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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ,nung......t5 minutes after 7 I Evening -.4. minutes after a The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tien S*u com menced at tO minutes mss' Three. A .:to, .t . ,:?_:,- - „ ' '''' • - fa ii ,N . i ) 1V- 4 ,41 ~ . Y : f ..gl . a. -' :' ' • ) . : 4 ,- ' (;-. A- '--. 1,6 * 7-,- 4 • ='"•,,, ' 00, ':•14;1' • . - 4, ' , L i te!' . :, ' , • ~ .,:,...t .l I, c•••-....,;,, , .. - . 1lBlt& r , '. r '''' '• . • - 4:4 ./ z"Zar4:,-, -.VI, ~,' ' ' ',..-,;" - •-••' 4 ,„ :„ ....,,r-'.• . .*77 ,- •-, , r Ilitt _Sun> LONDON: MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1841. Sir ROBERT PEEL appears to have been keep ing bad company of late, and to have acquired some bad habits. We pointed out on Saturday his jesuitical and contradictory arguments got up to serve a temporary factious purpose, alr:t. now we must advert to what we can only cbfAracterise as a COntemptible,sneer. W e suspect Sir ROBER T has taken to studying the Standard since the Times, by the help of its corres-,oderlt CATIIO UCUS," has cut him up a n d cast him out for food to the bigots. At least his last oration has many of the peculiar attributes of the Standard, and, therefore, inconsistent, false, factious, and jesuiti cal as it was, it met with the, cordial approbation Here are two or three passages of that journal. of Sir ROBERT'S speech If the extension of t with past enggem he franchise were just—if it were con. sisten nts—if it were consistent with th e t great legislative Act - , w a hich e had given emancipation order ripaantid social otiahel welfare Roman atholics—if it would conduceto_ 4ff Ireland, he would entreat t h e House to forget the inflamma toryifnojrugreet language of the Hon. a ve n h d ic L h ea w rr a i s ed so G n e a n i t e l u e the spirit of his declaration, Ge n tle man—to be any cause, and to do what was just in spite. of the advocacy of the Learned Gentleman. . • • • • Would it not wise, th ere f ore , th a t th e y should well co n sider the whole of the question, not making any partial distinctions ; but if they were e make concessions against their reason and coariction for the sake of peace, they should make the whole concession that was demanded from them, and not give to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that by w hi c h h e wou ld extor t th e res t, without even purchasing a temporary calm.—(Cheers.) • • • • If the present measure was a just one—if it was for the welfare .of Ireland, then he trusted that, notwithstanding the wate anent* of that Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the House would show its determination to do justice to Ireland. Let those who had public duties to pnferm claim to themselves the privilege of dispassionately considerin g whether the measure then under their consideration was a measure perfectly consistent with the best interests of Ireland, and whether it was calculated to ad vanceelfar e o the inthe dependence of th e e l ectors, and promote the social wf cduntry.—(H ear, hear.) Those who heard Sir ROBERT PEEL, and saw _hi m , knew that these passages were meant to taunt the Members with making concessions io Mr. O'CONNELL. He told. them to consider the whole question, not to make partial distinctions and concessions, but go the whole hog at once, and do justice to Ireland. These taunts were - uttered by a man nominally at the head of a Varty which is powerful enough to impede the - smallest advance towards doing justice to- Ireland, which resolutely resists every at tempt of the kind, and renders it vain. They were uttered by a man, too, who has been all his life a I ule-o'-thumb politician, w•ver looking beyond the hour, with no com prehension for futurity, and who, without the least regard to justice, gave up to a threat and a corrupt bargain, in 1829, just as much at the mo ment as satisfied the demands then made by the Roman Catholics. will and th e power will hi is the man with the to wh th _ 'wart all attempts to do justice t o Ireland, o taunted Ministers with not embracing a comp at once m a ki ng all the rehensive p o li cy, and not c requires. They consider coucssi on whi c h j us ti ce e re- quires, but what the twno ot what Rata will agree to, Of Hwhaotuses justice stic Parlia use would it 'be for them to consider what is due to Ire land ? They must consider what can be expected from the Tories. We should like very much if it were possible to act on the language of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and if statesmen, instead of con sidering what bargains they can drive with rival or allied statesmen, would think only of what is due to the people. Of that they never do think, though Sir ROBERT PEEL, knowing its present impracticability, would have had Minis ters stop all the demands of Mr. O'CONNELL by at once doing justice to his countrymen. Like a big boy, who has taken possession of the play things of a little one, and sneeringly asks, while he threatens him with his fist, why he does not take them back, and what what has become of his courage, Sir R. PEEL, who, as a politician, has taken possession of the political rights of the Irish, and is resolved to withhold them, taunts the Ministers with not daring to give, and the Irish Catholics with not having the courage to take, their own. Sir R. PEEL had referredjust before, however, to Mr. O'CoNNELL's expressed wish to have the whole revenues of the Church in Ireland devoted to the public service, as one of the things which it was monstrous in Mr. O'CONNELL to ask. But why? Surely it is a great injustice to apply the "Ole revenues of the Church, how ever small, to the spiritual instruction of about one-tenth of the people. In no other country of Europe is any such contrivance tolerated. In no other would it be borne. It could only be maintained in a country which is enslaved. It is a badge of hateful inferiority. The law, which ought to be equal, treats the Catholics as pos sessing an inferior religion, and an unworthy faith which must be stifled, not protected by the law. The existence of the Established Church is an insult and an injury to the Catholics of Ireland. The English, we are quite sure, would not bear for a single day that the whole revenue de voted to spiritual instruction should he given to the Baptists, or the English Catholics, or any other small sect. Why then should the Irish be required to submit to such a wrong? Why . should Mr. O'CONNELL not ask to have the Esta blished Church in Ireland put down ? If he were to ask to have the Roman Catholic Church established, and made the State Church, we can readily conceive that such a demand would be an injustice to all who are not Catholics, and ought to be resisted and, on precisely the same ground as that ought to be res i s t e d, th e p resent stablished Church ought to be put an end to. Till it be put down, justice will not be done to the Catholics of Ireland, and they will have a right to complain. We hope, for our parts, that they never will cease their agitation till the Church of Ireland is placed on a precisely similar footing with the Catholic Church and the Inde pendent Chapel, and till it relies exclusively for support on the voluntary contributions of its members. That would be justice to Ireland. At the same time Sir ROBERT PEEL knows very well that in the present state of public opinion, it would be next to impossible for any Minister to accom plish that object. The English priesthood would shake the State to its foundations to preserve their flesh-pots. lle knows that the Catholics demand, and justice requires, the abolition of the Irish Church ; but, conscious of the power he possesses, founded on the prejudices and bigotry of the ileople, he taunts th e Mi n i s t ers with not proposing, agreeably to the wishes of Mr. O'CONNELL, to abolish the Established Church in Ireland. For a grave statesman like Sir R. PEEL to use such language in an important de bate; seems to us quite unworthy. It was, as we have already said, a contemptible sneer, worthy of the Standard ; and so we leave it to the meditation of our readers. We were obliged last year to dwell on Mr. AINSWORTH'S defection, and we regret, after the Hon. Member's promises of amendment, that we should this year be compelled to renew our animadversions. Though returned for Bolton on the Liberal interest, Mr. AINSWORTH voted on Lord MORPETH'S motion for the Tories. We cannot comprehend such conduct. Mr. AINs- WORTH pretends to be friendly to the repeal of the Corn-laws. He has put his name to the reso lution agreed to by the Liberal Members for the revision of the tariff and the reduction of duties; we must consider him, therefore, as a supporter of free trade, and an opponent of the bread taxers. Yet he voted with them on Friday morn ing. This is monstrously inconsistent. To vote with Lord STANLEY is to vote for upholding the power of that class of men whose scan dalous avarice, operating by means of a law, is ruining the trade of Bolton, and actually impo verishing and starving Mr. AINSWORTH'S consti tuents. He voted with the landlords, and voted that they may continue to oppress Ireland. If the electors of Bolton do not call the Hon Mem ber to account, and compel him, if they can, to give up that charge of which he is unworthy, they will sanction his conduct, and make them selves responsible for it. But we know the men of Bolton too well to believe that they will in any manner countenance and encourage the bread taxers and franchise destroyers. We con fidently expect, therefore, to see a requisition from the electors, numerously signed, calling on Mr. AINSWORTH to return into his proper and native obscurity: They will not suffer their in terests to be misrepresented by him for the pur pose of enablins him to make his peace with the Lancashire Tories, and be received in their en vied society. _ . The attention ;of our readers is especially directed to an excellent letter on the Danish claims, addressed, by one of the sufferers, to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle, which