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AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS >AY. 8 imputes after 5 I Evening..... 3 minutes after ft LONDON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1211. The Earl of STIAFTESBtRY sat last night for the Lord . CHANCELLOR, who was absent from the House& Lads on account of illness. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a further Report concerning the Earl of CARDIGAN, re quiring the attendance of witnesses and the ac cused with his bail on Tuesday. The Earl of DEVON referred to some story of a surveyor of the Coleraine district in Tipperary having marked certain persons in an official list as Tories. The Marquis of NORMANDY said he knew nothing about it, but would inquire into it. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Glasgow, deploring the schism which exists be tween the middle and lower classes, and praying for an extension of the franchise to remedy it. The Noble Lord also presented petitions from Members of the Universal Rational Religious Society (the Socialists), praying for inquiry into their tenets. The Noble Lord took the op portunity of reiterating in strong terms his conviction that the only politic as well as just course with reference to all opinions, poli tical and religious, however heretical and revolt ing, including repeal, was to tolerate them, and not attempt to crush or put them down by pro secution, and they would so much the sooner die out. This is noble and wise philosophy. As it has taken somewhat more than twelve years to convert Sir R. 'PEEL to Mr. BROUGHAM'S opi nions of 1827 and 1828, we are afraid that an other twelve years must elapse before the Right Hon. Baronet will be converted to the liberal and correct opinion we have just quoted of Lord BROUGHAM. The Marquis Of WESTMEATH, who seems to be an easily chafed person, complained that the hot air by which the House is heated is disagree able to him. Lord DUNCANNON made a promise to inquire into the matter, and their Lordships adjourned. In the Commons, the Earl of LIsTOWEL and Lord EASTNOR took their seats. After the presentation of a considerable num ber of petitions, the SPEAKER called over the list of Members liable to serve on Election Com mittees, excusing Lord PALMERSTON, Lord J. RUSSELL, and other Members of the Gover n _ men t, on account of their official dutie', and excusing several Members on account ofthtir age. Various notices were given, for which we refer to our report. In answer to Lord INCESTRIE, Lord JOHN itussi.t. said the sailing of the Niger expedition had been delayei because it was not thought ad visable, on account of the deficiency of water, to enter the river till June. Sir E. KNATCHBULL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the appointment and pay ment of parish constables. Lord SANDON in moving for certain returns to elucidate the progress which had been made by the Commissioners for investigating and determining the claims of British naval and military officers on the Government of Portugal, com plained of the delay which had taken l 1 - I.cc in settling this matter. It had made no progress since he left town. Viscount P LMERSTON said, on th e con t rary, A the Commission ers had made co ns id era b le pro gress. They had agreed to a code of rules for their guidance, and they had taken into their consideration the quest ion of contra cts of service, about which they appea r to have differed, and the question W3S referred t o the Belgipn Minister, as arbitrator, who had not yet given his decision. After a few words from Sir DE LACEY EYANg, expressing an opinion that the affair was making progress, the returns were ordered. Mr. 11. BAILLIE drew a somewhat lugubrious picture of the distress of the people in the High lands, chiefly arising from the destruction of 'the paan,ufacture of kelp. Our readers know that owing to th e pr knoWledge, alkali .is ..ogress of chemical now manufactured in inch_ abundance and so cheaply from common salt that it does not pay men to gather sea-weed and make alkali out of that. The manufacture of the Highlands has been destroyed by the pro gress of art and skill, and a host of laws which prevent the nation from cultivating, though it be at peace, the arts of peace; have prevented the Highlanders from finding profitable employment in other branches of hu man industry. Mr. H. BAILLIE wants to employ the public money in relieving the landlords of the Highlands from the duty of providing for the people, whom the Legislature will not allow to provide for themselves. He moved for a Com mittee to consider how far the Highlanders may be relieved by promoting emigration. Lord TEIGNMOUTII seconded the motion. Lord JOHN RUSSELL assented to the Com mittee, but did not assent to give any money to remove the Highlanders. We agree with the Noble Lord, and we wish he had never consented to squander almost as large a sum as is asked for the Highlanders on Sir FOWELL BUXTON'S quix otic and contemptible expedition. Sir ROBERT INGLIS concurred in the scheme to tax the people to remove the Highland land o vners' people out of their way. Mr. WAnsunToN opposed the motion, because it would raise expectations which were not to be :".. * 1 i ', 4. - i t . ,- 4, ..„ . .5 4 . ' ,. ... , ,, , ,, CI, / ,5,,, ' Atiii': , . 0 4*,...•. , : i , • . ~:: t L-1--i-N-'3'* -:'- ',...- gt ~e), ~.,p, --, , -. 4 4: ~ ,—.5.,,,,,,,,j,,, icy. -w ..,, , 1 0 - ' ' .. ,,,, . fr ,„ 0 ,- , :,.. A . '. " 4 ' . It " ~,, Ztt gratified. Sir R. PEEL approved of the inquiry, because he thought it would result in showing that the scheme of emigration was not practicable. Ac cording to him, therefore, who will not allow the people to have food, there is nothing for them but to starve and die. After a brief discussion the Committee was appointed, nobody, we believe, expecting that 4 will or can do the least good. Sir H. VIVIAN obtained leave, with very ge neral approbation, to bring in a Bill to execute the Ordnance Survey of England and Scotland, on a scale of six inches to a mile. The Committee to inquire into Banks of Issue, which sat last Session, was re-appointed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Irish Turnpike Acts. The Court of Exchequer (Ire land), and the Tithe Corporation (Ireland) Bills, were read a second time. The House adjourned at Quarter past Eight. One of the objections made to the New Poor law, when the Bill was passing through the House of Commons, was that it would concen trate on the Government, and so endanger it, all the discontent of the poorer classes, previously rendered harmless by being diffused and dis persed over the various local authorities, in whose hands was placed the management of the poor. We conceive this prediction to have been verified to the letter. Since the Act was passed the'three Commissioners, and the Government — using that word in its most extensive sense, including both the legislative and executive powers—have been the objects of incessant vituperation on account of it ; and we have no re collection of any single law which has drawn on the Government through successive years so much contempt and hatred from the bulk of the poorer classes. That circumstance has, in our opinion, weakened the Government very much, and much diminished its power to protect the peculiar spe cies of property, and all the great interests that depend on it for their existence and protection. We refer to that point to guard against com mitting similar errors in increasing the enormous responsibility of the Government, and sinking it by taking on board too heavy a cargo. A few months ago unhappily several