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' 4 l the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, TIS EVENING, MARC 4, ill be prodi H in Fiv e pr o d u ced a New Comedy, Si r LONDON ASSURANCE. M*, H ar court Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark ka•thAdelphus kr -41. • Bariley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson C. Spanker, Mr. Keeley; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. kid ew s:.* I‘ , :ark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, K., 111 e vestris • Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. - "I ' lO 2- Hunlv. The Tii G RAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, entitled , llarlequ'iti t C A.STLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. rattitaloon Mr. .C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; ilr. Mcwelli ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. vor am " to be opened at hall-past Six—the performances to b r ," I `:e at Seven o'Clock. ri, l `" , Boxes, 7s. : Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second 24 - , ''. 54 . ; Second Price, •2s. 6d. ; Pit, s. ; Second Price. ,f, Gallery, Is• at ti l ,: l ' b e t's and places for the Boxt be taken of Mr. Grogan, rat . - "°x-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets itis cvate pe had upon application. .•N e E 13 0xt. to be had solely of Mr. An& a xs, bookseller ______' or d-steet. irtlazi r ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. ng attraction.—Fourth appearance these Two Years of /Sy ,: Cooke—Re-cagagement of Mr. Collins. Two "rainas and " l'aul Clifford," which has been attract ' ° c rowded houses. tir THIS EVENIN Iy G, MARCH 4. " Av-• be actd an entire New Drama entitled XING e ,OF SPAIN AND HIS BARBER. pAfter which a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called 1,4 w i s art 'JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. ."" 41 Mr. J. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. To conclude with the Operatic Drama of P a PAUL CLIFFORD. Clifford (with all the Original Songs), Mr. Collins. , no► n W V, 1 ,2 ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS AY. 3 Ininutes after 11 1 Evening 43 minutes attar 11. lit 1 4 1 / 4 fr , 4 V • ", r b i , AV r— k , o' i . au ' ' 4 4 .„4.,;:i 4 . .... .; 4 ! A ! : , .", ~ . .1 4 i , -8 S 1:22,C 4 . , j ' 4 INC,`;: : ~. i,L , '.. c: ,a:...• , -S' . Ailli . l; . 4 r4 ' o * I. 1 4 00, ~;;,":,, ' ‘;', . . ' i t* , 0 1 4 4g1ia8A) 4 0 1 ., .., 6 Mt. LONDON: THURSDAY, MARCH 4, Is4l. The PEEns did not meet yesterday. e ;,, n t he Commons the Chelsea Poor Bill was k".." • a Second ti me , a fter a division called for 'by ' T 41. •-- T 1 UNcomEE. t uongst the numerous petitions presented tonst "e from Tring, in Hertfordshire, praying T 1 t he Jurors of that place might be summoned te , -- Ylesbur v , six miles off, instead of their own se 'ntY town. Our present county divisions, con seelated as they are by a high antiquity, will ar are elY answer modern purposes. Our parishes e already ascertained to be very unsuitable. , c .i 4 : €ll fixed b oun d ar i e s of space, which politi -14;48 / night suppose would for ever answer the tioru lah -11 ,ded purposes, beome, by the progress of t htion, that all c -powerful instrument of fitiallge, unsuitable to our circumstances; and even p e e r " a Con servat i ve as Si r R. P EEL p resen t s a iti ° l l to break up the ancient divisions of 'unti es. i lri , 4 rd JOHN R USSELL ' S Bill for Making further 3!,,1 vL6 10n for se cur in g the rights of voting for errihers of Parliament was read a first time. M '' i,„ WALLACE gave notice of • a motion, in 1 5est "unce to li m it th e r i g ht o f the Crown in 'whiriug Peerages except on men of fortune, le al .:1 we apprehend, the House of Lords will entertain. 14 0 : .C. DOUGLAS announced his intention to it 1 2Iu Committee on Mr. KELLY'S Bill, should it i Z i r ead a second time, that capital assaults on tx —g e 'es under twelve years of age should be 0 111 Pted from it s p rov i s ions. i tr. E. TE NNENT moving the second read ofiyi the Copyright of Designs Bill, r: WILLIAms denied that pirating patterns extensively practised. He asserted that the /4. 4 , w ould give rise to endless litigation; he exa kvoeu. at some length the evidence given in th at u , r of the Bill, and concluded by moving At i t be read a second time in twelve months. 9lsnonNE seconded the amendment. of 1 ,, the Vice-President of the Board ferrePe) gave his support to the Bill. He re , th e to the contradictory views entertained by s aid r :Presentatives of the manufacturing districts th e ."Y manufacturers themselves, reprehending tatiirltrodnetion into the Bill of the word " imi teAd().4)" and announced himself a friend to ex ol I , lri g the copyright for six months. He also re exitsltetitled that the five Acts which already 04. On the subject should be consolidated into R •Pate i•. ` - ' II EG opposed the Bill. Secrecy, dis best—' and moderate prices were, he said, the 1,i,h0 P ro tection. H e thought that the persons sullnorted the Bill would become the vic the' °f the law, should it pass. He agreed in ( e h lion that it wou ld p ro mote litigation, and 'good! w hole, do a great deal more injury than 81 0 8-- 4. "/BRRT PEEL thought the present exten tl(lf the , e ietit h c°l3 right for three months was soffi ts hi s P li though he voted for the second reading, tep, (ll3 ; il lioo was not made up as the extent of pro ' 4°ll which ought to be afforded. He will con "der ththat, the main point, on the next stage of e re!at,r* W ARBuRToN would vote for the second orzleigliiibiuty but expected that in passing the details ti es, would encounter great difficul -406.As th e authors and owners of patterns were li s h ° Nvo, he s uggeste d t h at t h ey s h ou ld esta b- J ed a record of inventions, in order to enable the o t z o e r s t t i o vo determine what was pi rac y ; an d th a t years should be given to enable par the It ill re gister their inventi ons . B u t even th en w ould not be c om pl e t e un l ess an inter iiitlC:llll copyright w as es t a bli s h e d. H e o bj ecte d il let v e the Bill, t h at i t did not provide a cheap °4 of trying the issue, and un l ess t h at were i ded he should oppose the Bill in its subse . .€t AgCs. P. EGE RTON supporte d t h e Bill , b ecause Taa i o .• • . nty of the respectable mannfacture rs o f !thire w favour. trt ttc i . e • E-11 - 10 17cuta } - ; thought a ease had b een but out for extending the term o f protection, the at th e same time he was afraid of injuring 1:4 04 9 1 x Port trad e . H e was for t h e per i o d of s i x At; 18 '. E. a T id for sending the Bill into Committee. 4-1-11 ATE contend e d aga i ns t the doctrine ' vrltm-t.t and law could protect .or pro t,*ste th• . 4 IP. The Fren h, he " ' had " Our i.people, because they studied g; 7-- 4 ' - ' , pictures and statues from their infAncy, while our population were refused admission into West minster Abbey or the Royal Aerldemy, unless they paid for entrance. An Act of Parliament had been passed to encourage the use of shoe buckles, and in five years afterwards the use of buckles was unknown. He could not understand Mr. WA RBURTON'S distincti'm between copyright in books and copyright in designs ; he agreed, however, with him that the details of the Bit could not be worked, out, and he therefore would vote against it., In the end Mr., 'WILLIAMS did not press his amendment to a e.ivision, and the Bill was read a second time, to be committed, pro forma, on Friday. On Mr. HODGES moving to commit the Con stabulary Bill, Mr. F. MAULE moved that it be committed in six months. There was already an Act of Parliament for providing a rural police, -which, though attended with some expense, had corresponding advantages. After a short conversation the Committee was put off for six months, on a division of 58 to 36. The Abolition of the Punishment of Death Bill was read a second time, with an understanding that the principle should be debated on the mo tion for going into a Committee, which was fixed for next Wednesday week. The County Courts Bill went through a Com mittee, Mr. MAuLr having stated in Committee that the salary of no Judge would exceed 1,5001. a-year. The House then adjourned. In the debate on Mr. COLQUHOUN'S motion, the Catholic priests were censured by that gen tleman and others of his party, for using their influence to attain political objects. " They de nounced men from the altar," he said, " in con sequence of the votes they had given. That was a system which the House and the