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250 and conscientiously feel that it was a vote demanded by every principle of justice and humanity ; and while I re. frai i front reflecting on the conduct of others I rejoice that a British House of Commons has vindicated our national character for mercy and truth. I will not uphold tyr 'tiny or injustice, whether practised by our own or foreign Governments. 1 have most unfairly been styled an advocate of the excesses of the King of the Two Sicilies. 0.1 the contrary, so deeply do I lament them that one of my chief regrets at the premature dissolution of this Par lia.nentlarises from the circumstance that it must postpone the discussion on Italy; for then I should have demon. strlted that, if I repudiate the policy of her Majesty's Government, it is because I am sensible that itaggravates, instead of alleviating, the miseries of those poor prisoners whoa sufferings this nation so justly deplores." LK IT II Buuons. The Lord• Advocate addressed meet ngs of his supporters at Portobello and Mustileburgh on Taesday, and at both places resolutions were passed unatrumusly expressing confidence in Lord Paltnerston's Gove ninent. Mr. Miller, of Liverpool, has been men• tione 1 as a probable candidate to contest these burghs with the I.ord-Advocate. P .it rm.—The Hon. A. Kinnaird again offers himself for the burgh of Perth. _ . B NIIFSHIRK.—A correspondent, referring to the state ment in the Times that the representation of Banffshire would become vacant by the accession of Mr. James Duff to the peerage, says that a seat in the House of Commons dos not become vacant by the accession of its occupant to the peerage. The British peerage granted to the late Earl of File being extinct, his successor, now Earl of Fife in the sister peerage, may, if he pleases, continue to represent Banffshire. RENFREWSHIRE.—It is understood that Mr. Cunning ham, of Cmigends, will start on the Liberal interest, iu opp.i4ition to Sir Michael Shaw Stewart. R MILTROHSIIIELE.—The lion. J. E. Elliott has addressed his constituency, stating that so soon as Parliament dis solves it is his intention to visit them, to solicit their support in the forthcoming election. ST. ANDAY.W'S BIRGIIS.—Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., has again offer.id his services to the St. Andrew's Burghs. Mr. Ellice re mews his avowal of liberal and progressive principles, and his confidence in Lord Palmerston. Srinus BURoHB.—SirJanies Anderson has intimated his retireweut. IRELAND. Aritt.om :.—Besides the present member, Captain Ilan• cock, then are four gentlemen spoken of as likely to come forward for Athlone. One a Conservative, Mr. Itaillie ; the other three are Mr. John Ennis, Mr. Lyster O'Beirne, and Mr. E. J. Irwin. BELFAS C.—The Liberal party are making strenuous exertions in Belfast, but have not yet named their man. Mr. Gritnsliaw is spoken of. CLARE.—It is believed that Mr. Cornelius O'Brien is to retire, but that Sir John F. Fitzgerald, notwithstanding his great age, will again offer himself to the electors. Several new candidates are named, viz., Mr. Luke White, son of Colonel Henry White, Mr. Peirse Creagh, Lord F. Coaynham, and Mr. W. J. Skerrett—all Liberals. CARItICKFERGUS.-Mr. M'Donogh, Q.C., an able lawyer an clever speaker, will contest Carrickfergus on the Liberal interest. Dunt.ng (Couvrr).—Sir Charles Compton Doraville, who has just succeeded to an immense estate by the death of his father, and who some time back put forward his pr :tensions in prospect of a general election, will contest VI) county as IL Palmerstonian. GALWAY.-Mr. Martin Joseph Blake retires. His sue. as isor, it is generally believed, will be Lord Dunkellin, now in Persia, who is said to be popular with the constituency. S r Henry Thomas Burke and Captain Bellew, sitting m imbers, appear to be certain of th-ir re-election. LoNcr•oiw.—Colonel Henry White, one of the largest ant wealthiest landed proprietors in Ireland, is about to to to the field for Longford, of which county he is the Lord Li !utenatit. As the gallant colonel's principles ate iden tic d with those professed by the sitting members, Colonel Cireville and Mr. H. U. Hughes, the contest promises to be a severe one. SLIGO (COI:NI - O.-Mr. Swift presents himself for re• election. 'l'u•rsaArr.