The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

FRANCE The following is the text of the note which has 7peared in the Moniteur under the head of " corn ; unicated" : V," When in 1848 it was contemplated to nominate Prince Louis Nspoleon to the t'ffiee of the President of the Republic, st , veral English journals, end the greatest girt of 'he persons interested in oispo,ing that nomina tion, pretended that to place a Bonaparte at the head of France, would be to cast down a defiance to all Europe—would be, in fact, the signal for a general war. It is now apparent to all that these appre hensions were not realizod. Since December 2 the same system of calumny has been pursued, and party spirit and ignorance have contributed to get them accredited. The most absurd suppositions have been invented; at 0 , e time it was that demands were made to neighbouring States in a tone almost of menace; at another, that preparations were being made for war, and the letters of the foreign correspondents, by means of audacious lies, presented our situation in a point of view altogether imaginary. Time, which ordinarily is prompt enough in treating as it deserves any work of malevolence and folly, appears at present to encourage these persons to go on. More tbtn ever false alarms are propagated, designs of invasion are attributed to the Government, and even some of our regiments are repre sented as on the point of crossing the froutier. The consequence is, that injury is done to public credit, and obstacles are thrown in the way of the revival of busi ness. But the truth is, that since December 2d, the French Government he not addressed a de mand of any kind to the foreign Powers, ex cept to Belgium, in order that the Govern ment of 'hat country might prevent the system cf incessant attacks which had been commenced there, from being regularly organized. It has not armed a soldier the more, has not even passed a. general review—in fact, has not done anything what ever which could arouse in the slightest degree the sus ceptibility of our neighbours. All the views of the Go vernment of France are turned towards internal im. provements, and unjust attacks cannot turn it from that course. It will not depart from its calm demeanour, except on the day when an attack shall have been made on the national honour and dignity. Its attitude has not ceased for a moment to be pacific, and every piece of in telligence which tends to present it und-r any other aspect is a clumsy fable, which, after a contradiction as formal as the present, can only be treated with contempt. GREECE, Athens journals to the 7th have arrived. They announce the retirement of M. MELETOPOULOS, Minister of the Interior, M. DAMIANoS, Minister of Justice ; and M. BARB3GLIS, Minister of Public Worship and Justice ; and state that they are re laced by M. DAsopouLos, Deputy of Argns, in the Interior, M. PROVILEGIOS, Deputy of Milos, of Justice, and M. STRAVOS VLACROS, Deputy . in Athens, in Public. Worship and Instruction. The Courrier d' Athaes says : " Letters from Patras state that the growers of cur rants, and landowners in general, are in the greatest dis tress. Money is rare, commerce suffering, and the mer chants who ordinarily made them advances for the cul tivation of their vines reuse this )ear to lend th e m the smallest sum of money. Tnis mate ?t things, jonard to the sensible fall in the price of Corinth currants, has caused the landowners residing nt P atras to address to the Ministry a petition, calling on i t in pressing terms to demand from the British Government a diminution of the entrance duties. It is much to be wi s h e d t h at t h e English Cabinet, in its kindness to Greece, and with the view of giving greater extension to the relations of com merce between the two Stites. shall ad. pt this mea sure, which can alone preserve the most important class of our producers from inevitable ruin." FRANCE AND ENGLAND. When an Englishman judges of France, what it desires, what it requires, it is necessary for him to put aside entirely all his preconceived ideas of " liberty, equality, and fraternity," derived from a study of, or an experience of the constitution of his own country. France has no antecedents, as Eng land has—no history of an infant Constitution ripening into settled institutions—it has one antece dent alone, and that is the day of the Empire and of Napoleon all other souvenirs are those of change, of sudden and violent renversements. A Frenchman has no constitution to worship or to study, but he has a country and a capital ; and in the two phrases "11 n'y qu'une France," " it n'y a qu'un Paris," (there is only one France, there is only one Paris), are summed up his patriotism and his politics. The Government, or the Governor, which gives glory to the one and splendour to the other, is his beau ideal of an Executive ; and his ex perience tells him that it is by a man and not a " mixed form of government"—the Englishman's idol —that the greatest éclat has been given to both. He gladly, therefore, exchanged the mixed form, pre sented by an Assembly and an Executive always at variance (a form nearly as grievous to him as the plague of mixed monsters was to Egypt) for the prospect of the revival of the Consulship, if not of the Empire. This has been bought at the expense of some bloodshed, and of m.iny arrests and exile mews, but he finds himself still as much at liberty as ever—the drives in the Champs Elysees are not curtailed, the walks in the gardens of the Tuileries and the Luxembourg are as free., the restlurants are as good, the b iul-vards as crowded, the theatres are open, the chateaux des flsurs are lighted up—and what does a Frenchman require more ? He requires the prancing of the Lancers, the glancing of the Cuirassiers, the stirring sounds of the inertial bands, reviews on the Champ de Mars, and receptions in the Tuileries. He has them all, and what cares he for Constitutions ! Now it is much to be lamented that England and its Press have not quietly, at the least, acquiesced in all this, for it is a state of things which not only flatters the failings and minirers to the prejudices and tastes of a Frenchman, hut it is in fact founded on the only element of union left by the preceding revolutions. There were elements enough of dis union ere Louis Napoleon took the reins so firmly in his hand, materials enough for many potent facions, bat not one party which could successfully have made an " Appel au peuplr." Anarchy and strife would assuredly have made sad havoc if the nephew of Napoleon had not made his appeal—an archy and exile will assuredly come again if he be compelled to relax his gna t .). Who will be to blame if his hand be parali sed? England, from the protec tion it affords to the disaffected, from the currency it gives to every report, however idle, calculated to de preciate his government and malign his motives, from its forgetfulness of the personal respect due to a Prince who has always spoken of it with respect, and treated irs countrymen with kindness and di,tinction. But England is jealous of his large standing army, and sees no employ went for it but in fulfilling his uncle's dreams of hey ision. If the nephew, or the army, or th e people think of anything so visionary, so opposed to their own interests, pray who has s uggested the thought ? Has the English Press forgotten the stale but of en too true tale, of the groom and the priest—the groom who thought not of greasing the mouths of the horse s until the priest asked if be were guilty of t he sin. The English an D p i ers indeed are cir cu l ate d t o a ver y limited extent ' France, and only among s t the English ; but ev ery Frenchman reads in his own Fairies and Sieci re plies i to Engli s h accusa ti ons , mocker of English first a r the idea, gi ti fears—he l aug h s a t and bu t the the thou g ht i s sown in his mind, flour h and the fruit will appear in due seam, The prohibition of all Eng li s h p a pers i s seriously Contem plated . plated. Behold the English , Press will say, soot he r i t i,, ? Who provoked the exercise ns o ta f n i c t e ? of I d s es Po i - t _. not sufficiently clear that it i s totally • with the nature of the power whole French people into the hands of Loui s 3 Na poleon, commi tted by it is totally opposed to the, due exerci!e" paleon, that of t h at power, t o permit (tally sua elt i ons of olio of principles, and o f motives w hich have no ul.: dation but in the f a ncies of newspaper editors tuxes. "Tainted partizans and refugee-? Tl'e PP " i ' t ` a t said to th e M arqu i s o f Hertfor d , at th e late banquet given to the English residen ts, and th e prime Minister C ass abianca, said something to the s ame effect to Lord Jerningham—" Attacks on myself per sonelle, I disregard, but c)ntictued misrepresentations of acts done in the name of a great nation will compel the Government to teke steps which personally I would be most anxi ous to avoid. " That there are el...relents of war in Europe at this moment, and materiel for war existing to a vast ex tent iu France no one eau escape the cognizance of ; but we venture to guess that break out when it may it will not commence with an invasion of the English shores. The elements of that war lie in the Protes tantism of the north, the Catholicism of the south of Europe—elements the deepest and most deadly when once the sword is unsheathed, Which have ever conducted hostile troops to the battle- field. Can England remain neutral in such a case ? We suspect her Pr o te s ta n t f ee ling is too strong to be, u n d er such circumstances, a passive one. With such a prospect, or even the possibili ty of such a warfare, what ought England to du? Clearly, what e she is d o i ng —i ncrease h e r means o f d efence , her r armaments, b o th on sea and land. But s ure l y ' she can do this quietly, without, at the same moment, trying to pick a quarrel with a neighbour who has hitherto sliown no disp osition to be on bad terms- with h er. That neigh bour is certainly en. titled to regulate oil own household as he deems bbeehstaveaiolucru.latepf h t e o ha maintai n d ome -aic order and good sentries at every door of every room, no one butthos e in d the rooms has any title to find fault; and if theyhasothnot complain of the sur- TURNIP ! Elm veillance, what rightcorrespond ents n a Scotch the way to alarm the BR.