The Sun. — London, England, 1837-03-08 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TILE PUBLIC JOURNALS The division last night on Mr. Grote's motion sufficiently proves that the Ballot is advancing rapidly in public estima tion. The numbers were, 153 in favour of the motion, and 265 against it—leaving a majority of 112. Last s car the numbers were 88 and 139. We have no doubt that the friends of the Ballot mustered last year their whole strength ; while many who last night voted against it, not seeing the same necessity on the former occasion, were purposely absent. in 1835 the numbers were, for Mr. Grote's motion, 144; against it, 317 ; adverse majority, 173. Taking 1835 and 1837 as just points of comparison, we find that there has beet) a positive increase of 9 in the minority, and a positive decrease of 52 in the majority—i. e., a gain of 61. Mr. Grote's argu ments appear to us unanswerable. There can be no question that every elector ought to be protected in the free exercise of his vote; and there can, unfortunately, be as little question she, from the dependent circumstances in which the great body of electors in this country are placed, they are con troliCd in the exercise of their franchise. Threats of exelu sive dealing have been held out, intimidation has been extensively resorted to, many electors Lave been induced by intimidation to vote against their consciences, and many have been punished for their conscientious discharge of their duty. We will not waste words in arguing with such as deny that it was intended that those to whom the franchise was communi cated ought to exercise it uncontrolled. But at present it is notorious that voters arc controlled ; that in many cases they view the franchise as a curse ; and that no means of affording them protection in the exercise of their franchise but the Bal lot have eve,. been pointed out. The Report of the Bribery and Intimidation Committee will afford, as Mr. Grote observed, a plentiful harvest to all who wish to obtain evidence of the exercise of undue influence over voters. If, then, it can be shown that no means exist for protecting the voter but the Ballot, and that the Ballot would be effectual for that object, the necessity for resorting to it is established. As far, indeed. as the protection of voters is concerned, we have never heard any valid argument against the Ballot. That in small consti tuencies it might cover corruption has, we know, been con tended, and we can conceive the possibility of organizing a system of bribery, where the constituency amounts only to 200 or 300, through an understanding with some individual in the confidence of the majority, who seight bargain for receiv ing a stipulated sum only in case of a return; but that is only an argument for remedying one of the most glaring defects of the Ref.rm Bill, the suffering small constituencies to exist. The example of clubs sufficiently proves that the higher ranks have themselves no doubt of the efficacy of the Ballot for the concealment of voters ; and it proves, moreover, that they attach very little importance to the argument which many of them use, that it produces falsehood. Do these reasoner! mean to tell us that the thousands of members of the various clubs of the metropolis, who are in the constant practice of balloting, are more addicted to lying than their neighbours? The members of the United Service Club, the Junior United Service Club, the University Club, the Athenaeum, the Re form Club, the Travellers' Club, Brookes's, &c. &c., if there is anything in the argument, ought to be excluded from all decent society, as men in whom mendacious habits have been generated. God forbid that we should for one moment suppose, that, because a member of any of these clubs seeks to vote in secret, that he is one whit more mendacious than his neighbours ; but what an insult is it to our understandings to pretend that what is so obviously ab surd when applied to gentlemen is inapplicable to the mass of electors ? If an individual who has been blackballed by a club so far deviates from the rules of propriety as to ask mem bers how they voted in his case, it is possible he may receive en insincere answer; but who ever urged this as an argument against the Ballot in clubs ? A man of firm character would indeed in such a case answer, " Sir, you have no right to in quire how I voted ;" but in many cases this degree of firmness is not to be counted on. But when the most is made of this argument against the Ballot, from its leading to occasional in sincerity, what does it amount to? " Only this," as Mr. Grote remarked, "that now men spoke truly and voted dishonestly ; but under the Ballot men would speak falsely and vote honestly. Now men were hypocrites to their country : in future, if the Ballot were adopted, they would be only hypocrites to those inti midators who tried to suborn them." The great majority of those who oppose the Ballot are not, we are aware, actuated by the grounds which they profess. The real motive is the per suasion that persons of property ought to command the suf frages of electors, and that electors should have no more inde pendent action than the figures in a puppet-show. We need hardly, however, observe, that the electors themselves will never be reconciled to be moved like puppets by others ; that their feelings must always revolt at the idea of voting for men whom they do not conscientiously believe to be the fittest repre sentatives ; and that it is quite impossible they can much longer submit to the intimidation to which they are now exposed. In many places an election is dreaded as an insupportable evil. The mother of a family dreads the entrance of a canvasser into the house, knowing by sad experience that whether her husband votes for A or B, or refuses to vote, he will suffer in his purse. Why should any class of men be called on to make heavy sacrifices, to violate their consciences, and to expose their families to privations, perhaps to ruin ? Mr. Hodges told the House that "it was impossible longer to shut their ears to the cry which arose from all parts of the country for the Ballot as the means of protecting the elector, and fairly representing the opinions of the nation." This is a matter that truly comes home to men's business and bosoms. We admire, therefore, the pru- dence of Lord Howick in leaving an opening for a change of opinion. " At present," said his Lordship, " he was not con vinced of the necessity of the measure, but he did not say what hereafter might be his views." His Lordship may de pend on it, the electors, whatever differences of opinion they may have on other points, have none on this, and that they will contrive to make their convictions reach the minds of their representatives. Ilis Lordship expressed himself "thoroughly convinced that the evil of intimidation could not go un checked ; that with respect to all parties the abuse of influ ence is the crying evil of the present day—that it must be put down, and he hoped and trusted it would be put down." But how was it to be put down? " By the good sense of the people !" Well might the House exclaim " Oh !" It was about as much to the purpose as if he bad said—thieving is the crying crime of the day—it must be put down by the honesty of the people. Those who are robbed are willing enough to put down thieving. But are the robbers? Doesß.'s good sense expose him the less to the intimidation of the purse-proud tyrannical A. ? This is down right trifling. The conviction that intimidation is really the crying sin of the day, and must be put down, and that no other means than the Ballot can be devised for putting it down, has, we know, made many converts to that mode of stating, and must every day make more. We ourselves know of