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ha d taken place might have been easily prevented if a regular sig nal had been used. Nothing win more easy than to obviate such fit j uccunenve . by the timenditure of a light, and if a Mode so ad esp.and no free from difficulty,were rot act:tied to by Mon whose outset advantage required it, lie did not think 4hat the innocent „t o ad be included in the consequences of their obstinacy. Strangers being ordered to withdraw, 6eeretary CANNING rose during the confusion, and was put distitarily heard in • few observations which he made. We andentood the ROI Hon. 00,111011 1 m to say, it was advisable t h at the Scotch people should be disabused of a notion which „ cl od prevalent its their country, that the lows of their lives was • matter of no consequence to the legislature of Great Britain. ( A I m o.) A catalogue of the grievances which Scotland suffered f ro m its connexion with England had been lately published, and it os s desirable that the House rhould not on the present occasion swan opportunity to increase the list. (A laugh.) bk. 008ii0CSII did not think that a case had been adduced se justify the adoption of the motion. lie did no' know that any auk as. laid down by which accident* in future could be prevented. As well might a pension walking in the streets be directed to move to ow eight or to the left with the intention of preventing a collision . with those approaching in an opposite direction, as to ordain that " de la should proceed in the manner winch had been specified. trhaterd the convenience of parties suggested in either case would be (allowed notwithstanding all •he restrictions which might ire m ilitated. An to what had been said by the Right lion. Gentleman (i r .C,aniiing) he did not feel that it was satisfactory on the °c anoe. The House then divided, when the numbers appeared.... Fge the Motion_ . . 78 Against it . . 26 • . - Majority . . 4s. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN IRELAND. Ins returning to the gallery we found Mr; SPRING RICE alloying for leave to bring in a Bill for the, better Adminustration at Justice in Cities and Towns Corporate id Mr.GOMBURN did not mean to oppose the introduction of 0 , iko. In almture stage it might be necessary to are that its provisions did not interfere with the rights of Corpormions in Ireland. Mr HUTCHINSON wished that gentlemen might have a full oppwon j t , to 'sprees their opinion., and to give any oppoaitlem whim they`might deem fit and proper to the purposes of the Bit Perhaps his Hon. Friend would not las we tIlltitTot041(1 the Gentleman to say) prey the Bill at the present pentad. It would ba well to look to the state of Ireland. 31ARTIN. eif Galway, thought •.hat the Bill Pooh' lie pro gamier nil great benefit. He knew that there were gnat &bairn in c l aregieustion tat freeholds, sod he thought this would be an are. um ) evit ioly. Oa a motion a few days since he had been !Maus detateud. He had been made to charge the practice of an abuse on, an Individual, but lie said no such thing. He wily said that the toil, had here reduced from 714 R. to lOW. per annutn. Mr. PRANK LAND LEW IS objected to the principle as a general application, but did not disagree in the necessity of its re. terrace to Ireland. The ras h of England and of that country were widely different. He also knew that in Wale', where he Wall ac quainted, there was great difficulty in the resisting of freeholds. It wee difficult to provide Magistrates for the occasion. Mr. WARRE was anxious that something 'should be done for the pure administration or justice in this respect. He trusted that tie onncipie of the Bill ahould be made applicable to Scotland, for ti it were found to he advisable for Ireland, he thought that it must be good there, and perhaps ultimately in this country. Mr. SPRING RICE explained, and leave was granted. NEWTOWN ACT (IRISH STATUTE). Sir JOHN NEWPORT P%ill that he rose for the purpose of mining a repeal of the Act II Georg., 11. e. 10... 8. There was an old law pound in the 11th of Henry VII. whereby the right of voting in cities and wrens in Ireland was limited to Protestant free. holders resident in the city or borough. A clause hi the Aet of George thcSecond to which he had referred, made an alteration in this respect and from the difficulty of getting a sufficient number of Protestants an extension was made to those who were not resident in the respective placer. This was dune on a 'appointing of the impossibility of procuring a requisite number of Protestants in the borough. But as the practice was now at variance with the original principle, lie did nut think that there should be a continuance of the prevent mode. lie thought that permits should be obliged to he resider is of the places for which they voted. At the time this law was pasted, continued the Right Hon. Baronet, the Test Act was in toll force, and the Catholics laboured under numerous and oppressive disabilities. Many of these were removed by an Act petard in 1780, and in 17,13 the Legislature thought lit to repeal the Teat Act also. Catholics then became ad missible to most of the corporate offices of towns ; the state of things in Ireland then was very different from what it was at pre. sent ; and since there were previous statutes to regulate the right of voting,• he thought it ought not to remain in the staute book; the inconveniences of that Act were felt severely in the North of Ire land. In Behest, for example ; and he believed in Dundalk and Newry. It ought to have been removed long since from the statute book. The Riffht lion. Baronet concluded. by moving ter leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act 21 Geo. I t. cap. 10. sec. 8. Mr. GOULBUEN said he was sure that the House would be lieve with him, that it was unnecessary for the Right Honourable Baronet, when bringing forward this motion, to disclaim all in. terested and party motives. But he could not concur with the Right Hon. Baronet in the propriety of this measure, which