The Sun. — London, England, 1835-02-20 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, FEB. 18.—We find the following article in the Mo niteur :—" On the 14th, Mina in person arrived at £lisondo, at the head of two brigades ; he has left two divisions at Lanz and Lizazo. The Carlists retreated by way of Dona Maria, into the valley of Ulzama." It is affirmed that the Committee on the American treaty does not meet, and that it has declared to the Ministry that it will not assemble until it shall be put in possession of the papers of which it has given a list to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Objection having been made on account of the ex tent of the documents, and the delay that would be caused by the necessity of copying them, the Committee is said to have answered—that the more willing the Ministry should show it self in complying with the well-founded request that had been made, the more it would shorten the delay of which it seemed inclined to complain. It is said to have added, that it was impossible for it to enter into any preliminary investigation till the production of all the papers,, either in the original or duly attested copies. It may, therefore, be presumed that M. de Rigny will not again ascend the tribune, to call on the Committee to hasten Its report. All now depends on himself. The Journal (le Frankfort says that the Prussian regiments in the Rhenish provinces, with some exceptions, are to be re duced very considerably—namely, by 79 men per company ; the companies, now consisting of 250 men, to be only 173. This reduction is surely a convincing proof of the continuance of peace ; and it is especially to be remarked, that the garri sons of Luxembourg and Sarrelories are ordered to be so re duced.—Messager, Feb. 18. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIA, FEB. 17. Five per Cents., 1091. 10c. 2;.`e. It9l. 10c. lour per Cents., MT. —c. 1 hrec per Cents., I'9f. 40c 45c. c. Bank Actions, I,Bstif. —c. Rente de Naples, ftif. 50c. (lomat, Five per Cents., 98 , A, !4. Bente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 43% rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 2i% 23. Royal Spanish Loan, 44•% Bente Perpet. d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 4414%. Belgian Loah, Five per Cents, 1015. Portuguese Loan. Five per Cent., 92%%. Haytian Loan, 4451.490£ 4.301'. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paps, 25f 3 , c. ; money, 25f. 27qc. Three months, paper, 25f. 17}6e. ; money, 25f. l'Nc. —Cours Authentique. BOURSE, TUESDAY, THREE O'CLOCK.—The 3 per Cents. have been done this day at 79f. The. ; they have, however, since receded to 79f. 65c., but the market has still a tendency to a further rise. The great jobbing stock at present is the Haytian, which has been fluctuating again to-day very much. Some bargains have been done at 480 f., and have been down again to 430 f. ; they are now 445 f. No nev.s. BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUR.—Five per Cents., 109 f 30e. 3 per Cents., 791. 60c. ; 5 per Cent. Spanish, 4.11 ; 3 per Cent ditto, 28 ; Cortes, 43i ; Coupons, 28 ; Guehbard, 441; Dif feres, 15* ; Scrip, New Loan, 65 ; Ducats, 96 65 ; Romans, 98i ; Belgians, 102 ; Pedros, 92j ; Miguels, 27 26 ; Dutch, 57; Hayti, 4351. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS The average prices of Wheat and Rye, in the second week of February, were— Wheat . l 4 f f: 7 ; e c :• }per hectolitre. Rye The Import duty is, on Wheat, 37f. 50e. ; on Rye, 21f. 50c. per 1,000 killogrammes. Yesterday M. de Rothschild visited M, de Broukere at the Mint. Our speculators are very desirous of knowing what this celebrated banker is come for, and whether he is favoura ble or not to the establishment of the new bank. The Shares were yesterday negociated on 'Change at 4 per cent. A notice will be posted up to-day on 'Change to announce whether the conditional subscriptions for shares in the Bank of Belgium, which have been received in this manner (in order to leave time for the other parts of the country to take shares), will be annulled or not. It will also state whether the sub scription is entirely filled up. A petition in favour of the cotton manufacturers was pre sented to the Chamber yesterday, in behalf of the manufac turers of Renaix. We have spoken of a memorial of several merchants of Brussels against the prohibition of foreign cotton goods. The manufacturers of Ghent, in their answer, say that they think they have proved that the prohibitive system applied to the cotton manufacture in Belgium, far from giviTr ' rise to the numerous inconveniences which have been alleged, is the only safeguard under tne protection of which this branch of manufactures will be able one day to equal, and perhaps surpass, its rivals ; and that it is also the only means now left of preserving to Belgium so abundant a source of wealth and prosperity. BANK OF BELGIUM—CLOSE OF THE SUB SCRIPTIONS. (From the Courrier Beige.) The subscriptions to the new bank are finally closed, and those received on Monday will be reduced in a curtain pro portion, which will be announced to-morrow. The resolution was delayed till it was known what share the house of Roths child would take. Mr. James Rothschild has subscribed for a larger share than was expected, and hence the necessity of re ducing the subscriptions received on Monday. Those previ ously taken will remain entire.—Brussels Papers, Feb. 18. VIENNA, FEB. 10 (BY EXPRESS.)—Fire per Cent. Metal liques, 101 9-32 ; Four per Cent, 94+; Bank Shares, 1311, 11 IClurricit, FEB. 11.—We hear that the negociations of our C.v....meet with. Austria, relative to the Tariff, are proceed ing without interruption. If this union with Bavaria should be effected, it will be of incalculable advantage to our coun try, and well informed persons confidently indulge in the hope that a happy result of the negotiations may be expected at no distant period.—Frankf o rt Pper, Feb. 16. BELGRADE, FEB. 2.—We have received accounts from Constantinople of the 19th ult., stating that a very extensive conspiracy had been discovered in that city. Many domiciliary visits had been made, and large quantities of combustibles ready for the execution of the plot, are said to have been found in some places. It seems that the conspirators had formed the oft-repeated plan to set the whole city on fire ; and, in the confusion, to murder the.persons at the head of Government. A number of persons are arrested, and the vigour that has been displayed had prevented any interruption of public tranquillity. There is, however, a great degree of fermentation and discon tent among the inhabitants of Constantinople, which gives ground for serious apprehention. From Alexandria we received, by way of Constantinople, ac counts to the 3d Jan. They confirm the news that the plague had abated there, being only one or two deaths daily ; but it was feared that on a change of the weather, at the beginning of Spring, the disorder might again spread. Letters from Betoglia give an opinion that Tafit. Bussi does not mean to attempt anything further, but to confine his efforts at partial independence to the districts of Albania, which he actually has in possession. It is said that he has entered into negociations with the Pasha of Janina, and declared him self ready to lay down his arms, and instead of the contribu tion of all kinds hitherto paid, to deliver fixed and full as large a sum as an annual tribute, or an condition that certain rights and privileges are guaranteed to him, namely, the indepen dent government of the country, the administration of justice, (independent of the Porte) exemption from the new system of recruiting, and unlimited amnesty on both sides.