The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-13 00:00:00

PitlCEb OF tiIOCKS 1 111: Bank Stock 3 oor Cent I?ed. 921 39.7 Cent. Cons 92 per Cer.t. DAY AT ON o'CLOck New 5 per Cent -- India Stock 259 Ditto flonclA . South Sea Stock 911 i Ditto lted. New ',l;, per Cent ''S. 704 New , Ditto assented — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151.. 4 i:str Cent. 1, 0 ,,,,, n ,,, d --- Exch. Pills, .4.:1,1 fat 'O 40 r Van's. ILT)7, A urmitl,tn Minire 1 Ditto 509 ,(J 4I Mn. .11n 3, !F4i0...17% 5-16 7-16 N' Ditto Small .... ......... ... 39 40 Pm ~ t mi. 15250 Ditto Commercial — pm, Jun. 5, IRne -..-- Ditto Advertises —M inn. 5, I,V.C) _ 1 Bank Stock fur ount — , , Acc April 5,188 t) — 1 India Stock Mr Account.— Jan. 5; 157!) —l Consols for Accote,t .12 , 4 1 e1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds l-eecttrian Roods ..... tleglan llotuls Ditto Account — I Portuguese Fords — Waziliati Bonds 654% ii 1 Ditto Account — Ditto ..1 crount • .... DittoN'ew Eonds (4, 'N'.04 1 4 Euettrs Ayres Bond.; — Ditto A econnt Ditto Accotutt — I Prussian Bonds — 41,:than Ponds 4l , Ditto runt ..,, 1.0. — Ditto Account —l Russian 90ru14, IS2-' r',1,1,11.1.01 i:011(if — I Ditto Arcount — t'itto Account Cohttcbiato I:erat, ;:tf:2l ...... :It; z,:,84 p•mallsh ?;0716 Ntm 7 1 . i 4: !)st to Acconot 1 1 1, 0c, 3 i I Ditto a cenunt rft , i 7414 711 , 3.1) Ponds 7 -0,4 . 2U 1 Ditto Eotuls,l`. , :',3 : 6 1.4 Ditto Account Greek Ponds... • French, S pry :cut.... - I htto Bonti.t, V4'.li I) tto Account — " per cent. -of —c. MeN aan Emits, 5 per rent Di7to Account . Dutch, 4.. - , per cent. 5:4 4 4; !lit r,. ti per cent 414 Ditto Account ilia , Ae.7.ount Neano:itait 97 Ditto A , coon' PRICES Of' SEIARI> THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Albion Cooprr Mining Com:, ny - 9 Redmoor Consolidated Mining Company '. 11,1 del i' , lnnte Minim: Cs., firWstrred 9i/. IN. CA. Ditto Unregistered Canada Company 20 rer roam, PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB 10 3 par Cont. ('ons()il Ditto Reduced RV; Ditto, 4 per ren' 0: It per Cent. Stock 99 Hibernian Bank Ditto New, 1830 3C:, per Cent. Uebctiturc,A 917; National Insurance Corrvo , y ts Ban..; Stock l2 :3 City I)ehenturri.. 4 per cent... 52 Royal Canal Stock (3rzod Canal Stock - ft 9.% MAILS. Arrived. Due Arrived. Dile Arrived. Due. 0 .Aerie 5.......... 0 I France 0 0 Li,!vm 0 0 Ilrazi: 0 TivelioA Ayres... 0 ' Hamburg 0 fl Mexcii 0 Cartbagena 0 I )-Tolland .......•.. 0 0 Osten~ .1 ' )übiin 2 }larders F11(411 ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-M 01113017. Morning 4 minutes after 3. Evening "'minutes after 3 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING will be performed the Operatic Drama cf THE itED MASK ; • OR, THE COUNCIL OF THREE. The Doge of 'Venice, Mr. Younge; Gradenigo (.Member of the Coun. cil of the Doge, and one of the State Inquisitors), Mr. Seguin; Moro soni and Barbarino (Members of the Council of Ten, and c;:mposing with Gradenigo, the Inquisition of State, or Council of Three), Mr. Diddcar and Mr. Mathews ; Don Camillo de Montforte, Duke of St. Agata (a Neapolitan Noble), Mr. Templeton; Anselino (a Carmelite), Mr. Giubilei ; Gino (the Gondolier of Don Camille), Mr. Yarneld ; Bar tolomeo (a Public Gondolier), Mr. Beetrord ; Antonio (a Fisherman), Mr. G. Bennett; Jacopo (the Bravo), Mr. Cooper. Violetta de Tropolo (a Noble Orphan, and a Ward of the Republic), Miss Betts; Florinda (her Attendant, and Spy in the service cf the State), Mrs. Nevrcombe ; Gelsomina, Miss E. Tree. To conclude with the New Grand Chivalric Entertainment, called KING ARTHUR and the KNIGHTS of the ROUND TABLE. In which Mr. Ducrew's magnificent Stud of Horses will introduced Arthur, Mr. Diddear ; Sir Roland, Mr. T. P. Cooke; John Galaclin, Mr. Harley ; Gybe Dagonet, Mr. Webster; Gabriel, Mr. Bedford. Gyneth, Miss Clifton; Morgana La Faye, Mrs. Vining; Dorothy Stump, Mrs. Humby. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN,. THIS EVENING will be performed the Grand Fairy Ballet or THE REVOLT OF TI U HAREM. Mahomet, Mr. Howell; Ismael, Mr. Gilbert; Myssouf, Mr. W. H. Zulma, Miss Bailin; Atargol, Madame P. Giubilei ; Mina, Mdlle. Burgoin ; the Genius of the Harem, Miss Kenneth. Preceded by, NELL GWYNNE. Ring Charles the Second, Mr. Warde; Nel Gwynne, Miss Taylor. To' conclude with, FRA DIAVOLO. Fralo, Mr. Wilson; Lord Alleasb, Mr. Duruset ; Beppo, Mr. Ledford; Giacomo, Mr, Seguin; Metteo, Mr. Giubelei. 7.erlina, Miss E. Isomer; Lady Alleash, Miss Betts. Payne; Zeir, Miss Reikie. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. ABSCONDED from the Service of Mr. JAMES HOUGHTON, Oil Merchant, Bartholomew-close, Lon don, HENRY SERGEANT, with a considerable Sum of Money in Gold, the Property of his Employer. He is about five feet seven or eight inches in height, rather slight in person, and is twenty-one years of age, though not appearing more than seventeen or eighteen. He walks erectly, with a quick step, and usually dresses in a dark green coat, dark trowsers, and laced shoes. His complexion is fair, eyes light, but his hair dark, and generally worn long ; his face is small, and is slightly freckled, and his nose is somewhat turned sideways at the point. Whoever will give such information as may lead to the convic tion of the said Henry Sergeant, to Daniel Forrester, at the Man sion House, or lodge him in any of his Majesty's Gaols, shall, upon snch conviction, receive the above Reward. To-morrow, in 3 vols. post Bvo. QKETCHES of a SEA-PORT TOWN. By HENRY F. CHORLEY, Esq. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. HAMBURG, Nov. 26, 1834. HEINE BROTHERS, Contractors for the GREAT LOTTERY, published and drawn by authority and under guarantee of the Hamburg Government, beg to inform the public, that the 65th Lottery of 10,000 Tickets will bo drawn on the 18th of March next ; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks baneo, or Si. