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creased demand for Great Britain ; tincal and cntch nothing
doing. Exports from the Ist inst. up to date, to Great Bri-
tain-730 maunds cowries.
IMPORTS FROM EUROPE.

British Cotton Piece Goods.—Our market has been very
steady since our last, and transactions have been to a consi-
derable extent, without, however, any material change in
value, and importers now generally appear disposed to hold,
either for higher rates or an improvement in exchange.
Shirtings have been sold to a fair extent at about last
month's rates, and stocks have been somewhat reduced; the
improvement noticed in our last for good white cloths has
been fully maintained. White and gray Jaconets have been
in steady demand, and the low qualities of the former have
realised an advance of Ito 2 annas. 8-4 Stout White Cam-
bric is inquired for at full prices. The activity noticed in our
last for Lappets and Scarfs has continued, and in some in-
stances lower qualities have sold at a slight advance.
Coloured and Printed Goods—All well-selected ehintz and
prints have continued in demand.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated Balfe's Grand Opera, THE DAUGHTER OF
ST. MARK. Lusignano, Mr. Burdini ; Adolphe de Courcy, Mr. W.
Harrison ; Catarina Cornaro, Miss Poole.
After which will be repeated the Grand Christmas Harlequinade
called PUCK'S PANTOMIME ; or, Harlequin and Robinson Crusoe.
Robinson Crusoe, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Clown, Mr. T. Matthews ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Howell ; Harlequin, Mr. Wieland ; Columbine, Miss
Carson.
The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
In the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, I laces, and
'rickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled
OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS. Colonel Rocket, Mr.
Stricklal d ; Littleton Coke, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Tom Coke, Mr.
Webster ; Bob, Mr. Buckstone ; Jesse Rural, Mr. W. Farren ; the
Countess of Pempion, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lady Alice Hawthorn,
Madame Vestris ; Miss Rocket, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which, SOMEBODY ELSE. Hans Moritz, Mr. Charles
Mathews ; Minnie, Madame Vestris.
To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr.
Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley,
Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office,
from Ten till Five o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE
GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy,
Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudsoa : Wild Martogh, Mr. 0. Smith ;
Muster Grinuldge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ;
Geraldine., Mrs. Yatee ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami,
Madame Celeste.
To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled TAE
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of
Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rorke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness
Beaupre, Miss Forteicue.
After which, THE CORPORAL'S WEDDESTei ; or, a Kiss of the
Bride. Sir Felix Marmalade, Mr. Hudson ; Major Griskin, Mr.
Selby ; Lady Arethusa Gr skin, Mrs. Frank Matthews ; Nancy Cobb,
Miss Woolgar.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Another Triumph of a New Drama, called " The Sollier of For-
tune ; or, the Irish Settler."
THIS EVENING
THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years Ago ; by the Author
of " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine " &c. Principal Characters by
Messrs. Hudson, Wright, 0. Smith, Paul Redford, Selby, Cal-
lenford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame
Celeste. After which, a New Drama, called THE SOLDIER OF
FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. Characters by Miss Woolgar,
Mr. Lambert, Mr. Selby, Mr. Hudson, and Miss Fortescue. To con-
clude with the New Farce of THE CORPORAL'S WEDDING ; or,
a Kiss of the Bride.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced a New Drama (from the French), entitled
THE CARBONARI ; or, The Bride of Parma.
After which, MONSEIGNEUR; or, PARIS IN 1720. Mon-
seigneur, Mr. Wallack ; Germaine, Mr. Ozberry ; Rosaline, Miss E.
Stanley; Annette, Miss Marshall.
To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ;
Machinist, Mr. Edmund Eradwell.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Private Boxes to be had
at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled TAKING POS-
SESSION. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows,
Craven, Kinloch, A. Wigan, Yarnold, Bender, and Stanton ; Mrs. A.
Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Howard, and Miss James.
After which, THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Collier, and Turner ;
Miss Walcott, Mrs. Usher, and Mrs. Keeley.
To be followed by a New Farce, entitled A MODEL OF A WIFE.
Principal Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Matthews, and Mea-
dows ; Miss Walcott, and Miss Fairbrother.
To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha-
racters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner,
Kinloch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair-
brother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and
Mrs. Keeley.

FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Mr. Mitchell begs to announce that the engagements of Mons. Lafont
and Mdlle. Nathalie, although honoured with such marked approbation,
must unavoidably terminate at the end of the present week; but in
compliance with numerous applications, and at the suggestion of
several of his distinguished patrons, Mr. Mitchell begs to state, that
the Theatre will be open every Evening this Week, except Saturday
evening, terminating Monsieur Lafont's and 3ladlle. Nathalie's en-
gagements. .The Performances will be varied nightly, in order to pre-
sent, as numerously as possible, the most popular pieces of Monsieur
Lafoat's and Mademoiselle Nathalie's agreeable repertoire.

THIS EVENING
Will be repeated LE HOCIIET D'UNE COQUETTE. Le Duc de
Laney, Mons. Latent ; La Marquise do Mareilly, Madlle. Eliza
Forgeot.
After which, a new Corneille Vaudeville, entitled UN MARRIAGE
SOUS L'EMPIRE. Victoria Geoffrey, M. Lafout ; Octavie, Mdlle.
Nathalie.
To conclude with the favourite Vaudeville of LE CADET DE
FAMILLE, ou, L'INTRIGUE IMPROMPTU. Jules, Neveu du
Colonel, Madlle. Nathalie.
The eminent Actor, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, and Mille.
Clarisse will make their first appearance on Monday, Feb. 17.
Admission by the Night—Boxes, 6s. Pit, 3s. 6d. Amphitheatre
(or Callery Stalls), 3s. Gallery, U.—Doors will be opened at Seven
o'clock, and the Performances commence at Half-past Seven.
A Detailed Prospectus of the general arrangements, and of the
Pieces which will be produced during the Season, may be had at Mr.
Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office
of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Last Week of the Southern American Minstrels.
TMIS EVENING
Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; introducing a. Real
Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Fletuids.
To be followed by the Melodies of the American-Southern Minstrels.
Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship.
To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN JOHNNY
GILPIN'S RIDE ; or, The Black Witch of Edmonton. Johnny
Gilpin, Mr. Wells ; Clown, Mr. Barry ; Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury ;
[harlequin, Mr. Lewis ; Columbine, Mrs. J. W. Collier.
Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Last Week of the Pantomime.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Mr. Fitzball's Drama of HOME AGAIN ; or,
The Lieutenant's Daughter. Supported by Messrs, R. Honner,
N. T. Hicks, Neville, Seaman, Miss Martin, and Mrs. Homier.
After which, a New Three Act Drama, entitled WOLSEY, in
which the whole of the Company will perform.
To conclude with the Pantomime of POUNDS, SHILLINGS, AND
PENCE. Harlequin, Mr. 11. Harvey ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Henry Corri ; Columbine, Miss Slaiter.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
office, from Eleven to Four.

THE WEATHER.--Sax OFFICE, FEB. 8.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 23 ; Highest, 32 ; Noon, 29,
BAROMETER, 30.15.—Wnrn, N.E.

