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PRICES OF STOCKS THU Rink Stock...—. 207% 614 7 6% 3 per Cent. Red. 9 0 1,64 90 54 3 per Cent. Cons 3 ;er Ditto Red .97% R 7N% New 3% per ..... 9 7%%% New sper Cent.•- ••••••• Bank LongAnnuitleatoexpire Jan. 5, In. 1659 Jan. 5, IF6O Jan. 5, .88 0 •••••••••• ..... -- April 5, - Jan. 5, -- Uranium prn. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ...... Belgian Bonds 102% Ditto Account .....»....» Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account " ••• Buenos Aires Bond s I)itto Account Ch i Ilian ...... Ditto Account ..».».»..... .. Columbian Bonds ..... Ditto Account ....... Columbian Bonds, ;821 2514 Ditto Account Danish 80nd5.... " ..... Ditto Account ..»....«......,, Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 18 ....... Ditto Account .......... Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. .— — Ditto Account •••••••••••• ...a • Neapolltan ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India 5t0ek...... ........ ........ 2:46!4 Ditto Ronds 24 26 pat South :ea Stock 'Old Anninties New Ditto ....... ..... . 13 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £1,000......... 24 26 pm. Ditt0...... 24 26 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised pm Bank Stock for Account „..... India Stock for Acc0unt......... Consols for Acconnt 9 Ol l /4 90 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ......... ...... ... Ditto Account ..«.«.......« Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account .....«.«....« — Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account 49 Ditto, 3 per cent 31N Prue.ian Bonds Russian Bonds, 19'2'2 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic.. .............»» Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds. ISM. ..... -2574 614 6 Ditto Account 26% WA 6 French, 5 per cent.......... —E. —e. 4 per cent —f. —c. 2 per cent —l. —e Exchange f. --c ._ . _ .- -.: - .. „ Dutch, 2Y4 per cent. 53 2% Ditto Account 52% 3 Ditto, 5 per cent 1U2%% Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Bolanos Mining Company.... ..... ....«....... Birmingham and Derby Railway Company lO Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company Pastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway Company .1 4O Loodon and Birmingham Railway Company 75 a mndon and Southampton Railway Company 3O Manchester and Leeds Railway Company 5 N ,rth Midland Railway Company lO British North American Bank Colonial Bank General Steam Navigation Company Per Share 117% '7 I% I 7%14 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 28 3 per Cent. Consols P9 . Grand Canal Debb. 6 per cent. sISN Ditto Reduced — I Ditto, 4 per cent S!D 3% per Cent. Stock...—. ........ 9674 i Hibernian Rank ....... Ditto New, ISM 97% iCity of Dublin steam C 0....... 3' ; per Cent. Debentures 9O National Insurance Co ......... I::ink Stock .......«....—..... 197 , 4 City Debentures, 4 per cent... 78% Royal Canal 5t0Lk................ 30,4 Ballast Otlice Debentures, 4 ( .4:and Canal Stock ..... ...«.«.. 27 , , tier cent — MAILS. Arrived. Due 'Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America.......... 0 i I France 0 0 Li s b on I 0 Brazil 0 iluenosAyres.. 0 0 }Limburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Cartbagcna ..... 0 0 lio!land I v)ublin... ...... 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden .. 0 I Flinders .......... 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 !DOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 1.10..rtimr.........11m.rmte, afte► 11 1 Evening......',l minutes Aft er 11. Me publication of Trig SJN Z.4EWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. ,'- :,.. ...., ;,.-4.; ' .?* #‘ 1 , ,- 11‘ 'r;. -- -4 .. , ^', - ':. j" , AI f,ts . ' - '.' .1 " ' `- Ag- 4 ....-': 0 .0-.."' '‘• ' , LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 2, 1837. The House of Lords did not meet yesterday. In the House of Commons, the principal debate was •on the Imprisonment for Debt Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENE RAL moved that the House,go into Committee on the Bill for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt. Thereupon RICHARDS, i❑ a repetition of the speech which he de livered on the same subject last session, and with the reci t;:l of which he List night occupied the Howe for nearly two hours, moved as an amendment that the Bill be com mitted that clay six MORES. As we havo noticed in a se pirAte article the Hon. Member for Knaresborough's amendment, his subsequent wish to abandon it, and the into which he was ultimately forced, we will here ortly state that the result of this division—the evasion of whit'•: Mr. WASON and Mr. WAKLEY very properly pre- Irmted = was 95 against Mr. RICHARDS'S amendment, and riot one for it The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and proceeded as far as the 1 lth clause without much discus- The 12th clause enacts that the defendant shall, after anal judgment against him, delver a schedule of his effects, Ste. ; and in default thereof the defendant shall be sum men& beim e the Court or a Commissioner ; and that if he still re fuses to make a full disclosure relative to his pro perty, Ile shall be committed to prison until he submits biniself to tile Court, signs a specification of his property, or until he• sa6sties the judgment obtained against him. In this clause an amendment was carried by the Attorney- General, the effect of which .is to exempt persons who have the privilege of Parliament. There was also some discussion on that clause empowering judgment creditors to seize the goods in possession of debtors, of which they were the reputed owners. That clause, however, and all the others, were ultimately agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. Before the House went into Committee, the proceedings had reference chiefly to the time when the discussion on certain Bills would be taken. The Imprisonment for Debt Bill went through Commit tee last night in the Commons. On the motion by the AT TORNEY-GENERAL that the Speaker leave the Chair, Mr. RICHARDS edified the House by a long tirade against the Bill, which, 4.0 have been in its proper place, should have been delivered on the second reading. The Hon. Member, if he did nothing else, moved the risible muscles of his auditors, by the blundering way in which he worded his amendment, by which the Speaker would have been con demned to sit for six months without intermission in the chair—a penance which we think the Right. Hon. Gentle man has scarcely deserved, considering the punctuality with which he discharges his official duties. Mr. RICHARDS pressed his opposition to a division, for which we cordially thank him. The issue showed what effect his arguments bad produced on the House ; for when the numbers were counted, they were found to be all on one side, there being 93 for, and none against, its going into Committee. What became of Mr. Ricuattns we do not presume to conjecture ; for the ATTORNEY-GENERAL announced to the House, that he had the authority of the tellers for stating, that had they had the privilege of voting, they would have voted with the majority. The principle of this Bill having been discussed in the last two Sessions of Parliament, and having received the approbation:of the best legal authorities in the country as well as that of the public, it is not necessary that we should enter into an examination of a measure which can find no opponent but the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. The law, as it stands at present, is cruel, immoral, and ineffective. This is allowed by every one who is qualified to form an im• partial