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Mr. WAKLEY took the opportunity to renew ( what has been called his inflammatory harangues. He referred to the little disposition there was in the House to satisfy the people, and the still less disposition there was in the people to be satisfied with the House. They would require many acts of substantial benefit before they would believe that the House intended to do them any good, and that it did not care for their interests was plain by the few Members—not fifty at most—who had attended this important motion. In particular he missed from the House those testy Lords—though the people could well spare them—who on other occa sions were so ready to harangue the House. None of them were present on this important question —yes, he begged pardon, there was one Lord present, but the rest, including the leaders of both sides, showing how little they cared for the people, were absent. So the Hon. Member, evidently addressing his observations more to the public at large than his little audience, paid off those attacks, which were unwisely, we thought, made on the " demagogue " on account of his speech on the Poor-law Bill. Colonel SIBTHORP said a few words partly against the motion, but chiefly against the Whigs. Mr. MARK PHILIPS had been an avowed ad vocate of a property tax since 1831, but, looking at the very empty state of the House, he advised his Hon. Friend to withdraw the motion, and bring it forward on the night of the Budget, when the House would be crowded, and when he might elicit the opinions of the leaders of the House. If his Hon. Friend divided the House, he would vote with him. General JOHNSTON wished to know the num ber of his friends and his enemies, he disliked motions which led to nothing, and he recom mended his Hon. Friend to divide and try the strength of the parties on the question. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD yielding to a general cry of his friends for a division, divided the House, and found his motion supported by 27, and op posed by 40. Some other uninteresting business was trans acted, and at a Quarter before Twelve o'Clock the House Adjourned. We feel profoundly humiliated on learning that the House of Commons is engaged in a dis cussion, night after night, about giving the poor a little mutton broth, or a table-spoonful of wine, when sick. 'Tis pitiful, 'tis wondrously pitiful, to see the Assembly, which has been called the noblest collection of freemen on the earth — which votes, without remark or reflection, 70,0001. for building stables, 60,0001. for an ex pedition to the Niger to improve the blacks, hundreds of thousands of pounds to wrest Syria from MEIIEMET ALI, and maintain the integrity of Turkey, and even millions sterling- a year for the household expenses of one person, and for pensions to the knaves of Royalty—it is, we say, wondrously pitiful to see this august Assembly, which squanders a nation's resources on trifles, engaged, as it were, in measuring out skilagalee to the poor with the parsimony and ill-temper of a Mistress SQUEERS. To know that the Assembly so engaged is the great guide, leader, and law giver of the nation, the visible god of its idola try, makes us form almost as degrading and contemptible an opinion of the nation as of this renowned Assembly of free men. Self-respect leads men to despise a body engaged in such miserable discussions and squabbles. Why, there is not a decent housekeeper to one of the Mem bers of that Assembly who would weigh out her charity to an imploring beggar by grains and scruples, as this riotously and wastefully extra vagant body talks of doling out relief to the suffering and industrious poor. This great and deep degradation—for such it is, and such it will be felt to be throughout the empire—comes of the House of Commons being the representative, and lending itself to be the instrument of the avarice, of the landowners. It has made a law on the one hand to declare that industrious people shall have neither work nor bread, without complying with the impossible condition Of paying a large tax to the land owners ; and on the other, it has made a law to deprive of all sustenance those whom it will not allow by labour to earn bread, except on the hard condition of submitting to the workhouse test. It has adopted the principle of free trade as to the labourer, and told him to rely on his own resources, and it has maintained the prin ciple 4protection as to the landlord, and under- , takes to secure him an ample allowance, whe ther it properly belong to him or not. Rates to add to wages have been done away, and rates to add to rent continued. To the industrious the law says they shall have no relief but merely to save them from starvation—to the rich it gives an exorbitant tax, levied on the poor, driving them to that starvation from which it will barely rescue them. The Legislature has converted the nation into a workhouse, and has become the exacting,"despised, and hated over seer of the poor. The division on Mr. EASTROPE'S motion, the language adopted by Sir ROBERT PEEL, the tone recently taken by some of those journals which were the most zealous supporters of the New Poor-law, indicate a considerable change in public opinion. Why is this ? The principle of the law—to which we do not object—of making the working classes depend on their own re sources, is unaltered. We do not believe any change has taken place in public opinion on this point; but last year and the year before there was great distress in the land, pauperism increased, those who had to relieve it naturally grew some what weary of their arduous work, and harsh in their behaviour ; numerous cases of individual suffering—of females driven by destitution to commit crimes—of aged persons and infants (lying from starvation, were painfully paraded before the public ; and the accumulated misery of a suffering population thus enlisted the feel ings of the public against the law. No enactment could stand such a test. Had a similar scrutiny been at any time directed against the Old Poor law in a season of distress, it would have been at once enlarged or annihilated. The New Poor-law is of modern origin. A considerable party opposed it from the first, and have closely watched it ever since, exaggerating all its faults, and ascribing to it much of the misery which the carelessness or depravity of individuals have brought on themselves. For the first three years the law was in existence, its operations were facilitated by the low price of food, and by the comparative prosperity of the people. For the last three years the compara tive scarcity and dearness of food, and the vast distress of the lower classes, have impeded its operations, a n d strengthened its enemies. A portion of the press has ascribed the sufferings of the people to it, and as they e have y in creasedeaehantghee law has become odio us . s has ari s en in the public sentiment , and a g enera l election being supposed at hand gives that ch ange weight in Parliament. great change law is as good as ever it was, but a • has taken place in the Pr i ce of f ood.ln quarter,in 1839 1836 LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Eourtly,iart., Mr. W. Farren • Max Hark way, Mr. Bartl e y ; M r . Ch ar l es Courtly, Air. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. After which the New. Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE EMBASSY. Duke de Nevers, Mr. Moore ; Viscount Rene de Ruben, Mr. Anderson • Baroness du Pont, Miss Ellen Tree i Madame de Firissse, M adame Vestris. . To-morrow, London Assurance, with The Embassy. Doors tr.. t e evened at halt-past Six—the performances to co enct at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes 7;. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second r:ircles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2;. ; Gallery Is. Titkets and pia( es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets mty ne had upon application. Prirate Bon. to be had Well' of Mr. And: ems, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense attraction. Mr. T. P. Cooke and Mr. Collins the same Evening. the last week Gf their sppearance. " Poor Jack " and another nautical drama, in conjunction with " Paul Clifford." THIS EVENING, MARCH 24. Will be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin by Mr. T. P. Cooky. To conclude with PAUL CLIFFORD. Paul Clifford, with thegongoTi , Hurrah for the Road," Mr. Collins. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Wrning....— 5 minutes after 3 I Evening ......25 minutes after 3. The Publication of the Evening Edition if TIIE Su corn -"""7l'mcnced at 40 minutes after Three. LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1641. The Peers resumed the adjourned debate on the Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill, and passed it. The Borough Improvement Bill was read a second time on the motion of the Marquis of NORMANBY. We belieVe the object of it is to enable corporate towns to apply their funds to the improvement of the health of towns. The Bill was referred to the Committee on the Drain age Bill. On the motion to read the East India Rum Duties Bill a second time, which the Marquis of LANSDOWNE recommended to the House in a neat speech, Lord ASHBURTON, erewhile Free-trade BARING, made a furious attack on the Import Du ties Committee, because, we presume, it sets in so clear a light the wisdom of his former opinions, and the folly, as well as something more, of his present interested convictions. He denounced the Committee as one-sided, the evidence as ex aggerated, and the statements as absurd. That small statesman, Mr. SPRING RICE that was, Lord MOUNTEAGLE that is, followed in the same track, and stigmatized as exag gerated, because he knows no more on the Corn laws than he knew about finance when he was at the head of the Exchequer, the statement that the Corn-law causes a charge on the people equivalent to 100,000,0001. For our own parts, we doubt whether that or any known sum can measure the enormous charge which the bread tax levies on OUT people ; but it was worthy of this small statesman to follow in the wake of