The Sun. — London, England, 1837-04-26 00:00:00

PRICES O STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . 8 Bank Olt STOCKS . .... ... 204 , 2 India Stock 259 Per ce n t . Red ''" 5934 T H ',Ditto 8on.4s f(i s Per Cent. Cons 9 ,1% % 'South Sea Stock Per Cent .... 99 Old Annuities per ft.ct New-317 ........ :1 .. .." . ******* ....9N 4 4 'New Ditto ~,,, per Cent. 99 SA, ; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — l es v, s .Per Cent_ "nit Loh gAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto 500 42 44 pm. Jan . ' 44 41 pm. ~,, 1 44 ;0 ... 14 9-18% Ditto Small ( c lu, • 1859 18 59...... 14% 7-15 Ditto Commercial 1 5, IF6O ** ' Ditto Advertised pm 5. AI ' — Bank Stock for Acc0unt......... prAil s, teal - India Stock for Acc0unt,........ . 1411 . A, 187 C............. - ,,Console for Acconnt t warn pm. till. OF t °REIGN FUNDS Austria Bonds . Heißian Bonds .. . Ditto Account... Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account . Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chillian Bonds ..... ...... Ditto Account ......•••••••• Columbian B onds Ditto Acceuilt Columbian Bonds, !821 Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 _ Di tto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Di tto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. ....... Ditto Account . ....... !Neapolitan ..... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Peruvian 14011(13 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds ......, 4714 V, Ditto Account 47% Ditto, 3 per cent 3ok Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 182'2 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account pitto Bonds, 1434 IN 2 Ditto Account 29 . 1,1 IA; 2 French, 5 per cent.......... —E —c. ------- 4 per cent. —f. —t. 3 per cent. —l. —c. Exchange —f. —c _... : Dutch, 2V at per ce'nt. ...... 53 , / s IA Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent.... 100 I ,f, 100 9J Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share Bralll t .1 il Imperial Mining Co. (issued at 51. pm.) 20 Ditto St. John del Rey 9 2% Real del Monte Mining Co., Registered 63!. 10s. Gd. Ditto U 14% id United Metkan (issued at 2/. pm.) Ditto Scrip — 2 tGreat Western Railway Company 9O 36% , ,4 rirghton Railway Company (Stevenson's) 5 1 ,32Zilton (Rennie's) ro'ndorl 4nd Birmingham Railway Company B5 107 ndon and Greenwich Railway Company 23 IS : ,?4 13 London and Southampton Railway Company 3. 55 5 Vanchester aad Leeds Railway Company ~_oorth Midland Railway Company l5 9% T............_1ith Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 COURSE OF EXCH . Alnaterdam C.F. 12 6% Ditto, at sight l2 4% Rotterdam ... ...... 2U 12 7 Antwerp... .. " ... - l2 0 Hamb ura M.B. 13 14 Alton * • " 13 14 Pa ris 3a 8 sig ht 7O pays' Y ... Us. 26 0 arsel7;;l' ~e 7 • " ........... 20 10 Fran kfort on Mai ne , Ex.M. 155 Ptendnuhg ruble 3 Us, B e erli n 3 ...ienna, effective fl 2M.10 22 Krieste ... ditto lO 24 Madrid ... 34% Rilboa earrelon.a Swlle 35 Liihntltar NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47 Genoa c.6 20 -• Milan 31 Venice 4.1". Naples 394 Palermo ...... . _ per oz. 118 Lisbon 5:2 Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres - - Dublin, 21 days' sight l4 Cork l4 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons _ . ... New liatlars Silver, barg. standard 0 4 lig Due. Arrived. Due it I Lisbon 0 SrJerso3 , 0 0 Malta ,rg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 05tend........... 0 0 0 Sweden 0 Islands U I Waterford 0 MA Arri ved. Due. Al ° America, ..... 0 1 France, ‘ , O Brazil 0 0 nuern- B uenos Ayres 0 0 Hambu earth agen, 0 0 Holland 1 11übli n.. Flanders. 0 V Leeward I LS. 30 H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. — " , n4••....•.• 5 m in u te s al Ater 7. f Evening 31 minute, after 7. lIHE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXXXI. Will be published on MONDAY, May 1. ny, CONTENTS. -- CKLA ND'S BRIDGEWATER TREATISE—GEOLOGY and , MINE i RALOGY. ,AING'S JOURNAL of a RESIDENCE in NORWAY. STATE of the CURRENCY—BANK of ENGLAND and COON !. Q „ T RY BANKS.; "r -NOR DE ANGELIS'S HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS on the . RI D DE LA PLATA. ; CA NE,,„„ " SUGAR and BEET.ROOT SUGAR. 'E PRACTICABILITY of STEAM COMMUNICATION with AMERICA. MO DERN EGYPT and the MODERN EGYTPIANS. HA MILTON'S LETTERS on the HOUSES of PARLIAMENT. ECENT ENGLISH ROMANCES—Mr. JAMES and Mr, AINS- U ORTH. L PRIORS LIFE of GOLDSMITH. P LANS of NATIONAL EDUCATION for ENGLAND and IRE LAND.—NOTE to an ARTICLE in No. 129, on the WAR in Lo AIN. ; Longman and Co. Edinburgh ; A. and C. Black. publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. c--tg % • • LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday, whilst the presentation petitions on the Church-rate question was proceeding, , rd BROUGHAM observed that ho himself had presented 2,000 itions on the subject. The Irish Municipal Corporations Bill was read a second le after some discussion, which was chiefly remarkable for declaration made by the Duke of WaLLlNororr and Lord :NOHURST, of unabated hostility to the Ministerial measure securing to Ireland a system of local administration, analo gs to that now enjoyed by England. Lord BROUGHAM expressed his deep regret at the course Itemplated by the Opposition Peers, declaring that he him- I regarded the question as one of the greatest importance the peace and welfare of the country. It being now appa- It that the Obstructives were bent on strangling the Bill, th ing, of course, could result from going into the debate. W ould. be quite useless, either as regarded the measure itself, benefit of the country. he Small Debts (Scotland) Bill, was read a second time. tile other Bills also were advanced a stage, after which their rnships adjourned. the House of Commons there was a stormy discussion 5 i vr lng out o f a mot i on ma d e b y M r . WOULFE, connected t n the last Carlow Election, on which election a Committee hallotted for last night. The proceedings that occupied re mainder of th e Sitting (which was of unusually short ration) related chiefly to private Bills, the advancement of 110 1 will b e found detailed in our Parliamentary Report. le Irish Municipal Corporation Bill was read a time last night in the House of Lords, on the Itin- n of Viscount MELBOURNE, who introduced the i s Bur e in a speech pregnant with valuable matter , 'II reasoned, and remarkable for the temperance of His Lordship disposed of all the Tory objec ns to the Bill in his most pithy and effective manner ; It W as replied to by the heads of the faction in a way theonvinces us that Ireland has nothing to hope for ir lallowed to pass the second Laing hands. Thoue a n g' tbe Bill will be burked in Committee. Not e slightest forbearance will be exercised towards It will be tr e ated as cavalierly as it was last !ssi °n ; deprived of all its efficiency, ek • and then flung with contemt into the House of Commons, Lich will be required to receive it with gratitude and 2 . 