many who were once hostile to the Ballot, who have been so shocked by the violence offered to the consciences of voters, and the many dreadful consequences which follow open voting in a country like this, in which men in dependent circum stances can he reached in so many ways that they have become satisfied of the absolute necessity of the Ballot. Among those whose opinions have been thus changed we may mention an individual influentially connected with this journal, whose dis inclination to secret voting led him once to oppose the Ballot, but who became satisfied that it was the only means by which the protection of the voter could be secured. We may men tion as a sort of postscript to Mr. Grote's motion, that of Mr. Hardy for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent bribery, &c. at elections. The Learned Gentleman ridiculed the Ballot as a preventive of these abuses. Mr. O'Connell said he would support every proposition of this sort ; but he supposed the Hon. Member for Bradford was making by his speech the amende to those among whom he sat for the vote he had given not five minutes before. This retort excited general merri ment in the House at the expense of the Member for Brad ford, who, it seems, voted in the minority with Mr. Grote in favour of the Ballot. Leave was ultimately given to bring in the Bill, after some good-natured suggestions from Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck, that a clause should be introduced against paying " head-money."—Morning Chronicle. Mr. Gleste last night preached his annual political sermon on the subject of vote by Ballot, Mr. Hodges, one of the Members for Kent, seconded the Hon. Mover's powerful en deavours to produce somnolency among an unwilling audience. It is not to be supposed that we can follow, step by step, the arguments adduced on this, as on former occasions, by the Member for the city of London. They have long ago been seriously discussed and triumphantly refuted; and if the Hors. Gentleman must need.; erect the same sort of post from year to year, we, for our parts, leave him to the exclusive privilege of knocking Isis head against it. We really cannot waste our time in refuting such arguments as those last night urged by Mr. Grote, as, for instance, that if the question were between tyranny on the side of the landlord and duplicity on the side of the voter, duplicity was preferable to tyranny. And again, that not secret, but open, voting was the sure way of making hypocrites ! The Flon. Mem ber further urged, that if small constituencies were liable to corrupt influence under secret voting, that was a good reason for enlarging the constituency, but not for with holding the Ballot Our readers will probably think this suf. ficiently amusing, but Mr. Grote was pleased to be more face tious still. He solemnly assured the House that the voter's right was in his own bosom, and should be exercised by his own free will ; whereupon Mr. O'Connell, by preconcerted understanding - , it is to be presumed, exclaimed " Hear, hear ;" and the gravity of the House could hold out no longer, for the " death's-head and cross bones" were present to the mind of every one, as the indication of free voting, in the O'Connell ite sense of the term. A; we have above intimated, this sort of senatorial wisdom is not of a character to justify any lengthened remark from us. A like opinion was evidently en tertained by the Conservative Members. judging from the dis dainful silence which, almost to a man, they maintained dur ing last night's debate. Indeed, they had but little opportu nity of thrusting in a word, so ludicrously zealous were the Ministers and their supporters in quarrelling among them selves, combating each other's argument, and co-operating ith singular effect fur the destruction of the compact, coa lition, or whatsoever else the Whig - -Radical union may be called. Mr. Poulter, a Radical, expressed his horror of the Ballot ; Mr. Hall, a Radical, having a sheep's eye to Maryle bone, expressed his admiration of the said Ballot ; Mr. El phinstone, who, about to retire from the representation of Ilastings, has recommended Mr. Hollond, for no reason, that we are aware of, but that he has beef up in a balloon, advo cated secret voting on the patriotic ground that no man oug ht to divulge what it is hi s i n t eres t to concea l . M r. Vernon Smith, a member of the Government, opposed vote by ballot for the very sufficient reason that the registration contests would put the matter of political partisanship beyond doubt ; and also, that if this obstacle could be overcome, and the Ballot rendered effective, the now salutary influence of public opinion would be stifled and destroyed. To this Mr. Bernal, a decided Ministerialist, replied, that members were bound to defer to a majority of the lower orders of their constituency ; " for," said the Hon. Gentleman, with more, perhaps, of bonhonanie than of sagacity, "if there is a large part of the con stituency of the country who wish to make this experiment, why not let them try it ?" This odd reasoning brought up a Cabinet Minister, Lord Howick, who, judging .from his speech, indulged a hope of reconciling the diffsrencee among his adherents. His Lordship was, for the present, against the Ballot. He agreed with Mr. Vernon Smith that it would tend to stifle public opinion. He also agreed with Lord Mel bourne that the real evil of the country was party feeling, which, if we mistake not, Lord Juhn Russell and many other eminent Whigs have pronounced to be almost synonymous ith public opinion. The Noble Lord added, with amiable candour, that all parties had bribed and intimidated alike, and that unless the Whigs and Radicals, as well as the Conserva tives, consented to mend their manners, to the Ballot we must of necessity come 1 Mr. Charles Buller suc ceeded Lord Howick, and reproached the Noble Lord and his colleagues with the fact that corruption had in creased since the paseing of the Reform Bill, that counties and cities were now as bad as the shcdules A and B of former times, and that intimidation was the child of the Reform Bill. Lest, however, Lord Howick should ut terly despair at this announcement from one of his systematic supporters, the Member fur Liskeard threw in the consolatory assurance that the aristocracy of this country—the order by which Lord Grey is solemnly pledged to stand or fall—might hold power for a considerable time, f they would consent to govern under the protecting influence of the democracy. This speech made the confusion worse confounded. Mr, Super ficial Rice rose to answer it. He denied that corruption had increased since the Reform Bill, or that intimidation was the child of that Reform Bill, and appealing to Mr. Joseph Miller, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said that, as in a particular country (we wonder O'Connell did not exclaim England) there was no adultery because all the women were in common, so before the passing of the Re form Bill corruption was so general that no place could be particularly charged with it. The Right lion. Gentle man added—and his long Parliamentary experience entitles his opinion to attention—that there is no mode of attaining moral results by legislative means. All this entertaining mat ter was wound up by Mr. Grote (not at first sight a very amusing person) in triumphant style. He knew that he had Lord Howick on the hip, and Mr. Rice in an Irish stew, and he upbraided them both with the altered tone which they had thought it convenient to adopt, and particularly taunted them with making it a question of time and not of principle. With most laughable indignation Mr. Rice rose and declared that he had not " jumped Jim Crow," and Lord Howick as empha tically asseverated that he had not " wheeled about ;" so that both these Ministers being, as all the Ministers are, " honour able men," must be believed consistent, though they have eaten their words with as much disrelish and as many wry faces as Pistol exhibited when he ate his leek.