went to curtail, Matelot of extending the elective franchise. The Right Hon. Baronet had said, that because in the preamble of • statute passed eighty years ago, reasons were stated, founded on a state of things which had since poised away, that, therefore, the *astute ought to be repealed ; hut that was NO broad an assumption ; it would justify us in repealing all old statutes ; hoe it appears to Lim that that statute yea founded on good reason!. the question between him and the Right Hon. Baronet was simply this ; whether toe-resident voters should, or should not be excluded. It struck him that the question was not con fi ned to Ireland t for if the House would say that non-residents in Ireland ought not to exercise the right of voting, would not the extension of that doctrine to Eng. land follow as a natural consequence. But the reason of that privi. lege would be obvious enoligh, if we were to look at the origin of the franchise of boroughs. In former times those places were populous, but afterwards, as the population decreased, nr frinn other causal. the principal inhabitants naturally preferred a residence elsewhere. Then ensued the difficulty of finding, not Protestant so much as respectable residents in them. On that ac count the Statute of 21st Geo. 11. was pawned, in order to put the elective franchise into the bands of a superior and better-educated class of persons. The reasonableness of the Statute lie thought was sufficiently evinced by this account of its origin. But he had other and stronger motives to resist this Bill. The House was culled on not merely to repeal the Act to which the Bill referred. He advised the House to consider the consequence of their acqul. menet. The Act of Geo. 11. said •• that the franchise should not tie called in question, because the voterlwas non-reside it," to repeal ,at Act then would be to disqualify toe p-esent voters, without Ab•tituting any others in their stead. Ile appealed to the House if such would not be the consequence of the prop wed bill. Such an itnufereace with the right of voting was peculiarly ill-timed h•w, when we were at the eve of a general election. It was a question of the greater; importunce, and which required the ma. turret consideration. He would not oppose the bringing in the bill, but neither was he pupated to yield it his acquieieence. Mr. SPRING RICE said that the repeal of the Act, could not disfranchise those who had held the franchise six years, as they were protected hy subsequent statute.. Mr. PLUNKET said he felt himself in duty bound to express his opinion on thls bubject. He did not believe that his lion. Friend who had just eat down haul succeeded so completely as he imagined in proving his Hon. Friend . (Mr. Goulbeen) it) the wrong; the question was not a question of opposition between the Act of George 11. and the eximingcharters of boroughs—the question was truly that of the opposition between the Act of 10th Henry VII. which remernieW the exclusive right of resident burghers and the Act of Clasp 11. which extended that right te too-residents. Mr. SPRING RICE.—The Act of Henry VII. mentions only cities and great towns. Mr. PLUNKE i• thought be was substantially right ; after that Act dm chartm ellich were gran.ed applied the same provisions to borough towns, but they were found inconvenient, and In con sequence the statute of Oen. 11. did away with those restrictions which were considered at the time to be unconstitutional. for they di operated in re.trainiog the elective lksnehise attempts had been made to circumscribe it also by applying limitation,' to the persons elected. He would not go into to the history of those restrtctiuns, it was sufficient to, say that the legislature under George thought tit to repeal them all. In this state the law had remained during seventy years, and many persons in the mean time had ac- Buired the rights of franchise ; but the Bill of the Bight lion. aronet wee of a vetrospective nature, and went at once to destroy those eittublislierl rights. It was provided, by the Act of Gee. that no franchise was liable to be impeached for non-residence ; tut this measure would at once render them all impencheble. It wa s true that some persons who had been some time in possession of their franchise would be protected by another statute. bit yet he believed that Parliament world pause before they sanctioned such ch arges on the very ere of an election. is would be making the experimen at the most inconvenient crisis, and it would be injustice to persons who were at present calculating 1, 4 the 'lumber of existing electors. But there was another poin• which he would offer to ;he attenthei of the House ; that Act of George the Second had existed bit ears previous to the Union. At that period, when besides those for counties, some 3lembers for boroughs also were preserved, it 'bight easily be conceived that all these circumstances were taken hit, consideration and arrangements made accordingly. He therefore objected to this Bill, not only as it was introducedat a bad time. and because the principles of it were un coostitutional, but also because it was contrary to and ineom. patible with the arrangements made at the time of the Union. It had been said that a similar Bill had been introduced by the Member for Winchilsea, but that was a bad argument, as the Bill alloded to had been thrown out. As he could not agree, there fore, with the principles of the Bill. nor admit the expediency of its introduction at the present moment, he should oppose it in its li .t stage. Mr. R. MARTIN said that the history of the Act 21 Oro. 11. was most diagsaceful. An individual who had consultable in thence In the Irish Parliament, thought fit to swap a borough in Me west of Ireland foe one in the north. He believed Newtown Limavady. Aad finding the law which required the residence of voters to intefere with his domestic arrangements, he betook him self to his Parli ame nt u ry inter es t. b ut I nstea d of ' limiting his ar rangements to his own borough, he used