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kVENING E_DITION. GR EAT BRITAIN _ AND TR ll] UNITED STATES. 14E N`ACING REPORT OF THE COM MITTEE OF FOREIGN RELA TIONS OF THE HOUSE OF RE PRESENTATIVES. (I'r°lll the • New York Paper s rece i ve d t o th e lith ult._ by the packet-ship Westchester`.) TWENTY-SIXTH CONGP ESS, • WAsktt.iwroN, SATtrarikt, FEE. 134 ifi 4l, the l4 f r i, Pic kens, from the Committee en Foreign Affairs, made Ti'llnirWilig Report, which was ordered to be printed t— twhi;,:nteelikes..o,ailonarmi?ft.tteheeopn Foreign Affaiee, eo whom was referred 7 :"..,u'ent, transmitting a Correspondence RP' tan -sten Mini s t er i n relat i on to the burning of the ii,nat Cart line, and th e d eman d made for the liberation It Alexander el`Leol, respectfully report.-- . st,9l7•Veirs that the steamboat " Caroline was seised and d e ire 41 r d in the month of December, 1837. The Committee The h in to believe that the facts of the case are as follow . V o k . 'at was nwund by, and in possession of, a citizen of New e tote . n • She Wits cleared from the City of Buffalo, and on the b et a fe br tlo 29th of December, 1837, she left the port of Masses 9 hound for Schlosser, upon the American side of the The river, and within the territory of the United States. Ileiriginal intention seemed to be to run the boat between Stel e ° and Schlosser, or perhaps from Black Bock dam .to teedossee, aud, should it seem profitable, it was in qr. to ru n her also to Navy Island, and, touch at iet,7141 Island and Tonawanda, Her owner was Mr. ' l aas s i l i ' , ai • d !° be a respectable citizen of Buffalo, and it eisenolba tt and iiirentteonitii..ieni putting ,i.he u e p xe t i h t e em be w a t t wspveaws that onep of po ' ition of esZpt er, at this pe'r.iod, had collected a great many in the ele,:rwhood—some from curiosity, a ime from idleness,. and eole e • nwn taking an interest in the unusual and extraordinary n it eil" of adventurous men gathered together . at that time , e I eve !eland. Navy Island was " nominally" in the British Ir il rito sle , sta„tesener of the Caroline took advantage of these ciyeu r rn a; %te le it:al:Ake some money with his boat, by running he_ tosti n l_ . , over to Navy Island. All these faces appear from and 3: ) '",) regularly taken (see It R. Dee, No. 30 ..; pale 46 of tio i ~,eti Sess on, 25th Congress), and the Committee ntl IN o';4 idellee to eontradict them. There is no proof that ,Orth4 4 . „ 6 " Intiliitidnii of war were carried in the boat, except, Ilin;l:i•tfr:.nt.:stiirPh*:thse:llllPre :inch sliPlal-poucder field-piece belonging to a pas object was to run the boat as a ferry the 11,77 chlosser, on the American side, to Navy Island, on It is believed that, even in war, a neutral , % loot ilt : the ri g h t to trade in contraband artistes, Wit t , ',Lei course, to seizure and confiscation, if taken ‘lltt.;;llejurisdiction of either of the contending partiq. PlihtiZ to of Ivor is rot ilavalis certain. Treaty sti- LNoliT,"l'ecltlently iiichtde some articles, and exclude others ttelei Cr" in the law of nations. Trading in contraband ar- Nee:L I P excuse for invading the territory and so 1 of ane to rull the power, whose private citizens tray choose tio twoTe hazard of such a trade. In this instance there we re n t he o ut , °reign Powers engaged in war; but . all concernedl "4iTnedureak or excitement - within the Bsh j t d or. i .es , thew etd o a be British subjects, in resistance of E t v h e e n a a t t l ie h itt i i t n i g, i tw e, th at province of the British emp ag c ir o e ntraband trade, yet ie t ' w'th citizens °lll' s " i s . eng e ed in subjects of the same em elt}, „ who calmed to be . leek ‘"ae who were styled the legitimate officers of the Ale t "' )10 w e ractedly Si eakir how was a private citizen to . decide . ANL , h ,e right and who were wrong in these local disputee? Zu t citi,i'h portion of the citizens of the same province, must ueet w e e tts refuse to have any communication with ? But the lli ght (7trinierely used for one day as a ferry boat aT!ci while ''n•ed at e , d aY she commenced running, she was seized w l e lssei, . tee wharf at Schlosser, and burnt. Several men were . te ies,Zadj certainly one, who fell . dead upon the deck. Now te l letei he ei° l l of the British ehnister, that Schlosser t wu , 'ty - "LY '' with' th territory of the United Sta e-, te m tell b e 7 , , n e l i tetv ,, my hi e.orted, as we can with equal truth say, ally'" within the " ter "lhiet i e , of tb e a' ti ' t. Y iaisi, "nominally'" ; for at the period to 'le °. all the Governments peoplecoltected there had as effectually !I'dekt„4'etta"la an'thorifies-ae any . portion of our reople disre eie I s l a r o 4 e Yet British authority' , thought proper to pass "ete de e, then in its " nominal •' territory,.. and in the over At e ( 1 its Power to cast the m e in of British jurisdiction 1111 'llea° '° ll This was truly extending over us that i t ° .i:,„ ekßt en ar d d to ns hip Iv . hich they had not the ability at that time f ts 'ila Nds a portion of their own territory . , and which re al it s I It self to us, full as much from its assumption as Il e t 9ee of right or law. ta.PttiatietrinisstehaLeltinist7 is pleased also to call the Caroline a the re how hiei,,,a.a.t. The loose epithets of any one, .no e eeb es s of cations in place ,. cannot make that piracy which de e eters ions does not recognise as such. Pirates are alt ' enern'es of the Iniman race ; and eminent jurists le : , e them „ • every sea and coast with no 1 4 t e ' i°41-4°° ll hn nie ra i v e ag a m F comes under the concurrent juns , ese ri h n f all nations . Piracy in the worst point of view_ that line wereebdered, ho.e connected with the steamboat Care,- ,Xi ~,,i 4 t eiders and abetters of others engaged in rebel tour '' 4t a 4 h - ,, 9 ,the Committee totally at a loss to knowupon ~,ertillete•rtty rebellion is recognised are as piracy. Such con bTheed i r:n terms is restng the case upon epithets, t C it, " I.' .7! facts. But evensupposing it to be a 'l n p s ir e aati cal .. 441thed- the minister a'serts it to be ; yet the moment on eitnh our soil it fell under our sovereignty, and no power The r 1 lad'ightful!•t th re „ doctrine invade i . t f athat e•:. more consecrated is English history, ,t nisi 'ry human being who touches the soil of Great one terites eeesethoiediately covered by British laws. Suppos e and I , tit b„ Fr. were cut from the banks of the Thames ' llight/ eachmen and British citizens were assassinated 4 etee ',land the French Alinister were to avow that they 41 Wes t1 ,'" the orders of his Government, and that the outlaws. s•-t, I,' Piratical," and the citizens murdered were tuillsi4,etilert4,o..toee:rneil:_e.teheet Englishmana w n ren.g, whose heart would not beat and vindicate A th ri e d t r h i e g r h e t: s , n o n f i ts te e , 'tenet le law there is the law here . , 4 ts se aw consistent with the separate independence of -'l s d ate, 'at 'anCtiOn the pursuit of even pirates to murder t lee: fede ' r e a r the soil and jurisdiction of one of the States of tetsil: girreia; ene.‘_\\7;eng can be done t n o tt a y country u e n n t e r y point,t h an and on invasion n e w o e f kit : tee., it `ea'aun be done with impunity h , and the nation . that sub ',,el'rt:„lt, fi nal) done 4 , sinai atanother , drivelling imbecility. l e f w a_ sub duet of ;`, 4 -.044 of the statedownf things at Schlosser, and thte beenc Vide t '",nse who had o; lof the Caroline, had firs United !Pettteen,ttee proper authorities er° of New York, or of the re est i ' .en, there would have been some show at least of s'lpt,..rseeZusen!! s _ ov erigity_and . independence, and a disposition 0 ,7 e Ni es e N c it a h e ra t l. But in thiswas no preliminary as if to troat our d preliminary deman It iiti;'entatitin .ntneeeempt" there I t t 4 les t , hVed that the outrage was perpetrated by a party in 4 tit the /P .and excitement, upon their own responsibility. ~,, eetritesh Minister now avows, that " the a.t . wasef herthe %lest e of persons obeying the constituted authorities let Of ) s Pr ev i n „ t hei r Per.,,, ns i -ee, and again affirms that‘' 1 , u q , to _ n her Majesty's service, obeying q 1 th is h'ur a uthorit" it t the was orders u bh of e „'eet b . fat 1, arteaeissuirnt is,,..seet,.first and only ' 4l been the e s ight . not hatveefexwucirtedintesurecehurisentewreistth, thatbut 1 41 e ftl':Wer, revor4tointhme most and spirit of independence :1414 People. ;f it be her desire to preserve peace, her to b ,' l4 , 4 14 w h ich te )' wcilld be t do Justice, and show that courtesy illteteei deto:h.ie has. always o demanded from others. The C.orn epo,. 111 46 desir e to press views on this part of the subject, th e " th e t i " a demand has been made by our Government h ''lltr, °Vernment of Great Britain for explanation as to rr'Av_e seigierter?Telnitted, the answer to which it is hoped will liti t 4 te tt " r C• the ish metiostther points presented in the demand made by the Alexander MeLeod, 1441'4111%44r for the " liberation " he at wa believe the facts of the case to be,_ that the they Or ,i t . s seized and burnt as stated before, and that a citi 4,";ere'zreeTlass°f New Y oik were murdered u th r a d t ere m d L i e n o t d h w e as affr p a a y r . ti A re r p id s , 11 e ls I , ons to induce a belief t 0 0 14, 0, 7 was at first arrested, and upon various testimony Pre e he ti toe ves then discharged. was afterwards arrested terrines t o ' Upon the evidence ) then presented .. he was im to,:tory , aw ait his trial. There was no invasion . of British 1 1;:t or'ilhinseize Or tae him. But upo d n a h s isbeing . volun n - f le,e.niteti ,tales territory, he was . arreste a ny citizen ~..Ntr, k , charged with a similar offence, might have eTest : t t ( l , Ono law of nations that would exempt a man from h e lt ,ed ae". ialprisonment for offences charged to be com e N 4 ,h ls e k ' l 3l3l: s t t ~It Greatace . and dignity '? of a St4te, *t h te e c e l a t u l s ee . at th e . u,. Britain, or because "Pil3irilitlish i slt lel of4r sestigation or under the authority o _ Pro their, th ers ; Winch less do we know of any law that . would e e Pre s ie ty ett4o,l tient to deliver him . up without trial, at L se h agen t ' and upon the assertion as to fwe- had hate had a t 0 'if the British Governm . en. If • het e ettne• Pe n war with Great Britain, and M‘Leod „e' Lllee °tett then he might the offences charged, Re4ted as nhder the rules and regulations of war, and been 1 ,% t 4 l l l _ hat a ,t ee i seller . of the United States Government, and Nit' allefr e _, 4 . suhject to the laws of nations in war. But d is charged to be 43 Pt leet ed e , wet criminal acts, in whieh M % l a ! , e s he mere committed in profound againpeace,st crtihmein"apl e p e e r i e s d e i n! . I)is et 44 to makee and exclusive. If the crimes committed be th t , ie a man hostis humani R e l ee the 1 _, the term, then, der un Ito tt ie of ita.t ._ egae accep . tation of generis—an outlaw—a tat tiw bar e ; 4r i uns, the United States Courtsan i d n t t h r i i s bu eas na e ls , e titi itt ed J tseliction.. But the offence charged far as this ind Z in 'lss e or Z e i rri t e w i as in time of l peate . 