The Sun. — London, England, 1835-03-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. When it began to be known yesterday that .Lord Canterbury had resigned the mission to Canada, which of course would not have been effered to him without previous concert, various surmises as to the cause were hazarded. The general belief, however, was that the Noble Lord was not without his suspi cions, that though the spring had just commenced, it was al ready autumn with Ministers, and that he might spare himself the trouble of preparation for a mission on which he would never have to enter. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, how ever, stated in the House that severe indisposition prevailed in the family of the Noble Lord. We have elsewhere alluded to the bul lying system pursued by Ministers in the House last night. This disposition to pugnacity is not only extremely unbecoming in per sons in their situation, but affords the best proof of their consci ousness of the justice of the charges which provoke them to such unseemly behaviour. It was observed hat night in the House be Colonel Evans, that the days of Ministers were numbered. It is not- unnatural that they should begin to recriminate and fight shy of each other. Sir Robert fairly threw his colleagues overboard last night. The honesty of the Duke of Wellington, in not even cloaking his want of principle, he cannot digest. But the Ultras, as he termed tile only honest men of his party last night, were fairly dis claimed. This ia all they have gained by suffering themselves to he dragged through the dirt by him. Sir Robert is di:a_ aatisfied ith himself and dissatisfied with his colleagues, and they will repay him with interest, if we mistake not. The time is fast approaching when this wicked combination for the purpose cf cheating and insulting the nation will break up.— Morning chronicle. A great deal of time was consumed in the House of Com mons last night upon questions not regularly before them. The skirmishes were, however, in many instances, very brisk, and very personal. It is by no means to the credit of the house that it seems to deviate more and more, every day, from the calm temper of discussion, and that personal it tercations, all of which have hitherto terminated within the walls, as they ought to do, increase instead of diminish, with the increase of intelligence. This is Much to be regretted. We shall not allude here to any of the late differences so particularly as to describe them ; our report of last night's proceedings - does that sufficiently. But we hope that those who, either by their talents or by their station, exercise an influence upon the Assembly to which we allude, will rather discountenance than encourage, by their example, a course so repugnant to reason. It is not by a motion, nor by a re solution of the House, that a practice so • discreditible can be done away with, but by a correct impression of the feel ing entertained by the public at large when any of these unseemly squabbles come under their observation. We are satisfied that we do not exaggerate the feeling in such cases, when we express it by so strong a word as—disgust. —Morning Herald, Not a single motion, or notice of a motion, has proceeded from the Opposition side of the House of Commons, since the present session began, which has not smelt rank of fac tion. To what but the mere spirit of party can we trace the rejection of the late Speaker from the Chair, or an amend ment to the Address, which could find no other ground to rest upon than the dissolution of a Parliament chosen under the immediate auspices -of a Whig-Radical Administration ;—or Mr. Joseph flume's motion (afterwards abandoned, it is true, but stubbornly clung to until it became ridiculous), first for postponing the supplies, and next for curtailing them ;—or the motion of yesterday, announced by Mr. Ward (abandoned after wards, as the former one had been), for stopping the Army Estimates ;—or the strange, perverse, and hardly intelligible, but vain, resistance hit the introduction of Sir Henry Hard inge's Tithe Bill, identifie d as it was in p rinci p le and charac ter with the measure of last session, introduced by these same Whigs ; ,or. the threatened motion to oppose the bringing up of the report, which was also prudently, though somewhat awkwardly, surrendered ;—or, finally, to what but the extrava gance-of 'faction can any reasonable man impute the much vaunted motion, whereof notice has been given be Lord .1. Russell, and the discussion fixed for Monday next, the 30th inst., the professed purpose of which is to affirm the whole of Mr. Ward's motion of test session-I=:t, a fact for which there is not yet a tittle if et idence, viz —the existence of a surplus church revenue above the wants of the Irish Protestant popu lation ; 2d, a principle of appropriation, of which the applica bility (that is, the value) depends on the establishment of the above-mentioned fact —for which we now have nothing but assumption? For any one of these eight motions, on three only of which tile Whig-Radicals came to a division, and on the last of which divisions they were beaten, we ask any man, not altogether infatuated by party spleen and violence, what shadow of motive or pretext can be discovered that has the remotest relevancy to the public good ? Had the nation the slightest interest in excluding Sir C. M. Sutton from the Speaker's chair,—or in condemning the dissolution of a Parliament which no vote of the present House of Commons could reanimate,—or in postponing the grant of money for the public service,--or in harassing the Crown by a short Money Bill,—or in thwarting the progress of a measure, admitted to be a good one, for commuting tithe, —or note, in the last place, for rendering null and void the appointment of a commission of inquiry into the Church of Ireland, to the appointment of which Commission the Whig Cabinet of last year attached such immeasurable impor tance, as the only rational and effective medium through which it was possible to obtain a precise knowledge of the circumstances of the Irish Church, or a safe and satisfactory basis whereon to legislate for the future appropriation and distribution of its revenues? Why did Lord Althorp, in the former Session, refuse to adopt Mr. Ward's motion ? Be cause he said a Commission of Inquiry was necessary to report upon those matters which, when ascertained, would form the proper guides, and without a correct knowledge of which there could be no unerring guide to the deliberations of Parliament upon the subject. Lord John Russell and all his colleagues, and all the Whigs by whom he is now supported, were active par ties to this decision of Lord Althorp. We ask, then, has the Commission yet reported the result of its inquiries? Do the Conservative Ministers kno.v through the Co mmiseion a syllable more about the state of the Irish population. or the manner in which it stands relatively to the Church, than did the Whig . :Ministers, when the latter made their own ignerance of the pro • cee - iings carried on by the same Cemmissic7ners, their distinct and exclusive ground for rejecting that very proposition which they now attempt to force on the present Government ? If Lord J. Russell and hi s f r iends were jiStified a few months ago in refusing to legislate without knowledge u; en this ogles tiena are they now justified in compelling Sir