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intpertal parliament TIOUSE OF LORDS.— MoNDAr. The LORD CHANCELLOR i;res.ented Pet. ; I inn hon.' the masters and scholars of C.o3FloliP, against the union of the sees of sq. Asaph and Bangni. _ _ . The Earl of ABBRII E EN. in an , .wer to Lord gratigh?rn, said that the government had received no ihformation re garding an alleged rencsintre ttivfeell certain Fretieh and English ships in the South Seas. In answer to another quest m„ Lord, the Noble - ' • - ..me Not)lo .. put by the . . said lie was at that moment unable mate the precise nature of certain arrangements made 1 0 3 7 the King of Prussia, in reference to certain Polish re fugees in his dominions. A casual conver=ation 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.-MONDAY. Mr. O'CONN ELL presented a petition from the Corpo 'ation of Dublin, in favour of a repeal of the legislative union. The petitioners stated that they were of opinion 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 Hon. Member then said that he had 67 petitions to present from the province of Leinster, 57 from Mon. ster, 43 from Ulster, 35 from Connaught, and several from other places, in all amounting to 196 petitions, and signed by 387.864 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. CRAW PORD 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 Hon. 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 .. 11 Against it .. Majority .. 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 Dandas, 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, be was glad to say, an order had been made, 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—to 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 Ell. lle entered fully into the subject of ship-building, and in other details to which Sir C. Napier had adverted. He declared himself unable to underAand 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 HiiteEar explained the general nature of the reductions and additions, respec'ively, which had been made in , the estimates for the present year. Mr. WILLIAMS cmidemned their amount. He took an objection, in particular, to the proposed number of marines on shore. Sir GEORGE COCKRUR.N vindicated the usefulness of this force. e,pecially 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 JOHN MANNERS moved an address to the crown, Praying her majesty's interuosition to procure the deli verance of Don Carlos mai his family from their deten tion by France. Sir R. Peei, opposed the motion, and after a long de bate it was withdrawn. Captain 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. Brier. Lord ELIOT thought it highly inexpedient to give im portance to such an address by placing it on the records of this House. . . _ Mr. T. DoNcomng urged Captain Bernal to persevere by dividing the House. A division accordingly took place, when the numbers were— Against the motion.... For it 105 .. 54 Majority . .. —5l The Horse-racing Bill was read the third time and passed, and the House was adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY. The Raring 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 discwision was raised by the two hon. members for Dover (Mr. RICE and Sir J. It. Rain), on the propriety of alcediqg to the recommendation of the Shipwreck Com , nittee, with reference to harbours of refuge, and both hon. mem , ers 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 be 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 he repaid. The subject, how ever. was one of great importance, and had occupied much of the consideration 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 purpoes 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 tit° 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 holden at or near Clontarf, on the Bth day of October, 1843, that a risk of disastrous collision was incurred, and a precedent thereby created 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 Dave 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 LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring i n " A Bill to Amend the Law with respect to Prisons and Prison Discipline in Scotland," which. after a few observations from Mr. WALLACE, was agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and The house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. In reply to a question from Lord BrinuonAm, it was Mated by the Erxl of Aberdeen that the cantles of complaint res'pee , .). - eatment of mis,ionaries in the South Sea rcotoved. Flit noble earl alto prated that of the French Admiral, at Tahiti had be , n ttily do , .avroxed by the French Government, lthi'it any cwomunication from this country, IiOUSE CF COMAIONS.