The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-28 00:00:00

EVENING SUN. y ti lie subject, I have been most forcibly struck by a document which appeared in the first Report of the roor.law Commis sioners, giving an account of the state of manufacturing dis tress in the year 1835 ; and if such things can exist—if such a stimulus cut be given to production as was the case--I fear the inevitable consequence will be, that when a check arises—when the ma rkets are encumbered with produce—when a war in China —a war in Syria—and disturbances in Europe affect the state of .supplies—then there must be a recurrence of that distress, general and individual, which has been depicted in such forci ble terms in the course of the present debate. But this is the accoient which Dr. Key, a gentleman possessing the confidence of her Majesty's Government, and holding, I believe, at present an (once of great influence, but who was employed on the Poor law Commission—this is the interesting and extraordinary ac count which he gives of the state of manufacturing industry in 1835, , and I recommend the whole document to the attention of Host. Members. Be says, " Within two years 7,507-horse pevrerhave been brought into operation." Ile says the addi tional outlay upon mills would amount to 3,754,000/. And in viewing the universal demand for labour at the time, he asks, from whence must the population required by manufactures be derived.? And what is the remedy which lie suggests? Esta blished agents must, he says, be stationed at Manchester to encourage emigration. He then makes this astounding statement with respect to the increase of population in a single township in Manchester. In 1801 the population was 1,e05, in 1811 the populotion was 1,806, in 1821 it was 3,335, and in 1831 it was 7,132. Dr. Key asks how is this to be ac counted for, and tells us that of the 7,000, 5,000 must be emigrants into that one township. In June, 1835, Messrs. 11. and C. Ashworth stated that it was calcu lated that nearly twenty thousand persons would be required for one of our manufacturing cities alone—Staley Bridge. See when you have got this population what takes place—a population which you cannot prevent 'without drying the national resources, and without interfering with the invent on of macEnery. When you Lace thus got five thousand 'new hands and a new population at Stoney Bridge, and when agents at Manchester have called this pepulstion into existence, extraordinary ingenuity devises some mode of curtailin g labour, prices fail, and the conse quence is extreme poverty and suffering. Now, is not that a natural state of things ? And may not such things occur even after an alteration in the Corn-laws, or their total repeal ? Whet I do deprecate is that extravagant view which you take of the remedies and advantages to be derived from a repeal of those laws. It had been said that there was no demand for manufactUres on account of the Corn-laws, and that our trade could not prosper, inasmuch as we could not exchange 'our goods for foreign corn. But during the four years which had preceded that extraordinai y development of manufacturing prosperity, the whole amount of corn im portectioto this country was merely 400,000 quarters. I must also observe, that I have no doubt but the unwise and impro ° vident extension of credit was another source of the evil com plained-of. • You must bear in mind all these things, and look - upon the question in a philosophic point of view. You must remember there are other causes besides the Corn-laws which account for the pressure on our manufactures ; and you must not unwisely attribute this evil to the existing Corn-laws.— ( Hear, bear.) I have entered at some length into this subject, and I am sure that its deep importance will justify me in the eyes of the House.—(Cheers.) But I shall now pa's to other topics. I cannot, I must say, acquiesce in the Address moved by her Majesty's Ministers, If 1 implied my approbation of the specific measures involved in the Budget frosts which I had formerly expressed my dissent, I should be irriplyingaconfidene.:e - in a Ministry which 1 do not feel.—(Opposition cheers.) I do not think the Noble Lord can quarrel with me as to the proceeding which I adopt. I think the Noble Lord will feel that it is far more fair and more just, after the appeal which had been made to the people, to come at once to the issue, whether her Majesty's Government have or have not the confidence of the country, than to permit the Noble Lord to remain in ignorance linen that point, and take the ordinary course of thwarting him ' in his future operation. An Hon. Gentleman who spoke last ;night, the Hon. Member for Finsbury, who does some time seem to me affected with the most extraordinary and senti mental oratory—(Laughter)—and who appears to suffer more from a feeling of romantic and chivalrous loyalty than any other Gentleman in this House—(Renewed laughter)—but he says that we are acting in opposition to the Queen's wishes, and moving an amendment to the address. Strange does trine this on the part of a Whig or even of a Radical.—. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) That we are* to be pre * vented from performing a duty in respectfully submitting an opinion to the Sovereign, for fear of contravening her pri vate wishes ! The Hon. Gentleman contrasted the course which I am now pursuing with that which was pursed by my opponents in 1835. The Hon. Member has spoken of the generous treatment which I then experienced—( Laughter on the Opposition benches)—the forbearance which was mani fested towards me, and the earnest desire that was evinced to Permit me deliberately and fairly to lay before the House those measures for the public good which 1 prepared ; and the lien. Gentleman added that all this ought to prevent me from taking so indecent and so hostile a step as to declare a want ssf coufidencu in Ministers upon the first day of the session. But I cannot but remember the opposition I received on the choice of a Speaker, and the declaration of the Right Hon. 'Gentleman opposite (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) that having been defeated on the question of the Speakership, I ought at once to have resigned.--(Loud cheers.) But there was more in store on the succeeding day, for an amendment was moved upon the Address, which censured me in direct terms for having advised the Crown to dissolve the Parliament. What affectation of the Hon. Gentleman now to come forward and say, " True, there was an attempt to cen sure you, but no want of confidence was implied.—( Hear.) That was but the abstract, dispassionate, and impartial view of great patriots of the single measure of a dissolution, and you, the unhappy object of their censure, are to continue in power, - not considering the motion as an indication of the slightest disgrace."—(Cheers and laughter.) Now, I can destroy that illusion by the authority of the Right lion. Gentleman him self, because last year, speaking of this very question of a Want of confidence, he made use of these words :—" He (sieaning Sir Robert Peel) advised the King to dissolve the Parliament. I do not deny his right to give that advice ; but it was the right of the next Parliament to give their opinion upon that advice. We know what that opinion was —it condemned the advice given by the Right Hon. Gentleman in that moat es e.ential particular. The House of Commons, by a majority . of seven, pronounced a verdict against the Right Hon. Gentle man; a verdict which amounted to a vote of want of confi dence—(Cheers)—as mush as any vote could do." Now, I pe eve that was the right construction of the matter : it wasmeant -a vote of want of-confidence, and a perfectly legitimate mode it was of trying the question..--(Cheers.) It was but a short trial, I must say. lam proud, however, to say, that I retained Power until I found that the sense of the House was against . ans ; but, oa din first great defeat I' experienced I instantly ,eve way. I;(fought the battle of the Speak e r s hip, an d ot h er 'battles, and I did not think that, upon the first indication of dissent and distrust upon the part of the House, a Minister s hould resign office.—(Cheers.) No, ho owes obliga tions to the Crown, which must be reconciled with the obli-ation he owes the House and the country. I knell Son after that th© fate of my :Government was de 'ermined, and I had always resolved upon the first obstruction tomy measures to taket he inevitable course of resignation. At de same time I did not think it was unfit that I should continue i n 'power so long as I could entertain a hope of support from the House. But, I must add, that my course was entirely different from that lately pursued by her Majesty's Govern ment. It is now upwards of two years since the Government declared their opinion that they did sufficiently possess the confidence of this House to enable them satisfactorily to dis charge the public duties.—(Hear, hear.) Ido believe that ttheir subsequent retention of power, in defiance of constitu hl°_,nd principles, has weighed more with the constituent —( Opposition cheers)—than any other misdeeds i n s p , i, the part of her Majesty's Government. The . ; °ol e Lord at the head of the Government sseclared that the last Government was an inefficient one, and the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies had stated t hat the interests of the couutry were exposed to hazard by a overnment attempting to continue in office after they had lest the confidence of this House. Those wards made an impression en the public mind, and their conduct was, in my opinion, an l 'aslication of that just constitutional principle, a principle. ' w hich every friend of popular Government, ind of the repre entative system, ought to hold in honour, namely, th at the favour and support of the Sovereign 'ought not to maintain for a long and indefinite Period a Government in existence against the will of the repre sentatives of the people.—( Cheers. ) it does compromise the p r erogatives of monarchy so to retain a Ministry, because it aeahibits the prerogative of the monarch without its just in nence, when disregarded by the people, and it does exhibit the House of Commons as wanting its just influence when it 42ah thwart the measures and obstruct the acts, but cannot de cide 00 the fate of a Ministry.—( Cheers.) And when you appealed to the constituency, to that constituency composed Of 31. the middling class, selected as being less liable to undue t t Pttence when you made your appeal to them, l ist in your ' , opinion you were maintaining your p o wer at the hazard of great interests, when you found ir representatives declaring whether, right or wrong, that Sou did tot possess their 'confidence—when you then appealed 4 ° the people, what did they do ? They vindicated the consti gltional principle, and confirmed the decision of the House of Commons. Sir, that opinion I firmly believe is unfavourable to the Government. You say the opinion of the people is un stable and fastidious. Why these are unjust reflections, I must _l (l nsider, on public opinion, and those whom we consider as its YePositaries. I cannot believe these accounts of the consti uency of England. I cannot believe they are so disqualified to ferns a judgment on the conduct, character, and acts of Public men, but this is certain, that their judgment must be decisive if you mean to maintain the popular principle of Go. vernment. Why might not 1 have said, in 1835, 1 have pro- Posed no measures, it is very hard to condemn ma without trial ? What would have been your reply—" The people have decided against you, and in deference to the opinion of the people you ought not to remain holding office and public trust. submit to public opinion." 'That is the constitutional doctrine, and it is in deference to that principle that I have moved tin?. a m endment. On the consequences that may b e s upp ose d t o re sult from your resignation it is not for me to spec u l a t e . Oth ers have speculated on it. I contemplate with calmness, with out anxiety, hut with emfidence, whatever may be not result. If power does not devolve on me I make minlf power does devolve on me I shall ac andlllaint. with the consciousness that I gained it by dir ec t i p wnetitutional means.