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J..t‘-') ~,s ~~ ~ ~ }~`~~ ~~. * A t `N parlianunt. HOUSE OF LORDS.--LTuuusnAY. The Queen's answer to the adOress on her marriage, and the answer of Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent to the messages voted to them, were presented. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE stated (in answer to Lord Ellenboroughs inquiry) thlt the Government would take into consideration the several representations of the East India Company's petition, presented on a former day, in re: ference to the trade and population of our eastern empire: Lord ELLENBOROUG u moved for several returns on the subject. Lord MINTO stated (in answer to the Duke of Bucking ham's inquiry) that no official accounts had been received as to the recent disturbances and proceedings in China, but that he had no reason to doubt the accuracy, in substance, of the representations on the subject which have appeared in the newspapers. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved for returns. relative to the payment of the balance due to the British legion by the Spanish Government. They were ordered accordingly. The noble marquis then gave notice that he should on Fri day move for further information on this subject. Lord STRANGFORD, moved for copies of any r eports from the officers of the revenue boards to the Treasury, relating to the extension of the system of " bonding warehouses in In land towns." The Earl of CLARENDON resisted the motion as unusual ; as well, he contended, might the confidential opinions of the law officers of the crown be requisite. Lord ASHBURTON thought that such returns would be very useful, and might be advantageously produced; Lord MwrounNr. opposed the motion. He had no de sire for concealment ;. but be resisted this motion on the ground of it being unprecedented, and of inconvenient ten dency. After some remarks from Lord MONTEAGLE, &c., the mo tion was withdrawn, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TiIt7RSDAY. The Speaker was unable to take the chair, there not beiDE forty members present at four o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS,—FRIDAY. The Bishop of LONDON presented a bill "for the amend ment of the Church Building Acts:" It was read first time. Lord DvNCANNON Moved an address for a copy of the commission. and instructions of Lord J. Russell to the " Australian Land Commission." The motion was agreed to. Lord ELLENBOROUGH inquired whether it was the inten. tion of government to submit any other papers than those already promised relative to China ?- Lord IVIELBOURNE answered that all the papers would be presented as soon as they could be got ready. Lord E.l.l..E.NzonoutGu then inquired, first, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's government to accompany those papers with a message from the crown? Second, whether the government had formed any arrangement. with the East India Company with respect to fixing on that body a portion of the charge of any expedition which might be undertaken against China? . Lord MELBOURNE answered, first, that there was no in tention to accompany the papers with a massage from the crown. To the second question his lordship declared him self unprepared to reply. On the motion of Lord MEt.uotiaxt; the thanks of the house, previously moved regarding the victory at Ghtuneer were amended so as to include the victory at Kelat. Lord STRANGFORD withdrew his notice of motion relative to the state of the British trade on the coast of Africa. He had since understood that the subject was more extensive than he imagined; he should, therefore, hereafter give notice for a future day. Their lordships then adjourned till Monday. HOUSE. OF COMMONS.—FittnAy. After the presentation of many petitions on a great variety of subjects, one was presented by Mr. Labouchere from the common carriers, again praying the adoption of some mea sure for the correction of the railroad monopolies, which seriously injured their business. It was ordered to be re ferred to the select committee on railways. The Thames Plate Glass Company Bill was read the se cond time. Mr. EW.kRT gave notice that early ite March he should bring forward a measure on the policy and justice of abolish ing the " punishment of death." Mr. BAINES, amidst considerable "-merriment," stated that, on an early day, he should again bring forward his mo tion (on which the house was `.` couutod.out" *few nights ago) regarding first fruits and tenths. Mr. SHAW and, Mr. Setjeant JACKAON Stated the nature of the amendments they intend to propose iu the Irish Muni cipal Corporations Bill. Mr. GOULBURN moved for a return, which was ordered, of the amount of postage paid by the public departments since the introduction of the new plan. Mr. Fox MAULE moved for a new writ for Perthshire, in the room, of Lord Stormont, now Earl of Mansfield. This motion led to a long and curious discussion. It was contended by Sir R. PEEL, Mi. GOULBURN, Sir W. RAE, Sir G. CLERK, Sir R. INGLIS, and Lord STANLEY, that as there was not the evidence usual on a vacancy occasioned by an English peer's death—namely, the evidence that a writ of summons_ had issued for calling the member to the other house, it would be fitter to adjourn the question as to the issuing of the present - writ till Monday next ; and though succession to the Scottish peerage of ttormont would take place without any writ of summons to the House of Lords, yet it seemed probable that the precedents of Parliament, if . consulted, would show that some process was usual with re spect to a Scotch succession analagous to the English writ of summons, which evidence it might be proper to put in evi dence before this house. The government and their friends were, however, quite resolved on hurrying the writ. But their whole argument, repeated over and over by Mr. Fox MAULE, Mt. R. STEUART, Lord Howtoc, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, was merely that no real'doubt existed in anybody's mind as to the fact of Lord 'Stormont's succession to the titles and dignities of his father; and Mr. HUME, with his characteristic felicity, desired to know whether there was any intention of questioning the legitimacy of the noble lord? Sir IV:FOLLETT announced, that though no doubt could arise in Lord Stormont's case, yet it would be highly inex pedient and indecorous to make the issuing of the writ in each instance depend upon the individual circumstances of the family. Mr. O'CoNNELL sermised that the gentlemee of the .p po, sition wanted time to find a candidate. On a division, the adjournment to Monday was negatived by the ministerial majority. Lord PALMERSTON stated, in answer to a question from Sir R. PEEL, that the settlement of the " affairs of the Levant" (the dispute between the Sultan and the Pasha of Egypt, &c.) is still the subject of negotiation between the Five Powers, but that he could not anticipate the period at which that settlement would take place.. Lord SANDON rose to call the attention of the house to the petition of British subjects, claimants on the government of Portugal, which was presented on the 14th of the present month. The treatment of the petitioners had experienced at the hands of the Portuguese government, in whose service they had fought and bled, was shameful in the extreme. (Hear.) When they had demanded a settlement of their just claims, they were persecuted and treated like common felons. (Hear, hear.) These men had been induced, by the conduct pursued by the' government of this country in 1832, to enlist in the service of Don Pedro, and when at the expi ration of their services a settlement was proposed, every species of fraud was resorted to for the purpose of reducing their Claims. (Hear, hear.) They were refused the payment of a shilling, unless they would sign a receipt in full for the whole of their demand. Commissions had been appointed for the purpose of evasion—for the purpose of chicanery — for the purpose of delay. (Hear, hear.) Since 1835, nearly five years ago, had these men been wandering the streets, in vain applying to her Majesty's government of Portugal for support —some perishing from want—some destroying them selves in despair. (Hear, hear.) In the August of last year, a communication was made by Lord Palmerston to the Por tuguese minister for foreign affairs, on the subject of these claims, but having been rejected, another communica tion was made, and Lord Howard de Walden was in structed to demand, of the Portuguese government, the appointment of a commission, to inquire into the claims of the officers and soldiers who had served in the Portu guese army, and, in the event of that application not being attended to, that her Alajesty's government would of them selves appoint a commission to inquire into their just claims. Another communication was made in November to the same effect ; but since that period there had been no advance made whatever for the settlement of their claims. In the interim there had been a change In the government of Por tugal, but the pr esen t Minister for Foreign Affairs was more hostile• to the clain - iant s than his predecessor had been. There had been two commissions appointed within the last five years. At the he a d o f one was an English officer who resigned his appointment at the expiration of five days, as he saw no possibility of hi s d o i ng any service. In three years only one claim had been decided to the amount of £4O. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear." lie (Lord Sandon) asked the Go vernment to pursue the same course with regard to Portugal that had been pursued with reference to the Court of Spain, as he felt satisfied it was the only course whichr of would give satisfaction. They heard nothing of French, or or of Belgian claims; and how did it happen tl:at they heard only of British claimants, when they (the Portuguese) o we d so much to.this country in blood and money? (Hear, hear.) He (Lord Sandon) had no personal concern in bringing this matter before the house. The subject came under his ob servation, and having perused the documents which fell into his hands, he could not hesitate to urge the just demands of the claimants on the attention of the house. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord concluded by moving, as an amendment, that an address should be presented to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty would appoint a commission for investigating the claims which British subjects had on the Government of Portugal, and that her Majesty would take an early oppor tunity of-enforcing their claims on the attention of that Power. The original question and the amendment having been put, Loyd PeeereusroN said he could .assure the noble lord that in what he had said as to the conduct of the Portuguese , g ld oe d e re rn ss m ed en t t l , ie rti l l o a ti ti s n e g to the parties on whose behalf he had disposed to agree he (Lord Palmerston) with him, because he thought much of the several parties concerned in the treatment of the claimants very m uc h d • was the conduct could'assur6 the nob' deserving of re' probation.' glean) He e lord that her Majesty's overnment had pressed on the Present Government of Portugal the ne cessity of appointing a commission to sit in London for the purpose of examining into these claims. It was true that the previous administration having shown a desire to settle the claims, it became her .Majesty's Government to give them every opportunity of. doing so. But along with noticing the desire which that Government had evinced, her Majesty's Government had sent out the communications which had been read by thp noble lord, and it had been since intimated to the Portuguese Government, that as these claims still re mained unsettled, a commission must be appointed to sit in London, to be composed of one-half British subjects on the one hand, and one-half Portuguese subjects on the other; and if the Portuguese Government did not do so, that her Majesty's Government would.of themselves appoint a com mission, to consist entirely of British subjects; and that whatever might be the amount on which that comm i ssion should de c ide, that it should be immediately demanded of the Portuguese Government. (Hear.) He (Lord P.) therefore suggested to the noble lord (Sandon) to withdraw the amend ment he had p ro p ose d, as the effect of it would be to pledge the Governmeet to do that in a way in which it would be better not to do after the explanation he had give n. (Hear , hear.) After alluding to the u nsettled state of the Govern ment of Portugal, the result of the long struggle in which that country had been engaged, as one of the causes of the long delay in settling these claims, the noble lord concluded by again expressing a hope, that the hamendment would be withdrawn. Sir H. I.IA.RDTNC E 0 were driven iato in . neti-uld not forget, that when these men friend (Lord Bandon) they were treated as his noble l ' i .n . y stated like felons. (Hear, hear.) it was monstrous that these reinstated i men, who, by their gallantry Portugal, when they advanced theirtl Queen upon the throne of edlike felons,claims, should be driven into mutiny, and, chain flog of the people in the streets be exposed to the scof fing had not (Hear, hear.) But the noble lord (Palmerston) explained why it was that these claims had been disr‘e ,, - there' a va r a: d it'r five years. . ef alxity of duty He (Sir H. Hardinge) thought and a want of energy in the representativ e this country, in seeing these men 'first refused their claims, then drive n into mutiny, and s treated like felons in the street' of Portugal.. 