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 50,000, lef 30,000, 1 of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of 1,000, 40 of 000, and 1,500 ef 101 marks, which 1,578 money prizes are altogether stated in marks banco, and payable without any deduction whatever; 4,000 tickets being delivered gratis to the holders of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme, those purchasing one ticket, at the trifling cost ef 81., may obtain three prizes, and thus, if fortune proves favourable, gain 180,000 marks banco, at. the present exchange, equal to 13,0001. sterling. Owing to the gratis-tickets, the number of tickets on sale is a very limited one, so that, of course, they will be cleared off very rapidly, and a rise is price eceur very soon. Those desirous to purchase at the present first price of Si., are requested to direct, by one of the first nails, but only for whole tickets, to the above-named Con tractors, Heine Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a IC/. note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together with the ticket, by return of mail; on the other hand, those preferring to pay Heine Brothers' draft for the cost, are recommended to pay such draft immediately when presented. A full scheme, and every desirable information, being always sent with the ticKets, those giving orders will only have to write a line, ordering the ticket or tickets, adding the money, or an order for the same, or stating the mode of payment that may be more convenient to the orderer, and giving their full and plain directions, to secure the safe receipt of the communications. Those honouring Heine Brothers by pur chasing, may depend en the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a chai.ce er getting a prize ' • such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and most lucky Office. The publication of THE SUN NEW commenced this day at I 0 minutes past 3 o'clock. 1 21 _ Aalstir 1 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1835. thereby improving an extremely bad neighbourhood, and removing some intolerable nuisances. After a desultory conversation, during which it was contended orf the one hand, that the magistrates could not interfere, inasmuch as the whole expense would be thrown on the county, and represe-Ited on the other that the improvement was most desirable, the memorial was referred to a Committee. There being no other business to: transact, the Court then rose. BRUSSELS PAPERS. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, J. 20.—According to accounts which are worthy of credit, the Austrian troops will eva cuate by the first of May, the position which they hile hi therto occupied in the Roman States, at which time the French will probably leave Ancona. In fact, the further -esence of foreign troops in the Papal dominions seems to e of no use, that is, if they arc to preserve puhlie tranquil- tt ; for if the people are not perhaps entirely satisfied with the Government, the revolutionists have lost all courage, since they have become convinced that thcv cannot depend on any assistance from abroad. In , rerwral, the appearance of affairs in Upper Italy, is extremely pacific. In the Sar dinian States, the compliment of all the Regiments, except the Guards, have been considerably reduced. The number of horses for the Cavalry, which are for the most part fur nished by Germany, is considerably less than of late years. Lastly, the regiments comprising the Austrian army in the kingdom of Lombardy and Venice, which have hitherto been on the war establishment, send home the men who have served their time, and we do not yet hear of any in tention of 044 up the vacancies by fresh men. It is even conjectured that if the Tory 'Ministry in England should be consolidated, which must soon appear, the whole of the Austrian army in Italy, will be placed on the peace esta blishment. HANOVER, FEB, s.—His Majesty the King has been pleased to grant the sum of 3,000/. sterling from his privy purse towards the erection of an additional wing to the University of Gottingen. VIENNA, FEB. 3.—(By Express.)—Four per cent. Me talliques, 93 7-16 ; Bank Shares, 1 ;283 to 1486-I. Frankfort Paper, Feb. 9. GHENT, FEB. 10.--We learn that the fine cotton manu factory, which has been long established at Lierre, belong ing to the House of Heyder Danve, is going to be transferred from Belgium to Rolland, with all the machinery, &e., that can possibly be removed, and the workmen who are willing to remove with it. The journal L' Industrie says, " We are able to announce the completing of the Army of the German Confederation to the number of . -4 .60,000 mcn, and the putting in motion the Bth and 9th corps of that army to occupy the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, while another 'part of the same troops is preparing to form a cordon to cut off the inter course between Grmany and Switzerland, and the troops of Austria and Sardinia will separate it from Italy : we mention also the assembling of the Austrian forces in Lom bardy, Tyrol and Trieste ; the organitation of a Prussian army under the command of the Prince Royal of Prussia, and the assembling of 200,000 men between Kalisch and Ostrow, as soon as the roads shall be fit for the military equipages and artillery. BRUSSELS, JAN. 9.—Lord Brougham an iyed at Bruz sels yesterday:. The conveyance of the letters to and from Holland is now completely organized, and if the exchanff a e of the mails is not yet made officially, it is, how e v er , done with all possible regularity and safety. The two offices have already acknowledged to each other the receipt of regular packets. BRUBSELS, FEB. 10.—Lord Brougham had an audience of the King yesterday at noon. His Lordship then went to the Chamber of Representatives, accompanied by Sir R. Adair. As nothing interesting_ was under discussion, his Lordship stopped but few minutes. He will be at the bail at Court this evening. BRUSSELS,. FEB. 11.—The Ball at Court last.night was txtremely splendid ; it is impossible to form an idea of the elegance and variety of the costumes. Lord Brougham set out this morning for London ; the political affairs which call him to England would not allow him to make a longer stay at Brussels. CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.- —Frio. 9, M. Desmanet di Briesme brought forward his motion for inserting in the Montteur the names of the members who absented themselves from the sittings of the Chamber. The motion was supported by Messrs. A. Rodenbach and Gen debien, and ordered to be printed in the Moniteur, and dis cussed the following day. BELGIAN fUNDS.—Baubst:Es, FEN. IL Actual Debt, 2% per cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per cent Loan of the City, Mr., 4 per cent 97 —Brussels Rapers, Feb. 12. AUGSBURG, FEB. 6.