4 111 1: 4 0. e . l x iv e 1 4s i ! y e ii• ' insi the lex loci, an . d 11111, et‘:.istee, ink 'ss i vr tlai s in on L p c u r r i e min a a7 jurisdiction of the ti the`' letter of the 13th December, 18 e 40 0 e li tie l)eet y l : quite notorious that Mr. Al'Leod was not on ere ! cep ~e rie. u cte t r a t g a e in d in c the .destruction ny of the steam - boat _C has 4 10 4 itt i ,. • at the pretended- charge upon which he .._ 14 1 1 Ise tisened rests o 1 upon the perjured tesn ” tee , this „,_ Canadians, outlaws, and their abettors, (h eti _ Vest seal Perchance all be so, but it would t be ask eite:ll, and to require an American Court to yield juris ts, e 4 t ti7e suirrender up a prisoner . ehars . ed . with• offences rlieieetTiittse)._ how' h upon i the a m ut e h r e e ri t t p y s . e W er t i te t t o . f any man, Vgre 'Y alo n ' . 4I Ju ' l '"t guilty is the very point upon wh h i e c r h ati:ALinee.d ction tn the tro,u_a, e uare a right to decide. •-soe' jury o f i t i _re k ,, e, '_i to over criminal cases, and . trt . al by_ a d " ; and ty p ' i : tot,iallire essential points in American junspru system, to p ee il l that 4:el'lneehension es to the nature_ofe y 'tilt e e rd • err' is any right in the Federal . Executive r . to ar 'lre 1% If le t of the one, or thwart the jurisdiction of the tei Nell, sn .ell a power existed, and were exercised, it would let ) , tt.rocr erthrovv, and upon a vital point, the separate so li t he Fed er nwle vendence of these States. k /40,4, ia,Lbxecutive might be clothed with power to de tif!ee 4,1 i s from justice for effences committed against etei ions i t e w te, but eves then it might not be obligatory to do thketght ~ EX Butt matter of treaty stipulation. a This duty em' ante en lexeve has generally been considered as Bennetdor ;i4.tter .'naele binding by treaty arrangement.—But when di:estie is reversed and demand is made, not of fugitives ~'''lio -,.,effor offence's against a foreign Power, but for the li; ; 4 7 el 'e a linen charged with offences against the peace and re tt es preene. of our oen States, then it is that the demand te etite eerePosterous in the extreme. The fact that h u e the t le 4 ' do es eehnnitted under the sanction of provincial a f war b e % ece etctlet aber the case, unless we were . in a state o d not . It ( nlfse e ° e s as the Present, the power to deliver up e ul lion j t ; 4 Pwl the Federal Executive by treaty seep o ulation. , i la t i ea. 4 he conferred in those cases over which jursisdihe is. - ' ) lttne - Y delegated by the Federal Constitution. uc , tii,c,ne-er,eies,...,t!eas_on, which is an offence against the c.on 111% " ail e ,:diay of the States, as defined in the Constitution. li ke e eee t i n e'es, except those defined in the Constitution, and e fts! eXcles&elear.y under the laws of nations, the Stat f... e r s j ti eees e,,,_ jurisdiction, and the trial and punishment It " Ot "in 't thern, sovereignty. ' a tter pretensed • are incident to their . separate .. ti se whi ch in this case that there is any Treaty stipulation th,' etel et , oeee demand is made ; and the Federal Execu foie_ %ensti t ..",F seetera, has no oster but what is conferred by I n the 1 1 , - ` n e jit e e `,.i e ` l eee, or by special law of Congre . ss. ee ele et 0 , elaree that e Executive power i! vested in " 4 teel e .., i tee United States " and that power is then to be L" ' d efined by special laws p asse d from time 0 ~ .. ,-.f s E if T. pl. Lm as 10 ad tat i,a - he ' ,r -id 1.0 Ist Ir. niri / D r g' sd! - , ,04 time, imposing such duties as arc thought proper and expedient by Congress. Your Committee deem it dangerous for Executive to exercise any power over a thitter net conferred by Treaty or by law ; and to exercise it in any case in conflict with State jurisdiction, would be worse than dangerous ; it would be um pat ion. . _ But your Committee forbear to press these points further at present, and they - *oilid hot have said a 9 ttnich on such clear questions of international liw, but that in this ca.e, the de mand for liberation has been made by the accredited agent of a great Power, and under circumstances Lf peculiar aggravatiop and excitement. We hate ether points of difference with Great Britain, which add interest to every question that arises between us at present. Neither our northeastern or northwestern boon dariet art yet settled With lift, and the subject is not entirely free froth difficulty. She has recently seized our vessels, and exercise I a power involving the right of search; under the pre text of suppressing the foreign slave trade, which, if perv 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 intercourse with us, refused indem • nity and denied our ridits 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 in 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 are both permanently destined to have, per haps, the mo't extensive commerce of modern nations. Our flags float side by side, over every sea, and bay, and inlet, of the known globe. • She moves 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 •his 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 reser voir 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, whle 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 priistiSitin its the East Indies, together with her r. cent movements in the China seas and islands, en able her to extend her power over those vast regions that 1 ave slumbered for ages in solitary and enervated magnificence. She possesses Falkland Island but to control the commerce that pastes toitnd 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 tier positions all Mier the world ate at this moment, in a mili tary point of view, equal to a million of men tinder 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. In the present juncture of affairs, no statesman can overlook these things. Steam power has recently brought us so near to gether, that in the event of any future conflict, war with its effects will be precipitated upon us with much more rapidity than formerly. Avarice and ambition are the ruling passions of modern times, and it is vain to shut our eyes to the state of things around us. It remains to be seen what effect steam power is to have upon changing and modifying the whole art of defence and war. It may be a great engine for again levelling mankind, and re ducing every thing to a contest of mere physical force. In that event it might be difficult to conjecture what system of national defence will stand the test of time and experience. We have a deep stake ;n peace, and fondly hope the repose of the world will not be disturbed. We have certainly not the least desire for any rupture. Firmness and a wise preparation will long preserve us from such a catastrophe. But while no temptation should ever prompt us to do injustice on the one hand, so no consideration, on the other hand, should ever in duce us to submit to permanent wrong from 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 Covet nments pursuing a liberal policy, congenial to the interests and feelings of both people, and compatible with the spirit and genius of an enlightened age. DEBATE IN CONGRESS. (Correspondence 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 alittle storm of war. Mr. Pickens, Chair man of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made a Report from that Committee in relation to difficulties with Great Bri tain. The Report proposes to be made with special reference to the affair of the Caroline, and the arrest and imprisonment of Mr. I%.l‘Leod, 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 , 3 effect which that Re port would have on the trial of M'Leod, 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 table without further debate. Mr. Grinnell moved that the motion to print be laid on the table.. The House refused to lay the motion to print on the table, and then, upon that motion, the 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, 4-c. He de nied that the report was 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 were prepared for war and willing to have it, that when its fact we bristled up, and talked big, she would back out from her pretensions, and all things would be amicably settled. Mr. Granger made a few observations in answer to Mr. Pickens, and gave him, as was but fair, a handsome hit, under the fifth rib. In alluding to what Mr. P. said about his voice and his bag-pipe tones, he said that if he could rot thunder like him (Sir. P.) it was only because his bags were not so well filled with wind as those of Mr. P. The 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 Pistol looked on the salutation of his associate in the play--" Good morning, my dear friend, how do you find yourself ? No matter ; the fact is, you are a d--d mean, dirty, shabby, sort of a fellow." Mr. Adams held Mr. Pickens rather uneasy in referring to opinions formerly ex pressed 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 cool and conciliatory, and chat acterised 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'Leod 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. Fillemore followed, and said his part of the country and his constituents were more interested in the matter than any other. He did not believe' the report was of the character given it by Mr. Pickens—he believed it was culculated 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 M'Leod. He blushed and was ashamed at the proceedings which were stated to have recently taken place in relation to that unfortunate man. He rebuked Mr. Pickens for attempting to frighten great Britain into doing what was proper. tie also rebuked the administration for the defence less state 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 putting the nation into a proper posture to meet the storm of war, before he would do anything to ag gravate or bring it on. Mr. Filtamore's speech was manly and noble. As soon as he concluded, Mr. Vanderpoel, to arrest the debate, which he deemed mischievous, moved the previous question,—and the House proceeded to vote on the question to print. Mr. Everett's proposition to print an the documents relating to the Caroline and to McLeodwas rejected, by a vote of 73 to 100—every administration man voted against it. This vote shows most clearly the danger the coun try is in, It shows that it has been decided that just as they are going out of power, the party is determined so to aggravate England, as to place the incoming administration in such a position that it will be almost impossible to avoid a desperate devastating and expensive war, with the most powerful nation on the earth. The report was then ordered to be printed, without the countervailing documents, the Administration voting for it to a man ; and most of the Whigs voting against it. An adjournment then took place. UNITED STATES BANK. We understand that the Directors of the Bank of the United States have prepared a memorial to the Legislature, and sent it forward, setting forth the causes which have operated to defeat their unparalleled exertions to maintain specie payment!, according to the requisition of the Act of February, 1840. They have referred to the unholy combination in New York to brehk down the banking interests in Philadelphia, and have 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 banks, and no more.