Six Guine.is Two Pair - - Three Guineas Pit Tler - - Five Ditto Three Pair - Two Ditto One Pair - - Four Ditto Stalls - - - One Guinea Until Tuesday- next, after which the prices to be increased. 111. That the unanimous thanks of the committee be ♦oted to Mr. Lumley for having generously devoted the theatre to this charitable object, and for having undertaken to defray the whole of the pay ments and expenses of every kind, in order to leave the whole of the receipts to be appropriated to the benefit of the charity. IV. That application be made to the public journaLs to publish the arrangements, and these resolutions, gratuitously for the benefit o the charity. (Signed) MARIE ELIZABETH AMESBURY, HARRIET CLANRICABDE, E. PALMERSTON. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. EVENIN 'Will be produced the TUN Original Farce, G called THE WIGWAM. Characters by 'Messrs. F. Matthews, Oxberry, Keeley; Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Mks Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which will be produced a new Fairy ExtraTagauea, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear, supported by V e whole talent of the Company. To conc'uda a new Comic Drama, caned £5OO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss Villars, and Miss Forster. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will he performed the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Muriogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, Madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitz- After which tine Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Lord Philander, Mr. Cullenford; Algernon, Mr. Boyce ; Diccon, Mr. Wright ; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB 101: AN HOUR. Mr. Frampton, Mr. Worrell; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert ; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Munyard ; Miss Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy Scraggs, Mrs. Matthews. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S TIIEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed the Vaudeville of LE DEMON DE LA NUIT. Frederic, M. Berou ; Oscar, M. Langeval; Gillestiern, M. Cartigny ; Mathilde, Mdlle. Fargeuil ; Caroline, Mdlle. Vallee. To conclude with the admired Vaudeville, called PIERRE LE ROUGE. rierre le Rouge, M. Lafont ; Jeauneton, Fargeuil. Boxes, 63., Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be enraged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN gERENADERSI, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, MIR EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. 1- ' °° r 4 0 1 , kri at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment commence at Halt -Past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take Place °R THIS and every MONDAY MORNING during Lent. 01,1,1',!ric_)_rtnanc.es will commence, each day, at half-past two The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Bozos , ; Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 2s. I'ItINCESS•% THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lassee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will he performed a G rand Opera, untitled ANNE BOLEYN. Henry V 111 1" Mr-B°4ll a PereY, Mr. Allen ; Roeliford, Mr. Wal ton ; Sineaton, Miss S. Flower; Ilarvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane seyinour, Miss Smithson ; Anne noleyn, Miss Bassano. of SUE STOOPS TO CONQUER. with the Comedy To conclude l characters by Messrs. Wynn, Granby, Vining, Compton, Principa Cowell, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Fosbroke. Fisher, COw AS TLE Y'S ROYAL A NIPIIITILEA Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Tit Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and M ei abers of the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTY's Fox_uo"43 m e - e t other eve ry Evening at Halr- IS past Six VE N ING, during the week. TH E Will be performed THE F.0Y.31, FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Cenree of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the double Company of Fore!gn Artistes. ' To conciade with a new Farce, entitled DRAWN FOR THE MILITIA. Box.offlee open from eleven till five o'clock. —Doors open at s'x and commence at half-past Sil o'clocit,—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new Grand Opera, untitled MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Douai"( ; Po4liebrad, Mr. Harri son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss ; Matilda, Miss Romer; LiUla, Mies R. Isaacs. After which the new Ballet, called TIM PRETTY SICILIA:it Count Amede, M. Croce ; Roselle, Mdlle. Baderna. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will he performed a new and original Comedy, celled THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal character , by Messrs. Far ten, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Briudal, Mrs. Glower, Mrs. Ilumby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. Luang the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Lac des Fees," " Plantagenet," " Rose," and Plelen" Polkas ; Waltz, by Lanner ; Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka." To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE ; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Reynolds, and Miss Julia Bennett. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. I%.,nces Dav , dge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of WILLIAM TELL. Gesler, Mr. Fredericks ; William Tell, Mr. H. Betty ; Agnes, Mrs. E. F. Saville ; Emma, Miss Richardson. To conclude with a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER ; or The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Company. Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, lc, Half-price, 6d.• Plt, 6d.; Gallery, 31 THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CASTLE OF ST. ALMO. Principal characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Forman, Searle, Bird, Miss Vincent, Miss Pearce, &c. After which, BURIED ALIVE; or, The Illustrious Stranger. Benjamin Bowbell, Mr. Forman. To conclude with THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBIEK ; or, The Murder at the Lonely Creek. Now Ready, Vols. 3 and 4, Completing the Works of THE HISTORY OF THE C APTIVITY OF NAPO LEON, AT ST. HELENA. By GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON. "These volumes conclude this very Interesting work. The most valuable portion, although not, perhaps, the most interesting, is that in which the Count records the opinions of :Napoleon upon events in which he had himselt been a prominent actor. These records are most ♦aluable, as elucidations of the conduct of the Emperor in posi tions in which histwy has either misconstrued him, or been at fault tolassigli the true motives of his actions."—Weekly Chronicle. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marthorough-strcet. HENRY RUSSELL AT THE STRAND THEATRE. Tilts EVENING, FEB. 23. AND EVERY OTHER EVENING. Programme to.,l(ight The Dream of the Reveller"—" There's a gc3d time coming boys"—" The Maniac"—" The Ship on fire"— " True men of old"—" I'm afloat"—" Idiot Bey"—" Woodman spare that tree"—" The Wife's Dream" —" Man the Life Boat"—' Main Truck, or a Leap for Life"—" Little fools and great ones"—Songs and incidents of Negro Life and character. Boxes, 39.; stalls, 29.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery 6(1. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Box-office op( n from One till Four every day. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND and Co., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Fecuc's tnd the Public for their continued suppo:: PnEi petrawne, to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Sbeies, take place every TrE3DAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to we , ch favours, containing instructions (with a rc.erence), rye revpccisolly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates mr9i be depo.ited, the day Previous to their being offered; and advice.; of results will be 'n*warded by the first post after the sele, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to lastrvetions. Offices. Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. THE WEATHEP.--Scar OFFICE, FEBRUARY 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 38; Highest, 51 ; Noon, 39, BAROMETER, 30.3.-WIND E., dull. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 39 minutes after 7.1 Evening 12 minutes after B the prosecution of prisoners, and another portion to the increase of printing and stationery for the Houses of Parliament. The whole of the estimates srould amount to 23,851,0771., making the whole ordinary expenditure 51,576,0004 He had purposely omitted in his statement any allusion to grants for the relief of distress b Ireland; and he would now state what he thought would be required for the distress to be advanced by the Treasury; for whatever the burden, it would ultimately be thrown upon the landlords of Ireland ; hitherto they had paid nothing, save indeed 393,0001. of poor-ratcs. It was not easy to state precisely what the expenditure required would be. In four weeks of November the ex penditure bed been 383,000/., in December 742,0001., in January 772,0004 The persons relieved in October were 150,000, in November 285,000, i i January 440,000, and in February 571,000. Up to 20th February there had been issued by the Exchequer to Ireland 2,400,0004, 2,000,000/.,:had been issued to the Board of Works. The expenditure for the future he expected would not fall below a million a month. He expected to effect, however a saving by administering relief through the medium of the soup kitchens. He expected that many labourers would be taken from the public works by the working of the Bill for the Improvement of Lands, but to work that Bill, it should be remembered that ad vances were to be made by the Treasury. It would be necessary that relief should continue at least until the next harvest, and for some short period after the harvest, advances would be necessary. Taking all these circumstances into consideration, he could not estimate the advances to be made to Ireland under 8,000,0001., which, including the 2,000,0004 advanced since August, would amount to 10,000,000/. Now, if the 16,000,000/. proposed by the Noble Lord had been advanced to railroads, he did not think it would be possible to have lessened one farthing of this 10,000,000/, and therefore he was rejoiced to see the majority by which that measure had been rejected. Under these circumstances, it was manifest he must, of necessity, go into the market to borrow. The question was, whether he should borrow the whole or only a part ; by following the latter course, he would considerably reduce the balance in the Exchequer, from which source the advances had hitherto been made. This was a course he was for many reasons unwilling to adopt, and he there fore: thought it more advisable to borrow the whole rather than put any further pressure on the Bank of England, or incapacitate the Government from making advances to the landed proprietors of England and Scotland. Besides, the prospects of the next bar vest were uncertain. Hitherto we had been living mainly upon the produce in other countries of the har. vest of 1845. There had been entered for home con sumption 5,388,000 quarters of foreign corn, and he was confident that up to the harvest of 1847 we should have an abundance ; but by that time the produce of 1845 and 1846 would be exhausted, and we should be dependent upon the pro duce of the harvest of 1847. The large surplus in the Exchequer had alone hitherto enabled them to make the necessary advances, and he felt that it would be most imprudent to lessen that surplus more than was absolutely necessary. Therefore the wiser course was to borrow the money. It would not be a permanent debt, because a considerable portion was to be repaid out of the property of Ireland.—(A laugh.) Tee next question was, whether the loan ought to be accompanied by increased taxation. He was unwilling to add this amount tothe debt without takingmeans for its extinction, but he thought that during the present year it would bo imprudent to attempt - any change in taxa tion. The present year was an exception to all others. If we had a good harvest there would be no necessity fcr further advances, if it should be bad it would be necessary to make a further demand on the country for the assistance of Ireland, and there fore he thought it better to postpone the question of the imposition of additional taxation. Besides, next year it would be necessary to deal with the Income-tax, and it would be unwise to attempt to prejudge - in what manner Parliament—a new Parliament perhaps—might chose to deal with the Income-tax, he therefore thought it best to leave the whole question open till next session. He calculated on a surplus of 489,0004 of ordinary revenue over expenditure. He calculated he could borrow the 8,000,0004 at three and half per cent., the interest of which would be 280,000/; but then, he calculated he should have to raise the interest of Exchequer-bills. The interest at present was lid. a day, and he proposed to raise it to 2d., which would amount to 142,000/. ; giving an in crease of interest of 422,0001.; making the total ordinary expenditure 51.998,0001. ; leaving a surplus of 67,0001. From Chinese money the next year he should receive 450,0001., but against this he must place an extraordinary , expenditure of 185,0001. to cover the excess of naval ex penditure of the year ending sth April last. The total of income, therefore, would be 52,515,0001. ; the total of expenditure 52,183,0004, leaving a surplus of 332,000/. This, he admitted, was not a satisfactory statement o income and expenditure, but he had stated the reason wby ho thought it not advisable to make permanent provision for the liquidation of 'the loan during the pre sent year ; but the country must be prepared next year; should the necessity arise for an increase of its burdena, to bring the revenue up to the level of the expenditure. It was evident that he could ill spare any revenue this year, and this must be an answer to them who proposed a remission of duties on various articles. He had been asked if he intended to propose any annual duties instead of the sugar duties. It was not his intention to do so during this session, as in the course of next year, at all events, they must reconsider the Income-tax. He regrettcd exceediegly this interruption to the course of com mercial policy, which had been pursued during the last four years. It was true h• had opposed the Income-tax, but it had entirely changed its character when it had been made the means of introducing those changes in our commercial policy which had:been introduced by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite ; as a proof of which he would mention the quantities of various articles of food entered for home consumption during the years fol lowing 1843. Of coffee, there was entered for home consumption, in the year 1843, 30,000,000 lbs. 1844, 31,391,000 lbs. ; 1845, 34,318,0001155. ; 1846, 36,781,000 lbs. Of butter, in 1843, there was entered for home consumption, 148,000 cwt. ; in 1844, 180,000 cwt. ; in 1845, 240,000 cwt. ; and in 1846, 255,000 Cwt. Of cheese, the quantity entered for home consumption in 1843, was 166,000 cwt. ; 1844, 211,000 cwt. ; 1845, 258,000 cwt.; 1846, 327,000 cwt.; and yet he had not heard that the farmers of Cheshire had been ruined. Of currants, in 1843, there was imported, 234,000 cwt.; 1844, 1 '285,000 cwt. ; 1845, 309,000 cwt. ; 1846, 359,000 ._____ • cwt. Of sugar ; 1843, 4,037,000 cwt; 1844, 4,139,000 cwt. ; 1845, 4,880,000 cwt. ; 1846, 5,231,000. On all these at titles the duties had been decreased. On tea it had remained the same,) yet the quantity entered for home consumption had increased ; in 1843, it had been 40,300,000 lbs. ; 1844, 41,369,000 lbs. ; 1845, 44,183,000 lbs. ; 1846, 46,728,000 lbs. He felt it his duty to bear this testimony to the success of the policy of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He concluded by proposing pro fornui a grant of 8,000,000/. out of the consolidated fund. The Right Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheering. Mr. HUME objected to voting these grants to Ireland until they were assured that the Poor-law Bill would pass. He was also disappointed at finding that the commercial policy of the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite was not carried out, by devoting the surplus revenue to carrying out that policy, and by providing for the extraordinary ex penditure of Ireland by extraordinary means. He was surprised to hear what the Right Honourable Gentleman said about not extending taxation. There might be no necessity for taxing England, but let Ireland be taxed as England was. He would extend equality to Ireland in everything, in taxation as well as the rest. He reminded them that next year they would have to raise the Income-tax to 10 per cent. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. Eight millions to be granted for the relief of Ire land is the paramount feature in the financial state ment of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Considering the embarrassments consequent upon the appalling destitution in Ireland and in various districts of Scotland, taking into account the vast addition of expense resulting from that destitution, the extraordinary deficiency of pro visions, not only in the United Kingdoms, but in France, Germany, and Poland, and the diminution of wages in our manufactories, the speech of Sir CHARLES WOOD is singularly satisfactory. Although the Right Hon. Baronet requested the lenient consideration of the House, because of the indisposition from which he was a sufferer, and because, likewise, of the almost unprecedented demands which it was his duty to make upon the Legislature, there was little reason for either apology or indulgence. Possibly the statement delivered upon the Budget last evening may be regarded as the most lucid speech yet uttered in the House of Commons by Sir CHARLES Woon. In the arrangement of his materials, in the enunciation of the different amounts constituting the national revenue, and the numerous charges (usual and unusual) upon the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Gentleman evinced very re markable capacity, and reduced these complicated calculations to the comprehension of the most medi ocre understanding. In so much was the lucidity of Sir CHARLEO WOOD manifest, as to have elicited the cordial commendation of Mr. GOULBURN and the re peatedapplause of the Members generally. It were un necessary to enter upon any synopsis or analysis of the particular financial statement submitted to Par liament by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; it were unnecessary, from the elaboration of the Parliamen tary reports and Parliamentary summary, and es pecially unnecessary because the gist of that state ment may be expressed in the compass of a few syl lables. Contrary to the expectations of the multitude the estimates made by Sir CHARLES WOOD, as to the balance of our national accounts on the close of the year ending sth of April, 1848, are propitious and consolatory. Notwithstanding the remarkable abate ment of our manufacturing industry, in consequence of the scarcity of food both at home and on the con tinent; notwithstanding the certain injury which must result to the revenue from the diminished con sumption and the enormous drain of 10,000,0001. for the assistance of Ireland, it is calculated by the Right Hon. Baronet that there will still remain a surplus of 332,0001. over and above the total expen ditures. As compared with the surplus of the year ending sth April, 1847—a splendid surplus, reach ing no less a sum than 9,ooo,oool.—that anticipated for the forthcoming twelve months is insignificant enough. But, bearing in recollection the lamentable condition of Ireland and of the northern portions of Great Britain, the circumstance of there being any surplus whatever is matter for earnest gratulation. What is particularly remarkable in the Budget for 1847' is the fact of there being no additional taxation. Under existing calamities this is an unex pected and thrice-welcome announcement. Taking the entire surplus for the ensuing year at 489,0001., it is proposed to burden the community by borrow ing no less an amount than 8,000,0001. for the relief of Ireland. Borrowed at three and a half per cent., the interest upon these 8,000,000/. will amount to 280,0001 1 and the inevitable consequence of this loan must be the advance of interest upon Exchequer-bills from lid. to 21 per: diem, making an additional sum of 142,000/. Upon the proposed debt of 8,000,0001. the entire interest for the year will be 422,0001., which, subtracted from the expected excess upon the balance sheet, would reduce the surplus upon the financial year to 67,000/. Now, the residue of the Chinese silver, con sisting of 450,0001., will, on the abstraction of 185,000/. for our increased naval expenditure, raise the surplus for the sth April, 1848, from 67,0001. to not less than 332,000/.—an amount beyond the most sanguine expectations of the most hopeful observer. It will therefore have devolved upon the empire to sustain the terrible visitation at present scourging the sister island, to the enormous extent of 10,000,0001., of which 2,000,000/. have been ad vanced and distributed. In this balancing of the boun ties and the economy of the nation the Government has displayed a sagacity proportioned to its courage in dealing with so many enormous difficulties. If the Ministry are in no manner prepared to diminish the taxes still imposed upon the people by precipi tating the extension of the principles of free trade, they cannot at least be regarded as imitatores ser vum pecus in respect to the increase of taxation for the payment of the interest upon a loan of actually 10,000,0001. It is insinuated that the landlords of Ireland will exhibit no readiness to repay even a moiety of this magnificent assistance, that they will grudge the restitution of even 4,000,000/, out of the eight which still remain to be advanced. The insinuation gained some colouring of probability from the merriment expressed by the Hon. Gen tlemen of the House of Commons on the allusion to that repayment uttered by the Chancellor of the e n n d V ghl o o aa i n dn c d e sttihhsoeifes evincing ie h p o nm e c i ei P n nr t e g : t o y p a w l People, nobleo, t can t n - Exchequer. Whatever may be th e ac t ua l sent i ments dmwl oas soillneof ye rolfrs theyeutlhbEa m it to such a sublime act of generosity proportion e d b ot h to the of her wealth an d the vastness of her e p , o t n ha h er er her generositysecurity is andth batten ue the asof s u thel ; e nation tlhane magnitude p gts elv r em e ni s nep e rdt n ol t iis nti s t tg r yl O —e u sr b ual pe e pt s ro ; as ti b ino u gn t let it never b e forgotten by rigour who of p o h ernw o hd u eer l t d ebr e i m m n ienpvoaostlieeenn Mr.E. E LLIcE to the The attention of the House of Commons was last e in c g oul i d n ex i i m st extraordi nary destitution unfortunate] more the Western Highlands of Scotland. No t • night directed by properly have been selected by the Hon. Member for that purpose than that immediately preceding the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, when the extraordinary exertions of the Go vernment on behalf of the Irish people, and th e mode of providing for the gigantic outlay thereby rendered necessary, wa s about to be detailed by the Minister whose especial duty it was to provide the necessary funds and to regulate the income and expenditure of the country. The primary cause of the distress in both Ireland and part of Scotland is the same ; we have in both countries a large and crowded popula tion, whose usual and accustomed article of food, that constituting, if not the sole, by far the largest portion of their ordinary diet, has been destroyed, and swept away by the mysterious visitation of PROVIDENCE. In both cases, we find the crops, on which the fami lies of the poor cottiers were fed, decaying and rot ting in the earth, so as not to be worth the trouble and expenditure of digging them from the soil, and the visitation borne with extraordinary patience and resignation by the unhappy sufferers, who, on the total failure of their own resources, were driven to seek from others that maintenance with which they were unable to supply themselves or families ; but here the comparison ends, for in Scot