11- ,T er it a God-send. Are we premature in hazard ' assertion ? Hear Lord LYNDHURST on this ' Y In poin t . " He must be allowed to say, in the most tu t et term s , t h at h e, f or one , never wou ld acqu i esce i s Bill. H ow f ar i t m i g h t b e amen d e d ; h ow f ar 'night be possible to render it beneficial, or shape it , ° 1 a forth t h at would be consistent with the safety of e and ' it was n o t f or hi m a t p resen t to say ; h e gave his j"this occ as i on mere ly f or th e p u rp o se of giving r h,' o rtunity for consideration and enquiry, acluing that nothi ng s h ou ld ever i n d uce hi m to acquiesce in I s meas ure." The Duke of WELLINGTON was still explicit, f or he unhes i tat i ngly recap i tu l ate d t h e iris of th e Bill which he should oppose, and which, , Z n r 3 e are amongst t h e most i mportant parts of it. : t heiir it app ears t h at t h e i r L or d s hip s will still rn treating Irishmen as " aliens "—or rather lunatics unfit to be trusted with the management of i s - t ," affair s . A n d w il l the s i ster country submit to -eat ment? Will she tamely endure to seejustice done er n elanda n d Scotland, and denied to her? Not so ; she I ,',.ciws her power, and will not hesitate to exert it. 4lational Association does not exist for nothing. ap p e als of that body to the patriotic feelings of countrymen do n o t f a ll on unwilling ears. They ii.not seeds sown on a barren rock, but on a fruitful Still les s w ill Ireland forget who it is that again des narks to head the van of her opponents. The kt marl trade by Lord LYNDHURST last night—by s i an who has been already formally denounced by r B,rcountry—will, we are persuaded, increase . rtylignation tenfold ; and destroy the last hope his d 111 .!' °f wriggling themselves back into office. salt' h-t Lord BROUGHAM observe, that the pro ° go into Committee was a sheer farce. It Its a fare; bu t , one likely to be attended with re tio„ n Y t l'ing hut farcical. The sight of a whole t fo agitated to the heart's core is no sub -511 ta r , laughter. When simultaneous meetings urcplace a ll over Ireland ; when the re ed of the N at i onal Association shall We multi .ty,,:oliuritlied f o l d ; when the thoughts of millions of in r at te men shall be exclusively fixed on one grand oilee Point, inld the cry o f " R epeal the Union" i,, shall atoll! rais e d b y O'CoNNimr, ;—wh en th ese come to p ass , an d events are fast hasten- It the r advent, their Lordships may then Cid rdied ` Y."lollave mistaken tragedy fr farce, and jeo their ;pot vital interests. , pok on the discussion of last night as decisive of the fate of the Irish Corporation Bill. The Lords have doomed it to destruction ; and this fact being proclaimed officially by themselves, it is the bounden duty of Ireland to " agitate—agitate—agitate”—without an instant's Joss of time. The House of Lords may be frightened, but it will never be rea soned into a surrender. Ireland has knelt a sup pliant at its threshold long enough. Let her now assume a manly attitude, and change the language of supplication for that of determination, ever hearing in mind that a unanimous people resolved to have justice done them never yet failed of their object. The whole bearing of the House of Lords last night was haughty and offensive in a high degree. The Duke of WELLINGTON actually found fault with Lord MELBOURNE for presuming to bring in nearly the same Irish Corporation Reform Bill that he had brought in last year, forgetting that he him self had done the very same thing as regards the Catholic Relief measure, which, previously to its being carried, had been rejected by the Upper House times out of number. As if this were not sufficiently arrogant, his Grace further observed that such measures only should be brought forward in the House of Lords as were congenial to lordly natures, just as if the Coinmons were to have no will of their Own, but were blindly to follow in the wake of a fac tious oligarchy I Truly this is betraying the cloven foot with a vengeance I Annexed will be found the substance of a speech delivered by Mr. CATTLEY, in the name and on the behalf of the British merchants resident at St. Peters burg, at a grand dinner given by that enlightened and influential body to the Earl of DURHAM, on the 29th of March, immediately after it was announced that his Lordship would be obliged to return to England for the recovery of his health. Never was Ambassador more popular at a foreign Court, both with the highest authorities of the State and his own countrymen, than Lord DURHAM. The diplomatic body respect his firmness, and are charmed by his genuine unostentatious hospitality ; the SOVEREIGN is pleased with his candour, and the absence of all mystery in the communications which he has to make to the Imperial Cabinet; and the British residents are delighted to find in him a protector, to whose presence the humblest of them is never refused access. What progress his Lordship has made in settling or deciding the question of the seizure of the Vixen, we know not ; but we arc confidently informed, that, but for that affair, the Noble Earl would have been now in England with his family. From the indisposition his Lordship has shown to pro ceed to even possible extremities with Russia on a question of such vast importance to Western Europe, we think it would be advisable, on the part of the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to permit the immediate return of Lord DURHAM, and leave the question of the Vixen to be settled by his Lordship's successor at the Imperial Court. We offer this sug gestion from no apprehension that Lord DURHAM would, for an instant, prove forgetful of what is due to the insulted majesty of England ; but be cause in his hands the affair is likely to suffer from a procrastination, to which the delicate state of his health, and his individual feelings, must to some ex tent contribute. It is not enough that reparation be made ; it should be mad© instantly. This is what the people of England do expect, and what they have a right to insist upon. The following is an outline of Mr. CATTLEY'S speech on proposing the health of his Excellency the Earl of DURHAM, at the grand dinner referred to above : " I have now the honour to propose to you that we drink to the health of the Noble Lord, who has this day honoured us with his company as our guest ; in doing which I am anxious to express those sentiments of admiration and gratitude, and those wishes, which I know to be felt by every individual here present. " Permit me then, my Lord, to assure you, that we feel the highest admiration for that noble and undaunted spirit which has led you far from the bye-ways of the old school of diplomacy, and induced your Lordship to move boldly on in the straight paths of truth and justice. That spirit, aided by sound judgment and deep penetration, has enabled your Lord ship to brush away the cobwebs of suspicion, and to inspire with the fullest confidence in you the highest individual in the empire—whereby, my Lord, you have succeeded in rendering most important services to your King and country. Permit me further to assure you that we highly admire those amiable qualities in private life which arc an example to all around you. Where they exist, my Lord, where there are good hus bands and good fathers, will ever be found loyal and faithful subjects, and virtuous and happy citizens. " In endeavouring to cypress our gratitude to your Lordship I am aware that my poor abilities must fall greatly short of what is felt by your countrymen in this place; but what I have to say will at least have one advantage—that it proceeds from the heart. As Britons we thank you, my Lord, for the important services which you have