—The polling commenced Thursday morn ing at nine o'clock and closed at live p.m., when the gross pull for Thurles, Clonruel, awl 'Tipperary wits as follows : The O'Dotiogliue, 1,832; Waldron, Nit j ority for The O'Donogliue, 693. No return has yet been received fr un the three other polling places, and another this's p tiling has yet to be learned. jortign HO Colonial lattlligtate. CHINA AND PERSIA. The overland mail arrived at Trieste cn the 11th, with dates from Hong Kong to the :30th, and Hushire the 23rd of January. No change had taken place in the state of affa i rs at Canton. Admiral Seymour ha I withdrawn from the Gardens and Dutch Folly Forts, and burned down the western suburbs of Canton. All foreigners had retired from Whampoa. At Hong Kong an insurrection was anticipated, and steps bad been taken by the English and Frew: h authorities to maintain the tranquillity of the island. The Chinese Government had issued proclamations calling upon the people to expel the English from t ll parts of the empire. At Bushire no further operations bad taken place. Th health of the army was good, and supplies were pi e tithl. I India was tranquil. The conferences between Sir .1. Lawrence and I)o't Moliungned had broken up, and the Ameer had left for Cabul. It was reported THE PRESS. that the establishment of a British Resident at Candahar has been agreed upon. Intelligence from Persia, via Constantinople, states that a Russian corps of three thousand men bad been received with enthusiasm at Tabriz. The Persian army destined to act against the Afghans had been reinforced ; and Russia was seeking to occupy the Khanate of Khoukband, with a view to the extension of its frontier to the English posses sions. FRANCE. A Paris letter, in the Nord of Brussels, says : The French squadron in the China seas is about to be reinforced, and an arrangement has been concluded to that effect between Count IValewski, Lord Cowley, and Admiral Hamelin. _ _ _ Two conferences upon the Neufchatel question have been held. At present the settlement of the dispute is delayed by the reference of M. de Hatz feldt to Berlin for instructions. Prince Danilo, of Montenegro, has arrived in Paris with the view to obtain the formal recognition of the independence of Montenegro, and to establish the hereditary succession of his family. AUSTRIA. The Emperor and Empress arrived at Vienna on the 12th inst. A letter from Vienna Oates that grand fetes are being prepared in Hungary for the reception of the Emperor. NAPLES. AMNESTY FOR ORDINARY OFFENCES. The official Gazette of the tith publishes a royal decree, on the occasion of the birthday of the Prince Royal, granting a remission or diminution of punish ments inflicted for misdemeanours or other contra ventions of the law. The Queen gave birth to a prince on the 28th ult. SPALN. The budget for 1837 has been published : Heals. The Expenses amount to I X 13,300,592 Estimated Receipts Deficiency . _ .. ... 240 669 19'2 The resignation of Narvaez, and his appointment as ambassador to Paris, and the return to power of O'Donnell, is rumoured at Madrid. The Mexican expedition is pressed forward with all haste. The Emperor Napoleon has proffered his media. Lion. THE PRINCIPALITIES. Intelligence from Jassy states that M. Vogoridas, hitherto Minister of Finance, has been nominated Kaimakan of Moldavia instead of M. Balache, whose death took place on the Ist inst. The evacuation by the Austrian troops, which had been suspended, recommenced on the 26th of February • and it is believed will be completed by the middle of the present month. AMERICA. Advices from New Yolk to the 25th ult. confirm General Cass's appointment by Mr. Buchanan as Minister of Foreign Affairs. An article in the Washington Union on the Central American treaty, denouncing in very violent language all interference by Great Britain in America, had occasioned a very uneasy feeling, as being perhaps an index of the policy of the incoming Administration towards England. A formal application had been made to Congress for an appropriation to despatch an envoy to Persia on the 23rd. The accounts from Nicaragua are very conflicting and unreliable ; but there appears to be little doubt that Walker was in a desperate condition. Having been repulsed on two occasions, many of his meu had deserted by floating down the river on logs. A loan to Mexico had been agreed to by Mr. Forsyth. THE PERSIAN TREATY. His Excellency Ferouk Khan will remain in Paris until he receives from Teheran the treaty of peace, ratified by his Sovereign. Nerimon Khan and Mirza Ebool Khan, the bearers of the treaty, sailed from Marseilles on the 12th inst. for Constantinople, en route to Teheran. The Indipendance of Brussels gives the following summary of the principal clauses of the treaty : 1. All the Persian territory which is, or which hereafter may be, occupied by the English armies until the proclama• Lion of peace, shall be completely and entirely evacuated by the English. 11. Recognition by Persia of the independence of Attglianistan. 