— Times. Mr. Grote, in a speech most lucid and logical in its argu ments, last night brought forward his motion in the House of Commons for the adoption of the Ballot in the exercise of the elective franchise. Few motions have ever been introduced into any deliberative assembly with greater ability and power of reasoning than was evinced by the lion. Mover on this oc casion ; and even if he were less powerfully sustained than he was by subsequent speakers—if he had not a single voice raised in his support—he might confidently defy the collected inge nuity of his opponents, were the whole House of Commons ar rayed against him, to controvert the case which he made out in favour of secret voting. The question, no doubt, is one which has already been so thoroughly discussed, that little or nothing new remained to be advanced; but Mr. Grote, taking up seriatim the arguments urged against the Ballot, and exa mining them in their several bearings, demonstrated their incon sistency, fallacy, and absurdity, so concisely and cogently, that it is impossible for any impartial mind to withhold assent from his conclusions. It would be an injustice to Mr. Grote to give an extract from his speech, for its argument is so ably sus tained throughout, that it can be appreciated only by an atten tive perusal of the whole. He demonstrated that secret voting would conduce to quiet and good order at elections ; that though the free exercise of the franchise was universally ad mitted to be the avowed intention of the Constitution; yet, under the existing system, the free choice was little more than a pretence or an exception, while compulsion was the reality and the rule. To avoid this compulsion many persons forbear registering their votes, lest they might be forced to exercise them against their conscience. Mr. Grote next quoted Lords Melbourne and Brougham as witnesses of the in famous practices which are employed to coerce the elec tors, and also Blackwood's Magazine and the Quarterly Review, which shamelessly inculcate the influencing of the voters by exclusive dealing, not as a justifiable expedient, but as a great moral duty, and asked how it was possible after the multiplied enormities revealed in the Report of the Intimidation Committee, that any man sincerely desirous of giving freedom and protection to the exercise of the elective franchise, could conscientiously refuse a concurrence in the proposition for the adoption of the Ballot. Mr. Grote was peculiarly successful in exposing the hypocrisy and baseness of those who affect to oppose the Ballot on the ground of its lead ing to false promises on the part of the electors, who might engage to vote one way, and, under cover of the Ballot, break their word and vote the contrary. Better, said he, to break a promise unduly exacted by an individual, than be tray a right affecting the most sacred interests of the country ; boldly acknowledging at the same time that if he were called upon to choose between successful false hood and successful tyranny, much as he abhorred the former he should prefer it to the latter as the less of two evils. The Ballot would create no new hypocrites, as those only who now vote contrary to their conscience would, under its protection, be enabled to vote contrary to illegiti mate dictation ; and the uncertainty of securing a vote by a bribe, and the impossibility of marking the independent elec tor as a victim for persecution, would lead to the speedy aban donment of such unjust and atrocious practices. Mr. Grote was heard throughout, and by an unusually full House upon such a question, with the utmost attention, and sat down, after speaking for nearly an hour and a half, amid loud and repeated cheers—cheers most amply deserved, not only on ac count of the general ability of the speech, but of the consis tency of its author, and of his determined perseverance, in spite of every discouragement and opposition, in bringing for ward a question of such vast importance to the rights and good government of the people. The arguments used upon the the other side of the question were of the most futile, vain, and reasonless description, as all arguments must prove which arc contrary to truth, justice, and right. The exhibition of talent thrown away which would have shone in the advocacy of a better cause—of ingenious sophistry which might have been better applied — and of antiquated prejudice in support of innumerable proved iniquities—was only shorn of its me lancholy opposition to just right and sound principle by the evident fact that the opponents of the Ballot felt their discom fiture, and though speaking and voting against the measure, did so more faintly than upon any previous occasion. Lord Howick was scarcely ever heard to less advantage than last night ; and the same observation is applicable to all the other. speakers upon his side of the question. Not one of them could grapple either with the facts or arguments so ably ad duced by Mr. Grote, and supported and illustrated by Mr. Hodges, Mr. Hall, Mr. Buller, and Dr. Lushington ; and although the result of the debate was unfavourable to the friends of the Ballot, we can nevertheless see, in the growing modera tion of the tone of its opponents, an evident certainty that the day is not far distant when they will either surrender their opposition voluntarily, or be compelled, for their own safety, to have recourse to the very means of protection which the) , now spurn with so much aristocratic disdain. The numbers upon the division were— For Mr. Grotes's motion .. 153 Against it Majority ll2 Upon the division last year the numbers were— For the Ballot Against it Majority —6l So that this year, although the majority has increased from 51 to 112, the minority has increased in almost an equal ratio— distinctly proving that the question has not only largely gained ground in the House of Commons, but that the question in future to be debated is not a question of principle, but a ques tion of time. Subtracting, in fact, the votes of the Tories, who mustered in great strength, from those which constituted the fair strength of the opposing Administration, the motion may be said to have had a splendid triumph in the addition of no fewer than 63 Members to the 88 who had previously voted for it. 'I he announcement of the numbers on both sides was received with loud and long-continued cheering ; but more strongly on the part of the advocates of the Ballot than on that of it opponents. To-morrow we shall endeavour to furnish an analysis of the division. —Morning Advertiser. Lady Theodosia Rice and family are recovering from an attack of measles at Mount-Trenchard, Ireland. The election of Lord Rector of Aberdeen has ter minated in the election of Lord Lyndhurst. We have accounts from St. Domingo to the 14th January. An atrocious crime had been recently committed on the south coast of that republic. A small vessel, having several men on board, and bearing the Swedish flag, had ap peared at a short distance from Petit Trou, where several ves sels were at anchor. The men composing the crew, during the night, boarded one of the vessels, pillaged it, and mas sacred all the people they found on board. Their cries were distinctly heard, but no one ventured to their assistance, fear ing they should experience the same fate. The Tories talk of trying to persuade Mr. Stirling of Glasgow to come forward as a candidate for the represen tation of Greenock. If Mr. Stirling has a grain of sense he will pray to be saved from his forward and foolish friends. MAD S HEEP.