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Tidal Mar" vatche 11 from Ii( off, ad the Afr.i~• ire Sir have Trin' agland it Foc anent a Fri' ins all , g bout , coa -1 from IVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY MR. ROWLAND HILL IN LIVERPOOL. On Friday evening last, the Guardian Society of this ° °wO, established in 1823, for the protection of trade, tcelebrated its twenty-fourth anniversary by a public u ner, at East woo d' s R oya l Hotel, where exaet l y one th e an d forty gentlemen were entertained with all '"e substantials and elegancies which that first-rate thouse is so well-known to afford. More than usual in reat Was excited on t h e present occas i on by th e fact that 'lowland Hill, Esq., the distinguished originator of ..i...Penny Postage' system, had accepted the society's iodation to dine with them. I:!The c h a i r was occupied by Mr. Denton, the President the Society for the past year. On his right sat George 10l Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Conn- Tinne, and Mr. Councillor Parker ; on his left were 4▪ ovriand Hill, Esq.. Mr. John Smith, of the Liverpool ittEercury and Mr. Evens, the Society's solicitor. At Of the came table we observed Mr. Manchester, President .' the Preston Guardian Society; Mr. Walihew, Presi *dent of the Houseowners' Guardian Society; Mr. Fran- Ir eon, Sergeant at Mace of this b3rough; Mr. Wrenn, tessurer of the Society; Mr. Coward, Mr. Condliffe, t he Mr. White, Immediately in front were Mr. Keay, the Secretary of the Society; Mr. Cottam, Secretary of 'le Manchester Guardian Society ; Mr. Hemming, Se °flretary of th e Bi rmingham Guardian Society;, and Mr. k4rr, Secretary of the Preston Guardian Society. The , h... . tie eschair was occupied by Mr. Richard Crossley, i n t h e 1 1 7 n ce of Mr. J. R. Jeffery, the President elect. As as the cloth was withdrawn, the Secretary read -.. n 45 , 1 " of apology for unavoidable absence from Lord 1) 4 1 11 ' ~,M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., William f ew. Mr. Alderman Watkins, President ° the Manchester M.P.' Guardian Society, and other gentle r who had been invited. Th eo l4 CaAIRDIA.N proposed the health of the Queen and I ,9ther usual loyal and patriotic toasts. stf a Joust SMlrri rose, and expressed the pleasure it tf is leed him to have been requested by the committee of I''''P.sse the health of one of the greatest benefactors fotftrtthl: the „ s s ji. : , o e u n n n t y ry, and of the world—(Cheers) —the author Post System—(Cheers)--one who, though trom being an old man, was an old friend of his, .1 d rat r ' Rowland Hill.— (Loud cheering.) When Mr. Hill's the copd taphlet, advocating that noble measure, appeared,. to i s . PY which Mr. Hill h a d been good enough to send to followed him to Dublin, where he read it aloud a social and fashionable party, whose attention was Z t ted to it as much as if it had been one of the th e St P ° Pular novels• the men of business felt keenly • rt;evils of the old system, the cost of correspondence, idsteaetnh;tetzble which one friend imposed upon another visl')Le letters to parties in towns they might those who had near and dear relations a t a were tlaerevi consci (I even constantly annoyed by the . long delays_ °us cost attending written communications with conscious °f the young ladies were not un d (Loud would the advantages which the proposed confer in certain affaires du . cceur : — to the of and cheers.) It was a high gratification Ver tunit vat Y of testifying Pool Guardian Society to have the oppor se,or°' The health the f ir gratitude to tghieveanutahmoridosft loud o Mr. was -rr tame. kr, P p an ' —owiiND HILL on rising to address the corn pant received with rapturous welcome.—(Ehnthu-d t : • l e Plaudits continuing for some time.) which ege bad his friend Mr. Smith for the manner in Truerproposed, and the company at large for . the Truer in which they had received the toast just t g e iv7 n n : ? had done himself the pleasure of accepting h oilation with which the society had honoured him k for 4ieveral r easons —first, that he might in person ac nosy ge the friendly interest the society had taken in 5 at go o f i r . b . much . concerned himself ; secondly, that he explain the nature of the duties attaching to a n d n is . Present position in connexion with the Post-office ; se °v e all, that he might investigate on the, spot those "'tY, , e defects in the po ably stated', fromstal arrangements of thi ti s me, lo „dwhich c° the Mercury. It was a matter of personal o renience t o himself that his duties in the ° lt' office should be clearly understood, as the erro neous ideas which prevailed respecting them had Ihrolved him in a correspondence which occupied time ...which ought to be devoted to other subjects. His duties srere to advise the Postmaster- General, on all points 1 ° which his Lordship might be pleased to direct his eitention, and to carry out gradually the remainder of his own system of Post-office improvement, of which the penn rate was onl one fa ge neral understanding to this effect, eature .he n Whout ed it scarcely say (that he should not have felt justified in accepting office. Cheers.) Of t h e management of the present details he h ad no control whatever. But though a slight considera tion would show that it was impossible that he could ex ercise any direct power in the Post-office, he had the good fortune to serve under a nobleman who, with ex cellent business habits, united a thorough appreciation of the duties and responsibilities of his important office, and who was sincerely desirous of making the institution, over which he presides, as useful to the public as pos sible. He wished to convey to his hearers some idea of the magnitude of the institution. Were he merely to state that so many millions of letters passed through the Post-office in a year, no one could form any accurate con ception of the reality. The best mode probably to con teY any idea of the whole, would be for him to describe Some isart. For instance, last night, when he left Lon °l3, he was at Euston-square when the mail was brought "' to go by th e t ra i n , t hi s b e i ng on ly o n e of many Which are dispatched by railways. It was considered an exceedingly light mail ; but small as it was, it literally filed six large omnibuses • and the heavy mails for wfarded on a Saturday night, filled nine carriages of a cimailar desc r i pt i on. Again, the number of dead letters lace_ the a d option of prepayment had become a very aoll f raction —l ess t h an the two-hundredth part—of the in such inetetreerrat,heless, the average amount of money found address wrunild: c:eirne, sands oofoool. bank notes, and bills of exchange, per annum. —(Hear, hear.) Many thou atever. dime, ifiany extensive ther e f or actually found in letters with no -- (Laughter.) The company would see, way 0 _ e, that in so vast a machine the difficulties in the tiote ty was, that changethe machinew er verye wa s A i n n otle u r . :a; it never stood still night or day, and the greatest arr; fonreruthaiTight, and calculation were !here . fore neces constantly great. naake a mistak e do tot ing alterations. In improving it would not ; that might stop it altogether ; couldthey rarely try an experiment ; all must be inves • y i .g a at ci and settled with unerring certainty beforehand. stteam engine became defective, it could be stopped, 12,0usut ohcrequisite repairs made ; but not so with the mind, and He wished the society to bear these facts in confidence to continue to him some portion of that . great .. assuring`il'ee which they had hitherto reposed in him, should be them that so far as he was concerned no time s of his ir 0° that in carrying out the remaining portions liar d e fP o ,,, ° •"7 - (Cheers.) With reference to the pecu r • La in this neighbeurhood, he had not the beeqruisite local knowledge to spay that all could justiertneholied, but he thought he had heard enough to Proei in saying that there was much room for im aeraent, whilst there were reasons for adhering to in3thexitting arrangements which, no doubt, appeared chew e r"' It might seem to many' absurd that letters tended be carried p as t a town for wh i ch t h ey were in and then b rought back ; but it was not really town soak It arose frozn the impossibility of every fete 1 3 16/ki ng up a bag for every other town. There vs _a s out one thousand post towns, and if every one made up ono thousand bags, there would b h e a oftmilli is of bags him fact, more bags than letters. It a 4;1:1 taethe often struck that some pains should be taken to "5u..115: main features of the Post-office system intelli people. There was no department of Go lsen', ',nent which came so much into contact with the and it was advisable that they should know what ra nger ., -.ems were capable of improvement and what were ti e . not- His desire had ever been, in all the difficul ties and o pposition with w hi c h h e h a d to struggle, to be eto the i ns ti tut i on, and he was happy to ton ne to say that even before he went to the Post tiainstructions had been sent to the surveyors to .acertain returns with reference to the distribution neighbourhood; though, owing to the many other beenduties they with had to perform, these returns had not yet g_to the company e at i o n'atte•—(Hear, hear.) Perhaps it might be inter to revert to a few facts connected ......