rendered to our beloved country. As merchants established in this city we are truly grateful for the constant and effectual zeal and attention with which you have promoted our interests, and followed up all matters represented to your Lordship as points on which your intervention with the Russian Government would be beneficial. " As individuals, my Lord, we have to thank you for your hospitality, unbounded and unparalleled ; and for your libera lity in having promoted that truly British amusement of races, by presenting to the British residents of this city a handsome piece of plate at the Strclna races last year. We have, more over, to thank your Lordship for that great urbanity and kind ness with which you have on all occasions received every in dividual who solicited from your Lordship aid and advice. Laying aside the distinction of rank, and descending from the high station in which your Lordship is placed, you have made every man feel, when he entered your cabinet, that he was going into the presence of a friend." " As members of the same congregation, also, we have great reason for the expression of our gratitude, when we recollect that benevolence which has led you to give yearly a liberal do nation in aid of the fund fur the support of the British poor. We have been truly gratified to see that your Lordship has not only paid every attention to those who are prosperous in the British colony at St. Petersburg, but has thought also of those who arc in need, and aided our funds for their support, when, as it happened, there were unusual calls upon them, and your aid was therefore the more beneficial. " With respect to our wishes towards your Lordship, I know, my Lord, that if I could read the idea which is at this moment uppermost in the mind of every man in this company, I should find the wish to be, that your Lordship were not about to leave us.' But, my Lord, since it is necessary that you should go, in order to restore that health, he interrup tion to which has been the only drop of bitterness in the cup of our happiness while you have been amorg us—if, my Lord, the interests of our beloved country call for your attendance at home, be assured that at all times, and under all circumstances, you will be attended by the kindest wishes of the British residents 'of St. Petersburg for your health, your happiness, and your prosperity. " And now, gentlemen, let us drink to the health of the Earl of Durham, with four times four." In the Report of the proceedings of the General Association of Ireland on Thursday last, which ap pears in the Dublin Pilot of Friday, we find a speech of the far-famed THOMAS STEELE, Whitsll, as it serves to expose the calumnies of the Tories, is not undeserv ing of public attention. The readers of an apostate Morning Contemporary will not soon forget the accla mations with which the denunciation of the mis chievous policy of Mr. O'CONNELL by this gentle man, at a public meeting in Limerick, was announced some two months since. For several days consecutively the most foul-mouthed 9nd unprincipled organ of the Tory faction taunted the Liberalswith the desertion of Mr. O'CONNELL by his former friends ; and particularly with the exposure of his arrant duplicity by one of the most chivalrous and high-minded, though mistaken, assertors of Irish independence, and his quondam col league in agitation—Tom STEELE. Now, though the object of the Tories, in lauding to the skies the ardent enthusiasm and incorruptible patriotism of Mr. STEELE, was to depreciate, by a dishonest contrast, the high character of Mr. O'CONNELL, we do not think they over-rated, in the smallest degree, those public virtues which all who know Mr. STEELE intimately freely allow him to possess. But what are the facts of the case as regards his denunciation of Mr. O'CONNELL ? Why that the whole report—the basis upon which the Tories have raised such a super structure of calumny and abuse—was an infamous fabrication concocted by some correspondent of that worthy vehicle of treble-distilled Orangeism and cant, the Dublin Evening Packet-. Between Mr. STEELE an d Mr. O'CONNELL the best understanding exists, and has existed since 1834 —more than two years pre vious to the date of the celebrated speech at Limerick. So f ar is Mr. STERLE from hostilely denouncing the policy of Mr. O'CoNtigu , , or repudiating a personal 6socintimacy with him, that in addressunl the - A s •a •tion on Thur. - 42,y last he styled the Liberator " the NEW TON of political science rloipted him out as " the only man living on the face of the globe fit to be t, leader of Ireland even for one hour"—called him his " august friend"—and pledged that honour which the Tories admit to be unimpeachable, that Mr. O'CoN NELL and himself are, and have continued to be, " on terms of private friendship and political confidence." What will the apostate Tory MUNCHAUSEN of Print ing-house-square say to this public disclaimer of what . Mr. STEELE denounces as the " noisome ribaldry" of the Evening Packet? We will answer for it---not syllable. An open acknowledgment of error, volun , tary or involuntary, is not to be expected where no re gard is had to political principle. Mr. STEELE has discharged a public duty in ex , posing this base intrigue to injure the moral influence of Mr. O'CONNELL. The Hon. and Learned Mem ber for Kilkenny was never more deserving of the un limited confidence of his fellow-countrymen than he is at the present moment. His exertions in behalf of his native country are as far above all praise, as his Parlia mentary services to the empire at large are above all price. Differing as we do from Mr. O'CoNNELL on many questions of national interest, we have plea sure in acknowledging that we have recently witnessed with delight the statesman-like vie dirocted the exercise of the immense power which Ireland has wisely placed at his disposal. To calumniate such a man is Hot to misrepresent the conduct of an in(iivi444 but to insult a nation. The Paris Papers of Monday are wholly destitute of any domestic political intelligence. In the sitting of the Court of Peers on that (lay the trial of MEUNIER, LAVAUX, and LACAZE was terminated ; but the sen tence of the Court was not delivered when the mails left Paris. M. DELA NGLE, Counsel for MELINIER, defended him on the ground of idiotcy ; M. LEDRu ROLLIN, on behalf of LAVAUX, pleaded his client's former good conduct, and his recent marriage with a young and beautiful woman, whom he ten derly loved ; and M. CIIA IX D'EST ANGE founded his defence of LACAZE entirely on his past unim peachable character, and the known moderation of his political opinions. Judging from the report of the trial now before us, the last-named learned Counsel conducted the defence of his client very indifferently. Should the accused be capitally condemned, an opinion prevails that the KING, out of regard to his son's nuptials, will not permit the sentence of execution to be carried into effect. Advices from the north of Spain to the 20th inst. have been received. It appears from them that the report of the murder of the San &bastion correspon dents of the Times-.and Morning Herald, was a hoax which some scoundrel practised upon our over-credu lous evening Contemporary the Courier. That jour nal has latterly been made the dupe of two very dis creditable impositions. In future, no great heed will be taken of its foreign