will be found in another part of The Sun. We trust that on Thursday next Parliament will satisfy the re maining class of claimants, that it was not to buoy them up with false hopes—that it was not to raise the cup of enjoyment to their lips only to dash it untasted upon the ground—that it was not to make their losses and wrongs an instru inent for reflecting discredit upon th e pli g ht e d promises of the House of Commons, that it thrice voted their claims to be deserving of the examination of the Legislature. That respect which is due to the sanctity of its own votes, must prevent the House of Commons from performing a part which - would reflect discredit on the acts of any po - pular assembly. But more to-morrow upon a subject, which, having taken up, we shall not entirely abandon till the claimants have oh 'alined justice at the hands of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and the Government. Madrid Journals of the 20th ult. have reached us. M. DE LIMA, the Portuguese Envoy, had met with a most flattering reception from ESPAR TERO, who expressed his great delight that there no longer existed any grounds for the prevention of the most amicable relations between the two countries. Letters from Estella of the Bth state that the General commanding in that town had learned that a Frenchman was travelling through the Basque provinces inciting the peasants to Insurrection. Troops were sent in pursuit of him, and he was discovered at Tren zure in the house of a Priest. He stated he was aCaptain in the French service, but refusing to walk the soldiers bound him and brought him prisoner to Pampeluna. Ills arrest has attracted the notice of Businessth e w Fre asn n o c t h a a c u t t i h y o e r i o t n i e s t *he Bourse. The 60 Fives were do ne at 28i for cash, and 28 f at days. Saturday have quote from The Paris parier-7:7777-1. Friday and and yinteresting ontht:ie Secret Ser sbuemenmadiuylyofrteicieeivoext eerin 1 in the Chamber of Deputiesgthem a vice Bill, which has re-opened arbate Cabinets of the Ist of Marcli trouble cl i) policy c -of carefulth.e October on the Eastern question. the . 29th of speech will well repay theof tns, perusal. The ex-Minister, notwithstanding Ins defeat, is still willing to support the Government isolation provided it keep France in that state of ! in which he left it on being driven out of office, He does not call for .immediate war, but he is for keeping up that excit ement — that jealousy throughout Europe which must inevitably terminate in hostilities. M. TRIERS says that while France remains isolated nothing can be done in the East. Has, there, then, been nothing done in the East during the isolation of France ? Was it not while France was in a state of isolation that Beyrout was captured—that Acre was bombarded and taken—that MEHEMET Am submitted to the Porte—that the Turkish fleet was restored—and that a firman was granted to the Vie ZROY, bestowin upon him the Pachalic of Egypt? Were not all these facts accomplished during the isolation of France ? And what new circumstance has arisen to prevent the accomplish ment of equally important facts, should France be mad enough t o p ers i st i n h er sc h eme o f Isola ; lion? France is great wig powerful; but she is neither so great t nor so po wer f u l as t o p ara l yze by her silence t heeater and more powerful exer tions of the rest o of Europe co m bi ne d i n o pp os iti on to her. I t is ssible for France to carry her system of isolation t Europe that the mosto ofar. It is p oss ibl e t o t eac h government of th e impor tantworld can questions in th e concurrence he ads well and as easily t and ence as with it. W e e majority o f t h e Chain tsruolvstetdhawtitmho.Gutohizeor to lesson to pe rce i ve that this bers will have the sagacity teach Europe. It would be a dangerous is always the safest and most convenient policy when we can accomplish it, not to let our friends know they can do without us. We regret to state that typhus fever pre vails very much in France. Paris has all at once become very unhealthy. The southern provinces are again suffering from inundations. Of general news there is very little in thes , ) journals. The following extracts from them in clude all they contain of any interest : La Presse states that MAT. Rothschild, brothers, of Paris, have just concluded the details of the new Belgian loan, amounting to 83,000,000 in capital, and 90,000,000 in securi ties. The facility with which the MM. Rothschild have necro tiated this loan, notwithstanding the present scarcity of cash .‘ is," continues La Ps ease, " a proof of the confidence which that house enjoys among capitalists, and is besides a powerful argument in favour of the maintenance of peace. The Bel gian capitalists have subscribed for 20,000,000 of this capital, which was at first contracted for by the Belgian Bank, and which failed to execute its arrangements." To-day at twenty minutes past two o'clock water has at length appeared in the well which the City of Faris has caused to be dug at the abattoir of Grenelle ; the water is said to be lukewarm. It was to be expected that on account of the temperature of the low strata to which the well has been dug, the temperature of the water would be higher than that of the springs nearer the surface at Paris. The depth to which the workmen have penetrated is 560 metres ; this result, which has cost the City of Paris above 160,000 francs, is the fruit of many years unremitting labour, and solves a geological problem of the greatest importance, namely, the existence of subterraneous sheets of water below the im mense beds of green chalk of the Paris basin.—Le Moniteur, Feb. 27. Our last letters from Madrid assign as the reason of the assembling of a considerable number of troops in that capital, the intention which Espartero is supposed to have to get himself proclaimed sole Regent by the Army. We have a letter of the 19th, which confirms this supposition. Espartero is not only said to have the Army in his favour, but it should seem that the majority of the Cortes is likewise well dispo ed towards him ; accordingly hardly any doubt is entertained of the reality of the project and of its result. The Cortes are to meet on the 19th of March. (From the Courrier Francais.) A considerable failure, that of the house of C—, has just thrown perturbatio n an d t error i n t o t h e commerce o f Milan. This house, which had und er taken the dy e i ng o f li nen an d cotton stuffs, and which employed a considerable number of workmen, has failed for four millions of francs, and, though raid to hive property to the amount of three millions, will probably pay but a small dividend. Besides several houses in Milan much compromised by this failure, there ale also some houses in Venice, Trieste, and especially in Vienna, great losers. To add to this misfortune, the inundations have again interrupted commercial communica tion on the roads of Genoa, Turin, and Piacenza. The con tinual rain which has fallen fur the last fifteen days, and the melting of the snow, occasioned by the sirocco, have over flowed the Pe, the Tesin, and the Sesia, in such a manner that all communication is stopped. The only roads that were open were those of Switzerland, and these, it is feared, will also be closed. The French courier from Bale has been delayed seve ral da3s, and that of the 20th has not yet art ived. The rail road from to Monza has been overflowed, and the circu lation hat been stopred since the 19th. BOURSE.—Pmus, SATURDAY, FIE. 27. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pries. Price Fre , ch 5 rer Cents ll3 ... 113 s—, 112 85 ... 113 5 4% per Cents .. 102 .0 ... 152 41 ... lir2 40 ... 102 40 4 per Cents lOO ... 10(1 ... 100 .. 1( 0 8 per Cents 76 55 .... 7E 60 ... 70 55 ... 70 60 Sank of trance .—. ...... Llffitte ri atilt 50001. Share s 5155 ...5155 ...51!•5 ...5155 riogian 5 rer Cents... lOO% ... 101 , 4 ...AN% ... 101% 3 ;.er Cents 69:65 ... 69 65 ... .01 63 ... 69 63 New Loan.... lOO. ... 1. 1 .. 100% • ... 101 Arrnirh Active 24% ... 24% ... 24% ... 24% PaSSiTO 6 ... 6 ... 5% ... 5% ! , Teal.olitsin Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Ve:sailles.R. 11 415 ... 415 ... 415 „.415 r LB THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, IVI ARCH 1, IMI. ROLLS COURT-(TH)S DAY.) TYLER, V. TTLER.—JUDGMENT. The MASTER, of the ROLLS' gave judgment in this case. The bill alleged that Messrs. Blunt, Ray, and Blunt, being solicitors of '1 homes Billcliff Tyler, and also of Samuel Bax • ter ; and being creditors of Baxter to a large amount, and connected with him in his building transactions, being involved in his embarrassments and liable for the payment of debts which he owed to other persons, did, for the pur pose of procuring payment of the debts due to themselves, and for the purpose of relieving themselves from their liabilities to other persons for Baxter, knowingly prevaile.l upon Thomas Bilcliffe Tyler, who was trustee for the plaintiff, to violate his trust and lend 6,0001. trust money to Baxter, in order that, as Baxter's agents, they might receive the amount and apply the same for their own benefit in satisfaction of the debt due to themselves, and of the debts for which they were liable to other persons; and it was charged that this loan and subsequent dealing with the money were not only breaches of trust to which Blunt, Ray, and Blunt were parties, but were direct frauds against the persons entitled to the Trust Fund. If the facts were as alleged his Lordship conceived the plaintiffs would be entitled to the relief they prayed; but it appeared to him that in the commencement of the transaction Blunt, Ray, and Blunt, had n o know ledge of the tru s t, an d that although they were the solicitors of,T. B. Tyler, the trustee, yet that they never advised him as to the powers under the trust deeds, nor suggested to him the propriety or expediency of the loan. The allega tions that Blunt, Ray, and Blunt were connected with Baxter in his building speculations, or pecuniary concerns, were wholly unsupported by evidence, and they had reason to be lieve