the general ward in order lo cover the fraudulence of his proceedings, and to make the busi ness mote palatable to Parliament. Such imetuture would not be t..lersied in this country, then why should ii be suffered to exist in Ireland. The proposed Bill would affect not an invasion, but a restoration of tights. It would reduce the election franchise to its original condition. All the objections urged agninat it might bo avoided by Introducing a peovino for the preservation of tutting ' tights, acid by positioning i.a opeaniinn to a period at some distance. It was usual usual to impute interested motives to the'Metribela led Ireland ; but lie taus sure that be hail no interest hi the proposed Bill. It had been unanimously agreed by all the Judges in the erroneous court. ee mutt of error (laughter.) that the Art of ()es. 11. did not extend to Galway ; it was therefore evident that 'he had no personal interest in the measure before the House; Hui as the House had permitted the flormorable Alembcr for Winithel.' sea to bring in a similar Bill, he hoped they WORM extend the: same favour to the 31ember for %i'atpthird. The Bonourabletilerw tleman reprobated the growing practice of refusing leave to bring in Bills. At the dame time that it was thmight criminal to pick a pocket, it was called petty legislation in ptaMsh the man who cut the tongues out of living animals. (Laughter.) This might be called petty by others, but he would persist in calling it laudable The Honourable Mr. HI TeiFINSON said, that he wnuhL not oppose the bringing in the• ROL although in his opinion it was highly objectionable, a. nn elfcet would be the disfranchisement of the present electors. Ile hoped, therefore, that his Right Honour able Friend would give all, parties an opportunity of supporting their rights, either at the Bar of the House, or in a Select Commit. tee above stairs. Sir JOHN NEWPORT replied, and declared his detarmintion to withdra'w his motion. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. and a division took place, For the 4otion 38—Against It --31ajority against the :110.. don On our return to the gallery, SU JOHN NEWPORT was addressing the House; he said the object of his Rill was to restrain the power of Bishops to make unions of patishea to benefit their relatives and dependents ; another object of the Bill was to compel cattlemen to reside on their livings. There was a difference between unions formed by the Privy Council and those made by Act of Parliament. A case en isted in !which • Bishop had formed sir unions of parishes in one county in favour of his own Chaplain. It was evident that such gri.stemismanagemeot required correction, and lie was sure no one coulttdeny that some legislative enactment was called for. When the qininion was before She House last year, the Menthe, for Louth stated a lector a union of parishes, which was worth Intention ; there was a whereof five parishes. The revenue of the Mat was 67K of the second 283/.; and of the third 271 f. ; of the fourth 7201. • and the manual value of the Sikh wan greater than any of die other". Auothee eject of the Bill etas to testrain the granting of heeuses.tispersens possessed of 38W. pee annum to accept of any utbet living; and if he obtained any other of greater value the first should ipso Rico be veld. 'lt could not be proper, in his opinion, dim a person should be appointed to • situation the duties of . whit* he .eouid not perform, which must be the case when lie had so mane to mend to. As the House had no subjection, he wee Id move tot leave to bring in a Bill to prevent Episcopal tinfoils in Ireland, and to restrain the granite:: of dispensations. Ale. IiOULBEIR,N said that he had no oniection to the Bill; in feet it only anticipated a Bill which tie had himself intended to introduce, to restrain pluralities. Leave was then pawed to bring in the Bill. PRIVATE COMMITTEES. Mr. LITTLETO:si said he would submit to the House certain resolutions relative to the appointment of Committees on private bills. He hoped his coming forward with those resolutions would tiot be adduced as a proof of arrogance In hint, or that he felt him. self more competent than other Honourable Members to perform what he had undertaken. He did not regret that the subject had ' not been finally diepneed of when it manic before the House last Session ; the interval had afforded hi:n time to pin information, and to reflect on the 'subject. It si as, however, his intention to re tain the greater part of the resolutions which had been then brought forward. The regulasions for forming Committees were made upon the authority of the Speaker, about twenty-eight yenta ago. The object of his resolution, was to form com mittees of Illentbers for cities and counties adjoining the object to be carried into effect. Of those Members who should be appointed on the Committee, one half should be from the counties adjacent to the object (suppose • canal) which was projected, and the other half front the counties more remote. if any one lord fear of partiality in any Member, it was competent for hint to strike off his name: and that those emuniititues should be formed like com mittees of privileges, the Members should be chosen by ballot. Though he did not deprecate discussion, be thought it better nut to enter into the subject at present. Lord A HAMILTON thanked the Hon. Member for intro ducing the resolutions, because public opinion was prejudiced against private committees. • - After 's few words trans Lord Althorn, Mr. Stuart Wortley, and Mr. Greaten, the further discussion Max adjourned to Wednesday nett. LAW OF FORGERY. Ur. MARTIN poqponed his notice relative to the law of for gery, which ',twirl for this day. to Thursday neat. SUBLETTING OF LANDS IN IRELAND. Mr. GOULIBURN obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law of Ireland respecting Bin as.ignment and subletting or lands and tenements in Ireland. 31r. GOULBIYRN moved for I.ave to bring in a Bill for the better regulating proceedings on waits of 3landamus in Ireland.