111. Herat isrestored to its independence, and this I rincipality is henceforth to be governed by its native chiefs. IV. Renewal of the treaty of commerce between Persia and England ; England henceforth to be treated in Persia on the footing of the most favoured na• tiou, and rersia the same in the British empire. This clause regulates definitively, and according to international law, the question of the admission of English consuls into Persia. V. England henceforth renounces the protection of Persian subjects. \'l. Mr. Murray, the British Minis ter, who resided at Teheran before the war, is to return to his post at Teheran, and is to be received with great honour by the Persian Government. The isle of Kama not to be made a free port, but revert to Persia. SATURDAY, 6art any tasOon. Her Majesty the Queen and Royal Family left Windsor Castle on Thursday, at three p.m., and arrived safely at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, on behalf of her Majesty the Queen, held the second levee of the season, on Thursday, at St. James's Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester is indisposed. The Countess of Derby held her first reception for the season on Wednesday last at the family mansion in St. James's square. The Countess Granville held a reception on Thursday evening. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli re ceived at dinner, on Wednesday, at their residence, Grosvenor.gate, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Countess Chreptowitch, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, tee Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Baron and Baroness James de Rothschild and Baroness Nathaniel de Rothschild, the Earl of Cardigan, the Bishop of Oxford, Comte de Lagrane, Lord Robert Cecil, Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, and Sir James Fergusson. Viscount Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers have intimated their acceptance of an invitation from the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor to partake of a banquet, at the Mansion-house, on Friday next, the 20th instant. Cards have been issued to members of both Houses of Parliament, and other distin guished guests. Volitztal. f TIIE ROYAL PROCLAMATION for the dissolution of the present Parliament, and the calling of another, is expected to be issued about the 25th: of this month. THE LORD LIEUTENANCY OF THE WEST RIDING, vacant by the death of the late Earl of Harewood, has been offered to and accepted by Earl Fitz william. THE DEANERY OF CANTERBURY has been conferred upon the Rev. Henry Alford, 8.D., the eminent preacher, of Quebec Chapel, but perhaps more widely known by his able edition of the Greek Tes tament. The learned dean is also distinguished for his adherence to Tractarian principles. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY (iO]IIIITTEE met uf Tuesday, and examined Sir John Richardson, wl.o stated that wheat might be grown up to the 58th parallel of latitude. A considerable population might subsist as high up as Peace River, but there could not be a flourishing colony there until there were good roads:— He had heard no complaint that the rule of the com pany was oppressive. Some half castes told him that they themselves had a right to the country. They wished to have the fur trade to themselves. He feared that if the trade were opened to rival parties, there would be a recurrence of the old scenes. He had no reason to sup pose that the company discouraged missionaries. On the contrary, a Roman Catholic priest had told him that lie had much reason to be obliged to them. He saw no reason to change the opinion be had expressed in his book—that the country should be surveyed for the purpose of ascer taining the mineral resources. He thought the company could preserve their authority without any change in the government of the country. The only disturbance likely to arise would be from people at Red River, who wished to interfere in the fur trade. A large influx of settlers would injure that trade. The committee rose at the conclusion of the evidence of Sir John Richardgion. No day was fixed for the next, sitting B,lttropolitan. THE CounT OF COMMON COUNCIL held a special meeting on Monday, :or the purpose of expressing its regret at 'the recent decision of the House of Commons, and of passing a vote of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers. After a stormy debate the motion was carried by a small majority. THE EQUALISATION OF POOR RATES was discussed on Tuesday at a fully-attended meeting of the clergy of the eastern districts of the metropolis. The Rev. Canon Champneys, the rural dean, presided, and the Rev. G. H. M'Gill, incumbent of Christ Church, St. George's-in-the• East, gave some interesting statistics relating to the condition of the poor of London and the inequality of the present mode of levying the poor rates:— The real remedy for the grievance complained of was no doubt to be found in an equalisation of the poor rates. In the wealthy parish in which the Bank of England was situated the tax amounted to 301. a year only ; and in many other of the richer districts the disproportion was equally great. In the year ltibl the rental of St.George's,Hanover square, was tit 31,0001., whilst the poor rate amounted to 1 I