that the trustee acted either upon his own judgment, or upon ether advice. Solicitors who knowingly lent themselves to such a transaction as this for their own be nefit, ought to be considered as partakers in the breach of trust, but then the case must be clearly and distinctly made our, and not founded upon uncertain and untrue inferences. Blunt, Ray, and Blunt, had, by their own acts, exposed them selves to this investigation, which did not a; pear to his Lord ship to have been unreasonably instituted, but the charge against them was nut substantial, and they were not answerable to the plaintiffs for the breach of trust committed in 1825 by the unauthorised investment of the trust moneys then made. It did not, therefore, appear to his Lordship that they were chargeable with the loss occasioned by the de terioration of the value of the house in Upper Gros venor-street, and the bill against them must be dismissed. But although the plaintiff had not made out his case, anti the ( irect allegation of fraud was, in his Lordship's opinion, altogether unfounded, and ought not to have been ma 'e, yet seeing the mode in which there gentlemen had involved their own personal interest in the transaction, the investigation of their conduct had been reasonably made, and although the bill against them must be dismissed, it must be so without costs. BARTON V. ALEXANDER. The demurrer in this case was allowed. BONSER V. COX. Tl.is ease was next proceeded with, but the arguments were not concluded when we went to press. [Mr. Pemberton was absent to-day_as well as on Saturday, in consequence of the dangerous illness of a near relative.] THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE , STREET. NooN, MARCH 1. Barometer 29 68 In. Thermometer Highest . 45 Lowest Wind N. N. W.—Freesing Point 32 Deg. BIRTH.—At Sduthampton, on the 26th of Feb ruary, the lady of Captain J. F. Du Vernet, of a son. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, FEB. 26.—The sugar-market has been in a moat unioteresting state during the past week. The quantity on show is ,xtremely li mited, and the prices such as afford no inducement to pur chase. The country generally are acting with the greatest caution, under a strong conviction of an impending de cline. The trade is in consequence unusually fiat, and there certainly exists also an universal reluctance to press business. —Bristol Mercury, ENORMOUS FISH.—On Monday last, Walter Fairbairn, skipper of the Star of Cove, caught a ling fish, which weighed 631ba., and measured Si f eet . It was a well proportioned fish, and the largest which has been caught at the Cove for several years. —Berwick Advertiser. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 3.—This being the first day of the Courban Bairan, the Sultan repaired to the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed, to perform the usual devotion. On the preceding day, several appointments in the departments of the interior were published. Hadschi Kiamel Pacha, late Tali of Ardin, is appointed Governor of Erzeroum. M. Fran ceschi, a man in every respect highly distinguished, who was employed in the foreign department as editor of the Moniteur, died here last night. Arthur Henry, son of Mr. S. W. Brown, of Brentwood, a youth little more that] ten years of age, but of great musical promise, has been appointed organist to the new church at Brentwood. On Sunday week he commenced his duties, when he gave universal satisfaction. He is supposed to be the youngest organist in the kingdom.—lpswich Express. THE MARQUIS ow WATERFORD.—The ap proaehtig election of a Lord Rector for Marischal College will nr;si probably afford some amusement. The Non-intrusion ists could not allow the young gentlemen to exe rc i se th e i r own judgment, brit attempted to force on them the Kirk-ridden Lord Advocate. What was the result? Why, the boys would not be dictated to ; and, to show their contimpt for Non-in trusion and all other pharisaical humbug, started, in opposi tion, the Marquis of Waterford! 'This ce:chrated nobleman has, it is said, a good chance of being returned—at all events a batter than the Lord Advocate ; and we must confess that we are not a bit sorry that such should be the case.—Aberdeex Herald. PARISH CHURCH OF JEDBURGR..-----A meeting of the heritora of the parish of Jedburgh was held there on the 18th curt..—Mr. Grainger, factor for of Jedburgh having without the consent the w. Marquis of Lothian, in the chair. Mr. Robert Laing, writer, reeved a series of resolutions, which were unani mously agreed to, to the e ff ect—" That the parish church the minds of the aganst patronage, b o e f en the lat h el o y ri o to p re,:efdorantdhompaudrepousese of land ; and as the ehu tody of the heritors of pablic declamation or Presbytery only for th e tending to inflame people against the established law of the resolve, thatits be' worship, or holding Chureer Cou rts, of th s the property and in the cus pariah (patent to the minister Guns, or for other sacred be prevenntvend arena for such purposes as igg opened and used as an performing Divine, to prevent the re etit. alluded to, is a great an time coming; and purposes), o tah f bau t t h se e in, c oa h rnd u de rc r h, resolve, that a PComiornilitotef any such abuse for andeoobrtorneralotofrostobre. made to open the ; ant ie t r h it at r the beadle appointed, with power to apply diet in the event of any attempt being comes to his Rente rs ' Clerk of ' church for such purposes in future be instructed to give information to the at Nantgarvi ns stolen there from,any such intention so soon as it CONJURING EXTRAORDINARY. ----011 S mel e e . ; andslav2itgliesveotfeibgis industry. He, evening, the 14th instant, a mason living went to chapel, and upon his return found that his house woman who resided in th e ofba had course, b ee n being bimmediatelyrtohkeehard a rop e n,d .earned proclaimed some of his neighbours of the crime, he gave out that he conjuror. The con. neighbourhood,intended apply that on Tuesday morning following, upon sequence reputedwas,inagodtowahocuisnnoing opening his door to go to , his labour, be perceived his lost treasure on the threshold, and en reckoning the same, found, it is said, 125 sovereigns, whether the thief mistook his reckoning, or added an additional piece of gold t o th e sum for conscience cake, we know not... Merlin, t . ( LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind this day at noon, S. and fine. DEAL, Faa..~7. — Wi n d N.N.E. ; 28. N.W.- -Arrived the Adelaide, Campbell, from Calcutta ; John Wheelan, Mau ritius; Vectis, Isemonger, Cape of Good Hope; John Lloyd, Toole, Galway ; Bee, Mitchell, Hull, for St. John's, New Brunswick ;"Mantura, Weeks, Terceira ; Doris, Mather, Lime rick ; and several others, names unknown. Arrived from the River and Sailed Lady Sarah Bailey. Canney, Jamaica; Hope well, Cousins, ditto; Pellin, Russell, St. John's New Bruns wick ; Resolution, Forrest, Molla ; George Anson, Oakley, Constantinople. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. Last week a great many vessels, which had been previously detained by the weather, arrived with Corn and Flour, and there was a fair show of fresh samples of grain. The few dry Parcels of wheat for sale obtained last week's terms ; othrr sorts were very dull, and Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Barley maintains its value, and Beans and Peas dull, but not cheaper. In Oats the demand was moderate, at last week's currency. The Flour trade heavy at previous prices. Seed Tares do not sell so freely, but their rates arc not lower. PRICY'S OH BOARD OF sVIP Wheat,Red (old) ....g. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43..455. White (old) —l. - -5 . (old) 4s' tia. ---,Red J 840) 541, 565. -- Tick (new) 37 395. Fine ;Ss. 60s. •-------.. (old) 42.. 441. -------- (old) 445. 465. r laintee Superfine Ws. (55 . --- Harrow (new) 406.41 s (2s. 645. Brank ....................... ....—s.—s. Superfine 656. 725. Oats, Feed Foreign free 51s. 7 0s. ----- New —__Wi(lB4(') L6s. 603. 20.235. Rye %Ss. 40s. --- Poland —3 ...., Barley .2ds. 376. -------..New 2si. 28s. ---- Grinding b 6s 28s. -- Potatoe 6 Malting 32s 35i. -------- 'mew 26, 30s. Malt s 6s, co s i Scotch ... ta, 30, ...Js, Fine New 625. 63s Irish 18%... '21,. Vs. Pease, Grey, New .34. 38s. Flour To wn ( per sack).— 54; Alis, Maple New 40, 425. -- Seconds 44 . , :s White .345. 3is. ---- Nrrtli Country.... 46 48 , , Rollers 37s. 38s. Il*an l- 11 , ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING 1 AST WEEK. Wheat. Ba rley. tiLai. Flov- English Irish I -- 16,644 Foreign --. SMITHFIELD. ~ The supply was but middling, and trade good. Beasts, 2,382 ;Seep, 16,140 ; Pigs, 419 ; calves, 51. Beef, 4s. to 4s. 10d. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. 6d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 6s. ; Pork, 4 4 3. 4d. to ss. 2d. . 3,112 rls TEA MARKET. Prices were supported for Free Trade, but there was only a small amount of business done. For Company's Congou Is. 7d. asked, but few buyers thereat. HOP MARKET. The transactions in this article are confined to the bare wants of the consumers, who confined their operatioris to the better class of Hops of last year's growth. Prices unaitered, but with firmness on the 'part of the holders. TALLOW MARKET. Prices of Russian Tallow were steady, but only a :small amount of business was done either on the spot or to arrive. 465. 3d. to 465. 6d. per cwt. were the quotations. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Lisbon mail has arrived, brought by the Tagus steamer, of the 22d February. The intelligence by the above conveyance, in. respect to political affairs, is of little interest. The rains and floods, which have taken place in several parts of Portugal and near Lisbon, has caused great desolation and distress. At Vallada the waters rose to such a height that the people were obliged to take refuge on the roofs of the houses, and a number of lives have been lost. Further particulars will be found in another part of the paper. By the /: amburgh mail, of the 23d February, the Exchange upon London comes 13 3 ; Gold 425 ; 11.1etalliques, 104 i ; Bank Actions, 1,610. We have received the Jtntrnat of Antwerp of yesterday's date : FRONTIERS OF ITALY, FEB. 13.