— Leave given. GRANT moved for a ,elect Committee on the butter trade of Ireland. After a few observations from 31r. Ilt-TCHINSON and Sir 11. PAHWLLL, a Committee *as appointed, live of whom should be • quorum. Lord J. RUSSELLpostponcd his motion, which stood for due . ' a by, to Monday nett. SCOTCH JURIES BILL. The House then went into • Committee on the Scotch Juries AA which being disposed of, the House resumed. BASIL CHARTER A3IENDMENT HILL. On the second reading of the Bank Charter Amendment Bill, • hlr. JOHN SMITH said that, a more absurd and undigested measure sever wept through the House than that now under con. sideratipn. Alf. HUME said he could not commit himself to the principle of the bid by allowing it to pass unnoticed ; he objected to the clause which prevented banks consisting of less than six twiner., within a limiter( distance, 65 miles, from dr.swing on London. Mr. HUDSON OURNEY said that the bill was a copy of the pettyfogging bill passed for the Bank of Ireland, and was entirely unwevilty of the Bank of England. Mr. HURRIES did not mean to press the bill t hen ; its prin ciple and dews. could be better discussed in the Committee. The bill wss 1:.:11 reads second time and referred to a Committee. The other orders of therlay being then disposed uf, the llouse adjourned at a quarter before twelve o'clock. MINORITY Of 89 who voted for SIT .1. honvportc/Illi l aloof Non.reotdont Vote,* In ... certain* itiarouglas lu Ireland. _ Anion, Hun. O. Howard. Henry Palmer, C.'L Annabel& J. C. Allen, J. A. Hume, !carpli Palmer, C. F. Staunton, Sir G. Althorp, Vise. Hamilton, Lord A.Pernell, Sir U. Smith, John Raring, Sir T. Heron, Sir R. Poynte, W. Tierney. Rt. Hn .0. Renett, J. Ilobbouse, J. C. Phillips, 0. jun. Williams, Wm. Calvert, N. !luta:hisses, Hon. Newport, Sir John Wood, Aid. Colborne, R. Hely Ridley, Sir Id. W. Olinda.. Thee. Knight, Rohr. Hobart*, Col. Fitsellabun,lfu. Martin, Richard Rickfard, Mee. T. S. Graham, Sir 14. Macdonald, Jas. Ituniell. Lord J. Grenfell, P. Gordon, Mist. Musick, J. B. itubl•men, Sir U. KING'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW SMENING will be performed (for the debut of Signor Psßetrial, of the Italian opera m Preis) Roustors Comic Opera, in Two Acts, entitled IL BARBIERI: DI SIVIGLIA. The principal Characters by Madam* Cmadorl, Miro Willis, Signor CmWith Signor Peliegrini ;his first appearance in tWa country), SlLmur Porto, Signor Devine, and Signor De Begins. Between the Acts the Divertissement Botha of JUSTINE ; ou, LA QUICHE CASSEE. After the Open the favourite Divertimement of LK BA I. CHAMPETRE. On THURSDAY, the 6th of April, a GRAND MASQUERADE. Applications, ?cc. as woad. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. To.ntorraw, SATURDAY, March 11, wlll be performed the Comedy of THE WONDER, Don Felix, Mr. Waft* 1 Colonel Briton, Mr. Bennett (late of Covent- Th,etre. h 4 let appeatanee den) ; Li.vardo, Mr. Harley. Donna iJloutv, 3ltsa Foote, Flora,.3lra. Darieon. to conclude With the Opera of DErt int.zscHurc. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. To• wormer, AvruntntY, March 11, will be performed the Opera of ARTAXERXES. Artezetzsa, *eileas i s ir t . ;eot in ri;; m. ;A: n ria:l b ): n eties., e 7;:itr i. i;a rh o Mips , lichees", Mr. n. After which the new operattt. Piece of TWAI I. To conchtds with the Melo. Draft of ALADDIN. COVRNT:4AiIitT)E?i ; iIi EATRE GRAND PERIPORMANCE - 01 ANCIENT AND MOIL! RN MLSIC, Till OIP qK OZORON s Tli must YltlVAlr, March 10. PART I.—A Feleetion from Der Preto:huts, wader the direction of the Composer, Dui Marls Con Weber (being his second public appveratice in this conutty). P.taT 11.—A Arlectton from Raider's admired Serenuto, Arlo and I; slates. Pant. 1111.—A Grand Mhwellatieolso Act, coruititing of Melectl4,ns from Mozart, Horn, itnyley, 3ieyerbeer, &c. EN6L - 1811 - OPERA-110CSE. The Public are respect/ally IntormeJ that they will sad ii.t . rnEws AT HOME T.,.;nurrosr, SAITRLAY, Match 11, with an entirely new Entertainatant, founded on his Observations on Characters, Manners. and Peroliaritles, entitled MR. 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Among the Deputies who spoke against this motion, Messrs. Chitnet, Boisclairam, and Sesonairrons are mentiored.. _ The motion was supported by Messrs. De Lurid, Jankowitz, red D. Constant. The Premident of the Connell replied to M. llyde de Scoville. The Chamber then voted on the motion, which was rejected by a very great majori(y . . . . . . _ . It is not true that the Doke de Chartres is going (as the Quoti. diettat asserts) to be present at the coronation ut the Lotperor of Russia st Moscow It is not true (as the ('onstitttlionnel pretends) that the !Volk has had to rectify the news it had given respecting the band of lissan. 'fhe two brothers liatsn were token, as well as Lieut.•Cul. Stiles, and twenty-one more revolutionists. We Jo not yet know the fate of the other nineteen taken with the brothers Baran. Selles and five others have been killed. We hear of two new Messeniennev, by Al. C. DeLavigne, one nn the tireeks, composed at Naples, which he has read at the French Ambassador's at Home, the other called "Christopher Columbus." [From the Quotidietatc of Tuesday.] PARIS, AIARCII 6. A general subjcot of conversation this evening has been the Se cret Committee of the Chamber of Deputies to discuss the motion of M. Boucher. The speakers were Messrs. Rodot, Humbert. de Sesoaaisons, Reveillere, Hyde de Neuville. B. Constant, and Villele. It is added that the speeches of Messrs. Reveillere and Rodot, in favour of the modified proposition., produced mach im pression on the Chamber. It is affirmed that s Deputy read in the tribune a similar preposition made in 1015 by M. de Villele (then Deputy), which greatly embarrassed the Minister. The result was the rejection of the Motion Iska very small majority. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS. ARCH 7.—Five per Cents. yftf. 100 c. ; Three per Cents. 64!. trsc. ; Bank Stock. 