The Sun. — London, England, 1837-02-09 00:00:00

111...------:-.4.....-----.,..-......._ —......-- PTIICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK i ENO: Stock. .......... ....... ..... 21:8 ;India Stork — ... , 3per Cent. Red. . 90% 00% IDitto Bonds .22 20 22 pm. 3 per Cent. Cons ..... 59%103 South Sea Stock ............ ..... -- ~ 5% per Cent.... ........ ........ 96% )01d Annnities .. ...... ............ 88K ' Ditto Red........ ............ 99% 7% 8 ;New Ditto New 3% per Cert Mi 54%% 13 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... --- New Spur Cent.. Bank Long Annuitie itoexpire Ditto ..... ....... 00 ..... ..... 28 25 P pm. m. / Jan. 5, lBfo — D itto Small ... ............. 28 26 Oct- 10 , 187'0....... ....... 11 13-16 Ditto Commercial ....... .. Inv- I Jan. 5, IP6O — Ditto Advertised.... ...... pm. Jan. 5, .ftS' - Bank Stock for Account... ..... -... April 5, 1880 ........ ..... -- India Stock for Account ...... .... Jan. 5, 1870.......... --IConsols for Account (.1)(,% 3 ,4 Otnnium •.•-_•' -... pm. ( PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Anstrian Bonds .. _ Belgian Bonds -.1 Ditto Account Ditto Account... ........... .. Portugueseßond - -..... Bends ..... .............. Ditto ACCOIVai; — Brazilian Ditto New Rands Ditto Account ...... ........... 85%! Buen-is Ayres Bonds ...... ...... —1 Ditto Accov.it Ditto Accoont ........ ..... .. Ditto, 3 pe'. cent. 3-- - 5 & Chilli= Bonds ............. ....... I Prussian 8r, n d......,„_. ....... Ditto Account .. ...... —....-- RUSS , 7.Y1 Bands, 1822 _ Colombian Bonds ......... ....... . —1 Ditto ..5cc0ut.......... Erato Accotn.t. .. ......... .... —1 Ditto Metallic.— C.olumbian Bonds, :(--24 —l Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Dsni3h Bonds .................... I Dilto Bonds. 1831 2434 1 ; Ditto Account :...... ........... Ditto Account I 24 34% Greek Bonds.-- ...... ........... French, 5 per cent......—. —l. Ditto Bonds, 18'5 —l ---- 4 per cent. Onto Account .... ..... . 7 —-- 2 per cent. ...... ... --F. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — —.--- Exchange........... —f. --. Ditto Account ......... D i tto, 6 .. per cent. ........ —' Ditto Account — Ditto Account ................ I Ditto, 5 yoer cent.lo3% , N e apolitan ........,.._;....„_„ Ditto Account 1037-i ----_ _.. -_-_-.---------- PRICES OF SHARES THIg DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share London and Green xich ilailway C0mpany........ 20 21 1 4 Manchester South Union Railvray Company.... 5 5S 20 Victoria Railway Company ..... a 1 O 20',h, London and Westrainsr Bank MAILS. Arrived.Due.f Arrived. Doe. Arrived. Due 0 • America Ol 1 France........._.. 0 0 1 Winn 0 0 Brazil ..... ..... 0 I I Ducrii. &Jersey 0 0 Malta ...... 0 Bncnos Ayres.. 0 013 amburg 1 0 Mexico ...... ...... 0 0 Ctrthagena .... ii 0 i :olland ...... 1 Dublin... ..... 0 1 :Jamaica .... 1 Flanders 0 0 1..--eward Islands 0 2 Waterford 0 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'ID-MORROW. 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CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENER.M.. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 78, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BLOO`,(SRITRY. THE ANNUAL GENERAL IMAEETING of PROPRIETORS. will be held at the Office of the Society, on Trioasnay, the 2d dag of March next., at Twdve for One o'clock ; at sshich Meeting, Four Directori and One Auditor will be elected. - . The Election of One Auditor, on the part of the Assured, will take place on WEDNESD.!LY, the Ist day of INLrch, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. All persons assured for tha whole term of Life, and qualified to vote, are hereby referredf to the conditiens endorsed on their Po licies for information rest3ecting the Candidate to he proposed. JOSE? - 1I PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. February 10, 1937. WASIIING-TON IRVING'S NEW TALE. SHE WIDOV 'S ORDEAL, or Judicial Trial by Combat; a Tale of Early Ages, by WASHINGTON IRVING, Esq., rcpt ited from the American, with a beautiful Wood Engravitvz by Williams, will be found in the PARTERRE fur this week (No. 133). Price only Two-pence, together with several other articles of interest.__ E. Wilmn, Jun., King 'William-street. 7 - he publication of Tnn SuN NEw , 7Arna coramtmced this day at 23 7ninures past Three o' Clo, h. S ST ." 4 - 3, r e4l c o% „, , 41 A - y - y" kty-3-.1-. LONDON, THURSDAY EvENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1837. Yesterday, being Ash Wednesday, the Lords did not sit. In the House of Commons petitions from Pctw•ortb, and from various places in Scotland, were presented. fur the abolition of Church-rates. - The following petitions also were prescntea—for Cor porate Reform sal the Extinction of T;thes in Ire ; for the Repcal of the Duty on Soap ; ag , linst the Pcor Laws Amendment Act ; for the estahliFhtnent in Wales of a system of Education in Engli,:h, in order to amalgamate and bring the two countries into a closer connexion ; and OM! signed by upwards o:2,00 persons prang for inquiry into the creation of collusive votes in Scotland. On the motion of Mr. D. BROWNE, the adjourned de bate on the Reform of the irish Municipalities was then r,•sumcd, and was brought to a close ht a quarter past two o'clock this morning. No division took place, awl leave, of e,,urt.e, being given to Lord JOHN Ruse, LL to bring in Bill, the Noble Lord accordingly brought up the Bill, which was read a first time. The secend.reading was understood to be fixed for Friday n'unillit. It is noticeable that Sir JAMES GRAHAM was the first of the pack to give tongue, and declare the determination of the Tories to deny Reformed Municipal Institutions. to Irehied. From this overt declaration o► hostility, which was loudly cheered by Sir R. PEEL and Lord STANLEY, it is presumed t hat the Bill is doomed to destruction by the Couzcrvativcs. 'The speech of Lerd ?tIORPETH will be read with much interest. Nothing can he more triumphant than his admirable vindication of the Irish Governmmt—nothing mire conclu sive than iti2 refutation of the c..1 - nunious libels retailed on Tuesday by S7rgeant JACKSON, and his followers. Noble Lord utterly demolished each and every charge which formed the stock in trade of the Tories. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should post pone the question of Poor Laws for Ireland till Monday. The Grand Jury (Ireland) Bid was read a second time, and ordered to be committed this day. . The debate on the subject of the Irish Municipal Cor porations was brought to. a close at an early hour thi ' morning, then Lord JOHN RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the Reform of those Institutions. On the whole, the debate has been a remarkably heavy one— all business and matter-of-fact on the one side ; all prosy rigmarole on the other. The two most efficient speeches have decidedly been those delivered by Lords JouN Itus sem. and MoneEnt, who by dint of stubborn facts and pertinent arguments, have made out a case to which their opponents have in vain attempted to offer a reply. As for Sir ROBERT PEELS laboured harangue, it was tamer and more equivocal than usual, which is saying a great deal for it. The Right Honourable Baronet did not venture upon a bola, manly opposition ; but contented himself with sundry small cavillings and carpings at matters not worth an instant's consideration. All we can gather from his last night's speech is, that on the whole he prefers Tory to Whig policy. But no, we do him injustice. However discreet he might be on other points, he was explicit to a degree on the subject of the " clemency" lately exercised by Lord MULGRAVE, in his capacity of Administrator of the laws in Ireland. Here, there was no mistaking his meaning. Here, he went the whole hog of unleavened Toryism. But this was per fectly in character, for nothing could be more appro priate—nothing more natural, than that an influential member of the Tory party—of that party who mas sacred their countrymen wholesale at Peterloo ; who for upwards of thirty years exercised despotic sway over the kingdom, taxing it ad libitum, . and filling the dungeons with those who demurred to their proceedings ; riding rough-shod over justice, honour, and humanity ; holding the Constitution at arm's • length, and laughing to scorn all idea of righteous and merciful legislation ;—no thing could be more perfectly in character, we say, than that a member of this tyrannical faction should enter his most earnest protest against a Liberal Lord Lieutenant's disposition to legislate for Ireland, in the spirit of mercy and forbearance. All that the Tories had to urge against Ministers, was, that their Irish policy had partaken too much of that quality which SBAKSPEARE, in his noblest passage, expressly terms, " an attribute of GOD himself." Though Lord MORPETH proved to de monstration that the mercy exercised by the Earl of Min.