The Sun.
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No. 16,049.

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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
POPULAR LECTURES daily, abounding in BEAUTIFUL
EXPERIMENTS. With the view to amuse the Visitors, as well as
to afford instruction in CHEMISTRY, EXPERIMENTAL PHILO-
SOPHY, and other branches of Science, Dr. Ryan, Professor Bach-
hoffner, Mr. Goddard, and other Lecturers vary their subjects as much
as possible, and have arranged so that each Lecture shall seldom oc-
cupy more than Half an Hour—a List of which for the week is sus-
pended in the Hall of Manufactures. The first commences at a Quar-
ter past Twelve. The Apparatus, &c., used for illustration is of the
most elaborate and perfect description, amongst which is ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE (which is exhibited
daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings), and LONG-
BOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS,
DIVER and DIVLNG-BELL. &c. &c. _ _ _

Conductor of the .Music, T. Wallis, DMus. Doc,
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS.

MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-
SQUARE.

TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS,

THE CATHEDRAL HOTEL and TAVERN,
48, St: Paul's Churchyard, and 50, Old Change, one door from
Cheapside being most central and cheerfully situate, has superior ac-
commodation at moderate charges. Soup, Fish, and Joints ready from
One to Seven o'clock. Dinner off the joint, Is. 6d. ; with soup, fish, or
entrees, &c., 2s. Very choice old Wines and Spirits, and the cele-
brated Punch. Rooms for private parties, Ilot and Cold Baths, well-
aired Beds, &c. Reid and Co.'s splendid Stout, and Bass and Co.'s
Pale India Ale.

GREAT WHEAL MARTHA CONSOLI-
DATED MINES.
The DIRECTORS hereby give notice that ALL the SHARES
having been ALOTTED, the BUSINESS of the COMPANY will
COMMENCE from THIS DAY.
Winchester-house, Old Broad-street, London, Feb. I, 1844.

THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY
DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by
Ills MAJESTY the 'EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY
DIVIDENDS of

£l4O
£l2O
£GOO
£5,000

_
.£5O £6O £7O
£9O £lOO £llO
£l5O £2OO £lOO
£BOO £l,OOO £1,500
and £23,000 sterling
Amounting together to £70,170 sterling.
Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITHOUT DELAY,to
HEINE BROTHERS, at li.k3IBURGH,
Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.

Mr. WILSON begs to state that be has recovered from the
hoarseness under which he was labouring on Monday last, and will
On MONDAY EVENING, February 5, at
.Eight o'Clock,

Give his Entertainment entitled

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, WITH ILLUSTRATIVE

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFT ASSUR-
ANCE 'SOCIETY,
• 26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
At the First Annual Division of Profits in Slay, 1843, Policies of
tire years' standing in this Society became entitled to a bonus
averaging 55 per cent. on the Premiums paid.
EXAMPLES.

Another Bonus will be declared in the prescntsyear.

1313.1EDIATI: ANNUITY FOR EVERY lIUNDRED POUNDS SUNK.
Annuity. Annuity.
Age 40. £6 5 2 Age 70 £l4 2 2
50 7 8 0 75
60

FERGUSON • cAmnoux, Sec,

SONGS.
Pianoforte, Mr. LAND.

FART L —Death-bed Lament of King James—The Queen's
Marriage—Mary's farewell to France—Carle, Ron the Queen's
come—Gar a'your ramhorn trumpets tout—An old Highlander's
welcome—The last Lay of Chatelard—The Queen's bonny
Merles.

PART IL—Up, Scotland, up I and wake the mcrn—Mary's
Lament in Locbleven—Earl of Argyle's Address to the Queen's
Army—Tammie and Nannie—Dirge for Mary, Oh, weep,
weep, ye streams. _

AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENE-
RAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COMPANY,
126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.
Capital 200,0002., In 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.

Edward Barnard, Esq., Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. • Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
BA:mots—Union Bank of London.
COLONIAL BA/mans—The Bank of Australasia (Incorporated by.lloyal
Charter, 1833), No. 2, Aloorgate-street.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearsc, Stevens, and Co.
Parsicias—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Szcarraair—Edward Ryley, Esq.
ASSURANCES may be effected with this Company at unusually
favourable rates, affording every variety of accommodation to the
assured. Participation in profits, ascending and descending scales of
premium, permission to retain one-third of the premium, which is
charged as a debt against the policy, tables for the assurance of a
sum payable in the event of death to the executors of the assured, or
to himself upon the attainment of the ages of 45, 50, or 60.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES in
particular, Who are assured for the whole term of life, this Company
offers the advantages of permission to proceed to, to reside in, and to
return from those colonies without extra premium ; and to pay their
premiums there.

PROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN-
NUITY COMPANY,
9, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established in 1826.
This Society is supported by an ample subscribed Capital, and by a
considerable accumulated premium fund.
Assurances are effected i at a low rate of premium, without profits,
or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the
Office.

A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre-
miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30
per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on
which three annual premiums had been paid in the previous De-
cember.
A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold-
ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses In ready money, or
have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction
of their future premiums.
Assurers may contract to pay their Premiums either in one sum, in
a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay-
ments, or on the ascending or descending scale.
Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted
with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the
limits of Europe, arc also Assured at moderate rates.
Prospectuses and all necessary information may be obtained at the
Office. MICHAEL SAW AHD, Secretary.

NATHEREAS, a PETITION of WILLIAM
PORTER, No. 13, Upper Wellington-street, formerly
V
known as Charles-street, Covent-garden, in the county of Middlesex,
coffee-house-keeper, but formerly of No. 29, Bell-street, Paddington,
in the said county of Middlesex, then trading under the name of
David Procter, and then being a baker, having been filed in the Court
of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process
having been given to the said William Porter, under the provisions of
an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament holden in the fifth
and sixth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An
Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors," the said William Porter is
hereby required to appear in Court before John Herman Merivale,
Esq., the Commissioner acting in the matter of the said petition, on
the 6th day of February, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely,
at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for the pur-
pose of being then and there examined touching his debts, estate, and
effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of
the said Act. All persons indebted to the said William Porter, or
that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but
to Mr. George Green, the official assignee, 18, Aldermanbury, nomi-
nated in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of the
said petition.

