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THE SUN, LONDON, TITESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1837.* PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stud:. 3 p er c'eut. Bed, . ~, 3 par Cent. Cons .. ....... .491 4 :I;, 54 Ni, ; Sill! ti Sea Stock — 3 per Cent__ . , lIS%-iOl4l A onni tios Ditto Red ; iipm.6 • New Ditto — New 354 per Cet t . "Wi ; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — New sper Cent.. Bank Long AtiEuitlesto expire Ditto 500 Di '2 pin. Jan 5, I 4'o --' Ditto Small Oct 14), 1,%.";.9 .......... ' Ditto Commercial 4 '27 pm. Jan 5, 60 . — Ditto Advertised - —pm Jan. 5 ' .SS" - April 5, 11.0' J ail . 5, In . — — 'Consols fur Acconnt etl 31 %.% 0mni..... 'itICES OF 101tEiGN . FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ..tistrian lion Is „... Peruvian Bonds . Itigiati Hoods.. ... ........ .. 102 N !:, Ditto Account Ditto Accoui t... 1 radian P.onds Unto Account - i Ditto New Bonds 47N kl liienns Ayre Bonds —• Ditto Account 4/Vi 8 Ditto Aecoont . — I Ilitto, ti per cent. 303(, hillian 80nti5............. ..... 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Per Share Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company f2.:, 2, 44 0 ~ t Weston Railway Company 3O RI London and Green rich ilailway Company 2O 21:1!404 London and Southampton Railway Company 3l/ 19 London Grand Junction Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway Company M mchester South Union Railway Company b 5% 14 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Doe A rrive.t. Due 0 imerica.......... 0 I France 0 0 Lisbon ...... ..... 0 0 Brasil 0 Buenos Ayres.. 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 0 0 CarthaFena .... 0 0 Holland I Dublin... ..... 0 0 Jamaica ... 0 Flander, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. minutes after 4 Evening...... 32 minutes after 4 MR. CAMPBELL'S NEW WORK. Nearly ready, in '2 vols. Bvo., with Twelve Plates of Scenery, Costume, Ece., LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH By THOMAS CAMPBELL, Esq., Author of " The Pleasures of Hope." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The publication of Tuft SUN NEWSPAPTIR commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'Clork. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday Lord BaouatiAm pre sented a great many petitions from various parts of the country, praying for the abolition of Church-rates. One of these petitions, that from Leeds, had been agreed upon at a very numerous meeting, and was signed by nearly 14,000 persons. The Leeds Petitioners desired that the whole of the Church-rates might be abolished, without being transferred to any public fund. Lord SUFFIELD a l so presented a petition on the same subject. In the House of Commons petitions for the total ex tinction of Church-rates were presented respectively by Mr. BAINES, from Leeds, by Mr. STEWARD, from Lancaster, by Mr. TooKE, from Truro, and by Mr. PEASE, from Dar lington. Dr. BOWRING moved for returns connected with the Post-office department, did intimated his intention to pro pose that the rates of postage in Great Britain should be reduced. Mr. BRADSHAW moved for a return of certain proclama tions issued by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. HUME suggested the propriety of postponing the motion. After a few words from Mr. GRATTAN, in vindication of Lord MULGRAVE'S Government of Ireland, the returns were ordered. Some conversation ensued on the subject of our commer cial relations with Portugal. In answer to a question put by Mr. C. BULLER, relative to the seizure of the Vixen by the Russian Government, Lord PALMERSTON said, that the matter had been sub mitted to the KING'S ADVOCATE for his opinion, and that the Government now waited for that opinion. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the House went into a Committee on the Registration of Births and Mar riages Bill. Mr. BAINES said that the Dissenters objected to that part of the Bill which related to notices before the Guardians of the Poor, as derogatory and insulting. Mr. BERNAL presented a petition (which after a lengthened conversation, was laid upon the table) from Messrs. HAN sAnn, the Parliamentary printers, complaining that an action for libel had been commenced against them, for matter con tained in a Commons' Report on the State of Prisons. STOCKDALE had brought the action, laying his damages at 20,000/. ! On the motion of the ATTOTNEY-GENERAL, the Muni cipal Corporations Bill was read a second time. The Committee agreed to on Friday last, on the motion of Mr. HORSMAN, to inquire into the practice of creating fictitious votes in Scotland, was last night nominated, and a Committee was appointed, on the motion of Mr. SHAW, to inquire into a similar practice, said to prevail in Ireland. After some interesting conversation on the subject of Im-• prisonment for Debt, leave was given to the ATTORNEY GENERAL to introduce a Bill " to extend the remedy of creditors against the property of debtors, and to abolish imprisonment for debt, except in cases of fraud." The remainder of the evening was occupied with the motion made by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for the revival of the Committee on Joint Stock Banks, and the extension of its inquiries to Ireland. As we have made the debate on this question the subject of a separate article, we need here only state that the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman was carried by a majority of 121 to 42. On looking over the corrected speech of Sir ROBERT Pi:EL, at the Glasgow• dinner, published by Murray, we find it differs in no material point from that transmitted to us, in about twenty-eight hours after the delivery ; and we advert to it now, merely because it comes in some sort under authority, and 'may in future be referred to, as con taining the deliberate and recorded opinions of the Right Hon. Baronet, on several important topics. He is suffi ciently explicit as to the course he" intends to pursue with regard to Reform in the House of Lords, and any curtail ment of the revenues of the Protestant Church in Ireland. " I mean," said he, " to support the. national establish ments which connect Protestantism with the State in the three countries ;- and,'moreaiar; I aVoii.ta - y9ti that I mean to support, in its full integrity; the authority of the House of Lords. Ido not conceal from you, that the House of Lords has done something to provoke hostility. They re fused to place confidence in that combination of public men, which had only one bond of connection—spolia tion of the Irish Church." This was well suited for the occasion, and probably was implicitly believed by a portion of the audience ; but, unfortunately, it is liable to one great objection—it is contrary to fact. Their object is not to plunder or destroy the Irish Church, but to increase its stability ; and what he was pleased to call " spoliation," does not, as he well knows, form the only bond of union. There are other bonds of union ; there is Ln intention and a determination to carry out the principles of that Bill, to which he frankly admitted he had conform ed, and to one of whose principles he took care not to make the most distant allusion. We rejoice at the omission. It augurs well for the success of the great question which will be debated in the House of Commons this evening, • we confidently look forward to the time w hen he will dare that he has conformed to the Irish Corporation form Bill, and laboured to defeat his own prophesies and anticipation of evil. The cautious policy W hi c h he adopted last Session, the vast combination of Protestants and Catholics which has sprung up in consequence of the denunciation of Lord LYNDHURST, and his silence at Glasgow on the point, lead to such a conclusion. A few hours probably will decide. The Times of this morning is quite delighted at the idea of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S going into the " whole case o f Ireland" to-night in the House of Commons. " Heaven send it !" exclaims our Contemporary, in a terse burst of exulta tion, to which we as exultingly reply " Amen !" But is the Times sincere in this show of gratification ? Not a bit of it; his spirits are evidently forced, like the loud laughter with which the House of Peers lately greeted Lord CLON CURRY'S allusion to the Catholic Association. Our Con temporary sees that an exposure is likely to be made of all the sophistries with which, for months past, he has been deluding the public mind as respects Ireland, and is resolved, therefore, to