The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-06 00:00:00

:HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. kZ,rning IS minutes after 2 I Evening...... 2 minutes after 2 ae Publication of the Evening Edition of The Sex com menced at 10 minutes after Three. LONDON: SATURDAY, AIAR.CI-1 6, 1841. The Duke of ARGYLL must be, judging from his aspiring;,, a political genius, unscared b y the failure of the LORD ADVOCATE and of the E arl Of ABERDEEN, an d untaught by the sagacity Lord MELBOURNE, which the Noble Earl now acknowledges,—the new Duke of ARGYLE an n,,,liced last night in the House of Peers that would try,his hand at a Bill to put an end to (iinsions in the Church of Scotland. Tame the winds, my Lord Duke, as som et hi ng feasible. hut never attempt to curb the ambition of, or put -to endd to the contests of, priests. The Earl of ABERDEEN threw the cold water of Ws own experience on the project of the Noble Duke, who said, however, that he should feel lnund to persevere. The Bishop of. LONDON by noticing, adver tised the somewhat piquantindecencies of a :Masquerade at Drury-lane. At least, we pre mime the Right Reverend Prelate would not iiktve found it necessary to wish that the amuse ment might be suppressed, unless he had sup posed that the indecencies are not, as some men may imagine, revoltin g , b u t a tt rac ti v e. The audience were, we believe, more correct in their views than the Bishop, for they actually hooted hat he thoUght so attractive as to require that the p üblic authority should repress it. Some men have an extraordinary faculty for finding out things of this nature; we are diligent readers of news papers, but we never were attracted by the para graph which so rivetted the senses of the Bishop of LONDON. The Right Rev. Prelate came after the audience in denouncing the exhibition while he advertised it, and inquired if it were sanc tioned by the Lord Chamberlain. The Earl of TJXBRIDGE explained that he, as Lord CHAMBERLAIN, had no power to prevent such exhibitions, but he had written on the sub i , .et to the proprietors of Drury-lane, who had liken measures to put a stop to the exhibition. The Bishop of EXETER announced that on Priday next he would move an address to her MAJESTY to withhold her assent to the ordinance for incorporating San Sulpice. It must be pleasing to his Lordship's unbounded charity to think that he is throwing into the cauldron of dis cord., that is now only simmering in America, the - . explosive i ngredient of religious dissensions. But Bishops are not statesmen; they care nothing for this world, they only about the ne x t. trouble themselves The Earl of GLEN.IALL, in of correspondence between thillng for copies om-lavf Coin , and landowners at C e * 1°1134 e 1 , brought - 04 • - _.; , relic it EVENING EDITION. ` 16 1211E CHINA SUN,' , Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. 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THIS EVENING, MARCH 6. Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Air. C. ki,:thew s ; Al ar k M e ddl e , M r . H ar l ey ; G race larkaway, , ladame Vestris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. :'ert, Mrs. Humbr. After which the New Farce, in one act, entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Captain of the Watch, Mr. C. Mathews ; Baron Vander .tier, Mr. Bartley ; Adolph de Courtray, Mr. J. Vining ; ,istina., Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Katryn, Mrs. Humby. On Wooday, London Assurance. with the Neve Pantomime. tio4rs to be opened at half-past Six—this performances to _:•tsmence at Seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second f ireles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. . ; Gallery, Is. Tiikete and plat as for the Box to be taken of Mr. Grogan the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets play DO had upon application. Private Boxtr to be had so'ely of Mr. Andi ems, bookseller, .67, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. amazing attraction.—Siith appearance these Two Years of Mr. T. P. Cooke—Re-engagement of Mr. Collins. Two New Dramas and " Paul Clifford," which has been attract ing crowded houses. THIS EVENING, MARCH 6. Will be acted an entirely i'! . `lew Drama, entitled THE KING OF SPAIN AND HIS BARBER. After which a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK ; OR THE NI IFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. J. P. Cooke, and the entire strength el the Company, wilt perform. To conclude with the Operatic Drama of PAUL CLIFFORD. Pail Clifford (with all the Original Songs), Mr. Collins. under the notice of the House of Lords one or two cases of what he described as gross cor- ruption. The Marquis of NORMANBY requested their Lordships to suspend their judgment, till he had communicated with Mr. NICHOLLS, the Poor-law Commissioner, on the subject. The Duke of WELLINGTON could hardly be persuaded to wait, and instantly gave notice of a motion for Monday, but at the request of the Marquis of NORMANBY postponed it till Thurs day. The Duke said he was greatly disappointed at the working of the Poor-law iii Ireland ; the notion of making it the basis of an exended fran chise has evidently disturbed the Tory Lords. Lord ELLENBOROUGH denounced the proceed ings as a gross breach of privilege, for the official and private letters for the use of the House con tradicted each other. The Returns moved for by Lord GLENGALL were ordered, and their Lord ships adjourned to Monday . We presume the matter, whenever it comes to be dismissed, will afford a nice subject for a most extensive party debate. In the Commons the Nottingham Gas Bill was read a second time after a division. Lord SANDON obtained leave of absence for Mr. CRESSWELL, and for him gave notice that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would re new his motion with regard to Danish claims after Easter. Mr. O'CONNELL is to move that Ireland be ex empted from the operation of Mr. LABou- CHERB'S Railway Bill. On Monday Lord J. RUSSELL is to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the criminal law. In reply to Mr. O'CONNELL, Lord PAL MERSTON stated that the treaty with Texas was a general commercial treaty, and contained no provision to secure the entrance into Texas of British subjects, being free persons of colour, such persons being prohibited to enter Texas. In answer to Sir R. PEEL, Mr. LABOUCHERE promised to consider whether he would refer the Railways Bill to a Select Committee, as one clause was complained of by Railway Compa nies; but both Right Hon. Gentlemen stated that if the Railway Companies who petitioned for that, did it only to gain time, they should oppose any 6uch plan. On the motion for bringing up the Report on Lord KEANE'S Annuity Bill, Mr. HUME moved that it be postponed till the correspondence be tween the Government and the East India Com pany, relative to Lord KEANE'S service, be laid before the House. The Hon. Member wished to have the annuity paid by the East India Com pany. Lord JOHN RUSSELL opposed Mr. HUME'S motion, which on a division was lost by 127 to 85. The Report was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The East India Rum Duties Bill was com mitted pro forma to introduce some alterations into it. On the Order of the Day for going into a Com mittee of Supply, Mr. O'BRIEN referred to our uneasy relations with the United States, and expressed an opinion that if we had a strong fleek within reach of the American ports, it would be better than to have a strong force on the frontier. Mr. EWART saw no reason for anticipating hostilities ; he relied on the good sense and inte rest of the inhabitants of the United States, and he trusted our unhappy differences would be amicably terminated. Mr. HuMz deprecated war in strong terms, and asked for information, although none was given. The silence of the Ministers on this important topic is of no pleasant augury. The House went into a Committee of Supply, and a considerable number of the Navy Esti mates were voted. Some interesting conversa tion took place on a number of subjects. We shall only mention that Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in answer to a question, stated that a monument is to be erected to Sir SYDNEY SMITH ; and Sir JAMES DUKE gave notice that he should move that a monument be also erected to Lord ExmOUTII. Mr. MAcAtn.Ay moved the Army Estimates, which he explained in a business-like manner. One item will be considered by the public, as we considered it, curious : a vote of 5001. for interest on deposits in Savings Banks, of which soldiers could avail themselves. That may make them careful and sane persons. Notwithstanding the exhortation of the Times to increase the army we are glad to learn' that the charge for the present year is only 10,0001. less than last year for the effective service. Mr. HUME regretted our disturbed relations with Europe, the great expense caused thereby, and recommended a property tax. Sir H. HARDINGE thought the Estimates did not go far enough, and spoke as if he had written the leader in the Times yesterday on the sub ject. An addition of 5,800 men would, he said, give satisfaction to the army. Lord J. RusstLL thought, of course, that the number was exactly right, lying between the parsimony of Mr. HumE and the extravagance of the Gallant General. The Noble Lord justi fied keeping our forces up to their present foot ing by the state of foreign countries, and of our Colonies. In the course of 'the discussion which ensued, Lord CARDIGAN'S case was brought under the notice of the House by Mr. HUME. Lord HOWICK insisted strongly on the necessity of an inquiry, and pointed out that the Commander in-Chief was not free from blame. An interesting conversation ensued. Severa of the votes were agreed to, and the House re sumed. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that he would call the attention of the House to the appoint ment of Mr. VIZ ARD as Solicitor to the Home Department. The House adjourned at Twenty Minutes be. fore One o'Clock till Monday. Tory statesmen appear to act as if prejudice deprives them of intellect. They are the unre fleeting slaves of an incorrect theory. We have no hope of awakening in them a due sense of their degradation, but we may, perhaps, be able to convince others how despicable in point of comprehension Tory statesmen really are. At least, if a stupid and besotted adherence to a System,_ which i s ever y d a y d emonstrated to be false, of wishing one thing and effecting the op posite, of labouring to bring about contrary and incompatibl e ends, be proofs of a thorough want of comprehension, we shall be able to fix that on Tory statesmen. What is now one of their cries ? The priests have too much influence in Ireland. What has ling been one of their greatest lamentations? The influence of the Catholic priesthood. they What do in ta'aste-liaotti.letitite power t, and out of Par r ofnoin the e li a ment ? complain of the increase re What do they and their scrib es say impedes improvement in Ireland ? Th e spiritual influ ence of the priesthood. What, if such be their opinions, should rational men do? Everything in th e ir power tolessen guard from spiritual influ e nce. Statesmen acrd legislators from evil. They make laws again s t the people t a o c c p i i d •e e v n e t n s totnh railways l e w o a p y l e s froth have being l o i a n d ju in r g ed c . oac A h y e e s, w superintendence of the Government, to ensure given rise to a new law, to p lace them under the the safety of the limbs of Public-houses are closed at an earlytlle li h e o g u e r s ; fairs have been suppressed, bull-score of other pursuits have been put down, , ofo dinwng and a for the purpose of keeping the grown babies which constitute the public from coining to harm. Ac cording to the outcry of the Tories the influence of the Romish priesthood corrupts the minds and souls of the people, and is infinitely more inju rious than gin, bull-baiting, or fairs. Against that noxious influence, then, on all the principles pro fessed by the Tories, it is their duty to guard the people. They should protect them against priestcraft, as against a deadly enemy. They should warn them against the priests, admonish them to steel their hearts against spiritual seduc tion and spiritual terror, and should at least take as much care of their minds as their bodies. Now let us see how the Tories do this. Suppose that the Legislature, while it p asse d l aws against drujakauies,s, should coaf ine them to getting drunk on gin ; and suppose, while it fretted and fumed, and made new enactments every Ses sion, because the people would drink that parti cular spirit, it should praise and reward those who get drunk on brandy ; suppose that it should endow a house for the sale of brandy in every street, cause it to be supplied duty free, release it from all rent and taxes, pay charming young women to wait on the customers, hire persons in the press to write up the delights of brandy drinking, carry the crown in solemn state to the opening of every new brandy shop, take care to mark all those as disreputable who do not go at least once every week to these patronised places ;—suppose the Legislature to do all this—would any man say that it took the best method to prevent drunkenness? But is not this strictly analogous to what it has done, and what the Tories insist on its doing more and more ex tensively, to guard the people of Ireland against the spiritual influence of the priesthood ? Do they not denounce most vehemently what we may call the spiritual gin drinking of the Ro manists, and patronise to an extravagant degree the brandy guzzling of the Establishment? Do they not, while they say the influence of one priesthood is most pernicious, exert themselves to the uttermost to establish the influence of an other ? Can such epithets as " Romish" or " Pro testant" make any difference in the nature and character of the influence ? No. The influence is the same in both cases, obtained by the same means used to the same ends, used by similar men for similar objects, and the inconsequent ignorant Tories do continually exert themselves to create that frame of mind in the people which they at the same time proclaim to be rhost mischievous. They know not what they do. Of course, we speak of the Tories as statesmen, not as individuals ; and whatever may be their faith or their hopes as individuals, as states men they confine their exertions to public wel fare on earth. Political communities are not promised immortality. There is no reason to suppose that France, England, and Russia will be revived beyond the grave. The Tories, therefore, cannot, and do not patronise the Establishment, and denounce the Romish priest hood, with any view or expectation of securing the eternal happiness and greatness of the nation. Their object is of a more earthly character. Their ambition rather creeps on the surface of the glebe than soars into the sky. They pa tronise the Establishment to secure political ob jects. It is associated with Tory principles. It preaches Tory doctrines. It forms a spiritual po lice for the circulation of Toryism. It is an as sistant instrument for enslaving the mind, and securing the dominion of political charlatans; and hence the Tories, who, by a series of blun ders, have been brought themselves into conflict with Popery, with which they have a natural affi nity, zealously support the Establishment, and decry Romanism. • The palpable limitation of the duties of states men to promote the present and earthly happi ness of the subject people, of course confines all their duties, in relation to a Church Establish ment, to within the same narrow bounds. Whe ther a religion be true or false, whether a creed will secure life hereafter or not, is, in relation to their duties to the people, of infinitely less impor tance than whether or not it promote the public welfare. In fact, they do not now support one religion in preference to another, because it will secure immortality, but because it will increase the national happiness. The old plan of estab lishing truth by law, or by the sword, was descredited as Mahomedanism went to de cay. The Tories object much more to the political principle of a divided allegiance belonging to Popery, than to the falsehood of its creed. They want men to be heart and soul their slaves, and they arc equally inimical to Dissent and Popery. They hate both, because those whom they claim as theirs receive from any religion, which is not the Establishment, and which is not in union with the Government, another master. The political attributes of Dissent verging to republicanism, and the po litical attributes of Romanism promoting obe dience to a spiritual superior, and not the truth or falsehood of Popery and Dissent, are the only grounds on which Tory statesmen, claim ing something like unlimited power for the Crown, object to these divergent branches of Christianity. ( _ This limitation of the duty of statesmen in re lation to religious establishments, clears the ground for a due appreciation of the utility of the latter. That is, however, much too large a ques tion now to discuss. We shall confine ourselves to observing, that it must be proved that they now promote—not that they promoted