The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Tha folliOwlitg outline of the ARRANGEMENTS for the SEASON 1647 111 a ly submitted to the Nobility, Patrons of the Opera , And It is presented with the confident hope, that the Su 1 made to secure, under circumstances of peculiar - 1111011lny still more worthy of the first Theatre to clistlngaistLed Patrons, will insure the continuation and It .tgatit6lo.4_ _ AGEMENTS FOR TIIE OPERA. ma . 'id (her first appearance in this country), Madame del Can.' ' egro (her first appearance at this Theatre) ; Mdlic ' ' Mdlle, Fauianl, and Madame Solari (their first ap i4t, Nuance In country) ; the Contralto, Mdlle. Vietti and Mdlle. lbarfa Zesielo (their first appearance in this country) ; and Madame Cnstellan., Signor Fraschinl, the great Tenor of Italy (his first ap pearance in this country) ; and the favourite Tenor, Signor Gardoni, now of the Italian Opera, Paris, having lately withdrawn, at a great pecuniary sacrifice, from the Academie Royale do Musique (his first appearance In this country) ; Signor Superchi, the distinguished Baritone (his first appearance in this country); Signor F. Lablaehe ; Signor Rorella (his first appearance in this country) ; Signor Coreth ; the celebrated Basso Cantante, Kerr Staudigl (his first appearance); and Signor Lablacho. In addition to the above, arrangementi are pending with Signor Coletti, of the Italian Operant Paris. That great composer, the Chevalier Meyerbeer, has arranged to visit this country, to bring out the CAMP DE SILESIE, and another of his admired chefs-d'oeuvre ; the principal parts in the Carnp do Stlie, by Millie. Jenny Lind and Signor Fraschini. The celebrated Dr. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy will likewise visit England, and produce an Opera expeessly composed for her Majesty's Theatre, the libretto founded on TIIE TEMPEST of Shakepere; written by M. Scribe. ... NEW WORK BY THE AITTHOR OF " THE RANSOM." Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo., KIRKHOI M E PRIORY; or, Modern Heroism. By the Author of " The Ransom." Richard Bentley, Z;"elv Bdrlington-street." (tofore maintained with the unconscientious leader of the Cabinet of the Tuilleries. Nothing whatever can be obtained advantageous to the interests of Great Britain byexposing still further the contemptible sophis tries ofa shameless statesman. Lord PALMERSTON might 1 double the extent of his masterly documents, illus trative of the Spanish policy adopted by the present Administration, without divulging the chicaneries of M. Guizor in a more conspicuous light, or without rendering one jot more apparent the baseness and juggling of that accomplished parasite. The merits of this extraordinary misunderstanding between England and France can scarcely be un folded more entirely than they are already, and, therefore, a cessation from a correspondence that has become, not merely superfluous, butliterally hazardous, is manifestly the only rational course to be pursued. Before the matter is brought to this comparative settlement, it were reasonable, however, to enume rate the evils which have arisen indirectly and directly from the selfish encroachments of King Louis PHILIPPE and the accommodating morality of his truckling Minister. It were well to see the fruits which have been already gathered from these sown seeds of international jealousy, and to form some estimate of the pernicious consequences which are always inevitable from a similar dereliction of all the most sacred duties of statesmanship. In Spain herself the harvest of troubles resulting from this incongruous alliance are even now being rapidly gathered in ; the confidence of the population in their rulers has been shaken to its foundation with so much violence that the powerful Cabinet of ISTURITZ has been utterly subverted, and considerable difficulty is experienced in constructing a new Administration from its debris. Insomuch have these difficulties accumulated round the Palace of IsAnELLA, that the efforts of CASA IRUJO to form a Government have proved altogether ineffectual, and it is somewhat doubtful whether CASTRO I Onozco will be enabled to collect into one compact body so many hetero geneous statesmen. But, apart from the considera tions of the obstacles existing to the establishment of an Executive in the Peninsula, the whole frame work of Spanish society has been thrown into con fusion by the dastardly concessions of the rejected Afrancesados ; the moral influence of ISABELLA over her subjects is almost wholly eradi dicated from the hearts of the people, and the multi tude look with suspicion both upon her pageantries and her seclusion. In Portugal, again, the evil con sequences of this introduction of Gallic power into the Peninsula has been significantly experienced upon her eastern frontiers, while DIETZ has fomented those unconstitutional animosities in the heart of the king dom. It is unnecessary to trace the direct connexion existing between the espousal of the INFANTA and the incorporation of Cracow. It is equally superfluous to specify the rupture of the entente cordiale solely in consequence of the execrable duplicity of the French Government. By the binding of that marriage knot all the holiest bonds of amity between nation and nation were loosened. COMPLETION OF MISS BURNEY'S DIARY. Now ready, VOL. VII. of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY AND LETTERS, COMPLETING THE WORK. N.B. Subscriber s are requested to give their orders Immediately to the booksellers for the completion of their sets, to prevent dis appointment. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MRS. TROLLOI'E'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, la 3 vols., ,FATHER EUSTACE, A TALE OF TIIE JESUITS. By Mrs. TROLLOPE, Authoress of " The Vicar of Wrexhill," See. "Father Eustace is destined, we are assured, to penetrate far and near. It is full of scenes depicted with the most extraordinary felicity and power."—Sunday Times. " Mrs. Trollope's book is extremely well-timed ; and with its bold and powerful delineations it cannot fall of effecting much good."— Naval and Military Gazette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Miranda• • •• •••••• • • • • • • Mdlle. Jenny Lind. rerdinand • . • •• • • Sig. Garden'. Callban •••• • • •- •„ • ...... •• • • Herr Staudigi. Prospero •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Sig. Lablache. It Is likewise announced, with great satisfaction, that Signor Verdi, having recovered from his severe illness, has expressly composed for this theatre a flaw Opera, of which the plot is founded ou the HOB HERB of SCIIILLER. Rossini's Opera of ROBERT BRUCE, lately produced at the -Ica geniis Royale, has also been secured. Mesdames Castellan, Sanchioll, and 3fontenegro ; Signors Gar den!, Superchi. and Fraschlni, will appear before Easter. Mdlle. Jenny Lind, whose engagement commences in March, and extends Until the end of the season, will appear immediately after Suter. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. 3 ,I ESSIIS. LAMOND and C o ., RAILWAY SHARE AUCTIONEERS, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Will of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully equested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be depealted, the day previous to their being offered ; and advicce of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds lame /lately disposed of according to instmctions. Offices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. Director of the Music and Conductor, M. BALFE. In addition to the above, several Operas, new to this country, will be produced, and the repertoire will be selected from the chefs d'cetwre ofllozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Donizetti, I%iercadante, Be /Ant, &c, HE WEATHER.—Sum Orrica, FEBRUARY 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 29; Highest, 36 ; Noon, 36, BAROMETER, 29.7 7.—WIND N.N.NV., rain and sleet. The strictest attention has been paid to all the details, so that an morale may be presented perfect in all Its parts. A NUMEUS RCHETRA, of the most distinguished talent and power, S has been selected from Some of the best Orchestras of Europe. THE CHORUS hob been chosen with the greatest care from Italy, Germoni, sad England ; and will comprise upwards of Eighty Per formers. HIGH W MTh it AT LONDON-BRIJ/Gt., Tlilb 1),k1 Horning .. 15 minutes after 3. Evening .. 31 minutes after 3. ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BALLET. Mdlle. Carlotta Grist, lidlie. Lucile Grahn, and Mdlle. Cerito; in addition to which an engagement has been made with Aidlle. Caroline Rosati (of La Scala, at Milan, and other great theatres of Italy), who will make her first appearance on the first night of the season in a New Ballet, expressly composed and arranged for her, by M. Pats{ Taglioni ; Mdlle. Wauthier, of La Scala, her first appearance I,n this country ; Madame I'etit Stephan, Mdlle. Honore, Milne. Elise Montfort; Mdlles. Thevenot, Julien, Lamorettx, Emile, Fanny Fascales, and Benin ; and Male_ Caroline Baucourt, of the Academie Royale, and La Scala, Milan (her first appearance in this eonntry). In consequence of the enthusiastic manner in which this eminent artiste was received last season, hopes are entertained that Mdlle. Taglioni may be induced to appear for a limited number of performances. M. St. Leon, M. d'Or, of the Academie Royale, Paris (his first appearance in this country), M. Gosselin, M. di Matta, Sig. Venafra, M. Gouriet, M. Paul Taglioni, and M. Perrot. Composer of the Ballet Music, Signor Fugal. Principal Artist, Mr. Marshall. MaRr&S de Ballet—M. Paul Taglioni, M. Casati, of La Scala ; and M. Perrot. Sous-Maitir de Ballet, M. Gosselin , Regisseur de Is Danse, M. Petit. An Original Grand Ballet will be produced, written expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, by the celebrated poet, Henri Heine, on a subject selected from the Old Legends of Germany. A Novel and Poetical Ballet, for the subject of which the establishment is in debted to the kindness of a noble and distinguished Poetess, entitled EGERIA. We suspect that King Louis PlluarrE and hisfanti liar M. GUIZOT will ultimately find themselves in the position of the gluttonous cur in .Esor, who loses the substance in snapping at the shadow. In legisla tion, as well as in the marts of commerce, to the statesman and the sovereign, as well as to the pedlar and the costermonger, the venerable adage is under all circumstances applicable, " Honesty is the best policy." GUIZOT is finding this out already in the execration with which his hypocrisy is regarded by the more sensible among his fellow-countrymen. LOUIS PHILIPPE'S turn will follow. The moral laws are inexorable in their fulfilment. Time may elapse to lull the anxieties of the credulous, but ultimately there is certain to come the retribution, and the very Procrastination of that retribution renders it on its arrival only the more awful and overwhelming. The recent calamities of Spain have each its NEMESIS, and the swords of those avengers will descend together. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVE NING, FEBRUARY 2, five acres ; and if Munster, with so large a relative Proportion of farms from 15 to 30 acres, be the least prosperous and worst cultivated province in Ireland, what can justify dividing the waste lands into a minimum of 25 acres and a maximum of 50 acres ?" Again, it is evident that the greater the number of farms we propose to create, the extra expenses for barn building, road and fence making, will increase in a heavy proportion. Therefore, as well upon this as the other points to which we have referred, we trust the Government will well consider whether their scheme would not be far more beneficial by limiting the farms in contemplation to an average much beyond the size to which they have hitherto, in Par liament, expressed themselves to be favourable. Advices from Frankfort state that the Northern Powers have taken such offence at the Speech of King Louis PHILIPPE in opening the Chambers, that they have relinquished the intention they had intimated to him of acknowledging the Queen of SPAIN. naked foot-prints in the direction which the cattle had taken, but the spoor of both cattle and men was soon lost, being ob literated by the tramping of sheep that were grazing there. • . . . On Saturday there were no vessels in Waterloo Bay—neither the Chieftain nor Matilda had returned. TUEBDAY.—we are sorry, but not surprised, to learn that Sir A. Stockenstrom has resigned his appointment of Com mandant-General of the Burgher Forces. . . . . On Friday a Hottentot was brutally murdered by Bafirs near Fort Beaufort. The unfortunate man was herding cattle, and whilst in this occupation he appears to have been seized and tied, and brutally stabbed to death. Some of the cattle were driven off by the • authors of this bar barous outrage . . . . We have received copies of the resolutions lately passed at a public meeting held at Fort Beaufort on the subject of raising a Parliamentary Agent Fund, which want of space prevents us from publishing this week. The names of the branch committee chosen to carry this purpose into effect are Messrs. B. D. Bell, R. J. Painter, A. White, W. T. Cepe, and W. Stanton. . . . . The average price of meal in the Graham's Town market is under ; butter, 2s. 6d.; wood, 18s. ; potatoes, 10s. 6d. per 1001bs. ; oat hay, 15s. ; tobacco, Is. ; brandy, 31. 7s. . . . The remainder of the Rifle Brigade arrived in town this morning. . . . The Brilliant arrived at Port Elizabeth on Thursday last, having on board for Government 40,0001. and stores. Madrid papers of the 25th ult. have arrived. It appears that the cause of the failure of the Duke of SOTOZIAYOR in the construction of a Ministry, was the objection entertained by himself and Senor BRAVO Munuxo to entrusting the Portfolio of the Interior to Senor PIDAL, without whom Senor MoN declared he would not take office. The Deputies sat on the 25th, but Senor SELTAs, who presided, adjourned the sitting in consequence of the absence of a Ministry. Senor CASTRO Y OROZCO, has taken upon himself the task of constructing a Cabinet, has presented to her MAJESTY two programmes, one of concession, the other of resistance. Senor PacnEco has suggested the first, and Senor BRAVO MURILLO the second. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was without animation. Sales, 3,000 bales, of which 1,500 were American on speculation, at about previous rates. Shares were rather flat again. There are advices of a few days' later date from the Cape of Good Hope, viz., to December 5. The Kafir war seems to have been virtually at an end, although there was no official announcement of peace having been concluded. The Rev. Henry Calderwood had been appointed Commissioner for the Gaika tribes in British Kafirland, and as this would necessitate a residence in the country of our late enemies, it was presumed that the appointment would be permanent, and that the Governor expected to establish his authority w ith ou t further opposition. Since the surrender of Macemo, and the communication carried on with Sandilla and Botman, the people were more submissive, and had retired from a con siderable part of the country which they were informed was to be constituted British territory. In the Gaika districts, which, it is said, are to be called British Kafirland, many of the natives were actively cultivating their gardens, and the women were employed in providing firewood and other necessaries for our camp, so great was the feeling of security and satisfaction engendered by the moderation in victory of the English troops. At the same time every effort was made to instil into the minds of the Kafirs the•perialty incurred by unjustifiable ag- Fression, and they are stated to be sensible of the blame justly ascribable to them. The Governor was drawing his forces together, so as, if necessary, to exhibit an imposing appearance, and in the settlement of the new boundary was quite unfettered by any conditions made with the chiefs. In a report of the Bristol Market a fall in the price of sugar of 2s. per cwt. from the highest point, ten days since. is noticed, and an advance of 2s. per gallon in rum, not a puncheon remaining in first hands. The English Securities have been further depressed again to-day. The debates in Parliament last night upon the af fairs of Ireland are still looked upon as being unsatisfactory, inasmuch as the method by which Government intends to raise the funds for supplying food and work is left entirely untouched. We find the belief pretty general, that when the money comes to be raised, capitalists, knowing the matter has been pushed off until the last moment, will make the Government pay dearly for the accommodation---tnore so than would be the case were a loan at once taken, or an issue of bills effected. At the same time, we should be sorry to encourage jobbing, and if the supplies can be raised more cheaply by the crea tion and subsequent funding of bills, all the better. Tinker ing in finance should ever be avoided, and the promptest measures are sometimes the best, and especially should be so now, when the Bank of England is itself likely to require its funds, and the usual reserve of public deposits, to keep the currency in a sound condition. Consols have ruled at 90% to 90% for transfer and 90% to 90% for time, having been yesterday morning - 1 ,4 to % per cent, above these rates. The New Three-and-a Quarter per Cents. have been marked 92% %, and the Three per Cents. 90% to 91. Bank Stock is heavy at 203 to 204, and Exchequer-bills have receded to 6s. and 3s. premium. The Foreign Bonds have been exceedingly dull. Spanish Five and Three per Cents. have not been dealt in, the un settled state of the Ministry at Madrid not affording a guide to either Bulls or Bears. Mexican Stock is fiat at 21%. Brazil Bonds have been at 85. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are worth 58. Shares have had a heavy appearance, and the dealings in them have been mostly at lower rates, where the least dis position to press sales has been manifested. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING Bank Stock .. .• • . O'CLOCK... 204 203 203 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 913 f, 90% 91 90% 90% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 90% % 91 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 93 92%% 93 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 11-16 9-16 9 9-16 India Stock .. . .• • . .. 250 249 249 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. •• • • .. 10 10 Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. • • .. 14 9 9 South Sea Stock Ditto. New Annuities 89% 89% Consols for Account .. • .• .• 90% 91 90%% 91% Exchequer Bills. 13i d. 1,0001... •• .. 36 pm. 6 5001. •... 36 pm. 6 Ditto, Small •• •• 7 pm. 3 The proceedings against the young persons concerned in the riots near Pampeluna show that the youths were actuated by no political motive. They merely resisted the system of military recruiting, and as their friends have provided substitutes for them, tranquillity in Na ♦arre has been completely restored. MADRID BoLSA, JAN. 25 . —Threes, 313 ; Fires, 20 15-16. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The Ministerial journals publish the reply of M, G CIZOT tO the last dispatch of Lord PALMERSTON, which the Debats hopes may terminate the correspon dence. Towards the conclusion of its observations on the dispatch the Debals has the following remarkable paragraph, which, as the article evidently emanates from the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, may be taken as an admission on the part of M. GunoT of the entire truth of the statements of the Marquis of NOR MANDY ; a confession on the part of the French Minister that he knowingly and wilfully acted with bad faith towards the English Ministry and the English Ambas sador, and an attempt to excuse rather than to justify his bad faith by the untlushing reiteration of a twenty times-refuted falsehood:— " There remains but ore word more to say about the dis pute which the English portion of the correspondence has given rise to among the French papers. It appears to us that there is a great mistake as to the degree of confidence the English Ambassador might have a right to expect on the part of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs. The reasoning is quite as if M. Guizot was bound to take Lord Normanby for his 'confident.' This is a complete misap prehension of the nature of the relations that could exist, under such circumstances, between the two Governments. The English Ministry had changed; there were all sorts of reasons to believe that the English policy had also changed. Without assuming towards the new Ministry a hostile atti tude (which he has at no period done), M. Guizot would hare acted very inconsiderably (legerement) if ha had not kept towards them in a certain reserve.' Even if this re serve had not been justified by the recollections connected with certain names, it would have been commanded by the position which the representatives of a foreign Government appear to have assumed. It is a justice due to the journals which have attacked the Government's policy, that they have not even taken the trouble of dissembling the source whence they derived their principal arguments. We know not whether those to wh)m this apparent connivance is, perhaps erroneously, imputed, must be rendered responsible . for it; but surely it was enough to render the reserve, which was already the French Government's right, likewise a duty." On this paragraph we siII make but a short comment. There is a vast difference between refusing a man your confidence and, under pretence of admitting him to your confidence, telling him that which is not the truth. The man who adopts the first course may perchance be honest, but he who adopts the last must be dishonest. All who have read the correspondence will know in which category to place M. Guizor. The Gauche and the Centre Gauche are now com pletely re-united, and at meetings held on Wednesday and Thursday, to agree upon the course to be pursued in the debate on the Address in the Chamber of Deputies, it was determined to oppose, by all lawful means, the " opprobious system which, at home and abroad, endan gers the prospects of France, and corrupts public mo rality." ONE FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 85 Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, d1v.1840 Ditto, Small .. •• ••• 86% Equador Rondos .. • • • • •• • • • Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 21% Portuguese Four per Cent Ditto, for the Account .. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent • . .. Ditto, Three per Cent .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Twb-and-a-Half per Cent .. 58 5, Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 91% 92 PRICES OF BUSINESS CLOsneci RAILWAY SHARES. rAm. DONE AT PRICES ONE O'CLOCK. Aberdeen.. .• .• .. 25 .... 23 • ..• •• • • 27 Amber., Notting., Reston, and Eastern Junction . • . 2% •.• • .. • • Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .. • . 1330 • ... • • . Birming., Wolver., and Dudley.. 425..... 5 4% Birming., Wolver., & Stour,Valley 5 .. . 7 .•• .. • Bristol and Fifeter . • .. 75 .... 76 75 ..... Buckinghamshire 845. %p par .. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares .. 2% X ....... Cornwall .. .. 5 .. Eastern Counties 2O 21% Do. Perpet., 5 pe r C en t . 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Junct. 256.... 2%.... 2% London and Blackwell .. 161. 13s. 4d. ...... 8 4 Ditto, Extension .. • • ••7%••••—• • • • • ' • ' ' ' 6% London, Brighton, and S Coast- 50 .• . 54% .......... 54% London an- North-Western •. 99 191 • . 192 Ditto, Quarters 2 .... ••• • • ..... Ditto ditto, New Sh ares 2 .... 14% %• • • • • • • • • • Ditto, Fifths .. .• " • • 2 '• ' • 19 ,, • Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 •• • • 7:4••"• • • • • • London and South-Western ..41/. .. 41/. 6s. 10d... • .• Ditto, New 22% .... 25% Ditto, Scrip.. .. • . _ 5 .... ••• • • • Ditto, ditto .. 4 .... • • Lynn and Ely 20 21% Lynn and Dereh am .. • • 15 . 1% 56 • • .. • •. • Manchester and Leeds .. .. •. 82 . x .. 1 09 .• • • ..... - Ditto Extension .. •• .. 425. •• p.•••• • • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• • X% P - Midland .. .. •• .. ..100 .. • 12454 N, 124.... 1 Ditto, New • .. . 30 .... 35% .......• • • Ditto, Birmingham and Derby 100 .... 100 .. •• . ..... 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The food riots still continue, and as a proof of the serious nature of these disturbances, we may mention the fact, that the Government have just demanded, avowedly with a view of preventing the occurrence of more serious commotions, an additional force of 182 brigades of horse, and 59 of foot gendermerie, and 10,000 men of the line. The French Three per Cents. were done on Sunday, in the Passage de l'Opet a, at 78f. 15e. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 1. Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—liordeaux, Toul ouse, and Cette (Espeleto, ji —Namur and Liege, 2% Northern of France, 11 Paris and Lyons, 7% —Paris and Strasbourg, 4 —Rouen and Ilavre, 261 ii Sambre and MCIM, 634. PnivY COUNCIL.—Her Majesty's Privy Council, ap pointed at Windsor Castle on Thursday next, will be holden for the purpose of" pricking" the list of Sheriffs for the present year, according to ancient custom. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the arrival of the ship Essex at Brixham, from aore l d . that Calcutta and the Cap e of Good Hope, we have receivedn papers from the Cap e of Good Hope to the 6th Decem ber, and from Graha m ' s Town to the 2d, from whi c h we take the following : F A M Y M , s the Cape 2.5. —lnformati on T tl inz n es, D a e c c h . e most of the Farmerfield cattle h a d b een taken by Kafirs dining the past night—out of th e k raa l s. A party from ( D Farmerfield immediately went in pursuit of the marauders, and the Commandant here sen t a party of the Sporting Club , under Mr. W. Stubbs , also in pursuit of them Mr. Penny, jun., of Salem, was fired upon by Kafirs as . he was looking for some oxen near a drift in the Assegai river, in the neighbourhood of that village. The ball perforated the brim of his hat, and he escaped without further injury. Tilunspa.Y.—Report received of the wreck of the Albatross, a schooner of 20 tons, chartered by gessrs. Cawood, f or th e purpose of attempting to land supplies at the Fish River mouth. We have no full particulars of this disaster. It appears that after crossing the bar she was steered on shore by mistake, but that this mischief would have been produc tive of no serious accident had not a hurricane arisen on the following day, and driven the vessel on the rocks. A great part of the cargo will probably be saved. FatDAY.—Received news from Colonel Somerset's division. This officer, it appears, has lately captured 1,800 head of cattle beyond the Keiskamma, killing thirteen of the enemy and losing two privates of his own regiment, who were not,, however, killed in action, but in consequence of some irregularity of conduct on their part A train of mule and horse waggons narrowly escaped falling into the hands of the enemy, while proceeding from Fort Peddie with supplies for Colonel Somerset's camp. These waggons were very insufficiently guarded, and when the convoy arrived at the Keiskamma drift, a large body of armed Kafirs were seen on the opposite side, who dared them to advance, and then the waggons were hastily driven back to Fort Peddie, where they arrived safe. This might have been a little Burn's Hill affair. The rule of experientia docet seems without application here. the Farmerfield people had recovered their cattle near Blue Krantz, on the road to Bathurst. It appears that only three Kafirs were seen, two of whom were shot. . . . We are sorry to learn that two out of three messengers employed to bring dispatches • • to his Excellency from the Government agent in Kreli's country, Mr. W. Fynn, were shot by a party of burghers as they were cross ing the Kei, being taken, it is supposed, for hostile Kafirs. One man crossed with great difficulty, after concealing him self for many hours among t the rushes growing in the river, and succeeded i h• -8 hisdestination with a part of the n reac mg dispatches. 4% 21 y 2 16% 109 P sg P 2 - " i 12% 7 6% 3% -- --------- , LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY) Loxvox, Fax. 2 . —Wind N.N.W., moderate breeze, and fine. RAMSGATE, FEB. I.—Wind N. to N.W.—Sld. Ruby, St. Kitts. DzAL, FEB. I.—Wind N. to N.N.E., squally.—Arrd. Theodosia, Irving, New Orleans; Campbell, Savannah. Sid. Ervin, Bombay; Clio, Barbadoes; British Isles, Cuba; Ray mond, Norfolk, United States. PLYMOUTH, FEB. l.— Wind N.N.E.—Arrd. Wilton, Wil son, Rio Grande ; Invoice, Rollings, Karamota, leaky, and cargo shifted. LIVERPOOL, FEB. I.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Trial, Tiffin, St. John's New Brunswick. Sld. Fairy Queen, Calcutta; Lady Favourite, St. Thomas's; Sir Richard Jack son, Havannati ; Joseph Christen, La Guayra; Magnificent, New Orl eans; A merica, ditto; Agenoria, Savannah; Thos. W. Sears, Boston. Off port, England. Sr. STUD WELL R OADS, JAN. 30.— R oya l William, New Orleans ; A n ti gua P acket, Jamaica. Coax, JAN. 30.—C a l m .—The Ann Powell and the Horatio were i n contact 28th i nst. Th e l a tt er lost bow sprit, &c. I - STROMNESS, JAN. 28.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Margaret Hardy, Mann, Callao. Orr MARGATE, JAN. 31.—James Dean, Port Philip. OFF ToRBAY, FEB. I.—Essex. Howard, Calcutta. PILOTAGE AT GLASGOW, &c. The Dean of Guild, at Glasgow, has forwarded to Lloyd's a Copy of Bye-laws and Regulations, and Tables of Rates for Pilotage between Port Glasgow and the Harbour of Broomie.. law, to be strictly observed and enforced from and after the 13th of January, 1847, which can be seen upon application to the secretary. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAIL—Of British Plantation only a small quantity has been sold, but again on rather lower terms. The public sales have contained 140 hhda Barbadoes, 100 tierces Demerara, 850 bas Almuitius, 8,900 bags Bangal, and 5,450 bags onin The celebrated Pas de Quatre and Pas de Deesses will be revived, and an entirely new Divertissement, introducing another Grand Pas by M. Ferret, which, uniting all the peculiar attractions of the Pas des Deessea and Pas de Quatre, will present a novel feature of strik ing originality, and will combine the talent of all, to be entitled LA CONSTELLATION. The Snbscription will consist of the same number of nights as last eason. The Theatre will open in the middle of February, when will be produced, fbr the first time at her Majesty's Theatr e , D on i ze tti' s adm'redi fters, of LA FAVORITA, in which Signor Gardoni and Signor Patel:weld will make their first appearance in this country, and ea entirely NEW BALLET, by M. Paul Taglioni, in which Madam°Selie Caroline Rosati will appear. TBEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the now Grand Opera of THE BONDMAN. Marquis de Vernon, Mr. Weis!: FlOreillie, Mr. Rafter; Morllere, Mr. Horncastio; Ardenford, Mr. W. Harrison; Mal-a-Propos, Mr. Harley ; Madame Corinne, Miss Bower; Grisette, Miss R. Isaac's ; Frivol% Mrs. Hughes. After which, the Grand CORlifs Christmas ranto,nime, being mixture of the historical and legendary, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TEE DRAGON. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. I nder the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy,of LONDON ASSURANCE. Cha racters by Messrs. Farren, Tilbury, Roll, Webster, Brindal, Buck atone, Hudson, Mrs. Seymour, Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Ilumby. During the evening the Band will perform the Overtures, "Le Pidele Berger," " AntoinCtte" Cellaflus, " Dublin " Waltz, and the " American Polka." To conclude, with the Original Grand Fairy Extravaganza, called the INVISIBLIi PRINCE; or, the Island of Tranquil Delights. Principal characters by Mr. James Bland, Miss P. Horton, bars. L. R. Buckinxham, Miss lt ,, ynolds and Miss Julia Bennett. KoYAL, I.2t;EUM. Under the Manairement of Mrs. Keeley. Will be TDB EVENING performed a new Comic Drama, called .£5OO REWARD. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Meadows, Emery, 11. Butler, Miss vlllars, and Miss Forster. Alter which a new Farce, called TIIE WIGWAM. Characters by Messrs. Matthews, Oxherry. Keeley, Miss Arden, Miss Turner, Miss Foster, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Drama, founded on the New Christmas Annual of Charles Dickens, Esq., and adapted to the stage (by the exclusive permission of the author, from the proof sheets) by Albert Smith, Esq.. called TUE BATTLE OF LIFE. Principal cha ractere by Messrs. Leigh Murray, Turner, F. Matthews, F. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Daly, Miss May, Miss Grove, Mb? Foster, and Mrs. Keeley. THEATI:E ROYAL, ADEI;PHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will be performe4 an original romantic Drama, called CO -I.OAIBA. THE CORSICAN SISTER. characters supported by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Yates ; Miissrs. Wright, Worrell, Bedford, 0. Sella& Ste. Betwelin epieces the celebrated ENTORTIATIONISTS, Mr. .lohn Lees an p d his three Pupils f e ttle Masters L Hanlons, will ex hibit their wonderful Jetta Gyinnastiques. Ater which a graml Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA fiISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, )l r. 0. Smlth, Mr. CulleutOrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, WPM Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. OtINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING vnii be performed a Grand Opera, entitled ANNE Henry VIII., Mr. Both ; Percy, Mr. Allen ; Rocllford, Mr. Wal ton; Smeaton, 311ss S. Flower; Harvey, Mr. Wynn; Lady Jane Seymour, Miss Roark ; Anne Poleyn, Miss Rossano. In the course of the evening Professor HEM , lING and his ta tented CHILDREN will go through their wonderful performances. Previous to the Pantomime the Band will perform " The Ame rican Polka," introducing "The Railroad Overture." To conclude with a new Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entl tlAl The ENCHANTED BEAUTIES of the GOLDEN CASTLE; or, The One-eyed Gent. Harlequin, Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Barbidge ; Sprite, Mr. H. Marshall ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. FRENCLI FLAYS. --ST. JAMES*;; THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John 31Itchell. TO MORROW EVENING WM be performed the popular domestic Melodrarne, entitled LA DAMES D SAINT TROPEZ. Georges Maurice, 31ous. F. Le malfre ; Eforteme d'Aulierrve, Mdile. Clarisse. Te conclude with tke Room:Ito Vaudeville of LiOrISETTE ; of., La Chanteuse des Rues. Bors, is., Pit, 3s. ed. , Stalls, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Doors opened at half-past, Stren, sod the performances commence at Eight. ETHIOKAN ii,ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celet,rated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, fitanweoil, raid C.:crown, will have the honour of repeat ing their Inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the above Theatre, THIS ETEXING (Tuesday), and every Tneßday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock, and the Entertainment com mences at Halt-past Eight. And, in consequ-nce of the continued demand fiiir places, wal repeat their DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, Feb. 3. and every Wednesday Morning until Es*trr. Doors open at Two o'clock, and the performance cummenees at Half-past Two. The Programme will be varied on each eoesston. Boxes, 43.; Pit, 25.; Amphiteatre, 2s. Private Ilexes, Stalls, and Places may be engaged at Mitchell's Library, 33, Bond -street; and at the Box-9Mce. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.—Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the public that he pnrposes giving a free night, for the relief of the destitute Irish and Scotch, on TIIURSDA Y, Feb li. The evening's receipts will be given, and the extensive resources of the Theatre will be broetht into action. EVENING Will be performed THE THIS ROYAL FOX-lIHNT; or, Life's Course of Men and Steeds. Entire change of the SCENES of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the succtoftil Comic Equestrian Fairy Pantomime entitiet THE FORTY ; or, llarlequin and Ali Bala and the Robber's Cave. Clo4n, Mr. Rochez ; Harlaquin, Mr. W. Har veY Pant.aloon, Mr. Laffarfni ; Columbine, Miss Louisa Walte. l L- Box-otlice open trom eleven till rive o'clock.—D oo r s open at Mx air I o-mmence et ball-past six o'clock. -1-Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Sirs. Frances Davldge. THIS EVENING WM be porfoa rne d a new Drama, entitled RARY RATTLER; er, The Progress of a Scamp. Characters supported by the whole Stgenath of the Company. Tosonelnde with a grand fairy Pantomime, called THE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin In the Land of Dreams. Har lequin, Herr Denlfni Pantaloon, llerr It. Deulin ; Columbine, 3fdlle. Theodore Clown, Herr N. Dentin ; Punch, Herr E. Dentin. ROYAL VICTORIA THEA , THIS EVENING WITI be performed THE GUNSMITH OF ORLEANS ; or, The Laid Wnroan's Seerert. In which Messrs. Hicks, Forman, Searle, BIM, Howard, Mlv Vincent, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs. Lee, and .Mise Pearce will appear, After which THE ratrnE's JOURNEY. In which Messrs. Searle, Howard, Forrnan,'Miss Vincent, Mrs. Lee, &c., will appear. To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled ' MTh' OF THE STEAM ENGINE ; or, Harlequin ead," and Joe Miller and h,e Men. Clown. Mr. T. Barry. - ---------- - . - A statement has reached us of the proceedings of a Oerman Railway Company in effecting a contract for rail road iron, which requires immediate publicity to put the Erode in this country on their guard against the possibility of its repetition. It appears that the company in question requested tenders for 8,000 tons of railway iron, and in con- 1 seqiience, received tenders from three parties in England at the respective prices of 101. 105., IC/. 55., and 10/. per ton all the faith, as is the pra •tice with us, of the parties being equally situated as competitors. Instead of this, however, the contract was not only not completed with the party of fering at the lowest price, but it is alleged that the board of 'directors, without communicating with the English houses (whose proposals, it must be obsorved, had resulted from a special request), made use of their lowest offer to induce the .. !igent of another party to reduce the amount of his tender unt'Yti7s•upoear; this concluded ton, thus bringing it 2e. 6d. below the 10/. but for the ,:concluded an agreement. It is evident that, l 'i' l b . L s '; ., , ,di ff t eT s at 10/. the company would have had to pay • on their adroitnl a r s oba , ble they may congratulate themselves (which it must be admitted .4lie injury of the proceeding, however *lona] character), rn,,st was out of piece with the na saomPanieff, since Englishtitril chiefly on the other German ot t l , maeters will not be likely for the future —at least, in the sence of efficient guarautees— any siincilaortlcßof,aorpetition. to enter,inte A Nun , RAce- Stated that a site has at lengthola) AIANCIIESTER.—It is verted into a race-cot rs _ been fixed upon to be 1 e, and that in a f con raeckasary lease will be signed. .1 h e ' w days the b w ground near Agecroft Bridpe, placel,,,fi chosen is the party of John Fitzgerald, E ,3, 1, of the pe 'i t eton, th e pro ig we have rot heard the extent of the nd eton collieries; goun price which is to be given for it. It appearrslhdo,wner theey be a prevalent opinion that an enormous sum mustb e e r ' e to pendcd brltxe it can be got into a prop er condition forx - horse-racing. The races at Newton are, t hi s year, to take plane in Wh - I;trun week, doubtless, in consequence of there being no rams on Kersal Moor at that time.