—A g whole neighbourhood with her heavy storm of rain towhen outcries ? g• t into conversation with the take shelter in a farm house, he In fact, had England bee n She ob,erved, " liowever farmer's wife about her dairy. quiet at present there would have content b to remain have never turnipy butter.„mtny turnips our COWS get, we e w .., e , i1, that is a secret worth polite sides of the C hannel,tw b een on the op- ; knowing. How do yo u manage e " I mix half a pint of most interesting ; scalding hot water problems working out for an ob ser o „. with each gallo n of milk when I style in —a wondering ; ( ? tra . in) i it' before ci setting it away in the bowls, anu this world. On the one side Free Ina itutions, Free ; simple plan an en Fe y .removes all the taste of the turnips.' Tiede, and a Free Press. On the very easily tried, and those f tioni Exclusion submission. t zu 9ther side Protec- troubled with butt of thi kin o ter 4 kind may umk onr readers who are' k system 143 its with little trouble. e the eaperimant . , We bear no particular ill-will to Lord John Rus sell. We believe, indeed, that he is not over friendly to the liberty of the Press, and perhapsiie has no very great reason to be so ; but we can assure him we are not his chief enemies. If he wishes to become a popular Minister, we recommend him, in the first place, to suppress " Dod's Parliamentary Companion " and the " British Peerage." The author of those far-famed compilations does in finitely more harm to a nepotist " Liberal" Pre mier than all the newsmen put together; and. until Lord John puts down that " wretched scrib bler," or sends him to Norfolk Island—the British Cayenne—the public will never be persuaded that he holds office solely for the good of his country, and not for the sake of the numerous and fortunate progeny of his wonderful great-grandmother. By adopting these coercive measures—and, perhaps, by making one-half of his Cabinet wear wigs and the rest whiskers—he may poFsibly succeed in persuading the nation that it is nut geeernei by cousins. In the meantime, we may just venture to suggest to him, iti the most friendly spirit possible, that there exists everywhere a vulgar prejudice against a public man who is suspected, however unjustly, of making big family the first object of his anxiety, and his c . on ntry the s econ d. L ord John Russell aspires t to. be the leader of a . large popular party out of r u s:, ah.duithis. Cabinet is only open to those who can indweid, ii l l e te a not gi, e n e l ,'" o n as " Founder's Kin." Brutus did did Iti siis :•"e in cedileship to his maternal uncle, nor have, tribune of his little boy. We " that disreputable modern d a y s, i : e r t cl of such things being done in then .th . e offenders were always tribe of kites arufvult4sure4ation," " that carnivorous ~:e :— f the Tory party. An aris tocratic o'i q ue , at the I .a democratic faction, is Po; : i c i t r 9 l soon have expected to I indeed a novelty. see 'Ca t na!t, we , should as loured coronation steeds prancir, lijesty s cream-co cart, as to behold our six or g e S i vi h ey hefore a dray n G re y s " dragging the whole t o ot Ma nchester thoroughbred b th e ir heels. In these der . , t o bear the name 1 Gr e y, Elliott, or Russell, is itself a fortune and to marry a c o nn,..xion of a Cab inet Minister' is ft fair opening to one, or a ll, of the. Seer ' - etaryships of St a t e . We have no wish to int er f ere with the Premier's benevolent intentions . tow ards th e issue, of his grea t grandmother; but i t will not be eaB . y .. to convince us that we can only he legislated; for by then who beilr a certain name, and that th e fa P eret of g o verning England—;ike the ort of mak i ng E : u de (.3 ologne—i4 exel osivt ly in the hands of a single family,—Chronicle. LONDON, THEE COI TN TR -, .11 a Ls''-!.:"IrS DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 17. There was a large and beautiful supply of beasts to-day, a good number being from Rotherham and the North of England ; tne de mand was fiat, and there were several lots remained unsold. Sheep were about an average, and readily dispo...ed of. Fat pigs rather more plentiful. The number of fat and store calves about the same as last week. Prices—Beef, 4d to bd ; mutton, 5d to 60 ; veal, 5d to 5d per lb ; pigs, 7s 6d to 7s 9d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6(1 per stone of 141bs. Hides. lid to lid per lb ; calf skins 2d to 3bd per lb. UPPINaBsm, FEB. 18.—Wheat 40s to 445; barley 28e V 31s Od ; oats 19s to 245; beans 28s to 365 per qr. Butter 110 per Ila ; eggs 24 for is. LOUTH, FEB. 18. —Wheat 36s to 42s ; barley 25s to 30s ; oats 15s to 20s; beans 25s to T's per qr. NEWARK, FEB. 18.—Wheat, white 46s to 50s, red 40s to 44s ; barley, malting 31s to 335, grinding 24s to 26s ; oats, 245 t., 22s to 245. 225 t., 19s to 21s; beans, old 39s to 40s ; new, 32s to 355; malt, 563 to 60s; tares, 32s to :34s per qr. MELTON MOWBRAY, FEB. 17.—Wheat, 38s Od to 42s ; barley, 26s to 30s; oats, 18s to 245; beans, 27s to 353 per qr. Butter 12d to 13d per lb ; eggs 20 to 22 for ls. Bostow, FEB. 18.—Wheat, red 34s to 42s Od, white 4-I to 465, superfine 48s to 003; barley 2's to 31s ; oats, 16s to 20s ; beans 27s to 31s; peas 23% to 28s per qr. LYNN, FEB. 17.—Wheat 36. 38s to 40s Od, fine 40s to 445; barley 26s to 235, fine 30s to 325; oats 00s to 00s Od; beans Os to f;s, fine Os to Os per qr. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, FEB. 18.—We had again a large supply of all kinds of grain in the market to-day. Prices for oats and beans rather dull, and whe , t and barley brisk, although last week's prices were maintained. The top of wheat was 2s 6d up, and the average 5d down. Barley on the top 6d down, and the average 5d up. Oats on the top the same as last week, and the average the same. Beans on the top the same as last week, and the average 2d up. Unsold, 2i9 qrs wheat, 53 qrs barley, 193 qrs oats, and 66 qrs. beans. Top of Wheat ... ... 63 lb. 48s Od „ Barley „.. 57 lb. 31s 3d „ Oats ... ... 44 lb. 25s Od ~ Beans ••• 6711 b Eis Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 18.—The number of cattle was 666, or 133 less than last week. Top price, 6s 9d; current, 6s ai to Os Od; secondary and inferior, from 55 to 51 6d per Dutch stone. A clearance was not effected The number of sheep at market this morning was 2,475, being 257 more than last week. Best wedder mutton, top price, 51d per lb; current, 5d to Od; ewes, 4d to 4id. A clearance was not effected. THE SUN, advantages and diiativantages:—the world would soon have seen which of the two sought with the happiest nsults the welfare of the governed.—Derbyshire Courier. THE FAMILY MINISTRY• To, M rlicis ruled suorfme in Florence—the Sforris were the glory of Milan—the Bo.gias were the curse of Rome. Until lately, however, we never imagined that the welfare of England could be either Very materially promoted or very greatly obstructed by the conduct of any one family in the Peerage. Blackstone, indeed, has told us a great deal about the unspeakable importance of hereditary Govern ment ; but we suspect that he used the term in a different sense from that which circumstances have unfortunately given it in our time —at any rate he could have known nothing of the Greys. The accusation brought against Lord John Russell the other day, that every member of the Cabinet is a lineal descendant of his great grandmother, is, it must be confessed, a novel one. To be sure, the Premier, instead of repellin g t h e c h arge , d ec l are d, with characteristic gallantry, that " nothing on earth should prevent him from promoting to the chief offices of State the issue of his maternal an cestor, if be thought they were qualified to fill them." We have no wish to drive him to any such painful extremity. We have no wish to exclude from the Government, like a political Pariah, every body related to so respectable an old lady. All we wish to i nsinuate is, that the people of this country —ascertaining, on the unimpeachable authority of Mr. Dod, that the whole Russell Cabinet are inti mately connected with each other, and having no equally unquestionable evidence to show that they are all qualified for their several posts—may be apt to draw their own conclusions from these two facts ; and while they would individually give their heads to be related to such a remarkable family, they may, collectively object to be governed by them. Sne certainly must have been a wonderful woman, that same great-grandmother of Lord John Russell. She has actually peopled a whole Cabinet—she has lite rally given birth to three Administrations. In an other generation we shall scarcely know where to find room for her issue. Even now we are ready to cry out with Macbeth— " What! will the lice stretch to the crack of doom? A A n n o d t h y e e r t —t the eig Another—yet a seventh! We'll see no more— nth appears, who bears a`glar y ' Which shows as many more. horrible sight! , Oh Cornelia, Cornelia, mother of the Graccbi you were a proud woman ; but what had you to boast of, compared with the great-grandmother of all the Russells ? It i* not, however, the multitude of her descendants which we so much admire—it is the extraordinary versatility of their genius. Every Athenian was by birth an admiral, a politi cian, a general, and a philosopher —every Russell is by nature a L ird of the Treasury, a Secretary of State, a Postmaster-General, a Privy Seal, and a Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Our pre sent rulers have no leisure to learn their business, because they are always b.trAring their condition. By the time a Secretary of War has just been able to read the " Army List " through carefully, he finds himself whisked away to the Colonies—by the time a Secretary to the Admiralty base begun to know something about ships, he is packed off to the Exchequer. If a friend from the country seeks to pay his reaptc-s to a Secretary of State, the chances are that he will be referred to the Horse- Guards—if a deputation