—The Journal de Smyrne gives no very favourable picture of the present state of Egypt and its trade. With the exception of some very wealthy houses, or of such as are patronized by Boghos Bey, the merchants there are said to be in a very distressing situation. The im ports decrease for want of demand, and the export trade is almost exclusively in the hands of the Government. The Okel in Grand Cairo, where the Jews used to do a great deal of business in coloured silk, is represented as being now quite deserted, and in drugs also hardly any business is doing. Afirman of the Sultan, lately published, gives very ex tensive and valuable privileges to the inhabitants of Samos. Thus the import duties on the produce of the island are re duced, in all the ports of the Emperor, to three per cent. Vessels under the Samian flag are not to be liable to be searched on passing the Dardanelles.—Allgenteine Zeitung, Feb. 7. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING. Yesterday evening, an inquest was held at Middlesex Hospital, before Mr. STIRLING, and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of a young woman unknown, apparently about 25 years of age, w hose death was occasioned by "prussic acid." The inquiry had been adjourned from a former day in the hope that evidence would be obtained to ascertain the name and connections of the unfortunate young creature, but notwithstanding the utmost exertions of M'lntosh, the summoning officer, he was unable to trace any intelligence whatever on the subject. From what could be collected, touching the distressing occurrence, it appeared that on the evening of the 3d of Feb. inst., the deceased was discovered in High-street, Marylebone, apparently much intoxicated. On being questioned by some persons who were passing by at the time, she said that some man had given her some liquid out of a bottle and afterwards ran away. T. Richardson, constable of police, division D, No. 76, de posed that he conveyed the deceased to the station-house, in Marylebone-lane, and as she appeared very ill, Mr. Linedlord, the superintendent on duty, ordered her removal to this hospital. In answer to questions from the jury, the constable said that no one knew who the deceased was ; her appearance was that of an unfortunate outcast ; only one pawnbroker's ticket was found on her person. Mr. Corfe, apothecary to the hospital, deposed' that the de ceased died on the evening of her admission ; the body was opened, and the contents of the stomach analyzed by an eminent chemist, when it was discovered beyond doubt, that the death of the deceased was oecassioued by " prussic acid." The Coroner observed, that in all probability the poor young woman's mind had sunk from accumulated miseries, which her appearance evinced, and that she had swallowed the deadly poison herself ; her exclamation of another person having administered it to her, could not be rationally entertained. The jury were of the coroner's opinion, and returned a verdict, " That the deceased died from the effects of prussic acid ; but under what circum stances she swallowed the same, there was no evidence." IMPORTANT TO BANKERS.-=A case of consi derable interest among the legal profession and the public came to be discussed at its first stage in the Scotch Court of Ses sion on Friday. Mr. Mitchell, late manager of the Western Bank of Scotland, recently brought an action of damages for 15,0001. against the manager and secretary, as representing the company, in reference to his removal as their manager ; to which defences, accompanied with preliminary pleas in law, were lodged for the bank. The preliminary defences con sisted of objections to the formality of the pursuer's summons, and his incompetency or want of title, to insist in such an ac tion, in terms of the contract of copartnery of the bank, and craving the Court to dismiss the action with full costs, when the Lord Ordinary (Moncrieff) pronounced the following udgment repelling the preliminary pleas or defences raised by the bank :—" 6th February, 1835.—Having heard parties' procurators on the summons and preliminary defences—Repels the -first of these defences ; assolzes of consent the Secretary to the bank from the conclusions of the action, and decerns, and in so far sustains the second preliminary defence ; and in respect the defenders acquiesce in this judgment, repelling the first defence—of new remits this case to the jury roll." INFORMATION .AGAINST THE STRAND THEA TRE.—The actors at this little theatre have been thrown into some alarm by two summonses which have been served on Messrs. Forrester and Williams, to appear before the Magis trates at Bow-street, on Tuesday next, in answer to an infor. nation for performing at an unlicensed theatre. The informa tion is laid under the 25th of George the Second. To such an extent have depredations been carried on in fields and orchards ill the neighbourhood of this town, that neither posts, rails, hurdles, nor any other moveable ar ticle can remain ; several of the proprietors and occupiers have formed themselves into a night police, in order to detect the depredators.—Sherborne Journal. A COAL-PIT EXPLOSION.—A calamitousaccident took place in Mr. Curwen's colliery at Workington, on Friday morning last. The explosion took place in the low bottom workings of Isabella-pit, when several men were just entering upon their work. Two men were taken out dead, but their bodies were not found until several hours after ; one has since died of his wounds, and several are severely burnt, Whitehaven Herald_ LONDON. , FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1835. As the certainty of their defeat on the question of the Speakership becomes more and more evident to the Tories, their conviction of its fatal consequences to the Wellington Administration betrays itself in various ways. Sometimes the question is represented as being one in which party feelings ought to have no influence—as a mere matter of business to be settled by a comparison of the qualifications, bodily and mental, of the candidates. If this be a just view of the matter, where is the necessity for so much heat—we might say fury—in the discussion of a subject so little calculated to produce irritation ? Whence all the virulent invectives poured forth against Mr. ABERCROMBY, and those who, thinking him fitter for the Chair of the House of Commons than Sir CHARLES M. SUTTON,. are determined to support his election► ? And why has every Tory engine been set to work to frighten the timid, to over awe the dependent, and to entrap the unwary, into a vote for the late Speaker ? While the Tories pretend to disclaim party motives, their conduct affords abun dant proof that they consider the choice of the Speaker, not only a party question but one of vital importance--at least to them. 