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Threadneedle-street. London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respectfully informed, that this Theatre will OPEN for the ..SEASON THIS EVENING, Feb. 16th, when will be performed Donizettl's celebrated Opera of LA FAVORITA. • Fernando, Signer Gardoni (his first appearance in this country); "Alfonso XI. (King of Castile), Signor Saperchl (his first appearance) ; tßaldassan, Signor Bouche (his first appearance) ; Leonora, Mdlle. Sanchioll ; Ines, Mdlle. Nascio (her first appearance in this country). . • The " National Anthem" will be sung by Mdlles. Nasio, Solari, craggiani, and Sanchioll, Signors Gardoni, Bouche, F. Lablache, e Seperchi, and other Artistes of the establishment and Chorus. After which a new and original grand Ballet, in five tableaux, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled CORALIA ; on, LE CHEVALIER INCONSTANT. croralia, bidlle. C. Rosati (her first appearance) ; the Knight iJul. debrand, M. Paul Taglioni ; Squire, M. Gouriet ; Bertha, Mdlle. ,Petit ; Page, Mdlle. Honore ; Duke, M. Gosselln ; Fraisondin, M. ''Venetia ; Fisheirnan, M. di Mattia. DANCES.—Second Tableau —Scene Dan 'ante das Caprices, by Mdlle. Rosati. Thiid Tableau—Pas de la Nymphe des Eaux et de Ses Compagnes, by Mdlles. Rosati, Montfort, Cassan, ani the Corps de Ballet. Fourth Tableau—Pas de la Rosiere, by ,Mlle. M. Taglioul (her first `appearance) ; Pas de Deux, by M. P. Taglioni and Millis. Rosati ; - Deutehe Rhein, Valse ties Pages et des Demoiselles d'Honneur, by the Corps tie Ballet. Fifth Tableau—Pas, by M. d'Or and Mdlle. C. Baucourt ; Batabile ,des Halbardiers, by Mdme. Stephan, Mdlles. Honore, Cassan, The .venot, Bertin, Julienne, L'Amoureux, and the Corps de Ballet ; Pas de l'lnconstance, by Mdlle. Rosati, Mdme. Stepl:an, and M. Taglioni. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Public Is redpectfuliy informed, that, so late a, ten minutes to seven, last evening, the folowing certiecate was sent to the Theatre : . " I hereby certify that Miss Romer is unable, from sudden indis ,position, to perform this evening. •• Fe 0.15, 1347. " 11 ES RY REECE, 31.R.C., Surgeon." In consequence of the above, the Theatre will be closed this even ing and to-morrow. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee, THIS EVENING Will be performed a new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOIL SCHEMING. Principal characters by 'Messrs. Far -Ten, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Brindal, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. - Humby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Bey bolds, &c. - During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Lac Iles Fees," " Plantagenet," " nose," and " Helen" Polkas, &c. _ 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. Btickingham, Miss Roy - noid., and Miss Julia Bennett. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under •the Management of Mrs. Keeley THIS EVENING Will h 3 pertlifined a new Comic Drama, called .C5OO REWARD. Characters Meisrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery - , IL Butler, Miss Villars, and A 1133 Forster. Atter which a new Farce, called THE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxberry, Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To be followed by the Farce of THE ETON BOY. Captain Popham, Mr. Wigan ; Dabster, Mr. Keeley; Miss Fanny Curry, Slims Dickinson. To conclude with the Farce of 31I:S. WHITE. Tli EA 'rm.: ROYAL, A DELPHI. I nder the direction of' Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Will be perfolnel the celebrated Drama, called THE GREEN BUSHES; or, A hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullentord ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnitlge, hlr. Wright ; wlaine St. Aubert, Maclaine Celeste ; Gerald ue, Mrs. Yates; Neliy O'Neil, Mrs. Fitzwillion. To conclu to with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet Of IN GiSELLE, entitled THE. PHANTO3I DANCERS ; or, the IVilis ltridr. • Principal, characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, 'r. 0. Sin th, Mr. Callenl'ord, 'Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Einii,a liarding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. PRI NC ESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, • J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING • Will .be pnformed the new Musical Rgua G n 4 e o e s , tr. entitled THE SEVEN MAIDS OF MUNI ; or, T Bertrand, Mr. Fisher ; D'Armincourt, Mr. Bark er ; Bellejambe, Delavan II ; Adolphe, Mr. Wynn ; Grosdos, Mr. Compton ; Bristle bach, Mr. Walton ; Bumps, Mr. Bonner; Seven Maids of 'Munich, Misses Flower, Rourke, Honner, Hincks, Millar, L. Marshall, and Laporte ; Heel, Miss Alarshall ; Madame Groutz, Mrs Fosbroke. After which, the Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER . Principal characters by Messrs. Wynn, Granby, Vining, Compton, Fisher, Cowell, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Hughes, and Mrs. Fosbroke. In the course of the evening Professor HEMMING and his ta -I..nted CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime , the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing " The Railroad Overture." To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, en titled The _ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Burbldge ; Sprite, Mr. 11. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flemmore. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. .. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. • THURSDAY EVENING , Will be perforiind Eugene Sue's popular Play of LES MYSTER ES 1) : PA.It:S. Jaques Femnd, M. Lemaitre ; Rigolette, Mdlie. Fong act. Boxes, 65., Pit, 3s. 6d. , Stalls, 35.; 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 phrary, 33,. Bond-street ; and at the Box-office. ETHIOPIAN i;ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeat- Alga their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS EVENING (Tuesday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment corn- Mendes at Halt-past Eight. The Programme wnl be varied on each occasion. 'Their next. DAY PERFORMANCE will take plea, on Monday Morning, Feb. 22. Boxes, 4s. ;. Pit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre, 28. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Inder the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and other - Members of the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTI"s Fox-Hounds meet every Evening at Half-past Six, during the week. TIIIS EVENING win be performed TIIE 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 witlitbe successfu Comic EquestrlanFairy Pantomime malt/ed THE FORTY THIEVES; or, Harlequin and All Baba and the Robber's Cave. Clown, Mr. Rachcz ; Harlequin, Mr. W. Har vey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Laffarini ; Columbine, 3liss Louisa Waite. Box•o!tice opeu irom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and c ramence at half•patt six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Ilroadfoot. ROYAL SURREY - THEATRE. Lessee. 3Jrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING lie . performed- a new Drama, entitled BABY RATTLER; or, Mie Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole strength of the Company. After which, the favourite Ballet of L'AMOUR ET LA FOLIE. To coaclule with TEI4TATIGN; or, The Fatal Brand. P.ox-Office open from eleven till four o'clock. ROYAL 'VICTORIA THEATRE. Boxes, Is., Half. price, - 6d.; Pit, 6d.; Gallery, 3J, THIS-EVENING Will be performed TUE 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 Ilowbell, Mr. Forman. ...To conclude with THE RUINED HOUSE AT MILBANK ; or, The Murder at the Lonely Creek. WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 15. TIIERIIOKETER, Lowest, 41; Highest, 45 ; Noon, 50, BAROKETER, 29.42.—W1ND W., hazy. WA.T.P.II AT 7 . 0 N 1 )0N-BRLDGE Tlll6 DAY. Morning 17 minutes after 2. I Evening .. 42 minutes after 2. ' dr , . . _ , '' - i .._i - 1_,, , ._„ fi i te .•,;, '"' , ~' , ~,----' ~,..4 0. ' T;S.Zio, f .t. 4 , 141 44 r,‘:: - 1+ - •, ~ , ...* Z . , : ,, , , ittOrnit i t RIM LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1847. • The great press of matter occasioned by the arrival of an American Express, and by the length of the debate in both Muses of Parliament, render it impossible for us to give our usual summary of Parliamentary intelligence. From the extraordinary majority of 164, in a House of only 332, it would appear that our ob servations as to the subserviency of the French Cham bers to the will of their SOVEREIGN are confirmed. Qn Friday the obsequious Deputies of France re sponded favourably t ) the Royal Address of King Louis PIIIIAPPE, 248 voting for that response, and merely 81 d iscountenancing its expre,:sions. Tt only required this c onsummation of the recent proceedings in connexion with the Montpensier alliance to brim the cup of the political degradation of France to overflowing, and to prove that the Legislature of that country has become essentially parasitical. Talk of the Mountainist portion of the Convention during the dictatorship of Th-inEseirdiae, talk of the Conseil des Cinq Cents (luring the first months of the Directory, talk of the obedience of the legis lative bodies At the m ost potential moments o f the Empire—they are barely to be counted i n comparison with the ex t cessive loyalty evinced by th e present majority of the Deputies. While Europ e i s ringing with execrations at the fraudulent and dis courteous acts of Gallic diplomacy in reference to the Princesses of the Peninsula--whit e every honest heart revolts at the ignoble prevarication and quib bling practised by M. GUlZOT—wbile the solid foun- Saturday. In the sitting of the day, the amendment of dations of international friendship are crumbling from beneath the throne of the Tuileries, solely in conse•• quence of the political offences of the present Admi nistration—the dutiful Deputies are reiterating their felicitations in the ears of his MAJESTY. This, too, is just simultaneous with the protestation against the effects of the Spanish marriage from the Court of Berlin, with