—(Loud cheers) But that I Dive -1 to the voice of the poop!' of this country, and to the favour 'lf the Sovereien.—(Checrs.) that I am told p t that . in exercisng of maintaining opower 1 must be the instrurnens erroneous. Sir, myself am supposed to consider a with inions my p views o f power , of the obligations it im o i t entails, and of the sacrifices it involves , -Iss; of the duties am e little inclined to add to those sacrifice s by accepting with it discreditable sub missions. —(Cheers.) I am told I must be the ins:rutnent ° f effecti ng i n I re l an d the objects o f certain parties, and he was Parti cu l arly of my friend, associate, and partizan, as %ail ed, who was said to ha"e offered insult to the religious feelings of his fellow countrymen, by some appendix to a public Work, I am not afraid to express my opinions on an act like t hat I say there is no ma n in th e House—that there is no itornari Catholic in the House—who h ear d w ith d ee per pain that a gratuitous and unprovoked and ueneeesi.4ary insult had been offered to the religious feelings of a great body of my countrymen. If I cannot retain power, and if I must forfeit ace by avow i ng suc h sentiments—if I can no t reta i n i t except °Y deferring to such feelings, I say at once that the day un which I relinquish potter rather than defer to such feelings will he a ten times prouder day than that of my accession to it. l -- (Cheers.) If I do accept office it shall be by no intrigu e _ i Ch eers)—by no un wor thy c o nc e ss i ons o f const i tut i onal prin l"cv—(CLeers)-- no unnatural and factious com bi nat i ons of Ih've men —honest men as I believe, but wha entertain ex trrnic opinions from which I dissent.—(Cheers). If I accept Power it shall be by walking in the open light and direct path of the 'Constitution ; if 1 exercise power it shall be on my own conception, perhaps imperfect, perhaps mistaken, but my sin 'ere com eption of public uty.—Cheers. ) That power I will not hold nn less I can hold d it consistently with the maintenance of my own opinions ; and that power I will relinquish the ma meat I am sat i sf i ed that I am not supported by the confidence Loaf House, and o f th e peop l e o f t hi s country. —Ch eers. ) J-ord J. RUSSELL --Sir, if I have to request the a tt en ti on ° t i . the Reu se a t thi s l ate hour, and after a late debate, I must beg to remember that it was not until a late hour in the fourth ,to debate that any leader of the party opposed to her Ma- Jeaty's Government rose to justify a vote expressing want of confidence in the Government.—( Cheers.) I complain not of tlie motion made. I think that the very first opportunity, on the.,__raeeting of a new Parliament, is the best opportunity fur "rding the question as to whether the party now in possession OL Power, or any other party, hali the confidence of this' liollse.—( Hear, and continued cheers.) But I say, with re gard to the Houser of Commons, as with regard to al the disposers of power in this country, that there must be some reason given for your proceedings—that you would think the Sovereign who, placed at the head of the Government persons not possessing in any way the confidence of the country, was not justified in such an act; and so, likewise, with rega:d to the House of Commons being met by a Ministry in possession of the confidence of the Sovereign, that if they think it their duty to express their wanted eencert in that confidence—if they ex press an opinion that these Ministers should make way for others, they are. bound to give their reasons, and to. found on arguments connected with the welfare of the state the conclu sions to which they come.—( Loud cheering.) And yet, Sir, I have heard no argument on this subject except the one addressed to the House by the Hon. Alember for the West Riding of Yorkshire, who moved the amendment, by the Noble Lord who followed him, and the Right lion. Gentleman who has spoken this night, and. I must say there was a re markable discrepancy between the line of arguments they pursued.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman stated that he felt it was incumbent upon him bringing forward a motion of such magnitude, and involving such vast consequences, to ground himself on the best reasons he could state for the neces sity of that motion. His whole argument was founded on the conduct of the Government in past years, beginning; with the Government of Lord Grey in 18-30. The Right Iron. Gen tleman has made a speech to-night, giving his opinion on the state of public affairs, and the whole of his arguments have been vested on the Budget which was proposed by the Chan cellor t f the Exchequer, and the measures respecting the Corn-laws I intended to have proposed in the last Session. Now, Sir, I beg first to address myself to the arguments of the Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and I must say that, after the most careful review of the statements put forth by Hon. Members, there never was a ease made put upon such meagre grounds.—( Hear, hear.) Whenever, upon former occasions, the House of Commons has passed such cen sures as arc now proposed to the House, some strong grounds have been alleged—( Hear, bear)—some great charge has:been brought against the Government, and strong facts were brought forward to support them.—( Hear.) At the end of the American war the charge against Lord North's Government was that he had wasted the treasure and blood of the country, and that he had sacrificed thirteen colonies.—( Hear, hear. ) In the case of Mr. Addington, the charges were equally grave. The Hon. Member for West Yorkshire says that we are pledged to peace. Sir, Ido not deny that we have pledged ourselves to maintain peace, as far as we could do so without provoking war.—( Cheers.) With respect to Belgium, which has always been a source of war in Europe since the time of Elizabeth— and since her time, from the reign of William the Third down wards—the contentions were amicably settled by Lord Grey having made the first arrangements, and his preliminaries being followed up by the present Government.—( Cheers. ) With respect to Spain anti Portugal, I admit that the policy of the Government has been very much challenged ; and I can say, Sir, that, at all events, it has been success ful.—( Great and continued cheering.) But, Sir, our policy in the East has been assailed. It was the opinion of all the Allies that Mchemet Ali should i o longer retain Syria. We concurred in that opinion, and it; consequence of that con currence we took means which restored Syria to the dominion of the Porte.—( Hear.) In India an attempt was made- to shake our power, and Dost Mohammed was put forward as the instrument by which it was to be overthrown. I cannot yet say what is thus result of our policy in respect to China ; but this I can say, that wherever our operations have been con cluded our operations have been successful. Much has been said of the inefficiency of our navy; but I think, Sir, that there are living disproofs of that charge, in the persons of Admiral Stopford and another gallant officer, who is now a Member of this House.—( Cheers.) I think it is unnecessary to occupy the House by going into any details, I think that the result of our policy has been, that we held up the name of England high amongst the nations of the world, and that under our administration neither her honour nor her power has been diminished.—(Cheers.) With respect to the Colo nies, all I can say is, that they are in a state of increasing prosperity. With respect to one of them, Canada, which is connected with one of the questions before the House--which is, I mean, connected more especially with the timber duties, I must remind the House of the difficulties which we had from the first to contend with. We had given to a French population, unaccustomed to British habits, a constitutional form of Government, and the failure of all attempts to conciliate that population having failed, a rebellion brake out, which, however, we were enabled to suppress.—(Cheers. ) That rebellion was put down by a General, whose military talents enabled him to suppress that insurrection. The minds of men were disturbed, and it was felt that without free institu tions in British possessions, no permanent peace or prosperity could be firmly established.- 7 (Hear, hear. ) Every thing in duces me to believe that those institutions will prosper as there is already, on many occasions, a desire manifested in favour of British connections, and a disposition and feeling of loyalty en gendered towards this country.--(Cheers,) But I thought it necessary to state to the Governor-General that the whole question being taken into consideration—the extent of the Canadian frontiers, which is 1,200 miles, and viewing the nature of the population, the late excitement that took place—it was necessary to take means for the future defence of Canada by her Majesty's arms if necessary, and for the future improvement of the province by which its peaceful progress in prosperity may be promoted.—( Cheers.) That was the matter to which I alluded when I said to Lord Syden ham, that there was a measure through which I hoped the people of Canada would be reconciled to the alteration in the timber duties. He said the progress of Canada and its re sources, would be crippled in consequence of the debt of Ca nada. And when he (Lord Sydenham) introduced that in the speech which he made, he thought proper to give the Assembly the whole of the despatch, and read it on the oc casion. I know not if I should have thought it necessary to give that despatch, but in all probability he thought it would give confidence to those who supported them at the time, to show that those who had been faithful to the Crown would net be abandoned by the Crown—(Cheers)—that every means in the power of Parliament would be taken to prove we were inter ested in their prosperity, and ready to make common cause with them in all their contingencies.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman did not say he disapproved of that policy. I feel confident it was the only policy, that if you were determined as some philosophers advocated, and as a Noble Lord, a Member of the other House, upheld, to separate from Canada, you should do so at once, and if you arc determined to defend Canada, you should do so effectually, and not suffer those who gave generous support to the loyal cause to suppose that a luke• warm aid would be exerted in their-defence, or-to doubt whether that aid would be continued to them. But, Sir, whc. ther that policy be right or wrong, the present state of things is, that the colony is well affected to the mother country, and that it is improving in riches and strength, and that there is not, with respect to any other British colonies, except those external dangers with regard to Canada, any room fur appre hension.—(Cheers.) I now come to our domestic govern ment—(Cheers)--and I ask, with regard to our domestic go yer nment—l ask, is there anything in the state of this country under our government that creates cause for apprehension, if you take such measures as I will hereafter speak, of, and which I think necessary for the well-being of the country ? —(Cheers.) I will not speak at present of the distress of the people; but with regard to their disposition, I think I may fairly say that that disposition is a disposition of loyalty, of tranquillity, and of obedience to the law.—(Cheers.) With respect to Ireland—whatever may be thought of the outrages and the crimes which bad long existed there—l think with regard to political feelings, no disposition of aliena tion towards the Crown of this country was fo mented (luring the present Administration.