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Gen tleman could com pl e t e hi s sjiecch e the Rouse was ounted out, and at Seven o'Clock adjourned. the Inaugural Address of General HARnISON, which we received yesterday, has very much disappointed us. Instead of a brief; dear enun ciation of his views, such as we looked for from an old soldier —such-as we are accustomed to hear from the Duke of WEL LINGTON—we find a ver y long and very obscure address, so oven . , loaded with words, that we are made to feel at every sentence that the General wishes rather to conceal than express his thoughts. He appears 'to have been afraid to dazzle the Americans with the excess of light that was in his own mind, and he has darkened it by transmitting it through a dense medium of words. As it is of some consequence, however, to ascertain, as far as possible, what is to be the policy of the new Government, as contradistinguished from the former, we shall endeavour to gather from the Address what are General HARRISON'S principles. _ _ The most interesting point for us foreigners is fortunately despatched in the fewest words. The General assures his fellow-citizens that — It is my intention to use every means in my power to preserve the friendly intercourse which now so happily sub sists with every foreign nation ; and I see in the personal cha racters of the Sovereigns, as well as in the mutual interests of our own and the Governments with which our relations are most intimate, a pleasing-- . guarantee that the harmony so im portant to the interests of•their subjects, as well as our citizens, will not be interrupted by the advancement of any claim or pretension upon their part to which our honour would not per mit us to yield. Long the defender of my country's rights in the field, 1 trust that my ferow-citizens will not see .in my earnest desire to preserve peace with foreign Powers any in dication that their rights will ever be sacrificed, or the honour of the nation tarnished, by any admission on the part of their Chief Magistrate unworthy of their fk,rmer glory. That is all which General HARRISON says about his foreign policy, and every right thinking . man amongst us will hail with pleasure; and do his utmost to enforce, the intention of preserving the friendly intercourse between England and America. The late - . American Government did not, :;however ; - make any different professions—it N". - its mit dismissed on account of its foreign policy, but because its domestic policy was unpopular, and we, therefore, were anxious to learn what General HARRISON is to substitute for the mea sures of Mr. VAN BUREN. Chosen by a majority of the electors, lie can not do otherwise than recognise, as did his two immediate predecessors, the broadest demo cracy as the foundation of the whole Government. " The whole Constitution," he says, " rests upon the people a breath of theirs having made, a breath can unmake, change, or modify it." So far he does not differ from them; but be im- mediately afterwards sets up as above the living democracy the " national compact," which set tled the Constitution. " The majority of our citizens possess a sovereignty with an amount of power precisely equal to that which has been granted to them by the parties to the national compact, and nothing beyond." He distinguishes the American Republic from democracies in which the people lay claim to a power limited only by their own will, and above that will he places the will of those who drew up the Consti tution. We fancy we see in this passage a . dis position in the new President to place bounds, if he can, to the power of that majority which elected him, fearing, probably, that it may de sert him as it has deserted his predecessor. He certainly may mean by sovereignty the functionaries which the will of the sovereign people has constituted, for he also says—" The Constitution of the United States is the instru ment containing this grant of power to the several departments composing the Govern ment." But if he only means to confine the several departments of the Government within the bounds marked out for them by the Consti tution, what can be said for the clearness of the address? We admit that from these contradic tory passages we do not know whether General HARRISON means to regulate the departments by the Constitution, or to use that to place bounds to tine power of the living democracy. He has, however, a purpose in view a project of reform at heart--which seems to us alike incompatible with the duties of the Pre sident, which are merely to administer the Executive, and the principle he subsequently lays down in his address, that it was" not intended to make the President the source of legislation." A reforming President is, we are inclined to think, not required in the United States. He should leave changes to be initiated by the Con gress; but, true to the principle which carried him into power, he declares what he himself will do, to comply, we presume, with the wishes of the party which elected him. He apprehends that the great danger arises to the American Government, not from a usurpa tion by it of power which the people has not granted, but by one department taking to it self the power granted to another. He attributes, in common with others, a tendency in the President's office to gather the power from the subordinate and separate department to itself, and he proposes, as one of the objects of his re form, to arrest that tendency. He thinks that it is a part of the wisdom of the Republic to limit the service of the President, and he proposes to give this principle the sanction of his example by declaring that " under no circumstances will I consent to serve a second term." Mr. VAN, BUREN. and Mr. QUINCEY ADAMS, we believe, are the only Presidents who have not served two terms, and we cannot see any reason for the limitation on the people's free choice, which General HARRISON would pro pose. Suppose that at the end.of his own term his country were engaged in war, which he was prosecuting to a successful issue, might it not be most unpatriotic and most dan gerous for him to adhere to his resolution, or for his country to be compelled to entrust the con duct of affairs into other hands? In General HARRISON'S case—who is supposed to have been placed in the Presidential Chair as what is called a warming-pan, because his party could not se cure the election of either one of two powerful rivals, who would have been preferred to him— the resolution may be a wise one, but such a single instance cannot justify a '-general prin ciple. Nor is its enactment necessary ; for supposing Mr. VAN BUREN'S Government to have accumulated power by being a kind of heir to General JACKSON, the people, by their choice of General HARRISON, haVei -shown that they know how to correct the error. In Eu rope it is generally said that the Executive Go vernment of the United States is not strong enough, and the new President would diminish its power. In this we think the General has mistaken the principles of his party, whose object is the very reverse of that which he has stated it to be his intention to perform.' The General discusses at great length the veto principle, on which he is more than ordinarily verbose; and, deciding that it was not intended to constitute the President a part of the Legisla tive power, he concludes that " the veto power was given to the Executive of the United States solely as a conservative power, to be used only, first, to protect the Constitution from violation; secondly, the people from the effects of hasty legislation, where their will has been pro bably