SOILED LINENS.—The SAMPLE LINENS
of those selebrated makers Knox and Co., for Irish linens, and
Beverage and Co for table linens, have been contracted for by
BROOKS and WIGHTWICK, in the Borough. These linens are
soiled only by showing to the trade as samples ; they are specimens
of the best made by these celebrated manufacturers, and are now
being sold at half the price of the same goods wh6n clean. Splendid
damask table cloths, three yards long, 7s. 6d. each ; two yards
square, each 2s. Pd. ; five yards long superb damask cloths, suitable
fur the table of the nobility, 20s. each ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. the
dozen ; finest damask napkins, yard square, the dozen, 10s. 6d. ;
Knox's extremely fine Coleraine Irish, twenty-six yards for 255. ;
stout and serviceable, twenty-six yards for 205., usually sold at Is. 6d.
per yard ; and a large lot of linen sheeting, commencing at 4s. Gd.
the pair, without a seam. Samples of these linens sent by horse and
cart to any part of town, or forwarded into the country if written
for, from Brooks and Wightwick's extensive establishment, 106,
High-street, torough, facing the end of I.nion-street. The premises
being three hundred feet deep, country drapers will find it to their
advantage to call at the wholesale warehouse in King-street.

434, OXFORD-STREET.

ro SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, and OTHERS

Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents.
GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the
Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally
ecommended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing dis-
•rders incident to the. Eyes and Head.
SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE

AND DEAFNESS CURED!

By the Blest simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound!
Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure ; many thou-
,,,nd cures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling ex-
ense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary
o i nthice the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Com-
(tens have used it. The Lore: of the Treasury have sanctionei
is use. Their late Majesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most
-minent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic
fialance, the Press—have eulogised Grimstone's celebrated
Herbaceous Compound, known as" Grimstone's Eye Snuff,"
or its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eyes and
Head. G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F. R. S. See J. B. Lachfield,
Esq.'s Letter, Wkitehai Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls
it a national blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The
ate Mr. Abernethy, with many others, recommend Grim-
tone's Eye Snuff, and call it " Man's best Friend," and the
• Student's Vade Mecum."—See the many thousand Letters
4f Testimonies, of undoubted medical authority, with others of
e first respectability.
Nottingham, 28th Aug., 1841.
this extraordinary cure is attested by Mr. James Wilcockson
Foreign Snuff and Cigar Merchant, Nottingham.

front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Scats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for
Six, 15s. ; for Eight, 1/. Programmes and Tickets may be
had at the music shops, and at the Music-hall.
Mr. Wilson will give his Entertainments every Monday
Evening, and in the course of the season will produce those he
has had some time in preparation, entitled—JACOßlTE RE-
LICS WANDERING WILLIE'S WALLET—THE
JAMESES OF tsCOTL AND—THE WALLACE AND
THE BR UCE—A HAIVER Wl' JAMIE HOGG, &c., &c.

THE HASTINGS, RYE, and TENTERDEN
RAILWAY.

(From the South Eastern, at Headcorn).
The Provisional Committee have the satisfaction to state that
they have entered into an arrangement with the Directors of the
South Eastern Company, subject to the approbation of their Pr-
oprietors, by which that Company wiil engage at any time within
five years from its opening to take a lease of the Hastings line
for 21 years, at such a rent as shall guarantee to the Proprietors
4 per cent, per annum on the cost of its construction to the ex-
tent of the estimate, with a moiety of the net surplus profits
beyond the rental, thus giving to the Proprietors of this under-
taking the opportunity of working the contemplated line them-
selves fur five years, with the option, should it be deemed more
advantageous at any time within that period, of requiring the
South Eastern Company to take a lease for 21 years, at a rental
securing to the Proprietors a certain fair return for their ca-
pital with a proportion of the surplus benefits likely to arise
from union management and a consequent reduction of expenses.
Power will be applied for in the Act, to allow interest, at
41. per cent. per annum, on Deposits and paid-up Calls.
Applications for Shares, to be made on or before the sth
of February, at the office of the Company, No. 2, Copthall-
buildings ; or to Messrs. Amery Sewell, and Moores, Throg-
morton-street, London ; Mr. Fowle, Mint-street, Rye ; Mr.
Shewell, 25, Tokenhouse-vard, London; Messrs. Reynolds and
Son, Liverpool; and Mr. John Duncuft, Manchester.
2, Copthall-buildings, Throgiuorton-Street.

DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED
MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL
LIFE OFFICE,
25, PALL-MALL, LONDON
Capital £500,000.
This Office is provided with very accurately constructed
Tables, by which it can ASSURE DISEASED LIVES on
Equitable Terms.
The Extra Premium discontinued on restoration of the As-
sured to permanent health.
INCREASED ANNUITIES granted on unsound Lives,
he amount varying with the particular disease.
Members of CONSUMPTIVE FAMILIES assured at
Equitable Rates.
HEALTHY LIVES are Assured at Lower Rates than at
most other offices.

Policies of twelve months' standing are not affected by Sui.
cide, Duelling, &c. ; and Assigned Policies are valid from the
nate •f the Policy, should death ensue from any of these causes.
F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary.

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THE WHOLE OF THE
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SHEIL'S SPEECH
WILL BE CONTAINED IN THE FIRST SUPPLEMENT,
ON !SUNDAY NEXT, FEB. 4, 1844.
*.• Orders received by all Newsvenders and Booksellers, and by
Mr. Wood, at the Office, 139, Fleet-street.

PUBLICATIONS of the SOCIETY for the.
EMANCIPATION of INDUSTRY.
Now Ready.
141 N ESSAY •ON MONEY, ITS ORIGIN
AND USE. By JOIIN TAYLOR, Author of " Junius Iden-
fled." Third Edition, revised. Price 2s. 6d.
AN ESSAY on the STANDARD and MEA-
SURE of VALUE. Second Edition. Price 2s. 6d.
IURRENCY FALLACIES REFUTED, and
ki PAPER 310NEY VINDICATED. Second Edition. Price
2s. 6d.

