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1-1111NIINC Pi - TIOA I'AR LIAIIENTA I 2_,Y DiVISTO kr rCra C rotes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commo-n6.) TGESDAY, I'EB. 2. 11 LORI) STANLEY'S BILL._ gistrat!on of Vot ers (Ireland),--liotion made, and Question _ tr e ds " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amen . d , e Laiss relating to the Rei;istration of Voters in eland .' :7'.l)i.bate arisin g ; Motion Made, and Question put, " That the Deb ate be novr adjourned ;"—The House divided. Bain 1~1 S. • b„,vberk es eley H on. H. rke, 1 ,11 . . John James 11r0e 19 % ,1 . Hewitt rttoertoW ;-; • • tricod, Vcinium Ch, ew ! Hon. 11' s Chl P , ra an. Sir Cle r , c44 er• J I. 'ls e -- .inta *, • • 4 ,1 41, j' oh - ,'" balty, u wc44 , b i - -; j ar ' nes . n " 4 ' . S til!‘"ut T. 4 , J 'e C. • E ra r ß Winn Slr De Lacy f_w r art,' w: Ilson. Colonel NORITY—AYES, 71. French, F. I Csivald, Pints Gtsborne, T. Power, John Hastie, A. Itawdon,.l. D. Hawes, B. Itedlngton, I'. N. Heathceat J. Roche, E. B. Hector, C. J. Salivey, Colonel Hill, Lord A. M. C. Sciviefield, J. Iloblicuse, I'. B. Somers, J. P. Holland, ltcbert Stansileld, W. R. C Howard F. J. Stock, Dr. Hutton, 'lt. Strickland, Sir G. James, William Tancred, H. W. Leader, J. I'. Thornely, Thomas Lynch, A. H. Villiers, Charles I'. Maciiamarai W. Wakley, Thomas Martin, J. Wallace, It Moritz, G: F. Warburton, H. Murray, - A. White, Colonel H. Nagle, Sir It White, Samuel O'Brien, Cornelius Williams, W. O'Brien, W. Smith 1 Wood, B. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, M. O'Connor Don TELLER,. O'Connell, I). Hun • ij e la rid• T D CIA Capt • S:r (l ade ; .41,7 ▪ wort Pe. er Arb j" ' V ' ', eo”nt 4th not t rth,l 4l 0n..1 Ashl er ,( nneral Att w • , V t. ° °d. W Rge+ VV tait4.t, Hon. W. je "Ph i Jun . take ,. Col onel Dai s . r t bdw ard • tor':' lo, C. 11„ i n n g, Itwngarti~. g. \V. B. Viscount Rate: Sir It. ft, A L piv:arti. Lord G. Jarw,., 11 !:;‘! Mri te. tol,l,'' rh l'sett A r°, IL G. A. '"g, G. too _ tn _ ti I, e ' riah gra tra s. 7` l •' , v. Jam e / 3 t(ir u n, W s kro,„ i l tl, 11 • i ten . 111 g p ,.7ori ßg j. n • • Cc 'iOnel - b Utk i killer, Sir t u, ver, 8;r r• Jit t 4'ttiSir F . I " ` ll ¢ford . cab.l4,t'll, Sir II P tiV ) . 4ll , Sir j • -P. tilt , • C hol 'l4l s, *, Lo; t 1 i p?r ‘v. I),lteChol',,k7le.l,;', kv. it. i',l‘7,• e,. Robert C j . :7;;e. ""r T. Ce,w"hAtit L. Cci •e, Sir courrYt, Right Hon. II ress w en ei l • . ?hili n t ; D ttr r i e, gze_ Hon. L 1)-e G. orscy S . „ • b ot !!t, 4 enia r.• o,iii ", Ab el 1p gIA, ous )3,;f4alP; S. or, Ge • I) ,ntonolie Wgo tte corribe. deo A r . ge f i r4 :l ;t l ier r ecto ' ' • •T. G. 13 . .j"k• B. Fall or' • • NI lilAp~rca' Award oot.), Fll y, Fort r. J, er, tlon. G. 0 JORITY-NOES Fort, John ' Fortescue, T. Fox, S L, Freshrleld, J. W. Gaskell, James Al dues Gladstone, W E. Glynce, Sir S. It. Gordon,lßobert Gordon, Hon. W. fore, O. J. R. Gou!burn, Henry Gr.tham, Sir James Granby, Marquis of Grant, Sir A. C. Greene, T. G ritniditch , Thomas Grimston, Lord Grlinston, E. H. Hale, R BlagAlon Halford, H. Hamilton, Lord C. Hansley, H. Harcourt, G. G. • Harcourt, G. 8. Hantinge Sir H. Hawkcs, T. Hawkins, J. H. Hayter, W. G. Heathcote Sir W. Heneagc, li W. Herbert, Hon. S. Herrics, Jelin C. Hill, Sir Rowland Hinde, J. It. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hodgson, Frederick Hodgson, Richard Hogg, J. W. Holmes, W. A'Court Holmes, W. Hope, Hon. C. Hope, 0. W. Hoskins, K. Hotham, Lord Howard, E. G. . Howard, C. W. G. ..flwrek. Lord Hughes . W. B. Humphery, J. Hurt, Francis . Hutt, W. Ingham, Robert Inglis, Sir It. H. Irton, S. Irving, John Jackson, Scrjeont Jencyn, Lord' Jones, Thcobald Kelburne, Lord Kelly, •Fitzroy Kemble, Henry knatchnull, Sir Knight, H. G. Knightley, Sir C. Labouchere, H Law, Hon. C. E. Lefroy, 1) T. Liddell, H. Lincoln, Earl of Litton, Ec•ward Loch, James Lockhart, A. M. Lowther, J H. Lucas, E. Lygon, Hen. Gen. Macauley, T. B. Mackenzie. W. F. Maclean, D • Mahon, Lord Manners, Lerd C. Marton, George Master, Colonel Mathew, G. B. Atomised, T. P. Niolgu , d, Lord • Meynell, H. Mordaunt, !- Morpeth, Viscount 261. Morris, David Muskett, George A. Neeld, JoFeph Nichol!, .1. Norreys, Lord O'Ferrall, lt. M. Ossulston, Loid Owen, Sir Joh; Packe, C. W Pakington, J. S. Palmer, George Parker, Montague Parker, T. A. W. Parnell, Sir IL Patten, Wilson Peel. Hon. Sir R. Peel, Colonel J. Pemberton, Thowass Perceval. Colonel Philips. H. Pigot, D. R. Pigot, ILI Planta, J. Plumptre, J. P. Polhill, Frederick Pollen, Sir J. W. Pollock, Sir F. Powell, Colonel Free.% W. T. Pringle, A. Pryme, 6. Pusey, P. Reid, Sir John R. Richards, R. Rickford, Rose, Sir George Kuslibrook, Colonel Rushout, George Russel!, Lord John St. Paul, Horace • dandon, Lord Scarlet!, J Y. Shaw, Frederick Sheppard I'. Shit , ey, E. J. Swath, Abel Smith, R. 'Vernon Smyth, Sir H. Someriet, Lord G. Sotheron, T. E. Spry, Sir S. T, • Stanley, E. J. Stanley. Lord Sturt, H. C. Sugslen, Sir Edward Surrey, Earl of Talfourd, 'l'. Noon Teigninouth, Lord Tennent, J. E. Thesiger, F. '1 hompson, Aid. Thornhill, George Tollemache, F. J. Townley, R. G. Trench, Sir r. Trevor, Hon. R. Trotter, J. Turner, William Tyrcll,'Sir J. T. Vere, Sir C B. Verner, Colonel Villiers, Lore Vivian, J. E. Vivian, Sir R. Waddington, H. S. Walsh, Sir John Wil;!e, Sir Thomas Williams, T. P. Wilshere, W. Wood, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wrightson, W. it. Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John • Young, Sir L. W. TELLERS. Fremantle, Sir T. Baring, H. B. 1113 STANLEY'S REGISTRA ,° TION BILL. . 1 111 iowirr, statement is •an analysis of the Votes of the Bill to " the question, ."f hat leave be given to bring in a heiaaamnet the laws relating to the Registration of Voters r was a n formeaho wing in the component parts of which that small ENGLAND. counc es norou Count i e s 36 -39 WALES. Nil. SCOTLAND. Countics toroughs— IRELAND. Connt; es Ecr,:ughs . -5 -27 • ~,, . 4 lii:, f o il Total Minerity.. —7l I titfit T (rwin Members, who uIY vote with Ministers, 4 dria ), ° ne r vc being given to bring in this Bill : k_laz,r,nanarAtim. sir c.—Clack- Handley, Henry—Lincolnshire 4 . 1 1 ;ht, t: ', Labouchere, Right Hon. Ilenry— rv..w, it 4 • ' Taunton ,4, 41, ~ A L-I.outh Loch, James—Kirkwall . 1 1 'wes, ,!` tlph—Bechester Macauley, T. B. - Edinburgh tl"IVVer, Zlil--South- r Durham MelgUnd, Viscount -Hy the ist ) l , htii -I .E. L. —Lincoln Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Pi- era, 4T J olin—Eninburgh Morris, D.--Carmarthen 6.11,1, 1 . 8 'lt atne k—lnverbervio Muskett, George A.—St. Alban 's c a n Wi l l!'" W.—Malton O'Ferrall, R. M.—Kil are to. Wrie I.,l.a,ni—Tower Hamlets Parnell, Sir H.- Dundee b'rtte 1111.er.--Northampton Philips, Mark—Manchester Vrt, I. " ` -‘: a Exeter Pigot, David Richard—Clonmell er,:,,, --- k , lithe roe Pryme, (korge—Lambridge ii,m,,.,Robert—Windsor Russell Lord John—Stroud ti Vvig t si J. IL— Newport, Isle of ' Sau th, 'R. V. - Northampton . 11 .t a ,t i * NV • G . .... w ii t.-4tanley, F.. John—North Cheshire 3 rrey, Earl of—West Sussex 1 .,0tt i k ",... Right Hon. es Sir .1 C - T u alfourd, Mr. Serjeant —Reading irskiiii{"" . .--- Twoh-y. 11. G —Cambridgeshire I.,°,taro: C°n,E. Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark ji lt ,ard, '6,1i.,,t.. Cf.-I.lorpeth Wilshere, William—Yarmouth t, Ns, C . 'v• G.—Cumberland Wrigh-son, W. B.—Northallerton ~.., — Hull • 1 • At i a'' 1%. linisters and their supporters, 43, by which state most e t r will Le seen, that had they given the proposition their tied ,` e,ntioUs oppoos:tion, the motion would have been car 'aile,rgaltist Ministers, aud by an overwhelming majority, as M inorit y Ministers and Supporters ..... .. ... 43 4 avipg for the Bill . 114 218 Majority for the bringing in of Lora Stanley's Bill , - 9 /AL INTELLIGENCE. ( Prom' the Brighton Gazette ) ISMOUTII.—An augmentation of the Royal Ma . rine .. N° tacrol as been ordered, report says to the exter. of men. Which is strongly indicat iv e of a further 1 114 ) 8s e to the nay in the 'spring. Several splendid ItiV,,, 4t the different Y ports arc silently, but expeditiously, eerrupleted for commission. fop co ° A inclictive and Warspite, 50-gun ships, are ordered 11,,,,,tni065i0n at this port as soon as ready. The former e t ,, ;,..'m to be intended for the Lisbon command, with a b 'lodere's pendant. 4,1 4 4 4 n ri Adn: iral Sir Edward King,. K. C. 8., reached Rio tlslAcitre, In the Southampton frigate, from Plymouth on I: 1: 41 of November, and nas to proceed to the Pacific -Pt eedays, to succeed Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., /4, gilt return to England in the President frigate, and . 1 be ~xpeeted home about April next. to p i s° toconstant. 36, Captain Pring, ht.'s received orders , th e i c a to the Mediterranean, it is reported, to supply di pacedof the Pique, 36, ordr red home to be decked, .. t4 kir4 B „ L „ e as to leave Plymouth on Tuesday for Malta, ""I b tiveen 300 and 400 volunteer seamen for du ' to the fleet. Th e ' t 'clYrnion frigate, Captain the lion.. F. W. Grey, Plp"," ord(ralor the East Indies, to join Rear-Admiral d 41;plet'a squadron, for whom she will take despatches an Tfliomeraries for the squadron. skii4.le corvette Tweed, 20, Commander Don las . , has .e b w e . n . t i Ptr4 kati awaiting Admiralty orders. h said sh De cd to the South American station. fel'" the Iris, 26, Captain Nurse, has left Spithead for t" i ce on the coast of Africa. She took despatches t4 ach sen i°r officer there. It is reported that the And_ro fr(._ e , 26 in Captain Baines is to go to the East Indies , - `Jape of Good Hope. ' Nub- t'temoer Lizard, Lieut. Estcourt, will leave this Ptt 4 r_ r to-rnorrow, for the Mediterranean, taking des- Th e for Sir Robert Stopford. 