brazen it out—to assume a sort of devil-may care nonchalance—in a word, to put the best face on the matter. There is an intrepid effrontery about the Times's leading article of to-day, which is only to be accounted for on the score of sheer desperation. He broadly states as facts things which he must know to be flat false hoods. For instance, he says—" The habitual distur bers of the peace of Ireland have reiterated incessantly the cuckoo note, that the country has been more tranquil under Lord MU 1.0 RAVE than at any former era. There never was a grosser or more hardened falsehood. Save only in times of open insurrection, there, never was a more frightful series of crimes committed by those classes upon whom certain descriptions of crime have been inculcated almost as a religious duty, than within the last tmenty months. The crimes we speak of are generally those at tended with some species of outrage—crimes of violence, of vengeance, of blood, and of such, me assert deliberately, upon the information which we have received, that in na ture, and in number, they rather exceed than fall short of the average state of Irish offence for other periods of equal duration." One story is good until another is told. Now what is the story that the official, responsible authorities of Ireland tell in reply to this charge of the Times? Do they cor roborate our Contemporary's statement ? Far otherwise. They give it a distinct, unqualified denial. In a clever pamphlet, published, within the last few days, by RIDGWAY, we find the following extracts _ _ " It is desirable to exhibit the results of the new system upon which Irish affairs have been conducted for the last eighteen months, by the best evidence the case admits of, and we there- fore commence by laying before the reader the following ex tracts from the charges delivered by the Judges of Assize last summer to the Grand Juries of some of the most Catholic, and once the most turbulent, of the Irish counties. " The first case is that of Kilkenny—the county where, in the Secretaryship of Lord Stanley, agrarian outrage was so prevalent that it formed the pretext for the introduction of the Coercion Bill. Its condition, under the dispensation of Lord Mulgrave, we learn from the mouth of Baron Penefather He addressed the Grand Jury briefly, and said there was no offence in the calendar requiring particular observation from him.' " Chief Justice Doherty used similar language to the Grand Jury of the city He had nothing more to say than to con gratulate them upon the state of the calendar, which con tained only four, he might rather say three and a-half, cases for trial.' " Baron Penefather again in Wexford—' He was happy to inform them that little was to be done in the criminal de partment of their duties. It was really surprising to see a county of such extent so free from crime.' " Judge Johnson at the Assizes of Kildare said—' The light state of your calendar scarcely requires an observation from me.' " At Maryborough Assizes (Queen's County), the same Judge observed—' He had cast his eye over the calendar, and had to congratulate the county on its exceeding lightness.' " Judge Burton at Sligo—' He congratulated the Grand Jury on the tranquil state of the county, as shown by the lightness of the calendar. In amount, the offences were not more than might reasonably be expected in a county of such extent ; and, with respect to quality, he was glad to find there was not a single case of murder.' " Baron Foster in Clare—' I am happy to congratulate you upon the great diminution of crime which has taken place in this county, compared with former periods.' " The same Judge to the Grand Jury of the city of Lime rick—' I am happy to inform you the calendar is exceedingly light. The crimes for trial are only ;of such a nature as may be found in every, even the best regulated stages of society, and particularly amid the population of a densely inhabited city.' " Judge Perrin congratulated the Grand Jury of the county of Limerick—' On the reduced state of the calendar, which was evidence of the peaceable state of their county.' " Baron Sir W. Smith to the Grand Jury of the county of Carlow—.' As for the part of the calendar with which you will have to deal, it cannot be called numerous, and I hope will not prove heavy. On the contrary, I congratulate you on the prospect of its being light ;—for the lightness of a calendar is in general a proper subject of congratulation.' " At Louth Assizes, the Chief Baron—' It gave him great satisfaction to observe that the calendar was so very small, when compared with former years, the number of indictments being but 23; and, with the exception of two of these, the crimes were not of that lawless character which tended to the disturbance of the peace of the county.' " At the Down Assizes, Chief Justice Bushe—' Congratu lated the Grand Jury on the extreme lightness of the calendar, which presented a subject of lively congratulation to all lovers of peace and good order." ' Now, here, it will be observed, our Contemporary is at direct issue with the majority of the Irish Judges—and these Judges, not men of one party, but Tories as well as Liberals. Will the Times dispute the dictum of Baron FOSTER, as staunch a Conservative as lie himself is ? Will he deny the truth of his assertion respecting the tranquillity of Clare, which, in Lord HADDINGTON'S time, WaS one of the most disturbed districts in Ireland ? If he do, our Contemporary will stand gloriously alone in his opinion, for not even the most Ultra-Conservative will venture to back him here. The Times proceeds to argue that the Liberal cause in Ireland is losing ground, because Lords DOWNSHIRE, DONOUGHMORE, and FITZGERALD have thought fit to de- sert it. Nov, this only proves that the above Peers are not quite so sapient as might have been desired ; not that the cause they once supported is retrograding. When our Contemporary can prove to us that the great hulk of the community is withdrawing their support from Ministers, then we will grant there is something in his arguments ; but assuredly not till then. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved last night for the appointment of a select Committee to enquire into the operation of Joint Stock Banks. The motion gave rise to a smart debate, which our commercial readers will peruse with considerable interest. Mr. HUME moved an amend ment, the object of which was to embrace in the proposed enquiry the state of Banking generally, in cluding the conduct of the Bank of England, and the condition of the currency during the last three years. The speech with which the Hon. Member for Mid dlesex introduced his amendment abounded, as usual, with stubborn facts, and no less stubborn figures ; but we cannot help saying bore rather too hard both upon the financial measures of the Government, and the management of the Bank of England. When the assistance given by the Bank of England to the Northern and Central Bank is brought forward as matter of charge against the former Establishment, we cannot help thinking that Mr. HOME is labouring under some mistaken notion. We have always understood that commercial men gave the Bank great credit for its conduct, both in this case and in that of the private Bank which stopped payment in London. We have little doubt indeed that but for such prompt interpo sition, the country would have been subjected to a visitation of the panic which occurred in 189.5-6, and which proddced such disastrous consequences. The point upon which the debate mainly turned was, which of the two mode& of enquiry should be adopted— the narrow, or the more enlarged one—for all, with theexception of the Hon. Member for Derbyshire, were for some enquiry. In this discussion it was attempted to be shown on the one hand that the sole blame of the re action which lately took place, and we fear still continues in our monetary affairs, lay with the Bank of England ; while on the other it was urged that the joint-stock banks were entitled to come in for their full share. It may, we think, be safely affirmed that some indiscretion is imputable to both. The issues of the Bank of England seem at one time to have been carried to a greater extent than prudence should have dic tated—while at the same time the Joint Stock Banks were adding to the circulation, both by the issue of notes and by the particular system of discount which they adopted. The natural, indeed the inevitable con sequence of this increase was the rise of prices, and the censequence of this rise was an adverse state of the foreign exchanges, which compelled the Bank, as an act of self-preservation, to contract its issues, ,and limit its aw#lllootions. Hence the embarrassments in which krei;mmercial community were suddenly involved. En .