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HOOD'S MAGAZINE AND COMIC MIS
CELLANY for FEBRUARY.

cONTENTs :—The Lady's Dream.—The Strange Student.—The
Blind Bride.—Nature and Art.—The Schoolmaster's Dream; by
Mrs. S. C. 11a11.—Pastoral.—The Oxford Installation ; by Suum
Cuique, Esq.—The Pilgrim's Dream.—A Word for Bores.—The
Struggle for Fame; by Charles Mackay.—A Vision of Past Times.—

A Song for Greybeards.—A Child of SOrrow.—Life's Companions;by
Charles Mackay.—Gautier's Travels in Spain.—The First Valentine.
Fifty Days on board a Slaver.—The House of Mourning. —A Farce.
—Phebe's Window.—A Romance of Crooked Lane.—Magnetic Mus-
ings.—The Echo.

Office, 1, Adam-street, Adelphi ; and all Booksellers.

This day is published, price 25.,
ALETTER to NASSAU WILLIAM SENIOR
Esq., in REPLY to the Article, " FREE TRADE and BETA.
LIATION," in the EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. 157..

By R. TURRETS, Esq.,
".Colonel Torrens and Mr. Senior have both acquired great reputa-
tion as political economists ; and a controversy dignified by their
names can be neither uninteresting nor unimportaht."—Morning
Chronicle .

" This able performance is far beyond a controversial triumph, and
treats of most of the questions of internal policy and international
Commerce, on which the weal or woe of the empire depends, in a mas-
terly manner."—Literary Gazettte.
" In this closely-linked logie, Colonel Torrens has palpably the
better of his opponent. The subtle skill with which he contrives, in
the most urbane style, to inflict the process of self-refutation is a mas-
ter-piece in controversy."—Spectator.

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• C'leave's Gazette' is !now uniform with Chambers's Journal,'
and for varied and agreeable information equals it in its palmiest
days."—lllustrated News.
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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1,
Will be repeated a New Grand Opera, in Three Acts, called THE
BOHEMIAN GIRL Count Arnheim, Mr. Borrani ,• Thaddeus,
Mr. W. Harrison; Arline, Miss Raintorth; Queen of the Gipsies,
_bliss Betts.
After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Christmas
Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN • or,
VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin, Mr. Howell; COlum-
bine, ?dim Carson; Clown, Mr. I'. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr.
Blanchard.
Dress Boxes 74., Second Price Ss. 6d. ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.,
Second Price es. ; Pit 3s Second Price 25.• Middle Gallery 2&&.
Secend Price Is. ; Upper Gallery Is., Second Pricei 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
M. JULLIEN S CONCERTS.
nits EVENING, THURSDAY, Feb. 1, there will be no Per-
foimance, the Theatre having been let previous to M. Jullien's
occupation.
TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
First Appearance in this Country of Herr Conrad, Band Violinist of
His -Majesty the King of Holland's Court Orchestra, who will
perform a Sole from La Sonnambula.
Shand Fantasia, with Solo for the Cornet-a-Piston, by Herr Kcenig.
Solo, Oboe—M. Barret.
.Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson.
.Locke's celebrated Music to Macbeth, with Solos for Ophicleide,
Bassoon, and Oboe, by Messrs. Prospere, Baumann ,and Barret—
Locke
The English Quadrille—JuMen.
.New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes—Jullien.
Doors Open at Half-past Seven, commence at Eight o'Clock.
Promenade, is , Upper Boxes, Is.) Dress Circle 2s. ; Private
Boxes, It. Is. Tickets to be obtained at the box-office of the
',Theatre; of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; Mr. Andrews, New
!Bond-street; Mr. Sams, St. James's
-street; and M. Jullien's Office,
Iladdox.street, Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
MM. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, LESSEE.
• THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1,
Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF
WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland; Master Slender,
iMr. C. Mathews; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe;
-.Fenton. Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Webster; Mrs. Page,
Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs.
Glover; Anne Page, Miss Mattley.
In the course of the Evening Mr. John Parry will sing his popular
:Song of "The Singing Lesson," accompanying himself and Pupil
on the Grand Pianoforte.
To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR
ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymoso, Mr.
J; Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Queen Lucidora,
Miss Julia Bennett.

Orchestra Stalls, Ss. ; Boxes, ss. • Pit 3s. ; Gallery, 2a.; Upper
Gallery. Is. ; Pit, 2a.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Doors opened at Halt-past Six, and the l'erformance
.commence at Seven.

Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box.
office, from Ten till Five.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Unprecedented success attei.ding the revival of " The Merry
Wives of Windsor," which will be acted every evening till further
motive, thus cwt. :—Sir John Falstaff'. Mr Strickland; Slender, Mr.
Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford, Mr. Stuart; Page,
Mr. Howe; Calla, Mr. J. Bland; Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Page,
Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett; Dame Quickly, Mrs.
Glover. The Le see respectfully
i informs the Patrons of this Esta—
blishment that he has succeeded n Engaging Mr. JOHN PARRY
for Three Nights only, To.night, To -morrow, and Saturday, who will
en each of these Evenings sing one of his most Popular Songs To-night, " The Singing Lesson,"
acconzranying himself and pupil
on the Grand Pianoforte.', The New Fairy Extravaganz of " The
Fair One with the Golden Locks," Every Evening.
I. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
The Beet Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1,
Will be repeated a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH
OF GENEVA. Principal Characters—Messrs. Lyon, Wright.
0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates.
To conclude with the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called HAR-
JLEQU IN BLUE BEARD; or. The Fairy of the Silver Crescent.
Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wor.derlul Effects!
Columbine, Miss Bullet, ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable
Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews,
from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury lane; Panta-
loon, Mr. Johnstone.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1,
Will be performed I.UCREZIA BORGIA. J)on Alphonso, Mr.
Burdini ; Gennarro, Mr. Allen ; Mattio Orsini, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ;
Gubetta, Mr. Walton ; Lucrezia Borgia, Madame Eugenia Garcia.
After which, the Farce of MY FELLOW-CLERK.
To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled
THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. P. Grattan; Poo.
too, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe.Leat, Miss It Isaacs.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Under the Management of Mr. Ratty, Proprietor.
Triumphant Success of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1,
Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE
OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mr. Gomersal, his ori-
ginal character
New Scenes in the Circle, and Uhequalled Feats of Horsemanship.
To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM
O'SHANTER.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorr—more crowded than ever—
Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow.
ing with fun.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 1,
Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTER&
DOR F.
Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, 11. HHoner.Neville, Vale, Smith. Johnson, Lewis, • estop, Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs.
Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. El. Vining.
After which an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime with
splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Properties and Tricks,
every thing new and of the most costly description, HARLEQUIN
GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray, and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, hlr.
W. H. Harvey ; Grotespl,..lllr. Stilt; Clown, Mr. Puller • Pante.
loon. Mr. Hawkins ; Ines (alternately) Miss ben. Fair.
brother and Miss Sharpe.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY I
Will be performed an entirely New Domestic Drama, entitled
POVERTY; or, Mary Graham. Leonard, Mr. Freer; Jessamy
Tacit, Mr. Niuitz ; Squire Graham, Mr. Dale; Patty Parrot, Miss
Arden; Mary Graham Miss Vincent.
After which, the Domestic Drama of RUTH; or, The Lass
that Loves a Sailor. Bernard Jasper, Mr. Freer ; Ruth, Miss Vincent.
To conclude with THE MAN WITH IHE CARPET BAG
Grimes, Mr. Gardner; Harriet, Miss Arden.

THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AND THE ROYAL
ScoTrisu ACADEMY.—We understand that his Grace the
Duke of Sutherland, on the application of the Council of the
Royal Scottish academy, has obligingly given his consent
to the exhibition, in the Academy galleries, in February, of
one of the most remarkable pictures in the Stafford-house
collection. The picture in question is Danby's famous work
representing the passage of the Red Sea by the children of
Israel; with the destruction of the host of Pharoah.--Scots-
man.

THE WEATHER: SUN OFFICB, FEB. 1,
TUEUIOMETER, Lowest, 27 ; Highest, 38 ; Noon, 33.

BAROMETER, N.W.
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes
the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers
`air is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morninit ... 57 minutes after 11. f Evening ... 0 minutes after 0.

the progress of his address, permitted himself
to make use of any improper expressions
personally reflecting on the conduct of the Attorney-
General, with regard to the trials. He then called
on the Attorney-General to hand up to their Lord-
ships a note which the Attorney-General had sent
over to him.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that if the Learned

Counsel had any motion to make on the subject he
had better state it upon affidavit.
Mr. Frrzalßsort (vehemently)—Never. And if
the Attorney-General does not hand up the note to.
the Court I will state the substance of it. Mr. FITz-
GIBBON then stated that the Attorney-General had sent
him a note, calling on him to retract certain expres-
sions which he was represented to have used in the
course of his address, and which the Attorney-
General considered as personally reflecting on
himself, and calling on him, if he did not retract
them, to name a friend.

This statement caused the most marked sensation,
surprise being the most prominent feature of it,
throughout the Court.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that Mr. PITZ-

GIBBON had stated in his address to the Court, that
he was influenced by private motives in the conduct
of the present prosecution—that he was guided
in the conduct of it by his feelings as to what effect
success or failure might, have upon his political ad-
vancement, • and if he withdrew the reflection thus
cast upon his conduct, he would be satisfied.

Mr. FITZGIBBON said the Attorney-General
came with pistol in hand, and he could not help
telling him that he would not thus draw an apology
from him.

Mr. MoouE suggested that as all must regret that
such an occurrence had taken place, an opportunity
should be given to both parties to become reconciled
with each other by a mutual explanation.

The CHIEF JUSTICE thanked Mr. MOORE for his
suggestion, and stated that the Court felt itself in a
very embarrassing situation; and that the Attorney-
General was the last man that ought to have allowed
himself to be betrayed into any such expression as
that now declared to the Court.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that now he would
not impose any condition respecting the withdrawal
of the expressions which had hurt him.
Mr. FITZGIBBON declared that he had never meant
to impute anything like improper motives to the At-

orney-General in the conduct of the trials, bu

that he felt he did not exceed his duty in canvassing
his conduct as a public man.
After some further observations from the mutual
friends of both learned gentlemen,

Mr. FITZGIBBON resumed his address to the Court,
which rose at a quarter to five.
There is one circumstance that rendered the send-
ing the challenge at such a time and in such a manner
especially blameable. The lady of Mr. FITZGIBBON
and her child were sitting at the table nearly by the
side of Mr. FITZGIBBON."