—Allgenieine Zeitung, Feb. 15. HAMBURG, FEBRUARY, 1835. 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 be drawn on the 18th of next Month; and Tickets are now selling at 108 marks bonito, or 51. The prizes are lof 100,000, lof 50,000, lof 30,000, 1 of 20,000, 1 of 10,000, 2 of 5,000, 4 of 3,000, 7 of 2,000, 20 of 1,000, 40 of 500, and 1,500 of 108 marks, which 1,578 money prizes are altogether stated ;n marks banco, and payable without any , leduction whatever ; 4,000 tickets being delivered gratis to the holders of the 2,000 first-drawn tickets, as per scheme, these purchasing one ticket, at the trifling cost of EL, may obtain three prizes, and thus, if fortune proves favourable, gain 180,000 marks bane*, at the present exchange, equal to 18,000/. 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 in price occur very soon. Those desirous to purchase at the present first price of 81., are requested to direct, by one of the first mails, but only for wkele tickets, to the above-named Con tractors, Heins Brothers, in Hamburg. Those remitting a 101. note will receive an order for the balance of 21., together with the ticket, by return of mail ; on the other hand, these 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 tie,cets, those giving orders will only have to writs a line, ordering the ticket or tickets, adding the money, or an order for the save, or stating the made 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 on the strictest secrecy, as to their taking a ellahee or getting a prize ; such being the undeviating rule of the old-established and most lucky Office. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, FEB. 17.-" The Java papers to the 11th of October contain the following account, dated Batavia the 10th of that month : " After very sultry and oppressive weather for several days, this city was visited, at half-past five o'clock this morning, by an extremely violent earthquake; which was of very long con tinuance, and was accompanied by a very loud subterraneous noise. The inhabitants, who had never experienced so alarm ing a shock, fled in terror from their trembling houses. Se veral houses and stone buildings, among which are the Palace at Westrereden, the Town-hall, and the Governmeht ware house, all more or less injured. It does not yet appear that any person has been hurt.' His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, who is now entirely recovered, intended to attend divine service on Sun- day, the 15th, for the first time since his illness, but was hin dered by the bad weather. " Count Rossi, the Sardinian Ambassador at this Court, who has long been appointed to another post, will remain here by permission of his Court for the winter, but will leave us at the beginning of May. " AMSTERDAM, FEB. 16.—The private letters from Batavia which speak of the earthquake on the 10th of October go in deed more into details than the account in the Java journals which we have given above, and mention, among other things, the Palace of Buitenzorg, the Freemason's Lodge, &c., as having suffered, but they differ so much from each other that less credit must be, given to them. The Prince William Henry transport lying at Helvoet sluys, is, we hear, commissioned by the Marine Department to sail in March to Surinam and Curacoa, with the necessary supplies for the naval forces. " Rear-Admiral J. H. Bollen has, at his own request, been recalled from the command of his Majesty's naval force in the East Indies, and Captain J. C. Coopman is appointed to suc ceed him. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTEaDAM, FEB. 17. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2!,', per Cent. S 6 IA 56 , 4 Anion Syndic, 4t per rent 96 1H314 Ditto, ditto, 3 1 / 2 ;vs cent BON 804 Loan (IS30) 5 per cent. Ditto (I 32 and :833) 5 per cent. Commercial Company, 4., per c. nt 1051.i 106 1 ,4 Exchange on London One month l2 0 to 10 'l'wo months —Dutch Papers, Feb. 15. FIRE AT THE DUBLIN CUSTOM HOUSE.-It is now understood that the Government will not take any steps to disturb the verdict in this case, so that the merchants who suffered by the conflagration will be indemnified to the full amount of their losses. The verdict was delivered in the fol lowing terms :—" We find for the plaintiffs, with sixpence da mages, and sixpence costs, against Paul Donlevy, for wilful neglect of duty. We acquit Robert Wallace." The action, by consent of the Treasury, was raised upon a feigned issue, and Donlevy and Wallace were merely nominal defendants. The merchants will be remunerated out of the Consolidated Fund. Yesterday afternoon, about three o'clock, a fire was discovered in the house of Mr. Chitty, the eminent barrister, of No. 6, Chancery-lane ; but after the effectual endeavours of several firemen belonging to the London Fire Establishment (who on the first alarm arrived on the spot), the fears of the neighbourhood subsided, though considerable damage has been necessarily incurred by preventing the fire extending to the adjoining house, belonging to Mr. Chilton, by throwing an immense quantity of water on the portion of the premises ignited. The premises are insured in the Imperial Fire Office. The publication of Tim SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day al 10 minutes past 8 o'clock. PitlCrS OF STOCKS TIII,DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock —..._ ............ ........ ................. , 3 per Cent. Ref'. 92%4 4 % ' India Stock — 3 per Cent. Cons 91% 2!4 3 1N % Ditto Bonds l9 20 pm. 314 per Cent lOO% South Sea Stock — Ditto Red. ... 1110 1 Old .Annuities - N.w 3%. per Cent .0M,,i!,;,% New Ditto — Assented — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151... -- 1 per Cent / Dissented ----1 Each. Pills, Xl,con 39 39 pna. Inank Lang A iiimities:to expire ( Ditto 500 •.9 40 pm. Jan. 3, 1560 17% 5-16 Ditto Small 1 . 1 / 4 1 10, 1959 I7W, Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, IS& l6 15-16 % DIR. Advertised - —pm. lan. 5, ISAO — Bank Stock for Account — April 5, IftSo — India Stock for Account... 259 714 Jan. 5, 1670 — Consols for Acc0ui,t...51% 2% lit Ti PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Beigian Bonds Ditto Account - B•aziliau Bonds Ditto Account ....85% 4 Buenrs Ayres Bonds 33 Ditto Acmunt - Milian Bonds 44 3!4 Ditto Account 44cfa 3!0 olontbian Bonds Ditto Account ... Columbian Bends,_,lt4•'l )itte Account X34 Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Onto Bonds, 15515 Duo Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account ' I )it•a. t per cent I)itti Account Nen politan TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK reruvian Bonds Dit o Amount .. Portugo Bonds Ditto Avvamit Ditto New Bonds 9216 Ditto A reollnt Prussian Bond,: Ditto I:elltis, aUSSian BOi!de, i S.`3 ........ Ditto Acconnt Ditto Metallic Spani,h runds S7N Ditto ;crow,, Ditto Bonds, It':l3 Ditto A ( - count French, 5 per ceta. 4 per cent. —f'. —r. -1 per cent. —l. —c. Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, 24 per cent. Ditto Account Ditto, 5 per cent llltri Ditto Account .......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Paid. Anglo Mexican Mining Company (isf. at 51. pm.) PO London anol Greenwich Railway Company l3 Australian Company Per share he 4 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB 17 3 per Cent. Console 9IY, Grand Canal Deb, °per cent. 91 Ditto Reduced — Ditto, 4 per cent O2 W.: per Cent. Stock 99 Hibernian Bank .. 2' 2 1,4 DM* New, PM P9' City et' Dublin Steam Co lO6 .4 Sk,i per Cent. Debentures...... 91% National insurance Company t 8 Bank stock 243t4i City Debentures, 4 per cent... $2 Royal Canal Stock . _ _ Grrind Canal Stock -4q per cent 00% MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 Americo 0 I France 0 0 Brazi: • 0 Guern.&Jersey 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Hamburg ..... ... 0 I Cartbauena 0 . 1 Holland I Oublin A 0 Jamaica I 1 Flanders Arrived. Due. 0 Lisbon o Malta 0 Mexico 0 Ostend 0 0 Sweden 0 1 NVaterfiird HIGII 'WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. V.rning 11 minutes after 8. Evening ...... minutes after 8 A t r 4 b .. 43 .7. f„:", Aft Air. • efir eel 'hie LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1286. The first blow has been struck—and nobly struck— for Constitutional Reform by the Representatives of the People in the New Parliament—a blow which makes the Tory Administration already stagger, and which, we may add, is the certain prelude to the termination of its precarious existence. That it can have the effontery to pretend, after the decision of last night, that it possesses, or can ever acquire, the confidence of the nation, is beyond all belief ; and it is equally incredible that it should per sist in an unprincipled attempt to direct public affairs without that pretence, and in open defiance of this and other ,unequivocal expressions of the national will, soon to follow. We repeat that this is a degree of audacity of which we do not think the Tory Ministers capable, aware, as we are, to what a pitch, they can screw their courage when there is no thing but principle and honour between them and place. The organs of the provisional Government are, as might have been anticipated, in a state of sad dismay. We do not believe that the despondency which they exhibit is affected ; although we are quite convinced that they had no hope of a more favourable result. They are really in earnest while they mourn over the fatal event which has occurred—and it is natural enough that they should be so. Were it only the re flection, that all the numberless lies which they have been inventing and circulating for the last four or five weeks to deceive the public, have been invented and circulated in vain, that would of itself be sufficient to produce the deepest humiliation and sorrow. But when to this is added, that all their selfish expectations are utterly and for ever blasted, can we wonder that they are out of spirits? We really feel for the unhappy situation in which the Ministers have placed themselves—for never were Statesmen reduced to a more pitiable plight. They deceived their Sovereign, and persuaded him that there was a, re-action in the country—that the people had ceased to think, or care, about Reform. They said to his MAJESTY, " only_allow us to dis solve the Parliament, and to appeal to the people, and your MAJESTY will soon see how much we are beloved, and what a happy change has come about." They had their desire—they were allowed to appeal to the people, and the first answer to the Anti-Reform appeal was —" D.W. Harvey I ! " The progress of the elections furnished a great ma jority of answers, no less intelligible. The HOUSE at last meets—it is appealed to, and it replies " The Right Honourable James Abercromby ! ! The third appeal, if a third should be made, will, we doubt not, receive as satisfactory a reply. The arguments adduced by the Government Press to establish the factiousness of the opposition, have, in almost every case raised or supposed, proved the ab surdity of the charge. Names have been mingled and strung together which, representing, in fact, opinions most diversified upon many important political ques tions, but associated consentaneously for one particular object, are now to be received as a proof that the per sons designated must ever after act in common concert upon all. The junction of Mr. O ' CONNELL ' S name with those of the moderate Whig leaders, and of the members of the late Administration, is to be taken as a sufficient evidence that they have, one and all, become stanch O'CONNELLITES, It epealers, and Destructives ; that they have cast to the winds their former temperate sentiments, and suddenly adopted those of the extreme Radicals 1 Assertion is at all times much easier than demonstration ; the allegations of these prints have been remarkable for their extraordinary breadth, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1835 but the supporting proofs are exceedingly narrow. Indeed whenever they have indulged in argument, it has generally turned Out to be counter to their inten tions. It is only necessary that one assertion shall be tested by another to establish the negation. The Reformers, for opposing Sir C. SUTTON, are vilified as a faction inimical to the best interests of the country ; now how has this been proved by Tory ar ument ? A high Conservative writer, accepting the proposition of the Liberals, that the political principles of a Speaker should be in conforanty with the majority of the Commons, follows up a long train of argument by stating that, as the Whig Reformers are equi valent to a certain number—so with the . Ultras, and so with the Tories—there ought in fact to be three Speakers ; but as this cannot be, and as the Tories are greater in numerical strength than either Whigs or Ultras, that therefore the one SPEAKER should have bee taken from the Tory phalanx, as re presenting the majority of Members united in a parti cular creed. This is ingenious reasoning so far as it goes, but it appears to be fatally destructive to all their assertions of a Whig and Radical combination for the furtherance of ultra views generally and necessarily. After having been told, till iteration can no further go, that the MELBOURNES and RUSSELLS have in dissolubly united themselves with the Ultras, the Con servative reasoner at once upsets the validity of all his former declarations, by the statement that two Speakers would have been required to represent two Political parties of distinctly diverse opinions upon al most all important questions. There are a few points upon which all the House— Tories, Whigs, and -Radicals—might probably be unanimous ; for instance, the declaration of war to resist some flagitious aggression on the part of a Foreign Power; but would that one act of unani mity imply a necessary coalition of sentiment 'upon every 'other subject of consideration ? Surely, no' Neither does the unity of the Whigs and Radicals upon one point, important to both, suppose a common design in every other. • The singular infelicity with which most, if not all, of the Conservative arguments have been conducted, is remarkably instanced in the one we have just allu ded to ; for nothing could more plainly demonstrate a factious intention than the