The Sun. — London, England, 1837-02-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1837. t hat delusion of not being able - to understand their own posi- preference to the Protestants. They knew that t he lead i n g t en.—( Continued cries of " Oh.") He said that his Noble 1 object of that party was to obtain power for the destruction I ?riend seemed to share in that delusion in which his Majesty's I of the Protestant Church ; and that party told them, and he T Ministers appeared to be involved with regard to this question I thanked them for their candour, that they would so us e it.— and the affairs of Ireland. They m istook their own position, (Hear.) If successful, this measure would be use d b y that iotwithstanding the warning give n to them both by their ' party for the extermination of the Protestant Church.—( Hear, efeiends and opponents ; they had gone blindly burrowing on— i hear, from Opposition Members.) Let them meet this ques (a laugh)—in their course of mischief, every human being but. 1 tion fairly and broadly. Did the Government desire such an themselves, whether on one side or,the other, seeing with half \ object?—they said they did not, but their measures said that an eye that the results would be the directly opposite to what 1 they meant it.—( Hear, and cheers from Opposition Members.) they anticipated. Like the madman, they thought all the vest He saw nothing in their measures to serve the Church, but of the world mad, and all the rest of the world thought them 1 he saw much in their measures that tended to destroy it.— mad.—(A laugh.) They said to those who opposed this (Hear.) In the Speech from the Throne there were measure that they were blind, while they themselves did not . three questions recommended to their consideration, and perceive to what it would lead. One party opposed and an- which they were called upon to determine on. These questions other supported the Bill, both parties agreeing as to what j were, the Church of Ireland, Corporate institutions , and Poor would be its effect, but his Majesty's Ministers said they 1 laws. It appeared to him, and he had no hesitation in de were both mistaken.—(Hear, hear.) These supported:it, 1 daring that opinion, that the question of the Church, until because they believed conscientiously and honestly that it finally determined on, would remain a stumbling-block in the would destroy the Church—those opposed it, because they way of coming to a decision on Corporate Reform. The I also believed, and also conscientiously and honestly, that it 1 final settlement of that point would go far to remove existing would destroy the Church. His Majesty's Ministers agreed difficulties and objections. Even the settlement of the Irish -with the opponents of the measure that the Church ought to Poor-law question might go far to facilitate an arrangement of be supported ; they agreed with the supporters of the measure the, Corporate question. Much was said about placing Ire that it ought to he proceeded with ; but they disagreed with j land on the same footing, as regarded municipal rights, with both opponents and supporters, for they declared, in the face I England. They were called upon to legislate for Ireland of both, they declared in the face of common sense, they de- 1 upon the same principle as for England—upon a principle of Glared in the face of reason, that this which its supporters perfect equality ; but at the same time these demands were supported, and its opponents opposed, because it would destroy made identity of principle was refused. What was the qua the Church, they felt bound to carry forward on the ground lification for England ? The payment of rates for one year. that it would be the salvation and safety of the Church.— What was the qualification proposed for Ireland ? Why, six (Cheers.) He said, then, that with regard to this question months' residence in a 5/. tenement. Lord Grey brought lie was borne out in asserting that his Noble Friend and his forward his Reform Bill on the principle of popular controul, Majesty's Government miscalculated the position in which but was it the sort of popular controul provided for here ? they stood. They professed to have one object in view, (Here the Noble Lord made some humorous allusion to the and their opponents professed to have the same object in alterations made in the body of the House by Dr. Read, the -view ; their supporters professed to have in view a directly applicability of which we did not clearly perceive.) These oPPosite object, yet they carried their measure forward, were the grounds on which he rested his opposition to the disagreeing with those who supported them, and in oppo- measure, and it was upon these considerations that he should *hien to those with whom they agreed. The ninety-nine support the amendment proposed by his Noble Friend, which 'differing in view with them as to the effect, they would he placed on grounds that were plain and intelligible. He - have it believed were in the wrong ; and that small, that was not at all disposed to defend the existing corporations of :miserable, that monopolising minority—( Great cheering Ireland. They were quite ready, and perfectly willing, ;from the Opposition benches)—was really the only body in to do away with them, but there was nothing which had oc -the House of Commons, or in the House of Lords, or in the curred in this year more than in the last which could induce country, which clearly saw its way before it.—( Laughter.) them to transfer Municipal Corporations from the sole posses- He had great respect for many of his Noble and Hon. Friends sion of one class of the population into that of the other. opposite—(Laughter from the Ministerial Benches)—but he Until the question regarding the Church of Ireland, which could not, in the face of every reasonable man, give them they were determined to protect, was settled—(Cheers)- - etill credit for being the only clear-sighted people of the day ; her rights were placed upon a firm basis—till she ceased to be and he inclined to the opinion that they were following, or an object of attack—till the Protestant Clergy were secure in rather that they were pushed on, in a track which they did not their revenues—they would not place in the hands of a power see the end of, by those who did clearly see the end of ic, as ful, a numerous, and active body—organised and united, active was evidenced by a very significant expression which was and powerful, fostered and encouraged by the Government — used, he understood at a Radical meeting the other day, by (Loud cheers)—they would not place in such hands the means the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny. The advice of effecting what they deprecated—means which no person then given was certainly very good advice to give to a Radi- could for a moment doubt they would employ for the overthrow cal party. The Hon. and Learned Member observed, "If of the Protestant Church. In the vain hope of giving peace you mean to kick out the Whigs, kick them, but do not do to Ireland, which this measure most certainly would not and so till they have given me the Irish Municipal Bill."—(Some could not give—in the expectation of giving satisfaction to a Hon. Member intimated a doubt as to the Member for Kil- powerful party, which was not to be satisfied without the at leuny having made such a remark.) Yes, indeed he did, he tainment of ulterior objects—in the hope of producing conci really did; that was language to which his Noble Friend was liation among those who were not to be conciliated, he would well used. He did not make that observation personally, but not increase their power of securing those ends for the attain addressed it rather to his Majesty's Government. It was ment of which it was very evident that municipal institutions the language used generally by the Radical Parliament. were sought for only as a means. He and those with whom he What they said was, " Let the poor miserable Whigs go on; acted were ready to afford ample proof that, in refusing the let them bring forward our measures ; when they are disposed remedy now sought for, they at the same time had no wish -to stop we must urge them forward, and when they do stop that any real abuse should continue unreformed—that they let us kick them out." It had been contended that it was no were friends to the civil rights, alike of Irish as of English -argument against a measure that it might be made the step- men—but that they would not sanction the overthrow of one ping-stone to ulterior measures of which the party bringing it monopoly for the purpose of introducing another, still more in did not approve. He admitted such was not a fair argu- edious and tyrannical than that which it replaced.