The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION LORD .CARDIGAN'S TRIAL. (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday.) Lord Chamberlain's-office, House of Lords, Feb. 13, 1841. AEOULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED UPON THE ADMISSION OF STRANGERS AT THE TRIAL OF THE EARL OF CARDIGAN, FEB. 16, 1841. The entrance to the House, under the colonnade, to be closed and guarded by the police, and no person whatever to be admitted at that door. All strangers having tickets for either of the gal leries, the scats below the bar, or the steps of the Throne, including pass tickets and the reporters for the press, are to be admitted at the Peers' entrance, the doors of which will be opened at half-past nine o'clock. All persons so admitted are to produce their tickets to the officers of the House, statioacd at the entrance, ut to retain them nail they reach their plwies in the [louse. 'Lie doorkeepers, assisted by the police, stationed in the Royal Gallery, will examine the tickets, and direct otrangers the way to their places. At the entrance of each (Tanury, of the :seats below lie bar, and in the lobby leading to the steps of the Throne, the doorkeeper, stationed at each of these xt'•rces, will receive the ticket from each stranger, tear vif the corner, and return the ticket to the party, dc airing him or her to retain it for this remainder of the Persons quitting the House cannot return with the rame ticket ; and the doorkeepers and officers, sta /lotted at the entrance, arc, therefore, to take care that xto person is admitted with a ticket the corner of which las been torn away. When strangers are ordered to withdraw from the those who occupy the scats below the bar aro to retire to the long gallery leading to the House of Commons :—those in the galleries, Nos. I and 3, are to be conducted to the Royal gallery :—the members of the corps diplomatique to the robing-room :—and those in the gallery, No. 4, to the lobby leading to the bar. Ladies are expected not to wear bonnets in the Court ; ',strangers will not be required to appear in full dress. (Signed) WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C. COLONIZATION OF AFRICA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—Ha‘ing noticed the letter in your Journal of this evening signed " Joseph Soul," in which the writer gives an account of the progress of the recent discussions at the Egyptian Hall, on the subject of the colonization of Africa by the free negroes of the United States, 1 beg pet-minion to make a most opposite statement to that of Mr. Soul. Without having the pleasure of knowing either the Rev. Mr. Gurley or Mr. Scoble, but because I have taken an interest in this discussion—believing that the system of colonization established at Liberia is that which alone promises to be of the slightest utility in the real business of the suppression of the slave trade, I have attended these meetings very regularly, and can state distinctly that the departure of Mr. Scoble from the meeting on the night mentioned by Mr. Soul was under widely different circumstances to those described. Mr. Scoble was heard very fully, and considerably be yond the time which it appeared afterwards had been pre-arranged by the principals in the dispute—receiving, moreover, very loud applause at the conclusion - of a powerfully worded, and energetically delivered speech. But in the course of this speech Mr. Scoble had charged the founders of the -African Colonization Society with 41 blasphemy—practical blasphemy"—and this the gen• tleman attempted to prove by quotations from the speeches of Mr. Clay and other supporters of the insti tution, but in which quotations his opponent, Mr. Gur ley, showed afterwards that he had most grossly misre• presented the real sentiments of the speakers—in one instance having stopped short in the middle of a sen tence, the conclusion of which, as given by Mr. Gurley, reversed entirely the meaning of the speaker, and pro duced on the meeting an effect very little favourable in deed to the respect and confidence which the public have been accustomed to award to the principal speakers at Exeter Hall. That Mr. Scoble was most disgrace fully overthrown by Mr. Gurley, and that his retreat from the rcom was in reality occasioned by the exposure to which he had subjected himself, was the opinion of the whole meeting, excepting of a few persons who re tired at the same time, after hootings of a disgraceful description—these persons being said (though how truly I know not) to be the agents of the Anti-Slavery Society at Exeter Hall. Permit me to say, Mr. Editor, that few things have been more unaccountable to many respectable persons tban'the opposition of the Anti-Slavery Society to Mr. Gurley—a gentleman whose mission to England might have reasonably entitled him to a fair and courteous hearing, at least, of all who are really solicitous of abo lishing the slave trade. 1 am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, H. FAIRBAIRN. 23, Crosby Hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, Fcb. 12th, 1841. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. On Saturday, at the meeting of the Marylebone Vcstry, a deputation of the rate-payers presented a memorial calling upon the Vestry to oppose the Bills stout to be brought into Parliament for the purpose of placing the paris% under the operation of ecclesiastical jaw. The deputation having been heard in support of the memorial, Mr. YOUNG moved "That the Vestry viewed with alarm any attempt to place the parish of St. Mary lebone under ecclesiastical law, or in any way to inter fere with its 'neat Acts without the consent of a ma rority of the rate-payers, and that a public meeting be called to take the matter into consideration." Mr. KENSETT seconded the motion. The Rev. Dr. PENFOLD opposed it. He said it was high time something should be done to prevent the recklers expenditure of the funds of that great parish in litigation. The Rev. Gentleman proceeded to advert to the reductions which the Vestry had made in the ,salaries of himself and brother Rectors, and he thanked God that there was in force the injunction of the Lord Chancellor to restrain them, or, it was his belief, that the finances of the parish would be utterly ruined.— (Oh, oh.) Mr. KENSETT said that the Rectors' salaries, when the new Vestry came into power, were between 7001. and 13001. a year, whereas the Act only allowed them to have 500/. With regard to the contemplated measures, they were most dishonest. They knew they could never succeed if they attempted to take away the ballot, but they insidiously sought to introduce a clause giving plu rality of voting for every 101., which, if carried out, would give the Duke of Portland no lees than 202 votes. Tile Rev. 'Dr. DIBDIN defended the BiH. He be lieved that Sir J. C. 1135110(13e% Act had greatly depre ci tted the respectability of vestries. The qualification of 401. was too low, and he saw no reason why the ob ject of the Bill, to have the vestrymen elected by their districts, should not be carried out, as it would give all parties a better opportunity of being represented. Lie debate was then adjourned tilt Saturday next. 14 lON ZEALAND 1 AND COMPANY A dinner was given on Saturday night at the London Tavern, by the New Zealand Land Gompany to Lord J. Russell. Toe number of persons who sat down was nh , :nt two hundred and forty. The Governor of the New Z :atm(' Land Company, J, ,Somrs, Esq., in the chair. Thsides the noth guest, Lard J. Russell, there were at the crete table, to the right and left of the •Cha:r zrn, the Eirl of Devon, Lord Metre, Right Hon. H. Sheil, Lord E. flow_ml, Right Hen. Sir H. Vivian, the lion. E. J. Stanley, W. Hutt, Esq., Mr. Alder- YrlPri Thompson, Ii dikes Corns, EEq., J. S. O'Brien, E 4 -1 , the O'Conor Don , Lor d In g estre, Lord Ashbur t(%:, * Lord E iot, Right lion. Hepry L:bouchere, V. E , q., Right Hon. E. Ellice, F. Manic, Esq , N.O'Ferral, C. I3uller, Esq., J. Abel Smith, Eig Taffnell, F,sq., Admiral Young, &c. &c. Aitcr the usual loyal and formal toasts, The CHAIRMAN said I rise to propose the health of the Noble Lord on my right (Lord J. Russell), who 1,17, honoured us with his company on the present oe easion.---(qear, hear.) Yon all know the great service .which he has rendered to the New Zealand Company — and not alone to them, but to the large body of persons located as settlers in New Zealand, making these islands bone fi de British col o ni es . Hi s L o rd s hip has even gone farther, for he has granted to the New Zealand Com pany a charter based upon principles honourable to them and creditable to himself and her Majesty' Ali nisters. I trust that the day is not far distant when we shAl see these islands rank among the hest of her Ma- jesty's dominions ; a circumstance cshioh I trust his Lordship will live to see accomplished. I shall not trespass on your time, but propose at once the health of our distinguished guest, Lord J. Russell.—( Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL—Mr. Governor and Gentlemen— When I say that I am embarrassed at returning thanks for tl:e honour you have done me, you will understand me, and ascribe it to the true motive, when I tell you that my accustomed mode of speaking is amidst the noise of contention and party strife, and that I am not used to the expression of such general kindness as you have shoWn me on the present occasion.