perverse, though unsuccess ful attempt, to foist a Tory Speaker upon a House, the majority of which, in principle, is opposed to such an appointment. The undisguised admission that the Tory members constitute the minority, does indeed es tablish the existence of a faction ; and it shows more over, that it can be no other than a Tory faction hos tilely opposed to the great major:fy of the people. We adverted on Tuesday last to the affair of the Plymouth Magistrates, and to the apparently contu macious refusal of two of that body to co-pperate with Captain FOOTE, after the charges made against him had been negatived by evidence sufficiently strong to satisfy any impartial mind of his innocence. One of the bench, it will be remembered was a clergyman, and we revive the subject, not so much to recal public attention to it, as to allude to the impolicy of distracting Reverend Gentlemen from their especial duties as divines, to perform services which laymen ought to undertake. Whatever plan of Church Reform may be brought before the deliberation of Parliament, we sincerely trust that the clergy may be exempted from all functions of a secular character. From the hig - hest to the lowest, from the Bishop to the Curate, the offices of all Chris tian ministers should be strictly confined to things spiritual rather than things temporal—to the cure of souls rather than to penal inflictions on the body. They ought neither to be law makers nor law dispensers. Their time and their talents can be, far more profitably employed in the fulfilment of .those high duties which devolve upon them in virtue of their calling, and their engagements ought not to be disturbed by matters that essentially belong to the laity. The sooner that clergymen are—expelled is a hard word—removed from the Commission of the peace, the better for all parties. Their appoiunment to judicial seats must be interdicted, and we hope some influential Member will suggest this necessity when the question of Church Reform shall be üb:llitted for discussion. The Paris papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have been received, together with Brussels and Frankfort journals of the same date. The French Journals of Tuesday ought to have reached ,us yesterday, but were delayed in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather. Their contents are net important. The debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the to bacco monopoly has excited but little interest, not withstanding the congratulations of the Opposition Journals on the triumph obtained by the appointment of a committee to inquire into its actual operation. The debate, which continued during the whole of the sitting on Monday, appeared not to disturb the tran quil indifference of Ministers. With one exception— that of M. DUCH ATEL—they neither spoke nor voted. M. DUCHATEL contented himself with expressing him self satisfied of the abstract right of enquiry.whenever the Chamber thought proper ; but on the present occa sion he thought it a waste of time to enter upon it. He did not vote. The motion for the Committee was carried by a majority of two hundred and forty one votes against one hundred and forty—a majority so great that Ministers have every reason to congratulate themselves on their discretion in standing aloof from the discussion of a question upon which their opinions were known to be the same as those of the minority. The accounts - from Madrid and the Basque Pro vinces contained in the Parisian Journals are favour able. In the North the civil war is partially suspended for the present, owing to the inclemency of the season, and the precarious state of MINA'S health. The Moniteur of Tuesday contains the following offi cial announcement : " A telegrahic dispatch from Bayonne announces that on the 10th inst. Zumalacarreguy arrived before Ziga with three battalions. On the 12th, two divisions of the Christinos, one commanded by Enguy, and the other by Lanz, came to the same point. At their approach Zumalacarreguy, with all his forces, fell back upon San Estevan. Zi , ra and Elisondo have been disengaged without a shot having been fired." This is but a solitary instance of several battles fought with equal valour on both s3 , ,les, and with nearly the same results. A letter from Rome, bearing date the 2d inst., has been received in Paris, which states that Prince LEO POLD of Salerno, uncle to the Kim!. of NAPLEs, is on his way to Paris, to negotiate a matrimonial ance between one -of his nephei,v3, a brother of the Neapolitan SOVEREIGN, and 0112 of the daughters of the CITIZEN-KING. It is further stated, that the PRICE intelid3 to submit measures to the King of the FRENCH for the immediate pacification of Sp a i n . \Ve are not apprized of the precise nature of the plan which the Prince, at the instance of his Royal nephew, has to propose for the purpose of bringing about so desirable a result ; but we know that it em braces a proposal for uniting the young Queen of SPA IN in marriage with the Infante, CHARLES LOUIS, the son of Don CARLOS. If we are to credit the corre spondent of a Morning Contemporary—at present fighting under the banner of Conservatism, and never particularly noted for adhesion to principle—this scheme has. already failed, although recommended by the influence of the Duke of WELLINGTON and the Duke of ALAVA. On the correctness of this latter statement we, however, decline to express any opinion. Two Morning Journals—one a Liberal, and the other a Ministerial print—have contradicted it on authority ; which, we presume, means an intimation from the Foreign Office. The whole affair, however, except so far as it involves the question of the tranquilization of Spain, is of very little importunce. Letters from Bayonne of the 12th instant, state that a serious engagement took place between the troops under the respective commands of MINA and ZUMALACARREGUY, near Santa Cruz, on the sth instant, in which upwards of three hundred men were killed on both sides. Both parties claim a victory. Madrid journals to the 10th inst. have been re ceived. The Procuradores begin to apprehend an early termination to the session, and think it high time that the Government should fix upon some mode of granting a charter in conformity with the petition of the Chamber, addressed to the QUEEN REGENT, so early as the month of August last; but which, up to the Bth in3t., had been either wilfully neglected, or laid aside in consequence of more pressing busi ness calling for the attention of the Government. In the sitting of the Chamber of the above date, the Pro curadores voted an address to the QUEEN, praying her MAJESTY to take the subject of their former petition into consideration. The following is a copy of the Address, w hich does great credit to the firm ness and consistency of the Chamber : " The Procuradores, SENORA, see that the period is at hand when their labours will be suspended. So long as the Deputies are holding , their sittings in the Cortes, the nation, although deprived of many impor tant guarantees, finds an immense one in the publicity of our deliberations. But what resource will it have, when, the doors of the legislative sanctuary being closed, the people will no longer have any means of causing those complaints to be heard, which the conduct of their governors may give them reason to make ? " In the just desire, SENORA, of avoiding embar rassment to your Government, the Pxocuradores have hitherto abstained from reminding your MAJESTY of the object of their present and respectful application. But, now that they are on the eve of returning to their provinces, they will be called upon to render an ac count of the manner in which they have fulfilled the duties confided to them. In their opinion they could not give a more conclusive proof of their good con duct than that of having ensured the 'welfare and poli tical destiny of their constituents, by obtaining the ac knowledgment of these fundamental rights upon which well-regulated liberty, internal peace, and national prosperity depend." The Committee to which the project for liquidating the internal debt of Spain has been entrusted, re solved, in its sitting of the 9th inst., on the ground work of its report. For discharging this part of the debt the income of the Commanderies, the Revenue of the Jesuits, and a fixed amount out of the public re venues of the State, are to be henceforth uniformly devoted. There arc several rumours of expected changes in the Ministry ; but M. MARTINEZ DE LA ROSA and Count TORENO are not expected to resign their present offices, whatever changes may take place. SMITIIFIEL This day's supply was rather dull, at the following PRICES PER STONE OF BL S s d. to s. d. inferior Beasts 'l 0 2 2 Second quality ditto._ 2 4 2 S Primo large t'xeu 3 ti 3 8 Prime Scots, &c ...... 3 10, 4 0 Lar;.,,e coarse Calves 3 0 410 Prime small ditto ... 5 0 5 4 Suckling Calves each I2 4 SUPPLY, AS PER CL: Sheep 2,tifid Beasts 420 DENHALL MARKETS. ly the Carcust NEWOATE AND LEA At per stone, L . s d to s cl s (I. los d !e,..f, inf rior 2 0 . 2 Mutton, inferior . *2 2 '2 4 -- middling - middling -- prime large 2lO 3 0 -- prime '3 4 3 9 -- prime small 1 4 3 8 Pork, large. 2 4 3 0 Veal 3 0 4 8 -mail . 3 4 4 0 The enormous wealth of the late celebrated French surgeon, M. Dupuytreu, astonishes every one. Even in this country, where professional fees quadruple those in France, no such accumulation was ever heard of. . On Thursday, as the workmen at the foundry of M. Pickering, at Saint Sever, in Normandy, were removing an immense smelting-pot of metal from the furnace, for the purpose of its being cast into the moulds, it slipped and over turned. The liquid metal immediately spread like a torrent of burning lava, scalding all with whom it came in contact. The brother of M. Pickering was among the sufferers, as well as a young child, who fell in the torrent, and whose life was saved with great difficulty. Twelve of the men have been carried to the hospital. AN AMERICAN AERONAUT.—An American, named Porter, has proposed to the President of the United States not only to construct a balloon, as we use them our . selves, but a real steam balloon. It will be, it is said, of an oval-pointed form, like that of two cones united at the base, similar to that of M. Lennox, which was exhibited unsuc cessfully in the Champ de Mars, in Paris. Mr. Porter's balloon will be about 500 feet long, by 50 wide; and instead of the usual cords there will be fixed under the widest part of the alloon a pont volant of 50 feet long by 20 feet wide. On the floating half of this bridge a house is to be built, which will not only contain travellers, but also a steam-engine of ten horse power to turn a wheel of great power. This wheel will be placed at the opposite. extremity of the pont volant, and will act against the currents of air by means of a rudder like the tail of a fish, to be worked from the inside by means of ropes. A curious hoax has been lately exciting no little scandal at an hotel of one of the great post towns in Germany. In the Livre des Voyageurs, where travellers are requested to sign their names and express their opinion of the accommo dations of the house, the lady of . an English Baronet, travel ling with a learned lord, recently inscribed herself as— " Lady-----, very well satisfied." Next folloived— ,, Lord—, extremely satisfied." After which, some wicked wag has thought proper to enre gister himself as the husband, who was quietly remaining a t lorae in England— " Sir —, by no means satisfied." Which entry afforded daily amusement to the travelling English. CHARACTER OF LORD BuRLEIGH.—By a re volting union of capacities in his person, he advised as a Minister, demanded as a public accuser, and voted as a Judge, the death ofjhe Queen of Scots ; not because he hated her, or sought to indulge the hatred of Elizabeth, but to remove an unit of human life which threatened problematical danger to Elizabeth and the established religion. He counselled the tampering of Elizabeth with the gaolers of the Queen of Scots, not from being by choice a poisoner of the Borgia school, but to save his mistress and his country from the odium o f a public atrocity, where the death of the victim was decided, and poison was less cruel than a public trial and the scaffold. He countenanced persecution both of Papists and Puritans, but within the range of vindication by a sophism. The offenders, he said, were punished, not for their religious op i n i ons , but for offences against the state. The state sophist had previously made theological tenets state crimes. lie put state culprits to the rack, and vindicated himself to the world by proclaiming that they were tor tured mildly.—Cabinet Cyclopedia. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain are moderate, and the return of Flour good. Fine Wheat remains without variation from Mon , clay, and the trade is exceedingly dull. Barley, Beans, and Pease unvarled. Oats meet buyers at last terms. Flour unchanged ARRIVALS. Wheat I Barley. Cnglish Irish , Foreign . Oats. 7,13 15,930 1 , 14,ur. 7,691 sacks D MARKET. good, and the trade was rathtr :. TO SINK TILE OFFALS. s d to s d Infe for Sheep.... Second quality ditto Coarsp.wsiolled ditto -oiithdown Wethers 3 I.) 4 ( Large Hogs 8 : 1 4 Porke , s . 3 8 4 0 Quarter old Pigs each 8 'l2 (1 STATEMEN 4 f. Calves. Pies 121 1 33) THE SPEAKERSHIP. LIST of the DIVISION on the CHOICE of SPEAKER. FOR MR. ABERCROMBY MAJORITY. Acheson, Viscount Adam, Admiral H A. Alston, Howland Andover, Viscount - Anson, Sir G. A stley, Sir Jacob A t t wood, Bagshaw, John Baines, E Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Barham, .1. Paring, F. I'. Barnard, E. G. Barron, H. W. 'Barry, G. S. 'Beaujierk, Major Beaumont. T. W. 'Bellew, R. M. `Bellew, Si, - P., Bart. 'Berkeley, C. F. Berkeley, G. C. !Berkeley, Hon. F. F Bernal, 11. .Itewes, T. Biddul, 11, IL . 13ish, T. Elackburne, J. Blake, M. J. Blamire, W. Blunt, Sir C. 'Bodkin, John James Bowes, J. • Botvtirig, Dr. !Itrabazon sir W. J. Brady, denis C. Bridgman, Hewitt Brodie, W. B. Brot beam! J. - Browne, D. Buckingham, J. S. • !Buller, E. Buller, C. Bulwer, r(. L. ' Buiwer, K G. E. L. Burdon, W. W. Burton, H. Butter, Hon. P. 