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feeling which characterises both the incident itself and
the reciprocal situation of the two Governments. In
order that such incident should nut carry in its train
grave consequences, it was necessary that both Govern-
ments should act with a spirit of justice and moderation.
M. Billault here demanded permission to speak.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs—But there is some-
thing grander and more novel than this good intelli-
gence. France has often been at peace with England,
but behind their outward show of friendship there always
subsisted a jealous and hostile spirit of rivalry. The
prosperity, progress, and activity of one of the Govern-
ments were a source of annoyance to the other. But
this is no longer the case ; for both, acting in the plenti-
tude of their liberty, in place of being opposed as for.
merly, are able to aid each other. Such was the present
opinion of the two Governments. There are then, I say,
two Governments in Europe who consider it their duty to
act towards each other in a particular way, and act so;
they continually testify a mutual confidence in each
other's intentions and acts, and the care of their gravest
interests end neither in a rupture nor a coolness.—
(Hear, hear.) The result, then, of all that I have just
alluded to has been this— the King of the French went
to England.—(Murmurs on the Left.) This result is not
a conjectured one, but palpable and undoubted. It has
been said that we have hurried on matters to admit of
this visit. We precipitated nothing ; all were resolved
maturely and independently; and when nothing more ex-
isted to embarrass the two Governments the King went to
London. The propriety of this journey has certainly not
been contested by any person, and its political utility
cannot I.e impugned either. Although the personal inter-
course between Sovereigns is not at present so important
as at other periods and under other forms of government,
yet certainly they have a certain influence on the good
accord of States and on the easy arrangement of affairs.
You know the result of this visit, you have beheld the
manifestations of the sentiments of the Queen of Eng
land, of her husband, of those of the whole country,
towards the King and dynasty of July, towards France
herself, towards our policy of
peace and liberal conser-
vatism. Every one beheld this—Europe witnessed it—
and do you suppose that the spectacle is without fruit?
—that France was weakened or humiliated by these in-
cidents ? Ask where you please in Europe, and I will,
beforehand, agree to accept the answer.--(Loud approba-
tion.) But what Europe witnessed and comprehended,
France herself' also understood. I saw the King's re-
turn to France—l saw how he was everywhere welcomed
—I saw a just pride displayed at the consideration with
which he was greeted in England, and a just satisfaction
at the removal of all difficulties between the two States.
—(A fresh burst of approbation.) I shall only
add one word more on the question which has been
alluded to so repeatedly in the course of our discussion
—I mean the right of search. Ido not wish to give my
words an extension beyond what facts will bear out. I
do not say that this question is already settled, for the
conviction of England was that it was the only means of
putting down the slave trade, and you all know with
what honourable perseverance that question was prose-
cuted in England. It was then necessary to prove to
England that other means might be devised to effect the
desired object. This was an immense step, and that
step had been made by the nomination of the mixed
commission. Believe me, this commission is not ap-
pointed to elude the question—the names of the persona
appointed to compose it—taken as they are from the
most considerable of the two countries—will be a proof
of the contrary. Gentlemen, such is the position of
affairs at present, and there is a vast distance from this
lofty region to mere party struggles. In which of the
two will the Chamber place itself ? 'Will it side with
mere party squabbles, or will it take into account great
public interests ? Such is the question which the dis-
cussion will resolve. I have placed it before you in all
its truth. The Chamber must decide.—(Loud appro-
bation.)

SITTING OF JAN. 22.
The discussion on the Address was resumed to-day.
M. Bechard, in opposing the Address, said that he was
equally an enemy to the line of policy pursued by the
present Ministry and to that professed by the party of
M. Thiers, neither of which deserved the name of a na-
tional policy, as understood by the party of which he
was a member. The commercial interests of the coun-
try were, he considered, sacrificed to the English alliance.
