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Sea: an account Ninth's' upon those returns should be laid Pirhament every year. f air. l y .) ittlitt'Sl: s econded the motion. lie said three pro e„,l b o rn made to the House connected with this subject, iv, re all eeteitiveil. The Heat proposition was, that the .ekets ehanld make deposits to secure the public. The was. li , St a *uncut iry process might be given to the oearson bank-nom*, by which he should be enabled to „ t i„, rove :iv, without undertaking a tedious course is Hon. Friend hail now made the third proposi -.• o toin ! , :takers should condescend to give an account of „.. • , e.h they deal in the coin of the country. In preeo.els he wiaited it to be understood that the s asst. not hgedating nir or against the country bankers, .„ ~.miety. Ile disclaimed anything like an' invidious ..: the collier hankers. Indeed, from the communi , o It hat eit It person,' well acquainted with the system the coun•ry, he believed that the measures lisd met a ith the entire approbation of the count! ;,,r3linist.ne had thought proper to interfere with ...mitt not conceive what objection could be urged ,• •:•te proinisal. There was no certain criterion by which the bsekers' issitee could now be ascertained. ( Hear). Those e, in the eon of the country should be placed undo stricter o i in other dealers. If the banking system was not . t It 'tier renting—for at present it was in a most defective I::.treil the Legislature would frequently be under of interfering. It' Ministers carried those principles all Veil! 11l which they hail been supported by the House e ~,;:try. Ile was convinced it would tend greatly to the na. ale re ti e ority. Ilad the Chancellor of the Exchequer come : t ie; explatned his sentiments manfully on' the currency had been done by the President of the Board of Trade . • ‘.. ant,h.r , es thete Ita wont(' have been borne out by the voile of ot mid of the coutery, and the futile objections of tote re4.. 11 tilt hate been attended to. m e e ail said the; one pound notes were of no advantage t e • eO , • 'ant of great inconvenience to all. if there was a stamp keys notes, which would actually secure the holder, he tettv bet eleei to e overeigne and to a metallic currency. For this r. ;,, e opposed to the proposition for obliging the country t • , se security. An unreasonable preiudsce had been ex ., c to ag vountry bankers, which lie believed was productive P e w e e , modes, and Ministers were in a great measure respon ,:e t,. t‘t e.inseimences. At a time like the present he was to t he proposition for calling upon the country hanktrs to a mount et their circulation. His Hon. I. dend said it was ro e hrclosure : if it was not a disclosure he had no objection to tae Ca't .r up o n principle, but in point of practice it would be found „,„,„,i,), t o outwit , with it. it was quite impossible for a roe , , r t make the rerun' called for. Could lie tell how •• -• re,ev ewes had been paid and were in possession of hie 1,,•t (bleu). Could he tell how many of his ernes of other bankers, and therefore not in eircula i • ', ail the circumstances it 'would be better to leave the It :I es r. at present was. lie should oppose his lion. Friend's mot. ae properly worded; but in its present form it could r het with. lle could not conclude without expressing i ieteiten tit 3linisters were deeply respoosible for much that I It eperel. 'lnc t H A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the 11 , n mrible Meniher for Westminster (Mr. ilobhowse) thought he 'eernel to the present motion in consequenceof any representa t es mails to hint by the country bankers, he was quite mistaken. !lc knew nothing of the feeling of the cowry banners upon the et elver what he had gathered in the House. His objection t" the clause was not an objection to the principle of obtaining an a•reant of tile country circulation. If country banks were esta fleshed with any peculiar privileges, or under charters, he thought it was tevionahle to require them in state the amount of the paper issued. But at the prevent moment he objected to such a clause. He was not anxious that Government should be put in possession cf the mintee *Wake and private concerns of bankers. In many in stances this was a species of information which he thought Govern ment had better lie without. The Honourable Gentleman's mo tnei left it to Government to refrain from peblithing the returns or to publish them as they thought tit. This SIAS was a power which lie thought should not be left to Government. Ile objected to the r!ause on these grounds, bet there wasa still stronger objection— ' the clause would be inoperative, because it did not compel bankers to make accurate returns. There was no penalty upon banker,' if they made inaccurate returns. Now there were many eases, for • instance when a bank had over-issued, when it would be very con- ventent to make false returns, and he believed it could not be assured that take returns would be productive of any good. In short the clause was perfectly nugatory as at pment worded, and for that reason. as well as those already stated, he objected to it. Mr. H. GURNEY addressed a few observations which were in audible in the gallery. We understood hint to oppose the clause introdu:ed by Mr. Hume. Mr. PEARSE (the Bank Director) said that he did not see any object in the returns moved for, either with respect to country batiks or to the hank of England. The latter was bound to pay their notie in gold on demand, and this was sufficient security against an over issue. Eeperience proved how little desirous the Batik was to force a circulation of stnall notes. Three millions of sovereigns had been issued from the Bank, and a very small pro l'ettion of email notes. indeed, anxious as many persons were to get possession of a new description of note, very few one pound note, bad leen ask, el for. The Bank, so far from wishing to ex tend its issue of small notes, had a great disinclination for issuing them; c:.l avoided it as much as possible. They should always continue so to do, if there was no other reason than the expense and inconvenience in which this description of circulation involved the Bank, by obliging it to prosecute co often the forgeries eorn ndtted in ore pound nntes. There was no fear of excessive issues when hankers were obliged to pay in gold on demand. lie