In earnestly invoking the public, at large, to give
:heir most careful and attentive perusal to the " Ad-
dress of the Society for the Emancipation of In-
dustry" (which will be found in another column), we
claim for that remarkable document no higher a de-
gree of consideration-than it is amply entitled to by its
subject matter and the intrinsic importance of its con-
tents. From the greatness, the simplicity, the benefi-
cence, the national character of its objects, it is a paper
with more powerful pretensions to the active sympathies
of every class of British subjects—ranging, in the
scale of society, above that enormous working com-
munity, on whose behalf its eloquent appeal is more
especially asserted—than almost any we remember
to have met with in our whole experience as
journalists. We will briefly state what those
pretensions are. The objects of the Asso-
ciation are not private or corporate, but strictly
public. The attainment of those objects is not
merely a question of expediency, but of vital neces-
sity to the welfare of the State. This vital necessity
consists in the visible, incontrovertible, appalling
fact, that a wasting disease, which has been gene-
rated in the entire system of British greatness, civil
and political, by erroneous legislation,. must
speedily beCome mortal, if it be not arrested
by some legislative remedy of timely applica-
tion. The remedy suggested in the " Address,"
with a view directly to relieve, and perma-
nently re-establish, that branch of our population
which has hitherto most suffered, and at present
languishes and declines under the influence of the
disease we deprecate, would indirectly but rapidly
reinvigorate the energies and prosperity of all other
sections of the public who have been felloW-sufferers
from the same evil influence. The type of the,
disease is, :" all the wrong and misery" which have
been wrought to the labouring poor, in all occupations,
by the Currency Act of 1819 ; and the simple remedy
proposed is, the repeal of that fatal measure, accom-
panied with the issue, by Government, of Govern-
ment paper to the amount of our annual taxatiop.
It would be affectation on our parts were we to
disclaim the gratification we have derived from find-
ing that the "Address," in tracing the origin and' the
course of the disease which has so long invaded, and
now threatens to destroy, " the comfort and happiness
of all the productive classes," and in indicating the
remedial course requisite to be taken for its removal,
concurs in all respects with the views which we have
ourseli,es long announced on these subjects, and have
more particularly enforced for some months past. The
Address, after announcing that " the time has arrived
when active' measures must be taken for the protection
and relief of the indu,stry of the, country," takes a
rapid review of those isolated and partial attempts
which, only, have hitherto been made "to rescue our
suffering people from the cruel bondage" imposed on
them by the consequences or the results of the mea;.
sures we have so often denounced. It adverts to the
Anti-Corn-law League, and its exertions on behalf of
the manufacturer; to the efforts from time to time
put forward on behalf of factory children—female
colliery labourers—education of the children of the
poor, &c.—and laments the insufficiency of these "to
meet the exigencies of the times." It then proceeds,
" We turn to our fellow-countrymen of every de-
gree, and ask them to join us in forming a Society
which, entertaining no schemes of private advantage, ,
but devoted solely to the public good, hopes, by the
corrective aid of the Legislature, to remove the evils
which an unfortunate Act of Legislation has created."
We will not do the "Address" the injustice of giving,
in abstract only, the several paragraphs occupied by the
argument for the propriety of securing taxation wages
to the labourer, and taxation prices to the manufac-
turer and the agriculturist—as to the manu-
factured commodities of the one; and the produce of
the other; or to the demonstration of that enormous
legislative blunder or injustice--unparalleled at least
in the annals of legislative spoliation—which by fixing
and legalising, exclusively, a gcad standard of cur-.
rency, and diminishing the previous paper circulation
in the enormous proportion necessary to enable the
Bank of England to meet its excessive liabilities
under this more expensive and prodigiously decreased
metallic currency, so reduced prices, and by conse-
quence the wages of labour, that " it is calculated
that more than 30,000,000/. annually are wrung
from the hard earnings of the poor by means of extra
toil and increased privations, which nature cannot
long endure." "By adding taxation to natural or
gold prices, that portiun of the indirect taxes which
cannot be borne by the productive classes in their
productive capacity will be paid at last by the con-
sumer"--from whose shoulders, let it never be forgotten
—Sir ROBERT PEEL'S iniquitous Bill quietly trans-
ferred it to those of the then already taxed, but since
miserably under-paid, under-fed, and unregarded
labourer and artisan. As we 'must here conclude
our notice of the " Address," we may commend
these, its benevolent purposes, to the best assistance
and the best wishes of our readers.
" We object to the labouring man being burthened with
the task or providing all that wealth which others, who do
not work, enjoy at his expense, while they allow him, in re-
turn for unremitting toil, less food and clothing, worse shel-
ter, coarser and harder fare, than a West India planter
allowed his slaves, or an English farmer gives his horses.
We are desirous of seeing the industrious workman partake
of some of the benefits of those improvements in machinery
which have hitherto added so wonderfully to the luxuries of
the rich, but have sunk the poor into deeper poverty."
" To effect this, we shall urge that higher wages be given—
wages not merely increased in numerical amount, but able to
command a greater quantify of every useful and necessary
article. We pledge ourselves to prove that this is attainable
with the greatest facility, depending for the extent of its be.
ne4.cial action solely upon a vote of the Legislature."