M. Dupin, sen., in alluding to the questions of Morocco
and Otaheite, stated his opinion that on neither of those
points had the dignity of the country been properly pro-
tected. He condemned the Ministry for not obtaining
an indemnity from the Emperor of Morocco for the ex-
penses of the war, and accused them of sullying the
honour of France by the haste in which the
.treaty had been ratified. The conduct of the
Government at Otaheite, he maintained, was also
dishonourable to France, as their flag should never
have been withdrawn. If the agents of the Govern-
ment had acted right in expelling Pritchard from
the island, what cause was there for blaming them, and
granting an indemnity? This could only have been
done by way of a peace-offering to England, and he
trusted the Chamber would never give its sanction.
With regard to the measure which the Government had
declared it had adopted of a mixed commission to seek
means to obviate the necessity for the right of search, he
thought the idea perfectly illusory. The measure of a
mixed commission had been designated by the Minister
as a grand pas; in his (M. Depin's) opinion it was a
faux pas. Ile was an advocate of peace, but he would
not that everything should be conceded to one ally, and
refused to another. His motto was, each for himself,
and each at home. He preferred it to an alliance with
England, if it was to be paid for at the high price
placed on it.

After brief speeches from M. Herbert and others, the
Chamber divided on the first and main paragraph, when
Ministers had a majority of 28.

DUTCH MAIL.
Tun Gus, JAN. 19.—The birth-day of her Ma-
jesty, our beloved Queen, has been observed in the
usual manner. At noon there was a brilliant parade
of the troops composing the garrison.
AMSTERDAM, JAN. 18—Among the days which
are remarkable in the history of Amsterdam, the
19th of January deserves to be remembered, espe-
cially by aged persons, who well recollect that on
that day, 50 years ago, the French were brought into
the city as soi-disant deliverers from the yoke of
slavery. Experience has taught both old and young
to know what this catastrophe led to. May posterity
take heed, and maintain the present independence of
the kingdom of the Netherlands, formally the Seven
United Provinces, that the Netherlands may remain
what they desire to be, a powerful, and therefore
important State in Europe.
THE HAGUE, JAN. 20.----We have before us the
statement of the revenue in 1843 and 1844, from which
it appears that there has been a considerable increase
in 1844. The total amount in that year was
54,225,805 florins, and in 1843, 53,027,097 florins.
It is still affirmed that Mr. Rochusson is appointed
to the post of Governor-General in our India pos-
sessions.

AMSTERDAM, JAN. 21.—1 t appears from the official
statement of the produce of the several taxes in 1844,
which presents a considerable increase above the re-
ceipts in 1843, that the few branches which have
fallen off (not to the amount of 50,000 florins in the
whole, the Post-offica and the lottery, while on the
other hand it is highly satisfactory to see the increase
in the Excise nearly a million) of the direct taxes are
to the amount of nearly 340,000 florins.
THE HAGUE, JAN. 20.—The members of the Second
Chamber of the States-General are summoned for the
6th of February next.
Though the Stoats Courant of to-day does not yet
announce the appointment of Mr. Rochusson to the
post of Governor-General of India, we can positively
affirm that the King's choice has fallen upon him.
He is the forty-sixth Governor-General since that
important colony was acquired for the mother
country by the courage and firmness of the Dutch.
ROTTERDAM, JAN. 20.—We learn that by a reso-
lution of his Majesty, a loan to the amount of one
million of florins, bearing interest at four per cent., is
to be opened at Amsterdam on the 17th of February
next, for defraying the expense of draining the lake
of Haarlem.

Our private letters from China, dated the end of
September, 1844, inform us that his Majesty's brig
Areno sailed from Macao at the beginning of that
month, with Messrs. Moddermen and Rochusson to
visit the northern ports of China, Chan-Hay, To-
Choo, To-Ningpo, and Amoy. These gentlemen will
persevere their inquiries in those little-known ports
relative to the interest of our commerce.
