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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera. and the Public, are respectfully informed, that TO-MORROW EVENING, Feb. 27, will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled /CIS°. Ninus, Signor Coletti (les first appearance) ; Idaspe, Signor Borelli (his firA appearance) ; Arotasphe, Signor Douche ; Fencna, Mdlle. Fulani (her first app arauce) ; Abigail, Mdlle . Sanclatoll. After which, a new and original grand Ballet, in five tableaux, by M. Paul Thelon!, entitled COItALIA; on, LE CHE VALIER INCONSTANT. Pul- Coralia, Mdlle. C. Rosati (her third appearance); the Knight debrand, M. Paul Taglioni ; Squire, M. Geuriet ; Bertha, Md M. lle. Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore; Duke, M. Gosselin ; Fraisondln, Venefra ; Fisherman, M. di Mattis. DANCES.—Second Tableau —Scene Datrante des Caprices, by Mdlle. Rosati. Third Tableau—Pas de la Nymphe des Eaux et de Sea Comp a g n es , 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 DeMOISCreS d'Honneur, by the Corps de Ballet. Fifth Tableau—Ballabile des lialbardiers, by 3ldlle. C. Baucourt, Mdme. P, Stephan, Mddes. Honore, Cassan, Thevenot, Bertin, Julienne, L'Amoureux. and the Corps de Ballet ; Pas de Macon stance, by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdme. P. Stephan, and M. Taglioni. The doers open at Seven. The Opera will commence at Half-past Seven. ROYAL ITALIAN OP S RA, COVENT Gilt , EN, Established for the purpose of rendering a more perfect performance of the Lyric Drama than has hitherto been attained in this country. Under the Direction and Management of Mr. BEAD'. The NobLity. Gentry, and Patrens of Yusic, are respectfully in formed that the Royal Italian Opera will open the tint week in A prll. It is proposed to produce, in the course of the •:eason, some of the established works of Chnttro , 'a, Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer, and others of the more modern Italian School, including Operas by Bellini, Dorn zetti, Mercadante, and Verdi, on a scale ct the trano.t perfect on t, every department ; to which intent the mane ement has assemb'ed a Company embracing the greatest and most varied taent in Europe. PRIMI SOPRANL—Madame Grist and Madame Persian' (her first appearance in London for three years), Madame Roneoni and Steffanoni (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, her first ap. pearanca in this country). CONTRALTL—fsignora Alboni (of the Theatre La Scala, Milan, and of the Imperial Theatre in Vienna, her first appearance in:this country), and Mademoiselle Colbert. TENORL—ShnaT Mario, Signor Salvator Lavia (of the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburgh, his first appearance in this country), Signer Tani (of the Theatre San Carlo, in Naples, his first appear ance in this country), and Signor Salvi (ot the Theatre La Scala, in Milan, and of the Imperial Theatres in Vienna and St. Petersburgh, his first appearance on the Italian stage in England). PRIMI BASSI BARITONI—Signor Tamburini and Signor Giorgio Ronconi. PRIMI BASSI PROFONDI—Signor Marini (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, Ms first appear ance in this country.) PRIMI BASSI COMICI —Signor Pietro Ley (of the Theatre Royal Madrid, his first appearance in this country), and Signor Agostino Revere (of the Theatres Royal, Naples, _Milan, Vienna, and St. Pe tersburgh, his first appearance in this country). Seconde Donne—at Mame Antoinette Mollidort (of the Theatre La Scala, in Milan), Mademoiselle * Amalla Linarl, Mademoiselle Lnigina Bellini. Seconde Tenore—Signor Emmannele Slano (of the Theatre San Carlo in Naples). Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Mr. Costa. A powerful and numerous CHORUS of chosen and experienced Singers wilt complee the Vocal Department. Chorus Master — Signor Botteon‘itslio. Prompter —Signor Mottterasi. The ORCHESTRA, torment of Arti3tes possessing the highest executive poseurs, will cf_onpri•.e among its members Eighty distin guished profestors. Tire Military Ibuel of the Coldstream Guards will be muter tie directisn of 31r. Godfrey. An ORGAN, of extensive compass, has been expressly erected in the theatre IT Messrs. Flight and Son. Organist—Mr. V. 'Novell°. The 11 ‘LLET, of a brilliant co:tly clittraeLr, will dose the performance of the evening, and no Divertissement will he suffered between the acts of the Opera. The Director has the pleasure to announce that he has concluded an engagement with Mademoiselle Fanny Elss!er ; and, during the season, the following eminent DA!IiCtIACS will a ppetlr : -Premieres Danseese—Madeneolselle Dunli 'acre (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mademoiselle Plunkett (ot the Grand Opera, Paris), Mademoiselle Bertin (a the Imperial Theatre, Vienna, her first app,aranee in this country), 31ademoiselle 7.Ceofiot (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Mademoiselle :Marietta Baderna (of the Theatre La !senia. Milan), and Mademoiselle Fuoco (of the Acad'em'e Royale de Pali.). alonsleur Petipa (of the Grand Opera, Paris), Monsieur Gonne (of the Theatre Royal, Madrid), Monsieur Fealinando Croce, Monsieur Delferier (of the Grand Opera, Paris), and Mon;:cynr Aognste Mabille (of the Grand Opera, Paris). 3laitres ties Rtliets—Monsieur Albert (of the Grand Opera. Paris), and 31imisiettr ittasis (of the Theatre Lit Scala, Milan). Leader of the Ballet—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Regisseur de la DallSC Mr. O'Bryan. Composer—Signor Jiffs:3ldr° Citrati (of the San Carlo Theatre, Naples). THE THEATRE.—To render the Interior at once commodious, elegant, and comfortable, it has beets entirely reconstTucted and decs,rated, under the intinediate dire,:tion and after designs of R. A1!,..tn0, Esq., C.E., with every attention directed to its proper ventilation. Tne Decorations have been executed by Mr. Ponsonby. The Management Ills happily secured the artistic skill of Signori Perri and Verardi (of the Theatre Italian, in Paris), to embellish the ceiling and to prepare a New Drop Scene. The approaches t) the Theatre twill he found Improved, by a carriage way being formed immedixely undtfr the Portico in Bow-street, whereby parties cats leave or enter their carriages without exposure to the weathee ; and by increased facilities for ingress and egress. The Refreshment Room will be under the superintendence on Mr. J. G. Watson. Tickets, Stalls, and Box3s, for the !tight or season, to .e obt , ined at the Box Office, Bow-str et ; and at Messrs Crain( r, Beare, and Cg's, 201, Regent-street. TH.EATRE. RoYAL, DUCKY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the new GrAnl Opera, entitl.d MATILDA OF HUNGARY. Count Magnus, Mr. Itorrani; Podiebrad, Mr. Ilarri• son ; Mathias, Mr. Weiss; Matilda, Miss Itainforth ; Li lia, Mts. , It. Isaacs. To conende with the Ballet-Opera, called TilE MAID OF CASHMERE. The Unknown. Mr. Rafter ; Oliro r, Mr. Weiss ; The - Jehop-Dar, Mr. Horncastio ; Leila, Miss Missent ; Lelia, Miss Isaacs; lelica, Melte. Dtibignon; Fatima, M,112. THEATItE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. nder the Ma.:sgernPlit of Mr. It. Webster. sole Lessee. THIS EVENING_ Will he performed a new and original Corned;;, called TILE SCHOOL FOR. SCHF.MING. Princ!p,:l characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstobe, Howe, Selttv, Brindal, Mat. Glover, Mrs. lintnby, Mrs. Yarnold, MiS3 FUrteielle, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. _ urine: the evening the Band will perform the Overture, "Lac des Fees," " Planta7:emt," " Rose," and ' /Men" Polkas ; Waltz, by Limner ; Galop, by Strauss ; and the " American Polka." To conclude with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLE PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Pci!ghts. Princ' pal characters by Mr. James Bland, 'Alas P. /Lorton, 'Mrs. L. S. BackinzMani, Miss Reynold., and Miss Julia Bennett. TTlV.kritE ROYAL, LTCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. TIIIS EVENING Will be produced tho Original Farce, called THE WIGWXIt. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Oxberry - , Keeley; Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. After which will be produced a new Fairy Ext - avaganaa, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST. In which Mr. and Mrs. Keeley will appear, supported by the whole ta!ent of the Compan , . To cone ude will a new Comic Drama, called £5OO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss Pillars, and Miss Forster. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. I nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be perfo.'med the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenfurd ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Anbert, Madame Celes:e ; Gerald:ne, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Mrs. Fitz- William. After which the Comic Drama, called THE MAID WITH THE MILKING PAIL. Lord Philander, Mr. Cullentord ; Algernon, Mr. Boyce; Diccon, Mr. Wright; Milly, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of A NAI3OII FOR 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 THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. • THIS EVENING Will be performed the CornAie-Vautleville of MATHILDE ; on, la Jalousie. M. Darbert, M. Lafont ; Mathilde, Mdl!e. Fargueil. To conclude with a new Vaudeville, entitled LES DEUX BRIGA DIERS. Rameatulor, M. Lafont ; Francine, Mdlle. Fonquet. Boxes, Gs. , Pit, 3s. Gd. , Stalls, 38.