'ln this we agree with them for once. We are as fully persuaded as they can be, that the election of Mr. ABERCROMBY, in opposition to Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON, though it might not produce the immediate resignation of the Ministry, would prepare the way for that most auspicious event. We know well that the limpet does not cling to the rock with greater tenacity than they cling to office ; and, therefore, we do not expect that they will budge for that which would make men of principle retire at once. But their defeat on a question to which, by their unprecedented ea:erness to gain supporters for it, and their ill-concealed agony at the certain pros pect of being out-voted, they have attached the utmost importance—the first question, too, submitted to the decision of the new House of Commons—their own house to boot—this defeat, we say, would, or rather so paralyze their official muscles, that they must relax their hold immediately, and in due time drop off entirely. As to the awful consequences that the despairing advocates of the late Speaker pretend to foresee if he is ►►ot re-elected, they are to be alluded to only to be laughed at. The ridiculous extravagance, reiterated as it is to-day, that a Repeal of the Union must follow, shows more than a thousand arguments could do, that the journalist who is driven to such shifts has as little hope of his cause as he has respect for his readers. Chat the cause is really desperate• he is well aware, and he .may, therefore, think that it is ex cusable to resort to desperate means for its _sup port. But it is past praying for—it is irretrievably lost. We are this day informed, from au thority on which we can rely that THREE HUN DRED AND TWENTY Members have already pro mised their votes for Mr. ABERCROMBY. This is as encouraging to the friends of Reform and the sup porters of Constitutional Government as it is dispiriting to the enemies of both. Let it not, however, throw the advocates of liberal principles in the New Parliament off their guard. They have cunning adversaries to deal with. Let them not be beguiled, into the fatal belief that their attendance may be dispensed with on the first day of the session. Their duty to their constituents, and to their country, de-nands that they should be in their placeS in the House of Commons on Thursday next at 12 oclock. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, which we have just- received, continue their comments on the spirit of the debate in the, Chamber of Deputies on the 7th inst., on the presentation of petitions for Electoral Reform. The tone of the public journals accords with their severally avowed principles. The Ministe rial prints are generally silent as to the principle in volved in the petitions, content with urging the unsea sonableness of the period selected for calling the at tention of the Chamber to questions of abstract right or privilege ; while the Republican part of the press complains bitterly of the scandalous way in which the Chamber has dared to trifle with the liberties of Frenchmen. As the question at issue is a most important one, and as the provisions of the English Reform Bill have been cited by all parties, for and against the further extension of the electoral Reforms prayed for by the petitioners of the Chamber.of De puties, we shall endeavour to explain, as briefly as we can, the mode of electing Deputies in France, so as to enable the simplest of our readers to arrive at a right conclusion, respecting the country enjoying most extensively the right of the elective franchise. France is divided into eighty-six Departments, cor responding, in some respects, to the Counties in Eng land, out of which the Deputies are chosen, each Department returning from one to twelve Deputies, according to their extent, and the number of their in habitants. Only two Departments, however, return twelve Deputies, viz.—Nord and Seine, the latter in cluding the City of Paris, and the former that of Lille. The average of - the Deputies returned by the various Departments is from three to five—some more, others less, according to the number of voters. The necessary qualifications for a voter in every Department in France are both numerous and vexa tious. In 'the first place, the claimant for liberty to vote must be twenty-five years of age (thirty before 1831) ; he must never have been an insolvent ; never have suffered any degrading punishment inflicted by the laws ; and never have been placed under the ban or interdict of any of the civil authorities : again, he must pay 200 francs a-year (81. sterling) in direct taxes to the State, or hold a patent from the Government empowering him to vote. To procure this patent, it is absolutely necessary that the elector be possessed of property, and pay taxes, to the . amount forming the usual qualification. The use of the patent is to secure the right of voting to the elector, should his property become suddenly deteriorated. These are not the sole impediments in the way of exercising the elective franchise. The French elector must not only be of age, a person of good repute, pay taxes, and possess property, but he must also reside where the property is situated from which he claims eligibility to vote. He must dwell in the Department in which he exer cises the right of voting ; and should he change his residence, he is not at liberty to vote for four years subsequentlyoinless on a dissolution of the Chamber, or what in England we call a General Election. Another thing to be noted is, that in France no person can exercise the right of voting in two different Departments during the same Election, though he may have a property qualification in each. Neither can he choose in which to vote. This is determined by the question of his residence. Wealth, however, loses none of its direct influence by this apparent curtailment of rights. In each of the eighty-six Departments there is what is called the Grand Electoral College of that Department, com posed of all the highest tax-payers, • until the number reaches one-fourth of the entire voters. When the number has included one-fourth of the whole of the highest taxed inhabitants of a Department otherwise qualified to vote, the Grand Electoral College is then complete, and a President is appointed to superintend it, who is named by the