-Areruents, which had been contracted in the expectation the facilities which had been formerly granted would be continued, could not be made good. There was not the usual assistance to be had from the Joint Stock Banks, because they could not receive it at the fountain head to which all must ultimately resort. Or if any of them did afford liberal ac commodation to their customers, they were involved in dif ficulties, which, for the time at least, put an end to their public utility. Now it is to this evil that it is attempted to put an end by the proposed investigation. There can be no doubt that it is impossible to legislate on the Report made by the Committee of last Session. To adopt the crude recom mendations of that Report, would be to increase the evil ten fold. We are therefore glad that the important sub ject is to be more thoroughly examined, and also that the enquiry is to be so limited as to hold out a reasonable pros pect of bringing it to a close before the end of the Session. The Paris Papers of Sunda;7;;;leen received. The Liberal Journals accuse Ministers of grossly imposing upon the country by the proposed grant of appanage to the Duke of NEmoußs. They calculate that the net produce of the Royal domains allotted for his Highness' support, produce, at the very lowest, from sixty to seventy thousand Founds sterling a year, instead of twenty, as alleged by the Minis ters in the Chamber of Deputies. The KING'S unpopula rity increases. Should the project of law for separating the functions of the civil and military tribunals now before the Chamber, be ultimately adopted, it will produce uni versal discontent and distrust in the army. M. DUPIN is strongly opposed to it, but the KING and PERSIL are deter mined to carry it at all risks. Marshal CLAUSEL arrived in Paris on Sunday. The Minerve states that the Duke of NEmoußs presented the gallant veteran with his portrait, set in diamonds. The members of the Orleans family must consider themselves uncommonly handsome to deal so extensively as they do in their own portraits. It isnot with them a display of Royal munificence ; for Madame de GENUS, in her Memoirs, tells us that the grandfather of the present illustrious scion of that distinguished stock devoted the greater part of the few hours he managed to steal from intoxication or vice in getting likenesses of himself taken to meet the demands of his mistresses and boon companions. Louts PHILIPPE too is remarkable for his appreciation of the value of his portraits. He is incessantly multiplying them, with a view no doubt to familiarize the world with the idea of " The KING." But it is time to throw aside such ridiculous fol lies. A youth dependent upon the nation for an appanage may easily make a better use of his time than wasting it in transferring his features to canvas and ivory, and in dis playing a precocious extravagance at the expense of his country. As for Marshal CLAUSEL, the KING, much as he pretends to be his most dear friend, is not displeased to hear his qualifications for an African Viceroy depreciated in his presence. The truth appears to be that the Marshal will be sacrificed to the jealousy of his Royal master. PERSIL has directions not to spare him ; and upon this question the Minister of Justice is permitted to oppose the will of the Royal Family. Immediately after his arrival in Paris, CLAUSEL waited on the Duke of ORLEANS, Count MOLE, and General BERNARD, the War Minister. In the evening he purposed waiting upon the KING. The news from the North of Spain is not important. Letters from San Sebastian of the 26th ult., mention the arrival of a part of General Itialuao's division at the head quarters of the British Legion. The belligerents on both sides are preparing for war as early as the weather will permit them to take the field. The following short article from the Minerve of Sunday comprises all that is interesting in the papers : , • ' *II ,- - • • j c.,lo s. - t 44.:4,1_ . -,,,,.. • ~,, „ . is" - -1 - . tio 0 . e} k . --',.. , .. 'q i ', ~...W‘ ' ..3ter , manna I • eshed merely to see whether the law required amendment ; and if Hon. Hon. the Ch a ncellor of the Exchequer. It was of the u t most in"nt' as possible, t lentlemen meant to ask him whether he placed implicit faith in the di aece that Parliament should decide, with as l i t tle dela y i ]• on r ectors, &c. of joint-stock banks, - that was a confession of so unbounded w h et her or not it could advantageously interfere with the o s n and a character that he was not inclined to make it. He held in his hand banks, and make that decision known to the public ; for agitat. any a statement which had been made soon a ft er the report of tae Cont. uncertainty on the subject must be productive of as much evil a- do.,e, mitten came out, which statement, indeed, was published in the shape that might exist in any ether shape. Nothing of a comrat Maly upon that report. It declared that the Northern therefore, ought to be of the. refore, which miget have a tendency to protract the labou.rbsle whe. And Central Bank had twelve thousand partners, that the whole Committee; but it ought to be ascei Mine s/. as speedily as 1:0s: d i I th ear proeert y was liable, and that their paid-up capital was 700,0001.; ti any. and if any, what legisletive measuse should b e en ,: that if any danger of a panic were apprehended, these facts rendered opt , ed en the eubject. He w. ..s therefore, to e lcvolve ,b u i po e G u e t ti h ti e e C m oz . such bank safer than the Bank of England; arid that, from its peculiar mince more tl.an was Honourable Gentleman. fur Mid- sonstitation, the effect of any alarm would be, not to take money out, preposed by the Right If the Weise consented to the motion of the Ho n. It world extend but to pour it into such joint-stock banks. Then they were told that ePesex tie inquiry might lc protracted indefinfte.l the only danger actually would be the intense anxiety of the public to to the state and conduct of the Bank of England, it would extend to the sees , and conduct of the Bank of Ireland, it woul i d e x tend to the state lush with their gold to these banks, to deposit it in safety. He held and coreluct f private lanks • thee, a nd many could d foretell other inquiries, that it was not necessary to inquire into the concerns of theubj Bank of when their England, because there hail berm an inquiry lately into that sect. He would devolve upon the Committee, and who iovestieettione would trminate ? Now, for reasons which he hart thought that there was a great distinction to be drawn between joint_ , stock banks and private banks, for this reason, that in the latter case a:ready is ea, lie was ( or an eerly report fr o m ti ' mCommittee ; and the only way in which early report could insured . was by limiting the she individuals were using their capital for their own private purposes, su bj e ct to the investigation to which ti.e at of the 'ommittee was whereas the joint-stock banks were the off-pring of the ease. On the s e rounds, whilst he regretted the discuSsion which had taken place, he to be annlied• There were two propositions before the. House besides g trusted the House would find no difficulty in acting upon the same prin the original motion. There wss the preposition of the Hon. Member ciple as that which had guided their proceedings last year, when they for Middlesex to multiply the objects of inquiry ; and there was the pro_ Fir s t sanctioned the appointment of this committee. posit: on of the Hon. Member for Derbyshire, which went to deny the Mr. WILLIAMS (of Coventry) made some observations in reply, right of the House to make any inquiry into the subject at all. To nee. 'wh lch did not reach us ; upon which ther t f those propositions could he give his consent. He had already stated the rt asons which induced him to oppose themotion of the Hon. The . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not corn_ Member for Middlesex. To the principle involved in the proposition e ain so much of the statement which had been made by the Hen. Gentleman as he did of the mode in which he had made his obser. of th e Hon. Member for Derbyshire he could by no means assent vations, because he had only referred to the amount of bullion in the cof- Hon. Member for Derbyshire contended that as it was generally a llow ed that Parliament ought not to attempt to in s t ruct or control persons ge- fers of the Bank of England, and would, therefore, leave persons un nerally in the management of their own business, so it ought not to in. acquaint ll e th d weirith the subject to imagine that the amo un t e arned cam. were ri a assets. terfere with the management of joint-stock ban ks. But th e cases Mr. HUME, in explanation, said that he had declared he was ready to widely different. Parliament had already interfered with reference p sed vote for the clause which made bank notes a le g al tender (as we under _ to joint-stock banks, and having so inte rfered it was entitle d to carry -stock stood), because they would have the power to repeal that clause if they that interference further. If the persons wh o were en g aged in joint shoo afterwards think fit to do so. banks were to be considered the best j ud g es of the manner of carrying on Civil' n business, why had Parliament restr icted them in various ways ? The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the numbers were— For the original motion l2l Why were they prohibited from issuing five shilling or half crown notes ? For the amendment The moment that Parliament interfered with them in one respect, it ac- Majority in favour of the original motion —.79 qUired the right or contracted the obligation to interfere with them in any following The Committee was then appointed : other respect in which such T a i nter f e rence might be considered advanta- Hamilton. O. A. Peel, Sir R. goons to the public. No onecould deny not only the right, but the sound po- Attwood, M. Jephson, C. D. 0. Shaw, F. licy and justice, of acting on this principle. For instance, could any man Baring, F. T. Loch, James Smith, J. A. doubt that the recent transactions of the Northern and Central Banki n g Clay, re W. Morrison, J. Strutt, Edward Fremantle, Sir T. O'Connell, D. Thomson, C. P. Company justified an inquiry into the natu re of those transactions Whero Goulburn, H. Pattison, J. Wrottesley, Sir J. a company had been invested by the Legislature with the power of Graham, Sir James coinage, or with the power of issuing money—a power affecting the Mr. P. STEWART obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend an Act interest not merely of the share-holders, but of those who took their of the ninth year of his late Majesty King George IV., for the preserve notes—and when that company was found to have made an application tion of the salmon fisheries in Scotland. to the Bank of England, and to have declared that they should be ruined FICTITIOUS VOTES IN IRELAND. unless the Bank advanced them a hundred thousand pounds, surely Mr. SHAW, in pursuance of the notice which he had given, rose to that was a very different transaction from a speculation in sugar or move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the prat. tobacco.—(hear, hear.) The moment that the Legislature devolved tice of creating and registering fictitious votes in Ireland, and in doing upon any body of men the power of issuing money (a power ab- so the Hon. and Learned Gentleman said that he freely admitted that solutely regal in its character), that moment it acquired the right abuses had prevailed on all sides with reference to the creation of fiat. of taking care that the interests of those whom such a proceeding tious votes. He did not think it necessary to enter into any lengthened 'affected should be protected.—(hear.) The Honourable Gentleman statement at that late hour of the night, seeing what had been the feeling opposite said that no one could doubt the disinterested and judicious expressed by the House on a former evening. conduct of the directors of the joint-stock banks. He (Sir Robert Lord Viscount MORPETH said that after what appeared to have Peel) doubted it. He had not so much confidence in their wisdom been the sense of the House the other night, it would be useless on his as the Hon. Gentleman had. Let the House look at the Report of the part to offer any opposition to the appointment of this Committee. The Committee of last year. They would there see an account of a bank, intention, he presumed, was that the proceedings should be the same in the directors of which had made a large dividend of profits for a course both countries. He would, however, suggest to the Hon. and Learned of years, although they knew that there were a great many bad debts Gentleman the propriety of altering the words of the motion thus : on the books of the company. They never deducted those debts from o That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire how far the objects their calculation, but made their annual dividend of profits, as if those of the Reform Bill have been defeated in the registration of voters ii i debts were bona fide assets. The facilities enjoyed by the directors of Ireland." joint-stock banks to act in that manner were facilities granted to Mr. H. GRATTAN was much astonished that the Hon. and Learned them by Act of Parliament, and Parliament was, therefore, en- Gentleman should not have entered at some length into the grounds titled to inquire into the manner in which such facilities had been upon which he intended to proceed, as had been done on a former similar used. The moment that Parliament gave to any body of occasion by the Hon. Member for Cockermouth. persons virtually a monopoly, legal or practical, that moment Parlia- Mr. HODGSON believed that the Hon. Gentleman who had last ment acquired a right to inquire into the conduct of those by whom addressed the House was perhaps the only Member who would have ex_ that monopoly was enjoyed, and to ascertain the expediency or inexpe- pressed disappointment at the Hon. and Learned Gentleman not entering diency of its continuance. The Honourable Gentleman who proposed into a long speech at that hour of the night. an universal inquiry into the state and conduct of the Bank of England After a few words from Mr. O'CONNELL, expressing his concurrence . should recollect that, so far as the relations between the Bank of Eng- in the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the following Committee was land and Government were concerned, a laborious Parliamentary hives- appointed : tigation had taken place three years ago, the result of which was the Somerset, Lord G. Hogg, J. W. Rice, 'l'. S. renewal of the Bank charter. No man now proposed that the Ball, N. Jackson, J. D. Sanford, E. A. Bank Charter should be revised. Why then enter into the universal Ferguson. J Si; i. Robert 14 0 7 4 11 ; D. Strutt, Edward Tennent, inquiry ? But the House had a perfect right to see how the conduct of Hamilton, G. A. O'Ferrall, More Villiers, Charles the Bank of England affected the particular subject which was to be sub- Mr. WORTLEY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to empower the Re mitted to the examination of the proposed Committee. It was impossi- corder in corporate towns to divide his court in certain cases. ble with justice to exclude from the inquiry of the Committee any rela- The Bill was then brought in, and read a first time. tions subsisting between the Bank of England and joint-stock banks. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENER 1., a Bill to extend the If, fur instance, it were alleged by the Directors of any joint-stock bank remedy of creditors against the property of debtors, and to abolish im that the conduct of the Bank of England had been the copse of any evil prisonment for debt, except in cases of fraud, was brought in, read a first which they had suffered, it would be impossible for the Committee to time, and ordered to be read a second time (as we understood) on Friday resist entering into an inquiry as to the relations between that joint- ' next.—Adjourned at one o'clock. stock bank and the Bank of England. Why, the very authority given to joint.stock banks to pay their notes in Bank of England paper instead of gold was a subject which, whether profitable to the Bank of England or not, could not be excluded from the investigations of the com mittee. The Committee were bound to ascertain the effects of that permission : they were bound to ascertain whether it had had a tendency to diminish the evil of a crisis, or whether the evil which it created of a fluctlia!ion in the value of money preponderated. On these grounds he should vote for the original motion ; dissenting both kora the motion of the Hon. Member for Middlesex, and from the motion of the Hon. Member for Derbyshire. Into the statements of the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny with reference to the transactions of 1819, he would not enter. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman appeared to hold it to be unwise in a time of prosperity to look forward and provide for a possible period of danger. If they chose to have a large quantity of convertible paper, and a metallic standard of gold or silver, they might proceed without looking to what might occur under the influence of foreign exchanges and other circumstances. But if their paper were inconvertible, no averting the look from the hour of peril would secure escape from that peril. He (Sir R. Peel) had never denied the evils which necessarily accompanied the measure of 1819. He had always sincerely regretted those evils. But it was the previous existence of a paper currency, and not the re-establishment of a metallic currency, which had been the real cause of those evils.—(hear, hear, hear.) In justice to those by whom the measure which he had alluded to had been supported, he had always said, and lie would never cease to say, that he slid not believe any measure had ever been adopted by Parliament so conducive to thee omfort of the labouring classes as a measure which compelled their employers to pay them their wages according to a certain fixed standard.— (hear, hear.) Mr. WA KLEY contended that the evils complained of had arisen not from the conduct of the joint stock banks, on which it was unjustly attempted to cast a stigma, but from the old system of banking, which had on a former occasion led to so many bankruptcies. There might be defects in the system of the joint stock banks, but those defects arose from the old system of banking. By throwing out a suspicion of their soundness, and by limiting to them the proposed inquiry, the House would victimise them, while the evils of the old system would escape detection. The evil originated with the Bank of England. But the Right Hon. Baronetmaintained that if the Committee were empowered to investigate the whole subject they would never make a report. He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether, if lie had a complaint in his circulating system which operated upon his extremities, and these produced swelling and pain, he would require his physician to cure him, hut without allowingthat physician to apply his remedies to the heart of the disorder, telling him that it might be necessary at some other time, but not then, for reasons known to himself? Yet such was the course which it was proposed to pursue in the present case. The joint stock banks were to be persecuted with inquiries, when the real evil, which existed iii Threadneedle -street, was to pass uninvestigated. He protested against the adoption of such peddling, patch-work legislation, instead of attempting to ascertain where the real cause of the mischief ley. He showid, therefore, support the motion of the Hon. Member for Middlesex ; and he hoped and trusted that the House would not confine the inquiry to joint stock banks, as proposed by the Right Hon. the Chahcellor of the Exchequer, but would extend it to the whole existing system of banking. Mr. PEASE disclaimed ail hostility to joint-stock banks. Inquiry would be beneficial to those which rested on a firm foundation ; and against those which did not so rest, it was fitting that the public should be guarded. He was satisfied with limiting the inquiry to the original . object of the Committee, and did not think it necessary to extend it, as proposed by the Hon, Member for Middlesex. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied. He saw no reason to alter the opinion which he had already expressed to the House on the subject. He deprecated any inquiry at present with respect to the Bank of England, except as to its connection with joint-stock banks. He confessed that he thought the Bank of England had not been fairly and justly dealt with by some Hon. Members. Among other charges, it haul been said that the Bank of England had done wrong in giving assistance, at a time of great emergency, to the Northern and Central Banking Company. But what would have been said if the Bank of England had not given that assistance ?—(hear, hear.) Would it not have been declared that assistance ought to has c been given, not for the &Are of the establishment, but for the sake of the public ?—(hear, hear.) Would it not have been said that the Bank of England had been induced by a mean jealousy to take the first opportunity of crushing a rival, and of compelling Parliament to look into the whole question of joint-stock banks li—(hear, hear, hear.) Suppose the Company in ques tion had failed in consequence of the inertness of the Bank of England, and suppose that failure had been followed by other failures, what would then have been the cry ? Justice ought xt least to be done to the Bank of England, and to the principles upon which they had uniformly acted. And then with respect to the operations of the Bank of England in time provinces, by the establishment of branch banks, if ' they were wrong; that House—the past and present Governments — were responsible for the consequences. He contended that the adop tion of that principle had originated in the time of the Administra tion of the Rapt of Liverpool, which had not tally invited the I adoption of That system, but bad encouraged it in every way ; and consequently the Bank of England had acted upon the sug geetien and proceedings of She Legislature. They were not then acting justly by the Bank if they consented to the extension of the in. quiry. With reference to the observation which had been thrown out by the Hon. Member for Yarmouth (whose opinion lie was always dis pcscd to treat with profound respect), he had taunted him (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) with having met this subject last year in the language of caution, but that he should have been more precise in the language he had used. On the occasions to which reference had been made, namely, on the Gth and 12th of May last, low what were his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) words P Why, on the Gth May, on making his speech on the Budget, he had said—" I cannot sit down without again stating that, whilst we have the greatest reason to be grateful for our present state of prosperity, at the seine time there are indications at the present moment which call for every Honourable Gentleman's close inspection. The House must see, in the great extent of speculation which prevails, in the number of banks which are rising up in all directions, grounds for the exercise of vigilance, caution, and prudence." Then, on the 12th May, on the occasion of the discussion upon the motion of the Hon. Member for the 'rower Hamlets (Mr. Clay), his remarks were to this effect :—" The House is aware that a general spirit of speculation is abroad; that joint-stock companies are formed for all kinds of purposes, some for purposes to which such co-operations are by no means appli cable; and the House will feel that this rage for speculation will hardly fail to extend itself to the banking business as well as others. * In proportion, then, as we allow the application of the joint.stock prin. ciple to sound and legitimate objects, we are bound to see that, under the colour of joint-stock banks, the country is not imposed upon by a number of bubble companies, representing 'no property , and incapable of af fording the smallest se cur i ty. " He was, therefore, at a loss to con ceive how any c au ti on could, by possibility, have been given in more direct terms. But he must b eg more pa rticularly to call the attention of the Reuse to the declaration made by the Hon. Member for Middle sex, on the 6th day of May last. On that occasion the H man, in addre ss i ng the House, said, " On the whole, I thinr sv . e G o en ug tl h e t . to be gratified with the real state of the industry and commerce of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman seems to anticipate wszeh now great and rt unfounate crisis fro m t h e extensive spirit of speculation per vades the country. I confess that I have no fears upon that score. As l ong a s the Bank of England cont i nues to be conducted upon the prin ciples upon which it now is governed, there need be no apprehension of a crisis or of a panic." The Right Hon. Gentleman expressed his regret that his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Coventry (Mr. Williams) should in the course of his speech have ma d e use of observations silsich were liable AstintaVati - . tion out of doors. His Hon. Friend had declared fe t pe. gland had really only 7-6ths in the pound to meet e• .; ettt in stating this he had adverted to the amount of r(eAutrir ins ,:,*4llrire t every person who should vote for the ori t the Bank only. Now he had heard a kind of 4 c s see • ltflf inal 4 .1: 4 1 g upposition that there was a distrust of joint-stock N.:' ,. ; : -tiajaireffels'eptafTo)/: certainly did not vote without principle. He PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. JOINT STOCK BANKS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY; Fil3. 