accidents occurred on railways. A panic seized the pub lic, which was fostered by ignorant and inte rested writers. If the Government have any duty on such occasions, it is to ascertain exactly what ground there is for apprehension, and to disabuse the public mind, if it be in error. To take care of the public safety in relation to fo reign countries is_ a part of its duty ; to provide institutions for the redress of wrongs done to individuals is another part of its duty ; to repress violence and punish crime is another part of its duty ; but it seems to us an abuse of its power to talk of its providing for the public safety, in the sense of making it, like a mother, take care of its subjects as she takes care of her chil 'dren. For the Government to undertake that is obviously beyond its means, and is to burden it self with the heavy responsibility of all the acci dents which carelessness, negligence, or folly may cause. . When the above-named panic arose the Go vernment properly instituted an inquiry into the accidents, and it came to the satisfactory conclu sion, which had previously been arrived at by se veral observers and engineers, that "TILE IN HERENT DANGER OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING IS VERY SM ALL, AND, EVEN UNDER THE PRESENT SYS- such a transfer, so nicely arranged—the conside ration duly settled, the electors never consulteu I —there cannot possibly be, so far as the repre sentation is concerned, a more corrupt and flagi tious job. The bribery of a score or two of poor electors with a five-pound or a ten-pound note a-piece, is a mere trifle compared to it, though the law—made for the convenience of the VERULAM tribe (what a desecration of one of the noblest names in our history)—punishes the bribery, and honours the corrupt transfer by accepting the service of the nominee as a law maker. Much do we rejoice, therefore, that the corrupt transfer planned by the Tory GRIM STONES and the Tory CABBELLS has been defeated, and our joy is enhanced by hearing the angry notes with which the Tories growl out their dis appointment. Bribery being the means by which they win all their elections, they naturally sup pose that their opponents have had recourse to the same means, and accordingly accuse them of it. But whether bribery have been practised or not, they have been defeated and disappointe it, and one of their pocket boroughs taken from them. The above consideration is the chief source of the interest we take in this contest ; but we can not behold the accusations which the two. parties hurl against each other, without stating them to the public, and openly declaring that both will be disgraced if the accusations be passed over; and that, if they be not, the party which is found guilty will be deserving of severe punish ment. By the Tories, a Dr. WEBSTER is openly and publicly accused of having offered to bribe an elector named ADAMS, by giving him two five pound notes and two sovereigns, and it is implied that he bribed other electors. By the Whigs the sending of ADAMS to the hustings with the bank notes in his hand, is asserted to be alto gether a scene got up to make a sensation by the Tories, who gave him the money. Such ac cusations on one side and on the other, ought to be proved; and, lovking on them as bills of indict ment, to be tried before a Committee of the House of Commons, we shall not prejudge the decision, by any remarks which must be made in the absence of evidence, and in ignorance of the facts. Mr. NORMAN, who is or was a Bank Director, and is considered by some persons to be a great authority on all matters connected with the cur rency, has published a pamphlet entitled " A Letter to CHARLES WOOD, Esq., on money, and tl e means of economizing the use of it." Mr. NORMAN'S conclusions are adverse to those to which we have come, and the premises from which we start are different. It appears to us that money is altogether a branch of commerce. It is the instrument of buying and selling. The earliest money we read of was called " current money with the merchants." It was an invention of trade for the convenience of trade. It bears the" same character now and on that as the main principle, must we proceed. It resembles the casks in which commodities are packed, the marks by which they are commonly designated, or the weights and measures by which they are estimated and divided. Whatever might have been first employed as money, the precious metals soon came into ge neral use, as the most convenient instrument which had then been invented. As the purpose of employing it was .to facilitate the exchange or barter of commodities, it was subsequently found out that the exchange could as easily be made by means of paper as by the precious metals. Hence paper of all kinds, bills of exchange, bank notes, _,yhecks, ac counts, &c. &c., grew into use, amisbecame as indispensible instruments for exchanging com modities as metallic money. All these kinds of paper are, like money, the instruments -of trade, invented by trade, for the convenience of trade. They have the same origin and answer the same purpose. They are current credit with the mer chant. It is fully ascertained from 'extserience, that a great portion of this species of current credit, such as bankers' checks, bills of exchange, pro missory notes, accounts current, &c., &c., are entirely beyond the reach of any Legisla ture ; even bank notes, which it essays to control, elude its grasp, whence we conclude that it should leave money altogether, bank notes, coins, and all, to be regulated by that trade out of which it grows. Money is not an instrument of Go vernment, like a troop of horse or a police force ; it is an instrument of trade ; and if Government ought not to regulate trade ; as we are confident it ought never to meddle with it, so Government ought not to trouble itself about the instruments of trade. If it regulate money will it also regulate the mark on casks of butter and bales of cotton ? will it also prescribe the sort of barrels and packages in which commodi ties are to be packed ? Now, Mr. NORMAN re quires the Government to regulate money ; he requires it even to regulate bank notes, and he concludes, of course, that it ought to establish one bank of issue. In all this we differ in toto from the Bank Director, and we desire nothing more earnestly than to see the Government leave the instruments of commerce, whatever they may he, untouched, in the hands of buyers and sellers. Some person ; may suppose that if this were the case, there would be no standard of value. But Mr. NORMAN says, and herein we agree with him, that the value of all commodities de pends on the cost of production, or the labour of bringing them to• market ; and that two commo dities of which the cost of production is equal, will exchange for each other. All commodities which are bought and sold, not excepting gold and silver, are the production of labour; each one is the production of an unequal quantity of labour, at different places and at different times, and no one can by any possibility be a standard measure of the value of all others. We know that Governments have tried to make a standard. They have enacted lie after lie on the sub ject, but they have not succeeded; and the exchangeable value •of all commodities, not excluding gold and silver, has at all times been determined' ultimately, and in the long run, by the cost of their production, and momentarily by the demand and the supply. NoAllese,eleatonts,„or standards, of all price - oil value, viz. the demand and the supply, and the cost of production, are not directly interfered with by Government; they are