1 , 1 4 .4 h►rig Pelican, 16, Commander Napier, is awaiting Pot t , 2 t f lY , order s at Spithead ; she is in want of several o The _erg to complete her crew. Alunereb, 84, Captain Chamb e rs, will be at Spit keetariceccrding to a private letter on the Bth inst., from >`h, r , B * teedn,-reeker, tender, having received stores and pro . Ste., for the cutter SezflJaer, at Jersey, has pro co thither with the same. "INERSITY INTELLIGENCE, '4llO • 73, 1 KR. 2.-4 n a convocation holden this day the stieuetoi:uing gentlemen were nominated by eeli o n r / o p his Grace the Chancellor and . the V f ic o o ; C the pt-ector h s an. p\! lib .irtlhboort: nivcrsity, at the pr . osentat,r i o l al and Alb ert, Eldresses to her Most Gracious Majesty, to Prince_ t 4:l:autell::or,'lrnatl in to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kt.n , Princess Royal, on Thursday next : Divinity. —Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brase- W attie 4jr i virtiatwLkins. Provoq of Oriel ; Dr. S) mons, uos ' Dr. Jelf, - Canon of Christ Church. br i) ",° fl ts of Law. m P Dr r. Marshom, Warden of Merton ; D octo r Warden — of New College. . br. °"°rB of Medicine —Dr. Bissett Hawkins, Exeter ; . Goolden Q ' Medicine. M asters of'A ""12 8. 71 n , St. Joh", ' Prtfeszor of Aoo.s rts.--Mr. NS iso t tleot t i 4504 ; Mr. Walker, Wadham, Reader in Expert_ B an B . Philosophy; Mr, Wilson, Exeter, Professor of 7 , ern ; Mr. Eden, Fellow of Oriel. . ho kin delegates will proceed from Willis's Rooms it. g-street, at haltpast cr.o o'clock. rt Juz, vr 14 Yt O F CON THE CH ARTIST. Siz e i " th ti LAYT e Chartist, wh o was convicted at the York as- Corpe:(l sen tenced t o be in - privencd in the House ci Nidi r .111 Northallert on , di e d on F r id a y Int.—She/- at 1 e• ). ov, " n o 14" in Free and vas nd pir as g°°'l' 1 Straw, gcad3w. r w )eir• ince our bag rico 1c in th* A balk so' t, • tnetr spo.- itio Q lays, 531 00 bales, t ; I chicb• vino not aoderat Tbe°, itinds• uoiati D,°'lls° itto Lon ;d; Sou th 3 ; Ditto Pa' ,f 3 ester. ds Cl P e' y of 3 urierf , me t 642 e x.• 1 d a-1111,1 am air of l' on a cou 7 tbo s g„,fri: lie iir:cc in the 11 t the ) et s e eo t 3 3 )e ot, Ac e°- Th 4 ,i P ie ' • 948 t left v 6;; , :r.. se re''' 20 ft Li LW le N e rr, 131 3 ‘' soot y baar e; )er 5 t o, 'ogb A g . 5. 1_ 15 I or ic"e litt l e vcrY f t h irsc o o rit ; ACS 1 L 10. ; lia Ise. A c 00/ ish Ceiter - 4.5• ing ket aur 6 ; 7: 3, 73' 2 46 " 14 ..... es••• s poi 410 ..... ; f ••• ••• 6gt tri t. t, 1141 . • • ....• •;,it .••• ""• 11% ; ; ,c• • ..—f• Do :,- 614 94 4151 '43 • Si 175 TOTAL F THE MOON. The only Eclipse visible this year in the United Kingdom, will take place on Saturday morning, the 6th instant, and should the weather prove favourable the sight will be exceedingly interesting. The following are the particulars of the Eclipse : FEB. 6,11100 N TOTALLY ECLIPSED.—VisibIe at Greenwich. Beginning Oh. 20-3 m. A.M. (about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock on Friday night); middle, 2h. 6•5 m. A . Dr. ; end, 3h. 52.7 m. A. Ilf. The first total immersion in the dark shadow of the earth will take place at seventeen -mi nutes past one, and the end of total immersion at fifty-five minutes past two o'clock.—Magni tude of the Eclipse, (the Moon's diameter being reckoned equal to 1) 1.7.19 on the Southern limb. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. NooN, FEB. 4. Birometer 29.8 In. Thermometer Ilighes* Lowest Wind E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. TO THE LIBERAL ELECTORS OF EAST SURREY. Peckham, 3d February, 1841. Brother Electors,—Courage: and perseverance under difficulties were ever the characteristics of Englishmen, and never were those qualities more necessary than in our present contest for the representalion of our divi sion of the county. Two self•called Liberals, instead of dying at their posts, as our late representative, Captain Alssger, did, v..cated their seats for Canterbury and Walsall ; and the papers of this morning inform us that their places have been supplied by the Tory candidates, thus ro ducing the already trifling Ministerial majority by four votes, and, from the very ❑icely balanced state of,, par ties, jeopardising the Ministry themselves. Under such appalling circumstances ; common minds would kink in despair, but you, Brother Electors, I trust and believe, are made of sterner , stuff, and as your difficulties increase, so vvill your courage, energy, and determination. Although late in the field, our candidate is not too late for victory. The eyes of the empire aro now upon us, and if we honestly do our duty to ourselves and our country, we may retrieve half the loss of numbers by the unfortunate and unlooked for results of Canterbury and Walsall, and the moral effect upon others will be great and permanent. Let every one of us, then, ask himself what is the path of duty and honour, and let him unhesitatingly adopt and unflinchingly carry out the conviction that upon his own individual conduct and vote the success of the election may depend. Let there be no hesitation—let us be prompt in ten dering our promises of support at our local committees —let us by our conduct de.,ene success, and success is easily attainable. _ . I do not trouble you with any observations on to principles or pretensions of the respective candidates — they arc both before you, and you must have made up your minds upon them ; but I do most seriously call upon all those who profess Liberal principles of any co lour or shade, to come forward, and in this vital struggle. give effect to the truth that is in them. AN ELECTOR. EAST SURREY ELECTION. MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF MR. ALCOCK. Last night a numerous and respectable meeting of the electors of East Surrey, resident in the borough of Lam beth, was held at the White Hart Tavern, Kennington. cross, for the purpose of adopting measures for promoting the return of Mr. Alcock. The large room was completely filled. William Hawes, Esq., was called to the chair. Resolutions were passed to the effect that in the present critical state of the country it was incum bent upon the electors to return to Parliament a gentleman of indepeedent principles and of Liberal and enlightened views, and that the meeting pledged itself to support Mr. Alcock. That gentle man being called upon presented himself. He said that he considered the present system of Corn-laws as odious and impolitic. If the Corn-laws were repealed the Poor laws would disappesr altogether. From what he had seen in Foreign countries, he was satisfied that poverty and dis content were the offspring of bad Government. And here he would beg not to be understood as referring to the pre sent Government particularly, but to the general system of government under which the Poor laws and Corn-laws, end other objectionable measures, had grown up. If the Corn-laws were abolished, and a better and more pure system of taxation adopted, such as had been recom mended and brought forward by Mr. Robinson, the Mem ber for Worcester, who proposed to leave productive in dustry untouched, and to make those who had most pay most—then such a thing as Poor-laws would cease to exist altogether. The next question was that of the Church rates, He was altogether opposed to the abuses of the system, and it had becti admitted by Lord John Russell, when proposing a measure on the subject, that more than cue-half of the amount of Church. rates, which taken alto. gether exceeded the sum of b 50,0001, was founded on t hose. %Vith regard to triennial' Parliaments, he agreed -.eith Mr. Babington Macaulay, eh° told his con. stituents at Edinburgh that if they made elections too frequent, they would not get men of character and property willing to incur the great expense which such a system would entail.