The Areno soon after leaving Macao was taken
by a violent storm, in which it lost its bowsprit and
yards, and suffered other damsge. It was forced to
put back to Hong-Kong, where it may be more
easily repaired than at Macao. The captain expected
to u
tpcuh pap put
to sea again at the beginning of October.—

STORM.
Yesterday the sudden storm
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FATAL EFFECTS
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CALAIS, JAN. 21.
that took place in the afternoon produced one of
those disasters by which loss of life and of property
occurred, and probably without the immediate reason
being ever ascertained. A lugger, or, as it is called
here, a chasse maree, left Dunkirk in the morning,
bound for Abbeville, laden with coals, salt cod, and
brandy. From some unknown cause she came on
shore between four and five o'clock, P.m. to the east-
ward of the jetty, the wind blowing severely from
N.N.E., which ought to have enabled her to have
pursued her intended course.
After she struck on the sands, and was dimly seen
through the haze, the life-boat approached. Not a
soul was seen on board, and it became useless, in such
a heavy sea, to run the risk of coming on board, as
the vessel was breaking up. It was once supposed
that a man was seen attached to the mast by a rope.
Such, however, was not the case, and there can be
no doubt that the crew have perished, for so violent
was the wind that they could not have escaped, even
had they taken to the small boat. What renders the
supposition more reasonable is, that a boy picked
up a five-franc piece close to the vessel when the tide
was out. It was ascertained by the ship's papers,
washed on shore, that there were four men and a boy
on board.

How different was the appearance of the sea to
what took place on land ! A short time after this
fatal catastrophe the doors of the theatre were prowded
by ladies and others, invited to a carnival ball given
by the young men of Calais. It was the first this
season, and a great number of well-dressed charac-
ters, unmasked, ornamented the elegant ballroom.

Tbn polka was extremely well danced by eight young
ladies, in Polish costumes, with their cavaliers.
They all footed it away, as if the dance had been
their study through life. The house was crowded to
the ceiling.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 16, 1845.
MEMORANDUM.--Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to permit the 76th Regiment to bear on its regi-
mental colour and appointments the word " Nice," in
commemoration of the gallantry displayed by the Regi-
ment at the passage of the river Nive, in the month of
December, 1813.

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 24.
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. G. Forbes
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jones, who retires ;
Cornet H. C. Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Forbes ; W. H. Orme, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Morgan, Jan. 24.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet W. C. Kortwright to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires; W.
F. Richards, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Kortwright, Jan. 24.
22,1 Foot—Lieut. W. D. Hilton, who was cashiered in
• the Gazette of the 23d of July, 1844, has been restored to
the service, Jan. 24.
32d Foot—Lieut. G. Vavasour, from 60th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Griffin, promoted, Jan. 24.
42d Foot—Lieut. T. R. D. Hay to be Adjutant, vice
Campbell, promoted, Jan. 24.
55th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Martin, 51. D., from
73d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Shanks, promoted on the
Stag Jan. 24.
66th Foot—Lieut. G. A. Taylor to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Caldwell, who retires ; Ensign H.
Coates to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor ; J. C.
IlaWkes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coates,
Jan. 24.
98th foot—Ensign 0. Latouche to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Viscount Suirdale, who retires, Jan.
24 ; Ensign R. Reid to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hussey, who retires, Jan. 25 ; F. A. Hardy, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Latouche, Jan. 24; Gentleman
Cadet W. Croker, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Reid, Jan. 25.
3d West India Regiment—Lieut. W. D. Hilton, from
the 22d Foot, to be Lieutucant, vice Tench, deceased ;
Ensign M. Smith to be neutenant, by purchase, vice
Hilton, who retires ; J. O'Flanagan, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Smith, Jan. 24.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant W. Ready (Staff-Lieute-
nant and Adjutant of the Invalid Depot at Chatham), to
be Captain, without purchase, Jan. 24.
STAFF.—Lieutenant G. Rand, from the 49th Foot, to
be Staff-Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Invalid Depot,
at Chatham, vice Ready, promoted, Jan. 24.
MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Lieutenant, of the
Bth Foot, promoted on 19th November 1844, are John
Henry Robert de Robeck, and not John Henry Edward
Robeck, as stated in the Gazette of that date.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 22.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet
Major R. B. Rawnsley to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
W. E. Jackson, retired on half-pay, Jan. 6 ; Second
Captain H. G. Teesdale to be Captain, vice Rawn-
sley ; First Lieutenant W. Fred. Crofton to be
Second Captain, vice Teesdale ; Second Lieut. J. F.
L. Baddeley to be First Lieutenant, vice W. F. Crofton;
First Lieut. H. E. Morritt to he Second Captain, vice
Luard, retired on half-pay; Second Lieut. J. A. Norie to
be First Lieutenant, vice Morritt ; Second Lieut. G. L.
Chandler to be First Lieutenant, vice R. M. Fyers, re-
tired on full pay, Jan. 17.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 21.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant A. Flemyng
to be Captain, vice H. W. Parke appointed to the Ar-
tillery Companies of the Corps ; First Lieutenant W. B.
Langford to be Captain, vice T. Holloway, appointed to
the Artillery Companies of the Corps; Second Lieut. E. T.
T. Jones to be First Lieutenant, vice Flemyng, promoted;
Second Lieutenant J. H. Jolliffe to be } irst Lieutenant,
vice Langford, promoted; Second Lieutenant J. W. A.
Kennedy to be First Lieutenant, vice G. A. Schomberg,
appointed to the Artillery Companies of the Corps; Se-
cond Lieutenant R. Boyle to be First Lieutenant, vice J.
Roberts, appointed to the Artillery Companies of the
Corps.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk.
The Hon. C. S. Cowper to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J.
B. Burroughes, Esq., to be ditto ; T. W. B. B. Proctor,
to be ditto ; W. R. Haggard, Esq., to be ditto ; H. Vil-
lebois, Esq., to be ditto, Dec. 31, 1844.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Hilary Term.—Eighth Victoria.
January 23, 1845.
This Court will, on Saturday the Ist, and on Monday
the 3d, Tuesday the 4th, Wednesday the sth,
and Saturday the Bth days of February next,
and also on Monday the 10th day of Fe-
ruary next, and the two next following days,
hold sittings, and will proceed in disposing of the busi-
ness in the Crown, Special, and New Trial Papers, and
giving judgment in cases then pending ; a selection will
be made from the Special Paper, and notice given.
• BY THE COURT.
WHITEHALL. JAN. 23.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Smith,
tin., of Sheffield, in the county of York, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
William Dettmer, pianoforte manufacturer, Upper Mary-
lebone-street, to surrender Jan. 31, and March 7, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Hodson and Gibbs, King's-road,
Gray's Inn.
henry Isaacs, woollen draper, Yarmouth, Jan. 31, at
eleven, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester ;
Reed and Shaw, Friday-street. City.
George Hawkins, clothier, Colchester, Feb. 7, at half-
past two, and March 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street ; Linklater, Leadenhall-street.
Lional Watling, butcher, Gilbert-street, Hanover-
square, Jan. 31, at half-past two, and March 4, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Pain and Hatherly,
Basinghall-street.
Samuel Smeeton, cattle salesman, Sibbertoft, North-
ampton, Feb. 5, at twelve, and March 4, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Weller, King's-road, Bedford-row.
Joseph Evans, innkeeper, Bourton-on-the-IThl, Feb.
11, at twelve, and March 10, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ;
Tilsey, Moreton in Marsh.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. W. Monteath, teacher of navigation, Liverpool—
a div. of 4d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any
subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver-
pool.