always in existence, always in operation, and will always determine the price or value of all the things that are bought or sold, including services, whether Government meddle with metallic money [or paper money or not. It is, therefore, a per fectly idle cl.imera to suppose that if th,: Government does not prescribe the amount of silver which shall be given for an ounce of gold, or the amount of bank notes which may be put into circulation, that there will be no standard of value amongst buyers and sellers, and that all dealing will fall into confusion, or come to an end. TEM, IS LESS THAN THAT OF OTHER MODES OF CON VEYANCE." And having ascertained this point, did it come also to the conclusion; that the panic was momentary and unfounded that the public would take care of themselves; that the railway companies have the strongest interest in carrying theirpassengers safe; and that, now public attention has been directed to the subject, there is no rational gi---, - rAnd for alarm ? No. It came to the conclu sion, at least Messrs. PORTER, SMITH, and LAING came to the conclusion, and the Govern ment adopted it, that a measure must be brought forward to provide for the public safety by en trusting certain Commissioners of Railways with great discretionary powers, and a complete con trol over this novel and mechanical method of public conveyance. Now, that is a conclusion at variance, we think, with the part of the Commissioners' Report we have quoted, and it is contrary to the dictates of experience, and contrary to the duties and functions of Government, according to the prin ciples of the British Constitution. It absurdly, we think, makes a momentary and unfounded panic the basis of a general and a permanent law. We are not, at present, going further into the subject than to look at it in relation to the Go vernment, after the example of the new Poor-law. Mr. PORTER, Sir F. SMITII, and Mr. LAING. may be very sagacious for their own interests; they may, no doubt, suppose that they, can manage this whole matter of railytajts very, easiiy; but can the Govern rtherit afffrd to burden 'itself, on their recom mendation, with this vast responsibility ? Is it not already overborne by a multiplicity of duties, few of which are well performed? Can it with propriety make itself also responsible to the public for the proper management of rail ways throughout the empire? Is it so much be loved that it can readily bear the blame of every accident which occurs on them ? Must it be answerable for the good behaviour of every man connected with them ? But it will be made answerable and made responsible for ev ery accident and every disaster, if it carry for ward a measure recommended by Messrs. Pon_ PER, SMITH, and LA ING. For its own interest it would be wise, we think, to interfere as little possible; and all those whose property de_ dends on the preservation of its power for pro rection, should warn it against so overburdening itself with new and heavy responsibilities as to make it break down from the load. r both make We cannot examine in detail all the conclu sions com e t o b y M r . N ORMAN , w hich we consider erroneous; but his notion that bills of exchange are not mon e y, an d b an k p r omi se s to pay are, seems t o us so s t range th a t we instruments different ma p k i e -ol m e properties and metallic exchanging o differentneyunnecessary. a must notice it. N o d ou bt t h e t wo h ave some e commodities,necessary. Nor does ot it appear to us to be o f th e l east conse quence that these bills of exchange are drawn in countries under different Governments. It does not alter their nature whether the partiesbe John Bull, Alexander Scott, and Patrick Murphy, or John Bull, Hans Sachs, Jean Baptiste, Yankee Doodle, and John Chinaman. They equally pay debts and facilitate barter in London and Dublin, in London and New York, and London and Canton. We totally disagree with Mr. NORMAN, there fore, who looks on. foreign bills of exchange in a different light, and as having a differe nt character It is quite preposterous in the Tories, who scarcely ever gain an election without having re course to corruption, bribery, and intimidation, to cry out amain against bribery and corruption at St. Alban'.. The abuse and misrepresentation they make use of are proportionate to their disappoint ment. The VERULAM family had made their ar rangements, without once consulting the consti tuency, to transfer the seat for St. Alban's from the Hon. Mr. GRIMSTONE — Who finds it convenient to quit the House of Commons, where he never opens his mouth, for the pulpit, where he is sure, when he does open his mouth, to find neither public op ponent nor public critic—to Mr. BOND CABBELL, who finds it equally convenient to get into Par-. liament whenever and however he can. Than THE SUN. LONDON, FIEtIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1841. fom domestic bills of exchange. Both, so far as trade is concerned, are alike ; and mankind :lever will attain correct views of money till VI separate politics from trade, and allow each to be regulated by its own principles, Mr. Non -;IAN appears to us to confound the two, and hence he commits, we think, so many mistakes the t we shall, never take him for a guide. The Paris Journals of Tuesday, have been rc• ceived. " Influence from a high quarter, " says one of the Journals, " is exercised in the Cham ber of Peers to weaken the almost general oppo sition which the Bill for fortifying Paris meets with in that Assembly. If the Peers were left to act according to their own convictions - the Bill would undoubtedly be rejected; but it is doubt ful whether they will have the firmness to oppose the decidedly expressed desire of the Court. We do not think that there is anything at all doubt ful about the matter. If the Peers have received an intimation from the KING, they will be sure not to disregard it. In the Chamber of Peers the Court is all powerful, for the Chamber is nothing but the mere creature of the Court. We are of course prepared for a sturdy opposition to the Bill on the part of the Royalists, because they must be sensible that theßill, in annihilating the popular supremacy, destroys the last illusory dream of the restoration of the BOURBONS. But even they in their hearts begin to regard with complacency the Conservatism of Louis PHI LIPPE, who wants but walls and forts to be as absolute in fact, though not in law, as the CZAR himself. The supporters of the Bill have no thing to fear from the patriotism or indepen-. dence of the Peers. We, thcyefore, advise them to take courage and be of good cheer. Their triumph, which_is the triumph of despotism, and of barbarism over civilization and liberty, is cer tain in the Chamber of Peers. However gratify ing it would be to ors to suppose that any chance remained of saving France from the infliction of a fortified capital, we are not such strangers to the materials of which the French Chamber of Peers are composed, as to rest a hope upon the patriotism of that body when patriotism is at discount at the Tuileries. The Chamber of Deputies was occupied on Tuesday with the Customs' Bill. A summary of the proceedings will be found among the sub joined extracts from the Journals. The Univers states, on the authority of a letter from Jerusalem, that the English are building a Protestant church in that city. Russia, which has no church at Jerusalem, is likewise about to build one. The exequator of the Russian Consul at Beyrout is extended to Jerusalem. The return of the Austrian squadron from the Levant is announced in a letter from Trieste, re ceived in Paris on Monday. The French