from the north comes up to wait upon the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, it is as likely as not that they will catch him in .the act of crossing over to the Duchy of Lancaster. Why a Vice-President of the Board of Trade should necessarily be made a Foreign Secretary, is hard enough to understand ; but why, because he is made a Foreign Secretary, another Fo reign Secretary should be appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, Is a far more difficult ques tion to answer—unless, indeed, we suppose that, in the present aspect of their affairs, the Ministry have nothing to do except to play at,that fine old Christmas game, the chief excitement of which consists in chang ing places without letting any one else get into your seat. There is one peculiarity about their manoeuvres, however, which deserves notice. They resemble some of those eccentric packs of cards which the vigilance of our police force occasionally detects in some of the less reputable haunts of the metropolis. Shuffle them as you please—cut them where you like—there is al ways an Elliot, a Grey, or a Russell at the bottom. We do not know whether her Majesty's Ministers have any fixed rule according to which they change their stations—like men-of-war, or regiments out on foreign service. ::otne of them nave been all over the world. Sometimes one of these geniuses will make his first appearance in the West 'tidies ; then he turns up in the Home-office ; next, we find him in Ireland ; thence he passes over to the Colonies; we then follow him to a Continental embassy ; and perhaps he finally com pletes the "grand tour with a trip to India. The Marquis of Normanb3, for instance, made his debut as Gavernor of Jamaica—a post for which he bed proved himself " qualified" by writing two novel.. From Jamaica be went to the Home-office—from the Hume-office to Dublin—from Dublin to the Colonial.office—from the Colonial-office to Paris— and from Paris, we hear, he is about to proceed to C4lcu'ta. Toe career of Lord G anville has been a sill more chhquered one. Early in life, he was mcide Under- Secretary for Foreign Affiirs. While still a child, he was appointed a Com missioner of Railways. As soon as he had mastered the rudiments of arithmetic , he w as created Paym aster of the Forces and reasurer of the Navy. As soon as he had learned to rid. he was made Master of the Queen's Buckhounds. When the hunting season broke up be was appointed Vice- Preeident of the Board of Trade ; and when Lord Palmerstooe gave up office he b.came Foreign Secretary. Now just conceive what a vast variety of " quslificatiiins' . such a man had need» possess. He otazht to be at once a shrewd ac countant, a keeti sportsman, a professed locomotive maker, a profound economist, and practised diplo matist% All the different accomplishments by which Mr. Rob=rt Stephenson, T a ll eyran d, Si r T a tt on S)k-a, and " ['be Tutor's A*sistani," have severally rendered themselves renowned or useful, ought to be concentrated in him alone; and, of course, as the Pre mier ha.-declared him qualified for anything we can have nothing to urge against such an authority. Lord Grey, we are h appy to add, has been a comparative fir urn duri ng . his political life • but then to palm him off up on any department Which had not grown accustomed to his peculiar eccentriciti-s would be too bold a proceeding even for Lord John Rn , :sell to venture on. As for Sir Charles Wood, it would be difficult to say what he has not been, except a financier. Witli, FEB. 18. Barrels. Currency. 5 White wheat 22s 6d to 00s Od 00slid-2 6 stone 51 Red wheat 2os Od to 22s 6d 00s Od-20 do 0 Ditto Ous ed to Uos Od O Ditto ,Oes Od to Otis d 65 Barley 11s 9d to 12s 10d O Ditto .oos 0.1 to 00s Od} 29s 0d.....16 do O Ditto ...00s Od to 00s Od O Bere Od to OUs Od Os Od 384 Oats, 9s 6d to 10s 4d 349 Ditto lie 4d to les 6d 00s Od-14 do 11U Ditto lOB 6d to lOs hid ) 86 Pigs 28s 6d to 32s Od 29, Od per owt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices: 0 barrels white wheat ; 10 red ; 6 barley; 0 bore; 49 oats; 5 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week t Wheat, 564. Barley, 1,014. Oats, 5,186. Pigs, 329.. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality ... Bos First quality .. 7 l- Second quality Third quality ..... 66e Third quality ... Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Feb. 7. Pigs, 705. Sheep, 150. Cows, 94. Coax.—Flour—First 12. 6d to 14s Od; extra 15e Od; seconds, 10.6 d to 1250 d; households 9. to lOs 6d; thirds, 7a to 9, per cwt. Oatmeal Ithi 6d to 11s; Indian meal 7s Od to 7s 6d; wheat meal, lOs Od to 10s 6 , t per cwt. Indian corn 710 s Od to 715 e per :on. Bran 8". 6d to 90s per ton. Hay—Farmers 23. to 33+; average 28s ' • dealers 3 is to 40. Od; average 37s per ton. &taw— Far men 14. Od to 26s Od ; average 18s ; dealers 304 00 to OGs 0d average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to OA ; household loaf 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh butter, Bci 10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 61 Od per hundred. Coals— tlevroort! 15s Od ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 00s ; Culm, 12s - 6d per ton. Tallow 38s Od to 40. per cw,. Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Mee' —Beef 441 to 60 ; mutton 5d to 60; veal 443 t 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausaga. 5d per lb. Hops 818 s to 910 s per cwt. Bangor slates 2417. 6d to 3/ Os pet ton. Bark, red 71 to 81 10s . per ton. Fleece wool 149 to 15s per stone. Hemp 291 to 341 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 19e to ON red ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10, Os to 111 pe, ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton ; red pine, 315 e ' • yell° , ditto, 21 15s per ton ; deals, 151 to 131 per 100. Hides— Market 18. to 255; salted 20s to 26s per owt ; calf skin. 3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 8d ; pink led to 12d. Guano—Peruvian, 111 Os; Ichaboe, 8/ to 91 tib per ton. Tar—. rehangol. 19s nor barrel_ SEAISOitNE (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-Mee by the night—and Si by the morning —dispatch,] When made up is From what PLACES. GeneralPost-oillcel port dis- When London: I patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Feb. 20 .. 'Liverpeei .. Feb. 23 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Feb. 14 .. • . ;Liverpool March 2 America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 3 .. ..:Southampt. Africa (West coast).. N 14ln of the month Plymouth March 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N 19th & 30th e mo. Dover .. Feb. 28 Belgium •• .. •• N Daily .. Dover .. Daily 'Brazil . • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. March 16 Buenos Ayres .• M 9th of the month ; Southampt March 16 California(viaChagree) M 2cifi 17th of month' Southampt. Feb 20 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month ;Plymouth.. March 3 Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo !Dover .. Feb. 20 Central America M 2cl& 17th of mon. ISouthanapt. Feb. 20 Channel Isles N' Mon., Wed., & Fri.; Sonthampt. Ta. r••• Sat, Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Feb, 20 France & N ; Twice daily .. Dover • . Twicedaill Greece* • . •• N 7th 17th 27th of molDover • . Feb. 20 ilamburgh N,Tuesday & Friday ;London -. Tees. Sat. Uolland hi' Wednes. & Satur.lLoudon Moe. Thur Honduras 0. . N 17th or the mouthiseuthampt.' Feb. 20 Ireland .. .. M& N, Twice daily.. Twicedaily India (via Sonthamp.) M : 2oth of the month Southanapt. Feb, 23 India (viaMarsellles) N s th& 24th e fmonth ; Dover • . March Mediterranean (via 4 Sotithafrnrtin) M!2oth of the month Southampt. Feb. 23 Medium alean (via Marseilles) N stri& 24th of month. Dover • • March 2 Mexico .. 51;20 of the month.. Solithampt, M ardi Madeira .. M ; th of the m o nth Southampt . Mardi 16 s -17 th,17th,19th,27th Malta* . 1 & 30th of month Dover Feb. 20 Naples' , 15th 25tri ofme Dover Feb. 22 Fops' States* " , th 15th 25th et um Dover .. Feb. 22 ? e ninsular • • • • .. M 7 th 17th 27th e l mo.Southampt., 2 eau •• 51 17th of the month aouthampt. ;Feb 20 fuseare • • •• •• / 5 5th i Nth 25 Lb of mo Dover • • ;Feh 22 "j e st Ladles a /• • • • Al 1 7th of the moatli Southampt. {Feb.Fe so r•Mia • fuscanY a •• s ,v est Indies • • •• M w e st Indies (except Tuvalu:la & Nassau) Ai 2d (Attie month .. Boutharept. I March 5 The mails to those c onitries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveys, b; *ranch Packet YJA Marseilles The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during tilt month will be made ti v three times a week only, instead or daily. CALIFORNIA.— Mails to and Crum Calnurnta, ws the United .state' are now despatched and due by every American tiackt..