The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-31 00:00:00

- 'TER to havc It is ffecti:g proper e wear ° " f [iracbr9 ntS it _ rj j a 4 ose, t is ID" ck's t im e i s tr o•• • dolly Or, g ou b ley or )PPY of titY a a_n The net. 0 ka' tLe tim 8 short work • a tteoS l( 3 m ovio ; ause the"' keeP 1 1 tO beo L d ° LW, SpOrP"" bout ing a o w, : I ) a e rnl ed find 11 from 1 0 , stantlY rad 111 ' 3" , boo' ao,c, .31,0 t o • ;ual re_caiL as i " • st atio' a tha t t ' f to h i3 l to rofrx /a of ,ndan c " d uito ,52a; - !ab, 17 had b e li 010' vzr . , t he :c 3 bY, . tot 3 , id n ot he 'dy 11(c);e11 tri fibre „ rolf 11 er • dic - _ ull-T r YARMOUTH, NORFOLK. LAZING OF TIIE FIRST STONE OF THE er e , VICTORIA BUILDINGS. e i ter nave this week Se commemorate an event of the deepest. e es t to Pee eaten or Yarmouth area the counties of aeorfolk tit le u frolk. Our readers will 'remember that lam some little ha l etr est:A a e c itiively y of the most ireluential gentlemen in the town engaged ;.n forming a Company (feeetled on aiple of limited eespoesibility) for the treetien of an ei;l and.dwelling-houees fit for the reception of families of the .....Liest distinction, mad upon a plan which, when carried out, , err n toon of 'A new and most handsome kind. The Mt that On; of et the , es'.rectors ha ve b een so zea l ous l y res p on d e d to stop l°u na::' fast was the day fi x ed f or the l ay i ng th e fi rst Ta o 1 ," a 'superb hotel and limit e d number a houses. t ee e ' s ; a Yer was requested to lay the first stone, and, at his set hits %tie lod ge o f f ree and accepted Masons agreed to as set.in this most i nterest i ng ceremony. The activity of ear ant townsman, Capt. Harmer, the master of the lodge, lee : do ad all pra i se, and the admissible manner in which the ise e ' r ee • n was arranged and coedutted, valet have been most e to that eentleman. The lodge was opened at the. e te .1 Hngotel, and at that plate joined the Mayor in proms preceded b y the Couneration band and regalia, .to the site h~i..%ne coopeseci .; g The immense concousse assere tj,c the leading families in the town) showed .l• the interest taken, and the beauty of the day, eaf ' , e e l e n ess 1.4 the scene, and the feelings of joy which were red la; lei the laces of the thousands who attended, ren -1 sr, o . one of the most pleasing and gratifying sights that up. •ith ever afforded. ee,nedtsainaddHtarmer, Worshipful Master of the Lodge of_United ( s At 'the reeqsuee - oth er , s d t the of yeal. assemLly nearly asfolienes: the Direct, rs of tee Victoria Building —"Pan Y'," are } ','ere assembled as masons to a sist ourworthy n'x occupies the civic chair of this borough, to -- do me au etion stone of thi:. impoi tent and interesting wo h rk work`e r ant and interesting indeed to Yarmouth. May t e EtNoe-per, and, from the foundation about to be laid, may hat); tires arise ornamental to the town, beneficial to its in las tart, and advantageous to the builders. May the pro ii' 71 " (f these buildings live to see their great and spirited otTiVe.arried cu t, an d when it shall please the Grand Leveller at th „' n , 'te greatness t o ca ll th em f rom h ence , may they arrive andthat poise or centre - where the world's Great Architect lives ilirelges for ever." ea." .l e‘on FERRIER Esq., P.M.—So may it be. te e elevoe then proceed e d to deposit two cr . sts of her pre tlearie a Je- - te in the ' one, o ver which a brass plate wa s laid „ the following inscriptioe be te ll ne first stone o; Kimberley-terrace, Great Yarmouth, to teal by the *Victoria Building_ Company, was lad by t nuel p s , (, a trier, Esq., Mayor of reat Yarmouth, on the sa e h tt. al of Marc+ , in the year of our Lord one thousand re"nedree a., I forty-ono, and in the fourth year of the . 0f h o of Queen V ieter:a7. 'William Steward, Esq., Chairman ar e et Directors—Thomas Marsh Nelson, Etre , litay,,hatisomo silver (revel having been presented to the ,dup e oy the ,asesegseeet, his Worship proceeded to lay the ~.4 411 ; ' o' kth, 1 . 4 th the assistance of the masons, he adjusted, eme e r , fa-—a-ed the emblems of plenty, corn, oil, fea - ,ing been severally offered to the Mayor, ‘ , 1,1 2 , "pt. ured upon the stone, when he handed to the I ,"` o l's -eet t he 'ans of the building, he begged to re-- tie hi; hly approved that specimen of genius, and hoped At . "d liv to carry glut his plan. To the Pareetors . he tpd tharee s for the high compliment they had paid . him ,hl.s h ' il ig on him to lae the first stone of the Vtetcria Building. N ees . 'light it one of the most important events that could e r:n,to the town, and when this great undertaking should !ltl ' , 1. ,' which he hoped would not be long, they would tse st ' l e only-That the town was greatly improved, but emyloy- N ee e j e ld be provided for the poor, and the counties of Year s i ; and Suffolk would be benefited . . for a long series \\1 14 . „); .ny large and influeseial families resorting hither, 't •et hitherto been prevented coming to the town for want the 'Ail :adequate accommodation. To the Gentlemen of 0411 esos ict uria Building Company he wished health, happiness, t ete es •S TE weer', Esce, the Chairman of the Board of Direc 'oe;nrogh far advanced in years, and suffering from his grow- I stss —rs aitiea, was present on the ground. begged to pros 'le e a vote of thanks to the Mayor for the honour he had dene Ise n ehar eholshers of the Victoria Building Company in laying ,Ithi s ll st stone. of the building now about to be erected, and test e at whet, complete ,hen trusted would be of considerable I ,` to the town f Yarouth. i tisa t 7ovasow, Esq., felt on the present occasion that he had os e e a d ,the deepest responsibility in having accepted the ho "it being one of thy, Directors. Ile rejoiced to see the beestoee laid % and he should anxiously desire to see a town hsitie;e( Hea r , h ear , an d c h eers.) He hoped they would be ehe the t own an d b y t h e county—he had almost sa i d by n"kl dorn. Let them manifest zeal and unanimity, and he Ste IV doubt but they would see a large and magnificent town. Mayor acknowledged the compliment paid him by Mr. Ileeied, when the procession again formed and returned to 411 a " ei O 3 s a ., l Hotel, seheie our kind host and hostess had provided seeant and, excellent , DINNER, i s the all abtaut sixty gentlemen connected with or interested G,,, N ew Company partook. ,the s i e -r k ge •,D. Palmer, Esq., was in the chair, supported on Sigh t s ny the Right Worshipful the Mayor, and on the left enriH. K. Lacon, Bart., while we also observed John t ore -a... r e Esq. Rev. C. Penrice, B. Dowson, Esq., M. IA- A. jst'. Charles Symands, sq., Gaorge hompson, Esq., To ' rapson, Esq., W. S. Ferrier, Esq., _W. D. Palmer, S ateuel Jay, Esc , Captain Harmer, R.N., Capt. Baines, 4,l;eAnnesley,sy R.N., T. F. Steward, Esq., J. C. A. W oo d s , Es C. J. Palmer, Esq., W.Worship, Esq., h' Be J. E. Laws, Laws, Eel., and many others. Richard y-e., was Vice-President. e se ,e cloth having been removed, the following toasts were The Queen"—" Prince Albert"— " The Queen The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal t he Lord Hill and the Army"—" England's pride and I,Zorlses envy the British Navy. ash e last toast was replied to by Captain ANNEsLEY, R.N., !)Isi ° j,health had been coupled therewith. He was sure the 4 lis Is " navy would always show themselves, what they had „p been, the r ation's glory and the %V rld's envy. aseettord elelboarne and her Majesty's Ministers." The Coat Lora "! hero o i the age the Duke of Wellington. . The Laeute° ant of the dounty." " The High Sheriff , o , fthe I3sh" The High Steward of the Borough." 'the 'eal t ?e f c ' Norwich and the Clergy of the Diocese, with the e h ' . a! the Rev. Charles Penrice. 14 't u ev. CH ARLES Pat.:RICE returned thank. They were 'e st enr the p romotion of an object whic h h e believed' to be ex the I: v aly important to Yarmouth, and most sincerely wished „,2 1 •Opany success. 'oe Members for the County." " The Members for the es te e sa:4' E. H. K. LACON, Bart., having the permission of the 11o1;t t° propose a toast, would give the health of a gentleman se e the most important station in the town, and who had toc foundation of a building which he hoped would add t o t s 't t hree ti eita of the tow* "the health of the Mayor," speriree. ,rei ue pro mes th ta Aleeoo, arose amidst much cheering. In thanking be e t' he could b ut regar d t h e present as the proudest day in bell G et life. H e h a d j us t per f orme d a d uty, t h an w hi c h h e ett no gereleman in Yarmouth bad performed one more op o ant. Yarmouth, as they ' well knew, had long stood as th f the fi rst mercantile and fishing ports in the kingdom. lee rho the two things she had excelled, and in those only ; but they'Ne e , were a'eout to provide accommodation for the al:ja iled °f Norfolk and Suffolk ; and he believed that when the tow ert a e ag that day commenced should be consummated, !he , 01 ' p ie ci r Yarmouth would then flourish, not only as a fishing ste et a r eeetile tows, but as one offering every accommodation Pro to any other on this coast. The Mayor concluded by tarlt`r' " the heath of John Penrice, Esq., and the promo , J t ne Victori a B u ildi ng C ompany ," w i t h t h ree t i mes t h ree . 9 acL I N Peareoce, Esq., rose amidst continued cheering. He en nominated a Trusteeto the Company, which office he 4 ,,.. - P! 0 - 1 . He had contemelr being a shareholder, but the hi r e, ',tilde of th e whole .me a lscle ad alarmed and frightened 414 1 , but the plan the :.committee had adopted and were pur ioie4 t 'ed removed is fears, and he should be most happy to "si,„" l th them.--( Much applause.) He had ever lifted his t o r the 'aenelit of the town, and he would take his few 14 ^ka s a , m cess the rest.—(Cheers. ) As a Trustee,: he wotild Mai o ') th s at they did not fool away the money. Mr. Wor \\eiaS'int " bravo," and so would he, for he believed what they i 'llsiet, b r'w doing was for the benefit of the town, and they b e ea" not find him backward in taking shares. As a Trustee, t ; ;TIld keep his eye over them, and would take care they Ni l ' always have enough. He would give the health of a t eg s Za s ao whom he had known from infancy, with whom he hi s i s - ' e d that any difference should ever have arisen, but del - `e difference was now entirely, and he hoped for ever, Ile rep regretted that his personal appearance betokened 'ne strength; but he would propose the " health of ` o is s . tin Steward, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Direc -1,, with three times three, \'esaa Cola RMAN thought he should be deficient in . his duty -e to allow the roast to pass without testifying his respect ! gags S teward—a respect h e felt only in common with every ease ln L l tattt of the town. He had been a public benefactoy, fesee Penricee building latel erected in the neighbourhood of his would stand a monument to the memory of , Lk Steward. as e,-• veer:tee had felt, so satisfied with what had been done, still(' renewed his subscription to the hospital.—(Cheers. 