Free-trade BARING round to the side of restriction. Lord ELLENBOROUGH supported the Bill, which was read a second time. Their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow. In the Commons two Committees to try the St. Alban's and Walsall elections were sworn. Lord J. RUSSELL announced that he should, on April 6th, move that the House adjourn till the 20th of April, for the Easter holidays. Lord MAHON moved a. resolution that it is in expedient to confine so many convicts in hulks at home. He stated that at present 3,500 were so confined, 2,000 of whom were now retained at home, whereas but, for a recent regulation of the Colonial Minister, they would have been transported. The Noble Lord objected to the system of confining men in hulks, and to the plan of commuting sentences of transportation for short periods to that punishment. He did not wish to resume the plan of sending convicts to New South Wales, but he thought they might be sent to Van Diemen's Land. We know nothing which has more perplexed, or which is a greater reproach to statesmen, than the total inefficiency of their inventions to repress clime, which go under the name of secondary punish ments. Lord JOHN RUSSELL vindicated his adopting own e the present from the charge of hastiness in present plan, and re minded the House o f the enormous evils which had taken place under t h e system of transportation. He moved the pre vious question. After a short discussion, in which Mr. Fox MA ULE stated that Lord J. RUSSELL contemplated a Bill to take from the Secretary of State the power of commuting a sentence of transportation, the House divided, and Lord MAHON'S resolu tion was carried, we believe, by 49 to 28. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD then, in a thin House, (the leaders of both sides being absent,) moved a re solution in favour of a property-tax, awl to take taxation off industry and off articles of general consumption. The Hon. Gentleman grounded his motion on the present condition of the people, and showed how taxation pressed them to the earth. now some where a b out 635. it was at 88 s ., a nd is Mr. M URTZ seconded an d supporte d t h e mo tion; so did Mr. TURNER, Mr, WILLIAMS, and For the landlords the Poor-law was p assed, and Mr. l . t FIELDx. The CYTA.N . cm.Lon o f th e EXCHEQUER thou g h is th e i n c C o o m rn p - a l t a i bwi which e wi i t i h e h wasit also passed for th em, . happy to receiv e any assistance in raising taxes, Mr. GROTE, than whom there is no honester thought that the extensive change proposed by man in Parliament, is a consistent advocate for a Hon. Members, .would infli c t so much derange- free trade in corn, and for the l a b ourer d e p en d ment on all the great interests, that he must re- ing on himself; he was instrumental in enacting sist the motion. He begged leave to move the the latter—the landlords denied the former. He previous question. and the Radical doctrinaires, of whom we take Mr. HUME pported the 'notion, and dwelt him as the representative, committed a great on the exemption of property from its fair share ' error in contributing to throw the labourer on his of the public burdens. It paid only 24 per cent. own resources before they had released his loaf out of the Whole revenue, while industry paid from the landlord's gripe. They should havp 76. If the resolution were carried thou g ht m i g ht.b ave been better worde‘l, it Would enactment of the New Poor-law. The latter be the duty of the Government to prepare gra- would then have been just, while the compara dually to carry the change into effect. five small number of poor, and great public pro;- Mr. GOULBURN resisted the motion, as dalcu- perity, would have rendered it easy ofexecution. lated to produce disturbance i n all the interests Now, it threatens to bury Mr. GROTE, as a of the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman was public man, and all his friends, under its vast very learned, but not very clear, about taxing ca- unpopularity. pital in masses, and taxing it when it is diffused 1 ; The Ministers and the landowners are ter through alt classes a distinction as t o ta x ation , ribly inconsistent, for they insist on throwing we have not ink' with in our reading. As ex- the labourer on his own resources, while they pectant CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, he withhold from him both food and employ- 011 4 . 1 .*&1. 1& 4 : -. Vp.:_l 4,14,. ---. 1., fiy..,} V t .7 'S i c K . ;' , . ! '', '- 'E.;.... ,_. ment. They keep him in slavery, and, more cruel than a West India planter, tell him to maintain himself. The two laws are incom patibilities, and the three years in which, since the Poor-law was passed, the Corn-law has been in active and full operation, have sufficed to make the public doubt the wisdom of the New Poor law. By itself and abstractedly the Poor-law may be benevolent and wise ; in conjunction with the Corn-law, it is a part of that terrible crusade which the aristocracy have long been carrying on by law—bringing all law into contempt and hatred, by making it the instrument to gratify their vices—against the democracy. It is said to be intended to make the labouring classes re spect themselves ; but, in conjunction with the Corn-law, it is only an instrument for starving them into submission to the idle landowners. We are less surprised, therefore, at its growing unpopularity than at the support still given to it by the enemies of the Corn-law. They make themselves thereby the tools of the landlords, and contribute to support their gigantic and ruinous scheme of social oppression. 'he Paris Journals of Monday have all reached us. The Journal des Debats of Monday has a long article, in which is analysed the Report of the Committee on the Budget for the year 1811. As the state of a nation's finances may be safely assumed as a sure index of the general policy of its Government, we shall make no apology to our readers for quoting this article at length. The most extraordinary thing about this Report is, that while it severely censures the extrava gance of the THIERS' Administration, it recom mends a perseverance in the armaments—the cause of that extravagance. Nevertheless the article is an instructive one, and as such we re commend it to the general notice of the public. The debate of the Chamber of Deputies on the credits c f 1840, has been but the preliminary of the discussion which will take place in the course of •the week on the credits of 1841. These credits are the sequel of the political situation be queathed by the Cabinet of the Ist of March, and result from the solemn vote of the Chamber, which has sanctioned the attitude of armed peace adopted by the present Chamber. M. ldignon has just had distributed to the Chamber his Report, which is a document worthy of the most serious attention. The Hon. Reporter, with that experience and skill of which he has already given proof in the difficult labours of the Chamber, has entered into a detailed and conscientious examination of the different portit,ns of those credits which must add this year to the usual charges of the Budget more than 176 millions. Our financial situation forms in some measure the preface of the Report; in fact, he admits that the Chamber may be well aware of it before pledging itself to vote a state of things of new origin. Thus a deficit previous to 1833 amounts to 256,028,250 f. This deficit was increased last year by a further decrease of 183,165,551 L, making altogether a sum of 546,058,8961. deficiency at the end of 1841. This sum will be increased at the_ end of next year by 154,754,000 f., according to the deficit of the budget of 1842, which, added to the 534 millions, proposed for the expenses of the public works will amount to the enormous sum of 1,153,974,896 f., to meet which sum no effective resource is created. The 63,300,00Df., for which the reserve of the sinking fund is specially assigned, is not comprised in that evaluation.: The armaments made by France, in consequence of the Treaty of the 15th of July, have been calculated, es it is already known, at an t ffective of 493,671 men and 112,774 horses for the army, and of 225 armed vessels, manned by 46,418 sailors, for the naval force, which has besides 19,910 marines and ar tillerymen for vie arsenals, the coast, and the colonies. The credits for the department of the Minister of War, and for that of the Marine, have especially rivetted the attention of the Commission, which proposes definitively to maintain the effective as created by the Ministry of the Ist of March. It considers the formation of new regiments as an unfortunate measure, uncalled for by events, yet as it would be necessary to put more than 1,200 officers out of commission, and it has received from the Minister of War notice that it entered into his system of reserve to utilise all the depots of the new for mation, the Commission has abstained from proposing to the Chamber to revert t a more economical organization. It ap proves of the creation of 34 batteries, which, giving to the army 200 batteries and 1,200 field-pieces, would be sufficient for an army of 600,000 men, but it hopes that the present Ca binet will reject the idea which the preceding Min:stry enter tained of creating 98 new batteries. The credit of 5,450,000 f. for the manufacture of 152,000 muskets, has given rise to some very severe observations on the part of the commission. After having declared that we possessed 1,771,311 muskets in a proper state in the maga zines and in the corps, and 850,876 in the hands of the na tional guards, the commission expresses itself in these words as to the impossibility in which it is placed to reduce the cre dit asked for : " The preceding Administration, which had the idea of carrying out to 400,000 the muskets that were bespoken of the contractors of our manufactories and of the trade in general, had, from the month of September, made considerable contracts with the former, and when your commission wished to make an especial reduction in the credits asked for, the Mi nister of War replied that he was no longer at liberty to reduce the orders, that agreements made with contractors