Novi .—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. Al
the other observations are made at noon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-DRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .- 14 minutes after 4 Eve►ing .. 32 minutes after 4.

our extended coast-line, without delay. His Grace
demonstrated the very imminent jeopardy to which,
in the defect of such defences, the whole trade of this
metropolis and port, homeward or outward bounds
must always be subject in the estuary of the Thames,
in the event of hostilities with a Continental power.
About the month of August last, if we remember
rightly, his Grace again bore testimony to the
paramount importance of improving the port of
Dover to a very considerable extent, and converting
it into a harbour of refuge for the accommodation
and rendezvous of our steam navy, as well as of our
commercial marine. The report of the last Com-
mission, signed by professional authorities of such
eminence as Admiral Sir BYAM MARTIN, G.C.8.;
Admiral DUNDAS ; Mr. COLQUIIOUN, Captain WASH-
INGTON ; the very celebrated Engineer, Mr. J.
WALKER, &c., not only amply confirmed the judg-
ment and testimony of the Duke, but specified the
works necessary to be executed, the site and the scale
upon which they should be constructed, and the pro-
bable amount at which their cost might be estimated.
But Sir ROBERT PEEL, who has not hesitated to
inflict upon the country the odious Income-tax, in
order to maintain that dashing " surplus of Revenue,"
on which all his hopes of political canonization now
repose, is little inclined—it seems— to spare 2,500,0001.
for a department of the public service from which he
can secure so small an addition to the sum of his
Parliamentary influence, as the extension, strengthen•
ing, deepening, and improvement of Dover Harbour.
He could not conceal his irritation at being questioned
by the Member for Dover on so distasteful a subject.
He—innocent man l—after his little apprenticeship
in official and public business of thirty years,—he
" really did not know by what means the public got
access to documents which were not, for a time at
least, intended to be circulated." 1
Between the two extremes of a galvanic telegraph
and the fast carts of the London Parcels Delivery
Company, Sir ROBERT cannot even figure to himself
the possibility of a swift process of communication
between the penetralia of Downing-street, and the
sanctum sanctorum of a London newspaper-office.
He declared, with a grave face, that " He had not
the slightest idea through what channel these docu-
ments were obtained, but somehow or other the news-
papers continually managed to get hold of them."—
(A laugh.) He did not venture to say he had never
heard of such things being done in his time, but
" He could only regret that a document which had
been confidentially prepared for the Government alone
should have been published to the world." With all
respect for Sir ROBERT, this species of red-tape
prudery is very unworthy of him. The French
Government do not appear so nervously sensitive on
such subjects. They know, very well, that such
affairs cannot be gone into, now-a-days, without a
certain peril of publicity, however much publicity,
under many conditions of circumstances, may be to
be deprecated. But for an English Prime Minister,
in 1845, to tslk as if he " really " expected that a
document which must have been to some extent with•
in the cognisance of many Members of Parliament,
not Members of the Government, could be withheld
for any length of time from the knowledge of the pub-
lic,—of that constituency which now exercises so
much vigilance over, and requires so much vigilance
from, its representatives—is foolish affectation. But
, now let us see how the Minister of the greatest nation
of Europe, the most extensive maritime power in the
world, can balance, hesitate, and finally sit down
" promising nothing—doing nothing—hoping no-
thing,"—when the amount of the cost is set against
the construction of public works pronounced by the
highest military, naval, and civil authorities in the
empire to be indispensable to our preservation, our in-
dependence, our honour, our existence. In the first
place, the report, is " really " found to be worthy of
every consideration. But then—nothing has been
done, nor seems likely to be done, in consequence of it.
" In answer to the Hon. Gentleman's question, he
could assure him that the report had occupied the most
serious attention of her Majesty's Ministers. To the
opinions of the very distinguished officers who had
formed that Commission great weight would naturally be
attached."

We should hardly think Mr. RICE, or his Dover
friends, will attach much value to so very.
specific an undertaking as this :—" And the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. RicE) might depend upon it, that
a subject of such vast national importance should
not fail to receive the most anxious consideration
upon the part of her Majesty's Government." For
what is Sir ROBERT'S own view of the probabilities
that any practical result will follow ? Just the most
unfavourable one that can be imagined. The notion
of an expenditure that will knock down his financial
surplus, despite of the income-tax screw for raising it
to the highest attainable pitch, drives him into ecsta-
cies of economical alarms, that are as pathetic as if
they came from WINIFRED JENKINS. "At the same
time, he (Sir R. PEEL) felt that the cost of carrying
out their recommendations would be very great in-
deed. Take, for instance, the case of Dover alone,
there would be a sum required of not less than
2,500,0001."
So, again :