—( Hear.) Your worthy Governor, in saying that I have rendered ser vices to the New Zealand Company, has also disclosed my motives. I served the New Zealand Company be cause I thought their exertions and their cd'orts to hen°. fit the country were useful, and because it seemed desi rable to give the aid of the (iovernment and the sup port of the Crown to the objects they had in view. I should be very far indeed from serving them with any other motive. In the position in which I stand towards the Crown it is my duty to consider every question connected with colon;“tion and the colonies; as it affects the i nterests of the Crown, tlie country, and the _color/tbs. I b e li eve the colony of New Zealand is conducted on principles that to;,1•1 at once to ,Ilstain the dignity of the Cro;vn and to increase the future pros perity of this country. It is therefore for these reasons, that I have lent my humble efforts to support them. In so doing I should be every way unworthy of your approbation if I took any extraordinary merit to myself : for, in the first place, the value of colonies to the mother country and all the advantages connected with them have been long since ascertained by debate and di•cus sion in Parliament ; and in the second I had the advan tage of the most enlightened opinions as to the best mode of colonization. I only take to myself the merit of not having been behind these discussions—( Cheers.) Mr. Governor and Gentleman, I should be entirely un worthy the station I hold if I did not add, that with respect to the colony of New Zealand, as with regard to any other of her Majesty's possessions on which it is my duty to advise the Crown, while with respect to the general principles I had the advantage of immediate discussion, with regard to the past history and practical details I had also the advantage of being at the head of an office where industrious, zealous, and able men have been for years paying the closest attention to those details, which it might have cost me many more years to master. Therefore, a ith respect to principles and details, I claim no extraordinary merit, the only merit I claim being the fidelity, industry, zeal, and honesty, with which I have devoted my best attention to the subject.—( Hear.) Permit me to say one word on the importance of the colony of New Zealand. With regard to the prosperity of that colony, I cannot for a moment doubt that En :dish settlers, carrying with them English feelings and English habits, will in no long time found a prosperous and flourishing c o mmunity.—(Cheers.) I could not doubt this, and therefore the part of the Government WAS but small in a province of this kind. The virtues of Englishmen will make those colonies prosper.— (Hear, hear.) But I cannot look without some anxiety for the future to the fate of those who have been the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand.—(Cheers.) When I look to the fate of other inhabitants of the New World, it is impossible that I can see the conse quences that have ensued without horror and dismay. I ivish to God I could say that those were transactions of three centuries ago, and that nothing like them had existed in the present day. But lam sorry, indeed, to say, when I look at the acts of foreign countries, which it would be invidious to mention—when I look at the transactions that took place under our own dominion in Africa and Australia—that I must add, we have all `reason to blush that such things should be in a civilized age, and in consequence of the discovery of those countries by men calling themselves Chris tians.—(Hear, hear.) I hope that the New Zealand Company will pay attention to this subject, and I am glad that in their proceedings hitherto they have consi dered fully what was due to the colony as well as to this country. The people of the colony are capable of receiving all the arts of civilized life, and all the bless ings of the true religion. Let us, then, impress upon our minds this fact, that, whatever has passed in former times, it is our duty in founding the colony of New Zealand, to show that our practice does not differ from our precepts ; and that while brotherly love is written in our Bible, murder and pillage do not form our actual course of proceeding. It is impossible for me now to enter on the detail of the transactions connected with the New Zealand Company, but I am quite sure it will do everything proper to tend to the future prosperity of the colony. In this belief I give you " The Health of Mr. Somes, the Governor of the New Zealand Company." Mr. SOMES briefly returned thanks, and concluded by proposing " The Memory of the Earl of Durham." " Her Majesty's Ministers" was then proposed by Mr. HUTT, and replied to by Mr. LABOUCHERE. " The Earl of Devon and the House of Lords" was proposed by Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, and replied to by the Noble Lord. " Lord Eliot and the House of Commons" was pro posed by Mr. G. F. YOUNG, and replied to by that no bleman. " Dr. Hinds and the Church of New Zealand,"" Mr. F. Baring and prosperity to the British colonies,"" The Vice-President of the Board of Trade," and other toasts followed, and the company then broke up, about half past eleven o'clock. TORY ATTACKS ON SIR R. PEEL (From the Examiner.) The Times has opened its columns to a series of attacks on Sir Robert Peel. The articles appear as the contributions of a Correspondent, but the con ductor of the Times takes care to mark his opinion of their merits by giving them the honours of the edi torial type, and to' indicate the judgment on the case, a reply in defence of the Tory leader is published in a less conspicuous manner. The attacks are written with much care, and a ma lice studied and ingenious. We have heard them as scribed to the most pugnacious of Bishops, supposing that he could write like a gentlemen, which, it was added, he might do to disguise himself. Such a masquerade would certainly be most complete ,for the purpose of concealment, but we doubt whether the habit could be worn, even for the nonce, by a person so inveterately addicted to abuse. The malignity, too, is under a re gulation of art which the passions of the Prelate re ferred to would never brook. Besides, we cannot be lieve that, even for the greater success in assaulting a character, he would refuse his vanity the pleasure of sending forth his writings with the signature of his name, so hhcknied in every kind of contention for the last quarter of a century. We are not in the habit of complimenting Bishops, but we must say that it is to the credit of the Bench that these letters on Sir Robert Peel's Tamworth speech have only been imputed to one of the number ; and after all it is said that they aro toe good for him and too bad for any one else. The head and front of Sir Robert's offending is the opinion that men are the better for knowledge of any kind. For this he is declared to be a Brummagem Brougham, and a disciple of a school of philosophy not accepting Christian principles as the guide of life ; in fact, he is argued to be little better, if at all better,than a heathen, and charged with preferring heathen to religious lights when both shine on the same truths. His assailant, indeed, is indulgent enough, in the manner of Mrs. Candour, to declare that it would be "cruel uncha ritableness to suspect Sir Robert Peel of disbelief," and he even goes so far as to say, " Most cheerfully do I render to so religious a man as Sir Robert Peel the justice of disclaiming, on my part, the idea that he has any intention at all to put aside religion." But mark what follows—the venomed sting in the tail of the concession, " Yet his words either mean nothing, or they do, both on their surface, and when carried into effect, mean something very irreligious." So that we have here the great leader of tbo party pretending to the possession of the wisdom and religion of the country, charged either with uttering words with out meaning, or with a meaning " very irreligious" both on the surface and in effect. At best, the chief of the Conservative party is thus the fool flinging about fire brands. His morals are only acquitted only on the grossest inculpation of his understanding ; for a meaning " very irreligious on the surface" is charitably supposed to have escaped his apprehension. Observe, too, the insolence with which exhorta tions of Sir Robert are treated in this passage, where the Conservative chief is likened to " a street preacher, or the cad of an omnibus" : Whence these cries rising on our ears, of ' Let me entreat you!" Neglect not the opportunity !" It will not be our fault !' Here is an access for you !" very like the tones of.a street preacher , or of the cad of an omnibus, little worthy of a great statesman and a religious philosopher ?" And in the same paper in which these crowning con tumelies appeared, the Timcs editorially says : " We insert one more letter from our correspondent, Catholicus.' It is necessary to use some caution upon this subject. We find an idea gradually creeping forth —probably only among very hasty reasoners—that cur attachment, to Sir Robert Peel is sustaining some di minution. A morning paper also, the 'organ of the Government, throws out hints to that effect, and casts an imputation upon us of being influenced by a bigoted party—acting under th; highest impulses of Toryism. Now the answer to such an imputation is, to men of taste and judgment, easily found in the letters them- Ic k es , iVas it fit that such letters should be sup- pressed or rejected ? Sir R. Peel himself, we are con vinced, as a man of learning and knowledge, would answer that question in the negative." Would any degree of skill in argument and crnp?