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To conclude with RIEVER'S RANSOM; OR, GILDEROY. 4 4 .. vv ATER. AT EHIS oAY. ...........: . 57 Himmel after ONDON 2 I EveningßßlDG 16 minutes after 3. LONDON: TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1841. D e ':: :1 4 ABERDEEN gave notice in the House a tioo - ,; (ts t night that he would to-day ask a ques , It ew 7,,„` the Marquis of NORMANBY relative to the 1 , 4 4-ro fessorship at Edinburgh. to „ e Eitrl of MOUNTCASHELL, after adverting 1,/ :Ile Indians of Florida, who threaten the lilt e d 0 p ort S tates, and to the negroes ready to take h hew s Wi th England, and after adverting to t e Stat es vfiti ch arrived yesterday from the Un ite d •n. '‘4-ove,,, 'eked Viscount MELBOURNE whether the tick n 7tn ent had received any o ffi cial informa ' ' 'lir• -- t he Report made to Congress. ikt 1 1 ° , 11 at MELBOURNE replied in the negative , T h e nad no doubt of its authenticity. Poe Court of Exchequer and the Tithe Corn- I l i tio n - to ' 3 IIS (Ireland) were read a second time. tio a l j t ali of GLENGALL moved for some addi- D o n t — t reports to elucidate the conduct of the de ci- n . ",,, w o ffi cials in Ireland. He again con -1141: 1- the conduct of those gentlemen at Clon ktx The returns were ordered, Lord NOR- Th 13v declari ng th a t h e wished a full inquiry. - i _ir Lo r d s hi ps then adjourne d. Dr 'n th e r pre the ommons a number of petitions were On t he Dro, ee. ., /notion of Mr. Fox MAULE, the further tor 'lug with all Bills for establishing Courts I I the a , recovery of small debts was stayed. asi ti k b tswer to Sir R. PEEL, Mr. LABOUCHERE liiii ..:: had no objection to refer the Railway th at `,° a Select Committee ; and he gave notice (.‘0,. 1e w ould move the re-appointment of the Clnittee which sat on the subject last Session. Pr o Z rd J. RUSSELL explained the alterations he Ilili -,se i to make in the Poor-law Continuance the , Re means to li m it it to five years, to give to t o the same power with reg ard 1 0 .,,, c ' e al Acts as under the original New Poor t4e; "t to insist on having burial grounds at- D o‘ ted to the workhouses, and to leave it in the est a r ° f one -fifth of the guardians to refuse to 4 14 lish, with other unions, a separate house for th e ati u , and infants. After a brief conversation to Bill ' 4ll Was ordered to be taken into z siaa ler c onsideration on Friday week. At a ee,,,sequent period of the evening the Bill was v j'tnitted pro forma, when some further con it a tioa took place on the subject, from which b ro ap p e ars that GILBERT Unions are to be 11 ght und er t h e operat i on o f t h e Bill. tio,: rd. 1 - (I :ANE's Annuity Bill was read a third th e a fter a di v i s i on , p ro moted by Mr. HumE, I N , l r lun 'hers being—for 12,8, against 40. Sir It. Vi e ; Is ,"Pressed. a hope that the eminent ser -4,- (l i' Sir FRANCIS HEAD in Canada would be • - .yard e d . On u the moCon for going into a Committee of v er t l Y , Mr. BRAMSTON inquired why the Go ye — " e at gave something for the support of the Ye c) o nlanr Y of Hertfordshire, and nothing for the y illa arY Of Essex ? 4,1 sides e eductio n .1% p, th e r 4 "x MA. ULE explained that at the . time a Of the yeomanry i, was made, it was -3 , the fact that the regiments had not , jam 2 ; 1, 7 . '4" k -libl a:, ' Fr. Ztt been called out for active service. Such was the case with the yeomanry of Essex. Mr. GOULEURN reminded the Hon. Member that charges of paitiality had been made against the Government hi reducing the yeomanry. He thought the yeomanry of Essex were particu !arly 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 into Committee, Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his regret that the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN bad 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 `ending its protection to titles and rank, and re 'ng 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 ;hat 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 SoHN 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 he 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 bad not attributed a cabal to the whole re- ;invent. 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 !lament 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• Comauffourt 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 Molt- 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 ( ifajority 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, as wellas 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 65,9731. 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 Catholics, and to their priests, which he avows as his motive, is to move on Friday next, with, we regret to state, the support of the Duke of WEL LINGTON, that this ordinance be disallowed. He 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 ? In conjunction with the Bishop of EXETER and Lord STANLEY, Mr. COLQUIIOUN 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 the Protestants, has niggardly conferred on them seven or eight thousand a-year to support May nooth, and this poor boon Mr. COLQUI{OUN and his friends propose to take away. In the House of Parliament, then, we find three simultaneous attacks made on the Catholics, as if they were enemies to be ye ll cn coerced, and scourged. The attacks are seconded by the Tory press. The Times of Thursday last calls the Ca tholic priests of Ireland " the hooded incendia ries of Maynooth." They are accused of a de sign "to betray Ireland into the hands of a fo reign Power," to make martyrs of Protestants, and " to persecute to death every independent remonstrant." It is emphatically asked "is this frightful and bloody despotism of the Romish priests any longer to be endured ?" • These Romish priests, who exercise this "bloody des potism," are said to live on the estates of the " Irish landlords by sufferance," who are thus encouraged to use their power in Parliament and out of Parliament, as they in fact do use it, to put down and get rid of these so-called "bloody and despotic tyrants." The Tory press, there fore, seconds the efforts of Tory Bishops and Tory Commoners, and the Tories. and bigots, in Parliament and cut of PArliamenl 2 are diligently exerting themselves to goad the Catholics in every part of the empire into a 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 SICDENII AM'S ordinance, calling it illegal, anti- Protestant, usurping, and a host of other names, is the following Act of ELIZABETH. In the 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 Sesiion 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 Irellnd 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. • By the arrival of the Westchester at Liver pool on Sunday, in eighteen days, from the United States, we have received New York papers to the 17th ult. Their contents are more than usually interesting. The Committee on Foreign Rela tions of the House of Representatives presented a report to that House relative to the burning of the Caroline, and the case of Mr. M'LEon, which, but for the debate upon it, might pass for a preliminary step to the declaration of a war against this country. This report will be found at length in another part t The Sun, and will be read throughout with the deepest interest. For tunately, however, the debate which arose in the House of Representatives upon the motion for printing the Report, served to explain the way in which it was got up. Of this debate a sum mary will be found following the Report, to which we invite the' attention of our readers. Mr. GRANGER, one of the Members of the Com mittee on Foreign relations, denounced the Re port as the concoction of a faction. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, ex-President of the. United States, likewise denounced the Report as intended to provoke a quarrel with England. Mr. EVE. RETT and Mr. FILLEMORE both condemned the Report, in the strongest terms. Mr. PICKENS, the Chairman of the Committee who drew up the Report alone defended it; and his defence of it I.mounted only to an acknowledgent that it wo..1:1 have the effect of bullying England into samission to the demands of the United States. The Report, then, is not the Report of Congress, but of Mr. PICKENS and the ex-Cabinet, which on its retirement from office seeks to bequeath a legacy worthy of remembrance to the country. When General JACKSON retired from the Presi dency he left his country a national bank ruptcy, the result of his currency mania. Mr. VAN BUREN, more ambitious than old Hickory, is for bequeathing to his successors the manage ment of a war with England. But notwithstand ing the gloominess of the political horizon, we trust th:e' clouds of discontent will pass speedily away. General HARRISON, the new President of the United States, is strongly in favour of a pa cific conciliatory policy. Mr. GRANGER, who spoke against Mr. PICKENS'S Report, is Post- Master-General of the new Cabinet. Mr. WEB STER, the new Secretary of State, and Mr. BELL, the Secretary of War, are opposed to a rupture with Great Britain. The Grand Jury empanelled to examine the indictment against Mr. WLEor• found a true bill for murder, by a majority of nineteen votes out of twenty. Mr. M'LEOD was brought be fore the Court on the 6th ult. to hear the finding of the Jury, and was then remanded to gaol till the next Term of Oyer and Terminer, which commences on the 22d inst., when, if the British Government do not effectually interpose, his trial will take place. But as the question has been brought before Congress it is not unlikely that the Federal Government will see the neces sity of not leaving such a question to be decided according to the caprice of one State of the Union. If the Constitution has deprived the Fe deral Government of any power of interference, the Constitution is manifestly imperfect, and calls for emendation. It was a bungling regula tion, which left the peace and security of the en tire Union dependent upon the caprice of one or other of twenty-four distinct and independent States. There is very little observable alteration in the affairs of the United States Bank. Shares were quoted in New York at 27, and at Philadelphia from 261 to 27 being about the rate of the quo tations by the last arrival. The following re marks on the failure of the United States' Bank from the Courier and Enquirer of the 16th ult., are penned in such a fair and moderate spirit, that we cannot do less than call attention to them : The unfortunate are always in the wrong, because people are so apt tomake success a criterion of conduct, and particu larly when the party is absent and cannot be heard in his own justification. 'this is very much the case with the United States Bank. Its embarrassments, we have no doubt, are caused by the heavy losses it has sustained in the Southern and South Westein States; and yet for a long series of years previous, investments there were actually safer than any other—and it was natural they should be, for they were based on the production of the soil. The loans to planters or those 'connected with them, were regularly and easily met when the crop came to market. Now, could any intellect foresee the extraordinary combination of causes which at once r,duced, and afterwards kept down, the cotton crop to one-third of its former value ? For years before, the price had been gradually on the rise and consumption on the Increase. The advance was not confined to one market, but extended to every market in the world,—when, suddenly, the blow fell, aimed by the Bank of England at American com merce, in consequence of the accumulation of specie here under General Jackson's absurd notions of public wealth. The Bank then, from policy not from choice, was compelled to throw herself in the breach, and thought ' that the evil proceeding from a temporary cause, would soon pass away. The conclu sion was a just one; though it proved unfortunate, for two . short crops of grain in England f ollowed in succession, which had occurred but once before in half a century, and compelled an immediate and continued curtailment there, that prevented the cotton market recovering ; and thus investments which in the first instance were judicious—a policy which under ordi nary circumstance would have been suceessful, proved in the result ruinous. In fairness to the United States' Bank, it must be admitted that it was impossible it could con tinue to withstand the all-subduing influence of the " JACKSON and VAN BUREN Sub-treasury scheme. General JACKSON might safely, on re tiring from office, prophecy the failure of the banks. Cause and effect bear no closer relation to each other than the JACKSON Sub-Treasury Bill and National Bankruptcy in the then condi tion of the currency and banks of the United States. We have no important news from Canada or the South American States. siur-BUILDING IN MAINE.-The tonnage of new vessels built in Maine last year, was 27,705,60 tons, being more than any other in the Union, consisting of 26 ships, 48 brigs, 68 schooners, and 3 steamboats. The Madrid Papers received are of the 27th ult. They contain no news of importance. Three of the Ministers, Messrs. Fries, Becerra, and Chacon were to be members of the Senate ; and three others, Messrs. Ferrer, Gamboa, and Cortina, were to take their seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The Duke of Victory, who was re turned for both Houses, had not yet made known his choice. The transactions in the Five per Cents., twenty-eight in number, amounted to 21,800,000 reels, one of which was ne gotiated for cash, at 2$ 3-16, and the rest at 284 at 60 days. The French Journals of Friday and Saturday have been duly received. They contain very little news of political interest. MM. Tamils and DUPIN visited Lord BROUGHAM at, his hotel as soon as it was known that he lad arrived in Paris. The Prince of Moscowa, the son of Marshal Ney, was ad mitted a Member of the Chamber of Peers on Saturday. The Prince, before taking the oath, intended to enter into a pro test against the sentence of his father, but was slenced by the President. The body of Marshal Victor was embalmed, on Wednesday, by M. Gannal, according to his process, and was afterwards laid on a bed, where it was visited by agreat number of his friends. The funeral will take place on Tuesday, when the body will be transferred to the Invalides, at 11 o'clock , t o re ceive the last ceremonies of the church.' Everything will be conducted on such a. scale as to make the spectacle one of great magnificence. Detachments from all the regiments of the garrison will be in attendance. By the death of the Duke de Bellune, there are now only four marshals of the empire--viz., the Dukes de Conegliano, de Dalmatie, du Reggio and Raguse. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Lacrosse addressed some questions to Ministers respecting the condition of the Blacks in the French colonies. Admiral Duperre replied, that the bar barity of the planters towards their slaves was greatly exagge rated, and read a report of the Governor of Guadeloupe, which stated that no rigorous chastisements had been lately in flicted in that island. The editor of the journal called La France, and the mana gers, Messrs. Lubis and De Menton, who were thrown into pri son, charged with having forged the letters attributed to Louis Philippe, were liberated on Thursday last. These gentlemen have been in prison for a month, on a charge which it appears is now abandoned; and their case is the more severe, because the law affords them no remedy for so grievous a wrong. '1 he last accounts from Wilna state that the Emperor Nicho las had laid an extraordinary contribution of a silver ruble per head on all the inhabitants of the two principal governments of Lithuania, those of Grodno and Wilna. The population amounting to upwards of a million of souls, it is calculated that the proceeds of the tax will exceed 4,000,000 f., which, according to the imperial ukase, are to be applied to the foundation of a school of cadets at Wilna. The Emperor had, moreover, ordered that a permanent capitation tax of one ruble in paper, or 10d. per head, be levied on the people of those two Governments for the maintenance of that establishment. " The regular taxes being If. per head (says our private letter) the public burdens will thus be doubled at the caprice of the Czar, who, from the wording of the ukase, seems to threaten a similar visitation on the other govern ments of the empire." The Independent de /a Moselle gives in its last number the following news extracted from a letter addressed by a person of distinction in St. Peter,burgh, to an ecclesiastic of the diocese ; it appears to us the more remarkable from its having been pub. by that journal:-- " Tell me if it is the same with you as in Russia, great nu,m bees of Jews are converted ; the population of entire places em. brace Christianity. lam delighted with these conversions, even should they announce the end of the world, the approach of which, according to the prophecies of the Bible, is to be indica ted by the conversion of the remnant of Israel."