--AECOUTAS from Rome state the arrival there of a Russ'an Plenipotentiary. His ob ject is to arrange the existing differences between the two Courts, and particularly that respecting the marriage of the Archduchess Marie with the Prince Leuehtenberg. Accounts from St. Petersburgh state the failure of a silk merchant, to the amount of a million of roubles in money. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, FRB. 26.—The accounts received of the Bourse of Paris and London were weak and receding; our national funds gas e way. Money continues abundant, and the Bankthas lowered their rate of discount pet (cent. to four per cent. Nothing particular has taken place in the foreign fun, s. Ardoin's Spanish 22 1-16 to 22i ; Coupons, 21. Prices of the 26th Feb., Fwo.and-a-Half per Cents. 50 5-16 ; Five per Cents., 97 13-16. 'I he Dutch Papers state that the interest on Loans and Stocks has been reduced to 4 per cent., which is ono-half per cent. lower than befere; therefor* it must be a mi•take that the Bank have reduced their rate of interest. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEE. 27.—A fair amount of business done at the following quotations: —Great West ern, Halves, 61i; Ditto, Fifths, 9; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 54 ; Manchester and Bi rm i ng h am , 24i ; Manchester and Leeds, Halvei, ; London and South Western, Tenths, 17s. 6d. prem. Comes, which left off on Saturday at 89b, opened this morning with an improvement, at 89A for the 'Account; wney, 88i ; Exchequer Bills, 7 9 preen. ; Bank Stock, 166 167 ; India Stock 247 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish a shade better ; left off 241 ; at present, 24*; Deferred 12* ; Passive, 5i 6k ; Portu guese same as • they left off, 31/ ; Three per Cents 191 ; Colombian better, closed at 221 23 ; at present, 231; Mexican also better, 281 ; Brazilian 711 721; utchTvia and-a-Half per Cents. 501 3 / 4 ; Five per Cents., 991 100. Shares.—Great Western, 20 21 pretit. ex-div. • London and Brighton, 7/ 7 di,. ' • Blackwell, 6% 6 dis. ; Birmingham, 79 80 prem. ; Southampton, 55 56 ex-dividend • Croydon, i% 12# per share ; Greenwich, o/ per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 dis. HALF--PAST ONE. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. has been a good demand for Cotton to-day. The sales Comprise 8,000 bales, including 300 American on speculation ; the prices remain at yesterday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, FM 27.—Eastern Counties Debentures, 4i. ; Grand Junction, 204 ; Ditto Half Shares, 102 ; Chester and Crewe 50; ; Great Western New Shares 61 ; London and Birmingham, 57k. In a Cape of Geod Hope shipping list received this morninf, we find that the Exploring Expedition, under Captain J. U. Ross, had arrived at Hubart Town on the 15th August, a'l well, and that an observatory was in progress of being con structed in the Governor's paddock. 'there, is not only a stagn-ation in the B r iti s h F un d s to the ',resent - hour, but also in commercial speculation, causing gr.'at dulness in the City. Consols which were in the early part of the morning 896 for the Account, have became heavy, and may b e quoted at pre sent 89 ; for Money, 881, have been 884. Money continues tight. Exchequer Bilk improved, 710 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167%; for Account, 168; India Bonds, 10 dis. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 248 *; Portu guese, 318; Three per Cents., 19 1; Colombian, 231 ; Mexican, 28i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents,, 50%; Five per Cents. lower, 998. In the Share Market little doing, with little alteration in the prices. Eastern Counties, 88 ; Great Western, 87 88 ; Fifths, 98; North Midland, 71% ; South Eastern and Dover, 17%. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red B9 , Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 8 8 1 Ditto Old Annuities — 31 per Cent Red........ 974 Ditto New Annuities... New 36 per Cent .. ... 978 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 10 pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 lom Long Annuities to expire Ditto Sm a ll lO pm Jan. 1860. l3B Bank Stock for Acct ...168 Oct 1859.........128 India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12* Consols for Acct 896 FOREIGN FUNDS. A astrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lOO Ditto, New Ditto..... 316 Brazilian Bonds .. .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. . . Chilian, 6 per cent _ Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2lB Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent..... --Frencl,s per cent... —f. — c . Greek.lB2s, spercent. Exchange .. f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28 Freneh,3 per cent... —f. —c. Di to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 26 per cent . ... 508 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. 17; Ditto, 5 per cent 996 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)........ 88 Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) .., 44 Great Western Ra lvk ay (€5 paid) BB Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 9i London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (228 pd) 16i London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 171 London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)... 24* North Midland Railway (100 paid) 7l South Eastern and Dover (33 1101) 17 ENTERTAINMENT TO PRINCE ALBERT. On Saturday evening there was a Court of the Master and Elder Brethren of the Cerporation of the Trinity House, holden at the Trinity House, on Great Tower-hill, for the pur pose of enrolling his Royal Highness Prince Albert as one of the Elder Brethren,in the place of the late Marquis of Cam den, K. G. Bart., Viscount M e lb ourne, Earl of Mi n t o , Right Hon. Sir The Duke of W e lli ngton , R i ght H on . Sir Robert Peel, James Grahatn, Bart., Szei„ arrived shortly after six, and a few minutes before the half-hour his Royal Highness Prince Albert and suite, in two Royal carriages, arrived. A distinguished p ar t y was i nv i ted to meet hi s Royal Highness, including Vi scount Palmerston, the Marquis •f Douro , Ri g ht Hon. Sir Huss e y Vivian, Vic e - Adrairal Sir Charles /team, Lord Denman, Capt a i n B eau f ort, R.N., Mr. R. More O Fer rall, M.P., Sir J. R ae Reid, M.P. ta. After the rettiotal o f the cloth th ' e toasts given were le her Majesty the Queen," " P r i nce Alb ert an d t he Princess Royal," ' " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family," and ton returned thanks, which was Micceeded b " The Master of the Ttinity House." The Duke of AI ening . Prince Albert as an Elder brother," to which hi§ Royal ighness acknow ledged the honour so recently conferred Upon him. Toasts of a commercial and naval character folloived. His Rbytti Higithtsi Prince Albert retired ilibrtly before ten o'clock with the noblemen and gentlemen in his suite, the band playing the national anthem. 'I he Duke of Wellington left shortly afterwards, the Noble and Gallant Duke and his Royal Highness being warmly greeted by a numerous concourse of persons assembled in front of the house. ____ THE FOUR POWEtiS AND THE EASTERN QUESTION, Negotiations ate now going on In London between the Great P owers—part i es to the Conven ti on o f July—for the conclusion of a new and more compre hensive Treaty, n th e sett l ement of the Turkish and which F rance i s to take a prominent part, h av in g f or its(b jectelteari the following basis 1--• The poSitiohs of ti.e Sultan and Mehemet Ali being defined, Ihe Great Powers—Frence included—agree t o Egyptian question on The Great Powers—France included—agree to guarantee for the future the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Fran ne c e e , Empire. guarantee t • .once relieved of its isoiement, pachalic of Egypt to Mehemet Ali and Hs heir a mel e. ifficulties in the way of coming to this Irrangement arew manifold, and it is doubtful whether Russia can or England France consent. Austria is in favour of the treaty, because may re is. strongly pressing the negotiation, in order ti-at she r y l re egaln her former position ; and the binding of Russia , will be aty t° guarantee the integrity of the Ottoman empire statist proceed to disarm. Fopconsidered a inast er - stroke of t h e G u i zot C a bi net. Our Io nfluent iii of opinion that the treaty will Lot arrive at a successful cowl ' won... Morning Herald. DANISH CLAIMS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE MORNING CHRONICLE. Six—Permit me, for mysel and fellow-claimants, to thank you for your prompt at.d pertinent remarks on' the article which appeared in your paper of Saturday, the 20th of Fe bruary, from a correspondent, on the subject of the Danish claims. But, as the question is one which naturally affects a very numerous body, and must very soon again occupy the attention of the House of Commons (I sincerely hope for the last time), you will, perhaps, allow me to revert to it. 