Journals copy from the Augsburg Gazette the following account of the retreat of IBRAHIM PACII A from Damascus:— VIENNA, JAN. 30. —According to the latest news, Ibra him Pacha retreated with his army in tvra divisions from Damascus. One of these divisions, commanded by Soli man Pacha, took its way by Messerie and across the desert ; whilst Ibrahim, with the other, passed through the moun tains towards Gaza. The Ecyptian army decreased daily and hourly from desertion. Oa the ,day on which Soli man Pacha left Damascus, a whole regiment of artillery, with its arms and ammunition, deserted. The cavalry which was sent in pursuit was repulsed, and a second corps, which replaced that which had fled, did not return, finding it better to make common cause with the deserters. The Seraskier of Syria, lazed Mehmed Pacha, had come from Syria to Gallipoli. He was very ill. It was on the 23d that Soliman left Damascus with the baggage and women. Ibrahim did not leave Damascus till the 29th. About 60 officers deserted to [the Turks. Ibrahim was molested on his journey by Kurds, 'Metualis, and DrAses. Having found a letter to Scheriff Pacha from his brother, urging him to submit to the Porte, Ibrahim caused the former to be beheaded. The Ottoman troops under Had schi Ali Pacha had occupied Horns. The appearance-of DON MiGuEL on the French frontier, is reported both in the Paris Papers of Tuesday and the Madrid Journal, Castellano, of the 2d inst. There is not, we believe, a word of truth in it. Puss AFLOAT.—The Progres du Pas de Calais relates that a sportsman, who was a few days ago duck-shooting in the inundated marshes of that country, perceived among 'the branches of a tree, completely isolated by the waters, an animal,.the nature of which he could not at first dis tinguish. Getting into a slight skiff, he rowed to the tree ; .and fainulthat a hare had : Laken refuge in it. Thin%'mg he "tnight.catet his game alive, the sportsman climbed the tree to seize it. Puss, however, eluded his grasp, and leaped over his head into the little bark below, — which, not being fastened, the impatri of the fall set adrift, and the current soon carried it out of the reach of the too eager sportsman, who was obliged to keep the deserted seat of his intended prey for several hours, when he was disco vered and released. BRUTAL FEROCITY.—An unusual trait of ferocious man ners in the Centel happened a few days since. Antoine Bapt, of Condst, held a wood in common with his two brothers-in-law. On the day in question he entered it with an axe, intending to cut faggots for his own use, as be had conceived he bad a right to do, taking with him also a double-barrelled gun. Ere long his co-tenants came upon him, one armed with a musket, and the other with a hatchet, and after much altercation, drove him by , . their menaces to the edge of a precipice. In this ex. tremity Bapt discharged each of his barrels, and shot both of his assailants. One rose up again and fired at him, but missed, and then fell senseless on the earth. Bapt imme diately surrendered himself, and was ccmmitted to prison it Murat. for Almeria, Avila, •Brdajez, Barcelona, Cadiz, Cordova, Corunna) Granada, Jaen, Malaga, PAIrCr, Seville, 32,150,000. Theme offers are under deliteralion. We received, last Ditteh Papers of the 10th instant. According to a letter from Berlin, great activity prevailed in the Foreign-office. Foreign messengers were constantly arriving and departing. Five French and Austrian couriers had arrived within a few days, and the War De partment was equally busy. Accounts from all parts of Germany advert to the immense quan tity of snow that had lately fallen there, burying in some places whole villages. The rivers were completely covered with ice. _ - DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTZRDAM, Fen. 9. Money. Bit's. Jana] Debt, ‘234 per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amnrt Ssmdic,4s4 per cent Bii y4 t'7 Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 70y.,, 71 Commercial Company, 4i,', per cent l5 f 5 14 Ditto (1033 and 1;437) 5 per cent. Loan 1Y.37, 5 per cent. Exchange on Londos!, One month l Two months Dutch ropers, Feb. 10. HA MB U HU 11()RiENHALLE, FEB. 6. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank shares 1 6 .20 1610 Anglo-Russian Loan 1C.67:, 104 Russian 5 per Cent. !st i cries, Ci.itificate Inscription, Ist Se:ic , Russian 5 per Cent. Bops and Co. 3d and 4th Serizs •••••_ t?C% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2y,;, pc. Cent ., 6 ,% Ditto 5 per Cent — -- Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent....... N..twegian Loan, 1631, 4 per Coat. DI Spanish, New s,per Cents - 1•.% PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Br sun, FED. 6. Bids. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 1 ,,, per cent. lO i 113% Prussian English Loan, IE3O, 4 per cent 100% 1(04, Exchange on London, three months 6 17% 6 171# —Prussian State Gazette. Feb. 7. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. There was more buoyancy in the public securities to-day, and better prices were realised, though the ag wregate amount of business done was not considerable. Tne favourable advices from Portugal assisted the market. Consols for present transfer have alternated from 88 to 88a ; and for the Account from 88i to Bq, each closing steadily. Exchequer Rik were at ss. to 7s, prem ; and Indio Bands at 1 Is. to 17s. discount. ; Bank Stock was at 163. ; the New Tnrec-and-a-Half per Cents. brought 96 to 96/ ; and the Reduced Three per Cents., 881 to f No improvement occurred in the Foreign Securities, Spanish Active Stock ranged from 234 to 24 ; Portu guese New Five per Cents from 31f to ; and Colom bian Stock of 1824 from 221 to 221 ; Mexican Stock of 1837 was dull at 271, and Buenos Ayres at 22; Danish Bonds were reduced to 78 ; Dutch Taro-and-a per Cents., were worth 491 to Z- ; and Russian were rather lower, viz , 1131 to 114. There were a few hal gains in Railway Shares late in the day, but without alteration in prices. Great Western were 23 to 231 ; the New 10 to 101 ; the Fifths 54 ; the Birmingham 85 ; and the South Western premium. Brighton were 71 to 71 ; Greeawieh 114 ; North Midland 251 ; and Cheltenham and Great Western 33 dis. London Joint Stock Bank Shares were 34- to 2i premium. At a meeting of tlaft North American Colonial Com mittee, a day or two since, we are informed that Lord Mountcashcl brought forward a plan for encouraging emigration to Canada, of a novel and rather important character, but of which the details arc not yet to be made public. (From The Sun of Last Night.) No Liverpool letter as yet received %%ith the Cotton Market. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 10.—The quotations are—Manchester and Birmingham, 24 1 7 to 21 13-16ths ; Ditto, Extension, 21 2a; Manchester and Leeds, 72 73; Ditto, Halves, 31i ; London and South Western, 57 57i ; Ashton and Oldham Canal, 1091 ; Manchester Assurance, 91. Is. 6d. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester day's date. Accounts from the Hague of the 7th February state an assemblage of bankers, merchants, and speculators took place, to address the King to direct a second issue of money in the town of Amsterdam, and it was assured that this question at this moment is the object of deliberation of the Government. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Fan. 6.—Two. and-a- Half per Cents. 50 3 16ths ; Five per Cents. 