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spectable family, and I tell you, if you were in France this insulting conduct towards me should be treated in ano ther form. The Colonel turned his back on the speaker with a con temptuous air. Complainant--I do not now think you are worthy of further notice. Defendant—As for bail, I can provide that immediately ; but that will be inconvenient, as I have just come to England with dispatches of great importance, and I re turn to France immediately with despatches of equal consequence. The BENCEI reconsidered their decision, and at length came to the determination of inflicting a fine of 31., which was immediately paid. The parties then left the office. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock - Suer Cent. Red. - .. shut! India Stock - 3 per Cent. Cons. 34 per Cent. South Sea Stock - Ditto Red. Old Annuities New 3% per Cent Assented -- I .•„ per Cent. Annuities, 1151... 4 P er Cent /Dissented —l Exch. Bills, £l,l'oo 30 40 Inn. Bank LougAnnuitiesto expire : Ditto 500 39 41 pm. Jan. 8, 1560 — • Ditto Small 39 41 pm. I)ct 10, 1R59 — i Ditto C0mmercia1.......... - pm. Jan. 5, Pile l7 7-16 i Ditto Advertised pm. Tan. 5, ISSO —l Bank Stock for Opening — .. _ ____ i . .. ... . ~ . April 5, ISSO . _ .. -1 India Stock for Account Jan. 5. ISP - Consols for Account 9254%4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bends THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLuCK, Peruvian Bonds f'elgian Bonds —l Ditto Account • 29 Ditto Account —l Portuguese Bonds 92!4 Brazilian Bonds ...... —........ F6,ii %I Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds 93'.;y4 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account '' 3 9i% Ditto Account — Prussian Bonds — Chillian Bonds —! Ditto Bonds, 1522 — Ditto Account 4tS 451 i I Russian Bonds, 182' lo9ii Columbian Bonds —l Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Rends, 1824._: - 104 39 5 41 Spanish Muds 6 5 ,4 4 , 4 5! Ditto Account '.19., SIN 1 Ditto Account 65:, , ,i '; t :, 64N 65', Danish Bonds Ditto Account --I Ditto Account Greek Bonds —l French, 5 per cent —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1525 Ditto Account 3 per cent. —f. —c. MeNican Bonds, 5 per cent.... —!— Exchange —f. —c. Ditto Account —l Dutch, 2 1 4, per cent. I)it'r,, 6 per cent 4j Ditt , Account Neapolitan Ditto Account I)itto, 5 per cent 1034 % Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (Issued at 54 pm.) 2.0 4't i 4 4 'andouga Mining Company... 3 CA 7 7 United Mexican (issued at J . pm.) J 41 . • 5. . - - Dittn New Scrip.. Canad i C,mpany London and Westminster Bank- 5 20 I 5 PRICES OF IRISH STOC per Cent. Conqol3 Ditto Reduced 3', per Cent. Stock co Ditto New, In , 3 , 5; per Cent. Debentures ... KS, DUBLIN, MARCH 14 Grand Canal Deb, 6 per cent 92 Ditto, 4 per rent 62 Hibernian Bank .. City of Dublin Steam Co. lOl National Insurance Company City Debentures, 4 per cent... R.. 1!;, Ballast (Mice Debentures, 4 31:N pe cent. 9.2% . . Bank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock .. . ?2 4 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America ii I France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 BUCIIOA Ayres... I) (1 I lunburg 0 (1 Mexico 0 0 Carthagena 0 ii Holland 1 :tublin 0 i 0 Jamaica 1 Flanders ‘l , ATEq A'!' LONDON BRIDGE 'Morning 3 minutes iifter 6. Evening 33 minutes after 6 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING , will be performed the Comedy of THE KING'S SEAL. After which, BLACK EI"D SUSAN. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be performed Auber's Opera of LESTOCQ ; OR, THE FETE OF THE HERMITAGE. To conclude with—THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. To.morrow there will be no performance. TO CORRESPONDENTS The occasional omission referred to by a " Constant Reader" at Huddersfield was unavoidable from the pressure of Parliamentary matter, but will very seldom, if ever, occur again The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 15 minutes past 3 o'clock. ;7,34 . J k4y : , jRY~s ' ~c ~ ~. t %~% .~~`5.,, 'h :e itlL LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1835. It will be seen, by referring to the debate in the House of Commons last night, that Mr. O'CoNNELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the Amendment of the Law of Libel. This, to the public press, is one of the most important subjects that has yet been submitted to the consideration of the Legislature ; and great praise is due to the Hon. and Learned Gentle man for the early opportunity which he has taken to bring it forward. Of y the details of the proposed Bill we know nothing ; but presuming that it will be based on the same principles which distinguished the Learned Gentleman's Bill of last year, we 'are prepared to support it to the best of our ability. The conciseness, perspicuity, and utter absence of legal verbiage and equivocation, which marked, in a singularly praiseworthy manner, Mr. O'CONNELL'S Bill of last Session, cannot have escaped the recollection of the House. No man un derstands the subject better than the Learned Member for Dublin ; and, indeed it may be said, of all Bills prepared and brought in by him, that they are more intelligible—more directly to the purpose—and more suited to the comprehension of those liable to be affected by them, than those of almost any other Member of the British Legislature. This, at the present period, when men desire to know the laws without the assistance of legal advisers, is a very great advantage to the country, and holds out an example to the other Representatives of the British and Irish people which we would be happy to find generally followed. We are persuaded that this measure would be greatly facilitated by the revival of the Com mittee of last year ; and we are rather surprised to find that Mr. O'CoNNELL did not introduce the subject of his intended Bill, by a motion to that efrect. The evidence taken before that Committee was most important, particularly the evidence of the late Lord Chancellor BROUGHAM, which was sub sequently- published in most of the daily journals. The report of the Committee is before the House, and we earnestly recommend it to the perusal of those Mem bers who were not then among the representatives of the people. In common with all our contemporaries, we feel very strongly on the subject of Mr. O ' CONNELL'S proposed Bill for the amendment of the Law of Libel. With us it is a vital question,; and we trust will be treated as such by the Legislature. By the existing law we are placed at the mercy of every person who can con trive to make himself the subject of a newspaper para graph. If we escape unscathed, we owe our safety to public opinion, and not to any protection awarded to us by law. In his speech last night Mr. O'CONNELL said that there had been instances where only 6d. damages had been given by the jury, and in which the costs had, notwithstanding, been as much as 1001., 2001., 3001., 400/., and, in one instance, 5001. Now in order to put a stop to vexatious pro secutions he would recommend that in all actions for libel, where only sixpence or one farthing da mages are given by the Jury, the whole of the costs shoUld be borne by the plaintiffs. This would put it out of the power of unprincipled attorneys to persuade evil-minded parsons to bring actions for libel on no rational