The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 18. Will be repeated the New Original Play in Fire Acts, written by Leigh Hunt, Esq., to be called A LEGEND OF FLORENCE. Francisco Agolanti, Mr. Moore; Antonio Rondinelli, Mr. Anderson ; Cesare Colonna, Mr. G. Vandonhoff ; Fulvio Da Riva, Mr. Bartley ; Giulio, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Ginevra, Miss Ellen Tree. After which, THE PRINTER'S DEVIL. Count de Maurepas. Mr. T. Green; Pierre Pica, Mr Keeley; Cecile, Miss Lee. To conclude with the Grand Allegorical and National Masque, in horn ur of her Majesty's Nuptials, entitled THE FORTUNATE ISLES ; OR, THE TRIUMPHS OF BRITANNIA. The Music composed and selected by Mr. H. 11. Bishop. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Sevei o'Clock. Tickets and plat. as for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. MARRIAGE OF HER MAJESTY. ti THE SUN" OF MONDAY EVENING (THE lOrn INSTANT) CONTAINS TWO BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT, EXECUTED IN THE VERY FIRST STYLE OF THE ART. HE LIKE NESSES ARE PRONOUNCED BY COMPETENT JUDGES TO BE AD. MIR ABLE. THE EXPENSE OF PRODUCING THESE PORTRAITS HAS BEEN VERY GREAT; BUT THE CHARGE IS ONLY ONE SHILLING. THE SUN, CONTAINING THESE PORTRAITS, MAY BE RECEIVED BY POST IN ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDOM. PARTIES IN REMOTE PLACES CAN REMIT A SHILLING OR TWO, HALF A SOVEREIGN, OR A SOVEREIGN,-FOR ONE PENNY BY THE POST ; AND THEIR OR DERS WILL BE PUNCTUALLY AT TENDED TO. THE SUN ALSO CONTAINS A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE AUGUST CERE MONY, WITH ALL PARTICULARS APPERTAINING TO SO INTERES TIN G AN OCCASION. ORDERS FOR THE " RO YAL WED DING SUN" WILL BE RECEIVED BY ALL NEWS-AGENTS AND POST MASTERS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM, AND AT " THE SUN " OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. The demand far the ROY AL WEDDING SUN on Mondaywas beyond all precedent. The Printing Machine, which is one of the best in London, was at work from the hour of publica tion till the departure of the Mail, throwing off '7,000 per hour ; and even this vast number was not equal to the demand. We may say it without vanity, because it is truth, that in all the history of the Newspaper Press there never was such a quantity of Newspapers published within the same time. NOTICE TO THE " WEDDING SUN" SUBSCRIBERS. We have received numerous letters complaining of the non-arrival of the " ROY AL WEDDING SUN." We regret the disappointment of Subscribers, and repeat that the blame does not attach to this (Vice. Every order has been attended to, and it is remark able, under all circumstances, that so few Papers have miscarried. Our readers will be surprised to learn that, though several letters were sent without the address of the writers, and many thousands of Papers were despatched in great hurry and confu sion, both here and at the General Post-office, not snore than a hundred have failed to reach their destination. In order, however, to oblige our Sub scribers, we r equest those who have not received the Paper according to order, to advise us to that effect, and it shall be sent again without any Additional Charge. N.B.—On all occasions of great emergency or public interest, we have received similar complaints of the non-arrival of THE SUN. Whether this is to be attributed to the Post-office, or to some of the Parties through whose hands the Papers ought to pars, we cannot take upon ourselves to say. Sun Office, 1 12, Strand. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Most people are of the opinion of our correspondent, who wr;tts from Graccchureh-street, and would be glad to find the Judges more incli:x3 to protect witnesses under cross-examination, than to encourage pert Bar risters to behave towards them in a wuy that they would not venture upon in decent company. We will endeavour to find room for the letter of " A Member of the late Polish Diet" before the discussion comes on in the House of Commons. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...—. 23 minutes after 3 I Evening 2t minutes after 3. (-?- - T-e'', 4 ,z? 40,47- ( r) 4 - 11. 41) SA" • LONDON: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1240. The Peers were informed that her MAJESTY has ap pointed this day at two o'clock to receive their address of congratulation. Petitions for the alterations of the Patronage law in Scotland, and for the abolition of Church-rates, were presented. - Lord ELLENBOROUOH, acting on the Tory tactics of dictating to the Government, suggested to Lord 111EL zocaNE that he ought to lay before Parliament all possible information about Hill Coolies, the last de spatch from Lord AUCKLAND and General WILLSHIKE concerning the capture of Kelat, and that the name of the Brigadier-General ought to be included in the vote of thanks. Viscount MELBOURNE concurred with Lord ELLEN.' BOROUGH, and as the Noble Lord wishes so it is to be done. On account of the indisposition o f the D u k e o f O.NDERRY WELLINGTON , the Marquis of L ER d Viscount post poned his motion respecting Spanisraffp 'To a question put by the Bishop of EXETE R e t e a letter MELBOURNE answered that he had rec E eiv s , of Leicester , f n u o rt t h i n from the Rev. Mr. lavING Socialism was on the increase, and that lie stating that consequence of that letter taken any steps to a question. " Did the Noble Viscount think any step s er should be taken ?" He gave no answer, because it would lead, he said, to an argument on the whole sub ject, which he wished to avoid ; and he questioned the prudence of the course the House had already adopted. The Bishop of EXETER was, of course, not contented with this, and stated that the Viscount ought to have instituted inquiries, particularly as the growth of So cialism was partly to be attributed to the Noble Vis count's own indiscreet act—presenting ROBERT OWEN at Court, who had been recommended by the Duke of WELLINGTON'S Ministry to foreign powe rs. The Bishop mentioned with great gusto the different zeal of the Rev. Gentleman who, getting nothing from Vis count MELBOURNE, got a clerk in a railway-office turned off, because he was a Socialist. Charitable per secutors ! Did the great master of the Bishops and Reverend Gentlemen appeal to the authorities, whether Roman or Jewish, to turn out of office those who did not believe in him ? Alas! no. He and his followers were the persecuted Socialists of that day, and were smitten and buffetted for their belief by Hilt Priests and their servants, just as the Bishop of EXETEa and his Reverend followers buffet and smite, according to the milder mode of persecution which mo dern times tolerate, the followers of Mr. OWEN. Such is the disastrous effect of possessing power, that the persecuted become Nrsecutors. Good men should pray that power m iy be kept far from them. Viscount STRANEFORD, is announcing his intention to make a motion on Thursday relative to inland ware housing, indulged in a little tirade about the state of our relations with Buenos Ayres ; and the Noble Lord extended a fictitious principle of English juri,prudence, " that there is no