—( Cheers.) Well then I say that the Hon. Member for Yorkshire has come forward to propose a vote of want of confidence on those who had been successful in their transactions abroad—who had been successful in their government of the Colonies—who had bees successful in their Government of Great Britain and Ireland, .—(Much cheering.) You may tell me you have succeeded. You may tell ma that there are others to whom you are posed to transfer your confidence, but though this is an exer cise of the right of the House, it is an exercise of it in a ease where you have not proved any want of an efficient adminis tration—(Opposition cheers, answered by loud cheers from the Ministerial Benches)—where you ,have not proved that any of the great interests of the country have suffered in the hands of the present Administration—( Continued cheers.) Why, Sir, we had debates on this subject before, and we had the same debates in the course of these four rights. I remem ber in the commencement of the year 1840 one motion of want of confidence, and Honourable Gentlemen brought forward the gravest charges they could against the Government ; and one of the gravest charges was, that I made a speech at Liverpool, at which no reporter was present, and of which a garbled account had got into the papers, not half of it being given, and that half misstated.—(Laughter.) An. other charge was in a speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that there was some person appointed by the Registrar • General who registered births and marriages at Birmingham, and who was by mistake selected because he turnedout to be a Socialist; and it was upon a charge of that kind—because in the Govern ment of a great country an erroneous appointment had been made—upon a crime of that extent the House would be in- duced to . withdrtw its confidence from them.—(Cheering.) We had another great debate this Session, and the charge then was, that we had not been able to carry certain measures, and, among others ' was one which has been frequently re ferred to ; and which, even at the risk of wearying the House, I must say a few words upon. I mean the Appropriation Clause.—(Hear, hear.) That was not a measure brought for- ward to deprive tl►e Right Hon. Gentleman of office,:for it was a vote frequently given by lion. Members on this side of the House, who thought that the revenues of the Irish Church were too large, and that a portion might be given for the benefit of the whole coinmlnity, Protestant and Roman Ca tholic. It so happened that Lord Wellesley had then recent•• mended a measure with regard to tithes, and had also recom mended a Commission to inquire as to the number of each reli. gious persuasion. At the same time the Hon. Member for Sheffield brought forward a motion, which was agreed to by a great majority of this House; and the Right lion. Gentleman, and the NoWe Lord opposite, left office on account of that mo tion. At this time Lord Spencer succeeded to the Peerage, and a new Ministry was formed. Were we to a'ter our opi nions on that account? were we, who had asserted those princi ples—were we to say, because the Right Hon. Gentleman was in power, that we should forget, or give them up? No, Sir, and accordingly, during the administration of the Right lion. Baronet I brought forward a resolution affirming the principles we had before asserted with regard to the ap propriation of the revenues of the Irish Church, and th© con sequence was his resignation of office. The Right lion. Gen tleman might have remained in office till there was some more decisive vote, but having tendered his resignation I then stated that he had acted in accordance with the Constitution. We immediately proposed a Bill containing that clause, which was passed in this House, but was defeated in the House of Lords. We had then two courses to pursue. We might have gone on wi►h the Appropriation Clause, and left the tithe question unsettled ; but that would have exposed Ireland to the evils of agitation on the subject of tithes. We were anxious that the Appropriation Clause should be carried, because we thought it wouldjgive contentment to the Irish people, and reconcile them to the Established Church ; but after being twice defeated In the House of Lords, it would have looked like a hostile feeling to do so. Then it was said that, having been unable to carry that clause, it was our duty to resign. New, Sir, 1 think our duty was to consider what was best for Ireland, and with respect to the administration of affairs in that . , . ._. c ountry, . nothing whatever but experience will convince me that there is the , greatest difference between the party I act with and the party opposite. Notwithstanding all the Right Hon. Gentleman says of his intentions, he must place power in Ireland in the hands of an exasperated minority. The orders may be benevolent and impartial, and becoming a vie and beneficent Government, but they will devolve upon those who oill execute them with malevolence and rancour, — (Cheers. ) The Right Hon. Baronet and the party opposite ^many of Whom share his intentions—think I am wrong in that opinion.—( Cheers.) I do not wonder at that, but I must 'ay that all past experience has shown the truth of what I now , aY ; and I must further say, that the expressions made use of regard t o th e grea t majority of the people of Ireland—the nodt of s p ea ki ng o f t h em an d their clergy by the organs of the pa r t y opposite—the mode o f spea ki ng even o f a M em b er of that H ouse the calling , the - people nothing but sa 'ages, s h ows the spirit from! which such language pro ,cds—( C r i es of " Hear")—and we are bound to suppose hat e the a c t s w il l proceed from the same source. W i t h that (pinion—h o ldi ng such sentiments it appeared to t i vas our duty s till t in ' me that. o remain ollice although the Appropria ion Clause was not • carried, because although we could not ;ive the people of Ireland the benefi to f that clause, still we :mild give them the benefit of a dmin istration of the awe, which we thought they had a just before, nor were not had . o , .ikely E to have. from the party then la: opposition. Now, Sir, with respect to the internal condition of the country—we have been charged with getting up an agitation on tits sui)jee: of the Corn-laws. But, Sir, the tranquillity of the country has not been disturbed by our Reform 13i11.—(Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Baronet said our exports were now greater than before ; then I say that the great changes, of which we have been the authors, has not given rise to that hurtful agi tation which was predicted. But, on . the other hand, we are assailed by the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, because we, as he said, had net been true to the principles on which wo set out ; and he said that had we continued in the progres sive tract, we might, still have continued in power, backed by the country.—( Hear. ) I can only say, in answer to that charge, that I really hardly know how a gentleman who sets up for so much political purity could ex pect us to pursue that course which was against our conscien tious opinions.—(Cheers.) We were of opinion that conti nual change was dangerous, therefore we were obliged to op pose the propositions of thej Hon. Member for Finsbury, in 1837, and oihers made by other Members since. Suppose I were to' say that If the Hon. Member for Bath were to profesi himself a thorough Consorvative, he might rise to a high station under the Government about to be formed, he would tell me that he could not consistently approve of their opinions. That is my answer; and when he was told that Reformers had become lukewarm in consequence of such con • duet, I tell him that I was quite aware of the fact. I did not expect that zealous Reformers would remain in our favour when we found it our duty to pause. If the Hon. Mem ber for. Bath could prove that we ought to have taken the course he pointed out, if welbe driven from office in conse quence of not doing so, as it would have been entirely against our conscience, then I say welcome the charge. We thought our opioions, if carried into effect, would prove beneficial to the country, and if we had a certainty of retaining power by entertaining opinions, or acting upon them, which we tho ug ht dangerous to the country, it would have been unanimously re jected. Well, then ' Sir, I come to the opposition o f th e Bight Honourable Baronet ; and I obsei ve that while he has gone gravely over the different subjects of the Budget, he has no more committed himself than he did before.—( Loud cheers and counter-cheers.) We have never asked hint tor the full development of his measures —we never asked for any details—we never proposed to him to go into details—all, we wanted was to know the general prin ciples on which he proposed to act.—( Cheers. ) We say there is evidently a deficiency in the revenue—there is manifest dis tress in trade—poverty among the; community, and we think that an approach to the principles of free trade will tend to li quidate the deficiency, and dispel the gloom which hangs over trade. To this day, to this hour, the Right lion. Gentleman has never made any declaration on this subject. He tells us to be sure that he is not to be expected to give any general opinion, but that there is one principle to whichlic will adhere, namely, the sliding scale. Now, I really am at a loss to conceive why the Right Hon. Gentleman, taking every other matter into consideration, leaving himself quite open with respect to almost every other measure, should be so especially wedded to this sliding scale: It is as though he had thus addressed his Sove reign and his country, " 'robe sure, with regard to the Roman Catholics, their admission to power I thought would be the destruction of the Church and the ruin of the Constitution ; but they are admitted, and the Constitution goes on very well. As to the Reform of Parliament, I thought it would ti .ve led to the entire destruct ion of the Alonaretiy, and the complete ruin of our institutions : it has passed, but still the institu tions, somehow or other, flourishes, and none of those institu ' tions which were threatened have suffered the smallest injury ; and I am so perfectly satisfied with this Reform Act, that mean to make it the guide of my conduct, and to adhere liter .ally to its provisions. But these things arc small matters. The admission of Roman Catholics to Parliament, the admis sion of Dissenters to civil and religious liberty, the de. struction of some fifty or sixty rotten boroughs, and the admission of numerous classes to civilization—these, perhaps, are trifling matters, upon which changes of opi nion may be well admitted% but the sliding scale is a principle which I will never give up. The sliding scale is so necessary, that come what will—be the change in the Corn laws what it will—l have not precluded myself from any change whatever, or that' the sliding scale be kept inviolate; to that sacred principle i devote myself, and I wilt s never sacrifice it. (Hear, hear, and laughter, from the Liberal benches.) lam extremely sorry to difler so much from the Right Hon. Gen- Veman, but I must say that all the information I have acquired —all that 1 have read in the writings:of enlightened men on the subject of the Corn-laws, has only convinced me more and more that that graduated sliding scale, to which the Right Hon. Gentleman is so much attached, is the main cause of the evil which at present exists.—( Hear, hear.) If you have a fixed duty, no doubt you have a tax upon corn, but you may have a certainty in trace. If you have a moderate fixed duty, you will have a constant admission of corn, admitted at all times, with a constant market in this country.