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THE SUN" OF MONDAY EVENING :CONTAINS TWO BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT, EXECUTED IN THE VERY FIRST STYLE OF THE ART. THE Li :E . NESSES ARE PRONOUNCED BY COMPETENT JUDGES TO BE AD MIRABLE. THE EXPENSE OF PRODUCING THESE PORTRAITS HAS BEEN VERY GREAT; BUT THE CHARGE IS ONLY UNE 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 TING AN OCCASION. ORDERS FOR THE " ROYAL 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 fir the ROY AL WEDDING SUN on Monday was 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 ,6ithin the same time. The arrangements we had to nzake were of the most complicated description, yet, with one ex ception, all have succeeded. Our readers will perceive that the Paper is ofa smaller size than usual. We had ordered weeks ago a large supply of the . fitll sized paper. It was sen.? of by the manufacturer, but owing to the breaking vp of the roads in consequence of the floods, it has not yet arrived. Luckily we had made preparation for such a contingency, and had reserved a sufficient quantity to answer the tem porary demand. Our readers in a few days will see what an elegant Marriage Present we would have presented to them but for the envi ous floods. NOTICE TO THE: WEDDING SUN" SUBSCRIBERS. We have received various letters complaining of the non-arrival of the " ROYAL WEDDING SUN.' S Some (f our Subscribers who have been disappointed no doubt, have now received their Papers, as, owing to the vast number of orders sent to the Office on Monday, some of them could not be attended to till next day, or possibly the day after. Last night we cleared of the whole list, and trust that, with very few exceptions, the Papers have reached their desti nation. Some, no doubt, have been mislaid, owi ng perhaps to the immense mass of M orn i ng and Evening Papers sent through the Post-office. All we can say is, that no blame attaches to the Sun- Office Establishment, as ~every order received up to Thursday morning has not only been pu nc t ua ll y i complied with, but duly registered n a book kept for the purpose. Sun Office, 112, Strand. FATAL STEA M-BOAT ACCIDENT.--This morning, between eight and nine o'clock, the Lively steam boat passing down the Pool, on account of the dense fog, ran foul •f a large boat with six men in it, belonging to Woolwich, and overset her. The crew were immersed in the river, and four of them succeeded in saving their lives by hanging to the bottom of her, and were safely got on board the steamer ; the other two were unfortunately lost. The disaster was purely accidental. Few Nobl3 Lards, even after the explana tion given by the Noble Marquis, could see the connection between the two subjects, and after some conversation, a Committee was appointed to inquire, first of all, into the supply of water for the metropo lis. To illustrate the inutility of such Committees, the Duke of RICHMOND said that he had been a member of a Committee appointed to inquire into the means of preventing sparks from steam-engines setting fire to thatched buildings, &c., which Committee sat some weeks, and incurred great expense, but broke up with out doing anything. Nothing has been Ire,i,rd of mis chief caused by sparks since. Th, it Lordships adjourned at Half-past Six. A :•ery considerable number of petitions were pre sented in the House of Commons on various subjects, em several for the remission of the pu and amongst nishment of Mr. 1 7 .: OST and his companions, and one f o r settling the law of treason. given which we can A. number of notices ;ere scarcely abridge, and therefore ;"fer our readers to our report. reduction of Mr. PRYUE postponed his motion for I; the duty on corn. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN begged that his name tn.;:ht be withdrawn from the Committee on Printed Papery. The Right Hon. Gentleman seamed rather in a pet. In answer to Mr. G. PALMER, Mr. LABOUCHERE, the Presi.lent of the Board of Trade, stated that no di rections have been given to the Custom-house to refuse clearance to ships for China, but in granting them the Government took no responsibility on itself, and expressed no opinion. Mr. HUME wished to know what instructions had been sent out by Government to Can ton, but Lord JOHN RUSSELL declined entering - into any explanation. When the commercial treaty with France is con cluded, which the Government is negociating on fair and honourable terms, Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Go vernment would lay it on the table of the House. A further petition from Messrs . HANSARD, concerning the new action raised by STOCEDALE, was presented by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London pre sented a petition, praying that the Sheriffs might be released, because it was the established usage, when an address was voted to her Majesty by the Corporation, for the Sheriffs, attended by the Remembrancer, to wait on her Majesty to know when it would suit her to receive the address ; and the Sheriffs, being confined, could not perform that part of this duty. The petition was ordered to be printed, and Lord MaHoN is, to morrow, to bring it under the notice of the House. Lord GEORGE LENNOX moved for the names of the Commissioners of Military and Naval Inquiry, and how often they had sat. He mentioned the case of a marine officer, serving in Upper Canada, in contrast with the case of Captain GREY serving at Newport, the latter of whom was promoted, but the former could not be ; a marine officer being the only per son her MAJESTY cannot promote for meritorious ser- Sir H. VII , tax stated that the Commissioners had been assiduous in their attendance—that the special Reports on each branch of the firvice were ready, and that the general Report would soon be ready, and the proceedings of the Commission terminated. He declined acceding to the latter part of the Noble Lord's motion, who withdrew it. The conversation will be found in tersting to our naval and military readers. Mr. MacioriNoN, after a brief explanation and an understanding that the matter should be left in the hands of Government, withdrew his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the laws relative to turnpike trusts. The remainder of the evening was occupied with a long debate on Ole finances of the country, and on Whi n and Tory mismanagement. M r . H ERRIES moved for a number of financial returns, to none of which was any objection made, except a return of the probable produce of the revenue for the present year. The Right Honourable Gentleman explained at con siderable length why he wished this return, in steal of leaving it to the leisure and con venisnce of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER to lay it before the House. The sum of those reasons is, that the Whigs mismanaged the finances, and that he wanted the means of convicting them of incapacity and inefficiency. The Right Hon. Gentleman was more abusive than is customary with rival politicians, and attributed all the difficulties of the country to the mismanagement of the Whigs. He is persuaded that the resources of the coun try never were so great as now ; and it is only required that the Tories should be restored to office to bring back to England the golden age. But Ministers, he said, had increased the funded and