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Y:utptriat Vartizunent. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MOND 'Cc. The Loten CHANCr:LLOR presente,l a petition from the Ings , ers and scholars of Cambridge, against the union of the sees 'of Wit. Asaph and Bangor. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in answer to Lord Brougham, Fail rfiat the government had received no information re garding en alleged rencontre between certain French and English ships in the South Seas. In ahswer to another question put by the same Noble Lord, the Noble Earl said he was at that moment unable 'to state the precise nature of certain arrangements made by the King of Prussia, in reference to certain Polish re fugees in his dominions. A casual conversation took place respecting the alleged assertion of Mr. Wolfgang, one of the jurors of the Irish trials, having stated during those trials that he would dissent from the finding of the jury. Certain returns referring to the imports of tobacco, moved for by Lord Teynham, were agreed to. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNnkr. Mr. O'CosNimr, presented a petition from the Corpo ration of Dublin, in favour of a repeal of the legislative union. The petitioners stated that they were o f op i n i on that a repeal of the legislative union was necessary for the peace and happiness of the country, and that in granting it Parliament would only be performing an act of justice towards Ireland. The petition was sealed with the cor poration seal. The lion. Member then said that he had 67 petitions to present from the province of Leinster, 57 from Mun ster, 43 from Ulster, 35 from 'Connaught, and several from other places, in all amounting to 196 petitions, and signed by 387,564 individuals, and they all prayed for a repeal of the legislative union. The Great Western Railway Bill was read a second time on the motion of Mr. C. Russell, and ordered to be committed. The order of the day for going into committee of supply having been read, Mr. S. CI - Lay/FORD moved an amendment, to the effect that the consideration of the estimates be postponed until the grievances of the people had been considered and re dressed. The Ron. Member contended that the present house did not fairly represent the people, neither did it possess the confidence of the country ; therefore he con tended that they were not in a fit situation to vote away the public money. Col. RAwDON seconded the motion. After speeches from Mr. Fielden, Mr. T. Duncombe, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Roche, and Mr. Gisborne, the house divided, when there appeared— For Mr. S. Crawford's amendment Against it . Majority 11 105 -94 Sir C. NAPIER called the attention of the house to the constitution of the Board of Admiralty. Some years ago the navy was under the direction of three boards—the Admiralty Board, the Navy Board, and the Victualling Board ; and the principle on which, under that distribu tion of business, the building of ships was conducted, had been quite abominable. Sir James Graham, when first Lord of the Admiralty, had, with the assistance of Ad mirals Hardy and Dundas, destroyed that wretched sys tem of management; but it was now to be inquired whe ther the system substituted for it had been a good one. He disapproved the way in which the civil patronage of the Admiralty had, until lately, been distributed ; it had been bestowed for the most part. not upon old sailors, but upon persons who had never been to sea in their lives ; but recently, he was glad to say, an order had been mad , , directing that a preference should be given in the dock yards to men coming home from actual service. He then dealt with the subject of promotions. strongly pressing for a retired list, upon which old officers should be led by some small inducement of pay to place themselves, so as to make vacancies for the promotion of younger and more serviceable men. He urged the propriety of enabling the masters—a very useful and deserving class of officers-0 rise in their profession like lieutenants. The gallant commodore then submitted to the House a scheme of his own for the constitution of the naval administration. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT was well disposed to give to naval men whatever appointment they were adequate to fill. Ile entered fully into the subject of ship-building, and in other details to which Sir C. Napier had adverted. He declared himself unable to understand what advan tages would result from the changes suggested by Sir C. Napier in the constitution of the board, which, he con tended, had been found by experience well fitted for its objects. The house having resolved itself into committee, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT explained the general nature of the reductions and additions, respectively, which had been made in the estimates for the present year. _ Mr. WILLIAMS condemned their amount. He took an objection, in particular, to the proposed number of marines on shore. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN vindicated the usefulness of this force, especially with reference to any sudden out break of war. Sir C. NAPIER concurred in this opinion, and recom mended Mr. Williams not to press his objection. Admiral DUNDAS was persuaded that no other nation would have a chance in the Channel against England on the breaking out of a war, especially considering how many steamers there now were which carried guns. Mr. WILLIAMS followed the advice of his friends, and the house soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY. Lord JotlrT tS 4,14 a: mac movpa aflal ream to the ernwn, praying her majesty's interposition to procure the deli verance of Don Carlos and his family from their deten tion by France. Sir R. PEEL opposed the motion, and after a long de bate it was withdrawn. C4ptain BERNAL moved for a copy of an address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from the Dublin Protestant Operative Assooiation, and of the Lord-Lieutenant's an swer. . . Lord ELIOT thought it highly inexpedient to give im portance ► o such an address by placing it on the records of this House. Mr. T. Dr7Ncomae urged Captain Bernal to persevere by dividing the House. A division accordingly took place, when the numbers were— Against the motion.. For it Majority .............. —5l The Horse-racing Bill was read the third time and passed, and the House was adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TguitsnAy. The Racing Penalties Bill was brought up from the House of Commons, and, on the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND, it was ordered to be printed with the amend ments. HOUSE OF COMMONS. -THURSDAY. - - On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN, leave was given to bring in a bill for regulating the construction of build ings in the metropolis and its neighbourhood. A discussion was raised by the two hon. members for Dover (Mr. RicE and Sir J. R. REID), on the propriety of a :ceding to the recommendation of the Shipwreck -Committee, with reference to harbours of refuge, and both hon. members strongly recommended Dover as the best place for constructing a harbour of refuge for the east coast of England. Indeed Sir J. R. Reid said he would he most happy to have the raising of the money requisite for the purpose, and on very advantageous terms. Sir R. PEEL said the Chancellor of the Exchequer would, he had no doubt, be much more gratified at being told how the money was to be repaid. The subject, how ever, was one of great importance, and had occupied much of the cor.sideration of the government. There were three considerations to be attended to—to establish har bours of refuge for the mercantile marine—to take care that they would give accommodation to a naval armament, both for the purpo.es of offence and defence in time of war—and to take care also that they were capable of being efficiently defended. It was, however, quite as important to have harbours of refuge on the west as on the east coast, and government intended to appoint a commission of the most eminent and competent persons to examine nto all the details of the subject. The motion on which the discussion was founded was then withdrawn. Sir V. BLAKE moved for a select committee to inquire and report how far it may be practicable, expedient, and