wrong cvithout a remedy," to the inter course of nations and the course of the moral world. If it were true either in low or fact, that there were no wrong without a remedy, how hippy would mankind be, and how certain cf obtaining justice. Lord DENMAN laid on the table a Bill not to allow in all cast s of libel or slander, when the dam iges did not exceed 405., more than 40s. costs. This will be a good law so far as it goes, and will prevent those in significant actions, being brought for libel, which Lot d DENMAN justly described as complete nuisances to the Courts at present, and never benefiting the parties who bring them. The Noble Lord also laid on the table a Bill to re move doubts about the power of rating inhabitants. Their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter before Six. In the Commons a considerable number of petitions for Church extension, for the abolition of Church-rates, for the release of the Sheriffs, and for the pardon of FROST, were presented. Mr. WALLACE withdrew his motion relative to re turns of those persons who had furnished information con cerning the Post-effiee. Mr. HERRIES took the oppor tunity of vindicating the officers of the Post-office from the implied charge of having acted improperly in fur nishing him with information. They had not done so. Notices were given of motions by Mr. Sergeant JACKSON to limit the Municipal Franchise in the Cor poration Bill for Ireland to those who possess the Par liamentary franchise ; by Mr. 'luau, for returns of the legacy duty ; by Mr. LANGDALE, to place Catholic and Protestant children on the same footing as the Asylum Schools at Greenwich, Chelsea, and South ampton ; by Sir J. GRAHAM to ask questions about China and Persia ; and by Sir R. PEEL, for a return of pensions granted since 1834, and for the number of men and quantity of stores sent to Spain under the Quadruple Treaty. In reply to questions, tho LORD ADVOCATE stated that he had not received instructions to prepare a De claratory Act relative -to patronage in the Scotch Church. Sir J. HORHOUSE stated that no decision bad yet been come to concerning the deposition of the Rajah of Sattara ; and Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that he had no official information that Mr. HOWARD had commenced an action against the Sergeant -at-Arms. Mr. VILLIERS is to bring forward the Corn-law ques tion on some day after the 20th of March. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented. another petition from Messrs. HANSARD, stating that a writ of sum mons had, been served on them on the 14th of February, and that THOMAS BURTON HOWARD was the attorney of Mr. STOCKDALE, in the action. The Noble Lord then moved that the former petition of the same parties be taken into consideration, and proceeded to move, in order to protect and vindicate the privi leges of the House, that the Sheriffs, Sub-Sheriffs, bailiffs, clerks, and others, not Jurors or Judges, who should be instrumental in levying any damages in such actions, would be guilty ofa breach of privilege and contempt of the House. After a few objections from Sir E. SUGDEN, and a few remarks from Sir C. GREY, the motion was carried by 146 to 75. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then moved that this resolu tion be communicated to the Sheriffs and others by the Sergeant -at-Arms serving it on them. This gave rise to a short debate, in which the Recorder displayed much greater heat than becomes a Judge at any time ; and Sir E. SUGDEN was full of lugubrious apprehensions of what the House of Commons may do. Lord JOHN RUSSELL made a spirited reply, in which he most aptly quoted, in defence of the House publishing its Reports, the charge delivered by Lord DENMAN, in the case of Lord BERESIORD v. the Morning Chronicle, on Saturday. The mot!on was agreed to. After Mr. HANSARD had been examined at the bar to ascertain who served him with the- writs in these new actions, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL'ittilOVed that Mr. PEARCE (Mr. HOWARD'S Clerk), and Mr. HOWARD, jun., should attend at the bar this day, which was ordered. The House Ws subsequently counted out, about Eight o'Clock, on Mr. BAINES bringing forward his mo tion on the subject of First Fruits and Tenths. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Sir STEPHEN LUSH INGTON, and the Globe all seem to have misunder stood and misrepresented the case of TuoßoGoop. It is quite true, we believe, as stated by Sir STE. PIIEN LUSIIINGTON, that THOROGOOD gave the Magistrates notice to prevent them from inquiring into the validity of the Church -rate, and deciding betwixt him and the Churchwarden'. But why? Because by submitting to their tribunal he would have acknosdedged that which he conscientiously denies—the justice of taxing Dissenters to support the Church. That was his main objection to the rate, and on that point the civil Magistrates could give him no relief. He therefore refused to submit his case to their jurisdiction. As Sir STEPHEN LI:SHINE/TON and the Globe say, he did force himself into the Ecclesiastical Court, but we have never before heard that voluntarily braving an ob noxious and unjust power, deprives a man of the claim to the title and character of a martyr. To run away from such a power, to be caught by it and impaled, constitutes a sacrifice rather than a mar tyrdom. To assert that Mr. THOROGOOD loses the claim to be a martyr by voluntarily throwing himself into the power of the Ecclesiastical Court, implies either gross ignorance of the English lan guage o: a wilful design to pervert it and confuse the public mind. But after Mr. TIIOROGOOD had placed himself in the power of the Ecclesiastical Court, because that was the only means by which he could bring the question, which he wished to dispute, to issue, he did not answer the citation, nor defend his cause. Why ? Because he was advised by the Society in London not to appear ; for this reason, that " by not appearing, he would do more good to the cause." He might have been ill advised on that point; he ought, perhaps, to have appeared ; but he did not appear, that he might more effica ciously contribute to put down Church-sates. If devotion to a cause constitutes one element of a claim to the title of martyr, that clement is as con spicuous in Mr. THOROGOOD'S reason for not an swering the citation as in withdrawing his case from the power of the Civil Magistrates. He did not appear, was committed for contempt of the Court, and has ever since been imprisoned. From first to last his ardent and unflinching de• votion to the cause he suffers for,—his unbending resolution, and his brave endurance, cannot be denied ; and if such qualities do not make a man a martyr, he will not become one by being burnt at the stake. Men in office, ecclesiastical judges, and public writers, appear to have no conception of such vir tue in a humble man. If THOROOOOD had remained out of office for six months to achieve some patrio tic work ; if he had refused a Judgeship, or resist ed the smiles of the Treasury, they could have un derstood his sacrifice, and would have admitted that he was a martyr to his principles ; but as a poor man, to have stood forth for freedom of con science, to have voluntarily braved in that pur suit the whole ecclesiastical power, to have pa tiently endured thirteen months' incarceration, when he might have come out by entering an appear ance in the Court, and paying the money, is wha Lord J. RUSSELL, Sir STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, and the writer in the Globe, cannot comprehend. Theyis takenrefuse upthe relief to TIIOROGOO D, and deny h claim s t o pu bli c sympat h y i n a goo d cause . They have arts of the Tories, and mock at suffering. " Of all the wept whi ! ,-.11 can afflict distress, Sure the , itio is st n ti ( i ) t w t er h is a scornful jest." v e e D r, Dissenter fo t offered Tiih t o ow t r a a n t o e t s i; beger.WaHet e o only v r a e l t l n c e e d o y f w n ou ar ld d" s n ub L stitu A te .T Civil for Eccle u s hr i c a in i s 'l . - -9 tical Courts, anud-t-ak-e -. awayor / In c • a t n i s RUSSELL pop : Cv r i has THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, ISIO. stead of immuring him in prison. He would give vitality to the infliction, by ordering a civil tribu nal, which is yet respected, to carry it into execu tion. The Dissenters want the abolition of Church rates, not a sharper mode of enforcing the collec tion of them. The Ministers worked mischief enough by their votes, and the speech of their leader, on Mr. DUNCOMBE'S motion ; the Mini sterial press has crowned their wont, by joining in the attack on THOROGOOD. It will, we are afraid, convince the Dissenters that the inclination to throw them off is not transient, and is to be sup ported and justified. The House of Commons was counted out last nOrt, when Mr. BAINES'S 'notion was before it relative to First Fruits and Tenths. We will not blame the House for not liking such dry motions. We are Socialists enough to believe that men are not responsible for their likings. Who can help loving venison and wine, or disliking a prosing speech, which keeps him away from the dinner. table ? Who can help prefering a game of whi s t at his Club to hearing the multiplication table and a few sums of subtraction re peated in the House of Commons ? T o retire, therefore, from the House to the dinner or time card table, must be extremely agreeable, par ticularly as the Members know very well that time whole question of tithes and First fruits is already settled, and that all the orators' of all the Radical Members will have no effect in disturbing that con clusion. They know very well, too, that their votes cannot serve the, country, and that they have no means of redressing the manifold grievances of the people, or no inclination. They know, therefore, that it is no use resisting their liking for wine or gaining, in order to serve the country, and they run from the benches of the House of Commons to the Club-house. Neither can they help liking a party debate, for that stirs their passions and touches their interests. They expect to get in, or they fear to go out, and on such occasions the House of Commons is pre ferred to the dinner or the card table. Some of the Members, which they cannot help, like to hear Mr. O•CoNNELL. pummel the Tories ; and 'others like to hear Lord STANLEY, or Sir RO BERT PICEL, lashing the Whigs. The Members of the House, therefore, attend in shoals when a party debate going on, and when the matter only concerns the country then the House is counted out. We repeat we do not blame the Members, for they are not responsible for their likings; we only presume to think that the public are rather foolish, after so many years' experience— after such long practice has confirmed such a wel founded theory—for expecting that the Members of the House of Commons will ever prefer the pub • lie good to their own gratification. We are sure that the Members will study their own advantage in future, as in past times, and will whenever it suits them forsake the House of Commons for their pri vate amusement. Lord Chief Justice DENMAN in summing up the cause of Lord BERESPORD against the Morn ing Chronicle on Saturday, made a number of re marks on the advantages of facts being published which must satisfy every person that it is from no wish to stop the communication of information, that he has taken such a decided part on the side of law against privilege. The Noble Lord said— " Then the only question remaining was that of damages. On that subject there was no question made at the bar, and there could nut now be in any place whatever, that it was desirable that free discussion should be encouraged, and that facts in which all were interested should be fully made known to the world ; but at the same time no party must attack the character of another by reports which could not be substantially proved to be true, unless such reports appeared under peculiar circumstances. For instance, the publication of the proceedings of this day would probably be held in all the Courts to be pprotected,if the report was fairly given as a report of a judicial pro ceeding, with which it was of importance that all men should be acquainted." Now if the Houses of Parliament and the Judges would conspire together, and their conspiracy would be followed by much approbation, not punishment, to pass a law settling the privilege of publishing, whether by the newspapers, or b) the House of Commons, on the principles laid down by the Judge, the present contemptible dispute between privilege and law, might at once be put an end to, much to the public advantage. When Lord J. RUSSELL could quote the Judge's law with great approbation as con firmatory of the privileges claimed by the Commons, we cannot see what separates the two Noble Lords, or what all this doughty quarrel between privilege and law is about. The difference between Twcedle• dum and Tweedle-dee seems to have been equally as important, though in its results less noxious to the public. The Court of Session has had another brush with the Court Ecclesiastical in Scotland. Our readers are aware that the majority of the Presby tery of Strathbogie, in Aberdeenshire, were sus pended from their fu nc ti ons b y the Commission of the General Assembly, because they had obeyed the order of the Court of Session, commanding them to take on his trials a Reverend Gentleman d u ly,presented to a vacant li v i ng b y t h e patron , but objected to, without re asons ass i gne d , b y some of the parishioners. Th e Commission accompanied the sentence of suspension with an order to the minority of the Presbytery to supply ministerial services in the parishes of their suspended brethren. An inter dict or injunction was obtained from the Court cf Session forbidding any one, in the exe cution of the sentence of the Commission to enter the church, churchyard, schoolhouse or manse. Nevertheless, the minority, and the clergymen prevailed u p on to ass i st d iem supplyingin whomie lnea t c ' hi r ngs, prayi ngs , b apt i sms , & c ., in the parishes whose ministers were under the ban of the Commission, found means to create, by their intrusion into these parishes, considerable annoy ance and molestation to the rightful