disregarded, or not well understood ; and, thirdly, to prevent the effects of com binations violative of the rights of minorities." Of course he condemns that exercise of it by General JACKSON by which he destroyed the Charter of the United States Bank. Considering the tendency in the Executive power to augment itself, lie is strong against the " unhallowed union of the Treasury with the _Executive Department, which has created such To this and to the danger to ons created by the influence Republicangenera al a r i n n i s . through the instrumen talityfficers he proposes to apply " I have given to the Executive thr of the fede i r t a u - ti o de termined,"allthei. n m iu ov n e ica a ti S n e;r a e l - 1 eidleiessaayts,his "nevereomm yvaltotaey - of the Treasury without at : n o cir m .e h c u ir o cu us m e s s t o an f c c e o s ng a i t .e te ss n . dinL v s e u r e , h wi l t • tli both e con sent, shall an officer of the people, compensated for his services out of their pockets, become the pliant instrument of Executive will." On the same principle of reducing the power of the Executive Government, General HAR RISON declares that the mode of keeping the public treasury should be prescribed by Con gress, and " the further it is removed from the control of the Executive, the- more wholesome the arrangement, and the more in accordance with Republican principles." General JACK SON .was the advocate of a metallic currency, that lie might make the Executive independent of the monied interest. General HARRISON re gards the idea of making the currency exclusively metallic as fraught with more fatal consequences than any other scheme, having no relation to the personal rights of the citizens, that has everbeen devised. lle will, therefore, renew and extend the power of the banks, and raise up'a monied aris tocracy to control the Executive Government. It may be that, intead of a blunt old soldier, G e neral HARRISON I_a consummate politician, and , he means by all these remarks against increasing the Executive power only to throw his fellow citizens off their guard, and more securely ac complish some plan of increasing it which he has couceived. If it be not so his Government will be a terrible disappointment to the aristocracy and the Tories of Europe. They have run down the Government of General JACKSON and of Mr. VAN BUREN as too democratic; our Tory and aristocratia ournals teem day after day with tirades against the want of power in the Executive and Ge neral Government of the United States; the Tories have led the public to believe that when the Whigs —as General HARRISON'S friends are called—suc ceeded to office, they would improve this and strengthen the Executive; but the one pervading principle of Gen. HARRISON'S Inaugural Address is that the Executive is too strong, that it gathers too much power to itself fro m o th er d e p ar t men t s , and it must by all possible means be checked and weakened. Such an Inaugural Address was, we apprehend, little looked for on this side the At lantic. A strange prospect is opening on the world. The Examiner and the Globe have proclaimed their adhesion to the Tory creed, that the " pre sent constitution of the United States must even tually fail." It may, therefore, be interred, as the leading organs of both parties adopt the same views, that they are correct. But if the magnificent political experiment which has been made in the new world fail, on what can the hopes of mankind rest ? Can they fall back on the monarchies of Europe and be contented to look for nothing better than a series of French Revolutions, conquering Emperors, Reform Bill agitations, and Court intrigues? Comparing the effects of the United States, Government in the prosperity of the people, with the effects of the Governments of Europe, during the last fifty years, we can not believe that the monarchies of Europe have any thin;• to boast of. The institutions of the Republic have been in all respect' as little changed as the institutions of any country of Europe. It has the same form of Government now as when it threw off the English yoke, while every European monarchy has in that period undergone great changes. Europe may be said to have a federation of Governments as well as the United States, but it has been continually exposed to wars, while the United States have had only some verbal wranglings one with another. Though they hive received into their bosoms the offscourings of Europe, they have en joyed much greater tranquillity than the prouder federation of European monarchies, which has had, as it were, a common police, and has refused an asylum to those whom it thought dangerous. The passions, too, which have here found vent in great and organized legal warfare, have had no other outlet in the United States than private broils, and yet individual assassinations have not been more frequent in the United States than in Ireland or in Spain, or, perhaps, even than in England. IT the Government under which the propitious effects we witness in America is to pass away, and if nothing better can be hoped for than the monarchies of Europe, which are, in the opinions of some persons, hastening to decay, on what can the hopes of mankind, as to future govern ment, be based ? The prospect seems to us a dreary void, and, lest all faith in the future should become extinct, it may be advisable in those philosophers of the journals, who seek to extin guish the hopes which the rising Republic of the West had excited, to sketch out some aristocrati cal or theoretical Utopia, to realise which should be the common object of all who act, write, or think, for the public welfare. We are by no means sorry to see the Post re turning to the controversy on free trade, and that it has found a Correspondent to aid it in opposing The Sun, To deal first with the letter-writer, we must bee , to treat as a misrepresentation his n . assertioth e' at we looked to any rapid improve ment in the public knowledge of the properties of matter to keep up the rental of the country were the Corn-laws abolished. No doubt some increase of knowledge would accrue ; but the in crease of a town population would be the main element for enhancing in future, as it has en hanced in past times, the rental of land. We are not displeased to receive from the letter-writer the title of the " Labourers' Representative," for undoOtedly they constitute the great majority of the nation, and in supporting them we support i the most numerous party. That the currency is not what it should be we admit, but the regula tions of that are of a nature not so much to in terest the public as the gross and manifest in justice of the Corn-laws. We prefer, therefore, dealing with the latter subject, at the same time we are not averse, on seasonable occasions, from discussing the currency question, and we have stated more than once that we are for a perfectly free trade in money as well as in corn. When the abolition of the landlord's taX is accomplished, we shall exert ourselves to get rid of the Mint lie about gold and silver, and the Bank of England fraud, as well as some other nonsensical or roguish enactments; and then we shall be happy to receive the aid of the Post and its Correspondent. In the meantime, consider ing that the abolition of the Bread-tax is of the most importance, we shall diflect our best exer tions to attain that object. So much fbr the letter-writer in the Post ; now we turn to the Editor's leader. He begins by ex pressing surprise at the one-sided view taken by writers in favour of free trade, and before he completes liivaragraph he defines free trade to be 4 114.0ttirtstlicted