• DISTRESSING 7SUICID in WEJT.YIINSTER. years c g u o v r:a s just been made in a house in Demi street, Westminster, which has given rise to a 11108. painful feeling in that neigheourhoed. About seven engineer, named Stone, died, and wa4 nutted in the Broadway churchyard. His widow was lett unprovided tor, sad left London to take a situatiot, in Kent, where she was not successful. At the begin eing Of the present month bile took lodgings in Dean- Arne, Westminster. She at first objected to the rent, paying her only purpose for coming was to visit the grave of her husband. She went away, but returned and took one of the rooms, instead of two, and very little was seen of her atter wards; the last occasion being when she went to the landlady to borrow a pen and ink, saying she wanted to write a letter. Atter that, for a week, no more was seen of her, and suspicion being excited, the door was forced open, and she was found lying dead on the carpet. Hr. Heath, the surgeon of Bridge-stree, was sent for, who was of opinion that she had been dead seven or eight days. He found' on the mantle piece two bottles labelled " poison," and upon a post mortan examination he discovered about an ounce of laudanum in the stomach. She had been in the habit for two years of going to- the churchyard and weeping over the grave of her husband. In her room the following letter was found : "To save trouble, Mrs. Ann Stone came by her death by a draught of laudanum, no one knowing that she did take it, as she is a total stranger in the house she is in. Every effort she has made to obtain an honest living failed her. She has the presumption to throw her soul into the pre sence of Almighty, and she fervently prays that God will have mercy on her soul. Good Christians, do nut allow a number of persons to look on my unfortunate body. I have performed all the offices that are requisite; the body is quite ready for the coffia." She then begs that she may be buried in the same grave with her hut band, and expressed a fear that the New Victoria-street might destroy She concludes —" If I could have died on my husband's grave -stone I would have done so." CONTINEN FAL CLIAIATES. It is a grand mistake to believe that any of our neigh b 'lira are much better than ourselves in that respect. It they be, it is more in the tact, that the order of the sea sons is more regular, and that the particular character of the time has fewer variations than in England. So much is this the case, that we appreciate pertectly the distinction a foreigner once male to us, that England has weather but no climate, meaning that every imagin able change is at all times possible, and that for tour weeks of June sun and wind, we often are requited with a December that even Naples might envy. It way be act down as certain, that except in a f; w favoured spots along the shores (Attie Mediterranean and in Sicily, our winters are milder than those of the Continent. A. Paris winter is a vile compound of cold, slush, damp, fog, and foul smells. A Brussels one is all the preceding, plus sleet and storm. A German winter is an affair of stoves, double windows, fur mantles, and foot- wotrmers, frozen fouatains, and no mail every second or third day. Rely has a dozen climates. Milan, all rain and wind. Tune both, in diminished degree. Florence alternates be tween an Irish January and a West Indian tornado. With the Sirocco, come fog, mud, and neuralgia; with the Tramontatio wind you have falling pottery end pleurisies. Rime is Ireland with a Pontine lever; and Naples is all that sun and wind can make it. The au• tumna are uniformly fine abr o ad, finer a n d l ess change able th an in England. As for spring, it only exists in ll Thomson'. t:3,, e , otts ." almost Unexceptionablyg ood. In mountain district,. there are trav a el sach The conticental summers ar , ekat,smi periudie4l rains, out they rarely liidi, lung. or cause , much inconveninnme. An English trive t) the s h a d y has few - valid reasons for leaving his own shores, this you emu tent of Pisa as the change of scene and the novelty of Pisa, it is tree, offers SOM,3 advantages sw‘gettgke-oth.ested• but than the whole avallable ex the rigoura,oks aatotanoetthh is the ' i )otufater cutting winds and cold blasts, and all with all the :luxuriancera seeluded ru ern winter. There are a few e b lyedi:erranean, such a; Nestre and Spezzia, whi c h gco i. ine the advantages of sea-atr kens's " lion sehold ~.o rd: . „a tropical veg!latien.—Dic w D BATH 0F A COUNTY CORONR — Danie Geran, E F q., one of the coroners of this county, died after a abort F his resiience, Rushmount. illness on Thu rsday last, Se veral candi dad for tho office are opokon of. Cork Con stitution. FRIDAY EVENING, 131PERIAL PA RLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS. Feb. 19. The LORD CHA.NCELL to..k his wat on the Woolsack Fv ,'elock• SALE OF GUVPOWDER TO THE K AFIRS. Earl NI 1.14 VIESBURY said he had received a letter from Ntessrs. Walt ,n and Bushell, stating, in reply to an I..sertilo made in that Rouse, that though they had ex •rterl gunpowder to the Cape of Good Hope, they were utirely ignorant of its ultimate destination and use. They expressed their horror at being supposed guilty of knowingly tell ing ammunition and powder to the ene mies of the Queen, and declared that such was not the 'act, and that they would take precautions so as to prevent a further supply passing from their hands to the KArs. PETITION OF JAMES HAMILTON STORY. The Earl of EGLIN FON called the attention of their Lordships to a petition from iane etory, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal a portion of an Act passed in 1804, relating to the Mont eme ry estate, and moved that, the petition be referred ,0 two English judges for the purpose of obtaining their report. He Considered that great injustice bad been done to Mr. Story in depriving him of his ancestors' estates in Ireland, and he trusted their Lordships would not hesitate to accede to his motion. There were pre cedents for adopting the course be now proposed, be cause their Lordships had passed Bills to correct mis takes which hid occurred in previous Acts with regard to the disposition of estates. Lord REDESDALE opposed the motion, on the ground that it was against the invariable practice of the House to refer Irish Estate Bills to Irish Judges eely. The Same practice was pursued with regard to Estate Bills in England and Scotland, and he caw no reason why it should now be departed from. After a few words from Earl EGLIN PON, Lord BROUGHAM said he ea a considerable irregu larity in referring the matter to the English Jud g es. Re admitted there was great injustice in the case, but too long a period had elapsed to allow the subject to be now revived. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the motion, which was then withdrawn THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CHARTER. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH was ansieue again to call the attention of the Noble Marquis (Lansdowne) to a question he had put to the Government a night or two ego with reeeect to the preparation of information to be hid before the Committees on the East India Com pany's charter. It he had correctly understood the Noble Marquis, he said that it would be for Parliament and the Committees to ask for such information, and not for the Government, in the first instance, to prepare it. He should regret such a determination on the part of the Government, in the first place, because it would show that they were not alive to the peculiar importance of the question to be submitted to Parliament—namele, es to what the future government of India Aleut(' be; and, secondly, because the absence of such information would be the cause of great delay. Owing to the greet difficulty of collecting retures, it was obvious that their Lordships, if left to themselves, would be able to gather bat a very slight amount of information, as compared with the Government. Upon another topic he had un derstood the Noble Marquis ;9 say that it was only re eently he had ascertained whether certain other infor mation wee to be obtained at the Beard of Control or at the India House. Now the papers were to be had at both pieces, although the one board had the particular letter in extenso. If the Noble Marquis had read these letters he could have had no difficulty in stating whether they could be laid on the table. The Noble Marquis had treated it as a personal question between him (the Earl of Elbnhorough) and the Court 01 Directors; but he (the Earl of Ellenborough) pro tested against such an assumption. Was the recall of Sir H. Smith a personal question only ? He eas sure the Noble Earl (Grey) did not so consider it, but that he felt it to be s matter of the deepest public im portance; and if Sir H Smith were to send home a dispatch, justifying his conduct, would the Noble Bed feel himself justified in suppressing it? Surely not! Surely such a course would be felt to have Yiolat.d the plainest principles of justice. He (the Earl of Ellen borough) asked, therefore, in justice, not to himself alone, but the great public interests involved iu the relitiene between the Court of Directors and the Indian Government, that the Noble Marquis r, rq o uis if sh t o h u e ld wh co o n le se c n o t u t ld o the production of those papers not be produced, at all events such extracts as might be thought, admissible of those communications which had now been in the posseesion of the Court of Directors for seven years? What he complained of was, that the public kne* nothing of the real cause of his dismissal, and, of course, had been left to infer anything they liked. If, then, the Noble Marquis had no objection, he (the Earl of Ellenborougl3) would move for several documents, especially two letters he had written in de fence of the alterations he had made, and a minute of his on a question of law with respect to the Council of India. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said it would be competent for the Committee, if they thought they re quired further information beyond what would be sub mitted by the Government, to call for additional infor mation. With regard to the particular information con nected with the Noble Earl's recall, it was his desire to Diu the Noble Earl full justice; and be by no moan.; in tended to imply that the question was merely a personal one, and involving no public interest. On the contrary, it was obvious that a question as to the recall of a go v,rnor or a commander-in-chief must be of the deepest public interest and importance, and a fit subject for P2r liameniary investigation and ii,quiry. He submit , ed, however, that it was not convenient to make any epecilic inquiry as to this matter, considered separately and by It had taken plaee some eight years ago—it was not thought fit by the Government - of the time to produce any papers upon the subj , ct, and Parliament had not called for an inquiry. And under these cir cumstances, and atter sueitessive Governments had refused intormation on the matter, it was in , -xpedient to institute an inciairy esp ciatly with reterence o ir. But at the same time he quite agreed that it might be considered as one of the events which had marked the career of our Indian administration. and i llustrated the relations whi c h h a d s u b s isted between he Government and the Company, and that, th're core, it might bo convenistt, along with any further in formation which might be ex il e d f or by th e C omm ittee. to urnish as much information as could be obtained with respect to the r. call