The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-20 00:00:00

r .~ .>~.< ~! )N__,. --- MORNING EDITION ` TH.I-4,` CHINA SUN," which Was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. . Orders 'received at The Sun Office, No. 112 IN PROGRESS, E RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAil WAYS in the , United Kingdom containing all the STA rroNs on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF ['ER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can lie sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. THTRE ROYAL, CVENT GARDEN. UNDER t he MANAGEMENT o f of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, FEB. 20, Will be acted the New Comedy, in Two Acts, entitled THE WHIT thE MILLINER. Lord Ortolan, Mr. C. Maews ; :ustice Twilight, Mr. W. Farren Robert Conway, M r . J. Vi n i ng ; S au l S nee zum, Mr. Keeley; Lady Ortolan, Miss Cooper ; Albina, Madame Ves ttris ; Mrs. Mellewpear, Mrs. C. Jones , Betty Furbelow, Alrs..Huraby. After which, the New Farce, in OrielAit, entitled BROTHER BEN : .a 'Commodore Cutlass, Mr. Bartley ; fle' s x , iiArriiia Bowles, Mr. Charles M at h ews; M r. Sh u ffi eton; Mr. nirley ; Dorothy, C. Jones. To concludoiwith The GRAND CHRISTMAS PANfPOMIME; entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO.; 94,, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HEM T. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown ~ Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Columbine, AIM Fairbrother. On Monday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with The 14 ", Fautemime. Doors io be opened at half-past Six—the performances to ininenee Seven o'clock. Circles, ss. ; Dress Boays, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d. • First and Second Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, is.; Second Price. 1 ; 16 1 Gallery, ls. .'rickets and places for the Bons to be taken of Nlr,,Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ttly oe had upon application. Private BOILtA to be had so!elv of Mr. And:l4VS, bookseller is 7. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Ex traordinary triumph achieved—The present performances iore attrative than ever, roars of laughter and shouts of al lalasse attend the scene that caused the late extraordinary ea .citement in France. THIS EVENING, FEB. 20, WM be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The 'Mica= Vivans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, team the Designs of the celebrated George Cruikshanks. „ 6 tkr wb ich will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled I fARLEt AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY G .I.INIDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLING S. fn trli ich th e astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaults r will be given, as well as Brnnnirtg's Grand Dioramic 8 3' 1 1v sis of S vria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri- Nailed _Bolen° family ; Mr. Southby, the Original Clo.vn ; !His Si 'ark, Columbine ; the astonishing Gymnastique, Signior 'elix C arlo, from Franconi's, at Paris ; and the celebrated scene an d duet between the Gallic Cock and the English Bull Dog. NEW STRAND THEATRE. GREAT SUCCESS ! OPEN EVERY EVENING DURING THE WEEK. Everybod y astonished at the wonders effected by the highly lilted Mr. .I'ACOBS, the Royal Ventriloquist, Modern Ma ''an, and E 'nglish Improvisatore. The raptures of applause +-cat accompan_ r each part of the Entertainment is a sufficient ~.qt r ocf of the liusetnent afforded. The Tricks, Transforma ns, and Illusi‘ms; surpass all ethers that have yet been pro reed. Th e Veretriloouism is introduced in such a manner that 'ell , can believe cote capable of performing the whole *g the characters heard i:vy the audience ; and- the Extern- Poraneous Song pleasing in .'he extreme. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. &l. ; Gallery, Is. boors open at Seven o'clock, and commence at Half-past. 3 econd price at a Quarter to Nine o'clock—Boxes, ls. 6 d. ; pat, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. M. Seguin, 12, Regent-street, Pall Mall, is appointed sole A gent for disposal of the Private Boxes. 1110111 N I -HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 26 minutes after 1 I Evening '45 minutes after f. 1. , • 4 . 0. -: " 1 - 0 -4, , 4 ,....v - , , 4 , v . , ~_ 1.4 %, -,r& .:.> t !''''' • • '44 i * ; 4~...7 '4. F '. .: , ma. ': • ' 'Y'ligWV t l * I • AIM LONDON: SAITRDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1841. The Peers asnetnbled to legislate last night. The Earl of S A p m. 4HURY moved that t h e LORD '' S PEAKER giv e ord ers to _publish the trial of the 1, earl of CARDIGAN. The Earl of E LDON t oo k t,lre o pp ortunity of i j` If Chancery, a .„,; at atin g that one of the Masters c. sc refused ad ,'') ssenger of the House, had been • Mit tance on the trial, and to express a Earl shoPe that the refusal was unintentional. The Nobi. , 4 11, 43 also adverted to the ATT ORNEY -G ENERAL ha. „ring actid there w as no thi ng o f moral delinquency ,a " the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN, which was g 4 ~.°lg,. he said, muc h t oo f ar ; the R i ght R ev. could never countenance such language. The Bishop of LONDON expressed his regret at t he sei deuce, and his opinion was that the AT- Z.C.: 41 1%/g Y-GENERAL had gone beyond his province. e hoped that their Lordships would consider whethe,* something could not be done to put an C l i nt to &telling. Probably th e l a y i P eers b e li eve tu ey have already d one t oo muc h, t h oug h per haps i nadvertently, by passing a law which makes s and ing a man f e l on y, an d• w hi c h h as a l rea d y br ought one of themselves into a scrape. A little diocussion then ensued as to the right o 1 the spiritual Peers to withd raw th emse l ves , nd not: to vote on such occasions as a trial. They thlaYs r( !tire. Lord EL LENBOROUGH conten d e d at e vet y Peer had a right to withdraw without ting if he lik e d. The P eers cannot b e l oc k ed 'P, then, like a Jury, to bring them to a decision. T he Ila rquis of LANSDOWNE concurred in the ( T i nion th at any Peer might w ithd raw . r,." -43 e'dHa DESDALE pointed out th a t the spi r it ua l t'errs had !withdrawn in other cases. The Earl .of SHAFTESBURY said it was custom frY: for the Archbishop o f C ANTERBURY to as k : l ave for th e s pi r it ua l L or d s to ret i re, wh i ch has :,‘vals, we belieye, been done, un d er a p ro t est 'at the withdrawal prejudices no rights of the <s:tiritual PeerF. The spiritual Peers, we believe, rt, finally prokested against being submitted to ' he imisdictiot t of any lay. Court, and therefore they would tat no part in any such Court. By he pi., Dvess of time and the Reformation, the tood has been reduced to other law than the Ca non - Law . and we have in our day seen a i 3 ~z s tlop carried into a Police-court for a gross of ,' ;0". We did not hear of any appeal to . his Peers, h -e t'o.(• :t, we believe, being, that spiritual Lords the privilege, like Lord CARDIGAN. of felo~lll l .. r t le` 1 ',secure the LORD HIGH STE WAR D. for nit 'd before an offence they wil, ai e. - If th e y-, couvit befofe . an ordinary tribunal, the 'vex eo of T hi el , will more satisfactory to th e ° il try t h an the verdics.'", in the case of Lord 1 . t tnlG A N. wl l i e la.rl of M ouNTCASITEL adverted to a d ue l (la. "' eh t oo k place on the morn i ng before yester- I, in defiance of the law and the soleinn p ro _ 'Winks which begun and ended on Tuesday. tie advocated the formation of a Court of Ho nour, such as existed in Pruosia, said the discip . !hie of the army led to duels, a,-id inquired if the Ministers meant to bring in any measure to put a st op to duelling. Lord _ M ELBOURNE admitted the importance of the subject, but was not prepared to hy ing in any mea sure with reference to duelling. In a brief conversation on the subject of the • ~, '"eor-law. (Ireland), the Earl of GLENGALL amed of the mode in which it was worked. 41k., he Marquis of NORMANDY said directions had Zn given to follow a strict principle; but Go eta meet did no t mean to b r i ng i n a Bil!, to I tom d the law. 1r 111 u 2-4( t s nouctr A i tt presented two or three peti s: us amongst them one from a gentleman vett trYertrs of age, complaining that a suit for se re, 2overy of property had lasted twenty years, nd Nl7.i not Y 6; decided. The Noble Lord ex , . r ! 