We indulge a pleasing confidence that this appeal
will be most efficiently responded to throughout the
country; and we cordially concur in the old ballad.
prediction that follows :

44 It was ones merry England,
And it shall be so again."

THE. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1844.

HER MAJESTY'S
SPEECH,

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT

Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
It affords me great satisfaction again to meet you
in Parliament, and to have the opportunity of profiting
by your assistance and advice.
I entertain a confident hope that the general
peace so necessary for the happiness and prosperity
of all nations will continue uninterrupted.
My friendly relations with the King of the
French, and the good understanding happily esta-
blished between my Government and that of his
Majesty, with the continued assurances of the peace-
ful and amicable dispositions of all Princes and States,
confirm me in this expectation.
I have directed that the treaty which I have
concluded with the Emperor of China shall be laid
before you, and I rejoice to think that it will, in its
results, prove highly advantageous to the trade of
this country.
Throughout the whole course of my negocia-
tions with the Government of China, I have uni-
formly disclaimed the wish for any exclusive advan-
tages.

It has been my desire that equal favour
should be shown to the industry and commercial
enterprise of all nations.
The hostilities which took place during the past
year in Sinde have led to the annexation of a con-
siderable portion of that country to the British pos-
sessions in the East.
In all the military operations, and especially in
the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad, the constancy
and valour of the troops, Native and European, and
the skill and gallantry of their distinguished Com-
mander have been most conspicuous.
I have directed that additional information ex-
planatory of the transactions in Sinde, shall be forth-
with communicated to you.

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
The Estimates for the ensuing year will be im-
mediately laid before you. They have been
prepared with a strict regard to economy, and
at the same time with a due consideration of
those exigencies of the Public Service which are con-
nected with the maintenance of our maritime
strength, and the multiplied demands on the Naval
and Military Establishments from the various parts
of a widely-extended Empire.

MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
I congratulate you on the improved condition of
several important branches of the trade and manufac-
tures of the country.
I trust that the increased demand for labour has
relieved, in a corresponding degree, many classes of
my faithful subjects from sufferings and privations,
which, at former periods, I have had occasion to
deplore.

For several successive years the annual produce
of the Revenue fell short of the Public Expenditure.
I confidently trust that in the present year the
public income will be amply sufficient to defray the
charges upon it.
• I feel assured that in considering all matters
connected with the financial concerns of the country,
you will bear in mind the evil consequences of accu-
mulating debt during the time of peace, and that you
will firmly resolve to uphold that public credit,
the maintenance of which concerns equally the perma-
nent interests and the honour and reputation of a

great country.
In the course of the'present year the opportu-
nity will occur of giving notice to the Bank of
England on the subject of the revision of its Charter.
It may be advisable that during. this session of
Parliament, and previously to the arrival of the period
assigned for the giving of such' notice, the state of the
law with regard to the privileges of the Bank of Eng-
land, and to other banking establishments, should be
brought under your consideration.
At the close of the last Session of Parliament,
I declared to you my firm determination to main-
tain inviolate the Legislative Union between Great
Britain and Ireland.

I expressed, at the same tithe, my earnest desire
to co-operate with Parliament in the adoption of all
such measures as might tend to improve the social
condition of Ireland, and to develope the natural re-
sources of that part of the United Kingdom.

lam resolved to act in strict conformity with
this declaration. I forbear from observations on
events in Ireland, in respect to which proceedings are
pending before the proper legal tribunal.

My attention has been directed to the state of
the law and practice with svgs.. rd to the occupation of
land in Ireland.
I have deemed it advisable to institute extensive
local inquiries into a subject of So much importance,
and have appointed a Commission with ample autho-
rity to conduct the requisite investigation.

I :recommend to yowr early consideration the
enactments at present in force in Ireland concern-
ing the registration of vorbers for Members of Par-
liament.

You will probably find that a revision of the Law
of Registration, taken in:. conjunction with other
causes at present in opetattion, would produce a ma-
terial diminution of the :number of county voters.
and that it - may be advisable on that account to
consider the state of the licw, With a view to an ex-
tension of the county fran(jaite in Ireland.
I commit to your dOiberate consideration the
various important questions. of public policy which will
necessarily come underYo;ur.:review,with full confidence
in your loyalty and wisd crm, and with an earneBt
prayer to Almighty God t wt. direct and favour your
efforts to promote the we)tfire of all classes of my
people.