land we find the landed proprietors, or at least the great majority, availing themselves of every means to provide for the poor of their respective estates, casting themselves into the breach with a noble devotion, and resolving that, so long as any means were left to them, so long as by any sacrifices on their own part they could be enabled to do so, they would continue to afford that support and maintenance This generous, humane, and Christian conduct is worthy of something more than the praise that cannot be withheld from it. The Highland land owners have set their own shoulders to the wheel— they have relied on their own exertions, and have not been disappointed. By these efforts they have preserved the lives of their people, and deaths from starvation, or its effects, so frightful t o contemplate —so unworthy of a Christian Co un t ry, where some of the inhabitants are surrounded with all the appliances of wealth, and the comforts and luxuries thereby obtainable--and so disgraceful to the lccalities in which such harrowing and fearful scenes are suffered to take place—have been averted, and banished from the Scottish coasts. In Ireland, we regret to say, that a like praiseworthy conduct has not been pursued by the majority. True it is that r. , -ny, very many, landlords have acted in a manrer beyond all praise, and have entitled themselves to the marked thanks o f the community at large, and better Mr. WILLIAMS considered the statement of the Right Hon. Member most unsatisfactory. He objected to the large increase in the navy, army, and ordnance estimates With regard to the loan, he would much prefer seeing the Government giving a higher rate of interest end borrowing at par, to bot rowing below par at a lower rate of interest. Mr. ROEBUCK said that, looking to the manner in which the "Irish party" had banded themselves toge ther against the introduction of an efficient poor-law :n Ireland, he trusted that the Houses would not consent to any loan of 10,000,000/. for Ireland until they had obtained security that the property of Ireland shoeld maintain the poor of Ireland. It was the duty of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to impose an income tax upon Ireland, and ho would himself propose the extension of the property-tax to Ireland. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would be neither wise nor just in the present circumstances of Ireland, to impose the Income-tax on that country. Ho defended the esti mates brought forward by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, and stated that they had been prepared with the greatest regard to economy. The Noble Lord, on resuming his seat was loudly cheered. The House was subsequently addressed by Lord G. BENTINCE, Mr. SHAW, Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. VERNON SMITH, and several other Honourable Members. - The resolution was then agreed to, and the souse re sumed. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1847.: still to the proud consciousness of having performed the arduous duties imposed upon them, but such, un fortunately, cannot be said of the general body. Whatever may have been the exciting cause, whether the debts and encumbrances affecting their properties, that cramped their energies, and fettered and re strained their action, the Irish people were suffered to fall into a state of suffering and destitution hap pily unknown in Scotland to anything like the same extent, until the cry of affliction and distress re verberated on the air throughout the length and breadth of unhappy and afflicted Ireland —and this notwithstanding the extraordinary power afforded to her people by the Labour-rate Act, and the vast sums drawn by means thereof from the national Ex chequer for the relief and mitigation of the distress hu that country. We do not desire to be understood as deprecating the aid that has been already afforded, or is about to be given to Ireland. We do not regret that the sum of ten millions should be advanced to ward off, as far as possible, all future mortality, and to provide for the wants of her people. We do not object to the prin ciple that the calamity should be considered a national one, and a moiety of the expenditure should be borne by the State and defrayed from the national purse , . But, if from similar causes great burdens have fallen on the proprietors in the distressed districts of Scot land, we think that a like rule should be observed, tha t the calamity should in like manner be considered a national one, and that a portion of the expenditure should be defrayed by the State. It is not because the Scotch proprietors have well and nobly dis charged their duty, that they should be deserted by the Executive ; on the contrary, it is for that very reason that every possible aid should be afforded and the greatest assistance rendered. A just preceden t has been afforded by what has taken place in the cases of the Irish landlords who applied for present ments under Mr. LABOUCHERE'S letter, and for whom the time of repayment was extended to twenty-two years, in place of ten ; as it was justly considered that they should not be placed in a worse footing than those who hung back, and did not exhibit the same promptitude on behalf of their dependent s and neighbours. Had the Scotch landlords been negligent or exhibited less self-devotion, they would have been aided by public loans and grants, having acted in a more correct and proper manner, that aid should not be withheld from them, and the con templated measures for Ireland should be extended to all parts of the United Kingdom visited with similar affliction, and where the people are suffering under a deprivation of their accustomed food or means of livelihood. We have received news from Oporto to the 13th . Since the death of MACDONNELL the Miguelites have everywhere joined the Septembristas. Count DAS ANTAS had marched from Oporto to attack CABAL, and another division of the insurgents, under Baron FERNOS had marched in the direction of Bares &Alva, and CJESAR VASCONCELLES, at the head of 2,500 men, was at Pennafiel, prepared to dispute the passage of the Douro with SALILiNHA. This force had been joined by 800 Miguelites under BERNARDINO. The remains of MACDONNELL'S band have joined Di ANTAS. AIENDEZ LEITE, a Septembrista officer, at the head of 300 insurgents, had surprised SALDANRA'S depot of arms at Averro (which is within the lines occupied by SALDANEA'S army, and only eight miles from: his head quarters), and had captured 230 stand of arms, a quan tity of ammunition, a considerable sum of money, and several prisoners. Among the latter is the son of SAL DANRA'S military secretary. The insurrection was spreading in Algave, and Faro has been fortified by the insurgents. Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived. General PA.VIA had resigned his office of Minister of War in consequence of the refusal of his colleagues to permit him to exercise the authority of Generalissimo. General JOSE CONCiA will, it is said, succeed him. MADRID BOVISA, FEB. 15.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32 ; the Four per Cents., 20%; the Five per Cents., 20%; the Coupons, at 18%; and the Passives, at 614. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The trial of the National for publishing a libel re flecting on the KING took place on Saturday, and ended in the acquittal of the National. The libel was con tained in an article commenting on the removal of the French Consul from the:Mauritius, and it concluded by declaring that the ICING alone directed the whole policy of the state. This libel the counsel for the National justified, and quoted from the speeches of successive Ministers for the purpose of proving the direct and per sonal interference of the KING in various affairs of state, stigmatising such interference as unconstitutional. The jury, after deliberating a quarter of an hour, brought in;a verdict of acquittal. This is the severest blow that the system has yet received, and is tantamount to a censure on the KING. The Prase continues its personal attacks upon Lord NORBILNBY. It is now confessed that M. GUUOT in tended by what he said in the Chamber to offer a per sonal insult to the British Ambassador. The fact is, M. GUIZOT is endeavouring to play the same game that he played as French Ambassador in London in 1840, to intrigue with English parties or rather partizans for a change of Ministry,so as to secure eitherafainiant Foreign Secretary, whom he can bamboozle, or a worse than fainéant, who will aid him in carrying his project of securing Orleans domination on the Continent and in the Mediterranean. This intrigue, however, will not succeed, and the fact that any English Minister held office as the nominee of GUIZOT, or of LOUIS PHILIPPE, would be alone sufficient to secure his downfal. M. MARTIN (du Nord) has resigned his Ministry ol Justice, on account of the precarious state of his health, It is reported M.M. LACAVE-LAPLAGNE and CUNIN GRIDAINE were also about to leave the Cabinet. CABRERA'S brother-in-law, General POLO, has escaped from Avignon. The French steam-frigate Caraibe has been driven on shore in Senegal. Twenty seamen and boys perished among the breakers. The KING of the BELGIANS is expected in Paris. The Echo Agricole states that the price of flour in the Paris market on Saturday still maintained itself be tween 100 and 105 francs per sack of 157 kilogrammes, according to its quality. The transactions in wheat were very limited, but large quantities of foreign rye were purchased for the consumption of the interior of France, and particularly the department of the Allier, where that grain had completely failed. The Courrier Bas Rhin announces that prosecutions had been in stituted againt 17 individuals accused of having had re course to fraudulent means in order to cause a rise in the price of provisions. The Moniteur states that the trial of the works of art of the Havre and Rouen railroad, by the moving weight, was proceeding satisfactorily. The viaducts of Barentin and Malannay had withstood it with complete success. The Council-General of the Roads and Bridges had at last approved of the plan proposed by the Northern Company for the construction of the Creil and St. Quentin Railroad between Creil and Noyon The line is definitively to pass through Pont St. Maxence Ribecourt, Compiegne, Thourotte, Ourscamp, and Noyon. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de 'Opera, on Sunday, at 78f. 45e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 22. Dutch Rhenish, 4 —Louvain a la Sambre, 1 y—Northern of France, 19%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 7%. THE COURT.—lier Majesty and Prince Albert, with the royal children, are expected to arrive at Bucking ham Palace at half-past four o'clock this afternoon from Claremont. THE LOAN OF EIGHT MILLIONS. The following notice has been sent to the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England : " Treasury Chambers, Feb. 23, 1847. " Gentlemen,--I beg to inform you,l and to request that you will make it known in the usual manner, that Lord John Russell and I shall be ready to see any gen tlemen who may be desirous of contracting for a loan of Eight Millions for the service of the present year, on Thursday next, the 25th instant, at one o'clock, in order to fix the conditions of the loan, and manner of the bidding; and I hope it will be convenient to you, or one of you, to meet these gentlemen here at that hour.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " CHARLES WOOD." " To the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." INTEREST ON EXCHEQUER-BILLS Exchequer-bill Office, 2, Whitehall-place, Feb. 23, 1847. The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have determined that the New Exchequer-bills, to be dated 16th March, 1847, charged on aids and supplies, shall bear an in terest of Twopence per Centum per Diem, instead of One penny halfpenny, as stated in the advertisements from this office, dated 16th February, 1847 : And also, the Exchequer -bills dated in the month of June, 1846, charged on aids and sup plies, which are now outstanding, shall on and after the said 16th March, 1847, bear an interest of Twopence per Centufn . per Diets. MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELEC TORS OF WESTMINSTER. In The Sun of Saturday, Feb. 13, the following letter from a correspondent was inserted MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELECTORS OF WEST• MINSTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—As an elector of Westminster allow me to ask, whether the Mr. Charles Cochrane, who now so ostentatiously parades his pretensions to represent Westminster, is the same person as one Senor Juan de Vega, who some few years back published a journal of a tour through Great Britain and Ire land, and who then paraded a series of adventures in various towns and places at which modesty and decency felt ashamed, and whose public avowal signally proved the want of good taste and common propriety in the writer. If they be one and the same person, the electors of West minster ought to know it. If not, Mr. Cochrane cannot too soon disown the identity.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, St. James's, Feb. 12. ALPHA. [We cannot answer this query. Doubtless Mr. Cochrane Sun.] _ _ On Monday, Feb. 15th, appeared a letter from another correspondent, as follows : WESTMINSTER ELECTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—A correspondent in your excellently -conducted journal asks, " Who is Mr. Cochrane, the present candidate for the representation of Westminster?" "Is he the same Mr. Cochrane who, some years since, travelled through the country as a Spanish minstrel ?" "Is he the party who published a descriptive account of his wanderings through Kent and Sussex ?" These questions require a straight forward answer, since it must not be borne, it must not be tolerated, that the large and influential city of Westminster shall be represented by a person who, in the di-guise of a travelling musician, succeeded, in many instances, alas! too many instances, in insinuating himself into , private fa milies, and afterwards exposed the flirtation of sundry misses, some in their teens, and others approaching that question able age when ladies begin to think they are forgotten by' the sterner portion of the sex. I do not state that Mr. Cochrane is the man who thus acted ; I do not aver that he is the individual who published sundry amours in his book, which he pretended took place at Canterbury, Dover, Has tings, and Brighton; I can scarcely believe that a man who could betray the confidence of any female, after having been fed and pampered to satiety by her friends, and supplied with money, believing, the said individual to be in the c on diti o n of an unfortunate political exile, would dare to affront a highly respectable and . nonourable constituency with his presence. But, Sir, you say—" Perhaps Mr. Cochrane will inform the electors whether he is the person I have thus hastily alluded to." My reply is, do not take Mr. Cochrane's word for his in nocence. Iknew the wandering minstrel—the poor amiable young man who had been driven from . friends and home, owing to political disturbances in his own country—l have seen him often, but not since he gathered silver and gold from those who pitied his pretended misfortune—from those who fostered the viper, who felt for and sympathised with him in his assumed distressed condition, and I might be able to identify him ; yet, there is a probability of clearing up the point beyond the possibility of doubt. Vie minstrel's work was printed by Mr. Brettel, of Rupert• street, Haymarket ; and I have reason to know that that gentleman is perfectly acquainted with the person of Mr. Cochrane, and can, there fore, without diracalty, set the matter at rest, and thus ease the minds of many parties who have promised Mr. Cochrane their support, but who would at once withdraw it if Mr. Cochrane can be identified as the wandering minstrel. Allow me to add, that, for years, Mr. Brettel has taken a very prominent part in the Westminster election; he is a Liberal too; and would, no doubt, not only for the credit o the House of Commons, but for the honour and reputation 0, Westminster, set the matter at rest. I am, Sir, faithfully yours, J. W. Fleet-street. On Wednesday, Feb. 17, another correspondent thus wrote : MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NUN. Sir,—ls Mr. Cochrane the same person as "Don Juan de Vega," or. is he not ? If he be the same person, then the violated hospitality and outraged kindness shown to him at Brighton, Canterbury, Dover, and other places, will rise up in judgment against him, and serve as a warning to the electors of Westminster not to confide in any such wander ing personator. If he be not Juan de Vega, then why not disown it? Let Mr. Cochrane beware, if he be the fraudulent Spanish refugee that Juan. de Vega pretended to be, that he does not meet such an exposé as he well deserves, if identice with that vagabond.