— United States Gazette. 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 business of much importance to their interest. It is understood that about eight millions of stock are repre sented on the books of the agency in New York. Pursuant to the above notice, a meeting convened list night, at the City Hotel. W. P. Furniss, Esq. was apLointedPre sident, 1). S. Kennedy, Paul Spofford , ju n., W, Leavitt, Leonard S. Suarez, and Elisha Riggs, Esqrs., Vice-Presi dents ; and J. A. Underwood and Edmund Laffan, Secretaries. The meeting being organized, was addressed by Hugh Max well, Esq., who observed, that alihough not a stockholder him self, he was the representative of those who held upwards of a million of stock. He spoke in favour of a Committee being appointed to investigate the affairs of the Rank, &c., and read a few resolutions to that effect. When the resolutions were about to Le put from the Chair, several individuals interfered, who acknowledged they were not stockholders nor the repre sentatives of stockholders; it was in consequence resolved, that a Committee of five be appointed to draft resolutions, and that the meeting adjourn until to-morrow evening, to meet at the same place, at seven o'clock ; and that it be notified that none but stockholders, or the representatives of stockholders, are in vited to take part hithe-proceedirtgs. The following Committee were appointed accordingly :—Leonard S. Suarez, W. P. Futniss, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Laffan, and Mr. Maxwell. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From the New Fork Courier and Enquirer.) MONDAY NIGHT, FEB. 15.—A slight decline took place in most descriptions of Stocks this morning; the transactions, however, throughout were- extremely limited. United States Bank fell off 3.4 ; Delaware and Hudson 2 per cent. ; North American Trust 3-4; Vicksburg 1-8; Stonington 1 ; Long Island improved 1-2 ;in Harlem there w-s no change. Nothing of importance was done in Sterling Exchanges -8 1 4 a 8 1-2 is quoted as the highest rates. In Southern there was very little done, quotations are quite unsettled. United States Bank bills are purchased by the brokers at 12 1-2 per cent discount. Other Philadelphia bills at 3-4 a 3 ; Baltimore bank notes at 2 1-4 a 2 1-2, and Virginia 4 per cent. Cottrn is dull at Saturday's rates ; we have not heard of any sales worth reporting. Aloderate sales of Genesee Flour were made at $4,5 a $l, and of choice brands in small quantities at 5,12 a 5,23 per bbl. Oats remain inactive at 30 a 39e. per bus. 200 tierces rough Flaxseed were sold at 10 1-2, and a small quantity of clean at $ll. Clover-seed sells in small parcels at 8 a 8 1-2. Provisions are heavy, and the market has rather a downward tendency. Mess Pork is freely offered at 11,75, and Lard at 7c. There is more inquiry for Cheese, and considerable sales have been made at 5 a 6 1-2 c, per lb. In Butter, A c., there is no change. In Sugars, Sze., nothing doing. 100 bags Rio Coffee were sold at 10 3-4 a 11, and 100 ditto St. Domingo at 8 7-8. NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 15, 1841. Beeves.—At market, 750 Beeves, inc!uding 300 left last week ; 175 was from the South, 200 from the East, and the balance from this State-775 were sold at 6 1-2 to 9 1-4 e, average $7 3-4 per cwt. —Market well attended and sales brisk. Cows and Calves.—There were 110 offered, all taken at $25, 33, and $l2 each. Sheep and Lambs. —1,600 at market, all of which were taken at $2 to $6. —Good demand. Hay.-62 1-2 to 75c. the 1001bs.—Market well supplied. PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 15, P.M. • The weather continues cold, and the surface of the water in the Delaware is thickly covered with floating ice, which is driven up and down the stream by the tide as it ebbs and flows, and gives active employment to our ice and tow-boats to work their way through the thickly-formed ice. The transactions in stocks have been only to a limited amount, and embrace at and after the first Board of Brokers, $5OO Pennsylvania State s's 1865, at 81--; $l,lOO Penn. State s's 1870 a 81 ; 22 shares United States Bank 27 cash; 1 Gi rard 31. At the Second Board—sl,soo Pennsylvania State s's 18E5 at 81i ; and after, 50 U, S. Bank, s. 11 ds flat at 26 ; 310 ditto 26i a 26* s. 10 ds flat ; and 26i b. 30 ds. flat, at 26i; and 100 Girard a :31 s. 20 days flat. Closing Prices.—U. S. Bank 264 a 27, an advance of one per cent. on Saturday's rates ; Girard 31 a 31i, a decli eof one per cent. on previous rates ; Vicksburg 7 a 4. Light drafts on New York 104 a 1021; on Baltimore one per cent. preen. - BALTIMORE, FEB. 14-9 A.M. The weather continues excessively cold, the thermometer last night at 11 was only two degrees above zero. The ice in the harbour is hard enough, and would effectually prevent the arrival or departure of vessels but for the aid of the steam ice boats. Money affairs continue very tight, and in the uncertainty that rests on the subject of resumption and suspension, the banks are hardly discounting a dollar. Exchauge on hew York is up to 2a 2* prem. ; on Philadelphia, is at ia 1 discount, so unsettled is the business, and on Richmond at 1 discount. OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN DIET. THE KING'S SPEECH. The Prussian States Gazette announces that the Diet, composed of the Brandenburgh department and the Margra viate of Lower Lusatia, was opened on the ht inst. After the celebration of divine service in the cathedral, the Deputies re paired to their place of meeting, where their President, M. de Bassewitz, read the fallowing decree : " Frederick William, &c. - " As a proof of our Royal confidence in our faithful States, and of the value which we attach to their counsels, we invite them to take the following propositions into their serious con sideration, particularly the first, which refers to the constitu tion of the Mates ; and another respecting a reduction of taxes which we propose to grant. "Ist. THE PUBLICATION OF THE DEBATES OF THE DIET. In future we shall give a greater publicity to the debates and deliberations of the Diet. We shall publish every proposal sub mitted to us by the Diet. Each Member shall receive two copies ofproceedings at the close of the Session to send to the his constituents. Our intention is to convoke the States every two years, and for this reason they will enter into fuller delibe rations, . but our faithful States will advise us thereupon As . it is desirable in the interval of the Sessions that we should consult men worthy of our confidence, we shall submit the draught of an ordinance to our faithful States, in order that they may appoint a Committee. The duty of this Committee will consist in giving us all useful information relative to the general interests of the kingdom and the particular interests of the provinces " 2d. AN ELECTORAL REGULATION FOR THE STATES.-- We submit an ordinance to our faithful States for the purpose of remedying the inconveniences of the present electoral law. " 3d. We submit several draughts of bills to our faithful States relative to the game laws, and relative to the rivers and forests, and the establishment of superior Courts of Ap peal, Sic. " DECREE RELATIN• TO A REMISSION OF TAXES.-Our faithful States will comprehend, as well as we do, that in the present state of Europe it becomes an imperious duty to main tain all the existing financial resources of the State, in order that we may be prepared for all events, relying on the love and patriotism of our people, but if, as we hope, we shall by our exertions consolidate a dui able peace, our intention is to grant our subjects a diminution of taxes. We hope at a later per:od, if circumstances permit, to grant a still further reduction, because we are confident that our subjects would not object to any sacrifices if the interests of the peace of Europe required it. Notwithstand ing the considerable expense which the Government was obliged to incur from the sear 1830 to 1833, his Majesty the late King was enabled by economy to replace the sums ex pended, so that we expect by a similar economy in the present and next year, if peace be maintained, to cover all expenses. The satisfactory state in which our army is placed by those expenses will, in case of war, save us from making further sa erifici s. In the commencement of the year 1 843 we propose to reduce the taxes by 160,000 rixdollars. On this occasion we shall render homage to the King our father, whose wise economy enables us to make this reduction. Our States will examine how this reduction of taxation shall be effected. We are of opinion that the poorer classes ought to be particularly favoured. which the evil is not felt. This is, indeed, tl:e extreme of knavery and cunning craftiness ! Again, in reference to the foreign money that these said fo reigners bring, it is all boiled with, and reduced by quicksilver. If you wrap it up and put it past for several years without touching it, it will become moths and corroding insects, and their silver cups will change into feathers (or wings). Their money is all of this species, and if we leave it fur four or five hundred years, I am sure I don't know what it will change into at last! If you take foreign dollars and weigh them, their weight is 7 mace 3i candareens, but on putting them into the crucible, they only yield 6 mace 3 candareens of pure silver, thus on making a calculation, we find that they lose 1 mace and 5 cash ' what. sort of tra s h can t h ey he ma d e o f ? Yet we find that in Keang-nan, and where the river Hwae runs (i. e. Hu nan and Che-keang), and all to the south, these