The Sun. — London, England, 1841-04-01 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION Berryer laughs aloud ; the Duke de Valmy smiles his little mule of half -suppressed merriment. auguin sati r i ca ll y exc l a i ms, " N ous verrons ," (h e is of no party but his own). c'est oral," repeats Thiers, as he reassures the House that if hi s present plan had been adopted by the empire, the totrbons would never have returned to France ! Ihe centres do sot believe their antagonist, and the mor tars which assail him drown his voice. itut he is not to be defeated : he is not speaking to the House, but to th e p ress . H e cares no t f or th e power of the but for the fourth power in the State—the newspapers, ,ITelt to-night aLsi to-orrow are to repeat his allegations to listening and attentive France." There he stands in the midst of the storm now raging around him. wholly indifferent to the cries and exclamations ;f those who differ from him a mongst the Deputies, for he knows that when he shall be laamer, latt shall be able to command a mrjority. Still he goes ,!: nothing intimidates—nothing daunts him. The hands of l e ! i le clo c k move not so rapidly as his tongue, and Berryer ex " C'est admirable !" As Thiers is approaching the close of his harangue he is I' m- Tent, nervous, astounding. I lie has concluded. 'I here he' is—master of Land, He Qq , through his spectacles on his auditory ; now all is r a e gain CO nlinOtiOn. His friends press around him. His admi rs i n.the_public tribunes are vehement in his favour. " vire Thiers ! " is a shout which proceeds from the gal: of the journali,ts, and 1 hiers is in his glory. `What a scene. Bears in china-shops would be orderly and mat hematical in their movements when compared to these De -Illties. Oh, wh a t a co llection of men ! how badly they are dressed ! O ne never shaves ; anot h er never was h es ; a third never fifth combs his hair; a fourth never brushes his coat ; and a w ears, one would think, the same boots from one year's n et:d to the other without ever having them blacked. The name Warren has evidently never reached his ears. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. zo )v e would strongly recommend the author of ra don Assurance—the best comedy we have had 81 i ice Colman's days—to have as little to do with i s i eri° us and imaginative poetry as possible. In the 4`!t, sparkling, rapier play of wit and humour ve Is at home, but in earnest and impassioned light, where fancy attempts a high and bold he is sadly abroad. In his poem entitled L ight," which appears in the present Illiscel c"?I, the ideas are in general so crude, the vemi:- at ion so rugged and uncouth, the imagery so P e rplex e d and far-fetched, that we should have a lll e, difficulty in believing that the author meant 4 1 1 , 3 : t aing but a solemn quiz, were it not, that thatand there, a passage occurs which shows a t he is not destitute of the imaginative faculty, it ° ugli he is whotry without the power of turning t d o account. Inorder that our readers may e t rie for themselves, we subjoin apas'sage which p o; u ntigh it is by no means barren of ideas — is, in the of versification, as harsh watt discorda nt as e bray of the animal that chews the thistle : " o (lsaid, let there be light, and there was light , The murky vault was split : Darkness was rent : A golden orb sprung from the smile of God, Stood, created. Width oped her mighty jaws 1 , 0 gape aiiihis new wonder, for space now The eyes ir see her own immensity. 'ne Universe awoke, and dressed in regal Gf P urple, stood in all the silent majesty the interminable arch.—The infant Globe smiling Stretched forth its cheek towards its novel nurse, All this sung, and soothed it with a gentle breeze. this has been said, and well said, by Pollok, a nd %. I, llout any of that uneasy straining after O c t so evident in the above extract. " Guy , 11 -I .vkes" is apparently verging towards a termi ' ati nn for the plot is now discovered ; the chief I , i 4 e l l.spir ' ator is in the Tower, and nothing remains, '4, suppose, but for Mr. Ainsworth to put him to At t n after the must approved melodramatic 'k'` li ° ll . The interview between Guy Fawkes a :2 4 the King is very tame and common-place, \v"ed there is nothing in the dialogue by which c an get the slightest clue to the charac i: , r nf the Royal pedant. " Hyson and Bohea " 41 lively allegory in the good old heroic 4 :asure of Pope. " The Sailor" is a graphic ' u tical-sketch, with the true smack of the salt pter. The passing allusion to his polygamous p i ° l 3 ensities is a sterling touch of character, ap ting, however, to past rather than to present for, thanks to Admiral Gambier and g h? a tswain Smith, Jack is now becoming devout; oh ir Ks Portsmouth Point; sticks like pitch to 1 1 ", e Poll, instead of distributing his favours among substitutes Wesley's hymns for to i ndin's songs; tea for grog; and a close crop r the old-fashioned pig-tail. Now and then a stur dy b relic of the days of old makes his bow b ef ore Sir Frederick Roe at the - Police - office, eilit) generally speaking, the sailor is wholly nged from what he was in the times of NelNel sonand Collingwood. " A Rencontre with the Bri gands" will not realize the romantic expecta ti c), - is excited by the title, for, instead of a pic - Lti rn I , ue murder or two, we are put off with a 'N re vulgar picking of pockets. The Italian ban dits seem to be sadly degenerated in their k,l , o fessional habits, for they contented them se` ‘'es with disembarrassino• the writer and , part y of their purses and watches when they tbt 4 lit !lave " created a sensation" by carrying t he all off to the Mountains. and assassinating at leisure. We are willing to believe, 4 ) wever that the traveilers did not take their atlr',,aPpointment very seriously to heart. " Ni g hts filey's" are continued, and will a muse b y their piquant sketches of character. " Merrie England in the Olden Time" treats lightly a nd pleasantly of. home themes that we all love thread about. The snatches of humouro-us verse are interspersed through the article add eatly to its interest and variety. "Rumfuskin, ing of the North Pole," is a mock tragedy from t' Ll e practised pen of Mr. Poole. It is in the born astie style of Fielding's "Tom Thumb," and Ca te Y 's " Chrononhotontholog os," and is not much i ' ll lerior to those burlesque dramas. Our readers s l ay perhaps be amused by the following dialogue be tween King Rumfuskin and a hackney-coach- Zan,who enters the royalpresence to detail the par ectlars of a conspiracy against the royal person : (Enter JEM FLOGGSI4. ) V fliat art thou? Pr -or; Driver of a hackney coach. , t 134 .• What number driv'st thou? I 1f.% The n -- 1 -- ; it%r—t'is a coach I drive. j e t number o f toy coach is four-sixteen. (A s i u d " . Equivocaliig slave ! 'tis that I m ean. (V e .) The very nu - '•n ber !—then our dream is out. p , Loo.) 'Tis p l o t u ad treason that thou com'st about. n t °G. It is my liege. ),;:tt how cam'st thou to know it— °lt• . Is not thy business. Thou'r, a rum-un—go it. It t I'd f 1. 0, insolence ! Now, guided by any rage, Th e a'n cond em n the varlet to the cage ; o( 'e to the Poultry Counter ; thence—But bold ; 4/ I , °4 'es a tale of treason to unfold , (T 0 FLOG.) must a while to interest bow. ° PLO G .) Now tell me all—each when, each where, each how. Th ° G. I will be candid , sire. I come to serve thee ; Cl in a pickle, but t'is I'll preserve thee. 1 , •2 11 - Let truth, not puns, o'er what thou say'st prevail. 'f,‘me d. B e that thy cue. E, Lon. And this my tale. It ist "W, 9.3 I was waiting for a fare, p . at the end of Lisle-street, Leicester-square, p hallo call'd me. Big with rage and malice, q:ning, he bade me drive him to the palace ; V oi s-n, stepping in, this paper, thee to save meant, from his pocket, smack upon the pavement. 4 I ' l it in the boot ; then set him down. lour fare ?" said he ; said I, 6 6 "cis half-a-crown." (t c , ;PaY so m uc h th e s peoney was not willing ; \ r veY," said he, " I'll give thee hut a shilling." — TO 'won't ?" says I ; says he, " Most surely not." 4' l " I," Then I'll expose your honour's plot." um. Right loyal Coachee ! (Aside.) Hoar shall I re -111 uite him ? 1 , 11 , ,0 the che q apest way to work ; I'll knight I.tim. Y 'Arne') PL • °G• Jem Floggem. u m. (drawing his sword.) Kneel. P LOO Don't go to trim 1:1e• Kt-eel down, Jem Floggem, and arise—Sir Jeremi• i i t X• I'd rather touch the ready. P. I. Thankless beast ! NVI, " G• I thought you'd give me one pound-one, at least. Dlte m • good trt o m eno a knight?with A too• Your Majesty be—spiflicated! It o p m. Take this, bold traitor. (Stabs him.) Th e L° c. Ha ! I'm summon'd strait— grea-lebtte Bow-street—Death, the magistrate. fare ' —gee-up—jehu— th to the behind - 217 red— d s rive on—adieu ! (Dies.) Th u ' m• There fled the spirit of a saucy whip I Iv o :e each jarvey taken on the hip.