of the Noble Earl; and be (the Marqu i s o f Lansdowne) should be happy, a f te r comma oicaltig with the Noble Earl, to do his utmost to pro m )te his object. He had r, cently had the opportunity of reading such of the INtpers •as were at the Board of Control, and he had done so with deep interest. Bet he had to inform the Nub's tb , tt one of the letters which he (the &al of Ellenborough) deemed most ma terial, did pot exist either at the Board of Control or the Est India House—the letter containing a lull exposi tion of the motives and character of the Noble Earl's conduct in India. That 1-tter, he repeated, was not to he found in the records of the Government or of the Company, and there was reason to believe that the Nufrle Earl (R , P 01, ), who had been President of the , 30ard of Control at the time, had deeintal it so far pri vate as to justify him in taking it away with him when he left the. India Board (an expression of astonishment from the Earl of Ellenborough) Under these circum stances, whatever course the Noble Lord opposite in tended to adopt, he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) should wish to communicate with him, and also with the Earl of Ripon, with respect to the information it was de-ir able to produce. And he would undertake to commu nicate wits that Noble Earl (Ripon) upon the subject. Meanwhile he hoped the Noble Earl opposite would not for the present press any motion for papers, but would reserve the subject for gener4l'cousideration before the Committee. The Earl or ELLENBOROUGH said he quite agreed that the question of his recall should be considered in conjunction with all the other great events which would come before parliament in connexion with the adminis tration of Indian affairs. He desired to state, however, that, by law, the Court of Directors had no power what ever or sendieg out to India any one single syllable by way of direction as to any measure w hatever; and yet they had most strangely conti nue d to do so (a vestige of a former state of things which had altogether legally ceased to exist), and had the power of recalling, without the consent of the Crown, the very officer whom the Crown judged best fitted to carry into execution the measures which by the Board of Control the directors themselves might he compelled to adopt. So monstrous an anomaly never could have existed in a proper sys tem of government. And surely the qu estion whether such a state of thin gs s h ou ld contin ue ought to come Before the Commi tee. Heailso thought that there ought, at the same time, to be brought before the m the infor mation as to th e manner i n wh i c h this power of recall had been exe rc i sed in his own t use. ut Yrarliatueet be u nan i mous i n t p d rovieg of ihe exer c i se of it in hi e case, his opinion would b e una lt ere d, t h at the general question should be cons ider e d— woe h er ihe pow er of deciding upon me a s ur e s t o b e adopted s h ould be vested in one body, an d the power of recalling the man appo i n t e d t o carry them •B, i veo a nu d " eut be vested in another? With regard to the state. ment of the Noble Marquis, that a most important let. er which he (the Earl of Elenhorough) had written, was not to be found at the Board of Control, be had heard that statement with the utmost astontshm“nt. It was true that he had written it after receiving the order for his recall ; hut it was a vindication of his coneuct previous to his recall, while he was in a high public eta tien, and it wren undoubtedly 3 public document. Would any Minister d ream of prevent ing Si r H. S m i th from putting b e f ore the country iu an official form his vindi cation of his conduct, in answer to the dispatch of the Noble Earl opposite conveying his recall? Surely not. And he must confess be had viewed with indignation the attempt welch had been made at that time to make it appear that this letter was a private our. It was a public document, written by a public man, upon a most important public measure ; and as such ought to have been considered. And he had received a promise that it should be considered. He could show the Noble Marquis a letter from Earl Ripon. communicating en i xtraet fri in that letter, and be (the &el vi El leubototigb) had, in consequence of en inquiry he had wade at the Board of Control, ueen assured that, although only an extract had been in cluded in that communication, yet the wbofr,. zn extols° should he recorded. He considered , h e removal of the document as a great aggravation f therefore, he the injustice with which he bad been treated; re peated that he had always considered the that it public one, and had received an assurance it be considered as such. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE the appointment of i n timated that on this day se'nni g ht h e wou ld move the Committee, said that he sh old then make some observations o n the present system 4 , The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH the Government of India, assu ming that the Court o f Directors was retained with po wers similar to what th e y now possessed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he did not, for his part, desire to anticipate the discu, , sion of the subj.ot, but rather wished that the whole subject sh uld go to the Committee on th•:. part of the Government unfettered y any opinion; and that it should not be until after the Committee .hould have made their inquiry, and pro nourxed their judgment, that Parliament shoul , be called upon to come to any deci,ion. The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH said he lisd thought thtit hi.. slit -nonce ou Indian affairs might be useful to their Lordships The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said he hoped, at all events, other Noble Lords, not having the advantage of such experience, would not imitate the Noble Earl's example. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH observed that, about 40 years ago, L+-rd Grenville thought the earliest pos sible expression of his opinions upon the subject of im portance, and stated them before any question had come before' the House. COUNTY COURTS ACT EXTENSION BILL. L)rd BROUGHAM moved the order of the day for the coromitt , e upon this Bill. Lord LYNDHURST rose to state a case of great hardship which had arisen under the existing Act. A tradesman sued in the county court for a small bill amounting to 51., and recovered that sum and also the 15s. allowed for costs under the Act ; and which he paid to the attorney he had employed; and so far was satis fied with the result. But a day or two afteraards the attorney sent him in a Bill for further costs, amounting to 221 Of course the client was astounded, arid raked what this meant, as the attorney had received the costa allowed under the Act. The anseer of the attorney was " Those were the costs allowed under the Act. for the proceedings in court. The costs I now claim are the costs incurred out of court for preparing the case, getting up evidence, and so on." This explanation was not satisfac tory to the plaintiff in the suit, who consequently refused to pay. The case came before a judge of the courts of law at Westminster, where a learned judge, whose keen ness of vision was most remarkable, declared upon look ing at the Act that the attorney was quite right in his construction of it; and that though he had received the amount the Act allowed for costs in court, there was nothing to preclude his recovering a further sum for costs out of c , urt. The result was that the attorney re covered the bill, though it was taxed down to 11/ 144., which his client, the successful suitor, had to pay ; so that the suitor recovered 5/. at a cost•of nearly 131., and was about 81. out of pocket.—(Laughter and hear, hear.) This, however, was not all. If he had sued in the supe rior courts of Westminster he could have recovered this sum from the other party, the defendant; and it was most just and reasonable that he who lied refused to pay a ju-t demand should pay the cost of the proceedings re sorted to to enforce it.—(Hear, hear.) But according to this county courts system, the successful suitor, or the plaintiff who recovered the debt, hal to pay all the costs of recovering it except the stuall sum of ISa. Seidl a system at eseed 8 inconsistent with the plainest princi ples of justice, that be had deemed it his duty to state the case with a view to the grievance being remedied.— (Hear. hear.) He bad no doubt the construction put upon the Act had surprised those who had drawn it up, and that they had not anticipated atico an evil; but it bad nevertheless arisen. Lord 13ROUG HA NI concurred in the latter observa tion ; adding that it was nut at all unusual for judicial constructions to be put upon Acts 01 Parliament which the framers of them never had expected. He must say however, that the whole subject ofcosts was one of :he most difficult and the most hard to deal with that could be , conceived. Lord LYNDHURST did not at all wish to insinuate that the decisions of the courts of Westminster Hall had not been quite correct. The Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Common Pleas had both so decided. Lord CA MPBELL said he did not think that his Noble and Learned Friend would commit such a mis take as to censure any decision of the courts of law, from which an appeal lay to their Lordships as the last resort. In the d• cision alluded to he had concurred, and defied any one to come to any other upon the words of the Act. The meaning of the legislature could of course only be arrived at from the language the legis lature bad employed.—(Hear, hear.) In his judgment, and that of the two Courts of Queen's Bench and Com mon Pleas, the restriction is the Ac applied only to costs in court, and not to costs of proceedings out .of oourt. He certainly thought the subject should be recon sidered by the Legislature ; but it was one which would be found involved in great difficulty, and in which, if care were not taken, serious injury might easily be done to the suitor.—(Hear, hear.) Iu many cases it was es sential to employ attorneys of respectability and ability to make investigation, look into long accounts, and so on; and no one could expect that till this could he done by such practitioners for so paltry a sum as 15s.