1 I (Hear, hear.) Viscoitrit'SA:k:nos would, in consequence of what had fat. len-frbm tiabbble 10ra,..:-.;uipOnd his motion jr r all addr ess , • As' to the Pdrtugue.AelniPertnnintt. he itift4tltay That he Il a i no hope in their generosity Or their justiee, and believed that they would never pay that claims except on compulsion. .~:'~~ NN‘Nr`'l.Nry ~~~~ .~ 3--N" Alddrmdtt Sif Woon quired whether, as finthet pro deedings in that case of Stockdale v. Hansard; which caused l . Mr. Sheriff Evans's present detention, coul d not, according to the judge's order, come en till April 20, it was the noble lord's intention to keep the sheriff in confinement during ! that time ? Lord J. Russru. answered, if the sheriff had any coin—. j munication to make, or anything to say, it could come before' the house in the regular manner. Mr. GORDON; in answer to an inquiry by Mr. Retries, said there bad not been any further notice issued, by the treasury regarding the parties whose opium had, been de - stroyed at China. Mr. MORE O'FERRALL (the house having resolved in'io a committee of supply) brought forward the navy estimates, of which he briefly stated the outline from the usual - papers printed for the house. He announced a contemplated in crease in our naval force, the total cost of which was to be £5.659,000: and he intimated the intention of government to add to the number of artificers in the, dockyards, and to take measures for building some. line-of-battle ships of large class. Sir GEORGE CLERK said, that though he did not, n t en d to oppose the projected increase, he yet regretta that no public statement had been made of the circiamstances by which that increase had been required. T t i the admiralty should employ the grant properly, there ought to remain no deficiency in our naval establishments.. It was a larger sum than had been asked by the government of 1830, the last year in which he-had enjoyed tb.z 'honour of being connected with the admiralty. In 1829 and 1830 the force kept up by government had been larger than the force voted by parlia ment, the practice having then been to vote only the number of men required for the stations, and not to include the reliefs. The extra cost was defrayed from savings on other items. This whole practice had since been altered. The expense, however, of the year 1830 had been less by X 300,000 than that of the present estimate. It had been admitted by Secretary of the Admiralty that our ships in the Mediterra nean were now on a peace establishment, but they had not the full complement even of peace; and to the peculiar cir cumstances 'of that portion of the world a peace establish ment was altogether inadequate. Nothing . but the object of moral influence could have justified sending twelve sail of the line to thatquarter ; but for this object twelve sail were not enough, and still less when so imperfectly manned. We had increased our Mediterranean force from 9 sail to 12, but the French had increased theirs from 8 to 15, and these, moreover, were of ti very large class. With respect to disposable force, there was at this moment but one man of war which could be despatched to any other point requiring the protec tion of our commerce, or the vindication of our national hominy from insult. It had appeared in a preceding part of this evening that government had not sufficient influence with Portugal even to obtain bare justice for British subjects. But should not we have found our influence sufficient, if we had threatened to withdraw our three ships from the Tagus? If we were not to receive common attention from Portugal, why had we, for five years, been keeping up these ships at a cost of £lOO,OOO per annum ? Again ; the news of the dis pute with China had arrived here last July, yet it was not till just now that a man-of-war and a couple of frigates had been sent out to reinforce our countrymen there, 'Undoubt edly, the government were now, at last, providing themselves with funds to meet all exigencies, The number of artificers necessary for keeping our navies constantly in a state of re pair had been estimated under the Duke of Wellington at 6,000 men. The number now proposed was 8,391 ; and if this amount should prove insufficient to restore our navy, gross, indeed, must be the neglect of the government. He was sorry that such an increase had become necessary. We were told that our state was still one of profound peace. It was more like that state in which the Duke de Choiseul had advised the French to keep us—constantly worried and fevered with the danger and 'annoyance of a war which was never to be brought to an actual explosion, Mr. M. O'FERRALL explained on some points of detail, and said that England could equip for sea 4 larger force than any other power could provide in the same time. Mr, HOME saw 1W reason for an increase of England's force, except that France and Russia were'increasinftheirs. At this rate even peace brought no respite from expense. It was all owing to the policy of ministers on the Turkish question. He enlarged on their mismanagement, but said he would not propose any reduction. Lord INOESTRiE thought that, though the conservatives bad been blamed for exposing the country's weakness, they had done more wisely to take this course than to have left the nation under a delusion as to its real strength. It was asserted some time ago that the force was sufficient ; hut that assertion had now been disproved by the fact that more had been added; and this good, at all events, the exposure had effected. The noble lord then went into some details of com parison between our naval force and that of France., „ These details were controverted by Admiral ADAM, who was followed at some length by Sir T. COCHRANE: Lord PALMERSTON observed, that, except Mr. Hume, no member seemed to think the proposed force too large. Mr. Hume had accused the government of keeping up a war es tablishment in peace : others had charged it with keeping up a peace establishment in war : his own inference would be, that a just medium had been preserved. Their foreign po licy had been attacked; but whatever its other merits, at least it had that of success. It had been especially assailed on the subject of Eastern affairs, wherein, however, it had been based on the principle of preserving the integrity of Turkey and the peace of Europe. The Admiralty had been blamed for suffering itself to be played upon by France; but if France had attempted, which he did not admit, to exhaust our resources, it was only by a still greater expenditure of her own. The retention of a large fleet in the Mediterranean was obviously necessary with reference to the forces of the other maritime powers; and the vessels in the Tagus, one of the most central ports in Europe, were more disposable, and with less danger of disclosure as to their direction, than even in the harbours of Great Britain. Sir R. PEEL denied the claims of Lord Palmerston to the credit of success. Even among the Powers of his quadruple alliance he had plainly no influence. Portugal had for five years refuied to do justice to the crying demands of English subjects, and had violated all her engagements to England in the matter of the slave trade, Spam had refused even the permission of a body cf British merchants to open a chapel in the Havannah. France, intead of manifesting friendship, was so far increasing her armaments, as to compel England to incur vast additional expenses. In America, the boundary question was still unsettled. In short, the whole course of foreign affairs had been so much the reverse of successful that the embarrassment of our finances, of which the defici ency wus yearly aggravated, was actually owing to the necessity for atagularitod foroc, occasioned by the uneasy relations of this country with other states. Lord PALMERSTON,. with much warmth and spirit, accused Sir R.. Peel of having dwelt on matters beneath the dignity of the subject, and of feeling sore about Portugal, because it was there that the tory policy had been defeated by a liberal go vernment. If there was a want of cordiality on the part of France, the result was the consequence of the irritating lan guage employed by the tory party and the tory press. In many great affairs the foreign policy of the ,government had been eminently successful—in the slave trade treaties with Spain and Portugal, and in the commercial treaties with Austria and Turkey. It had failed perhaps in some unim portant particulars ; but in these the conservative govern ments had not been at all more fortunate. Sir R. PEEL observed, that the more unimportant the par ticulars in which England's influence had failed, the stronger was the inference how powerless it must be. The alienation of France from England was no work of the tory press ; it was the work of that press which wrought under the guidance of the noble lord himself. Lord SANDON said he was surprised the noble lord could have had the courage to talk of his influence abroad, when he had failed to establish a more enlarged system of commercial relations. The merchants of England have been applying year after year to the noble lord to prevent the expulsion of British shipping from Portugal, but owing either to want of attention or want of influence on the part of the British Go vernment, that expulsion had taken place.—(Hear, hear.) With these facts before him, surely he had no right to say that his foreign policy had"been successful. Had the noble lord forgotten that the French had laughed him to scorn where the interests of commerce were concerned. In point of fact our commercial interests had been neglected in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Rio dela Plata, and on the coast of Africa, to such an extent as to prove either that the noble lord was inefficient as a minister, or that his influence was powerless in all quarters. Captain A'Co (nix, Captain PECHELL, and other members said some brisk things about Admiral Fle►ning's celebrated appointment ; but no one opposed the vote, which, therefore, was carried without a division. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated, in answer to a question from Mr. Maclean, that the estimates would be proceeded with on Monday. The other orders having been diiipoled cif, the house ad journed at a quarter past one o'clock. Leave of absence has been granted by the House of Com mons to Sir Charles Coote, till March 8, illness in family ; Sir George Crewe, one month. illness; Mr. Ingham, circuit; Mr. George Cavendish, one month, domestic calamity. TAE LATE SIR F. L. MAITLAND.