97i. Accounts from Berlin of the Ist February state that the differences between Russia and Prussia, relative to the question of custom-house duties, is far from being settled. Some serious explanations between the two Powers have taken place, in consequence of Russia claiming that all she has done since 1815 shall be regarded as legitimate. The accounts also state that the spirit which prevails in Ps,land is net favourable, to the Government:- Letters received from Jerusalem state that already the English have traced out a plan to build a s Protestant tem ple, and the workmen have commenced the building. The British market which left off heavy at 83 for the Account, and 87- 88 for Money opened this morning with a firmer appearance, and may be quoted at present 881 for the Account ; Money 88- a ; Exchequer Bills 5 7 prcm. ; Bank Stock 163 164; India Stock 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23:1 24; De ferred 1.2 - s ; Passive 5k 6 ; Portuguese 311 32 ; Three per Cents. 191 20 ; Brazilian 711 721; Colombian 224 3 ; Mexican 27-1 ; Buenos Ayres 21 23 ; Chilian 63 65 ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 49a ; Five per Cents. 981 90. SIIARES.—Great Western 23 24 prem.; Ditto New 91 101 prem. ; London and Brighton 7, 1 dis. ; Black wall 41 4 dis. ; Birmingham 84 86 prem. ; Southampton 57 58 per share ; Cioydon 121 per share ; Greenwich 81 1- per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 151 141 dis.; South Eastern and Dover 161 15 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Brighton North Midland South Eastern and Dover 2B JOINT STOCK RANKS. London Joint Stock ........ 10 to According to a private letter from ChuSan, dated Oct. 13, the health of the troops had considerably improved since their removal into houses in the town. Fresh pro visions were becoming plentiful, if private advices can be de pended upon. Admiral Elliot's proceedings are relieved from scvpicion of weakness which appeared to hang over them. At the mouth of the river l'eiho, we arc told, as there was no appearance of the Emperor's reply arriving at the hour fixed, active preparations were made in landing the troops, &c. This movement quickened the force of the Mandarins. The negotiations were to be opened early in Nev., at Canton. No payment for the confiscated opium to be thmanded, the object of security for the future, then indemnity for the past, but the slightest attempt at delay will be considered as negative, and immediate hostilities follow. On the propriety of removing the negotiations to Canton there is a great difference of opinion. The Liverpool mail has just arrived, by which we have received the Cotton Market of Wednesday : " We have had a very flat market for Cotton to-day. The sales were confined to 2,500 bags at yesterday's prices. No communication from the Telegraph owing to the tog.', Consols may be quoted at present SSA- -a for the ac count ; money S. Exchequer Bills 7 b prem. ; tank stock 1631 ; India Bonds, 11 discount. In the roreiga Market Spanish Active has been fluc tuating from 234 24, at present 2 3,i; Deferred 12 1 , Por tuguese, 31i; Colombian, 22/ ; Mexican, 271 : Buenos Ayres, 22; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., .492 ; Five per Cents., 981. In the Share Market very little doing, without any ma. terial alteration. Great Western, 8S; Ditto New, ; London and Brighton, 42i ; North Midland, 74 ; South Eastern and Dover, 111. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 163 h India Stock .. .. 3 per Cent. Red BB4 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 884 Ditto Old Annuities 11, per Cent Red ...... .. 971 Ditto New Annuities... New 3 1 per Cent ..... 961- Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24d 5 pin New 5 - per Cent ... ...... Ditto 500/ 6p m Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 6pm Jan. 1860 Oct 1859 .•• — India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 •..•••••• 12 11-16 Consols for Acct BBi FORE6GN FUNDS. A ustriiin, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent. lelgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto.... • , 314 Brazilian Bonds ..... .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... -- BucnosAyres, 6 per cent 22 Russian, 5 per cent. . . 114 Chilian, 6 per cunt Colombian, 6 per cent ... 21 ii, Spanish, 5 per cent 23.. ' Ditto, 1824 221 Ditto, Deferred .. 1`.4 Danish, 3 per cent..... 78 French,s per cent... —4. —c. Grcek.lB2s, 5 per cent. Exchange .. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French,3 per cent —f. —c. Di to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 21 per eent ..... 49L Pcruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 98i SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) Cheltenham and Great 11'estei n (624 paid) 291 Great Western Railway (65 paid) BB} Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) London and. lirighi on (1,0 paid) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 175 - London and Greenwich Railway (20 paid) 84 London and Sou.h Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. ...... North Midland Railway (100 paid) ... 734 South Eastern and Dover (28 paid) ..... ... 114 THE EARL OF CA RDIGA N.—We understand that on the approaching trill of the Earl of Cardigan the strangers' gallery in the House of Lords will be exclu -ivcly occupied by Peeresses. The reporters for the public press will have places assigned to them near the bar of the House. THE PRIESTS' PROPERTY IN SPAIN,—M. Mendizabal, who is now on eight or nine electioneering lists, could get into the representation without courting the Electoral College of Madi id; his dcterm nt tion to sell the secular clergy property, and his opposition to the tithes, re commending him to the ultra-Liberals, who have the upper haucl,...Letterfront Madrid. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. At Tuesday's sitting the Chamber resumed the discus sion of the Customs' Bill, left off on the previous day upon the amendment of M. Powels, an extensive iron founder, proposing to substitute fur an ad valorem duty on ma chinery. another to be levied upon the actual weight of metal employed in its construction. Machinery intended for inttrnational navigation shall be regarded as exported and enjoy the same drawback, and a premium of 20 per cent. allowed upon machinery made in France. M. Cunin Gridaine, Minister of Commerce, said that the Government should oppose this amendment, as the tariff proposed by the committee was not open to objec tions which appeared insurmountable. Besides, the amend ment would have the effect of establishing the right of drawback upon all machinery imported, and consequently give rise to injustice. M. Powels defended his amendment—contending that the premium of 33 per cent., accorded by the Government project of law, was an illusion ; and this was evident from the fact of the Government and Committee objecting to his proposal: The Minister of Commerce observed, that by his pro position a premium of 20 per cent. would be allowed upon imported machinery, and 20 per cent. premium on that exported ; these, added to other duties, would raise the premium to about 44 per cent. M. Puwela explained that according to his proposition the premium would in no instance exceed 20 per cent., and declared that if his amendment were rejected the result would be that the manufacture of French machinery would fall off from day to day. M. Martin du Nord combated the amendment of M. Powels, on the ground that it would be injurious to inter national navigation. M. Billaut thought that the committee had not suffi ciently protected the interest of French manufactures, and that the premium of 33 per cent. would not counter. balance the prejudice which gave an imaginary superiority to whatever was manufactured in England. In his