should therefore oppose the clause proposed by the Honourable Member for Aberdeen. Mr. Alderman HEYOATE supported the motion. He wished to have a circulation of small notes founded upon the security of the :fate itself. Such a principle would apply equally to England and Scotland. Mr. ELLICE rose amidst cries of " Question." lie said that 'he: the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Peel) proposes' the exception in favour of the Bank of England, the Bight Honourable Gentleman stated that the power of issuing mall notes was only to be exercised by the Bank upon peculiar emotions, and under the control of Government. The Hon. tientleman opposite (31r. Palm) seemed to say that the Bank had tee power of issuing when and to what extent it pleased, without any control on the part of the Go ve r nment. The Right Hon. lien, , ?ii•an rind the Hon. Bank Director were therefore at issue. The stetemt nt of the amount of sovereigns added to the circulation was mo.t gratifying. It proved that displacing the small notes and substituting sovereigns would not be found so difficult as sonic per son imagined. In conclusion be expressed his assent to the clai s m introduced by the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. Mr. Secretary l'EEl.rosetoexplain. The Hon. Gentleman oppo e'..te ('lr. Ellice) did not seem exactly to have understood what had tellen trim him on another occasion. He said that the issue of one pound notes, made by the Bank in December last, was made after a consultation with Government, and with the concurrence of its Members. Ile Mao slated that the privilege proposed to be given to the Bank M' England was proposed on public grounds, OS the benefit of the public, and not of the Bank of England. Tne Bank of England being placed under different circumstances front all other banks, tits bound by the Bill to publish monthly an account of its issues. This was what he meant to say, and not that Government was bound to consult every week with the Bank, as to the summit of tine pound notes it was expedient to issue. Mr. \lt INCh said he had heard only one objection to his lion. Friend's motion, which lie thought called for a reply; it was that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who thought the clause would be nugatory, because there was no penalty attached to it. But though there was no penalty introduced into the clause, if that clause became part'of the Bill, any person offending against it would be indictable for a misdemeanour. The only difference that the insertion of a penalty or the omission of it would make was, that in one instance the penalty would be certain and Invariable, and in the other it *mild be left to the option of the magistrate. The House then divided — For Mr. Humea Motion 24 Against it - - 143 119 • 1, 111 ajority On our retum to the gallery — Mr. HUSII wax addressing the House ; he said that he had received several letters from various parts of the country, complain. big of the di ffi culty of isvocuring payment of one pound notes. It had been said that this Bill was to protect the poor man, but he did not think the mode at presort adopted would have that effect ; he eiold not reconcile opinions he had now heard with those heard on a former occasion ; but to be sure every Member of that House was at liberty to change his opinion as often as p he pleased, but this he felt to be theduty of the Right Hon. Gent. oposite (the Chancellor of she Exchequer). as the father of the Bill, to make it as complete as possible. The Bill did not afford the facilities It should have done ; if payment of the small note) eras refused there was no remedy but by process of law, which might take s month; delay would be the inevitable consequence of the presentstate of the law. In tact it looked like a suspension of cash payments when gold vnilti not be procured for the one and two pound notes. Ile %soil:ed that the clause which provided a summary remedy in case of refusal of porneat should be introduced into the Bill, to which Case he would be contented to substitute ten days instead of three. On the motion that the Report be brought up. Mr. JOHN SMITH said, that if the Hon. Member wished to excite slant and confusion in the country, he could not have adopted a more effectual means than the conduct he now pursued. In the present state of things it was injudicious. The introduction of this measure would, he was sure, create new confusion. He spoke this in the conscientious conviction of his mind. There was a remedy which was simple, and which he would point out. In case any one wanted to have ten pounds in paper exchanged for ten sovereigns, and there was a refusal to pay them, that person should apply to a notary, who would protest. The expanse would amount to about Los., but the country banker who had refused payment would be liable for that as well as for the note. The public, there fore, as the law now stands, have a remedy In their own hands. As to changing the term of three days to ten, he thought it no rea son for introducing the clause, which could only excite confusion and alarm. Mr. 11. GURNEY made some observations relative to the law of process In Scotland. which we could not distinctly hear. Colonel JOHNSTON protested against the Bill ; it should afford some security to the poor. It was quite nugatory. The country hanker gave in fact one note in payment of another. He thought the measure the most injudicious the House could agree to. Mr. HU:IIE maid that as the sense of the House was decidedly against the clause he would withdraw it. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed without a division. ^ '• On the report of the Army Estimates having Man brought up, Mr. HOISHOITSE said that in consequence of a ',mice he hall given on a fouler night, he rose to propose two resolutions relaiive to the estimates of his Majesty's land forces for ti:t preset!! year. He thought the pr , sert a most inausrvious norm nt tor emeriti; into the subject ; r:otthL butwith.,nvidmg. tone it the a•teni: rt and indulgerce of tkr. I hase to the observations he ha to make. He confessed he could nut discover any reason for the increase which had taken place in &use intimates.' Ile thought the present time the most unfit that could be imsgbied for 31ini*ters to as!; for such an immense sum for the army estimates, The Noble laud had said that it was very C:04) , hit tientlemen on this side of House to declaim on constittitio: , al principles and privileges, but he could assure the Noble Lunt that much depended 011 the audience. It was for those Gentlemen who were on his side of the House to entloavuur that the privileges of the Constitution should not hr encroached upon. It is for thoseon the side of the Noble Lord to prove that our fears are chimerical. The Noble Lord Sit. the speech in which he intro- dueed the army estimates) brought forward no reason to account for the increase which had taken place in those estimates. It was not sufficient to be informed that those estimates had simply in creased. It was the duty of the Nate Lord to conic down to the Hebee with such an explanaumi of that increase as shoald justify the representatives of the people in voting fur this Inane . now in the eleventh year of peace: before the Noble Lord came down to the Rouge to ask them to vote such immense suppler. he thought that the Chancellor of the Etchequer should have come forward with his statement, to enable them to form some idea of the state of the country. Prospects oft+ cheering description had opened upon the country, bnt by some unfortunate circumstances they became clouded and obscured ; the expenses in 1822 were much less than at present. Ile would refer them to the vote of the House of Corn. mom; of that year. Since that period nothing hail occurred to warrant this increase. The countey was weighed down by the national debt, and by meet which were imposed to pay the interest of that debt. Ee was not one of those who said that the country could not pay the taxes, but he said that it ought not to pay them. The Min isters snould not imagine that they could draw upon the purse of the people perpetually, until they reduced the comforts of the people to the lowest possible modicum upon which they could subsist. Ile could not account for this in crease. The taxes in the year 1817 were less by one mil lion, than In the year 1825, and notwithstanding in that year the expenses of the country were thodght too great, and complete:a 1. Lee heard on all sides. A resolution was proposed in that House to reduce those expenses; it was voted that the army expenses were too great, and though it was said that no reduction could be made,' he recollected Seeing the Noble Lord come down to the House for the purpose of effecting those redue. fions. The Noble Lord on that occasion not only reduced the Army Estimates, but infante! the House that a still greater re. ductiun would het e taken place but for the disturbed state of Ire land. Why, now, would the Noble Lord, when Ireland was corn. paratively (Inlet, and in a time of peace, call far this increase ? Why not look to the estimates of the years 1815 and 1816. Lord Grenville said that it was ,useless to discuss any ether subject when those expenses were so enormous. lie would ask the Noble Lord why he Old not come down last Session to ask for an augmentation ? and what he now sees in the state of the country to warrant this immense increase. The Knight of Kerry on that occasion assigned, as a justilication of his vote, the disturbed state of Ireland. The Noble Lord now stated the condition of the colonies and the necessity of relief, as a resean for the pre sent increase; and so it is to go on. When, he would ask, were we to cons to an end of this ? He thought there should be no Increase, but that they should revert to the state they were in in the year 1112 t. In the Sneech from the Throne of that year the prospects held out to the country acre most cheering; but in that which was delivered this year we were told it was a season of distress: and yet there was an Increase this year. He tonight they ought to retrace their steps. It was a fact worth notice that there were now required 13.0011 men for the recruiting service, and in the year 1702, the whole amount of troops for the service of the country did not exceed 17,000. He thought no reason had been given for the increase, and be would conclude by moving the fol lowing Resolutions : let. That it appears to this House that the regular force of the year 11122, was tally Competent to answer the exigencies of the counter. 2d. That it appears to this House, that no change hes taken place in the foreign relations of the country to warrant an increase in the Army Eetimatee, and that the forces be reduced to 77,0e0 men. Lord PALMERSTON said that he did not at all agree with the Hon. Member; it was very excusable in the Hon. Member to take that opportunity of recording according to annual custom the opinions which he entertained ; lie was not accountable for the reasons which guided gentletnen's votes in that llonse, but he never gave as a reason for not reducing the army, the domestit state of the country ; he did not ask a vote on those grounds they had tried in compliance with public opinion the experiment of eco nomy in this instance, and it had failed, and they were obliged to call on the Parliament for an increase, There were 85 regiments of the line, nine of which *ere in Great Britain, twenty-five ' in Ireland, and fifty-one on foreign service ; the depots of . those regiments in this country, estimating each at 224 men, would make a total of 11,324 ; there were besides six battalions of foot guards. Taking into consideration those forces, those in . transitu and those employed in the recruiting service, and the in valids, the amount of men in this country was no more than 22,708- This statement he hoped would satisfy the House. After some : other observations from the Noble Lord, The gallery was then cleared for a division, when there appeared, For the Amendment - 84 Against it - 106 Majority against the Amendment 72. The Report was then agreed to. Lord PALMERSTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the punishment of mutiny and desertion, and for the regulating tine payment of soldiers in quarters. It war afterwards brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. BANK OF ENGLAND. Mr. HUSK'S - SON gave notice thet to-morrow he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Bank to apply the Law of Merchant and }actor to any goods in their postession. On the motion of Mr. BERRIES, .he second reading o: the Bank Charter Bill was deferred to Thursday next. The other Oriters of the Day were then disposed of, end the 1 Ileum adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock till tomorrow. 