the dignified retirement of the English Ambas sador at Paris, with the cordial approbation expressed towards Lord PALMERSTON by the British Parlia ment, and the exposure of the double duplicity of the French Minister by the Marquis DE MIRAFLORES. Could any time be more inopportune for the transmis sion of a congratulatory address to LOUIS PHILIPPE from his faithful Chambers, upon the security and the propitious aspect of his foreign relations ? The security of his foreign relations forsooth ! The very phrase is at once an anomaly and a satire. But that matters are assuming a somewhat serious complexion it would be amusing to contrast I these meek and most infelicitous felicitations lat Paris with the various troubles which have originated in different portions of Europe from the very occurrences rejoiced at by the French Le gislature. In Spain itself we find the Government abandoned to the discretion of an embryo and incon gruous Cabinet after having suffered every species of political vicissitude. In its sister kingdom, Portugal, we discern a civil war waging between MARIA DA GLORIA and her subjects, partly from the oppor tunity afforded by,the misunderstandings between the Courts of England, France, and Spain, and partly from the principles of oppression infused into the hearts of the rulers of Lisbon through the insidious agency of DIETz and his anointed patron. In Eng land, again, the position of affairs in regard to France has been for a considerable period ominous and un satisfactory. The indignation expressed from the bureaux in Downing-street has received the emphatic accordance of the popular representatives at West minster. Lord PALMERSTON has announced to the Marquis of NORMANDY the " perfect confidence" reposed in his Excelleney by himself and his col leagues ; and in his turn Lord PALMERSTON has been greeted with the plaudits of the House of Commons. Throughout the whole of this lamentable transaction, indeed, there has been visible the same perpetual hypocrisy on the part of France, and the same un swerving honesty and rectitude on the part o f G rea t I Britain. Pei:flie Albion sounds, especially at this juncture, like a masterpiece of irony upon their own country, from lips of the least patriotic Frenchmen. Whatever may be the result of the interviews which have taken place within the last few days be tween the Prime Minister and the Count ST. .AULNIRE, and subsequently between the latter and Sir ROBERT PEEL, the memory of the opposite policy pursued in London and Paris cannot very speedily decay. History will tell how the reputation of a great King, and the character of a great statesman, were lost from the lust of a Penin sular dotation, and the pandering of a heartless courtier; it will say that the hand of an Infanta was gained for a striping Prince, but that, in gaining it, a venerable monarch was deprived of the respect of millions. But, above all, it will prove England, in her diplomatic discomfiture, to be worthy of all admiration, and France in her triumphant in trigues to be entitled only to opprobrium and I abhorrence. The greatest enemies to the Established Church have been found within its pale; and, generally, those from whom there was the best right to expect the emanation of every improvement for its welfare, have been discovered to have chiefly retarded the progress of ecclesiastical reform. The ministers of the Church, from the prelates downwards, who have been pampered with wealth, and who, by reason of their educational acquirements, must have speedily discerned, and been fully conscious of, the existence of heavy abuses throughout the establishment of the hierarchy, and who ought to have taken the initiative in proposing remedies for enhancing the spiritual well-being of the people at large, have, for the most part—and to their shame be it said— been the last to step for ward and aid in the removal of unquestionable griev ances. This scandalous torpor has been readily attri buted by their opponents, both in the doctrine and forms of religion, to. worldly-mindedness. It must be admitted that the imputation has not been made without reason. Had the, appointed guardians of the Church evinced, from time to time, the like zeal for eradicating the chronic evils besetting the admi nistration of spiritual affairs, which they have always so actively manifested whenever their per sonal interests have been concerned, the grave charge of being actuated by sordid views would never have (been preferred against them with any effect. Precept and example have not been in unison ; and this glaring discordance on the part of the clergy, between their ghostly counsel on the one side, and their public conduct on the other, has deplorably weakened the influences of religion. For the great and beneficial changes wrought within the Established Church during the last fifteen years, to whom and to what are we indebted ? To the ministers of the same ? Assuredly not. The rapid growth of dissent, and the great power and influence a-quired by different bodies of Dissenters, engendered and cemented by virtue of the remarkable and favourable contrast which their respective ministers .presented in their ministrations, as compared with what was afforded by non-resident and neglectful pluralists and fox-hunting parsons, was one great lever by which reform was materially advanced ; the force of public opinion, germinated by such discreditable exhibitions, constituted another. Thus, from compulsion, were the mitred order and the subordinate ranks of the clergy found reluctantly acquiescing in concessions demanded by the spirit of the age. But, notwith standing the sharp lessons which have been read to them ever since Earl GREY advised the Bishops to " set their house in order," we have occasionally painful instances of reproachful indifference to the solemn duties attached to the clerical vocation. Lord STANLEY has recently,in Parliament, brought to light an example of this nature. The Dean and Chapter of Manchester have for some time grasped nearly 6,0001. a year, leaving all the heavy and serious parochial duties to be performed by the clergy of the district, who are miserably remune rated ; and the answer they give to the accusation is, that they are no worse than their predecessors ; and that they are privileged, by ancient charters, to ab scond from their work, provided they pay a daily fine of sixteenpence! Here's morality with a vengeance ! But they have gone even further. They have dispatched two redoubtable canons to this metropolis to watch Lord STANLEY'S pro ceedings in the Upper House, thus manifesting that the Dean and Chapter of Manchester are not the men quietly to put up their swords, but are prepared to fight to the last. How ever, Lord STANLEY is not the man to be thus bearded with impunity. His Lordship has already intimated that he will move for a Select CoMMittee to inquire whether the law is insufficient to reach these sacred truants. Should this turn out to be the case, the Legislature will not be slow to bring the rebellious to their proper senses. " Berlin, Feb. 10, A.M." We have received the Madrid papers of the 6th and th instant. The QUEEN had refused her consent to the marriage of Don ENRIQUE with the sister of the Marquis of CASTELLANE. Notwithstanding this the marriage took place, and the day after Don ENRIQUE was arrested by General PEZUELA, and conducted from Madrid under a guard. A telegraphic dispatch has, according to the Constitutionnel, been received in Paris, which states that he has received orders to embark at Barcelona. ; but adds, that this is not connected with his marriage, but s the consequence of some intrigues in which that Prince has been engaged in conjunction with an Englishman named MISLEv, who has been conducted to the frontiers ' of France. Acc.)rding to the Tiempo, orders have been given to organise an army on the Portuguese frontier. On the motion of Senor CORTINA. the papers relating to the Spanish marriages were ordered to be laid on the tab!e of the Chamber of Deputie3. Orders have loten given to prevent General FLORES from entering the Spanish territory. Senor AIIETA and Senor SAL:Tor:Ins have been elected to an the vacant Vice-Presideutshipo of the Chamber of Deputies. 11*.Dittn Botsa, Fxn. 6.—The Three per Cents. 22 1 / 9 m 6 ; c :la= e per Cents. 213,4. money Debt without interest aye received the Paris papers of Friday and into the European concert.' " On the subject of the adhesion of Prussia to the views of England with retard to the Montpensier marriage, we find the following very pertinent remarks in the Constitutionnel - " Prussia has positively declared against the eventual rights of the children of the Duke de Montpensier to the throne of Spain. That Power no sooner entered on a more liberal policy than it formed an alliance with England against us, and separated from France in a permanent manner on a question which can only be solved by futurity. Would any one have supposed, a year ago, that the promulgation of a constitution in the most enlightened states of Germany would be accompanied by a rupture with France? Is not that event the most severe condemnation of the conduct of our Govern ment? Will Prussia alone adopt that course? It is probable we are told, that one of the other two great continental Powers will also declare against the eventual rights of the Duchess de Montpensier. There is one thing certain— namely, that our Government is constantly menaced by Austria, and placed in the alternative of either finding itself alone against four—that is, altogether excluded from the Councils of Europe —or obtaining by the most odious sacri fices that the menace be not executed. In this last case, Switzerland and Italy, after Poland, will be left, without pro tection and defence, at the 14,rey„ of the Absolutist Powers. Our Government must eater be completely isolated, or the accomplice of some attempt agaiiist the independence of nations and liberty ! Such is the situation in which the pre sent Ministry has placed France." - But it is not Prussia alone which has joined England in her views of the nature of the treaty of Utrecht. The UnionMonarchique (formed by the junction of the France, the Quotidienne, and the Echo de Paris, and . the avowed organ of the Legitimatists) says— "The Presse announces that the Cabinet of Berlin has given a favourable answer to Lord Palmerston's note, on the succession to the crown of Spain . . 