opinion M. Powel's amendment was much preferable to the system 44vsIrte4 bifis• committee. okbeing put to the vote, was rejected. (Left sitting.) The ,-Cud of Marseittes, of the 4th of February, has the following article : " A letter, dated Malta, of the 28th of January, has tin following intelligence " The Meteor, which left Algiers on the 20th of this month for Toulon, arrived here at Malta. The violence of the wind, which has prevailed for some days, obligee this packet to take refuge in our port. The Meteor has sustained much damage, which will probably prevent it putting to sea again for a fortnight. There arc on bean. fifteen officers and eighty privates, who will perform qua cantine here ; it is supposed that they will embark in th, for the Rhameses, packet which will leave on the 6 t h dp f Februar y . The mail from Algiers is on board th e Meteor ; the letters. about 10,000 in number, arc unde r g oin g the p ro g ress of fumigation, and will be sent to Frarce on board the Tan : r f ewd which This w e vessel in our port, which w aiting h doubtless, been forced by the bad weather to take refuge in some port in the Archipelago. The Tancrede will depart to-morrow, with or without the letters from the East. —Le Moni/eur. BOURSE.—Partis, TUESDAY, FED. 9, first Hig hest Lay/est Lan P r ice Price. Price. • Price French 5 per Cents lll 80 ... 111 80... 111 50 ... 111 s 0 7 4 per Cents us 9 99 •• pg 99 3 per Cents 95 ••• 75 9 5 ... 75 95 tank of trance 3229 ... 3215 ...3215 L ttitte Bank I,ton. Sh llss ...1 0 5 5 •••1 055 ...1055 5000 f. St ares 5145 ...5150 ...5145 ...5147 50 telgian Bank S per Cents g s% ... 9% 9b% W1 , / Loan ..... Dfl% ••• 98 * '" 9134 ." 96 % Spanish Act i ve ........ 24. F. 24T ... 24% ... 247 4 Passive 614 ... ••• qea l .olitan toman •••• 1 00% 100% ... 110)r, l ig % ttAILW A Y SHARES. St. Germain 432 50 ... 460 ... 480 . ;25 725 ... 7'5 ... 705 Versailles,tt. B 435 435 ... ... 410 L.B 3•6 93 ... 322 50 ~. 522 :0 246 25 ... 243 75 ... 243 75 Orlems Struburg to Bale 4 4 6 8 4 2 3 5 0 louen Montpellier to Cette .... 460 ... 460 .„ 460 The Madrid Journals received are of the 2nd inst. They do not contain a syllable of news of 205 ... 205 206 any importance. • I The Correo Nacional states that the following offer for the farming out of the gatesaues in divers provinces have . been made by the Government :—For Malaga, 2,951,000 rials ; for Almeria, 621,000; for Cadiz, 5,350,000: for L . Granada, 2,741,000; for Badajez, 570,000;-for Zamora, 620,000; for Jaon, 451,000 ; for Carthame, 060,000 EAST SUItREY ELECTION. CROYDON ' THURSDAY, FEB. H.—The polling commenced this morning at nine o'clock, and continued until four, when the Conservative candidate had a majority of upwards of 1,000. The following is the result of the day's polling: TWELVE O'CLOCK. Antrobus. Croydon 244 Bermondsey 22:2 Camberwell Kennington Kingston Reigate Wa ads worth 205 Alcock. 118 123 62 131 68 62 129 Total 1,426 696 Majority THREE O'CLOCK. Antrobus. Alcock Bermondsey 330 ... •.. 198 Camberwell 252 Kennington Wandsworth 290 Croydon 244 Kingston l6B Reigate 134 Total 1,774 953 At Four o'Clock the following return was made : Antrobus. Alcock. Croydon 403 Bermondsey 339 Camberwell Kennington Kingston Reigate Wandsworth 302 Total 1,219 Majority Mr. Alcock, in the course of the day, expres;Td its determination to keep the poll omen to the ,ast moment. TORY r illcics.—Yesterday morning, soon after the opening of te poll, a band of . hired ruffians, with Mr. Antrobus's cards in their hats, mobbed every elector who came up to the small ;ate leading to the Kennington booth, to. vote for Mr. Alcock. Mr. J. H. Palmer, who was thusobAr.toted, ittimediate!y applit d to the inspector of.pulio l to,have the indecent nuisance abated. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty held a Court and Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court Mr. Erskine Perry, Judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay, was preserited to her Ma . - jesty at an audience by the Marquis of Normanby, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department. Toe Privy Council was attended by h;s Royal High ness Princess Albert, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Department, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Some Colonial matters were submitted to her Majesty in Council, and were approved of. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Court was attended by the Ureusurer of the Household, the Vice Chamberlain, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, Colonel Wemyss, Eqm.rry in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. Her l'Slojeety gave audience to the Marquis of Nor mar,by, _E.4O of Uxbridge, and 'Viscount Melbourne. The Earl of Aboyn;and the Hon. William Cowper were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Duchess of Kcnt visited the Queen yesterday morning, and remained to lunch with her Majesty and Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians. Tnc Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty yes terday. Prince George of Cambridge visited his Royal High ness Prince Albert yesterday. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, last evening, included his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, M. Van de W e y er , the Belgian Minister, Marquis of Anglesea and Lady Adelaide Paget, Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, Earl of Uxbridge, Lady Fanny Howard, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer. ston, Lady Fanny Cowper, Lord and Lady Ashley, General Goblet, and M. Van Prot._ The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended at the Palace during dinner. The large Nuptial Medal, modelled by Mr. Bailey, R.A., was submitted to her Majesty and Prince Albert on Wednesday, at Buckingham Palace. His Majesty the King of the Belgians paid visits, on Wednesday, to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborough House ; and the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Ingestrie House, ,Belgrave-square. Prince George of Cambridge visited .her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday. Mr. Justice Hageman of Upper Canada, had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Wednesday, at the Colonial Office. Mr. Bellew, M.P., had an inter view with his Lordship yesterday. The Marquis of Downshire, Dr. Southwood Smith, and the Rev. Henry Taylor, had inter‘iews with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. The Postmaster-General had en interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing stuc t. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosanquct, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of tho Admiralty Court. In the matter of Woodcrott's Patent, which came be- for their Lordships for an extension of the term, Sir WiEiam Follett and Mr. 