—La Gazette de France. The Messager contradicts the statement of the Journal de Havre, that the Aube frigate is coming home from New Zea land, and affirms that if it has left, it can be only for a time, to take in provisions at Sydney. Very well ! but we are not told whether the Government is resolved to enforce the claims arising from contracts; made by Frenchmen for the posses sion of certain portions of the territory of New Zealand, and to dispute the seizure by the English Government of the whole territory. The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on literary pro perty has decided that the right of the Academies, and other learned bodies, to writings published in their name should cons tinue thirty years ; but it gives the state only ten years pro perty in the writings published by its order and at its expense. Ihe Count de St. Aulaire is detained at Vienna by indispo sition ; it is doubtful w hether he will be able to be at Paris to attend the debate and give his vo!e on the Fortifications Bill. La Presse. BOURSE.--PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCH 6. First Highest Lowest Last Price !'rice. Prict, Price French 5 per Cents i 1160 ... 113 85 113 60 113 85 4 per Ceuta 3 per Cents.., 76 90 ... 77 5 ... 76 90 ... 77 5 Bnkof r ranee ...3 .10 L ditte Bank 1,0001. Sh ..... 1030 ...10)0 —lOO ...1050 5000 f. St ares 5155,..5155 ...5155 'elgian Bank 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% 3 per Cents 7O N 5 ... 70 35 ... '7O 10 70 1 0 New Loan 111%... 1 1% 10i% ... iota Spanish Active 25% ... 25% 25% ..„ 25% Passive 6 ... 6 a Portuguese 3 per cents Neapolitan log 5 ... 102 30 ... 102 5 ... 502 :.*0 Roman l olY's ••• 10 1 i . RAILWAY SHARES, 101 Versailles,R. B 405 40 50 ... 405 ... 40y 50 L.B. ..... Orleans .. Strsehurg to Bale 212 50 ... 242 50 ... 242 50 .. 240 50 Rouen 455 ... 460 ... 455 ... 460 BELGIAN I! UNDS—Bausens, MARCH 6. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 99lc, Loan of Thirty Millions , 4 per - Cent.... 3 per Cent. ..... (1? 40) ill% Loan of City, 1832,4 per Cent. BB Society of Commerce, 4Y4 per Cent 192 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 8 7% National Society. ....... ..... Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Payers, March 6. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vranna, Fen. 26 Five per Cents. Bietalliques • ..... 105 N Four per Cents• ...... 98 % Three per Cents. .............. 1.••••••••••••••• ..... 78 Bank Shares •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ............ 10.4 ...Allgenseine &hung, March 3 . COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked in the gar. ,dens of Buckingham Palace yesterday morning. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday o the Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Sir Edward Bowater, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness Thetreettessrot Kent, his Highness Prince Esterhazy, the Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, Lady Funny Howard, Earl of E-rol, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Melbourne, and Lady Bowater. The Band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attended. Prince Albert honoured Mr. A. Penley with a sitting )esterday morning, at Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Keat took an airing in a carriage yesterday. A Deputation, consisting of Messrs. Colville, Irvine, Davidson, Hankey, M.Gar el, and Greene, had an in terview with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at tl.e Co- _ lonial-office. A Deputation, including Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Jones, and the City Remembrancer, had an inttr:iew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in Downing-street. The 'Bads of Glen.l'all and Fing,ll had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby, yesterday, at the Home-office. The Bishop of St. Asaph and the Bishop of Bangor had interviews with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial. office, yesterday. The Kurreem Khan of Delhi and Suite visited the Panorama. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mr. and Mrs. Alsop, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Herring, at ditto, from Caldecot hall ; H. L. Alleyne, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Sir A. Chi chester, Bart., at ditto, from Youldston ; G. 0. Higgins, Esq., at ditto, from Ireland ; the Marquis of Northampton, in Piccadilly, from Coyle Ashby, Northamptonshire; the Dowa ger Countess of Clonmell, and the Ladies Scott, in Eaton place, from a tour ; the Dowager Countess of Selkirk, and the Ladies Isabella and Katharine Douglas, in Richmond-terrace, from Scotland ; Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, at Chandos House, from Germany ; his Grace the Archbishop of York, and Miss Harcourt, in Grosvenor-square, from Nuneham, Oxon ; the Earl of Malmesbury, in Whitehall-gardens, from Heron Court, his scat in Hants; Sir Compton and Lady Domville, and the Misses Domville, in Grosvenor-square, from their seat in Ireland ; the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, and the Ladies Primrose, in Piccadilly, from Norfolk ; the Earl of Onslow, and Lady Augusta Onslow, from Blandon Park, near Guildford ; the Hon. Mrs. Watson ' in Curzon street, from Brighton ; Lady Caroline Stanhope, from a tour; Major-General Sir. John W oo df or d, at Alivart's Hotel, Brook street, from Brighton ; Major Wildman, at ditto, from New stead Abbey, Notts ; the Hon. Dudley Ward, at Ditto, from Himley Hall, Staffordshire ; Hon. William and Mrs. Astley, at ditto, from the Isle of Wight ; Viscount Adore, at the Bur lington Hotel, Cork-street, from Durnaven Castle, Ireland; Sir Edward Blacked, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. Greg, M.P., at ditto ; Mr. H. W. Barron, M.P., at ditto ; Major and Mrs . Lawe, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Hastings ; Mrs. Douglas, at ditto ; Mrs. and Miss Boggis, at ditto ; Mrs. Potts and family, at ditto, from Bath ; the Rev. Mr. Thurlow, at ditto, from Norwich; Mr. E. Harrison, at ditto, from Stamford; Captain Richardson, and Ruddell Todd, EKI., at Fl4ong's Hotel, frciM Wightort; Gigoor. Hurtaao and Otala, at ditto ; Henry Dorien, and Charles Young, Esq., at ditto ; Mrs. and Miss Ravenseroft, in Portland-place, from Fitzpatrick , Esq., E lf m a g r . t , ., A f i r . o p m . ditto, the Hon. Captain Som p er E v p il ‘ l Av e, Qß N ordr e sti :vb ßf ol o d pas H . House. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mr. vv .:H . Arundel, from ditto, for Devonshire; Sir fo n rA ' s lWa H resa o hr t , e H l, ofru S os t me . , for Brigh- James's-street, for Ireland; Rev. H . fo C r . ditto, lE:oititie;rLS;oirrjd.jCoWhren.uFD•,ift"rom Mivart's Hotel, Brook -street, for Crew Hall, Cheshire • Captain Stephenson, from ditto, for Chelten m.p., from ditto , for Stocken Half, Rutlandshire ; ham • r ' s . Heneage, from ditto, for Heinton Hall, E. an ' d Lady Dering, from the Burlington Hotel, for their seat in Kent; Mrs. Burrowesm ditto, for Dublin • Sir G. Heath cote, from ditto, for Cheltenham ; the Earl of Shelburne, A ~ from Lansdowne House, for t h e seat of the Dowager Countess of Wilton House, cA Lincoln shireoi t r e . , and B . o; Ai t z .1 . . ley, Esq., and Mr I Pem broke ;J. S. mar , . s. A arley, from Marshall , Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Baron L from ditto, s , nt • the Rev M oges, for the Continent , _ • r. Drake, from ditto, for • Si mon Clarke, Bart., from Fladonws Hotel, Ox- Dover ; Sir Mowbray • Rev. ° ford-street, for Me lton Charl ' • William Owen, from ditto, for St. Asaph's; 1 , es Wilkins, Esq. from ditto, for Turnhill Villa itadnors nre ; ed Edward Grifdths, Esq., from C. Greenawayi.A?. ditto, for New 'Court, near L bury ; Charles Barham, Esq., 'rout ditto. CHANGES. fromGabert st,s, Esq., Monetoo, at Whitford House, Cornwall, the seat of Sir Mrs. Temple West , Somersetshire, W. C. Call, Bat. howfro from t his happensmedimed i tated t t e h d a a t s n t e a d l ente d defender of Capain --- ine teprom J. W. Reynolds, hag a dw h y his p t ealp M l. . to the Legislature, an relative, Captain Basil H... 11, is also Silent. We cannot answer the questions. Harvey, the [The rest of the letter, refl o e f ctag r on the speeches made on Friday evening in fav"r h truth but it is too personal for publication.] iv.r THEA COVENT-GARD E— TRE.