88 exl .a. hope that this embarrassing cause tight be disposed of on the return of the edges from circuit. The 113* • i sh°l 3 of EXETER 18 on Tuesday to pre 4q; Stk • t a • , petit i on from Canada about St. Sulpice, .1144 course to make a speech on that day. , rd B ROUGHAIVI, in laying,on the table a re , .mtil‘ 9f the number of days the Committee of the 4 r! ,),) • ~,. ~!`,. % Privy Council had sat, again defended that Court from the attacks made on it in another place. The Earl of DEVON brought in a Bill to im prove the administration of justice, founded on the Reports made to the House. There are now three Bills before Parliament for that object, and with similar titles. On moving for some returns about the Poor laws in Ireland, the Earl of GLENC ALL ob jected to • the valuations; and it was ex plained that the valuators of Clogheen had impertinently fixed the title of " Tory and disturber" to some tenants of the Noble Earl. The Irish Peers seem to find nothing too minute and trifling to bring before Parliament. The capacity, too, of their Lordships, is most extra ordinary, and suffices to govern a poor-house or an empire. After their Lordships had settled the question, they adjourned till Monday. In the CoMmons, a considerable number of petitions was presented, and amongst them one from Bury for the release of Mr. HETHERINGTON, which ought to be followed up. It is a disgrace to the age that a respectable tradesman is incar cerated for selling a book, the language of which is not according to the canons of gentlemanly criticism. Mr. WAKLEY, on presenting petitions against the New Poor-law, used very strong language, which will, nevertheless, be echoed in the country. Mr. HAWES admitted that he. was ready to strike out of his Bill for Medical Reform all that relates to druggists. On a hint from the SPEAKER he undertook to withdraw it and introdUce it in a Committee of the whole House as 4 measure affecting trade. Mr. HumE adverted to some Bishop at Quebec having refused 'to allow a tablet to be placed in the church to 'the memory of Colonel LESTER, because the Colonel, was not a regular commu nicant. Mr. VEIII , I64I f gAIITII said the Govern ment had no official information on the subject. On the Order of the Pay for the second read ing of the Registn,tilon of Voters (England) Bill, Sir EDWARD SUGEREN- expressed his disapproba tion of placing in the hands of the SPEAKER the 'power of nominating the Judges of Appeal. He . character ised it as abdicating the functions of the House. He also objected to a part of the Bill which alters the franehise. He did not oppose the second reading, but gave notice that he would move clauses in the Committee to make the Bill agreeable to his own views. Mr. GISEORNE also objected to some part of the Bill, but on the whole was much gratified by its introduction. _ _ _ Mr. WARBURTON thought the Revising Courts indispensable. Mr. HumE inquired why the proposed fran chise for Ireland was not to be introduced into England? Lord J. RUSSELL, in admitting that he intend ed to make an alteration in the rate-paying clauses, said he had no wish or intention to re store the 40s. freeholders either in England or Ireland. The Bill was read a second time. The Duties on East India Rum Bill was also read a second time. In reply to Mr. HUME, Lord PALMERSTON stated that it was his intention to lay the papers relative to the Syrian warfare, on the table as soon as possible. In a conversation between Sir It. PEEL and Lord PALMERSTON in reference to the North- Eastern Boundary question, it was stated that the English and American Governments had aneed, on the principle of settling the dispute, but had not agreed as to the details. Both Go vernments ha made propositions which had been by both rejected. There was no general Commission acting on behalf of both countries, but each is seeking to establish its own views of the details of the plan to accommodate the dispute. In reply to Mr. HAWES, Lord J. RUSSELL stated, that the LORD CHANCELLOR meant to bring . a Bill into the other House to regulate all Ecclesiastical Courts. In answer to Mr. BARING, the Noble Lord said that a measure would, he believed, be neces sary to register voters in municipal corporations. The House adjourned at a Quarter past Seven, till Monday. The trial of the Earl of CARDIGAN, whether called a solemn farce, a piece of antique humbug., a costly mockery of justice, or anything else, con tinues to excite the indignation and the wonder of the public. In the substantial merits and de merits of the case we see nothing extraordinary, any more than in any other criminal indictment %Which failed because the facts averred in it were not proved by that which is called legal evidence. There is no reason why an Earl should not have the same chance of escape when put on his trial, or the same protection, as the humblest me chanic; and if the ingenuity of a hired counsel can pick a hole in the indictment, or find a flaw in the evidence—if he can prove to the Judges m i :that his Right Honourable client, standing before 1 tht. Ar l c . n his honour, is not to be found guilty, ',bough th 2t client know that there is not, and evvlcullni..:ddiebe_L the smallest doubt as to the person be ci niie there is a technical difficulty in e „ s tablishing his identity, why should not the arl o f CARD 7 c hild's heao, GAN be allowed, like SHEEN, who cut E a to have recorded against him a off . verd let of not guilty? .All the world knows that th e Earl of CARDIGAN t..'. iil fight . a duel, did woe trid a g entleman, and did - t . ll - .. asreb y incur Pe nal ties pre. scribed for that o ff ence by tm'ai: Statute ; but why sho 'ild not. the Peers, on their honO: l 9', prr mounce him not guilty, whatever their know ledge : may be, when the ATTORNEY-GENERAL failed : to lay before them at that moment the techr tical proof thot the .person wounded by •the Earl of CARDIGA-N was Captain HARVEY Tucx Err? The Noble Earl has, on that point, h ad ,no more favour nor affection shown him th an . any other person Indicted for a crime ; an d We cannot see any reason to find fault with the; Court of the' LORD HIGH STEWARD for its de , is ion, whatever blame may attach to the law itr elf, c T -to the prosecutors.. . Why the prosecutor did not establish the idkutity L If the person shot at and wounded by the 'Earl c If CARDIGAN on Sept. 12, with the Cap tain HARV, vi PHIPPS GARNETT TUCKETT named in the inch. '=talent, or why, if he Could not • cats .blish that' I,...4entity, the wounded person was not. described' "as . Unknown, does not appear. The offence Tr. Is full,' proved. Mr. DANN, his wilfte, and son, e stablis. lled the fact that the Earl Of CARDIGAN" St of at an' wounded a man—but What man ? T?lt . prosecutor. '4 averred that it was C aPtain . II AaVl' - TUCKETT. Why did they not pi .ove it 'l, Th e ,coachman who drove him from .•, , th .e fie7l, acc DliiiXplell .by Sir fr TAM ES ANDER , sc IN, could ha ire , lik.-eu found; he might have bc?eYi traced to Hamilton-street, to tLe Magis- Wales who exam ni'ned i.'hol and to whom he .gave his name, and ( as te, or an of these parties, might ha , ie identified ti to • person shot by . the Earl of CA RDIG A N with Captain HARVEY TUCKETT. Wby this was n.ot . done is un.lxplained, and at Present 'a stigma, 1 ies on the ro.putation of the prosecutor. If tt e ',omission were designed, what . can be said for t ha prosecutor's' honesty and fidelity? If .' mt wer e accidental, what for his skill ? In eith € r case, ,Sir JOHN CAMPBE;.L and Mr. WADDING.-- lON wilt suffer in reputation, if 'not in fortune ; and the imsbours of many years will not retries 'e theirlosses on the I.6th instant. Sir Jormx C AMPBELL spoke of 'the offence he 'was prosecuti: 'mg in the softest terms, so that he was not zem dons in his - undertaking. He is indirectly a'cii sed by the bar 9f having violated its rules, lm - t 1 • done 1 • --(most to obtain yno laving his utmost a verdic' ~ Sim ! JOHN showed no such want of 4 .