-A dog, which there is dreat — ren: son for supposing to be mad, recently got among a flock of 90 sheep, belonging to Mr. John Pring, of Cornish Farm, near Taunton, and was seen to run after and biting several of them. The symptoms of injury to the animals have been recently unequivocal, and many of them proving to be mad. —Bath Chr, aide. --- • Mr. I'Lti rPTfttE.—A correspondent who dates from IZarnsgate calls upon Mr. Plumptre " to resign that seat which he has obtained by deception or forfeited by apostacy." He is bound by every feeling of honour and delicacy to relin quish the scat which he now usurpingly holds.—Kent Herald. The new palace of Prince William of Prussia, the King's son, was broken into by thieves, at Berlin, on the night of the 23d of February, and robbed of some silver to the amount of about ha. The burglers had calculated upon a much larger booty, but were unable to force the strong boxes in which it was contained. This occurrence is curious for its au dacity, for Berlin, in which it took place, is itself like a large barrack, filled with soldiers, to say nothing of the police, who swarm there. The Prince's palace, too, stands in the most exposed part of the town, being opposite the academy, near the opera, and within sight of the King's house and the ar senal. Every other door in that quarter has sentinels outside it, and there could not be less than 20 or 30 of these armed watchmen within call, when this occurrence took place. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C.F. 12 5 Ditto, at iight Rotterdam " U. 5- Antwerp... ..............'l.l3.Hamburg Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 00 Ditto ....... ....... ..... 2 Us 25 90 Marseilles Frankfort OH Maine, Ex. 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Nrorning ..... minutes after 3 Evening 4 minutes after 4. HAMBURGH, FEB. 2S, 1537. ALL those who may have to write to us are re quested to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, IN lIAMBURGII ; but neither the denomination BANKERS, or LOTTERY CON TRACTORS, or MERCHANTS, nor any other, is required on the Address ; and Letters directed HEINE BROTHERS, IN HAMBURGII, without any further remarks or description, will do for any Branch of our multifarious Business. We beg further to observe, that a Letter with one enclosure doubles the postage only, but several en closures would by far increase the same; thus 251. 50/, or 100/., for instance, if remitted in one Bank of England Note would only cause double postage ' • but 201. remitted in two Ten-pound N o t es , or Four Five-pound Notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is, therefore, most advisable for those having to remit money to Hamburgh to forward the amount, whenever possible, in One Note, or One Check, or one Bank Post Bill, &c. &c. The same is advisable on receiving Money from Hamburgh. Of course, large sums, amounting to some or many thousands may rather be remitted in Bills of Exchange. All those having to give any Orders for such Branches of our Business as must be executed early in MARCH are requested to lose no time in forwarding the same. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. ~ ~ ~ C7v ~Y 'r~~~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1837. In the House of Lords last night, amongst the petitions on Church-rates, was one presented by Lord BROUGHAM, signed by 6,000 persons, many of them Churchmen, praying for a total repeal of the imposition. The merits of the Church-rate Bill, now before the other House, were then incidentally canvassed with considerable eagerness by Lords ELLENBOROUGH and ASHBURTON. Lord MELBOURNE, however, refused to answer isolated questions ; nor would he suffer himself to be dragged into the discussion prematurely, and before the Ministerial measure was fully before the House. The Bishop of EXETER having expressed a hope that Lord BROUGHAM would not less regard the rights of lessors than those of lessees, the Noble and Learned Lord said that the Government proposition, in its fundamental principles, was in no respect whatever against right, or jus tice, or principle. That part of the Bill, however, which regarded the lessees of the Church was bad. He was of opinion that it ought to be left optional to them to renew with the customary fines. With a view to the amendment of the statutes of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a Bill was pre sented by Lord RADNOR, and read a first time. The Scotch and Irish Vagrants' Bill was read a second time, after which their Lordships adjourned. In the House of Commons some Railway Bills were advanced a stage ; the Portsmouth Railway Bill was lost by a majority of 33 against the second reading. Several questions relative to Foreign affairs were seve rally answered by Lord PALMERSTON and Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE. A great number of petitions from various places in England and Ireland were presented in favour of voting by Ballot. Mr. GROTE then brought. forward again his mo tion for leave to introduce a Bill, to provide for the Elec tion of Members to serve in Parliament by means of Ballot. The motion was seconded by the Liberal Mem ber for West Kent—a district in which, it is notorious, the foul influences pretty plenarily prevail. A long debate ensued, which we have alluded to else where. On a division, the numbers were-153 for, 265 against, the motion. Leave was given to Mr. HARDY to bring in a Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Bribery and Corruption in the election of Members to serve in Par liament. On the motion of Lnrd MORPETII, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the operation of the Educa tion Commission in Ireland, with reference to tho instruc tions given to the Board of Commissioners, and the terms of the Commission. Some documents regarding Railroad Bills were ordered, on the motion of Mr. WARataToN. Mr. ROEBUCK then obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the issuing of writs for the election of a Member of Parliament in cases of lunacy ; after which the House adjourned at a quarter past one. A conversation on the Ministerial plan for abolishing Church-rates took place last night in the House of Lords, which is worthy of notice, chiefly on account of the attempt made by the Bishop of EXETER to entrap Lord BROUGHAM into a condemnation of the measure. The Noble and Learned Lord had expressed a doubt of the propriety of that part of the plan which deprived Church lessees of the option of not renewing their leases till the last year, or eve ❑ of letting them expire, without being subjected to any loss by so doing. This was eagerly laid hold of by the Right Rev. Prelate, who wished to enlist Lord Baoucrikm at once among the opponents of .the measure, under covert of protecting the rights of the lessors as well as the lessees. Old birds are ❑ot to be caught with chaff, and certainly HENRY BROUGHAM is not a man to be caught in the snares of lIENay PIIILLPOTTS, artful, or, if he likes the expres sion better, " wise in his generation," as he may be. Lord BROUGHAM saw at once the drift of the Bishop, and dispelled the ray of hope that seemed to have shot across his Right Reverend mind, by the following expres sion of his opinion, which will, we are sure, be gratifying to the public. " If," said the Noble and Learned Lord," the Right Rev. Prelate meant by justice to the lessors a re sistance or opposition to the measure as it was under stood to be founded, he (Lord BilouGHA would only say that he had directed his attention about three or four years ago to another subject, in many particulars the same, both in that House, and in conjunction with his then colleagues in the Administration ; and that on the fullest