• sition induce the Tins to give a conspicuous place Tines its columns to a pa ne gy ric on Lor d John Russell or in Lord Melbourne ? Would any excellence in style or reasoning at this moment tempt it to publish a series of elaborate attacks on Lord Stanley or Lord Ly e d. hurst ? The Times, in continuation, says— " We know cot whether it be our misfortune or not, but certainly the fact is—and we refer to the past his tory of this journal for the confirmation of it—that we have judged of public men, hare adhered to or rejected them, without any reference whatever to their political position : whether they were in or out of dice has made no difference with us ; and Sir Robert Peel's ob vious approach to her Majesty's councils, from the in capacity of those jho now direct them. does in no de gree tend to make us think or speak more highly of his talents than we have hitherto done. He is beyond all doubt a great and able statesman—virtuous and disin tercstcd—much more capable of directing the councils of the Sovereign than those by whom her Majesty is st present surrounded ; but still not infallible ; and it IS right that he himself should know what great and able men think of him." When before has the Times held that it was desir able that the chief of a party should be set up as a h o a r t de m r e t n ha w t er l e te di m sp ig o h se t a lia to ve ha t s l , ): a be fi n i e n fi g t s o t f c p o e c re k eti 3 n , g it w ' him, and what they were pleased to fling, whether cabbage-stalks, rott en eggs, stones, or brickbats? You will not object to standing in our pillory, says the Tiotcs, in effect, to Sir R o b er t Peel, as it will make you intiwately acquainted with the precise missiles which people think you deserve to have flung at your head. It is not a little remarkible that these attacks on the Tory leader should be made at a time when, ac cording to the Tory prophets, he and his party are on the very threshold of office. The industry em ployed at such an instant to pull down the character of xchl *l. r i v, the man of character of the Tory party, is passing strange. It has been often observed that Sir Robert Peel is too good for his party, and is it that they are now blackening him a little to make him appear more suitable to their occasions ? To borrow Sheri dan's words, do they disfigure him to pass him the better for their own? Whatever may be the object, the attempts to damage Sir Robert Peel's repute make the most curious exhibition in party history. That the Tories hate their leader has long been notorious, but that they cannot do without him is equally certain ; and in this case of aversion on the one side and ne cessity on the other, the middle course of damaging the indispensable is a most singular result of the composi tion of forces. But perhaps the Tories are beginninc , to flatter them selves that they can do without Sir Robert Peel, and if so, it is natural that they should think proper to apprize him that he must conform to the narrow, bigoted views of his party, and renounce every popular or liberal pretension, or cease to be their chief. There was a time when we believe that the Tories would have done better as a party, and of course worse for the people, under the guidance of a Lyndhurst than a Peel ; there was a time when they might. have made a stouter stand for things as they were, when the system existed as an undisturbed whole, and it was asserted impossible to improve it. Sir Ro bert Peel destroyed the prestige of excellence, admitted faults, did enough to impair the credit and stability of the old pile, and not enough for a reconstruction on better principles. He just did enough himself in inno vation to let in the larger and more beneficial innovation of others. In thus going far enough to unsettle, he hit his party, most luckily for us, between wind and water ; but that once done, and compromise set going, Sir Ro bert has become as necessary to his party in its present state as he was perhaps detrimental to it in its former state:; and, as enemies, we can wish it no worse than to lose its plausible leader. which will prove an almost equal impeeiment to the bona fide, as to the fictitious claimant, and, finally, by giving an appeal to the Judges upon all points, whether of legal construction or of fact. And yet the remedy is but par tial, for after all the question of construction, upon . which all turns, remains doubtful. (From the Morning Post.) The men at the Reform Club are laying wagers, and even, we are told, betting odds, that Parliament will be dissolved by the present Ministers of the Crown within a fortnight. We do not know, nor do we care, as we are sure the Conservatives will be found ready, whether there be any other foundation for all this betting than mere con jecture. But such a conjecture so strongly entertained in such a quarter shows how mean and spiteful a set the pre sent Ministers of the Crown are in the estimation of those who ought to know them best. Nobody pretends to believe that Ministers, if they dissolve Parliament, will do so with the slightest expectation of baying, a majority in the new House of Commons, and being thus enabled to retain their places. It is admitted on all hands that such an idea is too extravagant to have entered into the mind of any reasonable being; and why, then, do the partisans of Ministers speak so confidently of a dissolution ? There is no disguise or con cealment about the matter. It is because they know that Ministers must go out, and because they think that they are the kind of men who will do anything, no matter how inconvenient or detrimental to the country, to tic the hands of their successors in care, and to secure for their own use, when they shall be in opposition, as large a share as possible of the representation of such places as, being the sorts of dockyards, arsenals, Royal residences, or other great public establishments, are, more or less, under the influence of the Administration of the day. It is proper and necessary that this should be well understood. And we hope the constituencies of Devonport, and Portsmouth, and Falmouth, and Chatham, and Windsor, and Brighton, and even Westminster itself, will take note of the insult and degradation that Ministers are said to have in store for them. (From the Morning Herald.) If Ministers have indulged in the fond hope, as was lately reported, of improving their position by resorting to a dissolution of Parliament, we presume that the experi mental knowledge which the recent elections have afforded of the state of public feeling towards them has not ma tured that hope into confidence sufficiently strong to em bolden them to reduce the intention to practice. The idea of an " appeal to the country" may have been one of the day-dreams of the self-indulgent Melbourne, who has shaped out for himself a sort of life which the luxurious Damocles at the banquet might envy, for the Premier sees no sword suspended by a single hair to mar, with the infusion of terror, his voluptuous enjoyments. He has been fortunate hitherto, and he knows it; he expects to be more fortunate still. What but one of fortune's most " fan tastic freaks" could hare made such a man Premier of England ? What but fortune's " constancy" can keep him there, showing to all the world that a Minister need not trouble himself about being useful to the State who is ornamental to the palace ? Yet that Lord Melbourre is his " roseate bower" sipping " nectar" like an epicu rean god, and enjoying celestial smiles at ambrosial re fections, has an occasional misgiving of not being quite as admired an "idol" outside the palace as within, was seen on the day of the opening of Parliament, when, be tween two fragments of a glittering and splendid caval cede, the Premier was dimly and doubtingly recognised in the studied privacy of a job-carriage, with a driver out of livery, which incognito was certainly not assumed from a modest and blushing anxiety to escape the anticipated applauses of the people. Conscious and sensitive worth might have had an alarm of that sort, but Lord Melbourne's " consciousness" was of a different sort. It was much the same as that which made his political patron O'Connell, when on his northern repeal mission, steal into Belfast and steal out of it again with face averted and even "repeal-button" concealed from the prying eyes of popular curiosity. " Head of Confucius l" might the great Fum Hoam exclaim, " what a monstrous bathos have we got here 1 An epicurean god in a job carriage I But the bathos is not ours—it has originated with the author of " the Premiership reformed." It is possible, as we have said, that the idea of an improvement in the posi tion of the Melbourne-O'Connell Administration, by a dissolution of Parliament, may have been only a day-dream of Lord Melbourne's. If so, we think he must have been awakened from that dream by this time. He must have even his eyes, at least, half opened to another than a very brilliant vista opening upon Whig-Radi cal destinies in the distance of a general election. (From the Times.) Rumours of an approaching dissolution of the Paella. ment called together by Lord Melbourne's Government in 1837, at the commencement of a new reign, and with all the advantages which an unprecedented exercise of Pa lace influence was likely to command, continue to be cir culated. The ground for these rumours is the very gene ral belief that the Ministry will be defeated upon the question of the registration of voters in Ireland, as that question has been raised upon the two Bills of Lord Stan ley and Lord Morpeth. Will a defeat upon that question warrant the Premier in advising her Majesty thus to exercise the Royal prerogative ?,Let us examine the main features of the two measures, first calling attention to the fact that Lord Stanley's Bill was last year carried through a second reading and into Committee by successive majo rities against the whole strength which the Ministry could command. Lord Stanley proposes, as was proposed by the Bill introduced by the present Government in 1835, approved of by Mr. O'Connell, and carried through the House of