-tit ' hen he prosecuted Mr. HETHERINGTON, (ma 1 „te made a to such mistake when he indicted the ! Chartists 5 a various parts of the kingdom. W a are not SIL rprised, therefore,, at the resolu tic 1 ., "' op t e d ,'ly the Finsbury Working Men's A ;saciation, ifs here be not one law for the rich al id another for the poor, as they say, there al !e unquestiortt.bol.v such different modes of ad n m inistering the sa n.le law, that one man may by it ;be persecuted Wa death, and another find it r . protection from pt inisi2rnent, for a palpable and in admitted offence , . we are less disposed, however, to blmme the Court, which only fol. lowed the ordimary r tiles of cmimjnal procedure, \ than the manntr in which the about proving tie offence charged m_ merit. i. ,:rosecutor set the indict , But if the prceeedi rigs were according 14:1 law, THE SUN, LONDON, gATURDAY,-V.EBRUARY 20, 1841. and the acquittal according to the rules of evi dence, what opinion must we form of them? The whole executive power is founded on the idea of giving active protection to the members of the community, who in return promise it obe dience. It establishes Courts and subjects the community to considerable expense to obtain that end. Its especial business is to uphold and vindicate the law. In this pursuit it spares no expense, and is regardless of life. It had, in this case, made great preparations to vindicate the law against a man of high rank. An unusual Court was established—great expense was incurred—for nearly a month public attention had been fixed on the proceedings—even the business of one branch of the Legislature was suspended, and the result was, while the offence was admitted, that the offender was acquitted. Guilt was proclaimed in the presence of the executive, and the rules laid down for the guidance of the Court com pelled it to pronounce the guilty free. We can come to no other conclusion on such a result than that the rules of law and evidence which brought it about are absurd, and quite unfit to be the guides of conduct. Some of out Contemporaries, however, prefer these technicalities to substantial justice, and would have a man acquitted or condemned, not because he has or has not committed an offence, but because his Christian name might not be cor rectly known. Unless these technicalities be ri gidly observed, we are taught to believe that justice cannot be administered. " Englishmen, instead of being protected by the law," says the Herald, " tried ‘by the administrators of the law— convicted or acquitted according to law—would hold their lives and liberties at the arbitrary caprice of lawless tribu nals—bound by no fixed principles—submitting to no uni versal rules of justice, but delivering their own crude and inconsiderate dicta, mixed up with the passions, the prc judiees, the hasty feelings of the occasion. Anarchical confusion would succeed to legal order and method. The voice of pura, firm, impartial, considerate, arid passionless justice would no more be heard- in the halls where its throne has long stood amid all orders and authorities of the monarchy, commanding; unassailable, and supreme." This is fine writing; but the laws so much boasted of are gross absurdities, which lead gen tlemen to say " Not guilty, upon my honour," when the guilt of shooting at another man, and wounding him, is clearly proved ; and which lead those whose duty and pride it is to vindicate the law, to be parties to its violation. " Passion less justice " are fine words, but they mean in the above sentence the fictions and rules laid down by very passionate men, and very often laid down to serve a bad purpose. To dignify the absurd. technicalities which lead to the acquittal of a SHEEN and a CARDIGAN as passionless justice, is to degrade one of the noblest attributes of na ture. Justice we understand to be what GOD or Nature commands ; the passionless justice of the Herald is a mixture of antique iniquity and modern falsehood, Condemned by all experience. It is a mistake, we believe, to suppose that such rules keep Judges honest, and ensure the due administration of justice. Those who make these i rules can always twist them to their purposes, and the only guarantee we have of their honesty, is that publicity which some Judges are ever anxious to get rid of. Though we admit that the Court of the LORD HIGH STEWARD followed with great readiness the ordinary rules of Criminal Courts, as they happened to accord with its inclination, we must not be understood as praising the consti tution of that Court. Suppose a Peer must be tried by his Peers, why cannot a few of them be selected by ballot, to constitute a Jury to try him. In ancient times that was the practice. Why must a Peer be tried by the whole body of the Peerage ? Are these men of honour so afraid that they will not trust a few ? Do they dread a phcked Court? Such an apprehension, Black stone says, was the origin of the practice of sum moning all the Peers, which puts into our hands the Peers' measure of the honesty of the Peer tt.;;e. They sought protection from the vices of individuals by appealing to the whole body. They fled to universal suffrage as their best pro tection, but whenever the people appeal to the SAMC principle, they are sternly repelled, and Old to rely on that principle on which the Peers, when their own lives or property are at stake, will not rely—the verdict of a select few. Again, this multitudinous Court dispenses with an bath. Why?_ It feed. and knows that the ob ligation to speak truth and act justly, is just as great whether it be enforced by an oath or not. An appeal to GOD does not in the case of a Peer enhance the obligation. But the Peers, setting such a just value on an oath in their own case, impose oaths on other people as the only security for truth telling. They trust themselves and trust no other men. We are not aware of any reason why the declaratiOn of any other man on his honour or on his word should not be held as valid as the declaration of a Peer; and as the Gospel commands men -to swear not all, they may think it right to follow the example of the Peers in preference to obeying their commands, and object to take oaths that they will do right or tell the truth. This multitudinous Court differs from all the other Courts of the kingdom. It is established for re special occasion—they are always in exist ence. It is constituted io try one of its own members, and must come prejudiced to the in vestigation. They have not, except on rare oc casions, a special mission, but try causes in the ordinary run of their every day business. It is very numerous—they consist of a few persons, and in several cases of a single Judge. It deli vers its opinions on its honour; other Courts are bound by stringent oaths. But totally opposite ae these institutions are, we shall be told by our l 7 Contemporaries, in defiance of reason, that they styp adapted to produce the same effects; that both nre perfection, and make Great Britain the admiration of tito worlds The Radicals can not stomach spch revolting ineoniistencies, and while they admit the general good character of our ordinary tribunals, they assert that no better means can be devised to protect a criminal than to subject Mil) to a special Court of his own fel lows, appointed iota t,liQ ppcgsion, and dissolved the moment its work is done. `iota 040 of the Earl of CARDIGAN has, in 'fact, revealed to the public many of the existing absurdities of our system, and will WWI Other its reform or its destruction. The more we report the proceedings of the Court of Commissioners of Sewers the greater necessity do we see for a special observance of their doings present ftn4 past. In our Jour nal of this day will : be_ found a ItePOPt tguchjtig transactions which occurred so far back as 1808 arid 1832. It would appear that the Commis sioners of the " good old times" could as readily whitewash a dirty- job as some of their worthy successors can attempt re rntlip O t e . worse ap pear the better cause. But the public w ill naturally ask hoW has such a system been allowed to evade the light of inquiry so long '1 We presuut the reason to be that there were no Member O of Virliament in the Commission, or if there were, that they did not like to soil their gloves by stirring in such muddy waters. Private interest and public benefit seem to have been convertible terms in those ir responsible times ; 4114 as the practice worked well then, people of the .present day gird up and exclaim, " why not let well alone ?" Be it so, if' the householders of this vast metropolis are con tent to submit to an illegal drain on their pockets, in addition to all ()they rates which they are com pelled to pay. If we rightly comptchend the ex. tent of the powers. vested in these Commissioners of Sewers, the sooner such a nuisance is abated the better. In fact, the Constitution of the whole Court ought to be inquired into shn4ltanow§ly i or TR ther, before the Bill for a better drainage be pro , ceeded with. - The Marquis of NORMANDY, after reading the Report in The Sun of this day, will at once see the necessity of looking to this subject. We on Thursday referred to the Danish claim the elder Messrs. BARING, which has been paid, and proceed now to contrast their case with that of poor HAYWOOD, one of the shipping claimants, whose claims the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER struggles with might and main to oppose. The British traders to Holstein had been warned, in the autumn of 1807, not to go to the ports of that. country. Nevertheless, many cargoes of colonial produce, amongst which that in which the Messrs. BARING had an inter. est, were, under a neutral flag, adventth‘ed to the port of Tonnigen, and were seized on arrival - by the Danish atithorities. The trader s to the Baltic, on the other hand, were at the same period encouraged :to pursue their voyage to the poits of that sea, both by the Admiralty at home, and by Admiral Lord'GAM BIIM at Copenhagen. Sir HOME POPHAM, Cap tain of the Fleet, assured Captain HAvwooD, that he might proceed up the Baltic in all safety, as all had been settled . with the Danes, and that should hostilities again arise, sufficient warn ing and protection would be given for the Baltic trade. But as hasbeen repeatedly, stated, contrary to all promise, and contrary to the usual practice, the &kind and Baltic were premattirely deserted by every British vessel of war, so that poor HAYWOOD lost his ship and his property, and was thrown into prison. The MesSrs. BARING were then, and are now, immensely rich. Poor Haywoon was, in 1807, a master and owner, of a vessel, and for his station in life in compara tively comfortable circumstances. What has resulted from the refusal of the Government to respect his just claims ? Why, within the last six years, himself and his family have been twice 'driven, by absolute destitution, to take shelter in a workhouse.! The Messrs. , BARING are rich; They disregard the warning of the Government. Their property is seized. .They demand and re ceive compensation as a matter of course. HAY WOOD is not rich, but he is industrious and enter prising. With the Implied sanction of the Go vernment lie risks his all, and loses it thrOugh the fault of that very Government. He, too, de mands compensation, and a CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, a member of that very BARING family, tells him that he must end his days in the workhouse I The House of Commons having, however, thrice decided in favour of the class to which HAYWOOD'S claini belongs, one would naturally expect that opposition, from merely honourable motives, must cease. Thank God we do not live in a country where the caprice of an indivi dual is paramount to law and justice. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER spoke on Tuesday night of the active canvass carried on by the ad vocates of the claims, but he omitted to notice how pressing his own solicitations were on the occasion. We can understand how he induces Messrs. GOULBURN, PEEL, and Co., to join him, though we cannot conceive by what sort of canvass he has persuaded others calling themselves Liberals, who had previously voted for the claims, now, on this last occasion, to belie their previous voter. Madrid Papers, of the 10th instant, have reached us. The Regency, following the prece dent of the French. Legislative Assembly, had issued the following Decree " I. In conformity with the law of the 6th of November, 1837, the church of San Francisco the Great will serve as a national pantheon. The mortal 14emains of all Spaniards ce lebrated for the virtues, talents, and services they have ren dered their country, will be deposited therein.-2. The Histo rical Academy will have the charge of that establishment, un der the control of the Minister of Interior, and will propose to the Government the Spaniards worthy of being interred in the pantheon. The Government will communicate its propo sals to the Cortes.-3. In case the present resources be not sufficient for this object, the Minister of the Interior is autho rised to ask for a supplementary credit to tha Cortes. (Signed) " Duke PE LA VITORIA, " D. MANOEL CORTINA. " Madrid, Feb. 7, 1841." It is much easier for the Regency Ito establish pantheons than to fill them, if the subjects are to be chosen from among the worthies of modern Spain. Not but that we think the bust of the gallant RIEGO would adorn such an institution more than that of MIRADEAU, which was the first to adorn the pantheon of Paris. But a still more important decree:of the Re gency is subjoined, and which is signed in the Gazette by the Minister of the Interior. The apology made for issuing it by the Regency is, that the present system of taxation is imperfect, and can only be properly remedied by, a know ledge of the pecuniary circumstances of indivi duals. We believe the truth to be that the Re gency contemplates raising a forced loan to meet the immediate demands upon an empty trea sury . " 1. From the Ist of March next until the 15th, inclusive, the municipality are directed to demand of all proprietors of estates, all merchants and manufacturers; an exact account of their property and their annual revenues, including lands, houses, flocks, or other property." The celebrated bandit PELIENGO, who for more than four year was :Wror of all persons who had anything to lose in , ,,the,,, , vichilty of Murcia, was killed on the 4thiusti, A reward . of 20,000 reals (2001.) had been stepeatedly offered for his head, dead or alive, litit Up to the present month the arm of justice had been too shdit to reach him. On the 4th, hoWever, hunger compelled him to beg a supper of two shepherds in the mountains. They feigned compliance, and when they found him off his guard, one of them sud denly struck him a heavyblow on the head with a stone. The other, who was armed with a ras ket, fired at and killed him on the spot. body was 'recognized by the authorities, a ie reward of this shocking deed was claimed e shepherds. The Five per Cents. were done on the 10th at 2SI for cash, and at 29 1-16 at 60 days. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all been received. They contain very little news of any interest. The Dukes of ORLEANS and NE MOURS are busy among the Peers gaining prose lytes in favour of the Fortifications Bill. Nor is the KING idle. It is a family struggle for the perpetuation of a new dynasty. Persons 'who affirm that they are well acquainted with the opinions of the Chamber, pretend that the 200 votes given yesterday were— Against the law For thelaw 93 And that of these 98 votes are comprehended those of two Princes and the' Ministers. It was said this evening that in consequence of this result the contractors had been directed to slacken as much as possible the execution of the works, and especially not to engage any more workmen. This resolution would form a strange contrast with the increased activity with which it was thought fit to push them after the vote of the Chamber of Deputies. 'I he Journal.of Smyrna discloses a curious fact— ," His Majesty the King of Sweden lately caused an official note to be written to his Consul-General at. Alexan dria desiring him officially to inform Mehemet Ali that though not a party to the Quadruple A lii pee, the Court of Sweden entirely adhered to the deci sions of the Conference at London on the Oriental question; that it fully approved of the object of them, and means by this declaration.to give a moral support to the equitable and phi lanthropic views of its Allies. learn trqm a letter dated Bologna, 6th February, that notwithstanding the pacific turn which the affairs of the East have taken, in consequence of the submission of Mehemet Ali, it is observed that the Italian Government continues their ar maments in the Roman States. Where there is no conscrip tion great exertions are making to enlist volunteers, and many of the inhabitants of the Legations of 11Ologna and Feriara have already enlisted in the troops of the Commerce. WEDNESDAY, Fan. 17. - f irst 'Ugliest Loweit Last Price Pnce. Pricy. Price Fre::eh 5 per Cults ll2 20 ... 112 30 ... 112 15 ... 112 20 434 per Cents lO3 .„ 102 ... 102 102 4 per Cents ll9 90 99 .„ 3 per Cents 76 10 76 10 ... 75 90 ... 76 Fa ,k 01 trance R L Alai! Le!gliam Bank "1,0 gas ... ...5145 ...5145 985 ... 885 ... 885 s p Bank k r Cents s(tot .. Shares 5155 08% ... 9834 98% Loan 99% 98% .. 95% ... 93% Sdanish Active New Deferred ...a l3 ... 13 13 ... 13 Neapolitan • 101 60 ... 101 60 .. 101 60 . 'Ol 60 Roman ........................ . • RAILWAY SHARES. l St. Germain ... . . ...... 717 so ,„ 717 50 715 717 50 , ... 435 ...435 435 435 ....... •••• zwl 25 ... 326 '25 325 ... 325 Orleans . ... ... 488 75 ... 453 75 481 50 487 50 S trts hurg to B a le 242 50 143 75 ... 242 50 ... 243 75 iouen AUSTRIAN FUNDS.Viipi NA , Fen 9• five per Cents. Metalliques • ...... ........... h ,..... ,«.. 1011/6 Fose per Centll• ........... 9 9f T h re p per .. . ................. 