—(llear, hear.) But if you have a sliding scale, you will have no such market. Now I take the liberty of asking, in the first place, how this sliding scale accords with the general notions of trade which the Right Hon. Gentleman proposes to hold? The Right Hon. Gentleman read the Speech from the Throne in 1825, which recommended to this house mea- sures founded upon the principles of free trade, and he declared himself to have been one of the advisers of that Speech. In;the course of that year there was a comment upon that Speech, not only by Mr. Huskisson but another great authority, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer of that day, Mr. Robinson, who was very much attached at that time to the principles of free trade. He said, " The House, I am happy to say, has gone along with me in promoting this great object, and 1 trust that the country is by this time convinced of the good sense which dictates the policy of getting rid both of positive prohibitions and prohibi tory duties. Much has already been done on this subject, but much remains to be done, and it is the intention of my Right Hon. Friend near me—(Mr. Huskisson)—to take an early opportunity of submitting to the House a plan for a moderate and reasonable reduction of the remaining prohibi tory duties, and thus to strike, as it were,, from our recollec tion all those errors and prejudices which have so long restricted the industry of the world. Unhappily those prohibitory duties, so far from being struck out from our recollection, are before us at this day.—( Hear, hear.) But that declaration of Lord Ripon was received with very great approbation in this House, and one Hon. Member (the Hun. Member for Wiltshire) de clared that these restrictions ought to be taken away; that there ought to be free trade in the world ; and that if there were free trade he was convinced the country would rise to a degree of prosperity which it had never before reached. Great changes had taken place since that period.—( Hear, hear.) It appeared that the Noble Lord to whom he had alluded was es -pecially_cyposeilio the doing away with prohibiteryiluties, whilst the Hon. Bart. had lately presided at a dinner at which he had strongly attacked the Ministers on the same ground.—( Hear. ) The Right Hon. Gentleman had said that the present Corn law is founded upon that very recommendation. I think that law comes under the description which Lord Ripon then gave of prohibitory duties. During the years 1834, 183.5, and iBZiCi the duty was 475. a quarter. Now a duty of 475. a quarter is neither more nor less than a prohibitory duty. You may tell me it is right that there should be a prohibitory duty; that when corn is cheap it is right to have prohibitions. Yes, that may be, but do not tell me with one breath that you aro going to do away with all prohibitory duties, and next impose a duty of 475. upon corn in the course of four years. It seems to me that it is this prohibitory duty which destroys all regu lar commerce in corn.: Speculators in corn are enabled, by fic titious sales, to lower the duty, and to raise the averages, as soon as they have "entered, as in the present year 900,000 quarters, or, as in another year, one million of quarters at once. They then take an opposite course of pro ceeding ; they send bad and wet wheat into the market. By these means they raise the averages and lower the duties, and having acted against the farmer in the first instance, they act against the consumer. in the second. It is shown by the re turns made to the Board of Trade, that while the cern averages have been rising very high at one time, and falling very low at another, the price, as between the farmer and his customer, did not vary to any perceptible degree. Therefore the result of this intricate and artificial scheme is clearly to promote job bing in the trade. I own that the evils of this system seem to the not to be corrected by any alteration in the averages, or •by any new alteration in the sliding scale. It seems to me that we are proceeding upon a false system in endeavouring, by a false system, to defeat the natural ope rations of trade, and that we must abandon it altogether, and resort to a fixed duty, allowing persons who wish to deal in this article, to send their orders abroad, to bring it to this country, and to dispose of it as they would dispose of any article of commerce. There are 900,000 quarters of corn in bond, which will be entered in the course of September. If a merchant were to send to America for corn, and it were to arrive after that period, the speculation would be ruinous. Ile would be obliged to keep it more than a year, and he must therefore be a great loser. Why, I say this is not only injurious to trade, but that it is evidently injurious to the great body of the people. Tell me if you will, that you wish to be independ ent of foreign supply. But that is at once shown to be an ab surdity, because in the last ten years you have been introducing, on an average, several millions of quarters a year, The notion of being independent of foreign supply is one which ought to be now obsolete. It is one which cannot be enter tained, whether you have the present Corn-laws or any other Corn-laws which you may establish. Put you do not mean to be independent of foreign supply, end sf you say that a purtion of your people must expect to subsist on foreign corn, let them get that foreign corn at an equal and steady price. Let them not pay a larger addition of taxation than you profess to pay for it. With respect to a fixed duty, the Right Hon. Gentleman says, supposing you had a fixed duty, could you venture to keep it up when corn had risen to :10s. or 100 s. per quarter. 1 would say, that the remission of duty in that case would be advantageous to the merchant, just as now the rise of 13s. or 9s. in the price is advantageous to the foreigner, and nut to the consumer. That is my belief. At the same time, I would say, that if there was a real scarcity, you would not be able to preserve the duty at Bs. per quarter. But I think that. the first answer to the Right lion Gentleman is that which he himself suggested—that if you have a regular trade in corn, you would very seldom have any actual scarcity. That seems to me a principle which does not require argument, but which is almost self-evident, that in proportion as you restrict the field from which your supplies ate! drawn, in that' proper. tion do you cause fluctuation in price. If you confine the supply of the people of this country to a single country, you will have a greater fluctuation thin now, and, according to the same analogy, meets greater fluctuation must occur in the resent state of supply, than if you allow corn t o come i n f rom olland, Poland, America, &c. With the wealth and menu- facturing industry of Allis country, with a people willing and anxious to exert themselves, I can scarcely believe you would incur any danger of scarcity. If that danger did occur, you might then have a power in your Act of Parliament, which would not be a power dependent on averages, but giving the Queen in Council the weans of furnishing a cheap supply. II you say that the price of corn is to be 725. or 735. a quarter, you could then have a similar power to order that the corn be raised to the amount. That is a scheme that has been adopted with regard, to sugar, corn, and other commodities. 1 recol lect, myself, for two or three year ;Mr. Hnskisson produced a Bill, by which ho proposed to have all corn in bond at a lower duty than was imported by the existirg law, in order to pre vent scarcity. 'With regard to those averages, you may have corn for five years at 40s. per quarter, and the next five years at 80s. per quarter, and you may state that the average price is 60s. ; but, with regard to the consumer, it is totally different. The main object which I look to is no the additional cheapness of corn, but the additional ma ployment of the people. With respect to wages, i has been said, if you change the Corn-laws wages will be lower. 1 hat ia a complete fallacy. There would be such a demand for employment that wages would be really higher, and the men who are now almost in a state of ?destitution, would then be able to get employment, and change the produce of their industry for the productions of other countries. With respect to the party opposite, there were various divisions among them: I have I.eard language of the most contradic tory nature in this House, from Members of that party._. (Hear, hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman whi, moved the amendment, when addressing the electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire, said that his great object was to amend the Poor-laws. Confinement of the poor in the workhouses he held to be unnecessary. There is, in my opi nion, a total difference of language between the leaders and followers of that party on that subject. But, I say, Sir, that after all this, the Right Hon. Gentlem an goes into the West. Riding of Yorkshire, and raises a cr . ) against Lord Morpeth, and on that cry has ejected that honest servant of the Crown—( Oh, oh)—and he now comes down to the House with a proposition containing not one word about that law, but only having for its object to put out of office the present :Ministers, and to substitute for them a Noble Duke and the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth, who are declared supporters of the Bill. It was by means of misrepresentation on that question, and fifty other misinterpretations against us, that a majority has been made up on the other side.—(Cheers.) THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2&, IP4I. We have carried a tithe law, by which the clergyman obtains a regular income without the unseemly contentions which he used to be engaged in. For my own part, I have lost much of my popularity in consequence of the care with which we have regarded the interests of the Church. We have left to the Archbishop of Canterbury only the poor pittance of 15,000/. a-year.—( Cheers and laughter.) We have reduced the Bishop of London to the wretched allowance of 10,000/. ( Great laughter)—and the paltry sum of 8,000/. a-year wa , all that we could allow the Bishop of Durham. Ido not com plain of the course which has been taken in this House by the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth, but I do complain that Gentlemen on the other iide have had recourse to misrepre sentations and calumnies, which I never knew equalled.— (Loud cheers.) Sir ROBERT PEEL rose and made some observations across the table which were not heard in the gallery. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I think the Right Honour able Gentleman is more sensitive on this subject than he need be. (Cheers.) I must admit, however, that an absurd story respecting him has:gope round the newspapers, but I trust eat when the Right Honourable Gentleman and his party come into power there will be some cessation,of those misrepresentations, and that the Right Hon. Baronet will be able to say that I have been no more wronged than he has been. I believe, Sir, that whoever may be the Ministers this country must be prosperous and great, if you adopt large and liberal measures which you have strength enough to en force. It is in your power to sustain the greatness of Engl•4nd by your union, and to bless makind by your example.—( Re iterated cheering.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House di vided, when there appeared— Fur the amendment For the Address ... 269 Majority against Ministers --91 The announcement of the numbers was received with tre mendous cheering from the Opposition benches. The Address as amended was then put and agreed to. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, a Committee consisting exclu , ively of Conservative Members was nominated to prepare the Address. MEETING OF THE HOUSE. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, he supposed the House would meet to morrow. Ile had no motion to make on the subject, but he took it for granted the House would meet. It was ultimately arranged that the House should meet this day (Saturday) at Twelve o'Clock. On the motion of Mr. PIGOTT leave was given to bring in certain Bills relating to Public Works in Ireland, the introduc tion of which was rendered necessary by the Standing Orders. Some laughter was occasioned by Mr Sergeant JACKSON refusing to assent to introducing the Bill until he had seen it. The Howe adjourned at a Quarter-past Three o'Clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS (FROM VIE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.) GLOBE.