who had got considerable supplies of wood and iron, and had had en gaged a great number of iLorkmen, did not admit of limiting the amount unless at a loss for the treasury, which would be bound to indemnify the contractors. In this state of things your commission was compelled to stop at impossibilities, arid only to reduce the credit of the sum which was not included at the moment when we were drawing up our resolutions. This induces us to state that it was wrong to take contracts before the credits were opened, that it is contrary to every principle and to all rules in administration, since, as the cre dits might be refused, it rendered the State liable to damages, and that besides the constitutional powers had no longer their action and freedom of vote. Another forgetfulness of the rules of responsibility which is not less serious, against which your Commissions of Finances have constantly declared, and which we must point out to you, is the advance of one million which has been made to the con tractors for the manufacture of muskets from the Royal manu factories in the month of September last, at the moment when the contracts which we have just cited were being entered into. To act in this manlier is compromising responsibility, and we must hope that the disapprobation with which we ♦isit those measures—a disapprobation which the Chamber will no doubt join in—will prevent a recurrence of those irre gularities. The commission being less fettered with respect to the con struction of cannon, proposes to reduce 1,333 the 2,445 cannons, both in bronze and cast iron, asked for by the credits, which will produce an economy of 900,000 f. It grants 20,000 f. as a supplement to the reception expenses of the President of the Council, as well as 100,000 f. for extraordinary missions ; but it refuses the 250,000 f. asked by the Minister of War for secret expenses. To sum up the reduction which the Commission intends to obtain on the credits asked for by the Minister of War for the forces at home, will amount to about twenty-three millions. The greatest reduction of ten millions and a half has been made on the pay and keeping up of the non-complement of the troops during the last six months. The Commission maintains for this year the effective state of the army in Algiers, as it exists, and which amounts to more than 65,000 men, and 11,500 horses, without com prising 3,500 native auxiliary troops. It only fears that too great a dispersing of our forces will render difficult the exe cution of the decisive operations which are to take place this spring. The credits of the department of the Minister of Marin• are reduced more than two millions ; they only refer to secondary considerations. The commission has decided to maintain the armaments of 1840, and to increase them by five vessels, it urges the Minister to give to steam navigation all the develop ment which our maritime situation demands. The commission winds up its report by approving of art. 7. which is for the purpose of authorising the Minhter of Finance to issue Treasury Bonds, and to employ the reserve of the sinking fund to cover the deficit of the treasury, and, in accord ance with the Minister of Finance, it suppresses the fait article of the project of law which had for object to transfer to the budget of 1841, the excess of the expenditure of the budget of 11340, because it was useless to burthen one budget with the de ficit of another. News of political importance there is none in the Journals of Monday. The Courrier Francais states that a coal mine has been discovered at Quimper, which promises to be of the utmost ad vantage to French steam navigation. Letters from the Hague received in Faris on Monday announced the alarming illness of the King of HOLLAND. • The following extracts from the Papers include the only paragraphs they contain in the shape of news : not please his successor. It is added that M. Guizot has readily listened to the injunctions of Prussia, and that M. Bresson's successor is already chosen. Notwithstanding the proof of weakness which our Government has given, we cannot believe so much humility. The Ministry will, doubtless, hasten to contradict this statement if it is false."— Courrier Francais. M. LicHotes BANXRUPTCY.—" We are informed, says the France, " that the Duchess de Dumas will lose upwards of a million of francs by tie failure of 111. Lehon. M. de Montali vet lot . ses 120,000 f., and M. Piscatory 200,000 f." The same Journal states the creditors of M. Lehon have held a meeting, at which it was announced to them that from the first examina tions of the state of his affairs, the liabilities appeared to amount to 6,000,000 f. "M. M. Piscatory, de Montalivet, and Jan vier," it adds, " have been designated as members of a council to watch over and direct the affairs of M. Lehon ; the two former gentlemen, as being creditors to a large amount, and the latter, though not personally interested, yet acting only as the friend and adviser of those whose fortunes are so seriously compromised." _ _ _ PARIS, MAR CH 21.—We have received the following letter from Toulon, which will excite painful reflections on the state of our navy after the enormous sums which have been demanded for that service : TouLox MARCH 16, 1841. Five ships of the line, the Scipion, denereux, Trident, Marengo, and Alger, and the Didon frigate are destined to convey troops to Africa. The Scipion and Didon are already gone, and the others will put to sea to-morrow or the next day. To enable them to go to sea it was necessary to give them spare sail belonging to the Triton and the Ville de Marseilles, which are not in a condition to go to sea at present. This fact de - serves notice., for more than two years the maga zines of this port have been without sailcloth ; several ships cannot be employed for want of spare nails, which are abso lutely necessary for their safety. This fact proves that the Ministry, to satisfy the:spress and the public, is willing to have a fleet in the road, but does not think of employing it in any case. In fact, if such was not its purpose, it would have nought to exercise it during the winter, instead of leavng it at Toulon, where the crews become disorganised, and the expense is in cressed by useless repairs, as is proved by thefacility with which they are dispensed with when the ships are at sea. The ships might have been out at sea when the weather was fine, and when it was unfavourable they might have entered the road of Hyeres. There the crews might have been exer cised in firing with balls. In c onsequence of six ships havi n g been at sea for a. week two months repairs have been needed. We must be greatly degenerated, or those who govern us must be very incapable. The fleet, however, has nerved to salute the Duke of Aumale when he passed through this city. Every ship fired a salute with all its guns, which makes 1,500 cannon-shot. We might regret this expense, if we thought our Government ca pable of employing the powder more seriously. —Le Commerce. BOURSE.—PARIs, MONDAY, M —ARCH 22. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents lll 60 ... 111 85 ... 11160 ... 111 80 4% per Cents ... 101 50 101 50 ... 101 50 101 50 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 77 25 77 35 ... 77 30 ... 11 30 Bank of terance L'iffitte Bank I.ooof. Sh 1052 50 ...1052 50 ...1052 50 ...10 2 50 50001. shares WO ... 5160 Batman Bank 5 per 3 rer Cents 7O 70 ... 70 ... 70 New Loan lOl% ... 1.2 101% ... 1(1% ipanish Active. New Ocferted Neapolitan lO2. 102 ... /12 50 ... .02 50 R0man............ ..... 102% ... 102% ... 1(2% 1(2% RAILWAY SHARES, St. Germans Versailles.R. B 385 347 50 ... 335 ... 387 50 LB. a 6 5 ... 3(0 25 .. 31 1 5 3.5 Strasburg to Bale 2 750 ... 237 50 ... • 235 Orleans . Montpellier to Cette 205 ... 207 50 ... 2b5 ... 207 53 Madrid Papers of the 15th inst. have come to hand this morning. The Cortes were to as semble on the 19th, and it was expected that the debate on the Regency question would be very animated. On the 14th, the first horserace ever witnessed at Madrid came off in tolerable style. The assemblage of fashionable and delighted spectators was immense. The Duke d'OssuNA, the Duke de SAN CARLOS, some Spanish grandees,_and Mr. SCOTT, Secretary to the Bri tish Embassy, had horses entered. The Duke d'OssuNA carried off the prizes. A match will shortly come off between the Duke d'OssuNA and Mr. SCOTT for 10,000 reals, each to ride his own horse. Letters from Teruel state that a band of Carlist brigands, commanded by a chief named CASULLERAS, had entered the village of Corral de Bergada, where they demanded rations ; they had stopped a courier with despatches from Madrid to the Captain-General and Political Chief of Barcelona, which they had destroyed ; they had robbed the conductor of 400 reals, and the post-master of 3,400 reals. German Papers of the 18th inst. have reached us, in which we find the following news from Greece:— ATHENS, FEB. 28.—0 n the 20th of this month (as has been already stated) Mavrocordato, the Greek Ambassador in London (well known as the head of the English party), was appointed by the King to be President of the Council and Mi nister of Foreign Affars , his brother in-law, Tricupes, goes to London as resident Minister in his stead. This resolution of the King has excited a most joyful sensation at Athens, as Mavrocordato has many adherents and friends, and even those who are not his friends expect much good from so able a man, who bee acquired so much knowledge in foreign countries. Accounts from Candia are most anxiously expected at Athens. Many Candiots have clandestinely left Greece, among whom there is even a Colonel in the Greek service. Though the Government has taken serious measures to prevent their clandestine departure, that it may not be suspected of favour ing their proceedings, for which, in fact, the moment is ill chosen, the Candiots demand concessions similar to those which were granted to Samos. Mustapha Pacha, the Go vernor, has sent his secretary to Constantinople for instruc• tions. Meantime the people of Candia remain under arms, and the number of those who desire a change daily increase. It is said that they receive assistance from some mercantile houses of Athens and Syria. Merricm, MARCH 14.