CATECHISMS of the CURRENCY and EX-
CHANGES. A stew Edition, Enlarged. Price 43. cloth; or,
separately, TlieCurrenev, 25.-; Exchanges, 2s.
THE MONEURY POLICY of ENGLAND
and AMERICA. Price One Shilling.
" It is necessary your gold should be coined, and have the king's
stamp upon it, to secure men in receiving it, that there is so lunch
gold in each piece. But it is not, necessary that it should have a
fixed value set on it by public authority."—Locke.
THE MINISTER MISTAKEN; or, THE
QUESTION of DEPRECIATION ERRONEOUSLY STATED
by Mr. lIUSKISSON. Price One Shilling.
" Our forefathers, who sought comfort in proverbs, used to say,
when the people's talc of bricks is doubled, Moses is at hand."—
Niebulm

CURRENCY EXPLAINED;
in REFUTATION of the LAST FALLACY of " THE
TIMES," Nov. Bth, 1843. By VERN. Price One Shilling.
London : Samuel Clarke, 13, Pall-Mall East, and to be had (by
order) of all Booksellers.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen went in State yesterday to the House of Lords
to open the session of Parliament with a speech from the
Throne. The Royal procession was formed at Buckingham
Palace in the following order :
A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Sir Frederic
Smith, Sir Noel Harris, and Captain Green, Gentlemen
Ushers; Captain Parker Nuttall, Exon in Waiting; and
Mr. Wortley, Page of Honour in Waiting.
A carriage drawn by six bays, conveying Colonel Smith
(Royal Horse Guards), Silver Stick in Waiting; Mr. R.
Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting ; General Sir George
Anson, G.C.8., Groom to Prince Albert ; and Mr. Wilson,
Page of Honour.
A carriage drawn by a set of bays, conveying Lord Charles
Wellesley- (Clerk Marshal), Equerry- in Waiting ; and Colonel
Wylde, Equerry- in Waiting on the Prince.
A carriage, drawn by six bays, conveying the Captain of
the Yeomen Guard,- the Earl of Beverley; Viscount Ha-
warden; Lord in Waiting; Earl of Jermvu, Treasurer of the
Household; and Lord George Lennox, -Lord in Waiting to
the Prince.

A carriage, drawn by six black horses, conveying the
Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting; the Earl of Liver-
pool, Lord Steward ; Colonel Bouverie, officiating for the Gold
Stick in Waiting; and the Marquis of Exeter, K.G., Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert.

The Queen and Prince Albert left the State-rooms at half-
past one o'clock, her Majesty wearing her magnificent circlet
of diamonds, and the Prince, habited in a Field-Marshal's
uniform, and wearing the collars of three Orders of Knight-
hood, ie Pages of Honour bearing her Majesty's train. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to the State
coach by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain.
The Duchess of Buccleuch, Mistress of the Robes, and the
Earl of Jersey, G.C.H., Master of the Horse, occupied seats
in the State carriage. The Royal procession then quitted
the Palace, the Queen's Marshalmen, two and two;_ the
Queen's Footmen in State liveries; and a party of the Yeo-
men of the Guard, preceding the State coach, which was
drawn by eight cream-coloured horses.
Aliarty of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards formed
the Royal escort from the Palace to the House of Lords.
The Crown was conveyed to the House of Lords by Sir
William Martins, Gentleman Usher.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by. the Royal
suite, returned to Buckingham Palace, at ten minutes before
three o'clock, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain
and the Vice-Chamberlain.
The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Grand Hall. Mr. Geo.
Philip Lee, the Lieutenant, and Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the
Cheque, were present.
The Queen's Guard was on duty on the Palace Lawn, and
was composed of the Coldstream Guards, and, with the band
of the regiment, received her Majesty with the usual honours.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, shortly before twelve
o'clock yesterday, from•Frogmore Lodge. Her Royal High-
ness, visited the Duchess of Gloucester in the afternoon, at
Gloucester House. The Royal Duchess afterwards visited
her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. At half-past three
o'clock the buchess of Kent left the Palace, on her return to
Frogmore Lodge.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess of
Dunmore, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux,
Viscount Hawarden, Lord Charles Wellesley, and Col. Wylde,
honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence yesterday
evening. _ _

ADVICE TO THE DEAF.
This day is published, with plates, price Is.,
THE PRESENT STATE of AURAL. SUR-
GERY ; with Observations on the Influence of the General
Health upon Hearing and Sight, and the necessity for the adoption
of public sanatory measures. With remarks on the connexion of
the Ear and Eye ; and an account of some new and successful modes
of treatment for nervous affections of those organs. By JOHN
HARRISON CURTIS, Esq., Aurist and Oculist, author of various
Works on the Diseases of the Ear, Eye, &c.
London : Whittaker and Co., Ave-Marla-lane.

IE MIROIR FRANCAIS; ou, REPERTOIRE
A de la LITTERATEUR FRANCAISE CONTEMPORAINE.
Part 11., just published (price 2s. 6d.), contains articles from the
distinguished pens of MM. Jules Janin, G. de Molenes, Alexandre
Dumas, Alfred de 31usset, Charles Blanc, &c., &c. The Proprietors
gratefully- acknowledge the distinguished patronage accorded to the
first Number, which encourages them in their undertaking to pro-
duce a monthly publication which shall be a valuable addition to the
tables of clubs and reading-rooms, and a desirable acquisition in all
families studying the French language.
London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-row ; Dulau
and Co., 37, Soho-square ; and D. Nutt, 158, Fleet-street.

The Countess of Dunmore has succeeded the Viscountess
Canning as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen.
Col. 'Wylde has relieved Major-General Sir Edward Bo-
water in the duties of Equerry in Waiting on his Royal
Highness Prince Albert.

TO MASTERS OF COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, fie. &c.
MESSRS. LONGMAN and CO.'S ANNUAL
SCHOOL CATALOGUE for 1844, containing about Three
Hundred Works, is now ready, and may be had, GRATIS, of all
Booksellers in own and Country ; or it will be forwarded. free of
postage, to any person applying for it to Messrs. Longman and Co.,
by letter, post paid.
The present Catalogue contains announcements of various New
Works in the press, and published since the date of the last Catalogue.