--Her Majesty Correspondentat baasstnkadi and Prince Albert and a limited suite visited. this theatre on Saturday n ight to witness the representation of the new comedy of London Assurance, which went off with, if anything, increased estimation from the audience] and seemed highly to delight the Royal pair, who wore quite hearty in their inanifestations of amusement and appro bation. The Queen, and Prince Albert, with their party, left the theatre immediately after the termination of the comedy. : i THE SUN, LONDON„ TUESDAY, MARCEV9, IR4I MONEY and COMMERCIAL, NEWS. CITY, MONDA? EVENING. The advice; from the United States being of a very unsatisfactory tenour, not only as respects political, but also monetary affairs there, the Stock Market has been depressed rather sensibly, the decline being at least 4 per. cent. There was a moderate business done at the reduced rater, but nothing amounting to a run among the holders to make sales. Consols for Money dropped from BFi4 to 884 and 88, and for the Account from 884 89 to 84 and 4. The Market closed at 884 to 4 for the former, and 884 to 4 for the latter. We may remark that the ex tent of the depression is not to be measured exactly by the actual deeine, as the Market on Saturday bad a decided tendency to advance still further, Exchequer Bills re mained at a premium of 7s. to 93. to-day, and India Bonds were at a discount pf 20s. to 18s. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents, ranged from 964 to 97. The .Foreign Bonds had a down war d tendency, as may be inferred from the position of the market for the Engli.h Stock. Spanish Actives retrograded from 244 to 234 21; Portuguese New Five i.er Cents., in the absence of any later intelligence from Lisbon, were heavy at 314, the Three per Cent , . brought 194 ; Braz 1 Stock ranged from 71 to ; Buenos Ayres were at 234; Mexican dropped from 284 to 27/ 28; Colomtiin from 234 to 224 ; and Peruvian were dull at 17. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were at 504 to 4, and the Five per Cent. at 994 to 1. Danish Bonds were 774 to 4. In Shares a fair amount of, business was done. Gre,t West^rn brought 224 to 23i, the New 11, the Fifths 5 to Jr; the Birmingham 77 to 79, the Quarter 211 the Thirds 24 ; and the South Western 174 premium. righ ton were 7 to 74, Blackwell 54 to 5, Greenwich 124 ex divldead, Croydon 14, South Eastern 164, and Birming ham and Gloucester 22 discount. National Bank of Ire laid Shares were 2 discount, and Union Bank of Aus. t alia 7 premium. The following remarks on the position of the Uah(cl States Bank, appear to deserve attention : " The position of the Banks is neither more nor less affected than it has been during the last eighteen months, exce i .ting now that they have less specie, and the public more, their circulation being decreased by the amount of b lla redeemed. The immediate consequence of this state of aff.ira will no doubt be, that the Government o f Penn. sylvania will legalize the suspension for a year, and autho rise the issue of one, two, and three dollar bills, which, in pursuing the wild Jacksonian policy, it had a few years sga prohibited, " Money will then he plentirul and business good at Philadelphia, and at New York they will have the benefit of tl.O specie released, as above noticed. Within the year the National Government will establish a National Bank, and the currency of the States will gradually be brought to that sound state in which General Jackson foun d it when ho first attacked the Bank, with the intention to de- stroy it. In res p ect to the value of the shares in the present Bank, that will depend on the amount which may be finally realized out of the asset?, The publie here are at present panieotruck, as is generally the case oa like occasions, A large allowance may be made from the assets, and still leave the shares worth 75 dollars, or their par value, There appears to t)e no doubt that a eonspi. racy has eai►t!d on the part of money-brokers at New York to destroy the Bank. Such is the account from well informed parties there." (From The Sun of Last Night,) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY. —A moderate business hasbeen done,in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales comprise 4,000 bales, 500 of which have been taken in specu lation; prices for all descriptions remain at Friday's quotations. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.-4 good business has been transacted at the Stock Exchange to-day, but there is no al teration to notice in the rates. Eastern Counties debentures, 4 8 6; Grand Junction Half-shares, 1024 ; Great Western New Shares, 61; Lancaster and Preston Junction New Shares, 194 ; London and Birmingham, 169, Ditto, New Shares, 21 ; Manchester and Leedi Half-shares, 291 ; Borough Bank e;-. dividend, 141 Cqunnerclal an 4 Liverpool, 174; Manchester and Liverpool District, 104, the above prices were at 4Aarem. MANctizsmt S•roeg ExcitaliOE, M4acn 6.—We bad ra'her more business to-day. The sales are—Manchester and Leeds, 704, 704, 694, 69 and 691 Ditto. New, 294, and 291 ; London and South Western Tenths, 17, 17 prem.; Stafford and Rugby, 34; Bank of Stockport. 41. Os. 6d; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 101. We have received the Journalof Antwerp of yesterday's date. Ropasg or .4,ISTERDAII,I‘IARcu .s.—'The transactions in the National Funds have been more animated to-day, and in general were sought after ' ' the prices have obtained a favour able impulse ; the rise in London has contributed to this re action. - The Actions of the Society of Commerce were 161. Ardoin's Spanish maintained the rates of yesterday, and re. mained at 22 1-16th to 4 ; Coupons 214 7-16ths. The Gazette of Carlsruhe states from the Danube, of 25th February, that there is no truth in the movement of the Rus sian troops towards the eastern frontiers of Poland. The only arrival this morning of any consequence is that from New York, to the 17th February, three days latter than the last accounts. In general the Report of the Committee on Fore!gn Affairs is looked upon as being of a warlike nature, but an opinion prevails that the new President, who takes office on the 4th March, will do all in his power to prevent a war with Great Britain. The above unfavourable intelligence from the United States has had the effect to damp the British Funds. The particulars respecting the Report on the State of the Banks and Funds, will be found in another part of the Papers. Consols, which left off on Saturday 881 89 for the Account, Money 884 4, opened this morning at 884 4, since which they have receded to 881 ; Money, 881; Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem. ; Bank Stock shut; India Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active his also receded, left off 24/ 4 ; at present may be quoted 234 24; Deferred, 124 4 ; Passive, 54 64; Portuguese same as they left off 314 32; Colombian, 2:34 ; Mexican lower, closed at 28 * 1 ; at present 271 28 ; Brazilian, 714 721 ; Dutch Two- and.as Half per Cents. 504 4 ; Five per Cents., 994 100. Shares.—Great Western, 234 241 prem. ; New, 114 4 prem. • London and • Brighton, 7 61 dis. ; Blackwall, 54 44 • ; Birmingham, 78 80 prem. ; thampton, 554 564 per share ; Croydon, 11412* per share ; Greenwich, 8i 4 per share; Mauchester and Birmingham, 16 16 discount, ii. 4.1..., PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT CYF. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Bristol and Exeter 6O ...,.. 39 .. ... to ...- Great Western Ditto New 50 a, Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Blackwall London and South Western 3Bl 56 ... .. to Ditto Tenths London and Croydon (Trunk)... 