pastors. The latter have therefore followed up —most consistently and properly followed up—their former application to the Supreme Civil Court by another, praying for an injunction to suspend th s resolutions, sen tence, and proceedings of the Commission, and to interdict, prohibit, and discharge the minority from meeting, or carrying into effect the said reso lutions, &c., and from molesting the complainants in any manner or way. The parties complained against did not choose to appear, not being willing, we presume, to ac knowledge the jurisdiction of the Court, and the interdict was granted to the full extent prayed for. It is not, indeed, easy to see how the Court could have come to any other decision in the case, for the act of the m a j or ity o f t h e P res byt e ry, which brought down upon their heads the vengeance of this Commission, namely, taking the Rev. Mr. EDWARDS on hi s t r i a l s , was d one i n o b e d i ence to the express order of the C ourt . I n yi e lding this obedience to th e c i v il aut h or i ty, t h e m i n i sters arc held by th e C omm i ss i on to have been gui l t y o f " deliberate contumacy, and gross malversation in the exer c i se o f t h e i r d uty. " The Commission, moreover, pronounced that the ministers were bound to maintain inviolate the supreme jurisdiction of the Spiritual Courts, to which every minister at the time of his ordination vowed submission. Such arc th e extravagant, the monstrous pre tensions put forth by the Kirk, or rather by the herd of fanatics and self-seekers who have got the upper hand for the time in the Kirk. We have no fear that they will gain their point. They will find the law too strong for them ; and the best thing t;iat they can do is to retrace their steps without delay, and repeal the fatal Act which has been the root of all the evil ;which has of late fallen upon the Church, and which will produce nothing but evil as long as it remains unrepealed. The Judges entered at considerable length into the general question of civil and ecclesiastical juris diction, and none of them seemed to have any doubt as to the power of the Court of Session to interfere in cases like that before it, except Lord FuL LA RTON, who was for not carrying the inter dict to the full extent asked, but neither the LORD PRESIDENT, Lord MACKENZIE, nor Lord G twEs had the least misgiving on the subject. The LORD PRESIDENT made some very striking remarks on several points of the case. On the un controllable authority claimed by the Assembly, he observed "The qlestion came withinthis shorcompass —was there, or could there be, in this country, any man or body of men not only entitled to disobey the law, but, to the extent of their power, to punish those who did obey the law ? That was the simple question. They were told that the Church Courts had an independent jurisdiction. Who gave it them ? The law gave it them, and nothing else ; and th y had not an inch of authority beyond what the law gave them. The Presbyterian form of Government was not innate ; it was not created by itself. On the contrary, they all knew that the Reformation was estaUslied thirty years before Pres'oytery was heard of. The Reformation was accomplished in 1560; the Pi esbyterian form of Go vernment did not exist till the Act of 1592 cre ated it. And how did it create it, and with what powers ? Did it give the powers a:sumed in the First and Second Books of Discipline, or did it give the powers which it afterwards assumed ?—No. Thee gave it on certain terms—which were, that they were bound and astricted to take on trials, and, if qualified, to admit to the ministry, the presentees of the lawful patrons. Th a t was the charter of the Presbyterian Church. It ex ist e d only by law, and by virtue o f an Act of Parliament. And yet they were told that it was to disregard i!s own charter—to go beyond the power which was given to it by Statute—to usurp whatever powers and privileges they might think ircessery for their Ecclesiastical functions ! Tue Court had pronounced a decree ; and they would put the ministers in prison if they disobeyed it. On the other hand, if they disobeyed the sentence of the Assembly, they would tea susdended or deposed. Was it possible that both these sentences could stand together I and that there was no power in the Supreme Court of the country to say which of them had exceeded their powers ?" The stupid attempt, on the part of the Vetoistv, to shield their proceedings from the cognizance of the law, by denying that they interfered with any civil rights, is very s ummar ily di spose d o f : ___. _ _ _ . " They had been told," said the Lord President, " that the suspension or deposition of the minister did not involve a civil right. No civil right! If they were legally su;pens!ed, he took it, that their right to the stipend ceased during the suspension ; if he was deposed, it ceased altogether. Was that no civil right ?—and had the parties here no interest in saying we hare been illegally suspended for obeying the law—for doing that which wo were bound by our oaths to do? Surely they had an inte rest—a direct patrimonial interest; aye, and an interest in regard to their character. To be suspended, implied that they had done something wrong. But th• Church not only disobeyed the law—it punished the men who did obey it. They made themselves independent of the Le gislature, as well as of the law.. They passed the Veto Law, and they said that the Courts of Law had no right to declare it illegal. What was the Court of Law but the organ of the Legislature? For, by the Constitution of this country, the Legislature has no power to judge— the Executive was committed to the Courts of Law." The following observations on the unprincipled conduct of the General Assembly, coming from such high authority as that of the LORD PRESI DENT of the Court of Session, cannot fail to have great weight with the country, however unpalatable they may be to the CHALMERSES, the CAND LISIIES, the CUNNING HAMS, et hoc genus omne : " He wished to speak and to think with every kind of respect for the General Assembly, of which he had been an unworthy member for upwards of City years; and, therefore, be should say nothing of the General Assembly. But this he would say, that if any other body of men, or if any individual had done as they had done, he would call it absolute profligacy. They pleaded in that Court, and judg ment was given against them. They appealed to the House of Lords, thereby implying, he supposed, that the House of Lords had the power to judge; for otherwise they ought not to have appealed. He supposed that if the judgment of the Ilousa of Lords had been different from what it was—if they had reversed the sentence of the Court of Session, and found (as they probably would have found in that case) that the Presbytery were entitled to their expenses—he supposed there would have been no difficulty in obeying that judgment. The two Learned Lords who pronounced judgment would have been Solomon and Da niel, and their decision the most righteous judgment that ever was pronounced; but if the judgment was against them, oh, they would not obey