—FrunAv. Much inttrest WAS excited the tootton of Mr. T. Do - N(3474RD for A rrturti of Al moht-i , paid to Mr. IL B. ifuE.ieK, Mr. C. Ross, and Mr. J. Jar.ft,on on acculint of army mule by 111,M to the gov.roment t if4tiye to reoe , il agitation in Ireland, together with • -• i,,,,iraetion4 given to th-4n respecti! , g the copies return to duties they were to perform in irei,ino ; :1111) of the monies paid to the Morning Herald and Standard newspapers, on account of inform,ition 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 him. 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 paid 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 liforning 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. CRA.WFORD 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. BLEWITT 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 4• 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, prohib;ting slavery in 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 ; nays, 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 111 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 Divis, 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 on the part of the stare, who returns to Europe with the report. Its tendency has not transpired. • Boston Harbour is again closed up with ice. f., 1-at ;natant - , states, that despatches were received at Kingston, on the 2lth 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 be Mr. Buchanan to arrange the difficulties between the Cork and Connaught men on the Welland Cabral had proved a failure. His Excellency Sir Charles Metcalfe had appointed Mr. James Macaulay Higginson to he 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 onboard the Yucatan commissioners. It is no.i 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 221 Jan., from Port Royal. She reported that the whole British fl , tet 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 flag should be hoisted on the staff of the castle in addition to the usual salute. _ — A bill is before 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 be 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 Hou - se 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 prkctpnnced Tha_Tanicnn'a V; flat 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 vi s it ors , an d h a d nume rous calls rom 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 1091., 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 dolt. 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 t o thi s bales. port veered. in square, and Ad. in round, 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 3 1,744 bales Upland and 1,756 bales Sea Island at the corresponding period last year. At Columbus the article was coming forward hut slowly, prices ranging from 6 to 10 cents. At Macon s a le s h a d b een gen erally made at from Bto 9.1 cents. At New Orleans a fair business had been doing at the following prices :—Ordinary, 8 to 84; middling fair ; 91 to 94; fair, 91; good fair, 104- to 10 1 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 storks of cotton. We have intelligence from Port-au-Prince to the ,2.1 d January. M: &mutt, the French charge d'Affairs, had THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. I R _E 1. A N D. W. B. FERRAN!), ESQ., M.P.—The Dublin Protestant Operative Association, which numbers amongst its oft- m hers nearly 1,800 electors, have voted an address to Mr. Ferrand, to be presented in a gold box. expressing their best thanks for the speech he made in the House of Com mons, during the late debate on the state of Ireland. WHIGGERY AND REPEAL.—The Globe (whig leading journal) gives a significant hint of the tendency of whig policy in the following paragraph A meeting of the leading Irish whigs is to be held at Charlemont House, Dublin, during the present week, for the purpose of nomi nating a depusation to present a memorial to the Queen in reference to the present condition of Ireland. It is said '/t1 the memorial will go the length of entreating her Majesty t 9 take measures for holding occasional parlia ments in Dublin." SIGNAL FIRES....Thf 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 throughout 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 Armagh Guardian observes I 4 —"L: IS lesson will In apt to have the t his effect. - 1614,AL 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. Bd. 