- GRAVE in his capacity of Viceroy, was in perfect accord ance with the strictest justice, yet still the Tories persisted in their cuckoo cry—Sir ROBERT PEEL, ih particular, making this part of the question the subject of a sorry jest, just as if the tempering of justice with mercy were a thing fit only to be laughed at ! We trust Ireland will not lose sight of this joke of the Right Hon. Baronet's. It is worth nothing except for its animus F but in this res- ON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1837. the land of his birth, ought to be as sacred in the eyes of a legislator as a rich man's pelf. The country is weary of sebum ~ h . , pretexts for Parliamentary proc A ei - o r '—ination. The really honest and intelligent friends o ;.. Ireland are unanimous in d e manding a Poor Law , as t, lv vat only serve as .T only measure by which her condition can be permanentl y Improved. This is the wheel to which every man should . now place his shoulder. When Ireland is safe, people wi' ,l hearken t more attentively to pro jects of further improvejtne ect it is as significant as the " laughter" of the House of ,ords the other evening, when the subject of Irish ariev ences was incidentally alluded to. If Sir R. PEEL chuckles P t the bare idea of mercy being extended to Irishmen, what rigid treatment may they not expect from him when once le regains possession of office! But this, by the bye, .e • never will ; and it gratifies us to find that he himself is of the same opinion. Before we take leave of the Right Honourable Baronet, we cannot help expressing a wish that when he next ventures to crack a joke, he will vouchsafe to give the. House some warning _ estry ; ter — General Ev Avis b before-hand. It It is unpleasant to be taken by surprise, , w _ . , .s.s addressed a letter to the Electors and last night Hon. Members were not aware that he had 0 ' .ar which sve cannot make room in our 'this, 4ay—intree.ting them to extend his Parlia ;elid a good thing, until he himielf announced the startling Y ite_are of absence. The gallant General expresses columns r ? tact by his own self-complacent chuckle. We should be in e c n o t a il . "aim such signal profs of their sincere regard, will doing injustice to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, were we to assert a . n A ent hope that rnis. constituents, who have already that his serious declamation was a whit superior to Sir R. given ?EEL'S drollery. It was in truth sad, vapid stuff—dull el e send to him the indulgence of the few weeks which will las ditch-water, and dry as a ship-biscuit. The Cumber- r .isw suffice for effectir.t the overthrow of Carlism in Spain. land Baronet should have been a Tory Bishop. He is fit i - Much as the Electors of Westminster, and the country for nothing else that we know of, except indeed to ' re generally, must regret the absence of the Hon. and Gallant stuck up as a target for Sir JOHN HOBLICUSE to let fly . hi s Gentleman from his seat in St. Stephen's, we do not believe satirical shafts at. Lord J. RUS S E LL's re p l y was bri. . 4, to the point. He hinted his su s p icions that the o . time is ceme when you will have need but 'position as the last, i this indeed ' ourself ; for the `4 all your energy ! that any liberal constituency in the kingdom would insist upon hie recal at the present juncture in the affairs of the would be little less tractable this y ear than it w Peninsula. General EVANS is fighting the battles of Con especially as regards the Ir ish Tithe Bill. I : stitutional freedom in Spain more effectually than he could be so, then, we say — lre l a nd look well to - hope to do on the floor of the House of Commons. We, therefore, wish him to be allowed to remain where he is a --sows— little longer. One blow, well directed, will crush the cause of Don C,&,rtee's for ever ; but if that blow be not struck in time, the consequences may be terrible. We will endeavour to find a place for General EvANs's address to his consti ments in to-morrow's Sun. xitnessing one of those Yesterday we had the p leasure of gr atifying scenes that enla r g e the heart, by stimulating the best sympathies of human natur e in the cause of charity— it was the celebration of the t'orty-third Anniversary of the Licensed Victuallers' Society. Much as we have heard and seen of other charitable institutions, we do not think there is arty more deserving of public support than this Society, which provides for the education and maintenance of orphan children of both sexes, a well as for the support of aged l members, who, by the dispensations of a hard fie, have I become helpless, but, who are thus by the liberal bounty of the Society, not only. rescued from destitution, but placed in their old age beyond the nec-.:ssity of parish relief. And all ibis is mainly accomplished through the agency of our I Contemporary, the Morning Advertiser—a paper which, 1 advocating liberal principles, continues to flourish under the able and spirit 0. management of its worthy editor, Mr. ANDRItSON,c,ided by the enlarged views of Mr. CURRY, the Governor, and Committee of the Society. As we have given a report of the proceedings in another column, we shall conclude by quoting the following from the Adver tiser of this morning—sincerely wishing the Society all the success which its benevolent character so eminently deserves : The whole of the Paris Papers have been received. Their contents are unimportant. From the Spanish fron tier there arc several communications in which Carlism is represented as reduced to the lowest ebb of wretchedness. The contraband trade is stopped at last for want of money. The Carlists have no cash, and the contrabandists know their customers too well to give them credit. The Journal de Paris is henceforth to devote itself to the service of the KING. It has been purchased by cer tain individuals belonging to the Royal Household. For the last six years it was the official organ of the TutEris' party—the Ex-President of the Council being constantly one of its most diligent contributors. Commodore Lord Jolts HAY has addressed a letter to Lord RANELAGH, in answer to a communication from that amateur Carlist Nobleman, on the subject of his exploits against the QUEEN'S troops before Bilboa. Lord JOHN HAY charges Lord RANELAGH and all other Englishmen, who supported the Carlists against the British flag, with constructive treason. " Important as were the proceedings last night in the House of Commons, we must, nevertheless, point the atten tion of our readers to the proceedings of another body—the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers—ulio yester day celebrated the 43d anniversary of the establishment of this Journal. A more numerous, or a more respectaLle company never assembled upon any similar occasion ; and it was meat gratifying to every one present, to learn that the aTairs of the Society were in the most prosperous condi tion. How the Governor of the Society acquitted him self upon the occasion will be seen from the report, and we shall, therefore, bestow no observations upon it. The Society, for the first time upon a similar occasion, was honoured by the presence of the Member for the Mon mouthshire boroughs, Mr. B. HALL, whose tasteful and excellent sentiments will be found elsewhere ; as also by that of other gentlemen, to whom we here record our best thanks. The Chamber of Deputies met on Tuesday, but no business of importance was done. There were but few Members present. Marshal CLAUSEL has addressed the following curious letter to M. CHARLES DUPIN, President of the French Institute : " SIR,—On arriving in Paris I read a speech which you addressed to the King, in the name of the Institute of France, on the Ist of January. In the paragraph relating to Africa I remark this phrase :—‘ And we extend its power even into that country where Rome, already become venal, had the mis fortune to send Calpurnius and to meet with Jugurtha.' Th e different interpretations which have been given to your expres sion force me to demand an explanation, which I trust you will not refuse inc.