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THIS EVENING. FEB. 1. •s r Will be repeated Ehakspere's IN.. "4081.131'11ER NIGHT'S DREAM. "41 - " a, r. Coo p e r; Qu ince , Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. kr, ; Vlute, lir Keeley . , Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, . ; _ e ltri, .s.l.thews; .Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon Madame 11- 7 , lifi -t hia, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First SlRainforth. 'llt jlE vr After which, GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be TRi t c _r p ated, entitled b 4RTLE OF e O e TRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN P: ll rleg il i AND THE GIANT HELMET. - ,,, ° 410 4 13 „.s Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Il i 'ktnop' ''..". 140 ".stli ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. Oiew -PY, the Spanish Curate, with Brother Ben, an d . w dantoinse. t iklr Ps s t e t - Z k e irl d l l e y . , The Midsummer Night's Dream, with the % bee t° be elvned at half-past Six—the perfornsances to t. 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C 14 - . 4 '1 th s — h z Vi vans, splendid Co s t ume , an d Appointments, v Aief,"'lßtis of the ce l e b rated G eorge Crnikskanks. 11Ar, will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, qtp entitled qAN QUIN , 1 4 , bER AND MY LADY LEE , OR, GOOSEY 4‘' h w i n ish t i, A ND THE SPELL-BOUND . GOSLINGS. 4ter wiiie,astorrishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask vioi:lsis of S h e given, as well as Brunning s Grand Dioramic 4 1),.. R olona, r il • the Pantomimic Characters by the unri : Ni. o %is ~- ' , tinily ; Mr. Southby, the Original Clo.vn , -or p r et;! c olui;,bine ; and the astonishing Gymnastique, oisii A Carlo, from Franeont's, at Paris. n'42 " , ' . - 14' 41 1 111 AT LONDON BRIDGE TO - MORROW . : rt i inimutes after 9 i Evening 27 mmutes after !II " •46 rt 060 4 of the Evening E'lition of THE SUN corn raeneed at 20 minutes after Three. LONDON: 4° NDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1841. ir e , . ------------ of the Wesley kilt f 11,.e"iced to See the Address W lil t }, " 41 sall to the electors of that borough,ltis kp t ' apPeared in our paper of Saturday. religionists hat this respectable body of 4 44 bel ieve the Bible, and mean to act onth i their To their hostility to the younger 14 , 1 ke 4 ,l"ty a thick and thin Tory andbread r,'l'ot'n'e general conduct of the Tories, who are 0'4144' th e most part high and persecut iv in: 11 4 plen, offers a complete justification. t 'l( is e4sitlis example, a letter in the Manc h ester is ' 4 e 4: 4 _ 4 ) of Saturday, of which the followin g tit ~..,Lence ;- 4 h la ilte ‘ehed i Wesleyan 1141 ti '...414s Wel d Methodists have, for C s h o e m eh e ir y e e ,a a ni r n s . li N 44 004 .11 the village of t;Rh %N. Ong to George Cornwall Legh, Esq., 9 r °P ° tr. 7 4410(1 congregation, a considerable t number n of ;,?ielittlePebsts of tbe society, and Btf: 4-. ". t le g end fl urishing condition. But i t seems 1.-914:•1"gh has f_o e d himself aggrieved by ta -.°14411 4 °f the Methodists ; as lie waited u pon iilltatiiktilfteceePies the house, and informed her phoeng t that he she old littt "se 41114-11 hehe Methodists to come there any mor h e e f . toli ° I tha 1.1 should feel it his duty to turn to P re.o lll i : s 4 -1 ;11.1 1 1 1 % The old woman began at onc f e the n t he lot of all persecutors b o his el tOtit iti , l l tl ll t ir (shl.*lenid)e. :bat such would undoubtedly tr„, l erap,, 'Persisted in bpi oppusition. He : . how e ever, litt'ereoalinivtoreitiso.n, but ins_is .n te e d e o th n e h n, r_ e prohibuing th e m e h has had several lii k ! oti th. e, house. Since I °4 t h!eit I I ;, la tbleet from Methodists who had promi sed t ° 11 44 i e`, 3 1° , 11 ; and since he Itittli,lo* thet:siderable number o l . f e v e o s te t s h , she it t ha i s s c l o i n k s e e l . y nte t d 9 dos the l get tt°t, preach, but . nof . zn N C o h w ur i c .f h s h u o c u h rs a ; tu ne ! i s t r h o e rof : ne4et l / 4 t o ,_ e house licensed. tor. °Ps o r ;!.. 4 PP . en the country , _ as to have w would majority be ha at Ic t " of tie rarliament like Mr. Legh, l k N I , t7e Methodists, or any other sect . who differ from t, tllop:eu 4 Eeßla d ? If the Methodists ought riot no to t a do ' toe d to worsli; God in High _Legh, they o u g ht ' ol erilt 11 4 th rat ed 41eYwhere else ; and as Mr. L L e cg rh h e 4. 4 , 11::!, fr e.rn his estate, a Parliament of t, ..,_s_ 10°11 viel93ein front the cot . intry . . I hope the vv. p wouldwould 1 41* ill duly ....consider these thin and that not one of is L 4 tinot (1 ,7 1 _ 1 cl a vote for such a g c s andidate. Assuredly loCti‘'eftuld;Clriesiiilthout betray ing ..t t h e cau se he professes will be an everlasting ,h di:Art/tee upoannitishflosrereield.—l retrain yoult c.' "kw ' WESLEY AN LOCAL PREACH ith- l egto e , I ..lin. 28, 1841. till: l'°1 " are all persecutors, and the bulk of ‘l , * -' like m r. r - •' of Dissenters. 1 ,, 1_41:on, enemies 1 1 ., t , t t i le \Pi? therefore that the sensible admonition 1',,,,y Aiethodists not to record their votes .- 1 liiiry,e4rididates, will prevail at 'Walsall, Cantei tiloqi:llll in Surrey, where there are many M- 1 % t ' s * The Church of England is extremel t y , tli L. °llB to eitend its power, and it adops rib ' l 4(ls ~c it s 4 i ts en means, persuasive and coercive, to 4 , 4 44 48 end. Should the Wesleyans support i t li kt i, sllI)Port the Tories, they may be assure( b e i+l ti le end the majority of Parliament will 4ttll2l)°sed Of CORNWALL LEGIIS, who will en titii,.tiqr.to constrain them by law to return into I°4 ..vyttli Church. 111,4ii,t• GLADSTONE'S case, the Walsall Me • t t . N!, t s and llissenters have a right to be ex llia ,t 137 supicious. Ile has been suported by ih,titlirnther, the Member for Newark ;and that 1/ it . (l ) . t t le h t e ls the author of a book, written to sup r Q r . 11'3q arrogant claims of the Church. 