revelations. DON CARLOS is still at Estella. In the Onate Gazette of the 18th inst., we find two decress of the Pretender, of which the following is an epitome : " Art. 1. The treaty signed in London on the 12th Jan., 1836, by the State Ministers the Bishop of Leon and M. Erro on one part, and M. Ouvrard on the other, is and re mains null and void. • Art. 2. M. Ouvrard shall cease to issue any more bonds of that loan. " Signed by the King's own hand. " Estella, April 8, 1837. " To Don Pedro d'Alcantara Diaz do la Bandero." ROYAL DECREE. " Art. 1. A nominal capital of 20,000,000 piastres is created in bonds of the Royal Treasury. " Art. 2. Those 20,000,000 piastres shall be divided into 200,000 bonds, viz., 50,000 of 200 piastres each, under the letter A.; 50,000 of 100 piastres each, under the letter B ; and 100,000 of 50 piastres each, under the letter C. Art. 7. The price at which the bonds shall be issued for the present shall be 50 per cent. of their nominal value. " Art. 8. The holders of those bonds shall obtain an inte rest of five per cent. per annum, from the day of their issue. That interest shall be payable every six months at Madrid, or in London, Paris, or Amsterdam, according to the choice of the holders, and in the banking-houses designated at the end of June and December of each year. " Art. 9. The nominal capital shall be reimbursable in gold or silver with the period of eight years, commencing from the day of my entry into Madrid, or of the acknowledgment of my sovereign authority in that city. " Art. 10. The Royal bonds are declared the first debt of the State. " Art. 11. The debt of the State, in consequence of the Ouvrad Loan, shall be immediately liquidated. The liquida tion shall be effected by my Royal Commissioners, or by per sons whom I shall appoint. " Art. 14. The Royal Bonds may be given in payment of all sorts of articles of equipment, clothing, armament, &c. " Signed by the King's hand. " To Don Pedro d'Alcantara, Diaz de la Bandero. " Estella, April 8, 1837." The ninth article of the second decree offers rather a gloomy prospect to those who may become the dupes of this artifice to rob Europe. However, the real ob ject of Don CA R LOS is not to raise money, which he melt knows no merchant would give for his paper ; but to plunder the Basques, upon whom his soldiers will force it as a legal tender, and likewise to appear to the Northern Powers, by whom only he is supplied with specie, as not altogether destitude of credit, even in London and Paris. Annexed are extracts from the papers : There is no official article in the Moniteur or this morning. The Nouvelle Minerve has the following article :--'• It has been agreed in the Council that there shall not be a special law for the appanage of the Duke of Nemours, but a complete code on the subjee,t, regulating the dotation of all the King's children, from the younger brother to the daughters ; their portion, in case of marriage, and their annual pension in case they remain unmarried. Thus, it is said, there will be pen sions for each sex, for every age, and every position. The dowry of the daughters to be a million of francs—the pension 300,000 francs. The same sum of 300,000 francs to be al lowed the sons till their majority , wh en it w ill b e ra i se d to 500,000 francs—the law to he presented to the Chamber du ringthe present Session." The same Paper says--" The million voted by the Cham ber for the expences of the marriage, is intended for diploma tic presents, independently of the secret funds of the foreign departments. It is said that two thousand Napoleons go to M. Ancillon ; the lady who, as diplomatist in petticoats,, has earned her pin money, will have ten thousand. In a word, the Prussian diplomatists, who have been so complaisant,. will absorb nearly the whole of the million for its own share."-- C'onstitutionnel, April 24. An account from Trieste says, " The fire which broke out here in the night of the 11th, reduced to ashes a great ware house filled with cotton, sugar, and cocoa. The loss in this article alone is between 400,000 and 500,000 florins ; fortu nately insurances had been made to the amount of 300,00011." The estate which Prince Polignac has just purchased near Munich, is the little Chateau of Neuberghausen, which is said to be most delightfully situated. The Genoa Gazette of the 15th, publishes a Royal decree, creating a Special Commission to examine the several plans presented to the Government for another railroad between Genoa and the Piedmontese provinces. The Commission is to point out that, the execution of which would be the most eligible.—Journal du Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS—PsaIm, APRIL 24. Wive per Cents., 10fT. 80c. 75c. Sec. Four per Cents., 9 , E ":51/c. Three per rents. 79f. 7SE 95c. Bank Actions, 2,405 f. Route de Naples, 981. linc. Roman Five per Cents., 103 Spanish Actives. 25 24% Spanish Differes, tm 9. Spanish Passives, 6 5%. Belgian Loan. Five per Cents, 1001,1. Portuguese Three per Cents. 3014 lA. 1 - I , ytian Loan, 3311 f. 3.32 f. Sc." EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 42%c.; money, 25E 40c. Three months, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money. 25E 22%c. —Cour, Authentinue. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents., 106 f. 90c. Three per Cents. 791. sc. Bank Actions, 2,4(5f. Rente de Naples, 991. sc. Roman Five per Cents., 103. Belgian Loan, 1011 N. Brussels Bank, 1,330 c. Portuguese Three per Cents., 301 i. Haytian Loan, 332 f. 50c. Spanish Actives, 24%. Spanish Passives 5%. Spanish Differes, 9. " DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE ENGLISH."— Mr. Fenimore Cooper's new work on " England and the So ciety of the Meteo".lilWr abounds in personal sketches and anecdotes of all theo*hat. distinguished characters now moving in the world of potffiefiMitierature, and general society. If Willis's Pencillingi" were found to be attractive, surely!, he reminiscences of the great novelist connected with hisresi dence in England will be doubly so. He gives his opiniois with that frankness for which he has ey,er been distinguished. Some of th e s k etc h es are, i t is true; not very complimontary, but it cannot be denied that they are excessively antu,i:g. Rogers (the poet) Tierney, Godwin, Joseph Hume, Sotl:e)y, Coleridge, Lockhart, (Editor of the Quarterly Reviell;) Sir Francis Burdett, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Robert Peel, Lords Holland, Dudley, John Russol, Brougham, Grey, Althorpe, Sp enser , t h e M arqu i s o f S a l s bury, his late Majesty George the Fourth, and others, figwe prominently in the Volumes. The young Marquis of Drogheda, late the 1-10.1. Henry Seymour Moore, who lately succeeded to the family honors by the death Qf his unple, the late Marquis, is in his twelfth year. His Lordship's father, the late Lord Hen . y Moore, Only survived his marriage a year. Lady Het Y Moore, ve-Married to Mr. Qole, has arrived at the family sea', Moore Abbey, from Twickenham, THR SUN, LONDON, NyDNESDAY APRIL 2 . 6, 837. C2OtJNTY ! LONGFOR.L. CO MITT _LE CTION n. —(THIS DAY.) ..m..-.