LPEDS Wootaxx MARK 31 Ts.—Theye is a good
amount of business doing at b 01.,h the Cloth Halls nearly
every market day, and the dein as nd for tweeds and similar
goods seems to be increasing. I n fine goods little or nething
is doing. Numerous buyers have been in the town on home
account, and a fair trade is doin a • in the warehouses.—The
price of tallow in Leeds remains 4 t t 4s. 3d. per imperial stone.
—York Courant.
WHALE FISHERY.—As an., instance of the decline
of the whale fishery; it is mentioips that the whole number
of vessels that sailed for this tracts if in 1843 was 11, whereas
there used to be about 50 per ann m.—Ayr Observer.
THE COTTON CROP.--As vw e anticipated a fortnight
ago, the speculators on both sides cot' the Atlantic have suc-
ceeded, by acting and re-acting.. vi i each other's operations,
in procuring, both in the United S ates and here, an advance
in price which we cannot think is 1" justified by anything we
have been able to discover, either it t the American papers, or
in the state of our demand or con at amption here. Since our
last arrivals from the United States it does appear that heavy
rains have prevailed over a consi d erable extent of country
occupied as cotton plantations ; an j I that, in consequence, the
crop will be somewhat shorter' !than previously we had
reason to expect. The general :anticipation in the United
States, if we may judge fro% a the statements confi-
dently put forth in the newspai ii re, is, that it will not
exceed 1,700,000 bales, and one ;letter from New Orleans
estimates it as low as 1,600,000 lie & es. This, however, is the
lowest estimate we have anywhere seen; and, on the other
hand,. Messrs. Stewart and Wri; ht, cotton brokers, New
York, in their circular, state tls of they see no reason to
alter their estimate of 1,800,0 0() bales, made so long
ago as the 14th of November 3 last. In the, midst of
these conflicting statements, if •we refer to the state-
ment of the total quantities i4' cotton received at the
various American ports, up to the I atest dates, as compared
with the same dates in 1842—a itement which appears in
the New York Shipping and Can tit nercial List of the 10th
instant—we find those receipts tts be-1843, 707,367-bales ;
1842, 906,036 bales. The differe x !,et therefore, between the
receipts of 1843 and 1842 is about 22k per cent. in favour of
the last named year. In this t( ye In, there appears to be a
general disposition to deduct 10 04 000 bales from previous
estimates ; and this appears to us Iv )be a reasonable deduc-
tion for the damage which there: se aim too much reason to
fear the crop has sustained sin ce the preceding advices.
Though we cannot subscribe to tit e'; extreme views of the New
Orleans letter already referred to, ;t1 s to the probable amount
of the crop, it contains some st at ements with reference to
peculiarities in the growth of the ;-,T .lant itself, not undeserv-
ing of attention by those interestb d'. in the trade. The intelli-
gence of the crop brought by the rte cent arrivals immediately
produced a very active and excite d market in Liverpool ;
prices rose fully id. per pound vt al as will be seen by the
report of yesterday's cotton ma tin et, transactions to a large
amount continued to be made, E Crld much speculative busi-
ness was done.—Manchester GuaP Adis in.

_
:MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the sales were
fully 22,000 baleS, and prices were 4d. to id. per lb. higher
than last Friday. Speculators took 5,000 bales Surat, and
9,000 American ; the sales comprising 6,000 bales Surat at 31d.
to 44d., 2,500.8razil and Egyptian, and the rest American at sd.
to 64d. per lb.—There was a steady market for shares, and a
fair business was done : Grand 4unction were 229 ; Liver-
pool and'Manchester, 221; Birmingham, 242 ; Brighton, 46 ;
Midland Counties, 91 ; Paris and Orleans, 33*; Rouen and
Havre, 114 •, Paris and Rouen 32*.
The English Securities are quiescent, business being sus-
pended till after the receipt of the Queen's Speech. Consols
are at a decline of 974 to 974, being affected by the report
of the Parisian Bourse. Exchequer Bills are 665. to 695.
premium. and India Bonds, 81s. to 83s. premium. Bank
Stock is 194 to 195. The Reduced Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. realise 1024 to 1024.
The Foreign Bonds. are supported. Spanish Five per
Cents. have been at 234 to 4, anti the Threes at 314 to -4.
Brazils are 79, and Portuguese Converted 47. Dutch Two-
and-it4lalf per Cents. have been 544 to 55. Mexican are
344 for Money, and 344 to 4 for Time.
Shares are generally steady; but the Southern lines droop
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.) '
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities ...... 9744444 1
34 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
New 34 per Cent. Annuities
10i44 ia
South Sea Stock
104
Bank Stock for Account
Consols for Account
India Stock
Exchequer Bills, lid. lid.
10001.
5001. .. ... 69
Ditto Small ,
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 864
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent... ..., .. 34*
Ditto for the Account 3444
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
S-4anish Bonds, Five per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
542344
Ditto Passive Bonds -
Ditto Deferred 134
Ditto Three per Cent. • .
Ditto for the Account 81,444
Dutch 24 per Cent .. 55 5.44
' Dutch 5 per Cent.
7- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Derby ..... .... 100
Ditto Thirds
Eastern Counties 23 ... .. 104 ... to
Great Western - to
Ditto 4 Shares
Ditto Fifths
to
Harwich Extension
Liverpool and Manchester .....100
Ditto 4 Shares
London and Brighton ...... 50
London and Blackwall
[ London and South Western ... 41% ...
1 ;Ditto Eighths 4 ... 244 ... to
London and Croydon ( Trunk)... 134 1644 ... to
Manchester and Leeds ... ... ...... 70 ll O... —to
Midland Counties ~ 100
Ditto 4 Shares
Norwich and Brandon
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen .. .... : ..... 20 - 324 ... to
Rouen and Havre .... ......... .. 8
South Eastern and D0ver..„...., 50
Ditto Scrip.. ..... ... ..... .25 wig ... to
York and North Mid1and......... 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch ...... .. 24 2044 ... to
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 31.—ir good
inquiry still exists for railways generally, but stock is
sparingly offered. Manchester and Leeds are in request
at 110/., our transactions are:—Bristol and Exeter, 671-;
Birmingham and Gloucester, 71 ; Manchester and
Leeds, 110 ; Ditto, Half, 49; Manchester and Birraing
ham, 39i; Paris and Rouen, 32 ; Eastern Counties per
petua], 15s. 6d. premium.

ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT
STOCKPORT.
On Tuesday evening one of, the largest, most, resPectable,
ok,
and- most enthusiastic meetings ever held in Stockport, to
place last evening, in aid of the great League Fund of 100,OCC''
The meeting was held in Batty's Royal Circus, Middle Bill"
gate, a spacious pavilion, capable of seating 2,500 persons;
and the whole available space in the boxes, pit, and galleries,
was crowded to excess. At ten minutes before seven o'clock,
the chair was taken by Cephas Howard, Esq., Mayor of the
Borough ; and, on the platform were the following
gentlemen :—Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., Mr. Aldermen
Armitage, and -Mr. R. Moore (a deputation from the Leagnet
Henry Marsland, Esq., M.P. ; Messrs. Alderman We
Alderman Hollins, Samuel Carrington, John Dyson Fernley;
Rev. Charles Baker, Rev. S. Healey ; the Town-cleric;
Mes-si-s. Thomas Eskrigge, James Ashton, Benjamin Ashton,
John Lees, Henry Pearson, W. R. Potts, Hamer, Sefton,Wilde, M'Culloch, Carrington, Potter, &c.
In opening the proceedings, the Chairman. said, they were
met for the purpose of receiving the deputation -from the
Anti-Corn-law League, advocates of the repeal of Lb°
corn-laws and free trade in every department of conuner''''
—(Loud applause.)—Henry Marsland, Esq.,llLP:, then cake
forward to move the first resolution, and was received with
cheers. He adverted to the origin of the Anti-Corn-10
League, the opposition they had met- with, and the triumph
they had achieved over their opponents. They had g°'
among the agricultbral districts for the purpose of enlighten',
ing the minds of those for whose benefit the corn-lawsytere
said to be enacted. Great had been the labours of his Ho'
Colleague—(Loud cheers)—and his coadjutors in the cause;
and the farmers had now become convinced that they wer
not benefited by these laws, and had much rather that we
should be the consumers of their produce than the victioe
of their policy. The Anti-Corn-law League had done very
much to liberate us from the political trammels in wine
we were tied, and men of all shades of politics were now
found uniting in this great movement in favour of free and
,
unshackled commerce. The Whigs were equally guilty
the Tories in not caring for the country, and therefore t"..;
country ceased to care for them. He rejoiced that this ir
no party movement; and, as a proof that it was no Pull
movement, he was glad to be able to point to the gentleiraw
'who now occupied the chair.—(Hear, 'hear.) After advert'.
ing to the deep distress which had lately been felt in Stock'
port,—distress which might soon return unless the policy by
which it had been caused was altered,—he concluded by WO'
ing the following resolution
That this meeting; being firmly of opinion that this coult•
try suffers severely from: the baneful effects of monopoly'
especially the corn-law, and that an laws which interfere
with the freedom of industry and with the bounties of Po:
vidence are impolitic and unjust, resolves to tender its be
assistance, on all necessary occasions, to the National Anti-
Corn-law League, in its persevering endeavours for the coin'
plete abolition of all commercial monopolies."—(Applause.)
The Rev. Charles Baker, Baptist minister, briefly,,,se-
conded the resolution; and it passed Without a single 'Li'
sentient voice.
A great number of addresses were presented by working
men to Mr. Cobden from different manufaCtories, thanking
him for his exertions, and calling upon him --to persevere in
his great object—the destruction of monopolies. -Mr. Cobden
returned thanks to the deputation, and then addressed the
meeting. Mr. Moore announced the subscriptions for tilts
night, which amounted to 984/., in addition "to 320/.
sub-
scribed by Messrs. Orrell and Hollins at Manchester. IWere
the meeting broke up the total contributioh for StockpOrt
was announced to be 1,3331.95. 4d.,

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

SAY BT.A.REETS.

SMITTIFIELD.—Common Meadow Hay, 2/ 103 to 3/ 3s ;
Useful Ditto, 315 s to 31 14s ; fine Upland Ditto, 31 15s to
4l; Clover Hay, 3/ to 51; Oat Straw, 117 s to 119 s; Wheat
Straw, 1/ 108 to 1/ 12s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved
off steadily, at full prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 13s to 3/ 8s ;
useful ditto, 31 lOs to 3/ 16s ; fine Upland ditto, 31 17s to
4/ 2s ; Clover Hay, 3l 3s to 4l 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to
1/ 103 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 13s per load. A limited
supply and a steady demand. Quotations somewhat on
the advance.

WHITECiiiIPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2115 s to 313 s ;
useful ditto, 315 s to 3114 ; fine Upland ditto, 31 15s to 41;
Clover Hay, 3l 5s to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 118 s to 1110 s ; Wheat
Straw, 1/ 10s to 1112 s per load. Supply but moderate, and
trade tolerably firm.