(ctese change produced by the plan of penny postage. redo s ra.) Immediately before the introduction of the ter cenrat e of postage, the number of chargeable let sevent not includi ng franks —delivered amounted to Y. ve millions annually. Last year it had a amounted to two hundred and ninety-nine millions and half,o r to four-fold the o •number. It would re quire something m rigma ore than that to bring the Post-office Irertold voniie up to the f ormer gross amount; but less than ts would effect th at o b ject. At the present moment the number of letters delivered in the London district, comprisin g a circle of 12 miles round the Post-office, St. liartin's-le-Grand, was as great • a that which, under the bid system, was deliveredinthes King dom. The increase was rapidly whole United King to twenty-eight millions last re g a o r ing on, and amounted previous year. I t was the opinion oTinpared w i t h t h e that the introdu c ti on of the penny gentlemen, y rate increased the difficulty of effecting i mprovements. It was said they could not afford to give ch eap postage, and greater faci lities also ; but, in fact. improvements had followed one another more rapidly since the penny postage came into operation than before. When the plan was first pro posed, the large towns had only a single mail connecting them with London : now they have two mails per day. Again—ln England and Wales there were formerly only two thousand post-offices of every kind ; now there were four thousand. There was a growing conviction in the Minds of all connected with the Post-office, that to make th e establishment profitable, they must make it as use ful as possible, and to that great object his best efforts should be devoted. Mr. Hill concluded amidst great Chee r i ng. After some other toasts, the company separated a little before twelve o'clock. bDEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR WILLOUGHBY LAKE, e -B • — This disti ngu i s h e d o ffi cer exp i re d at Bl ac kh ea th o n e 18 th inst., a ge d seventy- f our, and after a connexion with t he I3ritish navy of nearly sixty years duration. He was the second son of Sir James Hunter Lake, Bart. At an early age he entered the navy, and after a probationary service as midshipman was appointed Lieutenant, November 22, 1790, his other commissions being thus dated :—Commander, November 22, 1794; Post-Captain, January 4, 1796; Rear- Admiral, August 12, 1819 ; Vice-Admiral, July 22, 1530 ; An Admiral, N ovem b er 23, 1841. Sir Willoughby was Captain of the Magnificent, in Sir Home Popham's squadron, on the north coast of Spain, in 1812 ; and, during the Penin landlar war, commanded a division of seamen and marines, ed to co-operate with the guerillas. In some skirmishes honwhich ensued he was twice wounded. In 1812 he was ourably mentioned for his services in the London Gazette. -1, 1324., dur 7 r; ; e , L ;rd. 15.c!,-1!1-:', Admini,traii, ;ll at tb, ~,t,O-1111p..41ty. lie Via, .11'1,0,;,.; Co!nmauder-in-Chief on tie -i',4,!1.t1 American station, and in that capacity remained until .‘,.°.°%• Sir Willoughby married, in 1795, the daughter of , ~ • lee-A•urniral John M'Bride. He was in the enjoyment of a Pension of 300/. per annum, in addition to half-pay. ....;,...,,,_.._, f in/e` assiar•l :.erteba t im— m thee were grei4 a For 5,000 4 d ther. LITERATURE. BENTLEY'S MODERN LITERATURE.—The Letters of Horace Walpole, 6 Vols. The Letters of Lord Chesterfield, 4 Vols. On the first appearance of this serial publication we took occasion to remark upon the numerous excel lences by which it was characterised, and upon the advantages it afforded those who were desirous of making substantial and valuable additions to their libraries. Since then sufficient time has elapsed to test the merits of the publication, and to show whe ther the promises of the prospectus have been capable of fulfilment. According to the arrangements of the publisher, the various copyright works comprised in his plan have continued periodically their course of publication without any intermission, and without any abatement in the style of their " getting-up." Twice every month a separate Part has been issued ; once every month a Volume, massively bound and ele gantly emblazoned, has appeared, so that twenty-four parts or twelve volumes are forwarded to subscribers in the year. While the paper is richly glazed, and of a very durable texture, the type is large and clear, the printing distinct, the arrangement of the contents complete in all respects, and the embellishments nu merous and appropriate. So many advantages, coupled with such remarkable moderation in price, cannot fail to redound to the credit, and to ensure the compensation of the entrepreneur. It would savour more of affectation than of judgment to volunteer any critical remarks upon the epistolary works here republished by Mr. Bentley, the celebrity of the letters of Horace Walpole and the Earl of Chesterfield being erivalent to the extra ordinary abilities they display. Of Horace Wal pole, Earl of Orford, as a correspondent, it is impos sible to speak too highly. His "incomparable let ters" are beyond all panegyric. It is upon those apparently ephemeral, but really immortal, composi tions that his fame rests, more particularlf than upon any of his more laboured productions, although we have an eminent authority for rating his other literary pieces at more than their ordinary va lue. We remember that Lord Byron, in the preface to his splendid tragedy of " Marino Faliero," thus vindicates Horace Walpole from the contempt with which he is too generally regarded :—" He is the father," says Byron, "of the first romance and last tragedy in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any living writer, be he who he may!" We are not prepared to go so far as Lord Byron has gone in this momentary ebullition of spleen or enthu siasm ; but bating the conduct of Horace Walpole to the wonderful poet, the author of " .Ella," and his frivolities at Strawberry Hill, and his ridiculous jumbling together of oligarchism and democratism, we regard Horace Walpole as entitled to our esteem as an author, and to our gratitude as the writer of his delightful and matchless Letters. The epistles, again, of Phillip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, though redolent with pedantry, and ludicrous from their aristocratic primness, are always pleasant, always sparkling, and al ways instructive. The present beautiful edition is illustrated with editorial notes by Lord Mahon. Both series, namely both the Walpole correspondence and the Chesterfield correspondence are rendered peculiarly attractive and interesting from the cir cumstance of their being accompanied by numerous letters now first published from the original manu scripts. In the present deteriorated state of the bulk of periodicals, " Modern Literature " is a welcome and deserving innovation. HISTORY of EUROPE from 1789 to 1815. Vol. I. By Archibald Alison. Seventh Edition. Any criticism upon this splendid and elaborate historical composition would be superfluous. The great work of Archibald Alison, has, both from the European importance of its subject and from the eloquence of the narrator, assumed a position in our national literature as elevated as it is permanent. An analysis of its character and an examination into its merits were consequently unnecessary. So much has already been written upon the dramatic and elegant style of Alison, as well as upon his endeavour to maintain throughout his pages a scrupulous im partiality, so familiarized is the general public with his magnificent production, and so fully are the abilities of our historian appreciated that we shall content our selves with simply commenting upon the peculiarities which exclusively characterise the present edition. In its publication the utmost care has been taken to preserv e every portion of the original, unmutilated in and unabreviated , so that the compass of a most portable volume are comprised the entire contents of an octavo, or even of a quarto. The classification, the arrangement of the chapters, the footnotes, and the marginal references are singular for their com pactness; and this supervision has even extended to the enumeration of the authorities quoted in the nar rative. A merely superficial glance at this catalogue will be sufficient to show the enormous research and labour required in the composition—a research ex tending over many hundred volumes, and necesitating a perusal of documents in German, French, English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and Russian. Even in ex ternal appearance the work is remarkable for the attention paid to its general character, the binding being at once chaste and substantial. As a frontis piece there is a beautiful engraving from the admir able bust of the author, produced in the studio of Mr. Patrick Park. A better edition, suited to the public at large, could not possibly have been issued. It is observed by ➢Zr. Alison in the interesting preface affixed to the commencement, that " a subject so splendid in itself, so full of political and military instruction, replete with such great and heroic actions, adorned by so many virtues and darkened by so many crimes, never yet fell to the lot of an historian." No one will dissent from this esti mate, no one will deny that " the annals of modern Europe will be sought in vain for a parallel to that brief period of anxious effort and chequered achieve ment ; ' and no one will hesitate to aver that in earnestness, in enthusiasm, in perspicacity, and in judgment, Mr. Alison has shown himself competent to grapple with that vast multitude of astonishing events, or that his earnestness is not usually modu lated by his impartiality, his enthusiasm tempered by his justice, his perspicacity varied by his illustration, and his judgment unswerving upon the most delicate and complicated questions. KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME. No. CXIII. Bacon; his Writings and his Philosophy. Vol. 111. On this excellent abstract of Lord Bacon's philoso phical and miscellaneous writings, arranged by Mr. G. Craik, we have already spoken at some length. Now that the production is completed in the present vo lume, it would be a matter of supererogation to insist upon advantages which are so generally acknow ledged. In the miniature compilation of Mr. Craik, the very kernel of the wisdom of "the wisest of man kind" is contained. While, however, the elaboration of the great originals of the immortal Verulam is evaded, there is no sacrilegious mutilation of his thought and dogmas—even the quaintnesses of his manner are preserved, and we are rejoiced at this, for those quaintnesses form the most characteristic gar ment of the Baconian philosophy. THE CABINET HISTORY OF ENGLAND, Vol XXII As an abridgement of the chapters entitled, " Civil and Military History," in the Pictorial History o England, accompanied with a continuation up to the present time, by the author, Charles MacFarlane, this pocket edition of our national records is singularly complete and sensible. It has now proceeded to a sufficient extent to enable us, in a great measure, to estimate the value of the work as a whole, and it is impossible to deny that it is deserving of particular commendation. While the main narrative possesses all the staidness of Goldsmith, its minor episodes are sketched with a brilliant and effective pencil. As an example, we may quote the description of the closing scene of the Reign of Terror. The master murderers are caught in their lair, at the Hotel de Ville. Ro bespierre has broken - his jaw-bone with a pistol-shot in attempting suicide. Coffinhal has hurled Henriot from a window into an open sewer. Lebas has killed himself with a bullet. Saint Just had armed himself with a dagger, and Couthon has crawled under a table, when they are surprised by Leonard Bourdon and his associates. " When Leonard Bourdon burst into the room, fol