10801. ; Rentes de Naples, 71f. 40c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 441 Exchange on London t—One month 25f. 50c. Three months 25C 25c.—Courr A Oa:diva . A Flanders Mail has been received, which contains speculations about the Congress at St. Petersburgh, and reports of disturbances in that capital. An account is also given in our extracts from these Papers of a repulse which the Grecian fleet is said to bare sustained at IlisralvArgbi ; but this is completely at variance with the correspvl,dence from Zantc, given in the Observer, of Trieste, which states that the Greeks, on the contrary, had gaitell a signal victory. The Jewish house of Loco, at Bromburg, has failed for 2,000,000 dollars. Its failure is ascribed to over-speculation in wool, grain, and agricultural produce. The proceedings last night in the House of CI mmcns were highly important. Mr. PEEL, whose official career in the Home Department has been marked almost every Session by the introduction of some measure for the im provement of the penal code, moved for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the Statute Law applying to theft, and for the amendment of the law in certain criminal cases. His great authority for the measure he deduced from a work of Loril Chancellor BACON'S, addressed to King JAMES the First. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that a Committee sat on the same subject in 1661, and then the matter stood over until 1796. The Committees at each period had recommended the measure, but their re commendations had not been acted upon. The num ber of persons that came under the Lows he intend ed to consolidate, were 12,530 out of 14,137, which was the whole amount of persons tried for theft in 1825. The number committed under these Laws in the last seven years were 40,000. 'The subject is of too much import ance for us to enter upon to clay ; but we cannot dismiss it without offering our thanks to Mr. PsEt for the intro duction of the measure. We earnestly hope that the statement made by Mr. Wit trLaw at the public dinner of the Subscribers to the Institution for the Cure of Scrofula and Glandular Dis eases, an account of which was given in the BRITISH Pekes of yesterday, will not be auffbred to pass without the fullest investigation. Mr. Witiudw is an American, and the efficacy of his mode of treatment in the above complaints, unhappily so prevalent in this country, led to the formation of the above Society,-snost hutnanely esta blished at Bayswater for the procuring for this class of sufferers the benefit of the mode of remedy which he bail introduced with so much success. That lie should have experienced the illiberal opposition from the medical faculty in England, which be so publicly complained of at the meeting, is a subject which will excite more of regret than surprise in all who are familiar with our annals of medi cal science. But leaving the College of Physicians to their own exculpation from the charge of illiberality, the fact in which the public are deeply interested is that which Mr. WilurLdw deliberately stated to have taken place in MAxvi.E NON Nl'o KII Ot: eL, where tome children having been placed under his care, just as he had effected their cure, the Nurse applied corrosive sublimate and red red pate to Me !mantis; and that the medicines which he had applied being powerful absorbents, the absorbent vessels being in a preternatural state of activity, caused these mercurial preparations to he taken into the system. " The consequence of which," Mr. WHITLAIV said, " wan, that the children, besides having their flesh corroded to the bone, were near losing their lives also, and would have done so but for his assistance." This is a charge of a most appalling nature, and the public will not be satisfied if the justice of the accusatioh is not fully inquired into. 'Mr. JODRATI., of Portland-place, upon Mr. WiriTtsAw's al hedging that iompary had already been refused, intimated Ilia determination to examine into the case. Thid we hope lie will do, and that the result of the investigation will be laid before the public. The Pi/yr/dans who attend the Nlarylchone Workhouse. on their part, are boupd in justice to themselves, to redeem their character front the imputation which so grave a charge involves, as the nuke must be presumed to have acted not only with their con currence, but under their direction. The ininiry, we hope, sfilblie instituted without delay, as the sooner the, affair is cleared up the better. CITY, TitesSDAT EVEN , The transactions in the British Stock Market this morn ing were very large, and the fluctuations extensive. The first price of Consols was 77k, but an advance upon thataoon trok place, and business Was briskly done afterwards 47 8 , which quotation was again improved upon hAre the eiose of the eta/ t the concluding price being 7S; a. Exchequer Bills were 1,2 premium ; and Bank Stock few theAcett 205. The two great parties on the Stock Exchanges,theapectlftoni for a fall and those for a rise, are equally sanguine in their expectations as to the result of their operations ; but Cer tainly there is an elasticity about the Money Markets within these last two or three days that has been a longtime absent from them. The financial statement fur the year, to be promulgated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Monday next, occupies a considerable portion of ,the attention of tipeculators, and various opinions are titre as to the details of the plan that will then- ilse . sub mitted to Parliament, some declaring that a fundipg of Exchequer bills slut a loan to repay the Beni the advances they are now making to the commercial in terest, are indispensable, and others as stoutly affirming that no such measures wilt be resorted to. In the mean dine this glorious uncertainty opens a wide field for specu lations, which has been eagerly traversed by the Bulls and Bears, each. party being confident of success ; which set of speculators will succeed, we (In not pretend to anticipate, but this we know, that the beat-informed persons in the City believe the crisis of commercial embarrassment to be past, and the letters received from Manchester and Liver pool this morning state that there was more business doing in the markets, and at steady prices. than has been known there for many preceding weeks. The foreign advices a:so that arrived to-day are equally satisfactory. Indeed, the commercial intelligence Tees iced this morning front Lisbon is of the most gratifying description. In place of the con vulsion anticipated front the failure of 131;TLess, brothers, in London, we find their 'tense in Lisbon payin.t every demand upon them, and tak i ng up the protested bills sent from England. Business in the Foreign Market sew; (lull and limited, hut the prices did not give way. Colombian Bonds were Mexican 6 per cents. 