1%1 \'~jRITIE: AtINORITY Of 34 on Mr. Hume's notion f,)7conpeiiing the Country Bankri to make a Return of the Amount of their Motel in Circulation. Abercromby,Hn..l tirentril, P. Newman, R. Wood, Aldkrman Althorn, Viscount Heygote, Ald. Ord, W. Wilson, Sir Robt. Huncatanon, Vise.'fermi, Sir Robt. Parry, T. ' W)vill, M. Frans, W. Johnston, Colonel Ruv.ell, lA. G.W. Filter, *Award Knight, Robert Tierney, Rt.fin.O. rattans. Oulwe, Sir W. Macdonald, Hui. J.Warre, S. A. Hume, .1. Graham, Sir S. Mona, T. it. Wcb , ), G. Hubhouse, J. C. 311NOR!TY Of Nine, who voted aralmd the pausing of the Bill to Limit the CirCulation of hmall Notes. lienett, John Hume, Ju , ,eph P.dmer, C. ➢. TELLIIRS. Calvert, N. Heykrite, A!d. Robertaun, Alen. Caleroft, John Heron, Sir Bold. Lo‘kitart, J. S. Wood, Alderman Martin, John NEW CATHOLIC ASSOCI ATION. (From the brills Xv - 7istrig Port of Saturday.] Pursuant to adjournment this Body reassembled to-day, at the Corn Exchange. Luxe PLUNKETT. Esq. in the Chair. Mr. O'Cowttxt.t. moved the adjournment of the Association for ten minutes.—.. Carried. As soon as the Chair was warmed, Mr. O'Cow YELL explained the circumstances which had retarded the drafting of the petitions recently adopted at Catholic Meetings. The Learned tientlernan, on account of the lateness of the days to which the Nisi Prins business in the sittings after term had extended, had not been able to attend to the petitions as he would desire, while those gentlemen who had attended to debate about " Feathers and Wings," and the Address from New York, as soon as those questions had been decided, absented themselves altogether from their meetings. However, as soon as he returned from the Cir cuit, he should pay more attention to the preparation of these petitions. The CHAIRMAN having resumed his seat, Mr. O'Dwv ER was appointed Secretary, and read the minutes of last day's proceedings. Mr. O'Coriartl. rose to report from the Committee appointed to consider the legality of the nomination of two Collectors of the Catholic Rent in each Parish. The Learned Gentleman declared his conviction of the legality of the measare after a most mature consideration of the Act, and that such was also the opinion of the Committee ; but, in consequence of the prevailing distress in Eng. land, the results of which were in some degree felt in this country, he was instructed to move, that the subject be deferred for recon sideration to the second Saturday in April. The Resolution was seconded by Mr. CONWAY. and carried. Mr. Co x WAT, after prefacing his Motion with a high and de. served panegyric on the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle'a recent work on the Catholic Chums , moved a vote of thanks from this Association to that distinguished Prelate. Mr. O'Cosysta., in a happy strain, oommented on the good effects which must necessarily follow the publication of thet work, and alter a high and glowing panegyric on the writer's many and great talents, seconded the Motion, which was carried amid loud cheers. A Motion, with reference to advertising the same work in tho Courier, Morning. Chronicle, Clot' old Trartller, Times, and Morning . HeroM, was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. O'Cox x Err. handed in Id. is. lid. the subscriptions of several individuals in Clashmore, county Waterford, to the funds of the Association ; after which, Mr. RoI4AYNs; was called to the Chair, and the Meeting ad journed. ABOLITION OF THE SLATE ThADE.- - On Monday a Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Surrey took place et the Spread Eagle, at Epsom, for the purpose of adopting %solutions and voting Petitions to both Houses of Parliament on the subject of the amelioration of the present condition of the Slaves in the Colonies, and the final abolition of the Slave Trade. Henry Drummond, Esq. the High Sheriff of the County, in the Chair. Se veral of the Magistrates of the County were present, amongst them were the two Members. Mr Henry Hunt, who is also a Freeholder of the County, was also in th SOM. TIIE BRITISH PRESS. TI_ EXICAN 'SIX PER cE)4 . r. WAN.—The Fifth AQuarterly Dividend, due on the I.t day 'a April next, will he paid on that and the succeeding days, bet wceh the liquts of Ten snd Two o'clock, at the Countins.'.ionse of Mew ;. !litany, Ilex. ring, Richardson, and Co. 11, Maw 11-oad-street.rnews. The Dividend Warrants. t; ith lit tn..renf ntorr•ric,dlv xr rsnge,l. are requested to be for ex:11..; one day pftslous to p %Innen:. .ate . • . PRICES OF 11112111SII 3 per C,nt. Cont. 761 776 a 4 i •••• , 1 I '!L Ont. Acct. 71 1 1 77 . 763 a ;11 4 IX. I.4a'(. 1 pla par 34 per ( olt. 14% Dit LOA. par 3pm ay per C.:A. Pol. Uilhi ! , r 5,.1 1 1 par 211111 Now 4 Fo colt. Vie a air) c 4 ets '214. PRlcr.s OF' FOI:EION rtnuilint.llol3, 1-1 Ditto ALAI. Chillan 11.,t1.14 Bowls 49,1 . Pitt, rt. 1.24, 4.1 4 a a St.)':!:•• tr , 11,1A1. 1;.,k lilt!, I , .I'IIS 17} t .., • t 71 , xl.3p '• 5$ .1.• e 3 21 110 to Acct. 31/ 2/ 3 / 1 8. 3 2 Pero•ion liond• 9i Wt.° Acct. 33 P.O Worselt-.i 0 0,4 73/ -1 Pru.. l no Rn.abm Bondi 7-.. b Npattidil Howl. 10 Ditto 510, IV ii Ditto Acct. 47! 72 9 7h Danlah Mond:, A. l / 4 Ditto Acct. French Cent Cent. tZ 4 i. SOB. 99f. k:xchankto 1;51'. Stk. French Itenten3 pez Cent. 94f. Ett •bnnge 2,St. +/c. linadalajara Bondi C(/1.:11811 oF Excrr ...C.F. 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CI(/0 46 20 di . 100 S 31 db 100 10 2 1 pm 100 146 dle 100 10 44 die 400 400 10 41. 400 60 b die . 400 50 'lO .16 pm 40 20 4) I 2 ddl. 11111411MLIAIMUS Frovinelpl Br n6O( Ireland 4,1 441. 4lb ----- Dritlsh Ife-t rMeo-Peruvlan Real del Monte Illtto New• United 3ieN',llll Ditto New Rio tie In Plata Agricultural Welt luelia Coripuny - NO lOU 6 • 2i *its ire 3titih alregco. KY-LANE THEATRE. To-morrow, THURSDAY, March 9. will be performed the Comedy of BELLE'S STRATAGEM. Doricuurt. 31r.Wallik".: Old Hardy, Mr. 0011/011 ; Flutter, Mr. Browne; Letitia frailly, WO Foote Mrs. Racket, Mrs. Davison. Te culielnde with the new Farce of JOHN BROWN. The principal Chtraeters by hiessr:.. Browne, Wallack, and Harley; Mrs. Tate t, and Miss Nicol. •_-••- cOvENT.GARD N THEATRE. To-morrow, THURSDAY', March 0, will be performed ths Comedy of A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIPE. Colonel Feignwell, Mr. C. Kernlile Perriwinkle, Mr. W. Farren Obadiah Prim, Mr. Fawcett. Ann Lovely, Miss Jones. 