—It would be a mere waste of time to enter at this moment upon a discussion touching any subject upon which the Parliament has been specially called together to deliberate ; for the bruNueric with which the two Houses have announced their determination to be nothing of the sort, precludes any hope that they will lend their ears for a moment to any argument that could possibly be addressed to them. "We arc not here to do justice, Sir, but to decide," roared the Commis sioner of a Court of Requests, when appealed to by one of the parties to the suit. "We are not here to delibe rate for the benefit of your starving people," rudely re plies the Parliament to the Queen ; " but we are here to turn out the Ministry." To think of influencing such a Parliament, at such a moment as this, by the voice ofrea son, would be idle indeed. But if the Legislature is intent only upon ousting the Whigs, the nation is eagerly pant ing to know the plan by which the Tories propose to re lieve it from its present embarrassments. The Budget of the Ministers has been rejected on the ground of its being unequal to the purpose for which it was brought for ward ; and of course, therefore, the Conservatives must have something in the back ground to replace it, that shall solve - the financial difficulties from which we arc not to be extricated by the outgoing Government. Mr. Goulburn was last night facetious upon the notion of putting an egg into an oven, and drawing it out a pancake; but his party have surely in store for us some still more astonishing trick, when they promise that by putting in themselves, they will come out as statesmen of surpass ing wisdom to guide the country through the difficulties that at this moment environ it. To go in an egg, and come out a pancake, is not more surprising than to go in a monopolist, and come out a Corn-law reviser—which is a piece of jugglery we aro not at all unprepared to witness. Sir Robert Peel's alleged determination not to speak in the present debate, may be regarded as the silence which gives consent to the imputation ' that has been cast upon him of a contemplated whirling round from his former principles. STANDARD.—The Globe of last night favoured the public with a long list of Sir Robert Peel's Ministry, given, as our Contemporary said, upon the authority of " a Correspondent, on whose means of information it can depend." We are sorry to be obliged, however, to say that the dependance of the Globe upon its Correspondent is altogether ill-founded. That Cor respondent knows probably as much as any one of the structure of Sir Robert Peel's Government when the Right Hon. Baronet shall be called to form one ; but the amount of this knowledge is nothing, as Sir Robert Peel has formed no Government, for the simple reason that he has not been commanded to form one. The Motnin7 Post, speaking, no doubt, from good authority, affirms that Sir Robert Peel has never, even in his own mind, disposed of offices ; and every one who considers the prudent and delicate character of the Right Honourable Baronet's conduct upon all occasions, must believe that the Morning Post is right. As to any one else forming a Cabinet for Sir Robert Peel—we have heard no surmise of the kind. Still there is something worthy of remark in the confi dent statement of the Globe, altogether groundless as it is ; for that statement proves that some one in con nection with the proloitt Minister atnUsesilitnself lit least with speculations as to who shall be their successors in office, or it may ho, supposing Conservatives as greedy of place as Whig-Radicals are, wishes 'to create, betimes, dissension among them. Lord Melbourne himself, we know, pretends to exercise an influence in the Conservative party ; but in the attempt to exercise, directly or indi rectly, any influence over Sir Robert Peel, he will be grievously disappointed. If we do not reprint the list of the Globe, and the uncivil allusions to individuls by which it is followed, and which are precisely as destitute of foundation as the list, it is not because we have fears that any of them could obtain a moment's credit With our readers, but from an unwilligness to trifle unnecessarily with the names of respectable noblemen and gentlemen. The secret is out," says the Globe, and so it is ; the secret is, ,that there is no secret; that no Conservative Cabinet has been arranged ; that no quarrel exists ; and that the Globe tells a—thing that it often tells. As had been irreverently said of the craft over which the Duke of Sussex presides, that it has no mystery but the art of successfully pretending to have one—so we say of the Globe's secret. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Auc. 23, 1841. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Alfred Markes, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Charnock, FOREIGN -OFFICE, Auc. 27. The Queen has been graciously pleaied to appoint Thomas de Grenier de Fonblanque, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul- General in Scrvia. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUGUST 25. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint John Samo, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissary Judge in the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission established at Rio de Janeiro, under the .Convention concluded at Rio de Janeiro, ou the 23d November 1826, between Great Britain and Brazil for the abolition of tho slave trade. FOREIGN OFFICE, AUGUST 25. Hor Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir George Jack son to be her Majesty's Judge in the British and Netherlands Mixed Court of Justice established at Surinam, under the Treaty concluded at the Hague, on the 4th May, 1818, be tween Great Britain and the Netherlands for the prevention of the slave-trade. . . DOWNING-STREET, Ana. 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., K.C.8., and Lieutenant-General Sir Lionel Smith, Bart., K.C.8., Governor (,f the Mauritius, to be Knights Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. DOWNING-STREET, AUGUST •25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain George Pontett Cameron, of the 40th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel in Persia, to be a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. DOWNING-STREET, /Wenn 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Mantell, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate and Polio° Magistrate for her Majesty's settlements on the Gambia. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint James Fitz gibbon, Esq., to be Clerk of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Joseph Cary, Esq., to be Deputy-Inspector •General u Public Accounts in the Province of Canada. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Davidson, Esq., to be Commissioner of Crown Lands in the Province of Canada. The Queen has also been rleased to appoint Hamilton 11. Killaly, Esq., to be President of the Board of Works in the Province of Canada. The Queen has also been p'eased to appoiat R. B. Sullivan, Esq. to be I'resident of the Committee of the Executive Council in the Province of Canada. The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Thomas Parke, 51 ' . to be Surveyor-General of the Province of C ana d a . '1 he Queen has also been pleased to appoint R. A. Tucker, Esq., to be Registrar of the Province of Canada. 'the Queen has also been pleased to appoint Francis Jackson, Esq., to be Provost Marshal General of the Island of Grenada and its dependencies. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 27. Regiment of Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon J. Wedder burn, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guard!, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Monru, who exchanges, A' g. 27. 13th Iteu"iment of Light Dragoons, Lieut. E. It. R ea d t o b e Captain, by purchase, vico Byng, who retires; Cornet C. Deacon, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Read, Aug. 27 ; Ensign W. Greenhorn, from 331 Foot, to be Comet, by pur chase, vice Deacon, Aug. 28. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Assistant -Surgeon J. Alouro, M.D., from the 21 Dragoons, to be Assistant-Sar geon, vice Wedderburn, w ho exchanges, Aug. 27. Ist Regiment of Foot—J. Wasp, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Turner, whose appointment has been can celled, Aug. 27. 3d Foot—Ensign F. F. Maude to be Lieutenant, by pur- chase, vice Daniel, who retires; R. W. Woods, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maude, Aug. 27. 331 Foot—Major J. M. Harty to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Knight, deceased; tirevet Major G. Whannell to be Major, vice Batty, July 22; Lieutenant T. J. Smith, to be Captain, vice Whaunell ; Ensign R. G. Wale to be Lieutenant, vice. Smith; Sergeant-Major W. Greenhorn, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Wale, Aug. 27. . 37th Foot—Brevet Colonel Wm. Balvaird, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. Smelt, who exchanges ; Major J. Bradshaw to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Balvaird, who retires; Captain G. W. Franck lyn to be Major, by purchase, vice Bradshaw, Aug. 27; Lieutenant J. Grignon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Franeklyn ; Ensign H. J. C ur t e i s t o b e Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Grignon ; G. A. J. M'Clintock, Gent., to be Eta sign. by purchase, vies Curteis, Aug. 27. ' 40th Foot.—Lieut. J. Watson, from half-pay E9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, protnoted ; Ensign E. H. Esgar to be Lieutenant, by p urc h ase , v i ce W a t son , w h o ret i res ; J. ' Comick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase ; Assistant-Surgeon J. 11. Brun - linen, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, ' , ice Hadley, appointed to the Iliac Brigade, Aug. 27. Sith Foot—Licut. B. Moffat to be Captain, by purchase, 'ice Parr, who retiree, Aug. 27; Lieut. E. Peel, front half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut., vice U. Boyd, who exchanges, Aug. 26. Ensign J. A. Skurray to be Lieutenant, by purchaFe, vice Moffat ; F. Fane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skurray, Aug. 27, 1841. 60th Foot—Second Lieutenant the Honourable August u Charles L. Fitzroy to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Levett, who retires • W. P. Salmon, Gent., to b e S econ d Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzroy, August 27. 68th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon D. Lucas, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Suageon, vice Leslie, who exchanges, August 27. 52d Foot—Lieut. J. Mockler, front the 57th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Samuel Holdswurth, who has retired upon half-pay, Aug. 27. 93d Foot—Captain R. W. Shinkwin, born half•pay 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice T. Williamson, who exchanges ; Licut. Lord C. G. Russell to be Captain by purchase, vice Shinkwin, who retires; Ensign T. M. Crawturd to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lord C. G. Russell ; A. A. Duncan, Gent., to be Ensign by purchas , ', vice Crawfurd, Aug. '27. Rifle Brigade—Lieut.- Col. B. J. Smith, from half-pay un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. C. Hope, who ex changes ; Major G. Buller to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Smith, who retires ; Capt. AV. Sullivan to be Ma jor, by purchase, viee Buller • Licut. W. H. Bradford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sullivan ; Second Lieutenant Sir T. Moro, Bart. to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brad ford ; A. Lautour, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Sir T. Munro. August 27. Royal Canadian Regiment—Assistant Surgeon Alexander Al‘Giigor from the 32d Regiment, no be Assistant-Surgeon ; Assistant-Surgeon James Millar, M.D., from the Staff, to be Avistant-Surgeon, Aug. 27. IIosrITAL STAFF. —To be Assistant% Surgems to the Forces —Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Leslie, from the 68th Foot, vi'-e Lucas, who exchanges ; R. J. Cole, M.D., vice Millar, appointed to the Royal Canadian Regiment ; R. De Lisle, Gent., vice Brummell, appointed to the 40th Foot, Aug. 27. AIEMOILANDUM.