consideration, viewing the rights and the interests of all parties, they came to a clear and unhesitating, but nevertheless a deliberate opinion, that the right of the lessors would not be ire paired, and that justice would not be sacrificed lay the prin ciple of the measure. He would say with great diffi (knee—a diffidence becoming in any person when the subject was so important, that the case as regarded its justice was perfectly clear, and from the best opinion he was able to ar rive at, it appeared to him that the measure, in its fundamental principles, and with the exception alluded to respecting the lessees, was peifeetly consistent with riuht, justice, and principle." Let not the Tories, after this, claim the great authority of Lord BROUGHAM as a weapon wherewith to destroy a measure which is invulnerable by any weapons of their own. We perceive that some of their public organs have already, with their usual want of principle, attempted to do this ; but what is there that men will not do who follow no guides but selfishness and faction ? As to the point which gave rise to the discussion, we shall not give any opinion until we have the materials of forming that opinion before us, and we would recommend the Lords to follow the same course. With all due defe rence we think it rather premature for their Lordships to commence discussing the details, or even the principles, of a measure which has not yet passed through its prelimi nary stage in the Commons. Though Mr. GROTE'S motion on the Ballot was nega tived last night in the House of Commons, yet the minority in its favour was so great, compared to what it was last year, as to satisfy all who possess the slightest foresight, that the time is fast approaching when it must be carried. An addition of upwards of sixty to the number of its usual supporters, is an unerring indication of the speedy triumph of the question. Then as regards the petitions—these are equally significant. Where one was presented last year, ten have been presented this ; and the language of each is become just as decided and resolute, as before it was tame and cold. For this the Tories have to thank themselves. It is from their electioneering chicanery that the Ballot has received its strongest impetus. They have brought it to its present adult state. It is the offspring of their loins, as surely as the Irish National Association is the egg of Lord LYNDHURST'S hatching. Does any man doubt this ? Let him read the Report of the Intimidation Committee, where he will find the most flagrant proofs of Tory tampering with purity of election staring him in the face in every page. But, observes Mr. PouLTER, this Report is not to be implicitly relied on. Indeed! Then what are the statements on which reli ance is to be placed ? The Report in question was drawn up with the most scrupulous care—it was no crude or hastily concocted production, manufactured to serve a par ticular purpose—but was strictly founded on the exami nation of a host of unimpeachable witnesses who attended from all parts of the kingdom. Whig, Tory, and Radical alike bore testimony to the evils of the present electioneer ing system ; some reluctantly enough, but all proved by their evidence that the Ballot was an indispensable pro tection. Many a man has been hanged at the Old Bailey where the weight of testimony against him was infinitely less heavy ; yet the Report founded on such irresistible data, Mr. POULTER declares to be inconclusive. Assuredly this is scepticism with a vengeance I Mr. GROTE'S speech on introducing the question was shrewdly and forcibly reasoned. He coloured nothing—he omitted nothing—but dealt with plain facts and unvarnished argument. The consequence was, that few Members at tempted to reply to him, and the few who did, succeeded about as well as Colonel SII3THORP when he essays the facetious, or Mr. BORTHWICK when he played Othello at the Surrey. Of Lord HOWICK we think well, and would fain speak respectfully ; but we cannot disguise our opinion that his speech last night was not an answer to Mr. GROTE, but a virtual evasion—a studious begging of the question ; see- Sawing between the pros and cons—now throwing a sop to the Tories, and now to the Reformers. Had his Lord ship's opposition been bold and unhesitating, we should have appreciated it more highly—for we like a strait forward enemy—but it was anything but this, being throughout little better than a mere apology on the part of the speaker, for not exactly knowing his own mind. " He did not deny," he said, " that there might be some advantages attending the introduction of the vote by Ballot ; but they should endeavour to compare its advantages and disadvantages ; they should balance the two fairly together, and make up their minds un the result of the cutnpari son. After having given the best consideration in his power to this important subject, he confessed in his opinion the dis advantages still preponderated ; he did not say what might hereafter be his opinion, but fur the present he was not con vinced of the necessity of the measure proposed." This is an adroitly balanced sentence, which, stripped of its ver biage, means neither more nor less than that if the de mand for the Ballot becomes more general than it is just now, Lord HowicK will veer round and support it, but till then, he will oppose it. Now, why, instead of doubting and hesitating, could not his Lordship have given a decided opi nion at once on the subject ? Does he expect that the ne cessity for the Ballot will be more apparent next year, than it has been for the last few years ? Impossible Bribery and corruption can never be carried to a greater extent than they have been, nor can intimidation become more general. As for arguments, there can be no new ones urged to enlighten his Lordship's faculties ; for the Ballot is a practical, common-sense question, and the stock of logic requisite to elucidate such subjects is necessarily limited. However, be this as it may, it is a point gained for the Ballot, to find that one of his Majesty's Government is only " for the present" averse to it. A voucher like this is an auspicious omen of the future. It is the first getting in of the wedge, which a few after strokes will be sure to drive home. Mr. VERNON SMITH made a very silly speech—such a speech as is not often made even on the Tory side of the House, where Messrs. BORTIIWICK, TENNENT, and SIB THORP, cut conspicuous figures." He could not conceive," he observed, " that any man would imagine but that the vote given in public, before the public, and for a public man, was infinitely more independent than the vote given in a private society." Really, this is wretched quibbling ! Has the Hon. Member never heard of Carlow and Long ford, where votes ware given with all the publicity he so highly praises, but where they were given under the direct influence of Tory despots, and were consequently the very reverse of independent? But it is useless to say more on this head ; nor indeed should we have noticed Mr. SMITH'S speech at all, except from a generous wish to do justice to its amazing foolishness. Mr. BERNAL announced himself a reluctant convert to the Ballot—a striking proof, among numerous others we could mention, of the rapid advance this great question is yearly making. But of one thing we are convinced—namely that it will never triumph, if the people do not make a vigorous de monstration in its favour. They must still continue to agitate, or it will assuredly drop to leeward. Mi nisters, it is plain, are not unwilling to give it a favourable consideration, inasmuch as their former de cided " No" has been softened down into a "if you please, I'd rather not ;" still they can do nothing with it, if the people do not accord them their enthusiastic