—( Hear, hear.) He thought, however, that the present system should be shortened, and he would be willing to support a proposition to restrict it to five years. The next question was the extension of the &ut ile:go. He had always stated that he was an advocate for the Household-Suffiage in boroughs, and bad supported Sir Haketh Fleetwood's motion for extending the 50/. clause in counties to 10/. renters. The Tory party seemed to claim for themselves exclusive attachment to the Constitution in Church and Sate. He, however, laid claim to the same privilege, for he was a stanch member of the Established Church, but at the same time he was a friend to religious freedom all over the world. —( Cheers.) When he was abroad be had seen in Po land and Cracow the poor Jews subjected to the most intolerable oppression, and deprived of all legal redress; and on his return he supported Sir Robert Grant's mo tion for the emancipation of the Jews, in opposition to the Duke of Wellington's Government, and had the satis ' faction upon two occasions of voting with the majority. —( Hear, hear.) This, be believed, disposed of all the questions put by Mr. Fall ; and he would be very g`ad to answer any other that might be put by any other gen tleman. Whatever might be the result of the present content, he should always feel grateful to the county for the great kindness with •which be had been received. He felt that if he abandoned the contest now he would be unworthy of the confidence reposed in him, but he was determieed to fight the battle to the last ; and it was for them to decide whether they would have Mr. Antrobus and a Tory Government, or himself and Liberal principles. I The Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. Mr. GRENFELL (son of the late Pascoe Grclifcll, Esq , M. P.) next addrctsed the meeting as the personal and old friend of Mr. Alcock, arid bore eloquent testimony to the Hon. Gentleman's excellent qualities in all the relations of life.—A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, and the meeting, after three hearty cheers fix Mr. Alcock, ditpersed. THE CORN TRADE. By the official account, published on the 25th ult. it appears that the total import of wheat into the United Kingdom during the month ending the sth January, bad consisted of only 38,076 quarters, of which 3,384 quarters were from our colonies, and 34,692 quar ters from foreign countries. Duty was paid within the same time on 1,813 quarters of the former, and 3,178 quarters of the latter ; and there remained in bond on that day 2,153 quarters from British possessions, and 81,577 quarters of foreign. The quantity of flour under the Queen's leeks on the sth of January, con sisted of 66,484 cwt. of foreign manufacture, and 113,402 cwt. the produce of our Colonies.. The stocks of all other species of bonded grain and pulse were light, indeed smaller, taking the totals, than at the same period of either of the three preceding years, as will be seen from the following table : GRAIN, PULSE, AND FLOUR IN FOND, IN THE UNITED ICING LOM, JANUARY STH. 1838. 1839. 1840. 1841. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Wheat Barley Oats 251,269 239,668 14,738 9,477 Rye Peas... 22,795 30 317 3.360 760 Beans Cwt. Cwt. CRr. Cwt. Flour It must be borne in mind, however, that the last har vest has yielded very abundantly in all the northern countries of Europe, and that there is now, perhaps, more English wheat remaining in the hands of our own farmers, than at the corresponding period of either of 'the three years named. At most of the leading pro vincial markets held during the week, the grain trade has remained in a very languid state ; and the expecta tion so generally entertained, that renewed activity would follow the breaking up of the frost, has not been realized.—Marli-lane Express. MORMONISM.—We understand that the latter day Saint speculation is likely to answer very well in this town, as far as the scheme of making proselytes goes. A number of weak-minded females were " dipped" in the tide, according to the dictum of the c faciatirg Saint, on Thursday last, near the Poor-house Slip, about the time of high•water ; and in the evening of the same day, we believe, some of the rougher sex were soused all over head and ears in the sante element. The ,imposition of hands is to follow ; and each dupe, after paying the fee, can then lay claim to inspiration. Mormon prophets are becoming as numerous in Douglas as the prophets cf Baal were in the days of Elijah ; end the former are as great impostors as the latter were—besides, the Mormon seers are greater knaves. We should not be surprised to hear of some cf the fanatics paying the forfeit of their lives, for being guilty of such presumptuous folly as plunging into cold water at the present inclement season.— The Manx Liberal T;!E k'itlN, LONDON, TiIIiRSIIAY. FEBRUAIIN 4,1811. THE S 7 - ) ORTSIIMN. The pictorial embellishments consist of a capi tal portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and an engraving which we like even still better, of a sportsman and his shooting pony, both de lineated with a life-like fidelity and truthfulness. The literary department has a song by Toni fib din, on whom his father's mantle appears to have fallen; a nortvoulette by a Fox-hunting Parson; Meltonian narrative by - Nimrod, who should take for his motto Sto viper antiqms vies; Clothing, Facts and Confabulation, by Fred Talfrey ; some fun mixed up with a French Steeplechase, by Flask, a fellow of infinite face tiousness, in the Editor's opinion; and a read able tete-a-tete about the various kinds of ter riers by Richardson. To the Sportsman's poets we cannot, in fairness, award higher praise than to admit that they are not nearly so prosy as the " Man of Kent." The Turf article is a careful compilation, and the number, as a whole, is decidedly good, seemingly evincing a disposition to go a-head with spirit, and win cleverly. THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. As a vehicle for information to farmers, and indeed to all those persons who take an interest in agricultural pursuits, this is a very valuable Magazine. The varied intelligence diffused over its hundred pages is accurate, well brought out, and above all of a useful, practical description. Fa rmers are. too often reproached for a bigoted ig norance, as prejudicial to their character as to their pecuniary interests. Now, if they would avoid this stigma, they must read, and so grow wiser—if they would live they must learn.. Nor can they do better, perhaps, than study those subjects treated on in this monthly journal. We had almost forgotten to say that : the present Number has two good engravings, one represent ing ' Earl Spencer's Prize Ox—the -other " Launcelot," who obtained the St. Leger laurels. THE DRUIDS' Q UARTERLY MAGAZINE. This is, we believe, the cheapest of all the Quarterlies, selling for th 9 small sum of six pence ! The quality of the articles is better than might be presumed from the price of the Maga zine, which is chiefly devoted, as its title im ports, to Druidical matters. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by Lady Portman, Ba roness Lchzen, Earl of Listowel, Hon. C. A. Murray, Lord Alfred Paget and Colonerßouverie, returned to town at twenty minutes before one o'clock yesterday af ternoon, escorted by a party of Lancers, from Clare mont. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were received at. Buckingham Palace by the Lord Chamberlain, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. The Queen held a Court at two o'clock for the re ception of Addresses from the City of London. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by the City Depute. tioc, arrived at the Palace in his State Coach shortly before two o'clock, attended by his Chaplain, Sword Bearer, and Mace Bearer. His Lordship and the De putation were ushered on their arrival to the State apartments. Her Majesty and Prince Albert having been con ducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Throne-Room, and the Queen being seated on the Throne, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and Common Council, were ushered by Sir William Martins and Captain = Green, the Gentlemen ILhers in Waiting, to the presence of her nijesty: The Recorder then read the Address of CJiigratulation from the Court of Common Coun cil ; and the Mover and Seconder of the Address had afterwards the honour to kiss hands. The Members of the Common Council t'aen withdrew —the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, the City Remembrancer, and other Officers remaining. The Recorder then ;cad the Address of Congratu lation, on the Birth of a Princess, from the Court of Aldermen. The Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, the City R. , !membrancer, and other Officere, an. the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, all kseed hands and retired, The Alderman present -were. Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir Matthew Wood, Sir John leY, Sir Chapman Mar shall, Sir George Carroll, and Sir James Duke. There were also present Sheriffs Gibbs and Farncomb, the City Remembrancer, the Comptroller of Bridge-house Estates, the City Chamberlain, the City Solicitor, Under-Sheriffs James and Stone, and a numerous body of Members of the Common Council, including Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, mover of the Address ; Mr. Taylor, seconder of the Address ; Messieurs Moon, Eyton, Bennet, Edward Harrison, and Samuel Thomas. The Court was attended by -the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Marchioness of Normanby, and the Countess of Mount Edgeumbe, Ladies is Waiting; the Lord Chamber lain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at=Arms ; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Wait ing ; Earl of Moyne, Lord in Waiting ; the Treasurer of the Household ; Hon. William Cowper, Groom in Waiting ; Lord Alfred Pagers; Equerry in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunco Curling, ,Clerk of the Cheque to the Hon. Corps of. Gentlemen at Arms ; Sir Benjamin Smith ; Masters Byng and Wilson, Pages of Honour in Waiting. 