judgment on the subject. It is therefore imperative on the legislature to amend it, and we think that this will be effectually accomplished by the measure which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL has prepared, and is now con •ducting so triumphantly through the House of Commons, the great principle of which is to take away the creditor's power over the person, and enlarge his power over the pro perty, of his unfortunate debtor. Mr. Alderman WOOD 15 most unfortunate with his Me tropolis Hackney Carriages' Bill, which was lost last night, for the third time, by the counting out of the House. We like not such a way of getting rid of subjects for legislation —.for we cannot believe that this Bill was thrice so de feated by mere accident. If Hon. Gentlemen dislike the principles of any particular Bill, let them say so ; if they neither know the principles nor the details, let them leave the discussion of both to those who do ; but on no ac count ought they to have recourse to a desertion of the House to defat any measure, however popular or unpo pular. It is too bad that London should suffer from the want of laws to regulate the conduct of hackney coachmen and ,lab-drivers, because certain members of the House of Commons may deem such grievances too trilling to he re mezlied at their hands. Mr. Alderman Wooo's Bill is much wanted, And we trust will be brought forward under better auspices early in the next session of Parliament. If accounts are to i!'e credited, the Commander-in-Chief of the Conservative party hat issued orders for a general c.noncil, to consider what I;ne of dc fence they are now to take up, and on what position they are t;. - ) make their last stand against the encroachments of Whigs and Radicals. The Church-rate Bill, to be brought forwavil to-morrow, in ~.ormer times, when Church-of-Englandism was rampant, a nd the Dissenters shut out from every (ace, might have br .en made a subject of great importance, and held up as a pro, lac r theme for rousing the uncharitable spirit of Ligotry ; but , vast changes which have taken place in the public mind, since lB2B—memorable for the abolition of the Test ari d C, ,r ?oration Acts—and the judicious plan which, we anticipa.`-ei will be submitted by Government as a remedy for the g. for must convince even the High-Church party that t kicli assistance cannot be expected from that quarter. We believe the more sober among the Tories see even still less hope of success by making a stand on the Irish Municipal Bill, knowing well that no House of Commons would furnish them with the means to coerce Ireland, and that without such means they must retire from office with more ignominy than they did in 183.5. Their last chance then is to renew the " no-Popery" cry on the Irish Tithe Bill ; but though they may be flattered and cheered on by such crotchety men as Dr. CHALMERS, and some two or three of the Wesleyan ministers, they cannot conceal from them selves the facts, that with these exceptions all the Dis senters, all the Liberal party among the Protestants, and nearly all the Irish people, will be against them ; and that the impartial and reflecting portion of the people of Eng land begin to see, that under the flimsy pretext of support ing the Irish Church, they are making a stand only for their own self-interests and Orange ascendancy in Ireland. The people of England will consider what the Tories have done, or consented to, within the last ten years, and compare the danger caused by their arts, with the imaginary danger from granting a small pittance out of Church property for pur poses of general education. The Tories did away with religious tests in Corporations ; they admitted Catholics to the House of Commons—they helped to cut down the Episcopal Establishment in Ireland, and they are now moving heaven and earth to cat up, root and branch, the close corporations, formed, as some of them say, for the protection of the Irish Church ; and yet, after having done all this mischief, they are determined to do still more, and refuse their consent to the adoption of a principle which would render that Church less odious to the Irish nation. If any' man look at the subject impartially, he cannot fail to be convinced that the Tories, even as regards that Church, are the greatest Destructives in existence. We always thought that the 47th clause of the Irish Tithe Bill did not go far enough, and that it would have been more just and more politic to reduce still more the number of the Clergy—to leave them only in towns and districts where they could benefit Protestants, without keeping up a recruiting depot in almost every parish to the annoyance of the Catholics, and without the slightest prospect of making one sincere convert. If such a plan were adopted, the Church of Ireland would become less odious, and consequently more secure ; and the strong antipathy to Protestant Episcopacy would in time die away, as a still stronger antipathy has died away in Scotland. We despair, however, of the Tories learning wisdom from experience, and fear that by their blindness and obstinacy they will rouse a spirit of resistance in Ireland, which will not be allayed without concessions still greater than even those they have yet made. The whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday have been received. The Manilater contains a report addressed to the KING by Admiral ROSAMEL, the Minister of Marine, enumerating the peace-establishment naval force of France. The report is followed by a Royal Ordinance, by which the French Navy is thus regulated NO. GUNS. 40 First-rate ships of war - from 80 to 120 50 Frigates from 40 to 60 220 Corvettes, Brigs, and Gunboats, from 30 to 6 40 Steamers, of from 150 to 300 horse-power. Of the first-rates and frigates only one half are to be kept constantly afloat ; but of the inferior vessels none are to re main idle in the docks, except when undergoing repairs. The Disjunction Bid was opposed in the Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday, by M. DtTPIN, in a speech of great research and ability. The President denounced, in strong terms, the habit, recently adopted, of changing fundamental laws to, meet temporary evils. He contended, that in the best-governed States of ancient and modern times, the wisest princes, in passing stringent laws, took care to pro vide that they should not outlive the causes which led to their adoption. Tc pass permanent laws to meet every partial evil that would arise would be the very way to overturn a Government. If the fundamental laws of France were found wanting in penal sanctions, in the case of some but necessarily short-lived iniquity, the proper plan would not he to abolish, but to suspend their operation fJr a time, and let their place be supplied by temporary statutes. The President further implored the Chamber to bear in mind, that so surely as it passed bad laws, so surely would they Le violated ; and upon its head would rest the blood of the victims of legal injustice. There were several others to speak in opposition to this Bill when the Chamber rose on Tuesday. Ministers will find it difficult to carry it, and should they succeed, it is likely to effect a thousand times more evil than good. The Temp: states that the death of COME; of which some natural doubts were expressed, is confirmed. Don CAnLos caused him to be shot without mercy. This atrocious mur der will open the eyes of the Carlist chieftains to a view of the real character of the eowardly ruffian in whose ser vice they are embarked. The Mesga !; er of Monday night stated that the French Government had offered its mediation at St. Petersbure, for the arrangement of the difficulties which the seizure of the Vixen had raised between Great Britain and Russia. The Courtier Francais contradicts this as pure invention unworthy of the slightest credit. The following extract from the correspondence of a Paris Journal is deserving of notice : BUCHAREST', FEB. 3.