and unanimous support. It gratifies us to state that the numbers last night in favour of the Ballot, were nine more than they have ever yet been since the passing of the Reform Bill. The Paris Journals of Monday state that on Sunday morning a Cabinet Council was held to examine a project of law prepared by M. PERSIL, the Keeper of the Seals, for regulating the liberty of the person. M. PERSIL pro= poled that a power should be vested in the Crown of seizing and banishing all persons found in Paris suspected of treasonable conspiracies, without going through the troublesome, and, in his opinion, very unnecessary prelimi nary of a trial by a jury of their Peers. The arguments employed by M. PURSIL in recommending such a simple mode of exterminating treason have not unfortunately been made public; but we think it would not be difficult to form a tolerable conception of them. He began, of course, by reminding the Cabinet that the result, as regarded the suspected persons, would be precisely the same ss now ; his distinguished colleague, M. GASPARIN, having pro vided against the possibility of acquittal by the new system of bribing juries and suborning witnesses. Here then there would be a clear saving of time, of trouble, and even of perjury, which under the present system was un necessarily wasted. In the next place, his project was a most important im provement upon the sanguinary principle of the law of treason ; for though it was possible that some few innocent persons might incur banishment, the guilty would be al lowed to quit Paris with their heads on their shoulders. The farce of a Jury system was all very well when the Go vernment was weak, and when it was necessary to respect the feelings and prejudices of men of antiquated ideas ; but now Ministers had the majority of both Chambers at their back, and armed with such a law as he proposed, could make short work with his MAJESTY'S enemies—whether newspaper writers or infernal machine contrivers. But whether M. PERSIL employed these arguments, which are not unsuited to the shallow understanding of a fifth-rate lawyer and a flippant parasite, or had recourse to others more to his immediate purpose, his Colleagues, one and all, shrunk from the responsibility he sought to impose upon them. The bright project was rejected, and, in consequence, a rumour prevailed of M. PLltsn's resignation of the Seals. Now there is really no fear of such a loss happening to the Cabinet. PERSIL is not a man of such nice honour as to give up the emoluments of office, because his colleagues happen to have no very high opinion of his prudence or his probity. Nor would the KING readily part with a servant who studies only to make himself use ful and agreeable, and cares very little for country, con science, or character. Infernal machines, on the plan of FiEscites, have been discovered by the police of Darmstadt and Brussels. The possessor of the first committed suicide. He was a Ger man. The contriver of the machine found in Brussels is a Frenchman, and is now in custody. The following most extraordinary paragraph is copied from a Journal published at Lyons. It has created quite a sensation among the police of Paris : " Au extraordinary fact, which is of a nature to give rise to serious reflections, took place at the Hotel Dieu of our city. A young man, about 26 years of age, a journeyman confec tioner, had been brought there to be treated for an attack of acute rheumatism. This young man having learnt, either by the attendants or from a journal, of the arrest and suicide of Champion, immediately became violently agitated, and his complaint flying to hi s b ra i n , h e was rendered delirious. While in this state, he said that, as Champion was dead, it was his turn next to attempt to assassinate the King. He went on giving circumstantial details of some regicidal asso ciation, of which, from his remarks, it would appear that he was a member. He at length expired, but without giving any further particulars. Whether the news operated on his mind, which was predisposed to become deranged, and caused the above remarks, or whether the disease was actually brought on by his agitation at finding himself placed in such a situa tion, must now remain undecided. The first idea appears the most probable; the only circumstance which would induce a belief of the latter is, that the young man had lately visited Paris, during which time he might have enrolled himself in some society of the kind above alluded to. The police have taken all the particulars of the affair, and the depositions of those parties who were present at the time." The accounts from Bayonne are of the 2nd inst. A courier from Madrid had arrived in that town with a mil lion of francs fur the army of the North. 30,000 dollars were for the British Auxiliary Legion, being the second sum to the same amount received at San Sebastian within one month. Annexed are the only reports we find in these journals relative to the great Christino expedition, which is likely never to take place if the matter be left to ESPARTERO. We strongly suspect the loyalty of this officer : The Sentinelle of the 2d, received this morning, continues to complain bitterly of the inactivity of the Queen's Generals, and can attribute it only to their disagreements with each other. But the following accounts, which we have from the same source, would seem to announce that they at length think of commencing operations : " The Generals who command the army of the North have sent a note to the Spanish General-in-Chief, informing him that they have prepared every thing that is necessary to begin operations. " A person who arrived from Bilbao on Tuesday evening., stated that Espartero was to march the preceding day towards Durango, at the head of 20,000 men. " A - bargain had just been made between Espartero and the contractors for the daily supply of 40,000 rations for three months, beginning on the Ist of March. " The Pretender has just ordered a new contribution, which will be levied in the provinces ; he also enjoins the inhabi tants to abandon their villages immediately on the approach of the Queen's troops; those villages in which these orders are not executed will he burnt by his troops." The Journal de Paris says that it is true that M. Thicrs is going to London ; he will pass some time on a visit to Mr. Ellice, formerly Minister of War, and son-in-law to Lord Grey. The illness of Messrs. Pasquier and Simeon delays indefi nitely the affair of Meunier and the law of " non.revelation." —Journal du Commerce March 6. FRENCH I'UNDS.—PA RIF, MARCH 6. Five per Cents., 109 f. 55c. 60c. 7tlc. 50c. Four and a Half per Cents. 103 f. Four per Cent., 100 f. 75c. Three per Cents., 79f. 40c. 35c. 45c. 40c. Rank Actions, 2,405 f. ftente de Naples, 9Sf. 50c 55c. 60c. Roman Five per Cents., 1024 y 4. spaiiish onl.o‘. Spanish Dilferes, 11 Spanish Passives. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103. Brussels Society, 1,:.60f. 11Rytiall LO4l, 360 f. EXCHANGE. ON LONDON. One month, paper, —c. —c. ;" money, 251. 3•?V,c. Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, '2sf. I 2 ~c —COSTS AuthentiQue. BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.—Little business was done in the French stocks, which closed at pretty nearly the same prices as on Saturday. The Spanish Actives, after being sold at 26i, closed at 26y. It was reported that a letter from General spartero, dated the 27th ult., had been received in Paris, announcing that on that day the first division of his army was to enter Durango, and that he would follow the movement with the rest of his forces on the 28th. Others believed that the military opera. tions had not commenced until the sth instant. The rumour of a change in the Spanish Cabinet seemed to gain credit. M. Ferrer was again spoken of as the successor of M. Nlendi zabal in the Financial Department, but it appealed almost cer tain that Count Almadovar had accepted the War-office. . - - LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 109 f. 75c. Three per Cents. 