right to employ foreign labour mstead„of British." Can any, biewt be more on&sided? Surely it is also the right to employ the labour of British seamen in bringing home corn from the United States and from Prussia, and in carrying out cotton cloth and produce to exchange for it, which is now prohi bited, except under most disadvantageous terms. Surely also, free trade is the right to employ, which is now not allowed, the weavers of Carlisle and the cutlers of Sheffield in pro viding the cloth and cutlery which could be ex changed for the food of Prussia and the United States. The one-sidedness belongs at least as much to the Post as to the advocates of free trade. s:ead of British, is an injury to that great mass of our population who have nothing but their power of labouring for others to depend upon. But we will add that the chief want of the la bourers is food, and the chief capital by which the capitalists can obtain thLir services is food. In proportion, therefore, as food is augmented, in proportion as the sources of its supplies are in creased, just so does the competition amongst ca pitalists to have the services of labourers, which services are indispensable to their profit, increase; and just so does employment extend and wages rise. The Post would confine us to one source for a sup ply of food, would limit the quantity, and both limit the power of the capitalists to employ labour and limit their competition against one another to obtain labour, for the benevolent purpose of improving the condition of the la bourer. We are unwilling, though at the expense of being tedious, to allow any apparent fallacy to escape notice and refutation. We must, there fore, observe that the Post implies that land, as well as labour, is cheaper in foreign countries than in England. If it be, whence does it arise ? Our population is undoubtedly, with the excep tion, perhaps, of some of the small States of Italy, of Wirtemberg, and Holland, the most dense of Europe ; but it has the pre-eminent ad vantage of being surrounded by the sea, which opens to our people an easy access to all other countries. As we have before observed, the fertile plains of the Mississippi are; for practical purposes, as near to Liverpool as they are to Boston. The in habitants of Cork or Lancashire can transport themselves thither, or bring food from thence, at as little cost nearly as the inhabitants of Massa chusetts. The cause of land being much dearer in Eng land than in the United States, to say nothing of Germany, which has , not our command of the great highway of nations, is mainly that law which prevents the produce Of the vast plains of the Mississippi from being freely imported into England, and of course - prevents ,some portion of the crowded and suffering population of Eng land from transporting themselves thither to cultivate those plains in order to feed their countrymen who would remain here to prepare them instruments and clothing. _ The Post assumes that labour is cheaper in the countries with which the abolition of the Corn laws would allow our capitalists to trade. The assumption is an error. One of those countries is the United States, into which labour, because it is more in demand and better paid than here, is continually flowing. From all the other countries in question, Russia, Prussia, and Belgium, few or no labourers come to England. We find a few German tailors and French or Swiss confection ers, with a few sugar-bakers, come here, but at present English artizans go abroad, showing that labour—their labour, at least—is dearer and bet ter paid abroad than here. With Ireland at our doors, where wages are not above 4d. or 6d. a day—with the Irish coming over to England by shoals, and with wages in every part of the coun try at the very lowest point at which a half-fed, half-clothed, half-warmed existence can be sup ported, to talk of labour being cheaper in any other part of the Continent of Europe, particu llaabrloyurceoin.ss,ibdeertirnagystheeithsekrillgraenadt i i n g d n u o s r t a r n y ce of o o r u a r mocking spirit which we do not find in the wri tings of the Post. We say nothing of the monopoly of the soil in England, because, with a perfectly free trade, the vast regions of the United States being open to our people, that monopoly would be of no more importance than an individual having exclusive possession of a cabbage garden at Battersea, while all the rest of England was open to be appropriated and used by the first comer. We hold the • assumption of the Post that land and labour are cheaper in other coun tries than in England, and all the arguments and fears which grow from it, to be no farther true than that the people are limited by the law, not by nature, to that small portion of the earth which' is owned by the English aristo 7 cracy, the law-makerS, to obtain the food on which we all live. Our Contemporary seems to admit that our re ference in a former number to the manufactur ing towns, where the capitalist would employ more hands if the corn and other fiscal laws were repealed ) is so far an answer to his former statements; but he says the competition with the labour of towns is not what he dreads : It is not the competition of the manufacturing but of the agricultural labourer that we have in the first instance to apprehend, and therefore we should look for the evil re sults in Kent, and Essex, and Sussex, and Suffolk, and Surrey. It is the labourers in these and similar districts of our country . that we are anxious to preserve from the competi tion of foreign labour. Our Contemporary does not suppose that the peasants of Hungary would flock over to Eng land to compete in the cultivation of our soil with our labourers; he fears that the influx of their produce would enable our manufacturers to feed themselves without the help of our agricul tural labourers. The wheat brought a thousand miles would make men dispense with wheat grown on the spot 1 What an idle fear. Has our Contemporary any idea of cultivation It cannot be extended at will, as a clever writer like the Editor of the Post can fill his columns. Wheat cannot be spun from the brains of man. The most fertile country ever yet discovered yielded only forest trees or a few wild fruits till it was tilled by man's labour. Wheat is the produce of much labour and skill. To procure it instruments must be made, animals must be reared, the ground must be cleared and ploughed. ; and after all these la bours, it requires from six to eleven months, sub sequent to the wheat being sown, to come to perfec tion.i It would be at least nineteen months from the 'ime of abolishing our Corn-laws before any great increase of the supply of food could be obtained. N e V r i w l w o oeu w rled o t u li l ino d es b er e e l aa i sw m es reepd instantlyei a a t l e e l d y : At present we have a multitude of people in Tt employed o h w e n s d e o in n l demand ndd half ff oe while the supply could not be immediately :I . f e b f d o e ' o t t d in creased. That demand would undoubtedly stimu late the exertions of the agriculturist in distant Poland and Hungary; but why should it not have the same effect on the agriculturists of England ? The value of what the manufacturers produce gives value to agricultural produce, and the more our manufacturing produce is increased, the greater will be the value and the greater the de mand for agricultural produce, including that of England. There would be no diminution what ever of employment in Kent by increasing em ployment in Lancashire. The Post doethe agricaiturists of d g Au a great injustice ivirenit suppoSes that they do not possess