W. Wagstaff, cabinet maker, Liverpool—a div. of 11d.
in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent
Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
C. D. Broughton, banker, Nantwich, Cheshire—a div. of
20s. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent
Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
G. Brown, draper, Carlisle—first div. of ss. in the
pound, to all those who have proved their debts since
June 14, 1842, and a second div. of 9d. in the pound to
all who have proved on or before Dec. 18, 1844, at the
office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. H. Allen, timber merchant, Porthcawl—third div.
of 2s. Id. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, and on any
subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
Bristol. •
G. Groves, miller, Wick and Abson—first div. of 2s.
in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent
Monday, at the office of Mr. J. Acraman, Bristol.
T. Lediard, scrivener, Cirencester—first div. of lid.
in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 27, or any subsequent
Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol.
W. Pennington, miller, Bedlington, Durham—first
div. of Is. 2id. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Overington, plumber, Arundel, Feb. 14, at half-
past eleven—J. Burgess, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk,
Feb. 14, at eleven—T. Sherwood, brickmaker, Reading,
Feb. 14, at twelve—C. Tapp, coach maker, Wigmore-
street, Marylebone, Feb. 15, at twelve—J. T. Maund,
hosier, Birmingham, Feb. 14, at one—J. L. Heathorn,
shipowner, Abchurch-lane, Feb. 19, at eleven—W.
Broome and W. Hardy, drapers, Oxford-street, Feb. 14,
at eleven—W. Morrison, cooper, Globe-street, Wapping,
Feb. 18, at one—J. W. Robey, builder, Upper John-
street, Fitcroy-square, Feb. 18, at half-past one.
In the Country.
J. and S. Owen, merchants, Sheffield, Feb. 20, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court—M. Seary, maltster,
Swrdur, Flintshire, Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court—E. Davies, blacksmith, Liverpool, Feb.
14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein;-mentioned.
J. Brett, currier, Bury St. Edmund's, Feb. 15—R.
Tucker, farrier, Dean-street, Westminster, Feb. 15—
C. H. Hambleton, licensed victualler, Northampton-
street, Feb. 18—A. Tulley, grocer, Hackney, Feb. 19—
J. Wrigglesworth, cheese factor, Leeds, Feb. 17—E.
Foster, grocer, Sheffield, Feb. 18—J. Banks, seedsman,
Birmingham, Feb. 27—J. Trevitt, butcher, Lapley, Staf-
fordshire, Feb. 15—G. Harrold, merchant, Birmingham,
Feb. 15—R. Rochester, butcher, Hartlepool, Durham,
Feb. 13, and not Feb. 12, as previously advertised—T.
Caldicott, grocer, Newport, Feb. 14—D. J. Mackenzie,
provision merchant, Chambers-street, Minories, Feb. 14
—G. Bate, horse dealer, Forton, Staffordshire, Feb. 14—
W. Scovell, jun., brick maker, Chilworth, Southampton,
Feb. 14—C. Redman, builder, Herne-bay, Feb. 14—G.
Purt, ale merchant, Upper Thames-street, Feb. 14—J.
Jones, apothecary, Berner's-street, Oxford-street, Feb.
14—E. Heron, butcher, Hartlepool, Durham, Feb. 14—
E. Heron, shipowner, South Blyth, Northumberland,
Feb. 14—C. F. Biggs, mercer, Birmingham, Feb. 14,
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Cockshott and R. Yates, fustian manufacturers,
Manchester—T. Taylor and J. Roose, sail makers, Li-
verpool--,-W. and T. Eastwood, plumbers, Dewsbury,
Yorkshire—S. Clarance and C. Bird, egg agents, Ivy-
lane, Newgate-street—R. Varley, J. Fairolough, and
W. Harrison. wollen cloth merchants, Leeds—T. Brad-
bury and G. Brierloy, quarrymen, Lymm, Cheshire—J.
Burt and J. Edwards, wheelwrights, Church-street,
Chelsea—J. B. Holmes and W. T. Gooch, writing case
dealers, Poultry—J. Tyler and A. J. Lane, attorneys,
South-square, Gray's Inn—E. J. Teale and B. Wain-
house, attorneys-at-law, Leeds—T, and C. Buck,
letter-
pressprinters, Cullum-street,Fenehureh-street—
J. W. H.-
Hargreaves and A. A. Moller, lace manufacturers, Not-
tingham—J. Turner. T. Turner, W. Turner, and
Turner, farmers, Wolfehamcote, WarwickshireWarwickshire_ n.