131 l2 ...... to South Eastern and Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS. National of Ireland 174 154 to Buenos Ayres papers received to the 27th Dec , in which there is a general account of the Treasury, which states that the civil and military expenses for the month of December, 1840, amounted to 3,389,500 dollars, leaving a balance in the Treasury of 680,338 dolls. at the Exchange of 2 1 / 2 ,which is about 7,000/. sterling. In the above papers there does not appear any intelligence of consequence. The intelligence received this morning from New York is the general topic of conversation in the city, and more parti culat ly among the American merchants ; and various are the opinions on the subject. Consols have been fluctuating in the course of the morning at 884 1 %, and at present may ba quoted 88 1 / 2 % for the ac count; for money, 884. Exchequer Bills, 97, prem. ; India Bonds, 20 18 discouut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 234 24 ; Deferred 124 i ; Passive, 6 ; Portuguese Three per Cents. 194 ; Brazi lian lower, 71; Buenos Ayres 234 ; Colombian 23; Mexican 271 28; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 501; Five per Cents. 994. SHARES.—Birmingham and Gloucester 78; Bristol and Exeter 32 ; Great Western, 88 874 ; Fifths, 94 • London and Brighton • 421 ; Blackwall 19 1 ; Croydon 12 ; douth Western 56; South Eastern and Dover 161. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... I India 5t0ck..............- 3 per Cent. Red — , Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 83 4 Ditto Old Annuities — 31 per Cent Red........ Ditto New Annuities... -- New 34 per Cent .. ... 974 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....20 9pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 9pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ll pm Jan. 1860. l2 13.16 Bank Stock for Acct ...169 Oct 1859 ... ...... India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 ... ...... Consols for Acct BB4 FOREIGN FUNDS. A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent - Ditto, New Ditto.... .. 314 Brazilian Bonds... ~ .. 71i Prussian, 5 per cent.... Buenos A yres, 6 per cent 231 Russian, 5 per cent. . . Chilian 6 per cent Colombian, 6 percent... 224 Spanish, 5 per cent 24 Ditto, 182 4 — Ditto, Deferred .. 12j Danish, 3 per cent..... 771 French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek.lB2s, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 28 French, 3 per cent --f. —e. Di to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 24 per cent Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 17 Ditto, 5 per cent..... 994 1 , SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 78 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ... .. 32 Great Western Railway (65 paid) BB4 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 94 Gosport Junction Railway (40 pd) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall Railway (25 pd) 20 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 169 Ditto Quarter Shares ( - 5 paid) ... ...... 264 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) • 56 London and Greenwich Railway (20 paid) 71 London and South Western 56 Ditto Tenths O4 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2 South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... ..;! 161 TRANQUILLITY OF IRELAND.—The charges of the Judges of Assize to the Grand Juries continue to exhibit the most gratifying proofs of tranquillity—the com bined effect of temperance and good government. Mr. Justice Perrin, in addressing the county of Waterford Grand Jury, said he was glad to inform them that the number on the calendar was very light ; there was not a single case of homicide, nor any malicious or aggravated assault; no informations of any ease of tumultuous or vio lent outrage of the peace. This was creditable to the people, to the magistracy, and to those in authority. It was most gratifying to him, and he was sure, to all present, to notice the advance of temperance and sobriety which had pro duced a moral reformation in the habits of the people. This was too plain to require any observations from him. It deserved the support and encouragement of the gentry of the country. It beat tended to the improvement and tranquillity of the country. In the city of Waterford, containing a population of 50,000, there was one person for trial, charged with stealing 20s. Under these circum stances, Baron Richards said it was wholly unnecessary for him to detain the Jury II any observations. The ccusty of Waterford Assizes terminated .on Wednesday afternoon. The cases tried were few and unimportant. There was no capital conviction. Baron Pennefather, addressing the Grand Jury of the county of Down on Tuesday ; said -4' The criminal business, I am happy to say, is remarkably light; the state of it does credit to the resident gentry and magistracy, and shows the excellent manner in which the laws are administered in this fine county ? " Tn Towgn.—ln accordance with instructions given by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, the s e:s n t d e a rn y en trance of the Tower is now kep t open dfit y(. be l excepted), until seven o'clopk , r.re• This rue is to observed until the Ist of November ntaxt, when the eastern • ,gate is ordered to be closed at, four o'clock, P. GREAT BRITAIN AND TIC. E U NITER STATES. MENACING REPORT OF THE COM MITTEE OF FOREIGN RELA TIONS OF THE HOUSE . OF RE PRESENTATIVES: (From the New York Papers received to the 17th nit. TWENTY-SIXTH by w the A wcTpacket-shiposAT .SATURDAY, CONGRESS.I Westchester. ) s , t Fxß.he s t: . 1841. Mr. Pickens, from the .Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following Report, which was ordered to be printed:— Thy Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President, transmitting a Correspondence with the British Minister in relation to the burning of the steam-boat Caroline, and the demand made for the liberation of Mr. Alexander M'Leod, respectfully report-- It sppears that the steamboat " Caroline was seized and de stroyed in the month of December, 1837. The Committee are induced to believe that the facts of the case are as follow : The boat was owned by, and in possession of, a citizen of New York. She was cleared from the City of Buffalo, and on the morning of the 29th of December, 1837, she left the port of Buffalo, bound for Schlosser, upon the American side of the Niagara river, and within the territory of the United States. The original intention seemed to be, to run the boat between Buffalo andSchlosser, or perhaps from Black Rock dam to Schlosser, and, should it seem profitable, it was in tended to run her also to Navy Island, and touch at Grand Island and Tonawanda. Her owner was Mr. Wells, said to be a respectable citizen of Buffalo, and it is ob vious his intention in putting up the boat was one of specula tion and profit entirely. The excitement upon that portion of the frontier, at this period, had collected a great many in the neighbourhood —some from curiosity, some from idleness, and others from taking an interest in the unusual and extraordinary collection of adventurous men gathered together at that time on Navy Island. Navy Island was " nominally" in the British " territory." The owner of the Caroline took advantage of these circum stances to make some money with his boat, by running her as a ferry boat over to Navy Island. All these facts appear from testimony regularly taken (see H. R. Dec, No. 302, page 46 and 39, 2d Session, 25th Congress), and the Committee know of no legal evidence to contradict them. There is no proof that any arms or munitions of war were carried in the boat, except, perhaps, one small six-pounder field-piece belonging to a pas • senger. The principal object was to run the boat as a ferry boat from Schlosser, on the American side, to Navy Island, on the British side. ft is believed that, even in war, a neutral power has the right to trade in contraband articles, subject, of course, to seizure and confiscation, ,if taken within the jurisdiction of either of the contending parties. What is contraband of war is not always certain. Treaty sti pulations frequently include some articles, and exclude others recognised in the law of nations. Trading in contraband ar ticle.; is no excuse for invading the territory and soil of a neu tral and independent power, whose private citizens may choose to run the hazard of such a trade. In this instance there were no two Foreign Powers engaged in war; but all concerned in the outbreak or excitement within the British jurisdiction, claimed to be