— (Hear, hear.) The result, therefore, of restricting the entire cost receivable to so small an amount would be to deprive the suitors of the assistance of respectable and able practitioners, which was oftea requisite for the pur poses of jus , ic-i —(Hear, hear.) Lord LYNDHURST repeated that he did not intend to dispute the validity of the decision, although at first there had been doubt upon the point—the Queen's anch deciding one way, and the Court of Common Pleas the other. _ _ Lord CAMPBELL said the Queen's Bench had after wards reversed tilt it decision arid concurred with the Common Pleas in tip. construction he had stated. Lord LYNDAURST said he quite agreed with his Noble and L arned Friend that it was often ;I quisite to employ able and reste-c'able attorneys in the county courts; but what he complained of was that if such at torneys were employe d the cost 01 so employing them did not tali on the party who ought to pay—namely. the di fondant who had resislA a just demand.—(t.lear.) The Earl of DER3Y said it seemed to be agreed upon that the costs in legal cases stn , uld ba reduced, and the object of the former County Courts Bill clearly was 10 limit the amount of the expenses, and thereby induce the suitor to go to an economical court. That was the inducement ,_even, and it was supposed that they had gained that advantage by limiting the amount of the costs. It would now appei.r that this was as unecono mical a process as before, and he considered that that was doing a great injustice to the suitor. The attorney, it now appeared, might charge any amount of costs he pleased to the plaintiff. Lord (3 A M ['BE 1.14—.8 it the costs must be taxA• .The Eirt of DERBY. —The evil and the injustice were that the plaintiff, who would be entitled to receive his c.)st, in a superior court, was not entitled by this interpretation to receive them in the canal courts. 11l the superior court these costs were thrown upon the defendant who was proved to be in the wrong. They were now considering the propriety of extending the jurisdiction of those courts, and surely that was a biting time, before that extrusion was given, to remedy whit , was an acknowledged evil.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM doubted the propriety of intro ducing gueh an amendment in the present Bill. It was a measure not to extend the power or jurisdiction of the county courts, but merely to enable ihe court of Chan cery to send certain causes (lowa to these courts which otherwise would be coosidered in the M A st..r' s office. The Mirculia of LANSDO A 7 NE thou g ht wheu they were considering the jurisdiction of these courts would be the right time to tiaktivi the alteration. L Ord CRANWORTH thought the case was s imewha, difficult to deal with, laud admitted that it was a .sandal to justice that the defendant by whose wrong the action was brought should not be made to pay the costs. There were, however, many costs which should not be thrown upon the defendant, which might have arisen from the plaintiff's default. Lord CANIPBELL—The Bill was not only for the extension, but also for the improvement, of these courts, and the equitable arrangement of these courts would un doubtedly be an improvement. The Earl of DERRY certainly thought it would be advisable to introduce a clause to explain what the in tentions of the Legislature were, and not leave the public open to fraud and deception. He was satisfied that if they allowed the present Bill to pass without dealing with the question of costs, it would be long be fore they would have so favourable an opportunity of doing so again. Earl FITZ WILLIAM—And the public out of doors will believe that you have very little desire to amend the law if you do not do it now. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection to postpone the third reading till the early part or next week, in order that he might have time to consider the question. Earl GREY said it seemed to him that it would be more advisable to postpone the report than the third reading. As a general rule it was highly inconvenient to introduce clauses on the third reading, and it was the more necessary as he understood there would be some difficulty in framing a clause. On these grounds, and with a view to the general regularity of their proced ings, he thought the report ought to be postponed. Lord BROUGLIA.I4 was disp..sed to concur in what had fallen from the Noble Earl. He should, therefore, adjourn the further consideration of the report until he bail hat ' an opportunity of considering the question. The further consideration of the report was then post poned. LAW OF PATENTS. • Llrd LYNDiIUttS I`, in presenting a petition from certain parries, praying for an amendment of the law regul.ting patents, observed, that under the 818 of last year a prot,ction W4S grant , d to patente,a for a li mited period, and if the Bill for the amendment of the patent law was not introduced before the expir o ation of the term of that protection, those parties wuld be under the re cessity of incurring all the expense of the present law for the protection of their inventions. H e hoped, therefore, no time would be lost' in introducing that m , asu,e. lie understood his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had a Btll noon the suh . pet similar to :hat of last session, an 1 the Noble Inrd s V o r i C r t y - P w r e a s s i c o a t t on f h t i s " p., a ß e e i a h d a of d li a e u ' s r o r fiaadgm'':vea.wstueti rdoewhfhoeertwhther ..•.„,ngern e nt a : amen dment of th e p atent 13w. it would not be expedi-nt to come to some reeptetiog those two Bills. - Tne Earl art MINTO under A to o d from his Noble F r i e nd the Vice-President of th e B t he Bill a s all but ready, and Board 4, f Trade that *v table very s , orly , would bc laid upon t h e Lord BitOUGEAM presented ebester on the - j sat).ect u petition fr o m M an - Their Lordships th en ad.foUrn , d. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair, at Four o'clock. PETI LIONS. EWART presented a petition, from a place in Scotland, praying for an alteration in the vagrancy !Awe. Mr. 4 : ) UNCOMI}E presented a petition from Fins bury against the removal , ti the Crystal Palace. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from a place in Berkshire agatmc toe Maynooth grant. Mr. GEACII presented a petition from Manche!Vr lgainst the ManchiNter and S a lf ord Ed ucat i, n Bill. Mr. ROCHE present e d two pet i t i ons fromes Bill. Cork, prai ing for the repeal of the E cc l es i ast i ca l : the post' Several petitieue were pr e s en ted opals horse duty. Mr. SCULLY presented several petitions from Tip perary, praying for the repeal of the Ecclesiastical 'fitios Bid, and in favour of tenant-right, THE BOROUGH OF HARWICH. Sir R IT WILLOUGHBY corrected an impression which had got abroad that be h.d stated that he once representtql the borough of Flit. wich, and bAitved no brib9ry had taken place there at .-1, etion.. The fact was he had never either chre .tly or indirectly tiw a c,nri , -cted with the borough, and wai unable to say whether bib, ry existed at elections. What he said was, that he had been on the Committee which sat to inquire into the petition against the return for Elarwich, and knew that in consequence of the disturbance at the elm ion, no bribery was committed on that particular occasion. STEAM TO NEWFOUNDLAND. In reply to Mr. B. COCHRANE, Mr. F. PEEL stated that the Legislature of New foundland had voted an annual grant of 1,0001. for seven years, towards the establishment of a direct steam communication between this country and that co lony, and a memorial had been sent to the Imperial Treasury for an additional grant of 5,000/. a year for the same purpose. The first point for con sideration was whether such an expenditure was ju.ti fi,d. kll the correspond , oce and information on the subject had been ret<•rred to the Treasury, and the matter was at present under consideration. IRISH MEASURES. In reply to Mr. GR kCE, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said nn Bill was in prepara tion for the amendment of the Irish poor-hw. In reply to finorher vestion from Mr. KEOGH, Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the Irish R-form Bill and the Irish Health of Towns Bill were at present in the hands of the printer, and be expected to be able to lay them en the table of the House syn. __ FATE OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE. _ Mr. T. DUNCOVERE d what proceedings had been taken by the Government in cony-pence of the address of the House with regard to the Great ExhNi tion building. Since the building had ben advertised for sal , . there were conaiderable apprehensions in the public mind rhat it would not be allowed ro remain. Lord SEYMOUR slid in cons. (pence of the resolution of the House. the Treasury appointed a Commission consisting of himself and two other persons to take evidence upon the matter, and to report thereon to the Treasury. They had completed the inquiry, and the report had gone into the Treasury. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE inquired of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government when the report would be laid on the table, or whether he would give an assurance that no step would be taken in the matter until the House had an opportunity of expressing an opinion as to the continuance or removal of the building. Lord J. RUSSELL said be would give an answer in a day or two. IRISH VALUATION. Mr. SCULLY WAVE, notice that on the 4th of March fp+ should call the attention of the House to the press, nt system of valuation in Ireland, and move the appoint ment of a SelectCommi,tee on thy- subject. FEBRUARY 20, 1852 VICTORIA-STREE C. Sir a H. INGLIS wished to put a question to the Noble L ad at ihe head of the Woods and Forests on tue subject of a road which lei to the House, but which was scarcely safe by day, and quite impassable by night. forred ro Victoria-street, and he should be glad to know if the Ntryle Lord intended to do anything to improve that thoroughfare. Lord SEYMOUR said he had no control over it. All that the office to which be belonged had been empowered to do was to advance money to get it opened. The Westminster Improvement Commi,sioners had opened the street and delivered it over to the various parishes through which it passed, and now a dispute had arisen as to whose duty it was to repair the road, and with that dispat- he c ,, uld not interfere. Mr. HUME wanted to know if any measure had been taken for the accommodation of the public coming to the House? _ _ Lord SEYMOUR had made inquiry into that matter, and bad been given to understand, by an officer of the H kuse, that some new arrangements were to be made for the ace mmodation of strangers. Mr. HUME wished then the Noble Lord would take the trouble to bee them carried out. SE-HP MEDICINES. Mr. JACOB BELL wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether it is in contemplation to appoint inspectors to examine the medicines supplied to merchant vessels, and to emigrant ships not chartered by her Majesty's Land and Emigration Commissioners; and whether the new list of medicines for merchant vessels is completed. Mr. LA BOUCHERE said be bad not exercised the power which the Mercantile Marine Act gave to him of appointing an inspector to examine ship medicines, be cause the funds placed at his disposal for carrying out the purposes of the Act would not warrant that expense. With regard to the second question, a new list had been made our by Sir W. Burnett, but it was not published yet. Mr. BELL wished to know if there was no security for the due supply of proper medicines on board emi grant ships? Mr. LA BOUCHERE said the same Fecurity existed now that existed before the 4 , lerctincile Marine Act passer'; but it was for the Colonial Office and not, the B 'tad of Trade to see that those securities were en forced. RATE IN AID. Mr. CLEMENTS wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer the reason Ix the non•preparation, during the recess, of that portion of the return respecting the expenditure of the Rte in Aid in Ireland, ordered by (his House on the Brh day of July, 1851. which was nut presented lost session with part of that return The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the return was included in a much mote Lull and c mpleie account on the same subject, which had been laid on the table, and was now waiting to be printed. ORDNANCE SURVI4.YS. Mr. CHARTERIS wished to ask the Chancellor of ihe Exchequer whether the Governmeat have con• sider. d the Reprt of the Commi+tee which was up peinted during IEI4 session to inquire into the Ordnance survey of ; and whether they intend t adopt and ECG upon the recommendations contained in the rcport. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, -onions ot the o.dnihnee survey tor the counies of Y irk, Lancasier, %Vinton, and Wicklow, had tiei-n sur veyed, and punfished on a six-inch scale. and the Treasury had directed that the surveys of those CULIII - should be compi , -ted nu the same scale. COLONEL OU PRAM. In reply to L'i!d JOCELYN, Mr. FOX MAULE said the India Board had rc cetved a ilispwcti from 13,,mbsy concerning the dismiiial Of Col , net Outratn, and nothing more. The reasons for the dismissal were not assigned in the dispatch. THE ST. ALBANS WITNESSES. The SERGEANT-AT -A RMS appeared at the bar, and informed the House that on ihe 9th instant, attending n the House as Sergeant, hnd been served with a notice 0 , action i i the C.Jurt of Exchequer, at the suit of William Lima, one of the witnesses in the St. Albans election petition; and on the 17th waction, to which he was requ ires to days. B e f ore ta k ing any steps insne mat r,thought i t hi s duty to inform the House o f pleadt e ith a he❑in n o tourti had of Oat• circuma' ape , a. Oti the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL the declaration . was ordered to be printed, and th e m at t e r to be tak e n into consid ration to-m orrow. Mr. ROEBUCK said, that as the Sergeant-at-Arms was required to plead 30 soon, he thought they had better take some untnediate step. The first thing to be done would be to take up the attorney who had issued the writ.—(Laughter ) THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND AND THE WORLD NEWSPAPER-VOTE OF WANT OF CONFIDENCE. Lord NAAS then ruse to move the followinge r solu tion:— " That, in the opinion of this House, th e transac tions which appear recently to have taken place be tween the Irish Government and the editor of a Dublin newspaper. are of a nature to weaken the authority of the Executive, and to refl. , '" discredit on the administration of public affairs." In rising to propose thus resolution he felt that he r mi u ght claim the indulgence of the House for the very peclia circumstances under which he was placed. It was a I,l ?s e t invidious task to be obliged to impute hoseaTh n actions of public men, and particularly ot ~, there high office under the Crown. The Elou.se wo l u ph il hew as fore, see the vary disagreeable position i h th r • h Was hOugliwttrallif,dd b e greatoblni. obliged re who placed. His b il e i c s a us reluctancehe a;hethPaZsteongtne.w"ec_aswiTcit who mixed in public affairs. , pe nt fir the charact.r of the individuals to whom hesbenid be obliged to allude. lie bad the deepest regard for th e great personal qualities, the talents, and private worth of the Noble Lord who filled the offi , :e of Lord-Lieutenant Ireland, and he must say tons th,, to arraign certain acts which the Noble Lord and hi, c tuld Government bad committed. be did no t at in the least degree in tempt to deny that that individual and that liovt-tnrr, 11 also upon great services to the S tate. He , Lit had performed th i e nh think that their services vvoul . j ._, tan, however, submit t i forward erent ri t m b h is t motion he was &piece the opinion of taking any step uttwortahn I s n w H o . h er : e t o h h f t it, consideredk h h a t e t h altihii,antudst House bringing be eo the question -i- it. He could y of himself or of that House. con sider the to take excepions w in , e a v n e d ry te M e e o w n: puolic acts of a publi c man.—(Hear, hear.) He felt, how ever any Member that a deep responsibility reatid upon whotook such. a course, but he was convinced that before he sat down he should show to thetit House Inite beingtlifl thatllg i the acts which he arraigned were far and T thathi This whaiad motionnot a personal was rot with. ,u t foundation. attack— that he wished perfectly to be understood —he impugned the acts of a public man on public grounds. They were acts unjustifiable in themselves, and involving, moreover, an on warantable expenditure of the public money. He would, however, detail the history of the transactions as they were first brought to light by a trial which oc curred at Dublin on the 15th of Di-cember last. Th,4 action was brought against the Secretary for Ireland by an individual of the wilift of Birch for money said to be due from him for services dune by Birch to the Secretary. The d eman d was for a balance due for work aid labour done, and a mounted in all to 6,7001, . of w hich 6 , 0 501. was for arti -350/ for at ten di ng the Se at 5/. per wee k, an d 3001. copies of the World' newspaper. The main : co l e ra s t 1, inserted i2ry,oor no lat i i v n e t t o h those o W s e e7 a l r d ti ; cI e t h e case were not dent( d, it was not objected w ra i l t e h r s rhota n d s i n e e g r e work had not been done; wtbuttars, ay,t withha e n d defencethat Le was, ohrad t f h ac a t t a th ol e rai a ge l i l dn c unl l o a t i u ms due from him. He would now L t h iaetut discharged Lord- Lieutenant h n e an e t show the It had of the gentleman and d cee o d f t t o h,, 1846 its ctrealatyioenar%svad been eathblished in Dublin some about previous, co per week, the tots I n n um ia ti 4 e 7 r stampse. and in the year _ issued . as in the year being 30,916. 1; imitation had riaoa to 3903, in 1848 ,f it. hed doubled, being then 60,970. It w.s.s a paper 0 peculiar character, it had always contained articles of con. siderahla taleet on public Anne; but there were alsd to be found in it articles of the most disgraceful character. to which he could find no paralh 1 except in the p a per for merly Pu b lished called the London Satirist.—((, r ies of Oh, ohl") These personal attacks were of the grosssst and most h or rible description—they were at tacks upon private individuals, gave names, and ente red into the topics of private life. No person was safe female chastity and manly honour alike were assailed and accusations made which were a disgrace to any journal to insert at all.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared that it had been the practice of this man to endeavour to extort money from various individuate under the threat of publishing articles of this description. Mr. Birch, in fact, was indicted for one of the gravest libels that could possibly be committed upon any ma'! , and the prosecution was conducted by her Majesty Attorney-General for Ireland. He was found guilt,' and sentenced to six calendar months' imprisonment, and yet this was the man 'and this was the paper that was employed by Government to write in ' the in erest of law and order. This was the paper selected by the Lord-Lieutenant to assist him and b e i g . Government in repressing the very outrageous proc eee ings that were then occurring in the sister kingdom. He could not help thinking that this was both an error in principle and an error of judgment, It was an error in principle, because it was quite impossible to say that any public officer would be justified in engaging for one moment th e serv i ces o f a man already cont iete of a serious crime, and whose paper was knowiato be disreputable. It was impossible to defend' that action and no one he was sur e would be found hardy ea bu g b to do it.—(Rear, hear.) H e t h oug ht a lso it w as e t t error of judemcnr, bec ause no assistance. which eild be rendered by suc h a p a per could be of any use to a Governm en t if it was kw:l ° ' and there was nothing to pr ev ent its being known that the paper had been paid to write in supp ers of law and order. No paper coeld carry with i t ; any moral influence when it was open t o t he imputatio n having been corrupted with a bribe.