useful to promote a more speedy intercourse between Great Britain and America, by the establishment of steam carriages (in connection with a ship canal also to be ex ecuted) across Ireland, and thence by steam communica tion across the Atlantic ocean. Sir R. PEEL quoted the opinions of the Railway Com missioners for Ireland to show that if even it were determined that the communication with America should be mainly carried on through Ireland, yet that Galway was not the most eligible port to be selected for that purpose. After a short discussion, the motion was withdrawn. Colonel RAWDON moved the following resolution : " That it is the opinion of this house, upon considering the lateness of the period at which was issued the prods. mation of the Irish government, intended to prevent the assembling of a meeting announced to be hold en a t or near Clontarf, on the Sth day of October, 1843, that a risk of disastrous collision was incurred, and a precedent thereby crested dangerous to the lives and liberties of her Majesty's subjects." His object was to have his resolu tion placed on the journals of the house, in order to pre. vent the future adoption of so dangerous a precedent. Mr. V. STUART seconded the motion. Lord ELIOT repeated the explanation already given in the recent debate by Sir James Graham, of the circum stances attending the prevention of the Clontarf meeting, and the issuing of the proclamation referred to, regretting the necessity of thus having to repet a twice-told tale. The noble lord defended the conduct of the government as equally firm and humane. Mr. SOMERS, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD, and Mr. E. B. ROCHE severally addressed the house in support of the ,motion; after which. upon a division, it was negatived by a majority of 90 to 62. Lord WORSLEY obtained leave to bring in a " Bill to facilitate the Enclosure and , Improvement of Commons, and Lands held in common. The Loan ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in "A Bill to Amend the Law with respect to Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland," which, after a few observations f r om Mr. WALLACE, was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. In rf!ply totoe question from Lord BROUGHAM, it was Akated by the Earl of Aberdeen that the CRAW of complaint respecting the treatment of missionaries in the South Sea Islands had been removed. The noble earl also siat,al that the conduct of the French Admiral, at Tahiti had been voluntatilv disavowed by the Fr-•nch Gttvechment, uithout any cotornunicAtum from this countri. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-rRmAN- c r!h om i t n r i t- forat;s w t return excitedrt, oflbv t tu er t7 s ni Dc i n t d \ N lu tlo4hes, Mr. C. Ross, and Mr. J. Jack:-on on a.e:d - int ut any communieations made by than to the relative to the reoeal agitation in lr,iadd, tog , d with copies of th, instructions given to them respecting the duties they were to perform in irelandl also ior a return of the monks paid to the Morning Herald and Standard newspapers, on account of information given by them to the government. The hon. gentleman was unsparing in his invectives, condemning the conduct of Mr. Ross, as savouring of espionage, the discredit of which must be shared by the government which employed liim. The Morning Herald and Standard he also condemned, though he was willing to admit that their object in what they had done was not pecuniary. Sir J. GRAHAM. in reply, stated the sums wid to Mr. Hughes and Mr. Ross; and said, that so far from being open to the charge of espionage, the instructions to Mr. Ross were that he should openly avow himself as a go vernment reporter. He had no objection to some parts of the motion ; but he was decidedly opposed to that por tion of it referring to the Icorning Herald and Standard : not because he was afraid of any disclosure, for he pledged himself as a gentleman that neither of those papers had received anything whatever, but because—however untrue, however baseless the imputation—the very fact of its forming part of a motion agreed to by the house could scarcely fail to leave some stain behind. He opposed it upon the same ground that he would oppose a motion calling for a return of the sum of money paid to any par ticular member of that house for his vote upon any par ticular occasion. _ Lord J. RUSSELL gave a definition of espionage, ac cording to his ideas of the matter. He was of opinion that attending and reporting an open meeting could not be brought under the meaning of the term, which could only be fairly applied to getting admission surreptitiously to the private meetings of the parties whose proceedings were reported. After some observations from Mr. Bellew, and Mr. T. Duncombe in reply, the house divided and the motion was defeated by a majority of 144 to 73. On the motion that the Speaker should leave the chair to go into a committee of supply, Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved as an amendment that the several petitions which have been received since the com mencement of the session, complaining that the house is not a true representation of the people, be referred to a select committee to inquire into the said allegation ; and that the further consideration of the estimates be post poned till such committee shall report thereon. Mr. BLFWITT seconded the amendment, which, on a division, was defeated, by a majority of 91 to 15. The house then went into committee, and the navy estimates were proceeded with. The discussion of them occupied the remainder of the night. FOREIGN 6• COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA. By the packet-ships George Washington, United States, and England, the latter of which arrived here on Sunday night, we have received advices from New York to the 16th ult. In the Senate, on the sth ultimo, Mr. Hannegan pre sented some extravagant resolutions from the legislature of Indiana, instructing the senators to use their efforts to procure measures for the immediate possession of the Oregon territory, "peaceably if they can, forcibly if they must." The resolutions, which speak of the " grasping spirit and insatiable ambition of the British government", passed unanimously, or nearly so. On the same day the report of the Committee of Finance was taken up, and Mr. Evans spoke two or three hours on the subject. Mr. Hunt presented a petition for the extension of the ordi nance of 1787, prohibiting slavery is the northwest terri tories of the United States west of the Mississippi, and moved it to be referred to a select committee on territo ries. The subject was laid on the table, yeas, 118 ; ❑ays, 50. On the following day Mr. Evans resumed, and the debate was again adjourned, and continued, at intervals, until the 12th ultimo. The Senate, in Executive Session, on the 9th ultimo, confirmed the nomination of Mr. Wise, as United States Minister to Brazil, by a vote of 30 to 10. The Right Hon. R. Pakenham, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States from the Court of St. James's, arrived out at New York on the 12th ultimo, in the Vestal. Mr. Calhoun has withdrawn from the Presidential contest. The General Assembly of Alabama, at its late session, adopted several resolutions, introduced by M r. H untington into the House of Representatives, to the effect, " that we pledge ourselves, each to the other, to the maintenance of a spirit of all proper economy and retrenchment in our State expenditures, and to the discontinuance of all at. tempts to blot the fair eseutcheon of our commonwealth with the odious stain of repudiation." In Pennsylvania, too, an effort seems to be making in the same cause. The Whigs of Maine have nominated the Hon. G. Crars, of the United States Senate, for the office of Vice. President. Henry Clay is the candidate for the Pre sidency. Governor Davis, the Commissioner appointed by the Illinois bondholders in Europe to examine the internal improvements of that state, had returned to Massachu setts. He was accompanied by Mr. Ryan, Commissioner 0o tho port of tha ctnta, twhn rAzinrna Rtz.voyo with. the. report. Its tendency has not transpired. Boston Harbour is again closed up with ice. The Montreal Gazette, of the let instant, states, that despatches were received at Kingston, on the 24th inst., conveying her Majesty's approval