— It „ ter the traitors. Let's peruse their scheme I , y e ', ll p sWers point for point our royal dream I Sir Jemmy's body on the throne. will mistake it for our own. (Places the body on the throne.) li ark s out-scheme our deadly-scheming foes. — him he's coming. (ROMFUSICIN goes off hastily with long strides. RASCALLO, dagger in hand, enters, and in stantly follows him in the same way, saying) Hang him, there he goes ! 111, se . FRASER'S MAGAZINE. het c pronounce the Poor-law .A m endment I :opchlitic, unjust, oppressive, and _a . nt_i- T, istian.;) Such are the terms which this high )l.Y. Periodical applies, in its opening article, to tO r eat remedial measure_ which has received Co ~a p probation even of Sir Robert Peel, the .411.1 this sweeping wiePlieeils of the Tory party. In accordance censure, the writer of the t ic k , ' in question urges the rejection of the Bill •) I . °t° by Parliament, and predicts sorts of 111,• - ,, u ts should his remonstrances not be corn si `` l ,with. He even attacks his political idol, 4 tobert Inglis, for his recent qualified sup ' 11;, I 1 °f . the measure ; and by so doing pays a I compliment to the lion. Baronet's sagacity. s o le i al 'tide is an exceedingly noisy one, full of \V - ei ,,st...y and swagger. " Ode, to the Duke of dig 4 ' ll '4 1 :' 0 11" is suggested by his Grace's late in thallositi(n in. the House of Lords. The spirit th a , 1 24 ery ads , :s this lyric is more to be commended " The Greater and Lesser Stars of 4 1)1 - a L ti Mali" teem with anecdotes of remark tiej,,llCoal-acterq,' who formerly dwelt in this "our -hood. A mong th e m we find one Jem li O tierge(airth, el., a p opular cornedifm and contemporary of who in his day was, it seems, consi thrp, quite " a theatrical prodigy." At twenty illen 8 Year S pf a 3:e wrinkled old ° mita :ably ge tha rn t even ersonated his most intimate friends had considerable difficulty in detecting tile disguise. He was an 'inveterate toper, fond of a juke, and about as intellectual as the majority of actors are apt to be, which by no means im plies that he was a miracle of wit. or wisdom. Quin is also casually alluded to as having been a resident in Pall-mall; and a eriticism by George the Third on his Falstaff is quoted, which we subjoin, for it is more lively and discriminating than we should have expected:—" Garrick was -- great in every character; but Quin's Falstaff was unique. His chuckling laugh, his fat in tile throat surpassed all I ever heard ; his arch manner is at this moment ,in my eye, and his merry chuckle equally present to my ear." In " Some Remarks on the Latest Biographer of our Poets," Mr. Bell is taken to task for his memoirs of Young and Akenside in one of the latest volumes of Lardner's Cycloptedia. The strictures are in the usual caustic, slashing strain of Oliver Yorke. The " Confessions of a-Swind lee' point a useful moral. This is, their chief re commendation. "Specimen Leaders of a Would be Editor" is a series of quizzical imitations of . the style of some of the principal Journals of tile day. The :Horning Advertiser, the Herald, and tile Times are fairly enough, imitated, but the others, are failures. " Lin the Commissioner" is another essay at the facetious, after the manner of Sir Morgan O'Doherty. ".Norway and the Norwegians" is an unjust attack on an intelligent volume of travels published some months since by Mr. Latham. A Memoir of " Marshal Saxe" is tersely written. " War with America a Bless ing to Mankind," adopts this view of the ques tion chiefly with reference to the slave system in the Southern States, of which the writer justly speaks in terms of unmitigated abhorrence. Even at the present day, and in the boasted land of freedom and equality, an American planter deems the roasting of a slave alive a mere act of just retribution ! And this atrocity —as the writer shows on unquestionable au thority—is perpetrated in open day, and in the presence of hundreds of witnesses i Could a war with America put down this accursed system of slavery, 'we could almost find it in our hearts to pray for its speedy advent. From the Memoir of Marshal Saxe, we quote a sketch of this re nowned Commander—the hero of Fontenoy : Marshal Saxe wes certainly one of the most distinguished men of the - eentury to which he belonged. His faults—and they were not few—resulted in a great measure from his neglected education and peculiar position in life ; whereas, his merits and virtues were his own. In person he was tall, ele gant, and well formed ; his face, also, was handsome, and he had dark hair and eyeintows, and blue eyes • In disposition he was kind, generous, and humane. In his Reveries he accounts a mild and gentle disposition, free from all asperity of temper, as one of the most essential qualities of a General. He himself certainly possessed these advantages; but what the consequence would have been had the doctrine ever found favour at the Horse Guards, it is really difficult to say ; for the time has hardly yet gone by when to be in a towering rage on every ordinary parade and drill ground, to stamp and swear till novices trembled again, and to overwhelm officers and men with coarse and vulgar abuse, was looked upon as a proof of great soldiership.—the only proof, indeed, which some of our rapidly promoted Generals ever gave. In humanity towards the vanquished, whether soldiers of the enemy or inhabitants of conquered provinces, no one ever surpassed Marshal Saxe. He was a strict disciplinarian, and had, as he himself related, been brought up in a strict school. A French General having attempted to excuse some disorders inhis corps, on the grounds of not wishing to exercise severity towards the officers, Maurice said, " You are a young soldier, Monsieur le General, and do not yet know that forbearance towards the officers may some times be severity towards the soldiers, by rendering punish ments necessary that attention on their parr. might have averted. Even I, when Colonel of cavalry, was ordered by. old General Seckeodorff, to follow for three days on' foot in rear (Amy own regiment, in consequence of some disorders cor.smitted by the men ; and yet I was the son of • a king, and a favourite son, too." This was, no doubt, sharp practice. ()N. " mtene SS L peri ° " o f le jus tiCe r e , to the P s 0 it sllOll ) f ReP",,,, ristOel le ' Sorn t " 71 * ther s ion, 0- ,• o v, revohlt i q muse t v i b d e force - "' ,1 3 ist 4raphi c 8 0 1 letachro.,l3 Lis pier" 1 ‘ ) r &sir ° b e ich Hey to ' f jar' V 5 0 tO appe ar& ti ro of ag o l 9 o t aP , flame a, ffit" bol Ilac r e 6 s r . " 1d re re is sted e: ,11311 I tOg are str , e Jo . LAO ti ciP .ed P l , l A s dry, are - ;tthe r creff terestioe of tb ,tuber ne, II e be' ~tenda t 0 he gau the r°l" r tribu Pe l;il o dent; the: 9pec t "' e a diFe° ve l.b?,l 3i i 0 vonigie, ~< TAIT'S :MAGAZINE. From the pointed and sententious style of the article on " Protestantism," that stands the first in this number, we are inclined to ascribe it to the ready pen of the Editor of the Examiner. At any rate it is not unworthy of him, for the reasoninc , is clear, close, and forcible, and the spirit that breathes through it, .is free from the slightest alloy of intolerance. We subjoin the writer's account of the leading tenets of the Pu seyites, which conveys much stringent meaning in a few emphatic sentences :—" If the Puseyites mean anything at all, they mean that the exer cise of private judgment is a crime ; and that the men who exercise —the people' commonly called Protestants—use the weapons of the devil. There can be no mistake here—no compromise. The alternative is plain : stand upon your own legs, if you can; if not, take the crutch which the Clergy provide. There can be no doubt that an honest man can get to heaven both ways; only it cer tainly does - seem more honourable to march up stoutly on one's own legs, than to be carried in on the back of an old woman. We admire the chivalrous candour of the Puseyites ; we despise the puerile imbecility of their intellects—as if God's whole creation, and man, his noblest creatuA, were doomed to trip continually behind the petticoats of a nurse, and be fed with spoon meat! Fie ! fie ! If, indeed, God had stereo typed visibly among men a council of angels and archangels, and creatures all eyes, as Ezekiel saw them in a vision; then we - might have rejoiced to sit upon the knees of the gods, and from the lips of the wise know an end of all mysteries. But when we see creatures with the stature of full-grown men, with solemn display . of Greek and Hebrew, mumbling and maunder ing the sheerest puerilities ; were it not better to have been born altogether without reason, than to have it only that we may hand it over to the safe keeping of these men ? Nature rebels against such base betrayal—such stupid prostration of her noblest functions; and in this. rebellion Pro testantism properly consists." The writer has here hit the rig,ht nail on the head. His definition of Puseyism is Oust to the Iptt.r, Izave-i 1i erersti more explicit, and told us that it is neither