- MEAT DIAREETS.
SOUTHALLZJAN. 31.—Most descriptions of prime stock com-
manded a steady. demand, at fully last week's prices, but
otherwise the trade ruled extremely dull, and a clearance was
with difficulty effected. Beef, from 3s to 4s; •Mutton, 3s to
4s 4d ; Veal, 3s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s to 3s 8d per Sibs, to
sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 32 ; Sheep, 1,292 ; Calves,
38 ; Pigs, 40.

itomicnn, JAN. 31.—We had a fair business doing in
sheep at full quotations. In other kinds of Stock very little
was doing. Beef, from 2s to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 8d to 3s 10d per 81bs.
Suckling Calves, 18s to 28s; Quarter-Old Store Pigs, 16s to
21s ; and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 161 to 191 each.
LEWES, JAN. 30.—We had a fair average stock on offer,
to-day, and which moved off slowly, on the following terms;
Beef from 3s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d; Veal, 4s ; to
4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 3s 10d per 8 lbs.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.).
(Sittings at Nisi Prius,, before Lord ABINGEIS and Common
Juries.)
The following undefended cases were disposed of at the
sitting of the Court this Morning; in, each case verdicts for
the plaintiffs were given i—ln Walsh' v. Gates, for 26/. 19s;
Martin v. Ratcliffe, tbr 34/05, 4d.; Cohen and AnOther v.
Lawrence, for 661. 195.•

COOKE v.' CIIEW.

Mr. Whateley and Mr. iMilfer appeared for the plaintiff
Mr. Humphrey conducted; the 'toe for the defendant.

This was an-action to recover compensation in damages for
false imprisonment. It appeared that the plaintiff, who was
a commercial traveller for a mercantile house in the City, en-
gaged from the defendant a phaeton, for which he
was to pay 21. 10s. a month. Subsequently the
plaintiff became involved in difficulties, and' having left his
employment returned the phaeton to the defendant, at the
same time stating his inability at that time to pay for the
hire of the phaeton. The defendant detained .the servant of
the plaintiff who brought it back, and having traced the
plaintiff to a coffee-house, there arrested him en a eharge of
felony, and caused him to be conveyed to the Moor-Pane
station-house, where he was confined during the eight. The
next morning he was taken before Sir. Peter Laurie, at
Guild-
hall, who stated his belief that the case was not ,one of
felony, and remanded him to the next day, when the money
was raised and the debt paid.--Nerdict for the plaintiff 5/.
HUNTER V. BR4ITHS):AgE: ,
This was an action to recover compensation in damages,
under the following circumstances, which 'have been detailed
at length in The bun.

. •
The plainilff, who is a licensed, victualler, carrying- on
business at the Earl Cathcart's, in Munster-street, Regent's-
park, embarked with four friends on board the Prince
Albert steam-boat, with the intention of proceeding
to Sheerness, on a pleasure excursion. On reaching
Gravesend the captain denounced them to the crew
as pickpockets and members of the " swell mob,"
at the same time informing thein in language which could
not be misconstrued, that they-Must land at Gravesend, and
which they were compelled- to do, and where, from the pre-
judice created against them, they were annoyed by a mob,
and refused refreshments or admission into any tavern in the
town. After'several ineffectual attempts to get a passage by
the steam-boats plying to London, they were compelled, at,
consi-derable expense, to take a carnage to town. The de-
fendant is the proprietor of the steam-boat. An action was
brought last term by Mr. Coppin, one of the party, againSt
Mr. Braithwaite, when the preceding facts were adduced, and
a verdict.found for 501. in his favour.
Veiclict for the plaintiff, 201. .

THE LATE FIRE AT IJEPTFORD.—The following
address has been presented to the Royal Marines, to whose
prompt assistance upon this occasion so much credit is due
" To Captain Buchanan, the officer in command of the de-
tachment of her Majesty's Royal Marines on duty at Dept-
ford, on Thursday, the 11th of January, 1844. Sirl—We,
the undersigned vicar, rector, churchwardens, and inhabi-
tants of the parishes of St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford,
Kent, desire to express our sincere thanks for the prompt
and effective assistance rendered by you and the officers and
men under your command, at the alarming fire which oc-
curred in High-street, Deptford, on the 11th instant, and our
admiration of the intrepidity and orderly and soldierlike
conduct displayed on that occasion, by which the threatened
serious conflagration was arrested, and but for which we feel
convinced a very great loss of property, if not of life, must
have occurred. We request you will accept for yourself,
and be good enough to communicate to those of your corps
to whose very zealous exertions we and our fellow-townsmen
are:so much indebted, this earnest of our feelings of gratitude
towards you and them. We remain, &c." The following is
the reply :—" Royal Marine Barracks, Deptford. Gentle-
men,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a
document bearing your signatures, together with many others
of the respectable inhabitants of Deptford, expressing their
gratitude to the officers, non-commissioned officers, and pri-
vates, under my orders, in reducing and stopping the fire
which broke out on the morning of the 11th inst., in High-
street, Deptford. I have to request that you will be pleased
to convey to them the high gratification. I feel that the de-
tachment of the Royal Marines under my command should
have proved of so much service at a time when much valu-
able property was threatened ivith destruction. I trust that
they will always meet their approbation under similar and
any other circumstances. I have the honour to be your
obedient servant, J. BUCHANAN, Captain commanding de-
tachment. To the Vicar, Rector, and Churchwardens of St.
Paul's and St. Nicholas'."