4410),1"80/ir. is an advocate of apostolic suc t - s klti,il-of the worthlessness of the sacramen ts °lbilF by any hands but those of an or it,,Priest ; aud, of course, he denies the P°6- I 'o l . ,j, clf salvation out of the pale of the Church. i btoti:tie we6leyans, therefore, to vote fort the t°4ll;oorft talttleccandidat elio has been at Walsall . , is to vote against their "I* , ' -,- -• A `''''f' ' ,-" , .- ..% , e •,),. -,,,,,,,t ~,,,, es ? V*, ~ ~, - , v,•1110 e ' ut , .., '.." . ......' " ~':,-1411';* - -'4 +1a.... ...,,_ . : 50,,t.:',.`k. tt` •-: ".' :: • •,, •'...1.,,44, ''1111,:,,_.7 , i171 . -}4l' '-' nit own religion—their own sacred creed, and tc vote arrainst their GOD as well as againq their country. The appeal of the Minister at Wai riilgton has, therefore, come just in time, and only in time, to save the Wesleyans of Walsall from voting to their own perdition. The lesson should not be lost on the electors of Canterbury and Surrey. Let no honest man, no religious man, no Dissenter, vote in any place for a Tory and a bread-taxer, unless lie think if right to honour plunder, to sanctify irreligion and coerce all men into obedience to the cold. formal, faith-killing ritual of the State priest hood. Our accounts from all these three guar. ters are most encouraging. At Walsall the Tories are angry and full of complaints. They begin to see that they are not likely to succeed. They are afraid to trust their own voters, and, according to a Manchester Paper, they prevent the residents of Bloxwich, who have votes, from communicating with Walsall, lest they should catch the prevailing enthusiasm. The bread-taxers are, in fact, so unpopular at Walsall, that they dare not show themselves in the streets ; and the same unpopularity would be generally experienced. A Walsall elector Who votes for GLADSTONE will be hooted in almost every town of the empire. We are not sure that a similar fate will not attend the elec tors of Canterbury who vote for SMYTHE, though they have not been so directly appealed to as the electors of Walsall. They are, however, as much concerned in the issue. To vote for SMYTHE, is to vote for the accursed bread-tax—a tax which takes from the poor to give to the rich—which extorts bread from the half-starved industrious labourer to bestow it on the idle landowner's hounds—which gives the solemn sanction of the law to plunder, and honour:, greediness and dishonesty. To the electors of Surrey, we need address no such remarks, for Mr. ALCOCK, a landlord, has undertaken to con vince them that the Corn-law is injurious as it is dishonest. When, in fact, was dishonesty other wise than injurious? But to the electors of Wal sall, Canterbury, and Surrey, we say that the peace and happiness of the community are at stake, and will be irretrievably lost, we are afraid, if they return to Parliament three bread taxers. The suffering people of this country will not, and dare not, submit much longer to the ruinous bread-tax ; and it depends on the electors whether that scandalous violation of all moral principle, of all honesty and justice, shall be peaceably abrogated, or be the parent of a destruc tive revolution. Electors of Walsall, Canter bury, and Surrey, your country adjures you to give an honest and conscientious vote. The arrogant character of the Tories is well dis played by Lord STANLEY. No sooner did Lord MoneETH give notice of a motion for a Regis tration Bill for Ireland, than a friend of Lord STANLEY, in his name, gave notice of a motion by the Noble Lord on the same subject to precede Lord MORPTII'S. He is determined therefore to take the matter out of the hands of Government. He and his friend have been hooted as it were by the bulk of a nation, but they are insensible to the ignominy of a nation's hate, and ask to be hooted again. With a self-conceit which is perfectly indomitable, which has over and over again been convicted of extreme foolishness, the Ultra-Protestant bigots insist on forg ing new chains for Catholic Ireland. The Protestant landlords are not, according to them, disliked enough for ages of persecution, and they are determined to rouse against them the concentrated hatred of the people. They are too easy in their possessions, according to Lord STANLEY and Mr. EMERSON TENNENT, and the people are to be exasperated in their behalf; that their enjoyment of life and property may be made more precarious. They have already so used their right of property, as in many cases to make themselves hated; Lord STANLEY, by giving them more political power, and a more certain means of harassing their tenants, is determined that they shall be universally detested. He is probably envious, and wishes all to be reduced to the same level. His love of coercion has made the Irish detest him, and his Bill seems adapted to make every landlord share his fate. It may be natural in him to wish that they should be re duced to his condition, but we see no re a son why the empire should be convulsed to gratify the malignity or love of despotism in any man. The community can well spare Lord STANLEY— it cannot dispense with peace. The debates in the French Chamber, on the project of fortifying Paris, present the singular spectacle of the genius of NAPOLEON still domi neering over France, and fixing, by the hands of such revolutionists as M. TRIERS, and such old soldiers as Marshal SOU LT, the chains of military despotism over her young and growing liberties• By the authority of NAPOLEON, and by acts drawn from his history, do the ci-decant Republi cans justify the fortifications of Paris. His words are thus quoted by M. THIERS : " But whatever care, whatever activity is employed in reforming the ai my, in re-organising the defence of the frontiers, it is to be feared that if hostilities began before autumn, the combined armies of Europe might be much more numerous than the French, and it would then be under the walls of Paris or Lyons that the fate of the empire would be decided. These great cities were formerly fortified. Napoleon had frequently thought of for tifying the heights round Paris. especially at his return from the campaign of Austerlitz; the fear of alarming the inhabitants, and the events which succeeded, prevented ' him accomplishing this project. He thought that a great capital it the county of the elite of the population, the centre of opinion, the depot of everything, and that it is the greatest contradiction to leave so important a point without sufficient defence. At the period of misfortunes States are frequently short of soldiers, but never of men capable of defending the interior : 50,000 National Guards, 2,000 to 3,000 artillery-men, will defend a ca pital against an army of 300,000 men. These 50,000 men in the field, unless soldiers commanded by experienced officers, will be routed by a charge of a few thousand horse. Paris might have owed her safety to her walls, ten or twelve times. In 1814, had it been fortified and capable of resisting but eight days, what influence would not that have had upon the events of the world. If, in 1805, Vienna had been fortified, the battle of Ulm would not have decided the war; if, in 1806, Berlin bad been fortified, the army beaten at Jena might have rallied there, and the Russian army would have joined it; if, in 1808, Madrid hed been Fortified, the French army, after victories of Espinosa, Tudela, Burgos, and the Somo. Sierra, had not marched upon that capital, leaving be- hind Salamanca and Valladolid, and the English and Spanish army." He continued :—What Napoleon said in these lines he did in 1815, before Paris, and at that period he announced in the Moniteur that the field works should, at a future period, be replaced by perrna neat works. All the examples of capitals taken and empires perilled or overturned are borrowed, then, from the history of NAPOLEON, and Paris is to be forti fied to save it from the fate which the French inflicted on Vienna and Austria, on Berlin and Prussia, on Madrid and Spain. The French now propose to put themselves to immense expense, take immense trouble, and inflict vast injury on themselves, to guarantee themselves against being served as they under NAPOLEON served other nations. What a wonderful and use ful law of mental association is that, thus influencing the policy of nations, as it is felt by individuals, which makes the cunning, the dishonest, or the aggressive, always anticipate, and always dread, retaliation. Paris is to be for tified, lest France should be paid in the NAPO LEON coin, which the French so much admired. Her pleasant vices are thus made the instruments of her punishment. The chalice she poisoned is ' commended to her own lips. The delight expe rienced in victories over other nations now re turns in alarm to herself. A s the veneration fir BONA PARTE has revived, so apprehension has increased ; and, in bringing him back to the In valides, France seems already to have brought on herself many of the evils of his iron despotism, without the possibility of reviving the glories of his living genius. We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday. They are still occupied with the interminable debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Fortifications Bill. A brief but sufficiently explicit report of the T! -W, SUN, LONDON. MOND AY, FFBRUARV L 19-11. proceedings in the Chamber will be found II another part of Tlie Sun. The debates in both Reuses of Parliament 01 the Addrcss iri anL:;wer to her MAJEsTY's Speeci from the Throne, have put the Ministeria journals iii better humour with the Governmen of this country than even we anticipated. The journal ores Delmt. of Frida y and Satnr day devotes seven of its eolu mn3 t o the speeches delivered in the Houses of Lords and Commons, in addition to which it has the followingiremarks upon the subject, !which are worthy of notice, as indieatirt2. on the part of the Court a disposition to cultivate more friendly relations with tins country : We publish at length the debates of the English Par liament, in order that the country may judge bow little truth there is in the daily declaration of fallen parties. When we see every day repeated that France is degraded from the rank which she occupied in the world, we expe rience a feeling of jealousy and sadness at seeing her sta tion and her influence vindicated by those very adversaries who combated them, and whose glory has come of our mistakes. Why should the blows which strike us always be dealt by oursslves ? For while the French press and Parliament declare that France is humbled and degraded, the English press and Parliament represent us strong, great, and ret ported as ever. Thus the foreigner is more French than ourselves, and provides us with the modesty, the dignity, and the patriotism which we have not shown ourselves. What particularly , attracts our attention is the unanimity with which men of all parties, without any exception—Tories, Whigs, and Radicals—express their re spect for France, their sympathies for its people, their regret to see it separated from England and Europe, and their desire to see it re-enter on honourable terms into the European confederation. The . specch of Lord Pal. merston had peculi a r i n t eres t ; W e will not, yielding to the kind of intimidation which surrounds his name, re. sieve with mistrust the sentiments which he expressed in accents of sincerity ; nor shall we humble the pride of France, in showing. too much gratitude for his cordial words. In times past they might have found an echo here. But to-day, how much passion and awakened enmity will they have to pierce through, how much hatred will they have to overcome 1 The wound still bleeds, and requires time and efforts to heal it. The Eng lish Government expresses the firm hope of seeing France rejoin the Councils of Europe. All honourable men here have the same desire. What country would embrace a policy of universal enmity ?