It. Peel, by dint of numbers, for arguments they have none, to accept laws from :hem concocted in equal absence of all knowledge? • But, again, do they charge upon the Commissioners of In- mury env culpable delay in dhe preparation of their report? or dues Lord John insinuate against the Conservative Govern ment any underhand efforts to frustrate or retard its delivery? For in either caee there might be a fair apology for the impatience of the Whigs to adjudge the question upon then own prepossessions of its merits, without waiting for_ the facts or reasonings which they had originally thought essential to its secure adjustment ; otherwise the inde ceney is to us without example, and with all the taliz about " inconsistency," the inconsistency of these gen tlemen beats whatever we have heard or read of even in their own annuls, if they now attempt to carry through the lionse of Commons a vote which, under precisely similar circum stances, they pronounced within this twelvemonth to be pre mature mid unjust, and to escape from which they nominated this special comnuss ion. But if the truth must be told, we are afraid that it is not the discussion, so much as the division, of the 30th, on which Lord John and his followers pin their confidence. _lf their opinions be matters of importance to none, their sympathies at least are shared by all whose en joyment of office or whose hopes of it were crushed by the dis missal of the late Governmel t, and reign be revived by the overthrow of its successors. Hence it is votes for Yihirth they are canvassing, not conversions ; hence the call of tire 'House ; hence the seeming carelessness respecting more than one question of real value as affecting the national interests ; and the announcement in the morning and evening organs of the party, that alt skirmishing is to be set aside, all subordinate subjects connected merely with the public force, the public finances, the religions concerns, in any other than a party sense—whatever most deeply regards our permanent institution, and on which holiest men may, or must, indeed, inevitably differ—all these would not repay the irksomeness of a single evening's contest • but the one question — tile question —is, that which involves ;he offices, the salaries, and patronage of certain persons: that alone, the question of who shall scat himself on the Treasury-bench, is worth a patriot's medita tien.—Tinles. - The enemy with whom we have to deal, if not powerful, is at least cunning and zealous—it knows all the weak points of the Liberal camp, and it is always playing upon them, though hitherto unsuccessfully, in order to effect a breach ' • and it is, in consequence, most important that the Liberal Members should take no steps which are not resolved upon in common. Lord John Russell has hitherto proved himself to be not only an able, but a successful leader, and with him and his advisers the Reformers must go to battle, or run the risk of losing it. We are powerful in numbers ; but union is not the less neces• sary. The Liberal Members must also be present in their places. There has been enough—somewhat more than enough —of preparation for battle—the day of trial is now at hand, and if the people forgive their betrayers—let the " right hand of the people forget its cunning." Since the above was written, we have learned that the Tories have virtually given up the ghost, and that their last knell will be tolled even before Mon day next, the appointed day of trial. The dissensions in their camp have caused this result on the one hand, and the great majority of the Liberals on the other. They have been seized by a paralysis from which there is no recovery—in a word, Sir Peel will not, because he cannot, retain office with his pre sent coadjutors and supporters. He may wait to be beaten— but the waiting is a mere pretence. He knows that on Mon day he will have a large majority against him; but he only waits for that majority as an excuse for getting rid, not only of the anxious office he has undertaken, but of the high Church party, with which he has had to wage war since the commence ment of his premiership, and of which he is most anxious to get rid. —Morning Advertiser. The pugnacious spirit displayed by Sir Robert Peel on a late occasion towards Mr. Hume, and at a period not remote, towards Dr. Lushington, appears to have awakened a feeling of emulation among his followers. Last evening, Sir Henry Hardinge improved upon his master ; although, truth to say, Sir Henry, in his legislative career, has ever been more con spicuous for his argument= ad hominem, than for any other intelligible bearing. Mr. 13arron rebutted this novel species of logic in a way becoming a man and a gentleman; at the same time evincing that deference to the opinion of the Speaker which ought to characterise a Member of the House over which he presides. The Gallant Colonel Evans, however, from a tenacious and chivalrous sense of honour which it is impossible to blame, and which, in fact, is entitled to the highest praise, protested against the tone of defiance and dictation—on pain of suf ferance—which Sir Henry Hardinge had assumed. A scene ensued, for the particulars of which we must refer to our summary and report. The Colonel is a man of undoubted spirit, and quite the equal in that respect of Sir Henry, and the affair, by the intervention of Sir R. Peel, ap pears to have found its quietus for the moment. We trust, however, that the proceedings of last night will prove a lesson to Sir Henry, who is too captious, and always anxious to refer disputed points to the sword and pistol, that there are people who can, and are equally willing, to draw a trigger with himself, if that is to be the ultimo ratio of argument. The Gallant Member for Westminster, we apprehend, has headed more forlorn hopes than ever Sir Henry volunteered, and the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland appeared conscious of it, and was cowed accordingly. The scene was highly discredit able as well as dishonourable to the Tories, who show fight as a matter of course with them ; but when taken to task in learnest, do not hesitate to mount the white feather, as well as I show fear of the sounds themselves have made.—ifforning Advertiser. 1. a ~,, ~..;) (~ zJi•,,CE, , THIS DAY A"): t) ~ . .r. k.. , t...:.ut,.... Bank Stoc'K C --t — 3 per Cent Bel. - . 3 per Cent. 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Dual I France 0 I 0 Guern. &Jersey 0 I Hamburg 0 0 Holrarld 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward kland. Armes'. Dut , 0 I.ishf,ll 0 0 Malta 0 Alcsieo 1 0 thhteno 0 1 Sweden 1 Waterford. 0 EIGH V ATER AT LONDON nItIDGE TO-MORROW. minut,s after 11. Evening... 0 minutes after 0 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING will 1)3 performed a n,w Comeiy called PATRICIAN AND PARVENU. Sir Osbaldiston do Mowbray, Bart., Mr. Warde ; Perry da Mow bray, Mr. Cooper ; Sir 'llroothy Stilton, Knight, Mr. W. Farr:ll ; Dick Moonshine, Mr. I-lar:ey ; Ruby, Mr. Bartley. Ellen Rivers, Mss Lee; Mary Stilton, Miss Taylor; Miss Sally ',anders, Mrs. Glover. To conclude with, TIMOUR THE TARTAR. T imour , Mr. Wank ; Oigiou, Mr. Cooper; Li3k.a, Mfrs. Tomorrow there wi'l be no performance. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT. GARDEN. THIS EVENING will be wrforrned Aubrr's Opera of LESTOCO ; OR, THE FETE OF 'THE HERMITAGE.. I.es:Gcq, Mr. 11. Phillips; Count Gololkin, Mr. 13:stlf:.rd; D:mitr; Mr. Philips. The Princess Elizabeth, Mies Shirreff: wliich, BLACK EY'D SUSAN. 