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, 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, TO-MORROW EVENING, and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sa turday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mence at Halt-past Eight. The MORNING ENTERTAINMENT will take place on every MONDAY MORNING during Lent. '! he Performances will commence, each day, at half-past Two o'clock. The Programme will be varied on each occasion. Boxes, 4s. ; l'it, 25.; Amphitheatre, 2s. PRINCESS'S TIP OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, Kole I.vssee ant Manager. THIS EVENING Wi:l be performed Bo llini's Opera Seria, entitled NORMA. Palo, Mr. Barker; Oroveso, Mr. Leffler; Flavius, Mr. Wynn ; Adelgisa, Miss A. Ronrr ; Clotilda, Miss Rourke ; Norma, M ss Il_ssano. After whkdi the new and original Musical Romance, entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI iII ; or, The Ghost's Tower. Bertrand, Mr. Fisher ; D'Armincourt, Mr. Barker ; Mr. Delavantl; Adolphe, Mr. Wynn; Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Bristle bach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner ; Seven Maids of Munich, Misses Flower, Rourke, Bonner, Hineks, Millar, L. Marshall, and Laporte ; Uriel, Miss Marshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs Fosbroke. To conclude with the new Comic Drama, entitled the KING OF THE BRIGANDS. Letellier, Mr. Compton ; Marronard, Mr. Granby ; Bernard, Mr. Ryder ; De Bregy, Mr. Fisher ; Pierre, Mr. Howler ; Helena, Mrs. Hughes ; Dorethea, Mrs. Fosbroke. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other Members of the Royal Family.—Mr. BAT rY's Fox-Hounds meet every Evening at Hal THIS EVast Six, EN during G the week. Will be performed THE ROYAL FOX-HUNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE, by the double Company of Foreign Artistes. To conclude with a Farce, entitled THE RUNAWAY HORSE ; or, The Forest of Savoy. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doers open at s'x an commence et half-past six o'clock. —Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfrot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mr, Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE IRON CHEST. Sir F. Mor timer, Mr. /I. Betty - ; Wilford, Mr. Johnson; Helen, Mrs. Vining; Blanche, Mrs. Saville; Barbara, Miss Terry. To conclude with a new Drama, entitled RABY RATTLER; or The I'rogress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Compriny. Box-offlee open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, Is., Half-price, 6d.; Pit. 6d.; Gallery, V. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CASTLE OF ST. ALMO. Principal characters by Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Formal, Searle, Bird, Miss Vincent, Miss Pearce, &c After which, ROBERT LE GRAINGE ; or, - a Night of Excite ment. Robert, Mr. Hicks; htariette, Miss Vincent. To c•nclnde with GALE BREEZELY ; or, A Tale of a Tar. LINENDRAPERS', SILK MERCERS', &C. INSTITUTION. —The fifteenth anniversary festival of this institution took place yesterday at the London Tavern, and was presided over by the Lord Mayor. The attendance of the trades on the occasion: the „...._ty party numerous beyond precedent or expectation, wasurie"naii bythe e amounting to 280. Frem the report, which pear to be in the most the finances of the institution ap- I subscription o i 1,3( 1 ) , ( 11t flourishing condition, and the large very distinctly how ~ announced during the evening, recognised shows the charity are timr `mghlV the benefits resulting from by those most interested in its welfare. Ile dinner arran company broke up at an earfyernhoenurts. were excellent, and the CoTX. ARTILLERY.-97 ItEciturrs FOR THE R Nyoolwich yesterday, at one men arrived at head-quarte rs a717-dethderbeyr Lieutenant Clark, Lis young o'clock A.M., recruits t il , a rw , aat Lisburn to be burn, in Ireland, who arrived and Leith, in forwarded with the next detachnienteen;i boad-quarters on Tuesday evening fro m i. e r "rnits arrived at Scotland ; and on Friday last 24 recruit s kinen, in Ireland. The standard height, for young iNrurn,ThEnnle ,ooo withi n offering . to enlist in Ireland has been raised from Sit - C- 4 men inches to ri feet s iia•hes. The number of recruits enlisted into th e Royal Arridery iu Ireland has been upwards of 1 the last twelve mmit its, and the continued scarcity of provi sions will no doubt induce many others to enter her Majesty's service, by which means they will be amply provided for. It is highly creditable to the garrison town of Woolwich, that although there are so many you n g men in it, recruits from the country, the greatest quietness and orderly c:mduct prevail. The Antwerp steamer, Princess Victoria, Captain Jackson, arrived at St. Katherine's Wharf, Tower, very early yesterday morning, after a passage of 19 hours only. General Smidds and Colonel Nixon were pas.=engers by her. MRS. BUTLER.—'Shin tragedian has entered into , an engagement to perform at the Princess's Theatre. THE SUM_ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1847.* NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF "SUSAN HOPLEY.' Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON. By airs. CROWE. Authoress of " Susan Hopley," ice. Henry Coiburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. With the Magazines, on February 27, with Two Illustrations by LEECH, price One Shilling. Part VII. of THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF CH R ISTOPHER TADPOLE ; IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A WIFE, AT HOME ,IND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. Richard Bentley, Xew Burlington-street. WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIT OF DANIEL WEBSTER (THE AMERICAN SENATOR) FROM AN ORIGINAL PAINTING. THE MARCH NUMBER, price Half•a-Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY WILL CONTAIN SIR ALDINGAR ; THEFTS FROM THE PERCY RELIQUES. By ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. An Episode in the Life of Ole Bull. By H. C. Andersen. A Bacchanalian Vision. By Alfred Crowqulll. English Artists in Rome. The Spanish Succesion and Spanish Marriages. By Dr. W. C. Taylor. The Midnight Dirge. By Captain Bracegirdle. THE LATE BISHOP OF NORWICH AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. By one of his Daughters. Lady Dacre—Mathias—Nichellni— Dr. Parr—Wilberforce— Gurney —Mt a. Fry —Mrs. °pie— Charlotte Smith—llannah More—Lord Byron—Miss Millbank— Queen Caroline. Festivities and Superstitions of Devonshire. By Miss K. Taylor. A Sentimental Journey through Normandy. Laugh with Nature. By the Rev. G. Aspinall. B*Traphical tketch of Daniel Webster. 'With a Portrait. A Rencontre with some Bachtiari Bandits, between Ispahan and Shiraz. By the Hon. Charles Stuart Savile. Brian O'Linn ; or Luck's Everything. By the Author of " Wild Sports of the We=t." CAPTAIN SPIKE ; or, TAE ISLETS OF THE GULF. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Author of " The Pi.ot," " The Spy," &e. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HENRY RUSSELL AT THE STRAND THEATRE. Composer of Woodman spare that Tree—lvy Green—The Gam bler's wife —The Maniac—Ship on Fire—The Life Boat—l'm Afloat —Newfoundland Dog—and ether Popular Songs, will give his VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT THIS EVENING, AND EVERY EVENING. He will sing the Song of the Shirt—Paupers Drive— Gambler's Wife—Ship ou Fire; &c. &c.—Songs and incidents 01 Negro Life and Character. Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. Is. Box-office n from One till Fonr daily. N ORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. THE WATII AND TEBAY CoNTRAC TS. The Directors of this Company aro ready to receive tenders for the execution of the earth, brick, and masonry work of this line from Wath to Bedale, called " The 'A ath Contract," extending from the Leeds and Thirsk Railway to Bedale (being about nine miles); and also from Tebay, on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, to New bigr,ln, called "The Tebay Contract" (iseing about o,c miles). The plans, specifications, &c., will be ready for inspection on and after the 31st March, at the office of the Engineer, 11. 11. Fulton, Esq., 8, Great Queen-street, Westminster, and all parties desirous of contracting will learn further particulars on applying to him. Parties wishing to tender for both contracts must deliver in vparate tenders. Sealed tenders, in a form satisfactory to the Directors, must be delivered to the Secretary on or before the 14th day of April. By order of the Board, CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Company's Offices, 1, Poets' Corner, Westminster, Feb. 25, 1547. ORTIIERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE OF CALL. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors this day have made a call on the Proprietors of it. 108. per share, payable on or before SATURDAY, the 17th day of April next, to one or other of the following bankers, viz. : The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. Messrs. Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co., Kendal. The Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond and Leyburn, Yorkshire. Notice is hereby also given, that interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all calls ; that Interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum will be allowed on all sums paid in advance of calls; and that interest at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum will be charged on calls in arrear. By order of the Board, CHARES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. The Transfer Books will be closed on the 19th of March, and re main se until the 29th of March, both days inclasive. Company's Offices, Poet's Corner, WestmMster, Feb. 24, 1847. N ORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. At an ORDINARY end SPECIAL MEETING of the SFIARE HOLDETS of this COMPANY, held at the London Cavern, Llshops gate-street, in the City of London, on Wednesday, the 21th day of February, 1547, - the Direc'ors' report was Liki before the meeting. ORDINA1:1 ; 31EETING. WILLIAM BERESFORD, Esq., M.P., was unanimously callett to the chair, It was resolved unanimously--" That the Report now read be re ceived, adopted, en , l circulated amongst tit,. suberibers." It was resolved unanimou- , ly—. That William Beresford, Henry Pease, William Rirkford Collett, M.P., John Whitcvell, Jo seph Middleton, and Christopher Other, Esquires, the directors re tiring by rotation, be now re-elected." It was resolved unanimously—" That Richard Dutton, Esq., who retires from the Auditorship, he now re-elected." It was resolved unanimously—" That the Meeting approves the terms of the amalgamation agreed to by the