—( Cheers. ) ment against a measure good in itself, and which did not ne- Lord HOW ICK rose amidst cries of " Question," and ceseariry lead to ulterior measures that were objectionable. " Adjourn." The fear of a demand for that which was wrong, ought not On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON the debate was •to prevent them from giving that which was right, and not dan- adjourned till to-morrow (this day). egerous in its consequences; but he would say that it was not The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House ecl at: substantive argument against a measure if ninety-nine out of journed at a Quarter to One. its hundred supporters carried it with a certain view and object .....--- dr at object being to put into their hands the means of carrying their ulterior measures. He would say that no man deserved to be free from blame who put such a lever into the hands of his opponents. The Honourable and Learned Member for Kilkeenny had not left them much in the dark on the subject. He t bought they should not dispute as to the acuteness of the Bon Durable and Learned Member—that they should not dis pute as to his knowledge of the state of Ireland—that they sbou Id not dispute es to his knowledge of the power of the varic ars levers which might be put into his hand for his own chjects.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheering.) Those were points on which they were now rrctty well agreed; Theme were few also who were rot inclined to dispute the Tower he exercised in the Government—(Opposition cheers). and lee thought the House could not have fore tten that most sigliii cant notification he gave in his speech of the other day' in which he said, " Give me Municipal Reform, and I will effect with that all the rest."—(Opposition cheers.) What was 'ais answer? He agreed with him : in the present state of Ireland he believed he would—(Opposition cheers)—and theroforc—and he had himself to thank for it—and therefore Municipal Reform they should not have.—( An Hon. Member excheineed e " They shall have it.") They have just said they should give it. —( Great cheering from the Ministerial benches. ) lie would reply—not with regard to so humble and insignifi cant e.n individual as himself, but as regarded this House, as regarded Parliament, and, he would venture to add, as re gard ad .the nation—that the tone taken by the General or Nat ,onal Association at this moment was the most for midable obstacle in the way of passing the measure. And su far from beine,- intimidated b - their threats—(Opposi tion cheers)—so far from, being led to concede to clamour that which they would net give to justice—(Tremendous cheering from the Ministerial benches)—he understood the cheers—( Renewed cheering)—the cheers would signify that they did deny that to justice.—( Cheering.)—What he said was this, that what they denied on their own sense, that it was not claimed by justice, that the louder—( Cries of " Oh, oh !") —that the louder it was claimed by threats and intimidation, the more determined were the people of England that it should not he granted.---( Oh !)—But now with respect to this Corporate IZeform—this much-sought-for Corporate Reform— this beautiful pretence now when the appropriation clause was no longer good for much—( Opposition cheers)—this new sire qua non. By whom was it sought? Where was their evidence either of the great fitness of the Society in Ireland for its reception, or of the great anxiety of the people of Ireland to obtain it? Why at the end of the last session of Par liament, when a doubt was expressed of the propriety of giving the measure, they were told they would be over whelmed with petitions from every quarter, expressing the indignant sense of the people of the insult offered them, and of the indelible wrong they had sustained. What petitions had they had ? How many ? He had taken the trouble to count them this night, and he found that 34 altogether had been presented in favour of Corporate Reform. Thirty-four petitions ! On the Bth of February there were three ; on the 13th there were 5, and these 5, in order to help them, were coupled with more popular questions. From the came place there were 5 against Tithes, and 5 in favcur of the Ballot. Oe the 14th there were 10 in favour of Corporate Reform, 10 against Tithes, and 1 in favour of the Ballot; there were 13 in opposition to Tithes, and 12 for the vote by Ballot. Last evening there were eleven ; and of those it might be said that 3 prayed for the abolition of Tithes, and 1 was in favour of the Ballot. Whether more were coming he did not know, because they were got up at the simultaneous meetings, where he had not the least doubt—and he said so with every respect for the right of petition—the petition itself was got up. Were there a petition for the taking of his head from off his shoul ders, without judge or jury, as many signatures might be ob. tamed for it as had been procured for the Municipal Reform pe titions.—( A laugh.) With regard to this great anxiety for Corporate Reform, whence came it ? How many petitions from the towns which were to benefit by the Corporations ? The trades of Dublin had petitioned. They had another petition from Kilkenny, also one from Monaghan, one from Innis carra, and another. Of all the towns which were so ardently seeking the lifespring this measure would bestow—of all the towns which were insulted by withholding from them this in valuable right which had been accorded to England and Scot land—these were the only towns which had asked for corpora tions. On the other hand, four or five important towns quoted by the Hon. Member for Belfast prayed, for God's sake, to be left alone, and not to have the curie of corporations in flicted on them.—(Cheers.) Feeling and passion might be expected to rule in Ireland now in place of sound judgment, fur the power wielded by the General Association was most extraordinary ; and with their missionaries and pacificatory, and with the facility they possessed of communicating with every parish, they did not fail to report it as the declaration of Parliament that Ireland was unfit to be entrusted with the same rights as England. This statement, the country knowing nothing of the facts of the case beyond that repre sentation so put before them, stimulated them to repel the insult and step forward and say they were equally entitled with England and Scotland to be entrusted with civil pri vileges. But that was not the ground on which the ques tion rested—it was not whether Ireland was itself not fit to exercise civil privileges, but whether, as this was the. state of Ireland at this moment, was it so like the situa tion of England in every respect as to place it beyond contro versy that the same institutions in Ireland would produce the same effect as in England ? He asked whether, when a real measure of relief was brought forward, did his Majesty's Go vernment find on one side of the House more readiness than on the other to deal with the question, to sift it minutely, to look to the state of Ireland, and inquire what was necessary, what was advantageous, what was safe for Ireland, what similarity to the laws of England could be effected, and what distinction must be drawn? And why should they be debarred from taking the same broad view of this question as they would with regard to the Poor-law measure? He for one was prepared so to act with regard to every other measure affecting Ireland that might be produced.