—(Heur, h'a r '; ~ He would now proceed to state to the Hous e shortly us he could the negotiations which passed be' tween Mr. Birch and the Irish Government. It a p ; peered that he became associueed with t he Government in 1848, and he received, in the early part of that year, through the hands of Mr. Concellan (one of the se cre t of the Governme n t. Aft erwar d s h e was instruct s taries at the Castle), 3501. for writing in falci p t s i d tt what would t o ee write eeu a fr b o o m u t theandpaper how to thattimhee.fhaiisthafrutillyiee'sai and rr ed out the intention; for, on th e sth o f A pr il , b e was the tole to work up the French affairs, and he did so in o til : next number of his paper. In the month of JelY Birch came to London, and h a d an i n t erv iew . w i lle . Sir William Somerville, but Sir Willi am Solver v ;a knew nothing at this time of the compa c t that subSis` between him and the Castle, and he was requested t call again . When he did call again Sir William blid ee re i ; ceivrd a letter from Lord Clarendon, in Dublin, and be Birch was promised 5001, which the party, who we' tae agent through whom the promise was made, said : eels not enough, for he thought Mr. Birch would have P7 ll ill-paid it' he had demanded eight times as milebe' —( a laugh.) Mr. Birch, however, never more than 2501. iu London, and in October u r returned to Dublin. - where he had an n e s view with Mr. lasiville, another secretary, an d ' paid the other 2501. Up to this time he had receir 0 800/., but the communications between this gentlecoan and the Government appeared to have been carried oa, in 1849, and it would seem from a letter whi °ll : l 4 written to him that his was not the on paper that had been subsidized.—(Elear, he aid [here was another paper that had Pee° el s 3 d rectitte in this way, and he really did think the Reuse ' A be right to know what this other newspaper was, 0 n ",,, t 0 amount of public money that was paid for the fittfre l ee of buying its support.—(Hear, hear.) Shortly 0 ", 0 this disclosure was made to Mr. Birch, be printed in his paper language that was considere d disrespectful to acme one in the Castle, and he vi ; therefore called upon to retract it for 100 I, which eec teinly was a very pleasant way of settling an, a e ffal ) of honour like that.—(Hear, hear, and a i a e u Ti n 'at bir W. Somerville, in a letter to Mr. Birch, date" ; . es April, 1850, said he believed no journalist ;j o u ever treated with greater generosity and att° ll o o than Mr. Birch.—(A. laugh.) Other correspondenet passed between the parties, but at last Mr. Birch te e , in his "little bill" to th e L o rd-Li eu te na nt, whieb vi tn a couched in the following terms:—" Supporting law r ) order in the World for two years."—(Loud laug " To rendering service to the Government, 50/. a-tvelof 6,sool."—(Laughter.) The Lord-Lieutenant nate' • refused to pay, and Mr. Birch .commenced proceedings against him in the Queen's Bench in Ireland, which to might observe was one of the must extraordinary CO, in the kingdom. - The Noble Lord then proceeded be detail the proceedings in that court, th e n ature Of t oti compromise made by the G overnment, by wbl 2,000/. eels banded to Mr. Bi rc h on con di t i o n o,s is destroying certain document s an d l etters i n his Plci session, and the ultimate trial which took place , al lasted for two days. The Lord-Lieutenant ' i sworn on his oath, and i n t h e c ourse of be evidence admitted that th e l e t ters then Pr°ducils and made public were written by his authority 4 also said he had requested bir W. Somerville to 11: 0 Mr. Bitch some money, but denied that the newspaper was the paid organ of the Geyer, however, right to teeetien that during went, or that he had ever lead it. It , a7 `,.; World was in the employ of the Government leading articles appi-ured in its columns from time to time prate: log the policy o' the Lord-Lieutenant and of the Foreigldie ffiee. It was absurd to say that the arrangement made with Mr. Bitch was of a temporary character-90'1,P o ; the twee years tm to advocate order while rebellion existed in 1r I land, for the rebellion ceased on the arr es d of William Smith O'Brien, in October, 1848, an n s yet during the whole of 1849 Mr. Birch was ei (mo te t% c .mtnunication with the Government. As late as eat 'There that year h e rece i ve d 1 0 0/. f rom t h e Lord-Lieuts n ' e n n s There could be no doubt, therefore, that the arrangel id with that gentleman was to support the general P„ er e of the Government on condition of his receiving ' b p tarn reward. flit; money came out of tb e i f o u eelt purse, and, as a member of the Opposition , " i on it to be his duty to bring the subject under the e tt g o olf of the House.—(Hear.) The decision which the iit y, would come to would affect the scale of public moraend --(Cheers.) The Noble Lord then concluded 1 1 l ing the terms (.f his motion. estio° Lord J. RUSSELL t h en rose an d sa id--The W I " which the Noble Lord has brought forward The attempt he said, a most grave one, and let not the Noble oe attempt to dimicish its gravity.—( Hear, bea r ' ) „err Noble Lord has said that be wished to do nothing ' t a to cloudy ; and, at the commencement of his Telo ark e : e rlt. said that he did not mean to make a single har sh r 0 e she Now, the House must be aware that the oW nl ei P e c r of the Noble Lord by his motion is to bla,t thee bara i re isa4 - " N..ble Lord at the head of the Governm t ' n bee fen (Cheers)—to affix a disgrace upon a Man w ho ho los der. d great public services—(Loud cbeers)--; gre at is certeinli: been for many sears (-timed in public li'e el l. el l , hall credit and with great honour, and who, above or . render° f great public service to that country of 4 e s , s ) lion of which the Noble Lord is a Member of.—(i_te o i i ; Let not the House, then, at all believe that the N !J .O morality —( Cheers ) — for it must e", reference to public moralt whichhave mentioned , and he as consequences what foundation L tai t i rd th i e s e b o r a ir s i e ging forward a que stion of mereapeco.loll, examine, therefore, upon 80 penal a declare' embodied in his resolution . -- ( H_ ear, hear.) k, as that to these transactions require, t` ll facts with respect . grave and to :after the see House to come to be gone over again narration of them by r , Noble Lord. In thefirst place, let m e sa y, hower e e the matter, notice or of t p t t hi s Nobler e I a L t o i o r d i ,t i v g l tnat for my par: I never heard from Lord Clarendoelb e u e p ti o l tt af t t h e i r s tendon to bring on this motion—in fact, fouree " hi ° 8-ra The letter which had been referred to by the r ,°--e r as having been addressed to me by "B . be , lieve cast aside unnoticed, Mr. ir con3on nictv tions which frequently com as one of those ° le Ago St s s M in r g . I fi e Birch , either so wild or insane eto me from Pe e l n e no tice , —(Hear, hear.) Let as not to be desert' a l / 40 , 0 as me now then state the eve had heard them from Lord CI laden, as d gathered them from " re • au as, the reports of the trial, believe them sprit% undoubtedly to have been. thei la se fn of 1848. utter the revolution which had taken PI At France, the state of Ireland was one of great Pe rl o , that L'me Mr. Bi rc h soug h t the Lord -Lieutena nt 0 war land and told hi m th at h is own disposition w ag :. jobt the of supporting th e G o vernme n t o f th e c ountry ' l O 4 die' revolutionary doctrines which were then so actively Iv o persed umorig the people, and that as his newsP a P et P er a weekly one and circulated directly with the bicious of these publications whicn were erea e 0 . the B up rebellion, he could be of great use in maintaita connexion between Great Britain and Irelatad, au s er supporting the cause of p eace an d the, en der ienance of law. In this situation of affairs, and ender to circumstances which I shall have hereafter to desV e g e r. the House, Lord Clarendon accepted Mr. Bitch 6 w rds Mr. Birch than stated—and I will quote again 01,14000 which Lord Clarendon used, and to which the 50 d Lord has already referr e d : —" I then saw Mr. 1 3, ,r e . b ' e alo in the state of publ ic a ff airs at the t i me , I think I e ed eell have failed in my d uty if I had not acce pt e d offer' D ion any person made in support of law and order. .hir• lb; offered to write in that sense, and I told him be alt 'Os do so, although I did not expect much good te e w ee from his labours.—(A laugh.) I told him. a t the een t, time, that he should offer no support to the &Vera; o p and that, as for myself, he might abuse me as ra, ° l e e ch he liked, as 1 was perfectly indifferent to it. en don Sir, that passage shows that what Lord Cia r _ s ie" wished to ho done was writing in favour of the Imeed tenance of law against the attempts at rebellieoteire that he did not seek any support to his own B(10 31 4 01 time The fetter afterwards written by the ;i pd, Honourable Baronet, the Chief Secretary for te r i a refr corroborated exactly what was stated by Lord sl p ep don. On the 30th of April, 184 9 , Sir %V. Son° ne said, in a letter addressed to Mr. Birch, " As fat _ i d am concerned, my solo motive throughout was , to journalist who professed himself anxious to self ;sit the cause of public order; nor can 'charge my lase d to having done, or left undone, anything at all calcu Teo give you just cause of complaint." On the 3d Of " 104 41 ' 1849, he ulso writes, "If there is anything I Gan re/On!'" tb e mately do to aid you in your efforts to pbe 0 15 _t a ct. cause of order and good government, I shall „ f And regain, in November of the same year , be ° ll ‘ , sae can have no other viow than the public good, an the same for the other parties named in your g e e u7 ren slon cation." Theme are the statements of Lord tilbwrie and of the Right Honourable Baronet th e Chi' they tary for Ireland. The Noble Lord opposite Red to o . are men of nigh character—he has not unpOg7;to,olo36 character—and therefore the House, upon U ll°ll , ol peitig "" of the Noble Lord, will accept those dechira