7 '34 Baal: shares _4llgeineine Zeigung. Feb. IC ." 6NLUIAN NU N DS-13auss Ld , FEu. 17. Actual Debt, }ci per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ...... .. L oan of Thirty Millions, 4 percent . . .~ 3per Cent. ..... 6834 97% Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ........ 87% Society of Conuncrce. 4 Yoper Cent lO2 Bank of Rcliginvo, 5 per Cent...-. ....... . - 1•8 q 1•8q • N at i o nal Society . Exchange on London (shot t) ...Brussels Papers, Feb. 17. nig DRAINAGII Correspondent re minds us that the places most complained of as P l7att I ; ci . n f of ourmala ria, disease, and death, are the otowns. He says that there arc' few or no buildings now erected which are not under-drained. The cellars of Liverpool and Manchester, as well as the buildings of Saffron hip ff! d Cabl e -street; are not of th i s meratjun. Alley 4 were 1110.4 ceatuities ago, Closes and wynds chkto from the ages of feudalism% In fact, then, what Lord Normanby's Bill is to achieve is already in a great measure done or in progress. Poverty has dtiven the people to all kinds of shifts, and amongst -them to huddle closer to gether than is healthful. If the Legislature will only take its heavy hand from their industry, they will spring themselves into cleanliness and fresh air. If there be any doubt of it ; let the parsons teach them the solid advantages of phy sisal purity. That will be an infinitely more use ful work. than inculcating hatred of rival sects, or - lecturing on. incomprehensible dogmas. Let the Commissioners of Sewers, too, do what they have now got to do well before they are commissioned to .do More. Half the drains of the metropolis are .at certain .seasons. most offensive; • why does not Lord Normanby order the construction of • what are ealled fitink traps ? or why do not the Commissioners, those paragons of excellence and heavy rates, -construct them without orders ? if - the mimberlessißoards, Commissioners, and Offi cials, who are - already. in existence, were to do their duty, -we f shouht not .want new Boards with more extensive powers, nor any new laws. MASTER ,ILUMPHRRY'S CLOCK.-Mr. Beuler, so well known for his songs and his peculiar manner of singing them, has just published some verses under this title, which have been set to music by Mr. J. Clinton. They possess some of the characteristics of Mr. Beuler's style, striking antithesis, natural humour, and the ludicrous use of words of similar sound with different mean ings, but in order to be duly appreciated they must be heard from the lips of the author him- : self. He alone can do them justice, and those therefore who wish to judge of their real merits ought to take the earliest opportunity of hearing him recite them in public. No muse has been more prolific than his, and he disdains no sub ject, and seems to rejoice as much in picturing the beauties of "Sukey Snubs" as in describing the majesty of King William and the British 'wry. They are .all written in the language of humour, but free from expressions likely to give offence in any society, and contain not the slightest allusions of an immoral te n d ency . Workmen are busily employed in paving Duncannon-street with wood, in order that Divine SerVice in St. Martin's church may not be interrupted by the noise of public vehicles on a Sunday, and that passengers may not be put to the inconvenience of going out of their way by the interference of the police. Why do not the .parish authorities connected with the two churches in the Strand adopt the same simple remedy, and not torment sick and dying people in the narrow by-streets by the intolerable rattling of omnibuses and coaches for four hours every Sunday? If their object really was the corwenience of the clergymen and hearers, they would l have - done this long ago, and Itic can, thererOre' only .conclude that their object is to make k'sflow of godliness: It is certainlY, sur prising-that the public should submit with such patience to this arbitrary conduct, and be stopped or turned back on a thoroughfare by policemen, as if they • were committing a trespass. . . COURT CIRCULAR. The Royal West Pennard Cheese was yesterday brought to Buckingham Palace, for presentation to the Queen. Her Majesty saw the Cheese privately, and was graciously pleased to express her approbation. His Royal Highness Prince Albert received the deputa tion (by whom it was brought) at one o'clock, and ex pressed himself much pleased and gratified with the present. We understand that the Lord Steward of her Ma jesty's Household has it in command, to express to the parties by whom the Cheese was sent, her Majesty's gratification at tha present. The Queen had .an evening party on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace. . Her - Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by Lady Charles Somerset, arrived at the Palace, at half-past nine o'clocjc. Her Royal High ness was received in the Grand Hall by the Hon. Miss Paget, and the Hon. Miss Anson, Maids of Honour in Waiting; Sir Frederick Stovin, Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting ; and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. His Royal High ness Prince George of Cambridge arrived soon after wards. Among the company were the Marquis of Anglesea, Lady Adelaide Paget. Lord George Paget, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Lady Ance Anson ' the Countess of Uxbridge, th e L a di es El eonora an d Con stance Paget, Lord Paget, Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Robert Gros venor, Lady Leveson, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Cantilupe, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, Miss Wheatley, Hon. William Cowper, Mr. George Ed ward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. • Her Majesty's Private Band attended in one of the State-Rooms during the night. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yester day and remained to lunch with her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and his Majesty the King. of the Belgians. Blron Butow, the Prussian-Minister; had on audience yesterday of his Majesty the King of the Bcigians, in Buckingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queeo. ller Majesty bad a dinner party labt evening. The Company consisted of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal High ne3s the Duchess of Kent, the Grecian Minister, and the Princess Mavrocordato, M. Van de Weyer, the Beljan Minister, the Marquis Conyngham, Rai and Countess of Minto, Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Earl Howe, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Melbourne, Baron Stockmar, the Marchioness of Nornianby, the Countess of Mayo, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Paget, Hoo. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Gore, Baroness Lehzen, General Goblet, M. Van Pratt, Lora Polti more, Sir Fred. Stovin, Hon. C. A. Murray, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Captain Seymour. The Band of the Second Regiment dt Life Guards was in attendance at the Palace during dinner. • His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge left town by the London and Birmingham Railway at half•past nine o'clock yesterday morning for Liverpool, on his way to Dublin to joie his Regiment. The Marquis of Normanby has been prevented by indisposition from attending at the Home-office during the present week. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Mr. E. Rice, M.P., had interviews with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A Deputation, headed by Lord St. Vincent, and in cluding Mr. Mayers, agent for Barbadoes, had an in terview with Mr. Labauchere, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches from the Governor of South Australia were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence had a dinner, party on Thursday, at his residence, in St. James's Palace. Among the company were. their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George, the E xrl of Cardigan, Earl of March, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Sir Samuel Higgins, and Mr. Wombwell. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Justice Ersaine gave judgment at the opening of the Court in au appeal from the Prerogative Court, " Harwood v. Biker," relative to the will of the late Mr. Baker of Kensington. Their Lordships decided against the validity of the will, and affirmed the decree of the Court below with costs. Messrs. Pemberton and Miller, Queen's Counsel, were then heard during the remainder of the sitting on an 'appeal from Bengal, " Rajah Deedar Hoosain v. Raned Ziboor von .Nissa." Sir E. H. East sat with the Committee as a Privy Councillor. CURIOUS CASE.