Commons, that the registration shall be annual, as it is in England; that an appeal shall be allowed against the derision of the. registering barrister, which appeal Lord Stanley extends (the Bill of 1835 being in that respect de fective) to the cases in which the barrister shall have ad mitted a voter upon the register; that such appeal shall lie to the Judges of the Superior Courts at the assizes; and Lord Stanley further proposes, in accordance with the scheme of several of the Registration Bills for England introduced by the present Government, to discourage fri volous claims of a right to be registered, aad frivo lous objections to voters, by enabling the barrister to award costs against the party making a frivolous claim or objec tion. He proposes also to abolish the certificate of re gistry, which, by being at present made the evidence of the right to vote, has been found to occasion much fraud at elections, such certificates having fallen into the hands of men who have not scrupled to personate the original voter, though that voter may have been dead for years, or otherwise have become disentitled to vote. But Lord Stanley does not propose by his Bill to alter the franchise —in other words, be does not seek, in principle, to alter the Reform Bill. Lord Morpeth's Bill agrees with Lord Stanley's, in so far as relates to the establishment of an annual registration and to the double appeal, to the aboli tion of the certificate of registry as evidence of the right to vote, and to the barrister's power to give costs in the case of frivolous objections. But the Government mea sure superadds provisions for registering at the Quarter Sessions; under it, no matter how frivolous the claim, the barrister has no power to award costs against the claimant; it establishes, until some change shall take place in the voter's qualification, the right to vote of any party saho shall once have proved it, thus affeeling a bonus to fraudulent and perjured testimony, which it is the avowed object of all parties to put down ; it gives the appeal, not to the Judge of Assize, but to three barristers to be appointed by the Speaker; it pro poses to define the law as to the beneficial interest of the voter necessary to give a vote, in a 'manner opposed at once to the known intentions of the Reform Bill, and to the solemnly expressed opinion of a large ma jority (we believe, ten to two) of the Irish Judges, to whom the question was referred some seven years since ; and finally, Lord Morpeth's Bill seeks to extend the fran chise in Ireland to persons rated to the poor-rate at 5/ I ! In other words, Lord Morpeth does seek to alter the Re form Bill in its essential principle—the franchise. Now, in order to consider the question of the propriety of a dis solution of Parliament by the Melbourne Ministry, let us assume that Lord Morpeth's Bill will be rejected. In that case the House of Commons will adhere to the prin ciple of the finality of the Reform Bill, a principle asserted by Lord Althorp, but for whose assertion of it the Bill would most probably never have passed into a law. (From the Morning Advertiser.) As yet, the Parliamentary Session has progressed with more than ordinary tranquillity, and the cause is easily ex plained. On all matters of domestic policy, however loudly they may bluster, the Tories are perfectly satisfied to abide by the status quo ; and in reference to foreign re lations, the brilliant successes which have in all parts of the world crowned our negotiations and our arms, not only leave the opponents of the Government nothing upon which to hang an opposition, but serve to make all hostile discussion exhibit more and more the wisdom of our councils, as well as the skill and valour of the military agencies employed to give them effect. Thus excluded from all favourable chance of making an assault upon the Government, the Tories rest their forlorn hope alto. gether upon Lord Stanley's Anti. Irish Registration Bill —a Bill which, however approved by the despotic fac tion, as reducing the amount of paptilar representation, is deprecated by the more prudent of the Tories as calculated to excite amongst the people a spirit of in diguant opposition, which will not be appeaval until fur ther extension bo given to that franchise of which Lord Stanley aims at the limitation. Wisely provident for the approaching exigency of the times, Lord Morpeth's Bill for the definition of the quali fication for the franchise, and the regulation of its regis try, opportunely indicates a disposition on the part of the. Government to conciliate the advancing spirit of p o . f ll Bi lls despoticn ro l h i a b r e a r c a t p e u r l i a s t r i cal ly inte l ligencep o u etra ' y e d b :li t e h f e atures erc tw o Governments. Mr. O'Connell has addressed a Morning Con temporary on the subject of tho subjoined paragraph, which appeared in the Ob erver cf yesterday :—" This we can undertake to declare, from positive knowledge, that the Irish people have not in any way tampered with the Goremmcnt of France, and that, being excited against the Registration B:11 of Lord Stanley, they deem that Bill, terrible and persecuting as it is, not quite so slavish as the electoral system of France." In his letter Mr. O'Connell readily assents to the truth of the first part of the paragraph, but denies the truth of the second portion of the paragraph. The Learned and lion. Gentleman says—" The people of Ireland know that the French elec toral system is a bad one. But they know also and feel that Stanley's Bill is infinitely worse, more slavish, and more insulting. If they bad a simple choice between both they would prefer, as the lesser evil of the two, the French to the English system." rr Ido not say it now in any tone of defiance, but with a melancholy foreboding of coming events which I would, if I could, prevent. I call upon the pampered aristocracy of England to Beware ! Far their own sakes to Beware 1" ALARMING FIRE. —Yesterday morning, about twelve o'clock, an alarming fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Stretch, bookbinder, of St. Martin's-lane. In a few minutes after the alarm was given, the engines belong ing to the West of England, the County, and three of the brigade establishment, were on the spot, and the .fire was ultimately subdued, but not before very c onsiderable damage was done to the extensive stock and bookbinding presses and the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1841. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. (SATURDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The funds continue firm, and the improved quotations of jesterday were fully maintained. The feeling has been altogether better to dav, and the appearance of some of the leading Hebrew party as buyers has given additional confidence. We have received a communication on the subject of the recent proceedings of the Committee of Spanish bondholders, the substance of which follows : " TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE MORNIMG CHRONICLE. " Sir—Your City article of this morning's paper places the views of the Committee of Spanish Bond holders in a proper light, and suggested a right course to be pursued, that of showing the sources of power for liquidating the entire debt now to be eapb al:v.(1, and also the benefit to the Spanish Government from the operation. " The Spanish Government, I believe, will be grate ful to the British public for responding to their late decrees with such promptitude. It is expected by the creditors that their request for an advance from three per cent., which is the proposed rate, to five per cent. interest on the capitalized coupons will be granted, as nothing could be more just, seeing that the contract was clear, and specified payment of the interest half-yearly in cash, either in London or Paris. We may, therefore, consider the matter settled and con. firmed, and the sooner the arrangements tyke place, and the notice is published as an advertisement from the Spa nish agents here, the better it will be for every one, now that the business has been so long pending, and so many delays hsvo already occurred. " In your late statement of the Spanish resources, you mentioned that the property of the clergy, and, I presume, the national domains added thereto, amounts, by official valuation, to twenty millions sterling, and it is fully be ' lieved it will bring thirty millions.' You also rated the arrears of interest about to be capitalized at nine to ten millions sterling. Assuming the latter sum to be correct, it is quite clear that the whole of these land warrants,' as this stock has been properly termed by you, will be fully redeemed by the proposed three years' operation, even if thirty millions sterling of this national property only absorbed thirty millions of their stock, and in the fol lowing proportions, which is represented in the Finance Minister's decrees, namely, payment will be received of " Sixteen per Cent. in cash, very properly for the clergy £ 4,800,000 " Forty per Cent. in the Consolidated Debt 12,000,000 " Forty-four per Cent. in Land Warrants or Capitalized Coupons 13,200,000 £30,000,000 " Spain has found, therefore, a goad and able financier in Senhor Gamboa. Espartero is borne out in saying that he would find half a dozen of honest wen to carry on the Government ; and when the new bonds bear inte rest at five per cent., we shall be satisfied that the Spanish Government will sce that, if they arc determined to act with good faith in their future measures, their creditors will freely come forward to meet their convenience to wards payment of the dividends due next July in cash. They hold out a hope of fully doing so in their decree, if they find that they have the ability to do