—The decease of Rear- Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, K.C.8., commander in-chief in the East Indies, took place on board his flag-ship; the Wellesley, 72, at sea, in the vicinity of Bombay, on the 30th December last. Sir Frederick, who expired in the 63d year of his age, was desended from the noble house of Lau derdale; he has . at all times borne with honour and credit his character as an officer and a gentleman, and to that we will add a thorough seaman, warmly and sincerely attached to his profession ; he entered at an early age, and became lieutenant of the Andromeda in 1795. Sir Frederick was ever an active man, and in 1800 brought home overland the despatches of . Sir Sidney Smith, detailing his successful efforts bein ineffecting the treaty of El Arish. This treaty not expe dition , acceded• to by Lord Keith, led to the Egyptian on that memorable occasion, Capt. Maitland covered the landing of ai A ld bercrombie's troops the armed launches our army with the bos of the fleet, Dragon and Loire Captain Maitland subsequently in t p h i e .o t l e a c k t e e d o o f one of the wings in o f to his country, and, .Aboukir. the was eminently service ableb his discernment and energy in the latter ship, lea to the action of Sir Robert Calder's squadron with the combined Spanish and French fleet. Captain Maitland subsequently commanded the Emerald, and in the American war asflag obtained the G o liah, razeed 74, and the Boyne, 98, cap tain but, o to ntheh Sir Alexanderre breaking ing o C u U t c h o - tane, on the coa s t of America;f the war and the return of Bonaparte 74 from Elba, he was ap pointed to the-Bellerophon iii guns, and joined the blocka-. ding squadron under Sir H' i n ng bo th at a d t e ch u i p e t f a ta n i i n A f i r s O i m t.. otham t off Rochefort. The battle of Waterloo a second t' and whose L a the throne of France, heiotuosokdeurtnee7runtglirhO n ti o o u n ra T e make no terms land's ship, whose prey t b re u a t tm it e i n s t no o t f with the ex-emperor, him when a guest, is well known to the world : so well known, however,, that on Bonaparte's leaving the ship, he offered for Captain Maitland's acceptance aii am diamond snuff-box, value d at 3,000 g u ineas ; the acceptance of which was conscientiously declined. Capt. Maitland subsequent]y commanded the Vengeu r, 74, and i n her conveyed the King of the Two Sicilies to Leghorn, and then the Genoa, 74, as a guard-ship in Portsmouth harbour. On attaining hi s fl ag as rear-admiral, Sir Frederick was appointed superintendent of Portsmouth dock-yard, which he resigned on being ap pointed to the important. co mmand he held at the pe r i o d o f his death. Lady Maitland was on board the Wellesley at the tine of her gallant husband's death, and intends to re turn to England in the Herefordshire East Indiaman. CAPTURE OF THREE FULL-GROWN FOXES: — On the mornin g of Wednesday week, (the ground being partially coveredts with snow ,) as Robert and Thomas, sons of John were on Esq., of Snow-hill, accompanied by a man-servant, on their way to Bolton-park, they observed the print of a fox, and subsequently t • d him to a deep hole ou the ' lhist ebottorn estate, which had been nearly filled with large ' 1 . lace his diurnal abode, viz., Robert thought this Place, they also markedl,ooo lo f o a s v e ou s r t a o b n l es e . a ch O m n ie l e oo to ki b n e g l r ie o g u l n e ( c l te ti d ie , another fox in the same hole. Master and hastened holm; and two neighbouring for the greyhounds, leaving his brother sheep, to watch whetherMes,' his return with the dogs th n ey ard who had been attending their taxes made their escape. On commenced removing part of the loose stones, when Rey as artfully attempting an in tai commenc e d escape, but was caught before h w . place. The party being thatsatistie L d go a another fox yet re mainedalive many in the place, they second search, and, race, was surprise a and after some exertion, they succeeded about to secure him, to thei n r Watson,,,o had e t - ft e e ; cting as they were third, with all the cunning peculiar to his r his escape from the same quarters whence the othervs just before been unearthed; very fortunately M r. arrived at the moment, and tallyho'd him, and after a short and desperate run he was killed by his eager and fleet Pur , suers. . The ope just before taken alive wad next turned off, and afforded a beautiful little run, but like his other two col leagues, his days were done, and his depredations were no more,— WeitmOrland Gazelle. ••yC %. 'NI N!'lw FOIIEIGIV INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. REJECTION OF TILE DUKE DE NEMourts" :BILL. PARIS, THURSDAY', HALF-PAST Nemours' .Dotation Bill has just been rejected by the Chamber of De puties. It was thrown out after the general discussion, on the question being put whether the articles should be di cussed seriatim. The majority against the bill was 22G to 200, leaving a net majoritv of 26. This will produce a profound sensation in Parts to-morrow, and throughout France as the news reaches - the provinces, and the MINISTERS MUST RE SIGN- It is a great triumph on the part of the opposition against the crown and the government, and may lead to seri ous results. °j► 4- ,~ SPAIN. Bayonne letters speak much of the political ferment which exists in the Basque provinces relative to the non-election of deputies to the tortes. Biscay has taken the lead, and refuses distinctly to return either senators or deputies. The juntas of Navarre, Alava, and Guipuscoa have been called together on the same subject, and it is generally expected that they will follow:the same example as Biscay. The Government of Madrid has sent down peremptory orders to all the provinces to proceed to the elections under pain of the royal displea sure, but the provinces contend that their ✓`iueros which have been confirmed to them without reserve, do not recognise the Cortes of Madrid. The result promises to be very seri ous. The following telegraphic despatch appeared in the illoni eur 'THE SUB-PREFECT OF BAYONNE TO THE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. " Bayonne. Feb. 20, 1840. " On the 18th, the Queen Regent, in person, opened the Chambers ; Queen Isabella was present at the ceremony, which terminated well. " Madrid is perfectly tranquil." " Madrid, Feb. 18. THE AIM kSSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The Queen Regent, accompanied by Queen Isabella, opened the session of the Cortes to-day. Their Majesties, on entering the assembly, were received with the greatest en thusiasm, and on their passage the populace testified similar feelings. The speech from the throne has given genuine ap probation. The aspect of Madrid is satisfactory in every re spect. USSIA. Letters from St. Pet burgh of the 6th say that the expedi tion under General Perowski entered the territory of the Khan of Khiva on the 9th of January. TUR KEY. The Augsburg Gazette quotes letters from COnstantinople, of the 31st ult. in which the ridiculous rumours, which appear in the French and English papers, relative to the supposed tripartite treaty are repeated. If England has escaped the web of Russian intrigue, we have no doubt the present sta tus quo will be a long time continued ; for it is evident that the Porte is unequal to enter the lists again with the. Pacha of of Egypt, and it is equally clear that Mehemet Ali has no more sure policy thad that of remaining on the defensive. If the Pacha adheres strictly to the defensive system, Russia will have no pretence to interfere ; France may talk, but cannot do anything ; and as to England, surely she is not so mad at such a moment as thus to risk the breaking up of her only rapid mode of communication with India and China. The presence of a sound and experienced diplomatist is much wanted at this moment at Alexandria. \Whatever . merit the Oporto Col. Hodges may have, he is a diplomatist of two years' experience only, and consequently unable.to deal with the crafty old Pacha. COURT CIRCULAR.-SATURDAY. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager gave a state dinner, last evening, at Marlborough House, to the Queen and Prince' Albert. A select party had the honour of receiving invita tions to meet her Majesty, The royal party arrived from Buckingham Palace, in three state carriages, at 20 minutes before eight o'clock. The dinner party at Marlborough House consisted of the following illustrious guests :—The Queen and Prince Albert ; the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, the Hereditary Prince Saxe Coburg, the Duchess of Bedford, lady in waiting on the Queen ; Lady Clinton, and Lady Charles Somerset, ladies in waiting on the Queen Dowager ; ~Miss Kerr, -lady in‘etraiiiog otk the jAktehts# ,oft:sinigidge the Hon. Miss Eden, maid of Lpolitto the Qom powner ; Marquis of Ileadfort, la'rd in *waiting on' the Queen ; the Earl Howe, lord chamberlain to the Queen Dowager; the Hon. General Sir William Lumley, groom in waiting on the Queen ; Lord. Alfred Paget, equerry to her Majesty ; Viscount Boringdon and Colonel Wylie (equerry) of Prince Albert's household ; Major Stephens, equerry of the Duke of Cambridge ; Baron de Lowenfels, aide-de-camp to Prince Ernest; the , Rev. J. R. Wood, Chaplain, and the Hon. Captain CUrzon, gentleman Usher to the Queen Dowager. After dinner_ her Majesty the Queen Dowager had an evening party. 'The suite of state rooms were opened on the occasion, and were brilliantly illuminated. Her Majesty gave audience, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace, to Viscount Melbourne. ._. . . . The Duchess of Cambridge had an evening • party, on Thursday, at Cambridge House.• Among the company pre, sent were—Baron Gersdorif, the Saxon minister ; Baron de Bourquency, the French charge d'affaires ; Count Paul Es. terhazy, Baron Lebzeltern, Baron Bjornstjerna, Countess of Tankerville, Lord Ossulston, the Earl and Countess of Jcrsey. Viscount Villiers, Lady Sarah Villiers, 'Lord. Canti lupe, Earl and Countess of Candor, the Ladies Campbell, and Mdlle. d'Este. A. deputation from Manchester, on the subject of the' cur-. rency, consistingd Mr. Atherton, Mr. J. Hibbert Franklyn,, Mr. W. 11. Hood, and Mr. Macvicar, accompanied by Mr. Mark Philips, M.P., and Mr. R. H. Greg, M.P., bad au interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. MONDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert attended Divine service, in the Chapel Rexal, St. James's. The Queen Dowager also attended the service. The Bishop of London preached the sermon, taking the text from Genesis 2, verses 16 and 17. The lessons were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, the prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Packman, and the communion service by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Rev. Mr. Packtnan. The chant was by Hawes ; the Te Dean: and Jubilate in F (Barrow, the Sanctus and responses (Davy). The anthem " Sing, 0 Heav'ns" (Kent).was sung by Messrs. W. Knyvett, Hobbs, and J. B. Sale. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. The Rev. J. Vane, deputy clerk of the closet, was in Wait ing. In the suite of her Majesty and Prince Albert were the Duchess of Bedford, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Mur ray, Hon. Miss 'Lister, Marquis of Headfort, Hon. General Sir William Lumley, Lord Alfred Pager, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. In the suite of her Majesty the Queen Dowager were the' Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Eden, and the Earl Howe. The Queen and Prince Albert and suite returned in four of the royal carriages to Buckingham Palace after the service. The Duchess of Kent continues indisposed with cold and rheumatism. Her royal highness has not been out of the palace since her return from Windsor. The following gentlemen had audiences of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace : Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., to present an address of con grattilation to his royal highness on the auspicious occasion of his marriage, from Marlborough. Mr. Henry Grimes, to present a congratulator; address from the royal town of Sutton Coldfield, in the county of Warwick, The Rev. Sir Henry Dukenfield, to present to his royal highness an address of congratulation from the inhabitants of St. Martinin-the-fields. _ _ _ Captain Pechell, R.N., M.P., and Colonel Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Bart., M.P., to present an address of congratu lation to his royal highness from the inhabitants of the borough of Brighton. ' His royal highness was attended, during his reception of the addresses, by the following gentlemen of his household: Viscount Boringdon, Mr. George Edward Anson, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. The Rev. Sir Henry Dukenfield, Bart., had also an audi ence of the Duchess of Kent, in Buckingham Palace, to pre sent an address of congratulation to her royal highness on the auspicious occasion of her most gracious Majesty's mar riage, from the inhabitants of the parish of St. Martin-in the-fields. Her royal highness was attended, on the reception of tliis address,' by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Cowper, C. 8., K.H. An address of congratulation from Southampton, was pre sented, on Thursday, to the Duchess of Kent, at Bucking ham Palace. Captain Mathew, M.P. presented to the Queen addresses of loyalty and congratulation, from the Mayor and council of Shaftesbury, and from the clergy, magistrates, and inha bitants in the neighbourhood of Shaftesbury, at her Majesty's levee, on Wednesday. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday. The royal dinner party on Saturday evening included the Earl of Erroll, the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the La dies Eleanora and Constance Paget, the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Ashley, Sir John Hobhouse, and Col. Cowper. The hand of the royal regiment of horse guards was in at tendance at the palace, and performed during the whole of the evening. _ • _ - On Friday, Mr. Goss's anthem, composed in honour of the Queen's marriage, was submitted to her Majesty, and was honoured with her gracious approbation. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine service on Sunday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel. Miss Kerr and Major Stephens were in attendance on their Royal High nesses. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand din ner, on Saturday eveninm. at their residence in 'Carlton gardens. to their Royal High , esses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highn ss the Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Serene.Hik hneas • he Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, anu a select party, including the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke and D kchess of Siitherland, the Earl and Countess of Clarenaon, Viscount Duncannon and Lord- Morpeth. Miss Kerr was in waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Baron de Gruben and the Baron de Lowenfels, were in waiting on the Duke and Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Tier•. DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The answer to the name runs inquiries, yesterday, at Apsley House, was that the noble duke was convalescent ; and it was understood that his grace's physicians would discontinue their regular visits. 'We understand that it was the wish of the duke to go down to the House of. Lords at five o'clock, but Sir H. Halford said that it was not advisable for his grace to venture out so soon after his indisposition, especially as the weather conti nued intensely cold. The duke received several morning visits, among whom were the Marquis of Douro, who has taken possession of his new mansion in Belgrave-street, the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, General Alava, the Spanish minister, and Colonel Garwood. His Highness the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg called in person to inquire after the health of the duke.—Morning Herald of Saturday. APSLEY HOUSE.—The answers to inquiries yesterday was, that the Duke of Wellington was very much better. His grace still labours under slight weakness consequent on the late severe attack of indispo,sition.—Morning Herald of Yesterday. _ We understand that it is probable that rd. ltlooirst RoyalGros- venor will be appointed groom of' the stole Highness Prince Albert, and that Lord Bo e ;i 2 ngdon will be one of the gentlemen of the bedchamber.— G'' brisk demand Print. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 21.—A this week has taken off the market every parcel of s at all suited either for the groce rs or refiners, a nd prices t in g : r y be quoted ls. per cwt. above las t week's currency. Th e stocks in first hands have become exceedingly light.--Bristoijournal : THE GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.—This far-famed and unrivalled vessel resumed her transatlantic voyages on Thurs day last, carrying 76 passengers, also an exceedingly valuable cargo consistingly principally of silks, a small quantity of specie, and a very large number of letters. —Bristol Journal. The Duchess of Kent is to have the stables in Pimlico, formerly the Duke of York's, when she goes to reside in Belgrave-square and Prince Albert will have stables erected between the barracks and James-street, in at. James's-park. ~~ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: MANCHESTER—FRIDAY EvENINt.:.- • The acknowledged premier for the Chester Tradesmen's Plate is again Sir Thomas Stanley's horse, Cowboy. A frac tion beyond our quotations would be willingly accepted. Recent accounts from the ,stable enable us to state that no horse can be doing better ; the .party, and the lucky jockey in the Derby race of last year, are very sanguine that tife'.son of Voltaire will add to the fame of the Hooton stable. It appears a -very hard task to uphold Lanercost even'in the . position he now occup i es .' Abraham Newland, King Cole, - and St. Bennett, have all pretty strong parties, and zealous in the cause; a very little of the extra spur Will'cause one more of them to achieve a further advance. The, following will be found, a pretty close representation, of the marketable horses ' • others may have furnished conversation, but we are not enabled to place them as candidates, upon whom busi ness, to any extent, has been carried on for the past few days : THE CHESTER cur, P.P. , 5 to 1 agst .Sir Thomas Stanley's Cowboy (off) 9to 1 „ Mr. Ramsay's Lanercoat 14 to 1 „ Mr. 0. Fairlie's Abraham NeWland 14 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett 15 to 1 „ Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen 15 to I „ Mr. Fowler's Gilbert - Gurney 16 to 1 „ Mr. Copeland's Kin g Cole (14 off) 20 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Sir Ralph 25 to 1 „ Mr. Price's Captain Pops 30 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's Malvolio 40 to I „ Lord Miltown's Wirrestrev; 40,t0 1 „ Mr. Speed's Aimwell. TATTERSALL'S—TnuusDAY, The state of the odds, as given below, will show that Lord Jersey is virtually out of the Derby betting Muley Ishmael, like his companion; Glenorchy, was reported to-day to have broken down, and, as a natural effect, was sent to the right about. This was the only change of any moment, but there were two or three others of some little interest to speculators. Launcelot was in considerable favour, was backed at 14 to 1, and trod so closely on the heels of the Angelica colt, that a small bet of llto 10 on the grey was obtained with some dif ficulty ; 16 to 1 was offered against Confederate, and as 15 to 2 was bid against him and Therm jointly, the latter must be quoted at the same price ; 8 to 1 would have been taken about the two. Bokhara, Ottoman, and Wardan were at pretty nearly the same prices is' on Monday, and in very little re quest. St. Andrew receded from 26 to 1 layers, and was almost friendless ; at all events, we did not observe any in clination to support him. Alonops has at last quitted the outside division ; 35 to 1 was taken in fifties, and so many were anxious to " get on," that 30 to 1 was the outside offering price at the close. Defendant was also in favour at an improvement on Monday's quotation.. The Angelica colt reached 3 to 1 (taken and aftetwards• offered) for the 2000 Guineas Stakes; and a couple of fifties were laid out on Con federate at 11 to 2. We did not hear any others mentioned, nor was there anything doing in the Oaks betting. A dull after noon closed as follows TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Angelica colt (tk 10 to 3) 11 to 2 „ Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate (tk.) THE DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Angelica colt (tk 14 to 1) 14 to 4 „ Lord Westminster's Launcelot (tk) 16 to 1 „ Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate 16 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Theoa 18 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Bokhara 20 to F Duke of Grafton's Ottoman (tk) 26 to 1 „ Mr. Robinson's St. Andrew 26 to 1 „. Mr. Wreford'sWardan (00 30 to 1 „ Captain Gardnor's Monops (tk 33 to I) 40 to 1 „ Mr. Ford's Chamean (tk and aft off) 40 to 1 „ Lord Li&field's Defendant (tk) 50 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Glenorchy (tk) 50 to 2 „ Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael 2000 to 35 „ Duke of Cleveland's Bro. to Melbourne (tk) 3000 to 30 „ Mr. Bowes's Black Beck (tk) 1000 even between Confederate and Launcelot (tk) : • 11 to 10 on Angelica colt against Launcelot (tk.) TIT E OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's Crucifix (tk 7 to 2) 14 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's Back Bess (tk) 22 to 1 ',., General Grosvenor's Diploma. DONCASTER RACES.—The Chamgagne at Doncaster has to subscribers, six more than last'season ; the St. 'Leger has four more. But the St. Leger of 1841 has 137, or twenty-five more than this Is it too much to expect, with this strong proof of the increasing popularity of the meeting, that the authorities should enclose a space in front of the stand (a la Ascot and Goodwood) for the accommodation of betting-isteninnii-the protection of those lacliecwholonour the-qdrt with-their presence . ? The other stakes at Doncaster are , Well filled. • • A lIORSE STEALER'S ADVENTURES. (From the Manchester Guardian.) In the course of the last week, two horses were stolen from Warrington ; and on Wednesday, Thomas Ball, • the son of a horse-breaker at Newton, the person charged with committing the offence, was brought before the magistrates for examina tion. The accused had lived in the capacity of a groom in the service of Sir John Gerard and other gentlemen • his dress and address. were such as; no doubt, greatly to facilitate the commission of the crime with which he stood charged. More impudent cases have seldom been placed upon record. On the morning of Tnesday, the 11th instant, he presented himself at the stables of Mr. Thomas Hewitt, livery-stable keeper, Warrington ; and representing that he was sent by his master, Sir John Gerard, to fetch a valuable grey hunter from Norton, which he had• the money to pay for in his pocket,-he wished to know if Mr. Hewitt could let the horse . stand at livery at his stables that night. Mr. Hewitt an swered in the affirmative, and the prisoner's next want was a horse to - carry him to Norton. 