7,• Her Majesty's HOnourabla Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms lined the Throne Room during tbe presentation of the Addresses, commanded by their Standard-bearcr, Mr. H. Robinson. The Yeomen of the Guarls were on duty in the Grand Hall, commanded by Captain Seymour Sadler, the Exert in Waiting. The Queen's Guard of the Grenadier Guards, with the band of the regiment, was in attendance on the Palace Lawn during the Court. After presenting the Addresses to the Queen yes terday afternoon, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, City Officers, Under Sheriffs, and Common Council, had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Buckingham Palace, where the'Recorder of London read coegratulary addresses to his Royal Highness on the birth of the Princess' Royal from the Court of Common Council, and also from the Lord Mayor and Court, of Aldermen. Aldermen M. Wood, Marshall, Key, Hunter, Carroll, and Duke were present of the Court of Aldermen, and Messrs. Jones, R. Taylor, Bennet, Moon, Eyton, and the same Members of the Common Council, and City Officers, who attended the Address to the Queen, were also present. Prince Albert was attended by the following officers of his household :—Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom of the Stole ; Mr. George Edward Anson, Treasurer ; Lord George Lennox, Gentleman in Waiting ; Captain Seymour, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Mar quis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne. The Royal Dinner Party last evening included her Royal Hi g hness th e D uc h ess o f K ent, L a d y F anny Howard, Earl of Surrey, and Lord George Lennox. The Band of the Co!dstreana Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. The Band of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards was in attendance every evening daring her Majesty's stay at Claremont. The Lord 11layor, Aldermen, Recorder, Sheriff s , Remembrancer, Chamberlain, Solicitor, Comptroller of the Bridge House Estates, Under-Sheriffs, and Com mon Councillors of the City of London, had an audi ence of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Ingestric House, Belgravo-square, to present Addresses of Congratulation to her Royal Highness, on the auspicious event of the birth of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, from the Court of Common Council, and also from the Court of Alder- men. The Recorder read - thn Addresses from both Courts, after which the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, and the Morer and Seconder of the Address in the Court of Common Council, had the honour of being presented to her Royal Highness. The same members and officers of both Courts pre sent at the presentation of the Addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert, also attended the Addresses to her Royal Highness. . The Duchess of W ent was at tended by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, and C o l one l Couper, First Equerry and Comptroller o f her Royal Highne ss ' s Household. AdePu (t t u i sins,°nr Travers, tea, consistinespeetingof Messrs. Twining,Autrob us , an'd Riggs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Meyers, agent for Barbadoss, Lord Tcynham, and Dr. Rolph, had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Colonial-office. S r H. Parnell had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne yesterday. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord John Rus sell, last evening, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. PRIZE BATTLES. — A prize fight, for 2001. of England, took Ca n u sh n i t P and Nick W ar d o f L iverpool, which place on Tues day, of Ward, Ceuta havi ng struc k hi m and dtea rym, toe i rt:lle tt championship ei m nd a foul blow. A sec ond fi g ht too k place between Lane and Sullivan, for 1001, which e nded in the latter being the victor. of the death of J. Th 611, 11111, E sq ., t h e E a: . ; India Director. M r. Thornhill had been in a very bad state of health for some time p a il , and the melancholy 'We regret to say that account s me c h c d L on d on event was not, there f o re, altogether unexpected. yesterday LITERAI I/ RE, MEMOIRS OF WARREN HASTINGS, Volt. 111. Bentley, London, 1841. We noticed the preceding vorumes of this work about a fortnight ago in The Sun, and now pro ceed to give a brief account of the present one, which concludes the memoir. It commences with a sketch of the state of affairs h the Car natic, and at the different native Indian Courts in the , year 1782, when Hastings.still held the high rei ponsible post of Governor-General; and closes with his death in the year 1818 at the ad vanced age of eighty-five. The volume is more generally interesting than either of its predeces sors, for it is less taken up with official 40CU rnepts respecting Indian matters, whose value has now in a great measure passed away; and is fuller of personal details as regards the private life, while in Eng:land, of Warren Hastings. The famous trial before the Lords in Westmin ster Hall, where this eminent man stood as a criminal, is of course alluded to at some length, .but we are not prepared to concede that the trial was the result of rancorous party spirit. " Hastings," says the Editor, " had defeated the fa vourite scheme of Mr. Burke's whole public life., He had driven Mr. Burke and his party from political power; and Mr. Burke, in . parti cular, and his party in general, devoted them selves to crush their enemy, under the per suasion that by convicting him of the' crimes of oppression, cruelty, and peculation, they would justify, in the eyes of . the world, the terms of their own India Bill, and place them selves in the light of martyrs to the cause of justice and humanity." Burke was certainly not the man to have acted in this flagrantly iniqui tous manner. He was of an ardent, impetuous temperament, but there was nothing, malignant in his nature ; and we are persuaded that—how ever mistaken in his notions—he was conscien tiously of opinion that Warren Hastings was really the tyrant and oppressor he represented him to be in his celebrated charge: . The trial, even though it ended in an acquittal, reduced Hastings to a state of complete bankruptcy, for, we are assured, that " when for the last time he turned his back on Westminster Hall, he could not tell whence the funds were to come by which the weekly bills of his household might be discharged; he was, as far as pecuniary matters were affected, a ruined man." Melsa choly reverse of fortune this for a man who had once wielded the destinies of India ! The Court of Directors, however, to their credit be it said, no sooner heard of Hastings's destitute con dition, than they granted him an annuity which enabled him to live in comfort, if not splendour, for the remainder of his days. Sheridan, it is well known, was one of the principal movers of the impeachment against him, and when they niet each other in company, many years after tie trial, Hastings thus showed his sense of the harshness with which he had been treated : " It happenad about the year 1810 that Mr. Hastings, being on a visit at Newark Park, the residence of Sir Elijah Impey, received an invitation from the Prince Regent, then at Brighton, to dine with his Royal Highness in tbe Pavi lion. Mr. Hastings went, Sir Elijah and his son bearing him company ' • and all three were a good deal surprised to End that Mr. Sheridan had been especially brought thither to meet them. The object which the Prince bad in view was, doubtless, laudable. He was anxious that between Mr. Hastings and Mr. Sheridan—not the least violent of the violent men who acted as managers during the im peachment—a good understanding should arise, and he brought them together under the idea that, through his personal influence, they might become reconciled. Mr. Sheridan accordingly advanced, at a given signal from his Royal host, and is some wall-turned sentences delivered himself of an apology, which arm untcd to this r—' That the part which he had taken in events long gone by must, not be regarded as any test of his private opinions, because he was then a public pleader, %%lose duty it is, under all circumstances, to make good, if he can, the charges which he is commissioned to bring forward.' Mr. Hastings re treated one step, looked Mr. Sheridan full in the face, made a low bow, but answered not a word. ' Had Mr. Sheridan,' said he, after the party returned to Newark Park, ' confessed as much twenty years ago, he might have done me some service.' No further intercourse, how ever, took place between the parties, nor was the subject ever again by Mr. Hastings referred to." Warren Hastings's private habits, like those of most great men, were simple and unaffected to a degree. He was fond of reading, loved retire ment, and was devoted to' agricultural pursuits. He was exceedingly temperate both in eating and drinking; was a great water-drinker, and so fastidious in the quality of the beverage, that he would send for it, when in London, from a con siderable distance, to the spring which rises near the barracks that adjoin Kensington Gardens. His last moments were calm and easy, and when he felt that death was upon him, and the soul struggling for release,' he, " not without a visible effort, drew a cambric pocket-handkerchiefwhich lay on the pillow beside him, over his own face. His weeping attendants