'We believe we may assert that this answer, which cannot yet have been officially transmitted, will be collectiver'foi lite-:three Cabinets of Vienna, St. Petersburgh, and BkiiiiiMinVe agreed to act in concert. Our information autllofised'•fi3" in saying, that the answer will first call to . rebilAtiiiri that, as the three Cabinetshave not acknowledged the Government of Isabella, they did net intend to depart from the reserve they had adopted and hitherto kept ; 'bat that they saw with full satisfaction, that the English Cabinet' had come to a reso lutior, the object of which is to indace Spain, as to the question of succession to the crown; to return to the same position in which she stood before the list will of Ferdi• nand VII." The same paper states " that the Court of Madrid has expressed a desire that the Duke and Duchess 'DE MONTPENSIER should shortly return for a time into Spain ; but it is said that M. BRESSON has advised that this visit should be adjourned. The negotiations on this subject are still going on." Great activity prevails in the dockyard at Toulon, where three line-of-battle ships are fitting out besides frigates. The business in the Chamber of Deputies on Satur day was confined to the monthly organization of the bureaux. The Conservatives have the majority in the appointments of presidents. Co URS A UTITENTIQ UE.—PA RIS, FEB. 13.—French Five per Cents., 118 f. 20c. 2.5 c. 30c. 35c. 54c. 50c. ; Four-and- a-Half per Cents., 109 f. ; Four per Cents., 104 f. Three per Cents., 77f. 60c., 65c., 60c., 77c., 75c., 70c. Bank of France Shares, 3,255 f.; Obl. of' the City, 1,320 f.; Neapolitans (Rothschild's) Definitives, 101 f. 75c.; Romans, 10112 i lAf.; Belgian Five per Cents. (1840), 101 1 ,4 f.; Ditto (1842), 102 1 4 ' • Ditto, Bank, 905 f.; Spanish Active, 33 1 / 3 ; Exchange on London—one month money, 25f. 20c. ; three months, paper, 25f. 5c.; money, 25f. 21,4 c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 14 1 4—Dutch Rhenish, 4 —Namur and Liege, 2%—Northern of France, 12%—Paris and Lyons, 7 1 ,4 Rogien and Havre, 26 y i e c div.—Sambre and Menu, 6%. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, FEB. 11.—A letter from Berlin, of the Jib, says—" Yesterday public prayers were offered up in all the churches of the capital for the recovery of the Queen." The Cologne Gazette publishes a long correspondence, from Berlin, on the state of the relations of England and of Franco with Spain. It says that Germany ought to take advantage of this moment to renew the amicable connexion which existed between Germany and Spain, and which seemed advantageous to the commerce and manufactures of both countries. BERLIN, FEB. 1 J.—The bulletins respecting the health of her Majesty the Tien continue to give more satis factory accounts, an we trust that we may confidently expect her entire restoration, though her recovery will doubtless be gradual. The following bulletin was issued yesterday morning:— " Her Majesty the Queen slept the greater part of ,he night; the fever has abated a little. (Signed) " Dr. SCHONLEIN. " Dr. VON STASCH. " Dr. GRIMON. ARREST FOR DERT. — (IRELAND.)—The Bill just !aid before Parliament " To limit arrest for debt in Ireland." provides, that arrest in all actions for debt, not exceeding 201. and costs, shall be abolished. VISCOUNTESS PALNIERSTON'S SOlREE.—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received the Countess of Tan kerville, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Dudley Stuart, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Right Hon. E. J. and Mrs. Stanley, the Hon. W. Cooper, the Hon. Miss Edes, Mr. B. Sheridan, and a select party to dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in Carlton-gardens. Her Ladyship at a more advanced period of the evening had an assembly. Among the guests were his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, his Excellency Count Kielman segge, his Excellency Baron de Beust, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister and the Marchioness di Lisboa, his Excel lency Mr. Bancroft, his Excellency Count Schimmelpeninck, en his Excellency th e P russ i an Mi n i s t er an d M a d ame Bunsen, his t 1 Excellenceo the t Countesshepanish MlliiindiasteßreNteundtiotltive, CountC ntpeosstocßkei: w, and Baron Koller, Baron Brenner, Baron and Baroness de Lin den, Baron Nicholay, the Marquis de St. Aulaire, Count de Noailles, Prince Lowenstein, Baron and Baroness L. Roths child, Count and Countess de Jarnac, the Princess Callimaki, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Villafranca, the Earl and Countess Grey, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, the Earl of blink., the Earl of Auckland and Hon. Miss F. Eden, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount Allison, Viscount and Viscountess Melgund, Viscount Folkestone, and Lady Jane Bouverie, Viscount and Viscountess Falkland, the Earl of Clare, the Lord Chancellor and the H on . Misses Pepys, Lord Monteagle, Lord Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley ; Viscount Goderich, Lord Campbell and the Hon. Miss Campbell ; Lord and Lady Be auva l e, L ady Brougham, Lord John Manners, Lord and Lady Beaumont, Lord Seymour, the Lord Advocate, Baron and Lady Parke and Miss Parke, Lord Brooke, the Lord Chief Justice and Lady Wilde, Lord Harry Vane, Lady Seaford and the Misses Hardy, Lady William Poulett, Sir Stratford and Lady Can ning and Miss Canning, Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford, Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, Sir A. and Lady Duff Gordon, Sir R. J. Murchison, the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Sir Benjamin Hall, the Hon. W. Ashley, the Hon. J. Howard, Sir D. J. Norrevs, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. Panizzi, the Misses Drummond, Mr. and Miss Clifford, Hon. Col. Keppel, Mr. 11. Vyner, Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, Mr. Grenfell and Miss Grenfell, Mr. and Mrs. John Townley, Hon. Captain and Lady Charlotte Berkeley, Mr. and Mrs. Addington, Hon. R. and Mrs. Eden and Miss Eden, lion. Mr. Duncan, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse, Mr. S. O'Brien, Mr. R. M. Milnes, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Macdonald, Mr. E. Denison, Hon. Charles Howard. Captain F. Seymour, Mr. Matheson, Hon. Mr. Grey, Mr. 11. Sullivan, &c. TILE SPEAKER'S —The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons entertained at his Par liamentary dinner on Saturday last—Lord Seymour, Lord Harry Vane, the lion. Charles Howard, the Right Hon. Ed ward E!lice. the Right Hon. Francis T. Baring, the Hon. Colonel Anson, the Right Hon. Edward Strutt, Sir T. E. Cclebrooke, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir Denis Le Merchant, Sir William Clay, Sir Andrew Leith Hay, Major-General Fox, Mr. John Romilly, Mr. Wise, Mr. E. Rice, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, Mr. Hume, Mr. ROW, Mr. Tuite, Mr. Warburton, Mr. Tancred, Mr. E. Denison, Mr. Loch, and Mr. Hastie. It is reported that the Rodney has been ordered Chamber of Deputies of Thurs. from the Tagus to Malta, in consequence of the fever on M. " MILLEvu...LE, which was = Lmard.—United Service Gazette. in effect a direct vote of want of confidence in the Ministers, was negatived by 243 to 130, being a ma_ jority for Ministers of 113. On Friday the Address was agreed to by 248 to 84; and on the evening of that day it was presented to the KING at the Tuileries. The fol lowing is his MAJESTY'S answer : " Messieurs les Deputes,—lt is with a very lively satisfac tion that I receive this address. I thank the Chamber for the loyal co-operation which it gives to my Government in the general interest, and, thanks to this co• operation, thanks to our union, and the strength it insures to us, we have every right to rely upon the maintenance of that policy, which guarantees infernal order and the peace of the world. Thanks also to this co-operation, we are enabled to lessen the sufferings which weigh upon a part of our population, maintaining at the same time public order and the security of commercial dealings. I am much affected by the cor diality of the congratulations which you offer me on the marriage of my son, the Duke de Montpensier. lam no less so by the confidence you express in the feelings with which we are animated, which are liaise as well as yours, and which are also those of my sons—they will prove, as I have done, that on every occasion their lives are devoted to France." The Chamber, on Friday, passed a Bill, authorising foreign vessels freighted with corn and provisions to take part in the coasting trade of France, between the ports of the Atlantic and those of the Mediterranean. In alluding to the report that the Emperor of RUSSIA had closed the ports of his dominions against the export of grain, the Journal des Debate says— "A report has been current for some days that the Emperor of Russia had closed the ports of his empire against the ex portation of corn. The most recent letters from St. Peters burg do not in any way confirm this news." The dispatch of the Marquis of NORMANBY on the subject of M. GUIZOT'S speech, and the reply of Lord PALMERSTON thereto, was known in Paris on Thursday and produced a great sensation. It is said that the Marquis was to quit Paris on leave of absence on Monday. Meanwhile, according to the Siiele, the French Government is driven to its last shifts to restore the entente cordiale with England. To obtain this object it would not hesitate to sacrifice M. GulzoT, but no one can be found willing to be his successor. "It was sub sequently suggested," says the Slick, " to dismiss Lord PALMERSTON and M. GulzoT, but letters from London give no encouragement to that plan. It is now sug gested to sacrifice the Count DE JARNAC and Lord WIL LIAM HARVEY, but the British Government haughtily rejects such an idea. An additional incident has aggra vated the position of affairs. Marshal SOULT has