4 ' b ea s Cue nesAer rejoiced to hear what had fallen from Ir. • Rta, - ;". The hospital would hand down the name of Mr. f,aed to poste-it as an individual who had done all lie tee to benefit th . e y teiwn. The hospital benefited not merely ,kssi,; c livil or the county, but the whole kingdom, by the prompt °Po `a'ace rendered to the numerous cases cf accidents that ate Pht there from our roads. le le ', 1• '• STEw ARD Esq (a nephew of Wm. Steward, Esq.) t he e 'e t ' r ning, thanks on - behalf of his excellent uncle, regretted s eete t e t e t s. h ic:l u i i n4.lli . ty which alone had prevented his being pre to the C HAIR.N sIA rose to ropose the health of a gentleman, t 0 R} h im tee town of Yarmouth was deeply indebted—the firm ' 4 4 e - - 1 that gentleman belonged were even engaged in an _": 43 (i g Outing for water) which must benefit the town. te " The health of Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart." tr ie"" K. LAeoN returned thanks. The Cl.airman had )1.- os 'eee : then with which he was connected was anxious for the 4 , l isl r `tY the town Nothing gave them greater pleasure. g uild o ther and himself had taken shares in the Victoria ale euts e Company, not for the mere sake of making a profit ;sereit.evestrnent which it is hoped it would be, but so satisfied o rne —e Y or the benefit that would be conferred h upon given h ail the present undertaking, that they would haveege of a r eel,. th e b ' Support they could, had there been no prospect 'ere a' Allusion had been made to what was going on . a f t th th e e S ' l ";c \v '''Y ;th had • red considerable expense, Wish ee esincur . the whole a l ed, they would rejoice to be able to supply but y ‘` e concluded by giving e The health of the Chairman," sh thre e Au in ' e r , h e cif t ete e a s i t ee iurned thanks. He hailed the proceed (lthi_ N re ail ' lithe 3 day as the omen of prosperity to . Yarmouth, which so( ti rto been far behind all other towns in improvement.. a t e e reet ea te r e • ) st Nature had done much for Yarmouth, and their t, be that art had done so little ; this, however, he es e , oat "1 annouth was arousing herself from her lethargy to toe tn ' E er Pro •tici Few places presented naturally krltitraetions r posi te g place which Yarmouth presented, l e ,ist llle , ) ,Lhed o. on s ly a ' t ' o a e r r ' e n ct suitable accommodation for the ere, , y ee t the counts .to inurewouldone allude ; it had been said i f "ere to have a railroad, an.i why should they not? I) "ssief i L l eY had, they might extend their buildings as far as er e ., et for the Cockneys would come in such shoals, that the Pre;,` ll t nc e a mere bagatelle. lie hoped the le ad nt. w as leiC - I • • . • tie commencement, which pissl ultimately see er . se ee ,. ealeor, and that many then ent would see ' l eleation s rea hed. He gave the health "of the TP a ''' i r ,"f the par'sh, the Hi return and Rev. Edw. Pellew. t ' G' ‘ ` e ," PE N RICE ed thanks for Mr. Pellew, 'gale s apol , p,ized for his absence, owing to his engage- C- Prepariee fur samine confemation. liaret Aimer7ley, gave" " the health of Captain e with three times three ee sted e Fhairrnin, the Mayer, and the Vice-President all con es,, a in none _ e e e i so te . e ~n g enthusiast c eulogiums on the gallant cap eisJan-nneeerable instanaes of brevery a k nd ot hilarithrapy i se pte ,eile ‘eit in . the .. many cases of shape I a tees eif tt ..,•“ t f our coast. 1 .1 bee ch ar ausnifesteci towards him. He that day attended in a t heir acter : l u s terof the Led eof Masons, to assist w or , vetea t t ' - "Y Brother. He hoi,cd the building would be a ° the town, its inhabitants, and the shareholders. " The health of the Vice-President" was w•- - E. H. K. Lacon. 4 _, „posed by Sit Mr. W. JOHNSON on whom r— -vse se propot the health of a gehileman of the prosperity cf the lindertakil\g,dbvolved. -.ugh great credit was due to the Olieitort and the Chair man, and much depended On the faithfillness of Trustees, 'and the `industry Of Directors, after all they must have k man of tnleii! as an architect, or the whole scheme Vionld fag to the ground.—( Hear.) The Company bad hAn fortunate enough to find such an individual in the gentleman whose health he was about to verde, " Mr. T. Marsh Nelson, Architect to the Con [ ony.' Mt. NELSON, in acknowledging the toast, expressed his great confidence in the Directors, and the ultimate completion of the whole plan. The VICE-PRESIDENT then proposed " the 'malt' $ of C. J. Palmer and W. Worship, Esqrs., the solicitors of the Com pany." and c om pli men t e d t h ose gen tlemen on the activity they had displayed. Mr. PALMER. and Mr. WORSHIP severally acknowledged the compliment paid them, and in cxpre:sing their earnest desire for the interest of the Company disclaimed any notion of benefit in which the shareholders at large would not par ticipate. Sir. T. M. NELSON then gave " Prosperity to the town of Yarmouth," which the Chairman acknowledged, Air ongst the other healths which were then drunk, we should not overlook that of our worthy fellow-townsmen, J. E. Lacon, Esq., who was absent for the benefit of his health. _ The company continued together to rather a la 4 o hour, when tt:ey separated, hthly delighted with the proceedings of a day which will no doubt be memorable in the history of *f mouth ages to come. [We are glad to ree the progress making with this great public improvement, which, when carried out, will raisl Yar mouth, es a watering-pl.:cc., to a . par with its southern rivals; The operations of the Victoria IMildin,g Company will have the effect of erecting a new and elegant town tied will doubt le s a most profitable investment tU the spirited and en terprising individuals who are assot'ated in the urWertaking. LITERA - fURE. SOME IN Q ciRIES INTO TILE EFFECTS O-C FERMENTED LIQUORS. Semphin, London, 1841. The author of this pamphlet, the first edition of which was published nearly thirty years ago, is Mr. Basil Montagu, who assures us in his title-page that he is a water-drinker and, by way of appropriate frontispime ) embellishes his work with a small viottte, representing a goblet, out of which springs up a shower of cold water, the very sight of which is enough to e one the cholic. We perused Mrs - ;.rtontag-u's pamphlet with some. at tenticr.i, but cannot say that We have been much edified by it, though we will acknowledge that it is put together with considerable tact .? and that the preface contains some ingenious (ma forcible rea soning. The author is not merely an advocate Ibr moderation in the use of fermented liquors, but insist€ on the necessity of total abstinence, and brings forward a host of medical authorities Ibr the purpose of showing that the juice of the grape is little better than poison. We do not hold with this sweeping dogma, hut, on the contrary, we are persuaded that wine, if not indulged in to an undue extent, is favour able to health and longevity—always supposing it be not that composition of ink, vitriol, and sloe juice, which goes by the name of tavern-port, and is apt to be quaffed in large quantities by patriots at public dinners. At any rate, if wine be a poison, it must be an uncommonly slow one, for it was nearly ninety years killing the celebrated Cap tain Morris, one of the most ardent votaries of Bacchus that modern times have known. • fiei ORA. Saunders and 01ley, London, 1841. There is some sweet versification in this poem, but we fear it is not one calculated to excite at tention in the present day, when the reading public turn a deaf ear to the strains of the poet, and " heed not the song of the charmer, charm he never so wisely." Thirty years ago " Mora" might have found many admirers; but now, it has fallen on evil days, and must consequently soon pass into oblivion: COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty had an evening party on Monday at Bucking ham Palace. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, and were conducted, as on the last occasion, up the Grand Staircase to the State Rooms. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance during the night in the Throne Room. Among the company were his Royal Highness Prince Ester hazy, the Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, the Netherlands Minister and Madame Dedel, the Russian Minister and Baroness Bra now, the Saxon Minister, the Spanish A.inister, the French Charge d'Affaires, the Duke and Duchess (4 Somerset, Mar quis of Normanby, Countess of Lichfield and Lady Ann Anson, Earl and Countess Cowper, Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleanora and Constance Paget, Lord Paget, Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay, Earl and Countess of Verulam and Lady Jane Grimston, Countess of Surrey and Lady M. Howard, Earl and Countess Cawdor and the Ladies Camp bell, Earl of Morley, Earl of March, Viscount and Vis countess Howick, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Ipswich, Lady Cottenham and the Hon. Miss Pepys, Lady Ha'herton, Lord Killeen, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lord Foley, and the Hon. Misses Foley, Lord and Lady Duncan, Sir Henry and Lady Wheatley, and the Misses Wheatley, Lord and Lady Drum lanrig, Hon. Charles Gore and the Ladies Gore, Hon. Iliagh Fortescue, Hon. Berkeley Paget and the Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Mr. Bloom%ld, Count and Countess Zichy Ferrari, Hon. R. H. and the Lady IFrriet Clive and Miss Clive, Sir George Anson and the Hon. Miss Ans , as, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Mr. and Lady M. Stanley and the Misses Stanley. Refreshments were served to the company during the evening in the Picture Gallery. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council to-morrow (Thurs day) afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences yesterday of the Queen. Her Majesty and Prince Albert attended by the Hon. Miss Pitt, Ho". Miss Devereux, Marquis of Headfort, Sir Robert Otway, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bowater, ho noured the English Opera-House with their presence last evening. Lai) , Barham has succeeded the Countess of Mount Edg cumbe as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen; and the Mar quis of Headfoi t and Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway have succeeded Viscount Torrington and Major the Hon. George Koppel as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent 3 esterday. 'I he Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Rank of Eng land, and the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, were present. Mr. Ingham, Secretary to the Commissioners and Comptroller-General, also attended. Mr. Pigot had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-office. The Agent for Jamaica, the Agent for Dominica and the Virgin-Islands, and a Deputation, had an interview with Mr. Labouchere yesterday at the Office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Ea.