advantages in _the production of corn similar to those which our people have over other countries in the production of manufac tures. They do. They are skilful as agricul turists, have excellent machinery and imple ments, and powerful cattle. Except the Bel gians, from whom Nye cannot get food, as they consume all they produce, our agriculturists are the most skilful in the world. They have more advantages in producing corn than the serfs of Hungary or the boors of Russia; and on the ad mission of the Post, that it would not ask for Corn-laws if our people had these advantages, we ask it to become a Corn-law repealer. The Post is apprehensive that the repeal sal the Corn-laws would injure the home market for our manufactures, but it does not explain how. The people would have more food, there would be more of them, and they would want more clothing and more instruments. There is no reason suppose that a grain of corn less would be grown in the country, or a head of cattle less fattened to supply a greater number of p e ople; but the corn and the cattle of the agriculturists constitute the real market for the manufacturers' produce, and that market would be extended just in proportion as the supply of food was increased. We can assure the Post, henceforth a brother repealer, that the home market for our manufactures would be much in creased by the abolition of the Corn -law. We are described as labouring under a delu sion when we stated that " one labourer is, by his produce, the market for another." Yet the Post admits the truth of the statement if the labourer be employed, but it fears an ac cumulation of unemployed labourers from allow ing the capitalists of the manufacturing districts to employ more labourers. Another most groundless fear! It is quite " enough in our complicated state of society that we have people who are capable of supplying each other's wants," if the Legislature does not interfere to prevent them; while the Post's supposition that " Government must supply the means and the inducements, restrictions here, encouragements there," is contradicted by all experience. The interference of Government with trade has been so often proved to be noxious, that the person who now advocates it must be destitute of the most elementary kntiwiedge of the science of production. By what patent right can the Le gislature tell how the different classes of indus trious men can obtain the greatest rewards for their labour ? -If it know not that, why should it restrict some, and encourage others ? Facility of Production depends on division of labour—and division of labour depends on the number of the people—for where there is only one person, he must do everything for himself. Now, the number of people depends on the quail- If we are not misinformed, some of the evi dence given before the Committee which is sit ti: g to inquire into the exportation w ill throw light on this quest t h a t the artizans of England '', and will prove would not go a b ro ad if the Corn - laws were repealed ' but they go now becau se they find thei r l a b our better re waAlcd abroa d than at home, and more maiid:.. In fact , if we are to conside in de r lab performed wit hin the political jurisdiction of our fo reign countries as foreign labour, and labour performed within the jurisdiction of Our autho rities as home labour, and if the repeal of the Corn-laws would kee p our artizans at home by finding employment for them here, i t follows that restriction .on trade, including.ti le Corn-laws, diminish employment at home, whether they do or do not encourage employment abroad. That disposes, we think, of the objection of the Post, that " free trade," or in other words, the unrestricted right to employ foreign labour TEIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1841 tity of food; and the Government, not being a producer of food, every interference by it takes something - from the producer, and appropriates that to non-production which he would devote to re-production. Every inter ference, consequently, of government with trade, lessens the quahtity of food in the world, lessens the number of people, lessens the facility of pro duction,' and decreases the amount of wealth and the sum of human happinesS. We have made more observations than we in tended. We have written a very long article in reply to two short ones; but we have the cause at heart, and thought it due to our Contemporary not to leave any of his objections, so far as we un derstand them, unnoticed and unrefuted. If we can gain over or silence the Post we shall de prive our opponents of an honest, if not a skilful, advocate. The whole of the Paris Journals of Wednes day have reached us. The Moniteur has the following telegraphic despatch from Bayonne : BAYONNE, MARCH 23. • " THE SUB-PREFECT TO THE MINISTER, OF THE INTERIOR, " The opening of the Cortes took place on the 19th. Es partero was not present at it. There was no speech. Madrid is perfectly tranquil." he debate in the Chamber of Peers on the Fortifications Bill engrosses the whole . attention of the Journals. The best speeches against the Bill were made by the Baron de BRIG ODE, and Count MOLE. The former made a severe attack upon the late Cabinet. The following ex tract from his speech created quite a sensation in the Chamber: — The idea of converting a large city like P.ris into a for tified town, was, in his opinion, a chimerical project. Indeed, the Government itself admitted this, and therefore stated that it was not intended to make of the capital a fortified town subject to the laws and regulations of other fortified places, but the construction of a bastioned wall or enclosure would really be attended with all the inconvenience at tached to fortified towns in general, and it was frightful to consider the anxiety and_ alarm in case of real danger of a large population like that of Paris thus cooped up. If Paris were to be entered by an invading army after a re gular and obstinate resistance behind the proposed fortifications, it must expect to be treated with a 1 the horrors of war. To adopt the present Bill would, he contended, be nothing less than passing a Bill of indemnity in favour of the Cabinet of Ist of Alarch. This alone should make them pause. lhe Peers should also reflect on the flagrant violation of all constitutional principles that was apparent in this affair." Thirteen millions hal been appropriated without their consent, and purchases of land continued to he made, and works to go on, without deign ing to ask the Peers whether they approved of the expense or not. In fact the Chamber was treated as if it had nothing to do with the affair.—( Sensation.) And what was the pretext under which the fortifications of Paris had been resolved upon by the late Cabinet? The Treaty of July 15. One hundred and forty millions of the public money were to be expended becatve a Treaty had been made by Four Powers, which, but. for the refusal of France, would have been made by five. This was the Cabinet, tco, which called itself parliamentary, and yet which passed over the Parliament on a question of expenditure as if it had no right of control.. . Count MOLE took the same view of the ques tion. The following brief extract from his speech will serve to show the spirit in which it was con ceived : • What could be more unreasonable than to surround the flourishing city of Paris with a wall of circumvallation, dis figure it with 2,000 pieces of cannon, and this in the midst - of profound peace, and the assurance of - friendly relations with all Europe. By thus imprisoning liberty, their greatest happi ness, what result did they expect? He felt convinced that the consequences would be most injurious, not only to their finances, but to the progress of civilization, the arts, sciences, &c., and create a feeling of distrust and jealousy in surround ing States. The Government would go on from precaution to precaution, from distrust to distrust, so as at last to make war appear inevitable by the number of warlike preparations. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Wednesday with the Law of Copyright. Only half of the first article was adopted. The second was referred back for tile reconsideration of the Committee. The Journal elu Havre announces, on the authority of letters from Guadelonges, that the town of Mayognez, one of the most flourishing in Poito Rico, has been destroyed by fire. This deplorable misfortunehappened on the 20th of January lest, and in spite of the most extraordinary efforts the whole town, except about fifteen houses, was destroyed, and also 15,000 cwt. of coffee, which was kept in the warehouses in expectation of higher prices. Only the houses and warehouses on the beach escaped the disaster. The Sphinx steamer, which arrived at Toulon ou the 18th, touched at Mahon, where there were an American ship-ofrthe line and a frigate, the Victorieuse corvette, and the Cerbere steamer. After leaving Mahon the Sphinx met the. Grondeur with the Duke of Aumale on board, and the Phaeton with the mail.—Le Commerce. BOURSE.-PARIS,WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24. _ First Highelit Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents ....... ll2 ... 112 5 ... 111 95 ... 111 95 454 per Cents lOl 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 4 per Cents 9B 50 ... 98 IR ... 98 50 .., 98 50 3 per cents 77 50 77 60 ... 77 40 ... 77 40 -tank of trance Liftitte Bank I,ooot. Sh 1055 ...1055 ...1055 ...1035 5000 f. Stares 51(5 ...5105 .4165 ...5165 gelgian Bank 5 i.er Cents lOl% ~. 101% ... 101% ... 101% New Loan 191% ... 1.2 ... 101% ... 102' ipanish Active 244 ... 24% ... 244 ... 24% Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... .5% Neapolitan lO3 ... 103 ... 112 90 ... 10? 90 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles,R. B 392 50 ... 392 50 ... 390 ... 390 L.B. 331 ... 310 ... 310 ... 310 Orleans . 483 75 ... 483 75 ... 483 75 ... 483 75 Strasburg to Bale 2Z ... 236 25 ... '.35 ~. 235 DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 23. Money. tints. tetual Debt, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Ann:at Syndic,4% per cent B3 833 y Ditto, ditto, 3;4 per cent 7IU • 72 Commercial Company, 434 per cent 1( 3% 1641 A Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. — Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 95% 95% Exchange on London One month l2 05 ' Two months Dutch Papers, March 24. BELGIAN k UNDS—BnISeELe, MARCH 23 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant 99 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 ---- S per Cent ...... -..— ----Thirty.seven------- .. ...... 70 (1.240) 99 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent BB3{ Society of Commerce, 434 per Cent lO2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent...... ....... • National Society . — Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 23. AUSTRIAN FUNDS....VIVINA, MARCH 15 Five per Cents. Metalliques Font' per Cents. 93% Three per Cents. Bank Shares ..Allgemeine Zcitung, March `..0 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MAncit 20. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Share. ... Anglo-Russian Loan 10634 106 1 4 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Ccrtilicate Inscription, Ist Se•ies. 10134 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th ___. Series ' n - - ORB Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2!,', pc: Cent 49 Ditto b per Cent .... PoliYh Bonds New : icket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 13% 738 N. , i wegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Crnt....... ...... Spanish. New 5 per Cents. lBl4 _ EXCHANGES ON LONDON. PETERSBURGII, MARCH ll—Two months, 3SA. pence. STOCKHOLM. MARC'! 12.—Seventy-five days, 11. 43. CHRISTIANIA, MARCH 10 —Three months, 4 CO. ritussiAN FUNDS.•-•BERLIN, MARC!! 20. Bills, Money St. Schuld. Sch., 4 1 ,,, per cent. IOI% , 1(.34 Prussian Enghsh Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100% 1i: x 0 I:, iv eon London, three months 6lt % —Prussian Slate Gazelle. March 21. Madrid Papers, of the 17th inst., have come to hand. They bring no news. The Five per Cents. were at 27A- for cash, and 27i for 60 days. The Sun of Tuesday last announced the near termination of negotiations among,o9. .Five Powers for the ratification of a neWCovention guaranteeing the pacification of the East. This convention has received the san'etion of the French Government, and will be signed as soon as the diplomatists have settled a preliminary point of form. It guarantees the independence of Turkey, and authorizes the SULTAN to close the Straits of the Dardanelles against vessels of war of all nations. With these facts before us, we are not disposed to place much reliance upon the following report, which we find in a Frank fort paper received this morning, dated the 17th inst:— According to a report lately arrived at Paris, and addressed to a great personage, new and great difficulties have arisen in the affairs of the East, which had almost come to a conclusion. The confirmation of the news that tl.e Viceroy intends to retire from public life, and to abdicate in favour of Ibrahim, causes a great sensation. The first news was brought to this city by a courier from Paris. It has had some effect on 'Change. Dr. Chalmers, Candlish, and Co, commonly called the rebellious, pr non-intrusion party in the Scotch Church, are getting every day deeper and deeper into troubled waters. All their efforts for the last six months to force one of their clan into the Old Church parish in Edinburgh, have been signally defeated by a majority of 17 to 10 in favour of a clergyman who preaches obedience to the laws. The Lord Provost, the lay cham pion of non-intrusion, has been rejected a second time as candidate to represent time city in the General AsseMbly, no other Chief Magistrate in the history of Edinburgh having before been re fused the honour. Dr. Chalmers was defeated by Dr. Hill in the contest for the Divinity Chair at Glasgow; and Mr. Candlish, but the other day, had the mortification to learn that his ap pointment to another chair was annulled because he disobeyed the laws. These are all strong symptoms of the returning good tense of the Scotch people. No official despatches were received by the Patrick Henry from the United States. The reply to the communication sent by the President may be expected to morrow. We are informed that an impression prevailed in the best-informed quarters in the States, that M‘Leod would be liberated upon the communication of Mr. Fox's instruct ion P.— Morning Paper. Silver coin and bullion shipped at Dover from March 17 to March 23, a►counted to 91,000 ounces ; gild 500 ounces. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, 1112.acti 26.—Wind this day at noon—Light breeze from S. to S.W., with fine weather. DEAL, Mnac.n 25.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.—Arrived from the River and sailed, the Charlotte, Forrester, for Sydney ; William Salthouse, Burn, Quebec ; Elya, Oressa, Newfound hod ; Post Boy, Loverny, St. Michael's ; Baltic, Detcham, Cadiz ; Braganza, Lisbon. All the outward b.und, except the Shatheden for Port Phillip ; Symmetry, Ceylin ; Union, Mauritius; Houghton le Spring, Demerara; Camillus, ditto, have sailed. _ FALMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind S.W., fresh breezes.