The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-09 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gar. otos of Buckingham Palace yesterday morning. Ir!seount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, atf ended by Sir Edward Biwater, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included ler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kr.snt, his Highness Prince Esterhazy, the Prince Nicholas Esterhszy, the Bavarian Minister and B ironess Cetto, Lady Fanny Howard, Earl of E-rol, Earl of U xbridge, Viscount Melbourne, and Lady Bowater. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards =1; tended. Prince Albert honoured Mr. A. Penley with a si . Cc; yeiterday morning, at Buckingham Palare. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Keat took an airing in a carriage yesterday. A DsTutation, consisting of Messrs. Colville, Irvine, Dav:,son, Hankey, M'Gai e', and Greene, had an in terview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Co lonial•office. A Deputation, including Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Jones, and the City Remembrances, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in Downing -street. The Earls of Glengall and Pingoll bad interviews with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home-office. The Bishop of St. 'Asaph and the Bishop of Bangor bad interviews with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial• office, yesterday. Kurreetn Khan of Delhi and Suite visited the Pancrama. P4RLIAMENTARY DiVISIO NS. (From the Poles and Proceedings of the Houses(' Common.) 310NDAY, MARCH 8. LORD KEANE'S ANNUITY BILL. Or:Afor Third Beading read ; Motion made and Question TM .. e--" That the Bill be now read the third time :" Amendment proposed, to leave cut the word ' now,' and at the end of the Question to add the words, ' Upon this day six mouths:' " ...CU:motion put . , " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question :"—The House divided :-- MAJORITY—AYES, 128. Ackli.lrkir T. D. Fremantle, Sir T. Alston, Rowland Freshtleld. J. W. Audo,ver 4 Viscount Gladstonr , W. E. Aochbold Robert Gordon, Robert Ashley, f.orti Gore, O. W. Raabe, Colpnel H. Goring, H. 1). Bainni E. ? Goulburn. Henry Baldwin, C. B. Grattan, . 1 . Daring, F T. Greene, T. lernard, E. G. Grey, Sir C. Farion, H. W. Grosvenor, Lord R. Barry, G. S. Harcourt, G. G. Basset, John Hardlnge, Sir H. Bethell, 11, Harland, W. C. lkiii. John James Hepburn, Sir T. B. ramston, T. W. Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Broadley, H. Hodgson, Richard Broadwood, Henry Hogg, J. W. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hope, Hon. C. Brisfeild, William Howard, B. G. Chichester, J. P. B. Howard, C. W. G. Childers, J. W. Hurt, Francis Clay, W. Inglis, Sir R. H. Clerk. ST Georgt Irving, John Clive, E. B. Jenkins, Sir IL 'etre, Rolxrt Jermyn, Lord Cochrane, Sir T. Johnstone, Hope Copeland, 'W. Junes, John Sorry, Rl3ht lion. H., knatchbull, Sir L. Cowper, Hon. W. F. ' Lahouchere, H. Dalrymp'e, Sir A. 1 Lennox, Lord A. Darby, George 1 Loather, J. H. Davies, Colonel Lushington, Hon. S. I.)onison, W. J. Macauley, T. B. Dick, Q. MacKenzie, W. F. Douhlas, Sir C. Macnamara, W. Eaton, ~ R. J. Mahon, Lord Egerton, W.T. Marton, George Egerton, Lord F. Haute, Hon. Sox Eliot, Lord Miles, W. Estcourt,l. G. U. Milnes, Richard Evans, Sir D.: Lacy hkrgan, Octavius Evans, W. Morpeth. Viscount Yitzc.lan, Lord Neel, John O'Ferrall, R. M. Packe, C. W Paget, F. Peel, Hon. Sir R Perceval. Colonel Planta, J Pollock, Sir F. Ponsonby, C. Praed, W. T Protheroe, Edward Rae, Sir William Richards, R. Roche, W. E Rolleston, L. Rose, Sir George Round, C. G. Rushbrook, Colonel Russell, Lotd John Sanden, Lord Scarlett, J Y. Seymour, Lord Shaw, Frederick Smith, Abel Smith, G. R. Smith, R. Vernon Somerset, Lord G. Stanley. Lord Stuart, Villiers Style, Sir Charles Sugden, Sir Edward Troubridge, Sir T. Turner, Edmund Vere, Sir C B. Villiers, Lord, Vivian, Sir R. Wilbraham, G. Wood, Colonel T. Wrightson ' W. B. Yates, J. A. Young, John TELLERS. Stanley. E. J. Grey. Sir G. Berkeley, F. 11.• 1;1 - .die, W. D. Brotherton, J. Donnlitour, J. D ncorai e, T. S. Z:a+tbope, John Mier, M. NORITY—NOES, Humphery, J. Hutton, R. Langton, Col. G. Lushin.ton, C. marsland, H. Morris, Davie O•Conne'l, D. Pattison, J. Philips, H. Pryme, G. Rundle, J. Saiwey, Colonel Sheppard, T. Stanfield, W. R. C Stewart, James Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Tancred, H. W. Turner, William Villiers, Charles P. Wakley, Thomas Wall, C. B. n .kw,it, W. Gillion; W. a Croce,.o._ White, A. Winnington, Sir T. Wood, B. IFtall. Sir B. J. a }tar die!, Marks Uponi, Robert TELLERS. Hume, J . Williams, W. SUPPLY-1n Comm Notion made, and Question proposed,. , exteedini 412,26€1., bs granted to her M 'the eharge of Volunteer Corps, from ti 1841, to the 31st day of March, 1842, bet Us Committee divided : —" That a sum, not Isjesty, for defraying be Ist day of April, th days inclusive :" MAJORI T Y—AYES, Agfon, Hon. Colocel Egerton, W. T. itnfrobus, Edamnd Estcourt, T. G. B. Baring, F. 'l. Glynne. Sir S. Barnard. E. G. G'rinisditch. T. Bellew. 1%. DI. HeathcoA, John Itlake,, Illarsi ' Hobhouse, T. B. Bolicin. J. J. Howard, P. H. itramston. T. W. Kemble, Henry 13;licoe. J. Lennox, Lord A. jiTyan, Geoe i le Lowther, J. H. , Itield, W. Alan allay, T. B. .t.ier„ am. P. Alackenzi , .. 'l'horaas , Clay, W. A:organ, Oc aviva (ice, R. H. Packe, C. W. igollier, 3. Palmerston, Viscount 41:35ete, lair C. H. Parnell Sir H. Dalrymple, Mr A. Piget, D. U. UAW/nu. W. J. Plumptrs, .1. P. Rose, Sir George ltushbrooke, Colons! Rutherford, A. &law, F. Somers, J. P. Thomas, Colonel Turner, E. Vivian, C. C. Vivian, John Ennis Vivian, Sir R. H. Wilbraham, G. Woost, G.W. Wood, Colonel T; Yates, John A. TELLERS. Parker, John Tufnell, Henry Brat buten, J. Ea* , hop,. Jebit Wynn- Zaaus, Sir G. Do Lacy. X.carr, W. Itibert NOR' TY—NOES, O'Connell, D. Salyrey, Colonel Seale, Sir J. Strickland, Sir G. Tancred, H. W. Thornely, Thomas Wakley, Thomas Warburton, H. Wood, Benjamin TELLERS. Hume. Joseph Duncombe, T. S. PA iILIA.BIENTAR Y BUS INESS. 2401'ICES QIIrEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. SATURDAY, MARCH 6. I. Lough Foyle Drainage.— Committee on Petition, Marsh 17. 2 Laugh Swiily D.ainage,—Committee on Petition, March 17. 3. trensall Inclosure,—Committee en Petition, March 17. 4. London and Greenwich Railway,—Com. on Pet., March 17. s. Atherstone Sma►l Debts,—Committee on Petition, postponed ,from Tuesday, 9th March, till Wednesday, 7th April 6. TiaraOio and Duckspool Embankrnen t,—Cemm it teo on Petition, postponal .rom Tuesday 9th till Thursday llth March. 7. Dallyteigue Embankrnent,—committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 9th to Thursday 11th March. 6. Ecottish Marine Insurance Company,— Committee on l'etition, . . .. - postponed from Tuesday 9th till Thursday 1 lth March. 9. Ytrk and LoLclon Assurance Company,-3d Reading, March 9, MONDAY, MARCH 8. 1. Wells and Highbridge Road,--Second Reading, March 12. 2. Great Leinater and Munster Rally. ay,—Committee on Petition. Postponed front Wednesday 10th till Monday 15th March. 3. £hutts and iSiilsontown Railway,—Committee on Petition, postponed from Wednestlay 10th till Thursday llth March. 4. rolloc and Govan Railway,—Second Reading, Ma.•ch 12. 5. Annan Fisticries,—Second Reading, March 6. Ercmrton and Earls Court Road,—Committee on Petition, pos'porod from Wednesday 10th till Thursday 11th March. 7. South Western Railway,—Committee on BM, adjourned till March 11, at two. • 8. Peifast and Cavoh ill Railway,—Corn. on Pet., March 10. 9. Sounampton Trust (Sr. Pancras) Paving,—Second Reading, March 12. ]O. Cam!ingay Inclosure,—Second Reading, March 12. 11. Blanchester and Salford Waterworks, Committee on Bill, March ld. at two. 12. Liverpool Gas,—Committee on Bill, March 16, at twelve. 1;;. Winwick lteptory,—Committee on Bill, March 16, a: two. , &c Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill- 7 ." for . extending and enlarg ing ', se R 9 al f i t w h a e provisions of the Acts relating to the Bristol and Xxeter cond Presented and read a first time, to be read a se. Blackinirn IM?roveinent — Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to ty, b Lord, Stanley and Mr. Wilson Patten. Wakcfi-ld Waterwocksymretitir for Bill reported, and Bill or dered to , be brought in by . 