-1 and Countess of Lichfield, a. , .d Lady Anne Anson, left, town yesterday for Belvoir Castle. WHAT FAVOURITISM CAN DO. We erce've by our military it-ad igenee, that a draft of the 74th Regiment, consisting of six officers, four ser i( eats, arid 170 rank and file, is ordered to le held in readiness to march from the depot in Waterford, for Cork, for embarkation for Canada, to join the service companies. This announcement might, as an every day affair, a mere matter of military detail, be supposed as liable to no fur ther notice ; there is, however, connected with it that which affects tie seivice generally, and loudly calls fur refrrm ; and we believe that in no department of IPr Ma jesty's service is reform so imperatively required a 3 it is in that now under notice. On running our eye over the list of officers who leave this city to join the service companies in Canada, we find the name of Captain Alves, a soldier in the strictest sense of the word, who, after thirty two years' bard service in every quarter of the globe, the warrior of many a well fought field, is ordered to rejoin his corps, a second tunic on foreign ser vice as—Calt sin 1 while, by the L ondon Gazette of sth inst. we perceive that a beardless at ipiing, a Subal tern of no service, the Hon. E. A. Keane, of the 37th, has been appointed to a Brevet Majority. This is too bad: in Oirect oppositiou to every principle of justice, and such as, if persevered in, will brand the Military Service of Great Britain as the most ingrate to her scarred defenders on the face of the globe. Of the long list of veterans over whose herds Major Keane has be2n thrust, we take leave to select the service of Captsin Alves, as one who is well known to our fellow-cif VHS as a man and a gentle man ; and we are fully aware that to no individual except, to the gallant and worthy officer Morsel% need we apologise for rep, ating their. Well. then, Captain Alves served the whole of the campaiges of 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, wi;h the 74th regimeet, in the third division in the D. of Wellieg,on's army, in the Peninsula, including tne battle at Busaco; actions at Pombal, Redinha, z d'Aronce, Guerda, and Sahugal ; battle of Fuentes d'Onor ; actions of El Bodon, and Aidea de Porte; siege of Badajos; in June, 1811, siege and storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, siege and storming of Badajos; battle of Sala manca ; capture of Madrid ; battle of Vittoria ; blockade of Pampeluna; the battles of the Pyrerees (27th, 28ch, and 30th July), Nivelle, and Ortbes ; the conflicts cf Vic Bigorre and Tarbes, and the battle of Toulouse. What a l contrast does this form with the actions of Major Keane, whose only service that we have on record is that of being attached to his father's Staff—who never saw service as a Captain—and who was just thirty five boors promvei as a Captain when he oltiiaed his ma jority. Captain Alves bas been thirty-two years on full pay, and two years on half-pay, having been promoted to an unattached company of five shillings a day, an indulgence gteintel to him Lf,er twenty years' service as a subaltern officer. He has served seve ral years in the West Indies, and yet we find him going out lagain as Captain, while the Gazette records the promotion, to a majority, of a youth who has just served eight years, without being in any way qualified far this ad vancement, Shame, shame on such a system ! What 'is there in the British service to induce men of wcrth and valour to spend their best strength, and exert their ever, crie-gy, when they meet with such an ungrateful re comi.ense—when such a system of favouritism, is shame ful oppositien t recorded regulations, is observed ? We sincerely trust that this matter may be brought under con sideration in the I.roper quarter, and that this crying evil, adi grace to the country, may be dune away with. As regards the gallant gentleman whose name we have tclecn the liberty thus to allude to, we shall only further add, that he end his brother officers leave our city attended by the good wishes and respect of the public in general.-- Watevrord ELLING—By . the 'ALxican lows, if a man i• ills another in a duel, be Lecornes answerable for all his debts. If we had a similar law fur Great Britain and Ire. I.nd, " affairs of honour" would be of rare oecurrence. PRICES ANCE COMPANY SHAPE, &c. &c. &c. LONDON, Tt.q..., , DAy, MARCH 30. Number Diridel d Price .. _ cf per t. lAsshhtborti.d&e.Oiel.dzhoaurniti,..A..v..cAra,gtreag97el.lll....2hh., floe Sh il a :7 l•l l i 2 7 A p n e i r i c. im en . 1, 60 Basingstoke.... s..sia...s• •• • •••1001.sh. 5 1,00 5/. Bretknock and Anzzgavenny' ml5O/19h. 93 f.,003 I- 16th. lel. 111imihghath, lz.lfith thire ....Ili & 711. 200 4/03 ...,... Pith, /s Liverpool .hinct. Pill. sh.loo V 2554 600 3!. Bridgeivater and Taunton.lool.sh. all p 3 - 000 5/. Cheimer and Blackwater lOO/.sh. 101 300 321. Ctotentry 1001. sh. 600 Croydon. Avorage3li.2l3.lod. sh, ---- 2,060 51. Or Dudley nat. i POl.sh. 96 600 131. Derby saest•ttS, eiill9l,6•itSilb 5..1001.5h . 120 20,000 4 percent. o•4l*.une ant: iihvne ...... ...411 13s. 4,1 .pd :2 3,575 i 4' Plllimilwteand Chester Average 1337.5 k. 81 • 231 611 Erewash 1,29'7 301. Forth and Clyde....Averaye 4001.165 s *h. 6:0 11,000 84 Grand.iunction.. ....... ........--. 1001.sn 160 1,8491 255. Grand Union 1,500 .. Grand tutte1...,.......,.... ... 1001 . sh. 13 1,0001 41. percent • DIU o_(optional) Loar - • s- 1001. :.896 ()rand Westtfil ...5... )l.sh. allpd 10 630 131.125.2 d, Glainnigruithite, Av:r. cost 172/.138.4d. KO 748 Hr, Otiitlthl.n l5O/.Bh. •.?g i 5 17 33 its 01. HuddeswSehl Average a/1. Cis. (id. sh 27 100 Kensingto.s 2''.o''3 1/.los. Kenne.t ;nd Avon, Av. 301.195. 10,1.5 h 24% 11 . 0 1)4 1/. 7s. Lancaster ...ss‘s, Average 471. Cs. 8d 2; ~, 2,897 i 301. ',rods and Liverpool .... 10v1. sh 760 5151 IP. LOlCe , tct . l4O/.11 141 1,697 51;01. Lelcz s ter tz Nort`tampton Aver . t'01.:0• 7 3 2.430 101 3loomouthsldtcr r- ' 10^i . al 200 1511 10/, Metch Mowbte.y • 10e/ sh. 110 500 951: Mertcy and trwell lOO/.s.h. 510 3irO t/. 105. M acc l es fi e ld lOOl. sh. all pd 341 2.47 171. Neath • 1001.5 h. 323 2,400 51. Peak Forest ...... ...A v:ri..ge about 7F/.5h. 75 21,418 53. Regent's Or London) Av. 33/.lCs.Bd.sh. 10 5,659 61. per rent. Rochdale Average 8:',1. , .h. 85 500 8/. Shropshire SOO 101.0 s. Somerset Coal 3,630/. 44 p:•:r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121 . Ids . s h . 11 % 100 Be / , Stafford and Worcester. 140/.811. 650 500 151 Shrewsbury , 125/. sh. 280 310 9 Gtourbridge _ 145/.sh. 396 3,047 21. Os. Stratford.on-Avoh ts ver....791. 9 .: p sh. 35 533 I_}i Swann 100/.01. 215 .762 2.. Bs. Severn and Wyc and Ilaihvay Ar. 351. sh. 45 1 1,60 sh. ••.21. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share 8.149 Thames and 51edway Av. 19.!. 55. 1 Bd. sh. 2 i3Oi3Osh.l t6l. Warwick ale 13;rminbam IOO/.511 242 1,q001 , :h. 40,0 la, Warwick and vap...n lool.sh. 171) 7.000 11 1 Vi/orces•.“ & Birmingham Av.iti/ Os. sh 55 4,1V0 375. Wilts and Berk: Ave. - ace 671. lOs 8.1. sh. 27 100 6, Wylie , : and Essingtoa 1251. sh 74 .26 gns it. Wey and Arun. i 1 01. an. a% DOCKS. C ANA T.S. t. 600 & 1 ~ 1,06501,3 -p c, c ommerc at ,ool.sh. fn} 9 East and West India Stock 97 4,233,310;/. 60s. p.ct. London Stock ON Ditto lit:aids 24:09 3/. 6s. FA Bristol - Average I I. vs. sli 75 f(9,3241. 51. per cant. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB 312.152 5 percent. St. Katharine stcck 92 .5010(40 4a per cent. Ditto Bonds • IC) ' 209.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years .. Deptford Piet 'V/. sn, 2U/. pd 10 BRIDGE!. ,600 10s. Hammersmitt 5O/.0, 21 2,231 Southwark, 01d.........Av. 02/.2s Oct. sh. 25, 1,700 H. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7,5 per cent. 501.5 h. 13 J,OOO Waterloo IOW. sh. :;54 5,000 225. 01 Ditto, Old Annuities of S/ 001. ptl 111 5,000 IN. 3d. Ditto, New Dato of 71. 4Ol. pd 10,000/ 5!. ner cent. Ditt o Bonds 5,548 26s Vauxhall .......,.Average 70/. 108.3 d. eh 26 ASsURANCF COMPAN:ES. 2,000 31 Ins Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72 50,000 / 6 1n e c ial AlliancePritit , h & Foreign lOU. sh. 11/. pd 14% 50,030 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 5 4,030 If L per sh. Atlas NIL sh. 51. pi 14% 1,200 sh. 5L Birmingham 1 ire- , 250/. sh. 53/. pd 107% 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61 percent. British Commercial 5ll/, sk, 5/, pd 554 5,000 -51. per cent. Clerical & Median Life, ICOL sh. 9.110 s pd 451 4,000 2! Os County lOOl. sh. 10/. pd IC 20,r130 Zs. Eagle 200 5 W r ' ent ' 1 Economic Lit, 1000/. Bh. 250/. pd 400 land 30/ W..) 2,271 225. per cent. European Li.- °W. ch. all pd 52 50,030 .9.5. Ditto, New 'V. r 1). 21. pd 1% 000,000/. 6/.per et Globe Stock 119 20,000 51. 6w :ratan 33,000 s. 04. Hope 2,400 5/. 75. 6d. Imperial Fire 000/ sh. 501. pd 133 7,500 Os. Imperial Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,159 51. per cent. Indemnity Marine NO!. sis. 8/. pd 23 2,020 31 10s Kent. Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 66 10,000 16s. Law Life lOOl. :h. 101. Id :0% 5,000 10s. London, Fira 'lst sh. 12/. 10.3. pd j;, I A 3,9(10 10s. London, Ship 0 51. sh. 12/. 10s. pd Ip% 1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Idle 100/. sh. 590,0901. 30,000 Si. per cent. Palladium Lila 5Ol. sh. 21. pd 216 s 50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 2O/. sh. 21. pd ISs Od 10,000 4 per tent. Protestant Dissenters ....10/. sh, 51. pd 5% 2.,500 1/. Provigent Lite 2 J 0,002 7s. Rock Life 99,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stwel.: 189 6,009 5 per cent University Lite 1001. sh. 5/. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. eh. 51. pd 7 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 25,000 Agric. and Corn. of I relan(l2sl. sh. TOL pd 5,000 R per cent. Australasia 40/. sh. 40/. pd 51 10,419 10 per cent. Basil.. of Bit mingliarri 5.21. sh. 10/. pd 12% 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank . 5O/. sh. 10/. lid to 33,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 eh. 20!. pd 1;2% 60,030 5/. London Joint Stock 93/. sh. 10/. pd 125 i 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster l6Ol. sh. 101. Pd 130 25,000 Liverpool lOOl sh. 10/. pd 1:0 50,000 7i per cent. Manchester and Liver 50/. sh. 151 pd 10%] pool Distrizt 20,000 7 per cee.t. Manchester lOO4. oh. 251. pd 4 •Ii 20,000 Provincial Bank of 1 relandloo.. sh. 251. p 4 424, i0,. - 00 5 cr rent National Bank of Ireland 50/. sh. 174/. pd 1.% 10,000 5 per cent. National Prov ..cial Eng.lool. sh. 35/. pd 345, 1(1,000 ...... .. Ditto New 10 /. Eh. 101 pd 10 10,000 Gloucestershir^ 3O/. sh. 10/. pd 32 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES, 2,500 10iik1 Bath 201. sh. 161 pd 22 5,000 .... ..... British 401. sh. 16i. pd 181, , ~,, r 5/.percent. Ditto Provincial 2Ol. sh. 191. pd 25 ''"'" lantl Bs. 6s. 928 51 10s Birmingham 501. sh. I'6 1,250 21 Os Bristol 2o'. sh. 30 2,250 31 10s Brighton 0 01 sh. 131 750 31 10s Ditto, New 2,47! 41 per cent. Brighton..Gencial 9O/. sh. all pd 9 4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated -.75/. NV pd 110 1,000 10/. City of Lois,lon.. ....... .....100!: sh. all pd 195 1,000 . 6/. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 120 4,000 3/.os. • Equitable :0,1100 21 per cent. imperial 50/. sh. 17 800 51. per cent. isle 01 Inanet , 251. sh. 201. pd 1 % 2,550 6/. par cant. I ndependent • 90/. Os. all [.... 49 9,000 4!. per cent. Phcenit 5O/. sh. 391. pct 34 1,030 V. per cent. Ratcliff llO/. sh. 80/. pd 1;3 4,000 S.Ttith l' ',tropontan ..... ....50/. sh. 19/. p 4 17 9,000 51. per cent. United General, 511/. sh. 47/.IAI 30 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 4110 51. per cent Waiteficld 9 51. sh. 22 9,146 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New 5l/. sh. 1( 2. pd 11 ,+4 760 .3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd WATER WOiU(S 1,90) 31s. Birmingham 2 51. sh. 45/. pd t 1 1,434 71. East London lOW. sh. ICI j{, 5,500 21 15s. Grand Junction Avers!? e 411 13s. 4sl. sh. 62 2,600 :1/. Kent lOU. sh. 46 372 IN. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3::6 1,500 2 1 10 s New Liverpool Loudon Bridge Water Ann... CO 6,486 2! 