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. YDROPROBIA.—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 0.1, 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 forecastle, about 9 o'clock. They had a fire burning in it, contrary to the captain's positive direction.; and, it is supposed to prevent any appearance of smoke, they had taken down. part. aa... _ 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 stare, and it is the opinion of the medical men that there are but faint hopes of their recovery. An inquest nn 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 juty after hearing evidence as to the circumstances, re turned a verdict accordingly, and expressive of their strong disapprobation of the practice, in which seamen are so Unhappily prone to indulge in. of placing fires in their sleeping apartments, without any means been taken to give vent to the smoke. We trust the melancholy oc currences at our quay will npera'e as a warning to sea faring persons. They will despise it at their own peril. Since the foregoing was put in type, we have heard of the death of another of the poor fellows. His name has not been communicated, to us.—Nenagh Telegraph. left without having eff.wted any further trea y with the new govtrnmeut in favour of French vessels trading to the island. The wicket shin George Washington, Captain Burrows, arrived here on Tatirmday froin New Yock, whence she sailed in the 9th Feb , and by her we have r , eetved papers s.x days ; but the only news they contain is a letter fram \tr. Daniet ‘Vebs!er, stating that if the people 4!11(.1)..e they tn,,y elect him as president to succeed Mr. ryler. Commer:lial matters were not in a healthy state. 'rile New York money market was in a fever, and the 01 11 : 19 “: description of stock was on the decline. The exoliatiAe tat London stood at 1091 to 1 , 91, with but Jule ifoqig. Tile cotton market was high, and prices ad- V I Li,,..b SPAIN. of MADRID, FEB. 18.—The first fruits of the system military government in Spain have already appeared in the Gazette. General Roncali, notwithstanding his fist 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 emulation 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 arty official source) that Bone has commenced reprisals in a spirit of emulation which threatened to outdo the efforts of Roncali and Narvatz, that he has coui. , ted fourteen of his prisoners (including Senor Ceruti, uncle of Roncalil to be shot in retaliation ! Another report says that the Archbishop of Seville (the Rev. Cienfuegos JoveUw r i os ) has been executed in revenge by the insurpnts 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 Sydney, 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.—ldem. [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, Don 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 eticiente. If this 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 mandement of the Archbishop of Paris for the observation of Lent has just been published. It permits the eating of eggs, butter, and milk durLig. 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 tile 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. Sh• 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 able 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 I500f." The Moniteur Pathien of Monday contains the follow ng ;77- " 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, 1842, 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 maintain:d in her rights. The king, by the advice of his Council, not finding in the circumstances reported suffilient grounds fur 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 for 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 dead bodies of two mountaineers were found between Beyrout and Tripoli who had been assassinated and plundered by the troopaL—aasad. Pasha. who refused to surrender the guilty to justice. Eased Pasha was exercising the must odoius oppression - iiver the 'tiifortu nate tvlaronites. He had lately / insisted on the inhabitants of Kasseronan paying a tribute of 30,000 piastres,. although the Porte nad exempted the inhabitants of that province from all tribute during three years. in cons-- quence of the losses they had suffered in the war of 1840. The inhabitants, hat leg been intimitilted, paid part of this sum ; but the British Consul having be-ri apprised of this fact, commanded them not to pay any more. MoitatoNtsaf.