dollars are used in trade and circulate most abundantly ; we even find them at a premium when compared with sycee silver, and this is really what I cannot understand. Moreover, it is a fact that we Chinese possees a rod of autho rity with which to chastise the foreigners at all times; an•t yet so far from using this rod of authority to constrain them, to be bit and duped by them, this is, indeed, a circumstance to be much lamented. The rod of authority that I allude to is to be found in the articles tea and rhubarb. Of all the countries that lie to the N.W., Russia is the largest by 'ar, and the people of that country, as well as those of all other foreign countries, cannot possibly do without these two articles. The reason of this is, that their climate is rough and rigorous, the sun and wind both fierce and strong ; day by day they subsist on beef and mutton ; the digestion ot this food is riot easy; their bowels are bound up, and they speedily die. Therefore it is, that every clay after meals they take ot this divine medicine (i. e., tea and rhubarb), in order to get a motion in their bowels. The Great Western Ocean (or Portugal) is distant from our country 100,000 Chinese miles (i. e., 30,000 English miles), and these articles are no less necessary to them. Eng land is a little nearer, and they s t an d equa ll y i n nee d o f them. Now, however, the traitorous merchants of tl e inner land covet their woollens and camlets, watches, and curiosities, in order to make a little profit by them, and thus they carry on trade with them, hoping to realise their expectations. But, little do cur merchants know that these foreigners have pon dered deeply to provide measures aga'nst distant misfortune. They have (in their country) heaped up a supply (of tea and rhubarb) for ten or twenty years, so that when prevented from carrying on trade with us they may experience no calamity, and may not have occasion to sit with their hands bound, waiting patiently for their death. Indeed, it may be said. that ;heir plans are complete in the extreme. Now, although I admit both the wealth and the power of these foreigners to be very great, yet in these two important articles alone they are quite at fault. They have wished to buy them in order to plant and grow them themselves, anti yet they cannot realise their hopes, the ground and the plant being quite unsuitable. Thus then a kind Providence seems to have put the rod into our hands by which we may curb and restrain these distant foreigners. My humble view then of the matter is this, that in order to stop the deluge of opium poison that is now overflowing the country, large proclamations should be posted up at the ports and custom-houses, rigidly prohibiting for the meantime inter course with the foreigners. Let us stop until the opium evil be entirely cut off, which will be several years atter this, and the stock that they have on hand will gradually become ex hausted, when they will again come before us with the most abject language, begging and praying; we may then wait pa tiently until they have begged us a second and a third time, when we may open to them a side of the net. and, as a proof of extraordinary goodness, permit them to trade with us again. Still these two aforesaid articles, ere they leave the port, must be paid for in sycee silver, they must neither be bought with (their false) foreign money, nor bartered for commodities; if any man oppose this law, let him suffer one grade less than death by strangling. Thus, in the course of a few tens of years, the sycee silver that previously went out of our country in payment for opium, will gradually return to us without any difficulty; and, in like manner, will tie spurious foreign money go back gradually to the places whence it came This is the real way to ward of the ills of the foreigners by wisdom I this is the sage law that is to them in the native traitors! its to stopping the flew of opium poison, by means of killing every person who smokes it, on the principle that there being now no longer any person to use the drug, no more of the drug will come ; thus cutting off the stream, in order to stop up the source. 1 his plan, I say, would be imitating the former ex ample of Kaou-lew-pa (Europe? or halapa ? i. e. Batavia?) and taking a lesson from the previous wisdom of the Cochin Chinese, without being aware that the circumstances of the case are widely different! Because, at the time that Bombay bad intercourse with Cochin China, the attempt of the people of the former place to induce those of the latter to smoke did not succeed ; the Cochin Chinese having rendered their scheme abortive at the very outset, so at the first prohibition, the evil instantly stopped. It has e ,however, been current among us now, for several tens of years, and throughout the whole of the eighteen provinces. How, then, is it possible, were a similar command now given, that it would have the same effect? Per haps in the two provinces of Keang-nan and Che• keang, where the people tremble at the laws, and cherish a whole some dread of punishment—perhaps there, there might be a Chow district or a Been district that would not dare to disobey, but you could not take these as a rule for the rest. There are for instance the provinces of Hoo-kwang, Honan and Sze• chuen ; in many of the Chow and Heen dis tricts live the Meaou tsze barbarians, indiscriminately mixed with our own people; our settlements and their fastnesses are studded in and out, out and in, like a dog's upper and under teeth fast locked, and these Meaou t-ze have never submitted to our laws! Again, in Kwang se are the five districts of Kwei lin foo, Lew chow foo, Ping nan foo, Woo chow too, and Tsin chow too, where the Chwang barbarians (or Chwang koo laou urh) are much more numerous than our own people in the proportion of seven of ,he former to three of the latter; and at Sew jin, Shih pae, and Teen ho they are still more fierce and fiery. If these barbarians smoke opiumt they will not c -nsent to stoop their heads and be tamely bound, but must assemble in great numbers and give downright battle ; and this is a circumstance that we cannot but feel anxious about ! Moreover, as regards the people of Fokien, Canton, and all along the coast, these people are accustomed to the use of arms ; they have many ways of getting out and coming in, and, moreover, those among them who smoke opium are very nume rous. If these fly off and escape to the little islands of the sea, the foreigners may supply them with food and clothes, and by means of that be continually finding out what is going on among us; and, in some barren and secluded parts, where our mandarins, soldiers, and police cannot go by reason of the by paths, they (the foreigners) may with to take part with these runaways, and if these assembled brigands once rice, our forts on the land roads would be found mere idle contrivances ! his causes one still more anxiety than the rebelling of the Chwang barbarians ! As regards the smokers of opium, these consist of noble and base, rich and poor, worthy men and depraved wretches, good and bad ; for those among them who are idle and sloth ful, stupid and impotent, who work evil and do harm, I have not a word to say. But those who are the teal-hearted descendants of loyal ancestors! who have worn with honour the civilian's cap and the soldier's armour ! who are im bued with literature and refinement! perhaps rich people who adorn politeness, who give up all for the service of them country, and who take delight in doing good! men whose cha racter is upright, whose conduct is irreproachable! who may be Sew tsae, Keen sang, or Ken jin, and possess the most astonishing talent 1 or secretaries and clerks in public offices, who love justice and act purely ! or, perhaps, the most beau tiful, the most refined, the most accomplished of our women, or, perhaps, virtuous widows, chaste as the icicle itself, down to the husbandman, mechanic, and merchant, who keep their place, and conduct themselves well—if such persons, I say, are for the mere whiffing of a pipe of opium to fall into the net of the law, then the clanking of bonds and fetters . will be heard in every highway ; the prisons will be so crammed as not to leave an inch of space ; moreover, those who require to take a large quantity of opium to renovate, will not be able to await the reply from the Board of Punishments (confirming or annulling their sentence), but will die off by thousands and tens of thousands at a time. Now in the instance of a rebellion, when we levy soldiers to exter minate the rebels, when we have "clipped their wings," and massacred their wives and children, it only amounts to a few hundreds or a few thousands of people after all, and there the affair ends. But, on the other hand, as regards opium smo kers, if you wish to annihilate them, let us look at the pro vinces of Fokien and Canton alone,• where, out of every ten men, some seven or eight smoke opium, and I fear that, even should you butcher some eighty or a hundred thousand people, yet would you be as far from effecting your object as ever 1 Again, if afterwards you are obliged by circumstances to loosen the severity of the law, then those who hare already suffered the awful penalty have suffered unjustly ; if you change it to a new statute, then those whom you have put to death have been murdered 1 But the foundations (of the Government) of my native country are laid on benevo!ence and kind ness ! We are exceedingly careful in awarding punishment ! so much so that even so small a thing as a single life cannot be taken away without a minute investigation into the circum stances previously, arid afterwards the warrant for execution receiving the imperial rubric ; therefore it is that our laws and punishments have now attained a state of perfection that they never had before ! In consequence of this for these last two hundred years, has this country been steeped with the dew of vast prosperity (from your Majesty's family occupying the throne), and the line of succession of your 'Majesty's descen dants promies to be long; now , however, .by a single word, hurriedly and unadvisedly to convert the whole of your empire into one vast prison 1 This is, I say, what never may be done ! Moreover, the people of the land are your Majesty's chil dren. Having received the opium poison from the foreigners, and having been foolishly seduced to smoke it, their property. is utterly exhausted, and their very lives are in great danger, Think you that they do not bitterly repent of their folly? But alas ! being deeply smit with the infection, they have no means of getting rid of it. Again, the holy son of heaven (i. e. your Majesty) is the father and mother of the