—A somewhat singular case was decided on Thursday in the Insolvent Debtor's Court. A surgeon, named Roby, was heard by the Court in April last, and remanded for a period of eight months frcm the vesting order. lie brought an action against Messrs. Moss and Humphries, solicitors, for false impri sonment, on making a criminal charge against him, and afterwards arresting him in a civil action. The Jury awarded the damages at 4001. which were on a rule, and by consent reduced to 2001. against Mr. Moss, and the the costs of Mr. Humphries were ordered to be paid, amounting to 25/. 3s. 2d., making the sum to be received 1741. 16a. 10d. The assignee of the insolvent applied to the Court to obtain the money, or a portion, for the bone. fit of the creditors, set forth in the schedule, and the Court granted a rule on the parties to hold the same un til further order, and one ou the insolvent to show cause against the present application. Mr. Roby stated that ho was out of practice, and bad from the time of his remand supported himself and a family of a wife and three chil dren. The sums he had borrowed of the new creditors, including Mr. Boyden, amounted to 157/. Os., and that gentleman had a claim for extra costs in the action and for other business, which would exced 45/. The insol vent further stated intis affidavit that he had lately brought an action for slander against the assignee, and his opinion was that Mr. Moss and his assignee were acting in con cert in the application now before the Court. Affidavits from the new creditors were read, showing- the sums bor• rowed, and one from Mr. Boydell, of his claim on the da mages, and his further debt mentioned. The Court or dered that under the present rule the sum of 601. out of the damages should be paid to the assignee making the application: T PETRARCH S LIFE AND SONNETS.—TIHS elegant volume, just published, is the production of Miss Wollaston's pen, and is embellished with a very beautiful portrait of Petrarch in his youth. To almost all classes of reader's will this " Life of Petr b and translated Son nets" be acceptable. His we 'rigs bespeak him one of the best of men, the noblest of vers, and the loftiest of poets. The world of literature wes much to Petrarch. "In the resurrection of sci ce," observes the historian Gibbon, .44 Italy was the first to cast away her shroud. and the elo quent Petrarch, by his lessons and his example, may justly be applauded as the first harbinger of day. VIENNA, FEB. 9.—His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick, who so honourably distinguished him self in the campaign in Syria, has just returned to Vianna, and was most cordially welcomed by all the members of the Impel ial family. It is said that Mr. Barry is to receive the sum of 25,000/. from the Leeds of the Treasury fir superintending, and completing the new Houses of Pa- MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. We are gratified in being able to notice a alight rally this afternoon in the rates of the Foreign Exchanges, which, it will be remembered, were last week also more buoyant. The rate for paper on Paris was 25f. 55e. to 60c., on Hamburgh 13 71 to /, on Amsterdam 12 2/ to 3, on Antwerp 12 21 to 4 2 , on Frankfort 149, and on Trieste 10 11 to 2. It is said that speculative or ders for grain have been forwarded to the Continent, to be executed upon the re-opening of the navigation, and should this prove to be the case, there will be a check imposed upon any further improvement. One thing is rather against the success of any such operations in a pecuniary point of view, and that is the very fa vourable prospect with regard to the growing crops. The speculators found their hopes, however, upon defi cient supplies until the crops are housed. The English Funds were slightly affected to-Jay by the intelligence from the United States of Mr. M‘Leod's re-capture and imprisonment. The business done in time bargains was not so extensive to-day, but in the heavy stocks there were again numerous, and, in many instances, good purchases on behalf of the public. Consols for Money realised 881 to 88/, closing at 88i, arid for Time 88i to 88. i. Bank Stock improved from 1651 to 166, and East India Stock from 2461 to 247 and 248. Exchequer Bills were dull at 6s. to 4s. premium ; the Reduced Three-and.a-Half per Cents. remained at 98A- to 97j ; the New Three-and-a-Halt per Cents. at 97 to 971 ; and the Three per Cent. Annuities at 89-a to 88Z-. Foreign Stocks were not well supported. Spanish Act've Bonds realised 23/ to Portuguese New Five per Cents. were not higher than 31i to / ; the Three per Cents. wore flat at 19i ; Mexican Stack of 1e37 remained at 27}; Colombian of 1824 was reduced to 221; Buenos Ayres was worth 26 ; French Three per Cents. were at 76, Danish Bonds at 781, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, at 501. For Shares there is still an absence of all inquiry. The Great Western brought 251 to 25, the New 11, and the South Western 191 premium. Brighton were 7 to 71, Blackwall 4/ to 41, and Cheltenham :and Great Western'34 to 341 discount. Australasian Bank New Shares were 10/ premium, and National Pro vincial Bank of England declined from par to discount. (From The Sun of Last Night. ) We have received New York Papers to the 3d February, two days later than the last arrival. Exchange—Foreign Sterling Bills S to titi; Southern con siderably lower. BAILING OF MR. M'LEOD. The Buffalo Commercial of Thursday states that the re quired bail was given the day before yesterday by Messrs. Bro therson' : of Queen's Town, and Brett, o f L oc kp or t, an d th a t Mr. 111‘Leod was, forthwith discharged from custody No sooner was lie'ieleased than a very numerous band of armed men—one account sass two or three hundred—interposed, and forcibly reconducted him:to :gaol, where he is yet confined.. The avowed object of this ;disorderly and unlawful proceeding is to afford the owner of the Caroline an opportunity of arrest ing Mr. M'Leod for the destruction of that boat, and thereby detain him this side of the river. NEW BRUN SWICK.—The Legislature of New Brunswick assembled at Fredericton on the •20th inst. The following is the concluding paragraph of the speech of the Lieutenant-Governor : " I regret that I have it not in my power, as yet, to commu nicate to you any definitive arrangement of the boundary line. Ex parte explanations have been made on either side, prepara tory to the final settlement of that important question ; and I see no reason to apprehend the result can be otherwise than favourable to British interests, as well as to the continuance of that good understanding with the neighbouring States, which it is the true interest, and I am convinced the sincere desire, of both parties cordially to promote." The Spanish brig Jenis Maria, whose capture we announced a few days since, arrived at Havannah previous to the 13th ult., with 245. negroes, prise to her Majesty's ship Ringdovc, taken between St. Thorns and St. Croix, which has been con demned by the Court of Mixt Commission, and the negroes are sent to Trinidad. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TxuasnaY.—The sales tio• day aro 5,000 bags, of which 300 Surats, 1,500 American are on speculation. The remainder to the trade at previous prices. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 18. —Manclaoster and Birmingham, 24t ; London and Birmingham, 175 ; Lon don and South Western, SS 58& ; North Alidland, 74i 75 ; ditto, New, :36 37 ; London and Brighton, 43 ; Union Plate Glass, 74 ; Manchester Assurance, 9i. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. Accounts from Vienna, of the 2d February, state that, owing to the scarcity of money there, the Bank has raised its discount to 5 per cent. This has had an unfavourable effect on the prices of the public Funds. Accounts from Trieste, Jan. 25, state that money has be come more abundant there, and the discount is 6 a tli on good paper. A failure is announced, but it is not of importance. Consols which left eff yesterday at 884 I T for the Account, Money 884, opened this morning rather lower, 83a both for Money and'Tinie Exchequer Bills, 4 6 prom. ; Bank Stock, 164 166 ; India Stock 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade lower than it left off, 23, 7 ; 24 ; Deferred, I2J ; Passive, s i 7 i fil l ; Por tug:nese sxme as it left off, 31i 8i; Three per Cents., I 9 20 ; Brazilian, 711- 72N ; Chilian, 62 64 ; Colombian, 22i 23 ; Mexican 27 ; Dutch Two.and-a-Ilalf per Cents., 50A ; Five per Cents. 