neither. restrained him, nor formed any augury from the proceeding ; wherefore their grief' and horror may be ima gined when, finding that he suffered it to lie there some time, they removed the covering, and be held the features of a corpse !" This is a curious trait, which, adds the Editor, " has a character about it which I can describe as nothing short of sublime." LONDON ALMANACK. OFFICIAL REGIS. TER, AND COUNTY CALENDAR FOR 1841. Scott and Co , London. We are glad to find that Oliver and Boyd, the publishers of the " Edinburgh Almanack," have found imitators in London, and that Messrs. Scott, Webster, and Geary, of Charter-house square, have produced a year-book on the same plan, but still more ample and comprehensive than even that useful publication. The follow ing mere outline of the principal contents will show what a vast field of useful and interesting information it embraces :—The Calendar, a com plete Peerage and Baronetage, existing and ex tinct, with the various orders of King-litho:4 the Parliament, the official departments of the Government, East India Company, the Navy and Army Lists, Courts of Law, the County Authorities (extending to 185 pages), the Bishops, Dignitaries, and all the beneficed Clergy, with an alphabetical list of the bene fices, the Universities, the Corporation of the City of .London, and all the boroughs in En land and Wales, together with important sta tistical tables of the revenue, trade, currency, crime, &c., conTilcd. from public documents, and the commuincations of official authorities. The want of a comprehensive book of general refer ence, such as those published in Scotland, Ire land, and many of the Continental States, has been long felt in England, and the publishers therefore deserve great credit for having, spared no expense, and no labour, in supplying the defect be producing a work which surpasses any of the kind hitherto published in London, and will bear comparison with the best in Germany. Among many other valuable statistical returns, it gives the constituencies of the English counties, cities, and boroughs, according to the last revision in 1840, toe - ether with the sitting Members and the nuinberspolledat the last contested elections. Some of the tables also are curious, such as the "peerages conferred, or restored by each of our Sovereigns, from the reign of William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria." In the long list the number conferred by Gco. 111. flu surpasses that of any other reign. Edward I. made 164 Peers, Charles I. 130 English and 57 :Irish, Charles 11. 137 English and 41 Irish, and - George 111. made not less than 234 English, and 268 Irish Peers. The book extends to 957 pages, printed in good type, some of it small, but very distinct; it is neatly bound, and, considering the vast quantity of matter it con tains, is sold at the moderate price of 10s. 6d. The publishers, therefore, deserve every en couragement, and we are glad to see from the concluding pragraph of the preface that they are preparing to carry out the plan in future editions to a still fluffier extent. They assure the public that " having expended a large sum of money in the compilation of the work, and made arrange ments for its annual appearance, no future labour or expense will be spared to attain the greatest possible accuracy, so as to make each successive edition more worthy of their support, and to ren der the London Alniauack' a standard of au thority as the Register and Calendar for England and Wales." ATLAS OF CONS7'RUCTIVE GEO GRAP.HY. We do not remember to have seen any publ cation of the kind so well adapted for stUdents as this Atlas of Mr. Hughes ' who is Professor of Geography in the College for Civil Engheers. The plan pursued is, in several respectT, Amongst other features peculiar to this periodi cal publication is this—the Maps of the conti nental divisions of the earth will all be drawn upon the same scale, a plan which has not hitherto been pursued in any Atlas, but which, Mr. Hughes contends, is the only one which can enable a student to acquire correct ideas of the relative magnitude of different countries, and prevent him from confounding the similarity of li size in the representation with the a c t ua l magini tude of the countries themselves. The First Number (there are to be Eight, relating to . Phy aart, containi ng th e W es t ern Hemisphere, will a ppear next month. It is in tended, cluGeography), the emis- Second contains the Easte rn li we see, that thefirst portion of the Atlas shall be confined strictly to Physical Geo graphy—each Map to be accompanied by a cor respondent blank projection, containing only the parallels and meridians, and on which the stu dent is to draw the map for himself, not merely copving it from the finished plates, but construct ing it step by step, by retelling everything in it to latitude and longitude. THE TitlAL OF-TH-E-EARL OF CARDIGAN. LORDS' COMMITTEE ' S SECOND REPORT. The following is the complete Report prelented to tl:e Ilouse of Lords on Tuesday, and the several ord:ra f,unded thereon : " Second Report made from the Committee appointed to inspect the journals of this House upon former trials of Paers in criminal cases, and to consider of the proper me thods of proceeding in•order to bring James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan, to a speedy trial, and to report to the House what they ,hall think proper thereupon; and to whom leave was riven to report from time to time to the House; that the Committee have again mct, And -have further considered the matter to them referred, and have come to the following resolutions; v:z. • " 1. That an humble address be .presented to her Ma• jesty, to request that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to order that such guards do attend, during the said trial, as hove been usual in cases of trials ; and also that her Majesty will be graciously pleased further to order that a sufficient .police force be in attendance to keep clear the approaches leadirg to the Home during the said trial. "2. That on the d-:y appointed for the said trial every Peer who bath a right to sit and vote in Parliament do appear at and attend such trial ; and that the whole body of the House of Peers do meet in the House of Lords in their robes, at eleven of the clock in the forenoon. "3. That every day duLing the trial the names of the Lords be called over before they proceed on the said trial, and that the names of the absent Lords b: set down by the e!crk of this house, "4. That the Lord High Steward do acqua'nt the Lord to be tried, and all other persons who may have oc casion to speak to the Court, that they address themselves to the Lords in general, and not to the Lord High Steward. "J. That the Lords do keep their places in the Court during the said trial. " 6. That no person whatsoever, except the Lords of the House, be admitted within the bar. "7. That in case the Lord indicted should p!eaci guilty to his indictment, strangers do immediately withdraw. "8. That if any doubt shall arise during the said trial, no debate shall be had thereupon till the counsel end %dr nesscs, and the said James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan, be first withdrawn. " 9. That every Peer, when he gives his judgment, shall declare his opinion upon his honour, laying his right hand upon his breast. " 10. That all proclamations to be made in the Court during tke said trial be made in the Queen's name. " 11. That no person bo admitted about the Throne, except such Peers of Great Britain and Ireland as du not sit in the House, minor Peers, and the eldest sons of Peers. " 12. That no person whatssover shall be admitted to he present in the Court at the said trial but those who have a right to be tbere; and that the Lord Great Cham berlain do give order, and that the officers of this Ilouse do take special care that this order be observed accord ingly. That a room bo allotted for the use of the prose cutor and his counsel and attendants. " 14. That, considering the want of space in the pre sent House of Lards, the Lord Great Chamberlain be de sired to provide such accommodation as the House can in its presert state afford for the admission of such persons es have a right to be admitted, or have usually been ad mitted on such occasiors, and to communicate to the Com mittee the arrangements that can be made for the purpose. " 15. That during the said trial the avenues to this House be guarded, and care taken that none be admitted but Lords' servants and the necessary attendants of the House. " The Lords thereupon ordered : " 1. That an humble address be presented to her Ma. jesty, to request that her Mijesty will be graciously pleased to order that such guards do attend during the said trial as have been esual in cases of trials; and &so that her Ma jesty will be graciously pleased further to order that a suffi cient police force be in attendance to keep clear the ap proaches leading to the House during the said trial. "2. That on the day appointed for the said trial every Peer who bath a right to sit and vote in Parliament do appear at and attend such trial; and that the whole body of the House of Peers do meet in the House of Lords in their robes at eleven of the clock in the forenoon. "3. That every day during