people. You, know ing perfectly the circumstances of the case, should feel com passion for their folly, should pity the struggling in the waters. Your Majesty should, therefore, take this unfortunate peoi lc, covered, as it were, with boils and sores, lift them upon the couch, and point them out the path that leads to a happy old as grass and reeds; the affections of age ; how can your Majesty ever assume the unbecoming at. • titude of an executioner, flourishingn about iv your axe, and threat enings of the people to butcher your own chi ldr_ _ , .h le you contentedly per °tnheeoutside forei ,, ners m ; the most va luablemy your u, t rro t h ps e ue p om o p i lu s e o p n int - h s u p es : l e y anhd:iltne be in one 1 a l a c, n ni s e o w f .to. f r o : r e ;li i sgr from n e e r s yl f iov r s o e and must not be per onflegratrrisons, and have e ,s is ust not be per mimuttti e not d utoo commodity e e ma l ku o o doi k tu e yt d ; o u ft p h e Chekeang,sr k ki n? Kwangtung, and terms, and the whole such slothfutl of our sea-coast must not be so y guarded. Along the whole range of our sea-coast, say,, _I-neaoutung, Pichelee, us on centllel miffed to trade with Shantung, Keangnan , At the mouth of creek every ferry, pa" , nu merousK w a n g or cautions belonging to the central land we must take like precautions, to make of these as strength, so that it were our horns of _ the foreigners may not come peeping and . sp . y .. i : n e g ns ab an ou n t, o and then we shall l on ger require to give their security pr d oel 41'announcing that we do I intercourse • se with us. Thus, then, not permit them to ho. . hive ra'°vleedsmccucliesnatit•fiarns constantly ypia place of time leave off coming • will opium in the course require to give their , thus will no longer lurk in their" mysterious s H w o i n l merchants i g timpium h " tart crabs or scrambling dens—and thus will no moretransport of the s d o r ' " the thu dragons" be required for the As f h ug . , whith give trouble in the catching. . or t eopium that has us so much inner land, there is no occasion to take the already entered the inner n o it. A for s those who smoke, trouble of seizing and destroy]. ir , let them leave • let them continue to smoke, it off, just as () even after half a they please. After a year, or year,.when they then those who sell it will seek know that no more will come, d, and those out some other means of livelihood, shattered constitutions. will take measures to secure their leisurely, and without any violent Thus, then, by going to work no ulters " FREDERICK WILLIAM, " MULLER. • "DE ROCHA," &c. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. ls.—Yesterday, at length, the Porte signed the Firman of Investiture to Mehemet AU. It was communicated to the Representatives of the Four Powers, accompanied with a request to continue the support which the Four Powers had so generally afforded to the Porte last year, in case that Mehemet Ali should refuse to execute, uncondi tionally, the ordinance of the Porte for the administration of the country. The Firman was sent also to Count Pontois, but it was not accompanied with any observations. Nevertheless it excited some sensation, as it was asserted that the Porte intends shortly •to invite France to accede to the Treaty of the 15th of July, and to recognise the results which had been pro duced by that treaty. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 15.--(From another Correspon dent. )—lnstead of the expected firmans, three firmans were yesterday despatched to Egypt by a special messenger from the Porte. '1 he fir.t contains the order for the ,investiture of Mehemet Ali, as well as the condi'ions and regulations which the Pachas of Egypt shall be bound to observe in the government of the country ; in the second, Mehemet Ali is desired to send to Constantinople the arrears of tribute due by him for Arabia, Candia, and :-. l yria : by the third, the pro. vinces of Sennaar, Fazoglie, Nubia, and Ethivpia, are placed provisionally under the Governor of Egypt. 'The firman of No. 1 was communicated also to the French Ambassador.— Aitgemeinc Zeitung. Em wer fa• eror, al cone ' When one reflects that this nonsense is wri tten by one of the most learned and talent ed mandarins of China, one mi ght suppose h t a h t a j t o k h e e s was h h a o t a k x i i n n d g ,tchoeolgdo ohde- nattendedwithp sequences in China. Is it not possible that the memorialist may have in his possession some mutilated translation of th e Scriptures? and, seeing such passages as Matt. vi. 19—." Lay not up for yourselves ,treasures on earth, where moth and rust do corrupt," &c. ; Prov. xxiii. s—" Riches make themselves wings and fly away," & c ., may have taken them in their literal acceptation? # The Chwann. Kco laou urh are said to be fond of opt _ .. __ .Opium to excess. THE SUN, LONDON, MONtht MARCH 8,184 L urging of matters, will the whole of the empire be made cheer fully and contentedly to follow after their lawful calling. This will realise the saving that the people should be fos tered by kindness ; and the doctrine of straightening the stem that the branches may likewise be straight, and purifying the fountain that the stream may also run clear, is all contained in these suggestions. By following up these suggestions we shal l rejoice for ten thousand years amid peace and plenty ! and wit not this be a good plan ? FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH 4.—The average price of wheat last week was 18f. 69c., and that of Rye, Ilf. 41e. per hectolitre. We are happy to l earn th a t i nvest i ga ti ons o f th e Commission of Inquiry into the Linen Manufacture are proceeding rapidly. Part of the report is ready. The printing of the portion relative to England is finished ; that of the interrogatories is begun. The Precursor of Antwerp announces the dissolution of the society for the navigation between London and Antwerp. It is hoped that the Government will t ikc up for its own account. an enterprise which is indispen sably necessary to our intercourse with England. BRUSSELS, MARCH 5.—A letter from the Danube, dated the 23d day of February, in the Gazette of Callsruhe, says there is no truth in the reports of the movement of Russian troops towards the western frontiers of Poland. There is no idea of any such movement. The same may be said of the extraordi nary levies rep( rted to be ordered in Russia. If the affairs of Egypt are once settled, all other questions will be arranged amicably. AUGSBURG, FEB. 28.—THE HANOVERIAN CUS TOMS UNlON.—Hanover, Brunswick, and Olden burg, has announced the termination of the conven tion concluded in 1839, for three years with the Ger man Customs Union, with the intention of renewing it with some alterations, especially to facilitate, by ex changing some detached portions of territory, the guarding of the frontiers. A union with the great German Union is not to be thought of, the King of Hanover being averse to it on account of his connexion with England. THE HAGUE, MArterr 2.—We are glad to learn that her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange, who has been for some days past indispose 3, is now re covering. DUTCH:FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 5 Money. /310 s. tctual Debt, ‘2% per Cent auto, ditto 5 per cc!. t. Amon t Syndic,4 er cent 7l 71 3 Ditto, ditto, :314 per cent Commercial Company, 4' per cent I ,ON 1614 i Ditto (15435 and 1837) 5 per cent. ...... 100 JOO l 4 Loan 1537, 5 per cont. v534 90 , Exchange on London, One !retail l2 Two snan tha Dutch Papers, March 6. BELUIAI4 U NDs-ISILUSSELd, Mancit 5 Actual Debt, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent bll per Cent. ---Thirty.seven (1 40) J. , Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent BB Society of Commerce, .1!•; per Cent ll2 i Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.... ....... KA National S9ciety . — Exchange on LondoM (short) —Brussels Papers, March 5. -- - _ . AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIE'IIiA, FE8.24. Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lkh, Three psi' Cents. Bank :Shares 1657 —.Alltemeine &Rung, March 1 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARCH 2, Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan IO6N 106% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se2teS lOl 110% Russian 5 per Cent. Hops and Co. 3d and 4th Series . 963 Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 21.‘, per Cent. 46'A, 49 Ditto 5 per Cen' ._ Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cert l33f, 75% Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Cent. Spanish, New 5 per Cents. IS% PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, Marten 2. Bids. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4!,y per cent. 10:36 11:3 1 ,4 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100 lixcliange on London, three months 6li ji t —Prussian State Gazette. March 3 HEATING BUILDINGS WITH HOT WAI ER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your Evening Edition of the 27th ult. there appears a letter from Mr. Thomas Fuller, of Bath, in answer to an article inserted in your Paper of the 15th, on the danger by fire from the Ise of Mr. Perkins's patent apparatus. To the question, " How, if at all, can the danger be avoided, and this cheap and convenient mode of heating buildings by means of hot water be practised without risk ?" be " endeavours to answer by explaining t: e plan adopted in their own manufactory." It appears, Mr. Editor, to me essential that the public should fully understand that the plan desbribed by Mr. Ful ler is not Mr. Perkins's alluded to by your Correspon dent, but is on an entirely different principle, and there fore cannot, "as he presumes, satisfactorily meet your Correspondent's inquiry." Mr. Fuller describes the plan adopted at their manufactory, " as at once, simple, safe, and effective." Any mode possessing such re commendations for heating buildings, cannot, I think, be too generrilly known, nor too clearly described ; but unfortunately Mr. Fuller has either formed wrong conclusion, and thereby erroneously described their ap paratus, or he has omitted to describe fully some por tion of it ; for his "ascending pipe" appears to be much longer than the " descending pipe ;" still he adds, " the c( lumnal pressure of the water in the descending pipe being greater than in the ascending, the whole is set in motion, passing through the cistern it the top down one pipe, through the boiler, and up the other pipe, unt , l the whole body is heated to one uniform degree, never reaching the boiling point, consequently producing no steam." In this explanation Mr. Fuller does not ap pear to make sufficient