—The affair of the Vixen has thrown consternation among our merchants, not because some houses of our town were interested in the cargo of this vessel, which has been confiscated by Russia; but because we see clearly that the commerce of our country is at the mercy of the Autocrat. It appears that this blow against England was meditated this long time; for in the month of December the Baron Ruck mann, Consul-General of Russia in Wallachia, invited all the noblemen who wore Russian decorations to the dinner which he gave on the fete day of the Emperor Nicholas. At this banquet took place a conversation respecting the commercial relations which England was seeking to create with Wallachia, and the Consul said, amongst other things, that the Emperor would never permit the English to mingle in the affairs of a country placed under his dominion or his protection. The Russian agents overrun our countries as well as Bulgaria, and excite the people to revolt against the Sultan. For some time the Prince of Ghyk a has been badly received by M. Ruckmann. Annexed are the only other extracts from these journals worthy of regard. PARIS, FEB. 27.—The following is pretty nearly what has been resolved on the subject of our foreign possessions in Africa :—First, the expedition to Constantine shall be de ferred. No decision has yet been come to on this head. We retain the resentments of the affront which we have suffered, to make use of it in the sequel, if there should be any oc casion. Our anticipations respecting the dis"cord which existed be tween the Spanish Generals, were well founded. Espartero and Evans do not agree, and Saarsfield seems inclined to march alone on his side. In the midst of these animosities, caused by pride and egotism, the people of Bilboa alone re main true to their ancient glory and patriotic devotedness. They have raised a large loan to enable Espartero to act. FEB. 27.—A report is spread this evening that the Ministers defer the expedition to Constantine till September next—that is to say, it is deferred sine die. The Government Press pre pared us this morning for such a result.—Constitutionnel, Feb. 28. FRENCH FUNDS.—FA FITS, FEB. Five per Cents., 109 f. 70c SOc. 75c. Four per Cents., 100 f. 95c. Three per Cents. 79f. 75c. Bank Actions, 2,415 f. Rente de Naples, 98f. SOc. Roman Five per Cents., 102 102 M, Spanish Actives, 26 2614 %3. Spanish Passives, Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103. Belgian Society, 1,555 f. Portuguese Three per Cents. 115%. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 32%e. Three months, paper, —f. —c.; money, 25f. 1.2 1 - -Coors Autlientiguc. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 109 f. 75c. Three per Cents. 79f. 80c. Bank Actions, 2,415 t: Cente de Nap!es, 98f. 90c. Rom.in Five per Cents., 102. 1 4. Belgian Loan, 103. Brussels Bank, 1,435 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 31%. Spanish Actives, 26%. Spanish Passives, 7 1 ,x. Spanish Differes, 814. Belgian Society, 1,5.55 f. nEt_c; I AN I. UNDS—Bstusscrs, Fen. 28. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. IOOX Loan of Thirty Millions 9273 Loan of City, 1&12, 4 per Cent. 99 Society of Commerce, 4;; E per Cent 13444 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l-10% Brussels Papers, March 1. DUTCH FUN DS—AusTcaoss: Fee. 27. o Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent M 52 ney. N 53 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. t .1001,, MON A inott Syndic, 4% per cent.— ............ 9314 9314 Ditto, ditto, 31.', per cent 76 78 Commercial Company, 4 per cent lB4 1844 Ditto (Mk? and 11E< L 1) 5 per cent. ..... 87 .?4 816!‘ lixchanze on London, One month •1 197% Two mouths AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Feu. 18. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1371 —4llzeineine Zcitung, Feb. •23. Madrid Journals of the 0 0th ult., and up to that date inclusive, have been received. The alarm created in the capital by the appearance of CABRERA in La Mancha had greatly subsided. On the 19th the Cortes held a secret sit ting, in which Ministers were reproached for not better pro tecting the interior of the Kingdom against the inroads of the Carlist insurgents. They had a force of 20,000 infantry, and 2,000 cavalry at their disposal, in the centre of the King dom, besides the immense force north of the Ebro, and yet they allowed the peace of the capital to be disturbed by apprehensions of the approach of CABRERA'S brigands. The Government excused its own conduct in the best manner it could. CALATRAVA observed that the necessary orders had been given, and that the rebels had fled on the approach of a battalion of the Regiment of Zamora. There were no disturbances of any moment in the pro vinces of Cordova, Estremadura, Seville, or Galicia. Don NARCISSO LOPEZ, Commandant of Cuenca, has marched against the rebels, and appointed General NATI, VAEZ, confined by a Royal ordinance to that province, to replace him during his absence. This is certainly a strange mode of complimenting the Cabinet. However, things are so out of the way in Spain, that we ought not to be surprised at anything that may happen. There is no other news of any moment in these papers. The QUEEN-REGENT was in good health, but wisely ab stained from taking any very active part in public affairs, leaving the chief business of the State to the sole manage ment of the Cortes. We have received by the packet ship George Washington, a file of New York Papers to the 10th ult. inclusive. They contain no intelligence from the south of any importance. We copy from them, for the information of our mercantile readers, the following two sections of a Bill, which has passed the Senate for the regulation of Foreign Import Duties : Be it enacted, &c. That, from and after the 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1837, in addition to the articles exempted from the payment of duty by the various revenue laws of the United States now existing and in force, the ar ticles hereafter named in this section of this act, imported into any collection district of the United States, shall be admitted free of duty, viz : • Floor matting, usually made of flags, or other materials ; square wire, used for the manufacture of stretchers for um brellas, and cut in pieces nut exceeding the length used for stretchers; aquafortis, Brazil pebble prepared for spectacles; crystals for watches, diamonds for glaziers, dressed furs, em broidery, all articles composed wholly or chiefly of gold, jew elry, gold and silver laces, muriatic acids, bicromate of potash, cremate of potash, prussiate of potash, chronometers, tartaric acids, barley, straw or grass baskets, composition, wax or amber beads, all other beads, not otherwise enumerated in the existing laws, Prussian blue, bolting cloths, button moulds, ca lomel, carbonate of Soda, cashmere of Thibet, corrosive sub limate, down of all kinds, feathers for beds, gold leaf, hair bracelets, hair, not made up for head dresses, lamp black, linen padding, (if not suitable for cotton bagging,) sulphate of mag nesia, mustard, saled oil, almond paste, perfumes, pickles, per fumed hair powder, tooth-powder, sulphate of quinine, Ro chelle salts, fossil and crude mineral salt, fancy and perfumed shaving and other soaps, including Windsor, and washballs, emetic tartar, building tiles, paving tiles, washes, otto of roses, oil of