NEW PART OF TILE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY.
This day is published, Bvo.,
.12s. cloth, the Second Part of the Third

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

Volume of the
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of
the SOCIETY for the DIFFUSION of USEFUL KNOW-
LEDGE.—To be continued Quarterly.
" This work proceeds in a satisfactory manner."—British Magazine.
"It has rarely fallen to our lot to examine a work of this kind, the
general execution of which hr been so creditable to the learning and
taste both of the Editor and of his several contributors. An admira-
ble feature consists in the full statement of authorities which is ap-
pended to each article ; thus testing the pains-taking of the writer,
and aiding such readers as are disposed to make a more extended
investigation of individual biographies. We record with pleasure our
conviction, that this Dictionary is destined to constitute one of the
most valuable additions which, for many years past, have been made
to our literature. The various and profound learning which it dis-
plays, the impartiality of its criticisms, its sbtuidiudgment, and free-
dom of prejudice, both political and religious, promise to render it a
monument honourable to the Society, and an indispensable work of
reference commensurate with the wants and capabilities of our pre-.
sent llterature."—keleetic Review.

(From the roles and Proceedongs elf the House of Commons.)
THURSDAY, FEB. 1.

THE ADDRESS.-MR. SHARMAN CRAWFORD'S

London: Longinau;lliM.;n, Green, and Longinana,

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-
PANY. -Incorporated by Act of Parliament. No. 69, Lom-
hard-street, London.—N(ll.lll,' IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS
of this Company Will be held at the Company's office, No. 69, Lom-
bard-street, on TUaSDAI, the 27th instant, at Two o'clock precisely,
pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business,
and to declare the Dividend for the half-year ending the 31st Decem-
ber, 1843.
London, Feb. 1, 1844. JOHN WILSON, Secretary.

VA LL AItLE FORFEITED PROPERTY.
MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR will
SELL by ,t
ON, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-
garden, on WEDNESDAY, February ith, w
linen and at Eleven watches,
draper.N. watches, plate,
,
, ,
jewellery, plated goods, guns, piaols,
ladies' and gentlemen's apparel, table and bed linen, carpetsjeather
beds, household furniture, and other effects, pledged in months prior
hosiery, silk mercery, elegant shawls scarfs and handkercluel.,, ;
to March, 1843, with the following Pawnbrokers', viz. :—Arehbutt,
Bridge-road, Lambeth ; Barnett Roebuck-terrace, Dover-road ; Burl-
ton, Walworth ; Baker (late Barnett,
Stanhope-streot, Clare-market ;
Crockett, High Holborn ; Lawton,' Green-street, Leicester-square ;
Stevens, lligh-street,
--, wdiaton Butts* Wharton, Bermondsey-street.
w
May be vieell, and Catalogues' had at the Rooms.
•

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11',T CA' .
SPLEN
Ori, PLATE, VAL/L.II3LE GOLD WATCIIE6S'
Feb. 20, and Two bqlowing
IiVIESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORK have
Ja_ the honour to announce, that the • have received instructions
from the Messrs. Attenborough to submit to PUBLIC COMPETI-
TION, at their Booms, Kim, 0,00a.C.0.L7N CE S
--,street, Covent-garden, On TUESDAY,
Days, at 12 o'clock, an assemblage of
Eileg,4Bl4.Pd Costly Property, the chief part having been the property
(. '''' '''' L. NEWTON-, a bankrurLand under an Order of the
Court of Queen's Bench, in a cause
of " Pennell and Others, As-
signees, against Atienborough."
The Jewels comprehend :_.Brilliant diamond ear-rings, bracelets,
brooches, and studs, several remarkably tine single stone rings and
pins, of the purest water, sonic of which weigh from 12 to 36 grains ;
a superb dress-suit of
very large and fine Emeralds,
studded with brilliants and rubies ; a pair of beautiful
brilliant drops, of the fittest lustre; a handsome gold and enamelled
presentation snuff-bus, profusely decorated with brilliants; ninety
carats of brilliants; a display
of magnificent Bijouterie, in every
variety, chaste in design, and elaborate in workmanship,
embellished with Oriental pearls and gems ; four-and-a-half ounces
of flue seed pearls. An extensive collection of the most modern, ele-
gant, and exquisitely finished flat gold watches, of English and
Geneva manufacture. Six thousand ounces of antique tuid modern
chased and other plate, Including a hash-dish cover, a set of four-
corner dishes, ' four cassarolles, and covers, six soup dishes, three
dozen dinner plates, two dozen soup ditto ; a set of eight salt-holders,
with lion heads and raw-feet ; a set of four richly chased decanter-
stands ; pair of ditto ice-pails ; salvers, waiters, cake-baskets, tea's
and coffee equipages, tea urn, toast rack, mugs ;services of Qt,
ueten,
King's, fiddle, and shaped-threaded pattern spoons, forks, fish-knives,
ladles, &c.; table, card, and chamber candlesticks ; three beautiful
filagree taper stands; dessert knives and dirks, with other useful and
ornamental objects, eminently distinguished by the sound judgment
and good taste displayed in their selection.
• The Property may be Viewed on the Saturday and Monday pre-
vious to, and Morning of Sale, and Descriptive Catalogues (6d.
each)
official assignee), 31, Basinghall-street; Lewis Jacobs, Esq., Win-
chester-buildings, Great Winchester-Street, (the plaintiff's attorney) ;
James Johnston, Esq., 100, Chancery-lane, (the defendant's
attorney) ; and at the offices of the Auctioneers, King-street,
Covent-garden.

his Royal Highness the Duke or Cambridge returned to
his residence at Kew, on Wednesday evening, from Good-
wood, Sussex, the seat of the Duke of Richmond. His Royal
Highness arrived in town yesterday, and visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo-
nial-ollice for the Governors of the IVest India colonies.
Lord Campbell had a dinner party on Tuesday at his resi-
dence, Stratheden-house, Knightsbridge. The company
consisted of the Marquis of Normanby, 'Viscount Melbourne,
Viscount.Dinicannon, Viscount Ponsonbv, Viscount Howick,
Viscount Palmerston, Lord Methuen, Lord Monteagle, the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Henry
Labouchere, Sir Denis Le Merchant, Sir John Easthope, Sir
Thomas Wilde, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. "Fonblanque, and Mr.
Charles Bailer, M.P.