'I he communication of your correspondent bears upnn it a sort of official stamp, sufficiently indicating the quarter from which it proceeds. It is, therefore, I assume, to be received as the formal manifesto of the Chancellor of the Excitequer ; and it is but justice to say that it states his case moderately in the manner, and plausibly in the matter; moreover, it chal lenges an answer, and ought to receive one. Yoar correspondent, it is to be observed, dexterously chooses his own ground for the contest. " The first question,' he says, " is, What is there to d stinguish these claims from the others which have been allowed? the next is, Supp;.sing them to be so distinguished, upon chat ground do they rest per se?" Upon the first of these questions be exercises his legal acumen, in pointing out the distinction between a seizure arid eonfisca- Con of book debt; and goods on shore, and a hostile seizure of ships and cargoes, and contends that the claim of compensa tion for this latter act " is so far from being justified by the allowance of the two others, that it is expressly negatived and excluded by the reason for which they were admitted." Now, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that in the present eve, the supposed distinction does not exist, and that the act of the Danish Government in seizing the ships and cargoes was as clearly a contraventior. of international law as the other two acts of admitted illegality. But we are not disposed to rest our case on mere legal subtleties; we prefer to take our stand on broad intelligible grounds of common sense and justice ; we have nothing to do with the reasons or pretexts which may have influenced the Government in acknowledging, though tardily and with a bad grace, the justice of the other claims, and payit•g an instalment of the debt too long withheld; we stand or fall by the strength of our own case. At the same time, our case is not, as your official corres pondent would ingeniously make out, distinct in principle from that of the others. The grounds on which we ask for com pensation are applicable alike to all the classes. We maintain, in short, that the various legal refinements that have been in troduced are wholly irrelevant and out of place ; end that the question is not whether Denmark had a right, according to the usages of war, to seize this or th a t ki n d o f B r iti s h property, but whether Great Britain, having done an act confessedly illegal, which act entailed, as its direct consequence, serious losses upon certa'n of her own subjects, and having in the 'very doing of the act supplied herself with the means of competuat ing the losses, is or is not bound by every consideration of honour and duty to make such compensation. If it can with any show of justice, or even decency, be contended that the State may appropriate to itself the gains of an unlawful ag gre sion committed on the subjects of a State in amity, leaving its own subjects unindemnified for the losses sustained by the reprisals of the aggrieved Power, all that can he said is, that morality is judged by a very different standard in public ques. lions from that which has been adopted by common consent for private transactions. Your correspondent, indeed, accurately enough states the ground mainly relied upon by the claimants as being " that the injustice of an attack upon Denmark imposed on us a pe culiar obligation to indemnify all who suffered from it." But how does he dispose of the important question thus raised? First, by a proposition rather hinted than stated, that this mi m ht, perhaps, give occasion f or comp l a i nt b y t h e D anes against England, but could give no claim to British subjects against their own Sovereign. This, however, is assuming the whole question in controversy. We assert that British sub jects, having sustained losses by the sudden and just retalia tion of the Dines for the wrong so inflicted by England, have a claim for redress against their own Government. Whether the Danes might also have a just claim is not to the purpose ; but the truth is that the Danes, instead of complaining to the Bri tish Government, acted more wisely and vigorously.in indemni fying themselves by reprisals. It it us upon whom these i reprisals fell, who are the real sufferers and the parties to be compensated. " But," says your correspondent, " the act in question, whe ther just or not, was meant for the good of the country, and was indeed essential to its safety," and therefore its own subjects have no right to complain. Now the argument might be good if the loss had been as general as the gain; but if the Govern ment, from motives of Slate exrediency, thought fit to sacri fice a few ler the benefit:of all, that is frecisely the case in which the claim for compensation does arise, and ought, whenever practicable, to be granted. But of this argument, or, rather, sophistry, you disposed so effectually at the time of its appear ance, that I shall pass on. Your correspondent, waxing bolder as he proceeds, ventures to maintain that th e con d uct o f G rea t Britain towards Denmark in 1807, was an act to be excused, if not justified, by the circumstance of the case. He treats the general indignation with which the act has been regarded as contemporaneous prejudice, which the impartial judgment of history will correct. It is not, perhaps, worth our wide to contest the point of necessity, because it is enough for our case hat the attack was, and is not denied to have been, un lawful. But when your correspondent fortifies his judgment by the authority of Mr. Alison, who pronounces "the expedi tion to Copenhagen to have been perfectly justified by the pub lication of the secret article in the Treaty of Tilsit," it may be right to remind him that the expedition had actually sailed twelve days before the informa.ion reached the British Usivern ment'of the signing of that Treaty, tnd that even h.d it been otherwise, the designs of Napoleon and the Emperor of Russia could afford no justification of our aggression upon the Danes, who were not only no parties to such designs, hut were then actually trading with GI eat Britain in the full confidence of unbroken amity. No, Sir, the attack upon Denmark was, if your correspondent like it, a vigorous measure of preventive policy; but,. as re gards the unoff, nding Dame s, it was an act neither to be jusii fied nor excused. We may palliate the crime, but for the honour of our country we should not attempt to defend it. Your correspondent, however, descending I', out this high ground of principle, endeavours, by a comparison of dates, to show that the loss it were sustained, not in consequence of an ttl3.iti s h overnment in D.-ate , made without notice or warning of any kind, but of the imprudence o' the parties themselves, in not foreseeing or avoiding a pro bable danger. _ Now this is a question of fact ; and I challenge your cor respondent, with all his official resources, to show that in any one of the cases in which the loss has been establi-heel it vs as rashly or imprudently incurred, or could even by any fore sight have been avoided. If any such case there be, let it be excluded from the list of those for which compensation is cla:med. Asserted of the claims generally, the statement is demonstrably untrue. The very boast and triumph of the British yolk) . own that the act was a surprise, and of all the vessels seized by the Danes not one at the time of sailing had the remotest ground for anticipating hostilities pith Denmark. But what must be the intrinsic weakness of a came, the advocate of which, confessedly an able man, is driven to sup port it by such an argument as that which follows—that "the cause of loss was not the want of notice, but the unexpected withdrawal of that mighty fleet on whose protection they had reckoned while they were completing or disposing of their car goes in other parts of the Baltic ?" " Perhaps," it is conde inendingly added, " they had reason to complain that this fleet was so soon and so suddenly recalled ;" but this, it is contended, could afford no ground for compensation. In other words, the Government, having first, by an unauthorised aggression, prejudiced the safety of all British property in the Baltic, and then lulled the owners into a dangerous security, by the pretence of a powerful protecting squadron, now turns round and says, " The surprise of your ships and cargoes was not occasioned by an attack on Denmark; if it were, we might admit your claim to compensation ; but by the premature with drawal of the British fleet, to which you looked for protection ; and for that act, however wrong in itself and indefensible, we owe you no account, and acknowledge no responsibility." The lawyers, Sir, have a maxim, that no man shall take advantage of his own wrong. Is not this simple precept of equity as applicable to states as to individuals ? Is the original wrong less a wrong, or less the occasion of the loss sustained, because another wrong has been superadded? Moreover, might not the same argument have been used if the Government had never made a show of protecting its subjects at all? Might it not just as well have be en said that the loss was occasioned, not by the prior seizure and confiscation of the Danish vessels, not by the bombardment of Copenhagen—but by the omission of the Government to furnish a sufficient protecting squadron ? Your Correspondent, skilfully enough, reserves to the last, and then dismisses with a very summary notice, the remaining and really most important point urged by the claimants as a title to the compensation demanded, viz., the ample fund accrued to the Government from the sale of the Danish prizes so unlaw fully confiscated and sold. 