—! have the honour to be, CLAUSEL." The Marshal must be in his dotage to pay any regard n such expressions as the above•. Of course, the eloquent President of the French Institute will set the heart of the veteran at case on the question of covert censure. " The illorninj Advertiser of this day is printed by steam, and in future will be delivered to our readers one hour and a half earlier than during any previous year. The ma• chinery, manufactured by Mr. DRYDEN, promises the best possible results, and, in conjunction. with that preciously- on cur premises, will enable us to print 8,000 copies in cne Lour!" FRENCH FUNDS.—PAIrs, I'm 7. Five per Cents., !off. 20c. pc 10c. Four per Cents., 1011 Three per C‘nts. 79C 15c. 20c. Pc. Bank Actinns, '2,1001. Rento tic Naples, 9t31 2 c. :toc. Roman Five per Cents., 10'2N%. Spanish Actives. 36 25 Tii• :Vanish afreres, It. Spanish Passives, 7 7M Portuguese Three per l'ents. Dutch Two and a Half per ('ents. 54!4. exeur.rfuE ON LONDON. One month, paper, ^51..31c. ; mene), 251 Three months, paper, 251. 12 1 / 4 c.; money, 251 10c --t oars Authentivie. LAST PRICES. , , , , • Five per Cents., 10:K. ~, Three per Cents. - ,91' Rank Acilens, 2,110 t. ;11,449 4.v - dt,!.l Rente Pe Naples, .9,3f.4Gc.. 7* ---,, m . Re an live pe. Id2 - t - 4 .- Portug.ucse . rhree p,r Centst. :-.panisn Actives, .257.4. N;;;,;isli Differes, New Ditli2res, 11. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents , 5134 Peljian Society, 1,6 J f. 75c. The English Press actually teems with publications of all sizes, and of every degree of merit, on the fertile sub ject of Irish misery. There is barfly a public man, re markable for any degree of talent, who does not consider himself imperatively called upon to make a speech, or write a pamphlet, for the purpose of 'propounding acme scheme for the wsPiire of the sister country. For our own part, we can honestly state that we arc deluged with plans—nut one in five hundred of which are practicable. Now there Is no pion—no matter by •vhom proposed, or by how man ' supported—worth one straw for Ireland, unless it be practi cable. Utopian projects may do very well as the models of a conceivable system of government ; bat in the case cf Ireland, all plans must be so clst as to fit the iron mould of existing feelings, habits, and circumstances. No person in his senses would think of treating the queStion of Irish misery as he would an abstract philosophical inquiry, about the settlement of which all the learned men in Einopc might squabble for half a century without annoyance to any person bat themselves. The question at issue in Ireland is one of life and death. Every moment spent in useless delibera tion is an unnecessary prolongation of human misery. The friends of Ireland must not trouble themselves about what is abstractedly best, but with what, being good, is practi cally possible. The principle which leads some men to reject every good which is not perfect, according to their ideas of perfection, ought, in times like these, to disqualify them from taking any part in public affairs'. They may be honest men, but they are sadly deficient in the best of all guides fur the direction of social improvement—namely, an appreciation of immediate advantages, tractableness of.dis position, and cornmen sense. As for the people, the intel ligent among them will accept 'any measure which pro motes their interests with thankfulness, without regarding it as final, because they must be sensible that such a term belongs not to legislation. We have no final measures— we cannot have them. Our posterity, to the latest generation, will have, and no doubt will exercise, the right of thinking and legislating for themselves. Our chief business, there fore, is to consult for the practical welfare of our fellow subjects—not to be deterred from making them peaceable and contented now, because we pretend to foresee, from the coarse of events, that they will be reduced to as pitiable a \state of misery t wo h un d re d y ea rs hence. Ireland, in her present j3opardy, wants not advice, but prompt assistance. i She has had enough of plans and projects. It is not coun sel, but food and raiment that are sought by her perishing poor ; and with these necessaries of life, it is the first and most sacred duty of the Government to supply them. When their bellies are filled, and their backs covered, they will be in a better humour to listen to the lectures of the I Malthusians, and the notes of the human screech-owls, so 1 unwearied in their prognostications of calamity from change. Brussels and Ge . :,nan Papers have been received. By an Imperial Ukase of the 23th of February, the CZAR has forbade the University of Dorfut to confer degrees on any student not well acquainted with the R , lssi tn language, or to admit scholars not admirers of the Government, and in heart and feelings thoroughly Russian. The following important extracts are copied from the Brussels Papers, under date of the th and 7th inst. We have not space today for any comment upon them ; but, if correct, they may-lead to a rupture between Russia and France : EXPULSION OF A FRENCHMAN FROM Roa3IA.—A circum stance of the most serious nature has just taken place in Russia. A Professor of the University of Casan, a Frenchman by birth, and who has acquired immense reputation by his talents and by his ardour in maintaining the Catholic faith, having incurred the displeasure of some parties, the latter have obtained against him four successive supreme Ult...,,ses ordering his expulsion; but the learned Professor has declared that he will not stir from Moscow, unless he is dragged away bound hand and foot. Tie has placed himself under the protection of the French Ambassador, who decidedly approves his conduct, and has al ready three. times applied to the Emperor for the revocation of these Ukases, without receiving satisfaction, or even any answer. It is affirmed that this affair. causes such a sensation that the Ambassador can no longer avoid demanding his passports if he does not obtain entire satisfaction ; it is hoped that he will manifest the same energy and the same courage that the Eng lish Ambassadors display on similar occasious.—Courrier Beige. BIZUS3EI.9, FEB. 7.—The Paris papers of the sth say that M. de Baranti, the Ambassador of France at St. Peters. burg, has not obtained leave of absence on account of his health, but has desired his recall, being unwilling to bear any longer the supreme indifference of the Autocrat. This gives weight to the news which we published yesterday relative to the ill success of his intervention in favour of a learned Frenchman, who is unworthily persecuted by the Russian Ministers, against whom he has instituted legal pro ceedings, which have bean going on for these ten years, and in which he has nine times obtained a decision in his favour in the several Courts of Justice and the Senate, before which this scandalous affair has again been brought. Several powerful persons in the Ministry, who would be seriously implicated in this affair, if they let it take its ordinary course, have obtained, as we have said, a series of Ukases to get their accusers con ducted to the frontiers ; or, in case of need, to Siberia. Such is a specimen of Russian justice.—Courrier Beige. rELGIAN tUNDS—Baussns, Fin. 7 Actual Debt, 2,4 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions.... ..... ...... 924 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent_ 99y,, Society of Commerce, 444 per Cent. l3O • Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l3l —Brussels Papers, Feb. 8. A usTai AN FUN DS.—VIENNA, JAN. 2i. Five per Cents. Maalliques «.. 