—Yours, an Elector, J. C. Feb. 16, 1847. On Friday, the 19th, we inserted another letter in the following words : MR. COCHRANE AND THE ELECTORS OF WEST MINSTER. TO THE EDITOR OF MT SUN. Sir,—My attention has been directed to the inquiries con tained in your paper, relative to the identity of Mr. Coch raise, the present candidate for Westminster, with one JUAN DE VEGA, who some years back travelled through some parts of England, professing to be a Spanish refugee, and then published adventures of a most immoral kind as the account of his travels. I remember a person calling himself Doi' Juan de Vega soliciting charity s in this town, not for himself only, but for his fellow. Spanish refugees. He came as a Spanish peasant; a large slouched straw hat, and open vest, a man Cilia cloak, breeches, and stockings, formed his dress ; he professed to speak no English—French and Spanish being the only languages he knew. He was of slight figure, and dark mulatto complexion. He excited much compassion in this town, where he professed to be a Quaker, and attended the Friends' Meeting House; was fed, clothed, and had money given to him in no small quantity; and yet was afterwards, by his own published adventures, found to be an imposter, a hypocrite, and a scoundrel. He endeavoured to seduce every girl he could come near, and those whom he could not ruin in person, he sought to lower in character, by imputing in print the actions of charitable feeling to the promptings of the most unchaste passion. I know, and could identify the man. Ido not know whether the Juan de Vega, of Brighton, be the candidate for Westminster. I can hardly believe that the swarthy Juan de Vega can oe the Mr, Cochrane who appears at meetings of charity, dances with the daughters of the Governor of the Licensed Victuallers' at their annual balls, and is alternately heard of at the Crown and Anchor and at Exeter Hall, in company with Dr. Leifchild and Mr. B. B. Cabt'ell—l say I can hardly believe it, and yet why does he not deny it ? If they be the same person, I pity the deceived, I despise the deceiver. But I will come up to London on his first public appearance, and my own eyes shall, if I be spared to see him, con vince myself. If Juan de Vega be Mr. Cochrane, I will de nounce him, and the " Tallow-chandler and Grocer," whom he so described, and whose hospitality he abused, shall shame him from the Westminster hustings.—l am, Sir, your obe dient servant, D. B. Brighton, Feb. 17, 1847. In The Sun of last night will be found the follow advertisement : "TO TILE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. " GENTLEMEN,—Some of you will doubtless have seen a succession of personal attacks on me which have appeared in The Sun newspaper, and which evidently have for their ob ject to prejudice me in your estimation. After the very flattering reception which I have met from you at public meetings and in my private interviews with a large propor tion of your body, I deem it due to you to state that, acting under the advice of the most eminent Counsel, I have brought an action for defamation of character against the proprietors of The Sun newspaper, when an opportunity will be afforded to my anonymous assailant to prove, if be can, the charges he has preferred against me.—l have the honour to be, Gen tlemen, your obedient and grateful servant, " CHARLES COCHRANE. " Devonshire-place, Monday, Feb. 22, 1847." This, then, is Mr. COCHRANE'S answer to the in quiries of our correspondents—an action for defama tion of character !! We think it right to lay the whole case fairly be fore the public, and the electors of Westminster in particular, that they may judge for themselves as to whether a public journalist is not bound to give pub licity to letters such as the above, and on such a sub ject. If Mr. COCHRANE be not Senor JUAN DE VEGA—if we have, even by implication, said one word to his then undeserved disparagement—we are ready and willing to apologise most amply and most unreservedly. But if he be Don JUAN DE VEGA, and we put the ques • tion fairly to him, whether he be so,—if he be the author of a work in two volumes, containing an account of his adventures, then not one word of recantation , but many of bitter indignation, shall appear in The Sun. We challenged inquiry into the identity of Don JUAN DE VEGA, and the candidate for the suffrages of the electors of Westmin ster—we are answered by threats. We laugh at threats such as these, and we know little of the electors of 'Westminster if any candidate can gain their favour by attempting to put down inquiries into who or what he is. Let Mr. COCHRANE state a parentage, a conduct in life, and a character such as may recommend him to the electors of Westminster; but let him beware of the reputation which must always attach to JUAN DE VEGA. Our answer to Mr. COCHRANE'S threats is a very short query—Are you, Mr. COCHRANE, the writer of two volumes, detailing the adventures of JUAN D VEGA ; and are you that personage?—Aye or no. Upon your answer our count depends. HEALTH OF THE QUEEN 01' PRUSSIA.—BERLIN, FEB. 16.—Her Majesty the Queen has slept quietly during t,l , e greater part of the night; in the morning the cough is less frequent, and only a slight excitement of pulse is per ceptible. DESTITUTION OF THE METROPOLIS. — UpWard , ' of 50,000 persons are now inmates of the London workhouses ; 60,000 are receiving out- door relief; and from 1,400 to 2,000 nightly sheltered in the refuges for the houseless. , 1' 4 I! b 6)., 1 , 41 PANII _ . 1.111 , 7; . t• 6'" *l2 V • • '^‘ SECOND EDITION. NEW WORK BY MISS PARDOE. Now ready, in 3 vels. Bvo., with numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood, by William and George Measom, 21. 23. bound, LOUIS the FOURTEENTH, and the COURT of FRANCE in the SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By JULIA PARDOE, Author of the " City of the Sultau," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher In Ordinary to her Majesty. INTEREST ON EXCHEQUER...BILLS. EXCHEQUER -BILL OFFICE Whitehall-yard, Feb. 23, 1847. - . . . The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have deter mined that the new Exchequer-bills to be dated on the 16th of March, 1847, charged on Aids and Supplies, shall bear INTEREST of TWOPENCE PER CENTUM PER DIEM, instead of One Penny Halfpenny, as stated in the Advertisement from this office, dated the 16th of February, 1847 ; and also that the Exchequer-bills dated in the month of June, 1846, charged on Aids and Supplies, which are now outstanding, shall on and after the said 16th •f March, 1847, bear an INTEREST of TWOPENCE PER CENTUM PER DIEM. teninS eettn4 LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1847. The House of Lords met at Five. The Brewing from Sugar Bill was road a third time and passed. The third reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill was, after a short discussion, adjourned till to-morrow, (this day), after which their Lordships adjourned. At ten minutes to six o'clock, the House of Commons resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose to make the financial statement for the year, and claimed the indulgence of the House while be made the statement, which he would make as short as was consistent with clearness. It was many years since a Chancellor of the Exchequer had to report such heavy demands upon the Exchequer, but those demands were occasioned by the dearth of food, which was a visitation of PROVIDENCE. Thousands of starving persons in Ire land appealed to this country for sympathy and assis tance, and that he