that. If this had been done by any other body of men whatever, it would lee considered absolute profligacy. It was just the old thimble-rigging triek--odds, I win; evens, you lose. If the judgment be given in my favour, I will obey ; if not, I won't obey." The Paris Journals of Sunday bring no news of in terest. Of the Duke DE NENIOUIIS, Dotation Bill we begin to grow tired, as doubtless do such of our readers as ply any attention to continental affairs. On Satur day M. GUIZOT had another audience of the KING, and it was reported that his departure for London was postponed till Saturday next. The Paris Court of Assizes pronounced sentence on Saturday in the case of fifty-one thieves, whose trial had occupied it fur twelve days. Forty five were found Guilty, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Six were acquitted. It is obsered that Talat Effendi, the representative of the Porte at Paris, has more frequent conferences with the Austrian Ambassador than with our Minister for Fo reign Affairs. President Boyer has laid before the Senate and the Chamber of Representatives a project of law for the sup pression of the negro slave trade. This project has been converted into a law. The slave trade is declared to be piracy, ,and is to be punished as such. The necessity of such a law in the negro republic is a curious fact.—La Gazette de France. We have received Marseilles Journals of the 13th inst., with some very interesting news from the East. In a letter from Constantinople dated the 27th ult., it is stated that the all absorbing topic in that capital was the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance between England, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, for guaranteeing the in tegrity of the Ottoman empire. " The Porte," says the writer, " has received official advice of the conclu sion of this alliance. The news brought to M. de BOUTENIEFF by the steamer from Odessa must have been of great importance, inasmuch as the garrison of the last-named city was called out by the Governor to break the ice to enable the steamer to leave the port." The failure of the mission of KIAaIIL PASHA is said to have greatly disconcerted the Representatives of the' Four Powers. But what created the greatest sensation was the news that MEIIEMET ALI had. ordered the fusion of the Turkish and Egyptian crews in the harhaur of Alexandria. The Divan, in a state of alarmed excitement, instantly communicated the in• telligence to the Foreign Ambassadors. The. E n gl i sh and Russian Ambass adors were loud in their denuncia tions of the conduct of the VICEROY. To RESCIIID PASIIA, who waited upon Lord PoNsoN3T, his Lord ship is reported to have addressed himself as follows:-- Mehemet Ali, in presuming to take such a step, has ruined his cause. He has lost all claim to our regard ; and, in spite of the sympathy of France for the usurper, we shall have re• course to the most energetic measures to bring him to a sense of duty. The French Cabinet has shown a strange partiality for a man of such insatiable ambition, but it will shortlyS be placed in the alternative of declaring itself either for the vassal or the r ghteous sovereign, f o r Eug.and, Russia, Prussia, and Austria are firmly determined on supporting your rights at any price, and force shall be resorted to for the purpose. I recom mend you to see M. de Pontois, and lay before him in the strongest terms your complaints against Mehemet Ali. How different was the language of M. PONTOIS, the French Ambassador, will be best understood by quoting his answer to the complaint of the Turkish Mi nister, and which it is said made a deep impression upon the Divan : " Your remarks on the last act of Mehemet Ali (the fusion of the craws) would be well grounded if you had acted frankly with him. You expressed a desire of opening direct negotia tions with the Viceroy, and adopted a totally different course. You gave him a right to distrust you, and to act as he has done. He has hitherto evinced great condescension, and I am inclined to suppose that themoderation he has shown was mistaken by:yon fur weakness and fear, and made you trifle with him. l3e unde ceived, and quietly settle your differences with him. All delay in granting him the hereditary possession of Egypt, and Syria will be fatal to you. The union of the fleets ought to be an additional proof of Mehemet Ali's disregard for the menaces of certain Powers, and of his resolution not to separate the cause of the Arabs from that of the Turks. Believe me, the great Powers will confine their intervention to mere remonstrances, and will never recur to means of coercion. If, in two months hence, Ibrahim Pasha march on Constantinople, do you imagine that Europe will wage war against him? No, certainly nut ; besides, may Heaven preserve you from such a resolution on the part of those Powers ! for a collision between them would be inevi table, and its result would be the partition of the empire." We shall leave these extracts to speak for themselves. Our hope is that the facts arc not as herein stated. Five of the SULTAN'S wives will shortly increase the number of " true believers." A Maltese Journal states that Admiral Loins sailed from Malta on the 4th, to replace, ad interim, Admiral STorroan in the command of the English fleetat Ourlac The latest Madrid Journals are of the 9th inst. They arc wholly destitute of any news of importance. Of war like achievement we have only to mention that General EApartero caused a Carlist corps of 800 infantry and 100 cavalry, stationed at Palomar, to be attacked on the 30th, and compelled it to fly in disorder towards the mountains, with the loss of two killed, several wounded, and one pri soner. We rejoice to find, that though unsuccessful last Ses sion, the Anti- Corn-law League still perseveres in the humane and Christian attempt to get rid of those laws that are undermining our manufacturing and commer cial prosperity, and that a deputation from the Council at Manchester hive arrived in London, to make ar rangements for the great contest with the sel fish landlords. Rooms for the business of the Cen tral Association have been taken at No. 134, Strand, to which all communications on the question may be addressed. A Committee will be in daily attendance to arrange meetings, and afford every information re specting Lectures, Public Meetings, and Petitions to Parliament. The prospects of the Corn-law Repealers are now beccining every day more bright. The meetings for repeal are not only better attended but they are starting up even in places where the greater portion of the inha bitants live by agr:culture. We recorded yesterday a large meeting at Jedburgh, the capital of the agricultural county of Roxburgh, where, notwithstanding the presence of the Chartists, resolutions for the immediate and tct..l abolition of the laws, were carried by great majorities. Even in Ireland, almost without manufactures, the inha bitancs begin to see the suff2rings which th,:se laws cntail even on an agricultural population. The financial crisis, too, and, above all, the dying speech of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer have opened the eyes of many to the dangerous convulsions with which these impolitic, selfish, and cruel laws, ever threaten the country. The great contest will take place towards the end of next month, and, in the meantime, let all who wish well to the security and peace of the country be up and stirring to press upon Parliament and the Government the absolute necessity of an immediate alteration. Mr. Villiers's motion is fixed for Tuesday, the 24th of March. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this morning at ten o'clock, Imd pro ceeded to hear the further al guments in a part-heard appeal uP to half-past one o'clock, when the further hearing was post pried till Thursday. ADDRESS OF Thursday. TO HER MA" JEST Y. Her Majesty having signified her intention of receiving the Address of the house of Lords, congratulating her upon her marriage with Prince Albert, shortly after one o'clock the Peers, either attired in full Court or Military costume, began to arrive ; and a mong th e ear li est s" re their Royal High n esses the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge,ithe former dressed in the full uniform of the Captain-General of the Artillery, and the latter in that of a Field Marshal. Among the other Peers in attend' ance we noticed the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Kenyon , the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Jersey, Lord Fitzgerald, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Wilton, the Eail of Brecknock, Lord Ashburton, Lord Colchester, Lord Dudley, Lord Saye and Sele, the Earl of Galway, Lo-d Wynford, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Bandon, the Mar quis of Northampton, the Bishop of London, the Earl of Car digan, Earl De la Warre, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Exeter, Lord Cowley, the Marquis of Cholmondeley , Lord Stuart de Rothsay, the Earl of Shaftesbury , Lord Camoys, the Earl of Arundel, the Earl of Mayo, the: Earl of Ripon, Lord Dun sane y, th e Bi s h op o f Norwich., the Bishop of Salisbury, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Earl of Eldon, the Earl of Seaford, the Duke of Somerset, the quis of Huntley, E ar l H owe, the Luke of Norfolk, Lord Colborne, tho Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Verulam, the Marquis of Bute, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Sidney, Lord Willoughby De Eiesby, and the Lord Char.cellor. The Loan CHANCELLOR having taken his seat on the wool' sack, On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESB UR Y the Trans fer of Aids' Bill was read a second time, committed, a n d or dered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Prisons' Act was reported and ordered to be read a third time on Thursday, to which day th, House then adjourned, and their Lordships proceeded in state to the Palace to present the Address. TO THE EDI7'OI? OF THE SUN. SlR —Your persevering exertions to expose the evils of the present system of Corn-laws, induce me to communi cate a plan to you which I think will greatly promote the object you so much desire. The chief obstacle to a universal support of free trade in corn arises from the apprehersions of the farmers holding leases, and being bound to pay certain rents, that the re duction in prices effected by the repeal of the Corn-laws would be their ruin. Could the farmers be disabused upon this subject this obstacle would be removed. I think a single proposition honestly made and honestly acted upon, would disabuse them. The great object of the manufacturers is to prevent the application of foreign capital to the creation of goods hitherto made and sold by Great Britain, and to continue to this country the reputation and the reality of being, as the late 111 r. Rothschild called her. "THE WORKSHOP OP THE WORLD." The manufacturer believes and asserts that the repeal of the Corn-laws would raise the price of corn abroad, without very considerably lowering it in England, and thereby in another way prevent the employment of lab Dur in foreign manufactures. Such being the state of the case, I propose that the or gans of free trade in the House of Commons, such as Mr. C. Villiers, or Mr. J. flume, offer, on the part of that great interest for which they act, to support a motion to indemnify or compensate all farmers holding leases, to the amount of their losses, arising from any difference in the price of corn, which the repeal of the Corn-laws may occasion ; taking the average of the last seven years as governing the price of the next seven years. Enlightened economists know that this difference will be very small—Statesmen know that they have a prece dent for such a plan in the twenty millions voted to the West India slave proprietors—and the good and the just of all parties recognize the maxim of Montesquieu, " that it is better for a State that ninety-nine guilty men escape than that one innocent suffer." No farmer under covenants w, uld or couli suffer with an arrangement such as this. At present four times as much is lost by the consumers as is gained by the landowners, besides the gradual depar ture of our manufacturing ascendancy. Surely it would be worth while to give a small amount of annual compensa tion to retain and restore our manufactures, and save at least four times the amount to the great body of consumers. To the agriculturists, to induce them to consent to this plan, I would say—" Mirk the signs of the times. So ciety is becoming disorgania ; your chief leaders are alarmed, and have ceased to insist upon the necessity of continuing the present fluctuating duty ; farther resistance will speedily become fruitless, and only tear more leaves out of the sybil's book.' Be wise in time, and, by saving the manufactures of your country, preserve your best customers—the manufacturers." I have the honour to be, Sir, Yours faithfully, NV. S. N. Parliament-street, Feb. 18. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) • TEA SALE.—(SECOND DAY ) There was a very considerable attendance, but not a great number of buyers. The importers would not sell at lower price& ; therefore the value of the conanotiity is the same. No character can be regarded as yet established for the sale, but the holding of of the buyers is not expected to last long. HAY MARKET. Only mcderate supplies, but equal to the demand—prices stationary. Hay 60s. to 935. ; Clover 70,3. to 115 s. ; Straw 325. to 40s. per load. PROVISION MARKET. A steady trade, without variation in value. Irish Bacon 447. to 48s. ; and Butter 86s. to 925. BILLINGSGATE. The supplies were good, and prices lower; trade brisk. Tur -I,ot, ss. to 235. ; Cod, 2s 6d. to 100 ; Soles, 6d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, 6d. to 3s. ; salmon, 2s. 6d. to 3s. per lb. ; Whitings, 4d. to Bd. ; and Haddocks, 61 to 2s. COLONIAL MARKET. British Plantation Sugar sold slowly at 575. to 695; 4,600 bags of Bengal, sold at public sale at aboht their former value; the same may be said of 5,400 bags of Ilaurizitts sugar. The public Sales of Coffee were of small dimensions. 360 bags Ceylon, 435 bags of Java, 50 of Berbiee, and 100 of East India. Ceylon certificated at 108 s. to 112 s. B. P. low middling and middling 112 s. to 122,. 