"In measures of such vast importance, and involving
such a very large outlay of money, the greatest conside-
ration was necessary on the part of the Executive. The
Commissioners had divided their recommendations into
classes, in which they stated that the carrying out of
their suggestions as to Dover stood first, Portland
second, Seaford third. They then gave a general esti-
mate of expense, which, however, could not be entirely
relied upon, and which, as he had before stated, would
require for Dover alone no less a sum than 2,500,0001.
The experience of the expense already incurred at Holy-
head would cause him (Sir R. Peel) to be sure of his
expenses before he entered upon any important works of
the kind ; but inquiries were still being pursued."
Now, let it be observed, in all this, not a word to
impugn the vital, national, urgent, paramount ne-
cessity for those new defences and this harbour of re-
fuge at Dover. Only the expense of 2,500,0001. !--
a Prime Minister cannot get over that. He feels it
is incumbent upon him to experience a sort of choking
at the bare idea. " The experience derived from the
cost already incurred at Holyhead is a warning to
him." He will not, off-hand, engage in any more
costly public works. And so he throws overboard,
naming no day for taking them in again—holding
out no hope of ever doing anything for them at all
—Dover, Seaford, Portland, in succession. And
what then ? Why, with an inconsistency, a violation
of principles and pledges announced but the moment
before—absolutely startling even in Sir ROBERT PEEL
—he coolly announces, as to that " Holyhead," the
charges already paid for which have taught him the
frugal severity he has been so didactic upon when
other ports were in question.--" Now, with respect to
one of the ports mentioned by the Commissioners—
he meant Holyhead—the recommendations made by
them would be at once carried into effect, for the im-
portance of the intercourse between Ireland and this
country required that this should be the case.—(Hear,
hear.) But upon the other recommendations of the
report, Government had not yet come to any decision."
The mot de r enigme is too evident here, and the
mystery of Sir ROBERTS' non sequitur is solved at
a glance. "Ireland has been always my greatest
difficulty," said he, on a memorable occasion, a long
time ago. So she is still. Sir ROBERT cannot open
the Exchequer to make Dover what it ought to be
for the salvation of this country, in the event of hos-
tilities with France, which may break out at any
moment; but he will do so at once to curry favour
with his Irish supporters and the Irish people at large.
No portion of the English press has more consistently
or ardently vindicated the just claims and rights of
the Irish people than our own journal; but we pro-
test against postponing, sine die, the national works
essential at Dover, to the further improvement of
Holyhead, at a vast expense, in addition to the im-
moderate sums already devoted to it, and on the
Minister's single plea of the superior importance of
still further facilitating the communication between
England and Ireland. Is it the simple fact that he
wishes to propitiate Irish support on the one hand, and
prefers the Holyhead works because they will so much
less diminish his surplus than the Dover works, on
the other ? In our opinion he has seldom more egre-
giously or palpably committed himself; and we trust
and hope that Parliament will insist on the recom-
mendations of the Committee's Report in favour of
Dover being fully, promptly, and honestly carried
into effect.