de clared his intention to resign the Presidency of the Council. In fine, the prediction of M. GUIZOT is being realised. Positive intelligence has been received of the adhesion of the King of PRUSSIA to the interpretation given by the British Government to the Treaty of Utrecht. ' Thus the Cabinet is realising its programme, to maintain the British alliance, and to bring France THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNENCT, FEBRU'ARY 16, 1147 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From - The Sun of Last Night) The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was quiet. There was no change in prices. Sales 3,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation. Shares were very inactive. There have been no arrivals with late news, if we except the usual Continental mails. , The price of corn is still on the advance here, and it will be seen by the market report in another column, that there is a decided rise in wheat, Bcc., as compared with last week. The recent severe weather has no doubt contributed to this. The necessity_ of an alteration in the laws relating to Bankruptcy ana Insolvency has been generally admitted. and there is some force in the following suggestions, which are a port ion only of those submitted by a merchant here to the consideration of high legal aathorities, and of the Com missioners of the Bankruptcy Court. The writer proposes— " That if an insolvent could, with the consent of two-thirds or three-fourths of his creditors (both as regards the number of persons, and the amount of their claims, and proved to be boncijide creditors), effect a compromise, this majority should bind the whole to accept the same. This would prevent a vindictive creditor bringing the estate to a bankruptcy, and thereby causing an unnecessary expenditure and sacrifice of the property ; such an arrangement is now applicable to insolvents not being traders. (Vide 7 and 8 Vic. cap. 70, for facilitating arrangements between Debtors and Creditors.) —That a bankrupt be allowed from V. 10s. to 151. per cent., on the dividend his estate pay s ; th us :— lf t h e dividend of his estate be from 3s. to ss. in the pound, the bankrupt to receive 2% per cent.; if from ss. to 7s. 6c1., 3% per cent. • if from 7s. 6d. t o 10 3 . , 5 per cent. ; if from 10s. ty 12s. 6d., 7% per cent.; if from 12s. 6d. to 155., 10 per cent. • if from 15s, t o 17 s. 6d., 12% per cent. ; and if cent.; 17s. 6d. to 20s. 15 per cent., provided he has not practised fraud, either by obtaining goods within a given time of his stopping payment, (unless he can show that at the time of taking such credit, he had no cause for antici pating a failure within the given time,) or otherwise render ing himself amenable to the several clauses of the proposed Act, which provide against fraud. The above return to be granted, and delivered to the bankrupt, immediately after the amount of dividend has been ascertained; until which time, the bankrupt to receive a moderate allowance from the estate, if no fraud has been proved against him. It is further suggested that the court should have an ap pointed accountant for bankrupts, to be paid, like the official assignee, by a per centage on the assets, and that any cre ditor seeking an undue preference should forfeit all claim. The value of the public securities has been enhanced to day, and matters wear a more cheerful appearance in the Stock Exchange. The price of Consols for transfer has been 90 3 / 4 to 91, and for the Account-day, the 25th, at 90% to 91. It would appear that the Bear party are making arrangements for the settlement, and that this has an in fluence, because it indicates that they are not certain of prices ruling lower than at present. The improved tone of the Paris Bourse has also had a favourable effect. Exchequer bills have been quoted 65. to 9s. premium. The New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have realised 93% to 92%, and the Three per Cents. 91 to 91 1 4. East India Bonds are Bs. to 13s. premium, and Long Annuities are 9%. The foreign bonds have been rather firmer also, but there has not been much doing. Spanish Active Stock has re alised 24% %, and the Three per Cents. 35 354. Portu guese Four per Cents. have been dull at 35. Mexican Bonds have realised 21% to 22%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been at 58 1 4. Railway Shores have been rather firmer. Aberdeen, 22 1 4 to 23; Caledonian 26% 3 / 4 ; Birmingham and Oxford, 13% to 14; Eastern &unties, 21% %; Great Western, 123 to 124 ; Blackwell, 8% to IA ; North Western, 184 to 1 %; South-Western, 64; Midland, 120%; Newcastle and Ber wick, 32 1 4 ; North British, 34% t o 35 ; North Stafford, 8%; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3% to 4%; South-Eastern, No. 2, 13 1 4 ; York and Newcastle, 35% to 364 ; and Northern of France, 12%. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91% 91 91% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 90% 14 91 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 924 i h Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. 813 p Consols for Account 90% 91 Exchequer Bills. 1 d. • 114 d. 1,0001... • 6 9 PM. 6 5001. . ▪ 6 9 Pm. 9 Ditto, Small 6 9 Pm. 9 CLOSING PRICES. 9114 904 93 9% 13 p 90% ONE o'cLocx. FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent •• • • Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 21% 22 Ditto, for the Account 22 1 / 4 Portuguese Four per Cent .. 35 Ditto, Small .. .. • • • • • 361 / 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 241 i Ditto, for the Account 24% Ditto, Passive Bonds .. . - • • 51 4 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .• • • 35 'A Ditto, for the Account .. . • • • 3 5 1 / 4 35 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent • • 5 8 Ditto. 4 Der Cent. Certificates PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .. 25 .... 22% 23 ••• .. 23 Amber., Notting, Boston, and Eastern Junction _ 2% 2% •.•• • • • ... Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 .. .. 123 ex div. • ... 123 x.d. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 14 1 3% •• • • • 13 % Wolver., and Dudley.. 5 .... 10% .. • • ...... 10% Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .... 7 .. ••• • .. . Boston, Stamford, & Birmingham 225. .... • Buckinghamshire • 845... tq 1,4 p ex Int... % p x.inL Caledonian .. 30 .... 26% % •• .. 26% Ditto. Half Shares .. 2% .. • • ...... Direct Northern Scrip .. . . Dublin and Belfast Junction 12% .... • 4% Eastern Counties .. 20.. —21% lA% ex dlr 21% x.d. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 61. 135. 4d. ••••• • • • • • % Ditto, York Extension • 4 .... 4% • • .....• 4% East Lancashire .. 14 .. • • Ditto New .. _ 5 _ _ 6% East Lincolnshire .. .. 4 .... Edinburgh and' Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 76 75 Edinburgh and Northern .. 15 • ... .. Ditto, New _ 2% .... 3% Ely and Huntingdon .. 12% .... 13% .. • • 13% Great Northern (London & York Re.) .. .... % 2 Dorado (Direct Northern Regd.) 3% .... 2 3 % . % Great Xorth of Enfland . ..100 .......... 232 xd. Ditto, New .. 5 .... .......... 59% 1% .... 17% ex div....17)4x.d. Great Western • •41 ..• 85 ....124 123... ..... 123 Ditto. Half Shares .. .. 50 .... .......... 72 Ditto, Quarter Shares . 12 1 )4 .. 19% .......... 19 Ditto. Fifths .. .. 20 .... 28% % ........ 28 Ditto, New .... 8% % ........ 8% Huddersfield and Manchester .. 16 .... ......... Ditto, ditto, Extension .. .. 5 .... .. Ipswich and Bury SLEdmunds .. 14 •• • •• • • Ditto ditto, and Norwich .. 5 • • ..... •• • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 • • :: 101 0 % ::::11 5 4% Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manchester 27% 35 Ditto, Branch Half Shares •• 5 • 10% Leeds and Thirsk • • .. • • • • 22% .... 19% London and Blackwall .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8% % . Ditto. New, No. 1 ......4 .... . ..... „ x div. Ditto, New. No. 2 • • •• - 7 . • • 1 0% • ...... Ditto, Quarters • .. .. 2 1 9 .... LondonDitW , andN Extension or th. e t . e . rn • Ditto ditto, Now Shares • • .. 2 14 • 13% .. Ditto, Fifths ........2 171, 4 x d.. •• • Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. • • 40 71% x d • London and South• Western— 41/. 6s. 10d.. •64 ... •• Ditto, New • • • • • • • • 22 1,4 251 44 .... • . Ditto, Tenths .. • • .. 5 Ditto, Tenths .. • • • • • • 4 Ditto, Scrip • • . • • • • • • • 5 •• .. SS v % ...... •• • London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. „ ......... .. Lynn and Ely • • • • • • ••20 _ ...... Manchester and Leeds .. • . • • 82 ...... Ditto Extension • • • • • • 42 5• •• •• 1 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 134 .... Midland .• • • • • • • • • 100 • 1 20% x dir..... Ditto, New .. • • • • •• 30 • • • • 34% I dlr._ _ Ditto, New • • •• • • •• 2 •• • • 5 % Idly—. Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 • • Newcastle and Berwick • • •• 20 •32 Norfolk .. • • • • • • • • • •100 129% North British .. - • • • • • • • 25 •• • • 34% 35 . Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 1 N•••• 16% 17 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 214 4% Ditto, Extension • • • • • • %•• • • 1 % Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • • • 1 33434 Northern and Eastern • . .. 50 Ditto, New • _14..• . 23 x div North Staffordshire • • • • • • 5 • • _ ....... North Western • • • ......... . • • 25 Preston and Wyre • • • •• • . 34% „ Ditto, Half Shares (A) • • • • 6 % •• • • 11 Scottish Midland • • • • • • • • 17 % •• • • 22 Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3 3, 41,4 South Eastern an d Dovor • . 33% .. .......... Do.. New (do. s3l. 6s• Bd.) l2 • • 13% _ (do. 151.) .• dew No. 4. % 4 ...... .. 10 South Wales . • • • • • ' • •• • is •• • • ...... South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole .. • • • West Riding Union .. 25 York and Newcastle • • •• 5 :• .. 35% 36Ni Ditto, New.. • • • • • • •, 4 •• s• •• •• • ..... Ditto, Preference • • • • 1 . '• e is 4• • York and North Midland • • 50 • 88 xd .. 2 .... 22% Ditto. Preference • • • • 10 • • •" - •• • • Do. E. and W. Riding Ek.tenri. RAIL FORLIG- WAYS. _ 18 .... 