so. Where can the difficulty be with the security they can offer ? Have they not valuable mines ? Do not their colonies all yield a surplus revenue ? Cannot economy be intro duced into every branch for collecting their revenue, and generally by simplifying their intricate accounts ? Will they take no example from surrounding States ? Is not the time arrived for reducing their army, and expenses of heavy establishments, both for men and for the materials of war, now that peace is universally called for, and their power is consolidated ? Does not justice require that our claims should be attended to, and met with the same cor diality and good will as we evinced when they called upon us for our assistance in the time of need. " I would recommend that, if they cannot pay the whole interest next dividend day, that is, on the Ist of the ensu ing July, they should pay three per cent. in cash, and two per cent, in the land warrants ; in this way there is provi sion made, you will observe, for an addition to the ten mil lions of newly-capitalized coupons, raising the amount to 13,200,0001., which would all be extinguished by Senor Gamboa's measures, exclusive of a further redemption of twelve millions sterling of the consolidated debt. " By this means I say that the wealthier classes In the country, the landed proprietors, merchants, and manufac turers, would unite in a common feeling of confidence and security, and, as Lord Clarendon wisely anticipated, they would take an interest in the national property and the Government funds, and Spain would at length emerge from a state of supineness and thraldom to a feeling of concord and universal happiness.. If you should find any error in this statement, or in accuracy of any kind in figures or in argument, my design is not to court controversy, but to elicit truth and estaVish facts, as well as to recommend justice and equity, and mo deration, as the most respectable way of settling the bt.isi ness between the Spanish Government and the bondhol ders, and I shall be glad if you will correct it. " I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, "London, Fob. 12,1841. " A CREDITOR." We shall, perhaps, have some remarks to make here after on the above letter. In the meantime we shall only observe that we do not understand the national domains to be included in the valuation of 20,000,0001. of church properties, and estimated to sell for 30,000,0001. The national domains, or at least the Crown lands, are sepa rate and distinct, according to our impression ; but we are not prepared to give a decided opinion on that subject at present. By papers laid before Parliament, wo find that the total amount of the unfunded debt outstanding on the sth of January, 1841, was 22,272.6751. Is. 4d., and the amount of deficiency bills outstanding on the Ist instant, charged on the growing produce of the consolidated fund, was 4,690,0001. By the abstract of the receipts and payments on account of the duties levied for the northern lights for the year 1339, it appears that The total receipts were £43,982 2 9 Add balance on hand 31st March, 1839, per abstract for 1838 69,803 8 5 The payments Balance The expenditure on lighthouses for the year has been 14,1-27/. 23. But there is a very questionable item in these accounts, under the head of " half-yearly dinners to the Commissioners," stated in the account before us at " 175/. 55." equal to 3501. 103. per annum. This is clearly a waste of revenues drawn as a tax from the shipping in terest. It is somewhat unaccountable how so large a dinner bill could be mustered up, except by a very useless " gathering" of friends and guests to cat and drink at the expense of the people, or by a series of feeds. The Commissioners consist of a few lawyers, wo be lieve, and two or three Provosts of towns in Scotland, but even if re were to state them at 12 in number, and allow a guest to each, in all 24, and give them the benefit of the " Clarendon prices," 3/. a head, wo should only have one dinner bill of 721. instead of 1751. The Commissioners dine, we suppose, at the public expense once a month. The charre should be disallowed altogether. It is no thing but waste—downright waste of money drawn from the trade and enterprize of the country. Then, again, we see 181 put down as the charges of a deputation of the Commissioners visiting little Ross Island and Lighthouse at the Mull of Galloway. As there is an engineer at 7001 per annum, and a secretary at 5001. per annum, the visit of this "deputation" might have been dispensed with, or one Commissioner only sent to the spot, if absolutely necessary. PO ST.—The English funds have improved to the ex tent of / per cent. on yesterday. The alarm felt in the first instance, as to the possible issue of the correspond ence of Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth, seems to be fast sub siding, but, beyond this, we are not aware of any fresh cir cumstance having transpired that can be supposed to have influenced prices. The Mcncy Market has, at all events, undergone no favourable change worthy of notice. The commercial information by the Express packet from Rio Janeiro, coming down to the 1511 i of December, pos sesses nothing of striking interest. The business done in exchange on the eve of the packet's departure had been to a fair extent on London, at the rate of 31d. for drafts, at GO, and it some instances at 90, days' sight; on Ilaniburgh at 575r5. ; on Paris at - 312 rs. No cause for the recent decline was to be assigned, any more than for the previous rise. There had, however, during the month, been a falling eff in the supplies of coffee, owing, in a measure, to the rainy weather, and to the elections for the new House of Deputies, which, for the last few days had engrossed the attention of the popula tion of the province. The shipments in November were stated to be 104,188 bags (against 92,151 in November, 1839). The prices of this staple had risen in proportion to the decline in the exchange, being 150 to 200 rs, higher than last advised. The sales for December had thus far amounted to 70,524 bags, leaving a stock of 800 bags of all descriptions, and offering, for the moment, but little choice for purchases, Superior qualities were selling freely at from 3 800 to 4 milrcis. Very select parcels fetched 4 200. In November there were cleared for the United States 36,191 bags, against 21,927 bags in the corresponding month of 1839; 15,667 for the English Channel and England; 8,442 for liamburgh; 3,204 fur Antwerp ; 2 280 for Havre ; 3,456 for Trieste ; 1,447 for the rest of the Mediterranean ; and 269 for the River Plate. Ilides, notwithstanding the opening of Buenos Ayres, were commanding good prices. A matrimonial alliance for the Emperor, as well as for another of the Princesses, was engaging the public attention, and an agent comes to Europe invested with the authority to negotiate upon the subject. THE LATE MAJOR. SIRR.—We understand that arrangements arc in progress for the Exhibition, and ultimate Sale, by Auction, in the city of Dublin, of the invaluable collections of this celebrated amateur inl i the fine arts, whose well known judgment and taste as a collector are so universally esteemed. The Paintings and En. gravings are matchless ; the cabinets of Shells, Fossils, and Minerals, are eboice and unrivalled in the rareness of their contents ; the Antique Relics of this our island and of foreign climes are authentic and genuine; the china rich and curious ; the varied specimens of Natural History in the best condition ; and, in short, the entire of the collection of so p rfect a nature as t o l eave no thi ng to be wi s h e d for by virtuosi or connoisseurs desirous of enriching their collections by additions from this celebrated museum, on which the most profuse expenditure has been lavished, to render it unequalled by that of any private individual. Died on the 20th ult., at the Grove, near Dur ham, aged 78, Elizabeth, relict of Stephen George Keruble, Esq. In early life Mrs. Kemble, formerly Miss Satchell, was one of the first actresses of her day, and was decidedly the greatest favourite ever attached to the Newcastle stage. In almost every range of character she was eminently successful. She was allowed to be the best Ophclia on the stage, and she was equally cxcel'ent in the difficult and very opposite characters of Mrs. Haller, Portia, Nell, Beatrice, Cowslip, Cicely Homespun, &c. Her remains were interred by the side of her late husband, at the Nine Altars, in Durham Cathedral, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Ilampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 15.—The Satellite, 18, Com mander Robb, arrived to-day, from Bermuda, which she left on the Bth of January, having encountered on her passage continued easterly winds.