—The name of the Lieutenant removed from the 16th to the bOth Regiment, on the 18th June, 1841, is O'i\lolony, and not O'Maloney, as previously stated. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry—Joseph Roberts, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Fleetwood, resigned, Aug. 21. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. JAMES BONNER and CHARLES GIBBONS, furni ture brokers, Thame, Oxfordshire (as far as regards Charles Gibbons only.) BANKRUPTS. GEORGE MUIRHEAD, tailor, Oxford-street, to surren der, Sept. 3, at. one, and Oct. 8, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Huson, Ohl Jewry. THOMAS BURGON, merchant, Waibrook-buildings, City, Sept. 6, at eleven, and Oct. 8, at half past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Kirkman, King IVilHain-street, City. ELLIS JOHN TROUGHTON, merchant, St. Michael's alley, Sept. 23, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 8, at one, at the c;ourt of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Finsbury-square, official assignee ; Freshfields, New Bank-buildings. JAMES LEWIS WILIiON and WILLIAM ALLEN TURNER, warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside, Sept. 3, at two, and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, Finsbury-square, official assignee ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, CheaTide ;Sale and Worthington, Manchester. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, joiner, Kirigs!o'n-upon-llu Sept. 10 and Oct. 8, at ten, at the George Inn, Kingston. upon-Hull. Rosser and Son, Warwick-court, Gray's Inn, London ; England and Shackles, Hull. HENRY THOMPSON, corn miller, near Driffichl, York shire, Sept. 8, at half-past ten, and Oct. 8, at one, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. JOSEPH BAYNTON WILLIAMS, ironmonger, Bristol, Sept. 7 and Oct. 8, at.twelve, at the Commercial-rooms, Bris tol. Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London ; Wellington, Bristol. JAMES MORRIS JUBBER, wine merchant, Oxford, Sept. 17 and Oct. 8, at one, at T. Lucas's, Town-hall, Oxford. Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, London ; Looker, Oxford WILLIAM INGHAM LAW, chemist, Manchester, Sept. 16 and Oct. 8, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man. chester. Mayhew Johnston, and Mayhew, Sept. 4 and Oct. 8, at eleven, at the king's Head Inn, Newton. DAVID WILLIAM MORRIS, draper, Tredegar, Mon mouthshire, Sept. 4 and Oct. 8, at the King's Head Inn, New port. Desborough and Young, Sise-lane, Bucklershury, Lon don; Prothero and Towgood, Newport, Monmouthshire. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Andrews, school master, harden Ash, Essex, Sept. 17 at eleven—W. and T. Day, oilmen, Graceehurch-street, Sept. 18, at two. In the Country. T. Minor, jun., coach builder, Sheffield, Sept. 24, at one, at the Town.hall, Sheffield—W. Rodgers, licensed victualler, Sheffield, Sept. 23, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—C. Drury, timber merchant, Sheffield, Sept. 22, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—T. Trafford, innkeeper, Ilalton, Lin colnshire, Sept. 17, at one, at the White Lion Hotel, Glam ford Briggs—G. Wootton, coal dealer, Redbourne, Lincoln shire, Sept. 17, at two, at the Lion Hotel, Glamford Briggs J. Hicklin, printer, Nottingham, Sept. 24, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—J. Nicholson, brewer, Cheltenham, Oct. 5, at four, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham —C. Taprell, grocer, Bristol, Sept. 21, at twelve, at the Com mercial-rooms, Bristol—J. Shaw, land surveyor, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Sept. 20, at one, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield. CERTIFICATES—SECT. 17. _ _ J. Scowcroft, scrivener, Haverfordwest—W. Key, linen draper, Bread-street, Cheapside—J. Stainthorpe, common brewer, Ilexliam, Northumberland—T. liebblewhite, wine wrehant, Liverpool—J. Chettle, linen draper, Warminster, Wiltshire—J. Bcardsworth, timber merchant, Wrexham, Den bighshire—E. and J. F. Bennett,-avinei, merchants, Canterbury —W. W. Crowder, woolstapler, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. and G. J. Morant, house decorators, New Bond-street— L. He y worth o Crabtreet, R. Aked, A. Crabtree, E. Fent on , 0. G. Adamson, and J. Elliott, merchants, Liverpool—G. Burrow, T. H. Higgin, and R. Farrer, cotton spinners, Lan casters—G. Burrow and T. H. Higgin, cotton spinners, Lan caster—J. Chapman, S. Targett, and E. R. Hall, linen drapers, Reading, Berkshire—J. Chapman and E. R. Hall, linen drapers, Reading, Berkshire—E. and E. Hedy, coal dealers, Birmingham—T. Robinson and R. Woodgatc, pawnbrokers, Somerstown —J. Tomlinson and J. R. Bennett, lace ware housemen, Wood-street, Cheapside—M. and G. Catlin, stable keepers, Blackman-street, Southwark—H. Bidwell and H. Keymer, wholesale drapers, Norwich—W. Walton and W. Brown, egg merchants, Islington—R. Hart and J. F. Acey, corn merchants, Preston, Yorkshire—W. M. Wilkinson, J. Wilkinson, and.W. Davies, general merchants, Mancheiter (so far as regards J. Wilkinson)—C. and S. Bucknill, surgeons, Fillongley, Warwickshire—W. Fox, T. P. Hawkins, and C. HickliWg, d Wire drawers, Birmingham (so far as regards , W. Fos) —C. Smith and B. Peers, ship builders, Liverpool —l'. A. Kendall and G. J. Young, patent windlass manufacturers, Bostock.street, Old Gravel-lane—T. E. Wells, W. Bradshaw, and J. Plaits, manufacturers of joiners' tools, Sheffield (so far as regards J. Platts)— J. Fryer, E. Andrews, W. R. Fryer, and F. W. Fryer, bankers, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire—R. H. Barton and T. W. Atkinson, surgeons, Ulverston, Lanca shire—D. E. Monies and R. Lloyd, drysalters, Liverpool—J. Dennis and J. Murrills, Cranbourne-street, Leicester-square— J. W. Garland and J. H. Watherston, manufacturing gold smiths, Bridgewater-square—W. Burch, sen. and W. Burch, jun., calico printers, Upper Clapton—l. Nicholson, T. Bushby, and J. Wilson, merchants, King's Arms-yard, City—W. and J.:Daniel, coal merchants, Bugbrook, Northamptonshire—J. rircenway, J. Gordon, and J. S. Kemsley, Liverpool—J. S. Rutter and C. Gorier, attorneys, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending,Aug. 24, 1841, is 365. 4 &d. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. THE AUTHOR OF " PAUL PRY."—The September Number of Cf' dburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist contains—Phineas Quiddy ; or, Shen Industry, by John Poole, Esq:, Author of " Paul Pry." Illustrated by Phis. Chapter 1. Introduction of the Hero. At his start in life he has the rare good fortune to be possessed of Nothing. By what means he converts that property into Something. A friend to the needy, his virtue is rewarded. True sheer in dustry, and its results, exempli fi ed by abrief history of a wrxtbv Scot, his master. Chapter 2. Janet Gray introduced. A touch of the (un)romantic. Quiddy's first luve. His decla ration, and how it was rece i ve d Ch a pt er 3. Hi g h co3 it a ti ons and resolutions. A notable contrivance. A perplexing pro ceeding. A question for an F. H.S. A word touching " fine" writing. Our Hero a Somnambulist. Chapter 4. Our Hero's scheme proceeds prosperously. The Number for September also contains —Bajazet Gag, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq. The Molten Calf, by Mrs. Gore, Canaletti in London, and a variety of other interesting papers by dist inguished writers. ARMY AND NAVY.—The September Number of " The U n it e d S erv i ce J ourna l, and Naval and Militsry Magazine," contains, among other important papers :—Syrisi, dui ing the Campaign against Mehemet Ali. Historical De tails of the Military Force of Great Britain from the Earliest Periods. England's Wooden Walls—The Vanguard. Leaves from the Journal of a Veteran, by Major Patterson. The British Colonies considered as Military Posts, by Licut.-Col. Wilkie. Midwateh in a Merchantman. The Assault on Fort Erie. Lieut. White's Narrative of his Capture and Imprisonment by the Carlists. Memoir of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey, K.C.B. Steam Navigation. Presentations of Colours to Regiments. The French Navy. Distribution of the Army and Navy, with all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the Month. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL.—We arc re quested to state that " Charles Chesterfield ; or, the Adven tures of a Youth of Genius," by Mrs. Trollope, authoress of " Widow Barnaby," " The Widow Married,' &c., in 3 vols. post . Bvo., with numerous illustrations by Phiz, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the libraries. Mr. Colburn has Riau this day published " Excursions in Normandy, illustrative of the Society, the Scenery, &c., of that interesting French Pro vince, from the Journals of Recent Traveller, " edited by Frederic Shoberl, Esq., author of " The World inMiniature," editor of "The Forget-Me-Not," &c., in 2 vols. small Bvo. price 21a. bound. __ INDISTINCT VISION.—It behoves all who value the importance of that wonderful piece of "divine mocha. nism," the Eye, to adopt every means to strengthen and preserve it, particularly when those means are within reach, and the results from their application are both delightful and immediately felt. E. S,lonions and Co., Opticians, fie., (36, Old Bond-street, and I, Ohl Jewry, Cheapside), have effected an improvement in Spectacles, for 'which they have secured a " patent," and the strict exantina tion of scientific observers, as well as the all.powerful test of perso. oat experience, have established their superior excellence. On their application to impaired vision their elects are both delightful and instantaneous, conveying at once a refreshing coolness to the Eye, and rendering the most minute objects perfectly distinct; either by day or candlelight; in short, their superior powers and SI cedom from the injurious properties of glasses, ordinarily sold, save secured fur them the powerful recommendation of ;Sir B. Brodie, Bart., F.R.S. ; Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R. S.; Sir J. E. Anderson, M. D. ; Dr. J. Johnson, Suffolk.place ; Bransby Cooper, Esq.,- E. 8.5., Spring-gardens ; Martin Ware, Esq. ; C. Aston Key, Esq., F.R.S., &c. &c. E. Solumons and Co's Voice Conductors, when placed in the Ears, cannot be seen, and enable Deaf persons to distinguish the faintest inflections of a distant speaker. Being in no way connected with Ay other houses in lan. don, and having occasion to guard the public against mistakes. which a similarity of names (aided by various schemes that are re sorted to by =pities) have in several instances occasioned sever& disappointment to the incautious, they call particular attention to the following address-36, Old Bond-street, and 1 , Old Jewry, City. The Committee en Education of her Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, held a meeting yesterday afternoon at the Council-office. The . Lords present were the Lord President, the Lord l'rivy Seal, and the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TILE BLOW:CMG PAPERS OF THIS DAY. POST.—At an annual general meeting of the Proprietors of the Manchester and Salfordßank, held at Manchester on the 19th inst., the profits for the year, after deducting all charges on trade and bad debts, were declared to be 19,7401. 3s. Out of this amount, two half-yearly dividend., making together 13,15 U., have been paid, being at the rate of six per cent. per annum. The remaining balance of profit, 4,5 3 41. 35., has been added to the reserved fund, which is now 32,3911. 