'I he Chancellor of the Exchequer, he says, offers to stake the question upon this issue, namely, that so far as he can ascertain, after deducting what had been awarded according to the ordinary practice to the diffe-ent cap tors, and what has already been given in the way of compen sation, the remainder is inconsiderable, and by no means suffi cient to meet the present demand." Sir, I challenge the Chanceilor of the Exchequer to the proof of this statement, and in order to furnish him with ma:e riab for his case, I give him the following information : It appears by an account laid before the House of Com mons in the year 1810, of the nett proceeds of all droita which had been then paid into the High Court of Ado iralty, that the nett proceeds, ari•ing from the sale of the Danish property, seized prior to hostilities, amounted to 1,161,6481. sterling; and that there had been paid on the 2 , ;th of April, Iso9, to Lords Gambier and Cathcart, the estimated valve of the ships and stores taken at Copenhagen, and delivered over for the public service, namely, a sum of 3e,2611. A surplus therefore of 813,387/. remained ; and, although, as the merchant-vessels and goods were seized by a simple fiat of the Government, in the 'Thames and other ports of Engs land, no captor was to be paid, let a further sum be de duced of 13,357/., for any contingent expenses that might have been incurred. We have Oats a capital of a100,0e01., which, even at the low rate of hree per Cent. simple interest, from 1809 to 1837, when Mr. spring Bice took the vote for the liquidation of th book debt claims, would have amounted to 1,472,0001. But the total sum awarded and paid to the claimants, for losses incurred by the seizure of book debts and goods on shore, is 278,000/., so that, by the most mo derate computation, and even disregarding any interest that may have accrued since 1837, there must still be a sum of 1094,0001., as that remainder which is alleged by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to be " inconsiderable," and by no means sufficien , to meet the present demand" of 224,000/1 With this sample of the official accuracy of your corre -pondent, lam content to close the controversy. His conclud ing argument, ad crumenatn, is well imagined, but I cannot believe that it will influence those who already, by their de cided intijoritiet, determined that the claims are just, and ought to be made good. Thrift is undoubtedly a virtue in Chancel lors of the Exchequer, and not the less valuable for its rarity. But thrift may be shown in other and better ways than in with holding payment of a just debt. But, then, there Is the danger of a precedent ; and this it is, we ate folds which so alarms the sensitiveness of Chancellors and ex-Chancel!ori of the Exchequer. "If this claim be granted, where are we to stop ?" lo this I answer, that the simple question is, whether the claim is just. The concession of a just demand can only be a precedent lc: the concession of other just demands. If it be not just, lat it be rejected on that ground, and not because it may be drawn into ail Ineobtenient precedent. It it be just, where is the damage of the prece dent? But, in truth, what reason or foundation is there for this pretended fear? The case, it is admitted on all h a nd s , was a peculia r one , an d , f or the honour of our country, it is to be hoped it will be a singular one. Ws3 are threatened, it seems, with the continued and inex orable opposition isf the 00Yertunent ; but I have no fear for the result. If the House of Cosemond weld go back from its thrice-recorded judgment, it mn t he on argumeeLlT ll °" and, permit me to add, without offence, more _honest, too, i. L .Sn those of your official correspondent.mound, GNE OF THE CLAIMANTS. - " P 4 R " Presbytery islet in the Guild flail on Wednesday, and proceeded to take into considera tion the draft of a libel against Mr, Carruthers of Kirkden, for charges of drunkenness. 4 petition signed by nearly the whole of the parishioners of Kirkdce, bearing testi : . mony to their esteem and affection for Mr. Carruthers, and praying the Presbytery to take rui farther procedure in the matter, kris read, and after some temarks, laid on the table. The Presb)tcry, after much discussion , by a ma 7 iority su s t a i ne d the libel, and appointed it to be stood by the Moderator and Clerk, and to be prcceeded with ac cording to the Jews of the Church.,scoich Paper. FRANCE. FRENCH SECRET SERVICE BILL-IMPORTANT DEBATE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.- - SzTTixa OF Fzil. 25. The President took the Chair at half-past one, The Order of the •Day was the discussion on the Bill for an extraordinary credit to complete the secret expenditure of the estimates of 1841. M. Marion said the report of M. Jouffroy was highly impro per in its language, and caiculat ed to create feelings of irritation. M. Teulon then ascended the tribune. The Hon. Deputy proceeeed to a sort of general attack upon all Cabinets, past and present, and arriving at the report of M. Jouffroy, said he mould not inquire into the boasted Cabiness of the 13th of March and the 11th of October. He remembered, however, that it was under them that it was proposed to put the capital in a state of sie,.„ffe, and to revive that execrable law, wor thy o f a Tiberius or a Louis XI., which compelled a medical man to denounce his patients; he was not astonished, however, at such acts, tor 'a Goverment descended from such an origin could not d otherwise than commit them. The Hon. Deputy then explained the cause. President—lt is the turn of M. Desmousseaux de Givre. M. Desmousseaux de Givre—l wave my right. M. Portalis—l will ask of the Cabinet whether the princi ples set forth in the roi•orts are or are not adopted by it? M. Guizot ascended the tribune amidst general marks of attention, and began by saying that it was the first time a Government had been pressed to give or refuse its adhesion to the report of a commission. Government prosented pro jects of law, and commissions reported on them; discussion took place on the former, not on the latter. As Minister, however, he had no objection to explain his views. He had aimed rom the first at re-composing the broken elements of the majority. So far the reporter did 'speak the opinions of the Cabinet. Is there any one in this Chamber, Gen tlemen, on whatever bench ho may be placed, who thinks that the reorganisation of such a majority is cot neces sary? Is there any one present who thinks that the con fusion ai.d fractioning of parties is useful and aivantageous to the Government, to the Chamber, and to the dignity of our institutions?—(Cries of " No, no.") This is such a simple truth, that what said on that subject in the report of M. Jouffroy is nothing new. The grand thing needful is, that the convictions by which they are unitedon a practical line of policy be honest and sincere ; that their union be not the re sult t,f reciprocal weakness ; that it be not brought about by concessions at the expense of conscience—this is the great desideratum.—(Applause.) It is in this pint of view that the majority was composed when the address was under discussion, and it has been with this feeling that all questions of domestic and foreign policy lvive been presented. Why were not those diversities of opinion on different points of former policy brought to mind three mon , hs ago? It aas not done. We are now in the same positio,n ; we have, therefore, no reasons for cre ating dissension and throwing elements of discord into the bo soms of the majority. phis is the only point on which the Ca binet considers itself called upon for explanation. M. Diligent said that, in a question of confidence, all ambi guity or equivoque ought to be avoided; yet here it was pre cisely the thing sought. . . _ Duchata, Home Minister, declared the Government too orenly stated the nature of its foreign policy, whilst M. Thiers had sated his; and the Chamber had deeded between them. Latterly the Hon. M. Remusat said that he considered the policy of the present Cabinet disastrous fot the country. I think that Hon. Gentleman possesses too much justice and im partiality not to allow me to form the s-me judgment on the Cabinet of which he formed part. Two lines of policy pre sented th.emselves ; they were each defended ir, this Chamber ; the one was for gushing the armaments without limit, at the risk of an European war, the other maintained the policy of an armed peace : you have pronounced in favour of the latter system. '1 he question as to foreign policy is, there:ore, clear, and I think any further explanation on that point would be superfluous.—(Cries of " Yes.") Whin we came into office was there not an universal feeling of alarm ? Did there not exist serious symptoms of uneasiness, which doubtless may now be easily forgotten? What was then the opinion felt by all the labouring elas-es ' who were withdrawing their money from the savings' banks? I ask every man possessing good faith, whether, in the month of October, society was in a state of disqu'etude or not?—(Cries of " Yes, yes.") Never the'ess order has not once been disturbed since our accession to office ; the 53rnptoms of uneasiness have disappeared. How have we attained this result? Is it by causing re-action ? (Cries of " No, no.") He would state what was the domestic policy of the Government. It was to execute the laws firmly, when the interest of the country requite:l it. We maintain formally the laws of September, with this restriction, that any new definition of any infringement of the word "attentat" may be discussed by t - he Chambers, whenever it may be neces sary to be submitted to their examination. As to electoral re form, we believe it to be incompatible with the present state of things. We shall oppose that reform ; the administration of Thiers did the same. For the welfare of the country and for the accomplishment of its task, the Government require your co-operation and Tour confidence. You will not refuse them. 'I he interest of the country demands this from you, as it commands us to apply for it. M. Gamier Pages said, the Chamber seemed to have made tip its mind to avoid all serious discussion. He saw no difference between M. Guizot and M. 'lidera. The system was just the same, except that the more liberel the Ministry, tke dirtier the work it bad to do. Marshal oult had proposed the dotation, which Count Mole eertainiv would not have done. M. Thiers, though linked with Liberals, carried the fortifications of Paris, 'that no Comersaiive wind nave carried, and had thereby pleased the Court party. _ M. 1 hiers then spoke as follows—Before the Report of the Commission appeared, I had resolved not to speak en this debate, it being advisable for public risen to observe silence sometimes. But a motive of honour compels me to speak, in order to show what had been the aim of the late Cabinet, and that it was not a mere substitution of some persons for others. The Ministry of the Ist of March had for its aim, first, all that bad been desired by the coalition ; secondly, a greater degree of spirit in foreign po'icy. It may not have attained these ends, but such at least was its aim and its desire. The reporter accused th. late Ministry of having made France lose its position in the Eaat ; of having ruined the finances of the country, aid thrown it in.