62Z. Russian Bonds-75, Spanish ditto 94 to, the new, 6i!, and Greek Bonds Ist. Real del Monte Shares were at 15 dis. to par, and those of the Anglo Mexican Company at 224 to 25 dis. FASHIONABLE INTF . LLIGENCE. ••- -raw— The Duke of Montrose entertained a distinguished party at dinner yes terday, at his house In Grosvenor-square. ,The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's assembly, on 'Wednesday evening, In Arlingtoo.street, was attended by upward. of 21.4 i of the baut ton, among whom were—Prince Gortchakutf, the Foreign Ambassadors and their Ladles, the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, Marquis Graham, the Marquis and Marchioness of Sall.bury, the Earl and Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molynetix, the Chanteys of Charkeille, the Earl and Countess of Listowell, the Earl and Ladies Grey, Lady Deering, Lady Hampden, Lord and Lady Bursher s h, Lord St. Helens, the Earl of Lady and Lady G. Faun, Lady Farquhar, Sir John and Miss Harrington, Sir Charles and Lady Ogle, Sir Witham Burroughs. Sir Charles and Lady Long, the Vlce-Chasseellor, Lady Elizabeth and Miss Palk, Sir George Warrender, Lords A. and G. Hill, Sir Welkin and Lady Harriet William Wynn, tit. Gore Ousley, Sir Charles Rowley, Sir Henry and Lady Torreon, General Walpole, General and Mrs. Roes, Baron Otto, Colonel Walpole, Lord J. Fitrroy, Colonel NVatley, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Giles, Mr. Drummond, Mr. King, Mr. and Mrs. 1/ugdale, he. The Countess of Arran had a card party yesterday evening, at her house in Dover-street. Lord King entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house In Doyer.street. The Hun. Charles Wynn had a dinner party yesterday, at his house, Whitehell-pleve. . _ . Earl dtarlhove arrived lii town yesterdny, from hii seat in Kent. The V.arl of Carnm von has arrived at his house In Lowey Grosvenor street, from his meat in Berks. . . The Cowden of nastillouth has arrived at her Rodin In Beitelersqawre, fruit her seat, Blackheath. Lord Henniker has arrived at his Lowe in Grosvenor.square, from Lis seat In Suffolk. Lord Molynruz has left town for Litchfield. Dowager Lady Neave had u elect party yesterday evening, at her h...use In Albemarle-street. Charles Calvert, Esq. M.P. and family have arrived at their house in Cleveland-Ntture, front their seat in Surrey. Departures from the tit. James's Hotel :—Capt. Maxwell, fur Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Rowley. for their seat in Norfolk. Departures from Fenton'. New Hotel, St. James...street :—Admiral and Lieutenant Markham on a tour; and the Rev. Wm. Vanslttart, for Berke. Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street and Mrs. Rowland. from Hefts, Mr. Mr.. and Mts4 Freeman, from a tour; Lord North** and family, from Hants. Departures :—Mr. and Mrs. Merfordand family, 1..,r Bath. Arrivela at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyndnreet :—The Lord Provost of Glasgow and family, from Sr. 4 land ; Edward Protheroe, Esq. from Berta $ and• L. Davison, E•q. f Berk, Departures:—Admiral Sir Datidim and Lady Gould, and 311. b Lovett, for Balk. TO THE EDITOR of Tim BRITISH' PRESS Sta,—Petmit me to suggest, through the medium of your valuable Juurnal, a step which I am convinced will give satisfaction to a great many individuals, who are suitors of. the Court of Chancery. You are aware, Sir, that there have been a great many causes argued before the Lord Chancellor, in which the judgments have not yet been delivered. Now, Sir, I do not wish to impose any rigid devotion of his Lordship to the suitors of this Court, but I do think that the length of time allowed to elapse since such arguments calls for a speedy delivery of the judgments. I therefore suggest, that after the termination of the present bitting his Lord ship shonld devote a few days to that purpose. The only difficulty in the way is, that many of the Caunsel may then be out of town ; but, Sir, there is seldom a cause argued in that Court where there are less than two or three Counsel on each side, and one at least may happen to be in town; besides, the Lumber of judgments aftbrds an op portunity of flaking previous inquiry as to that circum stance, and selection might be made accordingly. I am, Sir, yours obediently, Lincoln's Inn, March 9. JC9TITIA. We are happy to say that the Duke of York is in better health than hit, Royal Highness was a few days since. The Royal Duke lett town yesterday. morning ou a visit to the King, at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park.- Sir Herbert Taylor, the Commander-in-Chiefs Military Secretary, transacted business yesterday with the Duke of York, at his house in South Audley-street. Yesterday Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, traysaetNl business with Mr. Secretary Canning, at the Foreign Office. Yesterday Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Ambassador, transacted business at the Foreign Office. Dan ItY••LAN e.