'William, Mr. I'. I'. Coke; Blue Peter, Mr. Templeton. Back Ey'd Susan, Miss Taylor. To-morrow Glue no performance. The pubtication cj THE Su NEwsrApan commenced t/ do. al 15 minutes past 3 o'clock. , --f . .., , s o, v0i,...F.i,„4y-0-.-,1", , -;-;,-.•.,“!, i - i'-';' ) i:•:" - --- - 1- 4 ct - lie: 4- ‘ `rat-` ‘42+!, i1i,......,Ap-__'-z...44,„__ i4,a..u.114: -::::;1- ' '''.---...-k•'-- ("'""ciEf) + LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 34, 1833. As the situation of his Majesty's Ministers becomes daily more and more embarrassing, the internal dis order, as in other cases, manifests itself by sympto matic appearances. Lord LONDONDERRY, in de ference to the opinion of the HoUse of Commons, has been compelled to resign his darling Embassy to the Court of the Russian Autocrat ; while Lord CANTER BURY, seeing the damage which the Administration has sustained from this and other causes, and takinz into his serious consideration the increasing slipperi ness of the tenure by which his friends hold their places, has very quietly and judiciously backed out of the Canadian Mission. We are by no means sur prised at the want of confidence in the stability of the present Government which so generally prevails, in consequence of what may be called the insu perable difficulties of their position. A body of men may issue a manifesto so artfully drawn up as to be susceptible of opposite meanings, and may thus for a time conceal the basest dereliction of principle under the cloak of on ambiguous phraseology ; ht; when they come to the practical part of their work, they must quit their convenient generalities, and des cend to particulars, when . they are sure to be caught in the trap of inconsistency. In the debate of last night in the House of Commons, our reader.: will perceive more than one illustration of this remark. We allude particularly to a declaration of Sir R. PEEL, uttered only last Session, to the effect that it was uniurt to the Irish landlords to fix the tithes on them until the law was vindicated—the very injustice which he is now perpetrating ! Another instance of the same thing may be found in the conduct of the ministers with regard to the Orange Lodges. The Secretary for the Home Department—H. GOULBURN, ESQ., bless the mark—has, in the KING'S name, graciously received, and graciously an swered addresses from these pestilent societies, which have done more to disturb the peace of Ireland than tongue can tell, or pen describe ; yet when the late Go vermnent sanctioned time presentation of addresses from the Political Unions of England, what torrents of wrath and vituperation did the people now in office pour forth against such a prostration of the Royal dignity But the Pol;:ical Unions prayed for Par liamentary reform. The cry of the Orange Lodges is " PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY, AND DOWN WITH TILE PAPISTS !" We have so frequently expressed our concurrence in the principles respecting the stamp duty on news papers, which Lord BROUGH AM expounded last night at great length in the House of Lords, that we need now only refer cur readers to the able and interesting observations of his Lordship. A tax of nearly 150 per cent. upon the most effective, because the most attractive and'amusing, mode of ccnveyinggeneral know ledge and information to the whole community, must certainly.be considered as impolitic as unjust. Had the Whig Ministers remained in office, the nation would undoubtedly have been relieved from this op pressive duty ; but it is the last act which we should expect from the present Administration. After what we have lately seen, however, of the latter, no change of opinion, or dereliction of former principles which they could exhibit, would surprise us. An extraordinary scene took place last night in the House of Commons. In a discussion on the Irish Tithe Bill, Mr. BARRON, after commenting on the flagrant inconsistencies which Ministers had shown on that subject, concluded by observing that he was at a loss to discover, what other motive could have actuated them, than " a base love of office." This roused the virtuous choler of Sir HENRY HARDINGE, who talked of the " vulgar insolence" of the Hon. Member, in so a minaceous a tone, as to induce him to heighten his vulgarity, by a repetition of the obnoxious hypo thesis. A very pretty quarrel, as Sir Lucius O'TRIGGER would phrase it, was thus got up. Lord JOHN RUSSELL expostulated ; Mr. BARRON stuck closer to his text ; Sir H. HARDINGE raged like a hurricane—deeming himself bound, we suppose, by virtue of his Irish Secretaryship, to be more than ordi narily pugnacious—till at length the SPEAKER inter posed, and peace, or something like it, was, for a time, restored. Then came a speech from Colonel EVANS,. by way of rider, or supplement, or appendix, to that of Mr. BARRON. The Gallant Colonel said, " Several occurrences had taken place in the House lately, which induced him to think that it absolutely behoved those who, with him, were in the habit of viewing the conduct of Ministers as highly discreditable .to them, not to shrink, on the present occasion, from the frank avowal of their opinion." This was well and seasonably put. The Tories, it is clear, are impreSsed with a notion—and under the circum stances not an unnatural one—that they are far more likely to work miracles in their favour by the pistol than by argument, and it is fit they should be taught that such a notion is an erroneous one. The pistol is a bad logician. It may diminish the number of a statesman's opponents, but it will never make. one sound convert to his system. The Tories, however, think differently. With them, the pistol has always been considered as an excellent succedaneum for argu ment. They are as partial, as MJIIKE and HARE, to a " shot." Hence, when the Duke of WEL LINGTON wished to bring round the Earl of WIN CIIILSEA to his own way of thinking, he could adopt no more convincing argument, than that which speaks, in noisy but explicit terms, by the mouth of a pistol. When Sir R. PEEL desired to make a similar imression on Dr.- LUSHINGTON, he too proposed he adoption of the same obstreporous logic. Now, it is fit Ministers should be told that this is the wry worst course, of argument they can pursue. None are; so ready to pick a quarrel, as those who fed couscous that they are in the wrong. Men in the right rely on the justice of their cau.ie, and are peaceful. Why, if the phrase " base love of office" does not apply to Ministers, are they so touchy about it ? Surely, there, must be some thing singularly appropriate in the phrase, or they would laugh at it as an absurdity. When Ito wI, AND HILL said, " I see a bad woman in my chapel," all the conscience-stricken ones quitted it, but the rest re- mained. 