11 1I t e i s and Sir George Strickland. with aw and Coltness Itailwsv ri:ari a second time, and enof Selection. coramttleil, end referred to he " y Mai . chester and Leeds Railway R ev Select Committee On Standing Orders (sth M read—Bin forrodmered to be brought ip by Sir. Mack Philips and Sir. Broth erton. adlacptit t Derby Gas Bil 1—" for better li ghting with G as the h borough of " pre. Irby, and several parishes and plaee s econdme. ereto, ti *exited, and read a first time, to be read a s North It.tilway Eill—" for grantin g f urther power the North Midland Railway Company." presented, and read afiso r t .t iliac, to be read a second time. Ardrossan Harbour—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill or. -de:ed -to be brought in by Lord Viscount Kelburne and Lord James Staart. Coventry arid Warwick Road—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to ho brought in by Sir John Mordaunt, Mr. Shirley, at.d Sir F.a:d:ey Wilmot. _'strut Rolling and Compressing Iron Company Bill—" for 1145 " end establishing ' The Patent Rolling and Compressing Yro.4 Company,' asid to enable the said Company to purchase cer taiio.4etes.i Patent, and to sue and be sued, and for other pur. I'es,%lPl - o'etited, and read a first time, to be read a second time. Itarbayi 01—Further consi.teration of Report dcfcrved till Wtot4, laTah Bill to amend an Act passed in the twelfth ?rusr of roe 4eign of King George the Third, for the better secur- A• aim 14161erving her Majesty's Dockyards. Magazines; Shipi, trialaition, and Stores, ordered to be brought in by Lord John 1 1 112_411_ and 114. Fox Mauls. unclii3—" for puui,shing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the Lotter pa moot of the Army and their Quarters," presented, and road a first time. tote read a second time to morrow Marine lilutiby for the regulation of her Majesty's 14 'syal 51411 n° Fors while on Sho re," presented, and read a first te bo read a s eacnd time to.morrow. WATERLOO Our DGE---4"-.--Severai of the London papirs p.iterday stated that the lowering i f the foot toll to a halfpenny nad act been attended with the anticipated sue eis, and that during the last week the traffic had not been increased mote than ono half. We arc glad to give a much more favourab'e account of the experiment. Since the reduction of the toll, on Monday, the Ist instant, the number of fott passe - gers has been gradualy on the in t ref se. On Sunday last more than twice the average number passed over the briclge ; yesterday the increase Was nearly the same ; i n a ll pribability, by the commence-. rrei tof next week the numbers will Le trebled ; and libels the reduction becomes generally known, we have no dotal t of the proprietors resl:zing a revenue twice as great .a my they have ever Jet received. As a proof of the gated effects of the cliaogr, persons are now seen pasiieg ore, the bridge cf a class that never set foot on it before, except iiatieca4ion of some great rowing match or Lord Mayor's Day. SCOTT'S B IBLE.— I n the Vice-Chancellor ' s Com yesterday, Mr. Jacob moved, on the pait of Messrs. 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Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, ROBERT MACAIRE. Robert Macaire by Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with THE RIEVER'S RANSOM; OR, GILDEROY. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. %Stoning 35 minutes after I Evening 51 minutes after 3. The Publication of the Evening Edition •f Tim Sus com- tneneed at 10 mina's after Three. / 4 4,3 • 0 4.• • , „ Id 0 NO • k•• • * • Chi ,§ttn. LONDON: TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1841. Lord ABERDEEN gave notice in the House of Peers last night that he would to-day ask a ques tion of the Marquis of NORMANDY relative to the new Professorship at Edinburgh. The Earl of AfOUNTCASIIELI, after adverting to the Indians of Florida, who threaten the United States, and to the negroes ready to take part with England, and after adverting to the news which arrived yesterday from the United States, asked Viscount MELBOURNE whether the Government had received any official informa tion of the Report made to Congress. Viscount MELBOURNE replied in the negative, but he had no doubt of its authenticity. The Court of Exchequer and the Tithe Com position Bills (Ireland) were read a second time. - The Earl of GLENGALL moved for some addi tional reports to elucidate the conduct of the Poor-law officials in Ireland. He again con demned the conduct of those gentlemen at Clon mel. The returns were ordered, Lord NOR MANDY declaring that he wished a full inquiry. Their Lordships then adjourned. In the Commons a number of petitions were i presented. t n h t e h r e e m eo o v t et i or o y n s( o i,ti f Mr. Fox MAULS, the further proceeding with all Bills for establishing Courts for ° said he had no objection In answer Bill to a Select Committee that he .would move the 3 Committee which sat on the re- Lord J. RUSSELL stna . ll debts was stayed. PEEL, Mr. LABOUCHERE subject last Session. explained tl proposed to make in the Poor Bill. He means to limit it the Commissioners the same to local Acts as under the law, not to insist on having t 0 atao r pn e ybpfi_d f oolu e itE. l ‘el i .iivateay t li,lc l igi i tae e isiearnrnisa,t ß te,wti nitaoootiinflagNsti, notice a hhlc, y eeee original power with regard grounds at tached to the workhouses, and to lea ve it in the power of one-fifth of the guardians to refuse to establish, with other unions, a separat 1 , -, _e _m use for l un atics and infants. After a brief convers a ti on the Bill was ordered to be taken into further consideration on Friday week. At a subsequent period of the evening the Bill was committed pro forma, when some further con versation took place on the subject, from which it appears that GILBERT Unions are to be brought under the operation of the Bill. Lord KEANE'S Annuity Bill was read a third time, after a division, promoted by Mr. HUME, the numbers being--for 128, against 40. Sir H. INGLIs expressed a hope that the eminent ser vices of Sir FRANCIS . HEAD In Canada would be rewarded. On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. BRAMSTON inquired why the Go vernment gave something for the support of the yeomanry of Hertfordshire, and nothing for the yeomanry of Essex ? Mr. Fox MAULS explained that at the time the reduction of the yeomanry was made, it was decided by the fact that the regiments had not been calledrout for active service. Such was the case with the yeomanry of Essex. Mr. GOULBURN reminded the Hon. Member that charges of partiality had been made a ga i ns t the Government in reducing the yeomanry. He thought the yeomanry of Essex were particu larly liable to be serviceable in protecting the Ordnance stores at Waltham. Lord J. RUSSELL and Sir H. VIVIAN both stated that the yeomanry were not required for that service. On renewing the motion for the House to go iiito Committee, Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his regret that the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN had not been brought distictly under the notice of the House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman condemned the court-martial on Captain REYNOLDS for not having taken into its consideration the mitigat ing circumstances of his offence. He also con demned the conduct of the Horse Guards for ex tending its protection to titles and rank, and re fusing it to merit. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman referred too, very emphatically, to Ca nada. He declared that in the civil war which had already existed there the Government was wrong; and he cautioned Ministers as to their future conduct. He referred to the proceedings of the Bishop of EXETER, which he denounced as tending to rob the Catholics of Canada, be cause they were Catholics. But he would not believe that such an act of injustice would be consummated. From Canada Mr. O'CONNELL went to India, where many of the soldiers are Catholics ; and he had received many letters from them complaining of the want of religious comfort. He assured the House that the present was a time when they would find it prudent to conciliate the Catholics of Ireland. Sir G. GREY, the Judge Advocate, asserted that the court-martial on Captain REYNOLDS had strictly done its duty. Sir DE LACY EVANS thought the court was not fairly composed. He combatted Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S opinion that the Earl of CARDIGAN was persecuted because he was a Peer, the fact being, that a person of title has many means of making himself popular more than an untitled man. He also stated that it was not unusual to place an officer on half-pay who had incurred displeasure. Mr. WARBURTON was of opinion that the facts of the case required an investigation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL explained that the rank of the Earl of CARDIGAN had attracted the no tice of the public, not that it had rendered him unpopular in the army, or with his officers. He only referred to the affairs of Canada, to say that any interference with the ordinance would be considered as intended to withhold a benefit from Catholics as Catholics. Mr. HUME thought that Lord HILL should be removed from the command of the Army. Mr. MACA ULAY also explained his former words, and added that they were bound to pro vide religious instruction for the Catholics they sent to India. Sir R. PEEL deprecated meddling with the Commander-in-Chief and with the Army. He approved of the conduct of the Ministry, and hoped they would persevere in their just course. After a few words from Colonel SALWEY, Sir H. HARDINGE explained that he had said the differences in the Eleventh partook of the nature of a cabal on the part of some of the officers he had not attributed a cabal to the whole re giment. The House then went into a Committee of Supply, and the Committee divided on the vote for the yeomanry, which was carried by 49 to 14. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN then moved the Ordnance Estimates, several of which were voted, and the House resumed. The Copyright Bill went through a Committee, pro forma, and is to be re-considered on the 17th instant. Lord J. RUSSELL moved for leave to bring in Bills to amend the Criminal Law. The Noble Lord explained the objects of these Bills at some length. No opposition was made, and leave was given. The House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. The rancorous attacks now making, both in Par liament and by the Tory Press, on our Catholic fellow-subjects is calculated to excite alarm for the permanent tranquillity of the empire. Do the Bishop of EXETER, Lord STANLEY, and Mr. Counatourr suppose that the Roman Catholics will lie down and be trampled on by them ? If they do not, why do they seek to make the Le gislature an instrument for oppressing the Catho lics? Lord STANLEY, utterly regardless of their feelings, brings in a Bill avowedly to disfranchise the Catholic peasantry of Ireland, abate the influ ence of the Catholic priesthood, and restore the ascendancy of the orange landlord. The Irish Catholics do not for a moment lose sight of this, —his real object, and the Catholic Journals have taken for their watchword, Lord MOIL PETH'S Bill or Repeal. Lord STANLEY, as Mr. O'CONNELL said, is the great promoter of re peal, if he be not also the fosterer of rebellion. For mischief he is well matched by the Bishop of EXETER. The great majority of the inhabi tants of Lower Canada are Catholics, who, through much oppression, have been loyal to England. The chief of their seminaries in Ca nada, San Sulpice, has been in possession of certain property—for seignories, aswellas tithes, are property—ever since the year 1760. Their possession has never been contested, but latterly it has been thought advisable to commute the seignories. That was recommended by Mr. BULLER, in a Report to Earl DURHAM, and after years of contention the terms were agreed on between the owners of the seignories and those who were bound to do them service. An ordinance to carry them into effect was passed by Lord SEATON in 1839, but could not be then rendered effective. •It has subsequently been passed by Lord SYDENHAM, and properties to the value of 65,973/. had been enfranchised under that ordinance between last July and last January. The Governor-General, on the spot, declares that the disallowance of this ordinance would be most disastrous. Nevertheless, the Bishop of EXETER, out of a rabid hatred to the the Catholics in every part of the empire into P determined resistance to the Legislature. Such conduct may be Christian, charitable, Protes tant, and just). - We\ are, however, quite sure, that, under our present circumstances, it is not politic. The ground on which the Bishop of EXETER and the Times defend their conjoint attack on Lord SYDENHAM'S ordinance, calling it illegal, anti- Protestant, usurping, and a host of other names, is the followin g Act of ELIZAB ETH . I n th e 16th section of the Act of 1 ELIZABETH, cap. 1, it is enacted— " That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state; or poten tate, spiritual or temporal, shall at any time after this Session of Parliament use, exercise, or enjoy any manner of power, jurisdiction, superiority, authority, pre-eminence, or privilege, spiritual or ecclesiastical, within this realm, or within any other your Majesty's dominions or countries that now be, orhereafter shall be." Now this enactment is one of the many lies with which the Statute Book is incumbered. The Tories at this moment complain continually of the influence and power of the POPE. No statute can put a stop to it ; it has always existed, in fact, to some extent, and will exist, till men, ashamed of priestcraft, put it down; but on this abortion of an enactment the Bishop of EXETER and the rest of the Tories find themselves justi fied in throwing Canada into flames. How strangely must their minds be constituted when they have such a reverence for ancient falsehood. But any weapon will serve an angry man ; the Tories just now are very angry —very hungry, too, for office—and they would rather, under the guidance of a Bishop and a ci-devant patriot, plunge the empire into strife than not give way to their blind passions. They can afford, great a stake as they are supposed to have in the coun try, ,to promote a bloody contest, which is not likely, they think, even to spatter their garments; but the bulk of the people here, in Canada, and in Ireland cannot afford to butcher each other under the hostile banners of the Bishop of ROME and the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in order to gratify the bigotry and malignancy of any Bishop or any Lordling. We are happy to announce that there is an immediate pruspect of an amicable termination of all differences between Fiance and the Four Powers, relative to the Eastern question. Al ready have Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Eng land, signed a Protocol, announcing the expira tion of the Treaty of the 15th of July, the acts which it was intended to perform being happily accomplished. The Treaty of July, which gave such umbrage to France, has therefore no longer an existence. Having made this formal conces sion to the susceptibilities of France the Powers next proposed to her a plan for placing the con servation of the peace and integrity of Turkey under the joint guarantee of the Five Great Powers—a proposition which, we have pleasure in stating, has been received in the amicable spirit in which it was conceived by the present French Cabinet. There is no longer anything to quarrel about, and M. Guizot is too wise and pa triotic a statesmen to indulge in the fiendish 1 axury of keeping before the public the long buried national hatreds, which the exorcisms of M. TRIERS compelled to start from their un hallowed sepulchres. The Paris Journals of Sunday have all been duly received. They are principally occupied with the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday on the condition of the slave popula tion of Guadaloupe, in the course of which dis closures were made which must cover with eter nal infamy M. THIERS and the Cabinet of the Ist of March. Every day brings forth some fresh disclosure of the scandalous dishonesty of the Ex-President of the Council. This, for M. TRIERS, unfortunate discussion, was commenced by M. LACROSSE, who put some questions to the Minister of Marine and Colonies concerning the case of a planter, who had been tried in Gua daloupe for brutally confining a female slave for twenty-two months in an iron cage, and who was not only acquitted, but carried in triumph on the shoulders of the planters, although the atrocious charge was clearly proved. Admiral DUPERRE, on the part of the Government, de nounced the sentence of acquittal as infamous, and promised inquiry. M. JOLLIVET, who re ceives a salary of 20,000 francs for defending the horrors of the slavery - system in Mar tinique, had the audacity to defend the infamous Catholics, and to their priests, which he avows as his motile, is to move on Friday next, with, we wretch who had confined a human being as tlie keeper of a menagerie would a tiger, or a hyena, or other wild beast. M. PASSY then rose, and as a Member of the Commission for In quiring into the state of the Slave system, de liberately charged M. THIERS, not only with throwing obstacles in the way of the commission, but with employing the public Money in influencing the return of Deputies hos tile to emancipation ! At this charge symp toms of amazement were visible on every countenance, and M. TRIERS, who but a mo ment before was in his place, was suddenly nowhere to be found. M. DE REAIUSAT attempted a lame defence of himself by stating that he knew nothing of such proceedings on the part of his colleague, but M. PAssY 'silenced him by offer ing to prove that the late Cabinet had set aside a sum of money out of the credits of 1840 to pro cure the return of anti-Abolitionists to represent the Colonies. Expressions of general disgust now rose from all sides of the Chamber, and before a moment was allowed for it to subside, M. AUGUIS rose and read the following modest epistle amid the ironical cheers acid laughter of the Chamber, which admirably exposes the mock philanthropy, and mock liberality and honesty, of the ex-Presi dent of the Council :- 64 LETTER OF M. GRANIER DE CASSIONAC, SENT