10414 Four per Cents. - 99% Three per Cents. Bank Shares 136.3% Allzemeine Zeitung, Feb. 4. We have before us at this moment two pamphlets, which have just been handed to us, proposing remedies for the miseries of Ireland. The one is entitled " Observations upon the present State of Ireland," by Sir FRANCIS WORK MAN MACNAGHTEN ; and the other, which is called a " First Step to a Poor Law for Ireland," is by Mr. H. G. WARD, M.P., whose efforts to eradicate the worst abuses of the Tithe system have been highly approved of by the country. The former suggests what we regard as an im practicable system of free labour, to be carried on by a compulsory assessment of five per cent. on income ; the latter proposes a scheme of extensive emigration—a plan, if not quite impracticable, yet liable to the strongest objec tions. For wherefore should Irishmen be compelled to ex patriate themselves to obtain support for themselves and families ? Is their country over-populated, or cannot there be profitable employinent found for them at home ? The gross population of Ireland does not exceed eight millions of souls ; yet all statistical authorities are agreed that Ire lend, if fairly cultivated, is able to maintain in affluence thirty millions of subjects, and a still greater number, by means of a more improved system of husbandry. There is, therefore, in the country abundance of profitable labour for more than treble its present population—of labour, too, the most congenial to their habits. It may be argued, very plausibly, that emigration would render the introduc tion of a Poor Law into Ireland less expensive. We are quite of another opinion. A Poor Law, treading on the heels of extensive emigration, would complete the ruin of Ireland. Emigration would drain the country of its best blood—would deprive it of that health, strength, and enter prise, which can alone infuse life and vigour into the new system. An Irish Poor Law must not be a measure for supplying c:ipples with crutches ; it must be a radical scheme for the encouragement of industry, and for the mu tual protection of landlord and tenant. As it ought not to contemplate the extinction of the landlord's rental, but rather hook to its increase, as a consequence of the in creased prosperity of the country—so must it not be made to hinge upon the expatriation of the industrious peasantry. The peasant's love of country, and the ties that bind him to We have received a file of Jamaica Despatches to the Ist of January inclusive. The House of Assembly has passed a new Election Law, for the further extension of the fran chise. The new Bill is prospective, and will not effect the disfranchisement of any class of existing voters. The qua lification in every case appears to us excessively exorbitant. For freeholds in fee-simple the qualification is 301. ; t o vote as simple tenants at will , a rental of 501. is re qu i re d ; and persons claiming to vote as tax - payers must pay 5/. a-y ear in taxes. The rents and taxes for the whole of the preceding year must be paid before the electors have a right to exer cise the franchise. An oath may be administered to the electors before voting, and a prosecution for wilful and cor rupt perjury may be instituted against all persons suspected of having sworn falsely. This clause i s capable of being made the instrument of the most wanton oppression. Members of the House of Assembly must lay schedules of their property, on oath, before the House previous to their offering to take their seati. The pecuniary qualifica tion is 3001. a-year, arising out of lands , houses, or other fixed property ; or .5,000/. in money , goods , and chattels, over and above all just and lawful debts. Such a law as thisi—strictly enforced—would leave several vacant scats in the British House of Commons. The island was tranquil up to the date of the latest of these Despatches. There is not so much as a complaint of the indolence of the manumitted negroes. The turn-out in the Staffordshire Potteries is at an end, and all the mannfacturers have resumed work. The mas ters have succeeded in establishing the custom of 12 months' hiring, for which they contended, and have ,thug reduced the danger of turn-outs very materially. - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind S. W., fresh,—Arrived the Alexan der, Nichols, from Waterford ; Asia, Biddle, from Calcutta ; Cognac Packet, Wallace, and Patriot, from Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind S. W., hazy, with rain.— Arrived the Montreal, Griffin, from New York ; and William Pearson, Clark, from Cork. Sailed the Trafalgar, Christo pherson, Charles Kerr, Arnold, John, Leslie, Pascal, Sal comb, Brand, Hibernia, Breadwell, and William Penn, Clark, for London ; Holland, Strabens, for Amsterdam ; Rosina, Baker, for Dundee • Medina, Warding, Salisbury, Davison, and Scotia, M‘Dowal, for Sunderland. The Felix, Ashe, for London, has gone out of the harbour, but through thick wea ther has brought up again at the Motherbank. His Majesty's ship Ariadne is gone out of the harbour to Spithead. STANGATE CREEK, FEB. 8.--Arrived the Benjamin, Pitts, and James and Jane, Williams, from Odessa ; and Hope, Gaw thorn, from Ibrail. ISLR OF WIGHT, FEB. 8. —Off port the Montreal, Griffin, from New York ; Maas,. Nymph, from Schiedam, leaky, bound to Boston ; and Perseverance, Adams, from Wilmington, leaky, bound to Havre. Li vnarooL, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Reliance, from. Pernam buco ; Marquis of Queensberry, Carr, and Westmorland, from St. John's, New Brunswick ;. Alexander Grant, Potts, and Joseph Porter, Thompson, from St. Andrew's, New Bruns wick ; Oliver, Blanshard, from Naples ; Fame, Baird, from Licata ; and Parland, Tait, from Halifax, leaky, cargo shifted, Sze., bound to Calcutta. Feb. s.—The ' Tallyho, Hoggat, bound to Virginia, has put hack, making 14 inches water, after being 50 miles westward of Cape Clear. FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Wind S. E., fresh.—Arrived the Bri seis Packet, from the West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas's the 12th ult. Off port the Minerva, Hannah, from Odessa. LOWESTOFFE, FEB. B.—The Atalanta, of South Shields, and Wansbeek, from Newcastle, were assisted off the beach last night, and went into harbour. THE SUN, LON THE FUNDS.-THIS DAY. CITY, 7'IVELVE O'CLOCK. By the return of the average circulation-of the private and the joint-stock banks, for the quarter ending 31st December last, an increase appears in the amount of notes issued, as compared with the previous quarter, though not to any consi derable extent. The joint-stock banks alone, however, have augmented their issues from 3,969,1211. to 4,258,1971. The circulation of the private banks in the same period has been diminished from 7,764,8241. to 7,753,5001. _ . Consols opened this morning at 891 for the Account Money 891 i; Exchequer Bills 21 23 ; India Bonds 26 23 Bank Stock 207 203 ; India Stock 257 258. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 241 i; Passive 617; Deferred 111; Dutch 21 per Cents. 53 , 1 544.. The failure of an American house of some importance has just been reported in the City. We have received Demerara Papers to the 10th December. His Majesty's ship Madagavar, bearing the broad pennant of Commodore Sir John Peyton, arrived there on the 9th, sup posed to have on board S. S. Whittingham, Esq., the new Commander of the Forces on the Windward and Leeward Station. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. This being the usual day for the meeting of the Bank Di rectors, to the present time nothing has transpired respecting their deliberations, and it is supposed that no communication will be made to the public. Both the British and Foreign Markets have been during the morning dull and heavy, with little doing ' • but within a fear m inutes, Consols have somewhat improved from the price in the early part of the day, 89 to 891 ; Money, 893 ; Exchequt r Bills, 2S 26 prem. • India Bonds, 22 20 22 ; Bank Stock, 208. Spanish Active, at 24i; Deferred, 11 ; Portuguese, 471 48; ThrCe per Cents., 30k; Colombian, 254 ; Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 54. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for the Account, 89'7 891. Last night, at eleven o'clock, the carriage of the English Ambassador was standing at the Place des Barricades, when the horses suddenly took fright, gallopped down the street, and passing through the Nemour-gate, overturned the carriage in the Glacis. The wateimen and others extricated the horses—the carriage was dashed to pieces.