people of this country could not allow to continue." Why not ? is a question we beg leave to put to Mr. CoL QUHOUN and his friends. Why are the priests not to use their influence, and the influence of religion, to subserve a political purpose? We cannot, in the spirit of party or faction, confine the question to Catholic priests, but to priests of every denomination, and they are all equally in terested in the answer. If the Catholic priests may not bring spiritual terrors to bear on the Catholic voter to promote a political purpose, neither may the priest of the Establishment nor the Dissenting minister; and the same rule which would exclude politics from the Mass house, would also exclude them from the Parish Church, the Presbyterian Kirk, and the Dissent ing Chapel. We apprehend that no priesthood w ill support Mr. COLQUHOUN and his friends in t'ais sweeping exclusion, and we shall state why ',ye think the doctrine quite untenable. It cannot be denied that politics, though a man may have to vote but once in five or six years, is an important branch of moral duty. The more seldom the vote has to be given the more circum spection is required in giving it. If it have to be givenbut once in a man's life it becomes ofas much consequence as a marriage, and needs the best counsel of the best friends. To others than the voter or the contracting party it is of more im portance than a marriage, for the good or evil of that is confined to a man's own family, but his vote may have a powerful influence on the public welf ire. In general, a man's public duties, the performance of which affects ethers fir more than his domestic duties, are considered the p'toper object of praise, admonition, or reproach. To summon youth to arms to defend their country, has ever been held to he the duty of the aged, and those who advise or guide society. At present the priesthood of different denominations are the moral guides of the com munity, and what reason can be assigned for withdrawing from their influence the public du ties which affect the welfare of all ? Shall they be called on to reprove a man for drunkenness, and be told they are to be silent when he accepts a bribe or gives a dishonest vote ? Are they to admonish him against stealing a penny or a loaf of bread, and acquiesce in his forming one of a band determined to rob the nation of its freedom ? But it is easy to conceive that the votes of an elector may have a powerful influence on the priest and on religion ; and is his priest not then to admonish him? Suppose Mr. HUME, or any other honest and upright patriot, looking back at the past, and over every part of the land at present, coming to the natural and just conclusion that the Church of England, as a political engine, is an utter and complete failure, and therefore moving in Parliament that it should be abo lished, would not the clergy of the Church use their spiritual influence, and their friends would think them justified in using it, to make the electors vote against Mr. HuME'S project? When the Dissenters were struggling for the repeal of the Test Acts, or in their present struggles for the abolition of Church-rates, why should not their ministers use all the spiritual influence at their command to secure success ? Lord STANLEY's Bill is avowedly in tended to remove the electors from under the influence of the Catholic priests, and reduce them to dependence on the landlords. It is idle nonsense to say, under such circumstances, that the Catho lic priests are not to use all their spiritual influ ence to defeat the hostile project. It is palpa bly ridiculous and absurd to constitute an order of men the guides and mentors of the nation, to submit to them as the ministers of the DEITY, and then to tell them, when their own interest is deeply concerned, that they are not to use their spiritual power for their own protection. Mr. COLQUHOUN may be assured that he cannot withdraw political duties from the cognizance and control of the priesthood without at once degrading them to be mere po litical tools. Neither can he deny the Roman Catholic priesthood the use of their power in politics without forbidding the priests of the Establishment and Dissenting ministers from performing some of their most sacred and im portant functions. _ _ _ Mr. COLQUHOUN and his friends have, in fact, no objection that spiritual thunder should be used to slay their political enemies. They only only object to its being directed against themselves. Messrs. WNEILE and M'GEE, and that batch of Church Missionaries, have been dealing " their damnation " out pretty handsomely against the Catholics. To what but the use of the spiritual thunders of the Anglican priesthood are the Tories indebted for being so powerful in Parliament? They use the weapon, but they will not allow others to use it. Their conduct in this respect is consistent with their usual. hypocrisy. They desecrate the altars of GOD for their own factious purposes, and de nounce those who use them for the defence of liberty. It is lamentable to see the time of the House of Commons, that ought to be devoted to the in terests and wants of the people, wasted night after night in petty personal squabbles, or in exciting for party purposes one portion of the community against another, while every important measure is utterly neglected. Lord STANLEY'S attempt to bring the Irish people again under the yoke of the Orangemen has already wasted the best part of a week. All last night was occupied in stir ring up the worst passions of different sects of religionists; possibly six more will be devoted to the same sacred purpose ; and after all this endless palaver the two questions will remain as they were at the commence ment of the Session. While these disgraceful proceedings are going on as it were in mockery of the people, the Government either will not or cannot undertake measures of Vital importance to the country. These must be taken up by some individual Member whose labours are seldom duly appreciated, either because he is supposed to bring them forward to suit some local interests, or has not sufficient weight with either of the contending parties to carry them into effect. The important question which Mr. RicE, the Member for Dover, is to bring on this even ing, is one of this description. If any one measure of the Session more than another belongs to the department of Government it is certainly that for calling the atten tion of P ar li amen t t o th e R e p or t o f th e i r (WM eq rYnnisioner , on the State of the Harbours 0 - 0 Ow Sotith-t.:,,,tgrn 0! E.0 , 1.0td. than twelve months have elapsed since the Re- • ><> THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1841 port was made ; it appears, indeed, to have been forgotten, and though our neighbours on the other side of the Channel are with one consent improving and fortifying their harbours in case of emergencies, the British Government are asleep on this important subject, and must be roused to a sense of their duty by a private Mem ber of Parliament. How can Ministers com plain of the people for not supporting them, when they will do nothing for the good of the people ? or how can the House of Commons wonder that their proceedings are de nounced as a mockery of legislation, when six weeks have-been wasted in doing only mivehief, and six more, including the mock-religious Easter holidays, will be spent with equally vain results. We earnestly, therefore, entreat the indepen dent Members, for their own characters, as well as that of the Government they support, to de nounce this useless waste of time, and save Par dament from utter contempt. We cannot con ceive that any opposition will be made to Mr. RrcE's motion for the appointment of a Select Committee, and we confidently hope that he will place on it men of business—men more anxious for the safety of our fleets, and the secu rity of the country, than for their own selfish in terests, or for humbling and enslaving seven millions of their fellow-subjects, because they resolutely stand in the way of their return to power. As the question of the Danish claims will again come before the House of Commons this even ing, we cannot too strongly impress upon those who have hitherto supported them the duty of attending in their places to give efficacy to their former votes. As this is not a party question it does not surprise us to find many Conservatives in the list of those who voted for justice being done to the claimants; but we confess that it does surprise us to find so many ultra Liberals either directly opposed to or indifferent to the