— Arrived the Sultana, Probyn, from Mauritius, much strained, with rudder injured, and cargo supposed to be damaged, having been struck by a sea on the Bth off the Azores. Sailed the Louvre, Penhallow, for Antwerp ; Devonshire, Mills, Dublin, and put back with damage to machinery. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Independence, from Bahia, sailed the 29th January ; Media tor, Chadwick, London, and sailed for New York ; Ballina Lass, Limerick. Sailed her Majesty's shin Tweed, Bermuda, COWES, MAncri 25.—Sailed the Daniel Webster, Manson. for Hamburgh. The flerstel6ng, from Amsterdam to Smyrna, put - in here yesterday, and is discharging her cargo. SALCOMBE, MA actr 24.—Arrived the Victoria, Osborne, from Terceira, sailed the 16th inst. The Myrtle, of Plymouth, was driven on shore at Terceira" during a gale on the 7th. Crew saved. The Louisa was totally lost same day, crew saved. Two Portuguese schooners were lost at the same time. BRISTOL, MARCH 25.—Sailed the Fanny, Rote, for Bar badoes ; Caroline, Brooks, Tobago ; Elizabeth, Simpson, Boston ; African Queen, Dyer, Africa. SWANSEA, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Alexander Robinson, Oliver, from Cuba. PENZ A NCI,. -MAncir 24.—The Man, Stewart, from Cardiff to Constantinople, was br.ught in here this morning, with apparently very little damage to her hull; all her spars, rig gine., sails, &c., were cut away, when her masts went by the board. TENur, MARCH 24.—The Letitia, from Newport to Ma laga, arrived here this morning a perfect Ivied:, having lost both her masts, bowsprit, bulwarks, &c., having been run foul of by a ship on the 19th. Mir.Foun, MARCH 24.—The Arethu'a, from Shields to Madeira, put in here to-day with loss of bulwarks, hiving been in contact with a schooner, supposed to be French, on the 15th instant. DUIILIN, 111 A RCH 24.—Arrived the Industry, Clyde, for Rotterdam, leaky, having been on the Glasgorman Bank. KINGSTOWN, MA RCH • 24.—Arrived. the Concord, from Gibraltar. LlN'moor., ILtacir 25.—Wind, S. S.W.—Arrived the Otterspool, Calcutta ; Columbine, Domingo ; Islam, Inosphan, I3arbadoes ; Lyons, New Orleans • Mary, ditto • Trenton, Sa vannah. Sailed the Elizabeth, Robinson , obinson, Rio Grande ; Ann Badon, Blaxton, Lima; Black Prince, ditto; FloTters of Ugie, Osman, Calcutta ; Elizabeth, Rio Janeiro ; Cabinet, Sormell, Havanna; Brigand, Aniigua ; Corsair, Mobile ; Robert Bruce, New York • Thomas Bennet, ditto ; St. Lawrence, ditto ; Stadacona, ! Montreal ; Chariot, Fairlam, ; largaret Newfoundland. Arrived off the Eliza Johnson, Pernambuco; Durmath, New Orleans; Jona, ditto. iRAMSC ATE, MARCH 25. —Arrived the Aurora, from Tarra..- gona to Rotterdam, put in here leaky ; was discharged and re pairing. Sailed, the Europe, Malta. • OFF THE FORELAND, MARCH 25.—Arrived the Hindelais, Nieman, Harlingen. SHEERNESS, MAacit 25.—Arrived her Majesty's ship Asia, from the Mediterranean. CORK, MA ficir 23.—Arrived the Cambridge, from River Plate, with loss of bulwarks, and cargo shifted, havin g been struck by a sea on the 10th, in lon. 15 ; Waterville, Mills, Aux Cayes sailed on the Bth, lost mainyard and sails split, &c." Tourist, Driscoll, Tobago, sailed on the 31st Jan. with rudder damaged. and loss of mainyard. Sailed the John Ho miny, Kendall, for Amsterdam • George Gordon, Sterling, London ; Mahaica, Tennessee, ditto. S HIELDS, MAncir 24.—Arrived the Morden, from Chris. tiansand ; Bernard, Boston; Harlingen, Esperance, Forcher Bergen.iThe Goddens, Steele, of Whitby, in being towed up the river yesterday, capsized in a squall off Hebron Quay, and was towed on shore, and expected to be righted this tide. WHITBY, MA RCH 24.—The Trial, of Goale, (coal laden) strained so much whilst lyin g in this harbour, that she sunk. The cargo is being got out f her. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There have been small supplies of all descriptions of Grain. The little Wheat at market sold slowly at Monday's prices. Barley unvaried in value. The trade for Oats was not lively at previous rates. There was only aslaek demand for Flour, SMITHFIELD 'MARKET The supply of Cattle was moderate, and the demand brisk. Sheep in good supply, with a brisk trade. Veal and P or k i n good supply, and sold well. Beasts, 458; Sheep, 2,960; Pigs, 587 ; Calves, 134. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, 4s. 4d. to ss. Bd. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. 2d. ; Pork, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. COLONIAL MARKET. There was little business done by private treaty, and the public sales were not of much moment, but prices were sup ported for all articles. TEA MARKET. The Market was dull, and rather lower rates were accepted Is. 7d. was the value of Company's Congou cash. TALLOW MARKET. The transactions in Russian Tallow were extremely limited, but prices were msintained ; 465. 6d. was the quotation for P. Y. Candle on the spot. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 25.—There has been a moderate demand for Cotton to day. The sales amount to 4,000 bales, including 1,000 in speculation. Prices continue steady, without any alteration, and the Market is rather firm. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 25.—An extensive business has been done in the Share Market this day, and the following comprise the transactions :—Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 23*; Grand Junction, 203 ; Great Western, 89 ; Do., New Shares, 6 ; Do., 201. Shares, 9g; London and Birmingham New Shares, 204 ; Do. and South Western, 51. Shares, 42 ; Midland Counties, New Shares, 154 ; North Mid land, 73i 3 • North Union, 81. PRICES AT FIVE o'cLOcK.—The Dutch Mail has arrived of the 24th March, bringing papers of the same date, with prices from Amsterdam of March 23. Ardoin's Spanish 20i to 20 15-16ths. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 25.-NO ma terial alteration in prices, except that Manchester and Leeds are lower. Manchester and Leeds, 67; Lancaster and Pres ton, New, 23i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 29 29/ ; Hull and Selby, 43 43i ; London and Birmingham, New, 321. Shares, 20 21 ; North Midland, 71 72 ; Bank of Manchester, 71 ; Stafford and Rugby, 2. HAGUE, MARCH 23.—We read in the Staats Courant, that the King was to arrive at Rotterdam to-morrow, which has been put off to the 29th instant, owing to a slight indispo sition. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, MARCH 23.—The transactions in the national funds have been less animated to-day, a n d th e sales of some parties caused a new depression in the prices. The Actions of the Society of Commerce left off at 1634; Ardoin's Spanish remained without variation at 208 15-16; Coupons, 201 21. It is now stated that there is no foundation for the President and British Queen being sold to the Belgian Government. The arrival of the President steamer, from New York, is hourly looked for. It is not expected that she will bring news of importance, as her dates will be only two days later than previously received, but by the Government Steamer from Halifax, which sailed on the 16th instant, we may expect an answer to Lord Palmerston's despatches sent to Mr. Fox. THE FUNDS, Consols, which left off yesterday at 88i 89 for the Account, Money 88j opened at the same quotations this morning, but as yet little doing. Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. In the foreign market Spanish Active same as it left off, 23i ft, Deferred 124 Passive 54 b, Portugues?, also the same, 314 4, '1 hree per - Cents, 194, Brazilian 71 72, Colom bian, 22i, Mexican 30,i Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. not quite so good, left off bq bil l , at present 50 ; Five per Cents. same ss they left off 994 1004. SHARES. - Great Western 24 25 prem. ; New 114 prem. ; London and Brighton 6 Si dis. ; Blackwall 6 5i dis. ; Birmingham 159 61 prem. ; Southampton 54i 55i per share ; Croydon 124 per share; Greenwich 7,1 Si per share ; Man chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow 40___ _ __ ..._...... 344 to Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Birmingham . 90 l5l Ditto Thirds _ - 32 51i...... to London and South Western 3Bl 55,1-... .. to ~._ Ditto Tenths l* ii to Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. Union of Australia. BALF.PAST ONE: One hundred shares of the United States Bank were .pur• chased this morning at Si. 155., have been as low as 4/. Consols may be quoted at present at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 854 89 for the Account, for Money they have fluc tuated 8,1 4, and at present 88k; Exchequer Bills rather better, 5 7 prem. In the Foreign Market little doing, Spanish Active, 234 a ; Portuguese 304 ; Three per Cents. 19 ; Mexican 30; Chilian 634 62 ; Brazilian lower, 71*, have been 714 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 504; Five per Cents., 994. In Shares .-some business has been done : Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34k; Great North of England, 894 90; Great Western Fifths, 91 10: London and Brighton, 44 ; London and Birmingham, 151 ; Thirds, 51* ; North Midland, 721. QUARTER TO THREE. Consols, Money, 88i i Account, 881 ; Colombian, 211224 ; Mexican, 294 30 ; Lief / erred,. 9 93/ ; Portuguese, 31:4 32 ; Three per Cents., 19k; Spanish, 23i 388. No news of the President by the second train from Liverpool. • - CLOSING PRICES. BRITISI FUNDS. Bank Stock — /Ditto Stock 3 per Cent Red — /Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons BBl Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent Red.. — Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 97} Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 7pm New 5 per Ceilt Ditto 500/ 5 pm. Lang Annuities to expire Ditto Small 9pm Jan. 18410 '.- ..• Bank Stock for On — Oct 1859 — India Stock for 0n.... „., Jan. 1860. - ' Consols for Acct BB ll FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 32i. Brazilian 80nd5.......... 71i Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 23 Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent 62 Ditto, Metallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 23i Ditto, 1824. ... ..... Ditto, r eferred — Danish, 3 per cent 79fr French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 30 Frerich, 3 per cent 77f. 25c. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21 per cent. ..• 50i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 991 SHARES. . _ Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway(4o paid)... 34a Great North of England Railway (t 0 paid) 66 Great Western Railway (65 paid) J)itto New Shares (50 paid) 62i Ditto Fifth (4 paid) .. 10i London and Brighton (50 paid) ............ 44h London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 151 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ............... 514 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) .............. 23 London and South Western ........... 55* Ditto Tenths Manehest.er and Leeds '(7d paid)...... Ditto New Shares (30 paid) 29 North Midland Railway (100 paid)....,,,,, 72 York and North Midland Railway (60 pd) 79i -ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION COIVI (MITTEE.-.THIS DAY.) The Committee met at 11 o'clock. Robert Adams was then sworn ; and the followings ual tion, according to an arrangement between counsel , to On Alonday, the day of no nination, did yots Dr. Webster, and did he give you any money t o vote for Lord Listowell ? " The room was then cleared, and the Committee, after some deliberation, decided that the question could not then be put- Mr. John Woodward was called in and swoin—l am a Ina s " ter-carpenter living yil at Hatfield. I went to St. Alban's °,°' Friday the sth of Februarast ; I am the leader of a bane and went to try and get my band engaged. I know the house of Mr. Meylard • I was there on Friday b e t w een five and six Meylard is a clothier. I found when I got in, that election proceedings weregoing on in the house. 'I he witness then asked what he said to Meylard whe r ‘ he had entered. Mr. AUTIN objected to the uestion, on the r ound that: the conversation of a third party could not affect the sitting . Member. The Committee having decided that the question,cotdd rwt be put, Mr. Woodward's examination was continued—Had a " ll ' versation with Meylard. Immediately after the conversatieed Meylard went into a back room. He returned to me 5'4 spoke to me. Immediately after I went into the back room, found there Mr. Henry Edward;. There were two er fl ue-- more ith him. The w ow folling question was put to the witness :--Di d Y °ll y propose to Mr. Edwards to hire our band? Mr. COCKBURN objected to this question on the sa n ' e grou ndsHlLY as in te reeediwr eme. Mr. ARD h contended that if such a ques tion could not be Fut, it would be impossible in any instance to prov e agency_. (We shall give the continuation in our Second Edition,) GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) be- A respectable-looking youth, named Batt, was bro w, em' fore Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, on the charge a e ' ^- bezzlement. Aq. James Williams stated that he was a solicitor , residihldss at N 4. Coleman-street. The prisoner had been this employment for upwards of five months, and, on the 4th °' o f month, he was sent to receive some rent due to witness out 4. premises lie held in Knight Rider-street, Doctors' Comm at. The tenant paid 51. to the prisoner, who only accounted for, to the witness. A similar circumstance having occurred ]at Monday, the prisoner was given into custody. . - per' Mr. Alderman WOOD said this was a melancholy ca se V re , baps Mr. Williams would be satisfied to have the ca---dio manded until to-morrow. The prisoner was young, t! an y judge by appearances not hardened in crime ; if there .afer!' bo s other proofs of his diAionesty it would be easier to laoly to act. Mr. Williams not feeling . inclined to accede to the ,u4ges. Lion, the prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENC E • • (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) SPILSBY (SOUTHWOLD) STEEPLE CHASE' TUESDAY. d Sweepstates of 5 soya. each, with 50 added.; the sec° to save his stake Four miles. (7 subs.) 1 Mr. G. Smith's br g Commodore, aged (Capt. Skipworti • Mr. 11. Soulby's b in Flora, aged list. 121 b.... .............. The following were not placed :—Mr. T. Lyall's rold (late Peter), llst. 91h. ; Mr. T. D. Cooke's T he aged, 12st. ; Mr. Matchett's Grasshopper, aged, Mr. Danby's Steingot Pony, aged, 12st. A good race. •t, HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. a „forti Her Majesty's stag hounds, to meet on Monday, at bey Bridge ; Wednesday, at the New Lodge; Friday , 13° Heath—half-past eleven. deed* Brighton harriers, Monday, at Erringdom; W e- at the Race Course ; Friday, at Dyke—eleven. Dridg e Cambridgeshire hounds, Monday, at Staughton Friday, at Southill—half-past ten. Mr. Archer's hounds, Monday, at Horse Bridge-illif.' past ten. 11 111; Marquis of Hastings' hounds, Monday, at Coleorton„..te, Wednef-tlay, at Bunny Park ; Friday, at Redwood t" quarter to eleven. Mr. Meynell's