14% Boulogne and Amiens • • • • . • 2 • • 14 Bord., Toul., & Cette (Mackenzie) •••• •• Ditto, ditto (Espelete) • • 2 •• • • X•• • Dutch Rhenish • • • • ' • ' "•" • • • 4 % Italian and Austrian • • • • Luxembourg 8 .... 12% Northern of France • • • • " Paris and Strasbourg • • • • • Rouen and Havre,- •• • • 20 ....... 26)ixd JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland • • • • • • MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered —• • 3% • ••. • • • 184% 122 y; 34% 5% 95 129% 2% 1 % P 36% 11% 8% 87xd 11% 2131 LERRATusr.—In o ur report of the con clusion of the proceedings in the House of Lord s on error inadvertently crept in. It was t he Su g ar Brewer y Bill, lay evening, an and not the Sugar Distilleries Bill, which was introduced into the House of Lords in the evening. The Sugar Dis tilleries Bill was not read a third time in the Commons until late in the night. HEALTH OF THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA.—We are happy to see by the last bulletin of the health 9f her Ma jesty the Queen of Prussia, published at Berlin'en the Bth of this month, that she continues to improve. The cough has become less irritating, and the fever is moderated. STOCKINGS FOR THE ROYAL INFANTS.—The Clare Journal says—" We feel great pleasure in recording an instance of her Majesty's wish to encourage by her pa tronage the native manufactures of Ireland. Two girls, sis ters, of the name of Davies, living in Corofin, in this county, having long enjoyed a well deserved reputation for the taste and skill evinced by them in the knitting of stockings, were advised to present a pair of them to her Majesty, who was so pleased with the beauty of design and execution dis played in them, as to order four and twenty pair for the royal infants." A GOOD EXAMPLE.—The Constitutionnel publishes the following letter, dated Berlin, 31st ult. :—" A few days since M. Braconier, a stock-broker, was condemned to hard labour for nine years for having gambled with the property of his clients and having ruined himself. M. Braconier is a member of one of the most wealthy families in the capital, and every effort was made by offering to pay his debts to save him from disgrace, but it was too late. It is hoped that his fate will have the effect of preventing other speculators from risking property confided to their care. MISS P ARDOE'S LOUIS XIV. AND THE COURT OF FEANCE.—The new work under the above title is published this day by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street (Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty), and can now be obtained of all booksellers throughout the United Kingdom, in three vols. Bvo., with numerous engravings on steel and wood by W. Gaol Chaplain, and G. Meas om , V. 2s. bound. Mr. Bentley has also just published :—II. Cleveland ; a Tale of th..l Roman Catholic Church, post Bvo., 10s. The Homes and flaunts of the Briti s h P oe t s , by William Hewitt, 2 vols. B vo. , with numerous engravings, 30s. bo un d.—lV. Experiences of a 3 vols. post Bvo., lls. 6(.1. —V. A Canoe Voyage up th e Minnay.'Sotor, by G. W. Featherstonhaugh , Lsq., F.I S. &c., 2 vols. Bvo., with maps and plates, 28s. of e o the trred author,th the os. honour. ad Her Majesty n bound. —VI. Th e new and concluding series of the Ingoldsby Legends, with a M emo i r o f the A u h o r, edited by his son, I vol., with ill ustrat i ons by Leech and George Cruikshank, andtwo portrait s of knighthood at the levee upon Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, Lieutenant- Governor of of the Ea s t ern Di str i ct o f t h e C ipe o f Good Hope. Henry - 1 Young embarks for his destnatiou per the Pot finger steam-ship this morning. AMERICAN NEWS. NINE DAYS LATER NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) is' VERPOOL, MONDAY AFTE3III )ON. The steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Ryrie, arrived in the Mersey at an early hour this morning, after a rapid voyage of 13i days. She brings 75 passengers, and a Leavy monthly mail. The Hibernia's outward passage was rather more pro tracted than usual, as sha had t 3 encounter heavy gales from the westward, and fogs when off the coast of Ame rica. In a political point of view her news, which is nine days later from the United States, does not possess much importance. The commercial intelligence, how ever, is highly important, and will no doubt tend much to influence the general aspect of commercial affairs in this country. Under these circumstances we shall first allude to it COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. We have given in our last American news' dispatch!a report of the New York and other markets, up to the 23d of January. The Hibernia reached Bolton on the 25th, when the demand and price of all kinds of provisions were much the same as we quoted on the arrival of the Queen of the West, but no sooner had her advices be come known than merchants at once proposed to take advantage of the favourable reports. Higher prices were instantly demanded, and, of course, paid ; and in the course of about twenty-four hours from the time the news became known in New York, the value of every kind of grain and grain produce, rose nearly 25 per cent. above previous prices. A New York paper of the 31stj ultimo contains the following remarks on the subject:— The news brought by the Hibernia, of the advance in cot ton, and particularly in breadstuff's, which was not antici pated, was received here on the 25th, and created an unusual excitemeut in the market, which has continued ever since in the most animated state. The prices of cotton have advanced one cent. per pound. Flour 1 doll, to 1 doll. 25c. per barrel. Wheat from 30 to 35 cents. per bushel, and corn meal 88 to 100 per barrel. Freights to Liverpool have reached 7s. for flour, and 23d. for grain ; vessels continue scarce. The effect of this intelligence, and the large amount of specie brought out by the steamer, have caused great buoyancy in the money market. According to the manifest, the Hibernia brought 546,0001., but it is asserted that she had fully 3,000,000 dolls. on board. Stocks of every description have advanced, but there was previously an upward tendency, caused partly by the financial measures of the Government, the issue of Treasury notes instead of proposals for a loan. which capi talists had been led to expect, and partly by a generally prevailing impression, that in consequence of the prosperous condition of our foreign trade money would be abundant. Most of the specie has reached Wall-street. Money is easy at 7 per cent. in the street, and the banks are strong. Foreign Exchange has advanced, but the supply is equal to the demand. We quote bills on London 1,06 k to 1,06% ; Paris sf. 40c. to sf. 37c. We also subjoin the following particulars respecting the leading Flour markets throughout the Union NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 19.—Holders have accepted a little easier prices for flour since our last, and the'consequence has been the transaction of an increased business, amounting to 23,000 bbls., chiefly at 4 dulls, 62i cents. for good shipping brands of Ohio. We quote St. Louis choice brands 5 dolls. a 5 dolls. 25c. per bl. The advanced prices paid for corn, as noticed in our last. report, have not been maintained, the sales having receded sc. per bushel. About 16,000 sacks have been taken, chiefly at 70c. for prime lots of white and yellow. Mixed parcels are selling at 68c. per bushel. About 1,300 sacks of wheat have been sold since our last at 92 a 98c. per bushel. Oats are selling at 40 a 'l3c. per bushel, with moderate transactions. About 2,090 bbls. beans have been sold at 3 dolls. 37 Lc. a 3 dolls. 75c. per barrel. BosTosr, JAN. 23. Flour.—A sale was made to-day of 900 barrels Genesee at 6 dolls. 75c. cash, but holders are asking 6 dolls. 874 c.; Ohio and Michigan, 6 dolls. 75c.; Baltimore Howard-street, Alexandria and Georgetown, 5 dolls. 50c. ; Extra Eagle, 7 dolls. 25c. cash ; no common Frederickburgh iu the market. Corn.—The priee is up to day to 4 dolls. per bushel, at which we understand some 30,000 or 40,000 bushels have been re-sold for shipment. P.S.- 1,000 bbls. Fredericksburg flour, extra Knox brand, sold for export at supposed 7 dols per bbl. cash. Pirrsfinecir, JAN. 25.—The market opened in the morn ing at 3 dells. 44c., and some sales were effected at that figure, but holders claimed the advantage, and sales were made at 3 dolls. 50c. It was known at an early hour that the Boston steamer had been telegraphed, and operations were suspended until her advices were disclosed. Sales were then made at 3 dolls 56c 8 dolls. 62c., 3 doll s . 75 c ., 3 dolts. 87c., and fi na ll y at 4 (lOUs., which was the rate of closing operations at dark. The sales of the day were not over 1,360 barrels. I PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 28.--Flour is hardly so active to day; 1,500 a 2,000 bbls sold at 6 dolls. 12 1 ,4 2 cents., which is the uniform asking price, and 6 dolls, is offered for large par cels. Corn meal-11 a 1,200 bbls. sold at 4 dolls. 50 cents, and there are rumours of considerable sales for future deli -135 Wheat—,oCeiats2 ., oo fo o r w b u h s i t h e e , I s a a n d d d o n 130 to v h earvye, been ter e m el s d, no m t e p a u tl b y lic a . t 135 cents. for reds, including some inferior lots at 120 to 125 cents. Corn—sales of Pennia a t 83 to 85 cents. CINCLNNATI, JAN. 24.—0 n Saturday, 141 barrels from stores at 4 dolls. ; 100 ditto at 3 dolls. 94 cents.; 150 ditto from railroad, at 4 dolls.; and some wagon lots at 3 dolls. 90 cents, to 3 dolls. 95 cents. ALBANY, JAN. 28.—Flour—There has been considerable movement in flour to-day. Several lots of Oswego and Michigan were in the market at 6 dolls. 25 cents. We notice sales of 759 barrels Oswego at 6 dolls. 37i cents., and 400 ditto Genessee at the same mark. Eastern orders are filled at 6 dolls. 50. cents. Grain—The market for all descriptions has advanced ; corn, 77 to 78 cents.. ; rye , 82 to 83 cents. ; oats, 35 to 361 cents. BurvAt.o, 29.-1 1 / rou.—Large sales of flour have been made at 4 dolls. 75 cents., and 4 dolls. 80 cents. For wheat 4 dolls. is asked, but buyers refuse to purchase at that rate. ' DETROIT, JAN. 21.