The news brought by the Paris papers is not of much
importance. The leading articles chiefly refer to the
Queen VICTORIA'S speech, of which the Ministerial
journals highly approve, while those of the Oppsition
show everywa3 them tar
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ble. ' The Journal des Debats makes the following brief
remarks on the paragraph relative'to the KING'S visit :
" The QUEEN mentions, as is proper, with equal courtesy,
the visits paid to her in the course of the year by two
foreign Soverigns. But of these two, one was simply
the guest of the Court of England, while the other was
equally the guest of the Sovereign and of the natio
Queen VICTORIA expresses a lively satisfaction at the
reception given by the English people to the KING of the
FRENCH, and she publicly associates herself in the de-
monstrations of her subjects, as her subjects had asso-
ciated themselves in the royal and gracious hospitality of
their Sovereign. Such manifestations cannot but tighten
the bonds of that good intelligence, the maintenance of
which is on both sides looked on as essential to the
dearest interests of the two countries." M. TRIERS
paper is sadly puzzled to find out one flaw in the royal
speech ; but, in order: to show that it labours in its
vocation, has recourse to the Speech of Louis PHILIPPE,
and drawn a contrast between the two documents. In
adverting to that of the KING of the FRENCH, it says:—
" What effusion, what enthusiasm, what prodigality of
friendly and tender expressions! Is not the whole in-
ternal policy of France made subordinate to the heureux
accord? The address of the Chamber of Deputies was
no less verbose, no less exalted. The policy of the
French Government is there made to be closely attached
to the encerie cordiale. It is not only a polite expres-
sion of feeling on the subject of the KING'S journey, and
a mark of goodwill towards the English nation; it is a
formal and explicit declaration from M. GUIZOT, who,
threatened in France, places himself under the protec-
tion of Great Britain. The English Government replies
with agreeable phrases full of esteem for the KING of the
FRENCH, with an earnest desire of a good understanding
between the two countries ; but, in comparison with the
passage we have quoted, the:language of the Queen of
ENGLAND is reservad and almost frigid. The English
Ministry evidentlyemprehends that the good under-
standing between the two kingdoms does not depend
upon M. GulzoT alone ; not a word is sent in aid of our
Cabinet in its distress, and there is not even a single
allusion to the famous mixed Commission. But the most
remarkable feature is the species of parallel, drawn by
Sir ROBERT PEEL between the Emperor of Russrs and
the KING of the FRENCH. The affections of the QUEEN
incline towards our KING, while the Tory policy tends
towards the EMPEROR. This sort of marked impartiality
of England between the two alliances, is then, it appears,
the only result gained by M. GUIZOT after so many
sacrifices I

The National in lashing itself into a passion is only
still more ridiculous :

"M. Guizot must hare experienced a pretty great disap-
pointment at the royal speech. It is in a tone of the greatest
disdain that the Queen speaks of her good reports with the
French Government. The famous visit to Windsor only oc-
cupies a little place in it, after two most gracious paragraphs
on the visit of the Emperor Nicholas to England. The Mi-
nistry and its head ought to be satisfied. Exhibit, there-
fore, your baseness in profusion to please Great Britain ; be-
tray the interests of your country to serve her, demand and
obtain an indemnity for the English agent who had caused
your countrymen to be murdered. Now that the service is
rendered—that the French flag has been lowered before that
of England, you scarcely obtain an expression of thanks, and
all the consideration is for the Emperor, who made no sacri-
fice at all."

It is singular enough that not one of the papers makes
the slightest allusion to that part of the QUEEN'S speech
which recommends an increase in the navy estimates.

The illondkur contains a report from the Minister of
War, advocating strongly the advantages to be derived
from the definitive establishment of a Normal School of
Firing. The object of this school is stated to be princi-
pally to give efficient instructioes to the various regi-
ments, by which additional confidence shall be imparted
to the troops by improving their aim individually. The
report states that as General ROSTOLAN, who had been
temporarily at the head of this department,-has been
promoted to the command of the Polytechnic School, it
appeared advisable to nominate definitively another ge-
neral officer to supply his place, arid concludes with re-
commending the Duke d'AtrmALE as a proper person to
fill the vacant post. A royal ordonnance, dated Feb. 2,
appointing his Royal Highness as recommended, follows
the report,-

THE BOURSE—TsunsneY, FEB. 6.