() alarm without any goo.i resole; that it had changed the principal question into the accessory one, the secondary question into the principal, and so soiled all. It is unfortu nate that this explanation has come so late. I have never been one of those who have so warmly promoted the Egyptian policy. I have regretted the heat with which this policy has bet n taken up, not that France had not a powerful interest in what concerned Syria and Egypt; but it is evident to all who understand European policy, that we should be alone against all powers. Remembering the questions of Italy, Belgium, told Spain, I trembled to see the Chamber and the country take such positive engagements if they did not intend to follow them up. Had 1 been asked, whether for the sake of Syria and Egypt I would engae in a general war, I should have I been cruelly perph•xed to answer; and, after all, should pro , bably have answered in the negative. I found the country already engaged in the Eastern question. Before the Ist of 11farch, did not the Government explain itself in the most positive manner? Did not M. Jouffroy do it, so as to leave no doubt on the subject? I own I have committed one fault. I was deceived as to the consequences ; I said that if engagements were made for the Pacha of Egypt, and not kept, France would be compromised. My error was, that I thought, from what had passed, the country was seriously en gaged. I took the declaration of the Chamber, the speech of the Crown, and the Report of the Commission to be in earnest. I entered into the Eastern question with the most bitter regret; I persisted in it, because I thought that, after engaging three times, there would be danger in withdrawing. It was neither for Syria nor Egypt, but for the honour of the country. that I showed so much warmth. Let us pass over all the details of this question. What has remained, after all this great discus sion, except that,:af er having made an advance, the aim has not been attained ? There lies the misfortune. I repeat, the mis fortune is that we advanced for the fourth time, and then drew back. But whose fault is it? I did not make so serious an affair of this question. It was not the ministry of the Ist of March who advanced' (From the centre, " Yes, yes). No! I did not draw up the speech of the Crown in January, 1838 ; I did not make the answer of the Chamber, where new rights were spoken of; I did not write all the despatches, neither did I re cal our ambassador from 2.ngland. it cannot be eaid he was recalled for incapacity, but because he was not. Egyptian enough. Every ens must remember that the reporter was one of those who exaggerated the importance of the Eastern ques tion ; who said, France could not sustain the humiliation of a reverse, and he row reproaches those who, finding an engage ment taken, refused to draw back, with the misfortunes which had happened to our policy. I did not misunderstand our in terests in Syria and Egypt ; they were great, but I did not think them sufficient to run the risk of a general war. But France paying three times expressed a will, which she had afterwards renounced, I thought it dangerous to with draw a fourth time. Just now the minister of the In terior said that it was recessary to judge between the policy which desired war and that which wished for peace. When the question was brought before the Cham ber, France should have been ready to act, and she was not. There were 310,000 men, 29,000 or 20,000 of whom were veterans or gendarmes • 70,000 were in ' Africa ; there e mained in France 229,000, spread over the country. There were 21,000 horses in the ranks ; there were not 15,000 horse soldiers. I would not state that if it still existed. I only show its - what situation we assumed office. There were Ministerial crises, hesitations which precede such crises, and in the in terval the object of the dispute, the Pacha, succumbed. The Chamber did not resolve the question of peace or war. It was no longer time—neither is it now. There is no occasion to make war for the Pacha, who is now on good terms with Eng land; that would be ridiculous. Where, then, lies the Question ? Do you think, with the reporter, that personal policy, isolating policy, egotistical policy, is not the right policy ? 'I he rel or;er reproached us Kith it, and I receive it willingly ; I did not think a Cabinet ought to have any other. Do you, also, think it dangerous and fatal? Are you so anxious to re enter the Eurei can alliance? This is the question ; and so long as I see the Cabinet reject the alliance, I will refrain from reproat hes. I accused it with lending itself to a changing of policy, which I telieve to have materially lessened the import ance of the country ,• but this being done, if the cabinet dces not hasten to rejoin European alliance, and add to our policy the last check it can receive, I will not render its hold of lower difficult. If, in fine, yoe do what is now necessary, wait prepared for all events ; repair the defects of our mili tary organization ; far from combating you, I will assist you, and do as I did a month back, putting aside all poli tical resentment. The report speaks of European concert. If you are desirous of entering the European union—and thi s is the practical question—sou - have no longer to decide for the Pacha of Egypt ; if he is anything he is the ally of England; if, as s ty. Jouffroy indicates, you hasten to re-enter this Eu ropean union, to sanction it, in order to quit the actual state I of isolation ; if you hasten to ratify and consolidate, by your adhesian, arrangements made by the Four Powers without you, against you, and in spite of you, you will add to the losses already received the only possible one remaining ; or if you diminish the importance which remains to France— If yen sanction what has been done—if you despoil yourseltes of the strength of isolation, you will be highly culpable ; and for the puerile vanity of being again nominally reclfted one of the Five Powers, you will destroy the strength Ivhich still remains to French diplomacy. You know as well as I do that nothing solid has been accom plished in the East so long as France does not take a part in it. So long, then, as France knows how to keep herself in threaten ing isolation, which creates a icar of general war—so long as France can say she does not acknov:ledge what has been done s t h ost : her, who will risk the inconveneance of her absence in un_nanoirrsttalntn% the policy 01- the Five Powers ? When yeti do that, and re etetary organization, be assured, re pair the breaches in our i checks, considerable strength though France has expo,. Government has undoubtedly suffered, Ir ' anca by will still remain to her. lam happy to say , that, though .stin the f considerable weight in the world; this is proved the this isolation,'l which le t h he is Pow at e ta rs che ag d ai t n o st lier, by the immense which is manifested that she should re _ 'Pat ropean union. Though it 'does not -ln yourse lves on this subject, do not '-ced between the policy of war and under the yoke of the Euro • - a hurry to re-enter this et without you, act what France '*tion for the de-- enter the suit you to tell thy country you are that of I eace, You are place, pean union. I repeat., do pot be m union ; and since it has pleased Europe to tt. without Europe. Learn to wait; learn to b e ought to be in the face of Europe. This is the gm,. me and my honourable colleagues : we will not accept the , proach of having engaged the 'country in a dangerous policy; we found engagements taken, we would not break them • The general discusion was then (a quarter to seven o'clock) adjourned till to-morrow. EVEN ING EDITION. SITTING OF FIB. 27. Sauzet, the Presid, nt, took the chair at half-past cn ie h e The order of the day Fos the adjourned debate upon ' Secret Service Money Bill, the gcneial discussion having bee" brought to a close at the previous sitting. M. Jouffroy, reporter of the Committee, addressed the Ch i9 ,2' ber, in reply to the objections taken to his Report, observol that he was not surprised that the ideas therein expressed h i no' met with the approbation of a certain party in ilia C h ber; that was to be expected—(A laugh)—but the rnajort y, he was convinced, had done justice to those sentiments. The Chamber then pa=sed to the discussion of the sepore`" articles the ill. The P o r f esiden ß t having read Article I, demanding a gian t °f one minas francs for secret service money, M. Piscatory ascended the tribune, and said be had an jol t ' . • portant questien to put to the Ministry before giving his le: upon this measure. The Hon. Deputy, having passed in e l ian view the policy of several preceding Cabinets, and exp reso his predilection for that of the Ist of March, with its Egypt system, added that their present policy was a state of is olation, :he question, therefore, he had to ask of the Ministry ne° l whether France would remain in this position, pacific , but iso lated ; wl ether it was the invention a the Government to die; arm, and if it adopted the opinions expressed in M. Jouffro) s Report ? If the Government had no d e t er mination to 400,, or re-enter the European councils, he should vote in favour the Bill, but otherwise, he should certainly refuse to gi ve ti° vote of confidence to the Ministry. a sd M. Guizot, Minister for Foreign Affairs, rose to reply, , said that his answer would be very simple, namely,lb at in present state of theatTairs of the country he could r ot and wow to not explain the intentions of the Ministry with re s pe ct of _ their foreign relations.—(Sensation.) As to the Tiestgiuhe home policy. and the sentiments expressed in the Report, should also refrain from giving any explanation, alai fer..ithni; reason, that he was unwilling to assist the Opposition in ere e confusion and disunion in the ranks r f the majority; th is of tactic s had teen forowed for the last three days , but wit out effect, and it was certainly not his wish to play the go!" for his ad' ersaries.—( Laughter, and cries of " Hear , bear The policy of the Cabinet had been clearly expounded at tb° commencement of the Se,sion, and that system had not bcen departed from. [ , Left speaking.] PORTUGAL. LISBON, FEB. 22.