—According to recent accounts which appelr to be worthy of credit (contrary to which is asserted in other journals)—The German Customs Union will not renew the Commercial Treaty with Holland.—Nuremburg Corre spondeJit. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vzsntrs, MARCH ;3 Five per Cents. MetaUiques Four per Cents. us% Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1(3; —.4llgenzeine Zeitung, Mareh 18. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 24.—Wind this day at noon, W. S.W., cloudy. Dna L, MARCH 23.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Arrived the Ma rus, Law, from Berbice ; King William, Croft, Su n d er l an d ; Gem, Crosier, ditto. Arrived fro m the River the Queen Vic toria, Connor, for Sydney ; Albion, Huldt, Macao ; Union, Swifler, Mauritius; City of London, Antunn Bordeaux; Vul can, Patrick, ditto ; Was, Potts, Rio janeiro ; Camillus, Mules, Demerara; Mercy, Treadwell, Barbadoes ; Mediator, Chadwick, New York ; Mary and Ann, Blackstone, St. Übes ; Lugan, Thompson, Belfast ; Sovereign, Potts, and Charlotte, Wattie, St. Kitts ; Symmetry, Alackwood, Ceylon ; Mars, Le Gallais, Marseilles. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Davig, Pust, from Hamburgh ; Diamond, ditto. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 23.—Wind N.W.--Arrived the Mary Lowther, Pearce, from Kertsch ; Eleanor, Shields. Sailed the Argo, for Hamburgh; Magdelena, Bremen; Ludlow, London; Eclipse, London ; Mary, Belfast. The Casimo, which put in bete 19th, leaky, is discharging. FALMOUTH, MARCH 22.—Wind S.W., squally.—Arrived the Drummore, Mylone, from Calcutta ; Elizabeth, Jackson, Shields; Atlas, Smirk, Odessa ; Hope, Gillard, Giigente, with loss of main-yard ; Premier, Abbott, London ; Thomas and Elizabeth, Heard, Newport, with loss of bulwarks, fore chan nels, &c., having been in contact with an American brig; Iberia steamer, Southampton, and sailed for Vigo. Sailed the Columbine, Robertson, for Hamburgh. Arrived off the Li zard, Thoroley, from Kertsch, with loss of foreyard. TORBAY, MARCH 22.—Arrived the North Briton, Hartle pool, from Brest, with loss of bulwarks. DUNGENESS.--Arrived off the Jacob Cats, Drerks, Batavia. HULL, MARCH 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Hengrina, Hurter, from Lennmet ; Hope, Wilson, Dunkirk; Tweed, Al‘Kenzie, Chesme ; Freden, Lunat, Salow. Sailed the Me teor, Brown, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Lams, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Frederick Wilhelm, from Konigsberg. SUNDERLAND, MARCH 22 . —Arrived the Agenoria, Swin ney, from St. Valery ; Thomas Burden, Cusholm, Calais ; Or bicular, Steward, Rotterdam; Arthur, Petty, ditto; Galatea, Elsdcn, Abbeville. Stirrups, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Albion, Tuck, from St. Valery ; Jane and Jessica; Campbell, Leghorn ; Ida, Bou chier, Dunkirk; Victory, Mitchell, Botiogne ; Lucy, Hard ing, Amsterdam. The Arno, from Y armouth, was towed in here this morning, with loss of foremost, bowstrit, &c., hav ing been run into off Scaham by a brig, name unknown. LivEßrooL, MARCH 23.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrived the Isabel, Greaves, from Lima, sailed Dec. 5 ; Powhattan, M'Cerran, New Orleans; Philornela, , Buenos Ayres ; Dia mond, Demerara; Wellington, New Orleans, sailed from the Bar on the 21st ult. ; Mersey, Apalachicola ; Andover, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Fanny Palmer, Cutting, Smyrna ; Alice Brown, Donald, Naples ; Rowena, Tregari hen, Leg horn ; Ellen Clare, Roberts, ditto, with pumps choked, having experienced very bad weather ; ighfield, Africa. The Bar badoes, from Havannah to Cork, was spoken on the 24th ult., in lat. 26, long. 79, very leaky, and steering for Nasau, by the Powhattan, arrived here. PENZANCE, 'MA Reif 22.—The Mary, Stewart, of Cardiff, was discovered this morning at anchor a quarter of a mile from Praa Sand, with mainmast gone, and foremast abo u t 20 f eet above the deck ; at noon th e Sylva revenue cutter succeeded in taking out three of the crew, but the remainder, master and mate, persisted in remaininv she is still riding in great p er il. ST. IVES, AIAacH 22. lite Ambassador, from Newcastle, was brought in here last night in a very disabled state, with loss of boats, bulwarks, stancheons, &c., having been thrown on beam ends, with cargo shifted; two mates and one seaman washed overboard. PORT TALBOT, MARCH 22.—The John Noel, from Hoyle, on shore under the Breakwater, got off after discharging. The Mary, also on shore, still remain., but will be discharged to morrow. ST. ABDICATION OF Dox MIGUTL.—The Augsburg Gazette, ftheit ce h r in t s ir t a an , t, th aiemounce Don Miguel e Portu guese Envoy, with missions—first to induce with it . to r . thein i t a s rrival correspondence i nthateity from n f the Rome Chevalier o nthoeunancveetrheeigtnittlye ofo t K ha i t ng en o n f nt P ry o: Portugal , and e a a n t d t w o i r t e h ne it ne a i l l l e cl t a h i m e s di t f o_ afenrdentchees noy which have ave „ ar l i t pp se a nb e e a t r w s, e , e , betwe e n the Crown of P or t uga l "" that th e Ch evalier will succeed in thefi n r t s i t n p u a e r s t e f t he ms Gazettechar ge ,, Don Miguel being well inclined to resign both title and in heritance on certain con di t i ons ; a disposition towards whuteich the Councils of A us t r i a and Rome have greatly contri bd. The second difficulty will not be so easily overcome, as the Holy See requires that all the Bishops who were nomi nated by Don Miguel should be acknowledged by the present Government, a proposal which is absolutely rejected. How ever, the Pope has resolved to send a Legate to Portugal in the hope of bringing this question to a settlement." The political chief of Grana 'a coin what the Journals h ave s phins and declares that ta.ed about his having tak en the valu able pictures still existing in the several convents of nuns is a calumny ; but the honest man, at the same time, acknowledges that he has bought fourteen splendid paintings of the nuns for about 251. sterling. How could those forlorn women refuse to let the pictures go aterannmyhpnrfti:ies, ,wnhiedn hiliyeth,me asilaupdi,ttaanelf-cesitsyslueedd, to thern th b e y go G lit o i v cal cie . e said fourteen paintings are a considerable sum ; but th e - said to be wort h are supposed not because the Aluniti al y Ch - - the only one s , • • t • . P amber of Gra to be oft minute investigat ion,, i gatlons, in order to ascer tainnada is making m of the worthy functionary's the whole extent speculation th contains the foll • s of the 17 follo w i ng passage: The Toulonnat ed that orders have rust t been given by the p o u u r t ehaser , of war which ae quipped Air service Ministry for all in , p , a lv int e in ar gs e . men ' ation assigned to them, and are now in and have not any destination the porta of the north, our roads all the naval force of Prance. is intended to collect in new' embarrassment s iii the affaii:. This decision arises from tbs pat tho Cabinet of Berlin has re to repair to the harbour of Toulon. It of the East. It is reported that asst; to the late King, and, perhaps , ouritnfobrast that (;..o,a reason doesu as agreeable(,uircd the recall of M. Bresson, ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY. A meeting of the Tower Hamlets' Auxili ,ry to this Society was held last evening, in the Friends' Meeting-house, Betel ff, sFecially to call the attention of masters of ves sels, crews, and others conceettql with the shipping i-.- ter of this co untry an d t h e co l on i es , to the coudi ion of the aborigines, to their claims to humane and just treatment. The meet i ng was respec tably attended, and was addressed by D r. H o d g ki n, M r . King, naturalist it, CaFtain Back's expedition, Dr. Beale, some time resi dent among the isl an d ers o f t h e S o uth Seas, by the Se cretary of the P arent Soc i ety, an d by other speakers. The cause . of the benighted and oppressed abori3ines of our colt i sites is awakening unpreceiented interest in the country, from which benefits of a permanent astute, it is hoped, will result. IMPORTANT SPORTING EVENTS.—Bews Life in London of Sunday next, March 28, will contain original rapteta of th e G ran d Mi l i tary an d ot her Steeple Cha ea at Notthamptonth e Rugby, Kettering. Newbury, Driffield, Vekeri , ,g, Spil,b y , W orcert! - r , Sp,.l j o g, and Irish Stteple Chases—the Pytehl .y Hunt—Pt, kern:g and Huntingdon Races —and the Gr,at Caledoni,in Coursing M c•ing, to gether with the me,venients of Newmarket and Epsom__ latest Betting on the Derby, and e usual sporting mis cellany, including chess, pedestrianism ' pigeon shooting, aquatics, criek e tti ng , the dt A rgs if f-e k i dney, &c. Bell's Life in Lond on o f S un d ay wee k, April 4, will contain a full alpbabeticsl list o f t h e w i nn i n g grey 11 , unds du rin g the present season, with thei r p e digrees, and exclus ive re p or ts of all the sporting events of the week. Office of Bells Life, 170, Strand. Early orders are i n dispensable. Pri. • of Bell's Life, bd. ABSENCE OF MIND.