more nor less than Popery, with scarcely an attempt at disguise. As for its favourite doctrine of apostolical succession, we shall say nothing more than that that succession is some what equivocal in the person of the slum bering Philpotts, who, to our thinking, bears the remotest possible resemblance to the . pri mitive apostles of the Church. " Illustra tions of the Thieves' Literature" is a ca pital quiz upon those gross, ill judged fictions which have been so much in vogue lately. We hope the writer will continue his satirical ex posures, for it is high time that thieves, mur derers, burglars, and blackguards of all descrip tions, should be viewed in their proper light, and not put forward as sentimental heroes. " A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe" furnishes us with some curious details respecting the austerities to which these gloomy fanatics volun tarily subject themselves. " Notes of an OVer land Journey through France and Egypt to Bom bay," is a clever critical notice of a work re cently published by Miss Roberts. From the review of " Mr. Combe's Notes on the United States," we quote an interesting passage descrip tive of the quickening effects produced on an idiot's mind, by his habits of daily intercourse with a beautiful young girl. Moore would turn this anecdote to admirable account in a poem : " In the course of conversation, a case was mentioned to me as having occurred in the experience of a highly respectable physician, and which was so fully authenticated, that I enter tain no doubt of its truth. The physician alluded to had a pa tient, a young man, who was almost idiotic from the suppres sion of all his faculties. He never spoke, and never moved vo luntarily, but sat habitually with his hand shading his eyes. The physician sent him to walk as a remedial measure. In ,;_he iieighbourhapd a beautiful young girl of sixteen lived with. her' parents, and used to see the young man in his walks, and speak kindly to him. For some tim e he took no notice her ; but after meetingher for several months, he began to look for her, 'eel disappointed if she did not appear. He be came so tsli omu much i nterested, that he directed his steps voluntarily to her father's cote e, and gave her bouquets of flowers. By degrees he conversed zvith her through the window. His men • tal faculties were roused ; the dawn of convalescence appeared. The girl was virtuous, intelligent, and lovely, and encouraged his visits when she was told that she was benefiting his mental health. She asked him if he could read and write ? He an swered, No. She wrote some lines to him to induce him to learn. This had the desired effect. He applied himself to study, and soon wrote good and sensible letters to her. He recovered his reason. She was married to a young man from the neighbouring city. Great fears were entertained that this event would undo the good which she had accomplished. The young patient sustained a severe shock, but his mind did not sink under it. He acqu ie s ced in the p ro p riety of her choice ; continued to improve, and at last was restored to his family cured. She had a child, and was soon after brought to the same hospital perfectly insane. The young man heard of this event, and was exceedingly anxious to see her; but an inter view was denied to him, both on her account and his own. She died. He continued well, and became an active member of so ciety. What a beautiful romance might be founded on this narrative I" MONTIIL Y CHRONICLE. The " Scottish Church Question" which for the last year and a half has been the all-absorb ing topic throughout Scotland, is discussed at some length in the present " Monthly Chronicle," and with a moderation and dispassionateness worthy of all praise. The writer insists on the expediency of the Legislature promptly and ac tively interfering_ in the matter, observing that •' it is absurd to delay till the present agitation ceases, for if that is resolved on, the delay must iv till doomsday." In the article headed " Bio gmphical Recreations" we have the translation of a strange, mystical fragment by the German visiovary, Jean Paul Richter, which is so mys tical we honestly confess our inability to comprehend it. By way of mending matters, the translator has adopted the German idiom in his version, so that the whole thing is as pretty a puzzle as 0. reader could desire to be perplexed with. What, forinstance, is to be understood by this sentence, which is only one o ut of a dozen that we could select?—" How much greater would be the .enjoyment, if each were not so squeezed by his neighbour, and so ham pered by something Which he co;lsiticrs his E SUN , LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1841. duty; so squeezed that in the chamber of his heart, he cannot find space for a new:flower ; to say nothing of. an entire evening sun, or an in pressing venal world, much less'for a starry fir mament; and the obligatory somethin g is, as. far • as we can judge, that alligator-eye to the least moral gap or nakedness either of a prince or of his servants ; it being evident that into the former, the sucking-sting, and into the latter, the poison-sting, may be inserted !" Doubtless there are some readers to whom all - this farrago of words will appear uncommonly fine, but.tO us it seems sheer undiluted nonsense. The best writers are always the clearest, and wherever there is ob scurity, as in the foiregoing extract, it may safely be taken for granted that - a muddy; . imperfect intellect is at work. " First LoVe of Lady Anne Nevyl " is a pleasing tale, referring to the period of the fifteenth century. " Fugitive Verses" is a criticism on a volume of pOems lately published, whose author is Joanna Baillie. In his intro ductory remarks, the Reviewer alluding inci dentally to Milton, says that " the degree of popularity which his " Paradise .Lqst" appears' to obtain, is more to be ascribedio its peculiar theo logical tenets than to its stupendous poetical merits." Now • this is not the case. No man cares a straw for the theology of - Milton's great epic, but restricts his admiration to the 'lofty, imaginative spirit that pervades it. If otherwise, how happens it that his prose Tracts are not equally popular with his poeMs? There, we have religious controversy enough, and to spare. " Cora" is a fanciful legend gracefully versified. " Sketches of Spanish Generals" is a continuation, from the last Number, : of the memoirs of the famous Guerilla Chief, Mina, whose whole career was one scene of romantic adventure. The ," Gathering., of Israel" is a poem by a lady named Tinsley. As it is just a fitting length, and not defi cient in animation, , we - subjoin it for the reader's amusement : A sound bath pass'd through the nations, heard By the heart alone, when its depths are stirr'd ; Mightier than that of storm-lifted seas, Than the tempest's rush amid forest trees; Mightier than sorrow's earth-born cry, Than the shout of kings to victory : And still, where its tale bath gone, A voice to the breeze is cast— " On to Jerusalem, brothers on ! We have gain'd our home at last 1 " Lift up thine head, 0 Israel ! yet From the depths of the darkness round thee set ; Rejoice, for the choien of the Lord Have listened once more to His living word; Calling them forth from the nations round, To the hallow'd rest of their father's ground : And still, as the goal is won, Let the thrilling shout be past— On to Jerusalem, brothers on ! We hay a gain'd our home at last! " Was the scoffer strong in the days of old, Fenced by his idols of dust-won gold, Mocking their hope, while his footsteps trod With the prophet-pther'd hosts of God? Heed him not now in the times that be, For ours is no common destiny; But, with true armour, won From the stores of the mighty past, On to Jerusalem—boldly on ! We have gain'd our home at last " Did the desert of old yield its gushing wave, For the pilgrim-fathers their thirst to lave; Did the vision of God before them stand, Guiding their steps to the promis'd land ; And shall we, their children, all forget That His mighty arm is our refuge .yet? No ! by the hope whereon We have lean'd through the stormy past ! On to Jerusalem, brothers on ! We have gain'd our home at last ! " There flow the waters that How'd of yore, Washing no truce from the hallow'd shore ; There rise the hills where our fathers bow'd When the voice of God shook the riven cloud ; And the boughs of the stately cedar thrill With that holy breath, for it stirs them still : And we—are we call'd upon By a voice to the desert cast ? On to Jerusalem, Israel on ! We have gain'd our home at last !" SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Royal Assent was given last night to Lord Keane's Annuity Bill ; a subject on which, as we did not agree with the only objections which appeared to be brought against the grant, we have not hitherto expressed our opinion. We think there are objections, and grave ones, to the present manner cf rewarding services ; but we do not think