of all the measures of Excellency the Governor-General, and an assurance that, in the pursuance of the same policy, he may rely on the cordial support of the ministers of the crown. The at tempt made by Mr. Buchanan to arrange the difficulties between the Cork and Connaught men on the Welland Canal had proved a failure. His Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe had appointed Mr. James Macaulay Higginson to be his civil secretary. The Mexican Government, in conformity with the de mand of the United States minister, had repealed the decree ordering all Americans to leave the Californias. The Mexican steam•spip Montezuma left Vera Cruz on the 26th ult. for Campeachy, having on board the Yucatan commissioners. It is now positively stated, that all the difficulties between the revolted province and the Central Government have been amicably settled The Mexican fleet was on the point of sailing for Alvarado. The British frigate Inconstant arrived at Vera Cruz on the 22,1 Jan.. from Port loyal. She reported that the whole British fleet was to sail for Vera Cruz two days after she left. It was reported at Vera Cruz that our minister had intimated to the Mexican authorities, that, on the arrival of Mr. Fox, the new minister from this country, the British fl ag should be hoisted on the staff of the castle in addition to the usual salute. A bill is betore congress directing active and offensive hostilities against the Mexican towns if the Texian priso ners are not liberated by the Ist March next. The bill further provides, that the army to be organized shall en deavour to procure a sufficient number of Mexican priso ners, of the highest rank and consideration, to he held as hostages for the good treatment of the Texian captives; that the warfare shall be transferred to the Mexican soil; and that the Texion troops shall be supported and paid by confiscation of property and forcing contributions. A bill providing for annexation to the United States has passed the house. All the representatives and all the senators but one are said to be in favour of annexation. Rumours were rife along the western frontiers of a new and formidable invasion. Little importance was attached to them at Houston or Galveston. A bill to modify the present tariff of Texas had been reported by the committee of finance in the house of representatives, and, it is said, will probably be adopted. President Houston had pub lished a message, painting, in deplorable colours, the situa tion of the Texian navy, and recommending the sale of the vessels comprising it. This message was followed by a bill to authorize the sale of the navy. The President is stated to be favourable to the annexation of Texas to the United States. It is also stated, that negotiations upon the subject had been proposed by Mr. Upshur, the Ameri can Secretary of State. The Mexican steamer Montezuma arrived at Laguna on the sth of January, after having landed the Yucatan com missioners at Campeachy, on their return from Mexico, having settled all difficulties with that republic. We have Kingston, Jamaica, papers to the 16th of January. They state that the long-continued drought had become a matter of general complaint throughout the island, and threatened to cause a considerable diminution of the ensuing crop. In the House of Representatives Mr. M`Duffie's Tariff Bill was still under consideration. The resolution of Mr. Atcheson, of Maine, requesting the President to give no tice to the Government of Great Britain of the termina tion of the Joint Occupancy of Oregon, was again postponed. The Jackson's Fine Bill had passed the Senate. The house had decided that the four members elected by general ticket were entitled to their seats. Mr. Pakenham, the new Envoy from this country to Washington, had received many visitors, and had nume rous calls from official and other persons, and much curiosity prevailed to learn the nature of his instructions, particularly with respect to the Oregon territory. On the 15th ult. he held a sort of levee of the English residents, and, on the 16th, he set out for Washington. Exchange was dull at 109 to 109, and a decline was anticipated. Several thousand barrels Genessee and Ohio Flour have been sold at 4 dollars 94 cents for fair brands, and 5 dols. 12 cents to 5 dollars 25 cents for fancy Ohio. There had been a brisk demand for cotton, principally by speculators, but prices were unaltered. The rates of freight to this port were id. in square, and id. in round, bales. The markets, generally, had been rather brisk at the leading ports. At Mobile prices had a slightly downward tendency. At Savannah there had arrived, between the 6th and the 10th ult., 7,516 bales, leaving a stock on hand of 33,620 bales Upland and 920 bales Sea Island, against 31,741 bales Upland and 1,756 bales Sea Island at the corresponding period last year. At Columbus the article was coming forward but slowly, prices ranging from 6to 10 cents. At Macon sales had beets generally - made at from Bto 91- cents. At New Orleans a fair business had been doing at the following prices :—Ordinary, S to Sl.; middling fair, 9i to 91; fair, 91; good fair, 101 to 10 cents. The banks in all parts of the southern states were making great efforts to extend facilities to cotton specu lators, to enable them to hold. The resources of the banks, it is stated, were gradually getting absorbed in sto'ks of cotton. We have intelligence from Port-au-Prince to the 23d January, M, Bassett, the French Charge d'Affairs, had left without havirg effi-aed any further [reit y with the new gn,, riinivat in t'nr'•s'ur of French vessels trading to the island. The wicket George Biirtows, ;Irriv-il hire on Taersii,iv from New Yo. k. whence Bite ailed on the 9th Feb , rh; ht het we hay, ri-covi . d vativrs x days :riter ; nut. I)ie only news they contain is a ktt,r front kk'ebsier, stating that if the P".rie olow-e oiay eiect hint as president to succeed Mr. inaiter, were not in a healthy state. The New York to rev mai ker was in a :ever, and the v.oue tit inost of stock was on 'he d'clinc• 't'ile ctet.an nn t.:nolon stood at 109-i- to wico hot little doing. The cotton market was high, end prices ad vancing. 911-lii; LIVERPOOL STANDARD SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 18.—The, first. fruits of the system of miltiaty g•Pv , rii , etit in Spain have already appeared in the Gazelle. General Roocali, notwithstanding his first resistance to the orders of Narvaez, commanding him to shoot his prisoners, has succumbed at last, and shot seven officers within sight of the walls of Alicant, apparently in euluiaiiim of the conduct of Cabrera, who, after a feast al fresco within sight of the city of Valencia. executed all the prisoners! We learn here to-day (but not from any official source) that Bon6 has commenced reprisals in a spirit of emulation which threatened to outdo the dim ts of Roucali acid Narvatz, that he has caused fourteen of his prisoners ( ncluding Senor Ceruti, uncle of Roncalil to be shot in retaliation ! Another report says that the Archbishop of Seville (the Rev. Cienfuegos Jovellanos) has been executed in revenge by the insurgents of Car thagena! General Roncali has sent a despatch to the government, stating that he was about to decimate the prisoners taken at Aleoz. Alicant was closely blockaded by sea as well as by land. A conveyance company has been started in Sydrey, New South Wales, and cabs and hackney coaches are now plying for hire. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Grey Porter Atthill, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney- General for the Island of St. Lucia.—ldetn. [lf we mistake not, says the Spectator, Mr. Atthill is a gentle man of colour.] The pope consecrated as bishops four of the cardinals on the 11th inst. This is the first instance, it is said, for 150 years, of the pope having performed this ceremony in person. The Prince of Wirtemberg, Dun Miguel, and all the diplomatic corps, were present on the occasion. We have received the highly interesting information from Copenhagen, that the Princess Royal of Denmark is eneiente. If tins proves correct, a great many hopes will be disappointed. Thus, Prince Frederic of Hesse, who recently was married to the Grand Duchess Alexandrina, second daughter of the Emperor of Russia, would lose all hope for his succession to the Danish throne.