unfunded debt, they bad augmented the expenses, and, with a deficiency in the revenue, they bad committed that unforgivable sin of listening to the prayers of the whole people, which they ought, by the aid of the Gentlemen of England, dies the bread -taxing landowners, to have resisted, and had established a uniform penny post. They ought to have continued to make the miners of Glamorganshire pay ls. 10d. for sending a half-sove reign to their families, which they now send for 1 d. ; they i ou i g h l e it not t o have abolished franking, and so, by poor and the industrious, and carrying the letters and parcels, and even the boot-jacks of the rich, free, they ought to have kept up the Rsvenue till the Tories could have got into office—have put all things in order, and had the merit of reducing the postage when it was not asked for. To grant the prayers of Church-cxtea sionists, or any other would-be plunderers of the public, pushed forward by the parsons, is a great merit in the Tories : to concede to the spontaneous wishes of the mil lions, is stigmatiz d by the same Tories as yielding to clamour. Mr. liEnraEs—thou.l he may have esta blished the fact that it is a disgrace to England in the twenty-sixth year of peace to have an expenditure An Extraordinary Gazette was published last night, with the despatches of Lord AUCKLAND and Major-General WI LLSHIRE, announcing the capture of Kelat. The main particulars of this gallant achievement have been already laid bMfo►e our readers, but they will nevertheless peruse the detailed and official account with that pleasure which descriptions of the valour and success of our countrymen always excite. Lord AUCKLAND ex presses an earnest hope that the conduct of Major- General WI t.r.s HIRE will not fail to elicit the appro bation of her MAJESTY'S Government, and they who so promptly and readily proposed to her MAJESTY to reward the services of Lord AUCKLAND and Sir JOHN KEANE, will, we are sure, not be slow in bestowing some similar honour on Major-General W t LLSIIIRE for his success. If such events had not become familiar to us by frequent repetition, the circumstance of a handful of troops belonging to this little England, amounting to less than 1,200 —a third of whom appear to have been natives— deposing a Sovereign in the heart of Asia, and ap pointing new rulers to provinces and kingdoms, would appear more wonderful than the history of CORTES or PIZARRO. Whether posterity will read these great achievements as we read the achievements of the daring Spaniards, we presume not to conjecture ; but if they do, the continued sliecess of the English in Asia, and the vast em pire they have conquered there, will appear one of the most memorable series of circumstances in the whole history of mankind. Sir ROBERT INGLIS last night postponed till after Easter his intended motion still further to tax our ever-taxed people, to pay more parsons and build more churches. During the ibterval it will be proper, in the opponents of the measure, to spread abroad information on the subject, and get up petitions against the project of extending the power of the priesthood. 'We shall fulfil our duty on this point, because we consider the Established Church to he a source of living and perpetual strife, and one of the chief:obstacles to progressive, quiet, rational, and sober political improvement. Madrid Journals of the dth instant have reached us. Their contents are unimporting. The M inisters cal culated on a majority of sixty in the ensuing Cortes. Despatches from ESPARTERO, the purport of which had not transpired, had put the Regent in excellent spirits. i ;:vonne letters of the 9th state that the Christino troops have h „:1 a reverse at Peralejos, RODRIGUES'S column having been :urprised and attacked by a Carlist division of 3,500 inf a ntry . and 200 cavalry. RODRIGUES re treated, after greatto Molina. esi:lpesdaY are extremely barren of intelligence of an y gene2-4_ I interest. The The Paris Papers of W following are extracts from them : A letter from Malta, of the 25th of January, 62. ya : "We have had here a parody of the hle of France. Loay.. l . Exmouth, who commands a Royal Yacht, having lately given a ball, had placed in the front of his hotel a French motto, which was rather odd--viz., Vice la Bagatere, but, by a sad mistake of the decorator, a large French flag was displayed in the balcony below the motto. The French went to the hotel to complain, and the flag was im mediately removed,:the motto alone remained." The Madrid Journals of the ad and 4th have not yet arrived. A letter from that capital of the ad, published in the Plzare des Pyrenees of the Bth, says : " Yesterday afternoon an extraordinary courier arrived from il , l,is le Las Mates with despatches for Queen Chris.. tine. The contents have not transpired, but it is affirmed in well-informed circles that this communication Ills been satisfactory to the Government, and especially to her Ma jesty, I cannot speak to you of thi s ma tter till my next letter, for there are things which ought not to be mentioned till a proper time comes."—L e Commerce. By the English packet-b oat w hi c h h as arr i ve d at Mar seilles with the India mail, we have news from Alexandria of the 25th. All the hopes which France had held out to the Pacha are there considered as vanished. Immediately after the arrival of the last French packet but one, the Rus sian, English, and Austrian Consul s p resen t e d an ultinia turn. Soon afterwards the French Consul having come to the palace, Mehemet Ali caused an intimation to be given him that be could not receive hint officially, and that in future he would have no diplomatic connection with him. When the packet of the 201 i arrived, the English Consul waited on the Viceroy, to have his answer to the ultimatum. The Pacha replied that he would never aban don the advantages which conquest had given him, and would defend them at all hazards. Another letter from Alexandria says that 8,200 inhabi tants of that city had voluntarily enlisted in the National Guard. The Arediterraneo says it was reported on the 2d, after the arrival of the Acheron French packet, that the Four Powers had agreed on the measures to be taken for pre serving the integrity of the Ottoman empire. In consequence of the attack on Aden by the Aral,s, 6,000 men of the Angle-Indian army had been ordered to penetrate into the country. They had advanced to Mocha without any opposition from the inhabitants.— Le Coma id ionnel, Feb. 12. FIsONTIERB Or ITALT, FEB. I.—The latest negotiations for a reconciliation between the King of Naples and his brother the Prince of Capus, have failed, in consequence of the persevering opposition of the latter. The King has recalled the Chevalier Verace, who was entrusted with the negotiation. 130 URSE.—PaRts, WEDNESDAY, FBI. 12. f lest Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price french 5 per Cents ll2 85 ... 112 85 ... 112 70 ... I 2 SO ay, per Cents JCS .., 1t.3 ... 108 ••• 165 4 per Cants lO4 ,_. sO4 ... 1 04 ... 101 3 per Cents Bl 8C ..„ 31 00 ... SI CO ... 81 al Bank of trance 3170 ... 3;50 ...3175 ...3170 Lattitte Bank 1,0001. Sh 1052 50 ...10,-,5 ...1052 50 ...1 55 5,000 f. SS s2ro ...5215 ...520J —5215 Belgian Bank 9O 50 ... 045 ... 912 50 ... 945 5 per Cents 3 per Cents 7l 30 ... 71 39 ... 71 25 ... 