those objections consist merely in the money voted for them. In an instance such as the present, vsl ere the money burthen upon the public is neither very large in amount nor long iu duration, we do not object to the grant, so much as we do to the Peerage. We should hesitate gi early to show our naval or military defenders, by our parsimony, that, ef,er the most signal succes , ,ea they might gain for their country, their families would be left, by its in gra'itude, in a worse position than if they had de voted themselves to any obscure private occupation. The mass of services performed to the country are ill paid enough ; but when those services are very dis tingut-ihed, we hold it a bad economy to damp whatever ardour for distinction exists, by failing to reward them. It is a declaration to all whom it may concern, that we do not'value the generous qualities spent in our service, at the price of talent in other vocations. The feeling implied in such an avowal would bring on us justly the fate of Car thage. But we think the device of ennobling the families of public servants exceedingly questionable. If the nation is burthe..ed in perpetuity to keep up their dignity, it is burthened to maintain what may be very little worth maintaining. Who looks for a long succession worthy the first Marlborough, Nelson, or Wellington ? Those who had lucked for it, in some future instances, would have been disappointed. But it the public bounty is limited and temporary, as in the present in stance, what is the policy of turning the peerage into a pauperage ? How is the dignity of Lord Keane's descendants to be provided for ? They will be em barrassed with a distinguished name and hereditary rank to support. How is the State expected to aid that. _in oupporting data cLargo inapogrca before birth ? By rewarding their merits in turn ? —Yes, if they happen to have any. But if they happen to have none, the times are passed for providing for peers ad libitum. (From the Standard.) Last night's debate in committee on the New Poor-law Bill as is intereiting and instructive, and, on the whole, gratifyi g. Mr. Colquboun's motion for the appointment of chaplains to workhouse union schools was carried by a great majority, 119 to 33, notwithstanding a viru lent o?position by Messrs. Hawes and Hume. Dr. Lushington, much to his honour, supported Mr. Celqu houn's Christian proposition, in a very able speech, which he concluded by expressing " his conviction that no one in that house was so base as to consider a diminution of the posx-rates an object of the least importance, when put "in ecinpetition with the interests of the poor." Now we could wish to impress the words of Doctor Lush ington upon the mind of every man, Dissenter or Churchman. Here is an extreme difficulty, op posing a proposition about the wisdom, benevolence, and piety of which there could he no question, if it were not for the jealousy of Dissent. What can more awfully illustrate the evil and the sin of schism ? What can demonstrate more clearly that Dissent, in its hostility to the Church, is the great drag upon the religious and moral improvement of our people ? Well and truly was it explained by Doctor Croly in one of his late admirable discourses at Walbrook, that schism is the darnel sowed by the enemy among the wheat, the pernicious weed which cannot be eradicated without in jury to the crop, because its removal would be fatal to Chris tian liberty. But how tremendous is the responsibility of those who lend themselves to promote the work of the enemy 1 We could seriously entreat them to think of this. Let them reflect that the extreme difficulty of re conciling it to the views sf Dissenters is the obstruction of every great national Christian work, whether at home or in the colonies. Let them reflect upon thin, and then ask themselves, are they quite sure that they are in the right path. (From the Courier.) It will be seen by our reports that after all the vapour .ng of the Ministerial press, and in spite of the bold attempts to bolster up the case of the petittiners, the seats of the recently elected Conservative Members for Wal sall and Canterbury are secure. With respect to Canter bury, we said long ago that if the Ministerial bangers-on were bold enough to prosecute the case, they would only subject themselves to mortification and disappointment, and so the event has proved. But they began, with their usual audacity, by presenting twopetitions ; one, however, was speedily abandoned. The result of the second peti tion is equally mortifying to them, and gratifying to the good cause. Mr. Smythe, the Conservative Mem ber, retains his seat for Canterbury, and so deei Mr. J. N. Gladstone for Walsall. The Bedchamber majority is, therefore, pretty nearly extinct, in spite of the lucky chance which enables Lord Listowel to misrepresent St. Alban's. Of the result of the proceedings in this case we may perhaps have something to say at a period of lei sure, but in the meantime we wish the Government and the Liberals (liberal enough where seats are to be secured by bribery), joy of such a supporter as the Noble Lord, whose seat was obtained by means such as those disclosed in the evidence adduced, and who &es not blush to retain that seat in spite of the contempt which every honest man, of whatever side, must entertain for those who strike at the root of freedom by degrading and intimidating the electors. Yet these soi disant Liberals have the effrontery to prate about purity of election. The True Scotsman newspaper, one of the organs of the Chartists, gave up the ghost on Saturday last. In announcing its approaching end, the editor stated it as a known fact, that no Chartist newspaper published in Scotland was paying itself.—Glasgow Argus. We are assured that the report which appears in some of the Irish Tory Journals, that Lord Eb rington is to be recalled from Ireland, to take the place of Lord Normanby, as Secretary of State for the Home De partment, who is, it is also said, to proceed to India as Governor-General, in the place of Lord Auckland, is in all parts a mere fabrication. FRENCII EXTRAVAGANCE.—The extrava gance (1 the French is scarcely credible, and nothing in England ever equalled it, at least that I ever heard of. The trousseau of Mademoiselle de Matignon, who is going to marry the Baron de Montmorency, is to cost a hundred thousand crowns, (about 25,0001. sterling.) There arc to be a hundred dozeti of shifts, and so on in proportion. The expense here of rigging out a bride is equal to a handsome portion in England; five thousand pounds worth of lace, linen, and gowns, is a corn. mon thing among them ....Swinburne's Courts of,Europe. UNIT ED STATES. BY EXPRESS Fit.. 031 LIVERPOOL. ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA. ,LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The' fine steamer Britannia, Captain Cleland, which'had been looked for with much anxiety, and been the subject of many wagers, fired a gun and entered ,our river at a little after four o'clock this morning. She brings papers from New York to the 15th, and Boston 16th inclusive, having sailed thence on the latter day, and from lialifax on' the 17th. She has therefore made the voyage in 141 days,. which, consider ling the very tempestuous weather she has ex perienced, Must confirm the opinion previously entertained of her good sailing qualities. By her we learn that the President, so long expected and anxiously looked for, sailed from New York on the 11th instant. She has, there fore, now been at sea 20 days, and her news is anticipated by this arrival. Upon the great point of interest, the detention of Wil,eod, these papers do not bring any deci sive news. He was still in gaol at Lockport, and nothing more than a very prevalent report that Mr. Fox had demanded M'Leod's release or his own passports, and which is strongly com mented upon in the New . York papers, was known. It does not appear probable that the demand could be officially made before the 10th or 11th, as the presentations of the foreign Ministers, and of course the British amongst the rest, did not take place until the 9th. The , Americans are very sore that the de mand should be accompanied with a threat, which, as they say, puts it out of their power to accede with due regard to their national honour. It seems to be generally believed at New York that he would be set at liberty. The Boundary dispute remains unnoticed, and the Canadian news generally is not important. The business of New York; and of the country generally, remains in a sad state • of prostration ; the rate of Exchange on London 7 to 8 for New York Bills, and 7 to 71- for South ern Bills. United States Bank Stock, which had declined to 15 on the 11th, had rallied, and was quoted 17 a 171 at New York Ofi the 15th. The Britannia, though she has experienced a rough passage, looked in excelled trim, and had sustained no damage. She brings a large number of passengers, and the heaviest mail brought since the establishment of this fine line of packets. (From the Daily Advertiser and Patriot.) BOSTON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. THE CASE OF M‘LEon.