BY AD MIRAL ROUSSIN, MINISTER OF MARINE AND COLONIES IN THE TRIERS CABIN - ET, TO GUADALOUPE, ON A MIS SION, AND WHO IS NOW DELEGATE FOR THAT COLONY. " My dear Sir,—Feuillide, who wjll call upon you, and who leaves to-morrow for Toulon, on a Government mission, to go on board the frigate Atalante, which touches at Senenr4l and Ca}enne, v ill give you a friendly shake of the hand for me. He will exp!ain to you how how certain engagements which I have with the Cabinet compel me to remain here, otherwise we should have loft together ; but it will depend on Guada loupe whether rr y voyage is deferred. "I wrote at ICngtli to D-, in order to detail the plan of defence which would be, in my opinion, the most efficacious, and the only efficacious one. . That is likewise the opinion of the most enlightened colonists who are here, and who see that all the power of our time is in the press. It is quite clear at a time -and in a country where every thing may be said, the one who speaks best is naturally in the right. D- will com municate my letter, and I am going to tell you what I have not said to him. N. de Jabrun has sent us, without putting him self too much out of the way, by-the-bye, since he even did not take the trouble to give us notice, the 6,000 francs, which had been voted to all three by the Council. _ . regret to state, the support of the Duke of WEL LINGTON, that this ordinance be disallowed. 1-1( is determined to demonstrate to the Catholics of Canada that they must not rely on the English . _ Government for justice and protection. - Will they, particularly if a time of peril and war should arrive, submit to this injury, or will their loyalty be enhanced by learning that some bigoted priest in the House of Peers, of a different reli gion from theirs, have a veto on every ordinance which may be passed for their benefit, and for the peace of the Colony ? , I rciie : ngauye t h sbt i n ey k o onl resolved to i c e o y i n ( mn t 1 on uninyie th rae i subject tsitt relat i ons m w ith ,i s t o ihnilo e explanations, ir.dedretjhaabtruthne. which iu. ill perceive by one of his letters bearing the postmark of the 10th of June, 1837, that he evades owing me an y arrears. They were old date, and he has made no remittance to us since that period. Three years and more have, therefore, elapsed without my having received anything from the delegates ; and the 6,000 francs which he remitted to me, with a somewhat cha racteristic sally of imagination, is the first money which I have touched. What he had requested me to accept, before 1837, amounted to 2,000 francs a year, which he forwaided to me for two y•ears. At the period when you came to Paris I had already bought, with the view of being eligible, since the colonies wished to have a delegate to the Chamber, a small estate for a sum of 60,000 francs. I pay it off by instalments, and I confess that in buying it I had reckoned on the annual concurrence of the colonies. The concurrence entirely failed until this year. Once, about fifteen months ago, being pressed for a pay ment that was due, I went to M. deJabrun, who consented to lend me 1,000 francs on my own bill. I must say th at he re turned me my bill this year, wh en he paid me the 6 , 000 francs , informing me that he had retained the amount on some funds which had arrived from the co l on ies. I must also a dd, that about a month before the arrival of the news whi ch y ou sent me, M. de Cools, delegate from Martinique, had remitted to me 1,000 francs. These, Sir, that is to, about a cent inie, are all that I have received since 1837, a period when , according to M. de Jabrun's letter, which I annex hereto, there were already arrears. I beg pardon for having entered into these details, but I was anxious that you should be informed of my situation with respect to the Council, and as some exaggerations have been brought back to me which might be, perhaps, credited for want of documents, it was necessary for me to enter into minute details, as well as figures. " It appears to me, besides, that the colonies must now know me. I have written for them f or three years wi thout even the slightest acknowledgme n t on th e p ar t of the delegates. There must, therefore, be a certain authority in m y words. Well, I assure you that the colo n i es were wr ong to desert me , because they would have found what to do with use. I can say, be cause every one knows it, that I have here a fine position, and fine future prospects ; I only wanted a small fortune. With what you give to some stupid people you would have made me eligible, and you would have had an agent who writes and those stupid speaks when necessary. I know that I shall make my career alone ; but I shall take twice as much time as if you had as sisted. I sincerely tell you that the colonies are quite wrong not to understand that. You have fostered certain bankrupt journals which laugh at you. Feuillidc will prove it to you. " I have the vanity to believe that though your delegates the quarrel will thu be have not acknowleded me for the last three years, I have been more useful to g you than any of them. I have got rid of so dangerous. The debate is now between M. de Lsmart.ine and myself. fellows, Isambert and others, who were, however, imagine that you have received the first. letters I addressed to him on emanciation. H e h a s just written to ine that he was goingl shall reply, and s Drought about between us two. Be. sides, on Sunday t answer. Naturally next, I descant in the Revue de Paris on In conjunction with the Bishop of EXETER and Lord STANLEY, Mr. COLQUROUN brings for ward a motion to put down the College of May nooth. The Hon. Gentleman aims at suppressing the only seminary in Ireland for educating the Catholic priesthood. They have no access to Trinity College, though on the Continent Catho lics and Protestants study theology at the same University, and have equal privileges. Excluded from all the opulent national establishments, which were endowed by Catholics, the State, which they contribute equally to defend with tyre P rotestants, has niggardly conf erre d on t h em seven or ei g h t t h ousand a-year to support May and this poor boon Mr. COLQUHOUN and . his friends propose to take away. In the House of Parliament, then, (atiteanclkiessmtoadbeeocnhathineedlC: a c e to fi i ei nor Catholics ec t ds l : i r a e al e si d s iisfmc theyo u u l i t a .g n ei e dv o e. ur were the . The attacks are well seconded by the Tory press. The Ti mes of Thursday aie h l ao a co s c t dues de calls d ino the fce an d C di ne t t -- sign - tholic priests of Ireland r i i es n o , f , t 0 M ayn o betrayot h i : Theyeland into the hands of a fo reign Power," to mak e martyrs of Protestants, and " to persecute to de a th every independent be e endured remo nstrant." It is emphati ca l ly asked " is this frightful and b loody to despotism of red ?" These the It omish priests any longer Romish priests, wh o exercise t his "bloody des potism," are sa id to live on the estates of the cclrish landlords by suffera4lce," who are thus enc ouraged to use their power in Parliam ent and they out of Parliament, as in fact do use i t, to put down and get rid of these so - called "bloody " The Tory press, there and despotic tyrants. fore, of Tory Bishops a n d Tory Commoners, an seconds the efforts d the Tories and bigot s , in Parliament and out of Parliament, emselves to goad are diligently exerting th THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1811 Thirty.aevcn• STREET. the sugar question. I will send you some of the papers, and I hope you will be satisfied. I admit to you, frankly and openly, that the delegation would be an immense thing for me, which would give me more weight, and would soon make me gain a seat in the Chamber. It is very possible that I may do so with out that, if there is a dissolution this year; but I shall come there with less importance and independence. lam going to do my utmost to gain the confidence of the Colonial Council ; I am certain of the most explicit support from. the Govern ment. Feuillide will explain and support my pretensions ; and I assure you, if I were not in the case, there would be few competitors who offer better security. Two volumes from me will appear next week. I will send you some copies, both for yourself and friends. " Gentlemen of the Council, give me power; it shall be well employed on your behalf. I repeat to you that I shall be very strongly supported by the Government, and on this occasion I bring the influence of the Revue de Paris, but this time can didly and positively, becau'e the President of the Council has sent the director to me in order that I might make my condi tir•n3 for the future. There has been a contract made. I begin business this week by the sugar question. I will send you some of the numbers. I find myself, therefore, keeping the lead at this moment in discussions on colonial matters in the Revue de Paris, in the Presse, and in the Revue du 19eme Siecle. It appears that that offers some security to the Colo nial Council. Add to that that a delegate, and a deputy at the same time, only speaks once a year at the Chamber, and that I am always speaking.