4s. 4d. In the report of the Directors, it is stated that care has been taken each year to divest the books of all bad debts, so that the reserved fund shall represent a clear amount of unappro priated profit, and the Proprietors be secured against any dis minution of dividend. Dissatisfaction is express - A by the mercantile and shipping interest that no notice should have been taken by her Majesty Government of the despatch lately received from the discovery ships Erebus and Terror, commanded by Capt. Sir James Ross. The information centained in that document is con sidered of the very greatest importance, and it is felt that had Lord Minto caused it to be inserted in the Gazette he would have done no more than justice to Captain Ross an I his duty to the public. The omission affords occasion fur the indul gence of a sneer at the expense of his Lordihip, and c e rtai n ly it is one that cann o t b e sa id to be altogether unmerited. 'The claims upon the pages of the official paper, arising from the naval operations in the East, have, it is allowed, been great of late. That these transactions should be prominently recorded is gratifying to every one; but the space appropriated to the curious medley of personages who have been made baronets of is begrudged. The appearance in the Gazette of some of the names included in the last numerous creation excites universal disgust. The parties are in the last degree unpopular, and it' is thought scandalous that they should usurp those niches in the national annals which fairly belting to others. CHRONICES.—A communication by steam-ships between this country and the Brazils has of late attracted the attention of her Majesty's Government. The importance of such an arrangement to the mercantile and other classes is evident. That fart has been constantly acknowledged by the proper authorities, and the chief cause of delay has been, we b e lieve, considerations of econ o my in fina nce . The Brazils and the Argentine Republic are, at present, the only countries of im portance that do not possess the advantage of steam communi cation with Great Britain. The West Indies, North America, and the Mediterranean, have received the assistance of Govern ment for that purpose. The mails to Brazil at present are carried by the Govern ment sailing packets, the voyage out and home to Rio occupy ing on the average (by Post.office calculation) twenty weeks, which by steam would be more regularly performed in eleven weeks, including the additional distance to Buenos Ayres. The sailing packets now employed on this servioe are supposed to be nine, calculated to cost the Government 5,0001. each per an num. This includes the two packets kept on the coast to run between Rio and Buenos Ayres, so that the Government out lay on the whole has been estimated, probably at a fair avenge, at from 50,0001. to 60,0001. for the carriage of the mails ; but yet the intercourse is so uncertain and irregular that a great portion of the correspondence passes through private channels, by fast-sailing French and English ships belonging to mercan tile establishments. TIMES.—The " United Shareholders" in the British Iron Company, although the division yesterday, with respect to the actual votes, was carried against them, have put forth a notice maintaining that the real majority, the majority actually repre senting the feelings of the Shareholders, wason their side, being completed by the proxies which those present held for absen tees. The decision of the Chairman was that these proxies, under the deed of settlement, could not be admitted; and he took upon himself the whole responsibility of the refusal. Therefore while, on the one hand, and according to the deci sion of the Chair, the " United Shareholders" were ideated, on the other han d, and by including proxies, they claim to have gained a decided victory. A meeting of the Deputies from the Joint-Stock Banks was held to-day at the British Coffee-house. A report from the Committee containing a narrative of their proceedings was read, and the meeting requested the Committee to proceed in their efforts to obtain those alterations of the law which may Ise deemed necessary to place Joint-Stock on a footing with pri vate banks. In case it should prove impossible to induce the Government to take up the question, the Committee were authorized to bring a Bill into the House of Commons, and to call upon the banks for the sums necessary to defray the Par liamentary expenses. A Committee was appointed to carry these measures into effect. SUN.—The Public Securities met a readier sale to-day, and about per cent. advance was obtained upon Consols, both fur money and time. For immediate transfer they realized 89* to 896, and for October 894 to 89g. Exchequer Bills have been done again at 15s. to 17s. prem., and East India Bonds have improved to 4s. and ss. prem. Bank Stock has been dull at 168, and East India Stock at 247. The New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. have remained at 98h to 981, but the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities have got sip to 89 to 89g. Foreign Stocks, of which we have had so monotoneus a tale to tell for some days past, were in more demand to-day. The Active Spanish Bonds touched 20 201, the Passives 5, but the Deferred were not higher than 10 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. were at 291 ; Mexican Stock continued at 28k ; Chiba!' was firm at 71, and Peruvian brought 16 to 161; Danish Bonds were at 79 to 796 ; French Three per Cents. were marked 77f. 75c. ; and Dutch New Five per Cents. were rather flat at 981. Railway Shares were not very brisk, but they wore a firm appearance. The Great Western Old Shares were at 15 1 , the New at 51, and the Fifths at 41, premium. The South Western were at 14k, and the Gosport Junction at Ijto 2 premium. Brighton were 4g to SA, the Blackwall 9%, the Manchester and Leeds New 6, and Bristol and Exeter 28 discount. British North American Bank Shares were 6, and National Provincial Bank of England 16 discount. The Foreign Exchanges to-day were firm and buoyant. On the leading cities of the Continent the most current rates for 90 days' bills were these :—Paris 25f. 626 c. to 676 c., Am sterdam 12 43,, Antwerp, 12 34. Hamburgh, 13. 9:i- to 10,k. Frankfort 149 i and Trieste 950 to 52. The greatest im provement was on Germany and Italy. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending Aug. 21, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General : CAUSES OP DEATH. Weekly Total. Average 1838-940 Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l2O 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 143 131 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heat and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other . • I Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidn..ys, &c. Childhed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, tze 0 I. Diseases of Uncertain Seat 96 103 Old Age, or Natural Decay 5B 71 Deaths by Violence, Priyation, or Intemperance I 5 25 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes 776 - Average Weekly Deaths .. 926 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deatlis,lB3B-9-40 Western Districts ... 108 ...... 139 North Districts Central Districts 142 ..... 190 East Districts l9B ...... 211 South Districts ... Total 776 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 32 didtricts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—. and the parishes of St. Marylebone„St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber vs.ll, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly averege for - 838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in e three years by 156. TEMPEE.ATUItE IN THE WEEKS ENDING Aug. 14. Aug. 21. 73 76 4 61 53 66 64 26,18/1. Highest Lowest `Daily Mean ......... General Register Office, Aug. COURT CIRCULAR. Nosoa, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert en joyed a walk this morning on the Slopes and newly laid out grounds of the Park. Lord Melbourne took his departure from the Castle in the forenoon. This afternoon her Majesty, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland and the Duchess of Bedford, left the Castle in a pony carriage and four, for a drive in the Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert accompanied her Majesty on horseback, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equvrry in Waiting. A second carriage and four followed her Majesty's carriage in the drive, containing the Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Maid of Honour in Wait ing ; the Earl of Fingall, Lord in Waiting ; and the Duke of Sutherland. Her Royal Ifighress the Princess Royal was taken an airing n the afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and his Serene High ness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippulial, honoured the regatta at Kew on Thursday afternoon: with their presence. Prince Ernest remained at Kew on a visit to the Duke an d Duchess of Cambridge. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday afternoon from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Mr. Mark Phillips and Mr. Ainsworth had au interview with the NlarqUis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. The Earl of Glengall, Captain Rous, M. P., Mr. March, and Mr. Pritchard had interviews with Lord John Russell yes terday at the Colonial-office. Mr. David Barclay had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wood, chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, in Downitg-street. The Lord Advocate and the Attorney-General had inter views with the Marqui s o f N ormanby at the Home-08 0 Yes terday. Despatches from the G overnor of the Maur itius wer e re- ceived yesterday at the Colunial-office. THE " T iNus ft NEWSPAPER AND THE have for m er occasions been ob li g ed to truth expose the unprincipledmisrepre se ntat i on s of this notorious paper but the contempt for ru which hav e mar k ed its conduct, n treating of the ministerial conference, i hand disregard for decenc y ought to banish it from the presence of every reader who places a duo value on honesty and morality. The Times sent a reporter to the conference, who was courteously accommodated during the whole proceedings. The first da y 's busines s was g i ven in a brief and garbled shape. The lollow ing day, under the head of Manchester Conference, rot one word of the speeches was reported, the space being occupied with an account of the proceedings of some Socialists, and a copy of do ggre l vers es ! The solemn and interesting discussions of the two following days were wholly suppressed. Whilst the Times has excluded the speeches and business of the conference from its columns, it has devoted several pages to the daily vitupera tion of its pious and excellent members, in the vain endeavour to affix some of its own native filth upon their persons, shirts, and coats ! vent,rt to vulgar slander, in the destitution of sound argu stamps the Times as the bully of the diur nal press. We hail its hostility as the best tribute to the virtue and respectability of the conference. To sit down to answer such an assailant would be as derogatory as to enter the li s ts with a scavenger or chimney-sweep—t he` Anti-Bread tax Circular. LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—This morning be tween eight and nine o'clock as Benjamin Addison, FAq., of Lurk Hall-lane, Clapham, was driving in his gig to town, the horse took fright when near to Kennington Church, and after galloping furi ously for between four and five hundred yards, came in collision with a market gardner's waggon. The animal was so dreadfully injured that it was found necessary to kill it, and Mr. Addison, who was pitched out and fell heavily on the road, sustained a severe concussion of the brain, and is considered to be in iginsident danger. ‘.. EVENING SUN __ WOOL W 1 CI-1 -FRIDAY.____ NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. '' APPOINTMENTS.—Captain Superintendent W. . Shirr(!!',' at Deptford dock-yard, has been appointed Captain .uperinten, dent at Chatham dock-yard iii place of Captain Stliterintendeut 'J. Clavell, removed to Greenwich Hospital. 