grounds, with the villainous design of living by costs. Common justice to the defendant demands this ; for the porson whose character only sustains the value of one farthing's damages, has clearly no right to revenge the wrong done him by ruining others. In fact such a verdict is tantamount to a declaration that the defendants are virtually innocent, and that th 4 plaintiffs go out of Court precisely in the same co Li _ dition in which they entered it. We are further 72er suaded that in all prosecutions for libel, in whi, ch it can be proved that the plaintiffs were voluntary par ties to any part of the transactions reprobated by the defendants, the truth ought to be admitted in evi dence in justification of the matter charged as libellous. The distinction here made will appear important, if it be considered how much dif ference there is between charging a person with fraud committed by himself, and the same crime committed by his father before he was born. The publication of the crime of the parent may reflect as much disgrace on the son, as if he himself were the perpetrator ; and the injury he sustains by it is greater, inasmuch as it must be individually unmerited. Above all, we trust that the Legislature will, once for all, clearly define what is a libel. The worst feature in the infamy of the existing system is its vagueness and uncertainty. Let the proper boundaries of prosecution be fixed, that the press may know the limits prescribing its jurisdiction, and so be enabled to protect itself from the ruinous attacks of quacks, swindlers, and pettifogging attorneys. We shall return to this subject as soon as Mr. O'CoN NEL L'S Bill is before Parliament. Sir J. CAMPBELL'S Bill for the abolition of im prisonment for debt, and for facilitating the recovery of debts, of which we gave an abstract on Monday, was read a second time last night, and referred to a Select Committee. It will be seen that it gave rise to considerable discussion, but that, with the exception of Messrs. RICHARDS, BARING, and CARRUTHERS, the speakers all warmly approved of the measure ; and even the former gentlemen objected rather to par ticular provisions in the Bill, than to the principle it self of the measure. We are glad to perceive that, in consequence of the wish expressed by Mr. O'CON NELL and other Members, that the Bill should be extended to Ireland, it is the intention of Sir J. CAMPBELL to propose that the Committee should extend its provisions to that country, which it seems a Committee has power to do, on receiving an in struction to that effect from the House. 'We have in several recent numbers commented so fully on the principle of this Bill, that we need not now enter at length into the subject. Like every other measure which can, be proposed, some of its details may no doubt be improved, and will proba bly undergo some alteration in the Committee ; but we repeat that its principle is founded upon a sound, practical basis, as well as upon a humane and mer ciful feeling. While it will release the honest but unfortunate debtor from the unmerited punishment of imprisonment, it will fall with increased severity upon the fraudulent contractor of debts. Imprisonment for debt, as remarked by Sir J. CAMPBELL, was never intended as a punishment, but as a means of getting at a debtor's property ; and this the Bill will greatly facilitate. This measure will transfer to the pockets of creditors the immense sums which now go into those of lawyers, sheriffs' officers, and others, by means of the Insolvent and other Courts. It will also put an end to the infamous practice of un principled men living in luxury within the Rules of the London prisons and setting their creditors at deft. ante, while they are spending the money which should be applied to nay their debts ; and it will also bring within the power of creditors, copyhold- property, money in the funds, and other descriptions of property, which are excluded under the present law. A Bill to abolish imprisonment for small debts in Scotland, of which an abstract w ill be found in another column, was read last night, and referred to a Com mittee. The principle of the Bill is similar to that of Sir J. CAMPBELL, but we regret that it only extends to debts of 8/. 6s. Bd. A Bill to diminish the cost of proceedings in the Court of Session, in Scotland, was also read a second time, and referred to a Com mittee. We are happy to find a beginning at length made in reforming the Scottish law. There is plenty of room for improvement, and we trust that the Government will not refuse to co-operate with Mr. WALLACE in his zealous endeavours to attain that desirable object. `We are glad to perceive that Mr. PouLTER brought in a Bill yesterday to prevent intimidation, and bribery and corruption in elections. Our own opinion is, that nothing short of the ballot will prevent those prac tices ; but as that mode of voting has many opponents in Parliament, we would not, in the meantime, dis courage the trial of other preventives. Something ought certainly to be done ; for, under the present sys tem, elections, especially for counties and small boroughs, are but too often a mere farce. As well might the right of voting be at once transferred from the tenants to their landlords. The Conservatives of Lambeth gave a public din ner yesterday at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, at which the defeated candidate, Alderman FAREBRO TILER, and a few small Conservative M.P.s, were pre sent. Much nonsense was talked on this occasion, and among the speakers who figured conspicuously in this line was a gentleman named QUIN, who seemed to be of opinion that the quintessence of all patriotism and sagacity was comprised in Sir ROBERT PEEL. His speech accordingly was one long, prolix eulogium on the superhuman virtues and abilities of the Right Hon. Baronet ; but as it was received, considering its subject, with remarkable stillness, we conclude that the majority of the company were asleep during its delivery. In the course of his oration, Mr. QUIN informed such of his hearers as were able to resist the narcotic properties of his eloquence, that he should " lay aside all feelings of diffidence ;" and, to do him justice, he kept his word, especially in his remarks on Lord Jo trN RUSSELL, which developed a more than ordinary Milesian effrontery. Captain ALSAGER'S speech was, in its way, quite as remark able as Mr. Clung's, shattering tropes and metaphors and similes just as if they were so many panes of glass. The Gallant Captain compared the House of Commons to a first-class vessel with a jolly ship's com pany of 658 men, among whom were some " logger head lubbers" and " wishy-washy long 'shore swabs ;" and wound up his parallel by a solemn promise that he would stick to the planks of the State vessel to the last. Let what would happen, he would never desert " Old England ! Generous man ! A pledge like this will make Britannia's heart leap with joy. She need fear nothing now. ALSAGER is her de fender. ALSAGER will protect her from the assaults of those fiendish Radicals who are bent on the ruin' of her maiden purity. We know of nothing so calcu lated to ensure lasting tranquillity as this Alsager Manifesto. It is the one thing wanting to complete our national prosperity. The Funds will, of course, get up in consequence. The Paris papers of Tuesday have all been received, but their contents are of no importance. The Duke De BROGLIE has declared his determination to resist the amnesty, and so eager is the Cabinet to make a dis play of firmness, that orders have already been trans mitted to Lyons for removing the prisoners of April to Paris, preparatory to their being brought to trial. FRENCH FUN 08.