—( Hear.) But it was said they mixed up the question of Catholicism and Protestantism with the question now before the House. He would not use any false pretext. He would say at once he did. And why did he mix them up ? Because such was the state of society in Ireland that all the labouring people were of one religion, and all the higher classes were of another—be cause the higher classes were in a minority and the lower classes were in an immense majority—because no debate was opened, no election occurred, without raising the question of Protes tantism and Catholicism. The present was no question of a community of civil privileges, but it was this broad question— would they take that course which would maintain the ascendancy of the Protestant Church, or that which would tend to demolish the Protestant Church ?—( Opposition cheers.) They could not but consider the question as a reli gious one. They could not consider the question without a view to Catholics and to Protestants. Had they not to regard the Protestants in Ireland as in a minority? And they could not help seeing that the party who would have a sway in Ireland would use their power to - further the Catholics in THEATRES. DRURY LANE. Last night Mr. Edwin Forrest performed, for the first time in this country, the character of Rolla, in Sheridan's play of Pizarro. No one who has had the opportunity of judging could hesitate to affirm that Mr. Edwin Forrest is the only man at present on our stage who can adequately represent the high-'ouled hero, endued with immense powers both of body and mind—of undaunted valour .and unflinching firm ness—yet possessing a calm, dispassionate judgment, with a heart open to the tenderest emotions of parental and conjugal affection. In his first character, of Spartacus, the chief qua tications of the actor were sufficiently developed ; and we then had occasion to remark on the exquisite tenderness which Mr. Forrest infused into those passages, where the sternness of the hero melted into the ordinary feelings of the man. There is considerable similarity between Spartacus and Rollo; in each there is the same combination of patriotic heroism with do mestic tenderness ; but the latter character is, for the purposes of theatrical representation, mere efficiently delineated by the author than the former; and we are inclined to think that there is a corresponding superiority on the part of the actor. There is, perhaps, scarcely a scene throughout the play requiring more correct judgment than that in which Rolla fulfils his promise to Alonzo, by offering himself as a husband to the afflicted Cora. In Mr. Forrest's tone and bearing, through :hat scene there was a refined deli cacy, combined with the firmness of conscious rectitude, to which must be awarded unqualified praise. There was one other display of the power of the actor to which we must be permitted to allude ; and it is the more conclusive evidence of his genius, inasmuch as it is of a character totally different from that to which we have already cailed attention—the exhi bition of his first indignation at thO :fears' of his comrades, and of his desperate resolution to - die With or deliver his cap tured sovereign. This was a scene of reality.. Mr. Ward's Pizarro is known as a judicious and talcnte - d 'performance; na Miss iladdart in Elvira displayed occasional signs of ge aius of a high order. Cooper's Alonzo would have been more effective if he had been blessed by a less artificial Cora. Loud and frequent applause attended the whole performance, and some calls were made at the conclusion for the appearance of Mr. Forrest; they were not, however,,obeyed. The house was completely full. COVENT- GARDEN. Mr. Hamblin appeared last night as the Roman father in Sheridan Knowles's tragedy of Virginius. His performance, taken together, was only of average merit—tolerably success ful in parts, but, as a whole, not of sufficient calibre to entitle the actor to the permanent occupation of the place of first tra gedian at'the large houses. He has the advantage of thorough knowledge of the stage, and the business connected with it. This enables him to occasionally make a passage tell with good effect, when an actor of less experience, though greater ability, would I , e at fault, and fail to produce a proper impression upon his audience. He was, of course, for now every one is, called before the curtain at the end of the tragedy. ST. JAMES'S. A new operatic burletta, from the elegant pen of Mrs. Car ter Hall, to whom the public is much indebted for a consider able portion of the pleasing literature of the day, was produced here last evening, and met with the most decided success. It is entitled The French kfiigce, and its principal object seemed to us to be to give Mr. Morris Barnett another opportunity to display his talent in the personation of 'that description of French character in which he has gained so much deserved popularity. The plot or incident of the piece of last night is very slight ; its aim being, as we have before observed, to af ford Mr. Barnett an occasion to pourtray the varied emotions which alternately dominate in the bosom of the emigre. The piece depended for its success upon the exertions of Mr. Bar nett, and we are bound to record that he did ample justice to the materials with which the clever authoress had supplied him. The house was numerously and fashionably attended. Mr. Parnther will give a Grand Concert tomorrow (Wednesday) at his mansion in Grafton-street, at which seve ral distinguished artistes will assist. The Earl and Countess of Surrey and family arrived in Hyde Park-place on Saturday, from their seat at Little hampton, for the season. " CRICHTON".—The romance so long announced under this title, by the popular author of " Rookwood," will be positively published by Mr. Bentley, on Saturday, the 25th instant. Mr. Ainsworth has enriched his work, we hear, with many new and interesting anecdotes of the " Admirable Crichton," which will give to his new production a last in g value. This is a subject which Sir Walter Scott himself would have revelled in; and we hear that, grand as the theme is, Mr. Ainsworth has handled it in a masterly manner, so as to entitle him to rank beside the most distinguished novelists of the day.—Morning Post. NEW POOR-LAW RIOT.—The Poor-law. Commis sioner having been prevented from attending at Camelford according to his appointment, by large assemblages of people who had marched into the town, apparently with riotous in tentions, ten magistrates from different parts of the county met there on Saturday last, for the purpose of investigating the matter, and taking measures accordingly. Several per sons deposed that from 400 to 500 men, principally labourers from the neighbouring slate quarries, came into the town on the Ist and 2d instant in marching order, with drum and fife, and armed with sticks, apparently with the intention of inti midating the Commissioner, and 'preventing the provisions of the Poor-law Act from being carried into effect; but that no act of violence was committed, with the exception of a few panes of glass being broken in the evening. A party of six London police having arrived on Wednesday, and sixty soldiers of the 99th Regiment on Friday, a miller from St. Teath parish, named James Sibley, who had made himself conspicuous by addressing the populace on the cruelties of the New Poor-laws, especially of the workhouse system, and who had been active on several occasions in in flaming the minds of the people, and exciting them to come forward in the way they did, was taken into custody on Sa turday evening, and committed to Bodmin gaol on Sunday morning ; but no other persons have yet been arrested. On Monday, Commissioner Gilbert arrived, and was met by the Guardians of the different parishes composing the union, when the business went on without interruption. The services of the soldiers not being required, the Commissioner, at the request of the Guardians, forwarded a report to that effect to the proper quarter, and stated that the sooner they were with drawn the better. We hope the misguided labourers and quarry-men will see the folly of being duped by mistaken or designing demagogues, and not offer any further interruption to the execution of an Act which is producing the best effects, in various parts of the country, to the really necessitous and deserving poor, as well as to the long-burdened rate-payers. Sibley has since been released from prison on bail, and is to take his trial at the next assizes.