—We do not yet hear any thing, of an authentic character, of the nature of the communications which have been made by the British Government to our own, on the subject of the arrest and imprisonment of M‘Leod. The better opinion seems to be that the rumour of a peremptory demand for his release is unfounded. That it is so is a sup position much more consonant with the character and temper of the British Ministry, than the supposition that it is true. They have . given too many proofs of a disposition to avoid occasions of irritation and unnecessary excite ment of popular feelings, in their mode of ma naging the negotiations between the two coun tries, to make it probable that they have at this time adopted a course at variance with that cour tesy and moderation which it is manifest is most likely to bring this question to an amicable ad justment. The steam ship Britannia, Captain Cleland, takes her departure for Liverpool to-morrow. The passages of the Cunard steamers will be, for the ensuing eight months, semi-monthly. The Caledonia, whose day of sailing from Liverpool was the 4th inst., may be expected to arrive here by Friday or Saturday next. SNOW STORM.—We had a severe snow storm on Friday night and. Saturday morning—equal in violence, we believe, to any which we have had this winter. The snow was much drifted. The cars on the Worcester Rail road, however, with the land mail, arrived, by the aid of two powerful engines and a snow plough, at half-past nine, A.m., having forced their way through the snow drifts, a distance of 45 miles, in a little over three hours. The train from Springfield was much obstructed by snow. It arrived, however, at 10 o'clock at night. The Norwich train with the New York Steamboat passengers, arrived at 12 at night. The Provi dence train, with the New York passengers by way of Stonington, at half-past eight. The storm was violent in the Sound. been much sickness in the Texan navy, and some of their ships have been laid up in ordi nary, and officers and men have returned to the United States. (From the New York Sun of March 15.) " CROWNER'S QUEST LAW."—The American of last evening, speaking of M'Leod, points out the way in which persons indicted for crimes may be taken out of the custody of the law by the will of the Executive. it says there are two modes of doing the thing. " The first, by representation to the Governor of the merits of the case, and calling upon him to cause the party to be set at liberty : which, if satisfied of the propriety of the call, he could at once do, by directing the Attorney General to enter a nolli frosequi. The other is to execute its own power, through its own officer, by directing the Marshal to proceed to the place of confinement, and set the Prisoner free. Re 31qance to the Marshal, under such circum stances, would be nullification Oh, iDogberry ! beat that if you can. We repeat that we do not believe that England expects any such base compliance on our part, and has only taken the course which she has for the purpose of furnishing the prisoner what she con siders a perfect defence on his trial. We may rest assured that she will never go to war with us on this noint at ally rate. If she does she must be quick about it, for we understand that M'Leod, confident of proving that he was not one of the party engaged in the destruction of the Caroline, leas determined to be tried where he is, at Lock port, and that his trial will take. place next week. We are glad of this, and trust that instead of be ing at war in the course of ten days, we shall within that time be entirely free from this fruitful source of excitement. We certainly hope that the citizens of Lockport and its vicinity will, during the trial, remember the importance of their position. The least disorder—the least dis turbance of the peace—any unlawful violence, or riotous demonstrations, will tend to bring dis grace upon the whole country. Let •the pro ceedings be calm, orderly, just, and in every respect becoming the character of the American citizens. FROM HAVANNA.H.—The steamship Natchez, from Havanah, arrived at New Orleans, on the 28th ult., bringing dates to the 23d. Business was dull in Havannah, the liilarities of the holidays taking precedence of commercial transactions. Coffee MI a U cents. It is said that at. these prices the limited orders from the United States could not be fulfilled. Sugar was quoted at 6 a 7 cents; abundant supply and small demand; flour $1.4 50; lard 121 a 13l cents. Havannah papers of the 23d contain extracts from Mexican papers, from which it appears that the department of Sonora, stretching along the Gulf of California, is now in a state of revolt against the Central Government of Mexico. The Governor, Don Manuel Maria Gandara, issued a proclamation im ploring all the authorities of the department to second his efforts to quell the insurrection at • the onset—but without avail. He and the few soldiers under him were compelled to retreat pre cipitately beyond the frontier, and at the latest date " every man did what seemed meet in his own eyes." All the prisoners confined in the gaols of the city of Mexico are being brought to Vera Cruz, to be employed as labourers on the public works, aqueducts, Scc., now in progress in that city under the superintendence of General Rincon. By other extracts it appears that the news that Texas did not contemplate an invasion of Mexico, occasioned great rejoicing! in that country. An institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb is about being established in the city of Havannah. Some of the streets of Havannah are about being paved with wood. As an item showing the growing trade of the port of Havannah, the fact is stated that on the 21st ultimo, there were boui:d for foreign ports 1 ship, 4 polacres, 17 brigs, and 11 schooners—in all 33. The Legislature of Marylthd adjourned on Wednesday last, to meet in extra session on the 24th instant. LATEST FROM TAMPlCo.—Passengers arrived at New Orleans, on the Ist instant, who left Tampico on the 14th ult. They were landed at the Balize from the brig Charles Carroll, bound for New York from Tampico. Business was remarkably dull when the left. A conducta had arrived from the interior with half a million of dollars, about fifty thousand of which was said to be destined for New Orleans ; there was then no vessel there to convey it hither. A rumour was bruited about in Taiiipico that General Arista was about joining with Canales, for the Purposes of embracing the Federal cause. Everything was quiet is the interior. (From the New York Herald.) FROM NEW GRENADA.—By the Neuva Gre nada, Captain Martinez, we have received late advises from Colombia. Troubles continued. The Government troops under Herran, sixteen hundred in number, and the Federalists, twenty three hundred strong, under Carmora, were every day expected to have a battle. It was thought that they would fight at La Cruz, a short distance from Ocana. Those small South American republics will ever be in war. OUR NAVY.---We understand that the Secre tary of the Navy intends arming either the steam frigate Missouri or Mississippi with two of Coch ran's famous bomb cannon. This is right. In the present aspect of our foreign relations it behoves the Government to advance pani passu with other nations in the art of killing off the surplus people now on the globe. MONEY MARKET. SUNDAY, M Ancn 14, 6 P.M.—The steamboat from Boston takes her departure for England on Tuesday; to-morrow will consequently be packet day with the merchants. Yesterday there was but little doing in sterling bills, and the rates remained nearly the same, 61 a 71, or 4,74 dol. a 4,78 dol. In French bills there was an active business doing at 5,30 f. The supply of bills is good, and much exceeds the demand. Many of the leading drawers yesterday declined to sell until Monday—the descriptions of bills offering are nearly the same. There are some Southern bills drawn against State bonds, particularly Ala bama, which are limited at 8 per cent., rather above the market rate. These are probably drawn against the short bonds of that State, as we believe the long bonds were all sold through Reid, Irving, and Co. The amount of remittances by this packet will be by no means large. L► the stock market yesterday the sales were not large, and some improvement in rates was manifest. U. S. Bank rose 1 per cent., North American T. and B. Co. 1, Harlem 1 per cent. Sales of bills on Philadelphia 43-, Baltimore 3 to 31. Domestic exchanges generally are becoming worse, particularly on the West. At Augusta, Savannah, and Charleston, the basis ofthe quotations is specie—at the other points the basis is the local bank currency. Savannah, Charleston, and Augusta are specie paying points; but the currency is much depreciated, and varies much. At Augusta the city banks pay spe cie, but they have very little