demands of the claimants. It is certainly curi ous to find Mr. E. BAINES, Mr. J. YATES, Mr. DIVETT, and Mr. CHALMERS, the latter gentleman voted twice before for the claims, now voting against them in company with Sir R. PEEL, Mr. GOULBURN, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Lord STANLEY. If any men ought to have a deep sympathy with the claimants, it should be the Liberal representatives of great commercial towns like Leeds and Liverpool. When we find such vigilant guardians of the public purse as Mr. HUME, Mr. WA LLACE, Sir WILLIAM MOLES.. WORTH, and Colonel SIBTHORP, who so properly limited Prince ALBERT'S means of expenditure, voting for the claims, we have a right to expect that no Liberal under the pretext of eco nomy shall vote against them. As to the op position of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, it is wholly inexplicable, unless we take it for granted that he came into office pledged to support the policy of his predecessor. It would, in fact, appear that Mr. BARING deems it decorous to tread in the exact footsteps of Mr. SPRING RICE. This will not do. The country will not suffer the Liberal party, nor any section of it, to perpetuate an injustice, which Sir STRATFORD CANNING, Mr. D'ISRAELI, and Sir R. INGLIS unite with Mr. O'CONNELL, Mr. HUME, and Mr. WARBURTON in opposing. The cause which brings such men to the same side upon a division, must he, indeed, one of glaring injustice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in his speech on the 16th ult., in addition to the other unfair arguments which he made use of, stated, in order to work upon the alarmists, that there were several other claims in reserve. He had not the candour, however, to name them, and we have, therefore, made inquiry on the subject, but do not find that there are any claims which are at all analogous to those now befote the House. As to the Spanish Claims, he has already admitted them without any authority from Parliament, and his pretended alarm about opening the door for others cannot surely apply to them. Letters from Frankfort of the 20th ult. state that the fortifications of Berlin are proceeding as rapidly as those of Paris. " One fool makes many" is an old proverb, not truer, of individuals than of nations. The folly of France has infected the whole of Europe. The following extract from a Frankfort letter brings the latest news from Hanover : In Hanover the new civil penal code has been speedily fol lowed by a military code. In this his Majesty betrays some unusual English propensities. Flogging is established in con trast with the German mode of discipline; the minimum is 50 stripes, the maximum 300 stripes, which can he inflicted for an offence liable to be visited otherwise with only fifteen months' or two years' imprisonment. Duelling is legally sanc tioned, and if fatal consequences ensue, the survivor is de clared to be freed from responsibility upon proving that he had received a provocation which his honour did not allow him to put up with. This is, at least, all above board and open. We shall see none of the Cumberland hussars tried for their lives, under a declaation from the public prosecutor that they have cominitted no moral offence. The King is said to be very sore about the discus. sion of the Stade duties and the proposed Commission. A reduction in the duty on butter and cheese imported into Eng land, but especially to the West Indies, would by all accounts be very acceptable on both sides of the water, and the reduc tion of the import duties on manufactured wares, from 25 per cent. to 10 per cent. (which is what this league imposes upon our manufactures), would not only go far towards conciliating differences, but would probably increase our revenue consi derably. Hanover would, however, be most benefited by a change in the figure at which the import duty on oats is calcu lated, and which, it is notorious, presses very hard upon the consumer in England, being rated much too high in propor tion to barley. The change might, in this case, be made an ex ceptional one, in case the general measure met with opposition. The Levant mail, bringing advices from Con stantinople of the Bth, from Alexandria of the 7th, from Smyrna of the same date, from Athens of the 10th, and from Malta of the 15th ult., arrived this morning. The news brought by this mail will be found in another part of The Sun, to which we direct the attention of our readers. The French. Journals of Monday have all reached us. They are chiefly occupied with the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Secret Service Bill. The defeat of M. TRIERS has greatly exasperated the organs of the war policy, who no longer see any chance of his return to office. In the mean time, although the Fortifi cations Bill has not passed. the Chamber of Peers, the works are proceeding with the utmost expe 7 dition Yesterday several Ministers went to Laxemburgh, to be present in the Committee on the fortifications. • 'v Yesterday 600 workmen were employed in preparing the ground of the fortress of Alfort. Not far from that spot, at the camp of Charenton. are 3,000 infantry, who are to be em ployed in the same works. There is a slight improvement in the health of the Duke of Belluno. A letter from Berne announces that Count Mortier, the French Ambassador to Use Helvetic Confederation, had set ont on the 25th of February, for Paris, in order to vote in the Chamber of Peers in favour of the Fort ifie,ations Bill. A letter from Foin of the 28th of Feb. says, " There have been some disturbances to-day at Foin, in consequence of the refusal of the Spanish refugees to go to Perpignan. It is said that the French Carlists encouraged them m their resistance, which however gave way to the expostulations of the prefect, and to the measures he took in arresting some of the most obstinate of those unfortunate persons who were led away by their passions.—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE.....PARDI. MONDAY, MARCH 1. r Int Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents ll3 15 ... 113 45 ... 113 15 ... 113 35 4% per Cents lO2 ,o .. 102 50 ... 102 40 ... 102 30 4 per Cents lOO .„ 100 ... 100 ... 100 3 per Cts 77 15 ... 77 15 Rank of Vrance en 32.20 ...3220 ...3220 „.3 20 Waite Bank I.ooof. Sh 1045 ...1045 ...1C45 ...1045 50000. Shares 5150 ...5150 ...5150 ...5150 Belgian Bank 5 per Cents...,.„ lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% New Loan lOl ... 1. 1 ... 101 ... 101 Spanish Aetive ......... Pa55ive..„....„.., 6 ... 6 ... 6 ..• 6 Neapolitan ... ..... „ lO2 ... 102 ... 102 ... 102 Roman . .... 101% ... 101% ...101% ... 101% RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain ..... ............... 725 ... 730 ... 725 ... 730 Versailles.R. B 420 ... 420 ... 420 ... 420 L.B 317 50 ... 320 ... 317 30 ... 320 Orleans . .... . ....... 'Strasburg to Bale ...... 212 50 ... 243 75 ... 242 50 ... 24? 50 Montpellier to Cette Rouen 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 455 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Fax. 21. Bills. Moole_y Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares. l6lO 1605 Anglo-Russian Loan 106% lON Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cortificate 102% Inscription, Ist Set ies lol s6 102% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... 96% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent 4l) 48% Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 73li 73% NNwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent... - eXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, FEB.R. 26.-13 4%.—Two mo n th s, 13 3 Y BREMEN, 23 —Two months, 614. PETERSDURGH, Fax 10.—Two months, 38% pence Beaux, FED. 22.—Three months. 6.17%. COMPARATIVE MORALITY OF THE ENGLISH AND IRISH.