— We s t Briton. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.AIORROW. M0rning.........23 minutes after 3 I Evening...... 36 minutes after 3. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT and Others are respectfully informed that the FIFTH VOLUME (for 1836) of that Popular Periodical, FIG ARO IN LONDON, Price Six Shillings, cloth,) IS NOW READY, the early part of which is embellished with Engravings by the late inimitable Seymour. A few Sets may be had, price 6s. per Volume, each being com plete in itself, and containing several hundred Caricatures by Sey mour and others. The work is published in Weekly Numbers, price One Penny each, with Caricatures. With No. 267 is presented, Gratis, a SPLENDID PORTRAIT of CHARLES KF.MBLE in the Character of PIERRE. A few copies are only on hand. A PORTRAIT of LISTON as FIGARO will be ready in a few days. W. Strange, Paternoster-row ; and all Booksellers in the Kingdom. The publication of Tus SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday a great many petitions were presented o❑ the subject of Church-rates ; amongst them were several got up by the Bishops of HEREFORD and EXETER, with Lord BEXLEY and some other Lords, against the abolition of the impost, and for the connection of Church and State. Lord CLONCURRY having presented a petition for the reform of Irish Corporations, in which allusion was made to Lord LYNDHURST'S designation of the Irish as aliens, the latter Noble Lord interposed. Some conversation on the subject ensued, the result of which was, that Lord CLONCURRY consented to withdraw the petition. The Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill went through Com mittee. The Report of the Births, Marriages, &c., Suspension Bill was received, and their Lordships then adjourned. In the House of Commons, the principal debate was on Lord F. EGERTON'S motion on the subject of Irish Cor porations. Lord FRANCIS trespassed upon the patience of the House upwards of an hour, iterating ad nauseam all the obsolete sophisms, thread-bare common-places, and exploded fallacies, by which he and his unscrupulous party last year insidiously sought to stifle Reform, and swamp the Ministerial measure, for giving to Ireland similar municipal institutions to those enjoyed by England and Scotland. We have alluded elsewhere to the tactics of the Tories as seen in this , their renewed attempt, to withhold from the Sister Country even-handed justice and equal rights : it will be necessary in this place, therefore, only to state that apart from the interest which must be felt in a struggle upon a question which Lord JOHN RUSSELL has declared " vital to the Administration," the debate necessarily possessed no novelty, and but little of interest. At one o'clock the House was adjourned till this day. It is quite evident from the tenor of the Tor; speeches last night in the House of Commons, that'the faction are resolved that Ireland shall not have Municipal Reform. She is—so run their arguments—of " unsound mind," and therefore not fit to be trusted with the management of her own affairs. England and Scotland are both trust-worthy ; but nut so the Sister Country. She is, to all intents and purposes, a Lunatic, and must consequently be still kept confined in the strait-waistcoat of Toryism. And do the faction really imagine that Ireland will submit to such treatment ? That she will be as tranquil this year, as she was the last ? That she will not, the more strenuously she is opposed, the more stre nuously insist on her rights ? If she does succumb to Tory domination, all we can say is, she will richly deserve to be trampled upon, and spit upon as a slave. But we need not be apprehensive on this score. With the KING'S Ministers and the English people for her advocates, she will triumph over all opposition, were it a thousand times greater than it is, or is likely to be. Mr. CHARLES BULLER, in one of the best speeches of the evening, put the question on its proper footing, when he said that by giving the Irish people an interest in the management of their own affairs, their self-respect would be called forth, and they would become better men and better citizens. " By making them," asked the Hon. Member, "administrators of the law, would they not be come its auxiliaries, instead of being, as they too often were, its opponents ?" To be sure they would. But the Tories cannot see this. In their eyes, Ireland is incapable of social and political improvement ; and truly they are somewhat justified in thinking so, for they have striven hard, during the last half century, to reduce her to the lowest state of degradation. The speech of that sapient senator EMERSON TENNENT, is only worthy of notice as having been the means of elicit ing from Lord MORPETH one of the most triumphant de fences of the policy of the Irish Government we ever re member to have read. His Lordship did not deal, like the Hon. Member for Belfast, with vague, random assertions, but with stubborn facts. One by one, he demolished all Mr. TENNENT'S fine-spun rhetorical sophistries, which as they had evidently cost that gentleman a week's hard labour, must have occasioned him proportionate vexation. In every respect Lord MoarETH's speech was unanswer able, and accordingly all who followed him, took special care to shoot wide of the remark. Of Mr. PETER BORTHWICK, it may be enough to say, that he cleared the House as effectually, as he cleared the Surrey when he travestied Othello at that theatre ; and that Hon. Members only returned to their seats when they found that PETER'S brief oration was brought to a close. But the most absurd exhibition of the evening was that volunteered by Lord STANLEY. He put the question solely and exclusively on religious grounds, and argued it on those grounds with all the bitter, frantic zeal of a red hot fanatic. He would not have the Irish Church Esta blishment overthrown ; not he ! It should still flourish in all its rank luxuriance ; still squat, like an incubus, on the breast of Ireland ; and therefore —mark the sequitur f—as he was in favour of a Protestant Establishment, he was totally opposed to all Municipal Corporation Reforms His Lordship is here running a-muck at phantoms—tilting with wind-mills. Who proposes, or dreams of propo sing, to make Corporate Reform a means of destroy ing the Irish Church Establishment ? The two things have not one point in common. They differ like black and white—truth and falsehood—sun and shadow. But in his eagerness to confound the two things, and so lead the House astray from the main question, his Lordship lost sight of all discretion—of all consistency ; and,in alluding to the National Association, asked with an insulting air, " If the House would concede to clamour that which they would not give to justice ?" Here is the i cloven foot with a vengeance ! Here we have faction speaking out with unconscious sincerity. Lord STANLEY may attempt to explain away his words—and he did make an attempt to do so last night—but that will not mend the matter, but rather make it worse, by showing his own conviction that he has let the truth slip out unawares ; as, in spite of himself, Bob Acres's valour slipped out at his fingers' ends. We now have it on Lord STANLEY'S express authority, that his party are fully aware that in opposing Irish Corporate Reform they have been opposing the demands of justice. His Lordship cannot—and shall not—he allowed to back out of this. We pin him down to the declaration, as Ire land pinned down Lord LYNDHURST to his taunt about " Irish aliens." As the Duke of WELLINGTON said to HUSKISSON, " there is no mistake ; and there shall be no mistake !" Lord STANLEY was pleased further to remark, that there were but few petitions in favour of Municipal Reform for Ireland. To this we reply—there is the National As sociation, in