___ The Committee met to-day precisely at eleven o'clock. Sir Jens HODIIOUSE stated to the Committee that' as he was obliged to attend a Council to day, it w ou ld b e necessary !or him to b e i n attendance upon his Majesty at two o'clock, when a special report was to be made in the case of Greenncre. The CHAIRMAN having consulted the Committee, stated to the Counsel, that under the circumstances stated by Sir John Cam 1 - fobhouse, the Committe e would adjourn for the day at half-past one o'clock. The vote of Patrick Esling was objected to for insufficiency of Value. The vote' of Wm. Farrell was next objected to on similar grounds. Three or four of the Counsel addressed the Committee at the same time, when Mr. ifirsTEN said the scene here was really worse than that exhibited by the liouse of Commons yesterday evening. The vote was st ruck off. The vote of Thomas M'Cormick was next objected to, as he was only a joint-teaant in a farm of nine acres. The vote was struck off. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(if IS DAY.) Lord BROUGHAM, Lord BATEMAN, and Lord MAYO sat to day to hear scotch appeal:. Their Lordships were occupied the whole toointng with the part-heard case of the Duko of Hamilton and Mather, the arguments in which had no; eon. eluded when our reporter left, CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY. The Loki) CHANCELLort was occupied the who;, morning with the part-beard ease of Mayhew v, lrrithlgham• His Lordship will not sit to-morrow, VICE-CHANCERY. --('HIS DAY. His Honour the VICE- CIiANC , FI444I', will not sit to-morrow in consequence of its being the Queen's birth-day. The ar guments in the part-heard case of Dyer v. Webb were resumed to-day upon his Honour taking his seat, and had not concluded when we left. ROLL'S COURT.-?I'llIS DAY. PLUNKETT V. BURLINGTON. The arguments in this ease having been concluded, his Lordship allowed the demurrer which had been put into the plaintiff's bill—proceedings to gain the same object as that for which the bill had been filed, having been instituted in the Court of Common Pleas in Lancaster. KING'S 13 ENUII.-(THIS DAY. The Court took the Crown paper this morning. The cases argued were not of any public interest. BAIL Mr. Justice WILLIAMS took his soot on the ficneli at ten. stcnots WIGRIN'SON. Mr. BARSTOW moved for a rule to show cause in this case, w:hich was an action under the lnterpleader Act. There had been considerable dealings for goods at various times between the plaintiff and the defendant, and on settling their accounts it appeared that a son of 200/. remained unsettled. The de fendant shortly after became a bankrupt, and when assignees were appointed the defendant turned out to be only an agent in the transaction. A fourth person brought an action against the defendant in the lord Mitym's Court, and it was desirous to bring that person into this Court, but there was no remedy unless it was given under the Interpleader Act.—Rule granted. CHURCH -RA TES. On Monday evening a very numerous meeting of the inha bitants of the hamlet of llfilo.ea'd Old Town, convened by re quisition to the Churchwardens, took place in the Town-house, to take into consideration the measure brought into' Parlia ment by his Majesty's Ministers for the abolition of Church rates. Robert Willis Hall, Esq., was called to tho chair. Mr. R. FLErcusa proposed a resolution, to the effect that the abolition of Church.rates is essential to the honour and usefulness of the Established Church, 'to the enjoyment of religious liberty, to the peace and harmony of all deno minations of his Majesty's subjects, and the prosperity of re ligion. He then forcibly pointed out the necessity of some specific plan for the maintenance of the Church, witho - ut hay ine. recourse to the degrading measure of compelling persons whether they would or no to pay for its support—that expe dient hail been found in the measure now before Parliament. —( Hear, hear.) It could not be expected that in a country like England, boasting, as iF justly did, of its freedom, that people would quietly subniit to the payment of rates now proved to be perfectly unnecessary. Would the members of the Church of England, with sufficient funds for the purpose in their hands, still go to the members of another Church and compel them to pay for the support of theirs? He knew they would not; it was perfectly unreasonable, and he was sure they would no longer do it.—( Cheers.) Mr. GRAT seconded the resolution. Mr. Coma said he wished to acr i esint th e meet i ng w i t h a feet, A f ew d ays b ac k the Chi:, - eh -rate collector called at his house when only a.Chi ld. 'VAS at home, and almost frightened the poor thing h fit, by threatening to take sonic articles of furniturz.,, if ls. 3d. Church-rate was rot immediatel aid. A so.: ng money, and wh o was near t h e spot, pa i d the and sa. - . , ed his goods.—( Ciies of " Shame.") He afterwards mei the collector, and told him that he supposed he got in the major part of his collection by frightening old women and chil dren, when he replied that where he could get it, he did. He thought the country was highly indebted to his Majesty's Minis ters for the measure they had brought forward—a measure un paralleled for justice and liberality.—(Cheers.) He trusted the measure would pass into a law ; but he believed this could only be effected by the people giving the Ministers that support to which they were so justly entitled.—( Cheers.) The resolution, after some further discussion, was carried with only one dissentient. A petition to the House of Commons, praying for the pass ing of the Ministerial measure for the abolition of Church rates, was then read ; and on the motion of Mr. Jesse Cul lum, seconded by Mr. Couzens, adopted, with one dissentient only. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting broke up. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, a mail from Lisbon, by the Partridge, sailed on the 9th April (old date), and ship letters from Philadelphia, Madras„ and Cape of Hope; Ceylon, 10th December. We rave received Madras papers to the 12th January, and 'Cape of Good Hope to the 23d February. The Bombay Courier announces the intention of Govern ment to dispatch the Hugh Lindsay to Suez on the 18th inst., and au overland mail fur dispatches by her will be kept open. A meeting of the Steam Committee was held at Old Court House on the 9th January; Captain Dalrymple laid before the meeting the correspondence received from the Provisional Committee at London, for the furtherance of steam commuz.i cation between England and Madras, by means of a private Company. It was resolved that a public meeting should be ca'led for 14th Feb., to take the above papers into consider ation. _ The Cape of Good Hope Papers aro entirely filled with English and French news. The Liverpool Papers received this morning say, that it would be a great error to suppose that the immediate conse quence of the United States Bank's arrangements arc the only beneficial ones likely to result from it. By saving the mer chants of America from ruin, it will save thousands of the working classes of the people in England from poverty and misery. Had the Bank of the United States allowed the moat extensive market for English goods to go to ruin, and all the established commercial relations between the two countries to be broken up, the manufacturers of England would have re ceived a blow from which they would not recover for several years. • Under this arrangement the demand for British goods will continue steady, if not brisk. By accounts from Liverpool it appears that the Mary and Ann was expected to reach