6. Motion made, and question proposed—" That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the the operation of the Acts permitting the establishment of Joint Stock Stock Banks in England and Ireland, under certain restrictions, and whether it be expedient to make any amendment in the provisions of those Acts :"—( Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer :)—Amend ment proposed, to leave out from the word " inquire" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " generally into the state of Banking, and the causes of the changes in the 'circulation since December 1833," instead thereof;--(Mr. Hume:)—Question proposed, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—Question put :—The House divided— Adam, Admiral Agnew, Sir A. Alsager, Richard Angerstein, John Bagshaw, John Haines, E., E. MAJORITY-AYES, IGladstone, W. E. Gordon, R. Pease, Joseph Peel, Sir R l'erceval, Colonel Philips, N. Poulter, J. S. Power; J. Pryme, G. Ramsbottom, J. Reid, Sir J. Rice, T. S. Richards, R. Rickford, W. Robarts, A. W. Robinson, G. R. Roche, D. Rolfe, Sir R. N. Rushbrook, Robert Sanderson, R. Seymour, Lord E. Shaw, F. Smith, J. A. Stanley, E. J. Stewart, J. Stewart, P. M. Strut, Edward Thompson, W. Thomson, C. P. Troubridge, S.r T. Tulk, C. A. Vere, Sir C. B. Vesey, Hon. T. Warburton. H. Wason, Rigby %Vest, J. B. Williams, Robert Wood, C. Wortley, J. S. Young, J. Gordon, Hon. W. Grattan, H. Grote, G. Hamilton, G. A. Hamilton, Lord C. Hawes, B. Hector, C. Hinde, J. H. Hogg, J, W. Horsman E. Houstoun, G. Howard, R. Howielt. Lord Hutt, William Ingham, Hobert Irton, S. James, W. Jephson, C. D. 0. Laboucliere, H. Lawson, A. Letrov, Dr. T. Lennox, Lord G. Loch, James Longfield, It. Lowther, J. H. Lucas, E. Maclean, D. Marjnribanks, S. Maule, Hon. Fox I%lorpeth, Viscount Murray, J. A. O'Connor Don O'Ferrall, More Ossulston, Lord Oswald, J. Packe, C. W. Parker, J. Parrott, J. Pattison, J. Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Baring, W. B. Baring, T. Barnard, E. G. Bellew, It M. Berkeley, C. Biddulph, R. BM, T. Bowes, J. Bramston, T. W. Brocklehurst, J. Brownrigg, J. S. Chalmers, P. Chichester, J. P. B. Clay, W. Clive, Viseount Clive, R. H. Cooper, E. J. Cowper, W. F. Crawford, W. Dalmeny, Lord Davenport, J. iiiiiii", Sri It. Dundas, J. D. Eaton, Richard J. Elley, Sir J. Ellice, Hon. E. Fector, John Minet Fergus, John Fergusson, R. C. Fort, John Fremantle, Sir T. Frbshfield, J. W. Gaskell, D. TIILLRP.S. Steuart, It. baring, F. Attwood, T. Bewes, T. Blake, M. J. Bowring, Dr. Brady, D. C. Brotherton, J. Cayley, E S. Collier, J. Cooker, T. H. Elphinstone, Howard Ewart, W. F.elden, J. Finn, W. F. Fitzsirnon, C. Forbes, W. :NORITY-NOES, Gillon, W. D. Gisborne, T. Gully, J. Hall, B. Harland, W. C. Harvey, D. W. Hastie, A. H.iwkes, T. Hindley, Charles Holland, Edward Leader, John Temple Lewis, D. Lister, E. C. i►larsland, H. Molesworth, Sir W. Nagle, Sir O'Brien, C. O'Connell, D. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, Morgan Potter, R. Roebuck, J. A. Thompson, Colonel Wakley, Thomas Williams, W. Worsley, Lord Young, G. F. T2LLEKB Hume, Joseph Villiers, Charles P. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, FEB. 6.—Wind S. E., steady breezes.—Arrived the Honduras, Weller, from Honduras ; and Conuba (steamer), Ward, from Exeter. Sailed the Duke of Manchester, for Ja maica ; and Shannon, Mills, for Dublin. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Wind S. E., fine.--Arrived, Mutt den, from Leghorn, sailed the 30th ult., and Gibraltar the 31st January ; and Amiable, V!ctoire, from Barfleur. Passed by the Asia, from Calcutta for London, sailed the 15th July, Mauritius the 19th October, and Cape the 19th November. PENZANCE, FEB. s.—Off port the St. Ann, Curren, from St. Andrew's; and M s aria, Robertson, from Smyrna. GLOrCESTER, Fsn. 6.—Arrived the Swinemand Packet, from Stettin ; and Johanna, Twedliam, from Lubeck. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 5. —Wind S. S. E., fresh.—Arrived the St. George, Crawford, from Mauritius ; Canopus, Steer, from Bahia ; Rialto, Holmes, and Ceres, Blanshard, from Savan nah ; Europe, Marshall•, from New York ; Conductor, from Gergenti ; and Christian, Furze, from Copenhagen. Off port the Mandarin, Donald, from Calcutta ; Broad Oak, and Ga zelle, from Bahia ; Regular, Bond, from Berbicc ; Watt, Clegg, from Africa ; and Calcutta, from St. John's, N. B. CORK, FEB. 4.—Arrived the Frances Ann, Hey, from Ma nilla ; and Spanish Planter, from Genoa. BALTIMORE, JAN. 11.—The Brozembo, from Liverpool, was brought into port last night by the ice-boat ; she has suffered much damage, having been driven abuut the last ten days. The Retrench, from London to Honduras, was on shore previous to the 6th December at Ambergris. The Michael, from Leer to London, was totally lost on the Sheepwash yesterday ; the mate and one man saved. The Thomas, from Sunderland, arrived at Scarborough the sth instant, leaky, having struck on the Smithwick. The Fly, of Guernsey, arrived at Newhaven the 4th instant, leaky, bound to London. • BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—The Miscellany of the spirited bibliopole for this month is characterized by all the liveliness and piquancy which distinguished the opening Number. " Boz," as usual, leads the van, and puts the reader in "most excellent humour" to relish the succeeding articles of wit and pathos; for, with a judgment much to be com mended, the Editor has taken care that, although the predomi nant characteristic of the " Miscellany" shall be " lively," yet a due admixture of the "serene" is offered, to please the tastes of those who may not be in a very mirthful mood. To select from a stock where every article is a sample of excellence would appear invidious, but we think " Plunder Creek," and the " Fragment of Romance," are very good. " Handy Andy" must excite every lover of true Irish wit, and " The Spectre of Tappington" must be admitted to be the most laughable ghost story that was ever told. " The Wide-awake Club" shows that the writer, Rigdum O'Funnidos, has not been asleep all his life. The idea is not a bad one, and admits of being amusingly, nay, instructively, followed out. The graphic illustrations are perfect. "._Age. FRENCH PLAYS AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— To the lovers of the French Drama it will be gratifying to learn that the lessee of Drury-lane Theatre has succeeded in securing, for a season of forty nights, the unrivalled Jenny Vertpre, and also many of the first-rate Parisian performers. The French Plays will be enacted every Mon day and Friday during the season. The arrangement is excellent. dim y s NORTHERN POLICY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE. " Were we right or not in asserting that Lord Palmerston had menaced M. Mole, the President of the Council, with an intimation that at no very distant period he would take signal vengeance for his disregard of the Quadruple Treaty ? The English Minister has even gone farther than was generally imagined by the diplomatic corps, amongst the members of whom it was supposed that the whole would have amounted to a few expressions of discontent in the discussion of the ad dress. But it was by no means limited to so meagre a demon stration ; it was the King of England's speech which con tained not a word in reference to France. In addition to certain Ministerial intrigues of a minor description, connected with the journey of General Sebastiani to Paris, its principal object was to make known to M. Mold the feelings of dis content which prevailed in England, as to the conduct of the French Government. It appeared that the Cabinet of St. James's requires an explicit avowal of the nature of the secret alliance entered into in 1831, in the event of a diplomatic rup ture with Russia. " There is no doubt that at the end of the year 1830. or the commencement of 1831, a convention, then kept secret, was signed for the purpose of insuring to France the whole of her possessions, and guaranteeing perfect security to the present dynasty, in case an European war were to ensue ; and France on her