which the voice of united Ireland speaks out, in tones not to be mistaken, that she requires, and will have, equal justice with England. But enough on this subject. The Tories evidently imagine that by standing out against the Corporation Bill, they will drive Minis ters from the helm. A few weeks will decide this point ; and greatly, indeed, shall we be mistaken if it do not end in the utter discomfiture of the faction. The object of the Meeting held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor is one that cannot fail to come home to the bosom of every genuine Reformer. No real lover of liberty can reflect upon the services rendered to the cause by Mesa and his companions, and upon the fate which they underwent, without feeling that he owes personally a debt of gratitude to those intrepid assertors of the rights of man. They were reformers at a time when to be so was not only a reproach but a crime. They had none of the support and encouragement which wealth, power, and numbers confer on the cause in which they enlist them selves. It was their lot to stand up, almost alone, against the wealthy and the powerful, and to advocate the rights of the people, when the people themselves were inactive, if not indifferent to their own interests. There may, perhaps, be some cold, selfish'persons who consider those men as little better than fools—at best as political enthusiasts—for ex posing themselves to certain destruction, in defence of their principles. But let it never be forgotten that in all ages of the world, and in all countries, it has been to the un daunted assertion of principles, even at the hazard of life itself, that truth owes its triumphs. Some must take the lead in attacking the strongholds of corruption—some must head the forlorn hope in storming the citadel of tyranny— and this was the noble office which the Martyrs of 1793 took upon themselves. They opened to us of the present day the way to practical reform—they, in fact, made the breach through which we have entered, and driven out the enemy. Is it then too much to expect that some sense of grati tude should be shown by those who are gathering in the harvest towards those who sowed the seed ? Surely it is not. It is a duty which we are religiously bound to dis charge, and which we cannot postpone. It is true, they can now derive leo pleasure from any efforts on our part, to commemorate their virtues and their services ; but we ourselves shall be gratified, and our posterity will profit, by the erection of a monument to those who, in the worst of times, sacrificed themselves for their country. Were it not for the sufferings of the people of Ireland, and the cost of blood and treasure which a civil war would entail on England, we should look on the contest respect ing the government of that country with the most perfect indifference. As to the result, there can be no doubt—the only question is as to time. The principles on - which the two parties are resolved to act are now distinctly known, and impartial observers may therefore judge with some de gree of certainty which are the best entitled to success. The plan of the MELBOURNE Government is to treat Ire land as a free independent country ; to grant her the laws and institutions enjoyed by the inhabitants of the rest of the empire ; and conciliate her affections and friendly co operation by acts of kindness and justice. The plan of Sir ROBERT PEEL is directly the reverse. Ireland, he says, has a national religion which is hostile to the Protestant Church of Ireland—by granting municipal privileges to the Catholics the Protestant Church is endangered—and in order to uphold that Church, one-third of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom must be treated as men of an infe rior caste. But if this principle is worth any thing, it can be of no avail unless carried into full effect. The privi leges the Irish people have already acquired give them power, if not will, to injure the Church, and the only effec tual remedy, therefore, is to return to the good old Protes tant and humane system—to treat the Catholics as outcasts from society—to hunt their pastors like wild beasts over hill and dale—and practice every species of injustice and cruelty, to keep up this monstrous Establishment. To do things by halves is the worst policy ; but unjust and absurd and cruel as such a system of Government is, it really does not differ much from that which the Tory party must adopt, if' they adhere to the principle of maintaining, at all hazards, the Irish Church in all its supremacy. The Irish People will now contend with more unity of purpose, and more determined courage, for the two points at issue, than they have ever contended in former times for their indepen dence, or the redress of all their 'grievances. At no for mer period had they such moral and physical strength as at Present ; and if a powerful political party, with the Duke of WELLINGTON at its head, and with all the No-Popery cry men in the rear, were afraid to refuse them privileges which gave them tenfold more power over the Irish Pro testant Church, will Sir ROBERT PEEL risk such an alter native now, to ward off what he knows to be an imaginary evil? His'conduct, during the Reform crisis, proves that be is too cautious and prudent to have recourse to such a desperate—such an awful extremity. There are only two courses now open for him—to consent to a modified Irish Municipal Bill, as he consented, in opposition to the Lords, to a modified . English Municipal Bill ; or to rush into office as he did two years ago, and trust to circumstances and accident, and his own plausible ingenuity, for extricating himself from the manifold embarrassments with which he must be surrounded. If he adopts the latter alternative, (supposing it possible that any House of Commons should restore him to office), will he twist and turn as he did on the Catholic question—will he contrast the horrors of civil war with the risk of merely a possible evil, and, after many bitter lamentations, confess that he yields not from choice but necessity, and grants to the people of Ireland privileges, for the vindication of which his predecessors were driven from office ? If such is his in tention, we leave the thinking, the generous, and impartial people of England and Scotland, to decide which of the two parties it is more manly and more righteous to support. The whole of the Paris Papers of Sunday have been re ceived. We copy from the Charge of Saturday evening the following details of the dreadful explosion of the Bona powder magazine, as communicated to the French Govern ment : O n Friday the Minister of War received the reports of Lieutenant-General Baron Rapatel, Brigadier Trezel, and the different heads of the service, on the disastrous accident at Bona on the 30th ult. It appears from these reports, that at a quarter past seven in the morning of that day, the magazine of the Casba blew up, au instant after the storekeeper Bcr geret had entered it to fetch ammunition. The explosion has thrown down the greater part of the stone buildings, and all those constructed with planks, in which were lodged the 3d battalion of the 17th light infantry, and a detachment of the Ist battalion of the African light infantry. " Officers, soldiers, and citizens, with Marshal Trezel at their head, immediately went up the Casba, and zealously exerted themselves in aiding the victims of the event. M. Disaut, the civil sub-intendant, was one of the first on the spot ; the commandant of the naval station, M. Herpin do Fremont, and port-captain Bompart instantly sent their men thither. The first were led by M. Lestic, of the Dragon. M. Evain, the military sub-intendant, hastened to the place with the hospital officers. A provisionary hospital was pre pared in the fort of the Casba; and the surgeons took no re pose until all the wounded were dressed, after which they were carried to the military hospital at Bona. " From all the information the authorities have been able to collect, this misfortune must have originated in some inexpli cable accident, which happened to the storekeeper; Bergeret, and the