Electors (by the KING before 1831), with powers somewhat similar to those vested in our Sheriffs. The other three-fourths of the poorer electors are also arranged, so as to form an inferior College, to which the Electors likewise appoint a Pre sident ; but if the number of Electors in the inferior College should exceed six hundred, then a further sub division of Colleges takes place—always' taking. care that no Electoral College possess fewer than three hundred Members. In the sub-divisions of the in ferior Colleges, regard is had to the particular districts into which the Departments are divided, and the Colleges are named from them. All the inferior Colleges have their Presidents appointed by the Electors, in the same manner as the Grand Colleges. The Grand Colleges possess considerably greater influence than the inferior ones. In the first place, they vote for, and return, a certain number of members to the Chamber in their own right ; and again, they arc privileged to vote in the inferior colleges of the department, as simple electors. Thus, every member of a Grand Electoral College has a double vote, while the members of the interim colleges have but a single vote. This more than counterbalances the restriction of being confined to vote in one Department, without regard to prOperty qualifications ; and moreover secures to all electors of large property a double influence in voting, besides the gross numbers returned by the grand over the inferior colleges, which is another most important consideration. The Presidents of the- Colleges are to decide the question of eligibility ; but where the question A con tested, an appeal lies to the Superior Courts. If the Courts decide in favour of the elector, his name must be placed on the list, under penalty of a fine not ex ceeding five hundred francs, and legal inability to dis charge the duties of any public office for a period of twenty years. We are not furnished with a copy of the law passed since the accession of Louts 1111-• LIPPE for the reform of electoral rights; and there fore, as we write from memory, we will not venture to assert positively that this latter penalty has not been rendered less severe. This matter is, however, of no particular consequence, inasmuch as what precedes it is only of importance in the present inquiry. Now although, since the accession of Louis Pm -LIPPE, the property qualification of electors . has been reduced one-third, still contrasting the relative prices of provisions, and the wages of labour in England and and France, the qualification to vote is considerably higher in France than in England. This will at once be apparent, if it be borne in mind that the qualification in England consists in a certain amount of income, or house rent ; whereas the qualification in France is re gulated by taxes paid directly to the Government. Now, there is a very material difference between granting the use of rights to one man, because of his incomes, and granting the use of the same rights to another man on account of his outgoes. The difference is within the comprehension of .a child. The abolition of the laws of Primogeniture and Entail in France, has the effect of continually dimi nishing the number of electors, by the incessant divi . sionu and subdivisions of property. A farmer, paying taxes to the amount , of four hundred francs a year, possesses a double qualification ; but if he leave four children, among whom his property must be equally 'divided, they arc all disfranchised on his demise. In a country so easily excited as France, the disqualifica tions arising from being declared dangerous or sus pected characters, by the Prefects, are likewise very numerous. From this brief but, we trust, intelligible statement of the electoral law in France, it must appear evident that very great reforms are necessary to place the electoral right on an equally sound footing with England. A pro perty qualification, however trivial in itself, is no pro per test of the fitness to exercise a political right, in a country which has abolished the laws of primogeniture and entail. So long as it is continued, the number of electors in the agricultural departments must continually decrease, and the franchise be at last wholly confined to the mercantile portion of the population. The gross population of France rather exceeds thirty-three millions, out of which the whole number of electors falls short of two hundred thousand—a mere handful of the community. In its constitution and forms, the Chamber of De puties differs considerably from the British House of Commons, although thelnost material points in which these discrepancies were apparent, have been removed by the changes which were made in the Charter of 1814, by Louts PHILIPPE. The most important of these, as far as regards the Chamber, was the granting the right of the initiative in all new Bills to the respective Members, formerly vested only in the King. To render this more intelligible to these unacquainted with Parliamentary language, it is necessary to ob serve, that the initiative means the privilege of introducing a Project or Bill for a New Law into the Chamber. This privilege is enjoyed by every member of the British House of Commons ;_ but previous to the Revolution of 1830, no French deptity could introduce such a project, without having first obtained the consent of the KING.. When a new law was determined upon by a member, the proper form was to prepare an address to the Sovereign, praying his Majesty to permit the bill to be intro duced. This address was read in the Chamber, and, if approved of by two-thirds of the members, was pre sented—if not, it fell to the ground. This circuitous and troublesome process was abolished in the new charter, when a nearer assimilation was made to the parliamentary usages of Great Britain. The other intelligence contained in the Paris Papers refer to the growing dissension between the Swiss Vorort and the Government of Austria ; and are treated of in an article on the subject, which will be found elsewhere. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIR, FEB. IL Five per Cents., 103 f. 55c. 70c. 33c. Four and a Half per Cents., 101 f. 75c. Four per Cents., 96f. 90c. 97f. 96f. He. Three per Cents., 79c. sc. 10c. 79f. National Loan, 10$f. 50c. Bank Actions, 1,717 f 50c. 1,8201. 1,8 - 22 f. 50c, Rente de Naples, 95f. 95c. 90c. Roman Five per Cents., 97%% 1 4. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 43% 43 43%. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 2714%. Royal Spanish Lnan, 44% Rente Perpet: d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 44% 1 4. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 101. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cent., 92%. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2.5 f ni c. ; money, 23f. 27 1 4 c. Three months, paper, 25f. 17%c. ; money, 23f. 15e. -Cours Authentique. BOURSE, QUARTER TO Four..—Five per Cents., 103 f, 80c. ; 3 per Cents., 79f. 15c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, ; 3 per Cent. ditto, 27a ; Cortes, 43i ; Coupons, 23i ; Guehbard, 44k ; Dif• feres, 15i ; Scrip, New Loan, 641 ; Ducats, 96 10 ; Romans, 97i ; Belgians, 101 ; .eedros, ; Miguels, 27 ; Dutch, 56 25. We have received Brussels and German Papers, The extracts from the German Journals are interest ing : they will be found in another column. The Augsburg Gazette of the 7th instant, con tains some very important intelligence on the subject of the differences between the Austrian Government and the Diet of Switzerland. It appears from this Journal, that France has been applied to by Austria, not to act as an umpire with respect to the question at issue between the two Governments, but to remain neutral. The answer of M. DE 11GNY, the Foreign Minister, to the application of Austria, has been highly approved of by the Imperial Court. The fact is, that France, seeing the change which h a s taken place in the Government of England, is not prepared to remonstrate against any act perpetrated by Atitria. She now stands alone, whereas a few months ago she had the moral and physical power of Great Britain to support her ; and the two nations, so united, were a match for the whole of the Northern Powers united. Now the case is different. England, under the iron dominion of the Tories, would be the first to cheer on Austria in the destruction of Swiss independence. We now see' clearly enough that, unless the British House of Com mons compel an immediate change in our Foreign Re lations, Switzerland must submit to be gagged and enslaved by Russia. THE QUEEN.—We are assured, by a respectable Correspondent, that the rumour so industriously cir culated by the Tories respecting the QUeen, is with out foundation. Her Najesty is said to have, on a recent occasion, positively and distinctly denied that she was in the family way. We request our readers' attention .to Mr. O'CoN NELL'S able speech at the Anti-Tory Association, which will be found in another column. Want of space prevents our commenting upon it. We solicit the attention of the readers of The Sun to our report of the Meeting of the Middlesex Ma gistrates, and particularly to the defence they make to the charges brought against them by the intelligent Vestry - of the opulent Parish of St. George, Hanover square. In our opinion, the defence made by the Ma gistrates is a total failure ; and, of itself, fully proves the correct manner in which the Vestry of St. George have examined the County Accounts. That Parish, it will be remembered, charges the Magistrates with oversight or inattention, in framing the anticipated expenditure of the Quarterly Accounts, and that they are so erroneously made out, that for the year 14th Oct., 1833, to, the 13th Oct., 1834, they amounted to 97,3641. 13s. 7 1 ‘.., while the actual ex penditure of the County was only 66,2461. 4s. 8-1. Our readers will perceive, from the defence by the Magistrates, that the Vestry of St. George are triumphant ; and as the charge cannot be contradicted, we admire the ingenuity and the sagacity of the Ma gistrates attempting to explain it away, by saying - that the expenditure is only for a bare quarter of a year, but the estimate must be framed for 37 days more than "the bare quarter of a year, because of the interval which elapses between the time of making and receiving each quarterly rate ; and so it would be in the first quarter if there was no balance in hand ; but then the thirty seven days provided for by the Magistrates in the first estimate must be excluded from the next quarter's esti mate, and the second quarter will be only, if correctly made, for a " bare quarter of a year." The next important charge against the Middlesex Magistrates is that the erroneous data which their estimated expenditure affords, occasion corresponding unnecessary taxation. The Magistrates admit the fact as to the amount of the estimates, but deny the unnecessary taxation. It will be perceived by our readers that they say the whole amount of expenditure, from October, 1833, to October, 1834, was 66,2461. 4s. Bd., and that the total amount of County Rate for the same time was -66,1111. 12s. 4d., and that the expenditure exceeded the rate by 1311., which is made up by petty receipts. We referred to the report of the Vestry of St. George to ascertain the correctness of this, and we immediately discovered the manoeuvre of the explanation, for we find " the petty receipt" of 21,Q121. 13s. 10i-d. is omitted by the Magistrates, and which makes the sum assessed upon the county in the first nine months of the year, 87,1241.65. 2-W. instead of 66,1111. We have no doubt the vestry of St. George will pay every attention .to the Middlesex Magis trates' defence. We think that Captain ACKLAM'S fellow-parishioners at Chelsea will notice his ob servations ; but probably they will think it would better answer their interest, if he were to assist in making the county estimates nearer the actual expendi ture, and that farthing rates may be quite sufficient occasionally, instead of penny rates. We referred to the St. George's report of the Luna tic Asylum, to see, at page 31, the manner in which Mr. LAURIE stated the paupers were fed at St. George's for Is. lOid. per week ; and to our astonish ment all his tirade against the diet table should have been directed to his brother Magistrates, for the report shows merely the expense of the Magistrates' diet table, for the lunatic paupers at Hanwell. Mr. LAURIE, who, we believe, is a Visiting Justice of the Prisons in Middlesex, we perceive stated yes terday that, with the exceptions of four gaols, the whole of the prisoners in England cost the country more per head, than the poor in the workhouses of St. George, Hanover-square, cost the rate-payers of that parish. This we submit, if he be correct, is no impeachment of the management of that parish ;. but, on the con trary, is deserving the' mmediate attention of the Go