—Miss Foote was greeted with a tumult of acclamation last evening at this Theatre. The character of Letiti✓ Hardy is calculated, 'beyond all others, to draw forth all the best and finest powers of acting in genteel comedy. The assumed foram 'Mess and rusticity (Irides which she conceals the native good sense of her mind and the polished refinem:lit of her manners, was disph yed by this favourite actret.'s with the happiest imitation of 1 ewe. The archness of her manner, and the graceful nal de— fender at the same time and full of endeartnent—w marks the whale of her deportment to Dorienurt, was irre sistible. All the transitions of feellog incident to the (ha. meter of Letitia Hardy were portrayed with a flexibility and truth of expression that was quite perfect. The ex cellence of her performance was amply testified by the rap turous plaudits of a house crowded to suffocation. At the sale of Mr. Ifaynes's effects, the much talked of dressing-case was knecked down by Mr. Phillip to Mt. Owen, of the East India House, for 7'20 guineas. On AVedneselay last a Deputation of the Silk Trade had an interview with the President and Vire-President of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the future duties upon Foreign Thrown Silks. At this interview it was stated by the Deputation that a report had been circulated of an in tention, on the part of his Majesty's Govermnent, immedi ately to admit foreign silk goods for home consumption; upon which an assurance was given by Mr. Hutkisson, that they would not be admitted before the sth July tte.F.t, the petiod fixed by the Act of 1824( FLANDERS MAIL. PIWSIIE LP. At AiC A Russian cabinet messenger passed through this city' yeStertsey: . on Ins way from St. Perrishorgh to London. Mercantile letter mired yeatenley by rterrrafhottacs bare. biro caused many strange reports to be circulated reatire to evens said' to have taken place et St. Petershosel. Prirdeltle ;tonne's @deuce upon us till the news is confirmed. 71e.ners:I.S. Malachi. Count Lieven, the Russian Arnbrasadttr to the Cnnrt of 1f.00..." , don, arrived in this city yesterday evening; he set um Inusidaiayla afterwards for St. Petersburgh. Capt. Emard, in the Russian servfee, nutted night, going from Londe" to Petersbutgh Government. - ;r)' A letter from Carlsruhe contains " We are now certainly inforwted that Congress at St. Petemburgh is endeavouring of that which has ceased with the death will bear soother name, in order not to the former. This Second Abbott wilt Tremy, which will stipulate the proscription of the invisible 'societies. and of the theori' Seam of the licentiousness of the Press The reports of serious troubles at . nuei,ce of which the Emperor was said say nothing of the improbability of the are completely refuted by the accounts mention of any thing of the kind. The frienda of order - and decorum observe with pleasure that. some caricatures directed against the 'Ministers of the Catholic re ligion hove disappeared trout the shnpeof the prinisellera, who' doubtless hoped fur a 'ale, which nn productions will ever °blahs, emoig us that tend to insult any form of religious worship pro tected by the Constitution. LThe Police seized the caricatures, at. cordieg to the Oracle.] The number of men who have volunteered for Batavia, to ose • southern protinces of the kingdom, is between 2 and 3.000. Orders have been given -to the Captains of the NetherLtnitehiW, -•, that when they are in or tress the Dowse they m us t h e very +ions, and not enaihde the nianag-ment of their vessels to preastit who pretend to be pilotatAtlareuot so. The/Lingle Oise ass aS4 ways the best. lIHENT. AIARCTI S elf • We lesm thit the rNiittots or the Works for Com Weans Canal of Terveuren to Ghent, are already taking supporta toot su e posetsision of the lartd necessary furithi• operation. The wor ks. be prosccntcd with grater actatlty at the ena of the month, .If is hoped that by the end o f this y ear t h e cana l w ill be finished tWffil Ses de Gaud and this city. The Jewish house of bo:o, at firomburg, has jolt dethired itself insolvent for the 'urn of two millions of dollars. frt failure ' is ascribed to unsuccessful speculations in wool, grain, and other agricultural produce. TRIESTE, FEIC 21, The ""illen - er of Tilesfe says that new,' had been brought by a sh:p in six thug from Falamm that on the 12th inst. a Greek divi sion, attempting to throw supplies into 31155010r1gh1. was repulsed after an obstinate engagement by the Ottoman squadron, and re.' treated in the night without being able to relieve 3lissolongid, wh,,h was supposed nut to have provisions for more than twenty' data. On the other hand, lettera from Zante of the li February give a very different account of t 1.... affair; alleging that the Greeks, at first prett oiling to fly, *c, pursued by the 'forks, bnt the format` soon forrnei in order of battle, burnt a Turkish ftkiste, took a Turkish tire-ship. ord burnt anti phini!ered a brig which run aground, after which the Turks retrerocil to Patuut, end the Greeks_ resuming their station off Illissoioni:Li, succeeded its throwing sup plies into it. This news is confirmed by letters Um Corfu, which come dean to the 11th. piped tl rou hat• tgh, with ioopitchrli folt bee ,• the 0410,4 g mimeos— it the new Alle. nos whits-61,04 norin~ro found I th of the Emperor . "": D pti bl the' 4' rription the . ' 4 " .. will be found • • -7) ;' theories professed by , as B r ssE Meet f. t St. reiershurgh. • raid to hove NI the •Ige, the cetetennetnne.s mentions*. o of the 10th, which rooky ha' GERMAN . PAPERS. • • Beattie. Ft*. 