71 25 Spanish Active. 2B ... 2S ...2714 ... 28 Passive 71,,i ~,, 74 £ ... 7 ... 7 Old Deferred 714 ... 7% ••• 7 % —• 7 % Portuguese 3 per Cents 24 ... 24 ... 9.4 ... 24 Neapolitan lonian - •• ••• • 1013 ... 103% ... 103 ••• 11 ' 3 ( ItAILVVAY SHARE,. St. Germain 632 50 ... 647 50 ... 63' ) 50 ... 047 50 Versailles. IL It 5:35 ... 51.5 ... 535 ... :" , 4 3 L.B. 337 50 ... 3: 4 7 50 ... 3- 1 2 50 ...:19 7 5 " Mulhausen to Thann Strasburg to Bale ......... DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT DOCK HEAD.-- LATEST PARTICULARS.—Yesterday evening, about eight o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive premises of Mr. Brown, mast-maker, Dockhead. The fire-engines from the various fire engine stations were quickly sent for and promptly arrived. Unfortunately, however, water could be procured only from the river Thames, and the hoses were laid on to it., but the flames had gained such an ascendancy that all was of no avail. It continued to rage with uncontrollable fury, and communi cated to Mr. Holland's, barge builder, Messrs. Brown and Young's granary, and al s o M essrs. G roves, on t h e r iver side, all of which are destroyed. The flames reached the opposite side, and burned down three other grana ries belonging to Messrs. Groves. It is not kno wn i n what manner the fire ori ginated. The damage sustain e d i s est i mate d at 150,000/.which is insured in the Sun, Phasnix, and Norwich Union Fire Offices. The large floating engine from Southwark -bridge sta tion was fortunately got down to the scene of conflagration, and manned with 150 men, throwing up three tons and a half of water a minute. At two o'clock this morning the fire was got under so as to remove all further fears. The police rendered very efficient service on the occasion. INCENDIARY FIRES! FOR an EXPOSITI - 0/•i — d the REAL CAUSES of the INCENDIARY FIRES, now so fear. fully blazing around Sheffield, and other towns in Yorkshire and elsewhere, READ the SOUTHERN STAR (Edited by BRONTERRE O'BRIEN and WILLIAM CARPEN TER) of Sunday next, which will contain, in addition, an Ad dress to the Chartists, by Bronterre, and an important article on the End and Design of Civil Government, founded on Rom. =iii., by T. Parkin, Esq., who will contribute for the succeed ing Number an equally important article on the Bishop of Exeter, " the weapons of whose warfare are (unlike those of Mr. Parkin) carnal," as all the Parliamentary re p orts testif y . Office of F'ublication, 4, Crane-court, Fleet-street, London. NOTICE. MRS. TROLLOPE'S “MICHAEL ARM STRONG." The Subscribers to this Work are informed that it is now completed by the publication of the 12th Part, and they are requested to send their orders to their respective Booksellers for the immediate completion of their sets, to prevent disap pointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 1 vol. Bvo. with 16 Illustrations, from Ori inal Drawings taken on the spot, price 15s. handsomely bound, THE COURT AND CAMP OF ItUNJEET S I N G. By the How. G. W. OSBORNE, Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 33, Great Marlborough -street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 14. win be repeated the New Original Play in Five 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. Vanclenhoff ; Fulvio Da Riva, Mr. Bartley ; Giulio, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Ginerra, Miss Ellen Tree. After which wtll be repeated the Grand Allegorical and National Masque, in hone ur of her Majesty's Nuptials, entitled THE FORTUNATE ISLES ; OR, THE TRIUMPHS OF BRITANNIA, The Music composed and selected by Mr. H. R. Bishop. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 33. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat ss 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. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Positively the Last Night of the Grand Pantomime. THIS EVENING, FEB. 14. Will be acted the Legendary Drama, called THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN. Supported by the entire strength of the Company. After which, a Clmedietta, frcm the French, entitled FAMILY JARS MENDED. _ _ Penbomme, Alt'. Smith ; Chapinet, Mr. Saville ; Madame Bonbernme, Mr!. Daly ; Theresia, Miss Martin. To which will be added, the Performances of Michael Boai. the Chin Melodist, and his Wife, the Swiss Vocalist. To conclude with the ;rand Pantomime, called THE QUEEN BEE; or, HARLEQUIN AND GOODY TWO SHOES. NIARETAGE OF TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Subscriber, who writes from Hungerford, is assured that The Sun has been regularly addressed to him every day this week as usual. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning.... 19 minutes after 0 I Evening 52 minutes after 0. LONDON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1840. Many petitions were last night presented in the House of Lords for Church Extension, and against further grants to Maynooth. If there be a lull amongst the Chartists, the politico-religious party is extremely active. Their organization is complete. A parson in every parish, and the whole body of the parsons forming a united corporation, being stimulated to exertion by the most permanent of all passions, the love of gold, and possessing, in the respect shown to their office, a lever for moving the bulk of the population, seems to us so formidable an engine, as to require the utmost suspi cion and jealousy on the part of our lay rulers. It is not a kingdom within a kingdom, but a spiritual king dom claiming to be superior to the sovereignty of her MAJESTY and the two Houses of Parliament, and which may at any time be brought, as in fact it is brought in Scotland, into conflict with the civil power. It is now ranged in England partly on the side of authority ; how soon it may do battle against it nobody can tell. In Ireland the spiritual authority is nearly all in all ; it and the lay authority now move harmoniously toge ther ; but Mr. O'CONNELL'S threat of 500,000 fighting men to guard her MAJESTY, points out a contingency where the spiritual authority of Ireland would be ar rayed against the civil power. May not occasions arise— or rather have we not recently seen them—when the spiritual combination in England will be ready to op pose the Sovereign power ? The Bishop of EXETER gave notice, that on Monday he would put a question to Viscount MELBOURNE re specting a letter sent in last July to him by a Rev. Mr. IRVINE of Leicester, describing the growth of So cialism. The Bishop is in high feather. Never be fore was he so great and so glorious. When he was trampling down the poor meek Mr. HEAD of Honiton, he was not dilated into half such enormous magnitude as now when he is fighting against Socialism, and bringing the Ministers to book every night for their ignorance of the immense dangers caused by Mr. OWEN, and their negligence in not suppressing every heterodox opinion. A censorship of the press seems a light restriction to that censorship of opinion, enforced by severe penal laws, which the Bishop of EXETER would make the House of Lords the means of establishing. The Ministers, however, by giving way to his fierce in tolerance, have, in so car as they are concerned, ac knowledged its justice, and he will make them rue their submission. The Bishop promises to worry them through the whole Session. The Prisons Act Amendment Bill, intended to enable the Visiting Magistrates, in concurrence with the SECRETARY of STATE, to relax the regulations cf the Prisons Acts, was read a second time. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER moved for a Com mittee to inquire into the two different subject' of sup plying the metropolis with water, and the dangers re sulting from railroads. A 1b.,..) 40,,,.... „,.... 4;..„.„ .„,...it t.. \;: .,....„, , . *ll . :; , • r',EF4 Che HER MAJESTY. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARYn4, 1840. greater than her income—made out no case ag ainst the Whigs, and none for the Tories, unless it be consi- dered a merit in the latter to have opposed, and a de merit in the former to have granted, a reduction of post age to the almost universal—(always excepting the fcankers)—prayer of the people. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made a very good defence of the Ministers in comparison with their factious, mischievous, bread-taxing, poor man's letter taxing, more-Church taxing opponents. He showed that the return which he opposed never was asked for, and to make it would be forestalling the Budget ; that the debt had not been augmented by the Whits, except by the 20,000,0001. for the redemption of the slaves. The Right Hon. Gentleman entered into a number of statements which we must notice at a future day. Mr. GonutuaN made a long recriminating speech. Mr. HUME followed, and declared if the motion went to a division, he would support it. After some ob servations from Mr. LABOUCHERE against, and from Sir GEORGE CLERK for, the motion, the House divided, and the Ministers were defeated ; the numbers were, 182 to 172. This is the first of the Tory attempts to take the Government into their own hands, and it has succeeded. Mr. BROTIIERTON'S motion, that no debate should be commenced after 12 o'clock, to which five members objected, was lost by 145 to 25. Sir MATTHEW WOOD stated to the House that it was likely the writ would be issued and sealed this day for the Sheriffs to assess da mages in the new action brought by STOCKDALE against HANSARD, and that the damages were laid at 30,0001. This would place the Sheriffs in new diffi culties, and he asked the House to interfere and forbid the issuinc , and sealing of the writ. No other Member thought such a course advisable, and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who said his mind was not made up upon the subject, moved the previous ques tion, but the motion was negatived without a division. One Member suggested the propriety of committing Mr. HOWARD'S clerk, who carries on his business while he is in Newgate. The House has brought itself into a pretty mess, and will soon be able neither to get on nor get out. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. PARLIAIVIENTARY DIVISION 6.„ (Frem the Pates and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) - THURSDAY. FEB. 13. .., -7 --- "CONSOLIDATED FUND. —1 " - ' Motion made, and Question proposed, " That there be laid before this House, an Account of the Income of the Consoli dated Fund (including therewith the Duties on Sugar), and of the charges thereupon, in the year 1839; distinguished un der the principal heads of Receipt and Expenditure :—And also, an estimate of the same for the year 1840; showing in each case the surplus applicable to the Supplies voted by Parlia ment :"—(111r. Herries ;)—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " Expenditure " to the end of the Question : —Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 182. Acland, Sir T. D. Goillburn. Henry Norreys, Lord ,'Court. Copt E, Gr. ham, Sir James Ossulston, Lord Alsner, Richard Grant, F. W. Owen, Sir Joins Arbuthnot, Plon.H, Granby, Marquis cf Packe, C. W. Ashley, Lord Grimsditch, Thomas Palmer, George A ttwood. W. Grimston, Lord. Parker, R. T. Attwood, M. Grote, G. Peel, Hon. Sir R. Bagge, W. Hale, R. Blagdon Perceval, Colonel Bailey, .Tosepli Halford, H. Pi,got, R. Baillie, Colonel H. Hamilton. Lord C. Planta, J. Raker, Edward Har.'ourt, G. G. Polhill, Frederick Baring, F. Harcourt, G. S. Pollock, Sir F. Baring, H. B. Hardinge, Sir H. Powell, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Heneagc, G W. Prae I, W. T. Bell, Matthew Hepburn, Sir T. ,B. Pringle, A. Bentinck, Lord G. Herbert, Hon. S. Pusey, P. Blackburne, I. Herries, John C. Rae, sir William B'aekstone, W. S. I Hincie, J. H. Richards, R. Blair, James Hodgson, Frederick Rickford, W Blannerhaqsett, A. Hodgson, Richard Rolleston, L. Bolder°, H. G. Hogg, J. W. Rose, Sir George Boilin g , W. Holmes, \V. A'Court Round, John Brarnston, T. NV, HAlnes, W. It ushbrook, Colonel Broadley, H. Hope, Hon. C. Rushout, George Broadwood, Henry Hope, H. T. Sanderson, R. Bruce, Lord E. Hope, G. W. Smitten, Lord ('antilupe, Lord Hallam, Lord Soarlet, J. Y. Cholmondeley, 11. Houldsworth, T. Shaw, Frederick Clive, Robert Hughes, W. B. Sheppard, T. Cochrane, Sir T. Home, J. Shirley, E. J. Cole, Viscount Ingestrie, Lord Sinclair ' Sir Geerge Co'quhoun, J. C. Inlzlis,' Sir R. H. . Smith, Abel Com.ton H. C. Trion, S. , Smyth, Sir H. Conolly, ' E. Jackson, Sefieant Somerset, Lord G. Cooper, E. J. James, Sir NV. C. Sotheron, T. E. Corry, Right Hon. H. Jerrnyn, Lord Spry, Sir S. T. Courtenay, Philip Jervis, Swynfin Stanley, E. Cresswell, Cresswell Johnstone_, Hope Stanley. Lord Darby. George Jones, John Stormont, Viscount D'lsr4eli, Benjamia Jones, Theobald Sugdcn, Sir Edward Douglas, Sir C. Kelly, Fitzroy Sutton, Hon. J. buncombe, W. . Kirk; P=-er Teignm out h. Lord Duncombe, A. knatchbull, Sir B. Tennent, J. E. Du Pre, George Knight, H. G. Thompson, Ald. East, J. Buller Knightley, Sir C. Trench, Sir F. Eastnor. Viscount Knox, Hon. T. Tyrell, Sir J T. Eaten, R. J Law, Hon. C. E. Vere, Sir C B. Egerton, W.T. Liddell, H. I'. Verner, Colonel Ellis, J. Lincoln, Earl of Villiers, Lord Factor, J. M. Litton, Ec'ward Vivian, J. E. Fellowes, Edward Lockhart, A. M. Waddington. H. S. Filmer, Sir Edward Lowther, .1 tl. Welby, G. E. Fitzroy, Ho". H. Lygon, Hon. Gen. Whitmore. T. Follett, Sir William Mackenzie, Thomas Wilmot, Sir E. Freshflelti, J. W Mackenzie, \V. F. Wood, Colonel T. Gaskell, James Milne. Nlahon, Lord Wynn, C. W. Gladstone, \V. E. Meynell, H. Young, John Glynne, Sir S. R. Allies, W. Young, Sir L. W. Godson, R. Miles, P. S. Gordon, Hon. W. Milnes, Richard Gore, 0. W. Neeld, Jose-A Goring, H. D. Neell, John TELLERS. Clerk, Sir Genrge Fremantle, Sir T. Abercromby, G. R Adam, Sir Charles Agliouby, Major • .klston, Rowland Archbold, Robert Bainbridge, E. T. Baines, E. Bannerman, A. Baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. Barry, G. S. Ileamish, F. B. Bellew, it. M. Berkeley, Hon. C. Bernal, R. B eves, T. Blake, M. J. Blake, W. J. Bodkin, John James Bowes, J. Briscoe, J. I. Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. D. Brotherton, J. Buiwer, Sir E. L Busfeild, William Bang, George Callaghan, D. Campbell, Sir J. Campbell, W. F. Chapman, Sir M. L Clive, E. R. Collier, John Collins, William Co bally, M. It. Craig. W. G. Crawford, W. Curry, W. Dalineny, Lord D'Eyncourt, C. T. Divett E. Donkin, Sir Rufane Dundas, Frederick Eliot, lion. J. E. Ellice, A. Ellre, Rt. lion. E. Ellis, Wynn Erie, William Evans, Sir De Lacy Evans, W. Ferguson, Sir Robert Fitzalan, :mrd Fitzroy, Lord Charles , Fleetwood, 11. Fort, John French, F. Gillon, W. D. Gordon, Robert Greg, It. H, TORITY=NOES, Greig, D. Grey Sir G. Guest, J. Hall, Sir B. Handley, H. H.irland, W. C. Hasti2, A. Hawkins, J. H. Huathcoat, J. kie,ftor, C. J. ilobhouse, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Hodges, T. L. • Howard, F. J. Howard, P. H. t-i-Avir.k Gant Humphery, J. Hutton, It. James, William Labouchere, H. Lambton, H. Langdale, Ilon. C Lemon, Sir C. Lennox, Lord G. Loch, James Lushiugton, 113 n. S. Lushington, C. Lynch, A. H. 51..cauley, 'l'. B. M•Leod, R. M'Taggart, J. Marshall, W. Martin, J. Mau'e, Hon. Fox Ille!gu • d, — Lord Morpeth, - Viscount Morris, David Muntz, G. F. Murray A. Muskett, George A. Nagle, •ir it Noel, Wm,, M. Norreys, Sir D. J. O'Brien, W. Smith 0 Callaghan, lion. C O'Conne 1,1). O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, It. O'Ferrall, More Ord, W. Paget, F. l'almenton, Visct. Parke J. Parnell, Sir 11. Paulson, J. Peehell, Captain Phillips, Sir It. P. Piga, D. It. 72.1 Protheroe, Edward Pryme, 6. Ramsbottom, J. Redington, T. N. Rich, H. Roche, E. B. Roche, W. Rumbold, C. E. Russell, Loid John Ruthcrfur.i, A. Salwey, Colonel Seholetield, J. Scrope, G. P. Seale, Sir J. H. Seymour, Lord Sharpe, General Shell, R. L. Shelb2.rne, Earl of Smith, John Abel Smith, B. Smith, R. Vernon Somers, J. P. - Somerville, Sir W. Stanstield, W. R. C. Stewart, James Stock, Dr. Strangways, J. G. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Stuart, Villiers Style, Sir Charles Surrey, Earl of Talfourd, T. Noon Tattered, H. W. Thornely, Thomas Townley, R. G. Trouhridge, Sir T. 'ruffle% H. Turner, Edmund Verney, Sir H. Vigor s, N. Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, John H. Vivian, Sir U. Walker, R. Wallace, It Warburton, 11. White, A. Williams, W. A. Winnington, T. F. Wood, C. Wood, Sir Matthew Wool, Wyse, 'Thomas Yates, J. A. TELLP. Stanley, E. J. Steuart, R. E MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE, This week's arrivals of Grain have been moderate, and of Flour good. Wheat firm in value, with little doing. Barley met a slack demand, at no alteration in prices. Brans, Pea 3, and Oats without variation. The Flour trade very dull at late quotations. _ SMITHFIELD. A very fair supply and a brisk trade. The primest Scots and good old Downs were ready sale at Monday's prices. In Veal and Pork no alteration. Beef, 35. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, 4s. and 4s. MI. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Cattle at Market—Beasts, 416 ; Sheep, 2,330 ; Pigs, 480_;_ Calves, 113. . • BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies were short; prices are higher, and trade dull. Turbot 83. to 425. Cod 55. to '2ls. Salmon 4s. per lb. Crirord ss. per lb. Oysters 243. to 60s. per bushel. Smelts 53. to 93. per dozen. Soles Is. to 43. 61 per pair. Lobsters Is. to ss. each. TEA MARKET. A good amount of business has been done, but owing to the public sale on Monday, of about five millions and a-half pounds, nut so much as there would otherwise have been. Prices are now 3d. to 4d. per lb. advance. Some of the great holders have given thPir brokers directions not to sell free trade Congous under 3s. 6d. Company's Congou are worth 3s. to 30. .cash, and 35. to 3s. 1/d., one month's prompt. Country orders are coming up fast, and prices are confidently expected to be much higher. COLONIAL MARKETS. No public sales of mement, every body being engaged in Tea. Brit sh Plantation Sugar flat, but maintains former prices. 5500 bags Manilla, a mixed parcel, sold at 14s. to 18s. for fair quality ; 5,300 bags Java Rice, a low parcel, sold on the average at about 7s. ; about 600 bales of Cotton sold fiat, but maintained former rates. We had no Coffee in the market for public sale worth the least notice; privately prices of this article are looking up. There was no certain price for rum, as there was nothing doing. On the whole, during the week the amount of business done has been ♦ery moderate, and prices steady. Imports remain light. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY TWELVE O'CLOCK. Ltuaroor. COTTON..MARKRT, TIMILLSDAY,..-The Side. 0 this day are 5,000 bales, at steady prices. _ Our arrivals this morning are the French and Ostend Mails, and ship letters from Demerara and Monte Video. TEM FUNDS. The motion of Mr. llerries, with the defeat of Ministers, has not had any effect on the Funds to the present time. Consols, which left off yesterday at 901 for the Account, opencd this morning at 90/ Buyers for the Account ; Money 903 with little doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills 810 prem. ; India Stock 247} 248} ; Bank Stock 178 179. In the Foreign Market it is settling-day; the brokers and jobbers are chiefly employed in paying and receiving the ba lances of their accounts. Spanish Active, 271; Passive, 71; Deferred, 12% 13% ; Portuguese, 34i; Three per Cents., 2,3% %; Colombian, 25 3 / 4 26k; Mexican, 28 1 ,! 29; Brazi lian, 76u ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent 4., 52% %; Five .per Cents., 1001 4. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Paid. Per Share. Brig%ton Railway 3O IN% Lwanon and Birraingham Railway Company ... 90 .... Dlito New ~hares &Siam Company 5 534 HALF-PAST ONE. The British Market has been heavy since the early part of the morning, the speculators anticipating that Ministers will soon require money to make up the deficiency in the Revenue, likewise for the augmentation in the Navy to enable them to iend to China a sufficient force to chastise the Chinese. Consols, which were 90 1 A for the Account, may be quoted at present 90% ; Money, 90%; Exchequer Bills, 8 10 prem. ; India Bonds, I discount, 1 prem. Bank Stock nothing doing. The settling of the Foreign Account is going off well, it not being a heavy one. Spanish Active, 27a ; P ass i ve , 7 . 1 s ; Deferred, - 13 ; Portuguese, 34; Three per Cents., 23 ; Columbian, 26 ; Mexican, 28a; Brasilian, 74 1 % : Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents., 54. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ............ ........... I India Stock 3 per Cent Bed 91% Ditto Bonds 3 leer Cant Cc us 21i per Cent. Red 99yt Ditto New Annuities ...... ... New 3,4 per Cent 93% E x . Bill s, 1 ,000 1 od 10 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 10 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small lO pm. Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan 1860 /DREW N FUNDS Austrian, 5 per eon' — Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent ". Chilian, 6 per cent SS Colointuan, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1821 2 5 3,4 Danish, 3 per cent — Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per co — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 :3% Peruvian ,1825,6 per cent 16% Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent.... ........ RUSSi3N Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 par cent. 274 Ditto, Deferred French, 5 per cent. -f. -c. Exchange —f. —c French, 3 per cent B2t. 25c. Dutch, 254 par cent. 5254 Ditto, 5 per cent. IEI% kRET, [way 35 SH. Great North of England Ilia Great Western Railway • Ditto New Share:: London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway l6 Manchester and Birmingham Railwaay ... Ditto New Shares lc r :h Mi/ ort Aidland Railway 15X Ditto New Shares t.) 1 WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and his Royal ll;ghness Prince Albert :ode out in a pony phzton to-day in the Great Park. The Countess of Sandwich, the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, Hon. Miss Cocks and the Hon. Miss Paget drove out from the Castle, at the same time as her Majesty. in carriages. His Serene Highness the Reigning •Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha drove out the Duchess of Sutherland this morning. Lord Kinnairl arrived on a visit to her Majesty, an 3, with Col. Greenwood and Col. Brown, will form the only addition to the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager went to Kensington yesterday to visit the Princess Sophia. Her Majesty re ceived a visit in the afternoon, at Marlborough House, from the Duchess of Cambridge. Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Cornwall, left town yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, fur Brighton, to do duty with his regiment, the 12th Lan cers. The Doke and Duchess of Cambridge had a Dinner Party, on Wednesday, at Cambridge House. The com pany included the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Coun tess of Jersey, Lady Sarah Villiers, Lady Augusta So merset, Viscount Cantelupe, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord dQ L'lsle, Lord Claude Hamilton, Lord Ossulston, SrAndrew Barnard, Mademoiselle D'Este, and Caotain Jones. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Sir William Newton yesterday with a sitting, in Argyll-street, for a Coronation Picture upon a very large surface of ivory, wherein the Duke of Sussex Is represented as in the act of doing ho mage. The picture will contain about twelve of tho prin cipal Peers and Peeresses who officiated at the above cere mony. A deputation of the Flour Millers of Ireland, consisting of Sohn Alexander, jun., Eeq., of Carlow; Robert Macauley, Esq., of Crumlin ; and Samuel Parsons, Esq., of Newry, had an interview with the President of the Board of Trade yesterday, on the subject of the Importa tion of Foreigh Flour into Ireland. The deputation was accompanied by the following Gentlemen and Members of Parliament :—Mr. Emerson Tcnnent, M.P., Colonel Conolly, M. P., Hon. Colonel Butler, M. P., Sergeant Jackson, M P., Mr. Martin Blake, M.P., Mr. Quentin Dick, M.P., Mr. Ormesby Gore, M.P., Mr. William Roche, M. P., Colonel Perceval, M. P., Mr. Bury. M. P., the Right Hon. F. Shaw, M. P., Mr. French, M. P., Mr. Litton, M. P., Mr. Dunbar, M. P., Colonel Verner, M. P., Sir Frederick Trench, M.P., Mr. Ellis, M.P., and Mr. Brvlen. The Duke of Leeds and Lord Wharncliffe had in. terviews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted business yesterday, at the Foreign Office. The * judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yeg terday. The Lards present were the Lard President, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and Mr. Justice Erskine Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Coun cil in waiting. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, and Mr. Cooper, Quem's Counsel, were hrard for the Appellant, on an appeal from the Pre rogative Court of Canterbury, Frederick Dufaur v. William Croft, William Underwood, and Pinder Simpson, relative to the validity of a codicil of the late Mr. Day, the cele brattcl blacking manufacturer. At the ccnclusion of Mr. Cooper's address their Lord ships adjourned the ease for further bearing. QUARTETT CONCERTS, HANG VER-SQUARE ROOMS. Messrs. Blagrove, Gattie, Dando, and Lucas last night com menced the Filth Season of these delightful Concerts. The following is the Programing , : PART I. 124 01' . 6UtiAtt. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Tablo showing the ex-duty price of West India Saga" in Mincing-lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign Sugars:— London, Feb. 14, 1840. The Gazette of this evening will quote the average price of British Plantation Muscovado Per Cwt. Sugar, exclusive of duty, at: The actual quantity of West India Sugar sold on ac count of the importers, in the week ending the 11th in stant, according to the returns made upon oath by lb/ West India sugar brokers, in conformity with the A c t of Parliament, and on which quantity the above price is com puted, consisted of 1,552 bhds. 55 trs. and 23 barrels. Foreign Sugar of excellent quality produced by free la b)ur may be purchased in the London Market at about 17s. per cwt. cheaper than \Vest India Sugar. R e fined sugars equal in quality to the double loaf standard are supplied to foreign purchasers by those refiners in London who work foreign Muscovadoes for exportation only—de• ducting shipping charges at 325. 6d. per cwt. which it the price which the sugar monopoly compels the poor man in this country to pay for duty free treacle. Last week, under our City Article, headed the Price of ,Sugar, we clearly demonstrated that a duty on Foreign Muscovado Sugar of only one shilling per cwt. would be equivalent, when imposed with a view to protect British Plantation Sugar, to a tax of 200,0001. per annum, that is to say, if a duty of 255. per cwt. were to be imposed on Foreign Sugar admitted to home consumption, and the duty on West India Sugar to remain as at present, at 245. per cwt., then the effect would be to raise the price of all the British Plantation Sugar used in the country one shil ling per cwt. above its foreign market value, and this one shilling per cwt. on the aggregate consumption of the country for a year would amount to 200,0001. About three years since a petition, signed by wholesale Grocers and Sugar Refiners, was forwarded to the Lords of the Treasury, pointing out how inadequate the supply of Sugar from our colonies was to satisfy the consuming powers of the nation,: and that the scarcity raised prices so high as to stint and cripple the consumption of Sugar to the great detriment of the revenue. The petition con cluded by praying that particular classes of Foreign Mus. covado Sugar might be delivered from the bonded warehouses on payment of a duty which would cal.. fer a protection of 53. per cwt. upon West India Sugar, although 53. per cwt. would have been equi valent to a distribution of one million sterling amongst the Sugar planters, and would to the nation have been precisely the same thing as though an annual sum to that amount had been granted by Parliament to the West India body ; yet the prayer of the petition was refused. We very much do►xbt, whether the parties who subscribed that petition, would at the present day again ask that such an enormous national sacrifice should be made to propi tiate 'West India cupidity. The public mind appears to bo resolved on extinguish ing the bread tax, by repealing the Corn-laws. Next in amount end importance to that giant monopoly stands the monopoly enjoyed by the West Indian 4 on nearly the whole of their produce; and there can be no question, that after the grand struggle to liberate the industrious classes from the filching grasp of the land. lords, has passed, public attention will be fully directed to the best means of annihilating the discriminating duties on foreign and colonial produce. The immense concourse of foreigners attracted to this country by her Majesty's marriage has very conelderably increased the