lowed by some gendarmes (himself, according to some accounts, including his own, being disguis ed a s a com mon gendarme), Robespierre was sitting bleeding on a preparing for chair, with a knife in his hand i Couthon was lying uurfifidceerrsthe table as though he were dead ; the municipal were throwing off their scarfs, and apparently wounded, disfigured, in the Ul ed the flight. One or two pistols were fired . by submitted to gendarmes,be taken then all the conspirators quietly Robespierre u taken and bound. Henriot, badly who were now crowding covered with filth, was dis coveredwas also fr found alive, though with limbs place where he had fallen ; Augustin running over every fractured. Some of the armed people, broken and a skull the council-chamber and part into out Couthon by the heels s o f f the vast building, dragged throwing his carcase into under the table, and pro posed he opened his eyes d into the Seine ; but here uponthat he was not yet dead,"gave them to understand wounded were put upon nor b so much as dying. The shouting " Victory ! Vietorran! , ?ards or stretchers, and, ducted them to the Tuileries,Leonard B our d on con between three and four o'cloci in B this time it was o'clock in the afternoon, after the y morni9g. At four p rages, and tortures, w hi c h suffering insults, out triumphed were as ferocious aarotvbeodse who that th ose w h o pierre, his brother Augusti n , Saint Just, coithon, fell, Hen riot,Robes- and sixteen others, were car t e d at tse to be carried through the busiest streets of ParisConciergerie Place de la R6volution. The carts w ere followed to b aret countless multitude, and the windows and housetops he a said to have been more crowded than ever they bad been before. Jestings and laughing, filthy puns an d quodli bets, were mixed with dire curses, shrieks, and anathe mas. During a Init., v. band of women, formerly his own Tricott-tses, er IF itri(L, ~ ttp: Guii',llle, , 7:•ccuted an in fernal dance rounu nes cart, with clapping of hands and other dernonstsationF, of joy. On arriving in the Place de la Revolution they laid him down on the ground at the foot of the scar.(9ld, for he was to in executed last of SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Theobald's staghds., Wed., Newton (Suffolk); Sat., Quy, at 11. Lord Elcho's hds., Tues., Budle ; Wed., Lilburn ; Fri., Twizel House ; Sat., Belford. Mr. Horndon's hds., Thurs., Chapman's Wells-10%. Mr. Roe's lids., Wed., Bigbury Court ; Sat., Crey Combe• Tiverton lids., Wed., Winsford Village; Sat., Dulverton —lO%. Devon hds., Thurs., Bradley-11. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Dringhonses ; Thurs., Stri ven; Sat., Skelton-10%. Sinnington lids., Tues., Dalby ; Fri., Gillamoo-10. Hurworth lids., Tues., Nerthallerton ; Sat., Hilton-10%. Bedale lids., Wed., Hutton Conyers; Fri., Catterick Bridge 10 —Sir %. C. Constable's stghds, Wed., Hedon-11%. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Guisborough Park. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Marston St. Lawrence; Thurs., Edgcott Village; Sat., Fenny Compton Wharf-10%. Mr. Watson's lids., Wed., Warkworth ; Fri., Longhirst —lO%. Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., Swainby Bridge; Fri., Hil ton-10%. Mr. Fane's hrrs., Wed., Little Haseley ; Sat., Watlington. Warwickshire lids., Tues., Whichford Village; Thurs., Lower Shuckburgh Village; Fri., Church Tysoe ; Sat., Sherington. V. W. H., Tues., Hournington Hall; Thurs., Lechlade ; Sat., Charlton Gate. Berkshire lids., Wed., Tar Wood ; Fri., Step Farm. Lord Parker's lids., Tues., Nuneham Park; Fri., Cane End. TIIE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE KING, FEBRUARY 22, 1847. —,— , the twenty-one, and he could not stand—indeed, he too was now almost dead, his face was livid, hiq eyes were sunk in his head. At the fall of each head .1, countless multitude shouted and waved hats and oafs, and they shouted the loudest when Sampson held up the heads of Saint Just and Couthon. At last, Robespierre's turn came, for the axe had clanked down twenty times, and there remained none alive but he. As his ghastly figure and well-known sky-blue coat (now torn, and streaked and clotted with blood) slowly emerged to the surface of the scaffold, there was another universal roar of voices, and a still more enthusiastic waving of hats and caps. Samson tore off his coat, brutally wrenched the foul linen bandage from his jaw ; the broken left jaw fell, and then a horrible cry or scream proceeded from him, being the first sound of lamentation or suffering he had been heard to utter since his arrest. This fearful cry was still ringing in the air, when the heavy axe, wet with the blood of his brother and his friends, clanked down once more. Samson held up the frightful head ; the specta tors shouted and applauded for several minutes, and then went away singing. It was towards seven o'clock in the evening of the 10th Thermidor, or 28th of July." We perceive that Mr. Mac Farlane takes the most charitable view of Robespierre's character, regarding him as a madman. We suspect Mr. Carlyle would be indignant at the insinuation. Albeit, the incon gruities of the incorruptible's character and conduct are only reconcilable on the supposition of his in sanity. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied. by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, left Bvikiui ;ham Palace in a carriage and four at a quarter past %three o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Claremont. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal. the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, and the FAtdy in Waiting, the Marchioness of Douro , the , Lo',:cl in Waiting, the Earl of Morton ; the Master of the H .ouse hold, Major-General Bowles ; the Equerry in We Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey ; and the Equei Ty in Waiting to Prince Albert, Captain the Hon. A. H.. Gor don, followed in four carriages and four. Her Majesty and her RoyaljConsort were conducted to their carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of Horse, and Lord George Lennox. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Roy J Children, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal ;household, arrived at Claremont, at a quarter before five- c'clock on Saturday afternoon. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay tvrived at Claremont on Saturday evening. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert took their usual early walk, in Claremont Park. The Royal Family took their accustomed ai rings yes terday forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal suite, attended disine service yesterday at Claremont. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Dakins, the lessons by the Rev. T. Delmore, and the communion service by the Bishop of London. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of St. Assph. The anthem was " 0 God thou hest cast us out," (Purcell). Sir George Smart presided at the organ. Lady Fanny Howard was in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, and among the nobility present were the Marquises of An glesey, Northampton, and Salisbury; Ladies Palmer ston and Charlemont; Lords Granville, Listowel, Can terbury, Norreys, De 'Manley, and W. Graham. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse attended Divine Service, yesterday, in St. Paul's, Knightsbridge. Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left town on Saturday morning, for her residence, Frograore House, Windsor. Her Royal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. attended by Baron Knesebeek and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. Their Royal Highnesses were accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse. 1 THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAM- BRIDGE.-ANSWER OF PRINCE ALBERT. Before the departure of the court for Clarement, on Saturday, the following answer was returned by Prince Albert to the deputation of Heads of Colleges, who hail presented to his Royal Highness the request of the resi dent members of the University of Cambridge, to allow him to be appointed to the office of Chancellor : " The expression of the wish upon the part of so numerous and influential a portion of the Senate of the University of Cambridge, including so many eminent names, that I should allow myself to be proposed for election into the vacant office of - Chancellor of that Uni versity, cannot be otherwise than highly gratifying to my feelings. Did it not appear from the proceedings entered into by others in the University, that there does not exist that degree of unanimity which alone would leave me at liberty to consent to be put in nomination. I should have felt both the greatest pleasure and pride in acceding to the desire expressed in this address, and so personally connecting myself with your ancient and re nowned seat of learning. "Buckingham Palace, Feb. 20, 1847." DISTURBANCES IN THE NORTH. (From the Inverness Courier.) RIOTING AT BEAULY.—During the latter part of last week some disturbances took place at Beauly, to prevent the shipment of grain, and peace was only restored by the presence of the military. On Wednesday, Thurs day, and Friday some dissatisfaction was shown at attempts to ship grain, and the shippers having com • municated with the authorities in Inverness, Mr. Colqu houn, with Mr. John Macbean and a party of constables, proceeded to Beauly on Saturday morning. A number of special constables had also been sworn in in the village. Under the protection of this force, the attempt to ship was renewed ' • but the rioters twice deforced th e authorities, assaulted the Sheriff and Mr. Wacbean, and threw one of the carts over the quay. Finding the force at his disposal too weak to restore order, vehicles were sent to Fort-George, and seventy soldiers of the 76th regiment were conveyed to Beauly during the night. Their presence had an immediate effect in check ing disturbance ; and on Monday morning six of the mob (five men and a woman) were apprehended and brought to Inverness gaol. The authorities are on the spot taking a precognition of the case. The shipment of She grain was completed on Monday, and the vessel sailed that evening. To-day (Tuesday), the military arrived here on their way to Fort-George. ROSEMARKIE, FEB. 15.