—The folln'ing is an extrrct of a letter, dated Dec. 28th, 1813 :—" Sinoe you were here the pro phet, Joe Smith, has been two or three times arrested on a requisition from the Governor or Missouri, hut 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 them of their all. He 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 this the prophet has 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, must 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 retai:s 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. ACCOUCHEMENT 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 the 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 first or second week in August—Britannia. We are able, says the Times 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 harrigterc who acted ac flommiationera in Bank ruptcy, before the passing of the new act, and who were superseded when it came into operation, have had their claim. 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. C a rr, wi ll, we h ear, 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 PAGET V. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. —CRIM Cos.—On Tuesday morning the Court of C m . 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 recolleeted, 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 of commit for the defendant, which was refused, on the grounds that the plaintiff should given peremptory undertaking to go to trial. Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Ser geant Talfourd, arid Mr. Wordsworth conducted the plaintiff's case ; the Solicitor-General, Mr. Sergeant Channel), and another gentleman appeared for the de fence. The damages were laid at £15,000. Sir Thotmis Wilde shortly stated the plaintlrs case, and called wit nesses, whose examinatiun lasted near:v the entire tl,ny. The Solicitor -General then proceeded to address the in, y for the defendant, immediately after which the jury re turned a verdict fur the defendant, which was received with applause in con t. UNIVERSITY AND CGARICAL 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, Worcester College.—Ba ehelors of Arts: Ewan Hugh M'Lachlan, Pembroke College; Alexander P. Forbes, Brasenose College. On Wednesday the followi. g gentlemen were elected Proctors for the present year :—file Rev. Mr. Guillemard, Tri• pity ; 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 T.-don, 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, bat received an anonymous note, enclosing the munificent sum of £350 in aid of the subscriptions for building now eiiiirehpg ut. Woolwich, in connection with the Established Church of England. ADDRESS TO TIIE 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 CHURCH.—WC 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 Gazelle 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 R ill 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 5,410; in 1844 it is 5,682. The only colleges in which there is a falling off is Baliol (from 323 to 295), Oriel (front 331 to 321), Jesus (from 134 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 ( . 4 end owments to t h ree par i s h es ; an d t h e annual sum of .t 2515, to meet £4BO, was voted for additional curates to 38 pax fishes or districts, whose aggregate pepwp.tions amount to 335,096 toulF. In the diocese of Ripon, the sum of £BO was gratite,-. t,, v, it, tim ► 41141 fq 11411. fax, the population of tlit.ittct hvitig 20,000; t.• Wtls den, £BO, population of the tlistttct 6000. of the parish 70,000 ; to Alverthorpe. pari-11 ttl .£63, tmpn- I •lion 5000; to Kildwlck..l:7o, population of tile, tlisttlct 2346, of tie parish 10,476. Itkv. F. CLOSE.--ThiS Oluch-n - brected gentleman has published a reply to the sdclre , s presented to him :Atm of the late mysteriou, pr,,cerding: To wards himself. Tne reveir ,od , 4eritka an is, the cour,e it says, " It may tend 'o , htr'SV ,otrw light on the true character of that out ago, whic;r has called fnr , h thi , ex pression of your kind feelings, if I mention the fact, that during this winter I have received letters threatening my lite; the first of which I placed in the bands 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 ue that a considerabk nurry , er of clergymen were about to secede from 6. tablished Church. On inquiry we have ever believe that the extent of the mischief *__ s -o, It t ? l o l t i t uc t h o exaggerated. The number of maicT .itents % . y be et be brought b no means formidable; and we trust tha t , they m ay y to see and acknowledge their error.