consumption of sugar during the last month. which will account for the large comparative deliveries ; these parties will now return home, and the economy is the use of sugar practised throughout the empire will be immediately felt by the small amount of duty collected on it by the Customs. TICAL SUMMARY OF THE MORNING JOURNALS. Quartctt in G Major, from Op. 18, for Tyco Violins, Viola, and Violoncello, Messrs. Bla g.ove, Gattie, Dando, and Lucas .. Beethoven Song, " The Sea hath pearly Treasures," Miss Masson; lforn Obligato, Mr. Jarrett Lachner. Aria, " Schlumm 're ruhig," Madame Stock hausen ( Cantemire) . Fesea. Septctt in D Minor, Op. 74, for Pianoforte, Flut., - . - Oboe, Horn, Viola, Violoncello, and Contra- Bass, Mrs. Anderson, Messrs. Card, G. Cooke, Jarrett, Dando, Lindley, and Howell Hummel!. PART 11. Quartett in A Major, from Op. 10, for Two Violins, Viola, and Violoncello, Messrs. grove, Gattie, Dando, and Lucas. German Melody, " Let me weep again," Ma dame Stockhau , ea Duetto, " Saper vorrei," Madame Stockhausen and Miss Mason Quintett in C Major, Op. 25, for Two Violins, Viola, and Two Violoncellos, Messrs. Bla- grove, Gattie, Dando. Lindley, and Lucas.... Onslow. The vocal music will be accompanied on the pianoforte, by Mr. Lucas. We were delighted to see so large an audience, among whom we noticed Lord Burghersh, the Honourable General Upton, Sir Giffin Wilson, Sir John Rogers, P. J. Solomans, Esq., and most of the best amateurs of the delightful art at present in London. The exquisite manner in which these gentlemen play the quartetts, is well known by our frequent reports to the readers of The Sun, and we assure them that the interval since last season has been well spent. We never heard the splendid quartett which opened the conceit more beautifully delivered ; it was the perfection of quartett playing. Every expression of the author was most carefully attended to, and the result was an unanimous burst of applause, at the termination of each movement of this charming c'mposition. - Our space will not permit us to go much in detail, the Quay tett of Mozart was surpassingly beautiful, the "Andante con va riazione" struck us as the most perfect quartett playing we ever heard. It is a concerto for each instrument, combining- the most beautiful melody with the magnificent harmony for which Mo zart is so preeminently distinguished ; it still haunts us as we pen this brief notice of it. We were delighted to see the veteran Lindley joining this party; it is a work of supererogation to do more thin an nounce his name,—a guarantee for all that is most excellent. Mrs. Anderson played in her very best style, the fair ladies sang extremely well, and the vocal selection was worthy of the great instrumental writers with whose compositions they were associated. A new horn player was introduced to the public, Mr. Jarrett, and we have no doubt but his great excellence will give us frequent opportunities during the present musical season of mentioning a perf ormance o f suc h distinguished talent. We particularly recom men d t o hi s no ti ce th e exquisite light and shade, and the subdued manner in which the quartetts of last evening were displayed. Mr. Lucas, whom we only before knew as a violoncellist, accom panied the songs on the pianoforte in that exquisite manner which left us nothing to desire, and stamped him as a first-rate musician. We particularly recommend to the notice of our fair friends the spinning-wheel accompaniment to Schubert's song, " Let me weep again." Her IVlajesty the Queen Dowager has had =cis issued for a grand dinner at Marlborough House on the 26th instant. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland returned to Stafford House last evening from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Noble Duke and Duchess have a dinner party on Thursday next. The Earl of Derby will leave Grosvenor square this reornin,,, ,, for Knowsley, his seat, n ear P rescott, L ance, shire. Lord - and Lady Stanley are still at Lathorn House, on a visit to Lord and Lady Skelmersdale. THE SPEAKER S LEVEES.—The Speaker will hold three Parliamentary levees, at his house in Eaton-square, on Saturday the 22d, Saturday the 29th of February, and Sa turday the 7th of March. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OP LEITRIM.- We regret to announce the demise of the Right Hon. 'Maria Countess of Leitrim, which took place at the Spa Hotel, Dur ham, on Wednesday last. • Dr. Broackes of (Sackville-street) was the me dical attendant of Mr. Sheriff Wheelton, examined on Tuesday night by the House of Commons, and not Dr. Brooks, as stated in our report. The Committee of the Incorporated Literary Fund Society, at their meeting on Wednesday, passed a unani mous resolution to present addresses of congratulation to her Majesty the Quoen, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on the occasion of their marriage. Lord and Lady Raryborough entertained the Duke of Dorset, Dowager Countess of Clarendon, Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Mr. and Lady Mary West, Sir W. Freemantle, Sir Charles Rowley, Captain liagot, Sir D. Davies, and a numerous circle, at dinner on Wednesday evening, at their mansion in Saville-row. Viscount Dungannon, M.P., has left town for Brynkinalt, Wales, where her Ladyship has been during the Noble Viscount's brief stay i n t own . OXFORD, FEB. 12.—1 n a convocation holden this day, a loyal and dutiful address of congratulation to her Most Gracious Majesty, on her recent nuptials with Prince Albert, was unanimously agreed to, and a delegacy appointed to present the same to her Majesty on the Throne. We are happy to hear, on good authority, that the report of the death of Sir Henry Fane, is entirely without foundation; and we hope that the rumour of the death of the Gallant*Lord Keane, the hero of Guznee, is equally destitute of truth. ADELPIII.—Jack Sheppard was played for the ninetieth time last night, with Brckstone's Poor Jack. The following fashionables were present :—The Duke of Leeds, Prince Napoleon, the Earl of Chesterfield ; Lords Se„ rave, Gardner, Frederick Beauclerk ; Viscount C an t a l u p e , th e H on. Captain Pitt, &c. THE QUEEN'S WEDDING BONNETS.---01113 of these, the one in which her Majesty left Buckingham Palace for Windsor, was composed of white terry velvet, with bou quets of marabout, and a deep fall of Brussels point lace ; another is of pale pink satin, richly covered with Brus sels point lace and wreaths of flowers. The third Is of celes tial blue terry velvet, with one splendid ostrich leather, and trimmed with Brussels point lace._. Standard. THE SPEAKER'S PARLIAMENTARY DIN NERS.-The Parliamentary Dinners of the present Speaker bid fair to be much more splendid than those of his predecessor. We perceive that his invitation cards request his company to appear in full dress. •4 , • •• • A very fine dining-room has been built adjoining the Speaker's house in Eaton-square. It is in the same line with the house, the frontage being continuous, but is not carried higher than the ground floor. Report says that the dining-room and ante room have been fitted up very magnificently, and the enter tainments are likely to be worthy of the head of the Com moners of England. We confess we are glad to see that even in secondary matters of this descripti on , the present Speaker mill ably m a i n t a i n, as he certainly does in the chair of the licusa of Commons, the just dignity of his station.