—Cologne Gazette. The rnandement of the Archbishop of Paris for the observation of Lent has just been published. it permits the eating of eggs, butter, and milk during Lent, except for the three last days of passion week, and butcher's meat on the Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thurs days, except in passion week. Persons who wish to eat meat every day may do so by distributing alms, to be employed toward the purchase of the old convent of the Carmelites, and for the relief of the poor. THE JEWS IN LITHUANIA.—The Emperor of Russia has issued a new ukase containing several modifications of that which had appeared ordering the removal to the interior of the Jews residing on the frontiers. They are to be allowed, according to circumstances, from three to four years for their removal ; and it is further expected that the Jews who have established manufactories will not be displaced. The ukase also announces, that on the dis placement of the Jews, there will be a remission of taxes for five years.—Globe. " Last week," says the Pregres of Ypres, " about nine in the evening, a ring was heard at the bell of the house of one of the principal merchants of the town. Every one was out, except the lady of the house. She asked who was there, and received for reply, that it was the conductor of one of the diligences with a parcel. She opened the door, and, in place of a conductor, beheld a man in a black mask. In alarm, she hastened to close the door, but the mask was axle to slip into her hand a letter and packet. The former directed the merchant to keep the contents of the packet, which were gold coin, amounting, it is said, to 1500 f." The Moniteur Parisien of Monday contains the follow ing;— " Government have received dispatches from the Island of Tahiti, dated Ist and 9th of November, 1842. Vice- Admiral Dupetit Thouars, who arrived in the Bay of Papeiti on the Ist of November, to carry into execution the treaty of the 9th of September, 1812, which the king had ratified, had deemed it his duty not to adhere to the stipulations of that treaty, but to take possession of the island. Queen Pomare has written to the king to demand the fulfilment of the stipulations of the treaty which as sured to her the internal sovereignity of her country, and to pray that she may be maintained in her rights. The king, by the advice of his Council, not finding in the circumstances reported sufficient grounds for abandoning the treaty of the 9th of September, 1842, has ordered the execution, pure and simple, of that treaty, and the estab lishment of the French Protectorate in that island." SYRlA.—Private letters from Beyrout, of the 17th ult., announce that a general insurrection is on the point of breaking out in the Lebanon. The roads are no longer safe tor travellers, and even the field labourers are com pelled to work with a musket on their shoulders. The oldest inhabitants declare that a similar state of anarchy never before existed in the Lebanon. A few days previ ously the detail lit/alive I,t iwu mountaineers were found between Beyrout and Tripoli, who had been assassinated and plundered by the troops of Essad Pasha, who refused to surrender the guilty to justice. Essad Pasha was exercising the most odoius oppression over the unfortu nate Maronites. He had lately insisted on the inhabitants of Kasserouan paying a tribute of 30,000 piastres, although the Porte had exempted the inhabitants of that province from all tribute during three years. in conse quence of the losses they had suffered in the war of 1840. The inhabitants, having been intimidated, paid part of this sum ; but the British Consul having been apprised ct this fact, commanded them not to pay any more. MORMONISM.—The follo•Ying is an extrrct of a letter, dated Dec. 28th, 1813 :—" Since you were here the pro phet, Joe Smith, has been two or three times arrested on a requisition from the Governor or Missouri, but has always contrived to have a hearing before his own muni cipal court at Nauvoo, and has, of course, always got clear. He continues to send out his preachers through out the land, and when his dupes arrive here, to swindle t hem of their all. lie occasionally puts forth a new reve lation. He, and most of his elders now have, in addition to their lawful wives, other women whom they call spirit ual wives. When any of these worthies sets his fancy upon ano.her female, whether married or single, Joe sets her apart by revelation to the man who selects her as his victim. In this way many a family is broken up. The last revelation is that they must all be married again for eternity ' • and in accordance with thi s t h e prophe t h as recently been married to his lawful wife for eternity. He says, that as there is no marrying or giving in marriage in heaven, all men who have heretofore been married for time only, and desire that connexion in the next world, MUSE be married again for eternity. Many accordingly have been so married. The prophet has been keeping a tavern for some months past. He has recently added to his establishment a bar, where he keeps all kinds of liquors, and retails them out by the glass. He continues to practice all his other fooleries as when you were here. A great many people join him, and a great many leave. Neither the temple nor the Nauvoo-house is half finished. The whole Mormon community is becoming more and more obnoxious to the surrounding community ; and we anticipate a rupture at no distant day. The people can not put up with their fooleries much longer." Notwith standing these exposures, numbers of people still leave this country almost weekly for this miserable place. THE COURT. ACCOUCTIEMENT OF HER MAJESTY.—We have the best authority for announcing that this highly-interesting event is expected to take place at the latter end of June or toe early part of July next, and that all the necessary preparations and arrangements have been made accord ingly. The royal yacht will be in readiness for the ma rine excursions of her Majesty and the Prince Consort by the tirst or second week in August.—Britannia. We are able, says the Time* to state, upon what we consider pretty correct authority, that there is no truth in the statement copied from the German press, that Prince Albert will inherit great wealth from his father. The estates are all strictly entailed, and will, of course, devolve upon his royal highness's eldest brother, the reigning duke. LAW INTELLIGENCE. The barristers who acted as Commissioners in Bank ruptcy, before the passing of the new act, and who were superseded when it came into operation, have had their claims for compensation settled. Mr. Leigh Trafford, of the Chester circuit, receives £4BO. THE EXCISE.—We have already stated that Mr. More ton Carr has been appointed to succeed Mr. Dehany, as solicitor of excise in England. It is now understood that the salary of Mr. Carr is fixed at £2,000 a year, by a reduction of £5OO on the amount hitherto received by the solicitor of that department. The office of solicitor of excise in Scotland, with a salary of £1,500 per annum, which was lately filled by Mr. Carr, will, we hear, be done away with as a separate appointment, and the esta blishment of clerks be, otherwise provided. for. By this new arrangement £3,000 a-year will be saved to the pub lic.—Observer. LORD W ILLIAM PAGI7.I V. TUN EARL OF CARDIGAN. —CRIM CON.—On Tuesday morning the Court of Com mon Pleas was crowded to excess by persons anxious to hear this celebrated cause, which, although originally fixed to come on in the course of the last sittings, passed off, it will be recollected, from the absence of Winter, who was stated to be a material witness. During the last term Mr. Sergeant Channel! applied to the court to enter a verdict o f nonsitit for the defendant, which was refused, on the grou n d s th at t h e plaintiff shou ld give a peremptory undertaking to go to trial. Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Ser geant Talfourd, an d M r. Wordswort h con d uc t e d t h e plaintiff's case; the Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Channel], and another gentleman appeared for the de fence. The da mages were laid at £15,000. Si r Th omas Wilde shortly stated the plaintiff's case, and called wit nesses, those examinati on l aste d near l y the entire day. The Solicitor-General then proceeded to address the jut y for the defendant, immediately after which the jury re turned a verdict f or t h e defendant, which was received with applause in court. IRi!,LAND. W. B. FERRANTI, ESQ.. M . P.