—She left the Winchester (with the flag of Sir Thomas Harvey) at Bermuda, which was to sail on the arrival of the Ha lifax packet, due on the 2.4 th, for the West Indies. It was reported that it was the intention of the Admiral to rendezvous at St. John's, New Brunswick. The Pickle schooner sailed from Bermuda a few days before the Satellite left, for the West. Indies. Lieut. Hol land, late of the Pickle schooner, came passenger in the Satellite, having been succeeded in the command of that vessel by Lieutenant Montresor, of the Win chester. Lieut. Tydd, of the 76th Regiment, also came home in the Satellite. The Asia, Stag, and Pique, all on their way to Eng land, together with the Satellite, now at Spithead, will be paid off forthwith. The Seaflower, and her tender,the Cracker, stationed over at Jersey for the protection of the Oyster Fishery, but under the orders of this port, have subscribed a day's pay to the widows and orphans of the crew of the Fairy. Her Majesty the Queen has given 1001., Prince Albert 301., Captain Loch 1/., and the officers of the Victory, Rear-Admiral Bouverie's flag-ship, 31. Capt. Sir T. Hastings, Sir R. Grant, and Capt. Chads, 1/. each. Commander Douglas, 10s.; Captain Basil Hall, 11. ; and the mates studying at the Royal Naval Col lege, •ne day's pay, towards the same benevolent object. APPOINTMENTS. Commander—Thomas Rodney Eden, to the Persian, vice Quin, deceased. Lieutenants—Robert Tucker, to the Ocean ; James Banks West, to the Powerful, from Beacon. Chaplain—M. Beebee, to the living of Simonburn. N ival Instructor and Schoolmaster—Wm. Johnson, to Monarch. Additional Acting 'Assistant•Surgeons—Mr. W. R. E. Smart, Mr. Henry Willan, Mr. T. C. Miller, Dr. W. Scott, to the Melville ; Mr. P. Porter, to the Queen. Mate—Mr. F. D. Riche, to the Queen. Clerk—Mr. James M. Lewcay, to the Britannia, vice Miller, appointed Admiralty Clerk of the same ship. Volunteer First Class—Mr. J. M'Kenzie Fraser, to the Rodney. Gunner—Joseph Connor, to India, via Stow, unfit. Coast Guard—Commander George Bissett, from Dundalk to Fowey ; Lieutenant Henry A. Finucane, to be Chief Officer ; Mr. W. C. Forsyth, Chief Officer of Selsey Station, to Kingston, near Littlehamptoo, vice Lieutenant Parry, removed to South Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. The following gentlemen passed for Lieutenants on the 9th instant, at the Royal Naval College :—Thomas Anson, W. P. S. Morton, Alexander Duff Gordon, H. N. Burroughs, and F. D. Riche. Mr. W. Johnson passed his examination on the 9th instant, at the Royal Naval College, for Naval Instruc tor and Schoolmaster. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 11.—The Lizard steam-vessel ar rived from Woolwich and Portsmouth on Saturday, on her way to the Mediterannean. She is now having some defects repaired, and when finished will proceed on her voyage.—The Impregnable, 104, in the gale of last Saturday, parted one of her chain cables and drifted some distance. Other anchors were let go which brought her up. The Dilig ence, transport, sailed with stores for Pembroke on W ednesday. The Royal Wil liam, 120, was taken into the North new Dock on Mon day, to have her bottom cleaned. The Comet, steam vessel, sailed on Tuesday. In the Sound—lmpregnable, Belleisle, Iris. In Hamoaze—Caledonia, San Josef, Sylph and Net ley tenders, Lizard, Pluto, and Carron, steam vessels ; Duck and Tortoise lighters. (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Ths Asia is on her way to this port from the Mediterranean, and Pique will follow almost immediately. Tho Pelican, Captain Napier, still remains at Spit head, being unable to proceed to her station from want of petty officers and able seamen. The Don Quixote, Captain Seblote, arrived on Mon day last from Cape Hayti, last from Falmouth, bound to Bremen. The Formic, Ingersoll, arrived on Tuesday last from Hamburgh and came into harbour from the Mother bank, with loss of anchor and about ten fathom of hemp cable. The Frederick, Mitchell, arrived on Friday last from Rouen, with windlass broke and other damages. The L;zard steamer, Lieut. Estcourt, sailed on Saturday last for Plymouth, Falmouth, Gibraltar, and Malta, taking despatches for the Admiral and supernu meraries for the squadron. Commander St. Leger Can non, appointed to the Calcutta, took passage in hcr. We are glad to find that the subscriptions for the widows and children of the crew of tho Fairy, exceed 1,0001, and that further sums are daily being received. The Monarch, 84, Capt. S. Chambers, has been re ported ready for sea, and may be expected at Spithead about the latter end of next week. It is uncertain whether or not she proceeds direct to the Mediterra nean or will be one of the reserve squadron, which con sists at present of the Camperdown, 110 ; Impregnable, 110 ; Indus, 84 ; Bellcisle, 72 ; and Vernon, 50. The Indus, 84, and Tweed, 20, remain in the har bour, the latter awaiting Admiralty orders. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TIIE I.IOItNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The time is fast approaching which will put to the test the sincerity of Lord Stanley and the Tory party, and place the real nature of their Irish policy beyond the pessitility of doubt. The charge against Lord Stanley is this—that his Registration Bill is an insidious mea sure ; that under the ostensible object of providing a re medy against certain admitted abuses in the present system of Irish r,gistration, it has two real objects in view, which its author is afraid to avow. The first, to cripple the strength of Liberal Ireland ; the second, to obtain a party triumph over Ministers. This charge Lord Stanley and his sup porters have constantly denied. They have indignantly protested against the imputation of being swayed by party motives or by hostility to Ireland. They have over and over again, and in the most solemn manner, assured the country that they were actuated by no other motives than those which they avowed ; viz., a disinterested desire to repress fraud and to discourage perjury. Tho second reading of Lord Morpeth's Bill will put these professions to the test. If the prevention of fraud and perjury is the real object, the Tories will, as a matter of course, gladly vote,for a Bill which effectually provides against the pos sibility of doubt or evasion respecting the franchise. If, on the other hand, their real objects arc those im puted to them by their opponents it is more than pro bable that they will . pitch Lord ' Stanley's measure against Lo r d r Morpeth's, and fight the great party fight of the Session upon the ground of Irish registration. This is evident when we consider the real point at issue batwt en the two bills. The imperfect defi nition of the franchise in the Irish Reform Act is the admitted source of the evil wich it is sought to re medy The words " benefice' interest of the yearly volue of 101.," admit of two constructions. One of them would have the practical effect of narrowing the already meagre constituencies of Ireland to en extent which would virtually throw three-fourths of the representation into the hands of the Orange aris oa tocracy—a result which, it is admitted, i s contrary to the spirit of the Catholic Emancipation Act, and contrary to the avowed ex p ectat ion and intention of the framers of h has been hitherto acted u p on, avoids this evil, and secures to l. h n ra d aßtolerably The fair th sherre, which in us et the costof introducing very grave abuses, voice e e of Ireland and holding out a strong temptation to fraud and perjury. Against t representation; popular vo b i ut does so these abuses Lord Stanley's Bill provides a partial remedy by throwing great difficulties in the way of registration, furcing it in against mld. samu_ nate access by a formidable array of legal technicalities JESSIE [We have much pleasui a in quoting the follow ing beautiful and tender lines to a young lady from Mr. Imlah's poems, which we noticed with deserved commendation last week.—ED. SUN.] My blessings upon thee—my bonny young lassie, My blessings upon thee by night and by day ; May health, peace, and joy, bo thy handmaids, sweet Jessie, And all whom thou lovest companion thy way ; To thee may this earth bloom as Eden-liko even, As hope's fondest dreamings all beauty and bliss, 0 sweet be thy portion till welcomed in heaven, The realm whose beings thou'rt like to in this Thou art fair as the rose blushing new into blossom, And pure as the lily that peeps on the lea, 0 I close mean the heart be and cauldrife the bosom, Where love kindles not in the light o' thy c'e. The star burns the brighter as eve grows the dimmer, Sac lcndest thou life's gloom a heavenly ray, Yes, welcome and warm as the sunbeam o' simmer, Thou smirst—and the tempest cloud passes away I PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THIS DAY. I. British Plate Glass Company. 2. East Rctford Court of Requests. 3. Gainsburgh Small Debts. 4. Wells (Somerset) Roads 5. Church of England Life and Fire Assurance, Trust, and Annuity Company. 6. Forth and Clyde Navigation. 7. Birkenhead Church. 8. Birkenhead Gas and Waterworks. • 0. Peak Forest Canal. 10. Harrogate Improvement. 11. Whitby Improvement. 12, King's Lynn Port. 13. Manchester Infirmary. 14. Newport Dock. AMERICA. By the arrival of the Montreal at Portsmouth on Saturday, we have received • news from New York to the 19th ult., for which- we are indebted to the Hampshire Telegraph, ten days later than the papers brought by the Cambridge. We re gret to say that the intelliwence is by no means of a pleasant character. l n addition to the unea siness already excited by the question of the Ca roline, there are now some personal quarrels on the borders of Maine and New Brunswick. Three Am( - riems complain of having been grossly insulted and ill treated at Madawaska; while Sir JOHN HARVEY complains, in his letter to the Governor of Maine, that the English authorities have been treated with personal violence, and threat ened by the Americans, while performing the du ties imposed on them by her MAJESTY'S Govern ment. Troops are proceeding to the point where the dispute and quarrel have arisen, and it was re ported in Canada that a put tion of the militia had been ordered out. Money matters, too, seem by no means settled in America, and m resumption of cash payments is by some of the banks in definitely postponed. ALBANY, JAN. 8, 1841.