hounds, Monday, at Bagots Park ; Au ti- ,, r ter at Swarkstone Bridge ; Saturday, at Wichus Park--qu to eleven. ivedrie: Mr. Candler's hounds, Monday, at Ham Bridge ; t ten. day, at Bredon Hill; Saturday, at Hewell Park—halft a o dsP Herefordshire hounds, A:onday, at Sarnesfield ; We""..en. at Venus Wood ; Friday, at Harewood's End—half -pot '‘t Cheshire hounds Monday, at Boleswood Castle—ha lf- P' yto Major-General Wyndham's hounds, Monday, at 131,1,,y Wednesday, at Blackdown Cottage ; Friday, at Losely •"" half-past ten. EVE NIN G FDITION THE CHURCH MILITANT 1 YORK CATHEDRAL. i p - tbe On Tuesday, at noon, the visitation was continu..ii.A.... tr Ecclesiastical Court at York Cathedral, before Dr. Pow" - the Archbishop's Commissary. sup s Mr. Blanshard appeared as advocate for Mr. Dixon, t° to t port the charge of simony which had been preferred hY gentleman against the Dean. scl The COMMISSARY, after some remarks . proceeded tt y re tlie certain correspondence, but was frequently interrupte d Dean. After much personal altercation, however, Dr;_ 4 „b ors° more persisted in reading the conclusion of a letter (vev"ed till to the effect that the meeting ought to have been posfe° b y $ May, and that he, the Dean, should feel flattered ei t "f p r o te 01 public or private communication from him), amidst s'i " Shame, shame," from the Dean. err° l4 Dr. PHILLIMORE—A dignitary of the Church t o int in this manner ! The DEAN—I forbid you to read my letters. O A , Ill ow of proceeding is contrary to justice honour, and hone s I won't submit to it.—( Applause.) , Why did you 1 0 „ 0 Pe t citation last time, as you have done now? `Why did f;, 0 1) 1 1 gize me notice of the time of meeting? All this is re''''" dirty work. r tirt Dr. PHILLIMORE—Is this language to address to a -° h oe The DEAN—Yes ; this is the language I use. 1 _,,,1 0 tb e treated me unhandsomely; everything has been dee' most shabby way. I object to your jurisdiction. D J A great deal of similar proceeding followed, the bs daring that he would not let business go on unt" e t tbli c ' delivered his speech, either to the Chapter or to the 4: 91 , bis and the Commissary insisting that he ought first to fi n o itb • speech, and then that the charge ought to be proeee ° ,-, e 4 0, far Two or three members of the Chapter begged of the ni g io!: the sake of the interest of the Church, for the sake of re te rsr and for the sake of everything dear to them, not to ' ° „ t $ further, but to allow business to proceed. The Dean P. - p oste," protest against the proceedings, and insisted that he vra h ' e there, and ought to speak first. The affair ended in is t being pronounced in contempt, and the officers Of 11 ° Ge being desired to remove him : on this the Dean Ow' n s another man; I shall not go except by force." Some further altercation ensued, and at length th d e b j ' - o ~ th i r a withdrew amidst loud applause, which was suppress! p f t eto officers. Before going out, however, he stated that Pe prosecute the Doctor in the Court of Queen's Beech' 0 it r e ; Mr. BLANSHARD then proceeded to state the case , e eti lated to the charge brought by the Rev. Mr. Dixon , tP ni tre ° in residence, against the Dean, which was, that, bejaptioiel and ordinary, he disposed of all his benefices for a r e st consideration, and in support of the charge he sintwed r h o himself to four cases. Mr. Blanshard then rue°,; it as, four cases, and called witnesses to support them , " t he e' proceedings are not concluded we shall not publish dence ex-arte. foil° The Court adjourned about six o'clock until t he morning4when the examination of witnesses will be P _ with. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGE— , yestee'a l 'OXFORD, MARCH 24.—1 n &Convocation helu e- Q e al it was unanimously agreed to affix the Universi t Y t he etc . , contract with Messrs. George Baker and Son, f°' lct i p ,, ,, , tion of the University Galleries and the Taylor 8ui 1 , 05 00 cording to a design by C. R. Cockerell, 49,3731. hal bee This day the contest for the Johnson Scholarships OOP decided as follows: enrY THEOLOGICAL SCHOLAR. —The Rev. Robert B. A. , student of Christ Church. 13. 1 " r MATHEMATICAL SCHOLAR.—Edward Warne Wadh am. • This Morning about 9 o'clock, as Ci t,r te lice Constable 453 was on duty in Fetter-lane, prf alarmed by the shrieks of " Murder " by a felo%oer2 ceeding from the upper part of the house No. 4,Rcuresectir, in the above Lane. On going up stairs he found a m . o fege bly atfied f,-.ma'e lying upon the floor, bleeding rover), from the nose, mouth and ears, and a man standing kill oa Egg, for t 0 with a large carving knife, as if he were about to ad up a Upon observing the policeman he instantly tfliodi a n ds him, and cut him severely about the neck and aftcolor, c then made his escape from the house„ but W B5 ,f t', arrested by another policeman. The landlog;_st house (Mr. Johnson) on going up to the fri 6 f; landing found the policeman bleeding h id. as 3 , , fp" a large wound at the back of his from several minor ones about his neck _ d ot oe7; e Mr. Winpenny, surgeon, of Fever-lane, render e wer , i assistance to the sufferers. They remain, lo w de O c h e deplorable state. The conduct of the pelicernar l oot ed t oo every praise, as there is no doubt that he Prr n py double crime of murder and suicide, the O PS o r old having been repeatedly heard to say that he tv„so der his wife, and afterwards put an end to big " ence. His name is Gough. r 0"/ W :ras list ACCIDENTS ON THE GREA T RAILWAY.—On Tuesday morning as the ficgt, proceeding from the Wootten Bassett road to 1 17 eit ec. before its arrival at the Farringdon station knocft contact with a man employed on the line , who his !`‘, on to the tram, and the %Thole train passed n ap oc ,tklZ temple. A short time afterwards anot her n's_ gate ca sY on the line near Reading was finishing solve s ", at ve side of the road, when a part of the calbanktn' f and crushed him. Chellenham Chronicle. 1 ° The wonders which Dr. Jenner's es: the il / v accination formerly wrought in arresting - d io 1 .• the small pox, if possible, have -been surPas s l o o fat; covery made by a Mr. Fearer, for subduing oomatitl, :fable enemies of the h u man race, Gout: n_,_; the teg i i o Lumbago, Tic-Douloreux, Sciatica, &c. r i f h i s se s !, menials in Mr. F eavcr ' s possession, it appears 1040110 has performed extraordinary cures upon naa l d i r si i n gnis who had been pronounced incurable by ow 0 du, Do to members of the medical faculty. This recne cannot be ta Fea%er's Infallible Embrocation," iO lO g =trongly recommended for its simplicity as e" ?rising efficacy. WeGfion,f:DlromSlaLrVetEußrn, movedANp fCorOnPy.Pme. pc; hat the total value of the moneys foll ower cornedr!!g"ivy., 1837 to 1840, both inclusive, was as coinage of gold whatever); silver c oilaec e e,% the ee -1 making a tog tau and copper eticage, 14,336 coinage, 4,612,762/, ; (in 1840, however, therae477;14,,,,; ,f 5,475,0791. Eow --t f this e l Jr - THOMAS MICHELL C.l3•—The re mains hof - I. h 2.0 bo died on t e • .„ fficcr of the Royal Artiflery, who $ f over ea , „ o de THE LATE BRIGADIER -GENER AL OP scary last in Syri3, from the effects d Sir Sidney • . from St. Jean d'Acre, and name „ . a more erformance of his military duties, sovere i nterre d to rch. , '' • second a n sel Baron Bulow has undergone a able i° ween two guns, on a spot about two clays' sai ltb'S nee Battery.bet J h a a i f h o i l s o u r exrcaetliloonn,oybuist gwoeingaroenhvaeprpyyfainvourberbff. ./ 'tic zita tar ten in c i th e lit at ttnd . Lab] th e Ari! 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