'Buxton, T. F. Byng, George Ilyng, Sir John Campbell, Sir J. Carter, J. B. Cave, utway Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. G. Cayley, E S. • Chnlinrs, Patrick Chapman, M. L Chetwynd, W F. Chichester, J. I'. B. t lay, W Clayton, Sir \V. Clive, E. B. Cockerel!, Sir C. Cotlrington, Sir E. Collier, J. Conyngnam, Lord A. C OKeS, .I'. H. Cowper, Hon. W. F. Crawford, W. Crawford, W. S. • Crawley, S. Cronipton, J. Curteis, H. B. Curteis, Captain Dalmeny, Lord De Beauvoir, Sir J. E • Denison, W. J. Denniston, Alex. Divett, E. Dobbin, L. Dankin, Sir R. Duncanabe, 'T. S. Dundas, T. Dundas, J. C. Dunlop, C. Dikes, F. L. B. LbringLon, Viscount Edwards, J. Elphinstone, Howard, Etwall, It. Evans,- ('ol nel Evans, G. Ewatt, W. Fazakerley, J. N. Felio.ves, Hon. N. Ferguson, Sir It. C. Furgus, John Forgusson, It. C. Ffrencli, Finn, \V. F. Fitzgibbon, 11. H. Fitzroy, Lord C. Fitzsimon, N. Fitzsimon, C. Fort, Joh!) Fox, C. R. i•olkes Sir W. Gaskell, 1). Gilson, W. D. Lisburne, T. Gordon, R. G rant, Right Hon. C. Grattan, 11. Grattan, J. Grey, Colonel re.y, Sir G. Grosvenor. Lord R. Grote, G. Gui , st, J. J. Gully. J. Hall, B. Hallyborton D. G. Harland, W. C. Harvey, D. W. Hawes, B. Hawkins, J. H. Hay, Colonel L Heathcoat, J. fleathcote, It E. Hector, C. J. Heneage, G. E. Heron, Sir It. Hinaley, Charles Hothouse, Sir J. C. Hodges, T. L Dodges, T. Hollanu, Edward Hoskins, K. Howard, E G. Howard, P. H. Howler, Lord Hume. Joseph Humphery, J. Hurst, it. H. Hutt, W. Jervis, J. Johnstone, A. Kemp, T. R. Kennedy, J. Kerry, Earl of King, E. B. Laborichere, H. Lambtori, H. Langton, Col G. Leader, John Temple Lefevre, C. S. Lemon, Sir C. Leonard, Sir 'l'. B. Lister; E. C. Littleton, L: J. Loch, J. Lou.' e, W. Lopez, Sir R. Lumley. Viscount Lushington, Dr. Lushington, Charles Lynch,.A. H. Mackenzie, J. A. S. 51•Leod, H. Macnainata, W. Maher, John Mangles W. L Marjordanks, S. Mar, hall, W. Maryland, H. Martin, T. Manic, Hon. Fox Maxwell, J. IM'CeL.ce, John Methuen, P. Molesworth ' Sic W. Moreton. A. 11. Morpeth, Viscount Mosley, Sir 0. Mostyn, E. Mul:ins, W. F. Murray, J. A. Musgrave, Sir R, Rt. Nagle., Sir R. North, If. 0 Brien, C. 'O'Brien, W. - Smith O'Connell, Morgan O'Connell, 1). O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, Maurice O'Connor, Feargus O'Connor Don O'Dwyer, A. C. ti'l.errall, It. M. Oliphant, L. O'Loughlin, M. t)rd, W. • Ord, W. H. Oswald, R. A. Oswald,. J. Paget, e. Palmer, C. ' Parker, J. Parnell, Sir H. Pat wit, J. Parry, I . P. J. Pattison, James i . e.:se, J. Pelham, C. AW. Pentiarv.s, E, W. Pupae, Sir C. Perrin, Sergeant G. it. Philips, P.nnev, W. Ponsonby, Hon. J. G. Potter, it. Poult,, J. S. Power, James Power, P. Poyntz, W. S. Price, Sir R. Pry me, G. Itamdiottom, J. Ramsdell, J. C. Rice, T. S. Nippon, C. • Robarts, A. W It cilc, W. Roche, 1). Roebuck, J. A. Rolfe, It. M. Ronayne, I). Rooper, J. Bonfoy Rundell, John Russell, Lord RUVCII, Lord Russell, Lord C. J. F. Ituthven, E. Ruthven, E. S. Sebolefield, J. Scott, J W. Scrape, G. P. • Scaly, Colonel Seymour, Lord E. Sharpe, - Ge eral Shell, It.. L. Sheldon, E. R. C. Simeon, Sir R. G. Smith, R. Vernon Smith, B. Spoirs, Captain S;ners, Alexander Stanley, E. J. Stanley, H. T. Stewart, Sir M. S. Steuart, It. Stewart, P. M. Strickland, sir G. Strutt, E. Sullivai., It. Sutton, It. H. Sir C.M. Talbot, J. H. Talfourd, T. Noon Tattered, 11. W. Tennyson, C. Thompson, P. B. Thomson, C. P. Thornley, Thomas looke, W. Townley, It. G. • Tracey, C. H, Trelawney, Sir W. Troubridge, Sir E.' Tulk, Charles A. 'rynte, C. K. K. Tynto, C. J. K Villiers, Charles P. Villiers, Fredrick Vivian Charles C. Vivian, J. H. Wakley, Thomas Walser, R. Walker, C. A. Wallace, R. Warburton, H. Ward, H. G. Werityss, Capt. Westenra, Hon. Col. N‘esteora, H. U. Whalley, Sir S. White, S. Wigney, I. N. Wilbranam, G. Wilde, Thomas Wilkins, W:Jter Wilks, J. W.lliams, Sir J. Williams, W. A. Williams, W. Williamson, Sir H. Winnington, H. J. Wilmington, Sir T. E. Wood, C. Wood, Alderman Wrightson, W. B. Wi•ott. , sley, Sir John Wyse,Thomas, jun. • FOR SIR CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON. MINORITY. Abcrcromby, Right Hon. J. Agnew, Sir A. Ainsworth, Peter Alford, Lord Alsager. Richard A ngeratein, John Arbuthnot, Ito,. H. Archdall, General Ashley, Loid Attwoocl, M. Bagot, H on. W. Baille, Joseph Baillie, H. D. Bainbridge, E. T. Barclay, Char.es Balfour, C. Baring, F. Baring, W. B. Baring, A. Baring, H. B. Baring, T. Barnebv, John Batesoii, Sir R. Beckett, Sir J., Bart. Bell, M. Bentinck, Lord G. 13eresford, Sir P. - •Be hell, IL Blackburn, John I. Blackstone, \V. S. Boklero, Henry G. HAling, W. Tionlia.r, Francis R. I3orthwick, Peter Brad,haw, James Brain ton, T. W. ltrocklehurst, J. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruce, Lord E. truce, C. L. C. Brudenell, Lord Bruen, Colonel Bruen, Francis Bulkeley, Sir R: B. W. S:r J. B. Y. Burrell, Sir r'. 11. Campbell, Sir H. Canning, Sir S. Carruthers, David Castlereagh, Void.. Chandos, Marquis of Ch plin, T. Chapman, A. Charhon, E. L. Chatterton, C. Chichester, Arthur Churchill, Lord C. S. Clerk, Sir G., Bart. Clive, Visct. Clive, Robert Codrington, C. W. Cole, Hon. A. Co•e, Lord Compton, H C. Comity, E. M. Cooper, lion. A. Cooper, E. J. Coote, Sir C. Copo!and, W. Corbett, T. G. Corry, H. L. Crewe, Sir J., Bart. Cripps, J. D'Albiac, Sir C. Hamer, Dawson Dare, It. W. H. Darling. on, Earl of Davenport, J. Denison, bvelyt. Dick, Q. Dottin i Abel bus Dowdeswell, W. outfield, T. D. I)ugdale, W. S. Duna she, W. Duncombe, A. Dund.4, R. A. Durham, Sir I'. H. East, James Buller Eastnor, Viscount Eaton, Richard J. Egerton, %V. 'l'. Ege ton,' Sir P. de M. Egerton, Lord Fran. Entwistle, John E•Vourt, T. G. B. Euston, Earl of Fancourt, C. S. J Fector, John Minet Feilden, W. Fergusson, G. Ferguson, Sir R. Cinch, G. Fleetwood, 11. Fleming, Admiral Foley, E. T. Follett, Sir W. W. Forncs, Lord Forbes, W. Forrester, Hon. G. Forster, C. Fremantle, Sir T. Freshfiell, J. W. Gaskell, J. M. Geary, Sir W., Bart. Gladstone, W. E. Gladstone, T Goodricke, F. L. H. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, W. 0. Goring, U. 1). Goulburn, H Goulburn, Mr Serjt. Graham, SlrJ. It. G -Grant, F. W. Greene, T. (:. Greisley, Sir R. Greville, Sir C. J. Grimston, Lord Grimstoit, Hon. E. Hallo:el, H. • Raise, J. Hamilton, Lord C Handley, H. Hamner, Sir J. Hanmer, 11. Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, J II ,wlte=, T. Hey, Sir J. Hayes, Fir F.. Ileatlicote, Sir G. J. Heatheote, G. J. Heemiker, 'Lord Herbert, Hon. S. Herries, J. C. Hill, Sir It. Hill, Lord Arthur Hogg, J. W. ~ope, Hon. J. Hope, N. V. Et tham, Lord Houldsworth, T. Hoy, J. B Hughes, It. I Ingham, It. Inglis, Sir ft. H. Irton, S. Jackson, J. D. Jephs , n, C. D. 0. Jermyn, Eail Johnstone, J. J. H. Jones, T. Jones, Wilson Kavanagh, T. Kearslev, J. H. Kelly, P. Kerr, 1). Kerrison, Sir E. Kirk, P. Knatehbull, Sr! E. Knox, Hon. J Lawson, A. Lee, J. L. Lefroy, t ;r. T. LefYoy, A. Lennox, Lord J. G. Lewis, D. Lewis, W. Leyce4er, J. Lincoln, had of Long, W. Lowther, Viscount Lowther, H. C. LoWther, J. H. Lucas, Lygon. Colonel Mackinnon, W. A. Maclean, D. Mahon, Lord Mandeville, Vis , . Manners, Lord R. Marsland, T. Martin, J. Mathew. Capt. Maxwell, H. Meynell, H. Miles, W. Miles, P. J. Miller, W. H. Morclaunt, Sir J. Morgan, C. M. R. N erd, Joseph Neeld, J. hn Nicholl, J. Noel, Sir G.. Norrecs, Lord O'Neill, J B. R. Ossulton I.ord Owen, Sir J. Owen, H. Palmer, R. Patten, Wilson Peel, Colonel Peel, Sir R Peel, %V. Y. Peel, Edmund Pelham, John C. Pemberton, Thomas Penruddock., J H. Perceval, Chlonel Peweval, Colon I Philips, C. M. Pigot, It. imptre, J. P. Pol•iiil, Frederick Pollock, F. Powell, W S. Praed, James B. Pried, Winthorp M. Price, Samuel Grove Price, Richard 'A. • • ,_ Pilsey, Ph lip Rae, it William Reid, Sir J It. Richards, John Rickford, W. Ridley, Sir W. Rtibinson, G. R. Ross, C. Rusiibrook, Robert Russell, Charles Kyle, John Sandersiin, R. :anion, Lord Scarlett, R. C. Scott, Lord John Scourfie!d, W. H. Shaw, F. Sheppard, T. .Siblhorp, Colonel Sinclair, (0. Smih,TA. Smith, A. Smyth, Sir G. H., Bt. Somerset, Lord Somerset, Lord It. Spry, S. T. St,:iltey, Lord Stanley, E. Stewart, J. Stormont, Viscount Stuut, Lord I). C. Sturt, Henry ('has. Surrey, Earl of Talmash, A G. Tapes G. W. 