the river this morning from Val paraiso, which she left on the 15th January, having on board 300,000 dollars. The accounts from the frontiers of Spain state that the ex pedition to Castile was to be under the orders of Don Sebas- tian, who was ready to march; and that General Espartero had received orders to detach from- his army 10,000 men to oppose it. Another natant states that Don Pablo Sanz was to be the commander. The accounts from Pampeluna to the 18th inst. says that the line of the Ebro was too well guarded; the Queen's troops oa that point were to the number of six battalions, and 600 cavalry, well mounted ; and that the Carlists would be at tacked in the reas by the Governor of Lerin, and the division at Vittoria, which had already arrived at Los Arcos. Iriarte who is an experienced officer, was to defend the passage of the Ibre. TIIE FINDS, The fluctuations during yesterday in ilk: Consol Market were very limited, and money for commercial and other pur poses was rather easily obtained. There was also an increase of confidence amongst the mercantile community in the city. Some time must elapse before the late extensive interruption in commercial affairs can be totally adjusted. Consols closed yesterday at 904 I for the Account—opened at the same price this morning ; Money, sq-, 7 -,; Exchequer Bilis, 42 44 prem. ; India Bonds, 40 42 prem. ; Bank Stock, 204 205 ; India ditto, 258 259. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active very heavy, owing to their coming 11 per cent. lower from Paris, and nothing transpired in respect to the dividend on Coupons. Spanish, 214 22 ; Passive, 513. ; Deferred, 83 l- ; Portuguese, 471 Three per Cents, 30i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 52i 53i. Little doing as yet in the new American paper. HALF-PA ST ONE. The accounts from Liverpool received this morning state that during the last week there has been some extensive failures, principally among the holders of cotton and other articles of depreciated produce, and the dead losses in most of these cases have been frightful. In the present state of the market there is no reason to believe, that it will become very materially less, even had the parties been able to hold out longer. Rich holders of produce may escape with the sael Mee of their property, but those who hold consi derable quantities of produce, without realised wealth to fall back upon, cannot bear up under the depreciation which no one could have anticipated or provided for. It was stated that the Branch Bank of Liverpool had been instructed to discount brokers' acceptances; but it is known, from the best authority, that no such instructions have been received. We may also add that the low prices of raw mate rials of our manufacturers, are not to be regretted in them selves; but that, on the contrary, they will soon, when confi dence and demand revive, stimulate trade, and increase em ployment in the manufacturing districts. Consols have been during the morning at 90i for the Ac count, and 901 for Money. Exchequer Bills, 42 43 41 pre mium ; India Bonds, 41 39 premium.; Bank Stock, 204 i ; India Stock, 2581 259, The New American Paper done currently—Bank Bonds, 94 • Morris Canal at 98—an interest of six per cent. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active continues heavy at 214 22 ; Portuguese, 474 ; Three per Cents., 304 ; Dutch 'we and a Half per Cents., 53i ; Coupons, 44 lower. THREE O'CLOCK. Con,ols for the Account, 90. THE FU N DS.—C LOSING PRICES. unrristi FUNDS. Bank Stock .......... ...... ) I Omni.nn 2 per Cont. nett.- y9 s S9,_ India Stock ........«....... ..... 2a9 3 fur Cent. Cons ............. ny,, per Cent. New 3% por Cent. 93,1, Ditto New Amitotic:: — I per Cont. Assented ........ ..... .t. Bills. 10u01 •Nd. ... 11 pm. Dissented Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 ' 41 pm. ,ins P 460 Jan. 1860 .........- YOREIG N I , UN DS. Austrian ' 5 per eont Portuguese Bonds, *per cent. &Wan, 5 po. cent lOl% Ditto, Now Ditto 46•U Br.zilian fiords Lluensis Ayres, 6 per cent.— • Russian Bonds. 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent ....... .. . , 1 Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent - -tisk Spaniso 5 per cent — _co 87134 . - ' Ditto. d a nsolijated 22 ianA, 3 per cent — : French, 5 ',el cent Greek Bonds, Ma, 5 per cent Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... ..... .... llx cnch, 3 per cent. —l ---, Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 ....... I Dutch, 2i per cent. ........ 531 / Peruvian, 1825. 6 per cent. ... i Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100 1 ,4 SHICIES. Great Western Railway 1 , London and Brighton Railway (Stevenson's) [.o radon and Brighton Railway (Rennie's) London and Southampton Railway IN Manchester and Leeds Railway ....... .................... Manchester South Union Railway 34 North Midland Railway South Eastern and Dover Railway No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our Use o deck List. SECOND EDITION. DI PER lAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Nothing of any importance took place in the House of Commons up to the time of our going to Press. CHANGE Mr MINISTRY.—A country gentleman gave the following excellent reason for not exchanging the present Ministers.for any others that might be prusented to carry the country on to the wished for point of perfection : "Itis in politics in horses," said our Nimrodian logician. When a man has a horse that's near up to the notch, he'd hetioe not swap him; if he does, he's set, almost to get one not so good as his own. My rttle is, I'd rather keep a critter, whose faults are known than change him for a beast, whose faults ilry i%nown." a servant belonging to Mr. Collington, of Ue Barley Sheaf, Hinckley, was cleaning- a cow'4 . l,viiy toc tripe, shilling of Geo. IV. was found ttke enntents of the stomach. It was marApcl :A sev era l p l aces b y t h e animal ' s t !tt ll- 1 , ;S t r y.masticati o n, and was not i n the least clisea., igtice4,—Aeicesecr Chrenick, COMMON PLEAS. -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) Before Mr. Justice VAUGHAN and a Common Jury. BECK V. JOHNSON. This action was brought to recover compensation for damages alleged to have done by the defendant's omnibus, in coming in collision with the plaintiff's gig and horse, in Oxford-street, in the month of March, 1836. Mr. flustptutEv, with Mr. KNOWLES, conducted the case for the plaintiff; and Mr. Scrjcant BOMPAS appeared for tho defendant. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff's clerk and groom were in the gig on the day in question, proceeding on their employer's business in a westward direction through Ox ford-street, and when passing by the Old Green Man and Still public-house, a coal waggon was moving along, about thirty yards before them. On passing it, the defendant's omnibus came at a rapid rate in the opposite direction, and struck against the gig with such violence as to break it to pieces. The two per sons were thrown into the street, and the horse (a valuable one) being disengaged by the collision, ran away and dashed 'ito a shop in the neighbourhood, and suffered considerable Injuries. On the part of the defendant it was-contended, that the accident happened by the gig passing at a moment when the omnibus came up, and instead of the gig being surprised by it the cont rary was t h e case, t h ere being abundance of room at the opposite side of the waggon for the gig to pass, where it might have safely avoided coming in contact with the omnibus, or have pulled up and slackened its pace behind to prevent danger.