103 51crichestcr and Salford 109/. sh. 55% 1,000 4 per wit. South London - 100/. sh. 104% 8,291 411. West Middletts Average 03/. 125.151. sh. 101 1,360 11 14$ York 'Midi nit c,o. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 010 .. Bi r mingham and Derby .... 101 l pd 71 ii 9 , 580 Birmingham and Gloucester 110/. pd It-M 15,440 Bristol and Exete r Mel. sh. 61 pd 35 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Westorn 100/.sh. 02-, 1. 41 3,000 ....,.... Clarence 100/..sh. 100 i pd 30 8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. eh. 5/, pd 30,nrit; Eastern COUllti^ k 211 :h. 231. pd 8 10,000 Great North of England 11101.51i.10/. pd f 6 19,0( 8 14 per cent. Or - awl Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 005 2yooo Great \Vcrtern bit! sh. 65/. pd t 0 25,000 Ditto New 501. sh. I . o'. pd (illi 5,000 per'cent Gosport Junction.. ....... —5Ol. sh. 40'. pd 4L 9,000 5 per cent. Il art l epoo l 1001. rh. 1101 pdd l-15Y4 84'0 Hull and 4elby 5Ol. sh. 50/. pd 4!l 2,100 4 t. per cent. Leeds and Selby hooch. 0/.34 5,105 10 percent. Liverpool & Manchester 10t/.sh. 1001. pd 185 7,0118 lo per cent. Dizto Half Shares 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "51. pd 45 30,000 . ........ London and Brighton 'it). sh. 50/ pd 433 94,000 London and Blackwall 25/. sh. 25/. pd 103¢ 10,060 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ..,20/. S's. tM. pd Mii 15,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. go/ pd 15: 21,000 ......... Ditto quarter Shares ....:25/. sh. 51 pd 22 Dit oN r - Shares.- '321. sh._3,.'/..pd 5! 31,‘259 , o New '..-, _ • 30,0t0 5 per cent. London and S . W e stern Av. 38/, 17s, 9d. 5.,44 33,000 London and Croydon] AV. Ud 12 % Ditto New Scrip.... I3L 15s : • 12.34 Manchester and Lee6 , 3...100/. th. 70!. pd OS Ditto Half Shares `'ol.:sl. pd :9 Manchester and Itinni t , :gh am IV/. sh. V/. 24% Ditto Extension . 71 pd 214 Midland Counties.. .00/. sh. 10.'1. pd 83 North Midland Ditto New 4/. rd 3A4 5,128 ...... ... Northern and Eastern....lon/. sh ;2.01. pd 27 1600 Preston and Wyre ~. .... —SOL sh 201. pd 36 ,8,000 South Eastern and Dover 1,300 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. an. 275 9,011 Thames Haven 501. sh 51. pd 6,000 York and Nerth Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 79% MINES. - - -- - - - - moo OpJO 10,000 0,600 5,000 ...... 8,000 Albion Copper_ 5/.1 , lit. NI 12 4,000 1!. ss. Alten l5/. sh 121. u: pd 111 10,000 ... ..... Anglo Mexican,iss. 51. prn.loo/. sh. at '1 d 1% Ditto Subscription ....................51. Po I% 2,000 In/. Bolanos , 1501 . sh tll pd 35 10000 11. 10a Brazil] anlmp. iss. 51. pm 35/. sh . 20/. pd 7 6,000 ... ...... Macaubas ic tocaes United 25/.sh.2U pd 6 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Bey 2O/. sh. 111 pd 2 3. 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 204 sh. 201. pd 1 10,000 Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 10/. pd 2 20,000 British 1r0n ... . 50/. sh. 551 pd 000 C v . , Br.nca (1/. pd 7 Candonga 7il. pd 5 10,000 I 1 Coniapo ..... 'ell/. sh. tit. r,. 111 4 8,500 ... Columbian, Ls's. 5.. pm. -551. sh. IV. pd oi, 2,850 3/. English 144 Gs. pd A 20,000 (5155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. :.7i/ pa n 3000 11,500 Real del Monte. Unregistered I % Ditto Loan Notes 1501. pd IGO United Mexican, iii. 2 pm. 40/. sh. all pd 2% Dittt. Scrip 3 14 Ditto New Scrip 5/ pil Cyj West Cork 5Ol. sh 501. pd 08 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 1,500 700 King' College lOO/. It % MISCELLANEOUS. 10, :0 , ; lie. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh 28/, pd 39 6,X0 1. percent. British American Land Compan) 3i.. pd 10,0(t 6! per mat. C.nxila Corapany 100/. sh. 3214 pd 10,066 51. per cent. Upper Canaia Loan City 13onds, 4 pr cent lOO3l 20,000 11. Os. Oen eralSteam Navigation 151.: h. 14/. pd 25;6 10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock ,000 , 11. London Com. Sale Rooms ....Av. 75/. sh l9 ,000 Caot..tchone Company lq/. pd 12 New Brunswick Land Compa: , y... 50/ pd 12 ~,..54 5/. per cent. Reversknary Int. 50c...100/. sii. 100/. pd 107 %CM Si. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 100/. pd 107 4,000 0.000 6e. Van the.net.'s Land.... 1001. sb. 17i/. pd ti 30,000 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MARCH 10, 1)341. BANKS. 1,000,000/. 6/, p. ct. Bank of cotland ...M. 6s. Bd. th all pd 162 t,000,006/. 6 p. et. Bryal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 180 500.08 et. 8 p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.sh. all pd 500,0001. 61. ct. Commercial 5001. sh. 100/. pd 170 500,000, n. et. Naticnal lool.sh. 10/. pd 14'4 50,0061. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 25e1. sh. 50/. pd as 1,000. 00/. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland sh 40/. pd 73)i INSURANCE COSIPANIES.7 251,0005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1!. pd 26s 'd. 7,50 0 7p. ct. Hercules lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 13% loom) 5 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland .101. sh. all pd 50,000 Bp. ct. North British 200/. sh. 10/. pd 18 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fie. lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 2,1 5,000 f. p, ct. Edinburgh Lite WO/. sh. 10/. pd 11% 100,000 Si p. ct. 'West of ........... 10/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 .... Edin. and Glas. Un. Canalso/.sh. all pd 10 Ditto Allocat e d! 96/. ail. all rd 47 5,40( 5 per cent. Ed inb. Joint cit , ,clt Water 251. sh. all p 4 35 2,ooosit 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 50/ sh 4g/. 53 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh St Leith Glass.7ol.sh. 161, pd e 4,5n0 Loper cent. Edinburgh Coal Ga' 25/.61). all pd 50 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgo , , , Gas 251. sh. all pd 52 , 1 5 54 " 71.1.).e. cent, ifd i :n t' l) C u Edinburgh and nas tili ° l l ‘, 71 1 ; . 50 1 1 1 . P s sh 2,5./1 RAPID VEGETATION.—The following extra crdinary prod'gy in the vegetable kingdom is, we !Link. deserving of notice, and is by no means less singular than tue :—A few days ago the shoot cf a common briar, or hiF 't t. a le mTa ll 3 hung i l l chziil4), , KnPresborough (near b ti r p b ia l c e, „ wwnrcetit7,cognenTe A Wlen naeastuel, was found to have attained the astonisb_ ing gronfa of thirty feet and upwards siLco last March. Ilalifax Paper. SPIRIT of the 10U$L1C JOURNALS. FROM THE EirIININD PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. . (From the Standard.) The country is largely indebted to Lord Denman fur his explanation in the House of Lords list a'- though, as a vindication of the Noble and Learned Lord's conduct, it was p. rfectly unnecessary, The public @stitisate of Lord Denman's character as a Jude is the very Liehost, in respect -to his purity, temper, and iedependence of spirit. All parties concur in awarding this praise to the admirable Magisrra - e, and none more sincerely render it than the members cf thtt party to whom, before his accession to the Bench, the 'Learned Chief Justice was through life mast warmly, not ' to say bitterly, opposed. If there arc any dissentieuts from the general tribute of grieitude and serves - ice, they are to be found among his Lordship's former perti , ans. Although, however, it was quite unnecessary for Lord Denman to defend himself, it was due to Lis off e, and due 1 to !he public, to show by his exalted example that the 1 Beach has a right to vindicate its honour, by means 1 less questionable than prosecutions, and that the , people bare a right on their side to obt in 1 when their most distinguished magistrates arc accused of misconduct. The man who either resents or despises public opinion, is ao unsafe public man in a free ' State. He may be an honourable and a giod man, but his proper place is in a private station ; or if he eze-cise siebority, and either resent or despise the judgme .t of his fellow ci.izens, he roust exercise it as a tyrant. As to the case which was the subject of Lori D. nman's explanation, t is one upon which a great deal of idle vehe sence has been squandered. Lo.d W, ldegrsve and anothrr person are charged to have assaulted a p,l l ceman. Thii may be a very gave or a very trifling charge, not merely as tegurds the degree of injury ieil'eted, but also with reference to other circumstances. An assault may be almast anything between a menace with an uplifted finger arid a cruel battery, verging closely upon homicide. Again, whatever may be the degaca of personal injury, wiles circumstances may iufinitcly vary tl e degree just as we ee a', even in homicide, there gradually from actual murder j o u , f p a legalo scale perfect g o uit f i guj i l n t n a o s c c e e n n c d e ing .But at whatever point the d gree of Lord Wald, grave card his companion's guilt may be ultimately fixed, it, • is plainly unjust and feotish for those who know nothing cith:r cf the amour t of injury or the circumstances of the case, to pro nounce upon it. Nor would it have been ever proposed to do so if the accused bad not been a Fe, - :r. Many thou send assault cases, some cf them no doubt cases of grievous assault, are annually di posed of without • the pobiic, or any part of the public, assuming beforehand the r:e , ermination of the proper sentence. (From the Globe.) We think Lord Denman owed it no less to his own reputa tion as a judge than to the public, for whose interests he holds the office, to afford the explanation he has given. 'I here is, however, one part of his observations in which there appears, in our view, mole of soreness than of that calm dignity which so distinguishes his Lordship when on the Bench of Justice. .We allude to the contemptuous expressions in which his Lordship is represented to have indulged respecting the reports of the newspapers—" of there it did not become him to take the slightest notice No one knows better than Lord Denman that it is the public press which secures the pure administration of the laws ; and that were it not for the full and faithful " re ports"% furnished by the daily journals of what tales place in the Courts of Justice, there would be great danger that our Judges, ts itbdrawn as they would be from the public eye, and being no longer effectually responsible to public opinion, would become aga n the minions of the Court, and the Ministers of oppression and injustice. When a distinguished fo reigner, visiting the old Courts at Westminster, expressed Lis surprise at the confined space within which the Justice of the country, in its supreme Court of Judicature, was administered, the Lord Chief Justice of that day replied, pointing to the reporters' box—" By means of those gentlemen we administer justice in the presence of the whole nation." And as the public are present by means of the press in the Courts of Just ice, so have they a right to discuss freely, by the same means , the conduct: of the counst 1, the Judges, and of all others engaged in 'the administration of justice. Nor does contempt for that institution, which is at once the glory and defence of our count:y, comport with the respect for public opinion, from shies the laws derive their efficiency, and to which their ad ministrators must always look for the vindication of their authority. (From the courier.) The speech of Mr. Fielden, prefatory of his motion for an instruction of the Committee to introduce a