'foment, Emerson Thomas, Colonel Thompson, Ald. Townshend, Lord J. Trench,Sir Frederick Trevor, Hon. G. it. Trevor, Pon. A. Turner, W. 'turner, T. F. 'Fwiss, Horace Tyrrell, Sir J. Vaughan, Sir R. Vere, Sir C. 8., Bart. Verner, W. Verney, S;r H. Vernon, H Vesey, Hon. Thomas ViViarr, John Ennis Vyvyan, Sir R. IA all, B. Walter, J. Weill, G. E. Weyland, Major R. Whitmore, T. C. Wilbraham, R. B. Williams, 'l'. I'. Wi hams, R., jun. Wilmot, Sir Eardley Wilson, Henry WodelLmse, Hon. E. Wood, Colonel T. Worcester, Marq. of Wortley, Hon. J. S. Windham, \V. H. Wynn, Bight 11 , n. C. Wynn, Sir W. W. Yorke, Elliot Thomas Young, Sir %V. L, Bt. Young, G. F. Young, J. RAIERS ABSENT • Mlice, E. Ferguson, IL (left the H use) Fre!den, J. • Giynne, Sir S. E. Howard, Ir. Johnstone. Sir J. V. Lennox, Lord A. 111 1 Tagga t, J. • In Italy. t In consequence of th.i accident which has inNeced to his father, Earl Fitzwilli.an. REF , a. , lfast, Earl of Benett, John liontett, Sir t: Campbell, W. F. Clements, Lord Cobbett, W. (left the Hou e) Colborne, N. W. K. Dillwyu, L. W. (25). fi • ilton, Viscount •Pousonby, J. G. B. Pryse, P. Sanford, E: A. Scott, Sir E D. Smith, R. J, *Smith, J A. •Stuart, Lord J. Talbot, C. it. ANTI-REFORMERS ABSENT (7). Caleraft, G. IL Pechell, G. R. Pol ington, Lord Cartivright, W. It. • Pollen, Sir Jo:In I Walpole, Lord Knightl, y, Sir C. FOR. W. Gore Langton, Eso PAIRED. AGAINST. Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart. TELLERS. Charles Wood Sir G. Clerk, Baronet. Two CHURCHES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.-- On the evening of Sunday week a storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by hail and wind, prevailed generally throughout Yorkshire. Among the hills in the neighbour hood of Huddersfield, two churches were struck by the electric fluid on opposite sides of the same valley. The spire of Linthwaite church was struck in such a mariner, that, without any of the stones being shattered, the spire was bent out of the perpendicular, and inclines towards the church, so that it is thought there will be a necessity for taking it down. It is remarkable that danger had previously been appre hended from the metallic weathercock on the top of the spire, as likely to attract the electric fluid, and that a few days before preparations had been made for taking it down, but had not been completed. On the opposite side of the valley, Golcar church was struck, so as to produce a most extraordinary effect. This spire also was surmounted by a metallic vane ; the rod of which was inserted through the middle of the five uppermost courses of stone. The electric fluid struck the metal—went down the iron rod, leaving the upper courses of stone uninjured—and fairly blew out the two courses of stone below the rod. So clean were the stones blown out, that the superior courses, about five feet in height, with the vane standing in them, dropped down upon the lower part of the steeple, a n d are still standing there in the perpendicular position, only l e aning a little over towards the side of the church ! The stones displace d were of gr ea t s i ze and weight, and they were flung to oCMlSlderitble distance, One of them fell with such force as to break down several yards of the church-yard wall : another fell on the roof, broke through into the body of the church, and fell close to the clerk's desk.—Hull Observer. SHIPPING-(THIS . DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, FEB. 19.—Wind S. W., fresh breezes.—Arrived from the river, and remain, the Diana, Brown, for Cape Coast Castle; Euphernia, Scott, for Vera Cruz ; Justina, Young, for Grenada ; Sampson, Chadwick, for New York ; Richard and Ann, Way, for Dublin; Enterprise, Gibbs, for Whitehaven; and the Dorchester, Me'Learn, for Newry- Arrived, and sailed for the river, the Zephyr, Spiers, from Exeter. Arrived, and remain, the Atlantic, Scott, from Sunderland, for Shoreham ;. Carlisle, Alcock, from Stoat ton ; and the Jane, Nicholson, from Newport. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Clarissa Ann, Bos worth, from Mobile. Off port the Tally Ho, Nicholson, from CORK, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Indus, --.—, from Halifax. DUBLIN, FEB. 17.—Arrived the Luna, Webster, and Eliza beth, Winter, from London ; the .Union, Wells, from Goald to Boston was totally lost on the 17th inst., near Saltilcet— crew saved. Poafsmouru, FEB. 19.—1 t has blown a hard gale, since noon to-day, from S. %V., and there is every appearance of its continuance. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 18. —Wind W. FALMOUTH, FEB. 18.—Wind S. W. to N. W., fresh and squally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pantaloon, from Lisbon ; sailed the 10th instant.—Sailed the Eclipse packet, for Mexico; and Tyrian packet, for Barbadoes and St. Thomas's. The Graciozza Sophia, Vulich, from Constantinople to Marseilles, is wrecked at Heyeres.—The cargo is slightly da maged, but is expected to be saved. "OFFICE OF COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. " WHITEHALL, Feb. 19, 1835. " Sir,—l have received and laid before the Lords of tl-e Committee of Privy Council for Trade your letter of the 18th instant, requesting, cn the behalf of the Shipowaer's Society, information as to the intentions of the Government with re spect to the future admission of foreign timber from our North American colonies; and their Lordships having taken the same into their consideration, have directed me to state to you, for the information of the Society for which you act, that, in their opinion, the indictment held out by the existing law for sending round by our North American co lonies European timber intended for this market, is an anomalous incident of a re , :nlation which had a very different object in view; and that although they cannot at pre sent disclose the nature of the correction which they may think ought to be proposed to Parliament, still it may be due in fairness to those persons who might otherwise engage in the circuitous voyage, for the present season, to apprise the trade that their Lordships do intend to sugest some legislative mea sure, the operation of which would prove injurious to the in terests of those parties who should adventure upon that voy age, under belief that no change would in the mean while be made in the present state of the law. " I am, Sir, &c. ( Signed) " THOS. LA CK• ".W. o:iatt Esq., Secretary, Shipowners' Society." ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES AT THE SCOTCH WHARFS. HOARE'S WHARF, FEB. 19.—N0 arrivals or departures.- - Advice.—The Arbroath and London Shipping Company's smack Maria, Alexander Peter, master:; sailed from Arbroath for London, with a general cargo, on Sunday, the 15th inst. DOWNE'S WHARF, FEB. 18.— Arrived this afternoon, the Montrose and London Shipping Company's smack Eagle. Andrew Mearns, master, from Montrose, with a general cargo• 19.