'Mr. - flewitt lent him a bay mare, and the prisoner departed. -lie did not return; and on proper inquiry being instituted, it was discovered that he rode The mare to Frodshain, Cheshire, and, putting her up at the Bear's Paw Hotel, gave directions for her to be new shod, and provide her with three ninepenny feeds of corn per day until further orders. On seeing Mr. Keeling, the landlord, ha announced himself as the servant. of Mr. Anderson, the celebrated horse . dealer, .of Picadilly, • London ; said. that he was going on to Liverpool, to fetch four horses for his raas .tsr, who was coming to Frodsham, in company with Mr. Ell:. .more, -(of steeple-chase notoriety,) by that night's train from London. He ordered beds and a hot supper, and directed Mr. Keeling to send a car to Preston .Brook, to meet the train at night. After dinner he broached a rather delicate subject ; like his betters, it so happened his cash ran short, he wanted a tritle of £4, just to carry him to Liverpool and back.. Mr. Keeling very prudently thought this rather too laige a sum to advance to a stranger ; and, after some grum bling, Mr. Anderson's man took his departure with thirty shillings money lent in his pocket, from the village of Prod sham. The car was sent to the railway station at night ; but hut no company arrived for the Bear's Paw, and Mr. Keeling was tricked out of his money. The prisoner took the up train at Preston Brook, and nothing further was heard of him until Saturday, when, mounted on a bay Ist chesnut mare, lie arrived at ' the Roebuck Hotel, at Newcastle under-Lyne. He stated that he was servant to Sir John Gerard, ordered three pair of post - horses for his master for the next day, stopped all night,: had supper, bed, and break faStsand took his departure ; leaving his bill to be settled by his master, Sir John Gerard, it need not he stated, slid not arrive. He played up similar pranks at Brereton Green and Knutsford, and in the course of Sunday returned to War rington. After ordering post horses at .the , Nag's • Head Hotel for Sir John Gerard, at half past four o'clock in the afternoon, he went in great apparent haste to Thomas Allan son, another stable keeper in the town. He related most minutely tho particulars of an accident that had happened to himself and his master on the way to Warrington. Accord ing to his account, a most valuable gig horse had dropped down dead on the road facing the 'Bear's Paw, at High Leigh ; and his master with the gig was waiting at that inn, until a horse was procured to bring him on to Warrington. Allanson agreed to let the prisoner a horse, and it was ar ranged that Allanson should ride the horse to High Leigh. They set off together, the prisoner walking alongside. When about a mile and a halt on the way to High Leigh, the pri soner complained of being tired, and said, that if Allanson had walked and run as far as he had, he would be glad to ride. Allanson on this dismounted, and the prisoner crossed the horse, praised his pace, inquired his history, and de clared he never wished to . ride a better or more free-going hackney. With this - sort of conversation they came pretty nearly in the sight of the Dog and Dart, the half-way public house ; and the prisoner then volunteered to ride forward, and get two glasses of brandy and water ready and at the door against-Allanson came up. Here Mr. Allauson's diffi- Collies commenced. On" teaching' the Dogs and Dart, he found that no grog had been Ordered ; arid, • further, that a man riding at a rapidpace, on a horse without a. saddle, had, -t few minutes before, goiie along the road to la inn, just the contrary direction of High Leigh. Allanson followed at the top of his speed, but the more he ran, the more he was be hind; and, coming at last to a stand-still, he made up his mind, that, with all his caution, he had been tricked out of his horse, which, by the by, he had recently purchased a bargain at twenty pounds. Somewhere about half-past nine o'clock that night, the prisoner arrived at the door of the King's Head, Salford, mounted on the horse (as proved in evidence) he had obtained from Allanson. He requested accommodation for the night, which was granted ; and the horse being put into the stable, he commenced givi ng t o M r . J osep h Richr'dson, th,e4andlord, an account of his travels. The scene must have been rich in the extreme, and, in the hands of " Boz" or Jerrold, might be worked up into a very pretty picture...." I have rode the horse from Birmingham to-day," says the prisoner. —" Indeed," replies the landl or d, " h e is very fresh ; pray where may you be' taking him?"—" Why, you see," says the hundred-mile-a-day jock, " Mr. Ashton, of Bury, has seen the horse follow the' hounds, at Dunchurch, and has fallen in love with him ; so .my master, Mr. Anderson, of Piccadilly, bought him, and has sent me down with him." So far, so good ; but Mr. Richardson's curiosity was more than ever excited, and he rather knowingly asked, how it was that the prisoner came to set out on so long a journey with out being provided with a saddle? The difficulty was thus explained :—" Master's saddle was a new one ; all the others were out, and he had set off, intending to borrow one on.the road, but had riot succeeded in doing so."—Mr. Richardson's attention was, on examining the horse, attracted to another matter. The valuable hunter had evidently very ( recently been worked in a collar, as sundry marks do the animal's neck plainly testified. When questioned on this head, the prisoner said. " To be sure the horse had been a little in harness, just to try how he would act, and whether he could be warranted quiet to ride or drive." The conversation turn ed from the merits of the horse to its future destiny. The prisoner rather unguardedly declated that he was sadly tired of his job of taking the horse to Bury, and that, rather than have any more bother about him, he was disposed to sell, adding, " I should not be surprised if I sell him to your son in the morning." The morning came, and the prisoner ap pearing more anxious than ever to effect a sale, Mr. Diggles, the deputy-constable of Salford, was consulted. He took the prisoner into custody, and a bill, forwarded by Mr. Jones, the deputy-constable of Warrington, soon after put him in possession of the facts connected with the robbery. The prisoner, on hearing the depositions read, contented himself with saying, that he had not offered either of the horses for sale ; and he was committed for trial at the next assizes for the county of Lancaster. At one of the police-offices, a few days ago, a police con stable pronounced a particular neighbourhood as swanning with thieves ; on which the magistrate, remarked, " If so, why don't you hive them ?" ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH UNION RAHAVAY.—An acci dent took place at the North Union Railway Station on Wed nesday evening last, which might have been attended by very serious, if not fatal consequences to. the passengers in the seven o'clock train. Fortunately, however, no one suffered any injury, and a delay of a few minutes in getting up to the station was all the inconvenience experienced. Most of our readers will be aware of the labyrinth of pOints and crossings at the entrance to the station, and that the lines arc inter laced like net-work nearly the whole way from Mr. German's occupation bridge to the station ; and though lights and in dicators are used, yet there is here, as at, all other railway stations, much difficulty in preventing accidents. It app ears that one of Mr. Hargreaves trains (having been two hours and twenty minutes . coming from Parkside) was crossing the lines near the engine shop when the seven o'clock train ar rived. The engine of the latter ran into the rear waggon of the other train ; but the concussion was not violent, or the consequences would have been serious. We understand all the men have been fined, being all in . fault ; and we trust that the investigation the case has undergone may operate as a protection to the travelling public in future. In fact, every possible-carefind.cauti on is requisite'• at this !Articular spot: —Peeefon ,ChVoitiNe. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES The following is a copy of the Prothonotary's Circular to the Profession : Prothonotary's Office, Preston, Feb. 20, 1840. The next assizes will commence' at Lancaster, on Thurs day the I9th. of March; and "aVLiverpool, on Tuesday the 24th March. , . The records in causes to be tried at Lancaiter, and at issue on or before Wednesday the 4th of March, should be ordered on that day ; and in those to be tried at Liverpool, and at issue on or before Monday the 9th March, should be ordered on, that day.,.,, _ The last days for making up issues in time for trial at the next assizes, will be—in causes to be tried at Lancaster, Tuesday the 10th of March; in causes to be tried at Liver pool, Saturday the 14th of March,—on which days the re cords must be ordered. ' Eight exclusive days' notice of trial in all personal actions must be given for the next assizes in causes at issue in time for trial at the last assize;. The jury process for the trial of causes at Lancaster, will be issued at Preston, on Thursday morning the 19th March ; and for the. trial of causes at Liverpool, on Thursday morn ing the 2.lth March. Rule day before the assizes, Thursday the 27th February instant. Rule day after the assizes, Thursday the 23rd April next. Declarations against defendants in gaol on writs of capias must be filed on or before Saturday the 21st of March next. In pursuance of the general rule of court of September assizes, 1824, the causes intended to be tried at Liverpool will be entered in the following order :- Ist List.—Salford Hundred. 2nd List. —West Derby Hundred. The-Judges have ordered that at the next Liverpool assizes all causes subsequent to 100 on the gross entry shall be tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge, in the • Crown Court, so soon as he shall have finished the cciininal business (unless pre viously disposed of) ; and that if the parties be not ready when their causes are called on, they will be struck out. The business of the public offices will be transacted at Preston during the assizes. STATE OF TRADE. LANCASIIIIVE.—Thehatting ttadeat.Oldliam and the neigh bourhood is a little better than it *as a month since ; opera tives generally are moderately employed, but there is a great deal of distress, especially amongst factory. operatives ; spin ning is slacker, and many hands out of employment ; power loom weaving of calicoes is much the same as at other places. The woollen, trade of Rochdale is in a low state, and several. of the small in an ufacfurera have been reducing WageS- 7 indeed ; the larger firms will only make goods; for preSent orders; there is great distress amongst flannel weavers, and masters are getting next to nothing by their goods, The woollen cloth . trade of Saddleworth is much in the same state as we report ed it a fortnight since, namely, rather dull,' but a little more work for the operatives than there was two months ago. The demand for fine printed silk satins in the neighbouring towns of Manchester still improves, and particular fine silk goods are moderately brisk ; but IoW reeds and coarse goods woven. by women, children, and old men, are very dull ; silk dyers generally are better employed than they were a month ago. The cotton trade at Bolton is very slack, and distress is alarm-I ing, owing to the number of hands wanting employment ; there are a great. number of empty cottages and shops, and manu faeturers.get very low prices for their goods. In every town,. twenty miles.round Manchester, there is a very great scarcity of money, and manufacturers, generally will only make goods for present consumption ; provisions are very dear. The state of Stockport is much in the 'same condition as at Bolton. The trade in other towns which we have not mentioned is; if anything, rather worse than we stated in our last. Calico block printing is much the same as a tOrtnight ago. There is very little building going on in all the towns ; mechanics, machine makers, - &c. at many' places; have little more than half employment, and many are without work.—Preston Chronicle. LEEDS.—We regret to state that the demand for balk goods in the markets during the week has been extremely limited, and the manufacturers complain that the 'little business they are able to do is done for little or no profit. We are, hol- Oer, 'glad to learn that an improvement is visible in most . of the surrounding manufacturing villages ; and we trust that ere long trade will resume its wonted activity. BRADFORD. —We are sorry to he unable 'to•furnish•our readers with any favorable report of last Thursday's Bradford market. We believe there was not quite so much business done in prices as last week, .and "'prices • are - far from being likely to advance ; the demand on Thursday ran much for plain blacks. The yarn market was lunch the same, an ad vance of-al ottt-id per gross 6ving , now becope established. There is certainly a reduction in the price of some classes of wool, 'which causes the consumers to exerrisc great caution in their purchases, in consequence of their not being able to obtain for their, goods remunerating:prices. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, FEB. .21::—There has been a fair demand for deep combing wools this - week at rather re duced prices ; clothing and blanket wools more slowlY, and prices for some weeks past are without variation.L—Leeds In telligen CO' . THE CURRENCY. A pamphlet has been just issued from the press, containing the following suggestions for the improvement of the cur rency : " i. That one uniform description. of paper money be le galised in the united empire, consisting of Imperial Treasury Notes or Bills. "2. That a permanent office be established, which shall be authorised to advance these notes or bills to all banks of discount and deposit, whether chartered joint stock corpora tions or licensed private companies, according to the option of the borrowers, as to number and quality, on depositing in the Exchequer an equal amount of bullion or Government Securities taken at the average market, price for the previous year. , . " 3. That the Treasury be empowered to exchange new notes or bills for old ones eancelltd:: ' " 4. That the dividends on the stock lodged at the Trea sury be paid to the respective porties making the deposit sub- ject to a deduction . of one per cent. per annum interest on the amount of Treasury notes or bills received in lieu of stock, and one fourth per cent.. in lien of bullion. 5. That the whole amount of 'bullion, or government securities,. or any portion thereof, may at any time be drawn from tha Exchequer, or transferred by the parties depositing the same,. cur their assignees, on presentation of an equal amount of Treasury notes issued to such parties respectively, payment of interest being made on said notes to the day of returning the same ; and in case any such establishment shall at any time determine to discontinue transacting bank ing business, that the residue of bullion and of stock remain ing to cover outstanding liabilities, be returned after an in terval of three years from the period of notification. " 6. That the imperial notes be signed by the proper offi cer of the Treasury ; that the name of the banking esta'olish ment to whom they are supplied be engrossed on the same; and that they he endorsed before issue by the responsible agent of the firni. " 7. That the notes of each banking establishment be made payable at their respective offices in specie, on fourtepn days' notice, in writing, of the demand ; but that an exception be made with respect to London banks, when the notice be limited to seven days. " That an annual report he presented to parliament of the Treasury notes in circulation, specifying the monthly and yearly averages. together with the amount of bullion, and sum total and description of stock lodged by each establish ment, and a return of their other assets; and that these ac counts be published periodically in the Gazette." ADMIRAL - SIR ROBERT STOPFORD, of the indisposition of this distinguished officer, on board the Princess Charlotte, has been received at the Admiralty.' NEW SERGEANTS-AT-LAW AND QUEEN'S COUNSEL. — On Wednesday last, in the Court of . Common Pleas, the following counsel were called within the bar as Serjeants-at- Law :—Mr. Channel, Al r. Wraughain, Mr. Shea, and Mr. Holcombs. And Messrs. Turner and Bethel were also ad mitted as " her Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Law." TURN-OUT OF STONE MASONS.—We are sorry to have to state that the stone masons engaged :on the railway, near Lancaster, have, during the week,'turned out for an advance of wages. It is much to he lamented that men of this class of artizans, in the receipt of four shillings per day, should be induced, from any motive whatever, to turn out, more par ticularly when the work in which they are engaged is con tracted for. It is greatly to be` desired that these men will see, before it is too late, the folly of their present conduct. Other hands we hear : are engaged, and thus the men who hua hen induced to leave their work, may be the very means of introducing strangers, to their own injury.—Preston Chronicle. , . MORPETIVELEcTioN.- -In consequence of Lord Leveson having accepted the Chittern Hundreds, there is a vacancy in the representation . - for Morpeth. Major Cadogan, of Brenckbourne Priory, 'Northumberland, an active' and able Conservative, arrived - there from London on Monday morn ing, accompanied by Richard Hodgson, Esq., member for Berwick, in order to lose no time in canvassing the borough. The gallant major, - who is well known to the electors, has issued a spirited ad dress, suitable to the present crisis, and the probability is feat he will ))e Lord Leveson's successor, if the Morpeth Int.:gesses understand what is most fitting to be done on their part to further the interests of the country. It is said that C.aptain Howard, a brother of Lord Mo rpeth, will be the whig candidate. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT. — The s Rev. J. Wood., A.B. curate of Church. Kirk, has been presented by some m- ,tubers of his congregation with a purse containing the mu nificent gift of £123 10s, as a mark of their esteem for his zea lons and faithful labours in the work of the ministry. The re v. gent. has likewise been presented by the male teachers of Church Kirk Sunday-school, with a valuable edition of the Polyglott Bible, accompanied by the book of Common Prayer,,su,perbly bound in one volume, ornamented with a chaste sil.ver clasp, and bearing the following inscription Present ed to the Rev. Joseph 'Wood, A.B. by the male teachers of Church Kirk Sunday . School, as a token of their respect for ids un wearied exertions amongst them, and with fervent wisi les for his future welfare. 18402!—Preston Pilot. Loan CHATHAM'S PARTIALITY FOR HIS YOUNGER SON WH,LIAbI v ." THE PILOT THAT WEATHERED THE SToras." —Lord Chatham's partiality to his younger son William, in preference to the very inf er i or personage that inherited. his title and estates, is displayed very frequently in the corre spondence just published. Walter Scott, in his " Diary," mentions, under date of the 24th of May, 1828; that he had dined, ;it Richmond - Park, with ,Lord Sichnou - t11; and that, before dinner, his lordship.showed him some, letters which. had passed between his father, Dr. Addingtc.n, and the doc tor's patient, the great Lord Chatham. :licott, who never forgot any thing that had point and characte :r, says that Chat ham talks of William' s i m it a ti ng hi m in all he did, and calling for ale because his father was recommends d to drink it. " if I should smoke," he says, "William wouttd instantly call for a pipe." At 'page 154 of the fourth vole me, now before us, we find the identical letter alluded' to'by Scott, and a truly pleasant and amiable one it is. " The Earl of Chatham to Dr. Addington. " Burton Pynse nt, Nov. 23, 1771. " Dear Sir,—l embrace, with panic .ular pleasure, Lady Chatham's deputation, in acknowledgii the favour of your very obliging letter to her. A small co ki occasions her com mitting the pen to my hand, which, at . present, seconds well my inclination to take it up, on such' an occasion as writing to 3, on. All your friends here, the !' flock of your care, are truly sensible of the kind attention: of the good shepherd. Our dear William has held out well o a the whole. Pitt lives much abroad, and grows strong : the' hounds and the gun are great delights, without prejudice tali terary pursuits. I some times follow him after a hare, lon,go sed proximo intervallo.. igy last fit of the gout left me, a! :it had visited me, very hindly. lam many hours, every di ty, in the field ; and, as I live like a farmer abroad, I return home and cat as one. rejoice that parliament meets so Late ; for, if I go thither;. I shall be reduced. ciiq ledere tristem Quandocunque troll - cult inV.sa negotia Romam.' Your obliging inquiries justify fall details about health and regimen. Ale, then, gor ;s on adr airably, and agrees perfectly. My reverence for it, tr so, is inc;reased, having just read, in the manners of our rer ootest Celtic neighbours, much of its antiquity and invigora . ing qualities. The boys all long for ale, seeing papa drink it; but we do not try the experiment. Such is the force of r sxample, that' find I must watch my self in all I do, for fe; lrof ntisleading: if your friend William saw me smoke, he w ould certainly call far a pipe,' After so much of me and mi iie, it is more than time to express how truly we interest or irselves fdr you. I .hope the returning labours of the winter wiil not rob you of a little of your sum mer health. Pap( ;r fails, and leaves onkirroom. to add, that 1 am, dear sir, ver y faithfully yours, " CHATtIAI4." MISCELLANEOUS. ri he University of Bonn has conferred the degree of doctor on 1 rin :e Albert. It as proposed in Edinburgh to erect a monument to Napier, the inventor of logarithims. A Michigan editor threatens to make his subscribers as intimate with the sheriff as he is himself, if they don't pay up. On the 6th inst. Sir Robert Peel entered his 54th year, having beenborn on the 6th February, 1756. Why is her Majesty the most popular composer of the day ?—Because her overture to Prince Albert is known ail over Europe ! Question : Can you give inc . change ? Answer : Yes. How will yon have it? MI silver, or will you have an Albert? i. e. half-a-sovereign. An Ohio editor says that the river ,at Pittsburgh is so dry that the inhabitants on its banks split it up for kindling wood. An association "for the refntation of Infidelity and the Suppression of Blasphemy" has been formed in Halifax. Mr. James Anderson has announced his intention of be coming a candidate at the next election for Falkirk, upon conservative principles. Sam Slick said he would rather break a yoke of steers any Ay, than try to make up a quarrel between women, when hey once got their dander up. The Russian government has authorised the establishment of a steam-packet communication between St. Peter burgh and Dunkirk. Mr. Dawson, of Middleham, has purchased Charles XII. for three thousand guineas, for Mr. Johnstone, a north country gentleman. The 29th inst. is fixed for the approaching grand conser vative dinner at Merchant Tailor's Hall. Alderman Thomp son, M.P., takes the chair. The Romanist Radical Irish newspapers boast that Lord Palmerston has at a stroke created one hundred faggot votes in the small county of Sligo. Admiral Elliott, the brother of Lord Llinto, is appointed to the naval command in the East Indies, vacant by the death of Admiral Maitland. In the Court of Exchequer on Wednesday, a verdict for £2,500 was given against a person for having maliciously sued out Commission of Bankruptcy against another. The Queen has agreed to pay £1509 . per annum, for six years. for the residence of Lord Ingestre, taken tbr the Duchess of Kent. Morning Post. Dr. de Vitro, physician to the Lancaster dispensary, has left that institution; and the .two former surgeons, Messrs. Bateson and T. Howell, have been reinstated as visiting surgeons. • The Board of Stamps has advertised for contracts for twenty-four thousand reams of paper for the proposed letter covers. Mr. Thomas Cartwright, silversmith, of Halifax, has suddenly disappeared from that town, carrying with him property to the amount of £2OOO. Hitherto he has evaded pursuit. . A southern orator is represented as bav;ng, begun a recent speech in congress was born, sir, insensible to fear." There would of course be no mistake in such a little fellow. The " reverend wag," as Mr. Sidney Smith is called, has just given the pedant Babington MacaWey a nickname that will never be forgotten. He calls nim the " Book in Breeches." Mr. Turton has been appc.inted by the