--Adieu," What a system of hypocrisy, corruption, and villany does not this letter lay bare ! To silence the clathours of the Abolitionists at home and in England, M. TIIIERS appointed a commission of inquiry, at the same time giving instructions to the colonists to take no heed of the Commission, to answer none of its questions, good or bad; and to return none but Anti-Abolitionists as repre sentatives. This M. PASSY affirmed in his speech, and accordingly, when papers of queries were ad dressed to the planters, they, to ridicule the powers of the Commissioners, replied to each of them with the word "nil." Besides the slave question, which has thus af fixed an indelible stain of infamy upon M. TRIERS and his colleagues, the French Journals of Sun day publish and discuss the merits of a speech which the Prince of Moscow, the son of Marshal N EY, would have spoken. on taking his seat on the previous day in the Chamber of Peers, had he not been interrupted by the PRESIDENT. As this speech displays a pleasing picture of filial piety, we have given it insertion in another part of The Sun:— THE FORTIFICATIONS BILL.—The respective parties are mustering their forces for the struggle which is about to take place in the Chamber of Peers. In a recent interview with the King, the Chancellor, the leader of the Opposition upon that question, nobly resisted all the Royal entreaties to give up his enlightened and conscientious opinion ; he has offered his resignation of the high post which he fills with such admirable courage and real devotedness to the most sacred interests of his country. The respective strength of the oppo s ite part ies as thus stated :-100 Peers for the law, such as it has been voted by the Chamber of Deputies; 50 in favour of the amendment about to be proposed by Baron Mounier in the name of the Com mission, whose labours he is to report; and 50 wavering, and likely to be brought over by the King's blandishments and real powers of persuasion. The Ministers say they depend upon a majority of 30 in favour of the law. We have received the following letter from the frontiers of Italy, dated 27th February. " Nothing has happened to disturb the tranquillity which the Peninsula enjoys. But the Italian Government do not think of disarming, and hold themselves in readiness for all events. 'I he attitude assumed by France, though rather equivocal in the eyes of the French people, has excited the attention of the Northern Courts, and their great vassals remain armed to take part in the events which may take place in the scrin7. The Austrian army cantoned along the frontiers is at its full com plement, ready to proceed to any point where there may be an attempt at insurrection to be suppressed. " Diplomatic agents of all ranks are passing through Italy, and a great number of legitimists have lately traversed it to join the Duke of Bordeaux." TouLow, MAncx 2.—The mail from Algiers has not yet arrived; this delay becomes more and more unaccountable. ( The telegraph announced this evening the arrival of the Phaeton on the 4th, and of the Castor on the sth. It will be two or three days before we have the letters.) A letter from Tangiers of the 19th of February, says that the arrival of three or four armed packets, and the afanounce ment of the speedy arrival of some ships of the line, has pro duced the effect that was expected. Th e Emperor has caused a declaration to be made to the Consul-General that he highly valued the friendship of the French, and that in proof of it he sent the copy of the orders forbidding all the Arabs on the eastern frontiers, on pain of death, to take up arms for Abd el-Kader against the French. But all this is a farce, for Abd el-Rhaman is not ignorant that ammunition is frequently em barked in his ports for the Emir, and that the caravans which convey it to the provinces of Oran pass through a part of his dominions ; so that he might very easily have them stopped, if he was so disposed. If, however, the French Government wished to prevent Abd-el-Kader from receiving supplies through Morocco, it might easily do so. The packet-boat which plies between Tangiers and Oran might announce to General Lamoricier the departure of the caravans, and the latter might go with his army to meet and stop them. But in order to effect this it would be necessary for us to have active and zealous Consuls in the little ports of Morocco.--Le Corn. BELGIAN I. UNDS—llanssims, Menu 6. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent... ......... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per 3per Cent. — --- 69 .(1 4o) 9 % Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent BS Society of Comm.rce, 454 per Cent lO2 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 8774 National Society . Exchange on LondoM (short) —Brussels Papers, March 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vivitta, FE8.26 Five per Cents. Aletalliques Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares )624 —4llgemeine Miring, March 3 The Madrid Papers received are of the 28th ult. At a Council of the Regency held on the 27th, it was agreed that the Duke of VITTORIA, as chief of the Regency, should read the Royal Speech at the opening of the Cortes, and that the different Ministers should prepare reports of the state of their respective departments. M. AR GUELLES had positively refused to be named a Member of the Regency, " but we are sceptical on the subject of such an appointment having been seriously offered to him. The Treasury was so empty, that the Minister of Finance fbund great difficulty in obtaining 25,000 dollars to defray the expenses of the troops stationed round the metropolis. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE. NooN, Mnecn 9. Barometer 3O 48 In. Thermometer Highest . 61 Lowest Wind W.—Freezing . Point 32 Deg. TI e e►eather withir► the c few days has undergone a most agreeable change. For the month of March it is mild in the extreme; the wind has been gei,e-ally from 'he West, and the barometer remarkably high, with a fine clear ,tmosphere. A neck of such general weather will biing forth all the verdure of the finest Sprirg. ANIMAL HEAT.—The production of animal heLt is ot.e of th.! essential conditions of life; by its me ins an equality of temperature in the body is produced in all climates. Were this not tie case, the blood of those who inhabit the northern regions would soon become congealed. Animal heat is generally supposed to be developed in the lungs and all the extreme eisels, dui ir,g the combination f the ox3gnn of the air with the carbon of the venous blood. Ceteris paribus, the quantity of beat generated will be in proportion to the integrity with which the rerpiratery functions are performed, and the size and vigour of the lungs. In this way we account for persons predisposed to consumption, who have imperfectly deve- Joped cr diseased lungs, complaining of hal irual coldness f the surf-Ae of the body and the feet. Persons exposed to the influence < f intense cold require enormous quanti ties of stimulating animal food. If the supply of nutri ment be insuffit lent, the blood becomes impoverished, and he production ( f animal heat in the lungs is sensibly im paired, and tl.e ability to resist the operation of a low temperature is greatly lessened. —Polytechnic Journal. AN ECCENTRIC.—About a month ago a man, wreteiedly dressed, wearing a broad and shabby hat, and carryinz, a pair of shoes hung to Iris neck en forme de sau toir, presented hlmself at the Hotel de Provence, at Gap, kept by M. Bore'. " I am," said he, "a poor traveller who have but just what I want to accomplish my journey ; if you will shelter me for a night I shall be most grateful, provided you do not put are to too great expense." " Sup first," replied M. Bore), " and then go to bed; we has, vacant Lads usually occupied by waggoners; you will pay me what you please." After a humble meal the stranger went up to the bedroom, expressing his wish for a change of linen, which Monsieur Bcrel immediately complied with. Next morning, at dawn, the traveller, who was ready to resume his journey, called for the landlord, flung a fort)- franc lieco on the table, adding, that, his expenses paid, the remainder was for the servants, and took his depar ture, leaving everybody astounded at his liberality. On the evening of the same day the arrival of a splendid equi page at the Ilotel de Provence explained the mystery TI e poor pedestrian of the day ly•fore was no other than Lerd Alford travelling incog., in order to study the manners of France, and followed at a day's distance by his carriage and servants. This Lord is the same mentioned last 3ear ia the hfercure Aptesien. We saw at Aix his equipage, c insisting of eight carriages, and we were ti'en assured that that wealthy Englishman had 120,000 francs a month to spend._. Gazette du Midi. NATIONAL SWIMMING SOCIETY.