deputation of this Com pany, appointed at the last Special Meeting, with the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company, and authorises the Board to conclude the agreement." SPECIAL MEETING. It was resolved unanimously--" That the Rill now submitted to this meeting to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway Com pany to make certain alterations in their railway in the parishes of Aysgsrth and Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of York, is hereby approved, end the directors be requested to proceed with the same, embodying the clause authorising the Directors under a vote of any general meeting to proceed upon the construction of any portion or portions of the railway antecedently to other part :hereof." It was resolved unanimously—" That the thanks of this meeting he given to the deputation of this company appointed to negotiate terms of amalgamation with the Liverpool. Manchester. and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Company." WM. BERESFORD, Chairman. The Chairman bqving vacated the chair, It was resolved unanimously—" That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to William Beresford, Esq., M.P., for his able and impartial conduct in the chair." CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Company's Offices. Poet's Corner, Westminster, 24th February, 1847 RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. VrESSII.S. LAAI()ND and Co., RAILWAY' ITJL. SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their friends and the Public for their continued support and patrosmago, and tc announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUMMY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the tlall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectffilly equesteti to be addressed. All scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day Dre slow; to their being offered; and advice/ of results will be hrwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lame iately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, flail of Commerce. Threadneedle-street. London. CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGF. 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N ~,,:il:N•,_ --t, ,t , :i 11 , ~.. ! , 4111k4 . . , \ , - --• '''' A ga -.... ° .14. .7 1 1 5 WA1/6 3. \;:".,4,.... ." A k : . ' 7 4'7 ,„,,.`: . -i.! - • -r • mo-4 ' -r' `'.;' o r..- 10--r - ' '''.;.' •.. ' ;. :-..,.. .--• SECOND EDITION. r bll LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1847. The House of Lords met yesterday, and sat for a short time. Lord STANLEY complained of the slow progress made in the public business, and gave notice that he should put a question on the subject to the Government to morrow (this day). The Labouring Poor (Ireland) Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monlay; after which their Lordships adjourned. The Commons met at Four o'clock. Mr. HUME postponed his motion on the affairs of Sinde for a fortnight. Dr. BOWRING postponed his motion on the subject of the collection of the revenue for a fortnight. Mr. PLUMPTRE gave notice of a motion for an address for a National Fast. Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to secure tenant rights in Ireland. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL f econded the motion. . Mr. LAB o U CHERE would not oppose the i ntroduc ti on of the Bill. The Government had it in contemplation to introduce some measure of this sort, and perhaps it would be better to delay the further consideration of the Bill until both measures should bo before the House. Leave was then given to introduce the Bill, which was read a first time. On the motion of Mr. S. CRA.VTORD, the Collection of Rates (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, on the un derstanding that it should not be further pro cee d ° dwith until the measures of the Government on this subject should have been before the House. The Fairs and Markets Clauses (Ireland) Bill passed through Committee as did the Commissioners Clauses Bill, the Gas Works Clauses Bill, and the Waterworks Clauses Bill. On the motion of Mr. HumE certain returns relating to the military barracks of the United Kingdom, vrere agreed to, and the House adjourned. CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued from the Foreign-office to the Ministers to attend d Cabinet Council this day, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is gradually recovering, but the Right Hon. Baronet has been much weakened by his recent severe attack of in disposition. After receiving throughout his peregrinations ih France and the Peninsula the expressions of that spontaneous homage to which his benevolent and philosophic labours in legislation have so eminently entitled him, Mr. COBDEN has at length been wel comed with befitting enthusiasm in the spiritual metropolis of Continental Europe. Passing through the mercantile principality of Genoa, he has entered the venerable precincts of Rome, and in that ruin of the heroic past the liberality of his sentiments, both commercial and political, has been responded to with acclamations. Among all the striking incidents of our generation this is by no means the least; among all the signs of our progressive advancement this is one of the most consolatory and propitious. Forty-seven, thirty, nay fifteen years ago, we should have regarded that man as either demented, or as possessed of a marvellous imagination, why• might have pictured to us the possibility of an English merchant being received as an honoured guest under the very shadow of the Vatican, of an assemblage of Italian patricians in viting to a banquet one of the foremost apostles of British reform, and of a panegyric being uttered on that festive occasion by the lips of an earnest Pro testar t upon the political and ecclesiastical character of the Sovereign Pontiff. Yet such were actually the characteristics of the festivity of the 10th of February, 1847, within the walls of the Eternal City. On that day the leader of the late Anti-Corn law League was present at a superb entertainment given in his honour, in the Chamber of Commerce at Rome, by its most influential nobility and its most enlightened and enterprising citizens. To com plete the apparent incongruity of the spec tacle, there was numbered among those Roman patricians the Prince of CAISINO, the nephew of the Emperor NAPOLEON. If ever there was an occur rence which more peculiarly indicated the extra• ordinary progress of knowledge which constitutes the distinctive characteristic of this country, it is discoverable in this splendid tribute of respect to the heart and intellect of RICHARD COBDEN. It needed only a circumstance like this to assure us that our most sanguine anticipations, as to the universal acceptance of free trade as a principle in government, are not destined to be futile or illusory, and that our most dazzling hopes as to the future destinies of the human family are neither chimerical nor exaggerated. That the successful champion of the wise and beneficent doctrines which require the complete mancipation of commerce should be honourably re ceived in the antique city whose dominions once embreced the furthermost limits of the known world, was most appropriate and significant. It was appro priate and significant, because it formed a sublime example of the truth of that immutable principb, which maintains that men " can obtain the ♦arious productions of the earth's surface on more advan tageous terms by free trade than by the exclusive conquest of territory." Lord BYRON had exclaimed of Rome— " The 'Slob° of nations ! there she stands Voiceless and tearless in her wordless woe And through the %hole catalogue of her historians, from TAciTus to GIBBON, one of the main cause , of that woe and desolation had been avowedly the total reliance placed by her Government upon the compulsory contributions cf cereal food from the agriculturists of her remote and vanquished provinces. The consequence of that fallacious system of political economy was first in dicated to Rome by the predatory incursions of a barbarian race, and ultimately by her tremendous sub jugation ; it is perpetually manifested to posterity in the ruined palaces and prostrate columns strewn over the desolate Campania. From their insane reliance upon the subsidiary granaries of Egypt and Sicily had followed the decadence of the Peninsular agricul ture of the Romans, and by necessity their ultimate enervation. And it was, therefore, sufficiently ap propriate and significant, we repeat it, that the victor of free trade should travel from that remote island of Britain, which had of yore tempted the banner of the first CiESAR to receive the felicitations of his Italian descendants in the vicinity of the ancient forum. Often as we have had occasion to comment upon the tact and delicacy with which Mr. COBDEN has enun ciated his aspirations for the continental diffusion of the civilizing principles of free trade, they have never yet been more conspicuously evidenced than in the speech delivered on his reception at Rome. Without presuming upon anything approximating to direct advocacy, he contented himself with the utterance of a single aspiration beautiful aspiration, in which we cordially coincide " that the illus trious man who now fills the pontifical chair, and who has filled the world with the fame of his public virtues, may signalise his reign by carry ing out in his dominions the peaceful and philanthropic principles of free trade!" And we sympathise the more in the sentiments in which that aspiration originated, because we can perceive in it nothing be yond the limits of a reasonr.ble probability; because the liberalising efforts of Pio Nono have already ad vanced se far beyond the limits of a "protective" policy ; because, in the readiness with which that re markable man has pronounced himself in favour of railway communication through the States of the Church, we recognise a bias kindred to that of the advocates of free trade ; and because, above all, his judgment appears to be mellowed in proportion to the ripening of thought in the minds of the civilised