AMENDIVENT.
MINORITY—AYES, 29.
Barnard, E. G. Elphinstone, Howard Trelawny, J. S.
Bernal, Captain Feilden, J Villiers, Charles P.
Blewitt, Reginald Gibson, T. M. Wakley, Thomas
I, odkin, John James Gisborne, Thomas Warburton, H.
Rowring, Dr. Hindle), Charles Ward, H. U.
Bright, John Hume, Joseph Williams, W.
Brotherton, J. Johnson, General lot ke, R. H.
Cobden, Richard Plumridge, Captain
Collett, John Ricardo, J. L. TELLERS.
‘,:urrie, -Haiku It oebuck, J. A. Crawford, W. S.
Duncombe, T. S. Thornely, Thomas Wallace, Robelt.

MAJORITY—NOES, 2ea.
A ckers, James Evans, \V. Miles, \V.
Acland, Sir T. D, FeHowes, Edward Milnes R. H.
Acland, T ' . D. Fitzmourice W. Mitchell, T. A.
k'Court, 'Capt. E. Flower, Sir James Mordaunt, Sl. J.
Alford, Viscount Follett, Sir W. W. Morgan, Octavius
Allot, John Peter Fox, S. Lane Morgan, C.
Antrobus, Edmund Fuller, A. E. Morris, David
Arbuthnott, Hugh Gaskell, J. M. Mundy, E. Miller
Arkwright, George Gladstone, W. E. Neeld, Joseph
Astell, William Glynne, Sir S. R. Neville, Ralph
Attwood, M. Godson, Richard Newdegate, C. N.
Bagot, Hon. W. Gordon, Captain Nichol!, J.
Bailey...l. Oore, Montague Norreys, Lord
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Gore; W. R. 0. Northland, Lord
Bane, H. J. Gore, Robert O'Brien, A. Stafford
Baird, William Goulburn, Henry Ossulston, Ls,' d
Balfour, J. M. Graham, Sir James Oswald, James
Bankes, George Granby, Marquis of Owen, Sir John
Baring, W. B. Greenail, Peter Parke, C. Wm.
Baring, F..T. Greene, T. Pakington, John S.
Bai neby, John Gregory, W. H. Palmer, Robert
Barrington, Viscount Orimsditch, T. Palmer, G.
Baskerville, T. B. Sl. Orimston,Lord Palmerston, Viset,
Beckett, William Halford, Henry Patten, J. W
Bell, Matthew Hamilton, J. Hans Peel, Sir Robert
Bentinck. Lord G. Hamilton, G. A. Pennant, Hon. Col
Beresford, Major Hamilton, LordClaud Philips, Mark
Berkeley, Hon. C. Hanmer, Sir John Pluniptre,:J. P.
tlackburne, John I. Harcourt, G. G. Pon ington, V i,eount
Blakemore, R. Hardinge, Sir H. Pollock, Sir Fred.
Bolder°, H George Hawes, B. Powell, Colonel
Borthwick, Peter Heathcote, Sir W. Praed, W. T.
Botfield, Benah Heneage, G. W. Pringle, Alexander
Bradshaw, James Henley, J. W. Pry-se, Pryse
Bramston, T. W. Hennikerd Lord Posey, Philip
Broadley, Henry Hepburn, Sir T. B. Bowdon, J. D.
Browne, Hon. W. Herbert, S. Iteid,pir J. R.
Brownrigg, J. S. Hervey, Lord A. Repton, George W.
Bruce, Lord Ernest Hillsborough, Earl of Rice, ER.
Bruen, Colonel Hinde, J. H. Richards, Richard
Buck, Lewis W. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. R se, Sir George
Buckley, Edmund Hodgson, Frederick Round, Charles Gray
Buller, Sir J. Y. Hodgson, Richard Round, John
Burrell, Sir Thomas Haynes, W. A'Court Rumbold, C. E.
Busfeild, William Hope, Charl s Rushisrooke, Colonel
Butler, Hon. P. Hope,, Alexander Russell, Lord Joiin
Campbell, John 11. Hope, G. W. Russell, Charles
Cardwell, Edward Homby, Jonn Sanderson, Richard
Castlereagh, Viscount Horsman, E. Sandon, Lord
Chapman, B. Holborn, Lord Scarlett, Hon. R. C.
Charteris, Francis Howard, C. W. G. Scott, Hon. F.
Chetwode, Sir John Howard, P. H. Seymour, Sir H. B.
Childers, J. W. Hussey, Thomas Shaw, Frederick
Cholmondeley, H. Ingestre, Lord Sheppard, T.
Christopher, RA. James, Sir Walter Shirley, Evelyn J.
Chute, William L W Jermyn, Earl Seale, Sir John H.
Clayton R. R. Jocelyn, Viscount Smythe,itHen. G.
Clerk, Clayton,
G. Joint*, Sir W. Somerset, Lard G.
Clive, Viscount Jones, Captain Stanley, Lord
Cochrane, Alex. Kelly, Fitzroy Staunton, Sir G.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Knatchbull, Slr E. Stewart, John
Collett, W. R. Knight, H. G. Stuart, H.
Compton, H. Langston, J. H. Strutt, Edward
Connolly, Colonel Lascelles, W. S. Sturt, H. C.
Coote, Sir C. H. Law, Hon. C. E. Sutton, Hon. H. M.
Copeland, W. Lefroy, Anthony Tennent, J. E.
Corry, Hon. Henry Legh, G. C. Thesiger, F.
Courtenay, Viscount Leslie, C. P. 1 hompson, Ald.
Cripps, W. Leveson, Lord Via rnbill, George
Cur teis, H. B. Liddell, H. T. Tollemache, J.
' Darby, George Lincoln, Earl of Tomlin° eorge
Davies, D. A. S. Lindsay, H. H. Trench, Sir F.
Denison,John Evelyn Lockhart, William Trevor, Hon. G. R.
Denison, E. Beckett Long, Walter Trollepe, Sir John
Dickinson, FH. Lowther, Hon. Col. Trotter, J.
Divert, E. Lyall, George' Tufoell, Henry
Dodd, Geom.& Lygon, General Tumor, C.
Douglas, SW, Macaulay, T. B. Tyrell, Sir J T.
Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, Thomas Vane, Lord H.
Douglas. J. D. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Verner, Colonel
Douro, Marquis of Maclean, Donsld Waddington, H. S.
Dowdeswell, W. liPNeill, Duncan Walsh, Sir John B.
Drummond, H. H. Mainwaring, T. Wilbraham, Hon. R. B
Duffield, Thomas Mangles, R. D. Wilde, Sir T.
Dugdale, W. S. Manners, Lord C. Wil,here, W.
Dundas,;Frederick Manners, Lord J. Wodehouse, Hon. E
Dundas, David March, Earl of Wood, Colonel
Du Pre, George Marshall, William Wood, Colonel T.
Eaton, Richard J. Worsham, Vsceunt Wortley, J. Stuart
Ebrington, Viscount Martin, C. W. Wortley, Hon. Jn. S.
Egerton, W. T. Marton, George Wyndham Colonel
Egerton, Sir P. Master, T. W. Yorke, E. T.
Eliot, Lord Masteyman John Young, John
J Emlyn, Viscount Maxwell, J. P TELLERS.
Escott, Bickham Meynell, Captain Fremantle :Sir T.
Estcourt, T. G. B. Miles, P. W. S. Baring, H. B.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.
• CIIESTER CUP. •
15 to 1 agst Mr. Milbanke's Sir Robert—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Sharratt's The Prior
18 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew—taken
22 to 1 agst Mr. J. Tuting's Tacita
22 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Winter
22 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh
25 to 1 agst Sir W. W. Wynn's Rowland
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bradford's Reciprocity
25 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's What
30 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Young Lochinvar taken.
Sir RObert opened at the same figuire as on Monday, which,
after a small investment, went begging. The Prior, who fol-
lowed close in his wake, was in frequent request, and cannot
be quoted a fraction more than 16 to 1 ; we question, indeed,
if this be not a point above his actual market price. Merry
Andrew, with an influential and rather numerous party, were
supported freely at 20 to 1, and in three or four places at
18 to 1. Winter, Pharaoh, and Young Lochinvar, were also
in some favour, but were not backed to any amount.
DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot—taken, and aft. offered
13 to 2 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—t. 7to 1
15 to 2 agst Mr. Crocldord's Rattan—take 8 to 1
13 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander
17 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando
20 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone .
25 to 1 agst Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo
25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's T'Auld 'Squire
25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein
33 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Voltri
40 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Mount Charles
50 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus
1000 to 15 agst Lord Orford's Boots—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Hill's Beaumont—taken
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Forth's Ashstead Pet
1000 to 25 agst Boots and Beaumont—taken
500 even between Voltri and the Vat colt.
Leander again played" first fiddle," and to so lively a tune,
that an outlay of about 500/. at 14 to 1 failed to satisfy his.
supporters ; 13 to 1 was the highest offer at the break up.
Orlando was also backed with considerable spirit, and in the
course of the afternoon sprung from 20 to 17 to 1. On the
Other hand, Loadstone receded three points, and had not a
voice raised in his support. Takers of 35 to 1 about Voltri,
and of 40 to 1 about Apprentice, the two favourites. T'Auld
Squire, Running Rein, and Cockamaroo, as before. Plenty
of offers to bet against lonian, but for want of backers no
price made. (On dit, that Running Rein has been examined
by a veterinary surgeon, and pronounced a four-year old ! an
opinion directly opposed to the evidence upon which Mr. Good-
man defeated the Duke of Rutland's objection at New-
market.)