governor-general in council to succeed to the appointment of advocate general, upon the contemplated retirement of Mr. Pearson. —lndia Gazette, Dec. 9... A gent:eman, upon being asked whether he was seriously injuredwhen a steam-boat boilei exploded, is said to have replied, that he was so used, to being blown up by his wife, that mere steam had no effect on him ! • . My son, hold up your head and tell me who was the strongest man." " Jonah." " Why so ?" "'Cause the whale couldn't hold him after he got s him down." " That's a man—you needn't study the eatechis In any more at present." During the bustle in London cons .cluent upon the Royal nuptials, some wag muffled the knocker on Sheriff Evans's door, in Westminster, and hung a card thereto, with the words " CONFINED," printed in large 'characters. The pay of masters in the navy will 1)e immediately raised : the yountzei' officers will have £l5O pca annum, rising up to £2BO. We trust this improved remuneration will retain many valuable officers in the service :—Ramp shire Telegraph. • diScOvery is said to have beenrecently made in Russia, of a method whereby the softest stones a my be hardened, and have communicated to them the beauty., solidity, and even colours, of the rarest marble. A most terrific hurricane occurred at 'oladras in the mid dle of November, from the effects of whi ell it was calculated that 20,000 persons had perished. Sixty vessels which were in the roads had also disappeared. A poor woman, residing in Northampton-rtreet, Leicester, was frightened into convulsions, the other .day, by a fellow wrapped in a white sheet pretending to be a _ghost. She re covered, but has lost her reason ! Them Delaware Indian chaps beat all I ever came near in the running line ; T know'd one on 'em :LS 07111 so howdaci ously fast round a big circus-like place, that . ixe just caught a glimpse of his own back !—Up and Down: Crinnly lI.S. A new town is in the course of formation between the ok incorporated town of Kingston upon Thanes (Surrey) an( the South Western Rai way, and already nearly 200 beautifii houses and snug villas are finished, or in the coarse of finish• ing. There is said to be a species of snake so venomous in sonic of the swamps of the Mississippi, that it is told of a negrc who struck one with a hoe handle, that the handle swelled so as to burst the eye open! THEATRES IN Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, the representative of the Finsbury - dissenters, has at length succeeded in getting her - Majesty's Lord Chamberlain tc aboliSh 'the restrictions • o►► theatrical performances during the season of Lent. Aberdeen has had the. honout to supply the whiSky for: the royal wedding. Bailie Lumsden, a fortnight ago, shipped to order a cask containing. 60 gallons of whisky. for her Ma jesty's " occasion," and permitted_ to the keeper ofthe royal cellar at Windsor, " 'GcorgnChri,tic." Louis 'Philippe has announced to the Queen of England the promotion of her. consort to the rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of honour, the insignia of which are, it is stated, to be presented to him by M. Guizot, the new Am bassador of France at our court. A petition has actually been sent to the legislature of Ohio, setting forth that the people of the Zanesville bank were in the habit of using a - wet sponge in counting their bills, and praying. the passage of a law requiring them to spit on their fingers ! We like 'to see a pretty ankle. We don't like to see a woman pull up her clothes in crossing the street, on purpose to show it.—New Ywk paper.—We do, especially if the streets be a little muddy, and she have no holes in her stock ings.— Texas Telegraph. We are happy to hear on good authority that the report of the death of Sir Henry Vane is entirely without foundation ; and we hope that the rumour of the death of the gallant Lord Keane, the hero of Ghaznee, is equally destitute of truth. — Ministerial paper. The other day a gentleman came to a post-office not a hundred miles .from Huddersfield, to. prepay a letter, and presented a sovereign for that purpose. The post-master immediately offered 19s. 11d. in change in a bag, all in cop per, when the gentleman smiled, " cut off, ' and then brought a penny. . . We learn from Vienna that upwards of sixty houses in the village of Baronowitz, four leagues from Braun, have been recently destroyed •by a fire, said to have been occasioned by sparks from a locomotive engine on the north railroad, which were driven by the wind on to the thatch of some cottages. One of the most magnificent fkes which has taken place in Paris for a length of time was given last night in honour of the marriage of her Britannic Majesty by his excellency the Earl and the Countess of Granville, to which upwards of 2,500 persons were imvited, and at which at least 2,000 per sons were present. REPRESENTATION Of PERTIISIIIRE.—The death of the Earl of Mansfield, which took place at Leamington, on Tuesday last, will occasion a vacancy in the representation of Perthshire, as his - lordship's eldest son, the Lord Viscount Stormont, was returned for the county at the last election, in opposition to the Hon. Fox Maule. We regret that 11Ir.Cayley, M.P., for the north riding of Yorkshire, has been for some months labouring under severe indisposition., He came to . town at great hazard to record his vote .in , favour of ministers, but he ha'S remained ever since in a state of very great suffering, and totally unable to attend to business of any kind.—Morning Chronicle. The Reverend John Reynolds, a dissenting minister, of Romsey, Hants, has been appointed one of the Inspectors of the Government Educational Schools, by the Committee of Council a palpable slight to the Church, and a tolerabl e proof of the estimation in which the Established Clergy ar e held by that Committee. Prince Albert's progress in the English language under the care of her Majesty, was very rapid indeed. At first sight (if we may believe rumour). he conquered the difficulty of 1 love—thou lowest. " He will soon be over the•first conjuga tion. We wonder whether he ever will reach the imperative mood! REPRESENTATION OF CLITHEROE.-Mr. Fort, the mem ber for Clitheroe, has, during the past week, issued an ad dress to the electors of that borough, in contradiction of a rumour which has been circulated, alleging that it was not his intention again to . offer himself as a candidate s in the event of a general election.—Preston Chronicle. A correspondent of the New York Coinnzercial quotes the following passage from Scripture, in support of Mr. Red field's theory, thafthe wind during a storm blows in a circle or a whirl :—" The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again, according to his circuits. —Eccle siastes, Among the state papers recently stolen from Dublin Castle, was a canvass bag of correspondence between Lord Castlereagh and Grattan, at the _period of the Union, and letters of Robert Emmett, his that to Curran's daugh ter the night before his 'execution—all most interesting documents. The gentleman to whom the packet was en trusted is held to bail in £5OO, to answer the prosecution of the crown. INCREASE or TAXATION.—An increase in the taxation of the United Kingdom it is currently reported will be pro posed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to augment the public revenue. One rumour is, but on what foundation we are unable to say, that the imposts upon coals and salt are. to be renewed ; while other parties mention with confidence that the duty payable upon gin will be increased, while that on brandy imported will be diminished. Much anxiety is expressed among the mercantile interests of the city to obtain information on the subject. ItEPRESENTATION OF STOCKPORT.—The leaders of the movement party in the borough have selected another man to bring forward at the next general election.—Mr. T. Cis borne, one of the tail, and at present member for Carlow. There is a good deal of speculation abroad on the matter, particularly as " tin" sufficient for the contest is promised to be forthcoming when wanted, on an assurance given that he shall be returned. _ We are told that the worthy gentle man has had an assurance also that he cannot a ga in he the " fortunate object of the choice of the electors " of Carlow. —Stockport Advertiser. EXTENSIVE FRAUD.—.On Wednesday last, after an atten tive investigation of three days, Mr. James Pringle, a cleric in the office of the collector of excise, at Sheffield. has been committed to York Castle for trial, charged with having fraudulently obtained varionS sums of money by means of forged declarations purporting to be from pensioners of Chel sea Hospital long since dead. Application was made to ad mit him to bail, and the magistrates postponed their decision till yesterday. Mr. Pringle has been many years in the col lector's office.—Leeds Intelligencer.. DENDnonium NonlLE.—This rare and truly splendid epiphyte has just unfolded its lovely flowers at Broughton Hall. A few words. on its introduction to this country may not be uninteresting. Six or eight years ago, the original plant; now in the possession of Messrs. Loddige's,. of the Hackney Nursery, was purchased • in the market at Macao, in China. The plant bloomed in the establishment of those gentlemen two or three years ago, and, until the present notice, his not flowered elsewhere. It is a curious fact, that the identical locality of this Chinese plant is altogether a mystery to the botanists of Europe.—/Iftblehester Guardian, STOPPAGE OF THE BIRMINGHAM BOROUGH We understand that the borough bank of Birmingham (an establishment of very limited business, founded upon :the wreck of the Northern and Central Bank in that town) stop ped payment on Thursday, when the following notice Was posted on the doors of the bank,:—" The directors of the Borough Bank find themselves under the painful necessity of suspending the payments of the bank." DISTRESSED STATE OF TIM POOR AT BOLTON.—A. muting of the town council of Bolton was held on Wednes day last, at which it was agreed that the mayor be requested to convene a meeting of gentlemen, fur the purpose of rais ing a fund by subscriptions, for the relief of the distressed poor. Accordingly, a meeting was held yesterday forenoon, at the Sessions Room ; the Rev. J. Slade, vicar, in the chair. A committee was appointed, consisting of the clergy and others ; and a subscription was entered into in the room, which, although there were not more than fifty persons pre sent, amounted to upwards of £750. AMOUNT OF CORRESPONDENCE IN PUBLIC OFFICES. — The following are accounts, from the second part of the re port of the committee of the House of Commons on postage, of the live public departments which sent the largest number of letters,in the year 1837 :—Poor-law Commission, 138,525; Ordnance. 95,018 ; Registrar of Births, 92,870 ; War-office, 78,462 ; Admiralty, 69,322 The following are accounts, from the same report, ot the five public departments which received the greatest number of letters :—Paymaster-Gene ral, 85,801; Ordnance, 82,9231 Home-office, 72,882 ; Poor law Commission, 70,983 ; War-office, 70,945. IMPORTANT TO TEETOTALLERS.—On Thursday in last week, an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, coroner of Surrey, at the Bell Inn, Lambeth, on the body of Joseph Hawkins, an old man aged 84, Who had formerly been a very hard drinker, but had lately become a teetotaller. For years before he joined the society he used to take a glass of runt the first thing in the morning, rum and ale in the forenoon, ale and a glass of rum after dinner,. a glass of rum in his tea, ale for supper, and afterwards 'a glass of rum and water ! The surgeon gave it as his opinion that the death of the de ceased was accelerated by sudde n ly l eav i ng oil' - the use of spirits. Verdict—" Died by the visitation of God."—Leeds Intelligencer. POPISH ELECTIONEERING.