'i- ~ Captain Sir Watkin Owen Pell, at present commanding the Howe, 120 guns, stationed in the Mediterranean:l,a s been ap pointed Captain Superintendent at Deptford doett=yard, vice Captain Superintendent W. H. Shirreff, to Chatham. EXPERIMENTS WITH PERCUSSION HELLS IN • THE MARSHES. At one o'clock to-day Lieutenant-General Lord:Blootnfieht, G.C.R. and G. C. H., Major-General Drummond, C.B. Di rector-General of Royal Artillery; Colonel Cockburn, Lieut.- Colonel Dundas, C. 8., and Major Chalmers arrived at the .marshes to witness experiments with shells invented by Mr. . Smart, Mr. How ar d, an d M r. R eece. Mr. Smart:had 0 shells. 'Mr. Howard 5, and Mr. Reece 12. Major Belson hail the command of the gunners and drivers who fired the guns, all 32-pounders, and Lieutenant Shakcspear had the charge to insure that the river was clear of vessels. Owing to high water having taken place at nearly 11 o'clock, there tvere so many vessels going down the river with the ebb tide thatit was half past two o'clock before a shot could be fired. . • . No. 1, Mr. Smart's, went through both bulwarks, and graz ing the mound in an oblique direction. aseende&over it, and proceeded onwards towards the river without, exploding. No. 2, Mr. Howard's, exploded near the mouth of •the gun, the fragments proceeding onwards, and one of the large pleces entered into the mound about ten yards to the eastwanl of the. bulwarks. Nn. 3, Mr. Reece's, went through the front bulArk, ex ploded in the centre, scattering the fragments tastward and westward, and driving o - ic of the large pieces through the rear bulwarks. No. 4, Mr. Smart's, exploded at the mouth of the gun. No. bMr. Howard's, e x pl o d e d i n t h e same manner: ' No. , Mr. Reece's, exploded about 100 yards • from the mouth of the gun. • No, 7, Mr. Smart's, exploded at the mouth of the gun. No. 8, Mr. Howard's, exploded in a similar Winner. Nu. 9, Mr. Reece's, went through the front bulwark, ex: ploded in the centre, and scattered the fragments - in•all direr. lions ' several large pi eces rema i n i ng i n t h e wood,' which they had sunk several inehcs. No. JO, Mr. Smart's, exploded at the mouth of the gun. No. 11, Mr. Howard's, went through both bulwarks, and •xpleded on entering th e moun d b e hi n d t h em. No. 12, Mr. Reece's went through the front bulwark, and ty s loded in the centre with good effect. Mr _lO. 13, .r. Nmart's, exploded at the mouth of the guw. No. 14, Mr. Howard's, exploded in a similar manner. No. 15, Mr. llcece',, exploded in the eentrc.after paging through the front bulwark, a large piece bcink, forced through the rrar bulwark. • No. 16, Mr. Smart's ' exploded at the mouth-of th e gun . Nos. 17 and 18, Mr. Reeee'a, exploded in a similar Manner. Of the shells fired to-day, six by Mr. Smart all, , explotled at or near the mouth of the gun, evidently at the moment of their projection. Of the five fired by Mr. Howard, four ex. ploded at the mouth of the gun, and only one went through the bulwark s an d i nto t h e mound befere it bursVAhowing it was too secure. Of the seven fired by Mr. Reeie, Tour were excellent, bursting in the centre betwixt the bulwarks with decided effect, and the other three evidently wereftwo easily ear ploded at or near th e mou th o f t h e gun. It is probable, where any succeed, the inventors having them numbered, may easily rectify those experimented with in future, by adheving to thee proportions of the ignitin g materials used : in those that hatie been successful. At pre,isely four o'clock the officers and men marched to barracks. The facilities afforded by the Board of Ordnance for the ei periments deserve the warmest approbation of Pie- public, as great patience and care is requisite in littodling and firing pro jectiles of such a destructive nature, and as yet happily with out any accident. To-day twenty of the gentlemen cadets belonging to tho first or practical class studying at the Royal Arsenal were present, and remained during the whole time of the experiments. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: STOCKTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Thirsk Stakes, of 20 aovs. each, h. ft. with 20 added, were won by Mr. Kitching's Priscilla Tomboy. The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 1001. added to a Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5 if declared, wag won by Mr. Milner's Humphrey. The Darlington Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, were won by Mr. Dawson's Little Bundle. WINCHESTER RACES.—FninAY. The Winton Stales of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft.,walked over , by Mr. Etwall's Palladi um . ' The Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, was wen by the Hon. S. Herbert's Factory Girl. The Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, was won by Lord Bentinek's Gobemottche. The City Members' Plate of 501. was won by the Hon. 'S. Herbert's Arctic, aged. • TEVERTON RACES—TnuRSDAT. Thej Members' Plate of 501. &c., sweepstakes of 5 says-. each, was won by General Gilbert's Stork. The Ladies' Plate of 25/., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sow. each, 3 ft, was won uy Mr. Downc's Craoksman. The Hurdle Race was won by ➢lr. Wood's Black Prince, and the Galloway Purse by Mr. Brand's Hin d dostau filljr. SWANSEA RACES—Tit va4bAT. The Glainorganshire Stakes of 20 sous. each, , h ft, and only five if declared. Mr. Davies' Merry Lass walked. ever. The Walter Stakes of 5 sous. each, and •25 ,added, once round, we're won by Mr. Gough's Pilot, aged (owner), beating Mr. Patteshall's Topsail, and two others. The Principality Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added, were won in two heats, by Mr. Parr's Ainswell,6 yrs, beating Merry Lass, Spider, and Topsail. 'I he Scurry Stakes were won by Mr. Green's b•f by Jack Tar, beating three others. HEREFORD RACES.—WEntirsnAv. Sweepstakes of 20 sous. eacii, 10 ft., with added, was walked over for by Mr. Griffitris Hereford. The Herefordshire Stakes of 15 soya. each, 10. ft., and only 5 if declared, were won by Mr. Griffiths's Tunsley. Thel;ity Plate of 59/. was won, is two heats, .1.1 Coekerell's Lady Liverpool. The Hunters' Stakes were won by an Weller. The Fanners' Stakes were won by Mr. Verer's Little Tom*. Tnuasnay.—The City and County Gold Cup.of , so/., added to a Handicap of 15 Boys, each, was won by Major Hay's Re. t never. The Selling Stakes were won by Nell ; and the'llurdle Ra , .e by Little Tommy. ARUNDEL YACHT CLUB. SAILING MATeir.—The annual below-bridge sailing match of this Club, which may fairly be considered a branch of the Itoyal Thames Yacht Club, and which has for .its object the encouragement of the science of sailing with boats-not exceed ing seven tons, took place on Thursday. The prize was a very handsome silver cup, the gift of J. T. Hewes, 'Esq. ' a well known and distingui s h e d p a t ron o f yac h t i ng. and 'tise.distance to be sailed from Green w i c h t o G reen hi t h e and bail. At twelve o'clock the following boats took their stations:— Yachts. Tons. Owners. Colours. Don Dauntless Sylph 7 Mr. S. Stanton..... White over red There was a light breeze from the north-weir, and at five minutes past twelve the boats canted round and Were under way. The Dauntless had the start, but ere her arrival at Elul:wall, the Sylph ran by her. In ten minutes after, with the wind right aft, they were all three abreast of each ether, but as they neared Woolwich the Sylph dropped astern, the other two continuing very close to each other. In the tower part of the Reach the Don fairly run away from her opponentt i and first rounded the flag-boat at twenty minutes i.at three; the Dauntless next, at thirtT five minutes past; aid the Sylph two or three minutes afterwards. It was tedious Work up. there being but very little title and a succession of light wind; mod calms. The Sylph now weathered the Dauntless, and when there was anything like wind to test her Niers. gained upon the Don. The Don first arrived off the Royal - llo,pital. at Greenwich, at five minutes past eight; the Sylph at silt minutes thirty seconds past ; and the Dauntless at thirteZts minutes past. T twenty -five D No . n. so l t solk s . o p I r n ( o protest hir Thursday, a 3 43 5 , struck n u e . mckmbers of the tru p si the Commission mtonillsrs.ionGr:don,,, fEbrdinabnuesrgxtr,aeArduginuttsrty late Assembly presented a requisition, in tiie"Ulovving " REVEREND SIR—We, the undersigned /s l l ll2),ee t tB e l rs lg o of the Commission of the General Assembly, contemplatin . with the utmost anx i ety and alarm the verY el*" position in which the Church is placed, 'espisetsilY iN consequence of the s t a t ements made, and the steps taken by the minority in the meeting of the C om missionert - esterday, hereby request you to call an Extraordinary _Meeting of Commission, to be held on as early a day a 4 possible., for the purpose of considering the present aspect Of affairs, and determining upon the measures most proper to be adopted f or bringing the !matter before the—Ligislature and the country, and averting the e vils to be a pp rehende d from any attempt to have the views held and acted KM by a section of the Church recognised as 'the principles on which th e Church is henceforth to be established." The meeting is to be held on Wednesday, the nth, at twelve o'clock, and it appears that another of a more ges neral description is also contemplated. The passage iu the Protest w hi c h has led to this step, is undoubtedly t:se following sd, Because the resolution (by the ,' - e - nemission) now sanctioned puts an end to all hope of devising any measure by which the members of the Church must be :I A and imposes upon us, and upon all Who agree w i t h us in the opinion which we have repeatedly ex pressed as to our present distrssing condition, to tak e such steps as may appear most effectual for, Ascertaining from competent authority, whether we who. now dissent, and they who concur with us, or they who 'continue to set at nought the law of the land and the decisions of the Supreme Conrts, in what we esteem a. matter 'of ci v il right, are to be held by the Legislature of the 'country 4 as constituting the Established Church, and Its'eiltitled to the privileges and endowments conferred by statute upoo th e mi n isisers of that Church." A direct thsd strong appeal, it appears, be made by the 3fodera,te party to the Legislaturequesting its authoritative intervention to decide which of the two parties in the Church, now standing in hostile array against each akar, is to be recognised by the State. The Nons see the necessity of taking im mediate steps to make a counter appeals the na ture and terms of which will, of course, he fixed at the extraordinary meeting on the "1151 h. The s pi r it a nd intentions of the hi hflyers are n o w pretty well understood by both Whigs and, and the two parties, we think, ought to be, pretty much at one as to the mode of dealing with thee). At this very moment, when they are about to sue for -the favour of the Government, they are persevering in those violent proceedings which no Government can counte nance. We understand that Mr. Liddell, of Lady Glen orchy's, has just gone north, by order of the cOnclitve, to administer the sacrament in one of the Strathbegie con venticles ! Parliament may safely put down the agita tors. The threat of a great secession is a` ere empty bravado. Among all the big talkers, there are not a dozen who will give up their bread and butter.—Sentsman. • BARTH OLOMEW FAIR.—It was ment io ned to the Lord Mayor yesterday, that notwithstanding all, the noise about Bartholomew Fair, application had been made to the Markets' Committee for no more ground than one booth will cover, and that that ground was to be occupied by Mr. Womb well's wild beasts. There will, therefore, be very little, differ. ence between what Smithfield was yesterday morning and what it will be after the proclamation of the fair. .The Committee are said to be convinced, from the appearance of inafters tincQ the celebrated Report was published, that after the present year the fair will be, what is called by the frequenters of such pla,c4i, no go." (1