'To conelude with THE BEGGARS' OPERA. Penchum, Mr. Blanchard; LoeiciS,„ Mr. Bartley; Captain Machentb, Madame Vegtris ; Filch, Mr. Meadows. Mn.s l'euebum, Mrs. llserenport ; Lucy, Miss Love ; Polly, Mks Paton. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. ORAND PERFORMANCE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN MUSIC, lINDSR THE MAYAGRNIVIT 41F 111 GIORGI SMART, This present WEDNESDAY, March 8. PART I.—A Selection of favourite Airs, Ate.. from Der Freischutz, ander the direction of the Composer, Carl Maria Von Weber (being his first public appearance In this country). PART IL—Selectiotis from ;fenders Sacred Oratorio, Judas Maccabeus. PART lII.—A Crand Miscellaneous Act. Principal Vocal Performers—Messrs. Atkins, Draham, florists&Ue, Robinson, and 'Finney ; 3litsters Harker and Isiutburat; Misses Ll.Cawse, Farrar, Love, Pawn, and Roche; and Madame Vestris. KING'S THEATRE, OPERA CONCERT-ROOM, HAYMARKET. E 1-1.) RAM ON. Mr. D. F. WALKER'S ASTRONOMICAL LECITRE on ttill original TRANSPARENT ORRERY, which be MS refitted and enlarged, will take place this prelent WEDNESDAY EVENING, at Half-pest Seven. The various Phenomena of Day, Night, Twaight, the Seasons, Phases, Eclipses, the Solar and Sidereal Systeme, will be splendidly Illustrated ; and the Earth's True Figure ;that of an Oblate Spheroid', and the Use of the Celestial Globe and the Longitude at Sea, demonstrated. Boxes 3s. ' • Pit 2s. ; Gallery In. Places and particu lars at Mr. Ebers' s, Old Bond - st reet ; and at the Box-office of the Thehtre, daily. The Second hectare at the llorus Tavern, licnnieltou, on Friday Neat, at Si:, on Alechanics. A ritiii , iiitiTEXtliE. M. HENRY how the honour most respectfully to anooonce, that on this present WF.DNESDAY, starch 8, and on FRIDAY, the 10th, In addition to his Entertainment of ODD SAYINGS AND QUEER DORIGS, Illusions, Mbalcal C;lren , es, he will :by desire; administer the Nitrous Ozyde, or LAUDHINO OAS I After which n GRAND OPTICAL DISPLAY of a series of beautiful Views of Lunddcapes, Architecture, Moonlight Scenes, &c., imperceptibly changing from one to another, as if by magic, before the eye of the spec tator; together with a variety of laugh Able sod interesting Subjects. The whole to conclude with ,F,th time: the extraordinary 'DANCE. OF MONKEYS ! a Combination of Mechanical and Optical Effects, producing a moat Laughable mid truly whimsical Spectacle. Commence at a Quarter past Seveu.—ltoxes 4+. ; I'it 26.; Gallery lc The Bantu Faits commenced publishing yesterday moraine at half past five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1846. The Promissory Note Bill was read a third time. and passed the house of Commons last night after a good deal of discussion. Mr. lias aissoN, in the course of the evening, gave no tice that this day he should move for leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the Bank to apply the Law of Merchant and Factor to any goods in their possession. We have received the Elude of Monday, with the other Paris Papers of Sunday. The former contains further anecdotes of the intrepidity of the Emperor NicIIOLAS on the '26th Dec. The band of Constitutionalists that landed in the kingdom of Murcia, it appears by these papers, I has been completely dispersed. Their object was to have I maintained themselves in the mountains until their num -laers had increased, but they were dispersed before they reached the destination they Were marching for. The !Juke de CHARTRES is appointed by tire King of 1 . /RANCE his representative et the Coronation of his Imperial Majesty of Russia. 'I he following are extracts from time Papers : (From the Eta* dated Monday, March 6.1 81`. PETERCRURGH, Fan. It The following trrit gives a striking model' the presence of mind with which the Emperor Nicholas is endowed. " In the fatal day of 26th Peeember a body of rebel eoldiers of the regiment of grenadiers of the guard, was marching towards the winter palace, the residence of the imperial family, doubtless with the intention of executing the wicked designs formed by the conspirators. On a sudden the Emperor, accompanied by a foie attendants, met then., and wished them a good-day. The moth. neers, after a moment's hesitation, returned his salutation, and cried ' the Emperor Constantine for ever !" Von are, doubtless, rebels also,' replied the Emperor. with rare ,an fruit, 6 but you have missed your way, the rebels arc assembling in Isaac's-equate ; direct your !dere that way, march !".these words, spoke with the dignity which characterises our young monarch, made such an impression on these rebels, that merely obeying his (mitts they tinned back, and proceeded to Isaac's-square, where a few hours afterwards they shared the well merited fate of the other rebels." How many similar scenes, which arc not generally known, may have occurred in that eventful day ? But if the calmness and resolution of the Emperor have been the object of general admira tion, the tranquillity and pious resignation of the general Alex. andrina equally charmed all those who were about her on the `26th December, when the most distinguished ladies of the city were assembled in her apartments. An affecting circumstance deserves to be particularly mentioned. At the moment when her Majesty received from her !input consort the melancholy message that it was necessary to fire the cannon against tne rebels, the Princess, melting into tears, tell on Ifer knees and continued in p ra y er till she was infor me d that the revolt was happily suppressed. Thus the criminal insurrection of the 26th December. instead of attaining its object, produced a directly contrary effect. by giving a new Impulse to the sentiments of love and attachment which the people entertain for their Im perial M ajesties. VENTCE. FE8.16. The flotilla which has just been equipped here, waits only for the return or the commander, the Marquis tie l'aulucci (who has been summoned to Vienna to receive his instructions) to sail to the Ar chipelago, where it is to paste the Creel: Orates. it is said that the Marquis de Paulucci will go first to Napoli di Romanis to ipake the twist serious representations to the Government of the insurgents, and that he will take the most severe measures for the extirpation of piracy. Abarnti), FEB. 27. The Spanish revolutionists who laodPd in me kingdom of Murcia have been wracked