--A general meeting of the Members of . this Institution, established in 1837, for promoting the art of natation, and for affording gratuitous instruction to youth ia the healthful and manly exercise of swimming, took place on Wednesday even ing, at the Green Man tavern, Berwick -street, Ox ford street, for the purpose (among others) of re ceiving the report of the Committee. Mr. Baume, F. S S., late Secretary to the Prince Regent of Naples, in the absence of Captain Marryat, R. N., the popular naval author, pret ided. The report stated that branches of the institution had been founded in various parts of the country. At Oxford and Glasgow swimming matches have taken place, and medals awarded to the winners. The society had also appointed swimming mae ters at most of the metropolitan baths, and notwithstanding the severity of a long and protracted winter, a number of pupils had been perfected in the art. The service of those instructors had hitherto been gratuitous. The report was received and printed. HONEY and COMMERCIAL N CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The Cotton Market has been very animated to-day, and we have to notice the sale of from 6,000 to 7,000 bales. Prices have varied upon some descriptions from Bd. to Bid. per lb. 250 Surats sold, and the remainder American kinds, wholly to the trade. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH B.—An extensive business has been done in the Share Market ; the following are the transactions reported at the Stock Exchange at 4 r. ar. : Eastern Counties Debentures, 84; Grand Junction, Half- Shares, 10} ' • ditto Quarter Sh ares , 274 ; Ch ester an d C rewe, 51 ; Great Western, Fifths, 8i ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half-shares, 89 ; London and Birmingham, 168; South Western, Tenths, 17s. 6d. prem. ; North Midland, 69. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH B.—We have to report a quiet market, and only a very limited business done. London and Birmingham, 170; Manches'er and Birmingham, 25; Great Western, 89; Ditto Halves, 61 ; New Midland Counties, 14 3 % ; Manchester and Leeds, 69; Manchester As surance, 9A. We have received Hobait Town Papers to the 17th of October : MARKETS, OCT. 15.-1 he Grain Market, as might be an ticipated after the late extensive importations of Wheat and Flour, both here and at Sydney, and the sudden decline in the price, has been unusually dull during the last few days, and many of the settlers have become wheat-sulky, and will not sell. They are disposed to wait for better times. The Com missariat Stores continue open to receive Wheat at 7s. 6d. per bushel. Fine Flour may now be bought for 221. to 241. per ton ; Seconds, IS/. to 201. _ A universal panic appears to pervade the money market. The banks, for reasons best known to themselves, have for some time past, been curtailing their discounts ; and a general pressure has consequently affected the commercial and agricul tural interests throughout the whole colony ; in the midst of plenty, and with every prospect of an abundant harvest this year, it was suddenly discovered, by the force of some financial microscope, that we were overt' ading, that the specie was not more than a tenth of the paper afloat, and that the colony was in fact bankrupt: We have 120,0601. in specie to represent about 900,0001. The Government of the country was last year obliged to bor row 10,0001., and has now 130,0001. at its disposal, after paying all debts, yet the colony is bankrupt. The specie has lelt us, says one, and yet we find at the present moment, and we are authorised to assure our fellow-colonists of the fact, that there is 10,0001. more specie in the colony than there was in May last, when money was most abundant. The silver is still here; it moves from the banks to the Treasury, and from the Treasury to the banks. The recent Sydney intelligence has added to the present temporary embarrassments in the money market. The truth is, the coionial bank, of new growth, has been eyed with feel ings of jealousy by the old established banks, because its very existence is derived from them. It is with their notes that she has been nurtured, and with their specie she is sustained. (From the Port Phillip papers to the 15th Oct.) LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION. —The excessive want of labour which is felt throughout the colonies acts with a more retard ing pressure on the affairs of Port Phillip than has ever been experienced in the progress of the oldest colony. In every branch of art, commerce, agriculture, and science, the numeri cal deficiency of operative classes is most distressing—in short, while the Sydney Government have received from the sale of provincial waste lands, during a period extending from June, 1837, to December, 1839, funds to the amount of 107,5761., two immigrant ships amounting to 7;000/., together with the excess of ordinary expenditure, 27,0001., forming a total of 34,0001, is all the off-set that can be made in return for the wasteful expenditure of our land fund upon Sydney and the penal district. During the present year have arrived at Mel bourne seven vessels with 2,000 immigrants on the bounty sys tem, and one fitted out by the Government agent with 300 passengers ; the expenditure upon which, in round numbers, will equal 50,000/. ; during the same period, however, that is in 1840, the land sales here produced, rejecting fractions, 150,0001., which brings our calculation to the following simple account :—Expenditure, 84,1461. ; Revenue total receipts, 262,5151., from which deducting /excess 84,1461., leaves a balance f 178,3691. One hundred and seventy-eight thou sand, three hundred and sixty-nine thousand pounds sterling of Port Phillip land fund remains to be accounted for. TnE BLACKS. —ln consequence of representations having been made to the authorities of the approach of several tribes of natives to the vicinity of the town, for the purpose of hold ing a Corraborra previous to a battle, it was resolved to at tempt their capture. Accordingly the military under the command of Captain Smith and Lieutenant Vignolles, of the 28th regiment, with the border police and a number of con stables, proceeded about midnight to the scene of the native festivities,_ situated between two and three miles from th e .town. Upon seeing themselves surrounded, the blacks were thrown into considerable consternation, and finding that their weapons had been seized would have surrendered quietly, but for the opposition made by Winberry, who made a desperate blow at Mr. Vignolles. He, however, missed his aim, but re covering, was about to repeat the attempt before that gentle man could draw his sword, whereupon the sergeant discharged his musket, and this notorious murderer and robber instantly fell. The remainder of the gang were secured, consisting of about two or three hundred, including women and children, and were lcd captives into the town. ' NEW ZEALAND.—By the latest papers from New Zealand of the 22d August, we find that the principal town has received the name of Britannia, for which his Excellency Captain Hob son stands sponsor. The New Zealand Gazette has, in con sequence, changed its title by the addition of the Britannia Spectator. THE FUNDS. Up to the present time we have nothing to notice respecting the operations in the British Funds, as there is scarce a bar gain doing; the speculators are waiting for the Chinese intel ligence. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yes terday 885 * for Money, for the Account, 885 a ; Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market they are also inactive at present, the prices are nominal, Spanish Active as it left off 235 245 ; Deferred, 12* 5 ; Passive, 55 6 ; Portuguese same, 31* 4 ; Brazilian, 71 72 ' • Colombian, 22-4235 • Mexican, 275 28* ; Buenos Ayres, - 22 21 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50 5 a ; Five per Cents., 995 100. Shares.—Great Western, 23 24 preen. ; New, 115 prem. ; London and Brighton, 7* 7 dis. ; Blackwell, 55 44 dis. ; Birmingham, 77 79 prem. ; Southampton, 555 565 per share ; Croydon, 114 125 per share ; Gieenwich, 85 per share ; Man chester and Birmingham, 165 154 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT CI'F. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 6O ...... 33 .. ... to London and Brighton Loudon and Blackwall Condon and Greenwich ..... ...... 20 London and South Western 3B/ 56 ... .. to 55i Ditto Tenths — - JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia . 40 ...... 54 ...... to Colonial London Joint Stock ........ 