—Paats, MARCH 17. Five per Cents., ME 30c. 50c. Four per Cents., 96f. EOc. Three per Cents., 80E 241 e. 40c. Bank Actions, 1,850 f. Rente de Naples, 97f. 50c. 45c. Roman Five per Cents., 99!-.; Rente d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 49i,(. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 31 307 31. Roya• tinanisti Loan, 49i. RentePerpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cent., 49%. Belgian Lnan, Five per Cents., 10334. Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents., 93. Portuguese Loan, Six• per Cents. ICO4. Haytian Loan, 385 f 3:10f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2511 37%%e.; money, 25f. 35c. Three months, paper, 25f. 2734 c. ; money, 251.25 c. ,rs Authcistivse. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 107 f. 60. ; 3 per Cents., 80f. 60c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, .19i ; 3 per Cent. ditto, 31 ; Cortes, 48i ; Coupons, 27 ; Guebhard. 49i ; ;Dif. fcres, :201 ; New Loan, 69A ; Ducats, 97 60 ; Rom:ins, 994 Belgians, 103 A ; Pedros, 93 ; Ilaytians, 390 f. —c. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRussEts, Mmteu 17. Actual Debt, 2y¢ per Cent, Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lOl Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 99 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent ... 113 3 4 Society of Commerce Lord CANTERBURY, we perceive, has been ap pointed by Government to go out to the Canadas to investigate and report upon the causes of the dissatis faction now unfortunately so prevalent in those co lonies. The task is a delicate one, and will require the exercise of all his Lordship's experience and sagacity. Accounts from Bayonne to the 12th inst. bare been received. The Carlists have renewed the siege of Elisondo, with seven battalions. The town is well defended, and as MINA is preparing to march to the assistance of the garrison, we presume the Carlists will raise the siege with more than their wonted expedition. The Spanish Government continues to make prepara tions for the Spring campaign, by increasing the army and providing military stores. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1835. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the Lords the Earl of ABERDEEN, in answer to Earl MULGRAVE, said that Lord CANTERBURY (the late Speaker of the Commons) was appointed Commissioner for Canada, to which country he was to proceed with all possible despatch. The 15,000,000/. Exchequer-bills Bill was read a second time. In the Commons Mr. HODGES intimated his intention of presenting to-day a petition from Chatham, complaining of an interference in that town with the freedom of Elec- ti on. Sir J. CAMPBELL remarked, on the presentation by Mr. HUMPHERY of a petition to continue unaltered the juris diction of the Southwark Court of Requests, that no part. of the machinery of the law in respect of debtor and cre ditor required revision more than Courts of Requests. Mr. HUME was of the same opinion, and stated the number of persons confined in the Metropolis for small debts, (ad judged to be imprisoned for as many days as the shillings respectively due,) to be more than eight thousand. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the duty on spirit licenses was under consideration. Two Bills were brought in by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, rela tive to the impressment of seamen, and the consolidation of the laws affecting the merchant seamen of the United King dom, were read a first time. Sir R. PEEL, said that the Commissioners of Public Works would advance money to agricultural parishes, on good security, to aid them in building workhouses under the New Poor Law Bill. He thought that the question of Emigration ought not to be mixed up with the operation of that Bill. Mr. HUME postponed his motion relative to Light houses. A rather warm conversation on the subject of the Dublin election took place between Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. SHAW, which ended in an extension for one week of the time for the ballot. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Abolition of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill. .11Ir. RICHARDS opposed the Bill ; Mr. BARING was also against it. Sir J. CAMPBELL replied to the objections, and asked whether the principle of his Bill was not in operation in France, Germany, and Scotland. He hoped it would also become the law of England, before the end of the Session. [The Bill provides that summary execution shall proceed on Bills and Bonds ; that the debtor shall be compellable to swear to the full amount of his property, and give up the same ; and that Bills of Exchange, money in the Funds, and Copyhold property, shall become available by Creditors.] Mr. CARRUTHERS opposed the Bill. Mr. CLAY, Mr. EWART, Mr. GROTE, Mr. O'CONNELL, Mr. ROLFE, and Mr. WARBURTON supported it. It was then read a second time. The Imprisonment for Debt (Scotland) Bill was read a second time ; as was also the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill. Mr. POULTEI obtained leave to bring in a Bill to protect the free exercise of the political franchise. Lord EBRINGTON moved for and obtained a Select Com mittee to examine into the provisions of the Weights and Measures Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the Amendment of the Law of Libel. BANK MEETING.-THIS DAY. This day a General Quarterly Meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock, was held in the Bank Parlour. John Pattison, Esq., M. P., the Governor, accompanied by the Deputy Go vernor, and a great number of Directors, entered the Court at 12 . o'clock, by which time there was a very full meeting of Proprietors. The GOVERNOR said, he had to acquaint the Court, that that was one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Bye Laws to consider of a Dividend. The Court of Directors had come to a resolution, to recommend to the Court of Proprietors that a divi dend of 41. per cent. should be declared upon the capital stock, for the half year ending in April next. Mr. YOUNG said, before the question of dividend was put, he was anxious to inquire whether the money which the Bank had accepted from the East India Company had all been paid up ? He had before understood that it was all to be paid up in October. The GOVERNOR said that 1,500,0001. still remained at 2f per cent. The Hon. Proprietor must, on the former occasion, have misunderstood what had fallen from him. He had, how ever, to remind the Court that this was an unusual occur rence. The East India Company were winding up their affairs, and the transaction would not operate as a precedent. Mr. YOUNG inquired whether the Court were to under stand that in future when a loan was offered, the Court of Directors would refuse to take it until they had taken the opinion of the proprietors upon the subject. The principle of so doing was so very important that if no satisfactory answer was given, he would give a notice upon the subject. The GOVERNOR could not give such an assurance. If they acted upon the views of the Hon. Proprietor, they might be obliged to refuse a very advantageous offer. Mr. YOUNG said he was sorry that such was the answer. He doubted whether such transactions were not against their charter.