'reed were the Counsel for the petitioners, and Mr. Hill, Q.U., and Mr. Edmun d F. Moore, against. Lord Brougham, on the part of their Lordships, gave judgment that sufficient proof of merit and acting under the Patent bad not been shown to entitle the par ties under the Act. Mr. Burge, Q.C., was heard in Hill v. Brigg, from Trinidad, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. E irl Powis, in Berkeley- square, from his scat, Powis Castle, near Welchpoul ; the Marquis of Downshire, in Hanover-square, from Easttiampstead Park, Bucks ; his Excellency the Dutch Minister and Madame Dedel, in Bryanston-square, from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire ; Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, in Cleveland-square, from Frognal Lodge, Kent; Mr. Talbot Patterson, in Somerset street, from Ireland ; the Earl and Countess of Mayo, accompanied by Mrs. Smith, in Norfolk-street, Park-lane, from Palmerston House, their seat in Ireland ; the lion. Mrs. Norton, in Bolton -street, from Brighton ; Sir J. Mordaunt, Bart., M. P., and Lady Mordaunt, in Eaton-place, from a visit to the Dowager Lady Mordaunt, at Hastings; the Dowager Marchioness of Northampton, in Piccadilly, from North amptonshire; Sir Archibald and Lady Maclaine, from Weymouth ; Sir A. Dalrymple, Bart., M. P., in Park street, from Brighton ; the Duke and Duchess of Suther land, Marquis of Stafford and family, at Stafford House, from Lilleshall, Salop ; the Earl of lirownloiv, and Lady Ca roline Cost, in Belgrave-square, from Torquay, Devon ; Colonel Ferguson, M. P., at Fenton's Hatel, St. James's street, from Scotland; Captain Eden, at ditto ; Sir Gil. bert Stirling, at ditto, from Cheltenham ; Mr. J. E. Ten nent, at ditto, from Ireland ; Captain and the lion. Mrs Rarnsden, at Mivart's Hotel, from Bawtry Hall, Yorkshire ; Sir Charles Coote, Bart., in Connaught-place, from Hast ings ; Lord and Lady Marcus Hill, in Eaton-place, from at our ; Lord Cranstoun, from a tour; the Earl and Coun tess of Mayo, accompanied by Mrs. Smith, in Norfolk street, Park-lane, from Palmerston House, their scat in Ireland ; Mr. and Lady So} his De Vceux, at Long's Hotel, Bond•street, from their seat, Drakelow, Derby shire; Mjor Graham and Mr. Waddilove, at ditto, from Brighton ; Thomas Farr, Esq., at ditto, from Bee_ cies ; Capt. Fowlar, at ditto, from Beiks ; George Brown, E sq , Bth Hussars, from Surrey, at ditto. DEPARTURES. Colonel and Lady Katharine Harcourt, from Grosve nor-square, for Newnham, the seat of the Archbishop of York, in Oxfordshire; Earl Fitzwilliam, from Mortimer House, for Milton House, Northamptonshire : the Bishop of Salisbury, for Wilts; Lord and Lady Portman, from the Earl of Harevrood's, in Hanover-square, for their seat in Dorsetshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Brodie, from Fenton's Ho tel, St. James's-street, for Lucknam, Wilts ; the Bishop of Salisbury, for Wilts ; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Con greve, from Long's Hotel, Bond -street, for Lord Clon grock's, Oxfozdshire ; Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., Sheriff of Bucks, from ditto, for the Vache; William Ogilby, Esq., from ditto, for Charleston; J. Knight, Esq., from ditto, for Surrey ; Captain Teesdale, 3d Dragoon Guards, from ditto, for Bognor; Major Penrice, from ditto, for Yarmouth ; Captain Mildmay, from ditto, fo Dogrnersfit Id Park. CHANGES. Eirl O'Neil, at Kingstown, from Slam Castle; Sir Roger and Lacy Palmer, at Leamington Spa, from their seat in Wales ; Lady Lucy Pusey, at Pusey House, Berks, Gem Brighton; Loid Carberry, at Laxton Wall, near Wansford, from a tour; Mr. and Lady Louisa Tighe, at Woodsvck, from a visit to Lord and Lady Boyle, at das tlemartyr ; Earl O'Neil, at Kingstown, from Slane's Castle; Sir Roger and Lady Palmer, at Leamington Spa, from their seat in Wales. GOTTINGEN, JAN. 26.—The Rev. Mr. Sander who was elected by Gottingen last summer as its eleventh deputy, has been fined 50 dollars for publishing an article in the Nuremberg Political Journal, a penalty which is to be inflicted on any one who answers anything, " how ever trifling it may be," that is printed out of the kirgdom. DEATH OF JUDGE DAY.—We regret to an r ounce the decease of the venerable ex-Judge Day, which too k p l ace on t h e Rth instant, after a short illness, at his seat, Loughlinstown House, in his ninety-fifth year. In 1819 the venerable Judge resigned his station in the Court of Queen's Bench, which he had honourably filled during a period of twenty-one years,—Dubl n ,Evening Post. MORNING El) TION. AMERICAN CoLuNIZ.YII°IIII SOCIETY. ‘4,.. TO THE EDl7'Ol? OF THE SUA to f SIR—My attention having been called to ar. V Ol l certain meetings, held at the Eglptian t . o i : by the Rev. It. R. Gurley, of t - he city of Washink' United States, in support of the American Color, zo tion Society, which appeared in your columns of , Ilall, evening, allow me to state in explanation, tha t th ' pie,. course my friend Mr. Scoble pursued en that occasion, was entirely °WIN! to the conduct of the Chairman, who, contrary to alt nrecedent, and in violation of the . arrangements which bac: been made previous to the h e i cussion between the respec,',ld.: opponents, in the P t , i3 ; Bence of Dr. Hodgkin and nryelf; 1 , nr etrst Chairman was a party. Notwith. tand in g "- ' i t • 03050 to .0t 1. of Mr. Scoble, frequently repeated, h." pose irrelevant speeches, and to consume t.:`e. titre wittch: ought to have been devoted to discussion u e e s c" Os two gentlemen. Under these circumstances, Ml' - 1 7 ) ;lie could do no otherwise than retire ; he had ts'''' ;.tit and to %Well to Chairman lie should do so, if he e int:rted to in: l-- that lino of conduct, and he , was bound '' in ' 'honour to Ict ' as he did. . e find there is no mention of the note o f which I was the' bearer to Mr. Gurley, from Mr. Scoble , 0 i ' 1 : 1 1 to the meeting, ret i r i ng , i n ,` . 40 article referred to. This not, was re.° with a gentleman in;`,.Perly qualified to preside ns C 13 % 1 1 ,‘nd proposed to continue the diseussi?ro, man, and stating Mr. ~.cobla's readiness to mak e ; Ir „ arrangement that might t,.' Gurley, in order to bring au' discussion to a FrfP% close. And lam fully warrank'd in saying t hat l i st it the convcniznce of r still prepared to meet Mr. Gurley; and to orovet i the American Colonization Society the support of British pliilanthropist.‘ ; a . n4 t* tbe while it has inflicted on the coloured pope, o. 3 . is pot bcortilb:i l'sb‘ United States immense evils, it has not acc.lolo ,iit one of the objects in Africa, on which its adst:e3tlP,,, , this country rest its claims. Mr. Scoble is, I ''igr i e now waiting a reply to his note, as to whether 1. Gurley intends to meet him or not. ~ . , I am, Sir, your's respectfully, '00" 1 Islington, Feb. 9 th , 1841. JOSEPH os o FIRE AT THI: D.EANiLRY OF ACIIONRY. •,.. - - AN y. ADM-kIitABLE CONDUCT 0: r ) attention , t° no r We :are anxious to direct Lao the PEAS A - the following Statenaent from a Coriespondb_ gt it ' the (Au" of Sligo : ,te that 11...,t1 It is with much concern we have to st• nese" alarming fire broke out in the premises of the .i‘ r itiel, House of Achonry, in the county Sligo, 0 0 ' 0e 0 ; night, the sth inst. The fire was occasio ned by 6 the chimneys of the house having ignited, andatrbtiec::o being so high, blowing quite a iinrr;eatter p burning soot were carried to the valuab!c hog° CO' the rear. Some of these having lodge d ea the hies stacks, the flames spread with a rapidity which rot could arrest. t e bs Within half an hour, above two hundr ed p cOP• collected from all parts of a w . l / 4 1e- , pread dist rie' 'frot o many more came at intervals during the e lc r 1 0 ,1 dis'acces of four, five, and six chiles, the having been seen from afar. It was . el a attempts to save the corn and hay in th,' b a g g n rdw° s t t prove unavailing ; but by the best ar ‘ ra c tr " `:; t i tsl: : with the most energetic exertions of the pet, l'f th -b lark gress of the flames was happily checked, an , %%1 0 1 4 turf stack, stables, and offices, were thus prescr:":., "^" the destruction which threatened them on everyk' cl ; c j i the masses of blazing hay and straw which were et 0 : 1 ',.,,r0, the wind from the haggard, the contents of which regret to state, totally consumed. Providentially Of the continued to blow in a direction which sal e n n i dwelling-house, though for some time it w as i° nent danger, until some brave fellows , at the r '; o ,. v their lives in such a storm, got upon the roof sn r otef tinguished the flames which had begun to eaten e rr, ro , the chimney to the rafters. The fire comnlectee,%oo tween seven and eight o'clock, and con tinue° ; ,10, morning. During the entire of a most. s evere n : re s• the people continued to watch, in turns , the Prt%rri of the flames, to prevent their extending , 00,(1 to o pre.' water from the neighbouring stream. LiternbY' oft' • women, and children," might be seen all night coop ing themselves,.while their clothes were actUally fr which had been s a tu ra t e d with water. 