—1 t might be expected that the meeting of proprietors, &c., held here on the Bth instant, would allay the alarm of scarcity, as well as put an end to all disposition to riot in this district ; such, however, has not been the case. On Thursday morn ing last, a shipment of ninety quarters of barley, be longing to Mr. David Macbean, Flowerburn, was to take place at Chanonry Point, and the one-half was scarcely aboard the vessel, when a mob of about 400 assembled from Fortrose, Rosemarkie, and Avoch. Mr. Mackenzie, of Flowerburn (the Provost of Fortrose), was early at his post, and seeing, from the continual augmentation of the crowd, that any further shipment was then imprac ticable, he deemed it prudent to send for a detachment of soldiers from Fort George. Accordingly 50 men soon arrived, under command of Captain Flannighan, where upon the crowd betook themselves to Rosemarkie, in order to obstruct the carts which were coming in that direction. The military, however, followed them, and escorted the carts back to the vessel, when the whole was safely shipped. BALLINTRAID, INVERGORDON, &C.—On Monday last an attempt was made to ship grain at the port of Bailin traid, but a mob, composed chiefly of women, assembled and turned back the carts. They also loosed the ship from her moorings, and let her go. Another vessel is expected, and the military were to be on the spot last night.—Another attempt was also to be made to ship grain at Invergordon, under the protection of the mili tary. The Sheriff and Convenor of the county were at Ballintraid. Mr. Tulloch has been active in going about among the poor, admonishing them and inquiring into their condition. 7HE SHOES of FORTUNE, and Other Tales. By Hans Christian Andersen. This little volume contains translations of many of Christian Andersen's children's tales, and a de lightful little book it is. There are very few authors so well qualified to write for the amusement of the young as is Christian Andersen; it is not necessary for him to assume a new style, or to write in a different language, when addressing juvenile readers, for his habitual strain of thought and form of expression are always simple and natural, and, in the true sense of the word, childish. So much is this characteristic apparent in this little vo lume, that so far from writing down to suit the capacity of his little readers, he appears rather, in most instances, to be only expressing his own thoughts and feelings. So great is the simplicity of this little book, so extravagant are the fancies of its author, that, we doubt not, many of the precocious juveniles of " the rising generation" will look down upon both book and author as too childish and too ridiculous to afford them any amuse ment. On the other hand, all, of whatever age, who can appreciate the natural, and, remembering the fan cies of their own youthful days, can sympathise ,with the childish, will experience pleasure in looking over these miniature tales. Andersen gases abroad on the great field of nature with the imagination of a child, and the appreciation of a poet. With the imagination of a child, however strange the expression may appear, with the imaginative fancy, which invests every object with life, and thoughts, and feelings, and with the power of speech. To him there are literally, " Tongues in trees, books in the running brook, " Sermons in stones, and good in every thing." Yes, " good in every thing," for most of these simple tales, besides evoking smiles during their perusal, are calculat'. d to inspire some moral reflection at their close. The first story, the " Shoes of Fortune," which gives its title to the book, is founded upon a not very uncommon contrivance in fairy tales, the transporting or transforming of some favoured in dividual into the place or person he might happen to desire. By putting on the "shoes of for tune," the poor man takes the place of the rich, the p h o e a e d t i ; s mettheamorphosed t into l t l he erbirdlonging n a g r ol g above behold his the beauties of southron lands, finds himself suddenly in disagreeable quarters in a well. packed diligence, and of course in all these and the other changes occasioned by the wonderful shoes, the favoured object of fortune finds it n is no reason be sen hopedtoapp , ro a v leesosfonhisofchcaenngteento.f st T a h te e , and first learns, trans formation occurs to one Councillor Knap, who always admiring the days of King Hans, some four hundred }ears ago, finds himself, on putting on the fairy shoes, transported to that ancient epoch, on which his admira tion gives place to very different sentiments, as we sus pect would, under similar circumstances, be the ease with those who talk so ranch of " the good old times." It is unnecessary to particularise the various tales ; to those who can admire or appreciate one, the whole will be most attractive, and the little volume a delightful re creation. It were difficult to find a more amusing book for those children in years who are not too wise or too learned to be really children in feelings. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of )Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis tmunt Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the :Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the :Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was prevented from t t m e nr. xv d ng h ß e e rCouncilesford M.P., by indisposition.and a deputation from the The Council s a t an ho ur an d a h a lf. Ipswich and Bury Railway Company, had an interview deputation from f i r n o t m ervi t e h w e NwaittinonaslirPhGilaanorthgreopGiereAy,ssnon with the Right Hon. E. St ru tt, on Saturday, at the office of the Commissioners of Railways. at the Home- office. The deputation consisted 3;iaaAttniordndeay, yf Mr. B. Bond Cabbell. M.P., Rev. M. W. Lusignan, Alr. Charles Cochrane, Dr. J. B. Serny, Mr. Joseph litogers, Mr. M. Davies, and Dr. Bromet. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, trans. neted business on Saturday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Hudson and a deputation had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Governor bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday.l Mr. John O'Connell, M.P., Mr. Gregory, M.P., Mr. (lamilton, M.P., and a deputation of Irish distillers, load an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday. Sir Alexander Johnston had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday. Mr. Greene, M.P., had an interview on Saturday with the Right Hon. E. Strutt. The Marquis of Lansdowne had a dinner party on :3aturday at Lansdowne House. We are happy to say that the shipping of grain has been going on at the port of Inverness without inter ruption. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, FEB. 19. The de mand for wool this week has been limited; the spinners and manufacturers buy sparingly and cautiously. There is not any variation of moment in the prices quoted; but the sales which have been made have been at rather lower rates. 'KR. WALLACE'S NEW OPERA OF " MATILDA," AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. We are glad to learn that Miss Romer is quite re oovered, and that Mr. Vincent Wallace's new Opera of Matilda will be produced at Drury-lane Theatre this !veiling. Judging from the overture, we are ,of opinion tat this opera will prove one of the most successful that ,Idr. Bann has ever produced since he undertook the management of the theatre. Wallace is not only a most accomplished musician, but he is also a man of original E; enius. If we mistake not, his Matilda will add im mensely to the fame he has already acquired as the corn , iroser of Maritana. LORD HARDINGE ON RAILWAYS IN INDIA. On Monday was printed, by order of the House o Commons, a copy of railway.reports from India. Th ere are seven papers in the document, the last of which is an importont communication from the Governor-Gene ral, Lord Hardinge, dated the 28th July last, wherein his excellency states his opinion on the proposed Indian railways, and also his confidence that the speculation will entirely fail, unless it be largely and liberally encouraged by the East India Company. The following observations of Lord Hardinge show the importance of the proposed undertaking:—" The limitation of the Company's liber ality may be safely calculated by the positive and palpa ble advantages which a railway from Calcutta to Delhi would confer, and it need only be guaranteed to be forthcoming when an efficient and daily com munication by railway shall have been actually com pleted between the two extremities, and measures have been taken to ensure that it shall be permanently kept up. The calculation of the contribution to be given would be based on the political, military, and commer cial advantages which would be derived from the com pletion and full operation of such a line. In a political point of view, the daily delivery of the mails from Delhi to Calcutta in sixty hours, instead of eight days—the electric telegraphic communicating important orders in a few minutes from one extremity to the other—would give the Government great additional powers, approach ing almost to übiquity, as compared with the system of chik runners and (14k travelling. Such a facility would decide the question of the Governor-General and the members of Government moving up to the frontier; or, if it were necessary, to move rapidly up, the return would be equally speedy. The rigour, the confidence, and the economy with which the Government would be carried on would be greatly increased. In a military point of view, I should estimate the value of moving troops and stores with great rapidity, 'would be equal to the services of four regiments of infantry. This reduc tion of military establishments would be a saving of 50,0001. a year on the lowest scale. When the Lanca shire Yeomanry were moved to Birmingham, they com pleted 120 miles in three hours, rode their horses quite fresh to the scene of the disturbance, having accom plished a distance of 130 miles in five hours, and being again at their houses on the following day. In this country, where no man can tell one week what the next may produce, the facility of a rapid concentration of in fantry and artillery, and stores, may be the cheap pre vention of an insurrection, the speedy termination of a war, or the safety of the empire. I need not enter into the commercial and agricultural advantages which would repay the Exchequer for a large portion of the outlay contributed by the State. All these points are so well known and so generally admitted, that I will merely conclude by stating my opinion, that on military consi derations alone the grant of one million sterling, or an annual contribution of five lace of rupees, may be contri buted to the great line, when completed, from Calcutta to Delhi, and a pecuniary saving be effected by a dimi nution of military establishments, arising out of the faci lity with which the troops would be moved from one point to another." FALL or Two 1401:18E5 Thursday morning, shortly after IN ---r--------- KENT -STREET.