the trial the names of the Lords be called over before they proceed on the said trial, and that the, names of the absent Lords be set down by the clerk of this House. "4. That the Lot d High Steward do acquaint the Lord to be tried, and all other persons who may have oc casion to speak to the Court, that they address them selves to the Lords in general, and not to the Lord High Steward. " b. That the Lords do keep their places in the Court during the said trial. " 6. That no person whatsoever, except the Lords of the House, be admitted within the bar. "7. Th.lt in case the Lord indicted should plead Guilty to his Indictment, strangers do immediately withlidravr. "8. That if any doubt shall arise during the said trial, no debate shall be had thereupon till the Counsel and witnesses, and the said James Thomas, Earl of Car " digan, be withdrawn. "9. Triat every Peer, when be gives his judgment, shall declare his opinion, upon his honour,' saying his right hand upon his breast. •' 10. That ell proclamations to be made in the Court dur ing the said trial be made in the Queen's name. ' 11. That no person be admitted about the Throne except such Peers of Great Britain and Ireland as do not sit in the House, minor Peers, and the eldest sons of Peers. " 12. That no person whatsoever shall be admitted to be present in the Court' at the said trial but those who have a right to be there ; and that the Lord Great Cham berlain do give order, and that the officers of this House do take special care that this order be observed accordingly. " 13. That a . room be allotted for the use of the prose cutor, and his Counsel and attendants. " 14. That the Lord Great Chamberlain be desired to provide such accommodation as the House can in its pre sent state sirsrd for the admission of such persons as have a right to be admitted, or have usually been admitted, en such occasions ; and to communicate to the Committee the arrangements that can be made for the purpose. " 15. That during the said trial the avenues to this House be guarded ; and care taken that none be admitted but Lords' servants and the necessary attendants of this House. " 16. That the solicitor of the said James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan, have a copy of the indictment." SEWERS OF WESTMINSTER AND PART OF MIDDLESEX. A Ccurt of Sewers for the City and Liberty of 'West minster and part of the County of Middlesex will be Bolden of the Sewers' office in Greek-street, Soho :quote, to-morrow, February 5, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely. PROCEEDINGS. 1. The ord:n.s of Court on the 22d and 29th of Ja nuary, 1841, to hi read. 2. To order payments— fleiing, Bookbinder . -C4 11 6 J. Jones, Newsman 2 0 0 J. Ogston, Clockmake- 2 2 0 BroAv! , : and Ela , rkoli, Engravers Hunter and EngliEll, Ironfounders Xl9 19 6 3. To hear Appeals, 4. To receive i i etitions and Memorials. 5. Solicitors to report as to legality of issuing War rants without having first sworn the Collector who asks for them ; and as to whether it be necessary that a s , prate Warrant should he issued for each Defaulter. 6. To sanction the Order of Court on the Bth January, for rebuilding 100 feet of Sewer in Hornton. street, Kensington, estimated at 1101. 7. Surveyors to present Reports, Opinions, &c., as follows :—On New Gullies required ; on letter of Messrs. Fuller, of Rathbone-place, respecting Drainage of Granville Mews ; on Petition of Daniel Sutton, Esq., for leave to corer over, or build a wall by the side of, the E•lwardes square Sewer ; on Letter from Home Department respecting drainage of Streets in the neigh bourhood of Buckingham Palace ; on Petition from Knighrshridge, us to transferring old draMs into new Sewer ; on best mode of improving drainage of upper part of Wacklands Sewer. 8. As to surreptitious drainage from Cumberland street and Caroline-place, Chelsea. 9. To consider as to further steps to bo taken in consequence of the thficiency in the Accounts of Thomas Read, Collector. 10. To inspect the Book of Informations. 11. To receive Surveyors' Reports of the several Works done, or in baud, at the expense of the respective Districts ; ditto ditto, at the expense of Individuals. 12. To inspect the Stock Book, and the Day Books and Weekly Abstract Books, kept by the Clerks of the Works. 13. To examine Bills. 14. Mr. Lasko to move—That the names of the mover and seconder of every motion made in the Curt of Sewers, be inserted in the records of the proceedings of the Court ; and also that no motion be put from the chair unless the same be reduced to writing by the mover, and signed by the mover and seconder. 15. Mr. Leslie to move—That the By-law, Na 10, be altered so as to stand thus :—That all questions be decided by the names of the Commissioners voting being taken down by the Clerk. PROGRESS. PRIVATE. SEWERS IN PUBLIC. R.enclagh Sewcr, Kilburn. Iligh-rea3, Knightsbridge. Uxbridge-road, by Shep herd's Bush-bridge. R!oomfi Id-road, Paddington. Maida-trill West, ditto. Eaten-square, Pimlico. Chapter-street, ditto. • Katou-mews West, ditto, The Contractors' Bills for the Quarter ending Michaelmas,lB4o, amounting to 6,7121. 17s. 9,1., are laid upon the table of the Committee Room, for the inspec tion of the Commissioners. A CIIICFIESTER LUXURY.—We have all heard of the Roman Emperor who used to pay so dearly for a new delicacy—his lot should have been cast in these days of invention. The Romans were fools to the moderns in discovering what was good. Amongst the lur.uries daily brought into existence, there is, Perhas, none more de licious than the Milk Punch, of which Mr. Hudson, at Chichester ' is the officially appointed manufacturer to he r Majesty. Hudson's Royal Chichester lllilk Punch leaves all other libations at an immeasurable distance, and would tempt not only the most rigid teetotaller, but even Father Mathew himself, to renounce the water farce, and pledge his friends in a glass of the Royal Punch. _ „ HOAX ON THE “ITIMES' TIIE LATELY PROHIBITED PLAY. The annexe d loafer appears in Monday's Galignani, in reply to a verp - on of M. Geatan'd p!ay published in ::1;c limes:-- " We have received the following letter from M. L on Ocean, author of the above pity " S:r,—l count upon your impartiality for the insertion of this letter, which, I hope, will remove prejudicial opinions, that I had rather oppose than despise. I have uo serious reparation to require for the very personal attacks to which I have been exposed on the part of English journalists, and especially of the writers in The Sun head Herald, on the subject of my drama, 11 dolt une . fois un Roi et une Reine. Men cf sense and honour, and there are many such in England, will appreciate the opinion that ought to be entertained of insults of this kied diree'ed from the other side of the water. When one is not" Orlando " it is of no use to become " furioso" at such a distance, and especially without a motive. We ;emit wait till a llidge can be thrown across the Channel. I have not attacked their Queen: these gentlemen rely take this as a settled point; arid, I confess, I never thought of that young woman (exile jeune femme), a'.° has been twice crowned* wi:hin the course of ray life. What I cm less inclined to pardon on the part of a Journal of a graver character, the Times, is the having given to its -renders a quotation and an analysis of my production. Men who are really gentlemen never commit ireliscretions of that kind, because they must take their origin in en act of robbery. I will lese no time, however, in assuring the Editors of the Times that their analysis and quotation hove no feature of truth about them. These pre - eons colon; in order to please them, have rendered themselves liable to be had up before the Tribunal of Correctional Police, did the job clumsily ; they thought - to get hold of my watch, but they only carried off m y handkerchief, I, hope, there fore, that the Editors of the Times will accept my sincere regret at not having been better robbed for their sake. The author of "' ETAIT UNE Foss UN ROI ET UNE RHINE.' " * The crown hymeneal is, we presume,•alluded to by our poetical correspondent as the second coronation of her Majesty.