—(Cries of " Hear, hear, hear.") He gave notice for a motion on the subject for the next half-yearly Court. The GOVERNOR trusted the Directors might still receive any money that might be offered, notwithstanding the notice of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. YOUNG said, as they considered they were right in so doing, of course they would continue to act on the same grounds ; but he still very much doubted— na y, h e was cer tain, it was inconsistent with their Charter, and also very bad policy. The GOVERNOR said he and the Directors thought not— the transaction had been very profitable. Mr. YOUNG enquired whether the dividend was to come out of the apparent surplus capital. The GOVERNOR said it would, but he was bound in candour to state that 10,000/. was taken from the rest to make up the dividend ; he must, however, state that the rest was at least five times more in amount than it was last year.—( Hear, hear.) It was also to be remembered that there was a sum of 120,0001. taken by the Government from the allowance made to the Bank for transacting the public business. Mr. FIELDEN said the Honourable Proprietor (Mr. Young) had made rather a bold assertion. He had read over their charter, and contended that there was nothing in the trans action at all against its spirit. The GOVERNOR—As the Hon. Proprietor has given notice of a motion upon the subject, perhaps it will be better to say no more now.—( Hear, hear.) A PaopaisToa enquired whether the 10,000/. taken from the rest had been taken after the 60,000/. diminished allow ance had been considered? The GOVERNOR—Yes. Mr. WINTER wished to make an observation. It had been stated that in order to make up the present dividend it was necessary to take 10,0001. from the rest. Now it should be known whether this money was in the nature of profit and loss of capital. It had been treated by the Committee of the House of Commons upon the Bank Charter as capital. The difficulty arose from the want of a short statement as to whether it was profit or loss, for if it went forth to the country that the sum of 10,000/. was taken from the rest, many might conceive that it formed part of the capital which formed the security. It was much to be regretted that the only information that could be obtained in that Court was by random questions ; and those questions were sometimes answered in a manner that was attended with pub lic inconvenience. This would be remedied by a short state ment of their accounts, disclosing nothin g that they should be ashamed of, and s h ow i ng out o f w h at f un d s their dividenps were made up. If their dividends were made up of anything but capital, every Proprietor was liable to be called upon to re fund; it was, therefore, of the highest importance to the Proprietary and the public to show that the dividends were actually and wholly out of their profits. He would take an opportunity, unless some Honourable Proprietor, more com petent to take the subject into his hands should be pre vailed on to do so, of moving, at the next Court, that the dividend should not be declared till a statement of their ac counts was laid before the Court. The GOVERNOR said that the rest was not considered a por tion of their capital on which they paid dividends. The rest was in former times considered available for the purpose of making up the dividend—( Hear, hear.) Under these cir cumstances he considered that they might, if necessary, apply a portion of the rest to make up the dividend-_ ( Hear, hear.) The Court, he was sure, must consider it extremely unadvisable to vary the dividend.—( Hear, hear. ) It would lead stock-jobbers into speculations and must prove extremoly injurious to the interests of the Proprietary. For this reason he thought it desirable to touch the rest. It rested with the proprietors to determine whether they should appoint any other portion of the rest to keep up the dividend.—( Hear. ) Mr. WILKINSON wished to have some explanation regarding certain Annuities, about which he had put a question to the Governor at the last Court. The GOVERNOR said that the Hon. Member was aware that the interest on these Annuities had been reduced by the 23d of George IL, from Bto 4 per Cent. ; they were afterwards reduced to 31 per Cent. for seven years, up to the year 1757, and from that period they had remained stationary at 3 per Cent. Mr. WiLansrsoN' made some inquiries respecting other an nuities, and contended that the annuity of 100,0001. had been secured to them by charter, and confirmed by the la , t Act. The Court received for the management of that annuity the sum of 4,0001. This was bona fide an annuity, and unless the Act was repealed, they were bound, an , 3 could in all cases act upon it. The GOVERNOR said that the subject was at that moment under discussion. The Hon. Proprietor was perfectly right, and the Court of Directors was at issue with the Government on that point. Mr. FIELDEN must protest against such questions being pui to the executive body, without notice being given. The question of dividend was then put, and carried unani. _ _ Mr. YOUNG said, before the question of adjournment was put, he was anxious to call the attention of the Court to a very important question. It was well known that he (Mr. Young) had always been most anxious for the publicity of the Bank accounts ; that was now done ac cording to the law, and in his opinion a more important act could not be passed. It was also well known that when that onus was placed on them, the late Government had it in contemplation to put some restrictions upon some other banks of issue. Certainly every one must be aware of the great im portance of our knowing as much of the issues of other banks as we ourselves tell, otherwise it would be impossible for the Bank to regulate its issues according to the necessities of the country. Without such information great irregularities would ensue, confidence would be destroyed, because the public without such information would fear that some Banks would issue much more than they had capital to meet. He very urgently pressed it upon the Court of Directors to get the question settled as one of the very last importance, not only to the proprietary but to the community at large. He disclaimed any private interests, he was speaking for the public interests. Such a publicity as he called for was neces sary for the prosperity of the country, it would place the mo netary system upon a solid basis, which was most essential for the best interests of the country. All banks should be com pelled to publish an account of their issues and their assets, for that purpose he trusted that the Directors would use their best endeavours to press the subject on the attention of the Government. The GOVERNOR-The question was one of very great im portance, and had not been lost sight of by the Directors. It was a question, however, which must of necessity be settled by the Legislature.