part had agreed to unite with England against all the attempts of Russia to extend her territorial influence. The Quadruple Alliance, in the opinion of the diplomatic corps, was merely the application of the principle adopted in 1830 to a special case. Since that period, France having manifested a lukewarmness and uncertainty in the execution of the above engagement, England determined to have satisfaction for what she considered a breach of good faith ; it is probable that she was anxious to know to what extent she might count upon the assistance of France, for the late seizure of an English vessel, the Vixen, by a Russian brig, is likely to lead to serious con sequences. In other respects this demonstration of coolness on the part of Great Britain had had the desired effect ; and the Camarilla, which continues the exclusive direction of all mat ters of foreign policy, has shown much earnestness in dis avowing any intention of changing the spirit of existing treaties." Advices from Lisbon to the 29th ult. have been received this morning. On the 27th, the QUEEN in person opened the General Cortes, but as' a copy of her MAJESTY'S Speech has already appeared in our columns, we will not again allude to it. The QUEEN was accompanied by the Prince Royal and her Ministers, in their robes of State, and was received with loud applause by the people. As a sample of the gross, and anti-Christian mis-representation of the Tories in whatever relates to the Constitutional Government, we quote the following precious extract from the Correspondent of the Post, relative to the first Legis lative act of the New Cortes : " Whilst discussing in the Cortes, or Sovereign Congress, as it is now called, the nature of the oath which should be administered to the Deputies, it was proposed that they should swear to maintain the Catholic and Apostolic religion,' but it was outvoted ; and the principal opponent was the Minister of Justice, who is a Bishop, under the plea that it was unne cessary, as their religion needed no such protection nor consi deration ; and, about half an hour afterwards, the whole of the Deputies proceeded to the Metropolitan Church, to invoke the assistance of the Holy Ghost to illumine their under standings, so as to enable them the better to perform their Parliamentary duties.' Such is the immoral and sacrilegious manner in which these desperate revolutionists regulate all their public and private proceedings." Here, then, is the Correspondent of a Journal which de nounces the toleration of Catholicism in Ireland in a fit of frenzy, because the Papists of Portugal are too sensible to retaliate by the persecution of Protestantism I It is sa,cri ligious to implore the blessing of GOD without having an ticipated the pious act by a persecution of heretics ! People of England you have here a Specimen of Toryism. The spirit is everywhere the same—Church ascendancy, whether that church be Protestant or Catholic,Christian or Heathen, THE POST-OFFICE. We submit to our readers a most important Return, which will be moved for in the House of Commons to-morrow by Mr. Wallace. It embraces a wide field of useful informa tion—it comes home to the interests, the comforts, and se curity of all classes, who use the Post-office as a medium of communication on matters of business, or on all the more ordinary, but more endearing tics of friendly and family in tercourse. The public are well aware of the temptations held out by the present system of management in all the post-offices of the three kingdoms to idle and dissolute per sons employed therein, to abstract and purloin bills and back-notes from letters, and consequently to break m any more open in search of plunder, thereby getting access to the most delicate questions affecting family arrangements and circumstances, but for which they would remain secret aq the grave. It has often been alleged by Mr. W a ll ace that these practices exist to a fearful extent, and that the delinquents have been allowed to escape exposure and pu nishment, by retiring or dismissal, rather than bring the subject prominently and frequently f orwar d i n courts of law ; which it is alleged is never resorted to b u t i n many gross cases, which would not admit of concealme n t or pAss inn' over. It is evidently the interest of the public that the allegations of the Member for Greenock should be proved, or the contrary. We cannot doubt for a moment that the Returns sought for will be acceded to by Govern ment, and ordered by the 'louse of Co mmons ; b ut we ad vise the public to watch this important matter. Mr. Wal lace has to fight the battle for the people single-handed in all matters relating to the Post-office, and therefore it is their duty to support and encourage him, and see that his exertions are neither thwarted nor o v er b orne b y the igno rance or jealousies of official men. Mr. WALLACE. Returns, in detail, of the number of cases which have occurred from the sth January, 1829, to sth January, 1837, in each year, of letters franked or unfranked, addressed to persons in London, Dublin, or Edinburgh, or which have been applied for through the General Post Offices of those cities, containing money, bills, Bank notes, or ot h er any person property, which have been secreted or purloined b in the employment of the Post Office department, by any been de manded therefrom by private parties as undelivered ; wi t h t h e amount thereof in each case in each year respect i vely ; also the names of the parties who claimed the said letters, with the amount alleged by them to have been lost in each instance ; and if franked, stating the name of the p erson f ranking. " Of the names and situations of all persons dismissed or removed from the Post Office departm en t as a b ove, under the allegation of having purloined or secreted lett ers , f ran k e d or nnfranked, or been concerned therein, containing money, hills, Bank notes, or other property, belonging to private parties, with the amount in each instance, and the name of the indivi dual who claimed the letters, monies, or property said to be lost ; also, a return, as above, of all persons who have actually defrauded the revenue department of the Post Office, or have been accused thereof, and allowed t o ret i re, or been dismissed therefor ; stating, in either case, if th e fi rst o ff ence was visited with removal or dismissal, or if repeated previous thereto. " Of the names and situations of any officers or servants in the Post Office department in Great Britain and Ireland, who have been disthised or removed from the sth January, 1829, to sth January, 1837, with the reasons for their dismissal or removal ; and, in cases where promotion, removal, or superan nuation, has taken place, the period of service, age of the individual, and the amount of salary and income, which he received previous and subsequent to his removal, promotion, or superannuation, to be stated, so as to show the increase or decrease thereof. " Also, the nature of the security taken by the Pest Office regarding the abstracting or purloining monies or other pro perty by those employed therein; stating if the parties be coming sureties arc bound to make good and restore private property, when abstracted or purloined by the servants of the public in that department, or only for their fraudulent acts Tainst the revenue." THE FUNDS-THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We give the subjoined extracts from the New York papers, received this morning, to the 17th January " LATEsT FROM AlExico. —The schooner Ringleader ar rived this morning, from Tampico, whence she sailed on the 30th ult. We have 13_( n favoured with the following letter ; " "famptco, DEC. 15. —Last night many imprisonments took place, on the ground that several of our citizens, joined by nearly all the flavaneros, intended to declare in favour of the former federal Government ; and the battalion of Puebla Viego is said to have been co-operating, and was, therefore, kept under close observation by the Military Commandant. The news of Santa Anna's liberation had not reached Tampico. Bank Shares, 115 Ex-div."' Montreal Papers to the Ilth of January have been received this morning. They state that—" At length some decided steps are about to be taken against the coiners of copper mo coy, who have been so long pursuing their illegal ma nu f a ct ure in that city awl ne i g hbourhood. The Exchange comes from New York 9. !The business transacted in the funds during the whole of yesterday was very limited, and Consols closed at 894 for the Account; opened this morning at 894 ; Money, 891. It now appears that the bills which became due on Saturday have been met with greater promptitude than was anticipated ; .con sequently, all fears of mischief to the commercial community have subsided. Exchequer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 21 23; Bank Stock, 207 20S ; India Stock, 2574 2581. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active continues heavy at 24 it--supposed to be owing to orders having been received yesterday for the sale of the above stock. Passive, 6 7 ; Deferred, MI 1 ; Colombian, 251 ; Mexican, 244 25i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54+; Portuguese, 481; Three per Cents., 30 311. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCIC (From the New York papers, received this morning.) The following is an extract of a message sent to the Se nate by the President of the United States : _ • " Ijnmediately after the passing by the Senate in a former Session of the resolution requ-sting the President to consider the expediency of opening negociations with the Government of Central America and New Granada, for the purpose of effectu ally protecting by equitable treaty, stipulating with them such individuals or companies as might undertake to open a com munication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by the construction of a ship-canal across the Isthmus which connects North and South America, and securing for ever the free and equal right of navigating such canal, to all such nations on the payment of such reasonable tolls as ought to be established_ " An agent was employed to obtain information in respect to the situation and character of the country through which the line of communication, if established, would necessarily pass. The agent returned to the United States in September last, and although the information collected by him is not as full as could have been desired, yet it is sufficient to show that the probability of an early execution of any of the projects set on foot for the construction of the communication alluded to, is not so great as to render it expedient to open a negotiation at pre sent with any foreign Government upon the subject. (Signed) " ANDREW JACKSON." Consols are not so good as they were in the early part of the morning, at 89 for the Account, since which may be qttoted 8914 ; Money 89k. We hear that the Bank and some of the Insurance Com panies do not agree with regard to the price for the dead weight. Exchequer Bills, 26 28 prem. ; India Bonds, 23 21 prem. In the Foreign Market very little business doing—Spanish Active heavy, at 24; Passive, 7 ; Deferred, Ilk ; Portu guese, 47/ ; Three per Cents., 308 ; Columbian, 25i ; Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents., 538 54. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for th e A ccount, 89i ADELHHI TH EATRE.--Another novelty, called The Peacock and the Crow, was produced last night, to afford the " not-to-be-imitated Jim Crow " an opportunity of appearing, if not in a new part, at least in a new situation ; but from the equivocal reception of the piece, owing cer tainly to its very slender merits as a dramatic composition, we should " guess " that no very lengthened period for that purpose can be " calculated" upon. Slight as was the plot, yet was not that plot very clearly developed ; and to this obscurity the return to the old, and we had hoped obsolete, custom of omitting the names of the characters in the play bills not a little contributed. Mr. Rice " aut nigger aut nullus," acquitted himself most happily, both in his real cha racter of Jim Crow, and his assumed one of the Prince. He introduced two or three of his " native wood-notes wild," which were greatly applauded ; indeed, two of them were honoured with encores ; and " Jim Crow," as usual, was repeated four times. Buckstone, Wilkinson, and Miss Daly, also exerted themselves to secure the success of the piece. Last night, at half-past nine o'clock, an inquest was held at Lambeth Workhouse, on the body of Mary Shillingforth, aged 16, who was found drowned in the Thames, near Blackfriar's Bridge, on Friday morning last. The Jury observed it was a very mysterious case. There being no further evidence than the disappearance of the girl from her father's house, without any apparent cause, the Jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned." Last night, at half-past nine o'clock, as Sir Rufane Donkin was proceedinr , in his carriage to the House' of Commons, one of the horses, a fine spirited creature, was killed opposite the Treasury in Whitehall, by the shaft of a cart, driving at a furious rate, passing through his chest. The animal died instantly. Whilst mutual blame and abuse were bandied between the coachman and carter, the latter drove through the assembled crowd : and, notwith standing the efforts of several policemen, succeeded in ef fecting his escape. On Sunday, about three o'clock, the legs and thighs of the female whose mutilated trunk has excited so much anxiety, were removed in a deal box from the neighbour hood of Camberwell to the station-house, Hermitage -street, Paddington, from whence they will no doubt be shortly re moved for interment. The cholera is nearly at an end at Naples, there being now at most three or four cases a day. There has been little or no cold weather here ; latterly it has been very mild, with much rain. This capital, is expected to be very dull, as there is to be no carnival, no masks, no throw ing of sugar-plums, which greatly displeases the people. The poverty here beggars description. It is impassible to stir out at night on foot for fear of being robbed. Tile bakers are obliged every morning to go, out in detachments, escorted by carabineers, otherwise alt their bread would be seized by the half-famished people who come into `town from the Campagna. We arc sorry to hear of the death of Sir Charles Halkett, Bart., of Pitfirrane, at his residence near Dun fermline, in Fifeshire. Sir Charles was, we believe, in his 72d year. He was for some time in the army, but has for many years lived respected as a country gentleman. He was a Captain of the Dunfermline Troop of the Regiment of Royal Fifeshirc Yeomanry Cavalry, and was a Deputy Lieutenant for the county. Admiral Sir Peter Halkett, now commanding on the North American station, his next brother, succeeds to the baronetcy and estate. The NEW FLAT GOLD WATCHES. are offered in double-bottomed engine -turned cases, with vertical movements, for Seven Guineas each, or, with highly-finished hori zontal movements, jewelled and warranted, at Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. N.l3.—The horizontal construction is strongly recommended for its superior accuracy. B 1 11 7' IL On the 25th ult., at Tor Abbey, the lady of 11. G. Cary, Esq., of a son. MARRIF,D. On the 4th inst., at Greenwich, Arr. Keeble, surgeon, to Anne, youngest daughter of the late John Malyn, Esq., of Brasted, Kent. On the 4th inst. at St. Andrew's, Holborn, George Herbert Lewin, Esq., of Great Coram-street, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late J. Friend, Esq. DIED. • On the 3d inst., at 'braeld Park, Lieut.-General Sir Georg° Cooke, K. 8., Colonel of the 40th Regiment. On the 4th inst., aged 78, Sarah, relict of J. Frampton, Esq., of Frome, Somersetshire. On the 30th ult., aged 79, John Willes, Esq., of Hungerford Park, Berks. • On the Ist inst., at Kemp Town, Brighton, aged 59, Miss Ville bois, youngest daughter of the late Wm. Villebois, Esq., of Fel tham place, Middlesex. On the 27th ult., at Thanet, Kent, agedd 6d, Francis, wife of C. Mellor, Esq. • On the 2 d inst., at Stopham House, near Petworth, Walter Smyth, Esq., aged 86. On the 29th ult., at Liverpool, Walter Kemble, Esq., late of the 11th Veteran Battalion. On the 19th ult., at Naples, Wm. Dickinson, Esq., of Kingwes ton, Somerset, aged 66. • On the 27th ult., at Pitfirrane, Fifeshire, N. 8., Sir Charles flalkett, Bart. On the 3d inst., aged 9, Charles, second son of W. Lyall, Esq. , of St. Helen's-place. On the sth inst., Thomas Gabriel Gunter, Esq., of Morton-in the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and late of Cal cu tt a, age d 51. On the 3d inst., at College House, Hammersmith, Frederick Goodwin, Esq., aged 33, late Assistant -Surgeon Ist Life Guards. On the '2lst ult., in Sloane-street, Elizabeth Sarah Justice, relict of J. Justice, Esq., of Justice Hall, Berwickshire. London : Printed and Published by1VIU111)6 YOU - No - , of-I`'o' 112, Strand, at The Slot Office, No. 11 0 , Strand, in the of Middlesex.—Tuesday, February 7, 1837.