—Flour is taken quickly at 3 dolls. 12 1 cents. to 3 dolls. 25 cents. No change in price from last week, though the receipts have largely increased. Wheat is coming in in large quantities, which is taken at 58 dolls. to 60 cents. per bushel. BALTIMORE, JAN. 27.—The market for Howard-street flour has been quite animated during the last two days, and there has been some fluctuation in prices. To-day 600 bbls. were sold at 5 dolls. 62% cents, 3,000 bbls. at 5 dolls. 75 cents, 600 bbls. at 5 dolls. 37 1 / 2 cents, and 3,000 bbls. at 6 dolls. Susquehanna Flour—Sales of 1,200 bbls. this morning at 5 dolls. 8712 cent. Corn Meal—To-day holders are firm at 4 (lolls. 50 cents. Wheat—We note sales to-day if Mary. land reds at 1 doll. 30 cents for prime, And and 1 doll. 20 cents to 1 doll. 25 cents for ordinary to good. A sale of a parcel of Pennsylvania white at 1 doll. 30 cents, and another parcel of 4,000 bushels of the same description on terms not transpired, but supposed to be at an advance. Corn is in active demand. Sales of Maryland white new, at 78 doll& to 80 cents, and of yellow at 79 to 81 cents. Sales of Penn sylvania yellow at 80 cents. On the subject of the money market, the Courier and Inquirer says— " Foreign Exchange was less in demand to-day, and sellers of bills on London were more readily found at 6% than buyers; and the opinion seems to be entertained in some well•informed quarters, that the rate will recede below 6. If, however, another opinion which is gaining strength be accu rate, that through the large issues of Treasury notes and other causes, there is to be an abundant money market, Foreign Exchange can hardly fall so low. We shall see." From the seat of war there is not any intel ligence of moment. It was rumoured that General Quitman's division and some Mexican troops at Matamoras had had an engagement, but no faith w as a tt ac h e d to t h e report. Santa Anna's movements were doubtful. Vera Cruz and San Juan de Ulloa were to be attacked shortly. The twenty-three million Treasury Note Bill has received the sanction of Congress. The American forces were making every , preparation for an efficient and decisive battle. Great exertions wer e b e i ng ma d e to ass i st the desti- i tute in Ireland. IMPEPIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF Lon Ds, Feb. 13. Their Lordships met at the 'haat hour. POOR REMOVAL ACT. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from the inha bitants of Blandford, in the county of Dorset, in vestry assembled, praying their Lordships to amend the law passed last session miming to the removal of the poor. Lord NION FEACLE moved for a reprint of the re port of the Poor-law Commisx.iiiners of 1834 relative to out-door relief ; also for a reprint of the report of the Irish Poor-law Commissioners on the same subject. Ordered. CROWN LANDS IN IRELAND. The Marquis of WESTMEATH moved for various returns relative to Crown lands in Ireland. He had urged upon the Commissioners of W oods and Forests the propriety of bringing in a Bill to regulate the abuses connected with these estates, but to the present time nothing had been done. He now moved for a copy of all communications that had passed during the last five years between the Commissioners of Woods and Forests and the agents and solicitor of the Crown lands in Kilglass, county Roscommon. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE requested the Noble Lord to give notice of the motion, which he had not done, and ho would then, to-morrow evening, see if he coteld grant the information which he desired. Lord WESTMEATH acquiesced in the suggestion of the Noble Lord. Lord VIVIAN presented a petition cn the subject of the Bishoprics of St. Asaph and Bangor. REFORM IN THE CHURCH. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from J. Jordan, vicar of Ensham, in Oxford: the principal objects of the petition were, that an increase should take place in the number of those engaged in the ministry, and that the Bishops should be relieved of all legislative duties in their Lordships' House. He (Earl Fitzwilliam) did not concur in the last sugges tion. The petitioner stated that there ought to be four provinces and fifty-two dioceses, and that each diocese should not exceed 500,000 souls, and when extended over a large surface, not more than 300,000. The peti tion well deserved the attention of their Lordships. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he was sure the Noble Lord was aware that there were many subjects in that petition which did not properly come within the scope of their discussion. He would, in a day or so, lay upon the table of the House a report from a Commission appointed by her Majesty to inquire into the state of the bishoprics in the United Kingdom. The subject was one which deserved the serious consideration of their Lordships. RAILWAYS —STATE OF THE CURRENCY. Lord ASHBURTON rose to move for the following returns ;—Capital stock authorised to be raised by rail way companies which have received the sanction of Parliament during the last two sessions ; the amount raised, laid out, and remaining unpaid ; sums autho rised and borrowed by the various railway companies from their commencement to the present time. distin guishing the amount borrowed each year, and the rate of interest paid by them. He said it was necessary that their Lordships should be furnished with such a return in order that they might be made acquainted with the exact condition of the circulation of the country. It ap peared that there had been a great drain of bullion on the banks of England for some few months past ; and although he did not say that there was any cause for alarm in the country, yet he could not help stating that a greater drain than ordinary was being made upon the finances of the country. The Government would be compelled to borrow large sums of money on Exchequer -bills to relieve the distresses of Ireland, and if this drain took place for railway purposes, they could not fail to have much difficulty in doing so. Last year the Par liament advised that no railway projects should be en couraged save those required by the wants of the country; but this year he thought they would do well, and preveet the derangement of the currency of the country, by confining their legislation during the present year to such Bills as were necessary for the purpose of remedying any detects or gaps in the Bills alrsady passed, itieteait of entertaining any new projects. The great (Irate upon the Bank of England by railways prevented the Govern ment from obtaining money o t-asiiy on Exchequer- bills as heretofore; and as money was required for 'o: e urgent purposes, it was not right that they should derange the finances of the country, and prevent them from being pre perly applied to a more legilitnate and press ine purpose. The Noble Lord said he e null further move for a return or the Public Securities held by the Bank of England, and of the amount of capital paid into the Bank of England on behalf of railways, the rate of interest paid on it, and the periods at which it was re spectively paid in and drawn out. The Earl of CLARENDON sell he regretted that his Noble Friend who had just moved for certain returns had departed from a very' useful custom observed by their Lordships, in not having given due notice of the re turns which he intended to move for. He believed his Noble Friend had moved for returns of a very important and comprehensive nature, and the Noble Lord had ac companied his mention of them with some very important and useful remarks. Although he (Earl Cla rendon) had nu objection to some of the returns which had been moved for, yet another part of - the mo tion of the Noble Lord seemed to him to affect most intimately the great public financial interests of the country, and as far as the returns bore upon these he could not assent to their being granted with out due notice. Ile hoped the Noble Lord would post pone his motion to a future day. Lord MONTEAGLE questioned very much the ex pediency of some of the returns moved for by the Noble Lord being granted. He did not think the same ob jection lay against another part of the Noble Lord's motion, such as a return for the amount of capital which the different railway companies were authorised to raise, the amount which they had raised, the amount which they were empowered to borrow, and the amount of borrowing power which they retained still unexhausted these were returns to which there could be no possible objection, for the companies themselves were obliged by their own Acts to furnish these details to their shareholders. But when the Noble Lord moved for returns which would bear upon the rela tion existing between the Government and the Bank of England—when he moved for a state ment of the transactions between the Government and the Bank—he did rot think it was quite expedient to grant such a return. He knew nothing more delicate at a critical period, although the present was not, in his opinion, such a time, yet, at a critical period, he knew nothing more delicate than to move for the amount and extent of the public securities at present in the possession of the Bank of England. This was not, he admitted, one of those critical periods which he had alluded to ; but the motion of the Noble Lord would establish a precedent. Let their Lordships only suppose a time when the exchanges should be against this country, and let them suppose a motion made for re turns either of the amount of Exchequer -bills or of' stock, they must see that the effect of that would be to communicate to persons buying and selling stock out of doors, what were the opera tions of the Bank of England, and these very persons might take steps to neutralise these operations. Lord BROUGHAM fully agreed with the Noble Lord who had just spoken, that it was not expedient to move for returns as to the public securities. As far as the motion bore upon railway stock, the case stood very diffe rent, and he thought the returns might be granted without injury. The great press of railway business was now over; next year there would be no railways brought before the House, and now that the steed was stolen the Government were very carefully