bergamot, oil of lemon, essential oil of rose, oil of carra wav, oil of lavender, oil of rosemary, cosmetics, anticorrosive lithie paints, linen tape, sextants, quadrants, telescopes, and glasses for sextants, quadrants, telescopes, gold, silver, and precious stones, hair cloth and hair seating, indigo, cotton and thread laces, manufactured and prepared quills, common tinned and japanned saddlery, china and porcelain wares, earthen and stone wares, watches of all kinds, and parts of watches, silver and plated ware, worsted yarn, blankets, the value not exced ing seventy five cents each, vinegar, olive oil, teas of all kinds, chocolate, Cayenne pepper, cigars, bristles, corks, copper rods and bolts, copper nails and spikes, books prior to 1773, books in other languages than Greek, Latin, English, glass bottles, demijohns, common salt, anchovies, and sardines, ground and • polished looking glass plates, silvered and unsilvercd. See. 2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the thirtieth lay of Juno, in the year 1837, the duties now' by law chargeable upon all wines and all spirits made of vinous mate rials imported into the United States, shall be reduced ono half, and from and after that day no more than one half the rates of duty now chargeable upon any wines and spirits made of vinous materials of any country shall be assessed or collected. A scene of a disgraceful nature, which baffles all descrip tion, took place in the House of Representatives at Wash ington, on the 6th ult. Mr. An.ams asked leave to pre sea a petition against slavery, signed by thirty-two slaves. The most violent uproar ensued, the moment the question was asked. The Members from the Southern States pro posed that Mr. ADAMS should be punished for daring to introduce the question of slavery into the Assembly, and a motion for the expulsion of the Hon. Gentleman actually occupied the House for two days, and was not disposed of whin the mails left Washington! 'rhe drollest part of the affair was, that the petition, in the course of the debate, was discovered to be a hoax, and that its prayer was against the abolition of slavery. However, the Southern Members were implacable, having suffered so much before from the humane efforts of Mr. ADAMS to abolish slavery in the United States. The Mowing is a copy of the important Message of the President to Congress on the Affairs of Mexico : At the beginning of this session Congress was informed that our claims upon Mexico had not been adjusted, but that, notwithstanding the irritating effect upon her councils of the movements in Texas, I hoped by great forbearance to avoid the necessity of again bringing the subject of them to your notice. That hope has been disappointed. Having in vain urged upon that Government the justice of these claims, and my indispensable obli g ation that there should be 'no further delay in the acknowledgment, if not in the redress, of the in juries complained of,' my duty requires that the whole subject should be presented, and now is, for the action of Congress, whose exclusive right it is to decide on the further measures of redress to be employed. The length of time since some of the injuries have been committed, the repeated and unavailing applications for re dress, the wanton character of some of the outrageJ upon the property and persons of our citizens, upon the flag of the United States, independent of recent insult to this Govern ment and people by the late extraordinary minister, would jus tify, in the eyes of all nations, immediate war. That remedy, however, shouid not be used by just and generous nations, confiding in their strength, fur injuries committed, if it can be honourably avoided ; and it has occurred to me, that con sidering the present embarrassed condition of that country, we should act both with wisdom and moderation by giving to Mexico one more opportunity to atone for the past, before we take redress into our own hands. To avoid all misconception on the part of Mexico, as well as to protect our national character from reproach, Ill's op portunity should be given, with the avowed design and full preparation to take immediate satisfaction, if it should not be obtained on a repetition of the demand for it. To this end, I recommend that an Act be passed. authorising reprisals, and the use of the naval force of the United States, by the Execu tive, against Mexico, to enforce them, in the event of a re fusal by the Mexican Government, to come to an amicable ad justment of the matters in controversy between us, upon an other demand thereof made, from on board one of our vessels of war on the coast of Mexico. The documents herewith trans mitted, with others sent to the House of Representatives here tofore, will enable Congress to judge of the propriety of the course pursued, and to decide upon the necessity of that now recommended. If these views should fail to meet:the concurrence of Con gress, and that body be able to find in the condition of the affairs between the two countries, as disclosed by the accompa nying documents, with those referred to, any well-grounded reasons to hope that an adjustment of the controversy between them can be effected without a resort to the measures I have felt it my duty to recommend, they may be assured of my co operation in any other course that shall be deemed honourable and proper. Washington, Feb. 6. ANDREW JACKSON. In the late fire at Naples the Prince of Syracuse lost nearly 60,000 ducats in bank-notes. GRINISTONE'S E - YE-S:surv.--The utility of this important preparation is becoming daily more apparent, and the fact is we understand now established beyond controversy that during the prevalence of that scourge cholera, those who used Grimstone's Eye-Snuff escaped the malaria. (See Dr. Andrews's Reports.) When frequently used, it is well known to renovate the nervous system, and by its action upon the pituitary membrane, it exercises a most salutary influence upon the optic nerve. As this article is entirely mad© from British herbs, it deserves, even in a mercantile point of v i ew, the consideration of all those who prefer the encouragement of a wholesome and useful article of home manufacture to the narcotic herb, tobacco. On the whole, the inventor appears to us to be entitled to the thanks of the country for the emi nent services he has conferred upon it by this discovery. A post-office omnibus, similar to those of London, now starts every morning from the General Post-office at Paris. It contains 12 persons, and commenced running on Tuesday last. Eight of these vehicles leave the General Post-office every two hours, from seven in the morning till seven in the evening, conveying the letter-carriers to their se veral beats. The letters brought by the couriers, from the departments, and from foreign countries, the delivery of which has been hitherto delayed to mid-day, will, in consequence of the new arrangement, be delivered in the most remote parts of the cap.ital, at about nine o'clock in the morning. It is said that a setter-box, into which letters may be dropped en passant, is tu be attached to the back part of each vehicle. This arrangement wall he no slight accommodation in quarters of the town in which the receiving offices are " few and far be wean." The latter a rrang ement might be adopted at hom e . It is this week our Incholy duty to announce this mournful eve n t t h at t t i h ie e d u e i a li t ‘ h .er o s f it D y ro.fJsatc.ksAonnd,rle'lrvo,sfe.sgy: of Natural Philosophy i n venerable seat of learning has lost one of its brightest orna ments, and society one of its most valuable members: Dr. Jackson was a man of great original talent, and no less dis tinguished for his acquired attainments. Literature and science were equally at his command ; and while lie taught the class of Natural Philosophy with an ability never surpassed, he would have worn the gown of Humanity or of Greek with no less dignity and honour. Rut his virtues, if possible, exceeded his acquirements. lie was a man of the strictest integrity—un blameable in all the relations of life, pnd indefatigable as a teacher.