'We throw out this as a useful hint for the futu►•e guidance of Minsters. They may rely on it, the Opposition Members will not allow themselves to be bullied into submission. The days of Bobatbdism THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1835. are past. In another part of our columns will be found an abstract of a Bill to Prevent Throats and Intimidation at Elections, which has been prepared and brought in by Mr. PoULTER and the Hon. I'O'C MAut,l3 ; and is just printed. Our opinion remains unchanged, that nothing but the Ballot will prevent such intimidation and interference, and eßetually protect the elector in the free exercise of those important privileges which the Legislature intended should be left to the un shackled dictates of his own conscience and judgment. We are glad, however, that this Bill has been brought in. One of two good purposes it is sure to answer It will either produce the effect it is intended to have —that of preventing intimidation, which many of the opponents of the Ballot asset t is to be prevented without resorting to the latter measure ; or it will prove the soundness of the arguments of the advocates of the Ballot, by showing that all other remedies are ineffective. The gross and numerous cases of intimi dation which tookplac3, especially in counties, at the last Election, render it imperatively necessary to try every possible means of curing the evil. The Paris Papers of Sunday have all been received. Great preparations are being made for the trial of the prisoners of April, who, if the KING be not pleased to will otherwise, are to be brought to trial the first week in Ma •,-. Baron PASQUIR, President of the Peers, has nominated Counsel to assist them ; but they haVe indignantly rejected all assistance from such a quarter. The Prefect of the Rhone, M. Gas- PARIN, has received orders from the Executive to repair to Lyons, to assist in the removal of the prisoners of that Prefecture to Paris. The erection, of the New Court for the trial of the prisoners, will be completed about the end of April. We have some doubts whether the KING really intends to go on with these mock trials—for in reality they are neither, more nor less. There must be something more than a desire to evince the supre macy of law and order in France, in continuing to harass and oppress some hundreds of poor men, for offences which ought to have been brought be fore the Prefect of the Department in which they were - committed. By ma , inifyinci the offence the Government has unwittingly raised the offenders in their own estimation, and that of the public, to a height which may subsequently prove most injurious to the tranquillity of the State. To suppose that forty or fifty hard-working operatives, can be guilty of acts of -constructive treason, and endanger the safety of the State, is an evil much greater than is generally supposed by superficial statesmen. Such persons are only-looked upon by a wise Administration as ca pable of disturbing the public peace ; if th y assemble for the purpose of exciting to sedition, it su ppr e sses their c proce-2din.7:s as riotous ; and if they succeed in form ing themselves in, club;, and take oaths against the Government, it crushes them as a moral pest, dan gerous to the welfare of society. .So far is • it from charging them with treason, that it never once admits them capable of such a crime. Never was the reasonableness of this mode of governing better manifested than in the instance of the trials now pending in France. When the prisoners of April, 1834, were first seized by order of the Government, an act of amnesty would have placed them for ever at the KING'S feet, the- most grateful and devoted of his subjects. Even. a slight punish ment inflicted upon them, as disturbers of the peace, would have had a salutary effect. But when they learned that they were on the eve of overturning a throne— when they were gravely assured that the magnitude of their crime would require .the personal presidency, cd as Judges, of more than half the Peers of France— when they saw Cabinets dissolved, and a King re d uce d to the greatest straits, by the position in which - is o y el.theye i had unintentionally placed him--when they discovered all this, they began to think themselves persons of the greatest consequence, and to consider themselves bound in consistency to oppose the Government. Hence they have repeatedly refused to petition for an amnesty, or to throw themselves upon the Royal clemency. The Journal de Paris denies that any division exists among Ministers. This, however, will not alter the fact, which is too notorious to be doubted by an •; member of the Chamber of Deputies. The same Journal announces that General MINA is at Elisondo, with twenty-four battalions, and that the Carlists are in the valley of lizama. German Papers have been received, but their con tents are of no particular importance to the British public. In Prussia some salutary changes have taken place in the laws of marriage, divorce, and the pater nity of illegitimate children. The monument for per petuating the memory of the eleven Prussian officers, who were shot at Wesel by command of NAPOL EO N BUONAPARTE in 1809, is in the course of erection, and will be dedicated before the Ist of April. The German Journals are principally taken up with dis cussing the stability of the Tory Cabinet in England. We need scarcely add, that the Tories are in the best Odour with the German Princes. Arrivals from Berne assure us that no hostilities will take place between Austria and the Republic. Even the warlike Duke of BADEN has con sented to allow his subjects to enter Swit zerland, provided they make previous application for that purpose to the proper authorities. We are glad to find that the Austrian Cabinet .has adopted this prudent course, for the Duke of BADEN has not relaxed in his purposes, without the interposition of Prince :',TETTERNIciI. Letters and Papers from Madrid to the 14th inst. have been received, but their contents are of no mo ment. The Ministry have recently suffered some de, feats in the Chamber of Procuradores ; but no change will take place in the Cabinet for some time longer, unless the health of M. MARTINEz DE LA ROSA render his retirement unavoidable. Letters from Bayonne to the 18th inst. have been received. General MINA was then at Elisondo pre paring for opening the Spring campaign. On the 14th he caused the following proclamation to be pub lished throughout the Northern Provinces : " NAVARRESE.—In assuming the Viceroyalty of Navarre, aid the command of the army, I told you that I took a deep interest in the calamities which you suffered, and that as a Navarrese, I deplored the evils that afflicted the land of my birth. I offered you peace if, obedient to my voice, you put a stop to the dissentions fomented by men who strive - to enrich themselves at the expense of your blood, and, lastly, I con cluded by threatening you with a fearful chastisement if • you. persisted in your Mindness. " Unlmppily that circumstance has occurred, and from this day the real war of Navarro commences. The village of Lacaroz, which, betraying_ her Majesty and the country, and avowedly protecting the foes that torture it, had, until this day, in contempt for existing laws, concealed the arms and ammunition of the factious, its inhabitants flying on the approach of our troops, and refusing •to communicate, in compliance with my injunctions, the enemy's movement—La caroz has this day been given up - a prey to the flames. Its inhabitants have been shot, one out of every five, as a punish ment for their crime. The same fate awaits the whole popu lation, and every individual that shall follow the example of Lacaroz, and, by dint of arms, I shall extirpate a criminal, obstinate, and shameful rebellion, unless you join me that am aill inclined to pardon you. Navarrese, remember that know how to - fulfil my promise. (Siguei) ‘‘ Head-quarters at Narbarle, March 14." "MINA. On the same day upon which the above proclama tion is dated, EL PAsToR ordered the capuchins of Fontarabia to quit their convent, and retire into the interior, where residences were assined them ; and the same steps have been taken with regard to other convents of the same religious order, by command of MINA. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees states that four Carlists of distinction left Don CA RLOS, and had ar rived. at Bayonne. "We have great reason to be lieve," says this Journal, " that they are the Members of the Junta of Biscay. Two of them are are said to be VALDESPINA and ZAVALA ; the other two must be BATIZ and ART INANO, secretary to the Junta; these are the only heroes of the late insurrection in 3iscay." Earl Grey completed his 7lst year on the 13th inst. At the Kilkenny Assizes, on Monday, James Murphy was convicted of the murder of Lundy Foot, Esq., at -Rosbercon, and executed en 'Wednesday last. ON DI T.—A reverend incumbent (Angliee'—in cumbrance) of a living not " far west," has appointed his wife clerk of the parish. The lady intends to say " Amen" by deputy, but will pocket the largest portion of the fees, accord ing to the received fashion. This is a unique and happy means of providing a wife with pin -money, and will no doubt become a p r ecedent. — Bristol Mercury. The master of the Margaret, which. sailed from Wales, on the 11th instant, reports that on the same day, there was washed into Milford Harbour, a mast, with eight human bodies and trunk lashed to it ; and the supposition was; that it came from some vessel which had gone to pieces, the crew of which had thus fastened themselves to the mast, after securing to it a trunk with provisions ; and that in this state' they had perishad.—Bristol Mercury. A daily post between Blandford and Shaftesbury has just been established. This measnre, which must be pro ductive of very great convenience to the whole of the neigh bouring district, has been effected chiefly by the exertions of Sir E. B. Baker, Bart., T. B. Bower, Esq., and other gen tlemen of the neighbourhood.—Salisbury Herald. THEFT EXTRAORDINARY !—During the sitting of the court on Saturday, and while the Mayor (William Grace, Esq.) was on the bench with the Hon. Judge Moore, some fellow had the hardihood to enter the Judge's chamber, and carry off his Worship's hat.—Kilkenny Moderator. SUDDEN CLOSE OF THE VICTORIA THEATRE. —Last night a portion of the public were disappointed in con sequence of the sudden close of the above-named house. Being Monday night, the number of persons assembled was considerable, and for some time serious apprehensions were entertained for the tranquillity of the neighbourhood. On inquiry it appeared that some creditors, in the course of the afternoon, had taken possession of the house, scenery, ward robe, &c. ; and when the several persons. connected with the establishment applied at the stage door, they were informed that " the supplies were stopped," and that their services were not required for the evening. A strong force of the G division of police atteilded ; but, with the exception of a slight dis turbance occasioned by two drunken men, nothing arose re quiring their services. The following is an extract of a letter 'from an officer on board his Majesty's sloop Raleigh, dated from the Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 22, 1834 :—" On the 28th of November we observed a strange looking sail en our larboard bow, and immediately made sail in chase, and soon came up with her. A musket-shot was fired to make her heave-to, which, not doing very readily, we fired a nine-pounder across her bow, she then hove -to, and the Second Lieutenant was sent on board, who hailed us, and said she had slaves. H er name proved to be Rio do la Plate, Luez Antonio de Silva, master. She sailed from the coast of Africa on the sth of November, having then 565 slaves, which have been since re duced by death to 532. Fifteen of his crew were sent on board of us, and the vessel i.vas-sent to Sierra Leone in charge of a Lieutenant, Mate. five seamen, and five marines. Her burden is 245 tons. She had also a great quantity of tor toise-shell on board. --- Judge Alderson, previous to Ills loavinsr Appleby, granted a respite till the 30th in:t. to Greenwell, found guilty of the murder of Griesdale, at the Westmoreland Assizes, and who was sentenced to be executed on Monday last. The convict has become conscious of the awful situation in which be is placed, and receives great consolation from the religious conversation and advice of the Rev. J. Wharton, the Chap lain of the prison, who is unwearied in his attentions to the unfortunate man.—Carlisle Patriot. SINGULAR DlSTRESS.—Archibald Carmuel, town officer; hanged at the Cross, and hung on the gallows twenty four hours ; and the cause wherefore he was hanged, he, being an unmerciful greedy creature, poinded (i. c., attached by distress) an honest man's house ; and among the rest he poinded the King and Queen's pictures ; and when he came to. the Crass to comprise (appraise and expose to auction) tile same, he hung them. up on two nails on the same gallows to be comprised; and they being seen, word went to the King and Queen, whereupon he was apprehended and hanged.— Pitcairn's Trials, April 27, 1601. Great mortality has lately taken place on board the convict ships off Woolwich, not less than four inquests have been held in one day, this week, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., Coroner, upon the bodies of convicts who died on board the Justitia. The verdict in each case was that " Death ensued from natural causes."—Greenwich Guardian. It is reported that Mr. Trail! (the late Member for Orkney) will contest the county of Caithness with Mr. Sin clair on the first occasion that presents itself. We have re ceived two communications to this effect, from respectable sources, from one of which we subjoin an extract :—Politics run high in this county, and even some of Mr. Sinclair's best friends, in consequence of his recent votes in Parliament, be lieve that he will run a hard chance of being returned Member for Caithness at the next election. Several of the most in fluential proprietors are making up a strong party to defeat him, and a rumour has gone abroad that the late M. P. for Orkney is likely to be a candidate for the honour. He cer tainly is a steady friend of the interests of the county, and not a waverer; and he is besides, otherwise looked upon as a fit person to represent it. Other candidates are talked • of, but one of the' resident gentry only will succeed."—lnverness Courier. CREDITORS OF THE DUKE OF YORK.—It is a singular, not to say disgraceful fact, notwithstanding all that has been said of the non-payment of the debts of the Duke of York, that the creditors still remain not only without receiving a single farthing, but without even a satisfactory hope that their claims are even considered as worthy of notice. The whole amount of debts unpaid, we believe, does not exceed 1.50,000/., of which 60,0001. is locked up in the hands of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery. Ample . funds for the liquidation of the remainder are to be realized by con firming the right of the creditors in the mines in Nova Scotia, of which his Royal Highness died possessed, and their title to which is unequivocally confirmed by the solemn opinions of the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sir E. Sugden, and the present Solicitor-General. This is really " too bad," and doubly painful, as the widows of the creditors are pining in distress. Among others to whom the latter remark is appli cable, is the widow of the late Mr. Chapple, the bookseller, in pall-mall, whose only legacy we believe was a debt of 700/. due from the estate of the Duke of York to her unfortunate husband. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord ChaOcellor, Lord Brougham, and the Duke of Norfolk sat to-clay to bear English appeals. JONES t'. SCOTT. • Prit•. KNIGHT replied in this ease, and their Lordships post ,oned giving Judgment. FOURINIER V. rAINP.. Their Lordships then proceeded with this Appeal, the facts of which are of no public interest. The case is likely to occupy the whole day. FRAUD ON MEMBERS OF PARLIA- MENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having learnt with feelings of just indignation and surprise, that attempts have been made by some unknown per son, affecting to write in my name, to circulate certain publi cations, and demand payment for the same, requesting the answers to be addressed to me at the Library of the House of Commons, I take the earliest opportunity of stating in the most public manner, that such attempts are fraudulent by whomsoever made—that I have no connexion whatsoever with any existing publication—that my letters are never addressed to the Library of the House of Commons, as my residence is sufficiently well known—and that I shall feel greatly obliged to any person who may assist in detecting and exposing the authors of the imposition attempted to be practised in my name.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. S. J3UCK INGHAM, Member for Sheffield. 3, Adelaide-street, Charing-cross, March 23, 1835. IRELAND. FIRST TEA SALE IN IRELAND. Friday the cargo of teas importrd by Samuel Bewley and Sons, direct from Canton, per the Hellas, Captain Scanlan, was sold by auction at the Commercial-buildings. The at tendance of merchants and traders was very numerous, and the sale went off much more briskly than was expected. It lasted but three hours, whereas it was thought it would have occupied two days at least to complete the sale. Mr. Henry Kyle acted as broker. The following is an account of the quantity submitted for sale:— Sixty-five quarter chests, 100 half chests, and 120 chests of bohea; 1,465 chests, and 344 boxes of congou; 100 ditto of caper congou ; and 102 ditto orange pekoe. The catalogues were drawn up in a similar manner to those at the East India Company's sales, and were accompanied by the " tasting sheet," verified by Messrs. Thomas.Styans and Sons, of London. The first lots were half and whole chests of bohea, which sold at from Is. 7d. to Is. Sid. per lb. ; the quarter chests from Is. sad. to Is. 91-d. ; low congous sold at from Is. 91d. to Is. loid. ; a break of very fine congou, from 3s. to 3s. ; a fine congou lot, from 25. 6Ad. to 2s. 711 , low caper teas averaged ls. 10d. ; orange pekoe from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 21d. per lb. ; another lot of the same, 2s . 61d. to 2s. Md. The sale, altogether, went off greatly to the satisfaction of the trade, and remunerative to the enterprising and public spirited importers.—Dublin Paper. SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) • DEAL, MARCH 23.—Wind N. E., fresh breezes.—Arrived from the River and sailed the Lively, Grapp, for Bayonne; St. Mungo, M'Kenzie, for St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; Topaz, Harry, for Bzrhadees ; Symmetry, Dace, for Bor deaux ; Manchester, Lewis, for the Mauritius ; Flora, Parry, for Waterford ; Ann, White, for Whitehaven ; and the Wil liam and Nancy, Farndale, from Newcastle, remains. PORTSMOUTII, MARCH 23. —Wind E. N. E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind E. FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind variable—=light breezes. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Tamesi, Masters, from Tampico. Off port the Hilah, from New Orleans. CLYDE, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Red Rover, Bully, from Odessa; and Adelaide, Shields, from Marseilles. WATERFORD, MARCH, 21—Arrived the Martha, Dyer, and Menapia, Movse, from London. LIMERICK, MARCH 21.—Arrived Ann, Cave, from London. SLIGO, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Ann, Sword, from London. NEWRY, MARC!! 21.—Arrived the Grace, Jenkins, and Pru dence, Jones, from London. CORK, MAilett 21.—Arrived the Joshua Carron,' Mappett, from London : Bon Po: tune, Minder, from St. Libes ; and Nautilus, Tate, from Sierra Leone. NANTES, MARCH 18.—Tlie Mathilde, Pundt, from hence to Ghent, is supposed to be lost near here, part of the cargo having been washed on shore. The Eroe, Trapani, from Gibraltar to Boston, is loxt off Tarifa. The Felicidadc, bound to Lisbon, put back to back to Para on the 26th January with loss of rudder, having been ashore— Cargo dischari ing. POST OFFICE . NOTICE. Majesty's brig Espoir, for the Lisbon mail of this day, the 24th inst.—Letters in time to morrow, the 236. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK Bueno3 Ayres Papers to the 4th of January have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Committee of Finance have reported upon the projects pre sented by the Government relative to the Custom-house Laws, Property Tax, Stamps, and Licenses for the year 1835. The arrival at Montevideo of Mr. Hamilton; his Britannic Ma jesty's Minister, for the presumed purpose of negotiating a treaty between Great. Britain and the Oriental Republic of Uraguay, has occasioned a Commereiado to be issued. The highest price of Doubloons during the week, 122 Dollars; highest price of Exchange during the week, 7 pence. Passengers lately arrived in Buenos Ayres from Upper Peru, assert that a misunderstanding exists between Bolivia and Parra guay, which may lead to important results. Accounts received at Bordeaux from Guayquil of the 20th of November, state that the Civil War still continues. The following is an Account of the state of the Bank of the United States, Feb. 1, 18835: Dollars. Cents 19,733,527 15 Circulation Dollars. Cents. Deposits (Public) 1,946,008 57} 10,701,427 76 Ditto (Private ) 8,755,419 .19 ' Redemption of Public Debt . Unclaimed Dividends Dollars 31,504,784 36 14EA NS. Loan 3 on Personal Security 35,316,915 13 Domestic Bills 20,207,887. 93 Foreign Funds 2,340,643 34 Real Estate Mortgages Due from State Banks Specie Dollars 77,620,823 14 THE' FUNDS. The various reports put into circulation yesterday, of the Arne rioans having declared war on France, as well as the affairs of the Bank of Englapd with the great Stock Connlry Banks, caused the Funds to be in a feveeish state during the whole of the day, and Consols left off heavy at 92A for the Account, and 92 for Money, opened this morning at 92k, sellers. Exchequer Bills 39 to 40; India Bonds 20 to 22. _ _ _ The leaving off prices of the Foreign Securities were not so buoyant as in tho early part of the morning. The following were the opening prices this morning :--Spanish 633; Spanish Scrip ; Portuguese 941 z ; Colombian 401 41. Our arrivals this morning are few ; one French mail, one Ham burg, with the Express from Paris. At Tortoni's, on Sunday, there was little doing, with trifling variations in the Funds. The heaviness of the Funds this morning is 'attrlnted in the City to the pr7es.rions state of Ministers, and the prevailing opinion is, that they cannot continue in office after.next Monday. HALF-PA S7' ONE. The British as well as the Foreign Funds continue in the same stale as in the morning—heavy, chiefly owing to next. Monday's expected opposition in the House of 'Commons by Lord John Russell. The public, as well as our City politicians, are deprecating the scene of personal altercation which took place lastnight in the House of Commons. Consols are at present 91 1 1 to 92 for the Account, and 911 for money. Exchequer Bills 38 to 39. India Bomb 20 to 21. The Foreign Market, which has been looking up for several days past, has taken a change, and most of the foreign securities are now receding. Belgian, 1024 to 103 ; Brazilian, 894 ; Chilian, 464 4 ; Colum bian, 404 -1-; Danish 7 . 