—A pretty plot was discovered last week in the Post-office Ward of the city of Dublin, to secure the election of a Popish publican as a poor-lkw•guar dian. The police were sent out, as ordered by the• act, to deliver the voting papers, and receive them when the voter had marked for whom he voted. It was proved that the police carried papers to a radical committee-room, where the original votes were erased, and this publican substituted. The matter was brought before the commissioners of police, who ordered the dismissal - of the police. This is one of the nefarious modes by which ,the Popish party try to get the ascendancy. The Bishop ,of .Bath and Wells having long contemplated the foundation of a Diocesan Collegiate Institution, in order to the training of candidates for holy orders, in conformity with the cherished desire of our reformers, that, between the academic degree and entrance into the ministry, there should be a course of preparatory instruction, has decided on imme diately commencing the execution of such a plan, in connec tion with his cathedral city, and has appointed the Rev. J. H. Pinder, A. M., late Principal - of - Codrington College, Barbadoes, to be Professor of Theology at Wells. To meet the cost of this excellent appointment (X4OO per annum) the Lord Bishop, and two gentlemen of the diocese, have muni ficently subscribed £lOO each for ten years. A portion of the remaining £lOO per annum is yet to be provided.—Balk Chronicle. CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO THE NIGER EXPEDI TION.-111 a letter from Lord .101111 Russell to the' Liras of the Treasury, dated Dec. 26,..1.39, the proposal for the pre vention of the slavc, trade in the nest' of Africa is 'stated. The Queen has directed her ministers to negotiate agree ments with those African chiefs within whose dominions the internal trade is carried on, the basis of such agreements to be the abandonment of the trade ; and, secondly, the admis sion into this country of the goods of the territories on fa vourable terms, so as to lessen the temptation now offered to the slave-seller. As the most considerable of the Chiefs rule near the Niger, an expedition up the river by'steam boats is proposed, and an establishment of British factories at favourable stations. The first cost of three iron vessels, which would be required, including provisions and stores, for six months, would be £35,000; the annual charge for victualling officers and men, £10,546; and the salaries of conductorS, chaplain, and surgeon about £4,000, besides presents foe chiefs and sundries.. The answer from the Treasury, dated •the 30th of December, states a willingness to sanction such estimates as may be required. . THE SHA BBY GOVERNME NT .—Wh en M r . S pr i ng Ri c e, now Lord Muatezigle, 'hist paid his addresses to the electors of Cambridge, he was, as he always had been, very liberal of his promises.. He would do a great - deal to promote the prosperity of the town. It was suggested by some persons who knew his man, that he might give one proof of the sin cerity of his intentions by procuring a small annual grant in aid of the funds of the Cambridge Philosophical Society-0 institution of much merit, but whose funds were scarcely adequate to the publication of its transactions. The idea ap peared a capital one to Mr. Rice ; he had much interest at the Treasury; the grant would cost him nothing, and it hail the still stronger recommendation, that it would very proba bly help him to a few additional votes. The Treasury a'" cordingly was applied to, and in a short time the Cambridge people were much gratified to find that a grant of £lO a-year was made to aid the funds of the Philosophical Society The grant .was regularly paid up to last year inclusive; but now things had changed. Mr. Rice was pitchforked into the House of Peers, and did not want a seat for Cambridge; and the gentleman (Mr. Gibson) for whom the government did want it was pitchforked out of the borough. 'L'he Care bridge electors did not want him, These were offences not to be forgotten or forgiven. The government patronage 'ea' withdrawn from the to wn , an d th e pa lt ry grant o f the £l"' a-year to the Philosophical Society has this year been stopped! This shabby act of the shabby government needs no comment. - DRINKING PRINCE ALBERT'S HEALTH.—SOMe difficun r has keen felt in the provinces as to the proper etiquette to pc observed in di ini.ing Prince Albert's health utpublie•dinoo l and on other, public occasions. We understand that th e course observed at the dinner of the 'West Ward Cohserva" tive, reported in another part of this paper, was aceordiot to the etiquette observed at the dinne r of th e C ar lt on Clo. on the day of the Queen's marriage, an' anthority sufficien' to settle any duration ou the subieet. Fii•st was iliank tr health of her A!ost Excelletit Majesty thf, the Queen and Prince Albert ; and then the Queen-Dowag' i and the rest of the Local Family. By co u pli ng th e nai ve 0 ; his Royal Iligliness with that of her Majesty in the serail(' toast, the difficulty as to precedency is obviated. or got over' Leeds. Intelligencer. DISTRESSING CASE of DESTITUTION..—The inhabit: llo e of Sanday, in Orkney, get their supply of peat fuel from th neighbouring island of Eday. A boat, in crossing at this element season, was upset, and floated keel up into the c reel she had left the night before. By thisJnelancholy 1 two families have been bereaved of their' only support, a ll ' left in the most destitute circumstances. One o f th e suffer' ers, Robert More. has left a widow and eight children b e . ; tween the age of fourteen years and nine month s . Tbe l i mother has been confined to bed for six mcnths.• This seen a case calling loudly for..the:aid of : ,such patriotic societito 5' that which has just been instituted for Scotland, for the Ili lief of shipwrecked mariners and fishermen, at the head (), which is our gallant countryman, S. D. Milne.—Aberde' Constitutional. hat MORE OF "HE TENDER CONSCIENCE FOLX.—.A. s time since a - meeting was called by Mr. Aaron Peace, else o i den of the Chapelry of Cumherworth, f or th e p ur pose laying a rate to defray the yearly expen s e - c f r an o rganis t, clerk, singers, chapel-keepers, &c. The Rev. C. B. Dula curate, was called to the chair: Mr. A. Peace then propoSor that a rate of three-halfpence in the pound he collected the above purposes, which , when collected, would realise t 1 Firm of ni;te pounds! So enormous - a demand shock; , many feeder consciences; among the rest a well-known ' ll 5 , center. one Charles Fitton, who stands, when in his she c o about live feet and an inch in altitude,- but who always O r . nobly makes up for his shortness of stat ure b y th e ex tra 4 dinary length of his tongue. This worthy -m oun t e d r-1 to render himself more conspicuous, and proposed, as ,",,f amendment, that the meeting be adjourned t o th a t d a y ine p t ! One Hezehiah Tinker, who se a ltit u d e i s a b o ut I f ee feet nine, and who had taken a great de a l o f p a i ns f o r a ' days previous to collect all the cock-fighters, donkey-raaer;, `and otherS • of similar respectability to attend the meet in g then mounted the table, and pulled out a s p eec h f r om "„4 pocket, ready cut and dry, which having read, he beg Vi leave., to second the amendment, which was carried bf a o small majority ! The w o rthy cur a te non , per f orms toe olfi' o ir of minister and clerk himself ! ! and allows the organist P o t of the christening fees .as a sahrtY. • The hell *hich•Was ° l ot to announce the hour of twel ve o ' c l oc k eve ry day, to rent, the good housewives of the villasro and , adjoining,neighb a .f hood (many of whom are with ou t a clock) that it was no to prepare dinner, is now s il en t, an d th e . minister's,°, servant performs the of fi ce of c;iaael-sweeper. It shorn, noticed that the chap e l i s the. only place of worship i0.,r1 neighbourhood, that all the sittings are free, a n d that I; g e chiefly attended by the operative classes, and that a Moe Sunday school is also attached to the chapel. We wish e respectable couple, the would-be great men, all the p1ea 5 ,4 11 their tender consciences will allow them,. for having P''. h' deprived tl:e poor villagers of the only means which the Poo,' bourhood affords them of keeping the Sabbath-day liolY' o f a place of worship where there are ne ith er co ll ec tions seat rents !—Leeds htelligencer. liter; DEN CE.—lt has been often remarked, that those' tators who first put it into the heads of the chartists ton ; ; cure arms, and to have torch-light meeti ngs , w e r e tor' e and the tory journals did not conceal thei r j o y a t the sP r o ci of Chartism. Socialism has, it would a pp ear , t a ken the P e t of clrartisrn in their favour. Th e Bikhop of Exeter could 1 ,0 have acted in any other manner than he has acted, had t he object been to increase the number of socialists. That .$ tories would view with satisfaction the progress of sccial';'o, or any other hat which might, serve them in their dist r a ol as means of embarrassing the government, may he ito r6 ( ll' from Vatiour cireArrinstatlCead. hilt more particularly pains taken by the tory papers to misrepresent the cono; or i and importance in society of the disciples of Owen.- 16 0 1, ( jag Chronicle. [The impudence of this paragraph is c p) exceeded by its falsehood. It contains as many lies as lie r ( • PorrTsmotrn, FEB. 10.--Frost, Williams, and Jonel a pi confined in a cell on hoard the York convict ship, apart the .other prisoners. , Frost complains bitterly of the, 0 1 ! supplied him, statin g Inc c a n n o t p o s s ibl y ca t th e camel , ' water which is supplied for breakf as t, with a proportio!ob. salt mixed. They have requested to he allowed, more' s d ' stantial diet, which has been refused. A wedden boo"' ICI spoons are given for their•use ; they - are clothed in CO l ' apparel, each with an iron ring round the leg, iuid are O'', l lo account permitted to leave their cell. A Prayer Book 4 0/ Bible are the only hooks allowed them. They are spirits, particularly Frost, who is evidently sadly deje` be el Williams has been beard to say he Would sooner have A O hanged, than to linger under his present torture of mit' treatment. It is expected that an order will arrive row to transfer them to the Mandarin convict ship, ,`"„ q H arrived last night, hound to New South Wales.--Stario', Wr.aurn.—The house Esterhazy is probably the rfh magnificent of the non-regnant houses in the world. jacket of jackets, which is said to have cost the prinee,,are,l in wear and tear every time it is put on, has alrea"i c sf'; pressed the English public with the extent of his posses s 'ore i but the impression falls short of the reality. His e'iarir contain 130 villages, 40 towns, and ?A castles. He 1 1 1 5 0 11 country houses as big as Chatsworth, within an hour, of one another ; one of them, Esterhazy, contain s d rooms for visitors, and a theatre. The well known s!Ferei,j the prince's reply to the Lord of Holkham, who, al' hibiting a flock of two thousand sheep, inquired it he ill ) show as many--" My' shepherds are more numeroaT your sheep"—turns out to braliterally true; there i sd te t shepherds on his estates. They have a regular guard in their loay, and the right of life and death 00 estates. 104. The.old-fashioned town of etherhy, iu undergone strange vicissitudes within a few years as some of the large-properties in its immediate vicin' t i e 'n„ was only the other day•the Duke of Devonshire aliena.„o - ,0 0 ,,, whole town, at one, fell swoop, the sale exceeding .90,„.i"; in 1836, the Ribston estate, so lang - in the Bolyoake 5P and close -by the • town,. was ;sold bv . Georgo,Robifi s. price, from recollection, was £180,600, without tirabe r ',.oo, l ; reference to our columns, We : percelVe Graoge , 4 flo e guous to the .town, the property of Lord W er -duck9. l o j , ann ounced for sale ;it i s sa id tp conteworaneolis with ltibston• within this little circle, a f e di l et ing £iioo,ooo, atleast, , will be ina m •yery,shopelo" e It is said that in no other part of Englandare the 51. ": e f an prices obtained for land. The tenant hf - 13eilbY' Grat , 6 aeon and park is the venerable Christopher Wilson, th of the turf, who haS located for half a century.---F°s`• f