British subjects, in resistance of the authorities of Canada, a province of the British empire. Even admitting, hen, that the Caroline was engaged in contraband trade, yet it was with citizens who claimed to be subjects of the same em pire with those who were styled the legitimate officers of the Province. Abstractedly speaking, how was a private citizen to decide who were right and who were wrong in these local disputes? And which portion of the citizens of the same province, must our citizens refuse to have any communication with? But the boat was merely used for one day as a ferry boat ; and on the night of the day she commenced running, she was seized while moored at the wharf at Schlosser, and burnt. Several men were assassinated; certainly one, who fell dead upon the deck. Now the insinuation of the British Minister, that Schlosser was " nominally " within the territory of the United States, may well to retorted, as we can with equal truth say, that Navy Island was " nominally " within the " ter ritory " of the British Government ; for at the period to which we allude, the . people collected there had as effectually defied Canada authorities as any portion of our people disre garded ours. Yet British authority thought proper to pass Navy Island, then in its " nominal" territory, and in the plenitude of its power to cast the aegis of British jurisdiction over American soil. This was truly extending over us that kind guardianship which they had not the ability at that time to extend to a portion of their own territory, and which re commends itself to us, full as much from its assumption aa from its love of right or law. The British Minister is pleased also to call the Carolies e "piratical steamboat." The loose epithets of any one, no matter how high in place, cannot make the piracy which the law of nations does not recognise as such. Pirates are freebooters, enemies of the human race ; and eminent jurists describe them as ravaging every tea and coast with no flag and no home. Piracy Oetneti under the concurrent juris diction of all nations, Even in the worst point of view that it can be considered, those connected with the steamboat Caro • line were but eiders and abetters of others engaged in rebel lion. And the Committee are totally at a loss to know upon what authority rebellion is recognised as piracy. Such con founding of terms is resting the case upon epithets, instead of sound law or facts. But even supposing i to be a " piratical boat," as the Minister asserts it to be ; yet the moment it touched our soil it fell under our sovereignty, and no power on earth could rightfully invade it. There is no doctrine snore consecrated in English history, than that every human being who touches the soil of Great Britain is immediately covered by British laws. Suppose one of her vessels were cut from the banks of the Thames and burnt by Frenchmen, and British citizens were assassinated at night, and the French Minister were to avow that they acted under the orders of his Government, and that the ves sel was " piratical," and the citizens murdered were outlaws —then there is not an Englishman svhoseheart would not beat high to avenge the wrong, and vindicate the rights, of his country. The law there is the law here. And there is no in ternational law consistent with the separate independence of nations, that sanctions the pursuit of even pirates to murder and arson over the soil and jurisdiction of one of the States of this Confederacy. _ . k . st - No greater wrong can be done to a countrytran invasion OT soil. If it can be done with impunity at one point, and on one occasion, it can be done at another, and the nation that sub mits to it finally sinks down into drivelling imbecility. If a representation of the state of things at Schlosser, and the con duct of those who had control of the Caroline, had first been made to the proper authorities of New York, or of the United States, then there would have been some show at least of re • speet for our sovereignty and independence, and a disposition to treat us as an equal. But in this case, as if to troat our authorities with contempt, there was no preliminary demand or representation made. It is hoped that the outrage was perpetrated by a party in sudden heat and excitement, upon their own responsibility. But the British Minister now avows, that " the act was the public act of persons obeying the constituted authorities of her Majesty's Province," and, again affirms that "it was a public, act of persons in her Majesty's service, obeying the orders of their superior authority." If this had been the first and only point of collision with Great Britain it might not have excited such interest, but . there is an assumption in most of our intercourse with that great power, revolting to the pride and spirit of independence in a free people. If it be her desire to preserve peace, her true policy would be to do justice, and show that courtesy to equals which she has always demanded from others. The Com mittee do not desire to press views on this part of the subject, particularly as a demand has been made by our Government upon the Government of Great Britain for explanation as to the outrage committed, the answer to which it is hoped will prove satisfactory. As to the other points presented in the demand made by the British Minister for the " liberation " of Alexander M'Leod, the Committee believe the facts of the case to be, that the steamboat was seized and burnt as stated before, and that a citi zen or citizens of New Yoik were murdered in the affray. And there were reasons to induce a belief that M'Leod was particeps criminis. He was at first arrested, and upon various testimony being taken, was then discharged. He was afterwards arrested a second time. Upon the evidence then presented he was im prisoned to await his trial. There was no invasion of British territory to seize or take him. But upon his being volun tarily within our territory, he was arrested as any citizen of the United States, charged with a similar offence, might have been. We know of no law of nations that would exempt a man from arrest and imprisonment for offences charged to be com mitted against the " peace and dignity " of a State, because he is a subject of Great Britain, or because he committed the crime at the instigation or under the authority of British Pro vincial officers ; much less do we know of any law that would justify the President to deliver him up without trial, at the demand, and upon the assertion as to facts, of any agent of the British Government. If we had been at open war with Great Britain, and M'Leod had committed the offences charged, then he might have fallen under the rules and regulations of war, and been treated as a prisoner of the United States Government, and But as have been subject to the laws of nations in war. as the alleged criminal acts, in which 11PLeoci is charged to be implicated, were committed in profound peace, it is a crime, as far as he may be concerned, solely against the " peace and dignity" of the State of New York, and her criminal jurisdic tion is complete and exclusive. If the crimes committed be such as to make a man hostis humani generis—an outlaw—a pirate, in the legal acceptation of the term, then, under the law of nations, the United States Courts and tribunals would have jurisdiction. But the offence charged in this case, committed as it was in time of peace, as far as this indivi dual was concerned, was one purely against the lex loci, and, coming exclusively within the criminal jurisdiction of the tri bunals of New York. The Minister, in his letter of the 13th December, 1840, says, " it is quite notorious that Mr. M'Leod was not one of the party engaged in the destruction of the steam-boat Caro line ; and that the pretended charge upon which he has been imprisoned rests only upon the perjured testi mony of certain Canadians, outlaws, and their abettors," &c. This may perchance all be so, but it would be ask ing a great deal to require an American Court to yield juris diction, and surrender up a prisoner charged with offences against the law, upon the mere ipse dixit of any man, no matter how high in authority. Whether M'Leod be guilty or not guilty, is the very point upon which an Ame rican Jury alone have a right to decide. Jurisdiction in State tribunals over criminal cases, and trial by a Jury of the venue, are essential points in American jurisprudence ; and it is a total misapprehension as to the nature of our systo,T , ar t ! the suppose that there is any right in the Federal Esteent e l i v i e o ' f u rest the verdict of the one, or thwart the jurisdiact: effectually overthrow, and upon a vital point, other. If such a power existed, and were exerecissepd reignty and independence of these State!: ed w ith power to de- The Federal Executive might bo ces committed against th ara i t t e i a v e o v u e ld . liver up fugitives from justice for .