—Editer of Messenger. FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS. It is a curious fact, that whilst M. Thiers is attempt ipg to show that Paris, with his system of fortification, would be impregnable, experiments have recently been modc, in presence of the Duke d'Aurnale and several engineer officers, with a new means of destruction, which, the projectors say, rould render it. easy for a besieging array to burn Paris, however fortifieth I was present, at one of these experiments this morning, and was much struck with its success. A ball of the s'ze of a 24-pounder, with a crust or covering just sufficient to keep it together until it fell, was thrown at a - temporary construction, previously smeared over with what is called an incombustible mixture. The ball, which was merely thrown by hand - , burst when it fell, and an enormous mass of fire issued rrom it, and continued to burn for 20 minutes, Tho intensity and extent of the fl ime was so great that in five minutes the incombustible mixture lost all its effect, and the construction took fire and was rapid,y destroyed. The ball 'did not weigh more than five or six pounds, but I was informed by the inventor that if attached to a congreve rocket a ball weighing 20 pounds might be thrown upon any building, and that substances might be mixed with it which would per forate the strongest roof; and thus permit the lire to run over all parts of the building. • Now, if only one of the detached forts were to fall into the hands of the enemy, it would be easy, I. think, by send ing a few hundred balls of this kind upon the wall of enclosure, to compel its defenders to quit their posts ; but according to the Bill now before the Chamber the fire of most of these fotfs would reach the centre of Paris, and therefore if any of thrill were to fall into the bands of the enemy the destruc tion of Paris might be hastened by the adoption of this system. It is not pretended that the French would he able to keep this discovery to themselves ; for the prin ciple having been once entertained, the secret of manu facture would' not long be a secret to foreign Powers. It appears, also, that a besieging army would have an e..lvantyge over the besieged as to the rapidity and con venience of manufacture. I mention this circumstance merely to show you that French engineers themselves see the folly' of a system of fortification which rests upon cooping up troops in a large capital, where the inhabitants would be sure to rise upon the Government if they were to see their property burning.—Corres vandcnt of a London Paper. THE BISHOP tiF EUMELAND. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER. It appears from the accounts of Kuhnapfet's cxami. nations in the German Papers, that his obstinacy, in denying all knowledge of the murder and robbery, was not overcome until the arrival at Freuenburgh of the Counsellor of Police, Pankar, who was sent from Berlin to inquire into the facts of the case. This officer sue c..-eded, on . the 10th, after having had the prisoner under examination for six hours, in drawing from him a conies siln of his guilt. The following is, in substance, wLit ho stated :—For four weeks he had resolved in his mind to rob the Bishop, and also to kill hire, if that should be necessary to secure his own safety. He could not, how ever, bring him Self to any positive determination as to the day on which he should commit the crime. On the morning of the 3d he thought he would carry his pur pose into effect that evening. \\Then the evening came he put a hatchet under his coat, and proceeded to the parish church to look for the Bishop's servants. He saw the domestics, so often alluded to, enter, but he hesitated ; he was not c e r t a i n , h e sa id , that the day was a lucky one for him. He said to himself—“ Take care. If I meet a woman I will not go the Bishop's this evening, for women are unlucky ; but if I meet a man I will go." While going cut at the church doer he encountered a woman, but he thought, " This is no meeting, forr - I am not yet out of the church." In the street he met three men, one after the other, which he considered a good augury, and he ijnmediately directed his steps to the hill on which the episcopal palace is built. Still as be went along he felt his mind uneasy, on account of having' mot a woman at the church door. He therefore resolved to rely on a new augury. "If before the clock strikes six I shall see the moon thrice covered with clouds, I shall go to the Bishop's ; if not, 1 shali defer the business tiil another day." He then walked about a short while in the expectation of this sign, and saw clouds pass four times over the face of the moon. He v: as now satisfied that ever thing favoured his project. He put on a mask, which he had brought in his pocket, and proceeded Aithouti delay to the fatal spot. Oa arriving at the Bisbep's he knocked, and the old housekeeper answered the door. Seeing a man masked she was agitated, and he kisocked her down with the back of his hatchet. She was, bow ever, to rise, and he asked her for money. She assured him she had none, and then he insisted that she should go and get some from her master. She pro mised to de so, and he assisted her up stairs to the Bishop's bed-room. Ile stopped at tire door, and hoard the Bishop bid her to bring the man in to him, and lie would give tie man something. On his entrance, the Bishop, being greatly alarmed, drew out his pur;e, and gave it to him. Kuimapfel said that was not enough. " Well, you shall have more," said the Bahop, and opened a commode, out of which he gave him a gold snuff-box and a gold watch. The wretch still demanded more, and in the mean time the housekeeper slipped out of the apartment. Kuhnapfel ran after her, and dealt a blow at her, which was this time given with the edge of the hatchet, and she fell on the floor. All this occurred so rapidly, that the Bishop, who was in the further corner of his bed-chamber, opening the draw - rs of the commode, had no ilea of what had hap pened. The Prelate gave him first a purse had, of Prussian dollars, and then another purse with gold. He afterwards handed him certificates of state debt to the amount of forty thousand dollars, remarking that he had nothing more to give. Ktilinapfel then ordered the Bishop to light him down stairs, as he did act know his way. The Bishop tried to light a wax taper, but he was so terrified and trembled SJ much that he could not. " Give it to me," said Kubnapfel, and, taking the taper, he lighted it, and gave it to the Bishop to carry. In this way the murderer was shown down into the hall, where the housekeeper lay. They heard her groans, and saw her hit her head covered with blood. Again the murderer raised his hatchet and gave her some blows, in doing which, his mask having got de ranged, he pulled it off and threw it on the floor. The Bishop fell on his knees, exclaiming, " Oh, my God !" Icstigatad by an irresistible desire to shed blood (such were his words), Kuhnapfel lifted his hatchet and fractured the skull of the prelate, who fell prostrate at his feet. He continued to strike his victim, and he could not tell how often he had struck him. He then left the house, determined to kill whoever he might meet either within its walls or in the court. After this confession he acknowledged that he had been guilty of many other crimes. VICTORIA THEATRE.—THE INCREDIBLES ON PARIS —Considerable excitement took place yesterd a y at the stags_door of the Victoria Theatre, and numbers of persons thronged round it to catch a glimps e of those ex traordinary and wonderful tnen, M. Laroch e and M. Noel, surnamed by their countrymen " The Incredibles of Paris." Laroche is a fine hardseme man, of immense muscular power, and in appearance a perfect Ajax. Noel is slishter built, but cot the less good.looking ; he is very dark, and much resembles Ahdallah, the Bedouin Arab. , The " Incredibles" have an interpreter in attendance with them, 1..'h0, of course, materially assists in giving directions for the necessary machinery being fixed. The first re- Learsal took place yesterday to the evident satisfaction of all persons connected with t his improying establishment. A discussion on tha merits of the American colony for free men of colour on the shores of Af r i ca h as b e en proceeding d urin g three cvenir g s of the last between Mr. Scoble, the advocate of the anti_ week Society and the Rev. Mr. Gurley o f wash. Slavery . n to their scats a nu . Ington United Il o o) r i cce four hald'ili I l Y io . tt rs l : ll c w h e' c r : c o n f i n tl : e . Of the &We, nud the :etnarkabic oratorical he animation eSGtnatl merous beas: al a t t t i st i:i be c a n ti : c bg: d °l l : t t r i i a' t n i u g eHii aall three s' The adjournment is to to-morrow _..c v. Ilumphrey The admission is gratis. r,, • . ev " i ng e g lit o'clock. W tte e regret -to hear that 1 I? on a shooting excursion in ( S of Ring's C )11 ege, has been killed , ‘illil.,t e " 6 ' ) lka by the ac•7i;l:ntal :dis c" the' party. EVEN ING HE FRAUDS UPON THE ir;;;;.' RANCE OFFICES BY THE BROTIIEL. WALLACE. Sir Pacr Laurie received the following lctt, , closing the copy of the communication to Lloyd', the British Consulate at Buena Vista, r—v,c• t ass of the Lucy , " General Maritime Office, 30, Corni,:il. " DEAR SlR—Although .the completion crime by our countrymen, the Wallaces, can L. ;! subject of congratulation either to you or rae, I it due to your sagacity, pereeveranca, and firm ;e iNivristrate, to whi c h thi s great commercial I.l:.tterL so Zeply indebted, to hand you, without less et - 1;1:: • copy of a letter, first received from . her Pritar:oie jesty's Consul at the Cape de Verds, abbot:.: is loss of the Lucy on the voyage to "Valparaiso. " We hare taken the necessary steps 'to eeeu Houston Wallaer on 114 arrival i and by thu tim :hers are brought up far trir.4, I hope complete the trio.—l am, with mush respect, your very obedient servant, " Sir Peter Laurie. " JAMES GL.', Roe, the officer who' apprehended - Mie4 ; Stewart Wallace and Patrick ,lass ell lace, was sent•by the prosecutors to Bristol as :t; • the communication was made, in the hope th:.