—A small farm rat Chew Magna, findi n g a portion his sheep :n a ellfereric fiAti from tilt! other part of 11, inapcund,d them, and rid not di,eover the utiitake until cd ile ' l " .1(1 lur the "Veils". -- - 8 ( 1 01 Journal THE SUN, LONDON, WrADNEiDAY, MARCH 24 , 1841 SUDBURY ELECTION CO3l - DAY.) The Committee assembled this morning at 10 o'clock to hear the reply of Mr. Sergeant MEREWETIIER, who said he should confine himself to what had occurred since he had last addressed the Committee. Both his Learned Friends had Spoken strongly in disparagement of Mr. Acland, but when he was in the box, not one word Of 6i:4s-examination was addressed to him. Mr, Sergeant Wrangham, he thought, had admitted that the law, as cited by him (Mr. Sergeant Merewether) was very strong, but had endeavoured to show that it did not be..r upon the present case. The whole of the present question depended upon the fact whether or not the election was over. His Learned Friend seemed to admit that the law was against him if the election was pending, but contended that in point of fact it was over. His Learned Friend then appeared to him to abandon his legal argument, and to rely upon the evidence of the Mayor to contradict that of Mr. Acland. He (Mr. Sergeant Merewether) had only called Mr. Acland to prove a conversation which he had had with the Mayor. He thought Mr. Spooner's evidence was very unsatisfactory and contradictory, as he should be able to show the Committee. Mr. Spooner, in reply to a question from his Learned Friend; had said positively there was no such conversation; but when cross-examined his evidence was a direct abandonment of that statement. Then with respect to a conversation about Mr. Bagshaw, he stated that he had had no conversation with Mr. Acland on the subject, but it turned out afterwards that he had held such a conversation, and that it was begun by himself. He also said that no person was dissatisfied with his conduct but Mr. Acland, but he afterwards said that there was ge neral dissatisfaction, and cries of "Bagshaw, Bagshaw." He hoped he did not exceed his duty in saying that at best the Mayor's memory was very imperfect, that he was very con fused at the time, and that for some reason or other he had given his evidence before the Committee in such a manner as could not stand. His Learned Friend had said that he would not condescend to hold the balance between Mr. Spooner and Mr. Acland, but the Committee, he was assured, would do justice, and would do so • and if such were the case h e (M r . Sergeant M erewet h er ) did not fear the result. With respect to the Nottingham case that hsd been cited, he contended that it distinctly pros ed that whether the election was continued legally or illegally, during its continuance any person might propose another candidate. The question in this case was whether Mr. Tomline was so unanimously elected that no person by fact, deed, or word, proposed another candidate, and if, therefore, it had been proved that any electors, by any means, had signified to the Mayor their desire to nominate Mr. Bag shaw, the Committee, he thought, must be clearly of opinion that Mr. Tomline was not duly returned. Could the Mayor by his conduct defeat the N °ice of the freemen ? A more im portant constitutional point could scarcely be conceived. Was there any doubt that the freemen wished to nominate Mr Bagshaw? Was there not a general cry in the Hall of " Bagshaw, Bagshaw ?" and, if so, was not the election of Mr. Tomline without a poll palpably a bad election? His Learned Friend said it was a merely technical point, but he thought a more substantial one could not possibly occur. With these observations, which he had made within the time allowed him, he should leave the case in the bands of the Com • mi. tee. The room was then cleared while the Committee deliberated. After about an hour and a half's consultation, the Commit tee announced that the return of Mr. Tomhne was a good re turn ; and that the petition of Thomas Fryer and otht rs of the electors of Sudbu! y could not be maintained. WALSALL ELECTION COM MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock ; Lord Eliot in the chair. ' Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Austin, and Mr Sergeant Merewether, apt eared for the petitioners; and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham and Mr. Talbot for the sitting Members. The Committee having cleared the room in order to come to some resolutions, as to the order of the proceedings, counsel and 'agents were called in, and Mr. Auntie then proceeded to state the case fur the peti tioners. It complained of the return of Mr Gladstone for the borough of Wa.sall, by reason of his having been guilty by himself or his agents of bribery and treating, and there was also a charge of general bribery and corruption during the election. A writ having been issued shortly after the • sitting of Parliament in consequence of a vacancy for that borough, the election took place on the Ist of February, and the polling took place on Tuesday, the 2nd of February. The candidates were Mr. Gladstone, who polled 362 votes, and Mr. Smith, who polled 325, leaving Mr. Glad stone a majority of 27. Mr. Gladstone was proposed by Mr. Forster, and seconded by Mr. Samuel Perks. The acting agent for Mr. Gladstone was Mr. Barnet, who now appeared before the Committee to defend his return. Mr. Gladstone's place of residence, before and during the election was at the George Hotel in Walsall, and be occupied the room No. 13, which is on the first floor. Further on on the same floor was No. 10, where a private Committee, who conducted the business of the election for Mr. Gladstone, assembled. Mr. Forster, Mr. Perks, Mr. Barnet, and other gentlemen, were members of that Committee, and besides that Committee there was a public or general Committee, which sat in the assembly-room of the Hotel, and where the public had more immediate access. He could prove to the Committee that the treating was, practised at. the Turk's Head, the Rising Sun, the Stork, the Bull's Head, the White Hart, the Hare and Hounds, the Spread agle, and other inns and taverns—he would show that that treating took place by the friends and agents of Mr. Gladstone, and he should connect these parties with Mr. lladstone. There was one spe cific charge of treating which he should show had taken place at the New Inn. It appeared that shortly before the nomina • Lion day Mr. Gladstone and his friends became somewhat ap prehensive of the result, and they got a number of the lower class of voters, who, he regretted to say, were more liable to be influenced by such a species of bribery than any other, to the New Inn—they kept them there all the nomination day, plying them with those stimulants which were so well . calculated to obscure their judgments. He should show that these incentives were kept up during the night, and continued the following morning, which was the polling day, and all those who were not dead asleep or insensible, after having received an additional supply in meat and du ink, were taken in that state to the poll. He would not go into the de tails of the scenes of corruption and drunkenness that had taken place, the Committee would hear these from the evidence of the witnesses. These he had ne doubt he should be able to trace to Mr. Bernet and the other members of Mr. Gladstone's Committee, and he would, he was satisfied, prove such a case before the Committee, of general treating and bribery as would void the election. He would now refer the Committee to the Common law of Parliament, as it bore upon the case before them. The Learned Counsel having referred to several authorities which bore upon cases of treat ing and bribing, and among others to the celebrated election for Southwark, which was contested by Mr. Tierney and Mr. Thelluson, observed that if there was any single well authenticated ease'of bribery proved on the part of the sitting Member or his agents, it was the wellestablashed rule of law that that case was as conclusive against the Member as a thousand. If there was shown to be a general system of bribery and drinking carried on, which in its result was calcu lated to affect the election, then the Committee couldnot affirm the election, which must be declared void. He should now call witnesses to prove the general system of treating that had been carried on during the election. Ihe CHAIRMAN inquired whether it, was the intention of Me, Austin to state the names of the parties who had been so tr6sted ? • Mr. AUSTIN said he could not do that, because the parties were: so numerous, and it would be impossible to specify all persons who went in and out of these places during the election. Mr. TALBOT hoped the Committee would require Mr. Austin to state the names of the parties. The room was then ordered to be cleared, and after the ab sence of about an hour Counsel was called in, and Tin CHAIRMAN inquired whether was intended to prove anycase of brlbery in the ordinary meaning of the term? Mr: A um/4 said he meant to confine himstlf to that species of bribery termed treating. The CHAIRMAN said in that case the Committee was of opinion that the Learned Counsel might examine witnesses without giving in their names, but they expected that it should be proved that some of the parties so treated were electors. James Richard Nayer, from the Crown-office, was tten called, and produced the writ, precept, and return, from the last Walsall election. John W hitgreave, Mayor of Walsall, produced the poll books. Cross examined by Mr. TALBOT -I have not kept them in my possession ; they were left a'ter the election unsealed in the custody of the Town-clerk. I have examined them, and there has been no alteration Cr erasure since I saw them. Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant ME REWEATHER—I had the 1 arrangement of the poll-booths. It was settled that some friends of both the candidates shauld meet me for that purpose. Mr. Lesson and Mr. Barnet, two professional gentlemen, and Mr. Oerton, a =lister, attended on behalf of Mr. Glad stone. I heard that from the Town-clerk. On behalf of Mr. Smith, the other candidate, there weie Mr. Kettle, a professional man, and Mr. Eglinton, a builder. I di rec t e d the town-clerk to say I should be glad to meet a few of Mr. Gladstone's and Mr. Smith's friends to make the necessary ar rangements. I have no doubt whatever that these gentlemen appeared in behalf of the two candidates. Mr. Barnet requested me on behalf of Mr. Gladstone, to have an additional booth at Bloxwich. I required a written authority from Mr. Barnet, and he wrote it, but it was not given to me. Mr. Wm. Cot terell is the town-clerk, and I believe he acted as one of the agents of Mr. Smith. Mr. TALBOT said he should reserve his cross-examination of the witness till a future period. • Mr. AUSTIN objected to the witness being detained in town unless the other party paid his expenses. Mr. TALBOT contended that the course he proposed to adopt was that usually followed, After some discussion the Committee ordered the room to be cleared. ALBAN'S ELECTION COM MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the return of the Earl of Listowell for the above bo rough commenced this morning. Mr. Smiroan,Chairman. Mr. Talbot and Mr. Hilyard appeared for the petitioner. Mr. Austin, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Leahy, were Counsel for the Sitting Member. Before the case was opened, the Chairman desired the room to be cleared. After an absence of half an hour, Counsel, par ties, and agents, were called 'in, and informed that the Com mittee begged to direct the attention of Counsel on both sides to the clauses regulating the costs under the new law of elections, for the Committee would feel it their duty to look closely at that point. The Committee would also consider the Coun sel for the petitioner bound by his opening, and not be al lowed to enter into any fresh matter. The Committee had also come to a resolution to the effect that as bribery formed a prominent feature in the petition, they thought it right to say they expected of the Counsel for the petitioner to state now, the names of the parties charged to have been bribed or treated; and also the names of the parties charged with the offense ; but they might at once proceed with any charge tending to inculpate the si'ting Member or any of his agents. Mr. HILYARD hoped he would not be call , d upon to state the names of 200 or 300 parties whom they charged with ac cepting bribes. As in the Cambridge case, they were pre pared to state the houses where the treating, &c., took place, and he trusted that would be enough. Ater a few words from Mr. AUSTIN the Committee struck out the word " treating." They would require the Counsel to itat-i all caes of treating tendiog to inculpate the sitting Member or his agents, so far a; p'a es were concerned. Mr. TALBOT applied to the Chairman to write to Mr. Musket for the books of h's bank at St. Alban's. He being a Memher of the House, the Speaker or the Chairman's warrant did not run. An arrangement was entered into that a list of the books re quired should be furnished, and adav fixed for their production. Mr. HILYAR D then opened the ease for the petitioners From the petition they wou'd have seen that they did not pro pose any scrutiny in this ease, they only sought to vacate the seat on the ground of treating and bribery. They would re• collect that M r . Grimstono vacated his scat for St. Alban's early in February ; that a new writ was issued on the 3d of February. Up to this moment the Earl of. Listowell was wholly unknown to the electors of the borough—that was not the raze wall Mr. B. Cabell. In 1837 hewas a candidate, and althcti;h succeSsfu lv opposed by Mr. Musket, a large banker in 'hebron:•h, ids gcod-humoured conduct at bis defeat had o'3laCried him many friends. He seemed to have been aware of the intention of Mr Gririiston, for he was on , the spot, and on the receipt of the writ commenced what ap peared to be a successful unopposed canvass. It appeared to him and his friends that his return was certain. But on the Thursday Lord Listowell arrived, and then commenced a series of the most disgraceful prise& dings, which materially altered the state of affairs. It appeared that in St. Alban's there were two persons of considerable activity in elee'ien matters—one was an apothecary, but he would be generally . called Dr. Webster by the witnesses—he would therefore give hill! his diploma and name him so—the other was a Mr. Edwards, a clerk in the bank of Mr. Minket; he was not a voter, but had been a prominent actor in this election of the borough. On the Thursday morning these two gen tlemen drove in a chaise and four to London ; they alighted at a short distance from, and entered the office of Mr. Coppock, in Cleveland-row ; they afterwards went to the Treasury, where they staid ten minutes, and then ordered the chaise to wait for them at an inn in Oxford-street. What took place at the Treasury it was impossible for him to say ; he might form a conjecture, but he could not prove or explain it. His Learned Friend had the means of doing so, and he trusted that he would do so, for if he did not, he publicly told him that after the scandalous practices which had taken place after that interview by those gentlemen,he wouldlead the public to put the most unfavourable construction upon that interview and its results. About six o'clock that evening they got to their chaise, and ordered the post-boy to drive quick in order to allow them to order four horses for a chaise which would follow them. They drove uu to the " George Inn," in St. Albans, which afterwards became the head-quarters of Lord Listowell. :hey then drove backlog the London. road— met Lord Listowell's carriage, on the rumble of which they both got, and drove to the house of Dr. Webster. They all entered the house, and Dr. Webster addressed the people, say ing—" I have got you a candidate—it is the twelfth I have brought you, and he is a good one, I can assure you." These were words which had a peculiar meaning with many of the electors of St. Alban's. From that:day to the day of polling was spent in gross acts of bribery un the part of the Doctor, and he would be proved to have been in close connexion with Lord Listowell during the wl.ole time—he proposed hint at the e'ection, and, in f'ct, was his principal agent for the elections. lhere were two voters named Robert Adams and John Stebbings. the first a man of some property, who had always beltnged to the Blue, or Conservative party. After the former election he quarrelled with a principal agent on that side, and it was thought he might be induced to give a vote for the'other side. Dr. Webster on two occasions pressed him to do so, and said—" You know we don't stand for money." He refused, but spoke of the offer, which came to the ears of Mr. Quin, the agent of Mr. Cabbell. That gentleman had found that foul practices were going on, he therefore directed Adams to throw himself in Dr. Webster's was', and accept his offer. He did so, and on the way met Stebbings, who went with him. Webster saw them, and said—" I cannot speak to you in the street." He took them into a back-room separately and asked Adams what he expected. Af er some bargaining, Webster went out, and returned shortly with two 51. notes, of Muskett's Bank, and two sovereigns, which be gave Adams for a vote to Lord Listowell, and the same sum was given to Steb birgs, fur abstaining to vote for Mr. Cabbell. The parties met a man named Howie, who advised them to seal up the money. Adams was recommended to proceed to the hustings, give the money into the hands of the Mayor, and then vote for Cabbell. This he did. Stebbings, being of weak inteleet, got excited and alarmed ; he demanded the money, and returned it to Dr. Webster with a note dictated- by Lord Grimstone. Ihe note was delivered by the Niible Lord and Mr. APKen zie, M.P. At the proper time he hoped to put that note in evidence. He had no doubt but that they would easily and clearly prove agency on the part of Dr. Waster, and if so, he would also prove that that gentle man had been guilty of bribing the two voters named. P. ap peared also that Edwards had been largely mixed up in the bribery. He sat in the house of a person named Nlayland, in a r om up stairs ; the door was kept by a man named Spicer, whose orders were to admit voters, but only one at a time. He was a very unwilling witness, but he was honest, and would prove the entrance of many voters, to whom he saw Edwards give money. One case that would be proved was that of a policeman with whom Edwards bet 101. that he would not dare to vote for Lord Listowell. That wris clearly only a nominal wager, and for the purposes of a bribe. He would also prove treating to a great extent at the George, which was Lord Listowell's head quarters, and of which he must have been cognizant. He would prove also, that many voters were treated from the Friday up to the time of polling, in the " Bell," and the " Red Lion." The Learned Gentleman cited some cases respecting agency in order to show that Com mittees:had allowed the bribery to be proved before the agency. He called upon the Committee to hear the whole case before deciding upon any one point, and he submitted that if he made out the statement he had been instructed to make, then it must be the duty of the Committee to declare the return of Lord Listowell to be void. Great public scandal had been created by the circumstances of the election, and he trusted that his Learned Friends would co-operate with him in having a full and searching inquiry- , -if there was no foundation for the scandal they would do so. '1 he Learned Gentleman then ,proceeded to call witnesses. The first was under examination when we went to Press. ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) Motions were continued. FOWLER V. WOOD. GRIFFIN V. WOOD. These cases were mentioned in order that an injunction might lasts , against Air. Osborne, one of the defendants, similar to that which had been ordered against Sir Matthew Wood, restraining proceedings in actions of replevin upon the plain tiffs, who are tenants, paying their money into Court. - - VALETTE V. TILE LONDON DOCK COMPANY. This was, a motion to dissolve an injunction which had been obtained against the defendants in the last long vacation, restraining them from parting with certain wines. The case was mentioned this morning in order that the mo tion might be postponed until certain affidavits could be pro cured from Paris. The motion was fixed for next Tuesday. The Master of the Rolls rose at one o'clock for the purpose of attending the Levee. 4 $6, , nui „, 4 ' 7,M 4 c - r - mie*g4.N.s.% , ' - • , k 1 70 ; ght THE MAR.KETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of all kinds of Grain since Monday have been small. The Wheat trade dull at Monday's prices. Barley also heavy in disposal.. Oats found a moderate demand at former prices. Not much doing in Flour this week. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a good supply of meat, the demand vi as moderate, and prices were realised. B ee f, 3 s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; Vgal,4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per stone of 81b?. Game and Poultry were in large supply, and prices a shade lower. Eggs dull of sale at 5s to 7s per 120. COLONIAL MARKETS. There was a limited business done by private treaty, and the public sales were of little moment, prices were however firm. The clearances of goods from the warehouses were to a fair ex tent. The arrivals were small. TEA MARKET. _ _ _ Prices of Free Trade were supported, but the amount cf business done was small. Company's Congou offered at Is. 7id. cash, but with few buyres. TALLOW MARKET. ____ There was little business done in Russian Tallow, either on the spot or to arrive, but prices were firm, 46,. was the value of P. Y. Candle on the spot. FRUIT MARKET. Pi ices did not give way, but the market was in a dull s t a t e, and the stocks o n h an d la rg e of all descriptions, except fine Currants and Raisins. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Manor./ 23.—A mederate business has been dune to-day, the sales are 2,500 bales, of which 500 are in speculation at Friday's rates. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 23.—The only trans actions reported at the Stock Exchange to-day are tie fol lowing :—London and South Western, 51. Shares, 41s. 6d. ; Midland Counties, 78 ; Marine Assurance, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 23.—Manches ter and Leeds, 69k, Liverpool and Manchester Halves, 69i; Macclesfield Canal, 28; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. 19s. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24i; London and South Western, 55*; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34; North Midland, 71. In the absence of further intelligence from the United States, a general report prevailed at the Stock Exchange this morn ing that the Patrick Henry, which was to sail on the 7th inst. from New York, hid arrived off Liverpool, in consequence of which numerous inquiries were made at the North and South American Coffee-house on the subject, which was lound to be without foundation, as their Liverpool letter, dated six o'clock last night, did not mention one word about it. In all proba bility in the course of to-morrow we may hear of her arrival, she being a fast-sailing vessel. Consols left off yesterday at 883 for the Account ; Money, 88b *, opened this morning with a slight improvement at 881 k, for Account ; Money, 8S since which they have not maintained the openins , prices, and may be quoted at pre sent 83i b ; Money, 88b f, and up to the present hour there does not appear any spirit for speculating until some further in formation is received from the United States. Exchequer Bills, 5 7 prem. _ _ _ In the Foreign Market scarcely anything doing. Spanish Active, a shade higher, loft off 23k, at resent 23 *; Deferred 12k; Passive 5i i ; Brazilian 71 72 ; Colombia* 214 22*; Alexican 29* i ; Portuguese same as they left of 301, 31 ; Three per Cents. Ib 19; Dutch Two and-a-HAf per Cents. 50} i; Five per Cents. 99i 100. Th.• Fo. eign Exchanges yesterday afternoon remained with out alteration, with little doing. SHARES. Great Western 23 24 prem. ; New 11 i prem. ; London and Brighton 7* 7 dis. ; 131ackwall 54- i dis. ; Birmingham 60 62 prem. ; Southampton i4i 55i per share ; Croydon 12i per share; Greenwich 7i 8* per share; Man chester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol end Exeter 6O ...... 35i..... to 36 Great Western London and Birmingham .. 90 l5O Ditto * Shares London and Gieenwich - -. Ditto Scrip London and Croydon (Trunk)... 13* l2 ...... to _ _... idland Counties ... - — ...... to Ditto Shares JOINT STOCK BANKS. Provincial of Ireland 25 .. .. 43 !to HALF. PAST' ONE: Consols which were, in the earlier part of the day, at 88} for the Account, may be quoted at present 88j i; Money, 88 to ~ the above article being in demand and scarce; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 96%, have been 97i; Exche quer Bills rather lower, 5 7 4 prem. ; Bank Stock for Ac count, 170. __ _ The Foreign Market, to the present time, is totally neglected, there being only four quo!ations. Spanish Active, 23 ; nothing done in Portuguese; Brazilian, 71,lower ; Chilian, 63; Dutch Five per Cent..., 99g. In Shares little doing. Bristol and Exeter, 35i 36; Great Western, 88; London and Birmingham, 150 ex. div. ; Quar ter Shares, 21 ; Midland Counties Quarter Shares, 14E. No further arrivals as yet. QUARTER TaTHREE. Consols, Money, 881 j ; Account, 881 ; Colombian, 21i 22* ; Mexican, 29* ; Deferred, 9 ; Portuguese, 30* 31 ; Spanish, 23 *. No arrival from America by the second train from Liverpool. KING'S LYNN.—.At a meeting of the inhabi tants cf this borough held lately, and consisting of mem. hers of the E , tablished Church, Protestant Dissenters, and others, three petitions to the House of Commons were agreed to and numerously signeel, namely, a petition against Church-rates, praying also fu!' an improved ma.. nagement of Church property to be }:resented by Mr. Easthope ; a second in favour of Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill, to be preFented by Mr. O'Connell, and a third in favour of the two bills introduced into the Corn. mons to improve the practice and extend the jurisdiction of Ccunty Courts, to be presented by Mr. H ume . Vi..-count and Viscountess Alford do ilot intend to take their departure for the Continent. until tl2 close ef the season, his Lordship baying taken the Earl of Ripon's mansion on Carlton House-terrace for six months. EVENING EDITION • COPYRIGHT DESIGNS. (From the Morning Herald.) h n e o W w, es t t h - e end ea o u f se th b e ei t n o just o tt chester calico-printers, who having for time past been es 01 ,. boisterous about and in advancement of their own rights tine' being an inundation the c if flea! and corporate, are now, by way . of changing crusading against the copyrights claimed in behoof. h..mbierbrethren of the act, whose cause, however, it 1 0f 1 4 e . ; f a i r to add, has been manfully taken up by these chiefs th • country staled' indebted for such most advanced pos 0; 0 % 5 craft, s o ,:hose higher order of genius, talent, and enteirete; it :las been enableu to take and maintain in that .ing ;,". be r :. • f at ho p s e t r s tu f r l i t an ioo . branch of cotton-manufactures, known as calico-printincf,• some subject of debate has been coneiderably narrowed , since' tinted fourteen or fifteen days ago, its more eal.ent points vre!,c o e .i e ng t he unary this head. On the debate ifornediately " fb s 4* uh ich rely arks then made, Sir Robert Peel took the hi 1 i, ese into became him perhaps above all men ;he the .s 9 ` ve lied fa" the scale of protection for copyright of designs fee eased with brics as might naturally be expected from one peel ewe' a refined taste for, and being a lover of, the ar for s fore the friend and patron of artists: T he claim being o t wee extension of the term of copyright in designs fecer Trade months to twelve, and the President of the Board ° °' ,cede having courageously intimated his willingness t ,e tt e f t thirthy-three and a fraction per cene of this " ju t ", c osec pattern designers, Sir Robert came forward to pree",e, o f iles promise for splitting the oifference, by which two thieue vc e is claim should be awarded, and the remaining thirds et' . Os the spirit of conciliation between the contendin proposition was to extend the cepyrigbt f e cesion months to nine, and to: morrow eomes on the de 2 Ir. the Commons' House between the short lentth of yard bouchere, the better measure of Sir Robert, anti the e io th ei e required y those calico printers, who neither pent you neighbours' lands nor pirate patterns from his print ge,,eset Great, however, was the dismay caused by the unantieller movement of Sir Robert in advance ; all Market-styeet,lo'.so. chester, Was up in arms, and Cannon-street in 73 s of' Railways were put in requisition forthwith ; vvorshie e t a re, tes t" 6 If men that hope to be, " pitchforked magistra . an so, and very common councillors and calico printers that e .. , tes , be, have hither , sped, and here they are canvassing tote`, parrtinies aro earnestly as if orders for printed calicos, and besieging P erlis; toe° meut men in their houses with as much pe rtinacity as op $ buyers came to town in their taverns. One canno t er_soieers Minister without encountering a deputation of the one's Calicot in possession of his bureau, nor attempt.teVail morning's respects to a friend mid member withoutoeueopie a prisoner in his own premises, among a posse s bee , piping about prints, and choking him with e re. to c a stall', chintzes. lhe business of the nation is brouge- of F e ~.,t still until the vital question be decided whether one $ e; .,4 1 7. e; suns, lacking the endowment themselves, may not re nee e, entitled to live and grow fat by stealing the brains et ' er stee set ; upon the special and very plausible argument, of .oaaseee intereA in the right to illicit pelf of scores of years' onJ bt The claim by vested interest and long possession zut „ete e ° good, only that neither law nor logic recognize th e g a a bow" property in a title founded in fraud, and ther efore call mores. zl3 B° '1 he argument has been stated before on more occas c i e e: o s fo e one, and, it is hoped, so intelligibly, that it is not ne e a „ rc e tb reproduce it here, further than may be necessary to • claim of the ingenious pattern designer and the fair tea T a `Tbre lico-printer to a twelvemonths' copyright, because e , e, 0 tneenitio! viation to nine Tr onths is less than justice , whilst tn down to six mcnths is a denial of justice altogether. ,fooet vention of a design for calico-prints is a combination °; 4O , rle; and talent, as is, though it may be allowed in a °Pedal° gree, the . discovery . of a new principle in mechanies_t_es tr, agent in chemistry, or an improvement in old procesleifgia... adaptation of quasi inventions. If the latter be, as tP u t° o l are, entitled to patent protection for a term of rare , !terse tie former cannot be denied a copyright security for e w eeil', months. The protection for copyright in designs /9 n 0 put ba t 9 5 . to three month., which far from fulfilling its office