—( Hear, hear.) The Court might have pressed upon the Government, but they had considered that the Government had so much to do, that they had refrained from pressing upon them as yet No man could doubt that the ques tion was one of the utmost importance, because the Bank in all its endeavours to correct the evils of the monetary system had been thwarted by the other banks of issue, who had increased their issues in the same ratio as the bank had decreased theirs—in deed it was impossible for things to go on for any length of time in their present state. He then informed the Proprietors that the dividends would be ready on the 15th of April, and the Court adjourned. COMMON COUNCIL-(THIS DAY.) The LORD MAYOR took the Chair a few minutes past twelve. The minutes of the last Court having been read, it was moved, after some conversation, that the alterations, as fixed by the last Court, should stand, with respect to the sum of money and fines levied on taking up the freedom of the city. Sir PETER LAURIE then rose to give notice that he should, at the next meeting of the Court, move to rescind the resolu tion which had just been passed. After some discussion between Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Stevens, Alderman T. Wood, and Sir Peter Laurie, as to the pro priety of rescinding a resolution at one Court, which had met with the grave deliberation of another, Mr. CHARLES PEARSON said he did not think it competent for the Court on this occasion to depart from the usual prin ciple adopted at all their meetings. The present resolution had been passed at the last sitting after grave consideration, and a discussion of more than one hour, and he thought it, therefore, completely child's play for the Court to rescind it withuut regular notice of motion. As to what the Ho nourable Member had said, that now was the most fit time to enter upon the merits of the question, he (Mr. C. Pearson) entirely differed with him. The gentleman who brought it forward was not now present. At the last Board there were thirty persons present at that Court who were not here now, but who would have been if they had contem plated this discussion. He did therefore ask honourable Gen tlemen not to violate the usual course of this Court, and not allow this resolution to be superseded without notice of motion. Mr. LAMBERT JONES was strongly against the principle of every man, whether trader or otherwise. being compelled to take out his freedom. He thought that either the standing order should be suspended, or that the resolution should be rescinded..( Hear.) Sir PETER LAURIE was quite convinced that bis resolution would be triumphantly carried at the next meeting of the Court. He was satisfied, that before that time there would be hundreds of petitions against the compulsory clause, which greatest emer gency. who compelled every poor tenant to pay t h e sum of 5/. He admitt e d thatthestanding order should not be rescinded except in cases of emergency, was st too t the e b ad present that was poor one devils of of the journeymen, could not aff or d to pay t h e i r rates , s h ou ld be compell e d t o t a k e out their fre e d om w h et h er t h ey w i s hed it or not. He tr us t e d, for the cha racter o f t h e C ourt , t h a t this order would b e re scinded, and th a t t h ey wou ld no t l e t it go forth as a stigma u p on them. It was one of the greatest acts of cruelty that could be perpetrated, and he hoped they would not let it be said that men who had liberality at all times upon their lips, were the greatest tyrants in their hearts—( Hear.) Mr. STACEY thought it would be a most extraordinary pro ceeding for the Court to adopt. It was true they had the power, if they wished to exercise it, of compelling every per son to come in and take out his freedom. It was, however, incumbent upon the Court to support something like consis tency ; the question had had a full hour's deliberation, and it was now sought to induce the Court to depart from the practice that had always regulated its proceedings. Mr. PRITCHARD said a few words in explanation. Mr. C. PEARSON suggested as an amendment, that a com munication should be made to the Commissioners that a notice of motion, such as that given by the worthy Alderman, had been given, and would be taken into consideration at the next meeting.—( Cries of " No 1" and laughter.) Alderman MATTHEW WOOD said that from all he had heard he was of opinion that there should be a suspension of the re solution, and that a communication to that effect should be made to the Commissioners. There was surely something alarming in the statement which had been made that the com pulsory clause was to fall upon all classes of the community. There were at least four or five hundred poor persons in his Ward, who, he was informed, were not able to pay either their poor-rates or watch -rates, and yet this class of poor men would be forced by that compulsory clause to pay that fine of 5/. each. If such a recommendation was sent up to the Corporation Commissioners , and that they recommended its adoption for the consideration of Parliament , they might be perfectly satisfied that the House of Commons would not assent to such a proposition. He thought, therefore, there should be a suspension of the resolution. Mr. TAYLOR—The compulsory clause arose out of the pro position of the worthy Alderman, T. Wood. Alderman Wow) rose, and said it was no such thing. ( Cries of " Order.") He appealed to the Lord Mayor whether he was out of order. He thought it most unfair, that such a charge should be brought against him. The worthy Alder man here proceeded to explain the course he had adopted with respect to the resolution in question, and observed that it was much more easy to find fault than to state what had actually occurred, by gentlemen who knew nothing about the matter. Mr. TAYLOR explained. Mr. LAWRENCE thought the resolution one of the greatest absurdities imaginable. Mr. Alderman BROWN was of opinion that the Court had greatly erred, and the sooner they set themselves right the better. He thought, therefore, the resolutiou ought to be re considered, as great objections in his mind existed to its being sent up to the Commissioners in its present shape. Mr. FRENCH was against the suspension of the standing orders. He thought the subject ought to stand over, and come on in its regular course Mr. MATTHEWS thought it any thing but liberality to com pel a poor man to pay a sum of Si. when he had only ss. A MEMBER would venture to say that if the motion was passed by the sanction of that Court, it would go to the extent of annihilating the Corporation of the City of London. Mr. FIGGINS thought the order ought to be rescinded. The COMMOM SERGEANT then put the question, whether the 27th order should be suspended or not, and declared it to be carried in the affirmative. The question then was put whether the word and or or should stand part of the resolution. Mr. TAYLOR said he rose solely for the purpose of answer ing some expressions which had been made use of, in which he had heard motives] imputed against those who passed the motion which he was sure never entered into their minds. It was not right to suppose he supported that motion merely to oppress the poor. How could that be when they had actually reduced the fine from 401. to 51. in order to relieve them, and he intended to carry out this principle still further, and submit to the consideration of the Court, that instead of 51. the fine should be only ss. He repelled with indignation such a charge as that lie was anxious to oppress the poor by this resolution, and he took the opportunity of refuting that imputation which had been thrown out against him. It was most absurd that they should be asked to swallow this resolution, merely as it was printed, as various mistakes might occur, which ought to meet with separate deliberation. Mr. STACY thought it was quite necessary that the resolution should be compulsory, as in the case of the watermen in the city, a very numerous, and at the same time, a very poor body, every person had to pay 31. 