• And after, and in despite of all, can we forget that the English nation is the only one which cad repeat in concert with France the word of liberty, which still frightens the rest of the Continent— the only nation which in the day of universal incertitude stretched out the hand to us without askiag where we came from, or whither were we going ; the only nation in fine to whose friendship our past revolutions are no bar? There is very little general news of any inter est in the Journals of Priday and Saturday, from which, however we subjoin a few extracts: — The Oreste brig arrived at Brest on the 26th of January from Monte Video. The Droit had stated that in the domiciliary visit made in the residence of M. Auguste Johannet, editor of La Trance, the latter owned that the letters had been in his hand, but that they were no longer in his possession. M. Johannet has written to that paper, declaring that he said no such thing. The Commissary asked M. Johannet if he believed that these letters existed, and that they were not forgeries. Johannet replied that the policy of the journal in which he was employed would not allow 11:m to doubt their authority, about which nobody had to answer but himself till the day of trial. The Commissary continued his search, which led to no result.— The Constitutionnel. On Friday evening the Ministers came to the Tuileries. There was a great movement, in consequence of the im pression made bj the debates in the Chamber. At Loon. Lad Granville arrived at the office of Foreign Affairs. Though M. Guizot was not there his Excellency went i.i with a voluminous correspondence in his hand, and stopp. d there half an hour. M. Guizot was at that time at the Department of the Interior, in close correspondence with Duchatel. At one o'clock they both proceeded in thr carriage of M. Guizot to the Palais Bourbon, where sever. l Ministers of the Commission of Fortifications had Leen assembled since twelve o'clock.—Le Commerce, BIirFSELS, JAN. 30.—The Senate will be convoked for the 13th of February, or sooner, in order to be able to vote in time the budget of the expenditure, in which pro vinci.l votes of credit have been voted for the first two months of this year. _ A letter from the frontiers of Italy of the 17th of January to the Coloyne Gazette says, Letters from Rome state that two eminent persons belonging to the Russian Lega tion, one a Protestant and the other of the Greek religion, have embraced the Catholic faith. This news, which needs confirmation, has caused a great sensation at Rome. The recal of those two persons to Russia is considered as inevitable." A letter from Charleroy of the 26th announces that a powder mill had blown up that morning ; two persons were killed, and seven seriously injured ; the neighbouring build ings bad not sustained any damage. The cause of the ac cident is not ascertained. BO URSE.—Partis, SATURDAY, JAN. 30. f irst Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prick. Price French 5 per Cents il2 50 ... 112 70 ... 112 50 ... 112 70 4% per Cents lO2 30 11 , 2 30 ... lir2 le2 4 per Cents 3 per Cents 77 10.. 77 15 ... 77 10 77 15 Bank of ~lgian /Sank 5 per Cl.lll, 98% ...• 93 1 4 ... 98% ... 98U 3 per Cents (S 50 ... 68 50 ... qti tO ... 68 50 Dutch 1 1 ,4;, per Cents 5114 ... 51.,.A ... 511 b ... 51;‘, S!:,,n.sh ACLIVC .. Passive 6% ~. 6% ... 6% ... 6 , !.4 Neapulit4n Rotnar 100T ,3 ... 100% ... 1(.0% ... 10(.1% I?AILWAY SIiARES, St. I;errn.in Versailles,lt.B 440 ... 442 50 ... 44.1 44.1 ta.) ............ 223 75 ... 325 ::23 75 ... 325 Orleans .. 485 485 ... 485 ... 485 StriFuorg to Bate Rouen By the packet-ship Cambridge, wind-bound off Cork, at which harbour one of the passen gers landed, and proceeded immediately to Li verpool, we have received New York papers of the 9th of January. We extract from the New York Herald of that date a somewhat dismal account of the state of the Money Market, which we would fain believe is rather exagge rated. If' the United States Bank be in the dangerous position represented, it is fortunate that the danger is discovered while Congress is in Session, when sonic remedy more effective than General JACKSON and Mr. .VA BunEx's cash currency system may be adopted. If the immediate resumption ofspecie payments threaten to compel the Li - Led Stales Bank to stop pay ment altogether, the Legislature must see the necessity of affording that institution such lair protection as will enable it to keep faith with all - - - its creditors. The falling off in the Lank busi ness dwelt upon by the Herald is accounted for by the uncertain state of the law, and the con stant intermeddling of Congress with affairs which were best left to tl►e control of merchants, bankers, and Men of business From the New Yurh Herald, Join. 8.) PANIC IN THE MONEY MARKET. The panic caused by the United States Bank returns is so intense as to have a great influence upon the question of resu►r.ption. The anxious inquiry now is, will the bank in its weak condition stand the storm ? and if not, will the other banks be able to stand without her ? All confidence in the institution is gone ; and the same alarm which bad seized the stockholders will extend to the billholders and depositors the instant the bank opens i:s doors for the pa!- mcnt of specie. It has raised a whirlwind, which even a strong institution would find a difficulty in braving. The United States Bank has not the mesas of standing for an hour before the slightest disposition to discredit it. According to its returns, its immediate assets and liabilities are as follow : Specie at New York and Philadelphia 51,725,087 Bank -notes, ditto ditto 707,441 Foreign Bills and Balances $3,568,481 Circulation Dorosita iu New York and Philadelphia 1,869,022 $11,205,022 Beyond this there is not the slightest means eoailable by the bank, except at the greatest sacrifice, and the mass of its securities are such that they are dailt becoming worse. During the past year, the bank seems to have tried to raise its credit. It is now worse off by several millions of dollars than it was this time last year, and that of actual cash. The report of the Dividend Committee states, that the actual monc) paid out during the last six months, for expenses, interest, and foreign loans, &c. was $400,000 snore than the gross profits. The same expenses are not only going on, but increasing - the interest on loans, &c. Protested paper is constantly accumulating, law expenses and agency disbursements are growing heavier, while the business of the bank is falling off