circulation. The currency consists of country bills, on which the discount varies 5,7, 16, 20, and 40 per cent. in tire purchase of exchange, therefore, the discount is added to the rate of the bill. This will explain the condition of the currency at nearly all the points, except that the local bills are made the basis, and specie is rated at a premium.' The Council of 'Wilmington, Del., have re solved to issue shin plasters of a less denomina tion than one dollar. The Bill to extend the charter of the North River Bank to 1847, has passed the State Senate, 23 to 3. In State Stocks there has been no material change—the tendency is still downwards. ' The movements in favour of providing specie means by taxation and otherwise, and to stop the sale of bonds, for the present, seem to be gaining ground in the different States. Letters from Illinois state that the law affixing the valuation of three dollars per acre on all taxable land, and levying a tax of 30 cents on the one hundred dollars, has passed, accom panied by permission to the State Bank to con tinue suspension for an unlimited time, on con dition of its loaning the State in specie funds 200,000 dollars, in four semi-annual payments. This information comes through the ex-Fund. Commissioner. The State Jour nal of the 17th, however, states that the Senate had rejected the Bill authorising the Bank to suspend, by a vote of 24 to 12. The passage of these laws in Indiana and Illinois, has not yet raised the c., - edit of the States. They have both outstanding large amounts of State scrip, which is receivable in payment of taxes. This, of course, will depri ve th e St a t e o f th e cash means expected from the taxes. The State of Massachussetts has authorised the issue of a new stock to assist the Western Rail road Company, notwithstanding that a large amount of the last loan is pledged at 90 per cent. with the Barings. In Pennsylvania nothing has been done, either in regard to the banks or the State debts. The sickness of the members.of the Bank Committee is given as a reason for this inactivity. The cor rupt influence of the United States Bank is more properly the reason ; that institution is striving , only to gain time, without any apparent object in view. The time is, however, rapidly approaching, when the grand meeting of stockholders is to take place, to receive the Report of the investigating. Committee, which is to be made on April '2. It is highly probable that that Report, if faithfully made, will bring to light a mass of corruption that will fully expose the charlatanry and poli tical mal-practices of the Biddle clique, and ex pose the mysterious connection which has existed between that Institution and many that are now doing business, both in this city and elsewhere, as well as those, like the Horris Canal, that are insolvent. The state of the market in this city is one of great apprehension on the part of all monied men. The disposition on all s id es i s t o d raw in among capitalists, and among the masses gene rally, to hoard to some extent. There seems to be an undefinable fear of some great event about to happen, and all seem desirous to be pre pared for it. Under the influence of this feeling, the deposits in the banks have been much reduced_ within the last thirty days. The political relations of the country seem to in fluence the markets and money affairs but in a very small degree. No one seriously anticipated a rupture between the two countries. The con stant depreciation in securities, the dread of the news from abroad, the known rottenness of a large number of banks in our own State as well as those South, the precarious position of the connections of the London houses, ivith many minor causes, have all conspired to increase the want of confidence that has withdrawn indi vidual deposits from the banks, and country bank deposits of this State, Connecticut and elsewhere, from the bankers; thus depriving the latter of a large portion of their usual active means, at a time when the constant depreciation of stocks has caused them to be forced holders of large amounts of inconvertible securities. Many failures among the brokers have taken place re cently, some of them important. (Correspondence of the Herald) PHILADELPHIA, MARCH, 13, 1841.—The trans tions at the stock board were to a medium ex- tent, at much the same rates as yesterday. The difference between specie and paper is somewhat greater, and exchange on New York has also advanced 1. United States Bank notes are at a discount of 20 per cent. for specie. _ _ _ (From the New York Conimercial Advertiser of the 15th March.) COTTON.—The sales for the week ending Sa turday evening about 5,600 bales, nearly all for export, viz. 2,500 Upland and Florida 94 a 101; 2,000 New Orleans 91 a 114 ; 1,100 Mobile 91 a 111. This morning there is a fair demand, with out any alteration in the prices. FLOUR AND GRAIN.—The sales of last week were about 6,000 barrels for export, of which about 4,000 were Canal at 4,681 dol., and 2,000 Ohio and Howard-street at 4,50 dol. and the latter at 4,62.; dol. to 4,75 dol. There was one sale of 25,000 barrels of Ohio, via New Orleans, the latter part of the week, at 4,431 dol., to be taken from the vessel. The market for Canal, though firm at quota tion is heavy. There is no inquiry for wheat or rye. South ern corn is sold at 45 a 46 cents per 56 lbs. There is no alteration in the market this morn ing, either as to prices or aspect. STATE STOCKS.-1,000 dol. Indiana Bonds were sold at 531. EXCHANGE—FOREIGN.—The demand for Ex change on England is light. New York Bills are at 7 a 8, and Southern at 61 a 7. The tremendous storm which lashed this city so unmercifully last Friday night, also lashed Philadelphia and Boston. Steamer Columbia, from Boston, arrived at Halifax on the 4th inst. in 44 hours passage, and proceeded same afternoon for Liverpool, with twelve additional passengers. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Malta 31. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Sir A. DALRYMPLE moved that it should be an instruction to the Committee on the Bury Inclosure Bill to receive the petition from Mr. Upperton, pray ing to be heard by Counsel against the Bill. Mr. DARBY supported the motion. . . Captain PECHELL said if the motion was acceded to he should ask the same indulgence for a petition he held in his hand with respect to the Brighton and Shoreham Railway- Bill. The Earl of SURREY thought the question ought to be decided by adhering to the strict rules of the House. _ _ _ _ After a few observations from Mr. Fresbfield, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Bernal, and Lord Sandon, The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 43 Majcir,ty Mr. BROTHERTON moved the third reading of the Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks Bill. Mr. SHIEL objected to the motion, on the ground that the all did not contain a clause, the object of which would be to limit the profits to 10 per cent. on the capital, and in the event of the profits exceeding 10 per cent., the surplus to be applied to the reduction of the rates. The Right Hon. Gentleman suggested to the Hon. Member to withdraw his motion. Mr. BROTHERTON said that he would postpone his motion to to-morrow. The third reading of the Darby Gas Bill was also postponed until to-morrow. The Eccleshill Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Reports of the Committees on the Metropolis Improvements Bill and the Chelsea Poor Bill were brought up, and the Bills (as we understood) ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Bradford (Wilts) Road Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Lord SANDON presented a petition from Birken head, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks Bill. . Mr BAINES presented a petition from an indivi dual named Samuel Collins, against the Deptford Dock and Pier Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from merchants and traders of Manchester, against certain provisions in the Manchester and Liverpool Dock Bill. CANTERBURY ELECTION. Mr. CLIVE appeared at the bar with the Report of the Canterbury Election Committee, which was to the effect that the Hon. George Piercy Sydney Smythe was duly elected to serve in Parliament for the city of Canterbury, and that neither the petition nor the op position thereto were frivolous or vexatious. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the Manchester and Bolton Railway Company, against the Bill for the regulation of Railways. THE NEWS FOR ENGLAND. (From the New York Herald of March 15.) Instead of having any news to send to England by the Britannia to-morrow that is highly inter esting or important, we are all awaiting with the most intense anxiety the receipts of that descrip tion of news which we expect will be brought by the Caledonia in the course of this week, and by the British Queen in the course of a few days afterwards. More especially do some of our financiers look for this, as the receipt of the total failure of the Unitetl States Bank reached Lon don, beyond a doubt, some days before the Cale donia sailed, and she has now been out eleven days. It had been confidently expected that the Britannia would have taken out some definite intelligence relative to the case of M‘Leod, and the result and the nature of the final instructions of Mr. Fox, and his movements connected there with. But up to the moment of writing this, no intelligence on the subject has reached us of any definite action on the subject, and no demand has yet been made or divulged for the immediate liberation of IVl'Leod. That he will be finally liberated, no one here entertains a doubt ; and his trial is expected to come on at Lockport in the course of the present week. In commercial matters, of course, no change for the better has taken place. The gloom, de pression, and distrust, are almost without a paral lel ; and it is painful to add that beyond a doubt matters will be much worse before they begin to mend. The corn market is sadly depressed. Cotton is in no better condition. Money is awfully scarce, and those few who have it are clinging to it as to the cords of their salvation. The credit system has been so com pletely scattered to the winds that all the energy and talent of the new Administration can never collect the stray particles thereof. Under these circumstances, every philosopher in the commu nity is patiently awaiting the issue of events, on the ol►d rule that the hardest must fend off. CANADA. From this part of the world we have positively not received a single item of important intelli gence since the aeparture of the packet ship l'resident. The most exciting topic (next to the IVFLeod affair) is the subject of the elec tions to the Colonial Parliament; and these have not yet taken place. Until they do, there will be nothing worth writing about in Canada, for, like Aaron's rod, they swallow up all other matters, always excepting M'Leod and his gaol. On this latter matter all we know is, that several special messengers have recently passed between Lord Sydenham and Mr. Fox, with des patches, the contents of which have not trans pired.s Our Buffalo correspondent still speaks of the rumoured war steamers. • MEXICO AND TEXAS. • We have had not a line of very important in telligence from Mexico since the day of the departure of the President; although we learn . from an unofficial source th a t t he long con templated and so often talked about in vevaseii?,nnevoefr to T beexas has be en abandoned for thought• or spoken of again. The terrible local disturbances, dissensions, and fights, which have so continually occurred be tween the Federalists and Centralists have ex perienced a temporary cessation, and the trade between Mexico and the coast towns of Vera Cruz, Tampico, Matamoras, Si sa l, & c ., h as par tially revived. From TeXas the accounts of trade, crops, and the ini ernal economy of the country are much more bgro eus Is .. flattering adjourned v.r o have thaal on from h er di stracte d neigh ieady stat e d t h at t h e i r Con n. the 4th of February, after passing a bankrupt law and some other popular acts ; and we find further, that the private treaty with England guarantees peace between Texas and Mexico in 20 days after its ra tification, now made, . reaches time capital of Mexico ; Texas agreeing to pay England,' as her part of the debt due to Mexico, 100,000,000/. in 50 years. This is very important , and will do more to ad vance the interests of Texas than anything that has taken place since the battle of San Jacinto. The resources of Texas are truly wonderful; and i only require a good Government and a few years of peace to develope them to the best advantage. The Indians have quiet; and the new latterly been remarkably plan of establishing a chain of frontier posts will effectually check all incur sions for the future from that quarter. There has _ DRAINAGE OF TOWNS. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from that dis trict of St. Giles's known by the name of the Rookery, in favour of the Drainage of Towns Bill.—•(Hear.) The petitioners stated that in the district there were upwards of 1,000 inhabitants, and there were 35 lodging houses, in each of which upwards of 40 persons slept every night,---( Hear, hear.) In that populous district there was no drainage and no sewers.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. SLA NEY wished to ask his noble friend the Secretary for the Colonies, whether it was not pos sible for the local authorities to do their duty by providing for the cleansing and draining of the district in question.—(Loud cries of Order, order.) Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL thought that Hon. Members ought to reserve that question fo the usual time for asking questions.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. SL AN EY said that question related to the sub- ject of the petition, and was proceeding to repeat it, when he was interrupted by loud cries of " Order, or der," to which at length he gave way. Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition complaining of the manner of appointing chaplains in workhouses as unjust towards assenters. Colonel SALWEY presented a petition from the clergy and inhabitants of Egham against any further grant to the College of Maynooth ; and a petition from the same place in favour of Church Extension. He did not concur in the prayer of either. Air. HERRIES presented a petition from the Great Western Railway Company against the Railway .Bill. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the Presidents and students of Stepney College praying for the abolition of Church -rates; and a petition from St. Leonard's Shoreditch, in favour of the County Courts' Bill. M. HUME presented a petition from Newcastle upon-Tyne praying for the liberation of Henry Hether ington, as they considered that his imprisonment was an interference with the liberty of the subject and with the liberty of the press, and complaining that there was such uncertainty as to what constituted blasphemy that th v considered it impossible 901 Jury could take upo themselves to decide the questietn. Also another petition to the same effect from the Soei t e l y e of Free Inquirers a, Paddington, and also p ra y ing House to introduce a law defining what • blasphemy was. Also a petition from certain individuals residing I at Bethnal-green, praying for Ex tension of S t uffra . ge, Vote by Ballot, and a division of the counrynto Electoral Districts ; also a peti tion from a gentleman named Bannister, who bad he ld the office of Attorne y - General in New South Wales, praying for the introduc tion of some measures regulating appeals from the Colonies to the Queen in Council ; also, on behalf of his Honourable Friend the Member for Greenock, a petition from the Medical Practitioners of Greenock, i n favour of Medical Reform ; ec present a r sel severity imodety upon p o o n f also from the Chamber of Comme rce of Greenock , taxing railways as the poorer classes. Mr. RICH presented a p e ti t i on f rom N ott i ng h am , c n o re m s p si l n a g in pray i ng that Chemists and D rugg i sts may b e exam i ne d a s to their competency. winigth of p the uli On the motion of Sir E. NATCHBULL the Parish Constables Bill was read a sece , nd time. EVEN ii•N ,- Colonel RAWDON gave notice that in on the Drainage Biil he would move certain amendments. On the motion of Mr. EMERSON TENNENT, the Committee o; the Copyright Designs Bill w as post poned till the 12th of May. THE NEW TARIFF. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was his intention. to introduce certain modifications in the new schedule of duties which lie would bring forward in the Ctistoms' resolutions on Monday next. When he had originally proposed these resolutions he stated that he was not only ready but that it would be his duty, if anything arose in the course of his conferences with the various branches of trade which might be affected, to make certrain modifications in these duties before they were finally discussed and decided upon in the House. The modifications he now proposed would be, that instead of a differential duty of 10 per cent. ad valorem upon all foreign goods imported into the co lonies, he proposed a duty of 7 per cent. ad valorem. With regard to shingles, instead of a duty of Ss. 6d. per thousand, he proposed a duty of 2s. Bd. per thousand and instead of a duty of 10s. 6d. the thousand feet upon p!tch pine and other timber, he proposed a duty of 7s. He should take care that these modifications should be printed in an amended schedule, and circulated among the Members of the House as soon as possible, in order that they might have them in a proper form, be: fore he moved the resolutions in the House. Mr. GOULBURN said it was important that not only the Members of the House, but persons engaged in trade, should be apprised of these resolutions before they were brought ferward. Mr. EIVA.R.T regretted that sugar and coffee had not been