7s. before he could carry on his avocation. By the word compel' it was not to be understood in its strictest sense, but merely as a protection to the indus trious. It would be highly unfair that one man who, by ex treme diligence to business, had 'been enabled to take up his freedom, should, by the approximation of another of less in dustrious habits, forfeit all those advantages which this security at present gave him, by allowing the same opportunity to every one without exception. Mr. F►coiss opposed the alteration, as he thought it would be a loss to the poor man. Mr. PRITCIIARD thought that as the resolution stood at pre sent it would certainly be a great hardship to the poor man. He would suggest that the wording should go to the effect that all persons occupying premises of the value of 20/ a year and up wards, and carrying on business in those premises. By these means it would imply that the person holding the premises was bound to connect himself with sonic particular trade. Mr. Alderman VENABLES said that the City would be going farther than they had ever done before, if they required all persons residing in the City to take up their freedem. An Hos. MEMBER did not think that the Corporation had any right to compel private individuals to take up their free dom. It was said that the fine only amounted to 51. He had inquired into the subject, and could state that the ex penses altogether amounted to 14/. 9s. Mr. C. PEARSON would be nnder the necessity of repeating some of the remarks he had made on a former occasion, and if those gentlemen who had heard him before and were com pelled to listen to him again, it was not his fault. He was not Irishman enough to say that he saw many here on the former occasion who were absent now-- (a laugh). but he saw the places of many unoccupied who were present on the former occasion. The resolution was supported by reasons totally opposite ; it appeared to him so objectionable, that any attempt to enforce it would strike at the root of the Corporation. He opposed the resolution altogether, and as the standing order had been suspended, he would move that the resolution be rescinded, as an amendment to the present motion, and he would take the sense of the assembly on the question. The Hon. Gentleman contended that the resolution was both impolitic and improper. The number of freemen had been gradually decreasing in the City of London. In the year 1724 there were 10,850 free men, and 5,440 non-freemen; whilst in 1832 the number of freemen was 7,100, and of non-freemen 7,800. In the year 1700, about 1;800 freemen took out their freedom, whereas at present the annual number was only 800. The present re solution compelled men to take out their freedom. He con tended that nothing could be more injurious to the city. It was most unjust to call upon the petty householders—the green grocers and milkmen, to take out their freedom, when gentlemen of property, who came to establish themselves in the City, were not bound to pay it. On the contrary, he trusted that the price of the freedom would be reduced, and that eventually it would be in the nature of a registration. Mr. Pearson here referred to a list of the persons returned to the Chamberlain to be prosecuted for not having taken out their freedom ; the meaning of which, in plain Eng lish, was that they should not be allowed to carry on business in the City of London, or do their duty to their families, without obtaining permission from that body. It ap peared by these returns that most of the persons who had been so prosecuted had bolted,—( Cheers, and a laugh)—had run away, and he asked, was such a tystem to• be tolerated in a Christian country ? Those men who attempted to earn an honest livelihood, and support their families, to be hunted down like wild beasts ? He would say a few words with res pect to the humbug of exemption from serving in the militia —but was it not most absurd to make such a statment, when they were obliged to pay in money instead of sinew and muscle? ( Hear.) The Ward of Portsoken was about to be visited by the vengeance of the Commissioners, because they d d not do what they had no right to do. They had been called upon to pay for the mere expense of the militia drummers and fifers, from the year 1822 to 1831, a sum of 12,0001. and this out of a rental of 750,0001., and a population of 129,000. There were no ten counties in England which paid so enormous a sum. These things were so frightful that he could scarce permit himself to enter into their deteils. In conclusion he would move that the resolution be rescinded altogether. If a well-digested plan for a graduated scale be submitted, it should have his support, but to the present one Parliament would never give its assent. He should move as an amend ment that the resolution Le rescinded altogether. (LEFT SPEAKING.) PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. THURSDAY, MARCH 19.-NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Hardy,—Bill to consolidate ad amend the Laws against Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. 2. Mr. W. S. O'Brien,—Bill for relief of the Poor in Ireland. 3. Mr. Harvey,—Committee to inquire into the revenues and ap propriation of Queen Anne's Bounty. 4. Colonel Leith Hay,—That the House do take into consideration the Report of the Select Committee of last Session on Private Bill Fees. 5. Mr. Lynch,—Bill to repeal so much of Act 19 Geo. 2, c. 13 (Irish), as annuls and makes void all Marriages celebrated by any Popish Priest between Protestant and Catholic. 6. Mr. O'Loghlen,—Bill for the appointment of convenient places for the holding of Assizes in Ireland. 7. Mr. Sheil,—Return of any Rules respecting Orange Societies made by the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, and of any means taken for the purpose of suppressing such Societies in Trinity College. 8. Lord Viscount Mandeville—Reports relating to the outrages at Armagh Races last year. 9. Colonel Verner—Report of the Investigation into the conduct of Police Constable Brennan, at Portadown, last April. 10. Mr. W. E. Gladstone,—Bill for regulating the carriage of Pas sengers in Merchant Vessels to Foreign Parts. 11. Mr. Wallace,—Address for Return of the number of places of PublieWorship of all denominations in Scotiand, with the names of the Clergymen officiating in each ; and other Returns, so as to show the total number belonging to the Established and Dissenting Churches in Scotland. 12. Mr. Law Hodges,—Petition from Coatham, complaining of interference of the Commanding Officer of the Marine Bar- racks at the last Election. 13. Mr. Hindley.—Return of the Circular of the Central Board of the Poor Law Commissioners, offering to facilitate the em ployment of the families of agricultural labourers in the manu facturing establishments of Yorkshire and Lancashire. 