—N0 arrivals. Sailed, this morning, the Bridport and London Shipping Company's smack Dorset, Caleb Clark, master, for Bridport, with a cargo of merchandise. No ad vices. CARRON WHARF, FRB. 18.—Arrived this evening, the Car ron Company's trader Panope, Wm. Higgins, master, from Grangemouth, with a general cargo. 19.—N0 arrivals, de partures, or advices. MILLER'S WHARF, FEB. 18.—Arried this afternoon, the Edinburgh and London Shipping Company's smack Pilot, George Howie, master, from Leith, with a general cargo. l9•' —No arrivals, departures, or advices. LEITII AND BERWICK WHARF, FEB. 19.—N0 arrivals. Sailed this evening, the Leith and London Old Shipping Com pany's smack Lord Wellington, James Nicholson, master, for Leith, with a general cargo of merchandise.—No advices. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUS° TOM-HOUSE, FRB. 19. Brockelbank, Stranack % from Ostend ; Ann and Elizabeth, Tiltman, Boulogne ; Liberty, Hain, Boulogne ; Twee Ge broeders, Reike, Antwerp; Melanie, Lavalle, Gravelincs; Nercide, Faillant, Calais; Amite, Fowle, Calais; H e nry, Allen, Oporto • Constance, Brett ev ill o i s , Ch er b ourg; Crite rion, Bellamy, ; Thetis, Russell, Guernsey ; Mars den, Harrison, Demerara ; Powhaton, Welch, Virginia ; Woodmanstern, Taylor, Leghorn ; Fairlie, Agar, Batavia; Carbinear, Watts, Madras; Matilda, Corman, Cape, St. He lena, and Ascension. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, FEB. 19. Columbine, Corbin, for Hambro' ; Ann and Elizabeth, Tat man, Boulogne; Royal George, Wilson, Bombay; HipP° - merles, Duthie, Valparais o an d Li ma ; Louisa,- Spaldng. Rot terdam ; Richmond, West, Leghorn ; Pursuit, Arthur, Tene rifle ; Eclipse, Fiseker, Ostend, Bruges, and Ghent. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, Fan. 19* -7' Meduso, Kurtermer, for A..nttverT; Harby, Gibbcns, Cadis Ceres, Blamfield, Honduras; Catharina, Balletra, Brake and Bremen. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, FED. 1 9 - Sarah, Hudson, jun., for Callundborg. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Rapid, of , Aberdeen, for Charleston, lat. 30. long. 64., by the Harlequin, Hunter, arrived at Falmouth. THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWEL VE O'CLOCK. The utmost excitement prevails this morning in the City, and the Tories appear dismayed and downcast at the triump h of Mr. Abercro m by b e i ng e l ecte d as S peaker of the House o f Commons. They are completely electrified, and the knowing ones at the Stock Exchange have also been completel., , taken in, and have lo s t t o a l arge amount on betting for Si r Charles Manners Sutton. The prevailing opinion is, that the present Ministry will not be ab7e to maintain their situp . tions for any length of time, and the election of Mr. Aber cromby has given general satisfaction. Consols, which left off yesterday at 92i for the Account, and 921 2. for Money, opened this morning at 91i 92, and ar e at present 92. _ Exchequer Bills, 38 ; India Bonds, 20 22 ; Bank Stock , 224 225. In the Foreign Market most of the Foreign Securities lef t off with an improvement yesterday, particularly Spanish Stock' which reached 58i to 59 ; Spanish Scrip 6k premium. T he following are the opening prices of this morning --Belgian' 10l 102 - ; Brazilian, 841 85 ; 45+; Colombia n ' 371+38 ; Danish, 771 4 ; butch, 66i- 57; Greek, 113 Il i; Spanish, 581 59 ; Scrip, 6 premium ; Portuguese, 92. Our arrivals this day are, one French mail, with the ex press from Paris ; one Dutch, and a Lisbon mail, brought by the Pantaloon sailed on the Bth instant.' The express fro o Paris is of some importance in respect to the information from the threatre of war in Spain. By the telegraphic dispatch frool Bayonne, it appears that General Mina had arrived i n pers ol 2 ou the 14th at Elisondo, at the head of two brigades: he left at Lazand Lezazo two divisions. The Carlists have re treat Without firing a s h o t. S o muc h f or t h e Carlists ' bulletins an`` their victories. Three per Cents. French Rentes, 79 20 ; Five per Cents.' 109. ; Cortes Bonds, 441. By the Dutch mail we have a confirmation of the earth quake at Batavia, which we gave several days since. By the Lisbon mail it does not appear that there is a l l news of importance : all was tranquil at Lisbon. HALF-PAST ONE. , The general t o pi c o f conversation still prevail.s in the Cl) respecting the e l ec ti on o f M r. Abercromby a!, Speaker of tu House of Commons. Console, which were in the early part of the morning 92 ; have been d one a t 914 for tilt Account ; at p res ent to e ' are 91-1 92. The Foreign Secin:ities have also receded; Spanish sSte Spanish Scr;p 5a4; Portuguese 914- ; Dutch 56H; • lumbian have no further arrivals. THREE 0' CLOCK' Consols for the Account,. 91i 92. THE EMPEROR O F R USSIA ' S HORSES.-A St splendid stud have, after many months' search, been comple ted, and will be shipped in the Spring for St. Petersburgh. A THIET-TAKER CAUGHT BY A FERRET''' . An ex-constable of a parish not a hundred miles from 1 34 " 1 1 notorious for his blund er i ng propens i t i es, on Tuesday week' whilst driving home from Gainsbro' m ar k e t i n hi s ca rt, l' e , th ceived two men in Wiset on pl antat i ons b us il y employe d `r ag a box, which they occ as i ona ll y opene d and shut. This Who enough to excite his suspicions, but, being one of those ' c ut consider " discretion the better part of valour," he looked ° e , for assistance, and opportunely found " Mine Host" of Dr° o ., holes with his ploughman in an adjoining field. Thus r ei n ,' forced, he rushed upon his prey, seized the suspicious box, a thrust in his hand. A loud shout from all the party acconlll. nied its rapid withdrawal, for it had been seized by a t'errt: and the suspected thieves proved to be Earl Spencer's rabbi" catchers I a A l4' DISCOVERY OF THREE SKELETONS AT GA-- THAM.—In excavating the ground for the purpose of erectl a house on some o p en ground in the t own o f G ran tham Monday the labourers discovered three skeletons, a pparel' at those of two adults and a child. They were in a state of g le decay. No light h as at p resent been thrown upon the algae which led to their being interred in this unconsecrated gr° ll° which is half a mile from the chtirch burying place. DESTRUCTIVE F IRE AT READING. ---L- fit HORSES BURNED TO DEATH.--Early yesterday mor nings , 8 , 9 „ extensive conflagration broke out i n th e coac hh ous e, Ti a e r r l, stabling, &c., b e l ong i ng t o M r . L ovegrove, of Reading., t he shire; and notwithstanding every assistance rendered bY. t y labourers and other individuals on the spot, no less than th horses, together with th e b arns , stabling, coac h-h o uses, f 9 ', were destroyed. Th e l a t e information received of the dis tre, o t ing intelligence prevents a minute description, but the los,pa a moderate comp u t a ti on , i s est i mate d at between 3,0001' atibS 4,0001. ; and painful it is to add, that there can be no 61 °, 0 . but that it is the diabolical work of an incendiary. Mr. bit grove is believed to be insured, but not to the amount 04 loss. th Rood t e , D erb 4 !'sible 3 41r,ess 7c4 ° t Ina L e d i e 4 PPI t " C , 01 at, M € Ho shire fog 61 and lii.-, t, 0 'lt th four Thor John D, Jonc! 17, a J A 23, I Zobe J q h rti robbe All durin, SIR 4 t ( 15 tc