IWILLIAM CAUTY, at present, and for three
months past, residing at No. 5, Selwood-terrace, Old Bromp-
ton, in the county of Middlesex, and 60„lermyn-street, in the parish
of St. James, Westminster, and county of Middlesex, and for three
years and upwards immediately preceding residing at No. 5, Stiwood-
terrace, Old Brompton, aforesaid, and being in no trade, business, or
profession, do hereby give Notice, that 1 intend to present a Petition
to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, in the city of London,
praying to be examined touching my Debts, Estate, and Effects, and
to be protected from :all process, upon making a full disclosure and
surrender of such Estate and Effects for payment of my just and
lawful debts ; and I hereby further give Notice, that the time
lAM CAUTY.
Witness, Thomas Roberts, 17, Spring-gardens, Charing-cross. •
when the matter of the said Petition shall ite heard is
mht,ombdeteadth:ieirid
io -
tised in the London Gazette and in The Sun newspaper e month at
the least alter the date hereof. As witness my hand, this second day
tq'rlt;e_liilr,uuarr.y, in the year of our Lord one thouslzii,,Ligh

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

OAKS.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's aby—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my-hat—t
30 to 1 agst Mr. Standish's Susan—taken.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
BATH AND BRISTOL-1844.
Nominations for the Lansdowne Trial Stakes :—The Gene-
ral (late Bother'em, Johnny Broome, Hopbine, Molecatcher,
British Farmer (Brother to Perseus), Sweetsauce, Midnight
Star, Dreamer, Queen Charlotte, c by Elis, out of Odessa, f
by Sultan Junior out of Charlotte, Worthless, Best Bower,
Theseus, Seaport, Godfrey (late Temperance Tom), Bowsprit.
The Bill about to be brought into the House of Lords by
the Duke of Richmond, for the repeal of such portions of the
Statutes of Charles and Anne as are supposed to apply to
horse-racing, for the protection of coursing, cricketting, and
other national amusements, and for legalising betting, is, we
understand, to be termed the " Manly Sports Relief Bill."