in past times, which may be conceded—the morality of the people, the civilization of society, the se curity and protection of men's rights, the exten sion of freedom, and the increase of wealth and population. If they do not effect these, the great objects which circumscribe the duties of states men, they must not be upheld. Our readers can apply these principles for themselves. We agree with the Tories that the spiritual terrors wielded by the Romish and other priesthoods, are most pernicious, but they will not agree with us, that as long as legislators take care of the bodies of the people, it must also be their duty to guard the minds of the peo ple from the influence of priestcraft. Before they support or extend religious establishments, they must learn correctly to appreciate their public utility, and discountenance the error that any priesthood is endowed with power to pro. mote the welfare of society, or secure the titer. nal happiness of individuals. The short episode on the Cardigan affair in the debate last evening, is but another proof that the present House of Commons does not re present the feelings of the country. Mr. HUME, in his usual straightforward manner, brought the subject before the House, and called upon the Secretary-at-War for some explanation ; when up started Mr. MACAULAY (and some eight or ten more were in breathless haste to do the same), highly indignant that a " topic of such violent irritation should have been brought for ward," and determined to throw his shield over Lord CARDIGAN, because, like BURKE and HARE, he had been hissed and hooted by the public. The Noble Lord will, no doubt, consider it strange that his defender should pronounce his name in the same breath• with such monsters, and the public will think it equally strange that one of her MAJESTY'S Ministers should urge, as an ex cuse for not dismissing or reprimanding Lord CARDIGAN, the very strong and general indigna tion excited throughout the country by his over bearing and tyrannical conduct. On the same plea Bisnop and WILLIAMS, and all that class who have had the misfortune to be the objects of universal hatred, ought to have escaped. But Mr. MACAULAY is no less unfortunate in hisarguments than in his comparisons. He contends that Lord CARDIGAN should not have been tried,becauseLord HILL was opposed to such a step, and he should not have been put on half-pay for, half-pay never should be made a punishment, thereby im apwauhtgohno_ had I l i g ttly o t h oh e eee judgment punischoends i o tdh f eer t e h sda e e - a e r r a ym oindividualamanparamount, haofi for b ta a r d y- t a ern t-W ile a r r ,' a ' xe riedbiaaidms the cond lutuct igbht Hon. lacin gl-iir on the half-payr list. " While I yplacing remain Gen ,Secre- tleina n "it shall not be thus perverted." The epduiN)vlii ethufnitttlisiohoeu sly speech altogether was in the worst possible taste. N l v t h ß o b m oll t n h d e flattery of Lord HILL, blame—its object and Chartist have CARDIGAN as m u , l o m ifit m th t to N il V ceo h ai i i ga si rnads Tory,to screenand Lordßadical, uded w de nounced, and justly denounced,n had been the loudest s m u a n n i i a o n r e t g h i a n t i ent those;and h i o t clamouring against the Government would ad mit them to have been in the right. Next came Lord JOHN RUSSELL , who called t h e charges acnAd R , DIGAN had been attacked boecfatuistee standing up boldl y for his order HUSSEY VI VIAN came next e eninifgvAtThHeENfinding and isiafrivolous, Lordasa o n that occasion ; an d the Peer ! Sir ing Lord CARDIGAN Court -martial n d c en ap ou ta n i If last great gun was Sir HA RDINGE, who w ent far • beyond all his predecessors, and gravely urged th at terms Lord CARDIGAN could not live on good with his officers, because he supposed they had " he had met libelled him. Unfortunate man, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1841. ith persecution beyond the patience of any man to bear." What a picture of a regiment, and what a reproof to Lord HILL, who had sent that very officer to command the 11th, whom he had declared unfit to command the 15th! Could Lord HILL expect that the gallant officers in India would submissively brook such an insult? And can Sir HENRY HARDINGE suppose that this regiment will ever be fit for service while one of the Indian officers remaiiis under the command of Lord CARDIGAN ? The discussion will be read by the army and the people painful intere s t, and unless Lord Ho with icK 'sadvice is followed, and a Court of In quiry be instituted, Mr. MACAULAY and the Go vernment may rest assured that so far from the public in a few months admitting that they are in the right, they will impute to them the chief blame, and denounce them for encouraging con duct which (as Mr. HUME justly said) no man holding the character of a gentleman could pos sibly tolerate or permit. Letters and Papers from Madrid of the 25th ult. have reached us. The Regency question was occupying the serious attention of the Cabi net, but no definite resolution had been come to. The Gazette of the 25th publishes the Conven tion for the free navigation of the Douro, which was ratified on the 23d ult. by the Duke of Vic- TORIA. Letters from Mahon announce that the officers of the Ame rican squadron are giving splendid parties. It appears that the Americans have established a quarantine d e p ar t men t, b u t nothing shows that they have received any Royal permission so to do, as the French obtained for their settlement, of which little intelligence transpires The French have augmented their cemetery, and are expecting a great number of sick from Algiers. A dreadful accident occurred on the 24th in the neighbour hood of Madrid. Two days before, M. Safont, one of the richest inhabitants of that capital, having gone on an excursion of pleasure in the vicinity with his family and a few friends, was returning on that evening, when the mules of his carriage suddenly took fright, upset it on the bridge of the river Ar gando, and the whole party, consisting of twelve persons, were (lashed into the river. Al. Safont and another alone were saved; his father, mother, wife, and daughter, and six others were drowned. This accident caused a most painful sensation in Madrid, and nothing else was talked of on the Bourse, where little business wai transacted. Only three operations were negotiated in the Five per Cents. at 29 at 30 days, and at 29 for the 9th of March, with premium. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday. The Illoniteur Parisien states that an amendment has been carried in the Committee of the Peers on the Fortifications Bill, which reduces the grant from 140 millions of francs to 118 millions, and recommends de tached forts instead of the continuous wall crenelated and bastioned with 2,000 pieces of cannon. It is of very little importance what modifications the Peers may make in the Bill. One thing is certain. Paris will be fortified. The KING'S triumph is no longer doubtful. While the Peers are making a show of indepen dence the works are in progress, which are des tined to overthrow the sovereignty of the people. Rumours were current in Paris on Wednes day and Thursday respecting the pecuniary em barrassments of M. THIERS. We know not whether they be well or ill-founded. The ex Minister is a man of very expensive habits, .and we remember that when he visited Italy several Journals expressed astonishment at the extent of his purchases of costly and rare works of art. But if office has not enriched M. THIERS, he has friends who have known how to profit by a relationship with the head of a Cabinet. If half be true that is reported, his father-in-law is in a condition to relieve him without any diminution of the wealthwhich he possessed before M. THIERS' promotion to a seat in the Cabinet. The Courrier Francais has discovered that Lord PALMERSTON is endeavouring to lull France to repose only to attack her at a disadvantage. We can assure the Courrier Francais that France need be under no alarm respecting the intentions of Lord PALMERSTON, which are as pacific as the Courrier represents them to be hos tile. This we believe to be the conviction of M. GUIZOT, who is wisely and patriotically engaged in negotiating a return to those amicable rela tions with England, which were interrupted by the Punic policy of M. THIERS, and the Cabinet of the Ist of March. Respecting the progress of these negotiations, we find the following account in the columns of a Morning Contemporary : We have received private letters from Paris, from a well-in formed quarter, stating in positive terms, that the negotiations going on between the French Cabinet