million. In the pilgrimage of RICHARD COBDEN we behold the symptom of a future development of civilisation and of a more comprehensive extension of happiness. Nothing can be more unwise than to retain in our statute-book laws which have become obsolete. Laws partake of this character from one of two causes ; either the circumstances to which they were meant to be applied are no longer in ease, nor expected to be revived ; or their nature is so r e p ugnan t t o t h e spirit of the a ge , th a t no man i n hi s r i g h t senses would dream o f a tt emp ti ng to put t h em i n force. Whenever laws have become useless or inefficacious from one or both of those causes, they ought to be repealed. isl renderedtothestate whose possible. laws A ar g e r m ea a t servicedeassimpe and as few as It is not always easy to attain to these end s s oc , i p e a ty r : par ticularly in a highly artificial state of Nevertheless laws, pure in point of pri nc i p l e, and small in number, are blessings of su c h price (being really nothing but what is, in common justic e , due from the ruling powers to the people, who are h e ld in the eye of the la w to be fully cognizant, and rendered responsible for every violation of them), that all So vereigns who are wise and benevolent should be de sirous of conferring these blessings upon their sub jects to the utmost practicable extent. Great and electrifying as were many of the deeds of the re nowned NAPOLEON, yet that from which he will ac quire, through after ages, the most durable fame i 5 his celebrated code. From a crude, multifarious, and undigested mass of legislation, he extracted and em bodied a compendium of law which has proved of signal service to his country, and is re garded with admiration as one of the most arduous, philosophical and dignified efforts ever made by an imperial legislator for promoting the happiness of a nation. England has in vain long aspired after the acquisition of a similar boon. No doubt our wishes in this respect have been materially thwarted by rea son of the extensive and compli.:ated interests neces sarily incidental to, and interwoven with, the elabo • rate system of the British empire and its vast dependencies. Still we ought to feel grateful to any one who devotes his mind towards the abrogation of laws that have either fallen into desuetude, or are re proachful in their enactments. The existence of hid laws exercises a prejudicial influence upon those that, are unexceptionable. By weeding out the former, i we increase the moral force of the latter. The wisdom of the Legislature is enhanced in the opinion of the people, whose affections for their lawgivers is augmented or diminished in a ratio corresponding with the perfection or imFerfection of the laws to which they are expected to show an implicit obedience. In the House of Commons, on Wednesday evening, Mr. WATSON moved the second reading of the Ro man Catholic Relief Bill, of which the object is, first, to abolish the obsolete statutes that were left remain ing in 1844, when an Act was passed repealing a great number of laws quite inconsistent with the political status which has been conceded to the Roman Catholics during the present century, and particu larly since 1829. The next object of Mr. WATSON'S Bill is to repeal some of the provisions of the Act of 1829; and the last is to get rid of penal enactments against certain religious orders. Upon the two latter subjects we do not now propose, neither have we the space at present, to enter. 'They both of them present matter for serious reflection. But, as the second reading of the Bill in question has been car ried chiefly on account of its provisions in further ance of the first above-mentioned object, we so fur rejoice that antiquated, inconsistent, and oppressive laws will very probably be soon eradiated from our code. The clauses affecting the second and third objects will undergo con siderable discussion in Committee, and, if desirable, can be easily struck out, so as not to endanger the passing of the measure for the accomplishment of the first. It is idle to attach penalties to the acknowledgment of any other spiritual supremacy than what is professed by Pro testants, seeing that, by the common law of the land, spiritual supremacy is vested in the Crown, and seeing, moreover, that there is no power by law to enforce any other spiritual authority. If Roman Catholics are not obliged to take the oath of supre macy to entitle them to seats in the Legislature, it is a glaring absurdity to continue a severe law, of a de grading and invidious character, towards the great body of the Roman Catholics. The Journal de Constantinople publishes a decree sub itcting vessels coining from Greece, which have not their bills cf health visit/ by the Gagman Consul, or by consul of some state in alliance with the Sublime Porte, residing at the port of departure, to the same quarantine to which vessels coming from a Turkish port vithout having their bills of health vised by the Greek Consul, or, in his absence, by some Eueopean consul, are subj,ct in Greece. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. The Gaceta publishes a decree appointing a commis :ion to inquire into the expediency of establishing rail roads in Spain. The Herald° announces the arrival of a French , qualron of six ships at the Balearic Isles. It said that General TAeoN, Captain-General, was by no means pleased with their arrival, and received the officer., coldly. The Spaniards, in the meantime, are fortifying Port 3lahon, and reinforcing their other garrisons in these islands. In commenting on this intelligence the Herald() say "The Spanish Government does its duty by taking that determination (receiving the French squadron and fortifying the place), and as for the French Government, we are no: slit prised that in its own interest even, all consideration for !he affairs of Spain apart, it should do its utmost :o prevent. any attempt or pretext for the taking possession of these beautifal islands, the key of the Mediterranean, by England, or by any other nation that might be disposed to . further her views." The Phare de Bayonne of the 20th has the following:— " It appears that Cabrera had abandoned the cause of the Count de Montemolin, and has retired for the present to Nice. The Carli.sts attribute this defection to different motives, but particularly to the tolerant language held by the son of Don Carlos. It to this be added the impossibility of raising pecu niary resources at London, and the dissensions subsisting between the principal leaders of the absolutist party, it will be easy to conceive the complete disorganization of this party, notwithstanding all the reports of a levee de boucliers being prepared for the spring." MADRID BotsA, FEB. 19.—The Three per Cents. were done at 304 for cash ; the Five per Cents , at ; Debt without Interest, 6 1 / 8 ; and the Coupons, at 18%. We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. The Epoque, the death of which had been announced o n the preceding day, has become suddenly resuscitated. It appears that M. DEVILLE, the gerant, had sold it to M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN, the proprietor of the Presse, without the knowledge of the shareholders, and had transferred to him the list of the subscribers, &e. The 3hareholders have applied to a court of law for redress, and have commenceu the republication of their journal. The Presse gives, another verson of the story, but as both M. DEVILLE and M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN are disciples of M. GIIIZ,T, they, of course, " finding themselves in the presence of adversaries," to wit the shareholders, act upon his principles, and " do not feel called upon to tell more of the truth than serves their purpose." The Debuts has a long article on Prison Reform, in which it strenuously advocates the adoption of the cellu lar system. The French mission to Morocco has turned out a failure. The Constitutionnel publishes the following let ter from Tangiers : " The embassy sent to the Emperor of Morocco arrived here on the 3d ult., in rather a sad condition, and without having realised any of the illusions which were entertained M. Roches, Secretary of Legation ; the private before its departure. The embassy had set out on Nov. 15, forming a tolerably large body, and cutting a respectable figure. It consisted of M. Dechasteau, the Consul s non-commissioned officer and six artillery- G se r re e t r o a ry l of M. Dechasteau ; an interpreter, belonging e field battery given to the Emperor ; also to the Consulate ; M. Maisonneuve, captain of the Acheron steamer ; four naval officers, and twelve seamen. In addi ereth t m i o o n o , , there escorting - four grooms, leading the five mares sent by the King to the Emperor. That made in all between thirty and forty persons, who expected wonders from this journey. The embassy brought back fourteen horses, given as presents to the several persons composing it. Some of these animals have since died of the fatigue which they had undergone ; the best of them was not estimated here to be worth more than 70f. ; also three hyenas, t wo vultures, and six ga ze ll es . O n the other hand, the embassy expended a large a mount o f money, and the generosity of M. Dechasteau has become quite a proverb in Morocco. As to the political results of the mission, they are on a par with t he rest. T h e Sulta n had sent to meet the . embassy a splendid escort, which accompanied it going and retiring, and caused the tribes to pay all the Moorish honours; he gave them plenty of flourishes of trumpets, and burnt powder in abundance, but nothing more. The embassy had to obtain two things. The first was the extradition, or at least the confinement in the interior of the country, of Abd el-Kader. It was impossible to draw from the Emperor a single serious word on the subject; he made some fine promises, but be turned the conversation each instant, to tall into ecstasies respecting the five mares sent him, and still more to express his admiration of the field battery, d e . daring that his country was too poor to