allowance for the temperature, especially with the disparity, according to his descrip tion, in the lengths of the pipes. Lastly, Mr. Fuller suggests that if it has been the practice to work the apparatus in question, at a higher temperature than boiling wat-r, and an interval of dis- use has occurred during the late severe frosts, the contents of the pipes most remote from the fire have no doubt become solid ice, and by obstructing the flow of water occasioned an excess of heat near the boiler, so as to cause the mischief which has happened." Here again Mr. Fuller has strangely overlooked this impor tant fact, that the mischief alluded to by your Corres pondent, in your paper of the 13th ult., did not happen near the furnace, (Jar boiler, as I have before said, there is none,) but in different stories, and at distances from the fire varying up to twenty or thirty yards, and even more. _ It is very generally admitted that in the case of the disastrous fire at Messrs. Cra`ts and Steli's warehouse, the pipes might have been in some places frozen up, and here the coil within the furnace burst soon after the fire' had been lighted, scattering the burning cinders amongst the goodr, and caused the conflagration which followed. The several fires which were discovered in Messrs. Barbour's warehouse all occurred in a different story from that in which the furnace is fixed, and the water is said to have travelled upwards of thirty yards from the fire, before reaching that part of the premises where these ignitions occurred. The floor and the matting of one of the lobbies in the top story of the Museum was charred, at a distance of about eighty feet from the furnace, which is in the cellar, and this took place after the pipes had been emptied and refilled with fresh water by Mr. Walker's men, who had pronounced the apparatus to be in perfect working condition. I could produce many similar instances, but deem it unnecessary. It is now three weeks since I first called the atten tion of your Corre►pondent and the public to this danger, and being yet, with the professional assistance of Mr. John Davies, of this town, engaged in investigating this subject, we are anxious to obtaic every information that really bears upon the question. I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, Manchester Assurance Office, G. V. RYDER. Manchester, March 4, 1841. THE DISCUSSION IN PARLIA 11ENT ON LORD CARDIGAN'S CASE. Lord Cardigan has found two zealous defenders in Mr. Macaulay and Lord John Russell. They find no fault with the Noble Lord ; they blame only the public or an unjust and intemperate clamour against the in• jured Nobleman, and Lord John declares that it is only because he is an Earl, and rich, that he is so perse. cuted ; Lord John having, it seems, discovered that there is a strong prejudice in England against wealth and rank. According to Lord John Russell and Mr. Macau lay, if there were a Cardigan in command of every regi ment in the service, each ruining some half-dozen of able and experienced officers , and bringing his regiment, to repeat Lord Hill's words, into a state of inefficiency by dissensions, if all the regiments in the service were brought into the state of the Eleventh by Cardigans, there would to no remedy applicabl-, and indeed no cause of complaint, in the view of the leader of the House of Commons and the Secretary at War. Mr. Hawes well said— " It might he true, as stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Snretary•at-War, that there were no means of inquiring into the conduct of Lord Cardigan ; but was it to go forth as their opinion that a man of high character and unquestionable courage, driven from his regiment by the conduct of- its commanding cfficer, his reputation and prospects sacrificed—was it to go forth that no protection was to be given to a man placed in that situ.tion ?" Lord Howick treated the subject with justice and spirit. Ile pronounce:l the attempted defence of Lord John Russel insufficient, and ably poit,!cl out the pro priety of inquiry as equally due, in fairness, to Lord Cardigan, the complaining officers, and the Army ge nerally. Sir Henry Hardinge slandered the officers of the Eleventh, by imputing to them a cabal. On the whole, nothing could be more ding ung than the partisanship displayed in the discussionu.vi.e must • ,sti but with our space so pre-occupied a s it now ►, t b , reserve the remarks that occur t o us for our ileX pu CHINA. MEMORIAL OF ICE-SHEN, VICEROY . OF PECHE-LEE (THE SUCCESSOR OF LIN), RECOMMENDING THE EMPEROR TO PUT A TEMPORARY STOP TO FOREIGN INTERCOURSE WITH CHINA. I assert it as a fact, that what my country views with feel ings of the deepest indignation and pity, ,is seeing the land over flown with foreign poison, and the people thereof duped and be fooled; and, moreover, I assert that this evil springs from our holding intercourse with foreigners, no less than from native traitors making light of the laws ! it now appears that your Majesty's Minister, Hwang Tseo tsze, of the Hungloo Temple, has duly memorialized, praying your Majesty to take it upon yourself alone to decide this mat ter, but your Majesty has preferred to make due inquiries, and to examine into the circumstances of the case, and has ordered the acting Viceroys and Fooyunes of every province to em body their ideas on the subject in duly prepared memorials. Your Majesty is now fully aware that what the afoiesaid Minister recommended cannot be put in force, and you are now looking around you for some more sage, more feasible plan. The sage plan required is nothing more than to act on the principle of straightening the stem (that the branches may also be straight) and purifying the fountain (that the stream may also run clear ! ) And if it be asked me ow may this be done ? I reply, by wise measures defeating the schemes of the foreigners, and ' having done this, you have merely to bend down their back, and pin them by the collar ; support the people of your country with kindness, and the common peoi-le being kindly treated, will not merely hav e smilin g faces, ' but also grateful hearts. Draw the laws tightly around the traitors, and those traitors being thus hemmed in by the net of the law will lose heart, and their spirit will desert them ! I beg the liberty of explaining my-elf. Let us in the first place take up the subject of our sycee silver leaking out of the country by means of these foreigners, and discuss it. This commodity then, is the most valuable production of our inner land. At present the opium that these foreigners bring is not bartered for other commodities, but exchanged alone for sycee silver. Taking the amount (of opium sold) during the last 30 or 40 years, and adding it up, it comes to several thousand myriad myriads* (100,000,000,000). These hundreds of thousands of millions of taels, if distributed among the people of our central land, would be no small amount, and here We see it leaking out to the distant foreigners, among whom seven or eight-tenths of it remain. I have examined and found that the several we used to have abounding is silver ore, from the time of the Sung dynasty (A.D. 969-1279) the Yuen dynasty (A.D. 1279-1333), the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644) and until now have all been utterly exhausted. Only at Ke-nan, near Kinchow, there is a mountain belong ing to the Burmese where there is a large mining establish ment, and beyond the boundaries of Kwangse there is the Sung-Sing mountain, which belongs to Cochinchina, where there is another mining establishment. The ore in these mines is very abundant, but as they do not belong to China the natives are unacquainted with the proce,s of smelting. They only send a merchant (perhaps like one of the Hong merchants here) to receive the duties and allow people from China to work them for their own account. Both places em ploy annually about forty or fifty thousand labourers, and the money they annually extract does not exceed two millions of taels, which they remit to our inner land. It is, indeed, a most difficult article to be obtained. Now then, we see that the outside foreigners have, in the course of several tens of from ns more than we could make up again ' -y drug they have been obtai nin g our most valuable production ! It is i a ears, taken thousand away years;'ay and in return for their most ileait by reason of this that in its salt taxes and transit duties P e ki ng in Tartary there are only bills or is short 160,00 0 ta els ; Keang-nan, Che• keang, and ot h er Ch er -been Alagistrates are l a t e i n p n l o a t c e e s s , , a l n 4 d o t o h i e • I c s h o e ,oo e f o oo taels an a ; making their remittances ! There is not a department in * There is some prodigious inisfake here. Even allowing • the foreigners to have abstracted every year for the last forty years 10000,000 taels of syeee (and they have done nothing of the kind) it could only amount to 400,000,000 COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Queen Dowager, attended Divine Service yesterday morning i❑ the Chapel Royal, St. J..mes's. The Bishop of Chichester preached the sermon from the First of Corinthians, chapter xi i., verses 12, 13,14. The Service was read by the Rev. Mr. Packman, the Lessons by the Rev. R. Barham, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London, the Rev. Dr. Sleath, and the Rev. Mr. Barham. The Musical Ser vice was Nares in C, the Sanctus and Commandments in I) (Knyvett), the anthem, " The Lord is my (Boyce), was sung by Messrs. Wylde and Bradbury. Mr. W. Knyvett presided at the organ. The Rev. Dr. Short was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in VVating. The Royal suite included the Countess of Charlemont, Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Lord Byron, Earl of Morley, Hon. Sir Wil l:am Lurdey, Lord Allred Paget, Sir Edward Bowater, and Captain Francis Seymour. The Queen Dowager's Suite included the Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Eden, Hon. Miss Courtney Boyle, and Earl Howe. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Dueness of Gloucester, and the Duke of Susses, visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday at Bucking ham Palace. '[he Queen and Prince Albert honour( d Covent Garden Tl.eatre with their presence on Saturday e►en ing. Tho Royal Suite consisted of the Countess of Charleniont, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Paget, and Sir Edward Bowater. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing in the Parks in a pony phaeton on Saturday morning. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness t)ok equestrian exercise in the Riding School. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Sert ice yesterday afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel at Kensington Palace. Lady Fanny,,Howard was in wait ing on her Royal Highneir. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine Senice yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South And ?y -stiett. Baron Knescheck and Major Stephens were in waiting on . his Royal Highness. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty tie Queen Dowager on Saturday at Marlborough House. • The Duchess of Kent took an airing in a earriazeon Saturday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a carriage to Kensington on Saturday. The Dukelof Cambridge, attended by Baron Knesc beck, honoured the Duke of Wellington with his com pany at dinner, on Saturday evening, at Apsley House. His Royal Iliglincss Prince Albert honoured Mr. Stidolph on Saturday, by inspecting his writing machine for the blind, of uhiefi his Royal Highness was pleased to express his approbation. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at tne Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, Marquis d Normanby, Viscount Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Eail of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Labouchcre, Lord Morpetb, and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat two hours and a hair. Mr. Easthopc, M.P., nod Mr. Ellis, M.P., had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday, at the Home-office. Mr. J. Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. G. C. Lewis, bad an interview with Lord John Russell on Saturday, at the Colonil 1-office. _ _ . vv Captain Bolton had an interview on Saturday with the Marquis of Normanby, at the Home-office. Mr. Robert F. Maitland had an interview on Satur day with Lord John Russell, at the Colonial-office. De,patchea from the Governor of British Guiana were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. 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 ; 11. L. Al!eyne, 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 Cas le 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 llichmond-terrace, from Scotland ; Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, at Chend, s Hou.e, 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 st at 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 Woodford, at Nlivart's Hotel, Brook street, from Brighton ; Major Wildman, at ditto, from New stead Abbey, Notts ; the lion. Dudley Ward, at Ditto, from Himley Hall, Staffordshire ; Hon. William and Mrs. Astley, at ditto, from the Isle of Wight ; Viscount Adare ' at the Bur lington Hotel, Cork-street, from Duntaven Castle, Ireland; Sir Edward Blackett, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. Greg, M.P., at ditto ; Mr. H. W. Barron, M.l'., 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 Bev. Mr. Thurlow, at ditto, from Norwich ; Mr. E. Harrison. at ditto, from Stamford ; Captain Richardson, and Ruddoll Todd, E,q., at Flatlong's Hotel, from Brighton; Signors Ilurtado and Otalo, at ditto ; I lenry Doricn, and Charles Young, Esq., at ditto ; Mrs. and INl:ss Ravenscroft, in l'ortland-place, from the Hon. Captain Somerville, Newbold House. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Woods, foal Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Ireland; Rev. H. C. Marsh, from ditto ; Sir John Duckworth, Bart., from ditto, for Wear House, Exeter ; J. W. Fitzpatrick, Esq., M.P., for ditto, for Brigh ton ; Lord Crew, from Mivart's Hotel, Br, ok-street, for Crew Hall, Cheshire; Captain Stephenson, from ditto, for Chelten ham ; Mr. W. 11. Arundel, from ditto, for Devonshire; Sir E. and Lady Dering, from the Burlington Hotel, for their seat in Kent ; Mrs. But roves, from ditto, for Dublin ; Sir G. Heath cote, Bart., M.P., from ditto, for Stocken Ruthndshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Heneage, from ditto, for Heinton Hall, Lincoln shire ; Mr. C. Greenaway, M.P., from ditto, for Cheltenham ; the Earl of Shelburne, M.P., from Lansdowne House, for Wilton House, the scat of the Dowager Countess of Pem broke ; J. S. Marley, Esq., and Mrs. Marley, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Baron Loges, from ditto, for the Continent; the Rev. Mr. Drake, from ditto, for Dover ; Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., from Fladong's Hotel, Ox ford-street, for Melton Mowbray ; Rey. William Owen, from ditto, for St. Asaph's ; Charles Wilkins, Esq., from ditto, for Turnhill Villa, Radnorshire; Edward Griffiths, Esq., from ditto, for New Court, near Ledbury ; Charles Barham, Esq., from ditto. CHANGES. Mrs. Temple West, from Gilbert West's, Esq., Moncton, Somersetshire, at Whitford House, Cornwall, the scat of Sir W. C. Call, lizrt. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. NOON, MARCH 8. Barometer 3O 45 In. Thermometer Highest ... . 60 Lowest Wind W. Freezing Point 32 Deg. THE ARMY. Lieutenant Balfour, of the 79th, has been appointed acting Paymaster to the depot companies of that regiment, which situation became vacant by the recent promotion of Captain Skene. Ensign Lyons, of the 73d, has been appointed acting Adju tant to the depot companies of that regiment, in succession to Lieutenant Fanner. Lieutenant Brown of the 75th, has been appointed acting, Adjutant to the depot companies of that regiment., in succes sion to Ensign Knox. Captain John Hicrn, of the 36th, joined the depot com panies of his regiment, at Clare Castle, on the 19th ult , from the service companies in New Brunswick. Captain H. Brewster, of the 76th regiment, joined the depot companies of his regiment at Londonderry on the 27th ult., from the service companies at Bermuda. Lieut.-Colonel Jackson has returned from leave of absence, and resumed the command of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Ca rabineers) in this garrison. Lieut.-Colonel Emmett, of the Royal Engineers, has re lieved Lieut.-Colonel Blanchard, C. 8., in command of the engineer department in Scotland. Major Orange, of the 67th Regiment, having left Gal way on leave of absence, the command of the depot com panies of that corps has devolved upon Brevet-Major Adair. Lieutenant J, W. Baird, of the 70th, joined the depot of his regiment at Spike Island, on the 15th ult., from the ser vice companies in the West Indies. Major-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, K.C.8., and his Aide-de-Camp Captain Thurlow, of the 90th Light Infantry, have been removed from the staff of Ceylon to that of the Bengal Presidency ; and Major-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.8., is to return home from Bengal. -------_ — DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENT OF BUILD INGS IN LARGE TOWNS AND VILLAGES.--1113 Bill, if passed, as iis likely to be, will be a very ityP r "" mea sure. The preamble states that : —Whereas there is great nee i of sanatory regulations in tine towns and populous places of this realm, especially by reason of the crowded and d unhealthy manner of buildi n g the dwellings of the workin claw es, aqd for want of sufficient means of draina hen b r ge, wheere en by disease is engendered and a gg ravated ; be it t a cted, &c. The provisions of the B'll, should the measure be come law, should; e known to a lmost all persons, espe cially builder,. r instance, the following clause is im portant :—Notice of buildings to be given to suiveyor That befire bcginnirg to build any house in such town e r village, the master w orkmen or other person causing such house to he built shall gi,T twenty-five da3s' notic.: to the surveyor within whose di Aria the tame shall le, and such surveyor Shell view the house, and tee f t , ii . a i t da al tr l e u t b e e rules in this Act which it is his duty to enforce arc I well and truly observed : and such s um o f shall bep a i d by the master workman or other he r within p a e b r o s a o rno n rn u c g o a i n i us a y .. t t ag the li ruse to be built, to the surveyor, therein, as he shall be entitled to receive o tt f eeording t o a . in General or atagbluearotfeyesmteocbtiengsr •wlhederbeythtehediCsitoiucnteiil incor porated borough, or else by thesJsiutsuta.:ete..: Quarter Sessions assembled of the county or other jurir_ o i d t t t p G i diction within which the district ja --: e s C: o h r e d s situated.—Chesterfield Reporter. s sh E . Y p is o m i . A — rm L a o gh rd , blli head of the Church as t b in' y a l t a e w o e f established llis'heeladndia—ftrhee eorge Be A r spiritualcPb land‘"" become a Pu"Yite.u..Dublin ,Evening Poat. EVENING EDITION. THE REFORM CLUB-HOUSE. (From the Spectator.) The Reform Club-house, in Pall-mall, was opened par tially thi s wee k ; an d grea t h as been the influx of visitors as well as of members, curious to see if the interior realized the expectations raised by the noble exterior. That it does fully, to say the least, we think there can be but one opinion. in the . yet imperfect state o f th e d ecora tions, the merits of t he . design alt its det a il s canno t b e pro p er ly app:eciated ; note criticism, therefore, would be out of place ; enough is vi sible, however, of its characteristics to justify a few general remarks. 