—Bru ads Papers, Fcb. 7. Tuesday evening au inquest was held at the Lon don Hospital on the body of Anthony Runekin, a middle-aged man, who died in that institution from having drunk upwards of a quart of gin. Mr. Byronson, the apothecary at the hospi tal, deposed that the deceased died of apoplexy, produced by excessive drinking, and the jury returned a verd►ct to that effect. _ _ --- Between four and five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon a large brindled bull-dog suddenly Inv at a gentleman's ca briolet horse in the City-road, and fastened on the animal's shoulder, where he held on with the most surprising tenacity. The gentleman leaped out and providentially escaped with his life, as in a moment after the horse set off at full speed to wards Islington, the dog hanging to his shoulder. The horse at length fell from exhaustion, when the traces were cut and the poor animal was extricated. The dog, unfortunately, made his escape, no person daring to approach him. Last wed; a person, who had the appearance of a country gentleman, and _described himself as Mr. James Graham, of Exeter, called at the shop of Mr. Vaughan, a jew eller, 39, Strand, for the purpose, as he pretended, of pur chasing some handsome jewellery, as presents to some ladies. The articles selected were an amethyst necklace, with gold band, and Sevigne centre ; another amethyst necklace, with a cross brooch, and car-rings with transparent settings, a carbun cle necklace and ear-rings set with chrysolitea, and a pearl and amethyst necklace, with Sevigne centres, and ear-rings of string pearls, on a frame with amethyst centre. The valuables here described were taken to 2ti, Surrey-street, Srand, by Mr. Vaughan, who was induced to leave them to be submitted for choice to some ladies by the country gentleman, who had taken a temporary lodging there; but he afterwards learned that the gentleman had absconded with the whole of the property. The gentleman is described as about 40 years of age, five feet six or seven inches in height, with light hair, and rather wrinkled cheeks, was dressed in black, and altogether a genteel looking man. _ A few evenings ago the Devonport mail had like to have met with a most serious accident while journeying from town, the pin coisnected with the fore-springs, on' which the body o f the vehicle is suspended, having by some means worked out. The coach, while passing through High-street, Kensington, suddenly dropped on the fore_ carriage and perch, and would, no doubt, have been overturned, from the weight of luggage and passengers, lmd not the coachman instantly pulled up the horses. Messrs. Wiseman and Cole, coach maliers, near the church, in about an hour repaired the da mage, so that the mail was enabled to proceed on its journey by 10 o'clock. Friday evening the ketch Colon, of Belfast, for Dublin, ran on the outside of the cast pier of Kingstown. There was a heavy surf in consequence of the strong S.E. winds, the evening dal k,•but all the lights showed with much brilliancy ; the master states he did not see the 'light on the pier head ; a hawser was thrown from the vessel, and secured, by which the master and two seamen gained the shore, and the fourth was 'on it, when the vessel gave a lurch, fell over to seaward from the glacis of the pier, and broke the hawser, when, melancholy to state, three poor fellows were precipitated into a watery grave; two of their bodies were picked up next day-16 and 20 years of age. The vessel is totally wrecked. Another order has been issued as to the time of holding the Assizes, which is the same as that inserted in our last, except as to Lancashire, in which the following alteration is made : —Lancashire, Northern Division, Wednesday, the 22d of March, at Lancaster ; Southern Division, Saturday, the 25th of March, at Liverpool. The Assizes for the county and city of York will commence on Saturday, the 4th of March, as before announced; and we understand that the West Riding cause list will be first taken, and is expected to occupy the Court until Wednesday in the second week, on which day the North and East Riding lists will be called on. By com mencing the Lancashire Assizes a few days later than usual, more time will be allowed for getting through the business here, and we believe it is very probable that the Assizes at York will be protracted into the third week.—Shenield Mercury. The Rev. Dr. Fellows has placed in the hands of - Mr. Tooke, the treasurer of University College, London, 500/. in trust, to apply the interest in the presentation of two gold medals annually, to be designated " Medico-clinical Me dals," to the two medical students who shall offer the beat re ports and observations on the medical cases in the North Lon don Hospital ; the candidates for such prizes to have been during two years students of University College, and have attended one course at least of all the lectures in the medical curriculum 2 • and such medals to be awarded by Dr. Eliotson, so long as he shall continue physician to the North London Hospital. An anonymous " Patriot," at two different times, has also given two sums of 1,0001. each in aid of the objects of the institution, the specific appropriation of which has not yet been determined upon. A duel with small swords lately took place in Paris, between two well-known jurisconsults of the Law School, on account of a passage of the Pandects. The one who contended that the passage in question ought to be concluded by a semi colon was wounded in the arm. His adversary maintained that it should be a colon, and quoted in support of his opinion the text of Trebonius. On Monday Mr. John Morrison; clerk of the works to the South Metropolitan Cemetery Company, was brought before Mr. Elyard, a Magistrate for Surrey, at his residence at Streatham, on a charge of having caused the death of Henry Haywood, a labourer, by discharging at him d pistol, loaded w ith sparrow-shot, the charge of which entered his back about the loins. Mr. Morrison expressed deep regrctat the fatal oc currence, of which he gave the following particulars :---The Company was forming a cemetery at Norwood, and men were employed in laying out the ground. There was a small lodge erected for his use, as clerk of the works, and in consequence of robberies of timber and other articles he determined on keeping a look-out, and whilst so engaged on the night of the 23d of January; about half-past 7 o'clock, he saw a man stoop down, and in the act of filling a bag from a heap of coals brought for the use of the lodge. The man, hearing his foot steps, ran off. He pursued, and thrice called to the man to stop, or he would shoot him. The man continued running, and he at last fired. The man stopped after he had fired, and ho came up with him, acid demanded his name and address,which, after some reluctance, he gave, and he accompanied him home, where he left him in care of his wife. He understood he was wounded slightly, and, thinking this punishment enough, aban - cloned his first intention of giving him in charge to the police. He reported the occurrence, the next morning to Mr. Bu chanan, a director. Mr. Elyard said he should be content to discharge the accused upon his personal recognizance in 501. to appear whenever called upon. INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LI- CENSED VICTUALLERS. (Abridged from the .Morning Advertiser.) The Forty-third Anniversary cf this Institution was celebrated yes terday at the London Tavern by the usual annual festival. The corn- ParlY was numerous beyond precedent, as nearly 1,000 gentlemen sat down to dinner. Mr. Corby, the Governor, presided in the large As sembly Room, which was closely cccupied. Several other rooms were alio filled by the company. The Stewards made excellent arrangements for the comfortable entertainment of all. An exce:lent band of profes sional singers, under the direction of Mr. Ransford, was provided for the occasion. Messrs. Pync, Forster, Fry, J. Jones, Ludford, Morgan, and King devoted their vocal powers to mirth and the pleasures of the even ing. Messrs. Mears, Ashton, Green, and Buckingham, amused the cdmpany below stairs. The Great Room was enlivened by the presence of many ladies in the gallery. It is almost unnecessary to say that the dinner was excellent, and in keeping with the character of the London Tavern. After the company had given the most unequivocal evidence of their approbation, " Non Nobis Dondite" was sung in a most impres sive manner by the professional gentlemen. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of his Majesty. He said he had always witnessed with the utmost satisfaction, that at the meetings of the LicensedVictuallers the health of the King was responded to with the best of feeling. He was quite sure the meeting then assem bled would feel the greatest pleasure in drinking the health of his Ma jesty, William the Fourth, the Royal Patron of the Licensed Victuallers' School.