at the rate of 7,000,000 per annum. The loans decreased this amount from January, 1840, to the date of the latest statement. The excess of the expenses over the profits for the next six months must be over $500,000. The stock last Ja nuary sold at 60, and is now at 50. lf the bank last year had, as we advised, boldly resumed its payments, its credit would have revived, and resump tion would easily have been sustained, the effect of which would have been a revival of business, that would have carried up the value of her securities, and placed her in a comparatively safe position. The private interest of the speculators that misdirect her would, however, then have suffered. The bank has gone on from worse to worse, until she is driven to a resumption amidst a panic, raised entirely by the publication of her true position. United States declined t per cent. North American Trust and Banking declined per cent. Delawares and Hudsons receded 4 per cent. Vicksburg improved per cent. Bills on the South were worse. Sales on Philadelphia, 1 per cent. discount. Baltimore, to 1 discount. Mobile, sfio 6. discount. The proceedings of Congress were exciting little interest. Tranquillity prevailed in Canada, and no outrages disgraced the frontier : On the Cambridge passing S.ndy Hook she saw the Liverpool And New York packet• ski Garrick on shore, deserted, and the Captain of the Cambridge supposes that she must become a total wreck. the passengers and crew had crowded on the quartcr-deek, and the sea was making complet2 breqzlits over her. Captain Pederson was of opinion that all the passengers and crew might possibly have been landed, otherwise they must have suffered se verely during the night. The latest reports state that a schooner passed the Garrick sufficiently near to discover her name. The vessel. was a total wreck, and not a single individual was seen on board, but the sci:corvr could not pcsi,ibly render any assistance. We hear that only twelve passengers were on board. The Levant mail has arrived, bringing advices from Constantinople of the 7th, Alexandria of the same date, Athens of the 'loth, and Malta of the lOth ult. The news from these several places will be found in another part of the Sun. The most tlicts stated in them are that Admiral EVALKER, Commodore NAPIER, Captain PA N s;l- wE, and a Turkish officer of high rank, were hourly expected to arrive at Alexandria to claim the surrender of the fleet, and to announce to Mr.itr.mor ALT his pardon and restoration to the hereditary government of Egypt—that the plague had broken out at Alexandria and Acre—and that IBRA HIM PACHA was still at Damascus, awaiting the issue of the negotiations between MEHEMET Ala and the SULTAN, and watched by a Turkish and Syrian three of 15,000 men, ready to enter the city on its being evacuated by the Egyptians. The reports alluded to in the letters from Smyrna and Alex andria, of a great vict or y o bt a i ne d by I BRA H IM over the Syrians, is unfounded. An article recently appeared in the Hampshire Telegraph, reflecting on the System of Instruc tion pursued on board her Majesty's ship Excel lent, specifying in particular that the measure ment of distance is neglected, and expressing a trust that after the late " exhibition at Acre," the officers in future will be instructed in this rspect. We have thought it our duty to inquire into a qu.sEion bearing so directly on a point involving the efficiency of our navy.. We are informed from authority on which we implicitly rely, that the fullest and most clear instructions, both theo retical and practical, arc given in this branch on board the Excellent, and at the Fire-barns on SOU thsca Common. Oa reference to the book of questions on naval gunnery, emanating from the Excellent, and issued for the instruction of the junior officers c,f the navy, we observe that the rules tbr firing are based on the knowledge of the distance, and that the simplest and most useful methods of as certaining it are given there, to which are added tables for facilitating the process. It so happens that the following words, ex tracted from this work, rebut directly- this sin gular charge : " But it is indispensable that the distance should, in all cases, be correctly ascertained, and a simple and practical way bas been shown of obtaining it." A comparison has been drawn between the Con - inlander of the Stromboli, and Lieutenant, now Commander, GRENFELL, for the purpose of proving that proper instruction is not given in the Excellent; the inconsistency of the writer will be obvious when the simple fact is stated that both these officers were educated in the Excellent. THE MARKETS-(TMS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals were moderate of English Grain, gocd of Flour, and considerable of Oats from Ireltnd. There was a small fresh supply of every article. Wheat comes in better condition, and the best parcels were taken off at Is. to 2s. per quarter advance on last Monday's prices. Barley dull, at no alteration in value. Beans and Pease as last reported. In the Oat trade the supply exceeded the demand, and sales were heavily made at last quotations. No improvement in the Flour trade. PRICES ON BC Wheat,Red (old) —s. White (old) --s. --s• - ..11es1164.1) 525.54 ;. Fine 555. 575. -- Superfine 5,98. 64 --- White (l1:141) 545. 51s. ---- rine f Os. Os. -- Superfine 655. (is . —Foreign free 545.:0;. Ityu 38s. 4W. Barley 26s. 375. Grinding 'ids c.Ss. Malting a's 35,. 510 t s6s. (ids, -- mine New 6:25. 635. Pease, Grey, New 361. ads. Maple New 405. 425. White 345. 365. Boilers 37s. 3Ss. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN L( Wheat. t. I 3,743 qrs. ll IARD OF SPIT. Beano, Smali ,liew) 43i. 4:.5. - (old) ...... _4s' 4.5 m. Tick (new) 37. 34.. • (old) 42 445. --- Harrow (new) 403.418 (old) ..... .. 448. 4fr. Brant- »• • -3.-8. Oats, Feed ------- New 203.235. --- Poland --------- New `)5;.28'. -- Potatoe fi —:l. _ .. .......-___ I..T vw 0 6, 30s. • - Scotch 'a., :Ps. - Irish J. ... 215.245. Flour Town (per sack).... 50s. 555. --.. Seconds 465.485. ..........- North Country 45. 