Blackburn, T. Blackburn, jun-, L Ifeywores,o and
llorsley, warehouse-keepers, Liverpool - f. 7 15"-
gam's L. Iteyworth, jun.)-4. Hari, and
dll Moor
or s ire— . and J.
house, carpenters,
Brantford—l. Polley and T. Lambard,
Upperthong,
Sexton, drapers, Brent
grocers, Bethnal-green-road--W. Peek, J. Peek, and H.

Winch, tea merchants, Liverpool—A. Munro and W.
Congreve, printers, Duke-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—
J. and W. Carter, ivory turners, Fleur-de-lis-street,
London--11. F. Cotterell, T. Cooper, jun.,and J. 11. Cot-
terell, land surveyors, Bath (so far as regards T. Cooper,
jun.)—S. A. Holland, M. Holland, and E. Holland, Li-
verpool—J. and R. Body, mercers, Callington, Cornwall
—W. Jones and E. P. Sells, coal merchants, Bankside,
Sonthwark—P. and W. Cadman, merchants,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
William King, merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 30 and Feb.
13, at one, at Thomson and Gilchrist's, spirit merchants,
Glasgow.
John Paterson and Co., cloth singers, Glasgow, Jae. 28
and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the Waterloo Hotel, Glasgow.
A. Lindsay and Co., thread-worsted manufacturers,
Glasgow, Jan. 28 and Feb. 18, at twelve,at the chambers
of Cullen and Railton, Glasgow.
William Munro and Co., merchants, Dornoch, Jan. 28
arid Feb. 18, at two, at Gunn's Inn, Dornoch.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar. for the
week ending Jan. 21, 1844, is 30s. 10d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
partation thereof into Great Britain

LAW CHANGES.—We have reason to believe that
Mr. Platt, Q.C., will be the new judge ; but his appoint-
ment is deferred until some other changes which are in
contemplation shall be arranged. Mr. Horace Twiss is,
we understand, to be the new Commissioner of Bank-
rupts ; and Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, it is said, will suc-
ceed Mr. Twiss as Vice-Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster.—Evening paper.
DEATH OF bins. NORTON.—It is with no ordinary
feelings of regret that we have to announce the death of
the lady of William Fletcher Norton, Esq., of Elton
Manor, in this county, at 40, Wellington-square, Hast-
ings. This amiable and excellent lady had been for
some time in a declining state of health, and it had been
recommended by her medical adviser to try the air of
Hastings. where she accordingly went on the 21st De-
cember la, t. She appeared at first to derive some benefit
from the change, but this hope was soon dispelled ; she
gradually became weaker and weaker, till at length she
breathed her last on Saturday, the 18th inst., at twenty
minutes before four o'clock.—Nottingham Review.
CONTEMPLATED VISIT OF THE COURT TO BRIGHTON.
—We undei stand that it is the intention of her Majesty
to honour Brighton with a visit in about a fortnight.
According to the present arrangements the Royal chil-
dren will arrive at the Palace on Saturday, the Ist of
February, and it is expected that her Majesty will arrive
on the following Saturday. Mr. Henry Saunders arrived
on Thursday night for the purpose of giving the neces-
sary instructions for the reception of the Court, and was
to take his departure again in the afternoon. The-news
of an early visit from her Majesty has diffused the
greatest joy among the inhabitants.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST CORNWALL.—ID conse-
quence of the lamented death of the Earl of St. Ger-
mans, which took place at Port Eliot, on Saturday
last, there will be a vacancy in the rspresentation of
East Cornwall, in the room of Lord Eliot, now Earl of
St. Germans, who will be called to the Upper House.