—John Bull. The :--" Record, in . 9naking of the ad vert i sement in its columns which gave r ite to the rumour, says We have not th e react notion from whom the adverAisement proceeds— most likely from some Papist or Tr actarian ; :and with the proposal we have no sympathy, wild regard it with unmi tigated disapprobation. KING WILLIAM ' S COLLWjE.—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 sbares 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 X 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 Selby 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 front 50 to 374 per cent , and a genera! sys tem of economy is the order of the day. The motion for reducing the number of directors was lost. It is slid 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 Corr patty, who has united with the London and Birmingham Company, and some other parties, in bringing forward a Chester and Holyhead railway, have issued a circular, explaining their reasons for withdrawing from the Chester and Holyhead project. It seems from the correspondence which they _publish tne Cheater an d 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 by the purchase, unknown to them, of the Chester arid 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 Darlingto n Railway Com pany was proceeding up the hue from the former place, on arriving at the watering-house the engineman stopped to take in a fresh supply of water near the Yarm 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 lie found the poor fellow with part of his bead 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,iwho was remarkably steady young man , o f the name of 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 general meeting of shareholders of the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway was held at Glasgow 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 report it appears that notwithstanding the very large receipts arising out of the Queen's visit. and from the Highland Society's great cattle show in Edinburgh in the autumn of 1842, the 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 £374 weekly. This, on the half-year, would amount to upwards of £9,700. The receipts, as shown in the bal nce 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 6s. 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 porta, 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 Air. 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 down from £BO,OOO a-year to £40,000, and he did not know what the effect of holding out a little longer might be. (A laugh.) Only yesterday a new company had made a proposition for con structing a line by way of Great Ormslaead,but at present he could make no further statements on this subject. Mr. Mr. Dr. Mr. Mr. Dr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. A curious fraud occurred in the city in the course of yesterday afternoon. A poor countryman called at an eminent banking-house with a £2O note, desirin g t o pay in £lO on account of a provincial bank, of whi c h t hi s house was the agent, and to receive the other £lO in sove reigns. As he was a stranger , the clerk to whom he ap pliedrefused to take the note and give him the req u i re d change, and directed him to get it changed at the Bank of England. The countryman proceeded there accord ingly,gave him his note, and receiving what he and just as he was about to enter was met by a twenty sovereigns, returned to the banking in the £lO.. His consternation was great person who told him he need . not trouble himself to go any further, as he could give him change at once. The ti that the coins he had received were only lounged among worthlesseltw! house Is:get 'h It:toentitpol i al : byl medals. aI s . Ihe probability is, that th e man who deceived the countryman had previously the crowd assembled at the counter in the banking house, ar:(1 had overheeri enough . to enabl e hi m to per petrate his fraud.