-41fanchester guardian. Prices on the Amsterdam Bourse have further fluetuated withM the last two or three days. Russian and Mexican, in consequence of sales, have gone down, while, on the other hand, Austrian has slightly advanced. Portu -oese tour per Cent s . h a ve also been a little firmer, but tnish was not so yell held. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1847, The returns moved for last night by the Earl of MOUNTCASUEL, in the House of Lords, had for their object the attaining of some degree of certainty as to the amount of encumbrances affecting Irish estates. The melancholy fact of the onerous character of the burdens, the heavy interest payable by the Irish land lords as a body, the sad result of their own or their predecessors' extravagances and imprudence, does not require the confirmation of official returns to obtain easy credence. It is a well-known fact that from five to six millions of pounds sterling are required to keep down the annual interest of the encumbrances affecting real property in Ireland, which, as the average interest of money in that country may be reckoned at five per cent. per annum, would show from one hundred to one hundred and twenty millions sterling as the amount of debts, the repay ment of which is secured on the land of that country. We do not think that the Noble Lord would have made the sad reality more certain, if he had obtained the information he required. In the first place, he would only hare the rental of the lands which are already under the control of the Court of Chancery, but he should not thereby be enabled to state what portion of the rental was applicable to the purposes of the present owners, after providing fur the payment of the annual charges; and, secondly, he would know nothing of the cases where the proprietor still received his own rents, and devoted a large por tion thereof to the satisfaction of the accruing interest on the charges, where the encumbrancers were satisfied to leave the collection in his hands without having re course to the machinery of the Court of Chancery. Whatever legislation may be contemplated on the facts desired to be proved by those returns may fairly be introduced on the universally-admitted state of things. Perhaps, among the many causes that have contri buted to the lamentable condition of our sister king dom, few have had a greater effect in producing that result than the embarrassments and pecuniary diffi culties of the proprietors of the soil, coupled with the strict settlements and entails, and the other laws by which the free disposal and transfer of property in land was fettered and restrained. The apparent pos sessor wits not really the owner, nor could he deal with the property in that capacity. The nominal owner of extensive districts and wide-spread domains had a large and showy rent-roll, but in reality a small income. He was little better than the agent, the trustee of others. He could not maintain his position in society on the small balance remaining for his use ; after providing for the necessary payments, he found debts accumulating which he could only satisfy by insuring his life and mortgaging his estate for life. His own necessities prevented him from expending any sum of money on improvements, no matter how beneficial they might be, or how ample the return of which they might give reasonable expectation. He could not sell or dispose of any portion of the property, no matter how greatly its alienation might enhance the value of the remainder. lii fact, although differing in name, he differed little in character from the middle man, the monster grievance of Ireland. Like him, he was obliged, by any, means, to increase his present rental, to extort the highest possible amount from the occupiers, to let to the person who would assure the highest rent, without re gard to his character or prospects of payment. If lands were out of lease the rental was increased to the utmost possible degree, or the tenant displaced in order to make room for a new occupier, who would promise a larger payment; thus the occupier had no certainty or security of tenure, the lands remained unimproved, and the greater portion of the kingdom prescritt d the melancholy appearances of neglect and bad cultivation which have attracted so much attention and given occasion to so many well-founded com plaints. 'What then is the remedy to be adopted ? What palliative can be found by which the disease may be removed, or even mitigated ? Simply this—that every facility must be given to the free transfer of land, that so much of it as may be necessary to satisfy the encumbrances affecting it should as speedily as possible be brought to the hammer. Make it an article of free sale, and reduce the expenses of transfer to a reasonable and moderate amount. Sim plify the laws relating to real, property, and make such arrangements as will give, full security of title ; cut off entails and settlements; or, at least let them affect the purchase-money in place of the land itself. That purchase-money may be placed in the funds, or on other good and sufficient secu rities, and subjected to the trusts that theretofore ap plied to the land. The greatest blessing that can be conferred upon a nation—a solvent and unembar rassed proprietary—will be obtained. If the land could be conveyed, and a good and perfect title as sured to the purchasers, there are numbers of persons with sufficient capital ready to bid for all that may be brought into the market. The supply cannot ex ceed the demand so as unduly to depreciate the value of the commodity in the market. Even the unencumbered proprietor will frequently find it his interest to sell a part to improve the rest of his pro perty; and the soil of the country will pass into the hands of those who have the capital and ability to manage it with the greatest advantage to them selves and to their country. A very prevalent, and we might almost say a per fectly unanimous, feeling is abroad, that it were more in accordance with the character hitherto assumed by our Government to allow the official correspondence relating to the Montpensier marriage to terminate with the last communication received at the Foreign Office from M. GUIZOT. The advisability of this abstinence from further diplomatic retorts is obvious• The Ministers of a great nation are neither to be guided by a false punctilio, nor are they to yield to the master passion of viragoes, namely, a fretful determination "to have the last word." Every doifstphassionate and intelligent man recognises the truth the addviisspaabsislii these principles of administration, and consequently every dispassionate and a d n r d o in i t n ellig t e h nt man acknowledges question, and ther eb t yl e r k e i Te f n g. tan g theo correspondenceaccomplishment the transformation of a bundleodiplomatic legerdemain— that very ordinary some thing more dangerous moment could possibly be thanm waste-paper. No of letters into stolaorre opportune for our withdrawal from the epi y squabble here- We inserted yesterday another letter from Mr. RIGBY WASON to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, upon the subject of waste lands in Ireland. The writer notices with satisfaction that the Government plan which has been propounded upon this momentous question is identical, in all its outlines, with the suggestions which he recently submitted, through our columns, in a series of letters to the Premier. We have our selves some reason to rejoice at this coincidence, in asmuch as we earnestly took the lead in support ing Mr. RIGBY WasoN's views, conceiving that they were the soundest of any which were being con. stantly thrown out for the consideration of Govern• meat, with the view of raising agriculture in Ireland from its present depressed condition. Moreover, the vast good which this gentleman had effected on his own property in Scotland, to an extent of some miles, under the auspices of the very system which he strenuously urged the Administration to adopt, increased our confidence in his every recommenda tion—Expert° crede. The object of Mr. R. Wasosi's last communication is to except to a matter of detail in Lord J. RusseLL's scheme, but which is, nevertheless, one of essential importance. It is officially proposed to divide the unreclaimed land into holdings of not less than twenty-five, nor more than fifty acres. TI-e question of what shall be the maximum and mini mum size of the farms in Ireland is the most interest ing one that can be entertained in reference to her agricultural improvement. It cannot be too delibe rately canvassed in all its bearings, for, it is beyond all doubt, that a great portion of the agrarian dis turbances, and of the other social evils of Ire land, are to be attributed to the prevalence of the cottier system. The mode in which a considerable quantity of the Irish soil, for the most part miserably cultivated, has been, as it were, infi nitessimally partitioned by the tenantry, despite of the will of their helpless landlords, it is matter of noto riety has been prolific of pernicious consequences. The art of husbandry has completely decayed beneath its blighting influence, and demoralisation has been engendered to a frightful extent. The springs of human energy have been dried up, and a spirit of self-reliance, the great pivot on which national inde pendence rests, is unknown to the great body of the Irish peasantry. Small possessions, then, have, be yond controversy, constituted the chief bane of Ire land's prosperity. We know by experience in Eng land and Scotland, that diminutive farms are most undesirable; their disadvantages must be greatly augmented in a country where there are no manufactures, furnishing channels of employment for redundant labour. Taught by the past the im. policy of the cottier system, we ought to be exceed ingly provident of not permitting the new farms, intended to be carved out of the unredeemed land, to be of such inferior dimensions as to render them inci dental to the propagation of the evils the