—The Dublin Protestant Operative A•sc.ciati, n, which numbers amongst its mem hers near!y 1.800 electors, have voted address to Mr. PertaA, to be presented in a gtild box, expressing their he,t thanks for toe spec ch he made in the House of Com mons, dnrn K the late deflate on the state of Ireland. WIIIGGERY AND EPP. AL.—The Globe (whig leading journal) gives a siL.:tifievnt Ltnt of the tendency of whig Poiit'v in the following paragraph :—" A meeting of the kaditir. Irish whit...s is to be held at •Charlemont House, during the present week, for the purpose of norni tt,ting a depu•ation to present a memorial to the Queen in reference to the present condition of Ireland. // is said that the memorial will go the length of entreating her Majesty to take measures for holding occasional parlia ments in Dublin." SIGNAL. FIRES.—The committee of a loan fund, in the neighbourhood of Nenagh, at their last day of meeting re fused to grant loans (except in two or three cases) in con sequence of the fires throuLt hoot that neighbourhood the night before, which was accompanied with yellings, the answer to many disappointed applicants being, that "the fires the night before had burned their application papers," and which was received with great dismay. Several on the following day returned to the principal member of the committee and begged of him to consider their wants; but his stern, though just, reply was, " that their money was also burned." The Nenagh Guardian observes that this lesson will be apt to have the desired effect. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—At the weekly meeting of this association, on Monday, Mr. John O'Connell was the principal speaker. He announced that the association could no longer distribute the repeal newspapers through out the country. A letter from the liberator was read, hut the following extract comprises the only matter of importance contained in it:—" There is not the least reason for any kind of despondency. On the contrary, it appears to me to be as clear as the noon-day sun, that the repeal must succeed if the Irish people observe two essential conditions of success. The first is the strict observance of the peace—the total absence of riot, tumult, outbreak, or force ; in short, to continue peaceable under every circumstance and in every event. Secondly—to continue perseveringly and unremittingly the repeal agi tation—to continue that agitation in strictly legal chan nels, and in no other—to abandon and avoid any course that may be declared, however wrongfully, to be illegal ; and to continue to model every public body into such a shape as shall set every prosecution at defiance; in short, to continue constitutional and legal agitation so long as one shred of the constitution remains." The rent for the week was announced as amounting to £624 16s. Sd. PAPIST EQUALITY.—The Rev. Mr. Gregg, at a meet ing of the Dublin Protestant Operative Association, in alluding to the above subject, said, that he had never been so wretched in his life as in reading the debate on the state of Ireland. The early part of that debate had been un redeemed by one single feature which was not discou raging. Although Sir James Graham and Lord Stanley had declared, as it was reported, it was the intention of Government to maintain the Protestant church, they had virtually surrendered, inasmuch as they conceded that the Roman Catholics were entitled to equality, and should not be in any manner disparaged on account of their prin ciples. After such a concession as that, it was vain to talk of maintaining the Protestant church in Ireland. After such a concession bold language on the subject was absurd language ; for if Roman Catholics were entitled to equality, as respected their principles, their circumstances must give them the ascendancy, for they were in the ma jority. If Roman Catholic principles were unobjection able, then common sense and the case of Scotland showed that their church should be established in this country— and the same concession was made by every previous " Conservative" speaker. Hence the cry was in every one's mouth, that " the game was up with the Protestant church." He (Mr. Gregg) had been compelled to hang his head with shame at the debate as reported. H YDROPTIOIII A.—We regret to have to record a most melancholy instance of death by hydrophobia, The vic tim was Miss Anna Delacour, eldest daughter of the respected treasurer of the county, James Delacour, Esq., of Sunny Hill. She was in her 18th year—would have completed it, indeed, on the Ist of May—of a person most attractive, and of a disposition which endeared her to all who knew her. She had, unfortunately, a pet dog, and remarking about the end of January that the dog did not seem well, she asked her father to look at him. He did so, and, on communicating with an uncle of the young lady, they suspected that the animal was mad, but, with out imparting their suspicion to Miss Delacour, they said they would put him into a warm bath. On hearing this, the nature of the malady seems to have struck her, for she instantly observed, " If the dog is mad, it is all over with me, for he has licked my lip, and there is a slight sore on it." The dog, on the day that he was put into the bath, died, but nothing that could excite apprehension occurred in the case of Miss Delacour, until Wednesday last. On that day, however, she became indisposed. About 5 or 6 o'clock in the evening the character of the malady was unequivocally displayed. Paroxysms came o.i, recurring from time to time with great violence until half-past three on Thursday evening, —that is, about five and-twenty hours from the first indication of illness, — when she expired. Her death was a death of peace. Throughout the most agonising of her sufferings reason was unimpared, and when each paroxysm passed away she exhibited a degree of serene composure that astonished all who witnessed it.—Cork paper. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On Wednesday, the 21st instant, three sailors belonging to the " Rocket." lying in the Newry Canal, went to their births in the o alo, -.1>0u.0 "rimy contrary to the captain's positive direction-; and, it is supposed to prevent any appearance of smoke, they had taken down part of the funnel for carrying it off. On Thursday morning the mate went to call them, and no answer being given, he went down into the forecastle, and found one man (Samuel Hamilton) quite dead, and the other two in a completely insensible state. Dr. Starkey and Surgeon Moloy were immediately called in, and all that professional skill and humane attention could suggest has been done by them for the invalids ; but, we are sorry to say, they still remain in a most precarious state, and it is the opinion of the medical men that there are but faint hopes of their recovery. An inquest on the body of Hamilton was held on Thursday, before Mr. John Boyd, justice of the peace and seneschal (who has been un ceasing in his attention to the hapless survivors.) The jury after hearing evidence as to the circumstances, re turned yr, ra a c n t d i express i vi which e of tstrongurrl ed disapprobationverdict sea t re i n r are so unhappily prone to indulge in. of placing fires in acco of r d the practice, in wh their sleeping apartments, without any means been taken to give vent to the smoke. We trust the melancholy oc currences at our quay will operwe as a warning to sea faring persons. They will despise it at their own peril. Since the foregoing w.is out in type, we have heard of the death of another of , he poor fellows. His name has not been communicated to us.—Nenagh Telegraph. UNIVERSITY AND CLARICAL NEWS. OXFORD, FEB. 29.—This day the following degrees were conferred :—Masters of Arts: Rev. William Hall, St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. Matthew Calley Morton, Exeter College; Rev. John Morton, Wor , .ester College.—Ba chelors of Arts: Ewan Hugh Nl`Lachlan, Pembroke College ; Alexander P. Forbes, Brasenose College. On Wednesday the following gentlemen were elected Proctors for the present year :—The Rev. Mr. Guillemard, Tri• nity ; the Rev. Mr. Church, Oriel. ORDINATIONS.—Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Lich field, at London. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Car lisle, at Rose Castle. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of London, at London. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Lincoln, at Lincoln. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Peterborough, at Peterborough. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Ripon, at Ripon. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Salisbury, at Salisbury. Sunday, April 14, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, at Gloucester. Sunday, June 2, Bishop of Salisbury, at Wells. Sunday, June 2, Bishop of Chichester, at Chichester. Sunday, June 2, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter. Sunday, June 9, Bishop of Ely, at London. The Lord Bishop of Hereford has instituted the Rev. John Richard Teflon, M.A., to the first portion of the rectory of Pontesbury. in the county of Salop, on the presentation of the trustees of the late Rev. Hamlet Harrison, B.D. On Sunday week the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp received the Holy Communion from the hands of the venerable Presi dent in the chapel of the Magdalen College, Oxford, where he is now staying on a visit. This leaves no doubt as to the fact of his having really joined the Church of England. The Rev. W. Greenlaw, rector of the parish church of Woolwich, hat received an anonymous note, enclosing the munificent sum of £350 in aid of the subscriptions for building new churches at Woolwich, in connection with the Established Church of England. ADDRESS TO THE REV. F. CLOSE.—An address, signed by more than 500 of his parishioners, was on Monday week presented to the Rev. Francis Close, of Chelten ham, as a mark of their respect, and to manifest at the same time their detestation of the vile insult recently of fered to their esteemed vicar. ANOTHER MUNIFICENT GIFT TO THE CHURCII.—We learn that the example of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, who has given £2OOO towards erecting churches in the poor districts of his diocese, has been imitated by the Rev. Dr. Warneford, who has given £lOOO towards the same objects. POPERY AND THE PRESS.—We have the gratification of announcing that the Pope has prohibited the Church and State Gazette from passing the Roman frontier. We could desire no better proof of our usefulness. To our subscribers in " the eternal city" we can only say that this weak invention of the enemy will not prevent them receiving our journal as usual.— Church and State Gazette. It has been asserted that the members in the Oxford University have decreased within the last few years. Such is not, however, the fact, but the very reverse. In 1840 the number of members in the twenty-four colleges was 5,4.10 ; in 1844 it is 5,682. The only colleges in which there is a fallin?•off is Baliol (from 323 to 295), Oriel (from 331 to 321), Jesus (from 13.4 to 132), Pembroke (from 173 to 147). St. Alban (from 23 to 20), and St. Edmund's (from 98 to 49). The greatest increase is in Christ Church, viz., from 891 to 934. ADDITIONAL CURATES FUND.—At the meeting of the committee for the administration of this fund, held at 4, St. Martin's-place, London, on the Bth and 25th of Jan., under the presidency of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of London, grants amounting to £7OO, to meet £2400 in aid of endowments to three parishes ; and the annual sum of £2515, to meet £4BO, was voted for additional curates to 38 parishes or districts, whose aggregate populations amount to 335,696 souls. Jo the diocese of Ripon, the Sulu of £BO was granted to Coley, in the parish of Hali fax, the population of the district being 20,000; to Was den, £BO, population of the district 6000, of the parish 70,000; to Alvet thorpe, wiri,h of Wakefield, £6O, popu lation 5000; to kildwick, £7O, population of the district 2346, of the patibb 10,476. REV. F. CLoSE.—This much respected gentleman has published a reply to the address present'ed to him on occa sion of the late mystrrious but - stm,r,ii proceedings to wards himself. The reverend gentleman in the course of it says, " It may tend to throw s'Ome light on the true character of that out age, which has called forh ex pression of your kind feelings, if 1 mention the tact, that during this winter I have received letters threatening toy life ; the first of which I placed in the hands of the Super intendent of the Police. There can be little doubt that these attempts to disturb my peace, or to turn me from my path of duty, may be traced to the same evil spirit of personal malice and revenge. THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.—We alluded, last week, to a report which had reached u that a considerable number of clergymen were about to secede from the Es tablished Church. On inquiry we have every reason to believe that the extent of the mischief has been much exaggerated. The number of malcontents is by no means formidable ; and we trust that they may yet he brought to see and acknowledge their error.—John Bull. The Record, in speaking of the advertisement in its columns which gave rise to the rumour, says :—" We have not the least notion from whom the advertisement proceeds— most likely from some Papist or Tractarian ; and with the proposal we have no sympathy, and regard it with unmi tigated disapprobation." KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE.—Active measures are in progress for the restoration of this building. The neces sary timber has been purchased, a cargo forwarded to Derbyhaven, and workmen are employed in clearing the ruins. Advantage will be taken of this opportunity, to introduce some improvements in the structure, more es pecially in the chapel, the great resonance in which, in its former state, was a subject of general complaint. We understand that the sum insured has been received, which, together with the amount of nearly £7OO already sub scribed in the Island, (to which the munificent donation of £3OO was contributed by our excellent bishop) will, we hope, go far in enabling the trustees to replace the college in a much superior style to its former condition. It is fully expected that every thing will be ready for the recep tion of the students after the Midsummer vacation. — Manx Liberal. THE SCOTCH CHURCH. THE MEEKNESS OF SECESSION.—The Witness, which is the official organ of the tree-and-easy Kirk. pronounces, ex cathedra, the following fiery interdict :—" Let the parish minister be regarded as virtually the one excom municated man of the district—the man with whom no one is to join in prayer, whose church is to be avoided as an impure and unholy place, who is everywhere to be put under the ban of the community." " The Established Church of Scotland (says Dr. Macdonald, late of Ferin tosh,) is a God-dishonouring, Christ-denying, and soul destroying church." Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, said, amid the cheers of the whole Free Secession ministry at Glasgow, that " his course as a seceder was one of deter mined opposition to the Established Church,an opposition which would not stop short of using every Christian and constitutional means of sweeping it out of existence." " The Church of Scotland (says Dr. Candlish) is wilfully, and the Church of England is ignorantly Erastian, and both are mountains that must be levelled in order to make way for a free Gospel." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The shares of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway pay the improved dividend of 30s. per share, and the goods traffic is steadily increasing. The total receipts for the half-year were £51,350, and the expenditure £37,631, leaving a disposable balance of £13,762. The Bristol and Exeter Railway shares pay a dividend of £1 Bs. for the half-year, free of income-tax, and the disposable balance, out of which this amount will be paid, is £140,000. The line will be finished next May, which is earlier than anticipated, and within the terms of the contracts made. The Hull and Selbv shares pay a div'dend of 275. 