—It was to be expected that Lord Morpeth's praise of the sobriety of Irishmen, of the chastity of Irish women, and of the patient endurance of all classes of the Irish, would ex cite the severe animadversions of the Protestant patt.ol;:i' ioiti aids. Accurtlitigi . - iferuld of the Standard fall foul vehMelltiY Noble Lord; the one satirizes him, and the other abuses him as a filthy slanderer. Softly, good Corn-law advocates; remember that you are stout assertors of the principle that an agri cultural population is much more virtuous than a town and manufacturing popula tion; that the population of Ireland are , almost exclusively agricultural and rural, and that the , pulation of England are town and man ng, and then confess that your satire and .e of Lord Morpeth are unfounded, or that you have asserted what is not true of the town population to uphold the iniquitous mono poly of the landlords. For our part, calling to mind the assertion of the Bishops, that our people are sunk in heathenism, while, accord ing to them, their religion alone can make men virtuous --remembering, too, the bad example set by the English clergy and the English land owners—having no faint recollection of the pic tures drawn of the morals of rural England by the Com m i ss i oners for Inqu i ry i nto t h e operation of th e o ld P oor-law—an d o f manufac turing Engl an d by the Factories' Commissioners and the Ha n dl oom W eavers ' Comm i ss i oners — we are unhappily o bli ge d to suppose that L or d Mor peth is right, and that the slanderers are the Herald and the Standard. We feel as deeply for the honour of England, which we were taught to prize from our very infancy, as the writers in the Herald and the Standard, but we cannot deny the accumulated evidence of facts, and without pretending to judge of comparative morality, which is extremely difficult—for what is re sisted, as well as what is done, must be known— we are constrained to assert that the morality of England, under the rule of our honoured priesthood, and our worshipped landlords, is as low as it well can be. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. In the monetary world to-day the leading feature has teen the Meeting of Chili n Bondholders, the result of which has been precisely what was anticipated, viz., the r,jeetion of the amended propositions off, red by the Go vernment of the Republic in its communication of Sep tember last. The meeting passed resolutions expressive of their willingness to accept new bonds at par for the ar rears of interest due to them, these to bear a dividend of three per cent. per annum. It was acknowledged on all hinds that Lord Palmerston had shown every desire to promote the interests of the bondholders, and bad acted as bee.atne a British - Minisior, je.lous of the honour and , rights of his country.. There was an advance in Consols this afternoon to 884 and 89 for money, and to 894 and 894 for account. Exchequer Bills were 10r. to 12s. premium, and India Bonds Bs. to 15s. discount. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, brought 974 to 4. The Foreign securities were more dealt in to-day, and in most instances at rather improved rates. Spanish Ac tive Bonds were at 241 to 4, Portuguese New Five per Cents.' at 314, the Three per Cents. at 191, Mexican Stock of 1837 at 284 to 4, Colombian of 1824 at 231 to t, Two per Cent. Venezula at 31, Peruvian at 17 to 4, What' at 604, and Brazilian at 72. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were worth 504 to 504, being an advance of about 1 percent. The Railway Shares were advancing. Great Western touched 244; the New, 114; and the Fifths, 54, ex div. ; Birmingham, New Shares, were 254 prem.; and Midland Counties, Quarter, 44 prem. ; Brighton were 64: and North Midland, 30 ais. London Joint Stook Bank Shares were 21 ; and London and Westminster, 44 prem. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—The business done in the C.tton market to-day has been limited, but there is no alteration to notice in the rates. The sales. compri-e 3,000 bales, of which 300 have been taken on speculation. In exportation nothing to report. LIVERPOOL SHAKE MARKET, MARCH 2.—There is a little improvement in the Share market to-day, although a limited amount of business has been done. Eastern Counties sealize gig ; London and Birmingham shares 171 ; ditto New 321. Shares 21i prem. ; London and South Western 51. shares 17s. 6d. In Bank Stock nothing to report. Ihe Hamburgh Ma.l, which arrived last night, of the 26th, brings the Exchange upon London same as per last post, 13 3 ; Gold 425, also the sane ; Metal. 104* ; Bank Actions 1605. With the exception of the usual French mail, we have no arrivals this morning from any quarter. The packet-ship George Washington is now due, and may be expected daily. The arrival of the overland mail from India is also looked for with much interest, as news is expected relative to the ne gotiation with the Chinese. To-morrow being the 4th of the present month, a number of commercial bills become due. Consols opened this morning a shade better than they left off, 139% 89k, for the Account, since which they are not quite so good, and may be quoted at present 89k, seller?, for Money, 884 ;no business of consequence has been transacted as yet ; Exchequer Bills,lo 12 prem. ; Bank Stock shut, nominal, 167 168; India Stock, 247 248. _ _ . In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade better, 24J ; i ; Deferred, 124, ; Passive, 6*; Portuguese, same as they left off, 31* 4; Three per Cents., 19%; Brazilian, 71i 72 1 1 ,- ; Colombian, not quite so good as it left off, at 23i, at present, 23* i ; Mexican also rather lower, 28* i ; Belgian, 99 100 ; Chilian, 58 62 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 50i i ; Five per Cents. 99i 100. Shares.—Great Western, 22 24 prem. ; Ditto, New, NI II prem. ; London and Brighton, 7 6} die. ; Blackwall, 6 51 dis. ; Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton,: 54 56/ per share ; Croydon, 11 3 / 1 12} .per share ; Greenwich, -8* 3, per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15dis.•; South East ern and Dover, 16* 154. Fltlek.S OF SHARES Tills DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New 50 604 to 61* Ditto Fifths London and Croydon ( Tru n k)... 131 12*...... to Midland Counties . .... lOO Ditto i Shares North Midland The packet-ship George Washington, has arrived off Mil ford. Letters and papers not expected up until to-morrow. The above is the only arrival to the present time. She sailed on the 7th ult. Everything has a dull appearance in the City to the present hour, owing to the non-arr.vals, with a scarcity of intelligence. Although there is little or nothing doing in the British Market, Consols maintain the price of the opening, 89i for the Ac ount ; Money, 88-1 I. Exchequer Bills, 10 12 prem. ; India Bonds, 8 14 dis. ; Bank Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market prices nominal: Spanish Active, 24i ; Portugue se , 31 a I; Three per Cents, 14 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50 3 4 ; Five per Cents., 99 100. The Share Market is inactive, and prices much the same as yesterday. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Steck ••• India Stock... ........ .. 3 per Cent. Red......... 89} Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 89 Ditto Old Annuities — 3i per Cent Red....„ .. 98i Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent .. ... 97 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 12 pm New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto 5001 l2 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860. — Bank Stock for Acct .... Oct 1859 ... ...... 13 India Stock for Acct Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 13-16 Consols for Acct B9i FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent.. Portuguese, 5 per cent. - Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto..... Brazilian Bonds .. 72 Prussian, b per cent... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. . . Chain, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish. 5 per cent 24i Ditto, 1824 231 Ditto, Deferred l2i Danish, 3 per cent...., French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek.lB2s, spercent. Exchange —f. -c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. —c. Di - to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2i, per cent Peruvian,lB2s,6 per qt. 17i Ditto, 5 per cent..... 100 ... • SHARES. Cheltenliatri and Great Western (62k paid) 27 Eastern Lounties Railway (23 paid ... ..... Ditto Debentures ( 2 paid) .. . ... 4a Great Western' Railway (65 paid) B9i Ditto'New Shares (50 paid) - ...... 61/ Ditto Fifths ( 4 'Aid) ... ... 9 i London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (10 (10-paid) l4k North Midland Railway (lOU paid) 7O The Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital have determined to "remove," alias abolish, the female school attached to that hospital. No doubt there are good rea sons for so doing. A circular letter has been sent to the parents or relatives of the children, requiring them to state if they are willing to withdraw the child named therein on receiving the sum of 121. a year for the time the girl would be allowed to remain in the school, and give an undertaking that she shall be sent to a school in the neigh bourhood of her residence. This we consider a very liberal allowance and proper regulation ; for the school charges of a child of a sailor or marine would probably not cost more than 40s. a year, and the rest of the money will go towards food and raiment. Where a girl would be entitled to be in the school four years, this allowance will be a great boon. In the circular it does not, however, say what will he done with the child if the offer of 12/. a year is not accepted.