between Uche and Orihucla; 2:i of them have hum made plisontts and shot; the others are dis persed and pursued. PARIS, MAKeR 5. It is affirmed that hir Royal Flightless the Doke of Chartres will go to Moscow to be pressent at the coronation of the Emperor of Russia. The lasi letters from Constantinople, by way of Bucharest, con tain no news of importance. The Greeks flattered themselves that the new English Ambassador would intervene in their favour. It was added, that ,Mr.Stratfortl Canning, on his voyage, required Nat a commission should be formed, consisting of two deputies from the islands, two from the Morea, and two from Howells, with Maurocordato at its head, in order that it might set and sti pulate for the Greeks at the shorted notice. From the .:-"iktic of tiumlay.l • HAMBERirI, FEB. 25. (PRIVATE. LETTER.) Sweden. which hardly more than a century ego acted the first part in the general policy of Europe, had Inc some time almost wholly escaped dic public attention ; the catastrophe of Russia has just recalled it to it. It will be recollected that since the time when that monarchy declined from the summit of its greatness, two parties have exist. ed in it —one, called that of the lists, was supposed to be in the French interest ; while the other, called that of the Caps, was sup posed to he devoted to Russia. Since the general peace France seems td have exercised no influ ence over the affairs of Sweden, but it has been succeeded by Eng land, which now rivals the formidable neighbour of the Sc.mdina whin kingdom. Doting the life of Alexander, indeed, the Rus sian party, though little inclined in favour of the dy nast, of remadotte, and though the house of Gottorp had still numerous partisans, was reduced to perfect inactivity by the personal friendship of the two. Sovereigns. But since the death of this powerful protector a change seems to have taken place with respect to Sweden, of which same alarming symptoms have been observed, both in the foreign relations and in the spirit of the peo ple,!which has been manifested on several occasions. It is there fore not surprising that King Charles John seeks to approximate more closely to • England, and two Cabinet Messengers from Stockholm to London have passed through this city within a few days, who seem by the haste they made to be the bearers of very important dispatches. There are various reports, but all persons who have means of being informed . give us to understand that Charles John is at present in a very embarrassing state It is affirmed time Prince Gustavus is at St. Petersburph, but that he observes the strictest incognito, because the Emperor Ni cholas wishes to avoid any ostensible mean to which might giro umbrage to the Swedish Monarch, with whoto it is at present his interest to be on good terms. " Petitions," says the Times, " are incessantly in a course of presentation against the Corn Laws. For our selves we are of opinion, that if Ministers had proceeded with Lona fide zeal in the recal of the circulating mettum to a state of solidity and purity, it would have heed less necessary to force this measure upon them till next !, - ear, for the price of corn would then, no doubt, have declined in a due proportion." The shove paragraph is so wattled as not to be very intelligible ; but if we can at all compre hend its purport it means to lay (town the following pro positions :—That Ministers have not been sincere in their endeavours to remedy the evils of an excessive paper cur rency—that had they been so the price of corn would have fallen in proportion to their success—and that it consequently becomes necessary to ft r:e upon them the abolition of the Corn Laws this year, instead of waiting, as—" if they had proceeded with bona:fide zeal"—we might have done—till the next. What evidence can be required of the sincerity of Ministers which they have not manifested we really cannot divines If the true test is—as here affirmed—that " the price of corn would have declined in due proportion," we should be curious to know by what process of reasoning the Times journalist arrives at this result. If the vacuum produced in the circulating medium by the sudden extinction of Bank paper would have so Materially affected the grain market throughout the king dote, as to have occasioned corn to fall to half its value, we are as-a loss to discover wherein the nation is benefited. If "the price of every article of consumption which makes up the expenditure of the farmer were reduced, together with his taxes, county rates, tithes, rent, and all his other outgoings, we should then hail " the proportionate decline in the price of corn" as a national blessing, and concur in the condemnation of Ministers for throwing ob stacles in the way of it ; but as to any fall of price pro duced by any other means, more especially by any distress arising out of a change or diminution of the currency, we think that Government has done wisely not to be hurried at the present crisis into any measure that may force the farmer to sell his corn cheaper till he shall have first been enabled to grow it cheaper. Cal', TUESDAY EVEIING. The Money Market assumed a very lively appearance this morning, in consequence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement last night in the Hume of Commons—" That making all due allowances, the Revenue would be found adequate to the expenses." That short but pointed•senterice made the speculators for a fall appre hensive of consequences, and many of them began to buy, which had the effect of improving the Funds ri per cent. in the course of the day ; the opening price being 761, and the closing one 781. The transactions at these, and the intermediate prices, were very extensive, from the appre hensions of the Bears. Exchequer Bills were 1 premium par. India Bonds 3s. Is. discount. ' The Foreign Market was equally as elastic as the En glish, and nth American Securities particularly were ' held lightly. Colombian Bonds advanced to 4131 i, and Mexican Six per Cents. to ti2l 3; Spanish Bonds were l0}; Greek ditto 17.1 19; Russian ditto 7.51 e ; and Danish 511 . i. Money was exceedingly plentiful on the Stock Ex changes. It could be borrowed at the rate of 2i and 3 per cent. per annum, for short periods on Stock. The money that private bankers had accumulated during the run upon them is atill locked up, as well as that usually employed M