—The trial had not concluded when our Reporter left. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-THIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIL 25..—. Wind S. W., fine.—Arrived the Herald steamer, Monte, from Cork ; and Ann and Mary, Newcastle. Fm.f.torre, APRIL 24.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Part ridge, from Lisbon—sailed the 10th instant. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind S. \V.—Arrived the Han nah, Campbell, from Havannah—sailed the 3d instant. HASTINGS, APRIL 25. —Off port the True Briton, Beach, from Madras. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 25.--Off port, the John and William oward, from St. Michael's. HOLYHEAD, APRIL 24.—Off port, the Venture, Allan, from New York. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.—Wind N. W., light.—Arrived the Troy, Aliens, from Charleston ; Lady Rowena, Main, from ditto ; and Ceres, Hicks, from Seville. Off port the Mary and Ann, from Valparaiso ; Hector, from Bombay ; Phcenix, from Demerara; Hutchinson, from Trinidad; Water Witch, from Barbadoes ; Catherine, from New Orleans ; Alexander, from Mobile ; Howard, from Savannah; Francis, from Charles ton and Thomas Hughes, from ditto. CAPE OF Goon HOPE: FEB. 19.---Arrived the Atalanta steamer, from London. CORK, APRIL 23. Arrived, the Judith and Esther, from Jamaica ; Demerara, Hiom, from Cuba ; Woodland Castle, from Barbadoes. LEITIi, APkIL 23. —Arrived, the Elizabeth, liulriek, from Stettin. Tho James, Holmes, from Dublin to Demerara, was on Arklow Bank on the 23d inst. • The Courier du Monte, fiom Havre, was driven on shore at Guadaloupe on the 11th ult.--cargo landed. Vessels spoken with—The Albion, from Bowbay to Liver ponl, on the 7th ult., lat. 20, long. 10, N. ; Orestes, from Canton to Bristol, on the 19th ult. ; and Africa, from London to Ceylon, on the 20th ult., lat. 1, long. 20, by the True Briton, arrived off Hastings. A ROYAL MISTAKE.—I was told the following anecdote by Madame do _, who was intimate with Louis X VII f. One day, in taking an airing, the King was thirsty, and sent a footman to a cottage for water. The peasants ap peared with some grapes, which they offered, as the homage of their condition. The King took them and ate them, not withstanding the remonstrances of his attendants. This little incident was spoken of at Court, where all the Monarch does or says becomes matter of interest, and the next time Mad. de was admitted, she joined her remonstrances to those of the other courtiers. We no longer live in an age when Kings need dread assassins," said Louis, smiling. A month passed, and Mad, do was again admitted. She was re ceived with a melancholy shake of the head, and with tears. The Due de Berri had been kilted in the inverval.—Recol lections of Europe, by the author of " The Pilot." The Princess Victoria, whenever she appears at the Opera, is remarkable for the plainness of her dress; she wears her hair in plain bands, and if there is any ornament, it is something very slight in the middle of the forehead • the only thing r emar k a bl e a b out h er Royal Highness is alarge old fashioned fan, which she constantly uses. Cheltenham Looker-on. The new Counsellor of the Russian embassy, in the room of Baron Francis de Maltitz, is expected to arrive in the course of the ensuing week from St. P e t ers b urg. G en. Sebastiani h as h a d his audience of leave of the King of the French, and is expected at Manchester House, with his Lady, on Monday next, from Paris. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAnctr 28.—The current value of the Turkish coin continues to be very low ; nay, it is thought that it will rather grow worse than better. A short statement will show how this depreciation has gained ground in a few years. Every body remembers that in regulating the payment of the contribution to Russia, stipulated in the treaty of Adrianople, the ducat (at 4} florins) was estimated at 33 piastres, or 40 pares. This corresponded with the current value of the Turkish coin at that time; the florin therefore was worth 7+ piastres, or 293 paras, whereas now it is worth 436 pares, that is, nearly 11 piastres. The natural reason is chiefly the progressive debasement of the new coin, the intrinsic value cf which is one-third, nay, even one half, less than that of the old coin; to this we may add, the stagnation of trade, and the want of credit. The merchants here are in arrears in their -payments to Europe, and must meet them ; hence the scarcity of remittances, and the high prices of them. The New York Com nzercial Advertiser of March I S, after having inserted a letter from a Correspondent, which it is requested should be done " without charge," giving an account of a s il ver p i tc h er h a ving b een p resente d to him, ap pends the f o ll ow i ng remar k We don't muc h like this publishing without charge,' But it is ever thus. Every silver pitcher that is given we must describe, and compliment the artist, and publish the correspondence, without charge.' Yet nobody thinks of giving a silver pitcher to us. Every new town, either built or to be built, if any lots are to, he .old, we may puft—' without charge.' Yet wp zat no lands and to; nements thereby. arc crosses in our path, which we nßist Cll49l:e t On the present occasion, however, we cheer, fully insert the foregoing—erpecially on account qt the isuth of the whole of it, the last pai-tioulac—whereby the good pubiip a sellers wilt perceive, that for the crack' auc tioacers the New York commercial Advertiser is the place to ' IQ4 in," SPIRIT OF TUE PUBLIC JOURNALS The Irish Municipal Reform Bill was read a second time last night, _without opposition, in the House of Lords. In consenting to Lord Melbourne's motion last night, their Lordships did but play a part in contemptible farce, as .Lord Brougham did not scruple to tell the House and the country. The observations which fell from the Duke of Wellington and Baron Lyndhurst are calculated to dispel all illusion on the subject of the meeting at Apsley-house on Monday, as to the prevalence of moderation in the Councils of their Lordships. It cannot be difficult, we think, to discover the system of tactics which on that occasion their Lordships determined to act upon. Not daring to treat the Representatives of the people with th a t that contempt w hi c h t h e T ory Peers are known to en tertain towards the House of Commons, their Lordship% under the advice of.their Commander-in-Chief, have consented, for form's sake, to go into Committee on the Bill, with fell intent of once more mangling it. Last year tl:e first division on this question took place upon Lori Fitzgerald and Vesci's instructions to the com mittee. Will the same Noble Lord repeat the same performance on Thursday week, the day on which it ordered that the ,Bill shall be committed ? Why all this contemptible trickery ? Lord Lyndhurst openly announced last, night the determination of his) party not to let this measure pass into a law. What is the justificatio n , then, for wasting the time of the House with P. discUs! , ion upon the details of a Bill, the prin ciples and the