—On Ted i f n our o'clock, an accident of in the t e h n e t i - r s t l r i e v e e t e ,. Southwark, pe r some a most alarming nature occurred by which seven persons nearly , lio l l s street, formerly p ae as e t e t h h e e pe r h s e e d n h u e m en b e e e re n d eid - ered ing which, an elderly lady, named unsafe , notwithstand daughters, continued to reside therein. utismede Smith, and her two question, owing to a violent gale of wind, the morning in chimneys, together with the party wall, fella lofty stack of resembling a peal of thunder. The helavy mass with a crash the top of that house, and on the one adjoining, falling u p on the Temperance Union Coffee-house, both roofs were known as in, and also the floerings,so that the :interior of both ere houses foreed became filled with bricks and rubbish. At that tim i r a Smith and her two daughters were in fine building, ared Dir. Smith, the landlord of the coffee - hour.', with his wife a — d . two sons were in the other. For some time it was feared that all the parties had perished, but the piste and flooring having settled upon the top of Mr. Smith's bedstead, they formed a kind of arch, which protected the inmates, and they thereby escaped. Mrs. Smith and her daughters also by some extraordinary means escaped destruction ; one of ? the parties only received any personal injury, and that merely a cut on the head. The upper room of the coffee-house was decorated with tents and canopies for the use of the society termed "The Sons of the PilO3OlX." The whole of the para phernalia has been destroyed, and Mr. Smith has lost furni ture valued at up wards of 100/. DUNDEE TRADE, FEB. 16. We have no pa rticular change in the state of our market t o notice. It is under ast week have been stood, that the sales of flax during the p T OW S and cedillas of considerable extent, and at full prizes. are in demand, and have been so ld at an advance on the 4 there is no alte prices previously paid. In the valu e of jute ration. Linens continue in fair demandas well as yarns , arrivals from partivular kind- are r at;l: r n , ' ,l altho ,e 00.• :5 rom toreigu mince our last.--Coulic r. . CABINET DINNER . --Tile . le Earl of Clarendon has issued invitations to his several on Wednesday, colleagues for 4 Cabinet dinner ay, the 8d proximo. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SIINDAY.—By the arrival of the packet ship Oxford, Captain Yeadon, from New York, which port she left on the 4th instant, we have received papers up to the day of her sailing. The Oxford has made a remarkably quick passage, the voyage from land to land being only 12i- days, and the whole voyage up to her ar rival in the Mersey only 16 days. This arrival brings us some interesting news. We learn from the seat of war that the American forces had taken the city of Victoria from the Mexicans without a battle or even a shot being fired. The occupation was effected on the 4th January by General Quitman and Colonel Kinney. There aeems to be some ques tion in the papers as to the locality of this place, it being in one case stated to be the same as New Santan der, a town in the department of Tamaulipas, some two hundred miles from the city of San Luis Potosi, whilst another states it to be sixty miles north of Santander, near the place where Llena is marked on the map; never theless, though the site is doubtful, the news has given a fresh impetus to the war fever of our trans-Atlantic friends. The letter of General Taylor, which has excited so much attention, is to be followed by the publication of the whole of his correspondence with the War Depart ment, from the time he took his position at Fort Brown till the storming of Monterey. This is the result of a motion made by Mr. Thompson in the House of Repre sentatives, and to the production of which the Govern ment have agreed. Its production is anticipated with great eagerness by the friends of General Taylor. The Secretary of the Treasury has presented to the Senate a report in answer to the resolution of that body, calling for information relative to an increase or dimi nution of duties, with a view to the augmentation of the revenue. (From the New York Herald of Feb. 4.) TO THE LATEST MOMENT-TELEGRAPHIC.-THE STORM. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 3, TEN P.M.—The storm has been severe. The western telegraph line has been suspended in consequence. Innumerable houses have been unroofed. Four wood sheds at the Camden Railroad depot, each 150 long, were prostrated. A number of vessels were driven from their anchorage. The tide has overflowed all the wharves. The damage is very great along the Schuylkill river. A vessel at Darby Creek had her masts blown down. ALBANY, FEB. 3, ElGirr P. M. —We have had a rain storm all day. The Earl of Elgin arrived at Montreal on Friday. The Bill has passed both branches of the Michigan Legisla ture reducing the rate of interest to rix per cent COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 3.—The weather was very wet and stormy, rendering all out-door business exceedingly disagree able. The markets were generally quiet, while quotations exhibited some less firmness in breadstuffs. Ashes—The market was steady, with moderate sales at 4 dolls. 81ic. to 4 dolls. 87i f e. for Pots and 5 dolls. 37ie. for Pearls. , 4,4 Barley-75 cants. was. offered. Holders held it at higher rates. Beef-400 bbls. sold since last report (country), mess 10 dolls., prime 8 dolls. On 'Change holders were firm at 10 dolls. 50c. for mess, and 8 dolls. 50c. for prime. Breadstuffs—Flour—This market continued quiet. Some large holders demanded 7 dolls. for lioness* but bud ers were not so plentiful as yesterday at 6 dolls. 874 c.; small sales were made at 6 dolls. 874 c., and 1,000 ditto at 6 dolls. 75c. ; 150 Troy ditto sold at 6 dolls. 75c.; 4,000 barrels Southern, Georgetown, and 250 ditto Howard•street, Baltimore, sold at 6 dolls. 50c. Cotton—Notwithstanding the very inclement state of the weather, there appeared to be a good business transacting in this article. We heard of sales of 2,000 bales at firm prices, a portion of which was reported for export. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. New Orleans, Uplands. Florida. Mob. & Texas none none none [nferior Ordinary Middling Good middling l2l a 124 121 a 12i 12* a 13 Middling fair........ 124 a 13 121 al3 13 a 13* Fair F 11 v fr" - I: 4 ' IP 131 al4 .2ully fair Good fair Fine none none :none 134 a 14 14 a 14A none. Corn—The arrivals have been large, about six or seven cargoes having arrived within a day or so, much of which, however, it was believed had already been sold. This fore noon 25,000 bushels sold at 1 doll. 03; during 'change 10,300 bushels Jersey yellow and white, 5,000 for future de livery, changed hands at 1 doll. Corn Meal—We note sale of 100 barrels, to arrive at 4 dolls. 75 ; and 1,000 ditto, on the spot, at 5 dolls. Wheat—The market was quiet. We note a sale of 500 bushels Genessee white at 1 doll. 55. Freights—The packet-ship lowa has been withdrawn from the Havre line, and loaded with flour for Liverpool at 75., which continued the current rate to-day. Grain continued to be shipped, in sacks, at 23d. ; cotton was quoted at 7-16 d. to Id. per lb. ; square bales, probably, could have been shipped a trifle lower. No new remarks to make in reference to rates current to Havre and London. PrrrsnunGn, FEB. 2.—The Ohio is in good navigable order. There is no change in the price of flour. Sales heavy, with little demand. CINCINNATI, JAN. 31.—Flour commands 4 dolls. 80 to 4 dolls. 90 ; Lard, 6i ; and Pork in bulk, 5. BALTIMORE, FEB. 2.—Howard-street Flour has expe rienced a decline in price. Sales of 1,000 barrels were made to-day at 5 dolls. 87k. Sales of 3,000 barrels Baltimore City Mills at 6 dolls., at which price the market is firm. Sales of corn meal at 5 dells.; ditto, prime Wheat, 1 doll. 28 per bushel ; ditto prime yellow corn, 95c. ; ditto oats, 38c. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 2.—Flour and Meal—On Tuesday night, on receipt of the private letters from Europe, 3,000 barrels were sold at 5 dolls. 621 to 5 dolls. 75. On Wednes day 13,000 barrels were taken for export at 6 dolls. up to 6 dolls. 25, and the latter price was refused. Since then the demand has fallen off, and prices have declined 12i to 184 c. per barrel. Sales of 15,000 barrels at 6 dolls 184, 6 dolls. 121, 6 dolls. 9, 6 dolls. 6, and 6 dolls., the market closing quiet to-day at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. Sales for the week 31,000 bbls. for shipment and on speculation. For city use sales at 6 dolls. 6* to 6 dolls. 37k, extra at higher rates. Rye Flour is held at 4 dolls. 75, but no sales. Corn Meal has also advanced. Sales of 22,000 bbls. at 4 dolls. to 4 dolls. 25 early in the week, and subsequently at 4 dolls. 50, 4 dolls. 62k, to 4 dolls. 75, part for future delivery. To-day we quote 4 dolls. 50 to 4 dolls. 75. Bread has advanced a cent. per pound. SALE OF STOCKS AT PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 3. —First Board-200 U.S. Loan 6's, '62, 102 ; 5,100 ditto, 6's, 1018 ; 100 ditto, 1014; 1,000 Reading RR Bonds, 75, 74i; 5,000 U. S. Loan, 6's, '56, 1014 ; 30 Girard Bank, 108 ; 4 Grand Gulf Bank, 6. Second Board-152 Girard Bank, 107 ; 1,000 State s's, 724; 517 Texas Treasury Notes, 14; 1,500 Wilm'n RR Bonds, 81; 66 Schuylkill Bank, 5; 5,000 Texas Treasury Notes, 148 ; 884 ditto, 10's, 15i ; 1,500 Texas Bonds, 20 ; 30 Morristown RR, 98 ; 30 Morris Canal, 10g. THE GALWAY ELECTION. RETURN OF MR. INIONAHAN. The following is the official statement of the High Sheriff : Monahan O'Flaherty Majority 4 THE COURT.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert, with the Royal Family, will return to town from Claremont to-morrow, the Queen having appointed to hold her second levee this season on Wednesday next; and on Saturday, according to present arrangements, the Court will take its departure from Buckingham Palace for Osborne House. The whole of the infant Royal Family will accompany their illustrious parents to the Isle of Wight. Her Majesty, it is stated. will prolong her stay at Osborne House for three weeks. Indeed it is expected that the Court will not return to Buckingham Palace until within two or three days previously to the 25th proximo, on which day the first drawing. room this year will be held by her Majesty at St. James's Palace. The Court will afterwards proceed to Windsor for the Easter holidays, remaining for about a week or ten days at the castle. On Saturday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.8., was sworn in Commander in-Chief of the Company's forces, and second member of council on the Bombay establishment. Sir Willoughby Cotton afterwards dined with the Directors, at the London Tavern, Bishops.. gate-street, when they were honoured with the company of the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Clare, the Earl of Charleville, the Earl of Auckland, Viscount Seaham. Lord Adolphus Vane, the Honourable John Coventry, Sir John Hobhouse, the Lord Chief Baron, and several civil and mill- tary officers of high rank. IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN THE EXCISE DE PARTMENT.