— United Service Gazette. THE BOOK WITHOUT A NAME. —.There are gourmand. To/ who few books which appeal so effectually to all tastes as that of Sir Charles and Lady Morgan--dddly entitled " The Book without a Name !" The lovers of good eating will find their favourite subject discussed with the r*p cb o f peepliarAtthectioniti subjects of anti several chapters wherein some presented to the reader replete a delightscholar, paincdtutrilees spirit: of/ io c t i r j, the work o ffer s t *un usin g Memoirs of the 120 4, La dy Cock's celebrated whilst such as fi eld Macaw, and several nth, r "AtA etittalle entertaining ; Do agar can turn s , from grave to gay, from lively quarian interest' nuty,lyrn tti of the most attranktie are with the most valuable historical illustrations. In short, these clever writers seem desirous of proving not only how readily they to severe," but how pleasantly they can make their gra vity gay, and their severity lively. The reader will be sure to find in the volumes a great fund of amusement. ABSENT M.P.—lt will be recollected that Mr. O'Connell recently complained of the absence of the Hon. Col. Fitz Gibbon, second son of the celebrated Chancellor, Lord Clare. The Independent Club of the C ounty Lime rick, following in the same track , has passed a resolution conveying conveying a sufficiently intelligible hint to the Gall an t Colonel, that if his health permit , his constituents exp ect r P es a e r n li t a a me v n e t . ary duties, ola h e i s will seat efficiente to ith an erperform h Re is ti p simi o L t or r d oa V esum ent e ry the li an as cie o n b t ftaaminileyd. namethe oQft,i, Deeen m'spermis oleyns," of which the name of " Mullins" is a corruption. The f,,mily trace t,eir d - ent from Sir Guicrard de Wlevns, Lurd oi Henley, in Oxfordshire, i. the toigu of floury 11., and afterwards a 13arnitam, in Oxford. NEW AGRARIAN SYSTEM. It has long been a matter of surprise, and even of reproach, that the great mechanical powers which are now the servants of mankind are so little employed in cultivating the ground. The great use of all machinery is to save human la bour. There is more labour employed in agri culture than in any other art. Whatever poets and young gentlemen who have assisted once in their lives at hay-making may say, this is irk some labour, as the bent bodies and shrivelled limbs, as the rheumatic pains and weather-beaten forms of the agricultural labourers sufficiently prove. It very generally implies exposure to all seasons, and if that be wholesome and pleasant why do the opulent take so much care, and incur so much expense, to avoid it? There is no delu sion about the matter in the country, and rural labours arc not voluntarily undertaken except by those who are compelled to earn their breao. Why is it, then, that the powerful and pa tient servants who never complain, and who have been fbund so eminently useful in weaving and working fkon, in Spinning, and impelling ships, have not been much employed as substi tutes for the irksome labours of the field ? We think this a very curious problem, and a gentle man, by the name of Pink us, already known amongst engineers, has undertaken practically to demonstrate that it does not arise from the nature of the art itself, but from the backward ness of the agriculturists in applying to their own uses the inventions which are the common pro perty of the world. His contrivances are exhibited at the Colos seum, and they consist of two distinct and very different species of inventions; first, of some pe culiar agricultural instruments; and, next, of a power, different from animal power, to set them in motion. Of the former, it is not necessary to say much, because there is, as is well known, a great number of agricultural instruments in use, which, by slight adaptation, may be worked by a mecha nical power, and because those which Mr. Pinkus exhibits appear to us in their infancy susceptible of great improvement, and requiring much and varied improvements to suit them to the labours of the farm. Indeed, it is hardly to be expected that the same man should have the somewhat opposite talents of the eminent engineer and the practical agriculturist—that he should both find out a moving power and invent the nice instru ments it is to set in motion. We think Mr. Pinkus's plough, and his machine for perform ing spade labour, or gathering up stones and acting as a harrow, though very ingenious, but very secondary parts of his scheme. The great and important suggestion, if it can be practically worked out, is the application of a cheap me chanical power as a substitute for animal power at every part of the farm. We shall, therefore, confine our description to it, leaving it to the reader to fancy the ploughs and the harrows, and the self-filling and self-emptying dung carts it may set in motion. At - Hyde-lane Colliery near Manchester there is a pneumatic machine tacked to the steam engine which draws the cagls up from the mine. The engine'works an air pump, with which . an air-tight receiver and air-tight main are con nected. At the end of this main, 500 yards from the steam-engine, a vibrating pneumatic cylin der is placed, which is worked by the rarefaction produced in the main, and by the pressure of the atmosphere. Now, this machine working at a distance of 500 yards from the seat of the motive power, draws coal-waggons up a steep inclined plane, and is a demonstration that a power of that kind can be conveyed or made to operate at least at the distance of 500 yards. Mr. Pinkus has taken up this idea, and proposes to apply such a machine to agriculture. He is to erect a steam-engine in the middle of the farm, or where water power can be obtained he employs a water-wheel, and he sets it to work on an air pump, to exhaust the air from a contiguous receiver. With this receiver are connected a series of air-tight mains, laid down under the ground, as may be convenient, in different directions from the central spot, so as to extend to the extremities of the farm. The mains are supplied with valves, so as to shut off or open the communication at pleasure with the exhausted receiver. At various distances, as may be convenient, branch pipes are laid down from the mains, and at different parts of them also, where convenient, there are apexes or open ings, by which a communication can be main tained between a vibrating pneumatic cylinder placed on an ordinary locomotive engine, and the exhausted receiver. It is clear that the cylinder which, being stationary at Hyde-lane Colliery, gives motion to a number of coal waggons, if placed on the top of wheels, can be made to work them by cranks, and this is the power which Mr. Pinkus proposes to substitute for animal power. It is a pneumatic machine working by the weight of the atmosphere and a partially exhausted receiver. The ingenious . part of the invention consists mainly, we think, in the method of communicat ing this power to the locomotive engine. A flex ible tube, composed of a combination of leather and India rubber, kept in a cylindrical form by strong rings of spiral wire, and perfectly air tight, is connected by one end with the branch pipe at one of the apexes we have men tioned, and by the other with the vibrating cylin der which gives motion to the wheels, through a hollow axis, and a fixed stuffing box. The tube is 100 yards long, so that the engine may work that distance from the apex, to which the tube is fixed, out and home. On the locomotive a drum is fixed, which is made to revolve in a given time with the wheels, and around it is coiled the flexible tube, the two ends of which are fixed as described, and which al ways preserves the communication between the vibrating cylinder and the exhausted main. As the engine goes from the apex the drum un winds the flexible tube and is winded on again as the engine returns. It is scarcely necessary to remark that it is easy to make the machine work both ways. Nor is it necessary to dwell on the fact that to this engine different kinds of imple ments may be attached or removed. The main fact is, that Mr. Pinkus distributes a mechanic power over or rather