—Our relations with Great Bri tain and the burning of the Caroline, are beginning to excite considerable attention here, and I shall not be sur prised to see, very soon, the subject introduced into the Legislature in some shape. One thing is very certain, the people of Boston and New York will suffer no inter , ference in the trial of Mr. M'Lcod from any quarter. And if the British Government supports the high ground taken by Mr. Fox, a rupture seems inevitable. The loco foco leaders here are putting out feelers to ascertain bow it will do to charge upon the whigs, and Gen. Harrison's administration, in advance, a design to plunge the country into a war with England. But it will do them no good ; the people understand the question, and would not be sorry for a brush with their old antagonists. - (Flom the Journal of Commerce.) • • Hollowell, Me. Jan. 13, 1841. _ _ KENT, GOVERNOR OF MAINE,—The Committee, ap pointed by the Legislature of Maine, to count the votes for Governor, made their report in the Senate on Monday. The whole number of votes counted by the Committee was 91,179—Edward Kent had 45,574—J0hn Fairfield 45,507—others 95. The report was accepted by both branches yesterday, and the House elected by ballot, from the four highest candidates, Edward Kent and John Fair. field, and returned their names to the Senate as the two constitutional candidates, from whom the Senate should elect a Governor. The Senate elected Edward Kent by 16 votes, to 8 for' John Fairfield. A committee was ap pointed to notify the Goveror of his election, and to-day at twelve o'clock he is expected to be inaugurated. MORE TROUBLES DOWN EAST,—The Boston Herald of yesterday states, on the authority of a gentleman who ar rived in that city late last Sunday evening, from Maine, that three gentlemen, whew names are given as Thomas F. Templeton, George Cady, and John H. Kenwick, while proceeding on their way from Bangor to Canada, were stopped near Madawaska by a party of British armed soldiers, who insulted them and, without provocation, ar saulted them. Mr. Cady was knocked down with a blow from a musket, Mr. Templeton received a bayonet wound in the shoulder, and Mr. Kenwick, trying to escape, received a bullet in the thigh. An officer then came up and checked further hostilities. If this statement is correct, the occurrence will not tend to allay the excitement on the subject of the North East Boundary. Connected with the above, or some such similar occu rcnce, we have no doubt, the following letter from Gene ral Sir John llarvey was written, and it fully shows the Aritish Authorities are on the alert TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MAINE. Government House, Frederickton, N B. Dec. 10, 1840. Sir,—As your Excellency will doubtless be informed that a detachment of her Majesty's troops has lately ar rived in the Madawaska settlement, I deem it to con sist with that frankness by which I trust my intercourse with the authorities of Maine has always been charac terized, to acquaint you that the movement in question, made by order of the Governor-General of these Pro vinces, has no other object than to give support to the civil authorities of that settlement—one of whose magistrates. Francis Wee, Esq , has been grossly insulted, threatened with personal violence, and obstructed in the discharge of his duties by persons professing themselves to be citi zens of the State of Maine—and another, James M'Laugh. lan, Esq., also a Magistrate of this province and holding the office of " warden of the disputed territory," has been threatened by the armed posse stationed at " Fish River," with being arrested and sent as a prisoner to Augusta, in the event of his persevering in the performance of the duty imposed upon him by the Government of the Queen and that of this province. Whether the assertion made, as I am assured, by this person, that in holding this language he is only act ing in accordance with his instructions, be correct or otherwise, your Excellency will best know; but refusing, as I have done, to believe that he can have received any authority for a proceeding which I must regard ns in. consistent with other engagements, I have not hesitated in expressing to the Governor General my conviction that an armed civil posse, corresponding in amount and description with that maintained by Maine, will be found quite inadequate to effect the object in view, via., the prevention cf acts of unauthorised aggression or inter ference, as regards the inhabitants or authorities of the Madawaska settlement—and I have accordingly no rea son to doubt, that, acting upon this suggestion, his Ex cellency will forthwith give direction for the troops to be withdrawn to their former stations. _ I have the honour to be, with great consideration, your Excellency's most obedient servant, J. H A RVE Y. CANADA.—TIIC British Colonist says it, was currently reported that orders had been received by the Adjutant- General to call into active service two companies of each re g iment of militia in the province. An ordinance has been published by authority, as about to be passed, fur making the Temisconata Turnpike, a part of which the Quebec Gazelle says is in the territory claimed by the United States. MOVEMENT OF, TROOPS. The last St. John City Gazelle says, " We learn that the light company of the 29th Regiment, now in the garrison, are under marching orders for Madawaska, to relieve the detachment of troops now stationed at that post, whose period of service there has expired." THE NEGROES OF THE AMISTAD.—It Seems to be the general impression at Washington that the negroes of the Amistad will be given up to the Spanish Minister, as the lueslion of Spanish property can be best determined in the Spanish Courts. Now that this is the general impression at Washington, I can well believe ; as from the slave holding relations of a great portion of that com munity, it is not likely that they would be looked upon with much favour. But that such an impression can be founded upon truth, seems to be absolutely incredible. If these men arc to be sent to the Havannah, every principle of lax—every dictate of justice—every sentiment of hu manity, is to be made to bend to a manifest determination to make them victims to the sanguinary spirit of Spanish slavery—a determination against which every man in the land, who has any regard for the great cause of human liberty, or any sympathy for the oppressed, ought to speak in tones of loudest and most indignant reprobation. •DIITIES ON LRAD.--The proposal of Mr. Ruggles to abolish those duties was met in the Senate by a general laugh. This is all very well, but it is very probable that the Foreign Powers will take a memorandum of this laugh, and return it, when they are called upon to make altera tions in their corn and tobacco laws. _ _ . ( From the Nov Orlean's Bee, of Jan. 7.) YUCATAN.—The bulletin of yesterday contains a cor respondence between the Government 'Secretary of Bri tish Honduras, the Commander of H.B. M. ship Comus, and the military Commandant of Sisal, respecting the cap ture and condemnation of the schooner True Blue, b e l ong _ ing to British subjects, alleged to have b;en seized while engaged in the act of smuggling. The British officers insisted upon the production of the master and crew of the vessels that captured the True Blue, to be examined by them to ascertain the particulars of the seizure. With this request the Commandant of Sisal was not able to comply ; but informed them that their request had been forwarded to the Supreme Govern ment at Merida. The British officers declined recognising the authority of the Supreme Government at Merida, inasmuch as the existence of such a Government was not known to the authorities at Honduras; adding that no other Go vernment was known hut that of Mexico, which had pro claimed the parties holding power in Yucatan as insurgents. After some further negotiation the British ship Comus captured a brigatine, Eusebio, bound for New Orleans and belonging to citizens or Yucatan, by way of reprisal. when the Commandant at Sisal was told that unless indemnity was given in two days the said vessel woald be taken 1 0 the Baliz.i and sold for the bern.fit of the owners of the. True Blue. 8,103 dollars were then given vp to the British• with a protest against the seizure of the Euscbio, as repttg nant to the laws of nations. Shortly afterwards, it is said, the True Blue was recaptured by the Comus. The questions arising out of these proceedings , wbe' ther the British authorities had a right to resort to this extraordinary spode of redress, and whether the officer* of a foreign power have any authority to determine the existence or non existence of a Government in YuCatan, fur the purposes of suppressing infringete e t of the revenue laws. sir this meter we thi nk the 13titisP authorities have transeeneed tin )rjust powers—a practice in which they have got into the Anbit of indulging lately -- -- ----- N KVf YORK, JAN. 16. MONEY MARKET.—The dct ermination of the Baltimore' Banks not to resume until the Banks in Virg inia lead the way, is a meet extraordinary course of conduct. The, friends of those institutions have constantly declared they waited only for Philadelphia; now, it appears that those professions were groundless. Public opinion is a gainst the course the Banks have taken in that city, and this opiiett will be heard most speedily. Tho Merchants and Me: chanics' B.snks of that city have determined to resume, a" let the others do as they please. The Girard Bank in Philadelphia resumed specie Par ments on Wednesday. a of THE GARRICK.