ac t •ng onto{ premium upon greater effrontery in fraud. To bri itvin g a new design, it takes the calico printer, in the eeg o r f h is etr e, his rollers, the cutting of his blocks, the preparation eis lours, arid the preliminary processes of preparing n, ed styl e some six weeks or two months for the more apPr°'.'t,, a t th e (not six months as a elinisterial evening print has i t ', brie7 expiration of which period he begins to be enabled le th!' t his finished goods te market. lhe moment the) aloe trzeetee appearance, or even before, for the regular Piri t ' n "yill will bribe his workmen for an early pattern it is seen „-or the public taste, the unprincipled calico printer se int appropriates the pattern, and is able to produce it in l ess sot; because he prepares it on inferior cloth, the same nicety of finish, and as the design,. costs cel i b , nothing however dearly paid for by the accteu it t s i e ss printer, he is enabled to bring to market a showy bu, 0 e View stantial article of the same design at a much lower ra' e w ig, precisely at the moment when a ready •sale was beg,bbe' remunerate his more ingenious and enterprising j'ry who had run all the risk and incurred all the prelinoleatore penses. This, for connection's sake, is briefly the rea i .:4 so f at of the issue to be tried, or rather which has been tie._ f the as the principle, the only question being the assessraeattbeo tit' period of time for which injunction shall be served OP nt scrupulous pirate. pr.etenoso ts bi d rrel'. bet This is one of the points to be determined to - m° there is another also, which concerns the mode of reg's*e. 141, the new resign, which will be adverted to by-and -1 1 ni est ee 'r: in respect of the extent of protection as to time, by-and-h 1 remembered that the calicorinter, who inven ts, P p the inventions of others, and therefore produces from, Pre design only, trades with other markets besides his relied' wares have to be purchased, and timely d e lithis i hs meet seasons of foreign consumption, and this mus' " u i, ro o 10 care for reasons which will be obvious. Thus, to rn n p oseil_ d ig suajeet to one point of view, the printer may be ,00sT o deal with the United States, where seasons and i t 5 OP% pretty much the same as in this country. He bas e ea' n say, his spring styles arid designs. He will therefort the,; selected his designs in the latter end of Septemb er, ge.itlt le engraved and proceed to printing so as to be rend); ; r ocsi . b goods by the beginning or middle of November. I.l r. syb ie „l then must be to ship for the spring season in AmerP';' o os` t commences as here, about the end of February or best se March, and he must despatch quantities successivelYt to meet this first branch of his traffic he is fully °els g ee the end of the year, when already three months et to st designs are selected—are expired. He is then as tection—from the period of registration, When 1 01. - pg a h w toa s o wo rk rdiaet March decided e r for d o b v ie i nf d o e rfea vao nu h yr i s or f h e a o cl m e springdreteami certain n demand speciale a trade, mgelnet which .t o rl l e a sEb b d u i lbo il ojp t o a ot i o tilie of his copyright are now gone, and the only, of remuneration for his labours. Surely, arrived when he can be said to have m a prospect, 4131 be t herefu e re i; entitled to the other six months' exclusive right in his property, of the value of which he has hitherto known e but the large outlay and risk.d i r . The question of registrati o n see ms hardly to admit o f it s 11,- pute. It must be clo s e an d no t l ia bl e t o i ns pection , o r o f ir not be of the slightest service. If open, a calico pei llt , er a cat slightest tact and experience, would easily and at a Pee s ita 50 as to able to detect both design, style, and colours, with such divergences as to escape the letter of the le e vr ,' change of one flower for another, for example, wig' . ,boul, to bear him harmless of piracy. And the registrationeeisott be kept close for the whole ttrm of the twelve months , ', a t l 'e, e when the printed desiens protected are exposed fe r e eet e e; precaution would seem so far useless, because unde r I' 4 t e we of examining one design already publicly in the tre.' r ; ,' ,ee calculating pirate would have the opportunity of exanu'e i ftiou'' becoming acquainted with, a score more of newer in which he would forthwith proceed to imitate. There is no occasion to pursue further truths $o see'„ easily comprehensible. In concluding, however, it, i e 2 eeee well to show what is the opinion in other countriese'flon; ing men, as to the most dui able and desirable kind ° an d t„ facture for a nation. It is etident that excellence, pan reputation of excellence, in any branch of industry d facture, must be more conduci v e to its permanenc e a n o jactl, perity, even if less quantities be produced, than the P h i. p , t or°, of immense masses, where the object is not the big" - ere °_,‘" of finish, substance and quality of material, but the ntwefe.- periority in cheapness of price for the poorest, an d , t,."sitig of the least secure, of consumers abroad. Without ensannes this head at present it may be well to look to the 0, - s io , e4 is judicious foreigners on the subject. M. Ed. 01 11 °, ° ' od e- A4l telligent writer, in an articleentiiled, Expo.sition d es d'zndustrie Alsacienne a Malhouse en 1836, contain; . 00 sae Revue d' Alsace for June of that year, a clever publicetleatioet unfortunately discontinued, has the following obserdifeeref well worthy of attention, on the relative merits of the d gear" systems acted upon by the calico printers of Alsace an rally elsewhere in France, and in G rea t Britain. isre " The English, with whom printing by rollers is t e 1 0 1( 0 in use, seek to produce masses of pri n ted fabrics e t t he eerfe e ' tate po3sible, without troubling themselves to aim at orb Lion in the art. The Alsacians have sought suc ce6s A b s Y in tea means; they produce less, but a severe taste pee"eencl choice of their designs, their colours are more soli d ' pr od ld quality of the cloth superior. In foreign mar ts lee stores encumbered with English go o d s ; a t first sig ht ' i that seem as if we should be ove rw h e l me d b th e ir masse s; Wee'', should not be able to make sa l es exceptyat en ormous 5 , a j ou' Fortunately their wares are no t intended for l e c oo; destination an the end as ours; they are calculated sumer of small mean s ( a p e tit e bourse) ; this is the P u itipl' ht class, it may be said; and it is thus that business is PI st d t he after by the higher class of consumers (classes vises)' :oun t ; dealings are all the more sure and satisfactory on the t fegli s n e Taking all things into consideration the position of thee% le es is not to be envied ; ours presents more certain gus."- has stability." g M. Nich. Kcechlin (Enquete sur divers prohibitic#co'ierle: the following remarks on the comparative degrees al of t he of Alsacian and English cotton prints and fabrics, 2P seat en successful re of cometition run with us : Naguere ac les mousselines Anglaises imprimee s e ntt a a n i 't on fraude et trouvaient chez nous un debouche inWerte-at Fris n'en voit plus paraitre aujourdhui. L'Alsace l'avance sur ce genre d'impression par l'elegance d „ate 5 par la nettete derTession, par la solidite des conleueVarche mousselines imprimees sent recherchees sur tout eetl e le : du monde, y compris ceux de l'Angleterre. La R" ssl les 6P ; magne, is Suisse, l'Angleterre cherchent en Alsace pi e e a telle e nt des eoe s mites, les coloristes, et je ne connais pas de chilniste coloristes Anglais venus erf France." fet e It would be well if' quantity or masses of prod less looked to and superiority of taste and qualitY m ot% o re competition of countries less advanced in manufactures tad to be apprehended in ruder than more finished fabris-'eiteru verses of trade, from over supply or the falling off in_ urre oc e e t r i demand from whatever cause, are less liable of 0 % 9 and less extensively prejudicial in their conseque.P.,e'oisp7, they do occur, where the quality of the commodity p lf for the consumption of the easy classes only. Tlwr a booluri; may be decreased by adverse circumstances, but no h -.lola t ' ° v stopped, as in the case where from some sudden '` c h a oce lo abroad the masses of cheap and inferior goods alga, geni us find only masses of non-consuming paupers. A r a ,„% i e tee production of the choicer fabrics would employ et I". r ope an equal number of hands with the four or fivefold & tie is ref of the lower quality article, since a vast deal uu:r e „,. piece: o f quired for working out an equal number of yee", r s h e ;ude''' the prime than of the common run of goods- - bon, es I . nations can weave common calicos, and do weave t _ to p ro' Peru and India, but ages may intervene before they e ° duce a French muslin print of the first order. ../ ' THE LARGEST _.----_ ,17 do DP' . .., importance, the other o outward tswhai to d The - it Cow - Mammoth,_,,.. building by the Great Western Ship w ore i__pony, at Bristol, will exceed 3,600 tons (about 60 0 , .. 00 ul coo l° forb her being built of iron will admit of her carrying tiob iannedxh;srtmenecev)o.3ageTrbcer groaving at ter of oi . .. A ,BrICI: imPortanc from the ~e, - iii coal). Her • She w • engines are of 1,000 horse posver. _ E i is be ena bl ed to carry an unusual quantity of canvas., Paw, expected to make the passage of the. Atlantic in te n —Bristol Paper. 1 noi r P • OST-OFFICE ROBBERIES. ----t WOUlti an 0 0 that the provincial postmasters have proclaimed 0131.1.00 against the Evening Nail, in consequence of the el r o o we have brought against them ; for this 113011100 P. l O of brought us several fresh complaints of the abstractio b the/ newspapers. We tell the gentlemen that, althoug _ e of may elude our v'gilanee for a time, we will catch soweo. them 3et ; and we pledge ourselves, though the P 5 o f 0 tion of each individual case involve us in on onti 4 Y io, hundred pounds, to carry it to the comp letiefi, a'd t i ° the filet, and to the fullcst extent the pe nalties w p hicio l aw imosee.--Dublin Evening'Mail.