clause for the repeal of the New Poor Act, will command deep at tention by the unanswerable array of facts and reason it g which it presents. Unanswered it was, as well as unanswerable, and it was lost on a division by the large majority of one hundred and fifty-five to nine. This result will excite no surprise after the fate of former motions involving the same intent. the division list elsewhere will show how Members voted on this occasion, and we take this opportunity to impress upon all electors the paramount necessity of narrowly end earnestly scanning the division lists generally, not with reference only to the votes of the thoroughgoing herd of Whig and Radical supporters of new Poorslaw barbarism, who are only wallowing in the mire of their natural vocation of oppression and hatred of the poor, but with respect also to the votes of professing Conserva tives, which, if in the same sense of hostility to the poor, we trust will be unsparingly recorded against them for the day of trial. We have had a great deal too much hollow and hypoci iiical pretension, much too large doses of lip service, about and against the new Poor-law, and much too little practical redemption of professions and pro rais.s, to satisfy us of the real good faith of various showy Conservatives on behalf of the poor. These addle headed and cold-hearted people seem always to be con- Let ling the rental of their estates wish the question of the sup- Fort of the poor, and to have uppermost in their minds nothing less than the ranting warning of Lord Brougham to beware lest their lands, hereddaments and premises, be eaten up by poor's rates. We a-e far irons de-iring one measure of justice for Whigs and Radicals, .arid another for professing Conservatives, on this question of Poor-laws. The consti tuency, we tru:t, will serve all alike, and in fitting season, on proof of delinquency, discharge the one class from future ser vice as well as the other. WALSALL ELECTION COM- MITTEE. (Continued from The Sun of yester3ay.) The room was then clt a-ed, and the ( ommittec having teen nearly three hours in deliberation, it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers.' Leave was given on the application of Mr. Hayter that they should sit until five o'clock. In the course of a short time, however, the room was opened, and it as announced that the Committee had come to the following would be.revenged upcm him for it; he had no &AIM be had exprpsed that determination in the presence of James Last:- r.J.,ce. and Ellie. Dollemare; he had tie doubt be had frequently stated, even within the laSt hklf year, that he would be re venged upon him—he could not like him, of coulse; WILLIAM FORBES M'KENZIE, Esq., M.P., was at Si. Alban's on the polling day at the last election. He saw Stebbings frequently - on that day, and was present when he delivered a parcel to Lord Grimston. Mr. Robert Grit - Aston wrote a note at the dictation of Stebbings. '1 he parcel was enclosed in the note, and then taken by him self and Lord Grimston to Dr. Webster. Witness waited out side ; Lord Grimston was in about five minutes, and in that time he saw Dr. Webster come up the street. Lord Grimston addressed him. Dr. Webster made no answer, but looked ex ceedingly crest-fallen. What did Lord Crimston say to Dr. Webster? Mr. AUSTIN objected ; his objection was the same as in the case of Edwards. Mr. HILLYARD contended that the question was legitimate, becau.e it would be impos.ible to support the proof of the bribery of Dr. Webster, which the cross-examination of an hour and a half long had been entirely intended to shake. Mr. COCKBURN argued the point on the same grounds as in the objection taken to the declarations of Edwards in Vt'tb ster's presence, being given in evidence. It was distinctly in contravention of the resolution of the Committee in the for mer ca,,e. It having been announced that the Speaker was at prayers, the Committee adjourned. PROVIDENTIAL AND REMARK ABLE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND LIMB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have lately taken up my residence in this place. lam a teacher of youth. The Hon. and Rev. Robert Lid dell, our Vicar, called upon and catechised me as to my religi ons opinions. I declared myself to be far from what is conveyed by the word " orthodox"--in fact, I told him that I was my own priest, and thought for myself. For this honest avowal he has expelled me and my family from our pew in the church, besides which lie has been to the parents of my pupils, warning them not to send their children to my little school. I had previously to the Vicar's visit announced by placards my intention of delivering an intrcductory address on educa tion, in the course of which (I stated in the bill) that I should advert to the advantages that would be likely to re sult from the establishment of Reading and News-rooms in Barking. Last night (Monday) my lecture was to come off, and long previous to the hour appointed for me to commence my ad dress the room was crowded. I had not commenced my lec ture more than a quartrr of an hour when in an ir. 'ant a portion of my audience suddenly disappeared. At this the shrieks of the ladies were beyond my power of description. The room being so exce.sively crowded had caused that part of the floor to give way, *hich was over an extensive cellar, nine feet deep. Sixty Fer,.ons, at least, fell in, and remarkable to say, not one of them was hurt. The police, my friends, and self, rendered all the assistance we could to those who fell into the cellar, as also to the fainting and terrified females. lam happy to say that there is a most excellent feeling evinced towards me in the town. . . I am informed that the circumstance of my proposing to in troiuce the subject of " Reading and News-rooms " in Bark ing, has b"rn a means of raising the ire of his Reverence. When I shag have time to communicate more at length with the press, so as to place the whole of the cireormtances attending the breach between myself and the Hon. and Rev. Robett Liddell before the public, I believe it will afford a subject that will be extensively canvassed. It is a que.tion which affects the public at large, as well as, Sir, yours. GEORGE HOWS. Barking, Tuesday morning. MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the London New Price Current of March 30.) SUGA R. —The rates previously established have been main tained for British Plantation Sugar, and the purchases have been on a more extended scale for both grocery and refining purposes, still buyers have operated with caution, and the sales for the three mai ket days have amounted to only 460 'aids and tres ; Eerbice dry low greyish brown has been sold at 655. strong grey 69 ' • Jamaica good dry brown grainy at 675, low middling yellow 70s, good middling grey with some brown samples on the board 71s to 71s 6d, yellow 72'. Demerara good mid yellow 725, low mid 70s. St. Lucia low yellow 68s 6d Of fine yellow descriptions the supply is very small. To-day the market for West India Muscovadoes was in a dull state ; importers displayed less firmness, and the trifling quantity disposed of by private treaty was rather under the rates of Friday. At auction 22 hhds 3 ties 202 brls St. Kitts, and 6 hhds Berbice were offered ; the former were only partly sold at 70s to 71s 6d for good greyish yellow, good yellow 725, low and mid greyish brown 62 s to 66 5; the latter went at 65s for low dark brown. The total quantity sold to day did not exceed 140 hhds and tierces, and the prices taken were in most cases 6d under those of Friday. REFINED.—A good demand has existed for Refined Goods for h me use since this day week, and the stocks being small, the refiners being only partially at work, buyers have been compelled to pay rather higher rates. 'I o-day the transactioes in Refined Goods for home con sumption, were to a fair extent, and prices were firm. Stan dard Lumps were with difficulty to be purchased under 49s Gd pe7 cwt. In the lower sorts of Treacle few sales were made ; but Patent and best old make, &c., met a fair demand at 36s to 40s. Pieces and Bastards of good quality were in st' ady request, and prices were firm. Bonded Crushed Sugar sell slowly at 32s for first quality. Treacle only in limited request at 14s 3d to I4s Gd per cwt. MA U RlTlUs.—This afternoon the Trade operated with cau tion, and at the public sales the biddings were languid ; 3,628 bags 19 casks were offered, a large proportion was taken in, the merchants net being disposed to take lower rates ; the small quantity, however, that was sold went 6d to is under Friday's rates, excepting for the fine yellow sorts, which brought full prices, fine yellow of favourite marks went at 78s, raid to fine 64s to 765, low brown 45s to 48s Gd, good mid and good 58s to 62s per cwt. This afternoon the market was inactive for Bengal, and at the pubic sales of 2,597 bags the biddings were languid, not above two-thirds of the quantity offered were disposed of, and at prices 6d to Is under those of Friday, low white sold at 64s to 65s 6d, middling 67s to 68s, good middling to good 69s to 70s, fine and very fine 70s 6d to 73s Gd, damps and washed 65s to 69s per cwt. For Foreign East India sorts the de mand is lim ted, and 1,073 baskets Java 630 bags Manilla at aution went off quietly, the former all sold, but is under pre vious rates, good and fine brown went a•, 20s to 225, the litter all taken in at 22s for good yellow but soft. FOREIGN. —BraziI at steady rates; brown Pernams, sold for Amsterdam at 21s 6d, one of white Bahia at 23s 3d; brown Bahia 22; over the ships' side. Brazil taken at the former value; Bahia middling and good white at 24s to 261, low soft 22s to '23s 6d, damaged 20s Gd to 23s ; Brown 20s to 22s Gd, damaged 1 7s 6d to 19s ; Pernams low Brown and Yellsw 19s to 22s 6d, damaged 17s to 18s 6tl ; Rio, good mid white 24s 6d to '2ss 6d, damaged 22s to 235; Yellow 22s ; damaged Brown and Yellow 17s to 21s. Yellow Ha vannah has supported former rates. This afternoon prices were maintained. TEA. —There has been less demand for Free Trade Tea since we last wrote, and the transactions by private contract have been upon a small scale only in either black or green de scriptions. Holders have evinced less firmness, and prices have given way for all descriptions. The speculative market has been in a dull state, and prices have declined to Is 7d for Company's Congou cash ; the de li, et its of Tea, however, for home consumption have been again good, and during the last week amounted to 421,0001 b ; several parcels have been again exported. For auction to morrow 4.000 pkga are declared; only one small parcel has ar rived since this day week. To-"'ay the Market was in a dull state for free trade, but holders were not disposed to submit to lower rates, and it was difficult to purchase common Congou under Is Gid cash. The transactions in Company's Congou were extremey limited, and there were sellers on change at Is 7d cash. COFFEE.