Fli;t Highest Lowest Last

Price, Pike. Price. Price .
French Five per Cents 122 60 122 60 • • 122 40 • • 122 40
Four-and-a-Half ll3 .. 113 • • 113 • • 113
Fours 118 .. 118 ••• 118 • • 118
Three per Cents.. •• • 85 5 .. 85 5 .. 84 95 .. 85
New Loan ••• • • • 86 25 • 86 25 .. 86 25 • • 86 25
Bank of France . 3280 .. 3285 • • 3280 ..3280
Gouin Bank, I,ooof. Shares .. 1085 • • 1085 • • 1085 .• 1085
Belgian Fives, 1840 ••• • • • 104% .. 105 • • 104 • • 105
1842 •• •• •• 10614 .. 10614 .. 10612 10614
Two-and-a-Half.... 62 • • 62 • • 62 . • 62
Spanish Threes •••• • • • ..... 41% .. 41% .. 4114 .. 4114
Active •••••• • • • • • • 39 .. 39 .. 39 .. 39

Passive
Portuguese Five per Cents • . 59 .. 59 .. 59 59
Neapolitan••••••••••••• •• 99 50 .. 99 50 .. 99 50 .• 99 50
Boman •

DUTCH AND HAMBURGH MAILS
ST. PETHRSBURGH, JAN. 21.--Yesterday his Majesty
the Emperor had a grand review of the whole garrison,
and of the troops in cantonments in the neighbourhood.
His Imrrial Majesty has confided to Ln-ut.-t-lerierfll
Ludinsky the civil a iministration of the Caucasian
provinces.
Notwithstanding the vi:Alance of the Custom-house
officers, a great deal of smuggling is carrie d on bAween
Finland and Russia, particularly in colonial produce,
because the duties are so low in Sweden, and especially
by m ens of the steam-boats. It is probable that the
Government may be induced, by these continual fraud:,
to abolish the very great commercial privilege of
Finland, and to subject it to the regulations, existing in

Russia.
HANOVER, JAN. 31.—His Majesty the King has been
pleased to give a private audience to his Excellency the
Count Von Siekendorff, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of
Prussia at this Court, who has returned from Berlin.
HANOVER, FEB. I.—The Crown Prince has been suf-
fering for some time from a disorder in his eyes, which
assumes an inflammatory character, but is now so far
happily recovered that his Royal Highness has been able
to ride out in his carriage. The Prince, to whom the
greatest care is said .o be recommended, is visited every
day by his Royal Father.
BREMEN, JAN. 31.—We learn that Holland will make
concessions to the Zollverein, which will exceed those of
Brussels, offering to place the ships of the Zollverein on
an equality with those under Dutch colours, by which
Holland will secure to itself the consignment to the co-
lonies of the productions of Germany. Ships belonging to
the Zollverein are to pay a duty pro forma, in the Dutch
colonies, which is to be repaid in Holland.
THE HAGUE, FEB. 6.—The Second Chamber of the
States General met to-day, at half-past two o'clock, to re-
sume its labours after the adjournment. After some
preliminary business, it received six Royal messages,
accompanying so many projects of law, with the expla-
natory memorials:-Ist. On the tax on oxen, horses,
and sheep, for the benefit of the agricultural interest.
2. On the drawing up of deeds relative to civil trans-
actions in foreign countries. 3. On the collection of
taxes. 4. For regulating and completing the special
funds intended to carry into effect the law on the cur-
rency. 5. Relative to the militia, and service in the
army. 6. On expropriation for the public benefit.
All these documents having been already presented, I
were ordered to be distributed among the Members, and,
together with the budget for 1846 and 1847, which were
distributed in the sitting of 28th Dec., 1844, referred to
the sections.
The projects of law and the explanatory memorials
fill above 116 columns of the official journal and the
supplements, and are not yet concluded.
THE HAGUE, FEB. 7.—The Staats Courant of to-
day publishes the long-expected royal ordinance,
appointing his Excellency J. J. Rochusson to the post of
Governor-General of the Dutch possessions and colonies
in the East Indies, ordering at the same time that he is
to exercise his functions as Minister Plenipotentiary at
Brussels till that post shall otherwise be filled up. This
resolution is dated the sth inst.
AMSTERDAM, FEB. B.—:The Handebblad has a private
letter from Batavia, of the 25th Oct., 1844, a hich states
that dreadful ravages have been caused by inundation in
the north of China, and in the environs of Canton.
Thousands and thousands of the inhabitants hake
perished, and the damage done is incalculable. The
Mandarins do their utmost to conceal th. particulars
fearing that if they came to the krowledge of the Em-
peror, they might be made responsible for the giving say
of the dikes. What we hear from private pe --otos Is
dreadful. Yet all these are trifling compared with what
has occurred on- the shore of the Yellow sea. hese
provinces are partly inund,ted. and the population,
amounting to sixteen or seventeen millions, lost almost
all they possesslxl. The survivors, with their families.
are dispersed over China as beggars. The high price
of rice is an additional caue of distress.