—,(Cheers.) He had been their friend upon more than one oc casion, and therefore he was sure the Licensed Victuallers would, with enthusiasm, join him in drinking the health of " the King." The toast was drunk with three times three, and great applause. After the usual toasts were given, the CHAIRMAN, in a suitable speech, eulogised the charitable and excellent institution they were met to cele brate. Ichad hitherto been the means of relieving many who had once enjoyed prosperity and affluence. He should, therefore, propose—" The Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, and prosperity to the ' Morning Advertiser.'"—(Drunk amidst loud applause.) The children were then introduced, and the display was as usual— grateful to the heart and pleasing to the eye. Neatness of dress, and the glow of health in the cheeks of the young folks, proved incontestibly the excellence of the institution to which they belong. The girls were ranged on the right of the Chair and the boys upon the left. The CHAIRMAN then claimed the attention of the company to the talents of two of the senior boys, who stood forward and recited the following address, written by Mr. Blake, the Secretary : Patrons and Fi lends! though in our grateful minds Your generous smile a welcome always finds, Yet do our breasts, at this glad moment, swell With added joy which language fails to tell ; For now the happy hou: is nearly come, W hen the wide portals of our new-built Home, Which, in a few brief months, at your command Has risen, as if by some magician's wand, For us shall open ; while, above our heads Its ample shield our Royal Charter spreads. But, ere that day, a scene of festive mirth Shall celebrate the noble Fabric's birth ; Yet a few weeks, and all its spacious bounds Shall ring with Music's soul-inspiring sounds— The sprightly Ball—th' attractive Fancy Fair— Shall welcume all our benefactors there, To taste, beneath fair Charity's controul, "'Tire feast of reason and the flow of soul !" And when at length the morning shall appear— The hour to fond anticipation dear— When for the Home your bounty has bestowed, We leave our present circumscribed abode — And pass, with. j.,y on every youthful face, The threshold of our future Dwelling-Place— Oh at that hour, when to the vaulted skies One loud enthusiastic cheer shall rise, • How will our hearts in mental prayer ascend, And breathe the wish, that every bounteous Friend On earth may meet the guerdon of his love, And find an Everlasting Home above! The youthful candidates for fame did justice to their task, and at the conclusion recieved much applause. The Secretary then read the Report of the rise, progress, and present state of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, from which we extract the following:— "To exhibit in a few words a general estimate of the extensive benefits emanating from the Secretary of Licensed Victuallers, it will be sufficient to state that, from its establishment to Christmas list, the sums distributed from its funds for charitab:e purposes are as follows. viz. : From the Permanent Fund £93,599 19 0 From the Subscription Fund 74,056 16 8 From the Charity Box 2,689 1 6 Grand Total £170,345 17 2 "The Governor and Cornimittee have now to offer their warmest con. gratulations to theMernins, on their having, within the last few months, by the grant of a Royal Char!er of Incoriorat on, obtained those rights and immunities which were alone wanting to protect the multifarious interests of the Society, and to give stability and permanence to its bene volent efforts. This additional proof of his Majesty's benefic.nt patro nage of the Institution cannot fail to excite, in the minds of the Members the most lively feelings of gratitude. " After this detail of the splendid success which has hitherto atten ded the progress of this extensive Society, th e Governor and Committee have only to allude to the various improvements which have enabled the Morning Advertiser' fearlessly to challenge competition with the whole Newspaper Press, whether with respect to the priority and accu racy of its Foreign Intelligence—its correct and copious Domestic In_ formation it, strict attention to the Commercial and Shipping Interests of the country—its promotion of Science and Literature—or the libe rality and independence of its Political Principles. " When it is recollected that the Morning Advertiser,' in addi tion to its indisputable merits as a Politic Journal, possesses a recom mendation which no other Newspaper can claim, as being the principal agent in the distribution of nearly Eight Thousand Pounds annually for charitable purposes, the Governor and Committee cannot doubt that the same perseverance and unanimity which have hitherto triumphed over every obstacle, will animate the members of the Society to in creased exertions to extend the circulation of the Paper, and thus to resider the augmentation of its profits equivalent to its increase in size, respectability, and importance as a Newspaper." The above satisfactory document was heard with profound attention, and the prosperous state of the affairs of the Corporation was hailed with re terated plaudits. Ilse SECRETARY then laid before the company a long and liberal list of subscriptions in aid of the School. It appeared that the sum re ceived since the last advertised donations amounted to 6201. He an. nounce I the name of B. Hall, E:q., of Monmouth, M.P., as a subscriber of 10 guineas to the School and 10 guineas to the Building Fund. The subscriptions in aid of the Fund for re-huildirg the School, re. ceived since the last advertisement, amounted to about 3401. The CHAIRMAN then made a long and eloquent speech, expressing the gratitude he felt on seeing so numerous and so respectable a company assembled to celebrate the anniversary of one of the most important Societies ever established for the promotion of benevolent objects ; a b ee n annually increasing in prosperity during a pc_ Soci etyclod of whichforty-threeelu 1 s years. M r . ANDERSON soid he had obtanted permission of the Chairman to propose a toast, wh ich, notwithstandin g his inabilit y to do j us tice to it, he felt great pleasure in proposing, because he knew it would be re ceived with the same feeling of respect and pleasure with which he pro. petod in No one could feel otherwise than highly gratified when he saw so numerous and respectable a company assembled to promote the cause of charity, anti to hear its glorious cause advocated by the able Governor of the Institution, in a manner that at once convinced the judgment and touched thelicart—(llear, hear)—but it must be an addi tional gratification to see gentlemen of high rank and of talent, a Mem ber of the Legislature, and gentlemen not only connected with the press of England, but that of Ireland, come among them ff , r the purpose of testifying their approbation of their conduct, and of affbrding them assistance in promoting the great objects whioh they had in view—the continuance and prosperity of one of the noblest institutions of which not only England, but the world, could by possibility boast. The toast which he had to propose was one which, as soon as he could mention it, would be received with univer. sal approbation and unanimous cheering. It was the health cf the vi. sitars who had not only honoured them this day by their presence, but had generously put their hands into their pockets in aid of the excel lent charity which had sprung out of the anniversary they had this, day met to celebrate.—(Cheers.) These visitors were--Mr. Benjamin Hall, Member for the Nfonmatithshire boroughs, and at present candi date for the borough of hlarykbone, who, he not only trusted, but he was certain, wou'd soon be its Representative—Mr. Young, the pro prie.tor and editor of " The Sun," who had not only rendered great services to the " Morning Advertiser," but in addition to fitly guineas previously had now put down hi s name f or t en gu i neas more.— c Birch, who had on ly arr i ve d l as t n i g ht f rom (crs.) _ paid, i%lr . the sister isle, and who also had put his hand into his pocket for the benefit of the charity,—and finally, Mr. Barret, the proprietor and editor of the " Dublin Pilot," a journal of unrivalled talent, which coincided in the principles advocated by the " Morning Advertiser," and which also, with infinite generosity, had done more than justice to its anxiety to bring the people of Great Britain and Ireland acquainted with their mutual wants, wishes, and feelings. In proposing the health of Mr. Hall on the present oceasion, he would simply observe, that this was neither the place nor the time for political discussion, for electioneering or for making electioneering speeches, and he had great pleasure and satisfaction in stating that Mr. Hall, the Member for the Monmouthshire boroughs, had not come am ong them for any thing of the kind.