6d., exclusive of income tax, and the report is, generally speak ing, favourable, an increase of traffic having been de veloped in the several departments. Large payments in advance have been made on account of the quarter-shares of holders, to whom five per cent. discount has been allowed. A dividend of 20s. per share has been declared on the stock of the Glasgaw and Ayr Railway. The question of supporting the line of steam-boats between Fleetwood and Ardrossan was discussed with considerable warmth. It appears that the working expenses of the company have been reduced from 50 to 3i 2 i per cent , and a general sys tem of economy is the order of the day. The motion for reducing the number of directors was lost. It is said that arrangements have been made between the Lancaster Canal Company and the North Union Rail way Company, for the latter to take the canal from Lan caster to Kendal, thus putting an end to the opposition which the Canal Company were making to the bill, for the line to be carried forward from Lancaster direct to Carlisle. There is now no doubt that the latter measure will receive the sanction of the legislature. The Grand Junction Railway Company, who has united with the London and Birmingham Company, and some other parties, in bringing forward a Chester and H olyhead for withdrawing from the Chester and Holyhead project. It seems front the correspondence which they publish between themselves and the solicitor of the Chester and Holyhead Company, that the Grand Junction have always been afraid that the risk was too great for them, in pro portion to their capital, under the uncertainty of the traffic, and government not entering into a contract for the carriage of the mails, or promising that Holyhead shall be the port for the Irish mails. This fear was fur ther augmented bylhe purchase, unknown to them, of the Chester and Birkenhead line. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—About four o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, as one of the railway engines belonging to the Stockton and Darlington Railway Com pany was proceeding up the line from the former place, on arriving at the watering-house the enginernan stopped to take in a fresh supply of water near the Yam station, but on his calling for the fireman he could not receive any answer. He instantly went to the rear of the long train of waggons attached to his engine, and at some dis tance from the last of them he found the poor fellow with part of his head and brains lying on one side of a rail, and his body on the other. From the position in which he was laid, it was evident that one wheel of every waggon had gone over him ; yet, strange to relate, in one hand he firmly grasped his shovel. it is supposed that the de ceased, who was a remarkably steady young man, of the name of Timothy Lanchester, the chief support of an aged mother, had slipped off from the spot where he had been engaged at work, and that the fatal accident had oc curred in consequence. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—The twelfth half-yearly gene - al meeting of shareholders of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway was held at Glargow on Monday, in the Railway-buildings, head of Queen -street, John Learmouth, Esq., chairman of the board of direc tors, in the chair. From the directors reportit appears that notwittivanding the very large receipts arising ou t o f the Queen's visit, and from the Highland Society's great cattle show in Edinburgh in the autumn of 1842, th e traffic for the present half year exceeds that of the former period. Excluding, for the sake of comparison, the two or three weeks affected by these extraordinary causes, there has been an uninterupted increase during the present period, averaging £37-1 weekly. This, on the half-year, would amount to upwards of £9,700. The receipts, as shown in the hal nee sheet, are £59.132 14s. 7d. ; the ex penses, including interest on borrowed capital, amount to £32,535 ss. 9d. ; balance, £26,597 Bs. 10d. Of this sum the directors recommended £28,125, subject to deduction of income-tax, to be set aside as a dividend, being at the rate of 255. per share on the original stock, and of Os. 3d. on the quarter share, or five per cent. on the whole stock per annum, payable on Monday the 11th of March..—Sir A. Agnew brought forward a proposal to abolish all Sun day traffic, which was negatived. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The follow ing conversation took place in the House of Commons on 'Thursday :—Lord Robert Grovenor wished the right hon. baronet would have the kindness to state what were the intentions of her majesty's government with respect to making a harbour for the steam mail-packets at Holyhead, as the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company had gone to great expense in the construction of their line, which would facilitate communication with Ireland. and must be of great convenience and advantage to the Irish mem bers of that house, and to the public generally. Sir R. Peel said, that her majesty's government had well consid ered the various reports which had been made relative to the advantages of different ports, particularly the western coast of England, and they were entirely satisfied that the weight of the evidence and authority was in favour of Holyhead. (Hear, hear.) Reflection had been cast upon the impartiality of those persons who had recommended Holyhead. Others, therefore, were afterwards appointed ; fresh eyes had examined the site. Among those gentle men was Mr. Walker, the eminent civil engineer. They confirmed the report that had been made previously by men who were entitled, he thought , to great respect. With regard to the railway, there had been some negotia tion respecting the conveyance of the mails , in the course of which the company had come do wn from £ BO , OOO a-year to £40,000, and he did not know what the effect of yesterdayholding a out n a e w littleccompany had h a might i gmhatd made e a . p r ( v A p o l s a i u t igohn )forOnly . con structing a line by way of Great Ormshead,but at present he could make no further statements on this subject. A w i poor th a x2o countrymannote desiring si called rin g tott i p : : t i t in £lO on A curious fraud occurred in the city in the course of eminent banktngno.lwn ac count of a provincial ba n k, o f which this house was the agent, and to receive the oth er £l O in save reigns. As he was a stranger, the clerk to w h om h e ap plied refused to take the note and give him the requ i re d o. s c change, and directed him to get it chan ge d at t h e Bank of E n gland. The countryman pr ocee d e d there accord ingly, and just as he was about t o enter was met by a yesterday afternoon . i person who told him he need not trouble himself to go any further, as he could give him change at once. The countryman gave him his note, and receiving what he thought to be twenty sovereigns, returned to the banking house to pay in the £lO. His consternation was great when he found that the coins he had received were only worthless medals. The probability is, that the man who deceived the countryman had previously lounged among the crowd assembled at the counter in the banking_ house, and had overheard enough to enable him to per petrate his ftittid.—Titnes. of Thureday. Siarch Sfo i (jE.v LIVERPOOL GP,EAT NA TIONAL sTEEPLL° pule- On W-d0e.,,, patrostage. Ft on: day the Live, pool great oat octal essrlV I" , tv . in the - tt6 , - d e s chase took place at Aintrep, I r li an CAr I:fr, the nt o o eutil a tate pet Sod sn he Hlt k , vnness, the del'Ld lot ,vai evhiee. eats , ' 40 , 1 every other qi,.scrir )I,o ttott of v , with tittoreced— teti. r, ad to 111.1 , 0 WAS CroNlird conveyances oc eyery form and ~ze, fired vrith perecnil of ewer; rank, f i ssm those tise k e ,.t. to the lowest e gree. • , teetsle,cisa.,:e, which cort-t,ted of a hA" dic l sweepstakes ut 20 sovs. each, 10 tot felt, , xith 100 s° v " added, came off at three o ' c l oc k. Th e following bat es wore named p st. lb. 10 12 Mr. Quartermaine's.... ch h lfisount.••• • 12 0 Mr. S. Craw tord•s cli a The Returned " 5 10 7 Sit F. El. Go•tdricke ns.. IA a Tom Tog.• •••''' 10 10 Lord Sefton us 12 12 Mr. W. Ekin's .... 12 7 Mr. F. A. Millbank's hr h Rotiitison• •• • 0 12 4 Mr. De Burgh n 5.... b g Wiperion. •• • .*0 12 0 Mr. Bradley ns.. hr g Ileslington •• • • • • 0 11 10 Lord Maidstone's.. br h rwsar •• • ' 0 11 7 Mr. Speed n 4 11 2 Lord E. Russell's g h Lather.... •• • • 11 0 Sir J. Gerard ns 11 0 Mr. Raworth's b g Robin Adair ••" 0 10 12 Mr. Lockwood's 10 12 Mr. Hollinshead's b g Little Peter.