provisions of which are already de riounced by those who, unfortunately, compose the majority in the hereditary and irresponsible assembly , of law-makers ? We are aware of the shabby pre text upon which the Duke of Wellington proceeds. The Bill, he says, may be amended in committee. It may, to be sure ; but is mutilation amendment ? Will it not rather be destroyed ? Is it not the set tled purpose of the Noble Duke and his partisans to be Destructives as far as this Bill is con cerned ? Are they not resolved upon assenting to so much only of the Bill as abolishes the pre sent corrupt and exclusive Corporations, while they mean to oppose and to frustrate that part of the mea sure which proposes to reconstruct the municipal insti tutions upon a broad and popular basis? And do they not know that in such en arrangement neither the King's Ministers, the House of Commons, nor the people of Ireland can, by any possibility, ever be as senting parties ? We presume they will not dispute hur exposition of their own opinions and intentions, and there can be no doubt as to the feelings and the determination of the Government and of the country. The votes • of the House of Commons indicate plainly the deteimina . on of the people ; and if any doubts did , happen, we know not why or how, to remain upon ant' body's minds, with respect to the settled purpose of Ministers, these must be put to flight by a perusal of. the admirable speech delivered by the Premier last night. There was no mincing of matters, no he sitation as to the course which duty and honour and principle dictate to the Cabinet, no paltering, no making of loopholes for the future retreat of reckless apo tacy or dexterous plausibility--ther e was nothing of all this about that spirited expression of the honest conviction of an upright and independent Minister. Lord Melbourne spoke as an honest man, confident of the wisdom of his own opinions, and of the un scrupulous factiousness of his place-hunting adver saries. Nor did his Lordship limit himself to the mere assertion of those lofty and generous: principles which he so nobly maintains. He grappled with the enemy's pretences, and exhibited their worthlessness. What havoc he made of the shallow declainations about normal schools of agitation, and the Protestant (that is, the Orange ascendancy) interests which have formed the entire stock in trade of Sir Robert Peel,-and the rest of the corruptionist p ack, ever since this question was brought before the Legislature " Why. (exclaimed the Noble Viscount), is it not a notorious fact that agitation has been increased to an incalculable extent by the refusal of this House to reform these corrupt bodies (the Cor porations), and concede the just demands of the people ?" This cannot be denied ;it is notorious to the world that 'the factious and unjust decision of the Peers, and the atrocious 44 alien speech of Baron Lyndhurst, have generated more agitation—more ill feeling —more violence of opinion —and a stronger aversion to the Established Church in Ireland within one year, than could have been produced by all the speeches and all the resolutions of all the . agitators is that country in fifty times that period. And yet the Duke of Wellington made it a matter of complaint against Ministers, that they did not debase themselves and propose to debase the House of Commons, and insult.the feelings of the nation, by coming down with a measure such as that which—being manufactured by Lord Lyndhurst —was last year scouted by the Ministry, the Commons, and the country Is that _ the fashion in which the Gallant Duke would settle the differences that have arisen between the represen tatives of the people and the irresponsible Peers ? His Grace did not manage matters in the same fashion, as Lord Melbourne, in indignant terms, - reminded him, in 1829. In 1828 the Peers, by a larger majority than that against the Municipal Re form Bill, rejected a Bill for the relief of the Catholic'-, after it had received the sanction of the other House of Parliament. . And what did the Noble Duke in the following spring ? Did he, to consult the dignity of their Lordships, cushion the Catholic question, or at tempt to cushion it? No ; but' he brought in a Bill himself, ten times more liberal than that which the Peers had the year before rejected ; and that Bill the • Peers then passed by an overwhelming majority. And this is the man to complain of Lord Melbourne' s inat tention to the dignity of the House of Lords—lie who dragged their Lordships through the -mire—as he would again drag them to-morrow were he in office, and did he deem it convenient to carry those measures against which he now marshals the array of- those who have set him up as their dictator. The dignity of the Peers, forsooth ! Lord Lyndhurst's dignity, and Lord Wynford's, and fifty other Lords, who have within half a century received their coronets as the reward of their abandonment of principle and political subserviency in St. Stephen's Chapel I But is no account to be taken of the sense of the country and the dignity of the Commons ? On both occasions the Bill originated in the Lower House, and it was the Peers whooffcred an insult to a co-ordinate - and a more important branch of the Legislature. Sir Robert Peel declared in Merchant Tailors' Hall, that henceforth the Government of this Empire -must be conducted agreeably to the will of the majority in the House of Commons ; the Duke of Wellington, not being a Commoner, and being less oily than the plau sible Baronet, will have it that the Minister should square his measures according to the caprice of the Peers. After the refresher given - to his Grace by Lord Melbourne, we don't expect to hear him utteiinp, such doctrines in future—doctrines so completely at issue with his own practice when he was Prime Minister, or rather dictator, in Downing-strset. With the exception of Lord Melbourne's speech and his cutting reply, there - was nothing in the short discussion, or rather conversation, which the motion gave rise to, de serving notice. The Duke of Wellington, Lord - Lyndhurst, and Lord Brougham, were, besides the Noble Viscount, the only speakers, and they delivered merely a few sentences each. • When the Duke of Wellington next reproaches Ministers with a want of respect for the House of Lords in offering to them a Bill approved by the Commons, which their Lordships had before rejected, it would not he amiss were he to refresh his memory with the arguments which he intended to offer to the Peers to induce them to pass a Reform Bill equally efficient with that which, on his recommendation, they had thrown out a little before. His Grace on that occasion could not easily have produced any arguments implying that he held their Lordships in very high regard. He could only have told them—" In 1830 I extolled rotten boroughs as the ingredient in our constitution which made it matchless. You have thrown out a Bill destroying all. that is •excellent in our constitution, namely, borough-. mongery, But I could only form a Ministry on the erudition of proposing a similar Bill, and your Lord-. ships Surely_ will deem that a sufficiently good reas on for your suffering yourselves to be dragged thrOugh the rrire." It is true his Grace was spared the necessity of performing this not very dignified part; but be was: Quo!: ready to perform it, and was mill prevented 'by