under the land in the man ner we have attempted to describe, which may he called into operation whenever and wherever the farmer pleases. As to the great benefits to be derived from this invention, we are incompetent to speak without a much more extensive examination than we can.bestow on it. Of course, Mr. Pinkus is ready to demonstrate that it is much cheaper, and more convenient, than animal power. Of that, practical men alone can judge, by bringing it to the test of experience. The idea of distri buting a mechanic power at command over the land seems a happy one, and may probably be successfully worked out hereafter. Its advantage, in preference to generating the power on an ordi nary locomotive steam-engine, is, that the weight of the furnace, boiler, water, &c., of the latter is so great, that he same engine, which moves with the rapidity of the wind on a railway, cannot move its own weight on a ploughed field. At the same time, we are by no means of opinion that Mr. Pinkus has yet fallen on the most eco nomical method of generating or conveying the power. He has, however, struck out a new path in which he or others may, by and bye, reach great ends. __ _ We cordially wish that eminent success may attend his exertions. We understand that he has been commissioned to erect and lay down his apparatus by a Mr. Walker, an extensive agriculturist in Mid Lothian, which will enable the world to judge of its utility. For no other art are slaves now much required or sought after, but for field labour. They are not adapted to the skilled labour of towns. It is to cultivate the sugar cane, or the tobacco weed, or coffee plant, that the slave-owner of Cuba, Vir ginia, or Brazil, commits the atrocities which every humane and good man reprobates, which destroy his own peace, and degrade the unhappy beings he condemns to toil for him. A mecha nical motive power to be applied to agricultural purposes, cheaper than slave labour, would be an effectual and certain means of extingishing slavery, and the slave trade. It would no doubt, too, be attended with many advantages in temperate as well as in tropical climates. It would probably add much to our means of sub sistence, increase the property, spare the toil, and augment the happiness of all classes. The object, therefore, is of great importance and worthy of the attention of inquiring and reflect ing men. On this account we have mentioned the scheme, considering that if some persons apply themselves to the improvement and adap tation of implements, and others to the best means of creating the motive power, the end will be more speedily attained. In reference to a paragraph in the Court Circular of this day, we are told that the objects of the deputation from the Western Australian Company, and the Com mittee of the 'Aborigines Protection Society, were to call the attention of the Colonial-office to the justice and necessity of providing for the natives out of their lands, ceded - to the new colony, a sufficient reserve to supply the means of their peaceful existence; and to ask the sane-. tine of Lord J. Russell to the appointment of a duly qualified person to inquire on the spot into the present state of the Aborginea, their relations with the settlers, and the security of their rights and welfare. G. Ouscley liigbins, Es ~ has arrived at Fen ton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland. MR. MARSHALL'S LETTER TO EARL FITZWILLIAM. (The great notice which hes been taken of this let-. ter in Parliament and out of Parliament, having con verted it into an important historical document, induces. us now to publish it entire, though we eoti,sed it three we-ks ago, when it first appeared.' My Dear Lord Fitzwilliam,—As your Lordship's very frank and friendly letter addressej to me,. declin ing to attend the Leeds Reform meeting, and stating reasons why you do not appro%e of the objects of our Association, has been placed before the pub; ,c, th.sough the medium of the press, permit me to °Mt' the ')ugh the same medium a few remarks in reply. I will shortly state the facts that appear to !IIT ; , and to the Reformers in Leeds who have commence n the present movement, to furnish a strong moral, if not a demonstrative, proof, that the House of Commons as now constituted does not fairly represent—does not harmonize with, the people—as is assumed by your Lordship. Teat is the real pivot of the question before us ; for however great the change effected by the last. R. ...form Bill, if it has yet decidedly failed of accomplishing the objects of its promoters, and of the people whose gene rous confidence and enthusiastic support was the great and decisive power that carried that measure, what conclusion can we come to, but that the very saint. reasons that justified the commencement of a revolution, will, a fortiori, justify carrying it ont to its legitimate completion ? We cannot remain half way. Is the Legislature in harmony with the wants, the interests, the intelligence of our countrymen-.? No logical acumen, my Lord, is necessary to , answer that question. Calm and dispassionate attention to the simplest facts are sufficient. 'What is the physical, mora', and social condition of the bulk of the people ? There lies the proof, plain as though written in sunbeam, of the true character of the Government of every country. If we look to countries that are really free, where there is no doubt about the matter that the Govern ment does really harmonize with the people ; if we look to the United States, to Norway, to Switzerland, we ace throughout the length and breadth of those lands a happy people, enjoying in peace and security the whole fruits of their own industry, in a high state of physical wellbeing, distinguished by intellectual and moral culture, subject to no laws but such as arc equal, just, beneficent. Read Laing, read Symons, test this assertion by the figures of statistics, and it will come out rigorously true. Dare you say, my Lord, or earl any man of the calm est, most impartial, most philosophic mind, affirm, as matter of fact, that the condition of the people of England is now that of a free and happy community, living under equal, just, and merc!ful laws? 1 ask and entreat your Lordship first to consider, and then publicly, deliberately, and fully to give your own answer to that question. In the meantime, I will give mine.—Look at the condition of the agricultural labourer ; enter his bare cottage, see him striving to maintain himself and family on the pittance of seven shillings a week. Consider what are his sad prospects in life, on the very verge of absolute death by hunger ; a single step, if so much, out of the poor-house ; no hopes of amendment, of bet ter or happier days ; as has been his youth so will be his comfortless old age. This man, my Lord, now prostrate, destitute of independence, energy, or hope, has in him a mind, an immortal soul, a capacity of en joyment as large and liberal as your own, and he is of as much value in the ey es of a Just and Merciful God, as you are. Have you really done your whole duty by this your poor unhappy brother, by writing a few letters on the Corn-laws, excellent as they are—and by assisting to pass the Reform Bill, " a great measure," —and then, regardless bow it really works, giving your self up in peace and contentedness to your hunting, shooting, and other diversions? Believe me, you have far more to do yet ; let your manly understanding only grapple fairly with the subject, and your high sense of duty will imperatively urge you many steps further. Look again at the crowded streets of our great ma nufacturing towns, peruse the various statistic ac counts by impartial observers of the terrible destitu tion, the fearful want, disease, degradation, misery, physical and moral in every shape, that reign there. Look at the wan and haggard faces of the work people that come into our Courts of Justice, that at tend our public meetings. See how the very race of Englishmen is dwindling down and degenerating under the effects of the unremitting labour, the instil . - ficient and unwholesome food that their country's laws allow them to enjoy. For well you know, my Lord, that all this misery is of man's ordinance and contriv ing, not the work of the beneficent providence of God, who like a true parent has provided ample food and rai ment for all his children, if left free to go and earn them by their own labour. I have not space to depict one tenth part of the misery that the cruel laws of our aristocracy heap upon our people. It is now nine years since your " great measure" the Reform Bill passed. What has the Reform Bill done for the people ?