—Edinburgh Evening P6st. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) VERE V. VEER. The further argument in this case, which was partly heard on Friday last, was resumed this morning before Lords BROUGHAM and LYNDHURST. Dr. LUSHINGTON having concluded his case on behalf of the Respondents, Mr. TINNEY was heard in reply. The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when our Reporter left. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The new Judge, Mr. Justice COLTMAN, commenced this morning to discharge his judicial functions by taking his seat on the bench of the Central Criminal Court, accompanied by Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Justice BOSANQUET. HORSE-STEALING.—George Green was indicted for stealing on the night of the 19th of January, a gelding, value 101., the property of Thomas Morgan. Thomas Morgan—l am a surgeon, residing at Woodford, in Essex. On the morning of the 20th of Janury I heard from my servant that my gelding was stolen from the field ; that field was fenced all round. From my observation of it next day I think more than one person must have been en gaged in stealing the gelding out of it. The gelding had not shoes on at the time. In consequence of some informa tion I obtained I saw Mr. Abbott. I discovered my horse in the streets of London on the 30th of January, and it was sub sequent to this that I called on Mr. Abbott. Charles Knight—l am servant to Mr. Morgan. I re member missing the horse on the morning of the 20th of January. I saw him on the evening before at about four o'clock. The horse must have been got out over the hedge, which next day I observed broken. Arnold Heath—l am the son of the person who keeps the " William the Fourth" public-house, Camberwell. I know Woodford in Essex, that is about eleven miles from Camber well. On the 20th of January I saw the prisoner at ten o'clock at night. He brought a horse, saying they had bought a hack, and asked me to let him put him in the stable for the night. I allowed him to remain. I had known the prisoner before : he was a horse clipper. I observed the horse ;it had no shoes on. I and Mr. Abbott saw the horse together ; it was in his possession, and was the same the prisoner brought to my father's house. When the prisoner came to my father's the horse appeared a little fatigued. The horse remained in the stable until Tuesday. On Sunday a man of the name of Scudds, and the prisoner, went to the stable ; they partly clipped him. On Tuesday Scudds took away the horse. On the evening of that day Scudds, in the hearing of the prisoner, said he had sold the horse. I think the fair value of the horse was about 51. or . 6/. Abbott—My father is a contractor of the Post-office, horsing the carts, &c. On the 24th of January I saw a horse in my father's yard ; a man was with him. I bought the horse, and gave him 51. for him. I afterwards let the witnctss Heath see the horse at the time of the examination at the Police-office. The prisoner, in his defence, stated that he was in the em ployment of the man Scudds, and that it was by his desire he left the horse at the stables of the William the Fourth Camber well. Mr. Justice PARK told the jury if they believed the prisoner to have acted only as the servant of Scudds in bringing the horse to the William the Fourth public-house, and not to have been concerned in the actual stealing, they were bound to acquit the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. 43 2 99 98 99 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1837. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, Marten I.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Hercules, —, from Cork; and Giraffe, —, from Ostend. RANISHATF., MARCH I.—Arrived the Ann and Mary, Swafin, from Youghal ; Francis, Edward, from New York. PoaTsmotru, MARCII I.—Arrived the Hero, Gibson, from Belfast, leaky ; bound to London. PLYMoUrII, MARCII I.—Arrived the Nestor, Pidgeon, from Newcastle, leaky, &c., having been aground. FALMOUTH, FRI 3. 28.—Wind fresh.—Arrived the Samuel, Enderby, from the South Seas. LIVERPOOL, Fin. 28.—Arrived the George Washington, from New York ; Rose, Kemmer, from St. John's ; New Brunswick ; Platina, Bosworth, from New Orleans , Samuel, , from Savannah ; Jane, , ditto ; Arcadia ; ____—, from St. John's ; and Venus, —, ditto. The Walter, York, from Liverpool, was on shore in the DJaware on the 3d inst. The Ariadne, Cleat, off Shields, was lost near Scarborough on the 2.5 th ult. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE. PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, for the Week ended Fel). 24, I sa, made up from the Returns of thi inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Englanl and Wales, pe Quarter. . sis . M. Oats . Wheat !33. 3,1. I Beans T's. 7d. Barley 'fls lid., Rye lei: 7d. 1 Pease 375. Bd. 1311tIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TfIE SIX WEItICS YILECEDINCI. _- . Wheat s7s. 341., Oats Parley I 345. '7,1„ Rye DUTIES ON FOKEIGN CORN. Wheat 29s. Stl Oats Barley Ma. 104.1.1 nye THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning arc the French and Ostend mails, and ship-letters from New, York, by the George IVashington, arrived at Liverpool. We have received Montreal Papers to the 3d Feb. Their contents are not of importance, with the exception that they state, that in some parts of Lower Canada they are in the most distressing condition. In one parish alone upwards of 1,200 persons are represented to be in a state of destitution, and in danger of actually starving before the spring, unless relief is sent them. A Bill has been introduced into the As sembly of Upper Canada far the purpose of enabling foreigners to hold and convey real estates. Extract of a letter from Pampeluna, Feb. 22 :—" Thers great movement at the head-quarters of Gen. Saarsfield. This brave General, who has sacrificed most of his property in the cause of the Queen of Spain, is now only waiting to fight, which entirely depends on the support of the other Generals, who are not anxious to give him their assistance. The con duct of Alaix is questionable ; instead of advancing with the whole of his force from Vittoria to Tolosa, lie only sends de tachments to Pampeluna, by which means Vittoria is left un covered, and a passage is left for the Carlists, if they are de feated by Espartero hn d Saarsfield. The Carlists have sent reinforcements to :Elisondo, to defend that point, to which they attach great importance. The army of Navarre is sta tioned on the line of Lenenberg, which is very strong, to the right, and the attack must take place by the frontier of France. The left, in case of need, can be reinforced by the cavalry of Irribaren." THE. FUNDS. It was reported yesterday that the Bank Directors had con sented to extend their accommodations to certain American houses, to enable them to meet the heavy payments which become due on tbe 3d and 4th inst.