PRICE OF WooL.—Since the beginning of Novem-
ber wool has risen above 40 per cent., and still looks upwards,
and as the manufacturers have no stocks on hand, the
farmers may confidently look forward for several years to
good prices, in spite of all the exertions of the League.—Kelso
Mail.

FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATIO
AT WAKEFIELD.
WAKEFIELD, WEDNESDAY EVEN DlG.—The promised " deoi
monstration.of the friends of free trade, and the abolition
the corn-laws, in the West Riding of-Yorkshire," was made
this evening. The theatre selected for this display Was the
hall of the Corn Exchange, which was judiciously and taste*
fully fitted up for the occasion. Seats were provided f0r623.
in all, and large as was the number, every ticket was dig-
posed of several days ago, and many persons applied in vat
as early:even as Monday.
The following localities were represented by their del.!'
gates :—Ossett, Halifax, Parsley, Gomersail, Cleckheatel'l
Ileckmondwike, Doncaster, Dewsbury, Yeadon, HorsfnlT
Guiseley, Rawden, Pudsey, Batley, Barnsley, Wakefielut
Huddersfield, Lindley, Lockwood, South Crosland, HonleP
Kirkburton, Golcar, Dalton, Kirkeaton, Murfield, Skehno.
thorpe, Clayton West, Homefurth, Molegreen, BirkbeYt
Bradford, Otley, Morton, Clayton, and Leeds.
Five o'clock was the hour appointed for the dinner, tut the
guests did not enter the room until a quarter to Six. Jan?
Garth Marshall, Esq.ipresided as chairman, the vice-cnn.
Th
men being -11.-H.B94sfield, George Craven, F. Schwan, and
F. Carbutt, Esqrs. --e whole of the excellent arrangelne%
were under the intniOiate superintendence of ltends4
Esq., assisted by G. M. Bingley, Esq., the -secretary of t"
Wakefield Anti-Corn-law Association.
On the right of the Chairman sat Lord Morpeth, P. Gag:
kell, Esq., Col. Thompson, George Wilson, Griraste.n':
Wm. Hand, George Oxley, T. Bazeley, E. Baines, T. rii4
R. Milligan, R. Forbes, J. Scholefield, Gully, Jos. 1017„d
E. Ackroyd, Wm. Morris, and Willoughby Wood, Esqrs.)
the Rev. J. G. Morris.
of
On the left were Richard Cobden,
.Esq., the Mayer
Leeds, John Bright, Wilkinson, R. R. Moore, D. Lupton'
T. Mallison, George Crosland, H: Ashworth, G.-Wise,-
Clay, Jas. Thompson, Welsh, D. Peckover, Da2rgf.
H. Clayton, Taylor Crooke, W. Harvey, and Chad-
wick, Esqrs.
• fl The Hon. C. Villiers, who had accepted an invite og.
was unable, from sudden indisposition, to attend.-
The approach of Lord Morpeth to the Hall was announl-r;
to the dense company by the applause of the populace Ir.:
thronged the avenues leading to the banquetting room.
bled
mediately his Lordship entered the building those
there responded to the enthusiastic plaudits of the penim* Messrs. Cobden, Bright, Gaskell, and Colonel Thozolo°u
were also loudly cheered as they entered the room, and TM'_,.
severally recognised.
At five minutes before seven, the cloth-having been re-
moved, the ladies entered the gallery, and were loudly er
plauded.
As soon as order was restored, grace having been said,
The Chairman rose and gave ' The health of her 1110.0
Gracious Majesty the Queen, which was drunk with nine
times nine.
The first toast was not given till sewn o'clock, and ths
last mail train left Wakefield at a quarter-past seven, why
the express left.

BRIGHTON.—TEE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE.-011
Saturday morning his Royal Highness took his gun and went
into Col. Wyndham's preserves, but before he had any sport
he kicked against the stump of a tree, and had rather a se-
vere fall. His Royal Highness returned to Petworth House
immediately, but we are happy to state that he was able to
dine with the company, the only inconvenience he felt from
the accident being a stiffness in the shoulder. On Sunday
his Royal Highness attended Divine service in the parish
church, both in the morning and afternoon, and on the fol-
lowing day took his departure for Goodwood, oa a visit to the
Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY, DOVER, JAN. 31.—
It is now definitively arranged that the South Eastern Rail-
way should be opened to Dover on Tuesday next, the 6th of
February; and the event will be celebrated by a dinner, on
a sumptuous scale, at the theatre, to which the Directors,
engineers, and officers, of the Company. The civic authori-
ties of Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, Canterbury, Deal, Hythe,.
Folkestone, &c., are to be invited ; an excellent Committee, of
which the Mayor is chairman, has been appointed to conduct
the banquet, and a liberal subscription entered, into ;o defray
the txpease of it.—C.Frcm; a Correspondent.)

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