46.. Bran lts 12. INDON DURING LAST WEEF. ;arleir. I oats. Flow ,37.8 qrs. 6,349 qrs. 8,7c8 satas I:F6 27',615 - 529 brls. English Irish Fureign br 84 I SMITHFIELD. The trade for Beef, Mutton, and Veal, was good. The denund for Pork was moderate. Beasts, 2,476; Sheep, 17,260; Pi;s, 316 ; Calves, 52 ; Beef, 3s. 6d. to ss. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 6s. 2d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 2d. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERN MENT. SIR VALENTINE I3LAN.E'S FIFTH LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE suiv. Sre,—lt is quite plain teat all Reformers will labeur in vain u;:less liiey unite to obtain some single specified measure upon which all will a.ercc, and that the ques tion is (as has been able stated in a letter from " Member of the League;' which you have published in The Sun of the 16th inst.) " What shall be the first grand measure on which to unite'" I will venture to answer that question, and state a particular measure in which all the liefbriners of the United Empire will, I hope and believe, at once agree, because the adoption of it will in substance comprehend, or at least be an approach to, and will render it practicable in the end (if necessary) to obtain, that particular species of further Reform which may be most desirable in each portion and separate department of the United Empire. I am sanguine, perhaps too much so, but my opinions are the result of much 'experience ; but, nevertheless, I will agree to have my name written down as that of a thickskull and stupid fellow, if the consummation of my remedy will not be hailed as a panacea by the Re formers of Leeds, and,Manchester, and Edinburgh, and Glasgow, and Ulster: and last, though not least, that my proposed reformation will be admitted by Mr. O'Connell himself to be much preferable, more compre hensive, and vastly more desirable for Ireland, in every point of view, than the repeal of the Union. I do not arrogate to myself the originality of my present scheme—to you the credit of the suggestion justly belongs ; but you merely touched slightly upon it ; nor did you consider it with reference to each and to all parts of the United Kingdom, but to one portion of it only. It is, after a due consideration of its benefi cial and more extended operation, that I now venture ' to recall your attention to the subject, in the hope that, as a child of your own adoption, you will not abandon and disavow it in its enlarged proportions, and that you will sustain and cherish it to a triumphant maturity. You will please to recollect, that although the Bri tish Constitution was, in the good old times (when no registration was required), it cannot now be truly de scribed as a genuine Representative Government—all freeholders under 10/., and all of that amount and up wards, who arc impeded at the registry by objections of firm, or who abstain from being registered, arc in point of law non-electors. This modern Constitu tion has created a fictitious representation, as all the non-electors are not .really but only virtually re presented ; therefore the governing principle of the British Constitution, as now acted upon, is not genuine representation—it is composed of delegation, rx,ixed with representation, but not mixed in the proper pro portions. My scheme of Parliamentary reform consists of an es tension of the principle of delegation, founded upon a more extended and equitable representative pedestal, and thus to make the column perfect. Here I am free to admit that my intended sugges tion is not worth one moment's consideration, if it be not practicable (provided always that an unbrol,en-rif,rm phalanx will urge it forward)—if it will not at onee, in the opinion of all parties, add decisively to the number of Liberal Members in the Imperial Parliament—if it will not operate as a speedy cure for the manifold evils of absenteeism, not in Ireland only, but also in Scotland ; and yet my proposition only amounts to a law of regu lation, and not, as in other cases, to a repeal of any fundamental law. These preliminary observations are, I fear, tiresome, but, in my humble opinion, they are a necessary key to the design which I intend availing myself of by your kind ness, respectfully to submit for your acceptance in a seperatc letter. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obliged and obedient Servant, VALENTINE BLAKE. LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEL. 1.-It blew a fresh gale last night, and part. of this mooning, from the northward and eastward, with heavy squalls.—Wind this day at noon, light breezes at with a sharp frost. HANSGATE, JAN. 30 —The Industry, Bucks, from Har wich to Portsmouth, struck on the Brake Sand this evening. The crew shortly after left, and the vessel is supposed to have sunk. A light schooner with lower masts and bowsprit stand ing, passed off the north Foreland in tow of a steam-tug this morning for the River. DEAL, JA N. 30 . Wind W. S. W. , moderate. —3l. Wind S. S.E., strong breezes.—Sailed the Elizabeth, Hamlyn, for Madras; Eliza Kincaid, Brown, Havannah. The sloop In dustry, of Weymouth, is sunk off Sandown Castle, after strik ing on the Break Sand ; crew saved. LIVERPOOL. JAN. 30.