cannoneer, Sigre, who entered the magazine in the morning with the usual lantern, and in a quarter of an hour after the explosion took place. Not the least vestige of their bodies or clothes has yet been found. " To prevent exaggerated reports spreading among the Arabs as to the extent of our loss in men and stores, General Trezel immediately despatched a detachment of infantry for the camp at Drehan, and ordered the morning and evening gun to be filled as usual. " We have now to fulfil the painful duty of stating the loss we have suffered by this sad misfortune. " Three officers killed : M. Bernard, captain-commandant of the Casba, who, with his wife, perished in his apartments ; M. Perraud, lieutenant of the fourth company of the coast guard; and M. Rossolin, sub-lieutenant of the third company of voltigeurs of the 17th light infantry. " Four officers wounded, but not dangerously : M. Dela croix- Louvrais, Captain of the 17th light ; M. Renaud, cap tain of the same ; M. Ferradou, sub-lieutenant of the same ; and M. Delanouc, sub-lieutenant of the 62nd of the line. " The returns of the names of sub-officers and soldiers killed or wounded cannot yet be given accurately, but the num ber is strictly correct. The official details for each corps are as follow : " 17th light, 66 killed, 108 wounded ; 59th of the line, 1 killed, 2 wounded ; 62d of the line, 1 killed, 13 wounded ; 63d of the line, 2 killed, 3 wounded ; 2d light, 3 killed 1 wounded ; Ist bat of Africa, 21 killed, 41 wounded ; 2d bat., 2 wounded ; 3d bat., 1 killed ; 4th Company coast guard, 9 killed, 17 wounded ; 2d regiment none ; ad regiment of Af rican chasseurs, 1 killed. " Total-105 killed, 188 wounded. " General Trezel has encamped the troops around the fort, who are employed in removing the ruins within and without the fort. They have begun to repair the breaches and re build the parapets; the commandant of engineers thinks the whole will be finished in 15 days." Nothing is talked of in Paris but the dismissal of Marshal CLAUSEL and the African expedition. CLAUSEL is pre paring a pamphlet which he intends to publish by way of defence, and which he threatens will contain disclosures which will upset the Cabinet. The army is in the worst possible temper. Both officers and men are dissatisfied with the conduct of the King and Government. CLAUSEL, SOULT, GERARD, MOLITOR, VOIROL, and SCHRAMM are loud in their denunciations of the Ministry. SCHRAMM has been suspended in the Director-Generalship of the per sonnel of the army by Lieutenant-General CUBIERAS, for daring in his character of Deputy of the Lower Rhine to protest against the conduct of the Government towards Ge neral VOIROL. However, to pacify him Ministers are looking out for another appointment for him, to take from his dismissal the semblance of a disgrace. The trial of MEUNIER is shortly expected to come on. The following interesting particulars appear in the Dreit of Sunday ; . " The following are the facts now established concerning Meunier, Lavaux (to whom the name of Barre, that of an uncle, was given by mistake), and Lacazcs :—lt was not a friend of Meunier's, but the prisoner himself, that revealed to the President, Baron Pasquier, that, one night, after having passed all the evening together, Lavaux, Lacazes, and Meu nier, heated by drink, in discoursing upon politics, agreed in the advantages that would result to the country by the death of the King. Still more excited, they even proposed to draw lots who should strike the fatal blow. The proposal was adopted. Three square pieces of paper, one of which only contained a little ball made out of the crumb of bread, were then arranged and rolled up. The papers were shuffled toge ther, and each drew. The little ball of bread then fell to the lot of Meunier, who was thus designated as the person destined to assassinate the King. ' I do not know,' added Meunier, upon his examination, whether Lavaux and Lacazes imagined that all that passed between us on that evening was but a joke. For my part, I considered the whole business in the most serious light ; and since that moment the idea has incessantly pursued me, until the day I put my plan in execution.' Lavaux and Lacazes, when interrogated, declared that they did not know what Meunier meant, and that nothing had ever passed between them to give him such an idea. They are, however, committed to prison, and proceedings have com menced against them." We have no important intelligence from the north of Spain. Don CAatosis determined to proceed with the trial of GOMEZ, who is accused of cowardice, treachery, and purloining the public treasure. One of GoMEz's prin cipal accusers is the wretch CABRERA, who, it appears, is still alive. We have received the copy of a letter addressed by GOMEZ to a friend of his, dated the 30th ult., in which he very manfully rebuts the graver charges preferred against him, and professes his willingness to meet his ac cusers. On the principle of giving " the devil his due," we willingly allow that GOMEZ merits very different treat ment from the hands of the Pretender. He is not only the best soldier, but the most honourable man opposed to the QUEEN. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY MYNN V. HALL AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for injuries done to 41 paintings, which were warehoused in the Custom-house by the negligence of the defendants, who were the King's warehouse-men. It appeared that the plaintiff bought the oil paintings from a Mr. Wright, for a sum of 12/., and a pipe of wine. They were then in the warehouse of the defendants. On the plaintiff taking them out he found many of the paintings cut into halfs, apparently in order to make up the requisite number. That there was fraud there could be no doubt, but they did not charge it upon the defendants, who were most respectable men ; but it had evidently been done by some of their servants, and of course they were liable for their acts. Several witnesses deposed to the value of the paintings. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 151., in addition to 5/. which the defendants had paid into Court. Dr. Bowring, M.P., is confined to his bed by severe indisposition. The Duke of Devonshire's Concerts will not com• mence until the middle of March. 'Fhe Earl and Countess of Ranfurly, who rarely visit Ireland, and have been many years resident in Paris, have given a series of Balls and dinner parties, to the English people of fashion visiting the French metropolis during the gay season. The Earl and Countess of Munster are on a visit to the Earl of Egremont, at Petworth. The Marquis of Camden arrived in Arlington-street yesterday afternoon, from the Wilderness. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and Lady Georgiana Russell, were expected to arrive at Woburn Abbey last evening, from Byron's Court, Tyrone. The Earl and Countess of Craven are daily expected in Charles-street, from Combo Abbey. Lord and Lady Frederick Fitzclarence are not ex pected to return from the Earl of Glasgow's hunting-seat, Etal House, Berwick-upon-Tweed, until the close of the hunting season, in April, when they will arrive at Windsor Castle, on a visit to their Majesties. The Duke of Wellington has left Apsley House, for Strathfieldsaye. Earl and Countess Cowper have left for their seat, Pansanger, Herts. The Duke of Richmond has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn_street, for Goodwood Park. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are ex pected to leave Alnwick Castle this day fortnight. The Countess Dowager of Cork is on a visit to General Sir George Pigot, at Daventry, in Northamptonshire. Immediately after Easter, her Ladyship will commence her parties in Burlington-street. The Countess of Essex is rapidly recovering, al though her attack of influenza and asthma was considered to be of the most 'fatal description. Her Ladyship has taken a house near 131.11 ah. _ _ Lady Mary Fox is still a great sufferer from the prevailing epidemic. Her Ladyship went last week to Rich mond to see the bride Countess of Winchilsca, and on her re. turn was seized with the usual symptoms of influenza, which have continued until the present time without abatement. We understand that the first stone of the London Grand Junction Railway will be laid on Wednesday next, in Ampton-street, Gray's-inn-road. As regards the 2d Dragoon Guards, now vacant, we understand Sir Herbert Taylor, who served for some time in it, will obtain it, if so inclined • but should he not apply, general rumour gives it to Sir Theophilus Pritzler.