- of Thur:day. Marvh siz t t sPu r.L.v LIVERPOOL GREAT NA TIC/NAL STEEPLE• CHASE On Wednesday the Livi-mponl great national steeple ; chase took piece at Aintree, and Caine Cfr, as tr-oal, ander distinguish e d patronage. From an early tmnr in the morn: tug, until a late period m the afterim i in, the demand f" couches, cars, and every other WSJ of rthiele, unpreceder ied. Tile road to Aintree was crowded. ' o, ‘"` conveyances of every form and sze, fill,-„d wit h persona of every rank, from tniosewest de gree. The steeple.c.lase, ^ea handicap sw"Pst"kes 01 2" " sn. ea ' .. u" lla 100 socte were named : added, came off at three - -o' o torleit, with clock. The following hors el at. lb. " f the i; bt to the lo 10 12 Mr. '- 12 0 7 `" 2 10 ' -.sr. S. Crawford's ch g The Returned •• vrhartermaine's c h h Di scoun t ...... . 1 1 Sir F. H. Goodrickens bk g Tom Tug........ •?' 14 10 Lord Sefton n• - ; 12 12 Mr. W. Ekin's 12 7 Mr. F. A. Mlllhank's br h R0bin50n........ 1 ! 12 4 Mr. D r B urg h ns b g Wiverton .......• , 12 0 Mr. Bradky n 5..~ 11 10 Lord Maidstone's.. .• br h Caesar . ! ......... l e 11 7 Mr. Sp ee d ns b h Fitzmonarch • •• ; 11 2 Lord E. Russell's g h Lather 11 0 Sir J. Gerard ns 11 0 Mr. R awor th' s g g R L o o b u i i n s 10 12 Mr. Lock wood's b g Saucepan.. ..... . 10 12 Mr. Hollinshead's b g Little Peter ..... • ; 10 10 Mr. M are ' s 10 7 Mr. Kennedy's .. 10 7 Lord G. B en ti nc k ns bk g The Romp 10 7 Sr W. M. Stanley ns.. b g Charity The race was excellent. The horses took their leaps is gallant style; and it may be said of this, what perhaps can te twirl of very few other steeple-chases, that not a single fall took place, notwithstanding the many leaps which the horses had to take. Discount won in admirable style, pretty closely followed by The Returned. Torn Tug was next, and Marengo was fourth. The umpires were, the Earl of Sefton and George Piyne, Esq. There was to to have b een a match for 3CO soy& half forfeit, but as Lord Maidstone's b g Wiverton received 120 sovs. from the Hon. Sydney Herbert's b g Asctic, it not take place. The champion hurdle race, a sweepstakes of 10 sow• each, with 50 sovs. added, came off about half-past four o'clock. The following horses started . Mr. Raworth's y b m Chance 1 Mr. W. Scott's br g Heslington Mr. F. A. Milbank's..br h Robinson 3 Mr. Danber ns ...... eh g Baronet Mr. W. Ekin's ...... gr h Peter Simple. 0 Mr. Tilburv's gr g Factotum.... 0 Mr. J. G. Watson's br h Mudlark 0 This was one of the most excellent races we have ever seen. Peter Simple led the way for considerably more than half the distance, and was then followed by Chance. who won in gallant style. Heslington was second, and Robinson third. This closed the sports of the day. HOOTON PARK STEEPLE CHASE. FRIDAY, MAILED 1. Marquis of Worcester and R. Errington, Esq.,stewards• A SWEEPSTAKES of £2O each, h ft, with £lOO added by Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart., to carry 12st each, over three miles of a fair hunting country within ten mike of Hooton Park. Lord Maidstone's Caesar ..... Lord Maidstone's Emperor Mr. W. S. Crawford's ch g The Returned 3 A SWEEPSTAKES of £lO each, with £5O added by Sir W. M. Stanley, Bart. 12st each. Horses which have regularly hunted with Sir W. M. Stanley's hounds to be allowed 101 b. Sir W. Massey Stanley's g g Charley Mr Grace tis br g Lightning . Mr W. Berrow's g h Challenger Air Stanley's Kildare Mr John B. Amey's ch h Corsair 0 Mr Wilkinson ns b g Sankey, aged Mr Williams's Effendi (late Nimrod), aged Sir George Houston's Curiosity . 0 A SWEEPSTAKES of £2 each, with £25 added, for horses the property of gentlemen who have hunted regularly with Sir W. M. Stanley's hounds. 12st each. The winner to be sold for £BO, if demanded. Mr Henderson's First Attempt Mr Soloman's Maid of Athens .. Four others started, but were not placed GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 29, 1844. Judge—Mr. M'George. This meeting, which was appointed to commence on Tuesday last, was postponed, on account of the frost, to Thursday. The weather was most favourable, and the attendance of spectators from Liverpool was as large at we ever remember at any former meeting ; many. no doubt, being attracted by the beauty of the weather. There was nut the least sign of rain till towards the even ing, and just as the company were about half-way home, the rain came down rattier heavily for a short time. The ground was in capital order; but in a few meadows there was a quantity of water on the surface, but not sufficient to prevent the bares running with their accustomed speed. The coursing was magnificent, and there was only one accident to cast the least gloom on the day's sport. We are sorry to state that Freeman (late P.P.), in striking at his hair, whilst jumping over