14. Mr. Sheil,—Copies of the Addresses of the Orange Brother hood Club, and of the Orange Stradbally Lodge, and of the Answers thereto. 15. Mr. Hume,—Estimate of the Expenses incurred by the Diplo matic Mission to Persia. 16. Mr. Hume,—Account of the quantity of Malt used in distilla tion, in each of the two last years. 17. Mr. Hume,— Return of the quantity of Malt made in each of the three last years in Scotland and Ireland. 18. Mr. Hume,--Monthly Account of the Advertisement Duty paid and due by each Paper in Ireland during the last year. 19. Mr. Hume,—Return of the Distributors of Stamps in Ire land, with their weekly accounts from July 5, to the end of last year. 20. Mr. Hume,—Account of the Excise Establishment on the sth January, 11831. 21. Mr. Hume,—Return of the salaries, fees, and emoluments, of the Master of the Faculties and Vicar General in Doctors' Commons, together with those of their Principal and Deputy Registrars, from Ist January 1824 to Ist January 1834, both inclusive, and stating the duties performed by each. NOTICES OF MOTIONS GIVEN LAST NIGHT. FRIDAY, MARCH 20. 1. Lord Ashley,—Navy Estimates (in Committee of Supply). 2. Mr. Roebuck,—On reading the Order of the Day, to move for a Copy of the Commission appointing Lord Canterbury Corn mission,er to Canada. MONDAY, MARCH 23. 1. Lord John Russell,—Address for Copies of any Special Report which may be received from the Commissioners of Religious Instruction in Ireland. 2. Mr. Divett,—Copies of the Reports of the'Officers appointed on the recommendation of the Committee on the Militia Estimatee of the last Session of Parliament. 3. Mr. R. Fergnsson,—Bill for the relief of Proprietors of, and Tenats upon, Entailed Estates in Scotland. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2c. Mr. Hume,—To call the attention of the House to the Report of the Select Committee on Lighthouses, with a view to their consolidation under one management. ELECTION COMMITTEES.—The Rochester and Droitwlch Election Committees, respectively, came to the resolution to-day, at the suggestion of Counsel for both peti tioners and sitting members, that their proceedings should not be published until their decision should be given. London was this day enveloped in fog, as dense as is usual in the month of November. THE HON. iAMES — A ----- BERCROMBY.—The new Speaker, Mr. Abercromby, is winning golden opinions,' even from his opponents, by the able and impartial manner in which he discharges the duties of the Chair. H e may l ac k his predecess or ' s so norous voice, in vociferating Order order !' but in att e ntion to his duties—in the absence of that gossiping propensity with the Members immediately around him, for which the late Speaker was remarkable, and in applying himself even to the most trivial circumstances of the moment before the House, he is decidedly his superior.— Dumfries Courier. RATHER OMINOUS.—The following announce ment appears in the window of an auctioneer in St. James's street, Liverpool :—" Sale of Forfeited Pledges by Mr Peel." RAlLWAYS.—Application is intended to be made during the present session of Parliament for power to con struct a railway from London to Cambridge. where it is to divide into two branches, one of which i s to be carried on to Selby, in Yorkshire, and thence to the city of York ; the other to go to Great Yarmouth and to the city of Norwich. MUSICAL LIBERALITY.—W e are glad to hear that some of our most eminent performers are about to give their valuable services at a Concert for the benefit of Walter Turnbull, the composer of " Deck not with gems," who, we re gret to say, has been obliged to relinquish his profession in consequence of severe illness. SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, MARC!! 18.—Wind N. E.—Arrived the Catharine Ann, Norie, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Susannah, Dunn, from Rio' Grande ; Navarino, Bathie, from Sierra Leone ; Maria, Cumming, from St. Michael's ; and Levin° , Coo p er, from Leghorn. Sailed the whole of the outward-boun Arrived from the River and sailed, the Clansmen, BlL,ir, from Jamaica ; Jackson, Williamson, for St. Vincent's ; Dorothy Foster, Fills, from Jamaica. The schooner whjch was on shore on the Goodwin Sands proves to be the Emma, Tewks bury, of and from Poole to Harnburgh, with ballast, has been extricated and brought in. RAMSGATE, MARCH 18.—Sailed the Para packet, Davie, for Para; Euphemia, Scott, for Vera Cruz ; Pursuit, Aithen, for Tencriffe ; Hannibal, Hastie, for Odessa ; Harmony,_ Brown, for Naples ; Aquila, Paris, for Malaga; Friends of Liberty, Caster, for Gibraltar ; Ellida, Wise, for Cadiz ; San Juano Bahiley, Arano, for Bilboa ; San Jose, Renteira, ditto, for Arno ; Scales, ditto ; Ann, Wh , te, ditto ; Mince' Read, for St. Sebastian ; Wells, Campbell, for Bordeaux; and Halo, Metting,_ for Nantes. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH, 18.—Wind N. E. to E.--Arrived from London the Swallow, Adams, from Vera Cruz ; a nd the Columbus, Sainthell. from Jamaica. Sailed the Arus, Bar clay, for the South Seas ; Hermilas, Daniels, for New South Wales; Justinia, Young, for Grenada; Eden, Hearn , for Jamaica; Boradino, Hobbs, for C,diz ; St. Petersburgh, Satoc, for Gibraltar • Speculator, \Vinkland, for ditto; Achilles, Gaylop, for Constantinople; Maitland (transport), Marshall, for Corfu ; Tom and Jcssio, Flemming. for Leg horn : Betsy.and Sarah, for ditto ; Lucy, Gullies,. for Alex andria; Matchless, Sutton, for the West Coast of Africa; Diana, Brown, for Cape Coast ; Merchant, Harris, for Por tugal ; Mazeppa, Macnamara, for Lisbon ; Bryane Abbs, Gorman, for Limerick ; Batavia, Blair, for Batavia ; Mary Ann, Warring, for St. Helena; Pembed Park, Middleton, for the Mauritius ; Fortitude, Fowler, for Barbados Eleanor, Butcher, for ditto ; and the Rosalind, Seager, for Antigua. Remain the Dunkerquoise, Dupone, for St. Leas; City of Genoa, Bulecraig, for Bahia; Euphemia, Brown , for St. Domingo ; Columbus, Lainthill, for Jamaica; Columb ia ' Hening, for Antigua; and the British Tar, Crawford, fo r Sierra Leone. COWES, MARCH. 18.—Arrived the Gil Blas, Homes, from London, for Sierra Leone. Sailed the Florentia, Delaithe, for Sidney ; Ceres, Beanfield, for Honduras; Isabella, Partridge, for Jamiaca ; Hede, Hall, for Dominica, Henry IV., Gardner, for Charleston ; and the Earl of Durham, Cable, for New York. STANGATE CREEK, MARC!! 17.—Arrived the Mountania, Taylor, from Magadore ; and the Queen, Randall, 11 : 411 Messina. HASTINGS, MARCH, 18.—Arrived off port the James Cruick shank, Young, from Demerara. JERSEY, MARCH, 18.—Arrived the Swift, Durham, fro m Cadiz. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17.—Arrived off port the Victoria, —, from Barbadoes. CLYDE, MARCH 16.—Arrived the Iris, Mc'Kichnie, from Charleston. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 18. Co'ombine, Corbin, from Hamburg; Alfred, Lidstone, St. Michael's; Ace of Trumps, Drake, St. Michael's ; Britannia, Fox, Ostend; Charlotte, Bleak, Memel; Undine, Smith, Amsterdam ; Chieftain, Harvey, South Wales Fishery ; Mary Ann, Fudge, Guernsey; Lynx, Awning, Guernsey; N„,,la r Y' Duncan, St. Petersburgh ; Pregel, Prinby, Pillau; m ar " garet Rutland, Reid, Hamburg; Mercer, Mercer, Oporto; Eight Sodskende, Peterson, Naskow. • ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, MARCH 1 8 . Le Berger, Vescanterem, for Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent; Jonge Jacob, Barmens, Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent ; fle r°s ' Faillant, Calais; Champion, Martin, Corfu and Zante; Howard, Sparke, Bilboa and Rio ; St. Anne, Le Petit, Dun kirk and Boulogne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, MARCH 1 8 ' Economy, Walters, for Hamburg; Betsey, High, Rotter dam; Ontario, Sebor, New York • Pelar, Gaines, ()sten ci l Friends, Browne, O s t en d ; Ath o l, 'M'Cready, St. John's and St. Andrew's; Joh n A me li a , A rc h er , R otter d am ; Josep h Fenton, Henderson, Leghorn; Symmetry, Dare, Bordeaux; Ann and Elizabeth, Tiltman, Boulogne; St. Mary, M'K ell. zie, St. Andres. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, MARCH 18 ' Bee, Huard, for Jersey. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. ARRIVALS AT BENGAL.—The Guiana, from Ennore, th e Cornwallis, from China, the Vesper, from Ennore, and Jessie, from Bombay, Oct. 17 ; th e J ames P att i son , f rom M a dras, the 18th ; the Resource, from Penang, the 19th ; the St. Le e nard put back the 20th ; th e D u k e o f B ucc l eug h, from EnV re ; the 23d ; the Nancy, from B or d eaux , t h e 96th ; the Ma r ?' from Ennore, the Colonel Newell, from Madras, the KY e ' from Glasgow, the Peter Proctor, from Bordeaux, the Camilla' from Madras, and Horiso n , fro m M arse ill es , t h e 29th ; t he Hibernia, from Madras, the 30th ; the Fergusson, from Eng: land, and Coldstream, fr om M a d ras , th e 31st ; the Sir Paget, from London and the Cape, Nov. 3d ; the Macquee e e ' from Madras, the sth ; th e A n d romac h e , from Ennore , th 7th ; the Duke of Northumbe r l an d, f rom P ortsmout h, the2 2d ' DEPARTURES.—The Java, Oct. 22d, and Fame, 23d , {or the Mauritius ; the Pegasus, for Sydney, 23d ; the UPte e Castle, for China, the 24th • the Duke of Ro x b urg h, for 81 1 ,. - bay, the 24th; the Al w i c k, for Penang, and Cleveland, for Bombay, the 26th ; the Prince George, for Madras, Nov. 3rl; the King William, for the M aur iti us , th e 6 t h ; t h e PalmYr e ' for Bombay, - the 7th ; the Memnon and Calcutta, for Liver pool, and Orontes, for Arracan, the 13th. ARRIVAL AT BOMBAY.—The William Nicol, from the Od e ' Nov. 27. ARRIVALS AT THE CAPE.—The Exmouth, from Calcutta' January ; the Henry, Wellesley, from Colombo, and sailedo the 15th for London ; the Diamond, from —, the 15th ; t h Mary, from St. Andrew's, the 15th. ARRIVALS AT S INGAPORE .—Th e Mi nerva , f rom Nov. 6th ; the P a t r i o t, f rom B a t av i a , t h e Bt h ; t h e Re l d f iro le i l : r e : from China, th e 10th, mid sailed the 11th for China; t Hind, from Siam, the 10th, and sailed the 15th for Bombay' the Ernaad, the 13th, an d Willi am Wil son , t h e 14th, ir °n o Calcutta, and sailed th e 15th f or Chi na • the Oussa , fro d China, the 15th ; the Syeid Kh an , f rom dhina, the 20th , 8 1 1 0 sailed for Calcutta; the J eaw , f rom Chi na , t h e 21at Strathfieldsay, from Hobart T own , an d Di ana , from Bata via ' the 26th ; the Adelaide, from Molucca, the 21st. DEPARTURE.—The Rowley, for London, Nov. 10th. • THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CLO CK re By the arrival of the French mail this morning, vi e /et accounts from Alexandri a o f th e I s t o f F e b ruary , s tating Ibrahim Pacha was at C a iro w ith hi s f a th er , w ith wh° lll ,-, r : had frequent conferences. Th e diff erence b e t ween the re tie and Mehemed Ali was entirely arrange d, an d th e Envoy . ef , Sultanvas to leave in three or f our days for ConstantinoP e taking with him twelve milli ons o f piastres for the first Pr ment of the debt. the The Mexican Congress was opened by Santa Anna, e l L e gy Ist of January, with a s p eec h o f grea t l engt h, w hich eu ; consists of his vindication and conduct during the late req° tion in that Republic. Our arrivals thi s morn i ng are f ew i n num b er . One Ere n o t and Ostend mail, with th e E x p ress f rom P ar i s , w hich d° 11 contain any information of importance. PARIS Bonas E .—Th e F renc h f un d s were b uo yant, . 6 84 0; bring an imp rovement on t h e pr i ces. 5 per C ents ., 107 - 3 per Cents., 80-55 ; Cortes Bonds, 491; Coupons, 27 ' h e r ; The Dutch Pap ers rece i ve d b r i ng t h e D utc h F un ds big per Cents., 56 3-16 ; 5 per Cents., 1014 f 1344 The annual half-yearly mee ti ng o f t h e propr i e t o rs 0 0- Stock takes place thi s d a y a t t h e B an k. I t i s ge ncralls bic h pected that Mr. O'Connell will attend the meeting, v i causes some excitement in the City this morning. THE FUNDS. tr bt Consols in the early pa r t o f y es t er d a y w ere buoy w ere w ere - • • 11,T 921; but towards the close Of the 4arket, they 92 1- not so firm, and left off at 92i for the account, and au for money. They opened in the morning at 9* r ' an ce 92-0 for money, and the m ar k e t h as no t th a t firm aPPe a. as it had yesterday. ric e The foreign fundslave also receded from the closing or' P ci of yesterday. Spanish Bonds one-half per cent. lower', ,the at 65 ; Spanish Scrip, 81 premium ; Portuguese maint a n al o - 22. price of 93H; Exchequer Bills, 39 41 ; India Bonds, ' s. HALFPAST °IV' o w The meeting of the Bank Stock proprietors, held this 8 111 _ not ing at the Bank, did not last long. Mr. O'Connell w present, as was expected, and nothing of importance occueiot. As usual, the half-yearly dividend was declared at 4 pe r for for Consols, which were in the early part of the day at 9 . - `g i a for the Account, may be quoted at present 92A- buyers , 8 . 1. 0 41; money 923, with little doing. Exchequer Bills, 3 9 India Bonds, 20 to 22. SPa llifib In the foreign Market the chief business doing is i n platter Bonds and Spanish Scrip ; the f ormer are 654, and t he _ , per 81 Prem. ; Belgian, 103 ; C o l om bi an , Dutch n r Cents, 56a i; Mexican, , 1Q 24 ; Portuguese, 9 * ,cf{. THREE O'Cli u Consols for the Account, 99A ; 3. The price of the best w h ea t e n bread fell, on Wed nesday, in Taunton, to sd. the 41b. loaf. • 001' LONDON BEES.—There is a bee-hive kept 1 0 , rhis is born, the bees of which feed on Hampstead-heath• ifaga told on the antho r ity of a reviewer in the Gentleman bees zinc, who adds, " and we have heard also of the flight extending to thirty miles." A and Orangeism, th a t i s , i n o th er w ords, mur.e r 0 00- pine, have flourished in Ireland to an extraordinarY since the accession of the Tories to power, d four Mr. Greenfield, o f W ort hi ng , was stopPe - hi ) o ff big ruffians going tow ar d s W as hi ngto n, who pulled mm_ e s ilve horse and robbed hi m o f s i x poun d s i n gold and so _rovivea A lad named Arn o ld was on Tuesday last d w i t h in a pond near Frant, in Sussex. The deceansefe h ocei some of his schoolf e ll ows , was was hi ng his feet, whee,,uoo the dentally fell in. A n i nquest was su bsequently e turne d * body, and a verdict of " A cc id enta lly Drowned r barti hioS, s e STOICISM OF SEANIEN.--Inured to . tb to dangers, and to a perpetual change of cornplTTre'dibire: seamen contracts a species of stoicism almosvit. as bo o " Avast there !" cried a sailor to his comrade, shipnia ried in heaving overboard the lower division petnaweril_ just cut in halves by a chain shot at a great naval _irno ni , sew s " Avast I let us first see if Ben ar'nt got the key u chest in his packet." t i'ent y The X • ,or Castle Sir A a ] to r ,T,iriia„ , 4 • ,ntr, 14„__