—The Lords of the Treasury have for some time past been in correipundence with the Coinmissioners of Ex cise, in reference to the present mode of superannuation of the officers in that branch of the public service. The present regulation is, that all officers are compelled to subscribe to the superannuation fund, and, after a certain number of years' service, are eligible to become recipients of it on application being made to the board for that purpose. Of course the superannuation allowance is a considerable modification of the remuneration received in active service, and a bar to any advance ; consequently, few persons apply for it un less accident renders them wholly unable to perform their duties. The sum thus deducted from their salaries, at death, by the present arrangement, falls into the general fund, leaving the widow and family of the deceased officer totally unprovided for. The result of the present corre spondence between the Treasury and the Commissioners of Excise appears to be a proposition that, if at the decease of any officer he would have been entitled to a retiring allow ance, his widow shall enjoy the same amount as he would have received; and failing a widow, that the direct branches of his family shall equally share the provision made for them by their deceased parent. The plan has met with great approbation by all parties interested. DREADFUL FRATILICIDE.—On Monday the Sth current, a few friends had made an appointment tospend the day together in the house of Allen Dunn, senior, residing at Fullerton, Tollcross. About five o'clock, the daughter of the said Allan Dunn, accompanied by her husband, re turned home to Mossend, leaving their son and daughter-in law in the house of another s ister, who lives near to old Dunn. After spending a short time there, the latter went to the house occupied by old Dunn, at about half.past five o'clock, accompanied by Dunn's two sons, William Fell, and Allan. During the time some ham was getting ready for them, old Dunn accused his son William with taking money from his mother the previous day, which irritated the son, and caused him to lay hold of his father by the nose in rather a rough manner. The old man cried out to the other son, "will you see him murder me ?" when Allan, who was at that time using a ham knife, laid hold of his brother William and inflicted a fearful wound on his head with the weapon, and afterward ran it to the handle into his body immediately above the heart, which caused instant death. On Allan seeing what he had done, he at once fled. There was no intimation sent to the police, although living within a few yards of the house where the deed was committed, but they h ear d o f it about nine o'clock, and sent notice to Mr. Holland, the superinten dent, who resides in Airdrie, a distance of eight miles. It wa s after ten o'clock before the superintendent leard of it, and he, without &moment's delay, proceeded to the spot,which lie reached in three quarters of a n hour after receiving the re port. By that time the officers were on the right track, and after travelling several miles, they succeeded in appre hending Allan Dunn, near olytOwn and had him con veyed to Airdrie. Next morning, he ;vas brought up for examination, and committ e d to prison, where he now lies.— , Glasgow Chronicle, WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. 18.—We cannot report any relief to that extreme dullness that has pre vailed in the trade for the last month: sales are li mited, and prices are again a turn in favour of the buyer. LFEDS.—The woollen cloth market this day week was quite as dull at the cloth halls as the markets of late, but on Tuesday there was more done in low qualities, but fine goods were very little inquired for. On the whole, the market may be quoted much below an average at this season of the year. Prices remain about the same, and the stocks in the manufacturers' hands are moderate. Business in the warehouses has improved a little. There has been more country buyers in the town the last few days than for some time, but the business doing by the home houses is Touch below an average, and the shipping houses are doing less than usual at this season. BRADFORD, FEB. 18.—The sales of combing wools still continue to be on a limited scale. The purchases, however, have been at a shade lower prioes. Clothing wools are in fair request. We cannot report any varia tion of moment in the yarn market. As we mentioned last week, the export houses are doing more business. Prices are very firmly maintained, and indeed a trifle in advance has been generally obtained. There has been a very great number. of pieces, principally Orleans and Paramattas, purchased to-day. There are large sales of pieces for the American market. Altogether the prospect brightens as we advance. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—It is impossible to describe the depression that exists in our cloth and yarn markets. Every seller has his own price, but when it is considered that most goods are now within 5 per cent. of the lowest known, and that the staple is 60 or 70 per cent higher than it was twelve or fifteen months ago, some idea may be formed of the miserable state of things that now exists. During the week we have had a com pletetha: the sto p p p r a o g p e r i o e f t o s r e s v eorfal most,mills,o r b u e ltli of f i s t g h r e a m t i!y e o i n o g t e t m o p h i e a a t e r the payment of a portion of the wages, to be repaid by the operatives when fully employed again by easy instal ments. Though this kind feeling may thus be extended, a large amount of suffering must still result from the closing of the mills. It is all but certain that a much larger number of mills will be closed in the course of the next two or three weeks. So that the ratepayers may look for heavy poor's rates for some time to come. LEICESTER.—Both the country and London markets continue very flat; the late severe weather has cleared out the winter goods in the retailer's hands, which, though it has kept them back from making their spring purchases, will have supplied funds for that purpose, their trade being in a very healthy state. Inquiries are making about shipping goods, and a few orders have been received. Worsted yarns are dull of sale, and some mills are working short time. Wools are flat, and a shade lower in price. The general trade continues dull, and manufacturers are acting with great caution. In cotton goods more is doing, and more orders are antici pated as the weather becomes milder. In material there is no alteration, and it appears doubtful if the last ad vance in cotton will be realised. .ORTALITY IN THE ARMY.—The annual mortality among 1,000 young men aged from twenty to forty years in civil life in Great Britain is 15, among the British troops in the Windward and Leeward Islands it is 85, in the garrisons in Jamaica 143, among the slaves in Cuba (of all ages) 100. It appears that the number of soldiers who have perished by sickness in the Windward and Leeward command, viz., Barbadoes, Trini dad, &c., since 1817, is 10,381 • and in Jamaica, during the same period, 11,040—total, 21,421 soldiers, mostly natives of Britain, and under thirty years of age. The deaths among the troops in Bermuda are net included in the above. MR. HENRY RUSSELL'S ENTERTAINMENT.—MY. Henry Russell, the great actor singer, opens this evening at the Strand Theatie. Who, that has ever heard him sing "The Maniac," or "The Ship on Fire," can forget his thril ing power and pathos? Who, that has heard his Negro anecdotes, can forget his wondrous humour? The house, we expect, will be crowded. MADAME ANNA BrsuoP.—The English prima donna is achieving a great triumph in the sister island. The Dublin Pilot, speaking of her performances at the Dublin, theatre, says Thursday and Friday last Madame Anna Bishop performed, with immense effect, the part of Amina, in La Sonnambula, and if we Were delighted in listening to her admirable singing in the Maid of Artois, we were astonished at the impressive manner and purity of style with which she interpreted Bellini's beautiful opera. She is, in truth, a great artist, and nothing could be more perfect than her wonderful vocalisation in her first cavatina, " Dearest companions." Her last scene was also very fine, and Madame Anna Bishop surpassed herself in the favourite rondo finale, which was demanded by the enraptured audi ence three times. After the fall of the curtain cries for " La Bishop" being loud and long, the fair vocalist made her ap pearance, and with winning and lady-like demeanour, evinced her appreciation of the good taste and kindness of the audience. On Saturday, by the wish of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant and family, the opera of The .Maid of Artois was repeated with great effect; on that occasion the house was crowded, and besides the noble party above men tioned, there was a great number of our nobility. M. Thions, a village priest, has been lately de prived of office by the Bishop of Autun. No act of dishonesty or incontinence was alleged against M. Thions. For the last in commune of Chanes, near Macon. He was respected and beloved his parishioners; they had the happiness of finding in him i; one of those priests, too rare now-a-days, who to true cha rity unite religious zeal. But al though the Abbe Thions had won general approbation, he was bad in repute with his Bishop. For what reason? Because he had refused to join his lordship in an attack on the Professors of the University. This was the only crime ishich he had committed. One day, then, on returning from church, the Abbe Thions found at his parson age, an agent of his episcopal superior, who presented to him a confession of faith,_ow.h.vicinhgh. e was to sign under pain of be ing Take your choice," said this dismissed from hi 11 agent to the Abbe, " either give me your signature immedi ately, or hand over to me the keys of the Church." Thus treated, M. Thions conducted him rudely and oppressiyely self like a conscientious and honourable man ; he refused to sign from compulsion,and abandoned functions which re quired such utter servility. e find the following in the A MARE'S NEST. " O W nr London correspondent an- Union 31onarchique : noun ces that negociateiomnsoosttoiloal coolinntiwnuitebretlbaetivreritnocethssemmaarr3-,, riage of the Count de daughter of the Duke of Cambridge, o unc 3 l d e of N Q ov u e e m en be V r, ic l to B r 3 i 3 a. . Th e Princess Marybwaao born on the The only serious -oot de to the unit iion s is beli thev e difference of relig i on between the parties e that this difficulty will be removed by the Princess embracing Catholicity." WAKEVELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—The sup- Plies this week are small. The demand for wheat is slow, y etv holders are fir m and require last week's prices. The high pri ce of barley causes maltsters to pause, and there is only a small amount - • II mount of business done at late rates. Oats an d shelling are in limited request, also beans, but no mint= in value. MUSICAL MEMORANDA. By letters received from Vienna, we learn that Mr legilfe's opera, The Bohemian Girl, has been performed fifty-eight times. The celebrated composer, Meyerbeer ' vas present at one of its repr esentati ons , and was so e:mportd with the freshness of its melodies, that he pur l) oses having it immediately produced at Berlin. Th e Bohemian Girl and The Castle of Aymon have been translated into the Hungarian language, and will be im ,siediately produced in several theatres in Hungary. OPERA COMIQUE, PARIS.