We understand, on good authority, that a requisition is
now in course of signature, calling upon T. J. Agar
Robartes, Esq., of Lanhydrock, to come forward as a
candidate on the Liberal interest. Mr. Robartes is at
present out of the county; but as the heir to the wealthy
and ancient house of the Hon. Mrs. Agar, he has long been
looked upon as in every respect fitted for the high position
which he is now to be called upon to assume. He com-
mands the esteem and affection of men of all parties in.
East Cornwall; and his politics, though of a decided cha-
racter, are by no means extreme. If Mr. Robartes con-
sents to be put in nomination, he will receive the sup-
port of Sir William Molesworth, and Sir Coleman Rash-
leigh ; and as he proposed Mr. Charles Sawle at the last
election for Bodmin, it is most probable that Sir Joseph
Sawle will give him the weight of his influence. There
is certainly not a gentleman in East Cornwall more eli-
SUSPICIOUS DEATH AT WOLVERHAMPTON.--OR
Saturday night last information was received at the
police-station that a woman, named Sarah Bartlam, was
lying dead in an empty house in Farmer's-fold, who, the
neighbours had reason to suppose, had died from the
effects of her husband's ill-treatment. At about eleven
o'clock on that evening Colonel Hogg, with Mr. De-
hane, surgeon, proceeded to the house, and found the
corpse locked up in it, without a particle of clothes of
covering, except an old sheet thrown over the body.
Owing to several suspicious circumstances attending the
case, notice was given to T. M. Phillips, Esq., coroner,
who on Tuesday evening commenced an inquest at the
Hop-pole Inn. The husband, John Bartlam, was taken
into custody by the police on Sunday. The inquest.,
after some preliminary inquiries, was adjourned till the
following Friday, and a post mortem examination is to
be made in the interim.—Wolverhampton Chronicle.
Bible from his position, or better qualified from his ta-
lents, to represent that division of the county, than Mr.
Robartes, and we heartily wish that the electors may
succeed in securing his services.—Plymouth Journal.
EARL DUCIE AND THE GLOUCESTER FARMERS.
—The Gloucester Farmers' Club, at their annual dinner
on Saturday, gave a remarkable instance of their grati-
tude and good taste. On the President paying the
usual compliment to Earl Ducie, by proposing that
nobleman's health, "as a friend to agriculture,"
Mr. John Long objected to the toast. He would not
drink the health of a corn-law repealer—not he—how-
ever high his public character as a practical farmer,
or however great his private worth. The sin of being
a repealer was an insurmountable barrier to Mr.
John Long's raising his glass to his lips, and with
the pertinacity of a certain animal, more noted for stub-
bornness than sagacity, he persisted in his objection,
notwithstanding the remonstrances of the President and
the respectables present, and a scene of indescribable
confusion followed, amid which the toast was withdrawn!
—Cheltenham Examiner.
PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING IN PORTUGAL.
Sennor Baretto Ferraz delivered a speech at the close of
Tuesday's sitting, which the reporter in Wednesday's
Diario disposed of in this fashion :—" The ♦ery ad-
vanced hour, and the state of fatigue in which we find
ourselves, do not permit us to give this important dis-
course, which we will insert entire in one of our follow-
ing numbers." The speech was delivered at the " very
advanced hour " of eight o'clock in the day, and the
paper was not published until one on the day following.
The Evesham Town Council on Wednesday met
for the purpose of appointing a master for the Free
Grammar School, when Mr. Moore was elected by a ma-
jority of 8 to 4, on precisely the same terms as his pre-
decessor held the office.
ILYRACOMRE.—A large whale, thirty feet long, was
washed on shore at the back of the Tor-hills, on Thurs-
day morning.
CASE OF THE NAILORS.—DUDLET.-..-We regret to
hear that, though trade is so much improved, the nailors
are still very badly off. This they ascribe to the large
discount—we believe twenty per cent.—taken from their
wages by their masters. A meeting of three hundred
heads of families has been held, when they determined,
in the language of a communication addressed to us " to
give the masters one week's notice for 20s. in the pound,
which is every man's due right." We trust that timely
concession will spare these poor creatures the horrors
attendant upon a " strike."—Worcester Chronicle.