—has it given them bread or clothing ; has an enlightened Whig Government employed that time in spreading over the land, into every parish, the great first requisite, education—intellectual, moral, and re ligious, for all the people committed to their charge ? Oh ! no. Their intentions were excellent, and would have performed these urgent necessary duties, if, per haps, they had been able. What have they done ? Municipal Reform, a Penny Post, and divers other small matters—all very well in their way, but mere drops of water taken out of the bucket of national grievances. New Poor laws ? Ah, my Lord, when you think of that roes sure of stern justice, that was so readily passed, and then of the deadly Corn-laws, whose repeal was so doggedly resisted, and which actually murders,the poor people that the Poor-law drives to depend upon their own exertions, rather than eater the hated poor house—yes, I say, deliberately murders them. Can you take any credit for the two measures coupled togetheros they ought in fairness to be in judging of our aristocratic legislation ? Negro emancipation ? a happy, a glorious measure And who by long labour and perseverance matured and carried this measure? Was it the aristocracy or the people themselves ? And who paid for it twenty millions, a noble gift ? Why, the people themselves ! What does that great measure prove—does it teach no moral lesson ? Yes, it proves that even to the poor, degraded, benighted negro slave, how good, how safe, how blessed a thing the gilt of Freedom is. Good God ! and we deny freedom to our countrymen, who paid twenty millions for the freedom of the blacks I will go no further ; surely if these facts are correct, and I challenge any one to disprove them, here is proof sufficient that the English people are indeed not go verned by just, equal, and merciful laws. Are the mass of the people in harmony with the Go vernment? I think you, my Lord, were present when the Magistrates' table at Sheffield was loaded with Chartist pikes : you have not forgotten Newport ; you have heard how, when the wealthy classes at Leeds and Bristol met to offer the starving people charity, they were met by a wild fierce cry, " Justice, justice—we want justice, not charity." The violentand illegal course the Chartists took has for a time broken up their organization. It would be a fatal mistake to infer that the spirit of Chartism is dead, or that all Reformers who are inert and silent spectators are against the objects of Chartism and supporters of Wbig government. How much of evil may be dreaded from, this spirit pervading the working class in total separation from, and hos tility to, the middle and upper classes, I need not say. I would refer your Lordship to some excellent letters on this subject, published in the Hertford Reformer, in July and August, 1833, by Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, than whom no one is more capable of forming a calm and impartial judgment. Here is sufficient evidence, I think, of a fearful want of harmony between the mass of the people and the governing power; and such, I think, as justifies the Leeds Reformers in saying that mis government so gross, resistance to the clearest claims of justice and humanity so blind and ob stinate, do urgently call for a large extension of the franchise, in order to place the people and Go vernment really in harmony with each other. The Whigs are fond of saying, " Wait—wait---opinion is ripening; in time the prejudices of these Noble Lords and large landed proprietors will be removed, and then the grievances will be redressed." Ay, my Lord, but how would you or I like to starve for nine years, while these Noble Lords are learning the A, B, C, of political science ? The Whigs again, with great inconsistency, accuse the people of not supporting their measures by pressure from without : they expect the people to be more hurl ligent, and to act on higher principles than the L e g is ture, and in the same breath deny them a voice even I choosing legislators. sink r they Help, help us, good people, or we le honestly cry out one moment. And whets the t set to work to help them in youh angteretande tune to—" Softly, softly, goo d u us on - to our noses!" upon our heels, now you pus h earooeple ;thneoypwe Eng land is to be guided and cor Believe me, my Lord, if.trhetedD,eimtocmruacstyboefbEyufga-r other modes of policy . than t is. that importanceyou, my Lord, should ponder these things an less th a n d lt others iof th o e f d y e o e u p r is t class„ .well ; for they are p regnant with important results to t to that of the whole community. • The political prin ciples of Aristocracy and Monarchy ate now upon their trial. If they can succeed in coming to an un. derstanding with the principles of Democracy, so that each may be strong and vigorous within its own s phere, 'without clashing with the others, then Aris tocracy and Monarchy will live ; and the best, the most perfect, the most highly organised, the most vigorous and happiest form of Government will result. For I fully concur with Guizot, that the general re sult of the progress of civilization and of the Science of Government has been to develope succes sively new social and political principles, which •uniting with those previously existing, produce a richer, more high l y "Mind; and more perfect form of government, MORNING EDITIO N. united to the increited intelligenee and extended R 'ant and powers of the people. That new principle is modern European civi Liza_ ton, as De Toqueville has ably shown, is De roo cracy. The onward movement of Democracy i s irresistible. They of the Aristocracy and Mon arc h y must make th e i r c h o i ce o f h ow th e y will me. ?.t it..._ with peace or war. Boldly and frankl) • meet Demo cracy, talk t o it, stu d y i t, un d erstan d i t, conciliate it, then on safe and honourable terms you May make peace and permanent alliance with it. Stand alo o f f rom i t w i t h unmanly fear ma d s uspi cionf refuse to speak to it or understand it, tree it it with mixed hostility, contempt, and dread ; then expect war, and the result a little sooner or a little later,- that A r i s t ocracy and Monarchy with hid( ous confusion and fierce violence will be overwhelived „qui swept away. Now the one great common obje et ot : men of all parties, Conservative, Whig, and Ra who, in a n y just sense of th e wor d, can b e said r 4 F able of tho ug ht, i s to continue th e i r e ff orts to at tain reconciliati on o f t h e o ld political principles: d btwa i e c i n a c ,l this with the new, I profess myself to belong exclusively to none of those parties, and can conceive it possible that 1 men of opposite opinions may yet 40-operwe to attain a cominen object. How ? By just and wise concessions on both sides in practical matters without any compromise of prin ciples. Let us at any rate try, is the first instance, how far we can agree ; let us not begin with the pos tulate that we can never coincide. Now, my Lord, the object of our Leech: meeting v ies to bring the middle classes and the Democracy, face to lace, in amicable and conciliatory discussion that they might talk to each other, see each other, lear n to understand each other. t was the first great meeting of the kind. And I sincerely rejoice to be. able to say that this first conference has in its prin cipal object fully succeeded, and that a great moral ..Iffect has been produced ; that the middle classes uow look upon Democracy with more respect, with less f ez , r, with more sympathy ; that the Democracy is enrk liliated, looks upon the middle classes with less and with friendly instead of hostile feelings ; an d that throughout the effect has been to show how wise and prudent a thing it is to be bold and fearless .in the outspeaking of what is true, and that the safest 0..4. all courses of action is to " Have courage to be just." To promote in every possible manner the full discussion 4 the all-important ques tion of a further organic chaMe . e in our Legislature, that shall complete and render pe.rfeet the work com menced by the Reform Bill, and sh,lll bring the Go vernment into true harmony with Lhe people, is the: special vocation of our Association at Leeds. - Allow me to say, that should your Lordship favour any of our meetings with your presence as a guest. or visitor, nothing would afford us a higher gratifica tion than to receive amongst us one to whom the Reformers of Leeds are bound by. so ma ay provin cial and personal tics, and to afford you the .means of judging of our objects and proceedings, w.'tb your own eyes and ears, and of expressing personal:ly your own opinionr.