8.4 to 79 ; Dutch. 24, 551 to 564 ; Spanish Spanish Bonds, 654 ; Scrip, 84 *; Portuguese, 94} -a. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 91,1 92. THE FUNDS.--C BRITISf .USING PRICES. FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds Hi pm South Sea Stock ... Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 111 I)itto 510/ Si) pin. Ditto 3011 4l pm. Punk Stock for Act. India Stock for Opg. ...... Consols for Opg. Bank Stook 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Con*. 92 34, 2 per Cent. 3y, per Cent. Red New 3!i per Cent. 9914 4 per Cent. Assented Dissented Long Annuities to expire Its IWO Oet 1839 Jan. 18iiti I , OREIGNJUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. 93% Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto 94)6 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres. 6 per cent — I Ituss!an Bonds, 5 per cent. _lO9 Chilian, 6 per cent 47 I Ditto, Metallic Columbian, 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 4 . • 14 Ditto, 18:!3 — Danish Gres Bonds, 15•25, 5 per cent e I?:change Mexican, 5 per cent , 15:?..).... french, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 1825, 6 per cent 4t Dutch, .., percent. 5.5% Peruvian, 3 per cent. ALMACK'S.—The, first set of balls at A bnack's will commence on Wednesday, the 29th of April, being the first week after Easter. DIED.—On Sunday evening, at his lodgings, aged 39, Mr. Stephen Bennett, formerly of the Exeter and Covent-garden Theatres, and late of the Queen's Tottenham street. FATAL DUEL.—W e have heard with deep regret that Lieutenant Brennan, of the 2d West India Regiment, was lately shot through the head at the Bahamas in a duel with a brother officer. The intelligence was received here yesterday with sorrow by his numerous friends. Mr. Brennan commanded a detachment of his corps here for many years, and was highly esteemed. His premature demise will be long lamented by those who had the honour of biti acquaintance.— Jamaica Advertiser of Feb. 11. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY• In the Lords last night, Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition signed by Mr. GROTE, Dr. BIRKBECK, and vario us inhabitants of London, complaining of the impost, amount ing to 200 . per cent., on the price of a Newspaper. For the details we reer to his Lordship's speech. In the Commons, the Hon. C. LAw (for Cambridge University), and others, took the oaths and their seats. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from an Orange Lodge, praying for enquiry into the principles of Orange Lodges. Mr. BARING stated the results of some in quiries respecting the illegal importation of Foreign Corn. Sir HENRY HAnDiNGE stated that Lord Des- SANEY is to be appointed Lord Lieutenant for Meath. Mr. WALLACE'S petition respecting the Carlow election was received. Mr. ROEBUCK called the attention of the House to the letter lately addressed to Mr. HUME by Sir It. PEEL, and contended that it was a breach of privilege. After some discussion the matter was dropped. A long . discussion arose on Sir H. 14ARDINGE'S resolutions regar ing the Tithes of Ireland. After some suggestions from Mr. Gisaor.NE, the CHANCELLOR of the • EXCIIEQUER said that if the resolutions were adopted pro former, he would not pros' any proceeding until after I!ionday or Tuesday nat. Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion on the Church of Ireland and " appropriation" stands for Monday next. Mr' Hung and 11J r. O'CoNNELL, on this declaration, deferred further opposition. Before the report on the resolutiong was agreed to, much of what is personal took place. Mr' FINN moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the nature, &c., of Orange Associations ; it was agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Army Estimates would be moved on Friday. In answer to ;kin HUME he said, that if Lord CANTERBURY declined his ar -pointment, it would lie on account of indisposition in his family, and not on public grounds. METROPOLITAN POLICE. We perceive from the account, which is just printed, of the money levied and expended for the purposes of the Metropo litan Polke, that the total cost of that body for the year 18 3 . 4 Or was 215,1081. 7s. 6d. ; whereof 169,6561. 18s. Id. W as salaries; 22,638/. Is. 3d. for clothing ; 10,1701. Is. for Pl' lice premises; :!,605/. 17s. sd. for fuel; 1,737/. 8s• for • clerks and runners; 1,462/. 2s. for lamps and gas lights; 1,091/. 12s. for medical attendance ; and 2,2541. 2s. 7d. for stable expenditure. ABSTRACT OF A BILL TO PREVEN T THREATS AND INTIMIDATION AT ELECTIONS. (Brought in by Mr. Poulter and the Hon. Fox Maule.) Every elector shall take the following oath before voting, ir, it shall be demanded by either of the candidates or any two 01 the electors : Ido swear that I give my vote at this election un influenced by intimidation, or by threat of violence or injury to my person or property, or to that of any person or persons eon,' netted with me by marriage, affinity, or otherwise.' Which 0 0 ' is to be administered gratis by the officer presiding at the ClO tion, if demanded as aforesaid, on pain of forfeiting 50/.--Aelt returning officer admitting a person to poll without taking t 13 4,„ oath. if so demanded, shall forfeit 100/. ; and the person so ot:n9 shall also forfeit 1001.—Any person offering or t h re aten t nti . violence or injury to the person or property of an elector, or of persons connected with him, or who shall threaten to do or o occasion him or them any injury, loss, or disadvantage in bl r or their profession, trade, business, or worldly affa irs ; otherwise attempt to intimidate any elector, or to influence Pi: vote, shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subjeciL to fine and imprisonment with or without hard labour ; an u' on a second conviction, he shall be imprisoned for two Yen, 9 —Any person convicted under this Act to be for ever disAb.e',i from voting at Parliamentary elections.