TaooN.--MAri DROWNED.—On the morning of
Friday, the 10th instant, a lantern and hat being found
tossing about the breakwater, it was suspected that some
unfortunate person had met a sadden death in the gale of
the preceding evening. On inquiry being made among
the vessels in the harbour, it was discovered that Captain
James Baillie, of the Phenix, of Port-a-Ferr, was miss-
ing, and immediate search for the body was commenced,
but it was not found until Sabbath morning. The cause
of this unfortunate accident has not been ascertained, but
the supposition is that on leaving the village on Thurs-
day evening, to go on board, he had, in the dark, gone
too near the edge of the breakwater, and had been blown
into the sea by the violence of the gale. Captain Baillie
was unmarried, and was much respected in his line of
life. The corpse was interred in Crosby churchyard on
Monday.
THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS.—We yesterday saw
letter from a soldier in this regiment to his brother here.
It is dated Sukkur, Upper Siude, and gives a most de-
plorable account of the ravages of fever in that gallant
corps. Seven hundred men, besides women and children,
are constantly under medical treatment, and unfit for
duty. Deaths are also so frequent, that in one day seven
men were carried to the dead-house waiting for inter-
ment. Up to the date of the letter, one captain (Browne)
and 50 men had fallen under the disease, and there was
no prospect of returning health, though he reports
the mornings and evenings cool. It is intermitting
fever ; and the letter seems to intimate that not one
of the regiments has escaped its fury, though it is less
violent in some cases than others. A man belonging to
Stirling, of the name of Kesson, is among the dead,—
Stirling Observer.

THE FIRE IN HUNGERFORD-MAREET.—FURTHER
PARTICULARS.—When the flames were first discovered
they were burning fiercely in a pile of straw, containing
between 30 and 40 loads. An attempt was made by the
persons connected with the market to extinguish the
fire. Owing, however, to the firm hold it had previously
obtained, it defied their exertions. Messengers were
therefore dispatched fur the aid of the engines. The
numerous brigade and County and West of England en-
gines attended with all possible expedition, and were set
to work from the river Thames. The firemen, although
they exerted themselves to the utmost, were unable to
extinguish the conflagration until about 25 loads of
straw and a couple of waggons had been destroyed, and
considerable damage done to the booking-office of the
market. The property destroyed belonged to Mr. Milli-
gan, corn-merchant, and was insured in the Sun Fire-
office, and the building was insured in the West of Eng-
land-office. The precise cause of the fire is unknown,
but it is generally supposed to have been the work of
some incendiary.
THE SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY AND THE
SPANISH GOVZRNHENT.—The Minister of Foreign
Affairs has transmitted to the Consul of Spain, in Lon-
don, the decision of the Queen, in virtue of which the
Spanish Government is to subscribe 201. a year towards
the Dreadnoaght hospital establishment in the Thames.
—Shipping Gazette.
hanger of --The-
Earl RANGERsHIP OF GREENWICH P
Gn
Earl of Aberdeen, the newly-appointed Rang
wich Park, has taken possession of Chesterfield House,
Matilda,
the Ranger's official residence, late in the occution of
her late Royal Highness
the Princess Sophia
It is stated that the general sale of
effects, which has been extensively advertised, will not
take place, and that a small
&c., will be publicly scad, Lordportion only of the furniture,
the rest at a valuation. Aberdeen having taken
Teltgoim.
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quantity of sprats brought into
this town have been
very great during the past week,
and large quantities
e
have been sold as manuro.—Cam-
bridge Advertiser.
CAUTION TO CABMEN.—At Marlborough-street
Police-court, on Thursday, three oab- drivers were fined five
shillings and costs
riceuiwy
unattended,
for leaving their cabs on the stand in