tADVERTISEMENT
THREE SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS,
WITH THE " DISPATCH."
GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN.
The immense size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH has,
hitherto, enabled its Proprietors on all occasions to present a
copious, and, at the same time, interesting account of the events
of each week. It is, however, now found utterly impossible to
give anything like a faithful report of the Trial of Mr. O'Con
nell and his Repeal associates, without excluding a great mass of
interesting domestic and foreign intelligence • the Proprietors,
therefore, feel that their journal, which has been for years, and
is new, honoured with more patronage than any other in ex-
istence, should be, in all respects, complete; and, with that
view, they intend to insert a summary of the proceedings
during the progress of the trial in their usual columns, and
present to their friends and subscribers
THREE SUPPLEMENTS, GRATIS,
Which will be published in the following order, viz. :
The first on SUNDAY NEXT, February 4,
containing Mr. Shell's speech, which may be 16
onsidered the gem of oratory
The second, the FULL SIZE of thel
WEEKLY DISPATCH, on the Sunday suc-
ceeding the delivery of the Verdict, containing
the Speeches of Mr. O'Connell, Sir C. O'Logh-
in, the Attorney-General, and other leading
'Counsel; together with the Summing up of the r
Judge, the Verdict of the Jury, and other matters
of importance that may arise up to the latest
hour, for which the services of several short-hand
writers of eminence have b een engaged
The third on the Sunday following (also of thel
full size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH)
which will form the early portion of the trial, and
embrace the proceedings from the commence-
ment to that stage at which the first begins;
so that every subscriber to THE WEEKLY
DISPATCH will be in possession of a com-
plete and faithful report of this great national
trial—a trial which must become a matter of
history, and ever be regarded as an event of no
ordinary importance in after time ..

PATENT PERRYIA N RAVITATIN G
INKSTAND, as cheap as the Common Inkstand.

TIMES.—The Queen's speech has been composed on a principle
which has of late years come into vogue, both in this country and on
the continent—viz., of. avoiding the introduction of topics which
might provoke debate or prevent an unanimous vote—a principle
which has at least the merit of saving the time of the House from.
being unnecessarily squandered upon premature speeches and fruit-
less dissertation. With this view, therefore, the speech delivered
yesterday by the Queen diligently eschews every subject which could
create diversity of feeling, and contains only such allusions to public
affairs as could neither give offence nor excite a contest. There
could be but one feeling, either in or out of Parliament, with respect
to the friendly relations between England and France ; no one could
but rejoice at the happy conclusion of the negotiations with China ;
and no one could fail to applaud that unselfish and high-minded
policy which has opened the Chinese trade to every nation
of Europe. Whatever difference of opinion might exist
as to the justice or expedience of the Sindlan war,
few would be unwilling to share in the tribute of praise
paid to the valour of our _troops and the genius of their Com-
mander. There are very opposite and very strong opinions in the
country on the question of commercial restrictions. But the present
state of trade is a notorious and a cheering fact. No Irian, whatever
might be his theory of commercial policy, would rethse to join in ex-
pressions of thankfulness for the revival of industrial employment
and the increase of remuneration. And we believe that there will
be found very few persons who will convert the excess of the revenue
over the expenditure into a national grievance. Reference to general
Irish politics is properly deprecated during the judicial inquiry now
pending in Dublin ; and the subjects of county registration and of the
relation between landlord and tenant in that country, as well as the
Bank charter in England, are noticed merely by way of prelude to
future consideration, and so as to avoid the necessity of discussion
or opposition. On the whole, therefore, the speech may be pro-
nounced to be of a negative character ; and. for this, which to us
appears a virture, we doubt not but that it will be principally cen-
sured. It intimates no plan of Ministerial conduct—tt discloses no
scheme of legislation—it is almost wholly retrospective. It tells
people what they know, rather than that which they wish to learn.
It passes over some subjects which might have been reasonably in-
troduced. It says nothing of Wales—nothing of the corn-laws. Yet,
silent as it is on these points—wisely, as we think, avoiding a pre-
mature and prolix debate—it has given an opportunity to the Minister
to announce his intention on the corn-law question. He has declared
his resolution not to alter, repeal, or modify the existing law. This decla-
ration will lull, if it does not extinguish, doubt and perplexity. The Ml-
nister has, as we foretold on Wednesday, spoken out on the important ,1
question by which men's minds are now chiefly agitated. His an-
nouncement will reanimate the spirits of one, and stimulate the
exertions of another, party. The battle which has been carried on
for months in the provinces will again be fought in Parliament, if not
with decisive results, certainly with desperate energy. There is now i
no "via media" left for the adherents of the Cabinet ; no concession
proposed, no conciliation allowed ; their leader tells them that lie has
taken his ground ; and those who know him best must feel that he
would not have spoken as he has done, without reckoning the
strength of his forces, and the chances of immediate success. That
that success will extend beyond the, present session, we dare not
anticipate.
HERALD.—It will be seen by our Parliamentary report that Sir
Robert Peel has in a single emphatical sentence dissipated all the
direct falsehoods, and all the false surmises of the alarinists of tho
last five months. The Right Hon. Baronet took the earliest oppor-
tunity to declare, in terms the most distinct and unequivocal, that
"'IT IS NOT THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO INTERFERE IN
ANY WAY WITH THE EXISTING CORN-LAWS." The announcement
was received with loud cheers by the great majority of the House,
and it will be welcomed with equal cordiality by at least five-sixths
of the people. Why such' a declaration should excite so strong a
feeling must be answered by those, whether Whigs, Radicals, or pro-
fessing Conservatives—there were too many of the last clam engaged
in the disgraceful work—who have employed the whole of the recess
in misleading the public mind upon the important question now
set at rest. Their objects were, no doubt, sordid and selfish. Some
wished to swell the thuds of " the League " by anticipating
victory—some had their corn-jobbing speculations to aid by the mis-
representation—some (and they were of all parties) sought to damage
the Ministry, by creating distrust among its supporters; but what-
ever the motives of the dealers in falsehood, they have been guilty of a
great crime against the public. It is no light matter to excite fears
which, in many cases of individuals, have led to loss and ruin ; and
which, as far as they prevailed, could not but tend to repress the
enterprise and activity of that class of the community which must
ultimately supply the wealth, as directly it supplies the food of the
people. Sir Robert Peel has acted with his characteristic wisdom
and promptitude in dispelling these pernicious 'fears at the earliest
Opportunity open to him ; but his early interposition diminishes
nothing of the guilt of those whose profligate contempt of truth made
such interposition necessary. The public, if it consult its OWII se-
curity, will mark and remember its late misleaders, and leans how
in future to treat their assertions of the designs of the Government.
POST.—The Prime Minister has made his declaration on the corn-
laws. Our readers may, perhaps, suppose that he was interrogated
on the subject by some county Member. This, however, was not the
case—it was in answer to the observations of Mr. Joseph Hume and
Lord John Russell that Sir Robert Peel twice stated, in his most em-
phatic tones, that her Majesty's Government have not contemplated,
and do not contemplate, any alteration in the present laws which re-
gulate the duties upon the import of foreign grain. So much for the
success of all the agitation, all the speeches, and all the subscriptions
of the Anti-Corn-law League ! The Minister did not, on the present
occasion, qualify his statement by restricting it to the existing ses-
sion. lie did, indeed, say that it would be a desertion of their proper
ditty to the Crown if Ministers were to say that, at no time, and un-
der no circumstances, would they consent to an alteration of the exist-
ing cornLlaws ; but then he returned to his former text, that her Ma-
jesty's Ministers have not contemplated, and do not contemplate, any
alteration of these laws. Mr. Joseph Hume, in a long, tedious,
straggling mass of verbal rubbish, which it would be a misnomer to
call a speech, took notice that, in 1841, when the late Ministry pro-
posed au alteration of the corn-laws, Sir Robert Peel not only ob-
jected that such an important measure should have been brought for-
ward without any previous notice, in her Majesty's speech at the
opening of Parliament, but argued from that omission that the mea-
sure was an afterthought, and could not have been intended when the
session commenced. The Minister said, that the Member for Mon-
trose was quite right in the reference he drew from the absence of any
mention of the corn-laws in the Queen's speech, and as to the
other point it is hard to say, added the Right Hon. Baronet,
what it is IMPOSSIBLE for a man to do. At this the House
laughed very heartily, the Minister joining in the merriment, and
presently afterwards stating, in a tone half emphatic and half jocu-
lar, that if the majority hi the country should come to the deliberate
opinion that a fixed duty upon foreign corn was the best policy to be
adopted, and if it should become necessary to propose such a plan to
the House, he was rather of opinion that the Noble Lord opposite
(Lord J. Russell), and not himself, would be Hie proposer of that
plan. What does our potent friend, the " Times," say to
this ? Our readers will not fail to observe that, how-
ever satisfactory may have been Sir Robert Peel's declaration
that he does not contemplate any further " concession" to the free-
trade agitators, there was much in his observations, and especially
in his agreement with the abstract principles of the Whig leader,
which we cannot regard with approbation. We confess, however,
that, writing as we do immediately after having listened to the speech
of Sir Robert Peel, we are unwilling to pronounce a decisive
opinion upon those parts of his address which appeared to us to be of
at least a questionable characts r. The declaration about the corn-
laws gives us at least a breathing time, of which we shall take ad-
vantage eefore we offer a delibt rate judgment upon the new appear-
ance of affairs.