included, and gave notice of his intention to. renew his motion for a reduction of the dety on sugar and coffee immediately after the recess. Mr. SLANEY said a petition had been laid on the table of the House relative to the destitute condition of persons in a populoas district of the metropolis. He had that morning visited that district and it was lament.. able to see the wretched and filthy state in which' the majority of its inhabitants were. He wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman, the Under-Secretary for the Home Department, whether or not the Home-office was: possessed of any power to enforce the discharge of their duty by the local authorities, with respect to cleansing the district to which he alluded. In consequence of the proposed improvement to take place in that quarter nothing had been done by the parochial authorities with respect to cleansing it. He &Judea to the district of St. Giles. Mr. FOX MAULE was not aware that the Home office was compelled to attend to the cleansing of such plices as his Hon. Friend alluded to. He (Mr. Fox Maule) apprehended that it was a matter for the parochial authorities, and for them alone to attend to. He presumed that the Bill which his Noble Friend introduced in the other House, would give faci lity for making improvements in that quarter of the city. On the motion of Mr. F. MAULE, the Report on ' the Population Bill was brought up. After a few words from Sir E. KNATCHBULL, the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. BAINES postponed the second reading of the Enrolment of Burgesses' Bill to the sth of May. The Cspyhold and Customary Tenure Bill was com mit ted pro forma. JEWS DECLARATION DrILL. Mr. DIVETT moved the third reading of this Bill, Mr. r, W. GLADSTONE rose to 'oppose the third reading. If it were possible to draw a broad line of principle between a Bill tkr admit Jews to corporate offices, arid ore to permit them to enjoy seats in that House, and every other office, the subject would be dif ferent. But he felt convinced that such a broad line of principle could not be drawn, and that allowing a Bill like the present to pass that House they must expect that one would follow to extend to the Jews seats in Parliament, and the holding of every other office to which Christians were now entitled. On that point, he took it, there was no difference of opinion betsven them, and it would, therefore, be a loss of time to argue the question. With regard to his reasons for objecting to the present Bill, he should en deavour, without bewildering the House with a multi plicity of considerations, without leading their minds to any of those theological topics which were introduced on a former occasion, to state that reason which most inaperativrly weighed with himself, and which seemed most likely to be made intelligible to the House. His reason for rejecting the present Bill was this : It appeared to him that the profession of the Jewish religion was in the nature of a disqualifi cation for legislative office in this country, where the Christian religion was interwoven with the institu tions of the country. First of all he placed that on general grounds. It had been said on high authority that " Christianity was part and parcel of the law of Eng land." He knew not bow far in rigorous truth such a dictum was tenable. It was not necessary for him to undertake to defend it ; but this he said, it was assumed in all our practice, our laws were modelled on the principles with which Christianity supplied us, and they had a fur ther and most solemn recognition of those prin ciples in a practice to which he could not but allude on this occasion ; he meant the practice, which he trusted would be never discontinued, of com mencing the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament with the solemn worship of Almighty God.--( Hear.) He did not wish to travel into a region seldom en tered in that House with advantsge ; but the practice of this worship implied what he had stated—namely, that they were to set before them, as the ob ject of all their measures, in the words of the Ser vice, " the promotion o f true religion, and the glory of God." if such was the case, he said that in thus seeking to promote true religion they were not at liberty, according to the sense of the Constitution, to include every religion. On this occasion the question before the House was whether they would destroy the distinctive Chris tiacity of the Constitution.—(Hear, hear.) He had heard much sneering on a former occasion at en expression that had been used by his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of Oxford (Sir R. Inglis), that " they were about to unchristianiae England by tbis Bill." He (Mr. Gladstone) thought it was not difficult to conceive what the meaning of that expression was.—(Hear, hear.) Hi s Hoc. Friend eoubtless used it, as was his. habit, without being very anxious to weigh whether the phrase employed was open to the mis construction of an adversary ; but be (Mr. G.) must say, he could not conceive a proposition more approximate to the nature of a truism with regard to this subject, because at present the Constitution imposed upon all who held legislative office the test of declaring that the person about to enter upon it professed "on the faith of a Chris thin," and by removing that test from the present Bill, and from any future Bill, it was doubt less intended to remove that profession of Chris tianity as the condition of filling the civil office. Now, he did not know whether he rendered himself liable to those severe censures which had been delivered on a former occasion by the Noble Lord oppo site and by others, who did not scruple to to impute to sheer intoleration all opposition to the ad mission of the Jews to civil and legislative of fices. But the ground which he occupied was the same upon which he should stand if he were arguing against the claims of any other class. He did not intend to speak with disrespect of the Jews as a class, or of any individual Jew.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He did not say that they were act honest. and conscientious, but unfortunately that increased his objection, for the more conscientious a Jew was, the less qualified was he to apply his mind to the promotion of Christian objects.—(Hear, hear.) He did not say that there were not individual Jews who might discharge the duties of the legislative office better than some Christians; but his ob jection was that the class was disqualified. Now if it were proposed in that Home to substitute a 5/. or a n 8/. f ranc his e for the exis tin g franchise of 10/. it would be competent fo r any p erson in opposition to that proposition, to say that he thought Parliament, bat were competent to t rn h a e ke lol. o h io o i u ce seho o l f ders m a em s lower, you would that if you went any was • not competent, reach a class which be individual 81. although there might competent than house holders who were more th It w as _ the distinc tion 10!. householders. that h e saidwith that if . Chris analogous to of , baersclasosi the law of this coun tianity was part and parce l imposs ible t hat the Jew s , as a c l ass, cry, it was t to discharge the should be consp eten duty of legisl a t ors Butif he descended from the general principle to parti s be scout(' ask the House to consider cuter questhow the w h o le course of their history —even of their recent history—proved that it is on questions connected with Christianity that our national fortunes chiefly turned. Within the liast ten years there had been a sufficient number of questions before them, most i n timately and essentially connected with the his torical considerations of Christianity.—(Hear, bear.) What were the questions which had most interested the feelings of the people of this country during the period which had ' d since the Reform Bill ? elapse What were the questions which had exercised the most determined influence on the state of parties in this country, and in their place in the estimation of the people, since the passing of the Reform Bill ? What were the most difficult and perplexing questions relating to every one of the three kingdoms now before Parliament? Were they not questions relating to the:Christian reli gion l and unhappily, if there were many questions, offering unusual difficulty, on which peculiar animosities prevailed, and on which, whatever might be their desire, they found it impossible to agree were they not ques tions which, though not of a directly religious nature in themselves, were yet mixed up and blended with religious associations ? If he looked to England, had they not had the question of Churcb•rat?.s, and had they not that question still? Had they not had the question of national education, and bad they not that question still? Had they not the question of Church extension, and was it not unsettled even now ? If he looked to Scotland, what did he find was the greatest difficulty at this moment con- "~, :.~:;~