and the Powers which signed the Treaty of London, hare advanced to that point that the Eastern question is expected to be definitively solved within a few weeks. JU. Guizot's propos . tion to ameliorate the con dition of the Christian population of Syria (not to render it independent, as it has been erroneously asserted in some papers ) has been much approved of by the Austrian and Prussian Courts. As the 'I reaty of London specially engages the con tracting Powers to abstain from any act to affect the authority and independence of the Sultan, the idea of imposing on the Porte the condition of nominating a Christian Pi ince to govern Syria has been out of question ; but it has been thought that the Porte, as a return for the services it has received, will have no objection to nominate a Pacha; with a separate government, for Syria, although incorporated in the Ottoman empire ; this Pacha to be under the control of the Great European Powers, in order that there may be a guarantee that the Porte govern on humane principles the Syrian population. Scandalous attempts are made by some per sons at Alexandria and Smyrna to revive the popular prejudice against the Jews, excited by the disappearance of FatherYnomAs and his ser vant at Damascus. The following is a fabricated charge against the Jews, quoted by the Temps from a letter from Alexandria : A young Catholic Armenian merchant, named Joussouf Ta houil, had contributed in a great degree to traverse the views of two Jews from Alexandria, who had come to Damascus under pretence of making inquiries into the facts attending the murder of Father Thomas, but who had endeavoured to bribe the witnesses who appeared. Thus he incurred the hatred of the Israelites, who determined to accomplish his de_truction. Tahouil unfortunately did not pay attention to the warnings which were daily given him, and the day after Ibrahim Paella left Damascus with his army he perished, the victim of a base vengeance. An Albanian, notorious for his crimes, entered Tahouil's shop and shot him through the heart. The murderer was arrested at the same moment, and declared that the Jews had given him 3,000 piastres to commit the crime, and seve ral Turks came forward to depose that the Israelites had at different times offered them sums of money to assassina'e Ta houil as well as other persons who had given testimony in the affair of Father Thomas. The Constitutionnel defends M. THIERS from the charge of having squandered the sum of 500,000,000 of francs during an administration of eight months. According to this journal, when M. THIERS took office, there were not 15,000 cavalry horses fit for service. There were not sufficient artillery horses to bring 100 pieces of cannon into the field. Of artillery carriages 21,000 were wanted, and instead of 3,000,000 of muskets in the arsenals, there were only 1,800,000. In whatever way M. THIERS spent the public money, the result is that in a few years there will be a deficiency in the French ti*asury equal to forty millions sterling ! Count Alexander de Larochefoucauld, Peer of France, died esterday, at Paris, at the age of 65 years. The Messager contains the following article " The Wu'rtzburg Gazette, the Franconian Courier, and some other German Journals, pretend that notices have been published by some French authorities of the left bank of the hhine ; :for instance, at Lauterburg—inviting Bavarian soldiers to desert, promising that they should receive the value of their arms and accoutrements, and be admitted into any French regiment which they might prefer. " These statements are absJlutely false. Nothing of the kind has occurred. We give them the most formal denial. " Even were not such facts entirely at variance with the honourable principles of the French Government, the existing laws would render the entertainment of such an idea impos sible. In fact, Art. 2of the law of March 21, 1832, expressly f rbids the admission of foreigners into French corps. No ex ception is made to this regulation, only relative to the foreign legion in Africa, and even in this latter case they are not armed and equipped till after their arrival in Africa and their incorporation in the legion. They cannot serve France on the Continent. . . _ " The Marshal, now Minister of War, has even restricted within the narrowest limits the execution of this part of the law of 1832, by lately prohibiting the admission of a foreigner into a French corps, even as a supernumerary musician, or as a t dlor to a regiment. " We will add, that whenever deserters have come from Germany to France, the French Government has always, on the application of their families, and through the medium of the Consuls, ordered them to be given up."--Le Constitutionnel, March 4. We find the following passage in a letter from Amsterdam, dated the 28th of February Though the house of Hope and Co. has hitherto disposed of orrly fifteen millions of the last Russian ban of fifty millions of florins, it is affirmed notwith standing, on good authority, that it is intended to contract at Amsterdam a new loan of one hundred millions of florins."— LB ft : e irs, l l, , t c t h eo s fis P ar :: Cents .......... Price e Le Commerce. BO ORSE.--PARts, THURSDAY, MARCH 4. rortugUese 3 t lest Highest Lowest last Price. Price,. ...P l r l i 3 cv o . o ... Price French 40 •.. Belgian Bank 3 per Cents 3 per p C e e r nt c s e . n .. t . s ..... 70 80 ... 70 90 '" Irle,eooof. Sh 7 02 75 ii 15 ....—.•310C27307(1 • ....?1 ( 0 2.7 5 26(0 ) 70 : ....... 3 10 . 5 2179 1 5 per cents... ....... . 70 150 ... 70 80 5tX:Uf• Stares 5157 50 ~.5157 50 ...5157 50 ...5157 50 New Loan ... ...., .• •.• Spanish Active 2 54 ... 9.51 1 , ... 2.4 ... 25 1 4 New Deferred ig% .. 19% ... 10% ... 1% Neapolitan Roman • 1 02 .... ip2 ~, 102 ... )02 .... 101% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% St. Germ ain PAIL WAY SHARES. Verzatlles R B 712 50 ... 721/ ... 712 50 ... 712 `,. t . 402 50 ... 412 50 ... 402 50 ... 41 2 50 Orleans ."..°. —. ..... .... 490 ... 490 ... 490 ... 490 St• .snu rg „;•• . •.... Rouen .... B ale 342 50 ... 2.11 50 ... 342 50 .• 342 50 gOilleaux 7,;; 360 of 31X0••• 3O et. 3EO SOlrrll AMERICA: Her Majesty's packet Seagull, Lieutenant Parsons, With mails f Inn the Brazils, arr i ve d at F a l mout h on Wedn"sday evening, after a rather short passage from Rio de Janeiro, whence she sailed on the I3th of J anuary , an d h as come h ome di rect, bring ing about 20,000/. on freight. The accounts received from this quarter are destitute of news or interest, excepting that by the latest advices from Rio Grande it was learned that Gen. Andrea had been superseded in the command of the Govern ment forces by Senhor Alvares Machado, and that, conse quently, all hopes of the rebels accepting the proferred amnesty had vanished, and it was the general opinion that the province must be conquered in order to:reduce it to subjection. Hostili ties had recommenced, but the results were unknown. Ex change at the Seagull's departure, 314 to 303. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a fair demand for Game and Poultry. Trade was brisk, and the prices of Thursday were fully supported. Butcher's meat—short supply, and met a steady sale, at im proved rates. Beef 3s 8d to 4s 6d, Mutton 4s to 4s 10d, Veal 4s 4d to ss, Bd, Pork 4s to 4s 10d, Small Pigs 5s to 5s 2d per stone of 81b. TEA MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business done in Free Trade ; the lowest price for common Congou, cash, was is. 7id per lb. TALLOW MARKET. Prises were maintained for Russian Talow, and a fair de mand prevailed, sales of P. Y. C. on the spot were made at 465. 3d., and for delivery in the last three months of the year, at 465. Gd. per cwt. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. There was an active demand, and the supply being small, rather higher rates were I aid. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. ; Mut ton, 3s. to 4s. 6d. ; Veal, 3s. 8d to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 3s. Bd. to bs. 4d. ; Lamb, ss. Bd. to 6 4d. Prices gave way a little for both Meadow and Clover Hay, but Straw sold freely at ad. vanced rates. Clover Hay, 4/. 14s. to 61. ; Meadow, 31. 15s . o Si. ; Straw, 21. 3s. to 21. ss. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY. —Of the transac fions this week, Saturday and Monday embraced about 16,000 bales. one-third to speculators, the remainder being divided amongst the following four days in about equal portions, and we have found, as we had noticed on Wednesday last, that in the rates of demand there has been a steadiness of prices, which closed the same ai on Friday last. It is very evident that since the receipt of the last accounts from the United States, and the lack of encouragement from the Manchester market, that a greater degree of caution actuates buyers, whilst the account of short crops still has its influence on the holders. Specula tors have taken 7,000 bales of American, and 500 Surat; 1,240 bales of American, and 110 Surat, were forwarded into the country last month unsold. The sales to-day are about 4,000 bales of all kinds. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 55.—Liverpool and Manchester, 190; London and Birmingham, New, 321. shares, 20 . 4 prem. : London and South Western, Tenths, 19 premium; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 311. Is. ; North Union, 82 ex-div. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 25 ; London and Brighton, 43 ; Lancaster and Preston, 34 ; Midland Counties, 794 ; Macclesfield Canal, 33 ; Lancaster Canal, 28. By the Brazil mail arrived this morning, brought by th e Seagull, and sailed from Ri o J ane i ro 13th January, we have accounts from that quarter, but they posses little interest. The packet has brought a freight of 95,000 dollars. The ex change upon London 30k, Stocks, 74 ex div. The following is from the Rio Journal, relative to the force of Lavalle ;-- " Quebrachito, Nov. 29, 1840. " Yesterday we came up with the army of the miscreant Uni , arians at this place. Aire immediately fell upon them, and the result of the action has heen their cnimpleat defeat and de struc•ion, 1,500 of them being left dead upon the field, besides all their artillery, infantry, and baggage, a great number of prisoners, their spare horses (few in number), many families, their two colours, and the enormous insignia worn by the bar barous Lavalle himself, and which he was obliged to throw off in his desperate anxiety to escape, have fallen into our hands; they likewise left a great quantity of arms, both of those dis tributed among the troops and of those they had in reserve for a future occasion. I shall be more particular; in the mean time I congratulate you on the glorious triumph achieved on the 28th. Lavalle has fled in the direction of El Tio, with a mere handful of men.—l have the honour, &c. " MANUEL ORIBE." P. S.—We hear that the army has prosecuted its opera tions in the territory of Cordova, and that on the 7th, some of the advanced divisions were within a short distance of the capital of that province, the comparatively small forces of La Madrid not seeking an encounter after the defeat they had sus'ained from the column commanded by Colonel Barcena." I~ARAGUAY.—It appears from an extract of a private letter in the Monte Video Journals, that the death of Dr. Francia, Dictator of Paraguay, which took place, as we before stated, on the 20th of September last, caused some, excitement amongst the peoi-le of the capital. Exchange 2i s upon England. THE FUNDS. The Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England have been published from December 8, 1840, to March 2, 1841, both inclusive, from which it results as follows : Present Circulation Last Report 16,230,000 More Circulation. 142,000 Present Deposits Last Report 7,567,000 ..... 7,365,000 More Deposits.. 202,000 Securities at pre!ent Last Report 22,595,000 More Securities •....... 130,000 Present Bullion , Last Report , 4,076,000 ~.. • ....... 3,816,000 More Bullion Accounts from Amsterdam state, that although only fifteen millions of florins on the Russian loan of fifty millions by the honso of Hope has been paid, it is positively affirmed that a new loan of one hundred millions of florins, to be contracted for at Amsterdam, is on the tapis. Consols, which-left off ye , terday at 884 j for the Account, opened this morning with a slight improvement, at 88 r 7 1 89 for the Account; Money 851 -1-„ with litrle doing to the present hour ; Exchequer Bilk 6 9 prem. ; Bank Stock shut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is rather better; left off 24 A ; at present 24* ; Ilkferred, 124 a; Passive, 51, 63 ; Portuguese 313 32 ; Three per Cents. 191 ; Brazilian, 71.11- 721 ; Colombian, 23* 4 ; Mexican, 28# 4 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 50 a a ; Fi ve p er C en ts., 4 99l 100. Shares.—Great Western, 23 24 prem. ; New, 11 1 ,4 prem.; London and Brighton, 7* 64 dis. ; 131ackwall, 6 5 dis. ; Bir mingham, 78 80 prem. ; Southampton, 55156} per share; Croydon, 114 12* per share ; Greenwich, 8% 4 per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT CP - F. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter........ 6O ...... 31 ..... to Great Western Ditto Fifths London and Brighton London and Birmingham Ditto i Shares Ditto New London and South Western 34 56i..... to HALF-PAST ONE. The following is from a Demerara paper to the 24th of January: 77 " The Combined Court had a very important meeting to day. Mr. Arrendell brc , ught up, proposed, and carried, a string of resolutions in favour of the Immigration Loan, that 55,000/. should lie granted for the purchase of immigration steamers. His Excellency leaves this Colony for his own Go vernment of Trinidad en Sunday afterncon, when he will not have been quite two m'et'hs here." We have just received the Hamburgh mail of the 2d of March, "with papers of the same date, which brings the ex change upon London 13 3* ; rather higher than last post day. Gold comes the same, 425 ; Metal, 104 ; Bank Actions, 1615. It is this moment reported that the overland express from India has just arrived. Consols have been during the morning at 88',& for the Ac count, with an inactive market ; Money 881 ; Exchequer Bills 7 9 prem.; Bank Stock ,rhut. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 24* ; Deferred I2i ; Portuguese 31, ; 4 ; Three per Cents. 19* ; Colombian 23! ; Mexican 28* ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. nothing done ; Five per Cents. the same. Shares rre lower, with little doing. Gr( at Western 89 ; Ditto, Fifths, 9* ; London and Brighton 43 ; Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 26* 4; Ditto, Thirds, 22i ; South Western 56i. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty had an evening party on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at the Palace at ten o'clock, and was received by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting. Among the company were the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Adelaide Paget, the Marchioness of Clanricarde, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies ELlanora end Constance Paget, Lord Paget, Earl of Minto, the Ladies Elliot, Lord Mclgund, Earl and Countess of Cawdor, Lady Campbell, Viscount Emlyn, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Edward Howard, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Jocelyn, Dowager Lady Rivers, Hon. Miss Pitt, Copt4in Pitt, Lord Dalmeny, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Miss Peel, Count Ester hazy, Colonel and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Miss Gur ney, Colonel Frederick Paget, Mr. George Edward, and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. Her Majesty'; private - band performed in the Grand Saloon during the nigl,t. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson, Sir Edward Bowater, and lonsl Wernyss, left Buckingham Palace at ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Stanmore, where a nu merous field of sportsmen were assembled for the turn out of the stag,. Lord Kinnaird, Master of the Queen's Buck Hounds, received his Royal Highness, and the turn-out shortly afterwards took place. Hi s Royal Highness Prince Albert an Saite re turned to Buckingha m 1 3 ,tiac e et IL.IF-past one o'clock. Viscount Melbourne hid an audience yesterday of tl a Queen. The Duke of Cambridge visited his Royal H i ghness Prince Albeit yesterday. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Pataee 'a , t evening included Viscount Melbourne, Sir John Hobhouse, and the Right Hon. Francis I'. Baring. The band of the Second Re 4 iinult of Life Guards was is attendance at the Palace during dinner. 