LLOYD'S SHE PPIN
DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.
The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt, Ceylon, and India, via Southampton, will be dis-
patched hence on the morning of the 20th inst.
The next mail for Ceylon, India, and China, via Mar-
seilles, will be dispatched hence on the evening f the 24th
inst., in addition to the mails for India forwarded through
France on the 7th of the month, owing to fresh arrangements
having been made.
The next mails for the West Indies, &c., will be dispatched
hence 6n the morning of the 17th inst. The steamer Forth is
appointed to take them out.
The next mails to America will be dispatched from Liver-
pool on the 4th of March, by the steamer Cambria. Letters
in time on the evening of the 3d.
The next mails for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres will
be dispatched hence on Tuesday, the 4th of March.
The Bussorah Merchant, with the Sydney mails of the
31st ult., left the Downs on Friday, the 7th inst.
LONDON, FEB S.—Wind at noon, Northerly, fresh breeze, and tine.
RAMSGATE, FEB. 7.—Arrd. Broadwood, London, for Middleborough,
with damage, having been in contact. The steam-tug Sampson, be-
longing to this port, is ashore on the bank in Sandwich River. The
Risk, Kidd, of and from Sunderland, struck on the Galbard Sand this
morning, got off, and sank a mile from the Galloper ; crew saved ; she
was bound to Portsmouth.
DEAL, FEB. 7.—Wind N.W. by W. ; P. M. E.N.E.—Arrd. Tunan-
dria, Skinner, Calcutta; Earl of Leicester, Bullard, Rio Grande ;
Hortensia, Storey, Cape of Good Hope, loss of bulwarks, &c. Sld.
Bussorahl Merchant, Sydney, New South Wales; Seringapatam,
Ceylon ; Sophia, Rio Janeiro.
CowEs, Frs. 6.—Sld. Sumatra, Sumatra.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Sld. Llangothland, Valparaiso.
LANCASTER, FEB. 6.—Axrd. Aurora, St. John's, New Brunswick.

DovER, FEB. 7.—Arrd. Mary Hounsell, Ichaboe, for Dundee ; crew
mutinous. Off, Wm. Forster, Killick, Nassau; ILastelling, I'otjei,
Charleston for Rouen.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Wm. Shand, London
for China ; Courier, London, for the Cape of Good Hope ; stern stove,
&c., having been in contact off Beachy Head last night with a ship
unknown; Medway steamer, Southampton. Sld. Caroline for Mau-
ritius and Ceylon.
CLYDE, FEB. G.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Christina, Pitcairn, Demerara;
Franklin, New Orleans ; Mary Ann and Rolla, Antigua, &c.
DUBLIN, FEB. s.—Arrd. Packet, Gill, Trinidad. Sld. Princess,
Savannah.