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Those wh o are acquainted with his benevolence, not only in the boroughs knew the private character of that gentleman—those who were which he represented, but in the immense province of which he may be said to he the liberal Representative, cannot by possibility suppose that lie was present here this day for any other obje ct than that, havin g every possible certainty of becoming the Represe nt ati v e of a lar g e, influen tial, and wealthy metropolitan borough, he was anxious to testify hi s earnest desire to discharge all the private, as well as the public duties, which, whether strictly within the sphere of their ditties or not, de volved upon the Representatives of the people.—(Hear.) Th ose who read the public press knew t h a t Mr. Hall was a gentleman of large f or tune, of liberal politics, of h i g h talent, a n d of still higher ch a _ ra cter.—(Hear, hear.) In h is own c oun t r y Toryism had long been triumphant, and to him belonged the great merit of having come for ward, after a century of misrule and Tory domination, of achieving, at great personal expense, and great personal trouble, the complete eman cipation, not only of the boroughs, but of the county. As, however, at this hour, Mr. Hall had to discharge most important duties in the House of Commons, where an important debate was proceeding, it would be as improper to expatiate on his merits as to detain him from the discharge of his bounden duty, he would propose at once the health of Mr. Hall, and the other visitors who hail honoured them with their company. The toast was drunk with long-continued applause. As soon as the applause would permit, Mr. Ham. returned his best thanks for the flattering manner in which his health had b een p ro p osed, and the kin d greeting with which it had been receiv ed.—(Hear, hear.) If he was asked why he attended that meeting in the situation in which he at present stood, and with reference to the situation which he hoped to till, it was not for any po litical purpose, but it was at the proposal of his friend who had proposed his health, that he came amongst them to witness their exertions in sup. port of their excellent charity. He thought the best requittal he could make them for the honour the y had done him was tb to uch lightly on politics, and he abstained fr om that course, not from any doubt that he should be happily met by their opinions and feelings.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) They were there met to celebrate the forty third anniversary of their Institution, and he . felt great satisfaction in congratulating them on its constantly increasing and rapid success. By the report of last year it appeared that the subserivtions were 7001. more than the former year ; that instead of 20 children, as in f:rmer times, they had 150 ; and that they had maintained, clothed, and edu cated 755 children.—(Hear, hear.) It was said by Dr. Johnson, that he would not envy the feelings of that man whose patriotism did not kindle on the plains of Marathon, and whose piety did not grow warmer amidst the ruins of lona ; but surely that man must be lost tr feeling who - could witness the scene of that evening without opening his heart and his hand to assist in a work so glorious.—(Great applause.) —lt was not merely the beautiful appearance of the children, delightful as it was to behold ; but there was midi to gratify reflection in the simplicity of their garb. That simplicity was not without its be neficial operation on the mind, which it kept in a state fit for receiving that useful education which it was the judicious object of their benevo lent Institution to bestow. It was by keeping within proper bounds in the young mind the desire for dress, that it could be best trained to the love and practice of virtue, by which he trusted the objects of their bounty would ever be distinguished. These excellent institutions were only to be found in Great Britain, and when he saw around him those who had worked out these great effects by their own industry and talents, he felt proud in being associated with their Society ,nd belonging to a country containing such a meritorious b.dy of industrious and judicious philanthropists.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In Prussia they had a national system of education. He trusted they would soon have one in this country; ,but previously they had the satisfaction of knowing, that there were so many Institutions for educa!lon in the country, that, all might he instructed in their duty to God, might learn to obey the laws, to 115.nour the King, to fulfil their duties to their neighbours, and to benefit tfic-(hear,— The report to which he had alluded, stated that their Socie(hear, hear.) Society possessed power. to efll_ct any object, having charily fur its basis. The gratifying spectacle presented by the children that evening proved t:.le fact.—(hear, hear.) Again he thanked them for the honour that had beeln done him . and in the name of the other visitors, he begged to nturn til'anks for them. They must all wish success to an Institution in which tbey all now formed a fellowship; may it long continue, in the Closing :aVeAag e of a former report : " Alasting monument of bounteous love, • An evidence of blessings from above — This happy land for centuries to adorn, And hand your names to ages yet unborn!" —(Long continued cheering.) Mr. !Steen felt great diffidence in rising to address so numerous and influential an assemblage of Lon . lon , citizens. If anytMrtg could increase that diffidence, it was in having to follow Clae eloquent and patriotic Member for- the Monmouthshire Boroughs, As an individual having had a long and tolerably extensive con nection with both the Irish and English press, he thanked the company fur the too great honour they had paid him—in ac knowledging the compliment that had been bestowed upon his ex celltnt and absent friend Mr. Barret, by another friend, whose pre sence would not allow him to speak in terms commensurate with his worth and ability. He had only to regret that the editor of the " Dublin Pilot" was not there to speak for himself, when the company would hear from the lips of one of the ablest and most honest cham pions of civil and religious liberty, how proud Irishmen are of the good opinion and approbation of the c . ass of Englishmen he had now the honour of addressing.—(lmmense cheering.) Mr. Birch begged to assure the Governor and Company that Mr. Barret, standing as he did at the head of file liberal press in Ireland, wished moro. extensively to promote that kindly feeling between Ireland and England which was so essential for the happiness of the people of both countries, and which was best calculated to ensure the stability of the British empire.—(Tremendous chisel's.) In conclusion, Mr. B. expressed the gratitude which the liberal potty in the sister country owed to the Morning Advertiser for its exertion: to obtain " Justice for Ireland," by making the genuine Reformers of Eng.- land, but especially those of this gre,t metropolis, better acquainted with the wrongs and wants of Ireland.—(lmmense applause.) Mr. Btx.Anex proposed the health of their distinguished Chairman. --(hear, hear.) He was delighted to see amongst them Gentlemen of ?tiler ranks in society, who might witne. s that they did not spend their time and resources in sensual enjoyments— who might see that the Licensed Victuallers had feelings of benevolence and charity that would confer honour on any station. Ile was delighted to welcome to this meeting gentlemen of talent from the sister island, and the Hon. Gentleman who hoped to fill a place hi the metropolitan representation with gratification to himself and use fulness to the State.—(hear, hear.) He hoped on many occasions they would have men amongst them so highly endowed, and bid them cot. dial welcome.—(hear.) He should not longer detain them from drink ing "The health of their excellent Governor, and cordial thanks for his eminent services."—This toast was drunk with long-continucd applause. The CHAIRMAN said he should be wanting in gratitude if he did not attempt to express his sense of tne kind manner in which his name had been brought forward by his friend Mr. Bleaden, who had so highly honoured him.