—We learn, by the arrival yester d a y two vessels with part of the cargo of the Garrick , that the tide ebbs and flows in her, and that she is full of water at high tide. The between deck has been cut away, and the cargo is fished out by means of a boat. At low eater 0! Tuesday the tide left her nearly dry, and it is probable a l l the cargo will be saved, with the exception of t he salt, 01 which she had about 500 bags on board. The British steamer Dec, stated in a Halifa x paper fe` supposed to have been lost, arrived at Port Roy al on tu 28th ult., in twenty days from Halifax. The new steam frigate was launched at the Navy-Y„eatir yesterday morning. She is callbd the Missouri. n dimensions are as follows : ' Length of keel Breadth of beam 36 Breadth of outer works Depth of hold Whole length between perpendiculars 220 Draft of water forward Draft of water aft Anest She is to be taken to West Point to receive her OD and will be ready fur sea in about five months; MONEY MARKET, JAN. 21. (From the New York Daily Express.) , s A fair amount of business was done today. v* S . Bank rose I ; Vicksburg a ; Delaware and Hudson up s' SALES 'AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 2 1 . • 50 shares U. States Bank .., s 60 52 1 100 do do b l b 621 50 do do b 10 5 1 1.00 do do a 6 0 61 75 do do ... 50 do . do .. ..................... ......... bea3sh 52 0 5 25 do North Am. Trust Co co 30 b 301 50 do do ..... n r, 75 do do n w 36 1 50 do. do b 30 days - n 20 do American Exchange Bank ............. . ....... 9 1 81 60 do Farmers' Trust i 100 do Stoniagton Railroad s 30 days - 200 do do n days 26 2 6 50 do do 100 do 6 75 do Harlem Railroad 100 do do 20 days 37 9 6 50 do Canton Company 50 do do 75: 30 do New Jersey 20 do Long Island Railroad b 60 days 50 do. 50 do do 10 do North River Bank Bi 60 do Mechanics' Bank Ass 50 do Bank of Commerce scrip 97 ........ .. . 5 6 58 6 8381 167 do Delaware and Hudson ..... ..................... 94 5 50 do do 30 Or 1 25 do do di w '- 50 do--- Vicksbur .... . ... cash, 99 ~ . 413••• s V 50 do do SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. 300 shares N. A. Trust Co 10 do Delaware and Hudson .................... .... ..... s . g 4 75 do Vicksbnrg reg. 9 75 do do .. reg. 5 5 1 50 do Long Island Railroad reg. fr 50 do do b 60 days 07 25 do Stonington Railroad b 60 (Jar 9 . 27 25 do do b n - 61 1 50 do United States Bank 50 do do .. ... reg. 64! LATER STILL FROM AMEL.- - hu s By the arrival of the packet-ships Colg%g, and Roscoe at Liverpool, on Saturday eve lli ocl we have received New York papers to the de ult. The following extracts front them inclu all the news they bring of any interest. THE CASE OF MR. M'LEOD. The Theofllowing is from the New York Herald : excite " trial of Mr. M'Leod will soon take place ; the - in' ment is increasing ; and every day we receive accounts of W on , creased bad feeling between the frontier settlers on the IP 2 eis dary line. All this the arrogance displayed by Mr. fox correspondence will only have the effect of increasing' look with great anxiety for the result." 'the Sun has the following on the same subject :-- ke " THE CASE of M'Lxon.—The Canada papers Oa, to in great deal of noise, and bluster in a c h arac t e ristic o in c e e e ' r 'oef reference to the arrest of Mr. M'Leod. The Toronto xi 0 0 somewhat distinguished for its blood and thunder nart r o s ited is particularly furious. He not o nly menaces the _oft States, but England also. He says that the latter "'e at , na must not, dare not, submit to the insult upon the n ari " the person of Alexander M'Leo." „ ff Ce r.. "We perceive, also, that order d s are published, ei tain arrangements in the army, with the view of having cient force at all times ready for any sudden emergency Abe ther this has any special reference to M'Leod, or iv hether e t et ," sbe rebellion is anticipated, or whether it is done to frig' Yankees, we of course have no means of judging. " We can assure Canada, and all the world beside , °f °U thing, that is, the authorities of New York will proceed : I l en e! and resolutely in the discharge of their duty, and in 0 , 1 1„ to the laws, the administration of which is committectr a 4lon charge. Mr. M'Leod will be tried for the crime allege u Nsl him and if he is innocent, as we sincerely hope he if , fih no doubt of his acquittal. If he is guilty, he ought to " e ' c e le we trust, he will be, convicted, without the least refert ° the absurd demand, made in a tone of gross insolence, hi g BritisNewh Minister. e srti A York paper states, that " an American fish al bon from Vermont, and some anadians met at Telnusi thekeait Cr Lake, when from words they proceeded to blows, .ep u bor nadians were beaten. The latter threatened to cross te der and burn the houses of their opponents. In ihe;;7obl bourhood of Waterloo they had formed a party, and, , ' c ola making a descent upon Lockport, for the purpose or r Mr. M'Leod. The Rochester Democrat reports, on the authority of re" sengers from Lockport, that Mr. M'Leod was about toy moved to Rochester for sate keeping, to be escorted PTOOOI companies of United States troops. The Buffalo fler e from states that two companies of artillery have been order ee de that station to Lockport, on account, as rumour 0 1 ,1' 0 1, , anticipated attempt of Canadians to rescue Mr. IT . "„ for The folllowing is from the correspondence of the Pre' Courier and Enquirer tion ° 4 6 WASHINGTON, JAN. 15, 1841.—1 invite your atop ro il:, the recent correspondence between Mr. Fox and Mr. Flinn at in relation to the destruction of the steam-boat C a re ss ' tbe y Schlossar. When analysed in connection with the hilt, o oli are understood to be, it contains an extraordinary, and behind as extraordinary feature. There remains t ometh:lig the curtain not yet developed, Le OP " I proceed to state briefly what I understand to be t," 01 0 ,4 , During the last year, Mr. Stevenson and Lord Palmer.% Lore had a tart correspondence respecting the Caroline. ri,: at ship justifies and defends the attack upon the ground le' . 1 , Adams assumed on a well-known occasion. Mr. letter of the 29th of December, uses the argument of .'"er,th rd P l merston, but in a blind way ; clearly indicating, hew n t h at 11$ e r he was not unacquainted with the correspondence le tter' s taken place on the other side of the Atlantic. To t ll °' - r ee , °,7 Lord Palmerston Mr. Stevenson re pli e d, a nd, I ha ve o gae re ' to believe, in a tolerably able manner. At all events , P o , re e. Gee of our national honour was made in the slightest (lee s NORTH-EAST BOUNDARY QUEST lol4 ,:jetil l ! MAlNE.—Governor Kent, in his address to the L e g'i of lb," of Maine, just delivered, expresses himself on the sukic A c rier or North-Eastern Boundary in the following terms• l ' o f o ren‘ lulling to the imtediments and delays which have here o r" terfered to prevent an adjustment of the question, h_ettio ,u The time cannot be far distant when the question4e; sod sume a more definite shape, either peaceable or uari. i , er ies much as we may deprecate the awful evils and in!), afiv oi war, we ought to be prepared to meet the issue, if at c o ",',ess_,,i all, is the determination of our opponents, with th:fir t men who feel that they have the right, and who viii. l , e n :riflbe to threats or force the inheritance of our fathers and '" C earel e bet el`' ful ful territory of our state. The unanimity whic h has 0, c gilt ,, tensed our State on this question, in the midst of all °rue c al excitements, is a sure guarantee that the people $4,11 to sustain their rulers in all judicious, temperate , y.. s too decided measures, and that it is regarded by them t cred and too solemn a subject to be made the instrusneP mere party schemes or movements." •"0 ° f _ - e r On the subject of the recent military occupatie 60 , waska, by order of the Governor-General of Corn" nor Kent says— e rn Go/e - elS' lie adverts to the occupation, by order of the ito ,l e i General of Canada, of the posts of Tamiscouta Lake_tisolat dawaska, by British troops, in direct violation of the W e i, en agreement between the authorities of New Brunt e* Maine, and says— s°, " I cannot but view this proceeding, as my Pr-eel s jpab.° in his reply to Sir John Ilarvey, as 'a direct and l' i a rig fringcment of the subsisting arrangement,' and es t " A 1 3, 11.0 possession of that Portion of the contested territory.not 7,4 suggestion of Lieut.-Governor Harvey, who seers'? &died , tot been consulted in relation to this new act of jt . ol ine etne l l or s who evidently regards it with regret, if not as an 10 :T rit ile 11 subsisting arrangements, is disregarded, and the ", i t oIY g o' are permanently located at Madawaska, I shall feei_ oe si ! yi d to reiterate the request already made to the Pe at iee 'se vernment, and to ?true upon the Government the art 019 expediency of takiny military possession on ti" Geil it p. United Stales of it/tote territory in dispute. . 11 t his w o o Government owes ter, with promptness and energy, with a sinecr.eit,firm anxious de3ire to preseria: peace, but with an egad ar S termination to maintain subsisting eogageinents , o rt. i ker and to insist pon a full performance from the othe.k . . In the house of Representatives, on Friday,_ s be, submitted the following resolution for considerati leciationleee " Resolved—That the Committee on Fereigaingit to b. 700 caus . ebat es .ol ee instructed to inquire into the ex p e diency of cured and submitted to the Senate, copies of the tot_ 600 s . _ d British Parliament, prior to the year 1820, in re' 4 010,70 , north-eastern boundary of the United States, a n t reintrisldt land titles emanating from the British G ov ernin c r', o l - bi e in the ealls of said titles to the boundary now Government." of the re i° Mr. Preston objected to the adoption„ w ee din~f be presenting us in the aspect of regulating our P British legislation. s od r airy rit, Mr. Walker said the resolution was one „ a il i aine „yer haul read one of these debates of the British r 5 0 1 ,0 1 conceived it ought to be of the utmost importaen,e`...forotg, ought to be published in an official form for th r roV P the people of England, of the people of the 130" EV EN ING EDITION•