— United Service Gazette. The Royal Scots Fusileer Guards will not be re moved to Dublin until late in August. It has been reported generally that they were to be sent there in June. The lion. Robert Forbes, son of General Forbes, has been appointed Magistrate and Collector at Moorsheda bad, East Indies, in the place of Mr. Torrens. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the John Bull, from Hamburg, arrived off the Custom-house, on Sunday, and also the Attwood, from Rotterdam. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Department from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and from the Governor of British Guiana ; and at the Fo reign Department, from Lord Durham, the British Ambassa dor, at St. Petersburg. Despatches, dated the 15th of August, were re ceived yesterday, at the Colonial Office, from the Governor of New South Wales. _ _ We are sorry to find that the pressure for money is, just at the present moment, very severely felt in this town; so much so as to excite no little alarm for the maintenance of commercial credit. Stocks, and particularly the stock of cot ton, are rapidly accumulating, while the demand f or man y o f the leading .articles of cornmerce is, as might naturally be ex pected, in the present state of money matters, gradually de clining. Under these circumstances, mercantile men seem to think that the period ha» arrived, when it is a duty they owe to themselves and to the community of which they are most useful members, to memorialise the Government, and to solicit from it such assistance, pecuniary or otherwise, as may en able them to escape the ruin with which the convulsions in our monetary system threaten the commercial world. The pro priety of laying their case before the Government was talked of on Saturd a y ; an d to -d ay , we believe, tho different Mercan tile Associations will meet for the purpose of determining on the course which it may be proper for commercial men to adopt at this most trying crisis. Government will, we have not the slightest doubt, do all that it can to support commmercial credit at the present Nucture,Liverpool Albion of Monday. - f‘Vb)e c:4nr, PRICES OF S'fOCKS THIS Bank Stock. 3 per Cent. fled. .010. y, 3 per Cent. Cons 91-",4%44 1 114 per Cent...». •• ~ Ditto Red New 3!Q per Cent 95% 71i : 3 New sper Cent.... —...— —• Bank LongAnnuitiestoeKpire Jan. 5, 11('.0 l5 I—l 6 j Oct. in, IASO .—.. ...... . --1 Jan 5, IE6O --• Jan. 5, SEP' ........ April 5, 18.91 , .... ....... .... —.— Jan. 5, 1870...»...»........... Omnium ....—.......... ....... —.. —pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austnan Bonds .........« Belgian Bonds _~ Ditto Accoupt Brazilian Bonds - • Ditto Account - Buenos Ayres Bonds ...- Ditto Account ..»...•».» _ Chillian Bonda ..».»..•••••»•••• Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account. ......... Columbian Bonds, 1824. 25% Ditto Account - 2sli Danish Bonds .»••••»•«• ••• - Ditto Account ....... Greek 80nd5...... ..«....« ..... Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account ........... « Neapolitan 1)A.11" Al ONE O'CLOCK. Sto 257% 33r,nels (South 'Sea Stock ..... «•• /Old A nimities New . 7 3itto 3 per cent. Annuities, 1751 Bills, .£l,nell 32 3n pm. Dirt 0 ;no .. 32 30 pin. De to Small Di :to Commercial ..... pm. I) itto Advertised... ..... pm F ank Stock for Account „.....Acc0unt.,.......- 1 ndia Stock for Account onsols for Account 901.4161.1 I'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds ..... Ditto Account ........ Portugueseßonds Ditto Accoimt Ditto New Bonds ..... 49 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent 2 Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1R34 27 till 7 Ditto Account 27 6N3y 71 4 French, 5 per cent......... ---f. —c• --............ 4 per cent 2 per cent • ...... ---... Exchange Dutch, 2Y6 per cent. 53k,% Ditto Account — Ditto, 5 per cent — —1 Ditto Account lo2my PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Candonga Mining Company 7N, 73 General Mining Association l3 9 Commercial Blackwall Railway Company 2 0% Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company Great Western Railway Company... ......... L - mion and Blackwall Railway 3 N - London aril Birmingham Railway Company 75 115 119 L'nuinn and Greenwich Railway Company 2O ZPa% Manchester and Chester Railway Company...— 5 5 North Midland Railway Company ...... ........ .....„ 10 1214 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 5)4 5 Anti Dryrot Company I 9.yi II British North American Bank Colon:al Bank Canada Company 24 57% MAILS. Arrived. Due. , 0 America..,....... 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 n Carthagena ..... I Dublin... 0 0 Flanders .. . 0 Arrived. ------ Due. Arrived. Due 1 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Otuan.&Jersity I) 0 Malta 0 Hamburg........ 1 0 Mexico 0 0 Holland ...... .... 0 0 Ostend U 0 Jamaica ...... .... 0 0 Sweden... ...... 0 Leeward Islan& 0 1 Waterford ..... LLOYD'S SH .-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 20.—Wind N. W. to W.—Arrived the John Black, --, from Buenos Ayres ; Claud, Sargent, from Ha vannah ; Freak, Smoult, from Demerara ; Blanche, —, from St. Kitt's ; and Jane and Margaret, , from Charente. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 20. —Wind N. W., squally.—Arrived the Johanna, Fudden, from Smyrna—rudder damaged ; and Dauntless, London, for Bengal, with loss of main-yard. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Bclina, Johns, from Palermo. FALMOUTH, FEB. 19.—Wind S. W., strong gales and squally.—Arrived the Camilla, Oldridge, from Lauzarotte, with loss of bowsprit, &c.—cargo shifted, having been struck by a sea, and thrown on her beam ends, during a violent gale, on the 14th inst. ; Industry, —, from Gloucester, leaky— part of the cargo thrown overboard, having experienced a con tinuance of violent gales—bound to St. John's, New Brunswick. STA NGATE CREEK, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Scripture, ---, from Constantinople ; and Pet, Stone, from Messina. COWES, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Amiable, Lucette, from Buenos Ayres, with damage—leaky. CLYDE, FEB. 18.— Arrived the Glenifer, Simpson, from Demerara ; and John Taylor, —, from Charleston. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 19.—Wind S. W., fresh.—Arrived the Columbus, —, from New York—sailed the 4 th ult ; Cas pian, Pullen, from New Orleans; Tamerlane, —, from Savannah ; Robert Quaile, from Sierra Leone ; Eliza Scotland, Jackson, and Manchester, bound to this port, were left on the Bar off New Orleans on the 20th ult. the water being very low on the Bar. MARY PORT, FEB. 19.—The Ranger, of Workington, is at anellor near the pier in a dangerous situation. The William and Mary is still on the beach, and it is feared will become a IN reek. The Hamper remains on the beach, beating heavily at this side. The Gemini, of North Shields, has grounded on Aldborough Beach last night, and has been assisted in here leaky. The Ocean, from Cardiff to Waterford, was aban doned at sea on the 15th—crew saved. The Amity, Tuck, from Newcastle to Abbeville, was wiecked on the Kentish Knock on Saturday night—crew saved. . The Liebe, Turnwell, is on shore near Shoreham, bilged. The Avon, Clark, from Hartlepool to Weymouth, is on shore near Portsmouth. The Orme, from Newcastle to London, sunk on the sch inst. near Whitby. The Newbury, from Newcastle, was run on shore at BST wick on the 17th inst., having struck on Goulstone Rock. " Penzance, Feb. 19, 1837. " The wind yesterday was S. W., fresh, hazy, to S. S. W. strong gales, with heavy rain, which at 4 P. M. shifted to W. N. W., when it moderated. At 7 P.M. the sky suddenly presented a most remarkable appearance ; an almost continuous stream of blood-red clouds, occasionally emitting from their centre splendid coruscations of a whitish light, arose in the west, and traversed the firmament vertically, disappearing east ward, the expanse both North and South being free of other than the usual clouds. At about half-past 11 the phenomenon ceased, the moon, with two bright stars close to her, shone beautifully throughout. Since day-break this morning it has blown a strong gale at W. S. W., hazy, with thick rain." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails and ship letters from St. Kitt's, Buenos Ayres, and Havannah. According to the advices received yesterday from Lior pool, it appears that the commercial interests of that city require assistance; and it is reported that some of the leading merchants intend to hold a meeting there, to take into consideration the necessity of applying to Government for a loan of one million, as a means to prevent them from sacrificing their stock of certain articles of produce, which they cannot get rid of without a great sacrifice. Their inten tion is to send a proposition to London for that purpose. A large amount of gold is stated to have found its way into the coffers of the Liverpool banking houses from Ireland, from the considerable sums that were sent to Ireland, during the late run on the Agricultural and other banks in that quarter. THE FUNDS. During the whole of yesterday the Consol Market was heavy, and Consols, which closed at 90/, both for money and time, opened this morning at 90i / for the Account—same for Money. Exchequer Bills, 30 prem. ; India Bonds, 25prem. ; Bank Stock, 2071; India Stock, 2574, In the Foreign Market the Dutch Funds were also heavy, owing to a statement that the Dutch Government were about to raise a five per cent. East India loan for twenty-four millions of guilders, at par. Spanish Active, 26, 1 ,- 27 ; Pas= sive, 71 ; Deferred, 111 12 ; Portuguese, 49/ ; Three per Cents., 311 32. A paper of the 21st January, from St. John's, New Bruns wick, fully confirms the accounts brought by way of Nevr York, of the late disastrous conflagration. This paper contains be tween three and four columns of the particulars, by which it appears that one-third of the commercial part of the city has been reduced to ashes. The loss is estimated at 250,0001. .HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols have been during the morning' at 90k for the Account; Money same, with little doing. Exchequer Bills, 32 30 prem., 32 ; India Bonds, 25 prem.; Bank Stock, 207 ; India Stock, 2571. The Foreign Market also continues inactive. Spanish Active which was in the course of the morning 27, has since receded to 26i 27 ; Passive, 71 ; Deferred I I 4 ; Portu guese, 49 ; Three per Cents., 311 32 ; Colombian, 25k; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 53} Money continues scarce for commercial affairs. THREE 0' G'L 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 9O On Thursday afternoon an inhabitant of the quarter of the Garden of Plants, wishing to get rid of his dog, en trusted it to thu care of a Commissioner in the neighbourhood. The Commissioner, a porter, in crossing the Garden of Plants, stopped before one of the pits in which the bears are kept, and threw the poor dog into it. The pit was tenanted by a she-bear and her two cubs. At the sight of the dogs the two cubs rushed to devour it ; but the aspect of the little ani mal, which trembled and seemed to beg for life, produced quite a different effect on the she-bear ; she threw herself be tween the cubs and the dog, defending it against the voracity of her little ones. Seeing itself thus protected, the poor dog succeeded in retreating into the cabin where they feed the three animals. She spent the night there still protected by the she bear; and the next morning, when the guardians came .to feed them, the dog was taken out safe and sound. One of the at tendants of the Garden of Plants took it to his house, and has taken care of it since. The prefect of police, informed of these facts, has ordered his medal to be taken from the corn missary.—Journal des Debats. On Thursday, as Richard Marsden, a workman in Messrs. Hilton's mill, at Over Darwcn, was going on his usual business across an upper floor of the mill, just above the ma chinery, a trap-door, which lay immediately in his path, wail left open, and, the room being darkened with steam, he did not perceive it, and fell through the opening. Marsden was caught by a part of the machinery called the devil,' and was literally torn to pieces by it, large pieces of the flesh being thrown about the place. —Blackburn Standard. SILVER PLATE.—Pnrchasers may select from twenty different Patterns of Silver Spoons and Forks, some of the patterns having much merit and novelty ; and from fifty varieties of Silver Tea and Coffee Services. The ground floor, also the first, second, and third floors, are fitted up as Show Rooms, to contain a large stock of Silver and Plated Goods, Jewellery, Watches, &c , and purchasers will find many advantages, both in respect of price and variety, at this Establishmant. T. COX SAVORY Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—A Pamphlet, c)ntaining a List of Prices of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., at Tunbridge Wells, the lady of Major Scoonesi lute 81st Regiment, of a son. On the 18th inst., in Gower-street, Mrs. William Channel', of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Fry en Court House, Fordingbridge, Hants, the lady of G. R. B. Berney; Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Chelsam Lodge, Surrey, the lady of F. R. Crowder, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, the lady of H. Short, Esq., of a son. On the 18th inst., of a daughter, thelady of C. J. Hewlett, Esq., of New Glocester-place, Hoxton. On the 17th inst., the lady of I. B. Brown, Esq., surgeon, Cam bridge-street, Edgeware.road, of a son. On the 18th inst., in John-street, Bedford-row, Mrs. Laforest , of a daughter. On the 14th inst., the lady of the Rev. H. Wm. Wilberforce, of a daughter. On the 17th inst., in Grenville-street, Brunswick-square, Mrs• George Cook, of a son. MARRIED. On the 16th inst., at Walcot Church, Bath, Baca, eldest seas Robert Radclyffe, Esq., of Foxdenton Hall, Lancashire, and WO' mouth, Dorset, to Agnes, second daughter of the late Ret. Henri Sill, of Burton, Westmorland. At St. Luke's, London, Wm. Pearless, of East Grinstead, soli citor, to Mary Anne, the elder daughter of James Richardson, 01 Ephraim-place, Tunbridge-wells. On the 18th inst., at Trinity Church, Islington, Mr. G. D. Mal l ' J of Cloudesley-terrace, to Mary Ann, second daughter of Mr. • H. Woodrow, of the Upper-terrace. On the 14th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, the Rey. C. Turner, 0 Sarah Anne, eldest daughter of T. G. Knapp, Esq. On the 16th inst., at Grays' Church, Edward Stodart, Esq. i ° l Golden-square, surgeon, to Caroline, youngest daughter of Richa " Webb, Esq., of Belmont Castle, Essex. On the 16th inst., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, Richard La.: ‘ , // , ' vy Esq., of Manchester, to Sophia Jane Editha, eldest daughter of B. Basden, Esq., of Greenwich. At St. Pancras Church, Thomas Frederick Jones, Esq., to Slit; bins, third daughter of the late C. W. Willi a ms, sq., of Pl c worth, Jamaica. DIED. ',- eitt On the 18th inst., i n Upp er St am f o rd- s t ree t, L au rence Esq., of Ledgers, Surrey, aged 61. On the 17th i ns t., a t Li ver p oo l, J o h n J ones , E sq ., o f the Oro °E Messrs. Nalders, Spa 11, Jones, and Hardisty, London. On the 18th inst., at Sevenoaks, Robert Gatty, Esq., l at e of Finsbury. square. At the Hay, South Wales, aged 87, Captain Richard Norn4o4" On the 17th inst., Martha, relict of T. Wagstaff, Esq., of • Hall, Shenley, Herts. 0 .011 On the 14th inst., at Brussels, James Shoubridge, Esq., su r y to the British Mission, aged 29. London: Printed and Published by 1IUl&DO YOUNG' co un ty 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in th e of Middlesex.—Tuesday, February 21, 1t337.