worthily acknow ledge so fine a present. The second object of the embassy was to recommend the Emperor to organise, his army in the European fashion, in order to be better able to oppose Abd el-Kader or any other usurper. French instructors were to be offered him, and amongst them a superior officer who has been at Tangiers for upwards of a year in expectation of this mission. The Sultan fell back on the low condition of his finances, on the want of discipline of his troops, and the prejudices of his subjects, whom the Houans, or members of the religious orders, have filled with a fanatical admira tion of Abd-el-Kader and hatred against the Christians. The mission has not been less sterile with respect to com mercial matters than political ones. It desired to get all monopolies abolished, and have a measure of free trade estab lished. At the very time that M. Dechasteau returned to Tangiers, the monopoly of leeches, which had just expired, was renewed for a year to the person who had been previously in possession of it. The French Consulate solicited ineffectually for certain houses in Mar seilles liberty to export to Algeria, on the payment of duty, wheat, barley, and cattle. One concession only was ob tained, and that in consequence of a complaint made on ac count of a misadventure which had occurred to one of th e persons of the embassy ; it is a decree declaring that every European not owing money to the Emperor may for the future travel freely in Morocco. It remains to be seen if any one will place confidence in it. What is still more an noying i s . that M. Dechasteau has not been able to obtain anythi ng in favour of the French merchants who have aright to an indemnity, and who for three years have been waiting for the reparation due to them. The Emperor imposed enormous imposts on the tribes which pillaged Mogadore, and has for a long time had the money in his hands; but, in place of giving it to the merchants whose property was in jured,Profit, he employ e d it t o his own P rofit, and replied by sub terfuges to the representations of M. Dechasteau. It was rumoured in Paris that Count BRESSON had applied to the Spanish Government to permit France to occupy temporarily the Balearic Isles, a proposition which had been coldly received by the Duke o f SOTO .. NATE& Certain it is, that a French squadron is at this moment at Port Mahon. We understand what tem. porary occupation means in the language of French diplomacy. Lord ABERDEEN was assured that Algiers was to bo only temporarily" occupied, and Lord ABERDEEN accepted the assurance. No wonder that GuizoT regrets that Lord ABERDEEN is not perma nent Foreign Minister of England. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, on Tues day, the Minister of Public Works presented a Bill (which he alluded to some days ago), enabling the Go vernment to return the railway companies the caution money which they are required to lodge in the hands ef the Government. The caution money is to be returned in the proportion of tenth parts on the whole amount, on the companies being able to show that they have laid out money to double that amount on the works. The Elizabeth, a whaler, has arrived at Havre from Otaheite, which island she left on the 12th November. The negotiations with the native chiefs bad been broken off, and hostilities had recommenced. The &forme states that the price of wheat has risen 50e. 'h. Pl' 0t01;,,,, i n the mg rkot of efirthirpi: at s t. 4.lLultil, L. _oe.; ,N,,geLt k 3.k.; Mtion, 2 ; Bourges and Meux, if.; Verdun, 5 00. i Cherbourg, 80e.; Alencon, If. 75c.; Beauvais, if. 50c.; Montdidier, I'.; Bordeaux, If.; Sezanne, 2f.; Dourdan, if.; and St, Romain, 2f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wed nesday at 78f. 60c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 95c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f. ; Rouen, 875 f.; Havre, 685 f.; Great Northern, 631 f. 25c.; Avignon, 842 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 585 f. ; Bordeaux, 533 f.; Troyes and Montereau, 307 f. 50c. ; Basle, 210 f.; Dieppe, 327 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras burg, 468 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 468 f. 75c.; Paris and Lyons, 491 f. 25c.; Lyons and Avignon, 480 f.; Cette, 455 f. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 354. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 25. Boulogne and Amiens, 1,4% —Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 13 % —Dutch Rhenish, 4k —Northern of France, 12% Rouen and Havre, 27 —Tours and Nantes, 3%. ELECTION CHANCELLOR THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER. CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY MORNING. The Senate met again at eight o'clock last night, and registered votes until nine, when the numbers were— Prince Albert... 6lB Earl Pow is Majority. It would appear, therefore, that the tide has turned against Earl Powis, and that Prince Albert is destined to carry off the palm, as I anticipated in my last communication; in fact, since Lord Lyndhurst, Earl Grey, Lord Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Monteagle, and other Noble Lords favourable to the Prince's cause, voted yesterday after noon, the Earl of Powis's star has declined and is on the wane, and, in consequence, the ardour of his suppotters has been considerably cooled. They, however, talk confidently of ultimate success. An election of a Chancellor at Cambridge does not occur every year; and, as the oc•carrence is rare, the " gownsmen" were determined to make the most of it. They are not en titled to occupy the floor of the Senate-house, but by the statute of Elizabeth they are entitled to be present in the galleries, its order, no doubt, to exercise a salutary control over the " heads of the houses" and the other officers of the University. But from morn till night they created one hideous din —such cheering and counter-cheering, groaning and counter•grosnirg, that one was almost tempted to ex claim, with lon, " Was that thunder?" The barking of dqs—no doubt in allusion to those illused and unhappy persons the "bull. dogs"—the crowing of cocks, the " heralds of the morn," and a bugle in the even ing, played by a gentleman in a remote corner, the sounds of which he slightly mollified, enlivened the proceedings. Altogether we were forcibly reminded, by the happy gentle men in the gallery, of a "pantomime night" at the Surrey or Victoria. Party feeling ran high on the floor of the Senate Llouse, but it did not express itself in shouts and deafening yells. although so eager were they to record their votes that the barriers immediately below the polling- table were torn down, split up into fragments, and for some moments many " grave and reverend seignors," with " spectacles on nose," were sprawling on the floor. We picked up a stout elderly gentleman, who was sadly crushed, almost flattened, but we set him up erect, smoothed his creases, soothed his son ows, and took our farewel of him at the voting-table. Last night, after the close of the poll, fireworks rose En the air from the.vicinity of Trinity College; and the town being full. was most unquiet, though we understand no desperate rows took place, and that the " bull dogs" retired, at a seasonable hour, to their respective domestic circles. The Evening Sun arrived here about half-past seven o'clock, containing the poll up to two o'clock, and as it was nut de clared, nor even correctly stated during the day. The Sun brought flues to Cambridge with respect to the election of the Chancellor of Cambridge, as it con tained the state of the voting from hour to hour, and nothing of the kind could be obtained in Cambridge, except near the close of the day. The Third Edition, with the poll at five o'clock, got here in good time also ; and as The Sun it generally circulated in Cambridge, its efforts were, as usual, highly complimented, and therefore, fully appreciated. I shall continue to transmit to you the poll from hour to hour without a moment's delay. No doubt the contest will continue to the last moment— Saturday, at noon—when the poll will be officially declared. STATE OF THE POLL, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CAMBRIDGE, QUARTER TO TIIMIE. HALF-PAST TEN. Prince Albert 638 Earl Powis Majority ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Prince Albert 645 Earl Powis Majority HALF• PAST ELEVEN. Prince Albert ... 664 Earl Powis Majority TWELVE O'CLOCK. Prince Albert • • Earl Powis 654 Majority -14 HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK. Prince Albert 6BO Earl Powis —lO Majority ONE O'CLOCK. Prince Albert Earl Powis 679 Majority 27 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Prince Albert 7lB Earl Pon is 683 Majority TWO O'CLOCK. Prince Albert 724 Earl Powis 685 Majority 39 TWEN IT-FIVE MINUTES PAST TWO. Prince Albert 747 Earl Yowls Majority —4B COMMON PLEA S.- ( T HIS DAY.) The Court was engaged all this morning with the part heard patent case, " Nickells v. Boss," which has been on the two last days. The particulars are of no public interest whatever. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Westminster session was holden this morning at ten o'clock in the Guildhall, Broad Sanctuary, when the chair man, 24 grand jurymen, the petty jury panel, and from 20 to 30 officials of the court, policemen and gaolers were in attendance. The assembling of all these was to try two cases—one of petty larceny, in which the bill was thrown out by the grand Jury, and the other a case of assault in which the defendant traversed to the next session. The Court, after sitting about five minutes, adjourned. CLERKENWELL—(T HIS DAY.) John George, a pauper, inmate of St. James's Workhouse, Clerkenwell, was charged with stealing 804 the property of the guardians o f th e poor o f S t. James's parish, Clerkenwell. Mr. Arnold, the master of the workhouse, stated that on the 17th instant he gave the prisoner a cheque upon the hank of England for SO4, for the purpose of getting it cashed, as he was uanal!y employed in a confidential manner. From the time he gave the prisoner the cheque in the workhouse he never saw him until he was in the custody of the police. A clerk at the Bank of England identified the prisoner as having presented the cheque. When asked how he wished to be paid ? he said, " All in gold." Police-constable 195 G deposed to having taken the pri soner into custody at Acton, in Middlesex, and upon inform ing him of the nature of the charge, he merely replied coolly that he had lost the money, and could not help it. No money or property whatever were found upon him, but if time were allowed, the constable thought heshould be enabled to trace at least a portion of it. The prisoner, who repeated his assertion of having lost the money, was remanded for a week. c l :Et biLgoiD)hripoinan, o'clock, raoornekPkt in one oer, r A yn edNgDo apparentlyef s A .t shd T teer T :r : de tc,itt. recesses a T emss E fr p io.nusnt A nhd f i et t MURDER: p E et vh ß oee . fn — sim: A rgr. sur geon, e bel o u: n nu' , was immediately sent for, who caused the infant to be removed to the station-house, in Bow-street, where, on exa mination, a ligature of list was discovered tied tightly round the infant's neck. Mr. Snitch having caused the ligature to be removed, adopted the usual measures for resuscitation (immersion in hot water, friction, stimulating the lungs, &c.) and in about three-quarters of an hour he succeeded in com pletely restoring the child to life. No clue to the discovery been obtained. of the d e p os it or of the infant in such a situat i on h as as yet CORN RIOTS IN SWITZERLAND.—A letter from Zurich, r F e b ruary 2 1st, conta i ns t h e f o ll ow ing :—" On the lJth inst., some merchants of Tesino having purchased all the corn in the market at Varesse, on the frontier of Austria and Sardinia, the people became discontented, and began to hoot and assault the Swiss merchants. They sought refuge in a house, where they r emained for some time; but when they again made their appearance, in order to take possession of their purchases, the tumult recommenced, and their carts were stopped and pillaged. Similar scenes took place at Gavirate sad Sarone. Tranquillity was at length restored by the interference of the armed force, and several arrests were made. Two days afterwards , a body of peasants, t o the number of 3,000, entered the corn magazines at Sexto Calendo, and forced the owners to sell it below the market price. They were afterwards dispersed by the gendarmerie, and had two of their number killed , a n d several wounded. According to the last accounts from Milan, the exportation of grain was strictly prohibited." DON CARLOS AND CABRERA.—A letter from Nice, dated February 16 , announces t hat Don Carlos returned from Modena to Genoa on the 13th. Cabrera joined him there and dined with him. ::, ~ v. : ‘,,, : ,,„.,1 min,las received 4 _rely iat 111111;ee on Wednesday evening, at his official residence in the Ad miralty. 1 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. Q 11AI( I Eh' TO T The market for Cotton at Liverpool yesterday was not quite so a c ti ve , b ut pr i ces remained without change. The sales were between 4,000 and 5,000 bales, including 1,100 A inerican on speculation ; 4,000 American were taken at 6 3 4 d. to 71i d. ; 150 Bahia at ; 200 Egyptian at Bd. to 0 3 / i d. ; and 30 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to L. 4d. per lb. Shares steady. There are various conjectures and surmises, calculations and on dits, as to the probable terms which parties tendering for the new loan will be inclined to offer, but, as all of these are vague, and many of them interested, we should be unwilling, even by inference, to appear to assist those who must desire to see the market as much depressed as possible. The payment of the instalments, even extended as they are to the middle of October, will require about one million per month, and unless the loan gets into very strong hands, there will probably be a constant feeding of the market with stock, to the detriment of those who have in vestments at high prices. On the other hand, presuming that the parties taking the loan are tolerably strong, and that, from the stake they may already have in the funds, they will be inclined to keep the new stock, at least for a time, we shall have, perhaps, a better chance of firm prices. These are considerations which we may be sure will be closely balanced in the minds of the acute capitalists who determine upon bidding, and it is probable that the members of the Stock Exchange will be ne -.rest the mark. It might happen, however, that no tender will come up to the mini mum of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that the loan may be taken at the Government terms in " slices," by some of the parties present. The English Funds have been flat again to-day, and there is no rally upon the closing quotations of yesterday. Con sols have been 90 to 90% for present transfer, and 90% 1 / 2 fo account. The New Tkree-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 92% to 92%, and the Three per Cents., 90 1 / 2 to 903( 4 . Bank Stock is marked 203 to 204. Exchequer-bills have been quoted ss. to 10s. premium, and East India Bonds, 4s. to 10s. premium, showing a reaction in the unfunded debt, which must be expected as the instalments have to be made up. The Foreign Investments have been very quiet, and are flatter. Spanish Five per Cents. 24i 7 / 8 , and Portuguese Four per Cents. 33 1 / 2 to 34k; Mexican Bonds have been 22 1 %, and Brazilian 87 to 87 1 4 ; Dutch Four per Cents. are 92% to 92 3 /. For Railway Shares there has been a firm market, although the business doing is small. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. • • • • • • .. 203 204 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 90%% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. • • 9050 Three per Cent. Annuities, 1726 .. • • 89% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 92%% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 • • 9% 9-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. • . . • p Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 10 4 p South Sea Stock. .. .. Ditto, New Annuities .. • • .. 89%34 Batik Stock for Account .. . • .. 205 Consols for April 15 .. . . .. SO% Exchequer Bills. 1% LI. 1 %cr. 1,000/. •. •• 7 510 7 pm. 500/. .. .. •• • . I I 5 pm. Ditto, Small . • • • ... • 11 5 pm. Ditto, Advertised • . 510 2 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 87 1 ,4 Mexican, 1816, 5 per Cent • . .. 22% Portuguese Four per Cent .. 33% 34% Ditto, Small .. • • • • • • 35 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. • • 24% % Ditto. Deferred • • • • 17 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and•a-Ilalt' per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK, RAILWAYS. rem. PER 811 ARE. timber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2%.... 2%3i .. to Birmingham and Oxford .1111WIWI& • • 5 .... t 4 ... • to Birminghtun, %Vail - cr., and Dudley .. 5 .... 10%3 4 .. to Caledonian •• 30 26% .. to Cornwall • • • • • • • • 5 .. .••to _ — Ditto, Half Shares • • .. 2% %., • • to Eastern Counties • • • • .. 20 _ 21% .. to Ditto, York Exteasion . • • . 4 .... • • to Eastern Union • • • • • • •• 40 ••• • 54 .• to East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • 14 .. • • 16 1 % ••• to Ditto, New .. .. • • • • • • 5 _ .... t o Great Northern (London & York Rei]) 2%.... 23f 8 .... to Ditto (Direct Northern Regd.) •. 33j • 3% .. •• to 4 Great North 01 Eni;land • • •• 100 ....23; •• to 232% treat Western • • • • • • • • •• 85 • • • • .• to Ditto, Fifths _ • • •• 20 . 27% x.d. to Will and Selby • • • • • • • • • 50 •• • .104 .. ••to Leeds and Dradford .. • • • • •• 35 .. •• 79 3 4 .. •.to -- Leeds and 1 hirsk 2234 .... 21 .... to 21 London and Blackwall • • 161. 13s. 10. •• 8% xdto London, Brighton, and South Coast 50 .. •• 5514 salt to -- Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • 10 .... 14 .... to— London and North-Western 100 • . 187 •• to 186 Ditto, Quarters .. • • .. • • • • 2 • • to Ditto ditto New . • • • • • . 2 .... 14 4..• • to --. iiitto. Fifths .... 1832 to Ditto, 401. Shar. s• . 31. and B. 40 .... 72 ... to London and York Extension Scrip • • 21- 1 ,, •• .• 2.... to Lynn and Ely .. „. .. 20 •• • • 22N i % .. to ‘tanclie.ter and Leeds • • Ditto, Fifth. •• •• .• 5 •... 11 ... to Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock . 425. •• •• % p.. to Mancht•ster and Southampton .. .. 2 •• •• to ... ‘lidland 100 .. • • 123 .... to 122 Ditto, New • • .• 2 •• • • 6 .... to Nitaland, Birmingham & Gloucester-109 .. • • to 1•4 t:weastle and Berwick .. 20 .. 3214 •• .. to 32 Norfolk ..100 . • • 139 x div. to Northern Countiss Union • • 2!4 •• • • 1% •• • • to orth British .. 25 .. • • 35%..,. to 35 Ditto, Quarters ..........214.... to Ditto, Thirds .• 1 .... 3 3 y .. ••to North statfordshire .. • . .. 5 .. • • 8% •• • • to— Preston and Wyre.........23 3, to .. • • to Ditto, Half Shares (A) •• •• 634 •••• 104.... to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate •• 5 .. 5 .... to 4% %eottish Central .. • • 15 .. •• 22%.. • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 .• • • 4U • • to ihropshire Union • .. .. 425.... Isiois.•• to South Pastern and Dover . • • • • 331. 2s. 4d. .... to Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. 3% ...• 4%.... to South Wales .. •• 10 .... 8 .. to south Yorkshire. Doncaster, & Goole 2 .• • • 2 1 4 ... to Vale 01 Neoth •• • • 2 .. • • 1 .. • • to West Hiding Union .. • . • . 428. .• •• 1 p• •to York and Newcastle • . .• • - 25 „ Ditto, New .. . • • • . 5 .• .• %.% ••to York and North Midland .. .• 50 .... SG% 47 to 86 Ditto, Extension .• .. 20 -. 37% ...• to Ditto. Preference •• • • • 2 .... 12 'A .... to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Luxembourg .. • • • . 6 .. • • 2% to , ivrtherll of France • .. • • 8 13 .. • to Orleans And Bordeaux • • .. .. 6 • • 7 ••• to JOINT-.STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland .. • • .. 25 .. • • 44. E ..•. to MINES .. • . Real del Monte. Unregistered • • ••3 to LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 2t3.—Wind N.E., moderate breeze and cloudy. DEAL, FEB. 25.