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also be obtained in all the priPeipal Towns and Cities. A
liberal allowance to Shippers, Owners, Captains, and all
fendors of Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated Snuff
is shipped to all Quarters of the globe, ann retains its benign
qualitiesin every climate 411 Snuffs ana Cigars shipped on
the snorteet notice.
lIERBARY HIGHGATE

THE MONSTER MISERY OF IRELAND.—Ina work
Lnglish gentleman
unanswerably developed. The misery is
tit for estates in
policy of landlords towards
the highest possible rent,
now just jilt pbtetleiliiis,hiendptlion3deedr tls,,,e title,
t, ilrttil.w;rcl tatresn lasly aang,
Ireland, the cause and remedy of Irish wretchedness, and consequent
disaffection, is, at length,
such improvements as would, not
their tenants.
tteoncamsist try tobic
which must be constantly in arrear, the landlord were to encourage
neixisatcatkiie,gn
and assist his tenant in making
only increase the value of the property, hut redeem the holder from
his present degraded state, a feeling of self-respect would ensue ; the
poor man would look forward to some decent provision fin' his family ;
and, instead of joining savage brawls, his mind and SOW would be on
his land ; he would live and die a good husband, a good father, a
good citizen, and a good Christian. If so, what a change would
Ireland undergo' In the present work, Mr. Wiggins has practically
shown the possibility and the wisdom of his theory.
ACCIDENTS AT DEVONPORT.-011 Saturday morn-
ing a building in the market of this town, which was sup-
ported on pillars, and appropriated for hanging the carcases
of pigs on the cross-beams attached thereto, fell down on a
number of persons who were engaged in business under the
root. The utmost confusion ensued. When the parties
were taken from the ruins, it was discovered that a pig-
dealer from the country had his leg and thigh broken, and
was otherwise injured ; an industrious woman, a butcher's
wife, had also a leg broken. Four others were severely hurt,
and many were slightly injured.

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A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MR. O' 11
CON-
NELL will precede the account of the Trial, which will
be written by a gentleman intimately acquainted with the
" great Agitator,' and consequently one who has treasured up
many reminiscences that will render the Biography a paper of
general and absorbing interest.
The Three Supplements, forming One Hundred and Twelv
Columns, will be printed uniformly with THE DISPATCH
and contain a quantity of matter equal to at least an ectav
volume of 600 pages.

The winter at Christiania, in Norway, has been
extraordinary for that northern climate. tip to the 23d ult.,
the date of the last arrivals, not ,a flake of snow had fallen,
and there had not been any frost. The thermometer had
been, fo; several days, at from 3 to 5 degrees above zero of
Reaumur, from 38 to 44 degrees of Fahrenheit, and the sun
as bright and warm as in flay.

_
cannot ;be said that the-Royal speech with
which Parliament was opened ) esterday disappoints expectation. It
is just what we had ventured to anticipate. It tells what everybody
knew before it was spoken, but leaves untold what everybody Iv.as
anxious to know. Ministers Nvidhed, properly enough, to avoldetchiso-
cussion, and the speech was f:ierefore formed witeh,,
provoke it. Topics of discussio. are no doubs shy Ministers
necessity of taking them up 'mink liately was obviated
them, at an earlyday, more
a lied"' the
indicating an intention of bringing
formally under consideration. ,E.,n f,,
5. notice of a motion for a vote of
r th 12th of February,
thanks to the Blade army v
r- b-nuotn.,einge the annexation of aundercover of which the pa, • por-
-.6+a n •he subject of an amendfnent.
tion of Snide tbeapcd
,r6n 1 P
A cualdent hope t ving made on the friendly relit-
APrcuzed, founded -4 cult), •
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