—Wind variable---31. Wind N.N.E. —Arrived the Priscilla, Taylor, from Pernambuco; Oregan, Glidden; oromando, Pearse, Nev, Orleans; Jarrow,Walker, Demerara. Sailed the Lady Rowena, Clayton. for Calcutta; Chili, Ph flips, Bombay ; Maxim, Monte Video ; Hudson,, Page; Einiry,Pearse ; Hope, Collins, New Orleans; Belvi dere, M'Korin ; Adam Lodge, James, Charleston ; Edward, Drummond, Sydney ; Lenard, Le Grand ; Panope, Monte Video ; Countess Durham, Stowe ; Abbotsford, M'Lcan, De merara. REPORTED LOSS OF THE PACKET-SHIP " GARRICK." This vessel which is said to have sailed from Liverpool for New York, on the 13th of December last, it is feared is lost, as by a letter received at Lloyd's this morning from their agent at Liverpool, it appears that " she was driven on shore on the 6th of January, about twenty-five miles to the southward of Sandy Hook. She was seen on the morning of the 7th with all her people on the poop, the sea making a complete break over her. She was again seen without any person cm board. It is supposed the crew and passengers had landed on the coast in the interim. It was feared the vessel would become a wreck." It is highly im probable, however, that this vessel could be the Garrick, be cause if the Garrick sailed on the 131 h of last Dec. she must have made the passage out . to New York in twenty-four days, a thing almost impossible for a sailing vessel to do at that time of the year. Five weeks would have been a good passage, and six is often reckoned upon by captains of the New York vessels. Argestes, Hannah Jamaica; Rival, Sutherla n d, N assau ; Clifford, Shields, Africa. Off port the Cambridge, Bursley, New York. Sailed, dth inst. Two Mexican and one foreign vessel were wrecked at San Blas during a gale Nov. 1. !FURTHER PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE GARRICK. The Garlick was seen ashore on the woodland about twenty-five miles south of Sandy Hook. On the evening of the 7th, a vessel called tho Porte Blunt pasted near the Garrick, when Captain Pederson set his signal, which was Immediately answered by Captain Palmer. wh, hoiAcd Mr. Collins's signal, of New York; the wind at the time was blowing violently from S. S. W Another vr•a ael confirms the report,. and the Captain states that PROVISION MARKET. Prices of Butter still high, and the market healthy fine quotations of Irish Butter 106 e tol 108 s, and the best Dutch 114 s to 1183 per cwt. Bacon in steady demand, and pr.ces firm at 50s to 51s per mt. Laid dull, at 72s to 73s per cwt. Hams and all other articles were cull. TEA MARKET. The prices of Free Trade were little changed, while Com pany's Congou advanced from ls. *l. to ls. 5.?,d. per lb. cash, with a firm market. The transactions, however, were of a limited character. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow dull, and the trade appears to supply their wants with town Tallow, which is now compa ratively the cheapest. The price of p. Y. Candles iv, how ever, still kept up-465. 6d. on the spot. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. 30.—There has been a little more activity in our Market to-day. Manches ter and Leeds, Halves, 32, 324., 32k; Bristol and Exeter, 21-, with New ; Manchester and Birmingham, 24 ; Do. Extension, 21. 16s. 6d., 2/. 17s. 6d. ; South Lan cashire Bank, 58.. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales this day arc 6,000 bags, of which 2,000 have been taken on .pecul tion, chisfly Americans, at Friday's quotations. The Jersey Gazette of Tuesday last publishes the fol loning —" We are g!ad to inform our readers that the Feer.ch Post-office is reestablished; since its temporary abrogation the annoyance and losses suffered by persons who have commercial relations with France, were quite intolerable; letters were frequently one week at the General Post. Office before being delivered. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDANI, JAN. 29.—The Bourse was weak to-day, and the prices in general were lower. The Integrals fell to 498 ; the Actions of the Society of Com merce also lower to 1691. Ardoin's Spanish was offered 22 9-16; Coupons were also less sought after at 20i. Accounts received from Naples of the 12th January state that a violent shock of an earthquake took place at Reggio during the night of the 4th inst., which caused great ravage. The palace of the Intendant, that of Jus tice, and the cuisine of San Agostino, with the prison San Francino, as well as the residence of the Governor of the province, were in ccmplete ruins. Several private houses were thrown down. The inhabitants took refuge in the wintry, where they built huts. It was also felt at .Iles. situ, where it must have done some damage; we are not yet in possession of the details. Our chief arrival this morning is from the United States, bringing very unfavourable accounts respecting the United States Bank, which caused a great panic at New York, and it was doubtful whether it would resume payments. This is certainly an unfortunate event for the shareholders in this country, who hold them to a large amount. Not being in possession as yet of the American papers, we cannot give any further particulars on the subject. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 89i for Feb. 25, opened this morning at the same quotation, since which the above event has had a little effect on the British mar ket, and Consols are flat at 89i; for Money, 89i ; Ex chequer Bills, 4 6 prem, ; Bank Stock, 165 167; India Stock, 246 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active openod at 24i 241, a shade lower than they left off on Saturday; De fei red, 121 13; Passive. 61 61; Portuguese left off at 32i, at present 34-; Three-per-Cents. 201; Brazilian, 7:4 73i ; Columbian, 221 234; Mexican, 274 281; 9 D BI utc , h 9 T . wo.and-a-half per Cents., 5 01; Five per Cents., SHARES.—Great Western, 27 } 23 1 prem. ; New, 13 14 prem. ; London and Brighton , 6 1 6 dis. ; Blackwall, 4 31 581 per share ; Bi rm i ng h am, dis. ; Southampton, 57i 88 bo prem. ; Croydon, 121 per share ; Greenwich, 841 share; Manchester and Birniingham, 15 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. litAiLwAys. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New London and Blackwall ............ 22 i l Bi ... to South Eastern and D0ver......... 28 HALF-PAST oNE. A French paper received this morning states, that a grand b it was given byge Count the day before yesterday; the English uniforms were more numerous than those of the French; an English officer who was present had before him the medal of Waterloo, two of the French officers followed him for a long time. making a number of allu sions to it, but the English officer remained silent. The British Market has been inactive during the morn ing, and we do not hear of a feature worth notice. The unfovourable intelligence from America has not had any ; effect on the market to the present time. Some per sons do not believe the whole of the statement respe c ti ng t h e United States Bank in the New York Herald, and are waiting the arrival of the files of the papers. U n i te d States Bank Shares are quoted in our market at 121. 