—taking their securities for the amount they require. Upon the whole, the state of commercial affairs in the city appears to be improving; and there is every prospect that, with the assistance of the Bank, the difficulties experienced in commercial affairs, and the pressure for money during the present week, will be got over with less difficulty than was anticipated. The annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the London and Westminster Bank was held yesterday, at which a favourable report was submitted to the proprietors ; and the Bank only expected to lose about 1,7001. on over due bills. A dividend of five per cent. on the paid up capital was declared. Consols, which closed yesterday at 90k for the Account, and 891 4 for Money, opened at the same prices this morning, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 26 28 ; India Bonds, 24 26; Bank Stock, 2074 ; India Stock, 2564 2574. Spanish Active rather improved—closed at 254 1, opened at 253- 264 ; in Portuguese no alteration, 483 494 ; Three per Cents., 314 32; Dutch, 522-, 4 53,i. RALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Money continues very scarce, and in the Consol market 5 per cent. is given for a few days ; in fact there is a general demand for it, which will continue until after Saturday next, owing to the heavy commercial payments becoming due on that day. There is not a feature in the operations in either of the markets worth notice. With the exception of the above pres sures, scarce a bargain doing. Consols continue at the opening prices, 904 for the Ac count, with a contango for Money at near 4 per cent., 894. Exchequer Bills, 26 28; India Bonds, 24 26 ; Bank Stock, 0 064 ; India Stock, 25(34. Spanish Active, 26 ; Passive, 74 ; Deferred, 1 ; Portu guese, 49; Three per Cents, 314; D u t c h T wo - an d -a - Half per Cents, 524 534. No further arrivals. HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. The following has just been posted at the Stock Exchange : " The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do hereby give notice, that on and after the 2d instant, they will be ready to receive applications for loans upon the deposit of approved bills of exchange not having more than 95 days to run, such loans to be repaid on or before 15th April next, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per ann. and to be for sums of not lass than 2,0001. each. " Bank of England, March 2, 1837." Consols for the Account, 90k. THREE O'CLOCK. On Wednesday, Locherene, in Perthshire, was ob served to be covered by a black scum which spread in a thin film over its surface. On Thursday morning this had removed from the central parts and collected near the sides, where part of it was deposited on the sands in the form of black paste, which, when taken up in the hands, was not easily washed off again, and rendered the water (usually remarkably pure) to tally unfit for use. About the same time, at the farm of Miggar, eight or nine miles from Locherene, some clothes that had been left out all night to bleach, were next morning covered with black dew of a similar kind. Was this pheno menon observed in other parts of the country, and can it have any connection with the present noxious state of the atmo sphere ? CHRISTENINGS.—On Sunday afternoon last, the Collegiate Church-yard was thronged with an unusually large number of parties, parents and sponsors, flocking to the parish church, for the purpose of the christening of their young charges. Three hundred and sixty children, at ages rising from infancy up to six or seven years, received baptism during Sun day afternoon at this church alone.—Manchester Guardian, MAGAZINES. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. " Boz" takes the field in great force this month. His present Number is the best we have yet seen, and this chiefly by virtue of his own articles, the first of which— that, we mean, entitled " Oliver Twist "—is better than any thing in the last Pickwick Papers. The sketch of Mr. Gamfield, the chimney-sweeper, is fresh and glowing with life, and the scene wherein the poor parish-boy is proposed to be bound apprentice to him, borders on the pathetic. The " Pantomime of Life" is a hacknied idea, so ingeni ously set off by the aid of humour and a flowing style as to wear the aspect of a novelty. The following parallel is felicitously sustained : " Of all the pantomimic dramatis persona, we consider the Pantaloon the most worthless and debauched. Independent of the dislike one naturally feels at seeing a gentleman of his years engaged in pursuits highly unbecoming his gravity and time of life, we cannot conceal from ourselves the fact that he is a treacherous worldly-minded old villian, constantly enticing his younger companion, the Clown, into acts of fraud or petty larceny, and generally standing aside to watch the result of the enterprise ; if it be successful, he never forgets to return for his share of the spoil ; but if it turn out a failure, he generally retires with remarkable caution and expedition, and keeps care fully aloof until the affair has blown over. His amorous pro pensities, too, arc eminently disagreeable ; and his mode of addressing ladies in the open street at noon-day is downright improper, being usually neither more nor less than a percep tible tickling of the aforesaid ladies in the waist, after commit ting which, he starts back, manifestly ashamed (as well he may be) of his own indecorum and temerity ; continuing, neverthe less, to ogle and beckon to them from a distance in a very unplea sant and immoral manner. Is there any man who cannot count a dozen PantaloonS in his own social circle ? Is there any man who has not seen theta swarming at the West•end of the town on a sunshiny day or a summer's evening, going through the last-named pantomimic feats with as much liquorish energy, and as total an absence of reserve, as if they were on the very stage itself? We can tell upon our fingers a dozen Pantaloons of our acquaintance at this moment —capital Pantaloons, who have been performing all kinds of strange freaks, to the great amusement of their friends and acquaintance, for years past ; and who to this day are making such comical and ineffectual attempts to be young and dissolute, that all beholders are like to die with laughter." The slight Memoir of Foote gives a correct estimate of the powers of this incomparable humourist. The writer, however, omits to state—or rather mentions it too slightly —the singular fact that the " Mayor of Garratt" is never acted without drawing down no small quantity of hissing. When we last witnessed its representation, there was a loud cry of " Nonsense" from pit, box, and gallery ; and we find, on reference to one of his works, that Hazlitt has remarked the same thing. The reason of this is, that " Maim. Sturgeon" and " Jerry Sneak" are too true to life. They come home to the bosoms of too many of the audi ence, who dislike to recognise another self on the stage— when that self is purely ridiculous. Sheridan's " School for Scandal" is popular for just the reverse reason—that it is not direct life, but merely a distant approximation to it. The " Two Butlers of Kilkenny" is a capital after-dinner story, told with tact and humour. The first page drags a little, but the closing scenes are admirabli coloured, without being exaggerated. In the " Remains of Hajji Baba," we recognize that quiet, easy pleasantry which pleased us so much in Mr. Morier's early accounts of this paragon of Oriental Barbers, who is worthy to vie with that immortal one in the " Arabian Nights," who was called " Silence" by reason of his excessive loquacity. " A merry Christmas" trundles on merrily enough, though tho subject is somewhat out of date. " Nights at Sea:' are a fair specimen of marine " Noctes." " Hippothanasia" is a lively exaggeration from the pen of Mr. Jordan, and just now, when all England is troubled with the Rail-way mania, will be sure to take. The style rattles forward like a steam-coach on the Man chester rail-road. A " Passage in the life of Beaumarchais" is an agreeable relief to the Number—a sort of halting place, where a man may sit and rest his aching sides. The embellishments are numerous, and well executed. The sketch, in particular, of Oliver Twist and the Sweep, is worthy to vie with one of old Hayman's comic Illustra tions of Don Quixotte. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. " The Bench and the Bar," contains a capital anecdote— too good, we fear, to be true—respecting Lord Eldon, whom the late King and Sheridan once decoyed on pre tence of consulting with him on some business of moment, which admitted of no delay, into a house of no very envi able repute in Chandos-street. The anecdote is well told, but, as we ,said before, it cannot but be alOociwyphal. There are also some characteristic stories in the same ar ticle about the late Lord Ellenborough, especially with re gard to his conduct on Hone's trials. Some of 4hese we may quote on a more leisure day. " The Dog-Fiend" is from the prolific pen of Captain Marryat, who is by far our most voluminous living noveliit. " The Plague of Papers" is lively, and sprinkled here and there with smart satirical touches. " Family Interference" is rather a tame story, though one or two of the dialogues are by no means de ficient in point. " Autobiographical Sketches" gives us some good-humoured gossip about Lady - Mary Wortley Montagu, whom Lord Wharncliffe's work has lately brought into fashion again. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. Our sporting friend looks well, and although the season is now approaching its close, his spirit and conditio❑ are just as good as they were at the opening,—the one is as racy and bouyant, the other as fine and sound as when he started sonic months ago. Of the two engravings, both good of their kind, we give a decided preference to the Grey Hounds. The truth of position, the general ad herence to nature throughout, are strikingly manifest. Of the various papers, we cannot speak with that distinctness of praise which, judging from the cursory glance at their contents, they appear to deserve ; but we see quite enough in the present Number, to pronounce it in no way inferior to its precursors. THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY. Charles Fox. " Dramatic Recollections" is a fine specimen of refined literary criticism. It reminds us of the best things which formerly appeared in the very best numbers of this once able periodical. " Civil War in the North of Spain," though written by an eye-witness, is by no means a well timed article. It ought either to have appeared six months ago when the incidents it relates were fresh, or it ought to have been reserved till they were nearly forgotten. The " Sheep-dog" is an affecting sketch, and appears to hav e been drawn from real life. The fate of the poor Usher suggests ideas too painful for reflection. There is nothing at which the mind revolts more strongly than the contem plation of the sufferings of the innocent punished for the sins of the guilty. " Fragments of a Soldier's Life" will be sought after with avidity, particularly as the adventures and even names are all true—so at least says the able editor. The other articles possess the average oilier of merit. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Albeit we belong not to the Captains of the age, and are not attached to either service, yet, civilians as we are, this Journal has a charm for us, which the sterling contents of its pages alone can account for. We would instance as a paper in pctint, the " Economy of a Man of War," in the perusal of which the interest is sustained throughout so completely, that we felt spell-bound and rivetted to the subject. The sketches of a military life in India, too, are full of truth, and possess a high degree of interest. In some of the other papers also there is much originality : and of the present Number, as a whole, it may with justice be affirmed, that it possesses some very pleasing reading. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. We are glad to learn that this periodical is growing in favour with the lovers of light literature. It deserves en couragement, for its articles are ably written—always ex cepting its political ones, which make up in intemperate Orange zeal for what they want in sound reasoning. The Essay on the " Past and Present State of Literature in Ireland," in the Number before us, alludes, in a generous spirit of patriotism, to the rapid advances that the sister country is hourly making in the Arts, the Sciences, and the Belles Lettres. There is considerable truth in this re mark—" The vast capabilities of Ireland for literary pur suit, are concealed by the overpowering demand of the English marts. Whatever is produced here is consumed there. The better portion of our mind is absorbed into the sphere of the ascendant genius of England, and thus our real progress is concealed from the eyes of the world. In England, while there is an exaggerated notion of our wit and imagination, nothing can be more observable than the low opinion which there exists as to our state of civili zation, and of our literary pretensions." The " Convicts of Lisnamona" is a genuine Irish narrative, whose chief defect is that it contains over much of dialogue, extremely per plexing to English readers. In the " Song Writers of Ger many," we find some choice translations from Tieck. Of the other articles, the best is the review of Napier's " His tory of the Peninsular War." THE ARBORETUM BRITANNIC UM. Nos. XXXIII. XXXIV., AND XXXV: Rylgway and Sons. We have here three Numbers of this excellent work, now on the eve of completion. Their embellishments are numerous, and very carefully executed. We have spoken so highly of the design of this work every month since the appearance of the First Number, that we may now content ourselves with stating that the execution has hitherto rather exceeded than fallen short of it. When finished no botanical library can be complete without it. THE ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE. Longman and Co. The articles in this Number are wholly of a professional character, and therefore we have but little to say of them. Those we have looked into appear to us to be of considerable importance to architects. Two, on the architecture of the churches of London and Rome, are well worthy of atten tion. The embellishments are a front view of the New Houses of Parliament. ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. There is a very good article in this Number on the im portant subject of the New Bank for India. It is written in the form of a review of some pamphlets on the establish ment of such an institution, and will doubtless attract a proper share of public attention. " Recollections of the Deccan" are rather stale—at least to us. The other arti cles are exclusively devoted to questions connected with India, with the exception of a Memoir of Dr. Carey, D.D. The objects of this Magazine appear to be all of the prac tical, and the useful, rather than the shining order. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL. Allen and Co. A very good Number, Dr. Loewe's Essay on the Origin of the Egyptian Language will create a sensation in the learned world. The " Gamester," being the first of a series of sketches of life in India, is cleverly and graphi cally written. The moral it inculcates has been recently proved not to be an unnacessary one. The articles on Indian Affairs, and the summary of Asiatic Intelligence, are convincing proofs of the unwearied assiduity of the Editor. THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILO SO- PHI CAL MAGAZINE. Richard Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. Among the various scientific papers from the pens of many first-rate men of science which the present Number contains, we have only space to notice one by Messrs. R. C. Taylor and T. G. Clemson, on a vein of coal lately dis covered in the island of Cuba. This coal, by its peculiar nature, is admirably adapted to steam purposes, and, from its locality, cannot fail to become a powerful agent in the extension of steam power, both by sea and land. THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper. There is the usual variety of well. written articles and of religious intelligence in the present Number. The follow ing " Sonnet," composed in January on the South Devon coast, is pretty : No foliage hangs upon the trees, no flower Blooms in the hedge-row, and perfumes the air ; Stern Winter reigns—but still it is an hour Of tranquil beauty, balmy, calm and fair.— The sky is azure—and the wild bird's lay Sounds like a spring-tide song. Yon lovely bay Lies sleeping in the sunshine warm and sweet, And the waves gently drooping at my feet, Bow their white crests like blossoms gracefully Bending before the soft and silent breeze.— And this is winter—old, but yet to please, Full of rich power I—So, should I live to see Long years to come, may I, though youth be past, Still look serene and smiling to the last Birmingham. J. R. NV. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WEL- LINGTON. MY LORD Dun ,—I trust you will pardon the liberty I ant about to take in addressing you through the medium of a public print; but from the nature of the subject, your Grace will readily perceive that by no other means could my object be so well obtained—which is to lay before you, in the spirit of the sincerest good will and respect, what has very forcibly struck many others besides myself. The newspapers teem with accounts of the success of the subscriptions now raising for a statue to your Grace. Alas the same prints detail, almost in juxtaposition, with harrowing , minuteness, the horrible sufferings of the wretched inhabitants of the Western Islands of Scotland, where sickness and 6.- mine are now raging with fearful violence. I know these poor creatures well, my Lord Duke, and a more deserginr, or industrious class of people does not exist in his Ma; j esty'a dominions. As regards their "deeds of arms," the hir,tory of the last fifty years furnishes ample proof that the Ifighland Regiments are not a whit behind the very bravest of their fellow-subjects. Permit me, therefore, respectfully to suggest how greatly it would add to your Grace's well-earned fame, if you would urge upon the Committee of Management the appropriation of a part of these subscriptions, (of course with the consent of the Subscribers) to the relief of these our starv ing countrymen. Perhaps the office may seem to your Grace. an ungrateful one-.. " As being loth To look a gift horse i' the mouth ;" and the attainment of the object impracticable ; but i n my humble opinion, a recommendation from your Grace to this effect—made, as it would be, to your sincere admirers- _ w ould would meet with every attention ; one thing, however, i s cer tain, that if the Committee felt so disposed, the s a gges tioa could not originate with them. I feel assured, my I ,ord Duke, that the sacrifice, (supposing the application to be completely, or even partially, successful), of your personal vanity at the shrine of humanity would be universally appreriiated, and would add one of the greenest laurels to the splendid chaplet which already encircles your brow. Besides, my Lord Duke, there are innumerable streets, pictures, taverns, &c. &c., to remind us, at every step, of your Grace's never-dying fame, suf ficient, indeed, to satisfy the vainest man that ever existed, which your Grace certainly is not; but, my Lord Duke, the monument raised in the hearts of a grateful people to the me mory of their benefactor is worth, in my humble estimation, ten thousand statues of the best Varian marble, thourh Agesander, Phidias, and Praxiteles were the sculptors. Of active benevolence, it has been truly and beautifully said by our immortal bard— " It droppeth like the gentle rain from heaven It is twice blessed-- It blesseth him that gives and him that takes." The page of history, a much more abiding monument, will do ample justice to your Grace's fame; and, ray Lord I) uke, you say proudly say with the ancient poet— " Janique opus exegi, quod nee Jovis ira nee ignis, Nec poterit ferrum, nee edax abolere vetustas." Your Grace requires no statue of brass or marble, ho we ver well executed, to remind the present generation or pc isterity of your heroic deeds ; they are too well and most des ervedlY established to need so feeble and perishable a memento, Of the countless numbers which daily pass by that celebr ated and and prominent statue of the unfortunate Charles, how few deign to look at, far less think of, the author of " Ikon Basilike." I have the honour to be, My Lord Duke, with sincere reF,pect, Your Grace's most obedient humble servant, 1-lUMANITAS. Kent, 27th Feb., 1837. NAMES OF RAILWAYS,-In the Committee on the petition for the South Midland 'Counties Railway Bill which sat yesterday, an incidental conversation took place orL the names of Railways. Mr. Green, the Chairman, expresse his hope that Parliament would insist upon the promoters of those Bills giving their lines some more definite titles tf iaa those of " Midland Counties," " South Midland Counti es," " Great Western," " Northern and Eastern," &c. Mr. Tfeas° the Quaker Member said, that in his opinion they ought, to be named after the fathers who begot them—the Engi7icers.--' (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Northhouse, who aea red for Sir Henry H a lf or d an d ot h er opponents tr, the line, said the proposition of the Hon. Membel- would scarcely c ure the indefiniteness complained of, as in. this instance, from the name of the worthy engineer (Gile,s), the woad might be apt to mistake the line for the " Giles's Railway." After a lengthened examination and. adjournment, the Committee de cided that the Standing Orders had not been complied with on nearly all the poi its taken. Th e Standing Orders Coln- • mittee will have now to determine whether those points arc fatal or not. A Whig candidate, of Earl Grey's school, is conf:i; dently spoken of as coming forward for the representatio - 4 of Preston at the next general election. At the express desire of the Emperor of A i - Is tria; Prince Esterhazy is to continue Ambas6.dor at the Court 4 ) 1 St. James's for three years. It is impossible to peruse the successive details of the late shipwreck without shuddering at the extent of hutno.a life thus " wasted 'on the wave." The latest instance, wreck of the Jane and Margaret, is dreadfully distingui'sbe d by the awful surmise th at 200 i nd i viduals have perishe':t vwi! h t their vessel. Many o f t h ese were from this country. No I ' s of their names has yet arrived ; but many of our readers Ira been well acquainted with the family of an amiable 'end ag f. Wesleyan cl ergyman, the Rev. Casper Clements, ',ate of Li ford, who with his wife and five grown-up daugl-,ters, with 3 servant man, had embarked in the Jane alai, Margaret.--- Derry Paper. The number of passengers on the Liverpool 81111 Manchester Railway, in the month of .4truary this years C% ceeded that of the same month last year by 3,000. Accounts from Heidelberg say that a certain Yel l° r; a' tobacco, grown in that vi c i n it y, h ad b ecome an object core.. siderable commerce betw een several houses at Man h e im 4d the B)rrenees. and Catalonia,