vernment and the country, because an investigation of the management of that parish may possibly demon strate the extravagance and absurdity of the prison expenditure generally throughout the country. IMPORTANT NAVAL COURTMAR- TIAL IN THE WEST INDIES. It will no doubt be in the recollection of some of our readers that, a few weeks since, we announced that a Courtmartial had been ordered by the authorities of Jamaica, to be held on Capt. John M' Causland, commander of his Majesty's sloop of-war the Cruizer (16 guns) in consequence of certain charges which had been made against him. We now present our readers with the following particulars of the result of the Courtmartial, which have been forwarded to us by the pro prietor of the Devonport Independent, and which he received from a correspondent at Kingston by the West India packet just arrived. The comt-martial which assembled at Kingston, was com posed of the following Officers : Captain Charles B. Strong, of the Belvidcra (President). Captain William Jones, of the Vestal. Captain Thomas Bennett, of the Rainbow. Commander Peter M'Quhae, of the Fly. Commander William A. Herringham, of the Forte. Captain Watkiu Owen Pell, the Commander on the station, was public prosecutor. The following were the charges preferred against Captain M'Causland :-Ist. That he had exacted passage money from certain passengers whom he had conveyed on board the Cruizer from one island in the West Indies to another. 2d. That he had caused certain female passengers to be searched in an improper manner. Witnesses were examined on the part of the prose cution in proof of the charges, at the close of which several witnesses were called by Capt. M'Causland, to speak to his character. They all did so in the highest terms of ap probation. Amongst the latter were his Excellency the Mar quis of Sligo, Governor-General of Jamaica; Major-General Sir Amos Morcott, Commander of the Forces, and several merchants of Kingston. It appears that the object of Captain M'Causland in ex amining witnesses to his character was to do away with the second charge made against him. The truth of the first charge, as far as the act of receiving the passage-money was concerned, Captain M'Causland, we understand, did not deny, but he contended that he was not answerable for having done so, being entitled as he conceived, to receive the passage-money from passengers conveyed by him in the Cruiser, she at the time being employed for the conveyance of the mail. This was the question in dispute, and was one of no small import to Naval Gentlemen Commanders of sloops of war, used, as they often are, for the conveyance of the mails. The Commanders of the packets used for the conveyance of mails have always received passage money from passengers, but it was contended that the case in question was quite dif ferent—the vessel being a sloop of war, and in commission as such. After the respective parties had closed their case, and the Court had deliberated for a short time, the Court un animously declared they were of opinion, as regarded the first charge, that Captain M'Causland having, at the time of the receipt of the passage-money, the conveyance of the mail, was perfectly justified in receiving the same ; and that, with respect to the second charge, they were of opinion that the same had not been proved. The PRESIDENT, in re-delivering to Captain M'Causland his sword, passed a high culogium on his former services, and warmly congratulated him on the result of the inquiry. The trial, which lasted fur three days, excited considerable interest amongst the merchants for Kingston; LITERATURE. THE " SPECTATOR'S" - COMPLETE LIST 0 THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. F. C.- Westky, 162, Piccidilly. This Pamphlet ought to be in the hands of ever! Elector in the United Kingdom as a directory to the . future proceedings in Parliament. It contains lists 0f the whole of the Members returned, their political principles, and the number of voters who supporte d ' together with the names of all candidates who came t° the poll, their principles, and the number of votes the): obtained. It also contains a list of the 'late an d : present Ministers, with the amount of salary attached to each office. FINE ARTS. THE CRUCIFIXION. This is a very imprrssive production, as an -Martin are, but possesses the same defect that we pointed ou t, at - the time of its publication, in the engraving of t he Fall of Nineveh. The proprieties of external natur e arc almost wholly lost sight of, in the desire, on t he part of the artist, to produce an effect. Thus, Ivb il e, the heavens are represented as labouring with storm eclipse, a-blaze with the lightning, and shaking with the thunder, we see a full moon, surrounded by o f e ` light fleecy clouds, looking the very image of serenity-' as if serenity could possibly, no matter in how partial," degree, characterize an atmosphere thus preternatu ralir convulsed ! The contrast is too violent—too sudden' and shocks all idea of probability. True, Mr. Mort ° deals with " portents and prodigies," still, even in th i : case, something is due to propriety. Another blemish in the "Crucifixion" is that the Cross on Mount Calvary' with the Divine Being suspended on it, are made to t little of, whereas they should form the most promi lo objects in the engraving. The eye of the spec, tator should be rivetted on the Cross at On c t e ; He should not be compelled to hunt for . " whereabout." If we except these defects, the " cifixion" is quite equal to any of Mr. Martin's Or °, 11 efforts. The details are worked up with amazing sk and power. Nothing can surpass, in sublimity :ft effect, the appearance of the more distant quarte.rs Jerusalem, seen in the back-ground, amid the-0 1 ' 1 1; sions of storm, and tempest, and earthquake. masses in the foreground, who are grouped on e iti % ' side a black yawning chasm, are equally striking. , respects the architectural portiOns of the engravi they are, as usual, vast in their reach of extent; full of massive grandeur. Here Mr. Martin St all alone—unapproachable. He has many imitators, none who can bear an instant's comparison with ''' ) ( l . The walls—the palaces—the towers—the gates, 911 its one unequalled temple, of the scriptural J er usale a l : are brought vividly before us, as by the wand of d Jerusal e m enchanter. Mr. Martin rebuilds them for us,,i rr 11 , ho their original' completeness and magnificence. - 47 , are drawn, we understand, from unquestionable o ° 4 rities. We can readily believe this, for there is minuteness 'and elaborate accuracy in the several d e b , / neations of them, which mere imagination, unaide d ( 1, a knowledge of localities, could never - -have suPP h b e s , We conclude as we commenced, by the remark t , the "Crucifixion" is quite equal to any of its pred ec : , sors. It is a noble work of art—one of the most 0., fully executed mezzotints we ever met with, and 50 10 posing in its depths of light and shade, as to beco ls .