effects of which we have now so bitterly to deplore. In addi tion to this, we must be careful to give every facility to the tenantry for obtaining a tenure of a secure and simple description. The great desideratum in Ireland is to create a body of proprietors who shall become permanent employers of labour at remunerative wages. We consider that we shall come far short of this object; indeed, we doubt if we should in any wise compass it with the limitation of acres proposed by the Government. Our hope is, however, that the question will again undergo the deliberate reflection of the Cabinet. Lord J. RUSSELL does not think the small holdings have been injurious, because, in Ar magh, the most prosperous and best cultivated county in Ireland, the greatest division of land exists. But the statistics which Mr. R. Wesost has presented, and the reasoning he has advanced upon them, strik e us as being subversive of the foundations on which tho head of the Government rests his conclusions. Out of the 685,389 farms into which Ireland is divided, 636,997 are under 30 acres, and only 48,312 above that number. Under five acres we find the large figure of 306,915. The cottier system is uni versally condemned. It seems a contradiction, there fore, to appeal to Ulster, where it is most extensive. This province, compared with Munster, has nearly double the number of cottier holdings from one to five acres; and were it not that Armagh is the centre of the linen trade, Ulster would no doubt have had the same sad experience which has inseparably accom panied the dwarfish division of territory in the other R pr . o w vin A c s e o s s . p th r e o r s e p f e o r r i e ty ," o s f h u re l w st d er ly is o n b o s t er e v n es tir A e l ly r. owing to another cause—that of the linen trade— surely our duty would be to assimilate the rest of Ireland with that of Ulster, and increase as much as possible the number of cottier holdings from one to SATURDAY.—Report made that Mr. Maloney's cattle had been captured near Howison's Poort. MONDAY.—A shocking mur d e r was wantonly and pub day evening. Th e murderer i s Hely committed in kligh-street, Graham's T own, yester the employ o f 4 ,1 r. Ogilvie. r [ ` ho man, it seems, was standing in th e street with his gun l oa ded, and was speaking a young Hottentot, in to two H o tt entot girls, who were i n charge of two little children b e l ong i ng to Mr. E. Philipps to one of whom he made a p roposal, which oo her declining to accept, he levelled his gun and threatened to s h oo t her. The child ren on seeing hi m ra i se his gun, immediate l y ran off—the elder , one, a boy o f a b out four years of age, leading the younger. The m an fi re d , and the hall pass i ng through the shoulder of one of th e g i r l s, who was killed on the spot, struck the other, who, after lingering a short time, also expired. The man is in custody. ... .. From Colonel Somerset's camp there is news up to yesterday, on which day Unihala arrived with some of his followers. Of the object of his visit we are not in formed. . . • . A convoy of mules and horse wagons, with supplies, reached town, with a quantity of loose mules for frontier service. . . • . successfully uape Mail arrived this afternoon. The Port-Eli za b eth Herald reports that the schooner Rose bud, Capt a i n Duthie had attempted the entran ce of the St. J o h n ' s Ri ; er We h ave i nformation from Upper Kafir Drift to the 28th inst. We learn that Field-Captain H. Bowker has had many night patroles out lately. Two parties of Kafirs had been seen at a distance, and also the spoor of three other parties, all returning to Kafirland. .No spoor of Kafirs had Thebeenold seen entering th e colony since M r. B owker ' s arrival. walls of the post had been built up, and all the men had been comfortably hutted The 7 under Mr. Sporting Club, from Mr. Mal oney from " his i farm on the Kar ega, re turned home on Saturday ni ht. It appears that seven Way only are miai ng , Ld tta tthe petty found Beyeral A 4, Madras, the whole of which went off heavily, and only partly sold at a decline of 6d to Is on the Bengal, and Is to 2s on the Madras ; the British Plantation and the Mauritius were chiefly withdrawn, holders not being inclined to submit to the reduction. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,317 hhds 154 trcs 341 brls, and there were taken for home consumption 766 hhds 47 trcs 352 brls. The stock in the same places is 3,326 hhds 321 trcs 853 brls. COMIC-880 bags Ceylon, consisting of fine ord British Plantation kind, realised very full prices, viz., 59s to 69s for fine ord grey, and 74s per cwt for pea berry. Item.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 137 puns 5 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 110 puns 45 hhds; and exported 107 puns 22 hhds. The stock in the same places is 9,667 puns 1,086 hhds. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is Rs 3d per cwt on the spot and Town 53s per cwt. TEA.—The market is steady, and the deliveries are in creasing. TonAcco.—During the past month prices generally bare remained steady, and holders do not submit to a further reduction. The sales have been large, viz., 1,750 hhds. HOLT - Y.) iSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DA The House of Lords sat to-day for the first time this session to hear appeals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Breugham, and the Bishop of St. Asaph. COLE V. SEWELL. This case came before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Sir E. Sugden) dismissing the bill filed by the plaintiff for the purpose of a partition and allotment to him of an estate called Daly or Quansbury, situate in the county of Galway. The case, which is one purely depending upon dry points of law, appears likely to occupy their Lordships a day or two. Mr. Turner and Mr. Malins appear for the appellant, and Mr. Tinney and Mr. Shapter are counsel for the respondent. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England sat in his Court in Lincoln's Inn to-day, and heard motions, but no case of any interest occurred during the morning. COURT OF REVIEW.---(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir J. K. Baum) His Honour sat to-day in Lincoln's Inn-fields, and was occupied in hearing bankrupt petitions. AVERSTER V. ACRAMAN. This was an appeal from the decision of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, and praying to be permitted to claim for a larger sum than was granted against the estate of the bank rupt. Mr. Russell and another Learned Gentleman appeared in support of Mr. Swanston and Mr. Selwyn against the petition. The 'case was of no general interest, and his HONOUR confirmed the decision, dismissing the petition with coats. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before Mr. Justice ERLE and Common Juries,) COUNSEL AND THEIR CLIENTS.—BENNETT V. HARTIL AND 00. This case was the second in the list, and was called on im• mediately after the sitting of the Court., the record in the first case having been withdrawn. An unexpected difficulty, however, occurred, as Mr. Peacock, who had been retained for the plaintiff; was not in attendance to conduct his case. After waiting for a short time, Mr. Justice ERLE intimated that if the case was not pro ceeded with, either the record would have to be withdrawn, or the plaintiff non-suited. lie suggested that the attorney should instruct ano th er counse l . The attorney had no brief; it was in Mr. Peacock's pos • session. He was, however, proceeding to instruct Mr. Pig gott, when Mr. Peacock entered with his brief. Mr. Justice Eata said—" Mr. Peacock, every cause in the list is the first in the mind of a practical man." Mr. PEACOCK proceeded to open the case. Mr. Justice ERLE—CaII your first witness. Mr. PEACOCK (who was reading from his brief) said he was opening his client's case. Mr. Justice ERLE said he was reading his brief verbatim. Mr. PEACOCK then called his first witness, and having examined her, he placed his brief in the hands of Mr. Ball, and withdrew for the purpose, no doubt, of transacting business in some of the other courts. The case itself was only of the ordinary kind. It was an issue under the Interpleader Act, to try to whom a quan tity of furniture deposited in two houses, situated at 40 and 39, Green-street, G rosvenor-square, one of which is known as Talbot's Hotel. The plaintiff had been the conductor of the Exeter Hotel, in the Strand, and the defendants are wholesale ironmongers at Dudley, in Staffordshire. The fur niture in question was contended to have belonged to a Mr. Thompson, who also carried on the business of an ironmonger in South Molton-street, Oxford-street, and that in Islay, 1845, it, with some plate, which was subsequently stolen, was sold to the plaintiff for a considerable sum. An inventory of the articles, and a receipt, bearing the signature of both Thompson and his wife, were produced. A witness proved the signing of the receipt, and the pay ment of 3801. In August last year, the defendant levied a distress on the goods for 56/. 15s. as the goods of Thompson. The whole of the property was valued at more than 6001. Mr. Knowles and 11Ir. Miller were for the defendants, on whose behalf it was contended that the assignment was col lusive, and was made for the purpose of cheating Thompson's creditors, when he found himself in an embarrassed condi tion. The goods had remained in the possession of, and had been used by, the Thomp sons f or a consi d era bl e time after the alleged sale. Mr. Justice EaLE commented upon the frequency of frau dulent transfers, or transfers by creditors for the purpose of meeting their creditors with a bill of sale or an assignment, when they adopted ulterior measures, and so neutralizing their levy, and left it to the jury to say whether, in this case. there had or had not been a transfer of this nature. He said it was a remarkable and suspicious fact, that the plaintiff had never exercised or put forth any right of ownership over the property until a distraint was put in. The Jury found a verdict for the defendants. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) Sittings in Error, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, Mr. Baron PARKE, Mr. Baron ALDERSON, Mr. Baron Boum., Mr. Baron PLAIT, Mr. Justice MAULE, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) HOWARD V. GOSSETT. The Court gave judgment in this cause, reversing the de cision of the court! below. The Court were of opinion that the warrant issued by the Speaker of the House of Commons was valid, and that , the plaintiff i n error the Sergeant- a t- Arms (Sir W. Go ss ett), was justified in acting upon the same. The verdict must therefore be entered for the defendant. . BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY • IN RE GODFREY. This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a builder at Milton, near Gravesend, came up for his last examination. Mr. SOUTHGATE, the solicitor to the assignees, opposed on the ground that the bankrupt had not furnished proper ac counts, although the examination had been adjourned for that reason ; an allowance of V. a week had been made to enable him to furnish proper accounts. Mr. COOKE said that the bankrupt bad done all in his power, but, although they were in a forward state, the ac countant had refused to go on until he was paid further on account, and bankrupt was prevented from doing that by the suspension of the allowance. Mr. SOUTHGATE said the estate was materially deterio rated by the delay, as there were mortgages, leases, and rents mixed up together, and it vas impossible for the assig nees to know the justice of the claims or their own rights. The Learned CommISSIONER said that assignees were at all times justified in stopping the allowance to a bankrupt it he did not render, not only ordinary, but effectual assistance to his assignees. The present difficulty was one the Court had to combat, and arose from traders not keeping proper books. The Legislature had not made the neglect directly penal, but the Court was indirectly doing so, by leaving those who were culpably negligent unprotected, or at least without the pale of its sympathy. Mr. CooKE said the Court was most effectually working the desired reform. The Learned CommtssioNEß said adjournments must not take place from time to time at the expense of the estate; his experience, however, was that assignees in general were liberal, and if the bankrupt did his best perhaps the Costs would not be required of him; the case would be adjourned at the bankrupt's expense for three weeks, the 'accounts to be filed in three days. He would not then suggest the allow ance until the bankrupt had evinced a strong desire to assist the assignees. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORD/R.) Robert Glenroy and Malcolm Graham, aged respectively 17 and 18, were indicted for a burglary in the house of Mr. George Taylor, and stealing twenty-nine spoons and other articles. The evidence was perfectly clear, and the prisoners were sentenced to ten years' transportation. John Wilson, aged 20, a tailor, George Williams, aged 19, a brass founder, and G eorge S tan di s h , aged 18, a labourer, were charged with a burglary in the house of Mr. Henry Perring, of Farringdon-street. It appeared that the two first prisoners, on the 23d of January last, were seen loitering about the shop window of Mr. Perring, and after a litte time one of them broke a window, and abstracted a watch worth about 401., with which they attempted to get away. Their guilt was clearly proved, and Wilson was sentenced to ten years' transportation, and Williams to seven years' trans portation. Standish was near the place at the time, but the evidence was insufficient to implicate him with the transac tion, and he was acquitted. Alice Lee, a very respectable-looking person, of seventeen years of age, charged with stealing a basket, a necklace, and a quantity of beef, was sentenced to six months' impri sonment. NEW COURT. Before the COMMON-SERGEANT and Alderman WILLIAM Hurrrsta.) John Sibley, a peasant, carman to George Lambert, Old 913,airbks., weight, the oicteedprfooprersttyea.olmf his gtwo as b te u r s . hels of split b eans, Evidence was called a , tBo wh n i ,s c . h wha showed r m on tthhaetlh6ethhoafd January,received 15 cwt. of beans, at w and that the weightwaass defended deficientofb9y9mlbsr. Hwhoeßniiirh,egolitionmteed. The prisoner, who was for the deficiency by the horse's consumption. The COMMON-SERGEANT, who made merry with this alle gation of the prisoner, that one horse should eat two bushels of beans in the journey to London, said, it had never yet been laid down by the Judges, that the giving of food to horses or pigs contrary to the master's orders, constituted a felony. Mr. HORRE, who bad frequently been interrupted by de jury during his address to them, finally submitted that the jury must have evidence of the exact weight of the beans at both ends of the journey, less that of one'horse's consumption, which had not been laid before them, and ended by requesting the Common-Sergeant to read to the jury the depositions taken before the magistrate. The Common-Sergeant was about to begin, when the fore man of the jury returned a verdict of acquittal. The JUDGE, who had not sent the case to the jury, was evidently taken by surprise with the nature of the verdict. Eizabeth Brown and Mary Keil' were indicted for stealing from the person of John Golding, on the 26th January, in Reynolds's-row, Southwark, a purse, containing eleven sove reigns and a pair of gloves. Brown had been in company with the prosecutor on the night when he missed his money, and when she was taken into custody there was found on her four sovereigns and some silver, a gold watch, and a silver watch, marked D. R., South-Western Railway, and belonging to one of the superintendents of the baggage department on the South-Western line, who had been robbed some time ago. Mary Keit' was acquitted, and Elizabeth Brown, being found guilty, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. Mr. Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, of Pennoyce, has been appointed to the lord-lieutenancy of the county of Prom 2% 13% 4 , 74 p _HE SCOTCH IRON TRADE.--GLASGOW, JAN. The price of Scotch pig iron, delivered free on board P ilo may be quoted to-day at 725. 6d. per ton net cash f 0 1; o st usual proportions of No s . O ur mar k et has assumed a..or;ted aspect this week, an d t h oug h t h ere have .been but lime sales at the above quotation, and 745. three months' the price tends upwards. NELSON'S S HIP V ICTORY. — A p l an proposed -be Captain the Hon. A. J ones, R . N ., is said to be under tee consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty for placing Victory in the great quadrangle of Greenwich Hospital. FIRE ON BOARD Snip, AND Loss or LIFE e 4 two o'clock on Sat ur d ay morn i ng last a serious fire, atte o o with fatal consequences, brake out on board of the gle its i Zebra, of London, lying off the quay at Maryport. are discovered by one of the town police, who, in peee i°o ,. o er vessel, saw a great light, and he found the after cabin 'c'e l s pletely on are. Raising an immediate alarm, the er lo ; g 4 belonging to the town was promptly brought to the spotfo got to work, b u t i t was nearly two hours before the fi r e .o extinguished. After the smoke and fire had subsided, ov a 6 of the crew w en t d own to ascertain the extent of deulibe when they w e r e s h oc k e d at fi nding the remains of one °f bus apprentices, named Weir, lying on the floor of , the }fed burnt almost to a c i n d er . Th e fi re, no doubt, origiimior from the carelessness of the unfortunate youth, an /roe dlestick having been found in his berth. TROTTlNG.—Yesterday the three miles trott ldy match for 20/. a-side, between Mr. Hodges' bay Inar e / 1 0 0 0 cob belonging to M r . Ri x, o f the Borough, came o ff mile and a half of road at Fig's-marsh, Mitcham•cor tio. by The race was in harness, both horses been ably dr iveu rn orts their respectiv e owners . T he mare took the lead at t he Sts which she kept f or t wo m il es, and upon entering the las t " , hiS of the mile a pp roac hi ng the goal, the cob came alongside 1 1. , opponent, and the m are b ecame fretful and broke out t o P b b s o lop twice. The tithe lost in pullin g h er i n gav e the ctfed in opportunity of maki ng groun d , and ultimately he tr° f the winner by four y ar d s , an d covered the three m il e s o in 11 minutes and 4 seconds. ,rwErilbo ‘e MURDEROUS A TTACK UPON A G AMS-- Last night the police received information that, on the in r the of the 29th ult., at Muckley, near Much Wenleek' county of Salop, Abel Martin, gamekeeper to Earl ara_ A o wes so severely b eaten b y a poacher, that no hopes tertained of his recovery. COP FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—FKOM.,I 2cha ter ItESPONDENT.—Another accident occurred on the ine rnor niogs Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway on Monde,' _,, Janes Oir , " which has been fatal to an engine-driver to custontr Robinson, a married man. Robinson, an ivf ., with It left the engine shed at Newton, about r e ground t a h i e n y leap train of empty carriages for Hadfield for Manchester with passengers at ' 745 4"-' T• srattell ceeded steadily, and on their arriving at the Dinting which they came in contact with a train of empty coal wagP n , 4 (Of had stopped at the station. The signal was turned 0.- t the passenger train to atop, but it WAD snowing very WO 1" the time, and the engine driver did not see it until too , 111 ,2 when he made an attempt to jump off the engine alio 1 . 