000 It was truly a gratifying sight to witness the O l e ; of of a kindhearted and grateful people on beliviit b e Protestant clergyman ; and to their further cro bor it added, that, notwithstanding the house, -s t6 4 barn, and yards were open all night, and I."loreistr°, people coming in and out of the kitchen ttr themselves, not a pin's worth was missing fit" ' premises the next morning. Pir We ho • hoe these facts will be made known f dr 4 ' land. How different a picture do tncy g ive n : ' s Of state of the coun , ,ry from that which th e cee 'rg Ireland represent : they describe the Protestaet of Ireland as " preaching the Gospel at the ha at rig' their lives." Such is the statement of the Sewell, of Oxford, in a !truer to the Rev- ftts i r'' of Armagh, published in the I ist number Div e j Ecclesiastical Journal.—Dublin Evening P 64. . GREAT WESTERN 11 A ILWAY.--iln at "d. of an unusual character happened on Tuesday, ;1 1 s 8 the morning trains was eass pp ieg between the 6lett°iagt-0 West Drayton stations. One of the wheels belonitho.li' a second class carriage broke up, f o rtunate l y t ei sitl y tl - rowmg the train off the rails, though not without f ti c a lie and limb. The metal rim ferrying the di sc i ; bat e e heel became severed and detached, leaeir;g t 001 spokes in contact with the rail. The pieces of il l O N O ! off, resembling the tire of ordinary carriage Vibehe'i;jghn course of muc greater solidity, were driven wit," ; jeti,% violence through the floor of the carriage, a female the was seated nearly over the spot, An,' ' t ee through slender partition or rails which divio c ti ,' ico c ( compartments of the second class carriages, i e + : c ee very severe injury on a gentleman with whom th e r ee at` lc , metal came so suddenly and unexpectedlY stati°,"ii The train was brought slowly into the DraY ten t tet' l " • where the sufferer was lifted out, and every 8 • promptly rendered. . ;1 eo We regret to hear that the distemper stl"pLi nues in John Day's stables, and in addit , on to th,e Oaritlgi Richmond's whose death we mentioneti ltt- e f 11 1 `, Lord G. Bentinck's Nina, by Bay Middleton , wi ee t Emmeline, two years old, is also dead.— Yorfi et? THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. --Th h e e VI; papers of Tuesday afford a gratifying proof o ie f t a i, tol , ficial effect produced throughout France by and conciliatory tone adopted by the Duke of "` e ttree and S'r Robert Peel on a late occasion, in referelfstsliv po:.ition of that country. All the French jour ett „; 0, 1 copied from the London papers detailed eee ° , °- „ r s o illness of the Duke of Wellington, and the .' °.- Liult e 'O l Debars pays the following compliment to th e „fi e° e t " We shall not lose a moment in adding our e%Pr'lsslelt,, of regret to that manifested by all classes of the teefer London. The Duke of Wellington is one e t t er tsee c ibc Europe whose preservation is of the utmost iroil"-frote," the general tranquillity—one of these men %di e . +, /OW security which the consciousness of great milit ar ' always inspires, have the right to speak of P ell e c° ,,:et ° ,olt e utmost confidence and authority. The remernur-thi ire noble and dignified manner with which be reeel t , — Diei r of France adds particularly to the sincere reel'. feel A nr c id he w c h k ich fo w r e ex Q t. 14,0001., pr drawnexpress." by a p ° re S h elj Ol te - al change. firm upon a private banking house, w B ",hie" 0( 1 on Tuesday for payment by a joint-stock ban k ' -,, L ite refused, and the answer written on the check ir rr ii -f o'a s : c er sors to pay through the clearing only " te e equently made whether the check.would r•a:ritters five o'clock, when the business of the Cl r e would be over, to which the reply was, that it f . l ," a pelec be paid till the next morning. The checke,l' bet 00 was presented yesterday morning, and duly lia lu n t e sitig b oto question which arises upon the affair is, suPr private bank to have failed its the meantime, I v v e let would the loss have fallen—upon the drawer of bi iece or the party to whom it was given ? This tr i g ( j , Ga a very curious point of law. Tollirar PRODUC FION OF THE SOIL.----j' ir. ito ney, of Redenhall, lately addressed a lette r to Pet / of the Norwich Mercury, containing some ' Bl/ fi leti r m e p v nions on the possibility of increasing the P r oFr ° " - e alt i of the soil, especially in reference to w h e at: , l i e is - die t experience of sixteen years, the writer sacyxs,portlorsl,oooo, vinccd that this country ought to be an than an importing country, but not until w o os v ei l cultivated with profit. Every farmer wi le At st e r , e a ll so cultivate lend—that is to say, make the grf-eilte.,. i O that the capability of this soil will adrnit- -b5 he may say that his land has paid, it must be tle i u c ght t e s' every person that if such capability is not bbl. tiOod act.on, a certain loss must be sustained. If pita! were brought into operation in agricultehre joboto would be worth more, the tenant richer , t e c etca tlto t peaceful and happy, and the whole country he ti s ee l ost degree delightful to imagine; but landlords tu t u s h ire e rri as their lands are cultivated, t enan t s must offilitiorPrerfi they can farm with profi'. Then, talk of a su r „Ff latA u it tion, I do not think that we have a sufficien e Y if the land were fully cultivated." + h e OP er : ' i ° ; BALL IN PA RlS.—The ball at by Tuesday evening, fur the relief of the suffer er ; undations, was most numerously and brilliantblo erelavd including many pet sons of distinction, Fre° hid peit e foreigners. Their Royal Highnesses tri er w itit Duchess of Orleans honoured the assembiube sP, a , e to' preseece. The decorations of the house a i d the ell,)11 ee saloon Were arranged with great taste, ae u ir pt the scene was magnificent. Dancing wa y - ; ;; L icd , e el ' late hour. Upwards of 3,000 tickets were '," ee re ", the expenses will not exceed 12,000 francs, there ' a clear profit of about 50,000 francs for the eh rd' pose in which the idea of the ball originated. c A sSt l eo r The following anecdote is, o f °r Giler tl% e ei! true :—About 80 years ago the parish three sueei,ie' tamed a very scanty population, and for e 0 00 r piv years the parish clerk made no returns , at t h hir iis, tations, of the registers of either marriages, °n, sesP,utie,i rids, When the Court inquired the reasooocr hie' Lid D i d him of negligence in the discharge of his Par t 0 6°, ho replied (alluding to the parishioners) 0 8 th e for not like them, the devil did not like therni eSfa not like one another." Of this strange r e P ' ai d ,l tion was demanded. " God did not like tbe if t be c p ci " else he would take s e ine of them to b illise e nd tb ,. c , . 11 .1 did not like them, or he would do the same ' or rieg` not like ono another, or these would be w est births amongst them." It i s needless to s B ,Y,,„„Art• this had on the whole Court.—•Cueiberiandi c'"