manufac turing a lock and key in order to prevent any others from being stolen. Lord ASHBURTON then consented to postpone his motion until Thursday next. It was not his intention to create the :lightest alarm in the country; his object was only to obtain information upon an important subject. The real gist of the question was, how far the Bank of England had been compelled to reduce its general issues in consequence of the present drain upon the circulation, thereby preventing its being able to take up the Exche quer-bills as formerly. He did not think that the Bank of England would have any objection to grant the re turns he had moved for. DISTILLATION FROM SUGAR BILL. Messengers from the Commons brought up the Dis tillation frcia Sugar Bill. INFLUX OF IRISH PAUPERS INTO LIVERPOOL. Earl FITZWILLIAM moved for a return of the number of Irish paupers that had lately arrived in Liverpool. On the 7th of February, 2,585 had arrived in one day, and the total number from the 13th of Jan. to the 11th of Feb., was 27,012. It appeared that in one day, the 2Gth of Jan,, 25,529 had received relief ; on the 27th, 23,313 ; on the 28th, 24,000 ; and on the 29th, 24,000. During the last ten days the number had considerably decreased—there had been only 6;000, 7,000, or 8,000 each day. Lord BROUGHAM—The average influx lately had been 900 a day. The Marquis of WESTMEATH thought it would be desirable to know how many of these were emigrants. Earl FITZWILLIAM thought it would be impos sible to ascertain that. Lord STANLEY thought that the number of those who were emigrants must be exceedingly small. The middle or end of March was the period of emigration. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it would be de sirable to have as much information as possible on the subject. Earl GREY agreed with the Noble Lord that in ordi nary years such was the period of emigration, but this year was an exception. There had been 26,000 emi grants this year to the United States. - A NOBLE LORD would also move for a return of the number of emigrants into Newport, in Wales, and other seaports. Earl GREY thought, that though it might be pos sible to get the number that arrived in Liverpool, it would be difficult to ascertain the number into other places. The motion was then agreed to. SUGAR DISTILLERIES BILL AND SUGAR BREWERIES BILL. Lord CLARENDON said that he proposed that these Bills should receive a second reading upon Friday next, and that no discussion should arise until the Bills went into Committee, POOR -LAW AMENDMENT. POOR -LAW AMENDMENT. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Mount Mellick, in the Queen's county, praying for union settlements. IRISH DESTITUTE RELIEF BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, in rising to move the second reading of this Bill, he: did not intend to detain the House, but merely to state this general principles of the Bill; and he would first state that the Bill was limited in its character, and temporary in its duration, and it was a Bill which, he considered was only justified by the pres en t s t ate of Ireland. The 8111 empowered the Lord-Lieutenant to appoint a tselief commission, sitting in Dublin ' who were empow e re d t o re li eve d es titution. Tho Noble Lord then read the main provisions of the Bill. He had the pleasve of stating; that the Bill was 691Q1Y introduced at the present moment for the purpose of meeting what was supposed to be a temporary exigency, not for the purpose of creating a precedent, but intro duced upon its own grounds, and he had a confident belief that it would be found most beneficial. It un doubtedly would have given him mare satisfaction to have introd uce d t o th e c - eis id . , rat i on o f their Lordships a measure which had for its object to stimulate employ merit in Ireland. It was his duty to press upon their Lordships the necessity of passing the measute with the least possible delay. The Noble Marquis concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished to offer a few observa tions on the first of the series of inessures which the Governor ent intended to bring forward with respect to Ireland. now that it was pract;ealle before the in. He felt deeply for the lamentabi. eiste,ss. accounts of which arriv e d by every post, not on l y from t h e sister kingdom, but from Scotland anti the north of England. But there wa s one f act on w hi c h t h e eye repose d with out the least discomfort—namely, the good feeling which generally prevailed on the subject of distress throughout the country, and the absence of all indul gence in splenetic feeling, of all violent invective, by Members of either House of Parliament. He hardly knew what part of the Bill to commence with ; but in the outset, he could not help repeating the opinion which he shadowed forth at the be ginning of the session (and he said it in no offensive spirit), that they ought to have assembled earlier in the year.—(Hear, hear.) That was not the time at which they ought to have been called upon to discuss the measure. He was most decidedly of opinion that their Lordship ought to have been called together in the month of November. It might be said, however, that it was better not to bring the Irish Members and landlords over to this country, but to leave them in Ireland. If it was for the good of Ireland that the Irish landlords should remain in Ireland in the month of November, it was equally urgent for them to be there now.—(Hear, hear.) It was doubtful even whether the landlords would do the more good by remaining in Ir e l an d or com i ng over to this country, especially when it was considered that upon the estate of one nobleman 4,000 ejectments had been issued, and that, too, in the middle of one of the most severe winters, and in a season of unparalleled scarcity. He held it as his most decided opinion that it was no part of the duty of any Government to feed the people of any country, or to provide food, or wages, or labour for the people; but it was the duty of a Government to secure the rights of property, never to interfere upon any pre text with either the one right or the other, to remove every obstacle, to relie ve th e p eop l e f rom every impedi ment to their progress, either of law or of violence, the iniquity of man or of the courts, by improving the laws, or amending the laws, by improving the Legislature, but not to interpose anything in the way of every man dealing with hie property and employing his la bour as lie thought fit and might feel inclined. The Go vernment had no vocation or obligation imposed upon it by the relative situations of ruler and subject to provide either food or labour for the people. This principle abOuld be deeply imprinted upon the rands of every Government—it ~ vas a principle which should never be de parted . from except upon cases of the most urgent ne cessity. The proof of this emerg enc y reste d u pon those who claimed thi s exception. Another proof which he required in his proposition was, that they could so apply the funds entrusted to their care as to grant the relief in question. It was also a part of the proposition, and a necessary essential condition, that the State had no vocation to give any relief whatever ; all the funds which they voted away was solely and entirely the property of others. There were certain positions in which it was more difficult to stand still even when persons knew' that if they moved it was at tbeir highest peril. It was more difficult sometimes to do nothing even when they were convinced that it was their duty to do nothing. The next position was, that the Government must take especial care in the present , emerge ncy that what they did did not tend to m ake things worse, and thereby do harm instead of good. It might not, perhses, be considered as too bold of him to say that it wes hardly possible to devise any remedy but would create more harm than the relief it gave or pro fessed to have given. It was not according to nature that it should tie eo, or in accordance with the rules a nd structure ef society. All the measures adopted by 11,v, rnment had gone upon an entirely diff-rent print ciple. The Government sent over money to Ireland . , called upon th e p eo pl e t o come to work, they found the work for them, paid them for the work, an d who could doubt but that was the cause of great mischief. Their Lordships had had a lesson already of the ill effects of such a course of proceeding in the coil results which had followed the Labour-rate Act passed last session. The Government were now attempting to remedy that mistake; but it was too late, the effects would still re' main ; they had got into a slough, and worse than that, their feet were caught so that they could not get back again, for having spoiled all the roads throughout the country, it was but fair that the Government, should acc e d e t o t h e request of the people of Ireland at least to put the roads in the same state as they found them.—(Laughter.) Ile looked upon the present measure with some degree of suspicion; he thought that its effects would be felt even after the famine had passed over; but they had diverted the labour of the country, and thereby caused great mischief. The present 13111 was certainly a little more disguised than the former en_e• In a lett er wr it ten b y Si r G . Grey to the Lor d - Lieutenant, he stated that relief should only be given i n f oo d, to b e purchase d ou t 01 the funds placed at the disposal of the committees from the three sources —assessment for the relief of the poor, charitable subscriptions and donations, and Government help. Then the letter went on to say that there would be a gratuitous distribution of food on a large scale, but the corn or flour meal was never to be sold at less than cost price. An ordinary reader wculd learn such a re solution with horror —he (Lord Brougham) did not mean a political economist, that much maligned indivi dual—he meant such a reader as could count ten upon his fingers. The food, then, was not to be sold at less than cost price ; but the very next sentence went on to say that the food was to he given for—nothing ! The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—To those who are starving. Lord BROUGHAM continued to say, that whether the buyer was starving or not, the extreme conditions on which the Government were to let him have food were cost price, or nothing.