99k. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid . .. Per Share. Great Western London and Brighton - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia (New) 4O 5Ol to By the Hamburgh Papers, which arrived yesterday after noon, to the 13th inst„ the li.xchange'upon London is quoted at 13 3 ; Gold, 424; Metal, 1041 ; Bank Actions, 1,600. There still exists a stagnation in the British Market up to the present time. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 884 for the Account, may be gusted at 88,i ; for Money 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 6 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 1641 1651- • India Stock 247 248. . . . The FOrt;ign Market is also in an idle state. Spanish Ac tive 23i, lower than in the morning ; Portuguese, nothing done • Danish, 784 ; Buenos Ayres, 25 26 ; Dutch Two-and a-Half per Cents., 5t4 ; Five per Cents. 99h i• In Shares there is also very little doing. Great Western, 89 ; London and Brighton, 43. The above are the only two quotations to the present time. There does not appear to be the least disposition to speculate in either of the markets to the present time. The chief arrival this morning is from the United States, which is not of much importance, with the exception of the fall in the United States Bank Shares. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock I ._ per Cent. Red B9 ' Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 88i Ditto Old Annuities — ii per Cent Red........ 97i Ditto New Annuities... 86i New 3i per Cent .. ... 97i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 4pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 bpm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small spm Jan. 1860. l3 1-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct 1859 l2i India Stock for Acct ...247 Jan. 1860 ... FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto..... Brazilian Bonds ....• .. Prussian, 5 per cent... .._ Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 25 Russian, 5 per cent. . . Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, G per cent ... 22 Spanish, 5 per cent 23Z Ditto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent..... 78i- French, 5 per cent —f. —c. Greek,lB2s, spercent. Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 27a French,3 per cent 76f. —e. Di to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, W I per cent soi Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 99i SHARES. Cheltenham and Great Western (621 paid) 28 Great Western Railway (65 paid) 9O Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Huh and Selby (50 paid) London ankl Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (22k pd) 17g London and South Western 5Bl COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) • Amsterdam C F. 12 5-1 'Gibraltar Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 0 U. 12 6 Genoa l .. 25 85 ... Antwerp Harnburgh........M.l3 l3 101 Venice . .47 Alton% ..... 13 11 Naples 4oi Paris, 3 days'sight 25 45 PalermO, per oz 119} Ditto, 3 months 25 70 'Lisbon ... 51i Marseilles .... 25 75 Oporto .• Bourdeaux... . .... 25 75 Rio Janeiro.... •••• ...... 28 Frankfort on Maine.... 1494 Bahia... 27 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 1; Buenos Ayres —.. Berlin... _.. .. . . . • . Vienna, effee. 11. 3 AI. 10 2 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz.. Gilboa. ... 3si , Foreign Gold, bars.. 317 9 35 INew Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona 3.5 iNew Dollars 0 4 10. Seville . 35 'Silver in Bars 0 5 04 EXPRESS EXTRA ORD INA RY.—Yesterday after noon Murray, one of the messengers of The Sun news. payer-office, Strand, started on horseback from that office with a small parcel for the five o'clock train of the South ampton Railway, which, notwithstanding his utmost speed, be was enabled to reach only at the instant the train had started. The clerk, to whom he tendered the parcel, jocosely said, " You see the train has started, if you can catch it, all very well." No sooner said than done. ray seeing the door which leads to the tra ins open, darted through it, to the great consternation of the clerk, officers, and others, who witnessed it, as the up train was in sight, which evidently must pass him, and there was barely room enough for a man to stand in the space which separates the two trains, much less for him to run, and the bestlightest mishap occurring to him, he must of necessity rushed h ow ever, passed him safely, and to atoms. The up train , he actually succeeded in overtaking the down train before it had proceeded a furlong, and, delivering his parcel to the guard, returned in safety to the terminus, where he was severely reprimanded for his temerity. Times of yesterday. THE LINENDRAPERS', HABERDASHERS', &C. INsTlTuTtom.—The ninth annual Court of this institution was held at Exeter-hall on Thursday night, when a most favourable report of the affairs of the past year was read. It appeared that 1,5001. had been invested in the Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, making a sum, given rea lized:Medicalstatedpastyearhave been sixapplicants to hadseveral received e mbe t " he and during the temporary pecuniary relief of which they had stood in need. Lord The petitions against Stanley's Bill, and for the Repeal of the Union, to both Houses of Parlia ment, containing in all 400,000 signatures, were forwarded to London, per Lee steamer , on a d Satur Saturdaylast, for presen tation. Vast numbers of additional names era looked for, and will be forwarded, 'per. post, by the Committee to be added to the original petition. —Cork Southern Reporter, MORNING EDITION. ADDRESS, TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF THE UNITED •KINGDOM. NO. 11. " The partition-wall which circumstances had run up between Reformers of the middle and working classes is already begun to be pulled down ."—Spectator. BRETHREN,—Permit us to congratulate you upon the high position of your movement, and especially upon the truth of the sentence above quoted. Much have we laboured aed long have we desired to bring about its full accomplishment. Often have we laboured des pairingly ; at times, ~the suffering, together with the misdirected zeal of the employed, and the deep-seated pride and . prejudice of the employer, seemed almost im passable barriers ; but through all we had a strong faith in the justice of our principles and of their ultimate adoption by all who were oppressed. Nor have we been disappointed, for although the minds of !easy of -our countrymen of the middle classes were for a time o%erwlielnied with the flood of prejudice and ignorance, we rejoice that the deluge is rawly subsiding, and the ark of reason and justice has found an Ararat to rest upon. Especially do we feel proud of the widtly different position you now held from that which, on former occasions of political inter course with the middle classes, you were wont to oc cupy. The dignity of lebour bids fair to secure its legi timate piece in society, and without opposing wealth to demand that it shall be placed with it upon a political equality. We are more and more persuaded that the most efficient way to prepare a people for the enlight ened use of their rights is to engage them in an agita tion to obtain them. Never ha-; maxim been more com pletely verified than in the spirit of cslm, yet earnest in quiry, that has pervaded' the later stages of the Char tist agitation. Principles of political economy have been discussed by the people which, but a few years ago, were considered so abstruse, as only to be understood by those whose profession was legislation ; every passing event has been measured by the masses with a scrutinizing, almost with a prophetic eye, and scarcely has a single atom in the vast and designedly complicated machinery of Church and State been left unscanned and unexplored by the penetrating search of the people's eagle eye. The Chartist press, pulpit, and platform have sent forth thoughts, and implanted hopes, which, like lightnings, are alive in every bosom of the multitude ; no wonder, therefore, that when they appeared on the Leeds hustings they came possessed of minds, princi ples, and determinations of their own, they were no longer as they used to be assenting inferiors, or mere pressure-frem-without machinery. They asked not of the mid Ole classes leadership, but alliance : supe riority, but co-operation. Their motto was a bold and independent one—" With yOu if we may; without you if we must." Brethren, we have cautioned you to be wary of being led by men in your own