'I he grand feature is the hall, which strikes the visitor on entering with a feeling o f a d m i rat i on amount i ng t o sur prise; for its novelty is no less remarkable thin its magnifi cence. It is a saloon of vast dimensions, nearly square, sur rounded by a double colonnade supporti ng a domed roof the full height of the building, lighted from above by glass covings. The effect of the introduction of colours in architectural forms is here most beautifully exemplified ; harmony of proportion and harmony of colour combine to fill the eye with a sense of sumptuous richness and elegance. The coldness which light, air, and space tend to produce, is counteracted by the warm though sober hues of the sienna marble columns, enriched by porphyry and verd antique in the arched intercolumniations, and relieved by the subued tone of the tesselated pavement, and the light delicate tints of the ceiling and entablature. Besides its magnificent architectural effect, this hall is useful as a means of lighting and ventilation ; and, with the surrounding corridors, it will form a most agreeable lounge in warm weather. The principal apartments are likewise distinguished by their architectural decorations—the upholstery fittings being subor dinate ; the curtains and carpets, of course, contribute to heighten the pervading warmth and richness, but without dis turbing the chaste, quiet tone prevailing throughout. The in , ter:or, so far as we had an opportunity of judging, is in accord ance with the style of the exterior ; the same massiveness and re pose—the same grandeur and symmetry of proportion—charac terize both. This correspondence between the external and in ternal features of the building gives an entireness to the whole de sign, which thus impresses the mind at once, as if by a single coup dceil ; the impression mode being tha t of unostentatious splen dour and finished elegance, the result of a perfect union of beauty and fitness, where ornament becomes the crowning grace of utility. A palace in point of extent and magnifi cence, it has withal an air of luxurious comfort. The eating room, while it presents a.perspective the whole length of the facade, as of three fine apartments thrown into one, has snug recesses where a tete-a-tete repast may be enjoyed free front interruption. This saloon and the drawing-room above over look the gardens ; but by filling the space above the central chimney-pieces with a large transparent plate of glass in lieu of a mirror, a view ot' the hall is presented, which adds to the cheerfulness of the apartments, and improves the effect of the entrance by opening a vista opposite. The arrangements for the comfort of the members, and the convenience of the attendants, are as complete as art anti science can render them. The entresol and basement are no less admirable on the score of accommodations than the principal floors in point of elegance. Ranges of bath-rooms, dressing-rooms, waiting-rooms, steward's-rooms, &c., oc cupy the entresol; and the basement is devoted to the culinary department, which is on a grand scale of completeness. A beautiful little steam-engine, of five-horse power, supplies the motive force . it raises water from a well 217 feet deep to the dormitories at the top of the house; it sets in motion a fan that circulates through all the building a supply of fresh air, warmed by an ingenious applica tion of its waste steam ; and it works the various " lifts" by which fuel, viands, dishes, &c., are sent up anti down to and fom the different rooms. The batterie de cuisine presents a formidable array of stewing-stoves, boilers, and hot closets, ice-wells, and coal-pantries, and two enormous fire-grates, each big enough to roast an ox w hole. Altogether, the Reform Club is, perhaps, the completest specimen of domestic archi tecture in the leingdom ; the architect, Mr. Barry, has natu ralised in England the Italian palazzo, by combining with its so'id magnificence of style and superb taste in ornament, those luxuries of convenience which our cold damp climate and in door life render essential to domestic comfort. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) It will not have escaped our readers, that the dissensions of the llth Hussars, and their Noble Lieutenant-Colonel, wet e the subject of a long conversation in the House of Commons on Friday evening. Lord John Rnssell, Mr. Macaulay, Sir Hus sey Vivian, and Sir Henry Hardinge endeavoured to vindicate the course pursued loy the authorities of the Horse Guards in dealing with this affair. Lord Howick took a different view of the case, and we think unanswerably proved that it was due to public opinion, to the discipline of the army, to the officers complaining of Lord Cardigan's conduct, and to Lord Cardigan himself, to direct a public inquiry into the causes of disagree ments suffi&ently serious, in the eyes of the Commander-in- Chief, to make an important regiment unfit for service. Such a course, he justly observed, would have been fully warranted by precedent, and was made peculiarly necessary by the cir cumstances under which Lord Cardigan joined the regiment, and by the i efusal of the Court-martial upon Captain R. A. Reynolds to admit evidence tending to show provocation. If we had entertainr.d the slightest doubt upon this subject, it must have been removed by the speeches of those Members who vindi emed the conduct of Lord Cardigan. Sir Hussey Vivian and Sir Henry Hardinge referred to facts, which were stated to have occurred in India and elsewhere, and of which the public knows nothing, as furnishing evidence of the existence of a "ca bal" in the 11th Hussars against their commanding-officer. Surely it would have been right, in common justice to Lord Cardigan, to give him the opportunity of proving these facts in a public Court, if they really amounted to a justification of his demeanour towards the officers with whom he was at vari ance. It cannot be wise, either in Lord Cardigan or in his superiors, to treat the public with contemptuous disregard, or to be careless whether the people are well informed upon a military question, affecting the reputation not only of the Noble Lord and his regiment, but of all to whom the admi. nistration of the British army is confided. LAW FOR THE POOR. In our observations on the " private arrangement in favour of Lord Waldegrave, we promised to watch the issue of other prosecutions for the same offence, the parties in which might not happen to be Lords. The first which has occured since the Waldegrave case is the prosecution of Stepi,en Hodge, on the West ern Circuit, for assaulting a constable in the exercise of his duty, and cutt:rg him with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The Judge in this case did not suggest " a private arrange:nen t." The triel proceeded, and it appeared that the pri soner had a scuff.," with the officer, in which he struck him with some cutting instrument. The act of violence was not wanton, it was committed in the hest of blood, and in an attempt to escape from apprehension. It was not an attack on the person of the afieer for the sport of cruelty. The constable was not injured for life ; at the end of seven weeks he was able to leavo the infir mary. The prisorer was of course convicted, and Mr Justice Erskine passed seetence of fifteen years' trans portation. Such is law fur the poor! What law for the rich is, Lord Denman has shown in a far worse case, and we may now more emphatically repeat the words of Lord Waldegrave's Counsel, that he has reason to feel " greatly indebted to tl e Chief Justice."—Examincr. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS.—Friday the Annual General Court of the Governors of this admirable and truly-philanthropic In stitution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, for the purpose of rceelvia„e a Report of the i.ro ceedings and state of the ace runts for the past year, and for other purposes ; Mr. I)lati Labouchere, Treasurer of the Institution, in the Chair. The Report stated that the donations and annual subscliptions announced at the last anniversary dinner amounted to a sum of 1,318/. 11?., ail co which they had received several donations from royal and august persorag.s at home and abroad, amongst whom were the following—her Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, his Royal Highn ess Prince Albert, his Majesty Christian VIII.. King of Denmark; his Majesty Louis Philippe, Kin; of the French ; his Majesty Leopold, King of t'e Belgians; her Majesty the Queen of Hanover, her Royal Highne,s the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke rod Duchess of Cambridge, &c. The amount . f the receipts for the past year a as 2,412/. 15s. Bd. and the disbursements 2,2551 95.; leaving a balance in the trea,uier's hands of 1571. 6<. BJ. The funeei capital of the Society amounts to 7,350/. in the New Three per Cents. The secretary then read au account of the num ber of foreigners whom they had temporarily relieved since the last report, making a total of 2,370. The report having been received and adopted, the Governors pro ceeded to the election of the usual officers for the ensuing year, and then to the election of eight weekly pensioners, after which a vote of thanks to the Chairman was passedr and the Court dissolved. TII E KIRK AND TIIE VETO.-T"idine: portant cakes arising out of the Veto Act came os on for Thursday cision in the Court uf Session last week. in the Letbendy the Second Division pronounced judg ment case, finding unanimously that t bound, and still : l'sbce:taaPotrate::: after sustaining the presentation, w a l t s r , and that their sc are bound, to take Mr. ClarkeeiLtertio was illegal. Steps jetting him in respect of O . V c effect to the dikision of he Pre:beytey of Dunkeld, W.ll, ef course, be taken to gly y refuse to take Mr. Clark the Court. If the Pr held we presume, is on trials, they e ill in and find him qualified, he will be Mr. Kesscn, who now holds the ury a to n proceedingsLis d t h a mustit ato patrimonialrs at w i t t i l hi t eo e r t e ba s am t s ciet . e heavy ntrtitshleaeyy d d a ytt m oi_es a il ndg de obedience, for cd, lo , n the ie.a: h .l d . On Saturday last the important time be adopted to J. wry instanceaie iin as of p t r h e e t t Earl chargests :f a P K e i a n s no a e n l Y l Case o f ainst the Prcsb ter an d Mr. You , g, ag y y of Auehterarder, was heard by the Judges of the First Divi,i in, when the Court, seriatim, expressed their opinions, and unanimously ncy, and concurre d in repelling the objecti ons to t h e tele a ll the other pleas set up fur theelefenders Allva the de fences and pleas in law set up f or the Presbytery t hus disposed of, the cause w ill go to a Jury being to assess the amount of damages the Judges being all clearly .of opinion that damages are due to the pursuers for the Inju ries received by the obstinate refusal of the defenders to take Mr. Young on trials, and, if found qualified, to in duct him. THE Times AND s T a r y a s et t s be i with Toryism, an ' nikitt.h)ren Morning v Post, P ‘ u . s L E Zi l u s t r it l e •— no;:ce NV o;t d he id O irfat;d" spapers. It was begun by Whig-R . a dical journalist ' s ' ho labourel to identify the Tractists misrepresent l ili ,u of .ftegformer! w hizli they have long l '" ildul rd ver freely in that ignorant Ken accustomed to with r.gard to the latter. For the sake Lf public truth and public justice to very learned and very worthy' men, we undertook to refute the gross mis representa'ions of the NVhig-Radical journals. The Times did no such thing twit the curt ent of public opinion Rat fairly set in in favour of the Oxford school. On the contrtry, the Times took the then more popular side of ing j p u o the Calvinistic or Low Church perry. Now, when it sees otif''ethgeainOilligfosdide;iht takes anlldp the cause of w ith its uual t t i i , l e at e t h h u a r t c i b s no tme enn er osity wouldrfaincsneer down the Mora n i e g d defended that school from the fi r st momen t it st s i t eo wah h was attacked." The General Steam Navigation Company's day mor ning last, and arrived i n th e livertslthueyssoaleTehvu:ns: even ing, steam- shipSh Sir Edward Banks l e f t Helvce d She came up o n Frid a y t o the Company's win at Deptford. • • t t C ~ I I le he he ler of oft eir , i ) t; oilf 1 I ,