—( Laughter.) Supposing a person had fourpenee, but the cost price of the corn was a shilling, the Government however, would absolutely refuse to take the fOurpence,andwould rather give away the flour and meal for nothing. He ask ;•d them why they wou'd not take what the poor people could give; there were many degrees between want and wealth ; why, he asked them, would they not take the man's groat ? He did not wish to be understood as slighting, by anything he said, t he difficulty of d ea li ng w i t h t h e subject— (Hear, hear , from L or d L ans d owne )— or, to throw discredit even on the letter w hi c h h e h a d b een commenting upon . for the r e cou ld not b e a more clear and sensible letter than it was; indeed it was too clear.—(Laughter.) But the letter proceeded, " It is of great importance," in that he (Lord Brougham) quite agreed, "that this object ought ever to be kept in view, namely, the preservation of the relations between the labourer and the landowner." But he (Lord Brougham) contended that the measure before their Lordships had just tendency to prevent that. The letter adds that the relief must be applied in a way which should not tend to encourage idleness. The encouragement of idleness would just be the. eff e ct pro duced, for between the two parties in the market, the labourer and the agriculturalist, a third party interfered, and offered the labourer, in case he could not purchase at a certain price, a full supply of his wants for nothing ; the effect which that would have upon the labour market could not be a matter of doubt with any one, at least no one. he thoughts could suppose that it would prove a " stimulus to labour," all the letter of the Right Hon. Secretary had it. Such a mese cure could prove no stimulus to labour in a country• where the people were certainly not characterised by the industry of the Eng lishman or the pride of the Scotchman—the pride which would not stiffer him to beg, if the severest struggles could maintain his self-dependence ; nay, the Scotchman—and praise and ho nour be to him for it—would rather starve and lie down and die quietly en his own hill-side, rather than be obliged to ask alms of another and betake himself to begging for his support. That was actually the case at the present moment in that country; he revered the people there for that trait, which did them honour, th e ir feeling no do u bt b e i ng t h at of the Italian poet, when he said of his own case that he had been under the necea• sity of standing and receiving alms, but that was an act that made him tremble at every fibre of his frame with shame and. indignation. Yet the Government appeared to think that the present measure would prove a stimulus to labour. The letter to which he had already so often alluded proceeded with its in structions to the Government agents, who were directed never to give food, flour, meal, or soup for nothing, to say individual, without in each case—he ( Lord Brougham) begged their Lordships attention to this—each case—and every single case would necessarily be different from another—yet the distribu tion of food for nothing was not to be made without in each vase being convinced that the person could not find labour its order to obtain wages with which to pay for the food. Why; the case suppo se d was th a t o f a p erson s t ar ving, about whont this circuitous inouiry was to be made and satisfied before lief could b e ad m i n i s t ere d. I n f ac t it was an instruction tha t could not be carried into effect ; it was utterly impossible to carry it out. But not the least painful part of the whole casts was to have to make the remarks which he felt it h.s duty to make on behalf of the interests of the country at large, on be.. half of Englishmen, and of all who could support themselves,. whether English or Trish. The measure would not end with the present year in all the evil consequences which would cer tainly. follow upon its operation in draining labour from the pursuits of agriculture, but even supposing the crops should improve next year, and that the disease in the potato should be cured, still the effect would be seriously felt on the labour market; The Is'oble Lord then proceeded to eulogise one little district in Ireland where the poor had contributed in money to the amount of 176/., and where they could not give money others teitri buted labour in relief of the distressed and necessitous ; it was altogether a case, he said, worthy to be exhibited as an honour able, a noble exemplar. But he was sorry to add, that h who same district where the poor people had acted in so noble a manner, and contributed 176/., besides labour, the rich land lords had contributed 401. The Noble Lord then referred to the case of the Misses Gaskell, who had gone to Ireland to live upon their estates, for the purpose of superintending the distribution of their charity, and in order that their charity —which he deprecated being misunderstood to speak against — in order that their charity might be free from abuse. He could refer to other noble cases, and among the others that of Lady Carberry, who had actually reduced herself to the mere necessaries of life that she might minister to the necessi ties of the neighbourhood. But that was a noble and a useful example, and such had been exhibited by the Misses Gaskell; they had been able to effect great good on behalf of the really necessitous. These ladies rep or t e d th a t a t l eas t one third of 'the Government money was received by those who had really no claim on the benevolent. That showed the good which would result from these benevolent ladies super intending the distribution of their own charity, and it evinced the evil arising from the efforts of the Government, well meant, perhaps, bat ill-directed. Yet these were evils which would spread and cake deeper root, and throw a more dismal shadow over the whole of the land. He hoped, at the same time. that his observations would not be misunderstood by the persons across St. George's Channel, who were accustomed to think that the union had much to do with the evils which were at present existing iet that country—rersons who were accustomed to look back to their .golden age a s th e p er i o d w h en a b o d y ex isted not a bow shot from th e C o ll ege , or C o ll ege-green- - a body so pure, the most upright and honourable since the days of the Spartans, the most distinguished for Lacedsemonian purity while it existed. Bat it would be found that even in these days there were evils prevailing. The Noble Lord then referred to a letter from Lord Chancello r J oce ly n t o L or d Ch ance ll or Hardwick. It stated that in Ireland they here thou 41 4 Ter/ COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, accompanied by Count Alexander Mensdorff, and attended by the Equerry iu Waiting, Captain the Hon. A. 11. Gordon. The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff, their Excellencies Count and Countess Dietrichstein, the Duchess of Sutherland, and Lady Caroline Leyeson Gower, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Minto and Lady Elizabeth Eliot, Lord and Lady Beauvale, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, under the direction of Mr. Schott, and performed the follow ing pieces : Pot Pourri, from Belle's opera, " The Bondman." Polka—" Prager favourit "—Prochaska. Chorus —"La Cleuienza di Tito"—Mozart. Aria—" Audi io dischiuse un Giorno" (Nino)—Verdi. Waltz—" Die Scho:Wruner"—Lanner. Galop—" Das Glockenspiel"—Kuke. In the evening the following had the honour of joining the royal circle :—His Serene Highness Prince Loewenstein, Sir Henry Wheatley, the Misses Wheatley, Mr. G. E. Anson, Colonel Seymour, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the Loyal Regiment of Horse Guards attended at Buckingham Palace on Saturday evening, and performed the following pieces during dinner : Overture—" Le Mousquetaires"—halevy. Fest March —" Camp of Silesia"—Meyerbeer. `'alts—" Bird of Paradise"—Keeni. Finale—" Fifth Symplion" g —Beethoven. Polka—" Agnes" y —J Brown. Her Majesty inspected yesterday the full-length portrait of his Royal Highness the Duke of eambridge, which was sub mitted by Mr. Dalton. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, visited and inspected the Colosseum and the Poly technic Institution yesterday. A deputation from the India and Australian Mail Packet Company had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yes terday at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation was accompanied by Viscount Sandon, M.P., Mr. J. Patti , son, M.P., Si r H oward Douglas, Bart., M.P., Mr. William Hutt, M.P., Mr, William Moffatt, M.P., and Mr. R. Mont gomery Martin ; a n d cons i sted of Messrs. Joseph Somes, David Pugh, Edward Saxton, Robert Ford, Thomas Wilson, Jacob Montefiore, Thomas Browne, F. W. Green, and John Yates. Mr. Halswell had an intetyiew with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Lord Stradbroke had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. Lord Portman had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office. The Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. A STREET FLOWING WITH BEER.---Thii morning (Fliday) early, one of the waggons loaded with beer, be ' longing to the Setch brewery, broke down on the High Bri,!ge, when several barrels burst, and also a cask of rum, when the whole, or greater part of the liquor in them, flowed down the channel of the street. This flood of the potent draught formed an excellent treat to some labouring men, who stretched themselves at length on the ground, and drunk of the beer and rum to their heart's content.— Lynn Advertiser. THE SPEAKER'S LEVEES.—The Speaker will hold two levees only during the present session—the first on Saturday, the 20th, and the second on Saturday, the 27th of February, at ten o'clock. CLOSING PRICES. 3GI 2414 24% 3.5% 6% 3% 65 19% 4; 13% 17% 7134 25% 54 coudi the p laid u Prev i Lei; the ji leUrp, tt ei Most lioiso had 1 it rebel %kit any dent must