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—SId. John, Laun ceston, Van Dieman's Land ; Havannah, James Edward, New Orleans; Matilda. Baltimore; Eliza, Philadelphia; Superior, Matanzas; City ut London, Savannah. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.-1\ imt t.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Mischief; Lewis, Mauritius ; Earl of Liverpool, Islay; Panc.pe, Rio GraPde ; Abayn, Funwev, Charleston; Ariel, Newfoundland ; NVashington Irving, Caldwell, Boston. Sid. Confucius, Shanghae; Bsdston, Calcutta; Mizapore, Cal cutta ; Andes, Bahia ; Joshua, Wadding , on, Matanzas; Primrose, Norfolk; V. Ashland, New York. Off port. S J m nietiy, St. John's, New Brunswick. A brig of about 250 tons totally dismasted, and a large ship with which she had apparently been in contact, lying by her, were passed yes terday oil Holyhead, by the Washington Irving, arrd. here. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 25.—Wind S.S.—Arrd. John Cock, Monte Video; Avon, Covell, Halifax; Progress, Abell, St. John's, New Brunswick. Ski. Madagascar, Bombay. TO MARINERS, &c. • The British Consul at Cagliari, in a letter, dated 13th February instant, addressed to W. Dotson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's, states that " a number of vessels have been beat ing in the offing for the last fortnight, and as various British • vessels were recognised to be among them, it cannot be so genera:ly known to them as it ought to he, that they take refuge in the Gulph of Cagliari without any obligation to take pratique, and at the trifling expanse of front 2 to 3 dol.. hats required for quarantine dues, Esc." MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE—FRIDAY. The arrivals of English Wheat since Monday, have been considerably on the increase ; viz. 7,310 quarters, mostly from Kent and Essex. To-day, the Aim of samples was good, while the demand was in a sluggish state, at the late decline in value. We had a fi,ir average quantity of Foreign Wheat on offer, with which the trade was dull, at barely stationary prices. With Barley, both English and Foreign, we were well supplied. All kinds movrd off slowly, and the quotations had a downward tendency. The Malt trade was very dull at a decline in value of Is. per quarter. The quantity of Oats was by no means large, yet the trade was dull, and prices were in favour of the buyers. In Beans:, I'eas, and Flour next to nothing was doing. ARRIVALS. Barlay. Oats Fleur 4,120 qrs. I 2,640 qrs. 5,270 Au S3O I -- 6,190 English .• .• • . trish. • • •• .... Foreign ...... Wheat. 7,310 qrs. 1,290 9,890 Malt, 4,170 ors. SMXTBPIELD. The supply of Beasts on sale being somewhat extensive ; we have to report a very inactive demand for that description of stock, at Monday's reduced currencies, the highest value for the best Scots, not exceeding 4s 2d per 81b.i. There were on offer 260 Oxen and Cows, 190 Sheep, and 13 Calves from llclland. The numbers of Sheep were again very small, while the Mutton trade was firm, and in some instances a trifle more money was obtained for the best Old Downs. Calves were in short supply and ready demand, at an advance of from 2d to 4d per Sibs. In Pigs a steady business was doing, at full prices. Mach Cows were a slowinquiry, at from 1.61 to 181 10i each, including their small Calf. Per Blbs. to s s. d. to s. d. Interior Beasts..... 2 10 3 0 Sezond quality •.. 3 2 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots .. • 310 4 2 Large coarse Calves 4 4 410 Prime small ditto .. 5 0 5 4 Suckling Calves —lB 0 2S 0 Inferior She2p •• • 3 6 310 ink the offal. s. d to s. cl. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 8 Southdown Wether 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool La-ge Hogs ••• • • • 3 g 4 6 Small Porkers ••• • 4 8 410 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 19 0 Lambs •• •• • • .... 0 0 0 SUPPLY AT MARKET, Beasts. I 2,220 113 Sheep. I 1 CAlves. J,073 ZVTGATE AND LEAnEritr.al i z,. The general demand was tolerably steady, on the following ,erns : I Pigs, 280 At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. d. too. Beet, inferior.. middling ••• • 2 8 210 j --- middling.. 310 4 0 prime large •• 3 0 3 2 ; ---- prime .. •• 4 2 4 4 __— prime small veal_ .... ••.• • 4 5) 2 small 4 410 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH iTOP 202.A.R./CET. With the exception of the very finest Hops in pockets commanding a steady sale, at full prices, the 1 - lop trade still titles heavy, and last week's quotations are with difficulty ,upported. Sussex pockets, 4i to 4t 85; Weald of Kent ditto, ;is to 41 16s; Mid and Eat Kent ditto, 41 15s to 61 lOs. Sir James Duke has been aliged to leave town in consequence of the death of his sister, in Scotland. ROBBERY OF 801. BY A PAUPER.--Yesterday the police received infOrmation that a pauper, named George, an inmate of Cierkenwell workhouse, bad committed rob bery of 801. It appears that George bad often been entrust( d with small sums to pay tradesmen, and on Wednesday be was sent with a cheque of the above sum to settle some accounts, none of which have been liquidated, Nothing had been heard of him up to last night. George was formerly a tradesman in the parish, and hence the confidence placed in him on various occasions. , . Sin W. SCOTT'S .MODELS.—One of those MUM duals introduced among those graphic portraitures of Sir Walter Scott has this week left the scene. Gabriel Young, bunter, Kilmaurs, whose death we this week record, at the advanc ,, d • of 88, is ituder.tooci to have been the character wentioned in Guy Jiannering as Tod Gibbie, or Hunter Gibbie, a fell " fox-hunter down the country somewhere on , the Dumfries side."—Kilmarnock Journal, DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY. ------- • - - We regret to s ay th a t one o f th e mos t d r eadful accidents that has ever happened on this line occurred on Sunday evening last. The mail train left the Hull station at 6 P.M. , for London, Leing drawn by two engines, the " Kingston " and "York," and having eight passenger carriages and five waggons laden with fish attached. The train had proceeded to within about a mile and a half of Hessle, the first station, where from some unexplained cause the second engine, the " York," sprang off the rails, and dashed into the passenger carriages attached to the "Kingston," forcing seven of them off the rail with terrific violence, and smashing them to atoms. The greater number of passengers were of course thrown ou t ; one, Mr. James Brown, of Hessle, tin plate worker, was killed on the spot; another, of the name of James Wari n g' of Dewsbury, was so dreadfully injured that he died at the Coburg Hotel, at Hessle whither he was taken on the follow ing, evening. and eight others are now lying at various ions in ll..ssle, suffering from the fearful injuries they have sustained. One of the carriages fortunately es caped the catastrophe which bet e l th e o th er s, but it is impossible adequately to de sc rib e th e f ear and conster nation which the passengers experienced at wit nessing the awful wreck around them. Such of the other passengers as escaped, or were only slightly injured, were k c nveyed back to Hull by an en g i ne w i t h a carr iage, which was dispatched for the purpose, and the mail was forwarded to London, by a special train from Hull, a few licurs after wards. On Tuesday last an inquest on the two bodies was holden at the Granby Inn, in Ilessle, before Mr. Conyers , one of ti!, county coroners, and a respectable jury, when the evidence was fully gone into, but very little light was thrown upon the origin of the accident. Our re porter, however, visited the actual spot where it hap pened ; and although the line had been repaired, atm everything possible had been done to remove all trace of the disaster, it appeased extremely probable, from his inspection, that some of the sleepers had given Iva.y from the helvy pressure upon them, thereby displacing the rails from their original position, and, co nsequently! causing the engine to swerve from th e li ne . A s a propt that this was the probable cause of the accident, we may mention that several of the sleepers in the immediate vicinity where the accident happened had been raised, and were found to be broken. The engineer (Sharp), Mr. John Spicer, of Hessle, and several other witnesses, underwent a long examination, but nothing was elicited from their testi mony calculated to throw any further light upon the subject: The jury were, therefore, necessitated to return a verdict of accidental death, but expressed themselves perfectly satisfied that no blame attached to any particular party. The following are the names of seine of the persons who received injuries from this unfortunate casualty, so far as we have been enabled to ascertain :—John Brown:I-Jessie, dead; George Waring, dead; Mr. Wood, from Wales, now lying a t the Coburg, with a broken arm ; Mrs. Batty, from Leeds, lying at the same place, suffering severely from internal in juries; Miss II:alma Martin, of Barton, confined to the house with a sprained ancle. It is only due to the company to state that the sufferers received the most prompt and kind attention after the accident, and we have reason to believe that the funeral expenses of the deceased individuals were defrayed by the directors. From inquiries which we have made, we understand that this is only the second severe accident which has taken place since the line was opened. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 25.