—A person alleged tor have been thus intimidated may be witness in a case undo this Act, although be shall have voted at that election. EMIGRATION & COLONIAL POLI' A small pamphlet under the title of " Colonial Policy, gust litary Colonization, and the Boundary Question," has been published by J. Cochrane and Co., which may be ren with advantage 'by every British legislator. Acting upon Myr wholesome proverb, that " brevity is the soul of wit," the autill has condensed into forty-nine pages a great number of esc i e a lent suggestions for improving our system of emigration antlb., colonial policy. There is no attempt to make up a book .ti long-winded arguments or theoretical schemes ; all IS rf, and practical, and expressed with what we may call a wor°:% o command brevity, which would have shown the author t 0 b 0 an officer, even had he not mentioned it himself. ;ota chief points taken up by him are, the necessity of u "co and concentration among emigrants, the evil of labour becoming farmers before llaying acquired the necessary cearci, tal, the propriety of fixing a uniform price on land in e t ; colony, and of removing the delay and trouble w hich 110V 1 c a • tend its purchase, the injurious effects of permitting l "s o tracts of land to be bought up by speculators, or to be ttept.to Clergy and Crown reserves, the policy of assisting lab ourer9 o emigrate, the defects of the present system of local governme.o, in Canada, and the evil consequences of entrusting the en° . 1 management of our colonies to the sole direction of a Color! o l l Secretary of State. The advantages of military colonir,3,::, i are then . pointed out, in showing the fitness of married soi",„s for colonizing and defending our new settlements, and 1 "1 e 4 unfitness for pure military service ; and the author conc lut ci by giving his reasons for thinking, that the right of the V eit % States to the territory they claim, on the boundary line hetali themselves and the British North American provinces, tc' tn unfounded. sod The necessity for settlers in a new country, to combine is to concentrate their efforts, instead of scattering themsel vel be , isolated groupes, or even families, and the evil of labourers 3, coming proprietors of land, without possessing sufficient eif pital, thereby depriving the capitalist of the necessary suf e P a s of labour, are so obvious, and were so well illustrated la st )• of in the discussions that took place relative to the new South Australia, (which was founded upon principle 9 to diously avoiding those evils,) that it is hardly neeessaqicii comment upon those points. There is another, however, OA is so important, and at present, we know, working 9 ° _., 111 d of mischief, that we trust the attention of the Government a" Parliament will be immediately directed to it. kr esl 4 We allude to the disadvantageous situation of the 01 '1. to colons)t in Canada, respecting the purchase of land, comparative' is the encouragement he meets with in the United Sta te ' t plo Canada the emigrant has to submit to much delay and it; in making his purchase, and obtaining legal possession ° It o and he often finds all the best lots bought up b 1 rich a bsl , speculators, (who frequently demand 100 or 200 per cent' 11V for it than they paid to Government), or reserved for ou t Crown or Clergy ; or the lot which he has selected turn lotio to be so insulated by those purchases and reserves, wh ich e f large uncultivated tracts, as to be unfit for the reside nct a civilized being. In the United States, on the colf",,r 3l ; l ior settler has only to select a lot—to inquire at the land ow, ‘ „ c iv' the district if it be vacant—and, if so, to pay for it, an d Dar' vested with a legal _title to the possession of it ; wh ic % - "Ov ° chasing and obtaining the legal title may be performe d :- the minutes. There, too, there are no reserves of any 11 whole country is open for the settler's selection, and I' m ore tions are enforced to prevent any man from purchasing thia land than he is likely to clear and bring into cultivatio n v ' l ' ido a reasonable time. The consequence of this is, that tb e a pd of emigration is steadily increasing from Great Briiaiot,apsei even from Canada, to the United States ; and many i ns ,„ have come to our knowledge, in which the most valto l ql e Fo r tiers, disgusted by the obstacles they met with id t° Canada, have been induced to cross the frontier, Vititea establish themselves in the adjoining districts of th e ~- ; ' : i l oo5 States. It is not, surely, in the immediate vicinity of 9 , 0 J„ — j e l and vigilant a rival, that those abuses and defects sn° permitted to continue. • 0' FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—The foliowinr, correct statement of the affair of honour which took P lc 15 ssr l Brussels between the Hon. Col. o—, brother to theiatell of A—, and the Prince de L—. The Prince l'a d : c hic li made a proposal of marriage to the Colonel's daughtera•npeai was declined, owing to pecuniary considerations. I t 010 t that a lady at Brussels, anxious to alienate hint frnil' Colonel's family, and attach him to her own dati° l4 F'the lr the Prince that he had been disrespe c tfully spoken Of lbe 113" j letters from England, which was wholly u ntrue, 35 : FO always been menti o n e d w ith t h e hi g h est praise. 115 1 de r ' censed the Prince as t o i n d uce hi m t o wr i te an offenw,'',,, e gi v which led to the d ue l. Af ter exc h ang i ng fi res , the logised, retracted his letter, and tore it to pieces. EXTENSIVE FORGERY AND DEFALCA TI° „fet 44 ,, TFIE ClTY.—Within the last few days it has been t s p ,", - ,fn e :i that a gentleman, who has been for some years Wel l 7, - ‘ - fila ° ,'/ 'Change, had absconded, after committing forgeries ',- i frightful amount, and carrying with him a considerablneo money. He had raised sums, amounting, it is said, 0' e ; e rs' l ' on forged and fictitious bills, and w ith thi s s um, it la g e e believed, he has left the country. The circu rn stan d core given rise to a good deal o f conversation, and has e %eitc o f siderable surprise on 'Change ; and it i s said Abe one delti leading capitalists in Europe has been let in" by quent to a very consid era bl e sum . A secon d person in ) }2 l , o in the transaction is a member of the legal prof e ssion , been latterly frequently in co mp an y with the prindi" e POOR LAW ACT.—Lo r d Brougham Ma de „ t :ear, i , sl ; lowing obse rva ti ons i n t h e H ouse o f Lords :—+` In e ",peiw r , the banns of marr i age b etween two paupers were S' 5 fes the moment the Poor Law Bill passed. The PauP e : the el a ried in the knowledge that the parish must sulV i c i e They made their estimates. The parish was their bu i a, c i , th e ' when the Poor Law Bill deprived them of their bu i f,/,;(re tl„t lost their ways and means. As a proof of the adva'''''' of a e n° rived from the Bill, he could state that the keer r , i , rece n 'rill palace lately declared, that since the Act passed, t he had been reduced 501. a week. This pioved that ter c e riav worked well. They ought to let it alone. !" in sa S p , with it, they would imitate the conduct of agreat 6er be ted a former, who was said to act like the boy who plan and was always taking it up to see how it grew. ro MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— TIVELV,s,,froW fro sots DaowNtri.—lt is with inexpressible feelings s' e oat e e . have to state, that a boat belonging to the 3 .? siar e yei'l li ' ' guard station, near this town, was upset yeste raaY st° l l; when every soul on board erished in sight of t he , in t There were four men and eight women and ehild.ordei,cretioo boat ; but whether the accident was owing to any I , c hich ge on the part of the men, or from the heavy to o blowing jihad the time, we have not heard. Th e - ye ster''' gale • l ona sufferers attended the fair held in this town being Patrick's day.— Wexford Conservative. !)111 1 ,46( ( t,I.R , n ot PAj o , 6,0,1