ranks. We oppose leader ship in Chartism. No wonder, therefore, that we cau tion you to watch well every step you take in political intercourse with the middle classes, whether in your own ranks, or in your intercourse with others. No maxim is more ennobling as well as useful then " Think for yourselves." Observe this, and we need not cau tion you against deceivers, for you cannot be deceived To be deceived implies as much intellectual want on your side as moral turpitude on the other ; and th e man who tells you that you cannot safely admit to your ranks the middle classes, has either some sinister object in view, or entertains such a 13w opinion of your moral rectitude arid intellectual strength, as to doubt your capability of thiaking for yourselves, or of distinguish ing between right and wrong. It is a mistrusting of the intelligence of the people ; and from whatever guar ' ter it come, or however civilly it be worded, it is an insult, founded on the self same reason whereby the expediency politicians withhold from them their rights, viz. their imputed want of discriminatinr, intel ligence. Brethren, we see no reason to entertain such an opinion of you ; we therefore say, receive all men who admire the principles of your Charter, without distinction of sect or class ; nay, mere, we say invite all. The man who gains a single penny to the funds, or a single name to - the lists of Chartism, has inscribed his name honourably on the pages of Liberty's book of life, no matter from whatever class they come. We have said receive and invite them, nay, more, we ask you to ennoble yourselves intellectually and morally, that thus you may silently constrain respect and admi ' ration for the principles you advocate. If every Chartist was so elevated by pure morality and expanding intel lect as to become in reality a man, then would he poss secs a moral power, which would so inform the judgment, and so secure the respect even of his cnernies,that many of them would listen to his kind yet dignified expo sition of facts ana truths, and, becoming insensibly con vinced, would feel such a lively faith in the excellence of the Charter that they would leave our meetings re joicing in having found the truth. In' all your attempts to spread your principles never lose eight of their full efficiency to gain an entrance into the most prejudiced tilled, if they are rr s.ntcd in their pure and native beauty, uniudied and unmarred by the errors of the advocate. Remember also that steady morality wins more than the most sub!iine intellect accompanied by vice ; men and principles will be identified ; and, we fear, too often have noble principles suffered from a want of equal nobility on the part of the advocate. On the method of advo cating much depends ; ever distinguish between vitipu ration and argument ; remember that insult and anni hiletion is not conviction, and never for a moment allow yourself to conceive that swaggering Billingsate is either dignity or determination. We have been thus particular in our alvice to. you, heeause we we fully sensible of the immense importance of Ciartism to the came of humanity, c . vilization, and religion ; on the speedy success of Chartism depends the happine.sof millions of human Leings in almost every part of the world. Britain is so linked with the inte rests of all nations., that the dial hand of the world's de liverance must move Lankwards or forwards on the event of this movement ; every battier to its progress is answered by t'.e groans of the human family ; every aid, however ft ebl, has its reward in the loud licclaim of liberated millions. On then, and gain strength, for t'e mighty conflict ; let.the question be, " Wherein is it that our great strength lieth ?" Reason and expe rience answer, Union! Remember tl , e old saying, " Di vide the thunder notes, and it becomes a lullaby for childrp ; but pour them fortis in one loud peal, and the royal sound shall shake the heavens."— We remain, your fellow lsbourers in the cause of freelom, JOHN COLLINS. ARTHUR O'NEILL. HOUSE OF LORDS.—The whole of the fittinin up of the House of Lcrds for the trial of the Earl of Car digsn were - on Wednesday removed in a few h.mrs by the workmen employed under the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The woolsack and all tits benches were taken out, the floor striprod.of the carpets. and the new gantries entirely oismant!od, nothirg rernieing of all the tempo rary accommodations, except that part which had been added to the strangers' gallery, by throwing it forward several feet. The gentleman who had the direction of the workmen announced to some members a !he press who happened to be on the spot, that it was intended to appro priate this projection to the use of Members of the House of Commons, an arrangement which would be pro ductive of the greatest iceonaenience to the reporters, as their station then would be in the centre of a crowd of persons whose conversation and whispeti.igs would render it ifiapossible to hear distinctly what passes in the House. The representative of the Woods arid Forests, on being made acquainted with this serious objection, said he had reeeived orders from Lord Duncannon, to afford every facility to the gentlemen of the Press, and be would therefore partition off about one-third f tin stew front gallery from that designed for the use of Members of the House of Commons. The reporters would then have a sories of short seats, one behind the other, capable of hold ing about three in a row. The effect of this would be, that not half of them would find seats, and those in the, front row only would have the proper accommodation for performing their duty; and, moreover, constant intcrrup_ tion would arise from passing in and out, and crossing their each other's places, In fact, such a plan would be much more inconvenient than useful. If i t is necessar y that some of tho Members of the other House should be pro vided with a place in the Strang ers ' Galler y in the House of Lords, surely it is not too much to ask that the front row should be given up to those who have to execute inn-- portant busisess, the p i r n or e e re r st p e e d i rf l o i r a n; a t n h c e e co n u f n r t , r e a u.g Lordships are as much and must desire to have promoted by securing to the re porters the same positipn in the new gallery s.rhich th e y have had all along in the old one.lf Noble Lords wish to have frequent opportunities of complaining of o m i ss i ons and mistakes in their speeches, let them countenance the plan of the Woods and Forests; if they wish to be heard and understood, let them insist upon the front row cf the ga ll e iy being allotted to the Pte3S. The front row alone w;ll be of any real service. THE LATE ACCIDENT TO PRINCE ALBERT ON TUE Ins AT .131TEINGLIAM PALACE.. -..When Prince Al bert broke through the ice on the lake in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, one day last week, his Royal High ness's situation was far more perilous than the public were led to imagine;, and, had not her Majesty and the Hon. Miss Murray been fortunately close to the spot at the time,. there is very little doubt that the result would have proved. fatal to the Prince. The water where the ice broke wea upwards of seven feet in depth, although close to the shore, and the sides of the bank afforded him no footing to enable him tl extricate himself without assistancr. The Prince was in the water for up wards cf three minutes, and went twice under before he could grasp the hand of her Majesty. The Hon. Mr. Murray, the Master of the Household, who was skating at a distant part of the gar dens hearing the screams of a female (which were those of Miss Murray) hastened to the spot from whence they proceeded, where he arrived just as the Prince had been dragged on dry ground by the Queen. It was supposed by the Prince that, during the time his Royal Highness °was immersed, he must bare swallowed upwards of a pint of water. The inhabitants' of Belgrave-square and its neighbourhood have petitioned the Governnient to allow a new carriage entrance into Hyde-park at Knightsbridge, and Mr. dutitt has offered to erect an ornmental lodge, at hit own expense, if the proposition be acceded to. FORGED BANK NOTES.—Three men on Thursday, the 11th inst., at Bishops Stortford, uttered a number of forged notes purporting to be of the Bank of England, and purchased with them articles of apparel, ob taining considerable sums in exchange ; they have at pre sent eluded the vigilance. of the police, and have escaped with bath cash and goods, Cliv e on' i sr er, A n d sir e i ce s c