could not refuse. Never, however had the finances of the country Eeing so able to bear these demands. For the first time there had been no deficiency bills, and the produce of the revenue had been sufficient to defray the expenses of the State. In the Customs, the produce of evezy article for the last nine months, had, with the exception of articles on which duties bad been reduced, exceeded the estimate. In the Excise, with the exception of soap, the same had taken place. By the return of the revenue ending 13th February last, he found an increase of nearly half a mil- lion. But it was not to be expected that such a state of things would continue, and aftar the unexampled prosperity of the last two years ho thought they were on the verge of a check. He, however, saw no symptoms of a revulsion, but he merely feered a check, for he thought commercial matters were on a sound basis, rad he considered that the measures for regulating the currency, which, had been passed two years since by Sir R. PEEL, had tended to prevent such a revulsion, by placing the currency on a sounder basis, and by inducing investments in works at home instead of iu Mississippi stock or Pennsylvanian Bonds. He thought, therefore, that no revulsion would follow, but still the high price of food would tell in the diminution of comforts and the diminution of the consumption of articles of luxury. which were subject to Excise duties. The whole pro duce of Customs and Excise for the last year was 34,500,070/.; of this 5,530,0001. was contributed by articles of food, 21,781,000/. of drink, and by tobacco, 4,336,000 L; making 31,653,000/. out of 34,500,070/. This must have diminished ,in con sequence of the diminution of employment in the manufacturing districts. .On the 9th of Ja.nuary, there wore working full time 25,845 persons; short time, 11,851 ; and without work, in consequence of the stop page of mills, 1,690. On the 9th February, there were working full time 22,949 persons ; short time, 15,862 ; and out of work, 2,613. The drain of bullion on the Bank had not been so great as might have been ex pected. The amount of bullion was only 1,200,000!. less than it was this time twelve months. The lata CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER had calculated upon a surplus of 776,0001., the actual surplus was 2,846,0001. including 304,000 k paid as duty on the import of foreign sugar. He now would state what the probable income of the year, from sth April, 1846, to sth Avt:l, 1847, would be. Last year the duties on corn produced 793,000/. He could not calculate upon such an amount, still he calculated on some revenue from this source. There had been an increase on the importation of butter, cheese, and silk last year, consequent upon the reduction of duty, and he calculated that this increase would con tinue, and he assumed that the probable revenue from Customs during the next year would be 20,000,000/. During the present quarter the increase of Customs duties had been 204,000/. Up to January the amount of Excise duties had been 13,988,0001., and he reckoned for the ensuing year an increase of 13,700,0001. The increase on the Excise from the beginning of the quarter had been 106,0001, and in Ireland, extending to January, there had been an , increase. He anticipated from Stamps a revenue of 7,500,000/., from Taxes 4,270,000/. from Property-tax 5,390,000/., from the Post office 845,0001., from; Crown Lands, 120,0001. from miscellaneous sources of revenue 427,000/.; mek'ng a total of ordinary revenue of 52,065,000/. The ex penses of the interest of the debt and the Consolidated Fund would be 30,735,0001.; for the army, 6,840,0741.; The Navy vote wo u ld b e 7,561,000/. ; th e Ordnance vote t y h e e ar N would be. 2,679,127/, b e i ng an i ncrease o f 1 35,568 / . over the vote o f l ast I as in the case of great a a vy awasst year. due, The residue was ' to a deferred and to puttin g theowing portg to . an increase of I,2oo.trcu miscellaneous votes, excluisi:nreette of as state of defence. I.le ofvotes for Ireland, would be 3,750,000 L, being an n 397,0001. The in- 3 of crease was owing to the exp anse the Poor-law Awl MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS Tl', QUAIrIER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm. Sales 5,000 ',aka, including 500 for export, and .500 0 0 speculation ; 4,500 bales were American, and realised 61,d to 7 3 / 4 d per lb; 200 Egyptian, 71d to 9d; and 200 Surat, 4%d per lb. The market closed rather firmer. Shares had beau rather dull. The details of the Budget are so fully given and com muted upon in another column of The Sun, that it is un necessary to recapitulate them here, and we may merely remark that they are considered to be quite as favourable as could, under the circumstances, have been anticipitated, and that although the Chancellor of the Exchequer has deter mined upon an open loan in preference to a funding of Ex chequer-bills, the advantoges and demerits of which policy we have already pointed out under this head, the limitation of the amount to be raised to eight millions will serve to render the operation much Tess onerous than it would have been, and more especially if the instalments be judiciously e xtended over a given period. To arrange these preliminaries the c it y capitalists will meet Lord John Russell and Mr. Wood el l Thursday neat, as shown in a communication in anot b s part of The Sun, which was read in the Stock Exchange the miming. ell The new loan can hardly be expected to come out .0 as the Canada debentures did, because money is now much scarcer; and if par should be given tor Three-and-a-Haff Per Cent., this would hardly correspond with the rates now current in the market. Capitalists now will be loek • ing probably for about 3% per cent. in the fund* and of course the loan will come out in Pr ° ' portion Possibly for every 1001. stock, biddings, vary in g from 109 up to 112 may be made, but of 'course we are nolg merely giving the on Bits of the day. The Nevi' Exchequer-bills to be dated March 16, 1847 are to be raised to 2d. per diem, as advertised in another column. The Stock market is rather unsettled, and prices have re ' ceded about per cent. This is the natural effect of new loan. Consuls are 90% % for present transfer , a n have been 904 % for the Account to be arranged oa Thursday, and of which it may puzzle many to predict 0 1 result. Exchequer-bills have risen to 10s. and 145. Pr e° Bank Stock is not higher than 203 to 1/ 2 . The Foreign Bonds are quite neglected. Portuguese Foul per Cents. are heavy at 34. The accounts from Lisb° ll not very favourable. Mexican Bonds have receded to 2 2 , 4 and 21%. Railway Shares have been rather firm again. ER/i".iSll DAY AT 0.: 4 1.E O'CLOCK. • G. .I'e ' L •,:.) • Bank Stock .• • • .• • • •• 203% Lace -3 .. 90% II 9156 3 .. • . 90% %% New A , _7ls. 92%% Long A - n!_!:.:e.,,s, .. 9 9-16 % - Dllto, Gct. : .. 9 5-16 % D: e, Jca 5, .. 9% Censols Accozn.; go% I%d. 1,006. • • .. •• ..•• 10 14 •• • • .... 15 10 1 03 ' Ditto, Advel ?cl .... 9 0 1 ' PRICES OF FO'EIC:i Fr ViOS AT O'CLOCK. Mexicri, 18.!3, 5 per U.i;; .. .. 22 21% Por:aliese Four per Cent Ditto, .or the Account •• .. 34 Dividends on the ?Love payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 94% Dutch Two-ond•a-Half per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% 1 4 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CL RAI EMAIL PAID. nat muss. Aberdeen •• • • • • • •• •• 25 .... 23% to -- Amber., Notting.,Bosion, & 2%.... 2% .... 1 0 -- Birmingham ead 0:7 _O. d Jam on • • 5 .. •• 14%14.. to -- Birmingham, Wolv:i., radDadi2y •• 5 •• • • 10% •• •• to Bristol Pnd Exelcr .. • • •• .. 75 .• 77 to •-• Buckinghamshiie .• 8 %% p to -- Direct Northern Scrip •• •• • 23i 214 %.. to -- Eastern Counties .. •• . • • • • 20 21% %••tO -- East Lancasbi:e 14 to •-- Diito, New .. .. • • • • .. 5 .... 7% • • Edinburgh rani Clz.• ow .. • • 30 •• ••77 • •• .• 10 Edinburgh end 12:; .. • • to Ditto, New .. • • • • •• 3 1 !: .. •• to Great Nor..bent(i.onCoa &To:I:Inez : 6) 2%4 to Ditto (Dirzt.l. •• 3% •• to . — iph Crezit. •• •• •• 85 ....121 to L Ditto, lief 0,31E:23 • • • • • • • • 50 71 .. ••to -- Ditto. New .. Ipswich aisi Bury ac. &Arc. ads •• .. 