discounting merchants' bills, which the late stagnation caused to be unemployed. A revival of con fidepee will speedily draw forth these funds, and pro duce a great change in the appearance of commercial affairs generally. - _ . Letters from Paris, received - IF — ni morning, state tha money is becoming scarce in that capital. Virginia Papers to the 9th ult. have arrived. They bring the proceedings of Congress up to the 4th Feb. The great subject of discussion continues to be the Mission to Pa nama. It would appear that the invitations for an accre dited agent to attend on the part of the United States, came from the Governments of Colombia, Mexico, and the central Provinces of America (Guatemala.) There are now 1200 candidates for admiration at the United Service Club, which is become so extended that d new edifice is necessary for its accommodation. The King, who has done it the honour of enrolling himself at its head, has been graciously pleased to communicate to its Directors that, in the event of their building a new edifice, they shall have a preference of the ground on which Carlton House nbste stands. Yesterday the Lord Mayor entertained a numerous party at dinner. Ills Lordship appears to be maintaining civic hospitalities with generous magnificence. Between eighty and a hundred persons are said to dine at the Mansion House in the course of the week. It is said in some of the northern papers that the Northumberland contest costs each of the candidates 3000/. a-day, which will be 42,000 1 . n-piece for the whole four teen days. Carl Maria Von Weber arrived in London on Sunday night, and resides during his stay at the house of Sir George Smart. Several of the first professors in this country have already called to pay their respects to him. Yesterday a most respectable Meeting of the Share . holders of the Thames 'funnel COrfspany, took place at the City of London Tavern. Yesterday the despatches for Madras anti China, by the ship Marquis of Huntly, Copt. Fraser, wre closed at the East India House, and delivered to the purser of that t ship. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Emily Marchhinny of Londonderry's o.olPmbly, on Monday females, lei St. James's-agorae, mot very fivihiouahly atteroird. The Countess of Chstrleville has issued 11.1113 of Irritation for two routs, the 111th and 17th inst. at her (rouse in Cavendish-square. Lord Braley had a sel , rt runty to dinner ye-terday, at his Imam la Great Georee-street, Wedminster. John Weyland, Ex t. had a diunm t arty yesterday, at his holm tn Cork-street. Mrs. Ihenyon entertained a select party yesterday, at ber house la Oral- Venue-square. The Earl of Beaborough has attired la town, from his seat, Rot hampton. Vi count Sidmouth has arrived at I Is home in Dover-street, frond Me seat, Richmond Park. Lord Alvantey has arrived at his hone in Park-place, from BrightaM. Sir C. R. Codriumos, Bart. and family have arrived at their use rs ho Park-lane, from their seat, Dorlingtoo Park, Glruiestershire. Colonel Tynte, SIP has arrived In town, .from his %sat in Somerset shire. George Morgan, Esq. M.P. left Coul,ou'a llotel, Lower Brook-street, yesterday, for his seat In Hants. Arrival. at FentonSi New Hotel, St. Jsmcs's-strset :—Colcoel end Lad! Augii-da Fitsclarence, from Rushy Park; the Ile,. William Vansittart, from Ilerks. Departures from the Pulteney Hotel, Aihemarle-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Rowley, for Bath ; Captain Perry, R.N. for Chatham ; Wm. apemen, E.q. for Brighton. Arrivals at Rirkluun's Hotel, Lower Brink-street Rush sad Lady Cope, from their real In Hants; Mrs. Deane and family, from Exeter; --- Eyre, Esq. front a tour. Departure :—Mr. and Mra.Walsh, for their seat In Oxfordshire. - Arrivals at Allvart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street:—The Hun. Mm. Chil ders and family, from Rocks ; Sir Clifford Constidde and Mbar Constable, from Yorkshire Wyndham, Edo. from Yorkshire; Mrs. Crompton and family, from Paris; Harris Arundel, Esq. from Devonshire- Arrivais at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street :—The Earl of Chester field and Mr. Bilidulph, from Bradley-hall, Derbyshire; Sir Charles Lamb and Lady Montgomery, from their sort In Sussex. Departures ,—ttlr Roger Gresley, Bart. for his seat in Derbyshire ; Colonel and Mt,. Rapt name, for their seat at Twickenhern. DISSECTION OF THE ELEPHANT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRBSS._ St 11,—A letter appeared in your journal of this morning, signet X. Y. which contained some temarkstelative to che dissection of the elephant, to which, in 'wade to Myself, I must reply,' pad am sure I may depend on your liberality for an immediate inverter. Your correspondent states he attended, " expecting a 'eeoplete dissection of the animal." He could not, I think, have entertained such an ides, The he allows it would have required ten or fourteen ' days to have completed it, and he must he aware that it wes utterly impossible for it to have taken place at Exeter 'Ming*. where (independent of other circumstances) the offensiveness arts- Mg from the carcase would, without the care I took. have been in tolerable ; in fact, if it had not been at the particular Nquest of the faculty (with whom I have always stuttied to complyr 1 would not have been opened in the manner it was ; and if Primes:row rally has suffered a deprivation. the blame rests anywhere bat *id me. Immediattly on de death of the thilinal I applied to the Colteino of Surgeons, offering them all or any part that they might wish to Pad The answe Wet, they would like to have the skeleton, but bad no place to set it up ; the British aluseum teas then °Feel the refusal, and I waited on Sir Humphrey Davy, who came' In view the beast as it lay, and there met the Bishop of Ittedon. Uri Stowell, and Mr. Children. (1 had prc - iiously ascertained Sir Everard Home's opinion.] They all agreed it was most desirable to have the skin of such an animal, but they could give no final answer till g.fter some future meeting of the D . - ember.. I was tbutt kept la a state of suspense ; but still hoping mat something might be done to prevent so noble a !ipecinien from leaving the country, or passing into the hands of private individues, I reftrdned ftsn disposing of it until late pn Saturday. I was then obliged to take immediate Oteps fee preserving the skin, 'Which would