% v• • frame, nearly, if not quite, as well as the original pault THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY,WELVE 0' CL U Cft . he During the whole of yesterday, and to the close of t of Market, Consols remained steady, . with a fluctuatio n ot , about h• per cent., and left off at 92i- for the AC Ou , and for Money 92 to i c : it is not expected that any Cie actions of consequence will take place until after the tion of the Speaker for the House of Commons. t; Consols opened this morning at 92i I, for the Acelp Exchequer Bills 39 to 40 ; India Bonds 20 to 22 ; 'n Stock 258 to 259 ; Bank Stock 223 k to 224. f . In the Foreign Market the favourite speculation o 4 1; terday was in Colombian Bonds, which reached *it( Spinish Stock also improved ; Portuguese maintain e a t bef price of 92g- ; Spanish Scrip 31 to 4 premium. I ° ° Foreign Securities little doing Th ere This is settling-day in the Foreign Market. n id no failures at present. The following are the oPej prices of the Foreign Securities this morning :-.-- S „PPI 57* ; Spanish Scrip 4k ; Portuguese Stock 9 :" Dutch .5.5 i ; Colombian 36+ Our arrivals this ,mornings are a French mal" ttfe _ Ostend, one Holland, two Hamburg and Sweden, Wi t ' Express from Paris. The Monarch steamer has returned from Lisbon, s lll '.' e li n ; she left on Friday last. She brings accounts that r ri tio t Augustus' reception was of the most flattering descriP It was reported that a change in the Ministry was 1 9a tapis. r tP 'The heart of Don Pedro has been conveyed to OP" 'The budget of Portugal was published as follows The Expenditure The Income at Deficit ..... 4,323 903 858 6o' The express from Paris is of a very meagre deserLl3,o4 It does not bring any news of consequence from the tr of war in Spain. • r •ol' PARIS BoußsE .— Ti:e English mail not having al-tilot the French Securities experienced but little va,,P3rto' Three per Cents., 71.) ; Five per Cents., 108 6.5 ; Coupons, 23-I. at° By the .If,urnal du Commerce of Antwerp, receive op lt ! nierning to the 13th inst., it states from Constantly that the Russians are occupied in getting readYf Black Sea, from 25 to Z3O ships of war, and improcil'b arming their fortifications in the Euxine. By the Dutch mail this morning the prices of the Funds are—Two and Half per Cents, 5.5 - 56 ; giae Cents, 1001. We have no news of any consequence by the burg mail. ifi tP The Mcna steamer has sailed from Falmoutm'a 200,0001. in specie, for Vigo and Lisbon, the chief p a. be landed at Vigo. sT HALF-PA., Consols have been steady, during the whole of the dog at 92* 4 for the Account, and for money 92*, with littlepi Money continues plentiful, both in the Foreign and i m arkets. We have no fresh arrivals to the present hour, or golY jo lt cal news on the lapis at present. 0 In the Foreign market, the settling of the Account i 5 o f off well ; and up to the present hour we do mot hear d failures. The chief Accounts to settle are Spolish duo ; lombian Stocks. The extreme fluctuation of Srae' s t ; 6 f i r i o o the present Account has been about from 5 4 1 Colombian Stock, from 351 to 36i ; Spanish e 11. ci . ` 0 ,0,1, 1 : ;!- prem. to 4il prem. Spanish Stock may be quot as sent 571; Scrip 41. Portuguese is not so good e doS morning, 92* . -4-; Dutch 5:4. In other Securities litt 0,97 Exchequer Bills 39 40 ; India Bonds 20; India SW 2 .. Bank Stock 224*. Belgian Stock improved to 1 01 Vei' ziiian 814- to 87*: Colombian 36i ; Danish 77i; 42* ; Russian 1.091 ; Spanish 56 . 4- 571; Dutch 2-5 6 CY TH.NEF, O'er' ". Consols for the Account OA- '.-- THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES' ) -- FUNDS. '4 ris ' India Stock ................. 0„, , • Ditto:;: xii South ttttoooh Bills,lo ß sj oleednawdi Annuitiess( s lt: . o . ( Annuities.ci . k : ... ... . : : ... .... ..............:i...1. i .. el gir Ditto 500/ .............. -• . Ditto WI. ........... .!':,. 0 /i Bank Stock for Act- •• '.;,r•';,.f t India Stock for Opg• ••::;,..' Consols for Opg. ......... EIUTJSi St..,ok 3 per Cent Kcd oer Cent. Cons 9 2 IA :lc per Cent. 9!,( 2 per Cent. lied ICAN, New :3!7per Cent per Cent. Assented Dissenter' Long i-ainuitie6 to explie 17.7 oct l7 3-1(1 Jon. 1601 OREIG t. FUNDS. f Ce f ?! Portuguese Bonds , 5 Pe- Ditto, Now Ditto. .....•• ussi;,n, 5 per cent- ••••; e t.", 1 Hussars •4 ussin B o nds, 5 per c .. Ditto, Metallic .......... ...fp panish, " / 4 t , Ditto, nt23., ......... •"*.. #! French, 5 per cen t 0 ; Exchange ................ French, per cc nt ..... Dutch, :2, per cent..., • 0 Ditto, 5 per ceut• f 5 ••••""'' A.l • • , Two female servants of James Browbridtle! to Hampstead, were accidentally shot yesterday e ve '"l.h g e b °l s o. footboy, in the kitchen of their master's house. -,igel t ile just received the gun from one of Mr. Brow bri ‘ c tb 0 0 ,44 „ e i wlio had been cut shooting, and, not being aw ° " „ • • 5!„ 1 .P, piece was loaded, he presented it in sport at his feliT. t when the gun exploded, and the contents lodge and necks of the women. The housemaid was t i 7 r ! vciciy wounded, as several of the shots lodged i n "!:' Austrir.n, 5 per rent li&glan, 5 per ee -t 5..)14 llticnos Ayres. ti per cunt-- ti per cent 44 per cent Ditto, 1621 Danish Creel, Vends, 5 rer cent. --- 51cxican, 3 per cent , Ditto, M 25, (3 per eent 42 Pertivntn, I; per cent but their lives are not considered in danger. Ex cl This day was published, price only Fourpence, KIICTURE OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. E HIBITING AT ONE VIEW THE ACTUAL STATE OF PARTIES. COMPLETE LISTS OF THE MEMBERS, STATE OF POLLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, NEW MEMBERS ADMITTED, OLD MEMBERS THRDWN OUT, &c., By Permission from the SPECTATOR of Jan. 31. To which will be added, A LIST OF THE MINISTRY, AND THE SALARY ATTACHED TO EACH OFFICE. Published by Joseph Clayton, 7, Windsor-court, Strand. Sold by F. C. Westley, 162, Piccadilly ; and by all Booksellers. 64 6 ur an tri pc