2,000 bags Bengal Bice did not fetch quite so much money. Saltpetre firm at 235. 6d. to 275. 63. Ginger and Pimento are steady, and sold in small parcels. The Colonial market generally is flat, still prices for the must part maintain their position. The imports continue MONEY and COMMERCIIL NEWS. CITY TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The sales amount to 5,000 bags, at steady prices -1,000 taken for export. We have a very blank morning for arrivals only the ordinary French mail and ship letters from Africa. The contents of the former are of little value, and will be found in another part of the piper. In the absence of inselligenee from all quarters of any consequence, the speculators in the various Funds arc at a great loss how to act. Both the British and Foreign markets continue in the same state as they left off yesterday. Consols opened at the same quotations as they closed at, sof i for the Ac count ; Money same ; Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; India Bonds, 1 dis. 1 prcm. ; Bank Stock 174 178} ; India Stock 247 k 2481. In the Foreign market, Spanish Active 261 27 ; Por tuguese 331 ; Columbian 25k ; Brazilian 78k ; Mexican 291 ; Spanish Passive 6i 71; ; Deferred 12i 13i ; Dutch Tw•o-and-a-Half per Cents. 52f s ; Pao per Cents. 101* f. PRICES OF STOCKS 'MI'S Bank Stock l7B % 3 per Cent. Red. 9004%, S per Cents. Con 9 A % i 314 per Cent 19:4%1 Ditto Red , 11) 10‘94, New 3Y4 per Cent............. 93% h New 5 per Cent. -- Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan; 5, ISM) 13 15-16 Oct. 10, 1850 13 13-10% J:n. 5, IWO -- Jan. 5, 1881) April 5, 11380 — Jan. 5.1870 --- PRICES Oe' SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIr. India Stock Ditto Bonds; South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities. 1731 Exch. Bills, £1,000—... fi Bpm Ditto SOO .... 6 8 pm. Ditto Small 6 S pin. Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account .. —.- Consos for Account 9 03i% DAY AT ONE O'ci.O K. Paid. Per Share. Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered 61/.los. 64. '— Ditto Registered 71. tf Brighton tt.tilway North Midland Railway Company. 93 86 3 4 7 Ditto New fork and North Midland Reilwsy General Steam Navigation Company ..... lIALF-PAST ONE. Previous to the putting up the first lot at the Tea sale yes terday, a question was asked by Mr. Styan, whether the tea by the Marmion and. Eucles, recently aeAved, were under stop page, or whether the tea brought by these vessels would be admitted. Mr. Watkins, in answer, stated that he could not co.nmunicate anything official, but understood from good autho rity, that the tea was under stoppage. it is Stated that an application presented to the Treasury by Franks, Williams, and (:e., has :been referred by the Board of Trade to the Customs on the subject, and the Commissioners' Report thereon was sent to the Board of Trade on Saturday morning. The question, therefore, now remains for the deci sion of the Privy Council. Conoils continue much the same as in the early part of tho morning, at 904 j . both for Money and Time, with little doing at the present hour. E xc h equer Bills rather lower, 63 prem ; Bank Stock also lower, 178 i. In India Bonds and India Stock nothing doing. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 26 3 / 4 27 ; Portu guese nothing done, waiting; the arrival of the Lisbon snail ; Colombian 25 1 A ; Brazilian, 78% ; Dutch Two and-a. Half per Cents 5 - 2 3 4 - ; f ive per Cents. 1001% %. The above market h as be n rather inactive during the morning. - CLOSING PRICES. - finiTisfi FUNDS Bank Stock ... 1784 India Stack 218 3 per Cent. Red 91% Ditto B on d s 1 3 per Cent Cr.iig 90% , Ditto Old Annuiti es — 3L.4 per Cent Red 99% Ditto New Annuities New 3% per Cent 98% 'Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 9 cl 8 pm. New 5 ner Cent Ditto 5001 Bpm Long Annuities to e xp i re Ditto Small 8 pm. Jan. 1861 Oct. 1359 Jan 1360 FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese Bon.ls,sper cent. Ba!elan, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto China!), 6 per -cent — Ditto, Metallic — Colomban, 6 per cent 23%lSpanish, 5 per cent •• Ditto, Deferred Danish. 3 per, ent. ........ ...... French, 5 per cent. —r. —c. Greek Bonds, 182.1, 5 par ct. Fecchange ..................... ,--f. —c. Mexican, 5Fr cent — French 3 per cent ......... —r. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent.. W 1 — Dutch, ' 2% per cent. .......... .. 52V 3,6 per cent — Ditto, 5 per cent. ............... 100% SHARE , I Perayian,lir2 , Ihriningham and Gloucester Railway ... ............ .... 55 Great Western Railway . ..................................... 65%, LDitto New Share: • .......................................... 30 London and Brighton Railway Rai1way,........................... in ondon and Birmingham ....................... DiDitto Quarter Shares .................. .. ............... 23 tto New Shares .............. ..... ...................... 43 London and South Western Railway ................. ... 4,i Lontion and Croydon Railway (Trun:i) .................. 9•4 North Ditto Scrip _ .. .......................................... 5!4 Midland Railway ...................... .. .. ...... 87 'Mtn 'slew 5hare 5........ ............ ". ....... 15% South Easter', and Dover .................................... York and North Midland RadwaT .................. 02 HER MAJEST'S REPLY TO THE LORDS' ADDRESS. " I thank you for this dutiful and affectionate Address. I feel deeply your approbation of my cho:ce, and it gives we great satisfaction to find that an event sa essential to my do mestic happiness is also considered conducive to the interests of my people." ROUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Two o Clock, at which time there were about one hundred Members present, the majority on the Conservative side. The greater number appeared in uniform of a Deputy Lieutenant ; they were interspersed with numerous military and naval uniforms, and a few appeared in th.. Windsor uniform. Neither of the Leaders were present, but we noticed Sir James Graham, Mr. Goulburn, &c., on the Conservative side, while the Ministry was represented by Sir H. Parnell and Mr. F. lifaule. At Two o'Clock the procession was formed, the House hav— ing adjourned till Five o'Clock. HER MAJESTY'S REPLY TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. I thank you for this dutiful;:nclaffectionate Address. It is with great satisfaction that I find that an event, in which my feelings are so deeply interested, has been attended with so many manifesta'ions of joy among my people, and has called forth expressions of loyal attachment from my Parliament." ANSWER OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS. " I return the House of Lords my warmest thanks for the message which you have now delivered. I learn with lively sa tisfaction their approbation of the choice which her Majesty has made, and it will be the study of my life to justify the favoura ble opinion whi c h y ou h ave now expresse d . " r His Royal Highness's Reply to the House of Commons Address was couched in precisely the same terms as to that of the Lords.] COURT CIRCULAR. Lord John Russell had an audience yesterday of the Queen at Buckingham Palace to receive her Majesty's commands relative to the reception of the congratulatory address from the House of Commons on the auspicious oc casion of her Majesty's marriage. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty yesterday. Prince Ernest of Saze Coboutg, attended by Lord At. fred Paget, left town yesterday morning, in order to be present at tho turn out of her Majesty's Buckhounds. His Serene Highness, attended by Lord Alfred, returned to Buckingham Palace shortly befure seven o'clock last evening. The - Royal Dinner Party at the Palace last evening included the Marquis and Mtrchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Anglcy, Lady Adelaide Paget, and the Right Geor4e Stevens Byug. The Coldstream Band attended at Buckingham Palace during the evening. The Duke of Cambridge vis;ted the Princess Augusta yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambriige had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Commander of the Forces and Lord Arundel, had' interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Down ing. street. Lord Fitzroy Somersst and Sir Charles Douglas, had' interviews with the Marquis of Norms:thy yesterday, at the Home Office. The Brat ilian Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office. The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained at dinner yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Earl arid C.untess of Cawdor, Viscount Sandon, the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, Sir Charles Bazot, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Luttrell. Her Majesty will give a series of twelve state balls at Buckingham Palace; the first during the present sea son will take place the week after Easter, which falls this year on the 19th April.—Evening Paper. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The answer to-day was, that " The Duke is better, and going on well." One of the most magnificent fetes which has taken place in Paris for a length of time was given last night in honour of the marriage of her Britannic Majesty by his Ex cellency the Earl and the Countess of Granville, to which up wards of 2,500 persons were invited, and at which at least 2,000 persons were present. Several families of the Faubourg St. Germain, who would otherwise have attended, were ab sent on account of the day being the anniversary of the assas sination of the Duke de Berri. The hall-room and one of the saloons were crowded with dancers to the n.usic of the orchestras. The lawn, which forms part of the garden, was tastefully fitted up as a tent, and from its opening all round, into the conservatory, was a delicious retreat from the heat or the interior rooms. The elite of fashionables of all nations attended this delightful fete, amongst whom we no ti ce d their Royal Hi g h nesses the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Jeinville, and Duke d'Aumale, Prince Paul of Wurtemberg, the Infante and Infanta of Spain and family; the Corps Di plonialique, Mr. Temple, Ambassador at Naples; Mr. Aston, Ambassador at Madrid; Countess d'Apponi, Marchioness Brie ' moli, Counte ss L e h on, an d ot h er ladies of the Foreign MI, nisters ; Prince. Tuhakin, Prince Schonberg, Count Sebes tiani, the Duke and Duchess of Montebello, the Duchess of Villa Garcia, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Countess Cadogan and daughters, Lady H. 'd'Orsay, &c. The uniforms of the numerous Peers of France, with the varied costumes of foreign Courts, of officers of most countries in Europe, naval and military, tFrench functionaries, &e., added much to the brilliancy of the scene. The French Ministers present were Marshal Soult, and the Ministers of Marine and Commerce ; we also observed the Prefect, Count Rambuteau, the new Ambassador, M. Guizot, M. niers, and other distinguished characters. Galignani's Messenger, Feb. 14. Mr Spencer and Lady Louisa de Horsey have left Upper Grosvenor-street, to meet the Marquis of Ihrtford, at Paris, where his Lordship is expected to arrive from Milan., C. Blackett, Esq.. M P. for South Northum berland, has been under the necessity of leaving town for a shot t time for the benefit of his health. He has paired off with Lord Charles Manners for three weeks, and gone to St. Leonard's. A number of workmen will be sent into the man sion of Lord Ingestrie, in Belgrave-square, to-day, to corn. mence the requisite alterations and re-embellishments prepara tory to its occupancy by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Colonel Cowper, the new Comptroller of her Royal Highness's household, had :an interview, yesterday, with Mr. Cubitt, on the subject of constructing new stabling, &c. The rental is to be 1,5001. per annum, and the mansion has beers taken on lease for a term of four years. The Countess of Newburgh has arrived at her house in Belgrave- square , from a v i s it to A nne Countess of Newburgh, o f Slindon House, Sussex, where a numerous and fashionable party has recently been assembled to celebrate the birthday of the noble and venerable hostess. The Right Hon. T. Grenville entertained at dinner, yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Viscount Sandon, the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, Sir Charles Idagot, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Luttrell. MARRIED. --On Monday, the 17th inst., at St. Luke's Church, Old street, by the Rev. Nugent Wade, Warren De la Rue, Esq., to Georgian* Bowles, youngest daughter of Thomas Bowles, Esq., of the isla n d o f G uernsey .. DOVER, FEB. 1 6.—The presents bestowed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert on Captains Hamilton and Smithett, the commanders of the Ariel packet, consist of a magnificent gold snuff box, and a superb diamond ring. Ar rivals at Worthington's Hotel from the continent —Count Ja rouski, Colonel Boyle, Major Fitzgerald, Colonel Lamotte, Mr. Barnard, Baron Rothschild, Misses Lawrence, &c. Depai tares for France —Lord 'Lowden, Hon. and Rev. Mr. Moore and family, Count and Countess Sebastiani and suite, Colonelt Carmichael, &c. Sir Robert Wilmot Horton has taken the splendid mansion, the Waterloo Crescent, for six months. The young Queen of Spain has quite recovered from her recent indisposition. The Hon. Lady Goodricke gave a very muni ficent and hospitable entertainment at Hampton, on the occa sion of the Queen's nuptials, to a numerous body of labourers. and servants. To manifest loyalty and to diffuse happiness werel the objects of the banquet; and both were accomplished in thus amplest measure. The Duke of Buccleuch has sent 2001. towards the fund for erecting the Wellington testimonial at Edinburgh. The Count Survilliers gave a grand dinner yes terday at his residence, Hanover Lodge, in the Regent's Park. A marriage is on the tarns between the Host. John Ashley, the youngest surviving son of the Earl of Shatter bury, and Miss Conyers, eldest slaughter of H, Conyers, Esq., if Copt Hall, t I !