=, Wallace, who, it is believed sueli the ship f, r the purpose of defrauding the 1:•:;,oraoce he in that port. If Captain Houston \*, r.eched Bristol on Tuesday the committal of thers to Nervgate must have stared him in thel.',e;: the Londonnewspapers. Mr. Phillips, Solicitor to some of the prosento has ascertained that Michael Shaw: Stetvalt cause(' aa insurance to be afected on the Delta, from London to LID. and He of which vessel he was captain, and which wi*, the voyage. The hrukers who effected the 'LI were Messrs. S6lden and Johnson, and the • which it was effected was the London InsuraneL (_!1:;• in Birchin-lane. The goods which were stated to be c, hoard were pieces of cloth, priati, &mock, marks and numbers of which were specified in . t! policy. Up on i nqu i r y a t th e C us t o m,house, it has ticertained that no goods so marked and- nunibernd shipped on board the Delta. The period at which ft affair took place was the 4th of March, 1837. Ti iusurance office settled as for a total tom The excitement at Lloyd's has been exceedingly a v cal , PRESENTATION OF THE CITE:' ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN, ALBERT, AND TILE DUCIIESS OF KENT'. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Gott': moos of the City of London, assembled at Guildhall . or the purpose of going in state to 13oekingiro!! Palace, to present the Addresses voted* by th.s. Courr. of Aldermen and Common Council on the birth of thr Princeßs Royal. Tncre were about eighty assernbl;:.d on the occasion. The Queen received the members of both Court very graciouoy. ill; Recorder then read the following addresses, t which her Majesty was graciously pleased to return ti. answers attached to them. " To the Queen's Most Excellent Mujeety. " The humble Address of the Court of Lof(l Mayor and Aldermen of the City of .14-ukttl,:.- " litre, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal ettlieeta , , the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City ofL.7iatice, humbly approach your Majesty to offer our beartta, congratulations on your Majesty having given birip a presumptive heiress to the throne of these realms. " Affectionately attached to your Majesty's seerad rrsion, and yielding to none of the subjects of ve Majesty in devotion to your Majesty's illustrious house, we most ntileigtiedly rejoice in the recent interposition of Providence on behalf of your Majesty, and in the event which promises that the Grown shall (we trust a very di - Stant day) devolve upon one lineally - deseend , from your Majesty. " We fervently pray that your Majesty may Is:a reign over a free, a loyal, and a grateful people ; that the illustrious Princess, on whose birth it is happiness to felicitate your Majesty, may be spared e a blessing to your Ma jesty, and your illustrimis sort, and to exemplify the good effects of an cdueati , ”: founded on - the ptinciples of the Protestant Ilehghi so happily established in this highlyfavoured country: • (Signed Ly order of the Court) • "H. WOODTHORPI.. To which Address her Majesty was pleased . to the following mo,st gracious Answer : " I thank you for your congratulation on tia the Princess Royal. " I receive your assuraneas of the satisfactiea derive froM the prospect thus Sorded of a cession to the Crown, as an additional attachment to my person, family, and governmeta : "To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. " The !..v amble Address .of the Lord Mn', - 'Aldermen, and Commots of the City of Lon don, in Common Council as.scuMed: " Most Gracious Sovereign,—We, your Majebty'i To! dutiful and loyal subjeCts, the Lord Mayor, Aidcnner. and Commons, in Common Council assembled, un'orcr the earliest opportunity of approaching your 111.,jct: nith our sincere and dutiful congratulations_ on tt birth of the Princess Royal, presumptive heiress to throne of these realms. '' An event so important to the kingdom, and auspicious circumstances, has filled us with the':.mea grateful sentiments towards that Divine Provident, which has thus cro•; tied your Majesty's domestic hip pines=, and afforded to your people) a pro►pee. of per- 7 mancnen and stability to the bletsing,s theyenjoy.unat* your Li zsty's mild and beneficent rein and gurts:;4- mem. May di; fame Gracious Providence continuo watch over your Mljesty and your Royal leftist ; long may your Majesty be in the enjoyment of mattiVi happiness, to be the gulrdian and protector, the, urea meat and delight, of your people. (Signed, by order of the Court) • " HENRY wooDTHoRpE: Aieh Address her Majesty was ph.,:ised to re turn the following most gracious Answer : " I receive with peculiar sAtistaction, upon the pre sent occasion, the loyal congratulations of the I,.rd Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London. . _ r skirl " I am most grateful to Divine Providence tie.u.: ; ,t event so deeply interesting to myself should bo.w corned by my people as a premise of the stalii; those blessings which it is the study of my life 41 sel., to all el:7sses of my faithful subjects." Tee Addresses to Prince Albert and Ole Dot Kvnt, and the answers to them, were m a tot and spirit. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-Tucsday infortna•io was received by the police of the cOmmission of a ro,b ! , of notes alal securities to the value cl between 1,500/. 1,600/. It occurred on the evening of Saturday 1 - fu' when, as a gcntkman, whose name has not iTilLSpilled, proceeding along Gill -street, in the town of Liverpool, he Ivas accosted by t;vo men, of IN horn he is anaLle to giviz Lseription, who knocked him down, and while uu.tbo vreund rolhed him of an old red poeket-bok cootainiuri, Bank of England notes a the value (*.) 7501., with sec, ritics to the vale^ of about 8001. more, with which got clear di' before he could raise an Outcry or pr ct. assistance. RIGOUR OF THE LAW.—Amongst the erii:•• brought b. fore the Insolvent Debtors Court on Tue.dl the Society for the discharge of persons co,fined foie:sreu (1, fete, were the following :--Eleanor Tirnan:, a dec-•:nt- loc , kiEg young woman, was th e next applicant for her !!- beration from the same prison. The poor irvo?ient or,j had one creditor in her schedule, who was an undertaker ! and to whom she owed a balance of 5/. 4S. for the taller,. of her mother. An sttorney had been employed to sue-1 ,, i4 - - and the debt, with th e cos t s , amounted to 1.11. Vs . i , which she had been confined since the 11 th of S:pte.u) , ..) last, She had been a housemaid, and her .*ge' ,o _ been 91. a year, but she had teen out lola situation time. Her insolvenoy was aseril?,ed to th o e proceedings bo disaberg, the creditor. The Court ordered had tcn tit released. The insolvent, a dregs-maker, , and she bad be debts, which amounted to 39/. 194,. sin e the 9,11.1 Sarah Ann Brown next appeared eirtiettretr application to confined in Whitecross-street Prison "'sh e was order‘d to be u a s a ttributed to qie 10.• August last. Her insolvency FINSBURY-SQUARE.— Not , able stock of furr,iture 1.. •• is insured in the West , preced o i l ng es ea y se a s iu • source as the Pdinte dleiffiaaCcUllyteasntio , tl ,l, i i i e n bu - _Y t e i r la , o , , s t The been saved. propertyb t not to the full extent. Tile 1 ,, f . Fire Office, u England ves'tli'glelEof FIRE l‘ I r . belonging i° the as to perform, r ska f : cie c r n m u ucte t o fi p b a r t u n oi e r t i e t b d t ai lr o : ) a ie n g i sr a a e d i ( j e h . ex fe e nt hr i l s ta l j e e d o h d tn e a i t m il l o a ir : f l ru e r s wa t ol v er e kr r e co i tt o chr f e, : i r lt . il ti i ii i i.: : - . a d ,vu u i tc y d clo T c i k le , w v h a e lo n e tli c c i e f 7 1, 1 1„.‘ g t he t m o . ' ;our 0 , - " ' illbuprnlainygingunutpilonei giecc we property destroyed is estimated at 1 0,000/., and this i , Lr , - rot include the buildings. A BIRMINGHAM TRADESMAN MADF !- m,..g c onth r tt e ie s jm)GE.—We have received authentic information 4 tie.i advancement of Mr. George Willis, jun., to the hi3O office of a Judge in the West Indies, a gentleman Who ii well known to many of our Birmingham readers. T : • - gentleman, wh o f or several years was in partnership v.. his father in Birmit;gham, and carried on businele eee the firm of Willis and Son, blank tray manufacture :e japenners, left England about seven years ago I*,i- West Indies. He took with him a coesiderable c,ee. _: merit of Birmingham hardware, and es tablish y e b ok , st:i,• .: . Jamaica. In a few months after he landed . in c,,iit it t,, , ~:, ~.. be vies made a Magistrate, when he . ! o n i t i n o r f 1 ve.r,, rrieneed studying the law, under the tnucietior his niggi - , • 1 practitioner. The zealous performance ripen the bench.. duties, and the ability he displayed and supoort of tt 0 , - obtained for him the approb at m w onths of his arrive! . verner ; and within eighteenhonoured with the appointment of a •I • . colon} he was liono,t.,,ith a salary of 500/. ,per entree. diary Magistrate, ds he wasmade A - J ' ssist ant. u , . - three years aflorwa,r and we are assured, on the author v 1,000/. a year ; relative, 've, teat intelligence has been lately receivee I , . , ir „b in ao f our highly esto.med townsma n Me. :... -,.. Nl'VilliA, having received the high honour of b&ng appo•.. a Wv.st India Judge, at u salary of 2,800/.. per inv. j u d ge Willis is the eldest aed only son now living of .. - Willis a retired tradesman, residing at Edgbaston, married the niece of Robert Cooper, Esq , of Pctta ,-. neer Evesharn,— l'elt Towns' 21144sorger. . . - u.~i