KINGSTOWN, FEB. 6.—Arrd. Culzian Castle, Ichaboe.
LivEaPooL, FEB. 7.—Wind N. to S.E.—Sld. Duke of Wellington,
Calcutta; Bolivar, Bombay; Urgent, Rio; Elizabeth and Venus,
Bahia ; Derby and Peric, Africa ; Melvina, Trinidad ; Brandon, Ja-
maica ; Enterprise and Wannau, La Guayra ; Araminta and Mary-
land, New Orleans ; Nicholas, Biddle, Mobile ; Cumberland, Apala-
chiola ; Leonard Dobbin, Thomas Bennett, John Barry, and Sheffield,
Charleston ; Medemseh, Philadelphia ; Liverpool, New York. Some
sails, three compasses, three muskets, three pistols, and a few blocks
have been landed here from the Thomas Laurie, from Ichaboe, aban-
doned at sea, by the Candidate, arrived here.

A DCO tviIFIE,.,(I.IiA.LNE VV. N
(From The San of Saturday Eve-fling.)
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday remained quite
firm, and a good business was done. Sales, 6,500 bales, of
which 2,000 were on speculation.—Shares were not quite so
brisk. Bristol and Gloucester, 5514 2 ; Caledonian' 714 61/s ;
Chester and Birkenhead, 40%; Ditto and Holy-
head, 714 ; Churnet Valley, 8%) Eastern Counties,
17%; Glasgow and Greenock, 13% 3/4 ; Great Western,
Fifths, 40%; Lancaster and Carlisle, 29% 14 Lon-
don and Birmingham, 32!. Shares, 43%; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 291 3/4 ' • Ditto and Brighton, 56%; Ditto and York,
71,i 63/4 ; Direct Northern, 21A ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 414 ;
Manchester and Birminiam, 61 ; Midland Counties, 129%;
Newcastle and Berwick. 17 161/2 ; North British, 133/4 ;
North Wales, 1114 ; Preston and Wyre, 213/4 ' • Scottish Cen-
tral, 414 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 104%; Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, 614 ; South-Eastern, No. 1, 26 ; Ditto, No. 2,
21;
.Trent Valley, 13%; Ulster, 43% % ; Paris and Rouen,
423/4 ; Ditto and Strasburg, 3 ; Northern of France, 5% ;
Central Ditto, 11.

The Bank of England averages give an increase of
104,1751. in the amount of notes issued, of 89,2481. in the rest,
and of 78,7581 in the amount of bullion. The calculations
are for the week ending the Ist inst. The greater scarcity of
money does not ate, therefore, from any action of the Bank.
The West India snail is still due, though it was yesterday
reported on 'Change that it had arrived.
The resolutions on railway Bills, agreed to last night by
Parliament, are considered satisfactory, and will be in favour
of legitimate undertakings. The Caledonian line, by the
accounts from Scotland, appears to receive unanimous sup-
port. Irish lines are also in good repute, and another im-
portant, though short, one is on the tapis—viz , from Armagh
to Coleraine and Portrush.
The Funds are quiet, but, as regards Consols, were not
quite so good as yesterday, upon a sale being made at 991/,
though now they are up again to 9934. Bank Stock has re-
ceded to 213% and 213. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 1035,g is ; and the Three per Cents., 100 to 1/1.
Exchequer-bills have been 565. to 58s. prem.
There is scarcely anything passing in the Foreign market.
Spanish Five per Cents. are 273/; and the Three per Cents.,
40%, being flat; Mexican are firm at 361/8 to %; Chilian at
101; Brazil New Bonds have been 87 to 88. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were 62% to 631,8.
Shares in general are lower to-day, even South Wales and
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham having receded. It is
probable, however, that the reaction is only temporary.
South-Eastern are steady. Trent Valley have improved ;
Birmingham and Gloucester are firm ; and also Brighton and
North British. Caledonian are fluctuating. Eastern Counties
are steadier. There are one or two other exceptions also to
apparent downward tendency.

ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 31% per Cents
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 12% 12 A
Bank Stock for Account 213%2
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