'the Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday, at Marlborough House. Tr a Duke of Cambridge honoured the Dowager Countess of Clare ,with his company, on Thursday even ing, at her residence in Belgrave•square. Mr. Collier, M.P., and Mr. Beres, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Edward Petre, and Mr. John Shaw Lefevre, had interviews with the Marquis of NormAnby yester day, at the Home Office. Sir Bouchier Clarke had an interview yesterda) with Lord John Russell ; at the colonial Offico. ROLLS COURT-(THIS DAY.) V. CHATTWAT. The MA STER of the Rou.s gav e judgment in this cas , ., which was argued yesterday, upon a point reserved. His Lord ship was of opinion that the lapsed legacy of 100/. which had been given by the testator to John Bladen, but who died in the testator's lifetime, must be held to have fallen into the residue, and to have passed by the gift of the residue. GRIVVITHS V. EVANS. This suit related to certain estates in . Wales, and the object of the bill was to have it declared that David Evans was trustee of the estate for the plaintiff, and to make him account. for the rents and profits which h e h a d rece i ved during the time he had been in possession of the estate. The case having been opened, The MASTER of the ROLLS thought that some proef must be adduced of the plaintiff being the heir-at-law, and the case was ordered to stand over. DAYNIS V. FLIGHT. This bill was filed for the specific performance cf an agree ment f. , r the purchase of a lease, but on ti-,e ch-Lndant under taking to perform the contract, the plaintiff consented to have his bill dismissed with costs. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (OLD COURT.) Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace was again placed at the bar, when Captain John Feke was examined by the ATTORNEY GENERAL—He was Captain of the Bencoolen in 1e39. On the 23d of October in that year he was off Cape Haytien, and saw the Dryad there. There was a reef of rocks about there which were laid down in the charts, and were well known to mariners, yet the Dryad appeared to be running right upon them. He waited to see whether she would change her course, and finding she did not he fired a gun to warn her, and sent the pilot he had on board to go and give his assistance to the brig. Be did, but the brig did not alter her course until he got on board. She then altered her course, and got into harbour. lie saw Captain Loose on shore, and observed that the Dryad had had her rulder unshipped. Some repairs were made upon her after a survey. Saw Captain Loose pay the m .te Maxwell's wages and discharge hint. Loose nave a reason. Witness afterward. gave Maxwell a berth. He had looked into the hold of the Dryad when she was undergoing repairs ; it was about three-fourths full. Witness was of opi nion that any one with such a wind as prevailed when off Cape Haytien might easily have avoided the rooks. John Roe, of the City Old Police, deposed to his having taken the prisoner, into custody at the Pot-houses in Lanca shire, and produced a bag with 6/. lOs. in it, at.d some news papers, which he found in the primer's room. Margaret Robertson was servant with the prisoner and his wile in Tredegar-square, Mile End-road. ,On the 27th Nov., t 839, her master mire home, and appeared railer flurried. He sent her with a note to Mr. Howden, in West Ham. He gave her a sovereign to ride in ao omnibus. Mr. Bowden was not at home, but on her return she found him at the door. The two sisters of the prisoner came to the house soon after. Her master was then gone. She was called up stairs. She found her mistress crying, and one of the Misses Wal lace paid her her wages, and discharged her. She had had no warning. On her return from West Ham she ob served some remains of burnt papers in the kitchen fire-place, which were not there when she went away, and the fire ap peared to have been put out by water. Policeman, K 267, was on duty in Tredegar-square on the 6th of December, when he saw the key-hole of No. 40 full of grease. He put his hand upon the door and it opened. When his sergeant came round they entered the house, and in the dining-room found some bottles and glasses on Vie table. The beds were all made, and the hou-e fully furnished. They were in possession of the house till Tuesday. No one came to claim the house during that period. Cross-examined—Did not know that Mrs. Wallace had gone to reside at her father's. Mr. CLARKSON admitted the fact. Mr. Howden had received 4001. from Frost and the pri soner on the 23d of November, which still remaintll un applied. The prisoner was aware of it. The prisoner bad never accounted to him for any part of 500/. insurance on the Ocean. He had never heard one word of it till he went to the Mansion-house. Several bills of lading were put in, drawn in the handwriting of P. M. J. Wallace, and signed by Captain Loose, part of the goods purporting to be the property of the prisoner —part be longing to P. M. J. Wallace, and part joint property. Several bankers' clerks and stock-brokers were called, and, as in the former case, they traced the proceeds of the various Insurances to have been invested in stock in the name of Charlotte Wallace, and sub. equently sold out and transmitted to the Linen Bank of Scotland. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. JAnvis then addressed the Jury for the prisoner, whose liberty and future prospects were now in their hands. He thank them for the close atten , ion they had already paid to the case, but lie must entreat them to afford hint yet a little more of it. whsle he attempted to unravel and elucidate the very complicated case which had been laid before them. In approaching the facts of the case, it was wholly unnec. - ssary for him to conjure them to dismiss from their minds every thing which they had heard of this case out of doors. lie concurred Zvi h his Learned Friend the Attorney-General in his estimate of the extreme importance of the case. There could be no question of it; it was of vast importance in a commercial country like this ; but inas much as they were all deeply interested in affording the utmost protection to the property of underwriters, all their interests and feeling would naturally be enlisted on the side of the ac cusers ; by sri much must they, acting upon their oa.hs, sworn as they were to decide the case upon the evidence laid before them, lay aside all which must have reached them of another case—they must decide upon the evidence in that case alone, and take no account of any other. He was aware he was wa•ting time by these cautionary remarks, for his client would be quite safe in the hands of the Jury, under the direction of the Learned Judge who presided. He would then proceed to examine all the evidence which had been offered, and so ex plain it as to lead them to a right judgment upon it. There were oily two substantial facts, which they must find in the affirmative before they could come to a conviction. They must find that Captain Loose wilfully cast away the vessel—and abo that before that was done Michael Wallace procured and incited him to commit the crime. Now the whole of the evidence respecting the loss of the ship depended upon the evidence of Shultz. but he would consider that at a future time. The Learned Gentleman then went into matters of ac count respecting the cost and value of the ship, as detailed in evidence, and showed that it amounted, the premiums for in surance having been added, to 2,950/. ; the insurances amounted to 8,200/. He would ask, was that any ex treme margin for a merchant to reserve, in order to save himself harmless in case of less? Would not his expected profit amount to that? Was that a staten ent of facts upon which they could find that such an overvalue had been put upon the ship as to induce them to suppose a foregone conclusion to lose the ship ? Why, it was a fact that the most respectable merchants in London were in the habit of acting in th e same mrnner every day. Then, as to the insurances up n freight, the Learned Gentleman showed its value to be between 1,4001. and 1,5001., while the amount insured was only 1,6001. But he would ask if his client,had determined to lose the ship. would he have selected the most eminent and respectable brokers to effect the insurances? Could he not in this city have found out 'some discharged servant from some respectable office, who would have lent himself as a miserable tool in order to save his principal for some pittance ? He'. does not act in this way ; but, on the contrary, he employs men who, if the offices themselves were quiescent under any sus picion of fraud, who must, for the sake of their own honour and character have instituted the most searching inquiries. the trial was proceeding when we went to Press. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. Handel's Israel in Egypt, next to the Messiah, his greatest work, was last night performed by this society to a full audience. So attractive was it, probably in conjunction with the influence of the season, that the number of applicants for the gallery tickets became quite redundant, and it was thought ilia e_-s , ry to accommodate the overflow by making a considerable accession to the seats usually reserved on the area of the hail Perhaps, for singular choral power and expression, the Israel in Egypt might be considered pre eminent in musical composition. The choruses of the plagues are awful and unique. They are as pictures in the poetry of sound, at once appalling and wondrous. Once heard they cannot be forgotten. It is but necessary to recal their opening words—" They loathed to drink of the river"—" Thex land brought forth frogs"—" Ile spake the word, and there came all manner r f flies"—" lie gave them hailstones"— " He set a thick darkness," and " He smote all the first born of Egypt." 'f o the deep and most appropriate character of these outpourings of sublime song, the succeeding and exquisitely melodious and tender, " But as for his people, he led them forth like sheen," offe.s a contrast not to be sur passed in touching effect. Ihe great double chorusses through out this oratorio are all in the master's highest vigour of inspi ration. They were most ardently encored in mote than one instance last night. The performance .of them was, upon the whole, most commendable. The solo and duet parts, on this occasion, were sus ained by Madame Caradori Allan (whose non-arrival until after her appointed hour, and the conse. quent delay in commencing the second part of the oratorio, caused considerable disapprobation). Madame F. Lablache, Miss Pennington, Messrs. Hobbs, Machin, and Leffler. Ma dame F. Lablache received a warm encore in the air• " Thou shalt bring them in." Mr. Hobbs was also deservedly ap plauded for bis delicate execution of the air " The enemy said." We should say, however, that there was a want of energetic spirit, of true dramatic expression, in the efforts of all these singers. They did not, they do not in general, sym pathise wi'h the great action in which they are supposed to take a prominent part—they are tame and frequently vapid after the zealous thunders of the " 500" behind them. This is the very vice of our school. Mr. Surman, " conductor," should look to it. THE WEATIIER.- 1 -Yesterday there was a vio lent hurricane from the S.W., accompanied with I eavy tthowers of ride, which presented the arrival of several steamers and other vessels. The Dundee rteam ship, which Itft Dundee on Wednesday ;:fet . noon, and was ex pected at noon, did not make hlr appearance in the pool up to eight o'clock last evening, and is supposed to he de tained below. The Royal Victoria steam-ship, from Leith, is also delayed by the storm, and would have come up in the ordinary course about three or four o'clock 3e - eerday afternoon, but had not arrivel. The Ocean, from Rot terdam, which er, iced yesterday morning off the Custom- House, was detoined for twenty-four hours by a thick fog, and brought up below the Nore. The gusts of wind di much damage to the craft on the ri,er, which for 1 everd hours prevented the appearance of a rough see, and the small boats could hardly live in it. _ . It is a curious fact, that the first historical pic ture ordered in England since the Reformation, by a body of men, to advance a public object by the moral influence of the art, should come from the Soc et; of Friends. The commission given f , r a mcmor'al of the great meeting of delegates for the Ah:ilition of Slavery all over the world, held at the Fraragons"Faverr, with Mr. Clarkson in the chair, last year, is It e picture alluded t). May such an example he followed by other bodies who have any gre:it principle in view, and the art of England will soon be felt in its real power by the people as a m rkl and intellectual engine. LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE OF CONIMONS.- By the intreducinn into the House of Comm°. s of the Bude light, a ar.ving is effeetel to the country of Ur wards of 1,000/. her annuni. Th e holy of the Hous e i s now lighted fin twelve shillings a n;gllt, and the library, passageF, comrrit:tee-room, &c , are lighted for 1301. I:er Se,sion. LOAN SOCIETIES. --Yesterday Mr. Bi ng h am, the Sittig AlPgimrste at Worship.street, was occupied until an unusur.lly late hour, the busit.ess consisting chiefly of warrants and summonses, of which no less than 22 were at the instance of diffeiert loan societies. THE GREEN PA R K.—The so-called improve ments in the Green Park prccee 1 rapidly, and in the course of a month it is expected that the whole till be planted with eveig,cens and shrubs similar to the inclosed pleasure-garden of St. James's Park, EVEN [NG EDITION. PARLIAMENTARY DIV I SIO (From the Totes and Proceedings of the Rouse # FRIDAY, MARCH 5. ZV OTTINGHAM GAS BIL n ip bs Motion made a n d Q uest i on propose d, " That the_ o ut e now read a second time . Amendment proposed , to 1 t a r the the word "now," a n d a t th e en d o f th e question tot.,`,' Th a t words " upon this day six mon th s ." Question House the word now' stand part of the Question. divided— , . MAJORITY—AYES, 15 1 . c t ' Acland, Sir Thomas Everson, Lord Fran. Mahon, 1),, Aciand, T. D. Eliot, Lor i Martin. 0..,. A'Court, Captain E'teourt, T. G. B. Meynell , FL ' Adare, Lord F...,ilden, W. Hiles W. e lf Antrobus, Edmund Etzloy, Hon. H. Neeld, Jo'cln,',( Arbuthnot, Hon. H. Forester, Hon. G. Neeld , Joll?" vil Ashley, Lord Fremantle, Sir T. Parke , C. ' Bagge, Wm. Freshfleld, J. W. Palmer B. . A Bantle, Colonel (iaskell, J. H. Palmer, G. ~ Baillie, EL J. Gisborne, T. Baldwin, C. Barry Gore, 0. J. R. Baker, Edward not, IL Basset, John Planta, J. Y . Gladstone, W. E. p P a er r c k e e v r a 'l , ll Gore, 0. W. Bateson, Sir Robert Goulburn, H. Plumptre, J. r "erkeley, F. H. Grant, Sir A. C. PAO, F. B2wes, T. Green., T. G. A Pringle. •-•,... • U 1 ." Blake, W. J. Grimsditch, T. R ae , sir IN , , rge Bolden), Henry G. Halford, H. . Bore, Sir sA 4 - 1 Boling, W. C. 0 - Hamilton, Lord C. Round, , _ .. 4otfield, Beriah Hardinge, Sir H. Rundle, 0,,,,,,041 Bradshaw, James Hindley, C. IttlihbrOOke. , v.. B. B.aniston, T. W. Hodgson, R. Sanderson, Broadley, Henry Hogg, J. W. 'Thom . Broadwood, H. H imes, W. A'Court Shep p a r d , _ Brotherton, J. Holmes, W. Sibthorp, (76. Brownrigg, J. S. Hope, Charles Smy:he,(i. et 1, " Bruce, laird E. • Hope, H. l'. divas , Bruce, C. L. c, Hope, G. NV Stanley, , ___, . Colonel T: e, Bruges W. H. L. Hotham, Lord Buck, ' Lewis W. Houlds ,, orth, T. Stan% _ __. Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Houstotm, C. Stewart, Jawc. J• r• Byng ? George Hughes, W. - B. Tennent, .. , Canning, Sir S. Hume. Joseph Toomas, Colon .!:a. s S Ba . a . ainn(nieetr'is(l,l,ol:. g:.- t_ hichester, J. P. Hui., F. Cholmondeley, H. Hutt, W. n Chute, W. L. Inglis, Sir R. H. VII ,. an, ' 'C C• OS. Clements, Lord I ion, Samuel Waddingt on, • Clerk, Sir G. R. • James, Sir Walter Walker, . Clive. R. H. Jena yn, Earl Walsh, Si P a rk G. C chrane, Sir T. Johnson, Gentral Welby , dre w Copeland, W. Johnstone, Hope White, An G. Courtenay, I. P. Kelly. F. Wilbraham. , •r f r r o e tre r ; 11 .70:111 . " Q' r a • .-.' Dm by, George Kemble, Henry Wilmot, , won Davies, Colonel Knatchbuii, Sir E. W o dehousc , n , , . v. D'Eyncourt, C. T. K n ight, H e nry Gaily Wocd, tole v el . • Drummond, H. H. Lennox, Lord A. Wrightson , Dunbar, George Litton, •E. Young, Joh. o „ Dun:ombe, W. Lockhart, A. M. East, James Buller Lowther, J. H. Eastnor, Viscount Mackenzie, W. F. 11oinucnogIna,Sc,4LE:1} W . Egerton, W. T. Mackenzie, Thomas Rolleston , v•••• AbHcromby, G. R. Akten, It. Anson, Hon. Colone 1 Barnard, E. G. Beamish. F. B. Bo .!Kin, J. J. Bowes, J. Bridgeman, H. Busfield, W. Childers, J. W. Clive, E. B. D .nnistoun, J. Douglas, Sir C. E. Duncombe, 'l'. S. Ellis, Wynn Evans, William Ferguson, colonel Fitzalan, Lord )ort, John Gillon, W. D. Hastie, A. Hector, C. J. NORITY-NOES, Hill, Lerd k M. C. Hodges, T. L. Horsman E. Hoskins, K. Jones, John Lushington, Charles Lynch, H. A. M.Narnara, W. 51 . Taggart, John Marsland. H. Maul; Hon kinc Muutz, G. F. o'Comiell, D. ')rd, W. Parker, John Parnell, Sir H. Paulsen, J. Pechell, Captain Philips, Mark Pryme F ' Mee, E. B. Roche, Sir D. 61. Rutberflrd , ss s SS i n w i i f t t i : le l c l r rY :, s : :: l' A C J . E. : °l 7:: : : : l2 Steuart, K. c ,_ Strickland , Strutt, SlYle , ( 40 0 Th orn ely, 1 Turner, W. Wallace, Williams, w•g“.l Winnington, r Worsley, lAor Yatee • John • Tsv Hobbouse , Su ,_ ha Unthopet Job s LORD KEANE'S ANNUITY BlL l ' n eitiol. Order for receiving Report read; M o ti on made 119:' 'X iv eee' proposed, " That the Report be now brought up. end of went proposed to leave o u t f rom th e wor d "be" to the the the Question, in order to add the words " pnatpone d r e sideli t Correspondence whi c h h as t a k en p l ace b e t wee n the ' o f the of the Board of Control and the Court of Director s f dist East India Comp an y, or w ith th e S ecret Committee 0 _ An . Court, respecting th e serv i ces o f, an d t h e granting in order nuity to, Lord K eane , b e l a id b e f ore t hi s House, 'I J ,„ the that the House m a y b e i n posse-lion of the reasons nbord Court of Directors refused to grant any Annuity to od t he Keane from the funds of the Fast India Compaq , reasons which determined her Majesty's Ministers t° mend the proposed Annuity to be p a id o ut o f the C °li ' ',, l l ' 3 , t , Fund," in,tead thereof—(Alr. Hume) Question put , st i o n. the words proposed to be left oat stand part of the Q lie The House divided— Adare. Lord ' ‘l,ton, Rowland Anti obus, Edw ird Baines, E. Baker, Edivard Barnard, E. G. Bernal, R. B err lerhassett, A. Bolling, W. otfieio, Be , jab Bras ston, 'l'. W. Broadley, H. Broadwood, Henry firs cc, C. L. C. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hu sfeild, William Campbell, Sir H. P. Campbell, Sir J. Chichester, J. I'. B. Clay, W. Clerk, Sir George Clive, E. B. Clive, Robert Cochrane, Sir T. ,1 orry, Right Hon. H. Dalmeny, Lord Davies, Colonel D4nieon, W. J. Dia, Q. I iput,las, Sir C. Egerton, Lord F. E,tcourt. T. G. B. Evans, Sir De Lacy Feilden, W. Fitzalan, ;,ord Fremantle, S'. r. T. Gordon, Robert Gore, 0. J. It. Goulburn, Henry Gr..ham, Sir James Greene, T. Grey Sir G. Hardinge, Sir H. Harland, W. C. JORITY-AYES, HOhouse, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Hodges, T. Hodgson, Richard Hogg, J. NV. Holmes, W. Five, lion. C. Hope, G. W. Howard, B. G. Howard, C. W. G. Hughes, W. B. Hurt, Francis Irving, John Jackson, Serjeant James, Sir NV. C. Jailtins, Sir R. .iohnstone, Hope Jones, John Jones, Thcebald Kemble, Henry Labouchere, H. Lemon, Sir C. Lincoln, Earl of Lowther, J. H. Macauley, T. B. M ckenzie, T. MacKenzie, W. F. Mackinnon, NV. - A. Maclean, 1) Macnamara, W. Meynell, H. Mild:, ay, P. St. John Miles, W. Morpcth, Viscount O'Brien, W. Smith O'Fcrrall, It. M. Ossuiston, Loid Paget, F. Palmerzton, Visct. Parker, John Perceval, Colonel Phillips, G. Pinney, W. Ponsonby, Hon. J. 127. Price, rI Ric, 11. R eid, Sir Richards, B; 9 Roche W . a 11011e6tOn9 , 11UShbrO0k, djolta Russel!, 10 A Ruth Sanderson , r ur l 1 1. Smith, Ab e , . 11° • d. Smythe, O rd • Sh el Si p. Somerset, d S 6SsSS 't le y auuc l l3.l: e ekrri ,S Sii)Viirl: :: : . : ( e- o 3: 0: 1° Thoma,fl • • T T • i Mls T V V W v ie . cuuri 0 : 0 t i vvoi n f ; inentil t n i ce i nel i te i , Yll , : ::: : c g ig :. S . ri:ttS‘ il in . 0 :; 1 1 0 . • W W Wrightson, 5 Wyse, Tho m. Yates, J. A. , Young, Jou," or: Y o ung, Sir P• Aglionby, 11. A. lili.ke, W. J. NORITY-NOES, Meaor, C. J. tioth nd, licbert Hutton, tt. Johnson, General 'Martin, J. M .rris, David muntz, O. F. Part ison, J. P.,ehell, Captain salwey, Colonel S:holetield, J. Stanstield, W. R. C Strutt, Edward TAL IX! S . Stanley. 1-: * °. rot • Proeilchurst, J. Brothirtori, J. B awer, Str E. L. l'ol*ier, John Dennicoun, J. is,:i.etnnbe, T. S. Dundas, W. D. hope, John Ellice, E. 35. pal Thorne Yt,,,,un Turner, Wak I.'" Walker, Ili NVallacc, 0. W a rburton , White, A. W ilb ra haul, `.• Wood, B. i,war %V. °MOD, W D. TELLs SI " Flume. FA RLIAMENTAR Y B USIN.' COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE ." FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. • MoNDAY, MAncii 8. 1. Sunderland Borough Courts. or d°s ! )' 2. Metropolis Imi rovements Bill (respectingSlai -g ' 3. Great Ilorwood Inciosure. 4. Scrabster Harbour. 5. Portishead Pier. 6. Glasgow and Dundyvan Junction Railway. TUESDAY, MARCH 9. 1. Marsh Gibbon Inclosure. 2. Atherstone Small Debts; 3. Southwark Improvement (No. 2), 4. Deanhead Reservoir. 5. Victoria (Kensington) Road. • 6. Tramore and Duckspool Embankment. 7. Scottish Marine Insurance Company. S. Ballyteigue Embankment. 9. Dundalk and Banbridge Road. 10. Cambuslang and Muirkirk Road and Bridget• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10. I. Bromptou and Earls Court Itoad. 2. Great Leinster and Munster Rath, ay. 3. Thames Haven Dock and Railway. 4. Shotts and Wilsontown Railway. THURSDAY, MARCH 11. I. Belfast Harbour. 2. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway. 3. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement. 4. Liverpool and Crosby Road. FRIVAY, MARCH 12. 1. Coundon Inclosure. 2. Dean ar.d Chapter of Westminster's Estate. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BIM" miTICA FRIDAY, MARC"' 5. 1. Ilminster Roads,—Second Reading March 9. gste b 9 :6 2. Harborough and Brampt on Road heading, Reading , ssr.• -• 3. Liverpool Docks (Runcorn Exemption)' C o m. on Fe t '' 4. York and London A ssurance Company,—Report, idarc hetitiottp e'l7 Shorts and Wilso n t own R a il wa y,—Com 'mitte eonP poned from Monday Sth till Wednesday 10th g air rait tet v -6. York and North Midl an d R a il way A pproa ches,—C ern- Bid, adjourned till March 9, at twelve. h 16. 7. Bedingham Inclosure,— Committee on p, talon, Ms s 16. • S. Exeter Small Debts,—Committee on l'etition, Dlsrcb 9. Middlesex Sessions,—Second Rcading, March 9. O $ • COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS APPOINTED 13 • COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. 1. Winwick Rectory Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, wi sap' Patten, Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, and Lord Viseoun Of t ' Committee to meet March 16, at two &elm . k • lo.sr, I 0 2. Manchester and Salford Waterworks Bill, referred Col - nal, Mr. Mark Philips, and Mr. Brotherton. - meet March 16, at two o'clock. 1,114 _ ra 3. Liverpool Gas Bill, referr e d t o th e S o uth Lit ca G. Mr. 'l'. D. Acland (West Somerset), Hot:: -F".„; . .ht), (Morpeth), 11on. W. A'Court Holmes (Isle of P. Chalmers (Montrose, See.), Hcn. Charles 110Peoobefi' gowshire). Three to be th e Q u orum of Selected 1 1^ and Committee to meet March 16, at twelve ocl°c West Durham Rai l w R a A y I B L L A I I: t B o , Bc en eT abl r e n, : r l :: 7, 0 : .A 0 7 , s o fi t u a d i t West P:° t ß h a e i l .k v e a t y r C el o a n t i i p n a g n Company oto the raisea saidfu ß r a t i h h e: a ys.u,m, presented, r o e f time, to be read a second time. sented, and 11'^- . . . JO` , Tinsley and Doncaster Road—Petition for Bill reporltightie ordered to be brought in by Sir George Strickland a nd Mr• or g illri ; f , Newcastle Subscription Water Company—Pet ition tat gli ported ; Report referred to the Select Committee on Orders. 13 I er d"cd o Uplyme Inclosure—Petition for Bill reported , and -3004- to be brought in by Sir John Yarde Buller and Sr' Parker. ii , o ort r e " Dublin Wide Streets—Petition for Bill reported; '-' ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. ht „ „„e01r.,,,) '' Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal (Cobbinshate . I ‘ e ,"„ by Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to b e broug ". . d O il Gibson Craig and Mr. Lockhart. ted. an Gourdon Harbour (No. 2)—Petition for Bill repnr - . nn alen•. , ordered to be brought in by Mr. Arbuthnott and Captain '"'" A pl. North Midland Railway—.7. 3 etition for Bill report ed ' i l' e p o s " ott l4 ordered to be brought in by Mr. Baines, Sir Will iam and Mr. John Parker. (. io l Ar ' e a n t ,i e iin tt ndi t i I,A l . t ii o rs. l b l e i F n ri g itersr a oi n 3yi d .ii— C:mpressing Iron compel Orn ispf Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by 31r• W. noprovement of the I , Dumfries • , and in the streams and waters running into tbes or tits in the mouth or entrance of the said river, and on the Bh. r ..4 00 presented ..-- coast adjoining to the said mouth or entrance," a first time ; to be react a second time. Pan e °l'd I'olloc and Govan Railway Bill—" for enabling the - and for i e i, c ri e f s o for t n l i et the e o r r i e v erA effectualn n n ,pir.el etchr:ncteoluoinniend: Govan Railway Company to raise afurther sum of l e° , "e t f a ;oin% i ll altering and amending three Acts for making and Ina' n ' A a , see" time. be Ica" said Railway," presented, and read a fi. - st time; time. il l rePertet Liverpool Local Acts Amendment—Petition for B ..don :se and Bill ordered to be brought in by Lo rd Viscount Ss" and Mr. Cresswell. , r" ~,,fteel, Northern and Eastern Railway—Petiti on for gill Lord 1,11. Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord Viscount 140°7' count Northern and Eastern Railway (Hertford and War n ht to 171 Petition for Bill reported, and Bill orde red to be „!gcossTer;, S tafford and Ruoby Lord Viscount Mahon,R ailway Lord Vi — sc Petitioount tanrimste for n Bill , and OP° s''''rteda an • •