• a foreign State, but even then it so, unless it were made matter of treaty been considered as dor snt p t a e t ü b u l obligatory a t T o h r s dutyd o by : ea t ) / arrangement.—But when mant, until made binding and right loan Executive has h g against a foreign Power, but for the from justice for offences . min h r s gect with offences against the peace and mightaty the matter is reversed, andYtiemand is made, b not of fugitives f p a r c q t y i t n h c a i t a t a h u e th e c t li be r ation of a 7— f oUr own States, then it is that the demand l dignity fences were corn les* we were in a state of war. 'ties does not alter the case, un sanction of becomes opfreepnoes.toemroiltitsadinutuhdeerexthtreemsaen. In the Federal Executive by treaty such cases as the present, the power to deliver rip could not conic iced rred uponstipu l ati on. be .. It could only be conferred in those cases over which likrlsdie_ . Lion is clearly delegated by the Federal Constitution. those defined in the Q.ff9c against the &41., ; t of the States, as defined in th e joined sovereignty s ' • • Coustitution, for instance, as treason, which i§ an Ctnetitntiop, and aver all cases,' except t h os r coming clearly under the law! 44 nations, th e States have exclusive jurisdictiop, and the trial and ' punishment for offences against them, are incident to their separate 1 t is not pretended in t his case that there is any Treatysovereignty. under which the demand is made , • stipulation and the Federal Execu tive, under our system, has no sow rls i s ' - • ' • C Is what conferred by the Constitntioli, er by spec4l law .. the former it is qclared that e • . ongress. In President' of the United S , lecutive power is vested ps Sts and tla t power then to be .1 , planted out auk goaaoli by §l* . e s e,- ITS p tt - ...i time to time, imposing such duties as are thought proper and expedient by Congress. Your Committee deem it dangerous for the Executi , ie to exercise any power over a matter not Conferred by Treaty or by law; and to exercise it in any casein conflict with State jurisdiction, would be worse than dangerous ; it would be usur pation. But your Committee forbear to press these points further at Pr' sent, and they would not have said as muoh on such clear questions of "international law, but that in this case, the de mand for liberation has been made by the accredited agent of a great Po wer , and under circumstances in peculiar aggravat i on and excitement. We have o th er po i nts of difference with Great Britain', which add inter es t t o every question that arises between us at present. Neither our northeastern or northwestern boun daries are yet settled with her, and the subject is not entirely free from difficulty : She has recently seized our vessels, and exercised a power involving the right of search, under the pre text of suppressing the foreign slave trade, which, if perse vered in, will sweep our commerce from the coast of Africa, and which is incompatible with our.rights as a maritime power. She has recently, in her inter course w i t h us, refusedindem nity and denied our rights to property, on a subject-matter vital to near one half the States of this Confederacy, and which, considering her military position at Bermuda, and her growing power i n the West Indies, is of the last importance to our national independence. All these subjects make every question between us, at this particular juncture, of the deepest interest. Besides this, we arc both permanently destined to have, per haps, the most extensive commerce of modern nations. Our flags float side by side, over every sea, and bay, and inlet, of the known globe. She 'loves steadily upon her objects with an ambition that knows no bounds. And wherever she has had a conflict of in terest she has rarely yielded to any power. At this moment she presents to the civilized world the spec tacle of the greatest military and commercial power in combi nation ever known. From her vast possessions in every quarter of the globe, and her peculiar commercial system, she has been made the re3er ioir of the wealth of nations. Her internal resources, skill, labour, and machinery, with her capital, are beyond calculation. Her natural position, being about midway the coast of Europe, gives her great con trol over the outlets and currents of commerce. Her military occupation of Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian Islands, and recently of St. Jean d'Acre, give her ascendancy on the Mediterranean and the Levant, while St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope, give her possession over the currents of trade along those extensive coasts. Then Bombay, Cal cutta, and her immense possession in the East Indies, together with her recent movements in the China teas and islands, en able her to extend her power over those vast regions that Lave slumbered for ages in solitary and enervated magnificence. She possesses Falkland Island but to control the commerce that passes round the Horn—while Trinidad gives her all she de sires in the Caribbean sea. Halifax at one point, and Ber muda at another, stand out in great force over our own coast from one extremity to the other: Her positions all over the world are at this moment, in:a mili tary point of view, equal to a million of men under arms. Her continual conflicts in the mighty regions of the East, only enable her officers to become skilful and to improve in the arts of war,.while her great armies and extensive fleets draw their support from the immense countries seized and occupied. ' lra the present juncture of affairs, no statesman can overlook these things. Steam power has recently brought us so near to gether, shat effects will be precipitated upon us with much more rapidity than formerly. Avarice and ambition are the ruling passions of mode-•n times, and it is vain to shut our eyes to th e s t a t e o f thing-, around us. It remains to be seen what effect steam pow': * is - to have upon changing and nr , difying the whol e ar t of ;Aefence and war. It may be a great engine for again Ity;elling mankind, and re ducing every thing to a contest of mere ptiysical force. In that event it might be difficult to conjecture what system of national defence will stand the tot of time and experience. We have a deep stake in peace, and fondly hope the rcpwe of the world will not be disturbed. We have certainly not the least desire for arty rupture. Firmness and a wise prep ara ti on will long preserve us from such a catastrophe. But while no tempta , toA should ever prompt us to do injtvtice on the one hand, so no consideration, on the other hand, should ever in duce us to submit to permanent wrong frc,m any power on earth, no matter what the consequences may be. Your Committee would conclude by expressing a firm belief that all the points of difficulty may be honourably and ami cably adjusted, and that harmony may long be preserved by both Governments pursuing a liberal policy, congenial to the interesis and feelings of W I people, and compatible with the spirit and genius ut an enlightened age. DEBATE IN CONGRESS. (Corresplndence of the Courier and Enquirer.) WASHINGTON, FEB. 13. As soon as the House of Repre,entatives assembled this morning, it decided to spend one hour on the Bill appropriating $75,000 for carrying on the survey of the North Eastern Boundary • after the House got into Committee of the Whole, it was found the Bill had not been returned from the press. Mr. Cushing offered to furnish a copy—and thereupon a debate arose as to the propriety of acting upon copies, when the ori ginals were not forthcoming. The debate on this point con tinued until the hour expired, except a few minutes, when the true Bill was brought into the House—it was read, and some thing- was said about the extravagance of the