—Prices have been maintained for West India Coffee, and holders have refrained from offering any at public sale, but by private treaty there has been only a limited busi ness transacted in clean descriptions, and unclean sorts have been scarcely asked for. The auctions declared for this week consist of 250 casks, prices of other sorts admissible for con sumption, ruling much under those current for West India, tends to operate against business in this market. This afternoon there was no public sale of arty description, and by private treaty the transactions were extremely limited in both East and West India descriptions ; in prices, however, little variation took place, but parcels could only be disposed of or. lower terms. The question as regards the alteration in the duties being still unsettled, causes the dealers to purchase with much caution all kinds of Coffee. In Foreign, however, a fair business was done to-day, and prices were firm. Cocoa.—Prices have been supported for British Planta tion. Foreign has been less in request, but prices remain firm ' • at public sale 40 bags good red Bahia were taken i n at 42s 6d, there were buyers at 42s per cwt. AloLassEs.—West India has been in better request, 2s under the late nominal rates : St. Lucia of good.quality at 295; Demerara fine 31s, good 29s per cwt. This afternoon 58 puns St. Kitt's were offered at public sale, and all taken in at 29s for good fair quality. Rust, Bass szny, ANr Iloet.astns.—Both shippers and the home trade have purchased with caution of West. India Rum, and prices have given way 1 / 2 d to Id per gallon, except ing for fine Jamaica, which owing to its scarcity comman's high rates ; the total s des since this day week have In en only 200 puns, principally Leewards, at 2 s 21 / 2 ,1 to 2 s 3d p roof stren g th. East India is '2d cheaper ; 250 hhds &c. have been sold, Cal cutta proof in hhds, at is sd, puns Is 4d, 26 overproof Is. 9d to Is 9d ; of Mauritius, 170 hhds have been sold at 2s for two per cent under : the stock of all descriptions is much large: than last year at this time. Brandy has_ sustained previous rates, but the transactions have been on a small scale at the following rates; Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1836 at 5s 23 to 5s 4d in hhds and puns, do 1837, 5s 2d. do 1838, 4s 10d to ss, 1839, 4s 5d to 4s 7d, do 1840, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. In Geneva a fair business has been done at 2s to 2s ld for export, and flue sorts fit for duty have fetched 2s Gel to 2s Bd. British Corn Spirits have been in fair request, at 9s 10d cash. SPICES.—This afternoon the market was quiet for most arti cles; 1,631 bags black Pepper, 100 bags White, and 407 chests Cassia Lignea were offered at public sale ; black Pepper was only partly disposed of at rather lower rates ; good Suma tra went at 3id 30, white fetched 71e1 to 7%el ; but Cassia Lignea met with a brisk sale 2s to 3s above former rates, low coarse fine thin quill fetched 86s to 97s per cwt. RlCE.—Prices continue on the decline for Bengal, at 12s to 12s Gd for middling and good middling white, and its for low pinkey, being 3d to 6d under former rates. Java went at 9s to 11 s for low to good white, and yellow 7s 6d to 8s 6d. Ca rolina for home consumption at 34s to 36s per cwt. Tard_ov;•.—holders of Russian have been more desirous to realize, prices have given way 9d to is per cwt. On the spot merchants have accepted 45s to 45s 6d for P. Y. Candle. For deliscry all next month 44s 6d to 44s 9d; for the last three months of the year at 475. Petersburgh soap Tallow at 425. 6d to 43s 3d. youth American at 34s to 435, according to quality. Town Tallow has moved off slowly. To-day the market was firmer for Russian, still the trans actions were not of much moment, but few sellers of P. Y. Candle on the spot under 45s 6d and for next month at 45 per cwt; for the last three months 47s to 47s 6d is asked, but few sales were made. OILS.—For common descriptions of Fish Oils prices have given way a little. Pale at 31/ 5s to 311 10s ; Cod 261; South ern at 25/ to 28110 s for ordinary to fine quality. Sperm has given way 41 to 51per tun; 891 to 901 is the value of fine British. American at 85/ to 881 5s for good and fine quality. Head matter is much cheaper. In Linseed Oil prices have further improved, and there are no sellers now under 30s ; for delivery at 30s 6d to 31s per cwt. In Rape prices are firm at 43s to 46s Gd for pale, and 453 for brown. East India Cocoa Nut Oil at 36s to 38s. For Olive prices are firm. Palm Oil at former rates. Poppy Sad Oil 44s to 45s 6d. Mustard Seed Oil 42s 6d to 46s per cwt. recisions " That Mr. Thomas Gladstone i 3 duly elected to strve for the Borough of Walsall in Parliament."—(This announce ment was received with some tokens of approbation, which were immediately supFressed.) " That the petition was not frivolous or vexatious. " That it at pears to the Committee that a system of treat ing to considerable extent prevai!ed in the borough, but from the doubtful nature of the evidence the Committee c mld not connect it with the sitting Member." The proceedings then terminated. ST. ALBAN'S ELECT lON COM- MITTEE. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) By Mr. ELLIOT--1 he room was hired, but no money hie been paid. He expected he wou'd receive 201., and he ex. patted it from Mr. Cabbell or his friends. Jelin Stebbing was called, and up to the fact of the sealing up of the money hilly corroborated the statement made by Adams. Ns hen Webster offered 10i. to keep out of the way, he having promhed to vete kir Cabbell, witness said he had been ill for a long time, and that was not enough ; he afterwards gave him 12/. cn the afternoon of the next day after the money was sealed up he gave it into the heeds of Lord Grimstor.e. At the same time he signed a note which was written by the Hon. Charles Grimstone ; le (witness) dictated the er eanmg of the note. The parcel of money was enclosed in the note, and sent to Dr. Webster. He had seen that note since in the poss , ss:on of Air. Edwards, who came to him with Dr. Webster some little time after the petition had been presented. It was in the eveniug Air. Edwards produced the note, and said Mr. COCKBURN objected. Declarationmade by a third party could not make out agency. If Dr. Webster's agency had been proved to the satisfaction cf the Committee, the declaratiat made in his presence would bind them, but agency could not be proved in such a way Air. TALBOT said it was clear that according to the former decisiocs of the Committee words accompanying - acts were clearly admissible—they became a part of the act itself; be sides he was going to prove that it was immediately taken up by Dr. Webster. Mr. COCKBURN replied. The COMMITTEE deliberated for three-quarters of an hour, when Counsel were recalled, and informed the decision was, that the answer to the question should not be received—that applied to what Edwards said. The Witness in contincation—The note produced by Ed wards was the same as he sent back the mot•ey in. He was then asked what did Dr. Webster say. This question was objected to and withdrawn. He then said he had never re ceived the money back. Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN-11e was a voter before last election. He was a voter about twelve years since, but left for Wiekhampstead, and then became a voter again, and obtained his franchise as the occupier of a 10!. house. He had known Adams three years, and was of the same prin ciples. He had promised his vote on the Saturday Cabbell and his party came to Kent's. His party consisted of all the respectable men in the town. —( A laugh.) He had not been to the Verulam Arms until after he had received the money from Webster. He srw a man whose name was said to be Quin. It Was at the Verulam Arms. Had not seen him before the election. Saw Air. W ingr aye frequently. They were at Webster's, he thought, between three and four, but he could not say exactly. They afterwards went to the Verulam Arms, and first went to Alr. Kent's, after nine o'clock. He breakfasted at Kent's that morning, and saw Howie, Russel, and ethers, were corning in and out. He was in Kent's until he went out to Adams. It was several hours. He was in a room up stairs after breakfast, in that room were Mr. Kent, servants, and children. He could not swear that he did not see any one else. He was at the nomination, and went to Kent's afterwards. It was long after that that he saw Adams standing opposite Kent's house, when witness went up and spoke to him. He slept at Kent's that night. Would certainl swear Slept at home o the pon n. ] that he slept at n home more llig than ight one y night after the lain.' night—he thought a wee k. H e cou ld not swear whether he went directly to the Verulam Arms from Webster's, after receiving the money. Could not swear whether he 'went anywhere in the meantime, nor could he tell the t i me , whether it was within half an hour, or within tw o hours . Did, not know how long he stopt at the Veru'am Arms—whether it was half an hour or two hours. He showed them the money there. Did not expect to see Howie at Kent when he went there. He I eceived no instructions at the Verulam Arms to go to Kent's; he did, however, go and sleep there. He never went out of the house or the room in Kent's after he came in from the Veru lam Arms. He did not see Adams in Kent's that night. •He saw Howie at the Verulam Arms, but not at Kent's. There iris no party of friends there that night. Howie made up the money in a parcel ; h e thought it m us t h ave b een on t h a t eight ; it was in a room in Kent's, but he, was scarcely a minute there. Howie had the sealing wax in his hand, but where lie got it he could rot tell.. Saw Lord Grimston at Kent's on the folowing a fternoon,. but h e wou ld not say a t what time. It might h e between twelve and f our o ' c l oc k. g Went to Colney Heath ;rein St. Alban , s, but &el not know how long after the election. He went by his own directions. His VESSELS SPOIZEN WITH.—The Wm. Brodrick, of New friends wished him to go. lie had not been supplied with any for Sydney, 23d, lat. 47, lon. 12 ; Sir Charles Fitzroy, Di and money to go to Colney Heath. His mother paid for his living castle to Constantinople, 24th, lat. 49, lon. 10, by the One ,0 , at Coiner Heath. Heliad been out of employment on ac- AU, arrived at Liverpool. Spartan, bound to Waterford, off count of ill health for two years. He had lived amongst his the Cape' by the Hel en, arrived at St. Helena. Heyworth, friends during great pac t a the time' He had 'l;cen from the Cly,:e to Demerara, 18th, 'lat. 19, lon. 3 7 ; out of health for a l on g t ime, and had been in rock; London to Launceston , lat. 32, lon. 21, by the Marianne, confinement. He believed, his illness had been brought on by arrived in the River. N ew Home, of Hull, lbtb, by the the neglect of Dr. Webster, and lie believedhe ha d; said he 1 Clyde, arrived in the Clyde. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. lIOUSE OP LORDS, I.l4.ncir 20. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Wool siich, at F:va o'Clock. On the niction of Viscount DUNCANNON, the Ternpike Acts (fielatitl) Bill, t' e Turnpike Acts Conti nuance Bi I, and East India Rum Duties Bill, were sLve rally read a third time, and passed. The Earl of CLAItENDON presented a petition front Londor, pray iag that the toll might be taken off the metropolitan bridges. The Earl of /IA RROWB Y presented three petitions to the same effect; also a petition from Northampton against the Poor-laws, The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a pct;tion feom Surrey, praying that the toll might be taken cif the metrepoli•an bridges. The Bishop of LINCOLN presented a petition from Heetford, praying a revision of the law cn t,e subject of rent charges. Messengers from the Commons brorglit up th:e River Annan Fisheries Bill, which was lead a first time. THEATRICAL REPRESENTATIONS. Lerd LYNDHURST gave ncfce that imtreiately after the Easter recess be should present a re iti to on the subject t f theatrical representations in the Metropolis, u:th a view to anal oration in the law rcliting thereto. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The Earl of RIPON bad moved fee pagers cenitected with the Colony of South Australia, and some papers on that subject had been laid before the House. He hal looked (vett these documents, bat be was unable to com prehend the financial stet , meats of the affairs of the colony, which avpeared to hint to he in a very coefusei and um satisfactory sate. The Marquis of NORMANBY produced all the pagers which tLe mo , ion of Li; Noble Friend referred to. He would add, that negctiatiens vere going on on the subject of the financial accounts ! the colony, which he hoped would clueirkte. the matter. 'The Marquis cf NORMANBY presented a petition irom a society of persons in Edinburgh calling theuaselv s Rational Religioniets, praying for an inquiry into their doctrines. The Noble Marquis stated that be did not con cur in the prayer of the petition. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). The Marquis of NORM.ANBY said, with reference to Mr. Armstrong, who was to have been examinei yester day, but in consequence of whose absence the inves tigation was postponed to this day, he bad not jet come f , em Ireland. Some mistake had taken place relative to the issuing of the summons to that person, which be (the Marquis of Normanby) supposed was tic cause of his non-attendance on the Horse. In ans,er to a querticn from Lord ELL ENBO RU LTG H, The Nc nrAt MARQUIS stated that he unders`cod the order fir Mr. Armstrong's attendance was sent from that House on Friday last, and was dcivered at the Home- Ace on &tut day, whence it was transm'tted on the same day to Dablin, but as !litre was no delivery in that city on Sundays, it was probable that Mr. Artnstroug did not re ceive the order till Monday. The conversation was then dropped. • • Lord ROSEBERY presented three peti'ions, pray ing that mectieol directors be appoii.t.:d frr an admiuhtra- Lion cf the P. or-law as far as regards the sick poor. Tle Marquis of Bute presemei - t ,e'itions from P.ril•ley Ind other places in Scotland praying fcr the abaiion of Church patronage. EASTER HOLIDAYS. Tie Duke of WELLINGTON wished to ask for what time it was intended to mcv the adjournment of ihe House during the Fa. , .f er holida3s Lord MELBOURNE .said I.e proposed on Tuesday t .e 6th cf . Apt il, to move the adjournment of the House until Thursday the 22d. The'r Lordships then adjourned until Thursday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAacu 30. The SPEAKER took ihe Chair at the usual hour. The /kraal Fisheries Bill v.a: read a third time, and passed. ne Ardrossan Harbour Bill was read a second time. Mr. GROTE moved that it le an instruction to the Committee of Selection to appsilt the Committee on Bur gett's Naturalization Bill for 'I hut sday the Ist day i f April neat, and giving nctice the eof at the Private Bill Office on Wednesday tl:e 31st of March.—Agreed to. Mr. BYNG presented a petition from K.rigsland-road, praying that the W. tcrloo and other bridges he opened. The Deanbcad Retrrvar Bill was read a second time. Bogdan's Naturalization 13.11 was le Al a third time, and t .a,sed. The Ilminster Roads Bill was read a third time, and passel WALSALL ELECTION. Lord ELIOT, as Chairman of the Walsall Election Committee, appeared at V.e bar of t',c House with the Report of the Corami•tec. The Report stated that ►lr. T. Gladstone was day ele,ted to sit LI Par:i :ment for the borough of ‘Valsail, and that neitl cr toe petition agsiost the return nor th-a opposition to it was fr:volous or vex%fous. The Committee farther .tared thut very consiee able treating existed both prey ous to and during the election, but by reason f ihe dcubtrul n.turc of t,e vide2c.-, they were unable to connect it with the sititag MAnber or his agent. Mr. DUNCO M BE presented a petition from the ever :revs and parishioners cf Sheprrtar, i Middltsex, cos , laioing of tie operation of tic te a Poor-law Att. Getier,l LYGON presnted a petiiim from Wolver hampton, proJing for inerrated church accommodation. Mr. ESTCOURT presented pe i ions from Warwick- Wiltshire, and otter places, to the same erect. Mr. BAINES prete.,t:d a petition from 900 Roman Cettiolics cf the Borough of Leeds. pta)ing that paupers ,f Viat persuasion in the workhouses night receive spiri ual relief from cicrg) men of their own religious per- i 3r. Mr. MARK PHILIPS prereited a peti.iin from the Corp, ration of Ma tcitester, rri)ing thrt the present prkteetive duties might be done away with. Also a pe.i ion fr. m the Society of Rational Relic i u fists of Manehcs , r, praying ftr ao ir.qui'y into their d critic?. ROLLES TON presented a pcti ito from a place in N o Wni.,h3m,lt . re in favour of Curch Extension. Mr. AINSWORTH presentol a petition horn &lg. worth, in Lancashire, against certain Causes in the Poor aw B 11; also a },etition from the &Atm and Lancaster Railway Company, against the Railways' Regulation B 11. Mr. T. PARKER presented a petition from the North Union Railway Company to the same effect Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the prtie,sion of Bditt.l praying that a me&c I 1 rector might he appointed Ly a rex rJvision in the Pocr sty Bill, whose duty it would he to grant relief to the sick poor in uorkhouses. Mr. FOX MAULE presented t everal petitions from ~laces in Seotlitid, pravirg for the abolition of Church [ a er.onsg ; also a petition from some place in Scotland agsinit earrying‘the mails by railway on ills Sabbath. CANTERBURY ELECTION PETITION. The fdloe log Members were sworn at the tall a Com , item to try the merits of the petition cornpl-i eng of an un due re:urn tor the City of Canterbury. Tie Hoe. Robert Clive, Cha'rman; Edwari Buller, Esq., J. W. Hogg, Esq , W. J Blake, Esq., J. J. Hope Johnstone, E•q., W. W. Ludlow B•u;.,en Esq., and Patrick Chalmers, E,q. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from some place in Yorkshire, in favour cf . Church Extension. Lord N 0 RRE Y S presented a petition from some place in Oxfordshire, in favour cf Church Extension. Mr. BARNARD [resented a petition from Greenwich, gainst the New Poor-law. Lord CA ST LER EAG II presente 1 petitions from va ,icus places in the county ef Down, praying for the aboli• tion of Church Patronage in Sestland. Si • E. SUG DEN presented a [ etition from Mr. Plise, a soiici or, praying for the abaleisn of the personal ser vice of process in Ireland. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the county of Kerry, against Lord Stanley's 1311. Mr. HU ME presented a petition signed by figs-five pri soners in the Queen's Bench, comul ,ining that the Act for etc abolition ut, imprisonment for eat had foiled in ac complishing the objects of its promoters, and praying some measure might be introduced for the more effectually carrying out the abolition of imprisonment for echt ; also a petition from t he hawkers of Durl:a'n, praying for the abolition of the duty on hawkers' licenses, also a petition from a place in the county of Galway, in favour of Lord I‘l,,rpeth'e Registration Bill ; also a petition from King's Lynn, ie favour of tl e County Courts' Bill ; also a petition from Shepherd'E-plac Weitminsttr, praying for an ea tension of the Suffrage ; a petition from Wert minste , pearl g f r the releate of Mr. Feargus O'Connor ; also, a peti inn from the accountant of the Royal Borough of Dunfermline, praying for the reduction of the import duties ; also a prtitk:n from Dundee, praying fur free trade in raw mate,ials. Mr. W A K LE Y pro.ented a p:tition from Jackson Brielke, Merthyr-Tydvill, praying for the repeal of the Poor.laws, and that the House would not in future legislate on the subject until the people acre better repre,ented ; also a petition, signed by 177 persons, from Large, in Ayrshire, in favour of Robert Peddie, a Chartist pri soner. The pet timers stated that the rriioner bad been very active in suppressing a tumult in this town during Frost's imprisonment, and prayed irquiry iste his case; also a peti . i in from Finsbury to the same effect. Mr. F. MAULE said that the ca'e rf Peddie had b. en brought under the notice of the Home Office by the MAI. Member fsr Kilkenny, but the Government having ioves fgated the case, did not think it was one which they could properly recommend for her Majesty's clemency. Lord S A NDON pre creed a [eition from Liverpool, praying for inquiry into the state of the colony of Neel feundlanO. Mr. W. GLADSTONE presented a petition cplain ing of the conduct of a messenge r of the Legisleomive after sembly of Newfoundland (as we u nderstood), having . been twice convicted of an assault, iva s who still ce- tinned in his office. The pe iLioners prayed for inquiry n into the state of the colony. Mr. H 0 DG ES presented two petitions from places in Kent against the working of tl c New .Poofr-law. Lord M 0 RPET Id presented a Chaplains pelition r?m Hudders field, complaining of the manner of appointing under the New Poor-!aw. Lord MOR PE CH presented a from Ovendor, the West Riding of Yorkshire, also of certain ennactments in the New Poor-law ; also a petition from tie ratepayers of se - , eral arishci in the city of Dahlia praying the House to adopt the Poor-lary valcaion as the basis for levying the municipal tales; also from the medical prac titioners of Ireland, against the Bill for regulating Medi cal Charities; also a petition from a minister, e ld ers, and congregation in Scotland, paying the. House to adopt measures to secure the speedy and entire abolition of ps.. tronage in the Church of Scotland ; also from Cumber, in Decry arid Kiralee, against Lord Stanley's Registration bill, and in favour of that brought ill by himself. Mr. PACKINGTON presented a peti ion from four \ large mercantile firms, praying for inquiry into the state of Newfoundland. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that in Coirtrittee on the Me. d:cal Reform Bill ho would meve that all prescriptions and labels should be written in English—( A laugh) — t also that after Easter he would move for leave to bring in a Bill kr regulating the safety-valves of boilers in steam- teasels, Sir E. SUG DEN gave notice that in Committee on the Poer-law Amendment Act, he should move that the 19th cl tuie be struck out. An HON. MEMBER said he wished to put a question to the I-I.r. Gerthman the 'Secretary for the Treasury, In the L'oinburgh Advertiser of the 25th of March an neve;t'sement Lad appeared pith respect to the collec tion e.f Land and Assessed Taxes in Peebles and Selkirk. The ae.v.2.rri,crnert stated that the collector had received a communication from the Comptroller- General of Scotland, stating that the public ser— fce tequ'red a much earlier collection of those taxes than had been made heretofore, and the collector reminded all petsans that the same would become due on the 25th current, and requested early payment. He wished to know whether that advertisement emanated from the Trea- sury. Mr. GORDON said that be believed that the Com missioners had received no special directions. The Comp trollrr at Edinburgh usually acted on his own discretion when he found a paricular county in arrear. THE BUDGET. Sir R. PEEL brwed to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man opposite at Ghat period he would make his financial statement. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied thc,t i.e would do :o on the 30 . 11 of April. Mr. HUME begged to a.F.lc the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer whether it was true, as had bcen stated, that her Go;ern:nent had entered into an agreement by "'lid , the mails were carried six days in the week by rail- way, a:•d on Sunday by coach. - The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plicd !hat such an arangcmcat had been adopted. Mr. HUME then moved for copies of the correspond ence which hod tiken place on the subject. Sir R. PEEL brgged to azk the Right Hon. Gentle man, the President of the Board of Trade, whether he persist d in sal ing the assent of the House to his Bill with rssFect to the Colonies on Monday next ? as the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad fixed an early day after the recess far bringing forward his financial statement, be thought it would he as well to postpone tho measure. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that as his measure in no respect affected British revenue, but solely and exclu svely ree:red to duties levied in the colonies, be could see no necessity whatever for postponing it. Ile thought tt ae y desiralle that the opinion of the House should be taken on so important a subject as early as pos- sible. Sir R. PEEL said, although it might not be a finan cial measure, still it was intimately connected with the finances, and they should not be called upon to give an °phial upon any single part of a lsrge measure: Mr. LABOUCHERE said as a matter of course he 'could not be expected to know what his Right Hon. Friend might intend to de. Bu► he thought the measures we; e perfe tlydistine., and as a separate measure he thought tho West Inu.a Diu R gulation all was perfectly dr- tensible. Colonel SAL WE Y, seeing the Noble Secretary for the Colonies io his place, vished to ask him whether it was his inti ntion to proceed with the Britery Prevention Bill dur ing the Fr.•seot Session ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL had not introduced that Bill yet If he proposed to do so, he would give proper notice. Mr. BERRIES wiihed to put a question to the Right Hoe. Chancellor of the Exchequer, of which he had net brew able to g've notice; therefore, he must Le content with such an answer as Le might be able to give him. , When the new Postage Act =IC into operation, the pub lic had been de?iived of a considerable time in the selvan ttge they enjoyed of putting in and receiving their It t' err. It was a.leged that upon the immediate establiihment of a new system the difficulties were so great as to render it necessary for the 1 3 ,st-office to close earlier in order to give time fer sorting . the in creased number cf letters, but at the same time it was underst , cd that very shortly the public would be put in their old position with regard to time. What he wanted to know was whether the Right Hoe. Gentleman could inform the House how soon the present system was to cease. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER bad hopei before tl at to have been ahle . to inform the House that they were about to return to the old system, but from the greet iresstra caused by the increased correspondence and it e estahlishment cf the money-order office, it hid yet IY - ea found impacicable ; hut he trustei the time was not far dis-ant when that pres,nre would cease and thny might return to the old system. Mr. E. TENNENT said, as he found from the state of business for to-morrow he wouli be unable to proceed with the Copyright of Designs Bi,l, Ire would pos;pone its further consideration till the 21st of April.—Postponed accerdingiv. COLONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. Mr. PAKINGTON then rose, pursuant to notice, toy move that a Select Committee be appointel to inquire into the state of the colony if Newfoundland. The Her. Gentleman said that he rose from a strong sense of the delicacy and difficulty of the duty which be had to perform, and if be had consulted only his own per sonal feelings on the subject, he shottld gladly have adopted the suggestion made on a former occasion by the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) and have in troduced a motion for a Committee of Inquiry into the affairs of the colony of Newfoundland without one word of comment. He could assure the Noble Lord he had no de.ire whatev.r to inteifere with the progress of the Poc7-'etw Amendment Bill, in the get.eral piine;ples of IA Lich he cr.frely concurred. v Nei ther hid he my desire to lead to cry extended gel) tte, much less to anything like angry tr acri monious dicustion. He had no desire to preju- dice the iqrestigation upon tvlicb they were abt,ut to emir into Committee, for which be was itbLut t ) atcve, by anything life an ex parte sta.c met.t, and, on the other hand, Lc hop d the 'louse would allow something for the fet Hags m hich he had, for the affairs of the colony at Newfoundland had Leitr before, he bo ll, ved, teen Submitted to the House of Commons, al though the resrctablc mercantile and wealthy classes of that colony had ft r tl.tee or four consecutive yt ars been pour ing I c itiocs into both Hopes of Pm liament, ut the foct of ti.e To' one, anti into the Colonial office, fcr the redress of grit vsnce' which they cmpha , i,:ally tt r.t ci insufferable and lie was tht:raore, about tt move for a Committee of Inquiry into the whole state of this important del. e idee.ey of tt.e British cm} i.e, and notwilbstanding the suggestion i f the Nob!e Lir!, ha should stile as hi iefly and temperately es he could, but at the tame time as c!e:rly and di:- tm( t'y, tie case on which he thought it right to de mand from Parliament this ina estigation —( Hear, hear.) He could not conceal from the Housa that there war mixed with this question that which was notorious to every one who had studied the state of tie colons, that vrlaclo stood reCJlded in aeir pi ti.ions, and which he believed had been avowed in fpacches made in the e thee- House of Par liarneto—a large pinion of the rel'gious disaeasion and animosity which uncap; ily preveited in oti or p: its of the empire, end which, wherever i.. cocked, could not be too Ceeply deprecated or deplored.—(Hear.) Ile could a;saie the House he did not intend to enter upon ti is pesitioa of the subject, or to say one word which could pos ibly tend to crimina e any intivldual, and he ehou'd eat( t i Ito the Come, ittee for which be was about to move without any feeling of hostility to any class or any in dividual. If the allegations to which he referred should he• come the subj• ct of inquiry in that Committee, he could oily say he !la uld rejoi e as much as any man could do if they turned out to be evnerated, or altogether unfounded. P.e would, ei h these few explanations, t .rn to that which would be t' e I r'ncipal question for the Cornmite, vz., wt mbar the present Constitution of the colony of New foundland was such as could conduce to its interests or pros, eritr. la the year 1832, when Lord Gre y was at the head - of the Administration of this country, an Act was a Deal Legislature to tie Colony. Judge l eg trom result!, and the experience of the last hie, hoe eve i , passes! kin i on ri ,e sears Ile (Mr. Pil et ) cotifesaed that that g ate Constitution appeared to him to have feea prematurely given. He would net undertake to say how far it would be advisable i i any case to grant to a small community is presertitive government ; hut he felt confident that which the gradations of society wire not settled a re ties Fedi tr circumstances of Newfoundland were such as rende - ed it singularly inexpedient to confer on them such a boon. The population of the colony consisted of about 75,000 or 80,000 persons, and there were divided almost equally into Roman Catholics and Protestant.. •.A atilt more remarkatle circumstance was, that from the nature of the climate it was almost impossible to carry on any agri cultural business in the country; and a great portion of -them were, ia consequence, obliged to subsist by the fishing trade. The numb( r of respectable me_l. r.. s chants and shopkeepers, the r e fore, was very ma 1 In order to create 'a suffic7.ently numerous constit uency flanchise eat g anted to under such circumstances the riad cf one year, while e‘ cry occupier of a home ft:). sirsortleePaepac of two years was I*e occupier of a tenement he Repre.entLtive Ass:embly. • anti led to be elected to. t atwe of the conslizueney of That ' was Y e democratic n however, wiqh to make an Newfoundland. He di 1 not,~ • • la tiovernment of the time on I charge against the Bre i w s are that such a measure as had that account, as be was aware be those merchatts and other bean paced was callel the co lony who now complained of re2pectable particsh. T first Assembly ere steal under the I ts anteoperaiom I. Co nstitution consis;ed far the most Fart o erti f teat . and there had been ~ c.able partier, of "•P " • to a the manner in which they bad 'condue•ed for complamus.ness ; but even in that Assembly' a re had the public.b i indications that augured • ' e been cereal .most unfavourably fur the ncf new o peratic the Constitution. A Triennial having been passed by the first Act h Assembly, a second A ss embly was elected iii April 1836. It had been alleged that great party violence bad been exhibited at the 6iee- Lions on that occasion, that great tutniiiis had' been ex cited, and that, in cous;quence several persons of low sta tion bad been returned members of that, Assembly. One of the members of that Assembly w as a poor fisherman, anather vial a domestic servant, and he had been assured by a gentlem'an connected with the colony, Who had furnished him with information o n the subject, that he had actually bean applied to by one cf the Members rf the Assembly of Newfoundland to.take his (the Mem ber'r) thughter into his service in the Capacity ,of nursery maid. This miniature House of commons consisted only cf 15 Members, and it would pot be a matter of sur prise that suc h a n assembly, so constituted, should not their a dministration of the give gearral satisfaction by ctable Flasses l ecamc alarmed, colony. Tiae more mix series of al egations which and he would shortly state conducta of that Assembly. It \ had been made against the e had exercised greet persecution was complained that they . .. and tyranny--that they had been guilty of maleadrnints ii ere particularly that there had been a tration generar,,m ~. grass misapplication or the finances . Ho would merely ! remind the House of . ore of the grossest acts of tyranny '' . 1, , wider preter.ea o f a b reac h o f p r i v il ege , h a d been. perpetratedw" by that Assembly. There could be no doubt £s to t he eircuniatauce to which he referred, it bad become ' almost m atter of history. A gentleman of the medical profession had a quarrel with a Member of'tbe House of Assem bly on a matter totally unconnected with anything relating to the Assembly. The Members of the Assembly complaiiied of the conduct of this" medical gentleman, as a breach cf privilege, and by order of the Assembly be was taken into custody. He applied for a writ of habeas r N , a ED IT lON TTIE 811 N , LO,N.DoN, W.kbNilinAt MARCH.II lB4l E N EDITI()N