—l am, yours faithfully, JAMES G. MARSHALL COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took equestrian exercise,. yesterday in the riding school at Pimlico. • Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of they Qucen. The Archbishop of Canterbury had an audience of his. Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last-. evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Lord Hill, Lord Dalmeny, Sir Hussey and Lady Vivian, and Sir George Anson. The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Mar chioness of Normanby as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen, Lord Byron, and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley have succeeded Lord Poltimore, and Sir Frederick Stovin, as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, and thei Duchess of Gloucester, visited her Majesty the Queen_ Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. The Duke of Cambridge, honoured the Haymarket, Theatre with his presence on Tuesday evening. Baron. Knesebeek and Major Stephens were in waiting on his Royal Highness. A deputation from the Western Australian Company,. consisting of Mr. F. Hutt, M.P., Governor; Mr. J. Chapman, Deputy Governor, and Mr. J. Irving, bad an interv;ew with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colo nial-office. The Earl of Uxbridge, Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., and Mr. Archbold, had interviews with the Marquis of Nor manby yesterday, at the Foreign-office. A Deputation from the Aborigines Protection Society consisting of Messrs. Standish Motte, R. King, D. Hodgkin, A. B. Wright, and F. Maitland James, Mem bers of the Committee, had an interview yesterday with Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office. The Cabinet Ministers dined last evening with Sir J. Hobhouse at his residence in Berkeley-square. The Earl of Shelburne arrived in town on Tuesday night from Wilton House. Mr. Walker had an interview yesterday wish Lord J. Russell at the Colonial-office. THE LATE FIRE AT WYNYARI) HOUSE. Immediately on the arrival of Lord Seaham at Wynyard, on Thursday last, an investigation was instituted for the purpose of ascertaining the true cause of the destruction of that ancient and princely mansion. The head gardener, it seems, had the tires alight in the conservatory on the day previous, but no more so than usual, and at the time of leaving the building there were no indications of a fire raging in the flues. On Friday last Lord Se a h am , w ith several gentlemen, went over the ruins and examined the walls of the chapel and con servatory, in the hopes of discovering some proof of the precise origin of the fire ; but none could be found. His Lordship, however, learnt that a short time since one of the flues con nected with the conservatory was either cut into or blocked up to admit of the alterations in the chapel, and the general im pression entertained is that some timber had been left exposed in the flue, and had caught fire by the action of the heat from the furnaces under the conservatory, and had smouldered until reaching the rafters that supported the gallery near the organ loft, and then burst in flames. The destruction of Camberwell old church some few weeks back was under precisely similar circumstances. The amount of property destroyed is estimated at between. 100,0001. and 150,0001., and we hear that it will be a total: loss to his Lordship, he being, it is stated, wholly uninsured.. The fact, however, cannot be precisely known until his Lord ship's return to England, which is expected in the latter end of the present month. Some idea may be formed of the ex - tent of the mansion from the following description :—The pic ture gallery was 145 feet long and 60 feet in breadth, and up wards of 40 feet in height ; the principal dining-room was .54 feet in length, 20 feet in depth, and 30 in height ; the large drawing-room was 60 feet long, 36 in breadth, and 28 fe et high ; and the second drawing-room was about the sanie dimensions. The different apartments were most gorgeously fitted up. The decorations alone cost 40,0001. Among the choice exotics that were in the conservatory, and which fell a sacrifice to the flames, were several splendid orange trees, once the favourites of the Empress Josephine, presented to thelll.ar ehioness a few years ago. THE COMMISSIONERSHIP OF THE CITY Poucs.—We are authorised to contradict in the most un qualified manner, the report that Mr. D. W. Harvey was about to resign the office of Commissioner of the City Police, and to Etat* that Mr. Harvey never contemplated such a thing as the resignation of the office. It ban be come necessary to make this statement from authority, as several gentlemen have been canvassing very actively for the situation. DEATH OF THE DOWAGER VISCOUNTESS BARRINGTON. —lntelligence has been received in town of the demise of the above estimable Viscountess, who died' on Tuesday morning, after an illness of only a few days,. at her residence, near Beckett Houle, Berks. The' deceased Viscountess, who was second daughter of Mr. Robert Adair and Lady Caroline Keppel , daughter of Willi am , secon d Earl of Albemarle, married the 12th of February, 1788, to the late Vis c ount fifteen w as a parent-- their Barrington, by whom her Ladyship bad a family ie 1 children, nine of whom survive revered ,to Jane, namely, Viscount Barrington, M. PC La Lady o f the fourth daughter of Lord Ravenswort , e Dowager; the Hon. Bed chamber to her Majesty the Lowther John, mar.. and ev. h l the Hon. Charlotte; Hon. 3 d ughter of t e ate Catherine pelhaut. 3 vied to Lady Henr, Hon. Geortiana, Earl of Chichester; the Hen. the y Rev. Thos. Mills, ed tu Augustus, Hon. Caroline, thlufteConentess of Dartmouth, and Hoe. Elizabeth, mar tli n e Queen. Chaplain in Ordinary to _, Eit y U PON THE BANK or EXTENSIVE FOEu Half per been l a tely discovered that a robbery ENGLAND. —Iit hu 1 .50 i, had been committed by means to the amount of 6 'of attorney on the Bank of England of a forged eel, iner d, of Friday-stree,, linendraper. in the New Three -and-a- by Christopher s it is said, a trustee The . forgery Cents ,and "ttcd some months ago, but was not discovered was com)! • bin the last few days. On Thursday Picard was until wit. and in such a state of health as to be unfit to in town, . The stock leave his room. He was, however, doctored up • in such a ta k p e io a s o rd utzs , manner as to be able to go out in a coach, and it is gene rally supposed that be is now on the- Continent. The mon ey was taken out at two different times.. The delin quent also resided at No. 6, Highbury-green. A re ward of 1001. has been offered for his apprehension. HOUSES IN FLEET-ST REET.--=On Monday morning the staircases of the offices of the Weekly Di:- patch were observed to be sinking, and on examination by Mr. Arding and Mr. Ward, the builders, it was deemed necessary to erect additional shores, and to Warn the resi dents of the impending danger. The consequence was workmen were employed the whole of the day in removing furniture. The houses that have fallen were some of the oldest ia Fleet-strect, and were standing long before i the plague and fire of London, and a tradesman:in the no t gh i - r bourhood informed the reporter that he rem rs embers the ir having been modernized about tbirty- e fi ' v ago, ila y r e a a ppea e opre vious to which time they presented 6 112 t h e house of Mr. eaves and gable ends, similar those teish_, at is Temple-gate, opposite Johns, the hosier'', adjoi nin g g 'clthat many of the houses in the Chancery-lane. It i- sal t a _eourt are in a very unsafe and neighbourhood of Peppin and _ that many of the floors have dilapidated conditioni the level. It is hopedthat this accident sunk some. hotbed below will draw the attention of the parochial authorities accident prevent any future y eet a nd thereby the SD j , to we are NIPPY in being able to state 'that the • Lord Chancellor continues to improve in health, but it is ex pected that the Noble and Learned Lord will be no t expee able to resume his official duties for some days to come. Mr. Charles Kean will commence au engage ment in the Edinburgh Theatre. on Mon,i, the 15th inst. _cakdonian Mercury. ?" • .:.., 'sures ,ecttm' ed jA axis c" ) 05 L , r eof• encY , e in' hot!, if). e • 4th r the l orea 1311 ,4 ' r ef a f t er ntine and con - Ply fri- Lao •TicE fsid drag .(Isi 50' the t f le ° r the IDa et' tic ? ' dr e 4-1-