a drain, unfortunately broke one of his legs; but it was afterwards set, and there is no doubt of the dog's recovery. We have not space to per' ticularise. Nearly all the favourites won, with the excen, tion of Birdlime, who, being rather amiss, was detest" . cleverly by Lan cer ( a COICII dog). Thepri,,,ci,„,.l/1,„,,At ites for the cup, are Dressmaker (who defeated ..s.kylarkt a celebrated Newmarket winner, in the second ties, veil cleverly). Speculation, Ajax, and Traveller. For the purse, old Sandy suffered detest, after an undecided course, from Tramp. Kate, Rowena, Billy -go-by-'em, and Bugle, are the favourites. The remaining ties came off' on Satur day. Evary thing went off in the most satisfactory man ner, and the splendid slipping of Will Warner was the admiration of the fief. The following are the results THE WATERLOO CUP. Mr. Pollok's Lancer beat Mr. Bake's Birdlime. Mr. Gale's Ajax beat Mr. flugbe's Mungo Pink. Air. Harper named Hostess beat Mr. Robinson ' s Roc, Mr. Robinson's Ariel beat Mr. Wynne's Briton. Mr. Bagge's Traveller beat Mr. Swan's Sparks of Fire. Knocknawling ran a bye. Mr. Slater's Speculation beat Mr. Barker's Hector. Mr. Watt nd. Slaugliterman beat Mr. Ball nd. Y. Priam. Mr. Standish's Streamer beat Mr. Mare's Mounseer. Lord Eglinton nd. Blue Banner beat Mr. Fletcher'll Freeman. Mr. Sharpe's Skylark beat M.. M`Guire nd. Garland. Mr. Clarke's Dressmaker beat Dr. Brown's Cantrip. Mr. Jebb's Titania beat Mr. Deakin's ing. Mr. Graham's Sir Edward beat Mr. Craven's Canto. Mr. Barge Ed. Tyrant beat Mr. Etwall nd. Brocade. Mr. Eden's Exquisite beat Mr. Serves Daigerous. SECOND TIES. —Ajax beat Lancer, Hostess beat Ariel,- Knocknawling beat Traveller, Speculation beat Slaughter man, Streamer beat Blue Banner, Dressmaker brat Sky lark, Titania beat Sir Edward, and Exquisite beat Tyrant. THE WATERLO O PURSE. Lord Eglinton n ame d B ug l e beat Mr. Garven's Glengeath. Mr Graham's Screw beat Mr. Sharpe's Star. Mr. Bake's Kate beat Dr. Brown's Sportsman. Mr. Bagge's Tramp beat Mr. Slaiet's Sandy. - Mr. Etw a ll nd. Thlly.go-by-'ern beat Mr. Deakin's Driver. Mr. Jebb's Crittins beat Mr. Swan's Sovereign Queen. Mr. Wynne's Baroness beat Mr Clarke's Drainer, Mr. Eden's Rowena beat Mr. Pollok's Loudoun. SATURDAY. The second day's coursing took place on Saturday, and was very numerously attended. The sport was excellent. Mr. M•George, of Staindrop, acted as judge. The first pair of dogs were in the slips at tett o'clock. We subjoin the results : ALTCAR STARES. First Run. Mr. Bake's bk d Birdlime, beat Mr. Hughes's bk d Mungo Park. Mr. Wynne's be d Briton beat Mr. J. Robinson's bk d Roe. Mr. Swan's r d Sparks of Fire, beat Mr. Barton's ---. Mr. Barker's f d Hector beat M r. Ball ns f d Young Priam, Mr. Mare Bk d Mounseer, beat Mr. Fletcher's f d Free man, (late P P). Dr. Brown's w and bd b Cantrip, beat Mr. M'Guire ni r b Garland. Mr. Deakin's bk and wd Wing, beat Mr. Craven's vt d Canto. Mr. Etwall ns bk b Brocade, beat Mr. Scott ns bk Dangerous. Second Run. Wynne's Briton beat Mr. Bake'a I3irdlime Barker's Hearn beat Mr. Swan's Sparks-of-fir6' Brown's Cantrip beat Mr. Mare's Mounseer s B ElectorN%ro a n d g e and Idr , \BwE‘r,tyoywnwn'annalele:;ssscßßßarrriolittetoroainndpsv,ebbaAbeenTeaadEatttßwi‘i‘Milaimsrrr..od.EßeDccaturreakaparkeeirid,n,ithe winner First Run. Harper ns Hoste ss b eat Mr. Gale ns Ajax Slater's Speculation (Kilmore) beat Mr. Garven ns Knocktnawling Clark's Dressmaker heat Mr. Standish's Streamer Jebb's Titania beat Mr. Eden's Exquisite Second Run. Slater's Speculation beat Mr. Harper's Hostess Clark's Dressmaker beat Mr. Jebb's Titania Slater's Speculation beat Mr. Clark's Dressmaker and was declared the winner. WATERLOO PURSE. irst Run. Lord Eglintoun's Bugle F beat Mr. A. Graham's Screw Mr. Bagg's Tramp beat Mr. Bake's Kate Mr. Jebb's Criftins beat Mr. Etwall's Billy-go-by-em Mr. Eden's Rowena beat Mr. Wynne's Baroness. Second Run. Mr. 13agge's Tramp beat Lord Eglintoun's Bugle Mr. Eden's Rowena beat Mr. Jebb's Criftins, and also Mr. Bagge's Tramp, anti was declared the winner. THE CHASE. The Cheshire Hounds will meet To-morrow, the 6th. at.. W:lgherton Lodge, Doddingtori Thursday, the 7th, ar.... Stamford Bridge, Highway Side' Saturday, the 9th, at Three Greyhounds` at half-past ten o'clock. Sir W. W. ii'.vnn'•' Hounds will meet This. Day, the sth, at Thursday, the ith, at Saturday, the 9th, at .. Tuesday, the 12th, at .............. „ „ DuJlestope at half-past ten o'c:ock,