21. Twenty mercantile hostiles, among whleb are several of the SOK e tank, have fallen here since the end of last year. A .msneral tea- . sternatinn has arises, by which, however, the evil is oply rendered wor.e. `a house any longer has any credit; all money lent is called in. and even the deposits in the savings' banks are eagerly withdrawn, though th; - 1 are guaranteed by the city. For the 6tst time we see merchants deNponding who had hitherto carried on a successhil business. On our Exchange yesterday t:te Vends of the public (Staalisschuldscheine) fell full five per cent. is well as the English loan ; the first were quived at 80. the second at 91). We have not had an great a fall for these eight years, and it was hardly thought possible. as circumstances were, that there could be a flu- then decline. These expeeuttions were, however, painfully disap pointed on our Exchange today; the bonds of the public debt opened at 78, and at the close of the dry were unsaleable at 7{l. The English loan fell to 85. and bonds of the March of Brandeni burg could not be sold at 74. Even the ohlrgations of the Grand Duchy of Posen, which by the statutes are secured in the moat ample manner, fell six per cent. in these two days, front 96 to de. Vienna Metalliques are indeed quoted to.day in the printed list at 85, but in fact they were at 82; and tln., Bank Shares, quoted of 1720, could not he sold at 700. Everybody inquires with Lutenist ment what can he the cause of so great a decline, and nobody tart • assign any sufficient Treson. It cantle', be the apprehension of general war; for if, contrary to all probability, peace seelalll interrupted, a war under present circumstances would be partied, and of short duration. The cause seems to to net in political bat in commercial relations. The latter have been very different since the restoration of the general peace of Europe. from what they wets in the preceding twenty-five years of war. This change of circum stances at home, and our disadvantageous position with respect su other countries, have led to the numerous bankr u pt c l es w hi c h h ave destroyed all credit. Can private persons be blamed fur calling in their money, when the brothers Benecke have failed for 1.400,00 E dollars ; Crellinger, formerly army contreetor, for 1,100,000 del i hers ; and Reicheubach and Ileixner for 3,000.000 ? FRANKFORT. FEB. 24. The examination of the affairs of the louse of CrellinAer, at Berlin, affords no very promising result to the creditors, who, it appears, are not likely to receive above tvelve per cent. On the other hand, it is affirmed that the ledise of Reichenbach, at Leipsie (whose branch establishments at Ilerlin and Altenburg have atso stopped payment), proves that it is not actually insolvent, but is only at present unable to meet the pressure of eircumstancei. A Committee of the chief merchanti and bankers of Leipsie boa, therefore, been appointed to examine into the state ofiteaffaips. Should the result prove sa: isfactory the house WM resume Its tomb. nese. especially if it should prove true that the King of *loop himself is inclined to support it. According to the latest eccotiolb front Ilanibureh affairs seem to be settled there as well as can be expected in thin general otitis. There was no sesirdly of money, and large remittances of gold had even been made to London ; for instance, a million bane* by fleyne and Co. • There is scarcely a house or estate in the north of Germany on which there are not several mortgages--often ten or a dozen small sums (of from 100/. to 200/.) each of which has a prior claim to those succeeding it.. In case of a depreciation of landed pro perty, the mortgagees of the later sums take the alarm, and c.o. MIMI the payment of their capital. If the owner of the estate has not the money, and cannot find air other person to advance it on the same security, he must sell the property in a certain time. Should it not fetch the sum for which it is mcirtgaged those latest in the list lose their money, nor have they any data:too the purchafei —(Note of the Editor.) We received another file of American papers last night. . but their contents are unimportant.. The declaration of war between the Emperor of Brazil and the United Pro vinces of La Plata is given in one of them, and various speculations are entered into by the editors in consequenoe of the receipt of this official document. The inarkeza at Monte Video arc in a state of extreme depression. By the last arrival from Port-au-Pence at Itavre-do. Grace, there were letters from the Hayden government to their agents here, on the subject. of a treaty of commerce with England. A communication on this subject has been made to Mr. Cloning. Letters were this"morning received from Bahia (dated 6th January,) by way of Rio Janeiro and Lisbon. O. the hacks of the letters is Written--'t Original, per Dia mond frigate." It is in consequence believed Sir Charles Stuart has gone back to Rio, to await the return of the • treaties which he had sent to England, and which the Government has declined to ratify. The heat of the weather yesterday was very extract.- &nary for the periortof the year.. The thermometer in dicated at eight o'clock in the morning 49 .Pahrenheit, at noon GO, and at seven in the evening .57. It was ex tremely fine during the whole of the day. The machinations of the Union of Trades are still ex ercised at Cork ; and early on Tuesday morning a new wall, eight feet high, to the extent of one hundred and twenty perches of mason-work, was levelled to the ground. An appeal has been made to public benevolence by the master silk-manufacturers of this town in behalf of their work-people, now suffering from want of employment. Whatever may be the final tendency of the measures Government et respect of this important branch of menu-. facture (and we are happy to know that there are many competent judges in the trade who think very suspiciously on the subject) yet the immediate etate of the nettle is such as to justify the liveliest commiseration in behalf of the numerous artisans whose titan] labours are at present sui- pended. If the amount of suffering in this town be not so great as is experienced eleewlief'f, there is unhappily a sufficient degree of it to interest every humane heart on the occasion. The sanction of their employers to the publk solicitation now making, co-operating with the chums of the individuals themselves, which are founded no less on the fact of their destitute condition, than they are enforced by the consideration of their exemplary, peaceable, and meritorious conduct, will tin doubt ceeite the moot active and beneficial energies of public charity in their behalf.—. Taunters Curr ier. 4,:u OMIO.