• •• 0 10 10 Mr. Mare's 10 7 Mr. Kennedy's Tetotum ...... 10 7 Lord G. Bentinck ns bk g The Romp • • .•'' 0 10 7 Sir W. M. Stanley ns b g Charity ..... • " The race was excellent. The horses took their lealisco gallant style; and it may b e sa id o f , h i s, what perbsOole be seid of very few oth er steep l e - c h ases, that not a 6T fall took place, notwith s t an di ng t h e many leaps w hich .ie, horses had to take. Di s c ount won i n adm i ra ble 6 1 1 0 pretty closely followed by Th e R eturne d . T om Tug 'cm next, and Mare ngo was f ourt h . T he ump i res w ere, Earl of Sefton and George Payne, Esq. if There was to to have been a match for 3CO so's. ba ,() forfeit, but as Lord M a id s t one ' s h g Wi verton rece ived sovs. from the Hon. Sydney Herbert's b g Asetie, i t not take place. The champion hurdle race, a sweepstakes of 10 a (,) of each, with 50 suss. a dd e d, came off about balf- pas t I 0 o'clock. The following horses started : Mr. Raworth's b m Chance Mr. W. Scott's . Mr. F. A. Milbank's br h Robinson... • 3 Mr. Dauber ns Mr. W. Ekin's . Mr. Tilbury's Mr. J. G. Watson's br h Mudlark 0 et This was one of the most excellent races we have el seen. Peter Simple led the way for considerably 03° ,,, than half the distan c e, an d was th en f o ll owe d by Chall'o who won in gallant style. Heslin:ton was second, a ' Robinson third. This closed the sports of the day. HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASE. FRIDAY, MARCH 1. Marquis of Worce,ter and R. Erring ton, Esq., *Mar A SWEEPSTAKES of £2O eac h , h ft, with £lOO added v et Sir NV. M. Stanley, Bart., to carry 12st each, 1 5 e three miles of a fair hunting country within t:n of Hooton Park. Lord Maidstone's Caesar Lord Maidstone's Emperor 2 Mr. W. S. Crawford's cb g The Returned A SWEEPSTAKES of £lO each, with £5O added by , W. M. Stanley, B ar t. 12 st eac h . Horses wh i c h bat e regularly hunted w ith Si r W. M . S tanley ' s hounds to be allowed 101 b. Sir W. Massey Stanley's g g Charley Mr Grace ns br g Lightning Mr W. Berrow's g h Challenger Mr Stanley's Kildare • • 4 Mr John B. Amey' s c h h C orsa i r 0 Mr Wilkinson ns b g Sankey, aged Mr Williams's Effendi (late Nimrod), aged Sir George Houston's Curiosity.. A of ofge gentlemen l e e m a e c o h , who with have£2s added, for fo r er gbuoieriii the 8; with Sir W. M. S tan l ey ' s h oun d s. 12st eac h. rort s winner to be sold for £BO, if demanded. Mr Henderson's First Attempt Mr Soloman's Maid of Athens .. Four others st ar t e d, b ut were not placed GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETII O " THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 29, 1844. Judge—Mr. Al'George. 0 0 This meeting, whi c h was appo i nted to commence ro Tuesday last, was postponed, on account of the frostto Thursday. The wea th er was most favourable, and to attendance of spectat ors f rom Li verpool was as large Da we ever remember at any former meeting ; manY t iber , doubt, being a tt racte d b y t h e b eauty of the weaceo, There was not the le ast s i gn o f ra i n t i ll towards the ? be ing, and just as the c , mpany were about half-way °IV the rain came down rather heavily for a short time. o c er e ground was in capit a l or d er; b ut i n a few meadowleieag was a quantity of w a t er on t h e sur f ace, but not 50,1P„eed. to prevent the hare s runn i ng w i t h t h e i r accustomed one The coursing was magnificent, and there was 00 ' accident to cast the least gloom on the day's s port., vg .*l are sorry to state th a t F reeman (l ate P .P.), in striklbrolie his hair, whil s t j un ping over a d rain, unfortunately co one of his legs ; hut it was afterwards set, and fl , q . c e the. doe's recovery. We h ave not eitC t fseY; ticularise. N early all the favourites won, wits the „tea tion of Birdlime, w h o , b e i ng rather amiss, was doe-or cleverly by Lan cer ( a S cotc h dog). The principal (8/1-„riff ites for the cup, are D ressmaker (who defeated SkCl;ery a celebrated Newmarket winner, in the second ties, th e cleverly), Speculation, Ajax, and Traveller. For purse, cld Sandy suffered detest, after an undecided c °ll ,.de, H P from Tramp. Kate, R owena , Bill y -go- b y- ' em, an d y*, are the favourites. Th e rema i n i ng t i es came o ff on SO. day. Every thing went o ff i n t h e most satisfactory rcoe ncr, and the splendid slipping of Will Warner w" admiration of the field. The following are the results' THE WATERLOO CUP. Mr. Pollok's Lancer beat Mr. Bake's Birdlime. Mr. Gale's Ajax beat Mr. H ughe's .Mango Park. Mr. Harper named Hostess beat Mr. Robinson's W PC ' Mr. Robinson's Ariel beat Mr. Wynne's Briton. Mr. Bagge's Travell er b eat M r. Swan's Sparks of F i re . Knocknawli ng ran a bye. Mr. Slater's Speculation heat Mr. Barker's Hector., Mr. Watt nd. Sktighterman beat M r . B a ll n d . Y. „ ,03 Mr. Statidish's Streamer beat Mr. Mare's Mounseer• rd Lord Eglinton nd. Blue Banner heat Mr. Fletcb e Freeman. Mr. Sharpe's Skylark beat Me. M'Guire nd. Garland' Mr. Clarke's Dressmaker beat Dr. Brown's CantriP• Mr. Jebb's Titania beat Mr. Deakin's I,‘ kg. Mr. Graham's Sir Edward beat Mr. Craven's Canto' Mr. Barge nd. Tyrcnit beat Mr. Etwail nd. Brocad e ' Mr. Eden's Exquisite beat Mr. Scott's Daigeron r ielp SECOND TlLS.—Ajax beat Lance r , H ostess beat Iltero Knockn aw li ng h eat T raveller, Speculation beat Slaug4r roan, Streamer beat Blue Banner, Dressmaker In at s o lark, Tit an i a b eat Si r E dward, and Exquisite beat TP. s THE WATERLOO PURSE. ta 12 ' Lord Eglinto n name d B ug l e b eat M r. Garven ' s Gleng e Mr Graham's Screw beat Mr. Sliarpe's Star. Mr. Bake's Kate beat Dr. Brown's Sportsman. Mr. Bagge's Tramp beat Mr. Slater's Sandy. Mr.Ej ü b . b a , l s l n c d r . i I s y - b g e t a t t . b N v ir 'en s i w b a e n a r So . v D e r e e a i k g n in o 's u p ee r i t t F er' Mr. Wynne's Baroness beat Mr Clarke's Drainer. Mr. Eden's Rowena heat Mr. Pollok's Loudoun. SATURDAY. p d The second day's coursing took place on SaturdaYt ie pt , was very numerously att en d e d. Th e sport was except-jot Mr. M•G eorge, of Staindrop, acted as judge. The,; pair of do gs were i n the slips at ten o'clock. We WIOO the results : ALTCAR STAKES. First Run. r d Mr. Bake's d Birdlime, beat Mr. Hughes's bk d Park. k. Mr. Wynne's b e d B r i tcn beat Mr. J. Robinson') 11 " Roe. Mr. Swan's r d Sparks of Fire, beat Mr. Barton's :re's , Mr. Barker' s f d H ector b eat M r. Ball us f d Young ,q,:ee' a Mr. Mare Bk d M ounseer, b eat Mr. Fletcher's f h man, (late P P). ri e Dr. Brown's w and bd b Cantrip, beat Mr. MG u r b Garland, iv a Mr. Deakin's bk and wd Wing, beat Mr. Craven Canto. bk 3 Mr. Etwall ns bk b Brocade, beat Mr. Scott ns Dangerous. Birdlime Brocade ß thn b 8 ea e et a ot Mr. Mr. Deakin's B ake's Al4i'aire B Mr. - Barker's Heetoi beat Mr. Swan's Sparks-of-firs Dr. Brown's Cantrip beat Mr. M o u nseer Mr. Wynne's Briton beat Mr. Barker's Hector 1 4 fr , Dr. Brown's Cantrip beat Mr. Etwall's Brocade an" Wynne's Briton, and was declared the winner WATERLOO CUP. First Run. N N r r % E V: n u e , ' s . Mr. Harp er ns H ostess beat Mr. Gale ns Ajax ,n Mr. Slater's Speculation (Kilmore) beat Mr. Gall Dd Knockmawling Mr. Clark's D ressma k er beat Mr. Standish's Strollv eer Mr. Jebb's Titania beat Mr. Eden's Exquisite Second Run. Mr. Slater's Speculation beat Mr. Harper's Hoge° Mr. Clark's D ressmaker beat Mr. Jebb's Titania oe . Mr. Slater's S peculation beat Mr. Clark's Dress w and was declared the winner. WATERLOO PURSE. First Run. Lord Eg,lintoun' s Buale heat Mr. A. Graham's Scr Mr. Bagg's Tramp beat Mr. Bake's Kate to Mr. Jebb' s C r if t i ns b eat Mr. Etwall ' s e Mr. .Eden's. Rowena beat Mr. Wynne's Baroness. Second Run. Mr. Bagge's Tramp beat Lord Eglintomi's Bugle do loo Mr. Eden's Rowena beat Mr. Jebb's Criftins, an Mr. Bagge's Tramp, and was declared the winner. THE CHASE The Cheshire Hounds will uwel „fi ll et' To-morrow, the 6th, at W ; ,l g h er t on L o d ge , Dou",,, 5 1 7, 5 , Thursday, the 7th, at Stamford B r id ge , High ' l t," ' ottiv - Saturday, the 9th, at at half-omst ten o'clock. Sir W. W. tfainn'A. Hounds will meet Cool This Day, the sth, at Thursday, the ith, at . Saturday, the 9th, at . 1311 , '' NIP ... leil Ol d Tuesday, the 12th, at . , at half-past ten o'clock, IC.). ...., da u trat