4%.... -836% to '''. -- 1 •• 14 •••• •••• to Ditto. ca. o. arret Nolcricj.. .. 5 .... .... to Leeds rnd Dri.'iord 35 .... 80 to . . Leeds end Mimic .. .• 22% •• •• 19 3 4( • • •• to ''.. London and Blackwell • • 16/. 13s. 4d. .... to Ditto, New, No. 1 .. .• .. 4 .... 5 to London, Brighton, and South Coast .• 50 .... 55%56 to Ditto, Guaranteed Five per Cent... 9 9)4% to ",14 London ftgliNolai.WeStel • • ••• 100 • • 184%„ to 1:' . 7-- Ditto, QdPrieis .. • . to •*- Ditto di'to New . 2 .... 14 1 ,i .... to -- London and Soa; - h-Wes.eia 411.6 :,. 10d. .... to Ditto, Scrip .. 5 . . .. 5% to London and York Extension Scrip .. 2 3's ...• to Lynn and Dorelirm .. 15 . • • 17 to Manehester, Buxton, and Mat!ocX - • 425. .... t o Manchester and Southamlion .. 2 .... 15.6 .. to Midland • • • • • • • • • • • .100 .. • • 1221..... to b% Ditto, New .. •• .. 2 .... 6 .. . • 7, to b ; Newcastle end Bet wick .. • • 20 .. • . 3214 U •• iw .... Newmarket and Cheaterford .. • • 10 .... 1054 •• Norfolk .. .. • . .. • • ..100 . •• •• r: Ditto, He'' Stares .. • • .. 10 .... 14%...• to -- Ditto, Ester 6 ... • North H.. 17 Shores .. 12M .... 16% .• to • • --- Ditto, Extemi'm • • •• • • %•• •• •• to 11YLC, • • • • .• .• • • 1 •••• 3%•• •" to --- North 6ta - Cold7.h:le •• .. 5 8% .— Preston erdWy,:e .• .. 25 34A %• • t o.— Di;ta, Reif iilif.7es (A) 11 .• •• : 0 Dit;o, dMo (B) .• .... 13•4•2 " -- Reading, ord, and Reigate .. 5 .... ‘"6 1 ` .. . to 21* Scot:llh MiCland 224 • • to Shrew:. b - : - P7d likiw'nctirm (A) . • 3 •• • • 4 ••• • to d° ".o (B) •• •••• 1 • • dsto Sb: - opsblre Ur on . 420.•••_. ,w•• to -- South Er7:llil - ad Dover • . • . 331.25. 4d. --; to Ditto, New (i , s. et 321.) No. 1 .20 ••• 2 1 3 , 7 , • •to Waterford and Kg - Jenny 11 West Riding LT - ;•'oa 425. • • • • •• • • 1 178 2- • n . •.• to York and Newcet , tle .. 25 •• • • 3014 •• • Ditto, New • . .. 5 .• ••I% • • " -- Ditto, Preference • • •• • • • • 4 .. • • 8 s tO York and North Miedand •• •• 50 •• 86% •• to 51 Ditto. Eaten:3lon • . .. 20 - 36% tO Ditto, Preference .. .• .. 2 .... 12% to .. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amlcng • . • • .. 18 .... 14sh to Central of France (Orleans Vierzoo) 10 .... 13 — to Dutch Rhenish .. _ 7 to -- Namur end Liege .. 8 3 4 '" .... to Northern of Fiance .• 8 12m,.. to Paris and Rouen •• f 0 34%•• •tO JOINT-STOCK " •• .... 254.... tom Union of Australia IMNES Reel. del Monte. Unregistered .. .. —3% .• to COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS The Court was engaged this mo r ni n g in trying' an • -- 1 e: directed from the Court of Chancery, relating to a parMi, ship transaction. The case wag of no public Interest W 118" ever. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. THIS DA. oil ed The February adjourned ses si on fo or the county conl sl o ro this morning, at the Court House, Clerkenwell-green, the Assistant-Judge and a bench of magistrates. e re' The Learned AsstsrAsT-JuD GE , i n c h arg i n g the re jury, said, in allusi o n t o th e means resorte d to for tu.,;', 0 1:. formation of juvenile offenders, that he had visited , t y hurst prison since the last sessions, and there he foulaucii,er system quite unsuited to the end, in his opinion. Th e s led pline did not trea': child r en as c hild ren an d adopt the sJ 0 3 of rewards to childish capacities. At Parkhurst OOP., old plenty of work and plenty of books, but no play, and t" ii i,es adage was but too .rue. that " All work and no pla) Jack a bad boy." It was not enough to tell those WI be dren they would by good behaviour in prison probah'Yoef come respectable men in their old age, po p; should, as the reward of go od con d u ct, ` 40 3 some privileges which they could understat d as children, for even a game of cricket might not be too great a ltcai ti l: fur stimulating them. At pres e nt a child o f t en years 0 1 will stealing a penny-worth, must be sent to the same 40 0 ' and subject to the same discipline, as th e h ar d e ned 40 or 50. But perhaps the greatest evil of the e l t l 3 o o system was throwing the responsibility of supporting eao children upon the State. When the child was convicte u , is father was released front all expense on his account; 1 :1, t 0 01 4 , his (the Assistant Judge's) opinion, the c hild' s parish '" e i 3 ls l be made responsible for his support,; while the par ° ,, r o authorities should have the seine poker to compel the ?' to pay back the amount thui 4 apended as they had to f o i him pay for the support of his family under the ordinal 9 of desertion or otherwise. A l i r ') MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS D " 0 0 Edward Crawshaw, a -, ,entlemiln of military aPPe sr- t or residing in St. Alban'a-Place, appeared in answer to A 6 /0 mons charging him with committing an assault upo n Adam Clarke, post-office-keeper, 132, Jermyn-street. w aif Complainant stated that, about three o'clock yel o go afternoon, the defendant came i n t o hi s s h o p f or the P n ' r ;1 1 0P of posting three letters. Whilst the young lady in th e osr was giving him change, a dog ran into complainalle, 6 ,2 - 0 10 lour, and began to worry a cat. He took up an umbreinco drove the animal out of the room. The defendant then D ios a cane which he had in his hand, and began to belabenral , (the complainant) most unmercifully across the shou ld lie eventually got away, and ran into the parlour. _ d ot The complainant would not press the case if defers 4e. would make an apology in the public court, and give sso reign to the distressed Irish. cill pt Defendant, in a contemptuous manner, said he shoul make an apology to such a man. t idr. BINGHAM said it was a case that ought to be se n the Quarter Sessions, but as it would ca use additional tro'' to complainant, he woulfine defenan 5/. a t The defendant, as hews leavingd the t court, threatened bee complainant, when Mr. Bingham called him back, lun i n re. sides the fine of Si. call e d upon h i m to enter into his °IA) cognizances of 1001., and two sureties of 100/, each, to the peace for six months. THE QUEEN V. Du' The trial of this`iiisi which is an i n di ctment b rought at the instance ° ,: r r iatYll Burdett Coutts aga i nst th e d efen d ant f or a ll e ged 1 3 ' "'ln.,' and which has b een severa l ti mes a ll u d e d to . is ~a 01211 14 u si ecially for tri a l i n th e C our t o f Q ueen ' s B en: b 7 on Thursday next. BIRTHS. Dirs . Goo rbe On Monday, the 22d inst., at Walsall, Staffordshire, t l. French, of a son. neSS S On the 4th inst., at Osiek, in Austrian Galicia, the D ar° s mond e Larlss, of a daughter. d e s'elu er ' On t d he 10th inst., at Brussels, the lady of Chevalie r , (nee Di amines Lisboa), et 'a daughter. illi fil On the 17th inst., in Upper Beymour-street, the lady of Dr• Dunsford, 01 a son. laY t°ll' On the 18th inst., at Walton-place, the wife of Elnili" C eZ tl , Esq., of a daughter. „. o uett, Ou the 19th inst., at Camberwell, the lady of John 1,.. T. - 4, of . of a son. C . Og g- On the 20th inst., at Hans-place, Chelsea, the lady ov , Esq., of a son. ally ism " On the 20th inst., at Parry-hill, Sydeuham, Dirs. A v Of of a son. th e 15 " On the 20th inst., in Cork-street, Burlin g ton-harden s . of * J. A. Hallett, Esq., of a daughter. thune , Charles Be On the 20th inst., at Chester-square, Mrs. daughter. MARRIED. n et Corb ° On the 16th inst., at Clifton Church, Robert Warr - Licu tenan' r - EQ(I , of Bordeaux, to Katherine. daughter of the late Colon..lKersteman, of the 16th Foot. . DIED. 00 eol's On the 14th ult., at Gov e n t ment House, St Christopher's , —..ril Thornton Cunningham, Esq., Lieutenant-Gove naor or the /m. Isl On ands, aged 36. the 17th Inst., at Eton, Sir John Geers Cotterell, aged !6 .. .. , __ o f s On the 17th imt., the I , .ev. Edward South Thurlow, orwieh, and Keefer or Hon ht 1 - 'in .IPr l3 ' On the 1!/th hist ,at g °ll- e Ellen.. the wife o f 13 ' W . Banbury, Oxon, Hsq., aged 28. .Carroty' Ci Richard On the 20th inst., , u Conduit-street, t llO Ilcv. itedland, near Bristol. aged 711 frebeia 17 Loon: '..yied and Published by AidJRI)O 1(0(1N n' the Pre 2is Of •-• a s ran uflicc, NO.III, urn, .n a . , of the brial7 3; I$4T. av°Y• in thl County of Ditildlepes, Tuadab