—Morning AO. f. r-7.4. en , .. _ ,-~ The Morning Chronicle of this day, in the course of s leading al title, suggested by Lord Normanby's motion last night in the Lords, respecting the Prisons Acts, thus inci dentally speaks of the libel law From Defoe down wards, we could easily show that the best and most honest writers have always suff,'red most from the libel law, which has always been as ready to throw its protecting shield around base and venal writers, as to crush the inde pendent."—The Morning Post, speaking of Dissenters, puts forth the fo!lowing dogmatic opinion :__« We con tend that the snppert of our churches is a national concern, and therefore every holder of property should contribute to their supp ert, irrespectively of his religious or non-reli gious epinions."—The Morning Heraldalludes as follows to the Ministerial defeat in the Commons last night :—" Mi nisters were outvoted by a majority cf ten, on a question which they deemed important, inasmuch as their resistance to the Conservative motion was most strenuous. A rare commentary this defeat on the recent vote of confidence 1" —The Times, commenting on the discussion on Thoro good's case in the Commons on Tuesday night, observes The ecel,siss'ical process which Tborogood ostenta tiously courted, has been moulded to its present position by his own elaborate contrivance. The Rector of Chelms ford has had no hand in it whatever. Even the Church wardens of the parish who, being responsible for the rate as legally levied, h ave no c h o i ce but to enforce the payment of it, are no otherwise parties to the refractory shoemaker's imprisonment, than as allowing him to havo his own way in dcfying the fiats of law." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 13.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Diana, from Rio Janeiro ; Sisters, Ramsay, Demerara ; from the River. Nautilus, Hughes, Mauritius; Lloyds, Green, Cape of Good Hope ; G eorge t own, 011ard, Demerara ;Charles Brook, Hunt, St. Vincent's ; Francis, Dexin, Barbadoes; Victoria, Goulding, ditto ; Peter Sam, FleminT, Leghorn ; Susan, Collings, Corfu ; Express, Bartel, St. Übe's. PORTSMOUTH, Fzn. 13.—Wind, S. S. W.—Arrived the Comet, Bill, from Whitstable for St. Michael's. Sailed the Duchess of Kent, Newby, Sidney, New South Wales ; Turk, Penton, St. Michael's. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Thomas Metcalfe, Brodie, from Newcastle to Cape of Good Hope ; Waterwitch, Huguet, Jersey to St. Michael's, dismasted; William Turner, Redals, Liverpool for Bombay, with cargo shifted and loss of sails and bulwarks. Off the Start, ar rived the Mary Leine, Newcastle for Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Wind S.S. W. to W. S.W., strong and squally. Arrived the Bartolmy, Mollestroms, trans Gottenburg, for Charleston, with loss of sails, bulwarks, Sm., out 54 days. STANGATZ CREEK, FEB. 1 2.—Arrived the Naighton, Skummels, from Kertch ; Bernard, Smith, ditto; Flora, Allis, Messina; Castlereagh, Kellar, ditto. RAM._:GATE, FEB. 12 . —Arrived the Superb, Manofry, from London, for St. Übe's; Louisa, Musgrave, Newcastle, for Madeira, leaky. LivEaroot, FEB. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ligonia, Hamiltrn ' from Ne w O r l eans; Alexander, Cope, Savannah; General Parkhill, Hayatt, St. Mark's. Sailed the Priam. Squire, for Rio Janeiro; Alexander, Johnson, Jamaica; Nellana, Alley, Trinidad; Potomac, Berry, New Orleans, Delemard, Frost, ditto ; Varelia, Andrews, Malta. Off port, the Commerce, from Bombay. The Mary, from Moyston to Caernarvon, capsized yesterday off the Orm's Head—erect saved. Dovz a, FIB. 13.—Off port, the Grafton, Smith, Charleston. BRUSSELS, FEB. 12.—The average price of Wheat during the last week being 22f. 68c., and of Rye, 13f. 6 , 1 e.. the regulations for the importation and exportation re main as before. The sudden demise of Mr. Stephen Price, who for more than 30 years has been manager of the Park Theatre, has caused that house to be closed the two put night,. Mr. Price was also for several years manager of the Drury-lane Theatre, London, and few men had more numerous or war's friends. The American truly remarks that " M r . P r i ce wa s a formid a man of able enemy, a great energy nd an hone s t man. " and decisi.n of Character New , a Yo good friend, rk Paper, Jan. 22. PECMPIAM LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC IN" STITUTION.—The first grand Concert of the music class of this excellent Institution took place last night at the Grove House Assembly Rooms, Camberwell. The rich treat pro vided for the lovers of harmony caused the room to be filled long before the time announced for the commencement of the concert. In addition to the members of the vocal aLd instru mental divisions . of the class, Miss Clara Novell° Miss P. Horton, Miss Daly, Mr. Leffl er , M r . P arry, and Mr. Horn castle, lent their powerful aid, for the benefit of the Institution. The whole performance went off with considerable eclat, and we have only to express our wish for the welfare of an Institu tion, the object of which is to raise the genius, and amend the hearts, of the 7ounger portion of the residents of Peckham and its neighJourhood. TIIE BARQUE TYRIAN.---The JOSS Of this vessel off Grav esen d , i n a clear moonlight night, is accounted for in this way. The Captain of the Manchester steamer was on the bridge between the paddle-wheels, and called out je time to the helmsman " Starboard Starboard," but the wt eel was f o ul, an d though the steam was instantly let off, ow ing to the ebb-tide, and the for ce w i t h which the vessel was moving, sh e struck the Tyrian, which west down in two or three minutes. PLATE—T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &e.• 47, Cernhill (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street), L ou don. The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights reeetn mended, but the articles may be had lighter er heavier at ths same price per ounce Fiddle pattern Vas is do. 12 Table Sp oons 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 ... 11 7 0 12 Dessert ditto 12 Table Forks 20 at 7 2 ... 10 lb 0 ... 11 7 v 12 Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 ... 7 15 4 2 Gravy Spoons ...... 10 at 7 2 ... 311 4 3 1 1 Soup Ladle .. 10 at 7 2 ... 311 8 812 4 Sauce ditto 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strorg) 1 0 0 ... 1 4?, 1 Fish Slice 2 10 0 ... 2 11 12 Tea Spoons 1 Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 015 0 017 0 The Classic is a new pattern, 'ltich admired for its simple elegance. The Fiddle Pattern is with the handle the shap• of a fiddle, quite plain; it has been approved, and in request for mote than thirty years. N.B.—Pattern Spoons can be sent into the country. N. 13. A Pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the Priee of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be bail gratis, or will be forward e d post f ree, in answer to a pose-Pit' applicatior. ,f .andon : Printed and Published by 111(Jk1D0 YOU..\ (i , No. 112, Strand, at The Sun °Cie, No. 112, Strand, in tie ecunly of Middle:K.—Friday, February 14, 1840. _ ..;,,=~: , ► }' _ .~ .~. i F , 544? -44 ~~