sum proposed— the hour run out, and the subject was dropped. And then came a little storm of war. Mr. Pickens, Clair man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a. Report from that Committee in relation to difficulties with Cheat Bri tain. The Report proposes to be made with special reference to the affair of the Caroline, and the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. M‘Lcod, arising out of that affair. The Report was characterised by gentlemen who took part in the debate which arose on it, as amounting to something little short of a declaration of war. It is, indeed, a war Report. Mr. Granger, of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, de nounced the Report, and informed the House that it was strictly a party paper, and so voted upon in Committee. He spoke feelingly and eloquently' as to th effect Which that Re port would have on the trial of I\ll.end, and upon the conduct and feelings of the people on the frontier. Mr. Pickens, when he made the Report, moved that it lie on the table, and be printed. The Report was laid on the tale without further eebate. Mr. Grinnell moved that the motion to print be laid on Ale table. The House refused to lay the motion to print on the-ttble; .ind then, upon that motion, :he debate upon the whole subject was thrown open. Mr. Pickens rose and fell foul of Mr. Granger, and spoke about his musical voice, and his bag-pipe tones, He de nied that the report \vs s calculated to produce war, that its tendency was emphatically calculated to preserve peace, and he explained his meaning by saying that when Great Britain found we were coming up to the mark, when she found that we teab b 4 a.esk settled. Mr. frorii her talked th ng s big, would she e e would amicably prepared for war an d w illi ng to have it, that when infect pretensions, we bristled and all upand Mr. Granger made a few observations in answer to Mr. Pickens, and gave him, as was but fair, a handsome hit, under the fifih.rib. In alluding to what Mr. P. said about his voice and his bag-pipe tones., he said that if he could sot thunder like him (Mr. P.) it was only because his hags were not so well filled with wind as those of Mr. P. '1 ho laugh was very generally turned upon him. Mr. John Quincy Adams made a most admirable and peace preserving little speech. He likened this report, and this at tempt to embroil us with England, by the party just going out of office, to an enemy driven out of a city or fortress, blowing It up or firing it upon taking their departure. He said that Lord Palmerston would look upon Mr. Pickens's declaration as to the pacific character of his Report pretty much in the same light as Pig:ol looked on the salutation of his associate in the play- 4 Goad morning, my dear friend, how do you find youraelf? No matter ; the fact is, you are a d---. 41 mean, dirty, shabby, sort of a fellow." Mr. Adams held Mr. Pickens rather uneasy in referring to opinions formerly ex ressed by him, in which he was fearful of doing things lest Great Britain might misconstrue and take umbrage of it. Mr. Adams's speech was exceedingly coal and conciliatory, and characterised by great good sense. 'He wished the report recommitted to the Committee, in the hope that it would he reconsidered, and one more consistent with the dignity of the country and the facts in the case made in its place, if indeed a report upon the subject was proper at all, and he did not believe any was called for. Mr, Everett, another member of the Committee, made a Most sensible speech, in which he went through all the facts in the case of the Caroline, and of M'lLeod from beginning to end, and he showed conclusively, that it was very improper at this state of the negotiations between the Governments for this House to interfere. Mr. Fillomore followed, and said his part of the country and. his Qoustituents were more interested in the matter than any other. lie did not believe the report was of the character given it by Mr. Pickens—he believed it was eulculated to widen the breach between the two countries, and to increase the difficulties already existing ; it was calculated to inflame the public mind, and would evidently have an improper effect on the trial of Al‘Leod. He blushed and was ashamed at the proceedings which were stated to have recently taken place u irs relation to that unfortunate man. He rebuked Mr. Pickens for attempting to frighten Great Britain into doing what was proper. Ile also rebuked the administration for the defence less btiLte of the country. He was for war when war was pro per, but he was not for war for party purposes ; he was not for going to war when wholly unprepared; he would go indus triously about pu`ting the ration into a proper posture to meet the storm of war, before he would do anything.te ag gravate or bring it on. Mr. Fillernore's _speecn was manly and noble. A 3 soon as he concluded, Mr. Vanderpool, moved the to arrest the debate, which he deemed mischievous, to vote on the previous question,—and the House proceeded to print all the question to print. Mr. Everett's propositionand to AfeLeod was rejected, documents relating to the Caroline administration man voted, by a vote of 73 to 100—everycleady the danger the canna against it. This vote shows most clearly decided that just as they try is in. It shows that it has t • is determined so to aggravate are going out of power, the pa rig a dministration in such a England, as to place t h l e ca t impossible to avoid a desperate position that it will be • 3 •war, with the most powerful nation devastating and expensiv e on the earth. then ordered to be printed, without the 'the report was eiii nents, the Administration voting for it to tt countervailing ofrhos the Whigi votin g against it. man ; an" t en t t hen took place. An adjournrri causes s t hwehiwhich Legislature, h ave o UNITED STATES BANK. ta d that the Directors of the Bank of the United it forward! p a e u ra d ted sen try t unparalleled exertions to maintain specie payments, defeat their ding to the requisition of the Act of February, 1840. StatesWe understand c a r it r t en in a g r e fdorath memorialthe ca according have referred to the unholy combination in New York t• bred. - down the banking interests in Philadelphia, and ha pointed to the direct advantages which the Commonwealth has derived from the funds of the United - States Bank. The me morial is said to be written with remarkable vigour, and con tains facts which cannot fail to give full force to the argu ments of its author. The Bank asks for itself what is asked for the other banki,, and no more.— United States Gazette- te altho u gh htahoose ,ho 1141 MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. The Stockholders of the Bank of the United States in Penn sylvania, are requested to attend a meeting on Monday even ing, at seven o'clock, at the City Hotel, on ttustriess of lands importance to their interest. tt • is understood that about eight ;pillions of stock are repre sented on the books of the P: enc y in New Yorr pointed Pursuant to the convened list night, at the City liotel. W. P. Furniss ' Esq. jun., W, Leavitt, Pre sident D. S. Kennedy, Leonard S, Suarez, and Eli,ha Rigs, an D'oove notice , dents,; and .1, A. Underwood Seeretaries. Tlie meeting well, Esq., who beinfveoz Paul Spofford, I..'acirs., Vice-Presi. and Edmund Lafan, Esqs.e. l g e h et n in n g t w a. a ioc a.P kholder him self,upwards of a rmanized, was addressed by, Hugh Max he was stock.therep_ He spoke in farctqr of a Committee being million of "vest igate the affairs (A the Bank, &c., and read appointed t . • ssolutioes to that effect. When the resolutions were a tew r€ bowledfYo.re. the Chair, several individuals interfered, obse resenta t about to ged they were not stockholders nor the repre whq 8 4;A sentativea • of stoc kholders; it was in consequence resalved, that a Committee of five be appointed to draft resolutii 3 ns, add that the meeting adjourn intit to-morrow evenirtg, to meet at the same D l ';e, at seven o'clock ; and that it kle uotified that none ' tit stockholders, or the representatives of stockholders, are in. [ % s ited to take part in the,proceedSs. The_following Committees r te,- . 4 /0 / t......_ monw Y 1 DITION% I aR a 1 11 19 1 ' al' 114 aeo' ba le 'oa r ' p tho • the ° 01 nun' re to sod r :ciii - tb s oiw° - cr ,01 their Si' aces fr- i $~ 7 '-Z