—On Monday evening last, i new comie opera, called Le Sultan Saladin, in one act, leas performed at the Opera Comique: the author of the libretto was declared to be M. Du in, and the composer of the music M. Luigi Bordese. It was very favourably received. The music is simple and pretty, and well adapted to the subject. Rossini's new opera, Robert Bruce, was performed at the Grand Opera, Paris, on Monday evening last, to a orowded house, with increased success, for the fourteenth tame. HER MAJESTY'S TREATRE.—On Saturday evening their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Prince Frederick of Hesse, and at tended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the performance at this theatre with their presence. There were also present the Conde de Montemolin, the Viscount and Viscountess Falkland ;ind party (who occupied her Majesty Queen Adelaides box) ; his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brun now, accompanied by Mademoiselle Olgar de Lechne r ; the - Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Sligo, the Marquis of Blandford, the Baron and Baron ess Rehausen, the Count Koudrifsky, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, the llanoverian Minister, Monsieur Couttu ; Mrs. Standish, his Excellency Baron Hugel, her Excellency the Baroness de Busch ; the Earl of L ons d a l e , the Marquis de St. Aulaire, the Baron Nicholas, M. de Be , C ou nt de Courcy , Earl of March, the Earl of Munster, the Earl and Countess of Har rington, the Earl of Granville, the Viscount Castlereagh, the Viscount Duncannon, the Viscount Cantalupe, the Viscount Clifden, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord and Lady Temple more, Lord Chichester, Lord Sandys, Lady Mary Egerton, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley Lord Gerald, Lady Mackenzie, General Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Henry Willoughby, Sir G. Hampson, Sir George Viromb well, Mr. Hubert De Burgh, the Hon. A. Rarr.say, Mr. and Major Buckley, Capt. Blair, Mr. Stuart, M.P. , Mrs. Dennistoun, Capt. Greville, Major Baring, Col. Bowers, Col. Wildman, Capt- and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Wellesley, Sir Henry Webster, Mr. Henry Broadwood, M.P., Mr. Barry Baldwin, M.P., Capt. Lyon, &c., &c. for- LICENSING OP PLAYS.—A circular has been warded from the Lord Chamberlain's -office, directed to the lessees of the metropolitan theatres, stating that the copies of plays hitherto sent in for examination have, in various in stances, been very illegibly written, and have contained so many erasures and interlineations, that it has been with the Hon. W. great difficulty that they have been read. Th are ine Lord ed for Cham berlain, therefore, requires that such plays as tend representation should be clearly and legibl wrowingitten, and that on the title-page of every play the fol y l statements should be given :—The name of the theatre, the name of the play, the actual date of delivery, and the proposed date of re presentation ; and that no play shall be performed until seven days after the period at which such copy shall have been sent in. - the affairs of It having been stat ed that " Lord Howden had arrived in London with suc h terms respecting be able to say that Lord Bowden is still at Paris, and that there is no reason whatever to doubt that he will he speedily r p xe s o p i e n e en t tti e an f tgi d ot i n f h - i La Plata as M. Guizot would consent to, we are glad to be enabled to proceed to his destination, armed with the com bined instructicms of the Governments. f _. ance and Eng land, for the settlement of all points he in_d v ispute between the belligerent parties od both sides_of t Iti . er Plate. So far D r p ° l a p d r s e O d c 0 11 t t n r h l e u r r e r y l i I li : o r le wait the leisure of ference, and they only • the French Cabinet from other more pressing matters, to be put into ess, the opinion of those such a shape as will enable the British Envoy to carry out seized hhia t izeor h :cit e dsmi toe oytashtcScotch negotiations fsbgbce uripaynsri ede snrostuE: un h i best n inf o rme d, that there is no the wishes of both Governments for a complete and satis factory pacification.—Observer.c English o y , any h prices as are now realised. Monday week has been pretty nearly recovered; and at Wakefield yesterday a panic of purchasing seemed to have quantity of grain held by l farmers to be greater at present than the average usual y Id n at this period ; whilst to meet the extraordinary dema nd arising from the failure of the potato crop, the imports have already been large, and are likely to be greatly increased. As, however, wi n t er h as re t urne d upon us aga in, the h old ers of grain are rea li s i ng a temporar y harvest; but t he scarcity by which they profit is one of speculation , but not of profit. The stock of flour in Liverpool at the com mencement of this mont i was 500, 000 barrels. And the ar rivals in Liverpool alone during Janu ary exceeded 25 0 , 000 q uarters of grain and 1,500 to ns of provisions. The qua ntit y y et to come from America is stills greater. And, ou the other band, we learn from St. Peters burgh that on the opening of the navigation, shipments grain will be made to the extent of 110,000 ni of wheat, and 800,000 chetwerts of oats, rye, andwerts of These purchases have already been effected, an, rye flour. that other 90,000 chetwerts are held, and co • u it is said shipment. —Liverpool Standard. co m ing down for PAINLBSS OPSRATIONS ON ANIMALS. N MARKET, FEB. 11.—Operations upon a thorough -bred ZW and a donkey, whilst under the influence of eth mare were performed by Messrs. Barron, Newmark eric vapour, ve terinary establishment. The mare was made to at their etheric vapour. In four minutes she fell to inhale the in sensible, and the operation of unnervin g powerless and both fore-legs, without the slightest man ifestation performed on Within 20 minutes the mare was perfectly ifestation of pain. effects of the ether. The stallion ass wasy restored from the influencA in three minutes and a half , 1 under the etheric Ca6tr.tAull IV£.6 peiforiut I wiLl.l A. 1 , ; : 4 ,1, w f, e t n the o p eration of ass were dead. In 15 minutesci • l , y 2.' though 'l7 t' - sensibility and consci ousness a comfortable repose. returned, and both mare and ass had `No restraint whatever was used in either case during the operation, and both are doing well. THE RIVE Extracts of letters received ti 10,71 '46-4v, ~T~ =Y~.~. William Peile, arrived at Liv BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 30, 184 quiet. We are led to believe that General Urquiza is quit, fa vourable to this Government, and we have no reason to do übt our information, notwithstanding all sorts of rumours to t. be contrary. Rivera has opened his campaign with a few native fol lowers and some French basques. We are of opinion he will do nothing, although great hopes are entertained to the con trary at Monte "Video. Jerked beef and tallow are allowed to be exported from this, by special permission from the Government. DEC. B.—Political matters offer nothing new. An active and strenuous opposition will be made by the Monte Video circle to prevent any arrangement whilst they are in receipt of 2,0001. per day from the Custom House. Exchange-745. per doubloon ; doubloons, 320 dolls. MONTE VIDEO, 'Arc. 15.—1 n politics nothing worth re peating. Affairs in Entre Rios continued about the same. Exchange -45d. to 45d. (From the British Packet, Buenos Ayres paper, of Dec. 5.) Messrs. Graham and G. L. Brent arrived in town on Monday last from Paraguay, with dispatches for the United States legation. It is understood that Signior Lopez had not only issued a decree, as was before stated, suspending hostilities against the confederation, but actually disbanded his army. For the rest, the Paraguay ruler appears to be as infatuated as ev er w i t h t h e i dea of dissevering that pro vince from the national union ; and there is but too much reason to apprehend that his eyes will not be opened to the folly of such a pretension until he shall have shaken off the ominous influence of Brazilian diplomacy. That Signior Lopez should remain for any great length of time under his present delusion we deem quite improbable ; and we look forward with confidence to the period of pacification and re newal of commercial intercourse as the commencement of an era fruitful of results demonstrative of the immense benefits to be derived from preserving the national union unimpaired, and equally conclusive as to the selfish motives by which the Imperial Cabinet is actuated in encouraging a separation by which Paraguay would be the only loser, and Brazil the sole gainer. Although the mission of Messrs. Graham and Brent has failed to attain the main object for which it was undertaken, it will, nevertheless, be productive of one very useful result in contributing to correct the erroneous impressions so pre valent abroad with respect to everything connected with Paraguay, and thus leading to a just appreciation of the na ture of the question at issue. .clat' 01E6,11141'4.W all is OFFICIAL NOTE. Buenos Ayres, Nov. 9,1846. The Minister of Foreign Relations, &c. To Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, Commander-in-Chief of her Brit sh Majesty's naval forces in the river Plate. The undersigned, by order of his Excellency the Governor and Captain-General of the Province, has the honour to ad dress you, for the purpose of placing at your disposition the articles composing the luggage of the British officer Charles G. Fegen, commander of the schooner Federal, captured by the Argentine forces stationed at San Lorenzo, on the passage down of that vessel. His Excellency the Governor has directed the under signed on this occasion to forward you a copy of the list re mitted with said luggage by the provisional Commander•in- Chief of the department of the north. General Lucio Mancilla, and also of the note addressed under this date to that officer, detailing the motives of this resolution. The undersigned trusts that Commodore Herbert will look upon the slight demonstration of the Argentine Government as a fresh proof, among so many others that it has evinced, o f the esteem with which it regards the recent course of policy adopted by her Britannic Majesty with respect to the Argentine Confederation. The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to re new to Commodore Herbert the expression of the high esteem with which he has regarded him at all times. God preserve you many years. FELIPE ARANA. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY, FEB. 20. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : THURSDAY, FEB. 25. Paisley and Renfrew (Sale and Improvement). East of Fife ( Markinch Deviation). Eastern Counties (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend, with a Branch from Vange to Battle Bridge). Chester and Holyhead (Extensions at Chester and Holy. head, &c.) Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch. Dublin and Drogheda (Branch from Navan to Kells). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2) Branches. Cornwall. Oldham Alliance. FRIDAY, FEB. 26. Northampton and Banbury. : , • , THE SPEAKER'S LEVEE.—The Right lon. the Speaker of the House of Commons gave his fourth grand Parliamentary entertainment on Saturday last, at his man sion in Eaton-square; the guests of the Right. Hon. Gentle man on this occasion being the leading members of the Pro tectionist party. Covers were laid for 28. The circle in cluded Lord George Bentinck, the Marquis of Chandos, Vis count Bernard, Lord John Manners, Hon. C. E. Law, Sir John Tyrrell, Sir William Verner, the Right Hon. F. Shaw, Colonel Sibthorp, Major Beresford, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Miles, Mr. Banker, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Packe, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Christopher, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Mr. Finch, Mr. Quintin Dick, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Houldsworth, Mr. F. Mackinnon, Mr. Henley, and Mr. Lefrov. After the banquet the Right Hon. Gentleman held his first levee for the present session. The Duke of Wellington was amongst the earliest to pay his respects to the Speaker. His Grace arrived in company with Lord Charles Wellesley. The general circle at the levee comprised the following members of the Lower House:— The Earl Jerrnpi, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Bandon, Viscount Ebrington, Viscount Newry and Morne, Lord Brooke, Lord Dalmeney, Lord James Start, Lord Norreys, Lord Clements, Lord Ernest Bruce, Hon. H. T. Liddell, Hon. H. Fitzroy Hon. T. Vesey, Right Hon. Sir. Robert Peel, Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Right Hon. the At torney-General, Sir William Somerville, Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir E. Colebrooke, Sir John Pakington, Sir W. Heathcote, Sir Richard Bulke ley Phillips, Sir A.L. Hay, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir John Hope, Sir Montague Cholmeley; Right Hon. Colonel G. L. Darner, Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, Right Hon. E. Strutt, Right Hon. Fox Maule, Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson; Capt a i n Boldero,Captain Connollv, Captain Egerton, Captain James ; Alderman Copeland, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Greene, Mr. Black burne, Mr. Waddington, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Dugdale, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Sanderson, Mr. R. Ferguson, Mr. D. O'Connell, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. Card well, Mr. Stuart, Mr. W. 0. Gore, Mr. D. Barclay, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Willshere, Mr. Spooner, Mr. R. D. Mangles, Mr. Towneley, Mr. Godson, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Kemble, Mr. B. Denison, Mr. Romilly, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Williams, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Rich, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. P. Butler, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Hastie, Mr. Aldam, Mr. Brownrigg, Mr. Hindley, Mr. !Coss, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Ferrand, Mr. S. Crawford, Mr. Dundas, Mr. F. French, and Mr. Hildyard. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Setwell, and some few other gentlemen, not haying seats in the House, paid their respects to the Speaker, at the levee. The Duke of Wellington was the only Member of the House of Peers present. VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ASSEMBLY.—ViSCOULIt and Viscountess Palmerston entertained his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Leveson Gower, the Earl anel Countess of Clarendon, Vi s c o unt Morpeth, LordJ. Russell, Lord and Lady Beauvale, Lord and Lady Ashley, the Hon. W. Cowper, and a distin guished circle, at dinner, at their residence at Carlton-gar dens, on Saturday, previous to her Ladyship's reunion. Among the brilliant company at the reception were—his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Die trichstein, his Excellency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Princess Callimaki, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, his Excellency Count Reventlow, his Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Bancroft, his Excellency Count Kielmansegge, his Excellency the Bel gian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, his Excellency Baron Hugel, his Excellency the Saxon Minister and Ba roness de Reus, his Excellency the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and Baroness Rehausen, Count Revel, the Marquis de St. Aulaire, Count Louis de Noailles, Baron Koller, Baron Brenner, Baron Nicholay, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Emily de Burgh, the Earl and Countess of Lincoln, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl mid Countess of Listowell and Miss Wyndham, Dowager-Coun tess of Verulam, Viscount Anson, Lord and and Lady Beau mont, Lord and Lady Melgund and the Ladies Elliott, Lord Harry Vane, Lord Dudley Stuart, Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone and Lady Jane Bcuverie, Lord De Motley, Lord and Lady Dalmeny, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Canter bury, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Mahon, Lord John Manners, Lady Georgiana Romilly, Lady Theresa Lewis, Lord Brooke, Lady Charlotte Guest, Lord and Lady J. Stuart, and Miss Stuart, Lady Easthope, Lord and Lady Camoys and the Hon. Miss Stonor, Sir George and Lady Grey, Sir S. and Lady and Miss Canning, Sir A. and Lady and Miss Clifford, Mr. and Ladv C. Maxse, Sir B. Hall, Baron and Lady and Miss Parke, Sir C. and Lady and Miss Adam, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Montague, Hon. Colonel D. Darner, Sir D. J. Norreys, Hon. J. and Mrs. Ashley, Hon. Mr. Fortescue, Right Hon. F. T. Baring, Mr. and Lady , G. Fullerton, Sir H. Webster, Hon. H. Howard, Right lion. F. Maule Admiral and Miss Bowles, Hon. W. S. and Lady C. and Miss Lascelles, Hon. C. S. Rice, Hon. Miss Eden, Sir A. and Lady A. Forster, Right Hon. . J aweM?. anda ai',-gii; Stanley, Hon. S. Ponsonby, Mr. Lyons, Murchison, Sir R. and Lady B. Phillip . ps, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. F. Byng, Mr. Duncan, ._ pAirMr. Clifford, Mr. and Mrs. G. Corry, Mr. G. E. Anson, Mr. Milin.d;fv.ilmlei!iler. Right B. Cochrane, Mr. H. o G a. re li vilre, Mr. Tufnell, . 3 P ir a'n W izz y i s , e' Mr. H. Vyner, A C i r r a . i g m , Mr. C a irtenay, *c. DSc. r il . I F i s'ofn.Dbi Hope, r u a o u m - : u n - : , o n za d r , o la nt r efi C o . re an , LE ,„ OEN , Fag. 7. The tna Mary,rria of the second to the was Archduches s to have been celebrated at Modena so n of Don Carlos sister of the Duke of Modena , yesterday (the 6th). The Duke of Lucca had already been in that city for some days. It is said that he has an idea of going to Dresden in the spring, in order to negotiate the sale, in the royal domain of Saxony, of an estate which belongs to him in that country. It appears that, about that period, the Prince and the Princess of Lucca will pro ceed toVeniceandVienna, sad will, perhaps however, even land. The execution of these plans upon the conclusi on o f th e financial arrangements with depend Eng land. with ruscany. Some persons pretend, it is true, that the Duchess de Berri will come to the assistance of her son-in law at all events, giving or advancing him the necessary funds for satisfyi ng hi s travelling desires. The Duke and Duchess of Modena are expected at Florence on the 12th or the 13th. REVELATIONS OF PORTUGAL ; WITH A GLANCE AT THE PRESENT STATE OF SPAIN. Br Mn. HUGHES.—AT the present moment when our attention is turned to the insurrectionary movements now taking place in Portugal, these volumes will be found of considerable value, as they supply information on which we may rely with confidence. Mr. Hughes is now there, and has taken infinite pains to render himself conversant with the subject, by searching out facts with the greatest diligence, and sparing no efforts while engaged in the undertaking he had in hand for facilitating its object. Mr. Hughes seems to have been placed in a position whence he could command various sources of infor mation, and renders himself an fait to the private manceu vrings and machinations by which the marriage of the Queen Isabel with her cousin was brought about. There is much in these volumes which show the author to be possessed of considerable powers of observation. We have derived con- Isiderable pleasure from the perusal of the work, and strongly recommend it to our readers, as one likely to afford them much amusement and instruction.— Sunday Times. s . <,