—Should the Fairy tender not be ready to convey her Majesty to Osborne on the approaching visit, the Urdine will must likely be selected for the royal ,ervice. We arc informed Mr. George Allen, acting-master, commanding the Commander-in-Chief's yacht Fanny, is ar pointed to command the Undine. We shall be glad to hear the report confirmed, Mr. Allen being a skilful navigator and most polished gentleman. The Birkenhead steam transport, Commander A. H. In" gram, sailed early this morning with the 27th Regiment on board for Fort Gerge, Inverness. The Monkey steam-tugvesael, Mr. William Bryant, Second, Master Commanding, brought in an o th er o f t h e disable" camels to-day. Both are to be repaired with all possible ciispoch, as it has been determined that should the fine weather last, another attempt sh a ll b e made to float We Sphynx next week, for which purpose preparations ar e making to send the necessary assistance on Saturday. The Quail lighter, with stores for Plymouth and Pembroke yards, sailed last night. The Dauntless new steam-frigate is loading with about 450 tons cf meal and biscuit for Scotland. Contracts were taken this day at the Royal Clarenc e Victualling Establishment, Gosport, for 2,000 sacks of ivll o l wheaten meal, at th e average pr i ce o f 47 5. 3d . per sac k ; 1,000 quart, rs of barley, at 51s. 10d. per quarter. Admiral Sir Charles 6gle, Commander-in-Chief at this pcl returned from town to-day by th e ex p ress t ra i n , acco mpanle by his sister, Lady Dacre, and Flag-Captain Mike. The Spiteful steam-sloop, Commander Sir \V, Hote, 1 1 " rived at Bombay, on the 7th ult., from Trincomalee. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir H. Blackwood, was iu 80 . bay Harbour on the 15th inst. The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres, arrived at the CaP. of Good Hope, from the Coast of Africa, on the 24th of De" cember. ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS OF WINDSOR CASTLE* —During the absence of the Royal family this spring, maid repairs, alterati ons , an d i mprovements are to be made in so about the Castl e an d i ts appurtenances. A great num ber # men (bricklayers) have for several days been busily engag ed in constructing a new interior wall for the Queen's house, which wall is intended to receive the newly invent ed material called " kamptulikon'" in lieu of the deal hnsr,r, which, owing to some ma l- cons t ruct i on i n t h e or i g i n al w a ils, have all been destroyed by the dry rot, as, indeed, have be en almost all th e ot h er i nter i or fi tt i ngs o f t h e cos tly sta bl er surrounding the riding-house. It is said, also, that to „ .. drains, &c. of th e C ast l e are to un d ergo ano th er inspeeti and improvement in t he course o f th e p resen t summer, thet another corps of sappers and miners have been ordered up from Woolwich for that purpose. The new pasSsgel which has been in hand so long, from the basement story 0 " . the Brunswick T ower , th roug h an d un d er t h e eastern terrac e into the orangery and the slopes, is now nearly completed. This passage was commenced many months ago, in order that her Majesty might pass from the interior of the Cas tle to walk in the Ho me -p ar k w i t h out b e i ng crowded upon IV the throng of people who frequent the parterre and the ter race on " public days." IMPERIAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION. Yesterday a special meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, to receive a report of the directors, on the propriety of taking further mining property in the Brazile. Joshua Walker, Esq., took the chair. Mr. Thomas, the secretary, read the report, which announced that the agree ment had been made for leasing the Bananal and Aga* Guente property, of a similar formation to the Congo So Cot which made at one time such large ret urn s, and of the Cr,,Doa &c., mines, the terms being for fifty years' lease, the price 20,0001., and 5,0004 for the Duroa, &c., with an annual rent of 100 millreis, including the various mining a ppurtenance s now on the estates. Th e di rec t ors h a d f oun d the system i _ negro slave labour not ea nomical, and thought, by infra ducing Englishm-n, and g i v i ng f ree d om t o th e n egroes, t° conduct the works more beneficially for the shareholders._ There would be required for thi s p urc h ase a ca ll of 21 p e r share, to be paid on or b e f ore th e 29 t h o f M arc h . Should tne_ purchase be not completed th e ca ll wou l d b e re t urn ed to th e shareholders. S o me di scuss i on t oo k p l ace on t h e repor t . 6 Mr. M. Mocatta thought the 38,0001. reserve might be broken into by the directors without making a call, when the share s were already unsaleable. The Chairman said that 7,uvv: had been absorbed abroad to save d raw i ng bill s, an d in L•nre don there was a claim to the e xt en t o f 6,000 e "', so that reserve would be only ab o ut 25,000/. This must remain Ilr e touched to indemnify the tru s t ees , i n case o f w i n di n g up t , company. After some furth er di scuss i on th e re p o rt adopted, and the meeting adjourned. THE FAMINE IN IRELAND.—THE TOWER SRI; LETS. —Last night at seven o'clock a numerous meeting e` the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets was held at the Bean' moot Institution, Beaumont-square, Mile-end, for the pun' pose of adopting mQasure s t o ra i se su b scr i pt i ons to r elief .. the famishing peasantry o f I re l an d. Th ere were preset", Mr. Robert Ilanbury, who presided ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. ; Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart. ; the Rev. W. W. CliszsPi neys, the Rev. J. Stovell, &c. Letters were read from Colone l Fox and Mr. Clay, the members for the borough, apologising for their absence. Lord Robert Grosvenor, in moving a re solution that this meeting views with deep commiserati on the awful c..lamity with which it has pl ease d Divine Pr'"li: deuce to a ffl ict Ireland and Scotland, remarked it was g ni, tifying to observe that gen tl emen o f a ll part i es an d o ' religious persuasions had found it their duty t o NOS forward to relieve the sufferings of their fellow-creatures< (Applause.) Reflections of an awful character 1 11 . 115 .: arise in the bosom o f every one at this dreadful ealanntAP when thousands were dying of disease engender% by the want of s us t enance. —( H ear, hear.) But vihu; they were thus call e d upon to provide a remedy for t hese misfortunes, he could not help asking how these thing ° could have happened, and why the noblemen, the gentletnet and magistrates of Irela n d h ave su ff ere d suc h a state of thin,g' to exist ?—(Hear.) There had been a long arrear of 1 12 ',,„ 5- government of Ireland.—(Hea r .) Il e k new t h at t h er e iser, many cases of self-deni a l on th e par t o f res id ents i n I re lan d but the majority of the landlords of Ireland have incurred serious responsibility, and one that he declined to have sni share in. —(Hear, hear.) Th e y oug ht t o h are pe ovide against the calamity.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped, however , that the exertions they were making would go far to ali t. viate the appalling state in which Ireland was placed! (Hear, hear.) The Rev. W. W. Ch ampneys secon d e d the resolution. Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart., and the Rev. , Stowell having moved resolutions in conformity with tos objects of the meeting, the cairman stated that hie clerks 11, subscribed 50/., and his men, in sixpences and s hilli ng s, n: 103. He hoped that would be an example to other &I n. ' Above 200/. was subscribed in the room. ACCIDENT TO THE LIEIITENAN T•GOVERNOR GUERNSET.—On Friday last, as his Excellency Major-Gen e :j ral Napier, accompanied by one of the Misses Napier an another safety zo r fagedtnye beanar tilll 3 , tch ierwtunmanageable,ree horses exhausted;s might, t another lady, were riding in a carriage in the neighbourh ow of the Bouet, one of the horses took fright, and both becorn' an elder' , " woman, who, it Is supposed, was deaf, and therefore unc ° „ /1 4 - ofr abtuta, perhaps,rapid unluckily,pha ev.e run dicti lti_he scions of the approach of the carriage, was in the way. the coachman was placed in the alternative of continuing course and killing this woman, or of making a short turn I% thereby upsetting th e carr i age . H e c h ose t h e l atter , and, I , consequence, the carr i age was v i o l ent l y upset, an d t h e Get; ral, the ladies, an d t h e d r i ver t h rown out. Th e ladies, "„I are happy to state, esca p e d w ith ou t i n j ury, but Gerl6.l. Napier had his head and face a gocd deal cut, and the co ach man, man, we believe, sustained some contusions. Assistance scn-d promptly given by th e ne i g hb ours an d passers-by, . another carriage having been procured, the party were e° l t. , veyed back to Haviland Hall, wh ere th e G ene ral was. tended by Dr. Hoskins, who found that the injuries rece's were entirely superficial. We are assured that immedia te !, after the occurrence of the acc id en t G enera l Napier COai mended his coachman for his conduct.—Guernsey Star. WESTMINSTER AND LAMBETH PROPOSED SIJSr S , I I; TION BRlDGE.—Yesterday Captain Jam es Vetch, of Royal Engineers, the examiner appointed by the Cornin:s., sieners of Woods and Forests to investigate and report W 17_ the merits of the proposed suspension b r idge front minster to Lambeth, held an inquiry for that purpo:io,4% the King's Arms Hotel, Bridge-street, Westminster. 11°, was assisted in the investigation by Captain Washingt ° % one of the Tidal Harbour Commissioners, and by Mr, FraseL a barrister. Mr. J. D. Hopkins, the architect of the Prt . posed bridge, was examined at great length by Capt. Vetc u rs He stated that the promoters of the Bill sought for Pn,w_f in to construct a suspension bridge across the Thames ,loin Church-street Lambeth to Market -street, Westminster. 0 Samuel Brown, of Netherbyres House, Berwickshire , a eIP ;: tarn in the nEvy, was willi ng an d d es i rous , at his own pense, to construct; and maintain the proposed bridges Pl' vided he had the authority of Parliament, and that i be made a toll bridge. The estimated cost of the construe' tion of the bridge was 90,0001., including the structure , _ approaches and the purchase of property. The water at high tide, where the bridge is intended to be built, is 858 feet; at low water it is 828 feet. The bridge is _l ee s: tended to have two piers, each of which will intercept 15! iron of water. The materials of the bridge are to be either or stone; the estimate had been made upon granite. Sir. ID Samuel Brown contemplates the erection of the bridge two yam from itB COmmencemeizte t should.