4 under it. His head was smashed to atoms; and they itd obliged to pick the poor fellow's brains ' h oi rvee t t h h e put them in a bason. The two engines were much dell o and the carriages were shivered all to pieces. The were driven right through the carriages, and had they bu bo loaded the sacrifice of life would have been dreadful fireman of the passen gers ' eng i ne escaped by jumping Of f ope engine. The broken engine, and carriages, and Wsg o f were cleared off as soon as poss i ble, which caused a d e tbout two hours. The train that left Manchester Ts Sheffield at 8 A.M. did not arri ve a t Sh e ffi e ld un til 11'5 4 , 0 ., in lieu of 10.6. A n i nquest will be held on the b o dy morrow. tha t For some week s p as t a rumour has preva il e d an augmentation o f th e army was to take place. W e con sof assure our readers th at no real foundation exists for J such report. With t h e exception of the organizatione. , : 0 local corps for se rv i ce i n N ew Zealand, no increase of military strength is intended.— United Service Gazette' t he A rumour was current in town last night totios effect that i n t e lli gence had been received of the resigns e• of M. Guizot : W e h ave no direct information upon t he on ject, but we think it highly improbale.—Morning rap THE PACKET- SHIP HOTTINGUER. Liv-osr,e MONDAY. —Intelligen ce was rece i ved here from the Ce'sbip Cork, dated J an . 30, stat i ng that the New York packet"' ott Hottinguer, Captain Bursly, which sailed from Liverpoe p . the 16th ult., h a d b een o bli ged to put back into Cove , A ed ing lost her sail s i n stress of weather. She would r efi t, bs then proceed to sea. i prOOT ° THE CLOSE O F P HEASANT AND P ARTRIDGE ING.—Yesterd ay , t h e p h easant and partridge season t..,erhich nated, after on e o f t h e most abundant game seasons " has been known for many years. FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR EDWARD GIBES eoe The mortal rem a i ns o f t hi s much-lamented general-°"' es was interred in St. Saviour's Cemetery, JerseYg oc - Friday last. Major-General Sir James Reynett, who der. ceeded the d ecease d as Li eutenant -Governor and Comma" r° in -Chief, had issued the programme for a grand militarktea, cession; but, agreea bl y to the urgent request of MISS GI job the surviving siste r t o t h e ga ll ant officer, who did no t to expose the force to the inclemency of the weatherr funeral was quite private ; Sir James Reynett and Sir th e De Veulle officiated as pall-bearers, and Major Creagh , commandant of the 81st depot, and some of the leading g tlemen of the island, was also in the train. The church O p crowded. It m a y b e added that Major-General Campb,%., who was succeed e d b y the deceased, also died and Was terred in Jersey. ROBBERIES. —On Saturday, between the hour= °f six and seve n i n t h e evening, a man twenty-five or twen t y ' six years o ld, carry i ng a blue bag on his arm, called et,i ls residence o f M r. Todd, in Nottingh am - p l ace, w ith a message, and stole from the hall two great coats, one oft 1150/. Clark green, lined throughout with sable fur, and worth,.. a . On Sunday evening the house of Mr. Tutt, No. 8, Georr be street, Camden-town, W 41.8 robbed during the absence 01 t ld inmates, of a double bottomed gold watch with three g e r° , seals and a key, twelve silk handkerchiefs, and oth er .,h P ea perty. The thieves entered by breaking in at the ki" - A s, window. On the same evening, the house of Mr. Slre el %nd 11, Exeter-street, South, Camden Town, was entered an of a gold neck-chain, 41. in gold, 108. in a silk P I " — and a great coat. S' On the 29th ult., a t Wenvoe ßlßT CastlHe,. Glamorganshirs, the lad! °f Robert Francis Jenner, Esq., of a daughter. idy Of ,gyp. On the 30th u lt., a t t h e Grange, Bradford, Wllte, the t - tain ralairet, of a son. On the 30th nit., i n Mi lton-street, Dorset-square, Mrs. ni star o f daughter. On the 31st u lt . , i n Eaton-square, the lady of Gathorne 01111 Esq., of a daughter. 011 Of MARRIED. ~. 6 late On the 28th ult., at Hawkhurst, Kent, William, second ° Hoar, Esq., of M a id stone, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of l" Edward Young, Esq., of Hawkhurst. __,... 79• ,On the 22d ult., at Stoney Stratford, Mr. John Durhaul, -.-- on . Os Wyatt, est On the 27th ult . , at Stepney Rectory, Daniel old of the Rev. Dl Vawdrey, Rctor of Stepy. , planet On the 28 a th nie ult., William, e only child o f Mr. W. 5c1 , - -- Gravesend. A of j r . MONTHLY MILITAR r 08/TU ,-- 0 7 General—Sir William Anson, Bart., K.C.8., Colonel 52d Foot, Jersey Lieut.-General— Sir Edward Gibbs, Colonel of the -- , Major-General —Pitman, East India Company's Ser Ylce ,..,' o d u house, Colonels Hector Maclaine, Unattached, Teignmouth ; TY late of the First Life Guards; Irwin, Sligo Militia. Guards, Berne.; Lieut.-Colonels—Hon. P. A. E. Freko, Grenadier CompanTB MacGregor, sth Foot, Plymouth ; Earle, East ledl a Service. . qprvice, Cheltenhara ; Majors—Robertson, East India Compa n yLi i i ies , ditto.; Egerton, Burnett, East India Company's Service ; ' unattached, Clifton; 47th Foot ditto; Ward. ditto; Macaulay, ditto; Greenville, late of the 2d Foot, London. Lancers, Dundalk ; Despard. Captains - Chandler, Paymaster. l7 t h Unattached; Arnold, half-pay Ritle 2Oth macky, Brigade • Dun, Adjutant to Kir- Fooi, Dublin. cudbright Militia ; Read, half - pay go ,,,,, e , nagenalstown ; O'Connor, Lieutenants—Barrett, 14th 9th Foot ; Harrison, 62d Regiment, M'Carthy' S Island' Regi ment, handy ; Hughea sars ; Higgins, lin ; Carey, half-pan 5r Gambia ; Deane, Ceylon Rifle Foot Calcutta ; Muttlebury, 3d West India soyal Artillery ; Gibbs, half-pay, Bth Hus sars ^ 44th Foot; Dover, half-pay, 48th Foot; M.Leass u en Boss, Island of Mull; Voberth, half-Pais ha'f-ray, sGth Foot, Legion. Ist Foot; Roberts, half pay, 7th Foot, Dub 46th Foot, Guernsey ; Brooke, 52d Foot, 3d }:it Hussars, s igns_ I G , reel. German a n n : Canada; Blackburn, 99th Foot, killed i n N ew Zealand , Coffin, hal f " • Foot • Smith, half - pay, 72d Foot. Paymas ters -Jollifl'e, pay, 15th ' jouiffhalf-pay,Poole,Dorset; e, 3 4th Foot, half-pay, 51st Foot; Roddy, half-pay, 85th Foot, Dublin; Meier, half-pay, 3d Hussars, German Le g i on. Quarter -Master — Lewis, hall-pay, 33d F oo t , N ott i ng- hill. Miscallaneous —Deputy Com • General Williams Brown, halt - pay; Assistant Com.-General Furmidge, half-pay, Kensington; surgeon- Major Johnson, half-pay, Gr ena di er Guards, Penshurst, Kent; Plr geon Steele, half-pay, 2d D ragoon Guards; Surgeon Flanagan , n." ,. .. pay, 4th Dragoon Guards, Dublin. Louden: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 10 2 Strand, Printer, at The 'Sun °face, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precin ct of the Savoy , AO Count' , of Middlesex, Tom: Fo b : 14417 ; 1841. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) Benjamin Keniston, a boy of about ten years of age, Iva charged with stealing the " change bag," containing abou 41. in silver, from the till at Mr. Farrance's, confectioner, 67 Charing-cross. Amelia Baker, a young woman engaged In Farrance'ol shop, said that at about eleven o'clock this morning she was in the shop, and saw the prisoner opening the shop-door to go out, with the bag in his hand, having entered. and taken it from the till with such caution se to escape notice com pletely. He was going out at the side door (in Spring-gar' dens), and must have entered by that door, crept round the counter, and drawn out th e till, i n or d er t o take out the bag. Witness, of course, ran aft er th e p ri sone r, w ho went along Cockspur-street, and wh o , o n fi n di ng hi mse lf hard pressed. threw the bag down an area . lie was stopped immedi ately _ afterwards by a man in the street. She had not lost sight of him for a moment. Th e b a g was a ft er wards picked up ; it contained ten half-crowns, 40 shillings, 25 sixpenc es, and some halfpence. This statement was partly corroborated by the man oho stopped stopped the prisoner, and by the poli cema n, A 63, who tOO him in custody. The prisoner made no defence, and was committed for trial. FLANDERS MAIL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND F.-- Tv A Neg. — IMPORTATION, DUTY FREE, OF FLOUR, ivou WHATEVER COUNTRY IT MAY COMEe--.."''' POLD, KING OF THE BELGIANS, eto. " f BRUSSELS, JAN. 29.—Seeing the law of the 22d o .e _ ee vember, 1846, concerning provisions ; considering our (I, _c ‘ r „ if of the 30th of the same month, authorising, till She let June, 1847, the importation, free of dut) , of corn of e ve; kind, the produce of countries out of Europe; on the 1500 posal of our Minister of the Interior and of Finance, we decreed and decree— Art. I. By extension of the decree of the 3d of Novembe r ' 1846, flour of every kind, th e pro d uce of countr i es in Etirq e is likewise declared free of duty on importation. ate Art. 2. Our Minist ers o f t h e I nter i or and rinalice, charged each, as far a s th e y are concerned w i th t h e execo." ;(o of this decree. Given at Paris, Jan. 27. (Signed) LEoroo. The Chamber of Repre sen t a ti ves commenced yesi# erdslwet the general debate on the p ro j ect o f l aw relat i ve to the buys' of the War Department. To-day the Chamber heard a report of the committee_ ol l manufacturers, which was rath er im p ortan t. Th e q uo was to decide the petitions o f Fl an d ers ask i ng for the teelPor"" prohibition of the exportation of flax. The Chamber con fined itself merely to referring these petitions to the Min' u r of Foreign Affairs. Their Majesties the Kin g an d Q ueen, accord i ng to Ssogilig, very recently receiv e d, w ill return fr om Paris to Brnssexs Sunday evening. iseseEL N. cont e inued t e, o-day the . — ge T ne h r e al C d h e a b m at b e er on of th ß e e b p u r d e g se e n t ti of t i w ,,, " : war department IS linussaLs, JAN. 29.—The smallpox continues to Os' several localities in the environs of Brussels, and es t r is l at Molenbeck St. J ean . I t i s generally remarked disease this winter chiefly attacks adults, and the Gaud attributed to the tropical heat of last summer, which ^ l l succeeded by the most sudden transition to intense Yesterday the wind was so high that several chimneys "Li blown down. A littl e c hild , fi ve years old, going to s school, was killed by the fall of one in Rue I'Arbre Dena' - SO"' ku~E ~eitL ii 3-anns „ t on'. -"ends inens,f :reaor e q brid ge. 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