—(hear.) When he saw arcund him the able Chairman and Directors of the Licensed Victuallers' Life and Fire Insurance Company, he felt the great honour done him, and also that it showed their desire to do everything in their power for the benefit of the Institution.—(hear, hear.) When he also saw so many of the Trustees and Governors who had laboured hard for the prosperity of the Asylum, he was grateful for their attendance and kind fueling. No institution could surpass the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, and though that and the incorporated Society had two 'Commit tees, they had the same cause at heart, an were animated by the same feeling.—(hear, hear.) The company did not separate until a late hour, but all were obviously highly gratified by the proceedings of the "happy and glorious day." On Sunday morning, as a man named Bell was passing down a road which runs at the back of a portion of New-square and Orchard-street, Cambridge, his attention was directed to a noise resembling the faint cry of an infant, and a policeman going by at the time they began to search, and dis covered a male child, perfectly naked, lying upon its back in some thick mud. It was immediately conveyed to the station- , house, when it was evident that the little stranger had been born but a few minutes. It was delivered to the care of Mrs. Smith, the wife of one of the police sergeants, and a surgeon was sent for, and, by prompt attention the life of the child was preserved, and it is likely to do well. In the morning most active and diligent inquiries were made by the police, and the superintendent went twice to the house of krs. Mason, a bed maker at Caius College, who resides in Orchard-street, the back of whose house ran up the lane where the child was found. Mrs. Mason said she had a servant, but she was gone to Col lege to her work. After further inquiry, however, sufficient was elicited to cause the girl's apprehension ;- and, having been examined by Mr. Cribb, surgeon, she admitted that the child was bees ; that she delivered herself about ten minutes before the child was found, and, having done that, went down from her own room into the yard and threw the infant over the wall, which is between six and seven feet high. The female has been committed to the town gaol for further examination.-- Cambridge Chronicle. _ _ Tuesday afternoon a very respectable meeting of the manufacturers and other inhabitants of Glasgow was held in the Town Hall, for the purpose of memorialising Government in favour of a repeal of the duty on cotton wool imported into the United Kingdom—Baillie Dunlop in the chair, in the ab sence of the Lord Provost. Th e m ee ti u was rraddressed by Kirkman Finlay, Esq., Alexander Graham, Esq., A. C. Spiers, Esq., John Donnistoun, Esq., and other gentlemen, and resolutions adopted condemnatory of the obnoxious tax on cotton wool.—Scottish Guardian of Saturday. We are indebted to a friend for the following:-- The fare of a cabriolet is fixed by law in Paris, so much for ar course—that is, from the place of taking up to any, part of the city, whether the distance be short or long, and the driver dare not refuse, when called upon, to carry you. An American lady, a Philadelphian, who was residing in the Rue de Rivoli, and was desirous of going to the Garden of Plants, which was at the other extremity of the city, called a cabriolet, and di rected the driver to convey her accordingly. The crafty coachman instantly perceived:that it was a very long course, and a had bargain. Contemplating an evasion of tile law which he dared not openly violate, lie commenced—" Dees Madame (whom I perceive is a stranger) know the way to the Garden of Plants? lam afraid I can't find the way without some di rections. Perhaps Madame prefers calling another cab?" Lady---" Do you know the way to the office of the Prefecture?" " Oh yes,• Madame ; that is where we receive our licenses." " Then drive me thither." " But what in the world does Ma dame want at the Prefecture ?" " I want to inquire how it happens that one so ignorant of Paris as not to know where a place so celebrated as the Garden of Plants is obtained license to drive a cabriolet." " Sacre Anglais," muttered the driver between his teeth. " You take me for an Anglais," rejoined the lady, "hut you are much mistaken ; I am an American. I, too, have been mistaken ; I took you for a Frenchman ; but Frenchmen have politeness, and you are destitute of it." The conversation ended—the tidy was driven to the Garden of Plants, and the driver, as he helped her to descend from his cabriolet, bowed to the ground.—Montreal Courier. SILVER EDGED PLATED DISHES. T. COX SAVORY offers for selection, arranged in his Show Rooms, a most extensive variety of CORNER DISHES. The Set of Four varies in price from Seven to Ten Guineas. T. COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—The Handles are made to remove from the Covers, which may be used as Dishes ; thus the Set will form Eight Dishes, when required. • 818 THS. On the 7th inst.:, at Culverthorpe, the Hon. Mrs. Handley, of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Fulmer-place - , Bucks, the lady of H. Water ton, Esq., of a daughter. On the 7th inst., the lady Howard, of a son and heir. On the 7th of December, at Corfu, the lady of Captain Sandharri, R.E., of a son. On the sth inst., the lady of J. N. Hudleston, Esq., Cornwall place, llolloway, of a son. On the 30th ult., the lady of Major L. Philipps, of Dale Castle, Pembrokeshire, of a son, who did not survive his birth an hour. On the sth inst., in Bath, the lady of John B. Lousada, Esq., of Pickwick Lodge, Wilts, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., in Upper •Harley.street, the lady of John Mel ville, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., in Burlington-gardens, William Bernard Har court, Esq., of St. Leonard's, Berks, to Elizabeth Georgiana Har riet, eldest daughter of the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. On the 2d inst., at the Cathedral, Salisbury, the Rev. Thomas Prothero, Esq., of The Friars, Monmouth, to Georgiana Mary, the only daughter of the Rev. M. Marsh, Canon Residentiary of Salisbury. On the 7th inst., at West Ham, the Rev. R. Durant Buttemer, of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to Mary, eldest daughter of J. E. Rota cott, Esq., of Stratford House, Essex. DIED. On the 6th inst., at Srnallberry Green, near Hounslow, Eliza beth, wife of R. Hope, Esq. In Dublin, J. W. Barlow, Esq. , son-in-law of the late Sir R. Borough, Bart., and brother of J. Barlow Hoy, Esq., M.P. On the 29th ult., aged 55, Mr. Sparrows, job-master, of Gros venor-mews. On the 7th inst., in Wimpole-strect, Mary, wife of G. B. Kelly, Esq., of Acton, Middlesex. On the sth inst., in Albion-street, Mary Eli za b e th, th e f our th daughter of the late Dr. Davison, of Leeds. On the 18th of July last, at Scatapore, Bengal, Henry James Blunt, r.sq., of the 48th Regiincrit of Native Infantry, fourth son of .1. Blunt, Esq., of Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square. On the sth inst., at Capesthorne, Davies Davenport, Esq., aged 80, late Member for the county of Chester, during '24 years. On the 6th inst.. at Notting-hill, aged 14, Marriott Isabella La lande, second daughter of J. Whyte, Esq., of Mincing-lane. On the 4th inst., George Holden, Esq., of Brighton, and late of the Customs. On the 6th inst., in John-street, Bedford-row, aged 68, Miss Sewell, of the Isle of Wight. On the 7th inst., in Regent-street, Delia Josephine, youngest daughter of Mons. Pierre Dusard, of Paris. On the 3d inst., at Reading, Sarah, wife of R. Lloyd, Esq. On the dth inst., at Bracknell, Berks, aged 80, Mary, relict of J. Bartlett, Esq., late of the Stock Exchange, and of Bracknell , aforesaid. On the 4+ll inst., at the Lodge, Twickenham, Anne Mary, eldest daughter of T. Moxon, Esq. On the sth inst., David Green, Esq., of Milbank-row, West' minster, aged 73. On the 6th inst., at Langton, aged 84, Ann, relict of J. Farquhar' son, Esq., of Camberwell. On the 31st ult., at Trevithick, Cornwall, the infant son of R. Boddington, Esq. On the sth inst., in Claremont-place, Pcntonville, George 13 °_, : t ford, Esq., aged 50, Assistant-Surveyor to the Hon. East 1 11 '''' Company. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of „ o r 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11 0 , Strand, in the CO l ' of Middlesez.—Thursday, February 9, 1837.