79f. 55c. Bank Actions, 2,405 f. Bente de Naples ' 99f, - Roman Five per Cents., 102%. Belgian Loan, 103. Brussels Bank, 1,415 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 31N. Spanish Actives, 20%. Spanish Passives, 7N, New Differes, 11;4. Belgian Society, 1,56 Cf. MA RRI ED.—At Christchurch, Marylebone, James, second son of the late Mr. J. Russell, of Goswell-road, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. Simpson, of New-street, Dorset. square. CITY, TUESDAY.—The demand for money for com mercial purposes is evidently becoming less severe in the city, and there were, we think, well-grounded hopes that the diffi culties which have now for some time existed, will speedily pass away. The foreign exchanges wear a firm appearance this afternoon, and may in fact be quoted the turn better.__.. 211,rning Paper. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, No. 111.—130 z has commenced a series of papers in the March Number of this humourous publication, entitled the " Pantomime of Life," rich in the peculiar aptitude for scrutinizing the foibles of humanity, for which the author is deservedly notorious. The comic and the pathetic are equally perceptible in his masterly touches of vicious senelity and youthful recklessness, and the whole article may be regarded as one of Hogarth's satires re modelled into prose. We hare seen nothing from the same prolific pen more satisfactory in all respects, and this we say with his second chapter of " Oliver Twist" figuring almost beside it. Cruikshank's illustration of " Oliver's" escape from a threatened apprenticeship to a sweep is admirable. Morier has a capital story relating Hajji Baba's Last Mission to Eng land, which is excellently worked out. " The Old Sailor" spins a humourous yarn, in his very best style, called " Nights at Sea ;" Maxwell's " Devil and Johnny Dixon" is equal to the best thing of the same writer's former admirable stories. The " Little Bit of Tape," by Lieutenant Johns, does hint great credit ; and Jerdan brings his jokes out with great point in " Hippothanasia." The " Memoir of Samuel Foote," with a superbly executed engraving from Sir Joshua's pic ture at the Garrick, is worthy of high and special commen dation. Nor must we omit to mention Cruikshank's very able coadjutor " Phiz," who with Lover and the insurpassable George himself, form a trio that throw all other periodical " pencillers" into irredeemable obscurity. We thought Bent ley's first Number could not again have been equalled, but this excels it.—News. Sir Edward Sugden and his family are residing at Boyle Farm, the beautiful villa near Richmond, purchased by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman some years ago from Lord De Ros, who inherited the property from his mother, the late Baroness de Ros, the lady of Lord Henry Fitzgerald. Yesterday morning a little boy, four years of age, the son of Edward Wins, one of the constables employed on the Greewich railway, was burned to death under the follow ing circumstances. The mother of the deceased, who lives at No. 14, White's.grounds, Horsleydown, left her child by himself in her apartmect, where there was a fire, while she went to see the execution of the convict Pegsworth, and dur ing her absence it appears the boy, while playing with lighted pieces of paper, set fire to his clothes. His screams brought some of the inmates of the house to his assistance, and on forcing open the door, the poor little fellow was found writh ing on the floor in the greatest agony, with the whole of his dress consumed to a state of tinder, his flesh in many places being burned completely black. Ile was directly taken to Guy's Hosbital, but expired nearly as soon as he arrived there. An inquest will be held on the body. The executors and trustees under the will of the lats Sir John Soane have refused to make themselves partici cipators in-the testator's feelings, by taking upon themselves the trusts conferred on th em b y t h at d ocument, w hi ch conse quently remains unproved. Mr. Soane, the heir-at-law, has, under the advice of several advocates of the Ecclesiastical Court, entered a caveat against the admission of the testa mentary paper, on the plea of insanity. He has left a great number of small annuities, and after the death of all thelega tees, he has l e f t a M r. F oxall res i duary legatee. This in dividual, who is a respectable tradesman, is in no degree re lated to or connected with Sir John. The majority of the le gatees have expressed a desire to see the family property, which amounts to nearly 200,0001., restored to Sir John's own family CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR nas occupied the whole morning with the arguments on the minutes in the case of Goodson and Ellice. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) GRISSELL V. THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY. In this case it will be recollected an application was made on behalf of the plaintiff for an injunction to restrain the noble defendant from using certain stables that he had erected at the hack of Fenton's Hotel, on the ground that they were a great nuisance, and calculated greatly to injure that establish ment. The stables, it appeared, were on the second floor, and the noise of the horses going up to them so much rnnoyed the inmates of the hotel as to have caused the present lessee to refuse to renew his lease. Upon the case corn:rig on before the Court, his Honour thought an ac tion ought to be brought to try the question of nuisance. On that action coming en before the Court of Common Pleas, Sir Frederick Pollock, after the examination of several witnesses, admitted the nuisance, but contended that the plaintiffs, at reversioners of Mr. Peto, had no right to bring the action. Mr. KNIGHT this morning renewed his application for the injunction to restrain the noble defendant from using the stable in question, and to prevent him from non-suiting the plaintiff, on the ground that he had no right, as reversioner, to bring the action. His Ho!court, after hearing the case at considerable length, granted the injunction, restraining the use of the stables, but declining to interfere with the proceedings at law. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY, PALMER V. GRAVRS.—JUDG.MENT. Lord LANGDALE gave judgment upon a point, reserved in this case, as to whether the testator had, by his will, charged all his real estates with the payment of his debts. Ills Lordship was of opinion there was no such general charge, and made the ordinary decree for the marshalling of assets. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY). NEW COURT. SENTENCES UPON THE PRISONERS. The Sessions having terminated, the Recorder entered the New Court, in order to pass sentence upon those prisoners who had not received judgment on the day of trial. The following received the awful sentence of Death Edith Taylor, alias Rugg, Charles Cockett, and Washington Yarrow, for burglary. Transported for Life.—Mary Wilson, E. Wilson, Mary Ann Brady, Eliza Bailey, C. Bradfield, John Taylor, T. Fir man, J. Gardner, and J. Jenkins. For Fourteen Years.—G. Taylor, Catherine Muncewell, A. Hawkes, John Taylor, and John Thomas. Thirty-six were sentenced to be transported for seven years. A great number were adjudged to hard labour in the House of Correction for terms varying from 2 years to 10 days, and several of them ordered to be kept a portion of time in solitude. Others were sentenced to be privately whipped, and the judgments upon some were respited until the next Sessions. The Court then adjourned to Monday, the 2d of April next. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. DEAL, NlAacir 7.—Wind N.B. light airs. —Arrived the Regatta, Blany, from Belfast ; and the London, --, from Bridport. The Elizabeth, Whitmore, from Jamaica to Lon don, and an American barque, are at anchor off' the South Foreland. PoaTsmourn, MARC!! 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Snake, from the Eastward ; and the Quebec, from New York for London, sailed Feb. 1 1. PLYMOUTH, MARC!! 7.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Her. cules steamer, from London. FALMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Variable light airs.—No arrivals. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—Variable light airs.—Arrived the Perseverance, Adams, from Cadiz. DUBLIN, MARcu s.—Arrived the Emerald, Tuck, London. HULL, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Edward, Fairburn, frona Gottenburg. MARYPORT, MARCH s.—The Stamper was got off this morning and into the harbour. KIRK — WALL, FFn. 27.—The stern of a boat with George d Aberdeen, James Simpson, and some cabin boards, and pieces of Pork, have been driven on shore in the Island of Eday during the week. The Favourite, of Workington, has been got off, and is now going fast for Workington, and is expected to be got safe intro harbour this tide. THE FUNDS.-(TELISDAY., CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails and ship letters from Bombay, Nov. sth, and New York, Feb. 12th, by the Quebec. We have New York papers to the 12th Feb., from which we take the following extracts :—. " Buenos Ayres papers to the 29th Nov. contain a remon strance by the British Consul General in Peru, addressed to the Commander of the Chilian squadron on the Peruvian coast, complaining of the interruptions and alarms occasioned to Bri tish commerce. " The Argentine Republic seems to enjoy great tranquillity. The civil wars in the Banda Oriental had been brought to a successful issue, and the inaurgents dispersed. " Stocks in New York were very firm, and in some descrip tions the operations were very great. About 25 hundred shares of the United States Bank were sold principally at 117 cash, and 117 i to 118 on time. Over three thousand Dela ware sold at from 91 to 93—a good deal doing in Morris and other stocks, all of which were firm. The Money Market is without any change, but there is no pressure. A little later news is received from Florida. It appears that the celebrated chief called Jumper, and the Negro, Abraham, have been captured. We are favoured with uncommon fine weather. Exchange 9} to 10. " MONEY-This all. engaging topic has been of more than ordinary interest this week. At the commencement, Bills on England rose so rapidly, and the calls for specie from Europe and Philadelphia were so loud, that great fears were enter tained that we should have had another pressure. The offer ings at the Bank have fallen off very materially, and there is more disposition to discount ; consequently the pressure has not been great. All the first-rate notes within the Bank limit have disappeared from the street, and those of long date are taken at 1 to 1. per cent. a month. " SPEClE.—Wall.street has been in commotion this week. The Banks in Philadelphia have called from here about seven hundred thousand dollars, and full half a million of dollars have been shipped to Europe. That portion that has gone to Philadelphia is, a part of it, on its way back already. New York is not in debt to any portion of our country as to ex ports. We have received 330,000 dollars from Mexico, and at New Orleans 900,000 dollars have been received. so that the balance is in favour of this country. " ExcumsoE—Foreign.—We have had a week of more than ordinary interest. Bills on England have been advancing until they have got up to 110 i, w hich is full If per cent. in favour of specie shipments. It however happens that silver is the only coin that will answer to ship—viz., Mexican dol lars to England, and five franc pieces and half dollars to France. The Bank, when called on, pay foreign gold, which compels shippers to pay a premium of about one per cent. on silver, which, with the trouble of shipping, makes it equiva lent to Bills. Exchange is now down to 110, but it still ranges too high." TILE FUNDS. Everything continues perfectly tranquil in the city respect ing commercial affairs ; but we are rather dull iu respect to information from the north of Spain. Consols closed yesterday buoyant at 90f for the Account, and 90 for Money—opened this morning at 901 for the Ac count, and 90,+ for Money Little business doing as yet. Exchequer Bills 26 28 prem. ; India Bonds 23 25 ; Ba nk Stock, 207 208. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active closed at 25—im proved this morning to 251 ; Portuguese, 484- 49 ; Three per Cents., 311- 32 ; Dutch Two-and- Half per cents., 53+ The New York Journal of Commerce gives the following —" Commerce of New York. We are now enabled to pre sent our readers with a statement in round numbers of the value of goods imported into the city from foreign countries during the entire year of 1836, in contrast with those of 1935, ,showing an increase of 30,000,000 dollars. It Kill be observed, however, that during the last quarter o f the year there was no increase. Value of imports into No w York, 83,000,000 in the year 1835; in the year 1836► 118,000,000. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The intelligence from Buenos Ayres in the American papers received this morning is not of so late a date a 3 pre viously received, but they confirm the former accounts. The accounts from I3ombay are of an old date. FUNDS. Commercial affairs have resumed a brighter appearancel and money is mor e easy , w hi c h can b e o b ta i ne d on Stoc k an ° Exchequer Bills. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning 9011 4 reached 901 f or th e A ccount ; at present t h ey are not gote so good, and may be quoted 9041- ' • Money, 90-k• FA chequer Bills, 28 26 29 prem. ; India Bonds, 25 26 prem. ; Bank Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 25-,3-I—this improve ment is owing to their coming f rom P ar i s ?,- per cent. higher ; Passive, 7 74 ; Deferred, 101 11 ; Portuguese, 483- 49; Three per Cents., 3171 32 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per GOIAS., 531 it According to private i n f ormat i on rece i ve d t hi s mor ning,_ a was expected that G enera l Espartero's advanced guard els reached Durango on th e I s t i nst . ; we may , t h ere f o re, expect to boar of the combined attack on the Carlists. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for ti) Account 903 it. Last night, at half -past eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in St. Giles's workhouse. Immediately that it was Tie covered the inmates were called up to render assistance. parish engine was p rompt l y got into action, and informatioe was sent to the various fire-engine stations. In a shor t tun l a number we re on t h e spot, and there being an excellen t suPy i r o 0. of water, the flames were extinguished by a quarter past twe The new M as t er o f t h e H orse t o hi s Excellency t" Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in the place of William Esq., resigned to the [lon. Captain Vaughan, brother t ° ds Earl of Lisburne ; the emoluments are eight hundred pou t per annum. Mr. Perry has held the appointment abou twelvemonth. Among other candidates for the vacant see of Salirs9 bury, rumour mentions one o f th e prece pt or s of the P rinc wo Victoria. Dr. Fisher, the pr e d ecesso r of the late Bis ho p , preceptor to the lamented Princess Charlotte.