have materially sufftted by lying ant longer in the State it was, and having had very liberal offers frpm Mr. Morgan for the viscera, aasi from blr. Dario for the skin. I closed with them! and .hose pane are now in their eossession ; the Skeleton 1 at present eitain, and ir Is most likely destined for some foreign University. With regard to feeding the animals on the flesh, it is too edicts. loos tb be treated seriously ; and 1 hope, as a hirer of With, that X.Y. does not venture to assert it as from hat own observe:inn, thing being so untrue. So far from its being the fact, I actually ordered some meat, which •Irtveti front Newgate.market tot their food, to be destreydd, on mount of its lying fur sonic hours in di TOM exposed to the effects of the effluvium naturally arising froth the carcase. It is slid, " at the request of a medical gentleman present, two small steaks were broiled, which were tasted and found to be exc. crable, and that the remainder of the flesh welt *noted by Mr. White, of Sharp's-allay, Cow.ct%t." The whole WO removed by elelve o'clock on Monday morning. I have now concluded my observations on the letter. For the destruction of the animal no one can feel such severe sorrow as my self; and I need only td say, that nothing but the most perfect conviction *flit the life of owe, or perhaps teeny, of my fellow. creatures was endangered by his exMtence, and the paramount duty I owed the public, could have induced me to resolve on so painful a sacrifice. To the it is • great and irretrievable lose, but I still rely on the generous patronage of that public in Obese service the beat portion of a long life has been spent. I remain, Mr. Edltor, Your obliged humble servant/ E. CROSS. National Menagery, Exeter 'Change. March 7, lee. L 053 OF THE SMACK DF.LIGHT.—We are sorry to an nounce the loss of the smack Delight, off Harborough, on Monday last, on her passage from Loteion to Leith. It was first reported that specie to the amount of 40,000/. watt on board; but we now learn that the actual quantity of specie on hoed is only a tenth part of that amount, anti consisted of 4,000/. in silver, destined for the use of the Bank of Scotland.—Caledonion Mercury. Miss Allwootl, of Barnes, met with an accident rather alarming than serious, opposite the Horse-guards' bar racks in the Park, yesterday. ;ler horse fell, and her face was much disfigured by the loss of ont of Wet teeth. RECkUITING.—An exception not generally known, though of some importance to enliating parties, seat lately taken by Mr. White, and allowed by Mr. Gregorie, at Queen -square, where a desevter from the army was brought up. It appeared, on inquiry as tS the enlistment time, that the recruit in question had been enlisted on a Sunday ' • and it was ruled, bi consequence, that his en listment had been illegally made, and could not be consi dered as binding him. Recruiting in general is restricted. Such has latterly been the activity of the recruiting staff, and so numerously and readily hare recruits come forward, that, by g recent regulation, no recruit can be accepted for any regiment of cavalry or iiifatery, in the East In dies, if under the age of twenty years; while each regi ment of infantry is enjoined to resort to the standard which Was fixed at the commencement of October, is 23, and henceforward to continue to recruit by it. A short time ago a tattler, at Cambray, having con tracted to equip a regiment, bought all the ohtequip,Ments. To his astonishment , whilst ripping tip en old saddle, he discovered a considerable stun of money in gold. bearing the effigy of altntist all the Princes of Etirope. Upon in quiry he found that it had belonged to an o'd Quarter master, who had made every campaign for 25 years, and who died at the hospital of Saragossa during the last war. Like an honest. man he sought mit the family of the de ! ceased, and divided with it the treasure which chance had thrown into his hands.—Glote. DREADFUL Ace' NT—On Monday, as Richard smith, swarm to Mr. Nicholls, of Ilawick, netteV. - oreester, was plougising, a pack of harriers came across the field, and frightening the horses, they started off; in attempting to stop them, Smith was knocked down, and, shocking to re late, the plough-share literally ripped up his belly. He 'was conveyed to Worcester Infirmary, where he expired on Tuesday night. An inquest returned a verdict of " Ac cidental Death ;" deodand on the plough Zs. 6d. The k ceased was 53 years of age, he bore an excellent-character, had been in the same employ upwards of 30 yearn, and has left a wife and four children.—Gloucester Journal. Mr. John Monteith, proprietor of the extensive cotton factories at Pollockshaws, his been so fortunate ae to be able hitherto lo carry on without shortening the hours of labour. Some time since, however, he intimated to his large wheel spinners that he would be under the necessity of reducing their wages; but they refused to continue fer lesa, and did net return to their work on Monday. Some weavers residing in Pollockshaws, who had been piecers and I spinners in their youth, observing how much the cotton spinning was preferable to the loom, applied for antlgot wheels. It appears the turned-out spinners, their Mends and abettors, had resolved to annoy the new workers, quite regardless of the examples that have been made, and the punishment they are certain to bring on their own heads. While passing to and from their meals, the new hands were generally assailed with threats, and every species of malignant and insulting abuse, because they have made a laudable attempt to better their condition, and dared, in the exercise of the undoubted right of every free man, to return to a business in which they had spent their early days. On Tuesday night, after the mill stopped, when one of them was passing quietly home, on one of the least frequented roads in the town, he was attacked by three fellows, who had been waiting his approach, knocked down, barbarously kicked, and stabbed in the body by some sharp implement, supposed to be an old bayonet. On Wednesday, three of the old spinners were apprehended. for the purpose of being examined respecting this coward ly assault. The Magistrates committed them to prison, and on Thursday morning they were sent down to Paisley, and delivered over to the Sheriff—Gltugoze Citruniele. I ns e re ed ti;C: &NM doft 4 sef..ot ~, 1 ,: I. 1 F'