-1 he debates in the Cortes this we e :_ have born of very little interest. The discussion on the AT__„ rican Treaty has not come on. The question of contirciurt: the national battalions remains also undecided. The G° ; , ment project on the subject was referred to the War Coled tee, who will report in favour of it, and it seems elf ° . s ; that it wi.l pass with, perhaps, some slight mod The Ministerial question still remains in static quo, the It cant places being not yet filled up, and no immediate prcsPne-e apparently of a definite arrangement taking place. Saner ' Aguillar, the new Spanish Minister here, intends procee t• from Madrid to Lisbon by way of the Douro and Orrooroi That part of the country, as well as this, has suffered g deal from inundations. he weather bete is now one •, the chief seat of the jaw:. dations of the Tagus was abort Vallada, three leagues aird- Villa Nova, and eight fr,,m Lisbon. The large tract of slyer on the south bank of the Tagus, called the Lezirias, been entirely under water, and its appearance from I , a Nova, two or three days back, was miserable cut:o4l;4 score of houses in different parts being almost the araY,,, t on ts perceptible above the water. Gt eatly exaggerated ae‘" n ee had reached Lisbon of the state of the country in coniaqu e "ed of the rains. Various subscriptions have been set on fa11,'. 1 4 .d &oil ° the Marquis of Fa3al, who has estates near Vallada , f°" ° ' - ith the example of the Government by sending a steamer slded sum lies for the sufferers in that quarter. 'I he Queens ugFeibu her balls, andsent three contos of reis (7501.) as her cant ° tion to the relief fund. „,,b u ro' On Friday last, Diogo Alves and Antonio Martins ticm — Th s' the two principal parties connected with the m urder at Ce; Andrade's, a year and a half age, were hung at the usual P 7 , 0, • of execution at the Cars de Tojo, after the wual previous P of cession from the prison, and through the city. mother: , 0 • their companions, called the " Enter r iador," wai Or ac l e : 1 o; , suffer with them ; but his conf e ssions, having ver j 3 tributed to make the case clear against jOg ° n u era and the rest, his sentence was commuted by the " The for that, of transportation to Africa for life• d K os woman Gertrudes, who lived with Diogo Alves an . 0 ,11 acquainted with all the proceedings of the Ptegi, ec er also be banished to Africa for life. Diogo Alves did not hoe fess his crime till the very last moment, and is said t° offered violence to the priest who visited him in prison t°lovg duce him to confess. His companion confessed every' hing in before. It appears that both these persons were con cernet ; to the murder and robbery at Mr. O'Neill's, where, in erde osa get into the house, they actually sent to Galicia for 6 o pt called Joao do Alho, who had some time back been IV °. 0 1- there, and mede him the instrument of their plans. I‘l°,oe diers who had belonged to the same gang were executed s sd $ months back, and the bringing these men to justice has h very beneficial effect here. The guerillas in the Algarve are again on the increas e ' ee ., gang a few days since, lying in ambush, attacked a fiY in i leiret lumn of 20 of the Queen's troops, killing a Lieutenant ; ca. of the sth Cacadores ; after which they entered Cassor`A e lr chopo, and Martin Longo, and obliged the respective tic inents to retire within their small forts. Chl° Two overseers of the parishes of Andreas and V , po $ have been assassinated, the latter while in the act of 'el s ' ° • recruit, who transfixed him with a javelin. 7 41911C' MR. SNOW HARRIS'S COL-- TORS. ; n tea• to such of our readers as may be tiett"ce - t hst with Mr. Harris's plan, it may be well to exp!am it consists of metallic plates inserted nearly half-W i t hs in depth into the after part of the masts, from truck to the kelson ; the communication beieg Firese.rved • by overlapping parts, connected though not COrablogo These are intended to convey the electric fluid dlr . by the centre of the ship, passing it into the Wa ter ' three ‘, o r y lour bolts arrangement leadi n r!ra iy through be theail very el.gooc, - sod No probably very safe, but ou r o bj ect i ons t o it are a l t b e fold. First, we dislike the principle o f inviting it electric fluid into th e b c dy o f the ship, w he t - s i s is possible to convey it cv . r th e s ide. Ne s r he lightning does not suit itself to the size °". vessel, but but strikes the sinal and the great l et n o ferently with the retire force, and the plates eretio% larger th an what are considere d' eapatile of cood ue o e st the stream in all cases ; it is evident that the , 5113 it ; mast must be fitted in the same manner as the lare-ot and as the topgallant-masts of small vessels s re to os more than five or six inches in diameter, it apeea rs ,• c ity that they would be greatly injured, and their elaslicse totally destroyed, by the insertion of such plates as proposed, and the nails to secure them. oa its , Again, there is the difficulty of effecting any re ' should a ship be dismasted abroad • ; but more tha ': ' w e the comparative cost between this plan and 04 ' 3 s o' consider as good in all respects, and far better ie t ie —the wire conductor, which passes the fluid O c t side—and which has lately been fitted to several 7:P;of There arc various opinions respecting the ! conductors, some contending that they A re in.l ll- bo ye by attracting the fluid, and that more builai n g l bang been destroyed in consequence of their preset:lee f t he they were wanting. Others argue, that te. he c o ol' greatest use they should be so arranged as t 0 c w oo" the fluid clear of the object ; these last are , the ee r l an of sense folks ; while the philosophers advecato the P bras Mr. Harris, and even propose to page the PLerj through the magazine of gunpowder. Whe° (lc' Sandwich, of facetious memory, was once asked tc:aosy, fine the difference between orthodoxy and hat er h e l a st he replied, that the first was his dozy, and t ",,, e ll any other ma's doxy. Now, although u p it is matter the report is in favour of the heterodortte'!ojed remarkable that the principle so strongly re conw nor by the Committee has not been put in prac tice hYpaiiro owners, while the simple process of the cog e der chains being, we suppose, more evident to t e I I h iti to standing, or more ortbodoxical, is fast gettittlet use, not only in this country but America, for we ves sels stand that within the last month nearly twegitY„t roe at Liverpool have been supplied with the Pate'ra . th e for this purpose, and several orders take ° ' - o tiona United States navy. Thus it is that useful inci!onter make their way, when it requires the aid of r • e set t tary influence—and the Western Members ° I „ t itre' themselves" one and all"—t o cram down a (I,°"l„,heil able project. We recolle c t th a t som e years bilea'anbh? in command of the ACIIIOOI3, Captain the 1 1 °P , c oo' Frederick Grey lied his ship fitted with ga rnil an d in ductors ; and this officer, of a highly scieriti 6e ;we jP telligent mind, gave evidence before the Cot°,, re e . favour of them, yet be bas gone to. sea is t " orue` mion without applying for them, although he w as t h c ro" by lightning in the Jupiter in 1835, and ro st The fore have had some reason to alter his opinioob•e'enose strange logic was broached in the debate, th at i l i rrio 6 the Committee reported favourably of Mr• p r y spiP plan it cusit to have been adopted upoo e l l, n ow , fitted, in preference to any other, although l t d judge s rious that another, in the opinion of many fd ; n sole' I quite as efficacious, exists, and which can h ° plished at about one-tenth the expense. ha ° From first to last about sixteen vessels , ps Eitt'n6 fitted with Harris's conductors, and the enst„,°o/. TNe all in commission would be little less than SOP",b t' e 1.3r 1 " Caledonia alone cost upwards of 400/ . , while ' l . es the tannia and Howe cost only about 701. eac h ' set rival conductors. throw° Another somewhat curious insinuation Was.„ect•og out by a Noble Lord and Gallant Captain. reslotter• the probability of political bias displayed in th i of caitY Dr. Johnson defined a nice man to be a.mobe .IwaYs ideas, meaning thereby that his mind moa t ofsolell • dwelling upon nasty matters ere he would thin, " th at its ing for them. It is the bane of the United Serviee, members w ho have seats in Perliameot allow 00,1.16:party bias to outweigh every other thought, and Wl° take, s od un der eivo is or fact;ous feelings into thing they for this reason the honesty of every their advocacy hei"l,otber suspected becomes of little value to their bast officers. What has the building mode of protecting them from lightning, t° _ se cor o f ships, or do w ith Whig, Tory, or Radical ? twe find that inc t _ e . • fl cling principles are costinuslly obtruded int o I .: o2 ji rot Would that we could find a naval officer in Posllprotes isith views directed solely to the benefit Of h is er skit:, taking his st a nd in a position to entil"._ of the pressed opinions to the support and ap t ' Duat,' Ascii,' United Service, an interest not to be shogt thcr i.teo'yn and except in secure those the constituenciesreturno ft Ie i t e m r b c er e s. ° --- "11%).0"vel bribery Alililtlu Gazette. ...... ------7---7"--------- -- T i, fie• A FACT WORTH ATTENTION.---",•re.., in verend J. Mason, Indeendent :11inister, lor'c',.,"-itil a poor ne;ghbourhood, among the weavers or 'r" ri we•vCram d lab o . ll lo, fields, and though be is ver useful, a bard, his income is less than 100? per annum. To„it'ln• short time ago, the I3iihop of London Wade apP"c;not, offe►ing to take his chapel and repair it, for abctt tu,i b then to license it, and ordain Mr. M. as its t er ' t ho all its advantageous prospects, if he would eenforni tl i 0 Estall shmcnt. To a man with a family and so fm a• -.e it was a tempting offer. Mr. M. returred ..-pild • :.; Lordship declining his offer, as be W el a "vittion.—Patriot, 1004., Pief tai Ptr seater from pf,