10 London and Westminster . .20 HALF-PAST ONE. The Leeds steamer has brought the Lisbon mail, by which we have intelligence to the Ist of March. The only feature worth observation from the above capital is the second instal ment of the British Civil Claims, amounting to 36,4021. 17s. 2d. sterling, due on the Ist of March, which, by the assistance of the Lisbon Bank, will be paid. Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, 520. per mildred. It abo brings an account that the British ship Heroine, from London to Calcutta, with a va'uable cargo, was wrecked a few days since near Cape Spartel ; twenty-five of her crew and passengers arc stated to have been drowned. Since the early part of the morning there has been an im provement in the Consol s f rom ssl a to Sag for the Account, at present they are not so good, and may he quoted at 88 ; Exchequer Bills, 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock, shut; India, shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23Z- 241 ; Portu guese, 311; Three per Cents. l9i ; Colombian 23h ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 501 1 ; Five per Cents. 991. In the Shares scarce anything doing. Bristol and Exeter 33 ; London and Brighton 431 ; London and Blackwall 20 ; Lon don and Greenwich Si- ex. div. ; South Western 54. We have not heard as yet of the arrival of the ovQrland mail from India. Mit. WILLIAM TOOKE.—This gentleman, as our readers know, was elected some time ago Treasurer of the London University by a majo rity of two, and took occasion to boast of the re sult, as if he had obtained a great victory. The pious Treasurer, however, hallooed too soon ; on Saturday he found to his cost he was not out of the wood. The Treasurer has always been one of the Council of Management. On Saturday a ballot took place for the appointment of the tnembers, consisting of five, and on the votes being counted, Mr. Tooke had only three votes out of twenty-five. Being thus excluded from the Committee, be may as well give up his office as Treasurer; he has lest the confidence of the Proprietors, and therefore the Council, with all its predilection for his skill in getting money and mustering dinners, will be compelled to resign him to his fate. Much activity now prevails at the factory of Messrs. Seaward and Co., at Limehothe, is. fitting out the engine s and machinery for the Ardent and other steam frigates, lately towed up the river, nh'ch a e to be equipped with ell possible expedition for the Rt.yal Navy. The workmen in Messrs. S 'award s factory arc tmployed day and night in completing the boilers, engiket, and ma chinery. The Ardent is in a very forward state, and will soon be ready for sea, and to meet an enemy if re quired. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MARCH 8. —A prod' took place to-day at the Butt in tie Royal Ar senal of two 56-pounder guns, Monk's pattern, four 6S pounders, and e Wit 32-pounder guns. There were AA) four proofs on different days last wt ek, and the supply re cently received for her Majesty's service has been consi dtr_ble, especially of guns of large cal Lre. About nicety additional workmen wi 1 next week be added to the num ber sire rdy employed in her Majesty's Dock-yard here, and the gicatest act . vity prevails in every department of her Majesty's service at Woolwich. THE GREEN PARK.--The improvements in the Green Park proceed rapidly, and in the cuurse of a mon.h it is expected that the whole will be planted wit') etergreens and shrubs similar to the inclosed pleasure garden of St. James's Park. The long gravel walk, which commences at the entrance in Piccadilly, opposite Hamilton-place, and ends at the Duke of Sutherland's mansion, has been laid out with the utmost care and pre ' eision. It is as level as a die, and the gravel is already firmly st. As the spring advances, the aspect of the park will greatly improve, a- the mild and gcniii weather will bring up the clover and grass seeds which have beCn sown in the bare places. Eventually lodges will be erected at the various entrances, and gate-keepers appointed, and tl c same regulations adopted as those now in operation in Kensington-gardens and St. James's Park. The Merstham tunnel, on the Brighton railroad, was opened on Saturday morning, and the key-atone of that of Balcombe placed, in ficishing the one which was deemed impracticable. General Harrison will be 68 years of age this day ( Feb. 9). He has left Baltimore, and is now at Washington.—New Yorh Paper. We hear that the Earl of liosslyn is about to retire froth the commend of the 9tb, or Queen's Own Lancers. A deputation of the Tower Hamlets' Park Com mittee, introduced by Mr. Clay, M. P., consisting of Mr. G. Frederick Young (Chairman), Mr. Frederick Hodg son, M. P., Mr. Wm. Tooke, Rev. Wm. Store, Mr. Wm. Baker, Mr. Jas. Scott Smith, and Mr. Frederic Young, jun. (Hon. Sec.), had an h tcrvf ew with Lord Duncan non, yesterday, at the office of Woods and Forests, EVENING EDITION• ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY•) WILKINS V. WOOD. In this case, which arises out of the proceedings relati ve to the will of the late Jame s W oo d o f Gloucester, and is vrhat t i e technically termed an " interplead;n suit," Timothy PY r " e Wilkins was the plaintiff, a n d Sir Matthew Wood, Jacob O s- born, John Surman, Edwin Shelton and Maria his wife. William Philip Price and Frances Anne his wife ; William ThomP s, u and Elizabeth his wife ; James Greig and Harriet hiawife ; Lucy Wood, Henry George Lawrence Randall and Charlottehis wife Fi ederick Augustus Hodder, and Eleanor Ma ria his wife; and John Thomas Read, were defendants. Mr. TURNER now moved (having on a former occasion oh.- tamed the special leave of the Court to do so) on behalf of Si! Matthew Wood and Jacob Osborn, that the injunction wbien had hcen awarded against all the above-named defenda nt+, t o . restrain Sir M. Wood and Jacob Osborn from further pr occa ings in the actions of replevin mentioned in the Bill, a nd to restrain them and the other defendants from levying saY dis tress or distresses, and from commencing any ac ti o n or actionsagainst the plaintiff to compel the payment of rent which li , al accrued due since the 25th of Mach, 1335, might be dissol -ea so far as regarded the s a id Sir M a tth e w Wood and Jacob leis Os: born. Mr. Turner was proceding to state the grounds of intention, when The IVAsmt of the Roz.i.s, interrupting him, observe,' that he gave leave to make the motion to-day, because he ,un derstood the injunction interfered with the trial of the eject ment, ment, which was to take place on the 6th of April, and which was to try the rights of the parties. Mr. TURNER observed that the plaintiff, who was the ter , '" would at the trial set up the right of the heir at law, and so attack the validity of the will. The MAsTea of the ROLLS said that that m ust be shown by affidavit before he could hear the i Wi l k e° out of its course. He said frankly at once that Pu w would not permit an order to stand, if lie could avoid it, hied" would embarrass or prevent the right of the parties being at the next assizes. It was very important that that rigtg. should be tried; but on the other hand it was very for him to keep the business of the Court regular, and he %Null not, without a special reason, permit a long motion to he bea r upon a day that ought to be appropriated to other business. Mr. TURNER stated that the tenant had pleaded non-tene ment—that he did not hold under the devisees, but under the heirs-at-law. Therefore he set up the title of the heirs -at law in that action under the will, and his (Mr. Turnerl) clients would have to show that the devise to them under ta e will was a good devise. After some further discussion, the injunction was Taxied' t 7 as to restrain execution being issued against the tenant all n any judgment which might be obtained in the action of eie e t importai_it so that ment, the tenant having paid the rent into Court, whichever party establishes his right, the devisee or heir law, he will apply to the Court. THE MARREITS.-(THIS DAY•) CONIAL MARKET. • The amount of busines LO s done by private treaty via' n and the public sales went he av ily ; in prices, however, litb e ' riation took place. The arrivals were to a fair extent. TEA MARKET. ,Lr at demand limited for Free Trade, b u t in prices no t tion of moment took place. Comp a ny' s C on gou dull a so-- Is. 7d. cash. Large auctions have been declared. COTTON MARKET. This market was very firm, and somewhat higher prices N e er paid for East India descriptions, which we r e much sought si by the shippers. Ordinary quality could no t be obtained telow 4.0. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. being The prices were without alteration, fi ne T a llow Candle - t quoted at 465. to 4 6s 6d. on the s p o t, b u t the trade bob I sparingly. . . WHITECHAPEL HAYMARKET. a forme r There was a large supply, th e d eman d li m it e d, anu prices were barely realized. Straw very firm, and a fair tra done at 325. to 345. per load. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THis DO') LONDON, MARCH 9.—Wi n d thi s d ay a t noon , 5.W,,. ,14 5. DEAL, MARCH B.—Wi n d W.S.W.—A rr i ve d the 1.,0urt.,_; Dixon, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Clarinda, ForeeT, Dominica; Ambassador, Shields, for Constantinople . L . l ; n ; rived from the River—Geo rge Fyf e , Pike, for Port ~ loc PT A. Forester, Parker, N ew T ang i ers ; Renshaw, Taylor, dore; Expnclite, Eekerman, Grand Canary ; J a ne Smith' St h ° it ' e, Trieste ; Azariam, Philip s , St. Mi c h ae l' s ; Audax, W I lei , ditto. Sailed the Carib, King, fo r D emerara; British - 5 Muirhead, ditto. xbY' PORTSMOUTH, MARCH B.—Arrived off, the Essex, from Van Diemen's Land. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind W.N. W., fresh breeze.-; Arrived the Leeds steamer, from Gibraltar, which she lef ‘ t i g o the 25th ult., Cadiz 26th, Lisbon Ist inst., Oporto 3 d , h ,.. ; 4th ; Asia, Pattison, Calcutta ; Pi geon , Hiscock, Marsullegcl- Coquette, Morrison, Aux Cayes ; Sir Charles Fitzroy, frog with, from Shields, for Constantinople ; Tagus steamer , for Southampton, for Vigo, &c. Sailed the Star, Do es ' He- Antwerp ; Leeds steamer, Parsons, Southampton. The . 2 . 4 4 roine, of London, from India, was lost near Cape E.„tsbetl. about 18th ult. ; 25 persons are reported to have Pe,_'"" for Vessels spoken with :—The barques Glasgow and Pe,'" ° : 9; St. John's, New Brunswick, sth inst., in lat. 49 J e t n e,. * 49 Pollux, from Newcastle to New York, 6th inst., in ` 3 `: 2 7th, long. 5, by the Coquette, arrived here ; Iberia steamer, 00 ult., off Cape Espichel ; Royal Tar steamer 4th lo t " Oreza Island, by the Leeds steamer, arrived here. o ath SouTHAstrrox, MARCH B.—Arrived the Leeds at e from BR Gibraltar. IDLINGTON, MARCH 3. —Arrived the Persaverata°; Hogg, Shields for London, with l oss o f f orema st and bath mats. HULL, MARCH 8 —Wind W.S.W.—A rr i ve d the rza eral Rebow, Lord, from St. Micha e l' s ; A n t, U t ti ng , Dunkirk ; 4 " st . gusta, Antwerp. Sailed the Lord Nelson, Quinton , f° r ic k ; Michael's ; Sovereign, Markham, St. John's, New Brun t / t. George, Berridge, St. John's, New Brunswick; b es t Smales, Halifax. The Princess Victoria steamer put in with damage to.machinery. Cowus, MARCH B.—Sailed the Theodire Korner, merg e. dian, for Rotterdam. 1 1 , .- . OFF DOVER, MARCH B.—N or th A s h, S prague , Villa - Sailed the Elizabeth Margeretha, Groot, for Amsterdam* do s, HASTINGS, MARCH B.—Arrived of the City of L°ll Morton, from the Mauritius. „ 97 The Newburn, from M aur iti us t o L on d on, 1 1 t h u lt., long. 27, schooner, No. 372, St. Michael's to Hull, and 'f a , lequin, from Algoa Bay, spoken by the City of London , rived off Hastings. m i the LIVERPOOL, MARCH B.—Wind W. N. W. —Arriv ..- 1401. , Australia, Blanshard, from Bahia, sailed 17th Januar), ; son, Bayres ; Sir George Provost, Mackie, Savannah ; Hope, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Mary Ann, ChaMico Oporto. Sailed the Hector, Anderson, for Pernambuc o ; Brooks, Jackson, Buenos Ayres ; M'L eo d, Pattersono3'o,,,, Janeiro ; Robert Lawson, Rio Gra n d e ; Stephen *hi ; sr Popham, New York ; Susan Drew, Babbidge, Bostoa s .tey, lina, Lythgoep. Africa ; Falkland, Appleton, u p V eton Naples ;Th e Langmaid, Genoa ; Eliza Mary Ann all, Messina. B . ir of tive, hence to Lisbon, which was abandoned in the , n 4ttf Biscay, was carried into St. Thomas's 26th Jan. The " 0 o f Lass, Price, is arrived from Holyhead, with part of the ea r lr. the Adelaide, from Charenton ; Paul, Emilie, Martinique, Bordeaux, Ist ult., lat. 28 lon. 61. t. 51 ' The Cossack, from Glasgow to Antigua, sth inst. , la lon.. 7, by the Brigand, arrived at Liverpool. 9 7 t h John Pink, Bermuda to London, with loss of sails, Ste: o d at ult. lat. 46 lon. 32, by the Australia, Blanshard, 3 ,1°1 Liverpool. ...in , A Y. STAFFORD and RUGBY RAIL vY 111° A very nunwrous and highly respectable meeting ° f ih principal landowners and inh a bit an t s o f th e town and ° Lehi bourliocd of Tamworth was held at th e T ow nhall, To ri 'v o poe on Saturday, March 6, pursu a nt t o a requ i s ition calling , o of the Mayor to convene such me e ti ng , f or the ParP °- the taking the sense of the town and neighbourhood upon above measure. cha ir ' T. BUCKERFIELD, Esq., the Mayor, was called to the equ i.. who opened the business of th e mee ti ng by r eadin g the rain sition, which he remarked was s i gne d by e ighty of tb e d r o olY cipal inhabitants, and added, th a t h e was indeed eal e ,, oe fi $ gratified to see that the inhabitants of Tamworth tot , ' t t he watin interest in the proposed m easur e, and he thonz a le ent best course they could adopt would be to petition Pa ; r: l "„ se of at once in favour of the Bill now i n t ro d uc ed into the ' l°- Commons. &o r II:NRY STOKES, Esq., Chairman of the Railwal., e a mittee rose and s aid that h e h a d th a t mo rning . req, l ; d ie ecs letter from London, communicating the gratifying inte";olit that the petition for the Bill had passed through the C ° l ong tee on Standing Orders in a day an d a h a lf, notwith sta the nowetrul opposition of several combined Compaid es ot ers it will be remembered, succeeded in keep ing the proTtders• of the measure last time t wen ty-t wo d ays on Standing so He was convinced this information would be most plea every well-wisher to th e t own o f T amwort h . —(Appla,g s- ;,,erl JOHN HALL, &q. (Magistrate), sa id he should °dee glad to see this important line of railway c arried in to - s olo - . He had, the re f ore , very great pleasure in - moving th e re tion in his hand (for which see Ldvertisement). Mr. PLArrs.having seconded The same was put from the Chair, and carried unaln; eesS W3l. PArrsoss, jun., Esq. (Alderman), in m oving °i d bet resilution, stated that he certainly th oug ht nothing F° O . .„,, g orth . ter show the warm interest which the inhabitants of 13 '; ( or took in this measure, than the f ac t th a t the requisition jaw vene this meeting was signed by e i g hty o f the prine i p a ht, tizo„ bitants of the town and neighbourhood He tl ic l e ssien g few opponents to the Bill in this locality in former .ties , had been worked upon and deluded by i n terested u riodo seeking rather to uphold monopolies than the pu b uro to place themselves in a hostil e p os ition thed ph? motets of this measure, when, if th ey had consi der t o lh a own interest, they would h ave b een warm friends eonvic. undertaking, and he beli eve d th a t suc h was their \ ge lion at the present momen t.—( G rea t cheerirfitegbi would ask how it waa possible that the Stafford all itin ieg - Railway, if made, could injure the town? Had the P oo the ham and Derby Railway injured Tamworth 7 No. contrary, it had given g re at f ac ilit y t o travelling, a . fie afforded great convenience to all parties.—(Ch eer );ieir aid concluded by calling upon all per s ons present to lend to the Company in getting the Bill p as sed into a rw:. i a it ics Mr. ROBINSON briefly seconded the resolution' a carried unanimously. Sir ?°- Mr. re quested hen moved " That the Right 1191: had on' bert Peel be to present the petition whic",-,,, 001 0 11 ' read and adopted by the meeting to the House of ‘-' 4 3 in his and also to support the prayer of it by every me an power." as ca rrie d ' Mt. BRAMALL seconded th e reso lution, which w nem. con. i.. ., been . The Mayor having l e ft th e c h a i r , a nd the same ha: "g n igb' taken by John Harding, Esq., of Bonehill, 111 r• boa moved the thanks of the meeting to the Chairman, wh , e t l es pre seconded, was carried amidst great applause. the sent then proceeded to affix their names to the House of Ginunons More alluded to, and the mee t of panted. '1 he Right Hon. W. Y. Peel and Edmund Peel, were Mr Bonthill, who signed the requisition to the May or ' fortunately prevented attending the meeting by foe' position Apleltlittironntg° There is a go ss ip afloat that the Court, instebaitsi of rctiring to Windsor during the East r holi da y s, a° No .. hc er : its wort, 'will this time adjourn to Clarem ont ' for thing is more prob a ble than that such will be the case! co it is only at Cl aremon t t h a t h e r Majesty and the ?WI can experienc e wh a t prvacy and reti reme nt is. —...Che lit ' fr ham Looker-on. at PA It S, SATURDAY.—This training, 4 .. quarter bi fore eleven, there was a crowd of c urioug P - 0 , s-ms in the Court of the Tuileries, The King, stale, nied by the Queer, M. Daguerro, General Hayttne99 Al he f g " de.(arnp, and Baron Fain, secretary, appeare d in-; His yifion de l'Horloge in order to be dsguerrotyPe.„„tes Majesty, with his face turned to the sun, sat three of without movirg a muscle. He was in a chair 0 ' 've t satin, with g ld border, and ore foot on a viele t-Te l st, cuslion. • The Kirg had en a black coat, white cr i a ooo and no hat. A new daguerrotype on a flesh trio uscd uscd for the purpose.