10 3 . Consols at present 89il, have been 89:i for th e Ac count 3 Stock E xc li n e o q t tl h c i ng • done. r Bi 11s ' 5 6 P " m . ; India St oc k, 248 Bank In the Foreign Market the chief business doing was in Spanish Active, which has fluctuated during the morning from 24.1 1i 1, at prq.:ent 241; Deferred 12i; Portu guese, 311; lower Colombian 224 ; Mexican 271, also lover; Dutch Two-and- a- Half per Cents, 50, shade lower ; Five per Cents. 99. In Shares little doing. Great Western, New, 63 ; London and Blackwall 18} ; Manchester and Leeds New Shares 27 ; South Eastern and Dover 13. We understand that Lord Panmure, Mr. F ox Mauleib father, is seriously indisposed at his seat i n Scot tand. His Lordsbip is now an old man, being up vlar d s of seventy. REIGATE ELECTION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Dr. Bedford, of Loudoun House, Brixton, whose efforts in the cause of Liberal principles are well known in the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, having been requested by many of the most influential voters in Rei gate to stand as a Reform candidate for that borough, commenced his canvass on Saturday, with every prospect of success. It appears that a large number of Lord East nor% supporters are disqualified for the present occasion, in consequence of some informality respecting the Poor rates ; these are chiefly resident in the town ; but that the Liberal voters, who reside chiefly in the suburbs, ale un usually strong upon the register. Mr. D'Arcy is merely playing the game of Lord Eastnor, end will retire in due time. This piece of generalship is attributed to the great apprehension entertained by the Tory [arty, of the field being taken by a determined Liberal. The nomination will take place on Wedneulay, and the friends of Dr. Bedford feel confident of a decided show of hands in his favour, and of going to the poll with a suf. ficient majority, whilst the activity and energy for which Dr. Bedford has credit, will give him no small advantage over the youth and inexperience of Lord Eastnor. Under the head of " Literary and Parliamen tary Agency," among the advertisements, will be found a prospectus of a new establishment, which is much required, and we trust will ultimately be successful. The mode in which Petitions to Parliament,- _.:Memorials to Government, and statements on subjects connected with various in terests are drawn up, cannot fail to influence more or less the parties to whom they are addressed; and it ought, therefOre, to be one of the primary ob jects of those interested to have them shaped in such a way as to produce the strongest effect. This appears to us one of the most commendable features of the undertaking. Travellers, also, who have taken notes of the manners, cus toms, and institutions of forei g n nations, but unacquainted with the best mode of exhibiting their remarks in an attractive form, will find advantage by applying for information on this subject from one of the parties who has visited almost every country in Europe, who is a rood scholar, and well skilled in literary compo sition. The undertaking altogether is one which promises success, and which we are convinced will be found useful to different classes of society. For particulars, we refer to the advertisement. Bells Life . in London of Sunday Next, Feb. 7, will, as 'Anal, give the best account of the Pugilistic Cor tests between Caunt and Ward, Lane and Sullivan. The price of Belts Life is Five-pence, regularly pub lished in time to send by the Saturday afternoon Rail ways. Belts Life of January 31 contained, in addition to its usual weekly miscellany, including the Queen's Speech, &c., the Saubridgevvorth First and Second Steeple Chases, the Leamington, Aberystwith, Andoversford, and Chignal ; the Fleetwood's, Hampton, and Spelthorne Coursing Meetings ; several original runs with stag and fox-hounds; Chess; Tournament at Leeds; ninety Hunt ing Appointments; three folio columns of the Great Fight between Broome and Hannan at Bicester ; the Tables of Matches to come, viz., Coursing, Races, Steeple Chases, the Ring, and Pedestrianism ; Betting at Tattersall'a, Manchester, and Newmarket; with a variety of other sporting matters. DARTMOUTH.—We are glad to say that the Government have adopted the Report of the Commis sioners, and Dartmouth is now fixed upon as the Packet station. The Government have acted in this matter with great firmness and disinterestedness; and we hope the Dartmouth people, who arc quite alive to the benefit which the measure will confer en them, will do all that they pos sibly can to improve the communication with their town, and that the South of Devon will generally co-operate in any measure to improve the communication with Exeter. We understand that most of the contracts are taken for completing the line of railway from Bridge ater—since the line has been leased to the Great Western Company. The admirable plan on which the Great Western line has been constructed—a plan so complimentary to the sagacity of the engineer, Mr. Brunel, and the spirit and enterprise of the enlightened capitalists who stood by him—bas placed th:s line first in reputation in England. The Company have attained immense strength in consequence; and, as far as we can judge, there is no doubt that, now it is leased to them, the whole work will be completed to Exeter within three years. The adoption of Dartmouth, and the acceleration of the completion of this line, is a fortunate conjunction, of which we hope the Dartmouth people will fully avail themselves, by an endeavour to make their communication with the line as perfect as cir cumstances will permit.— Western Times. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DA Y This being the last diy of 1 - 11;ary Term the Court t oo appeal motions, after giving its cn the differ ui eL;7,es that stood on the paper for jud,,Ymr:nt. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL U. THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF• BOSTON. Tile LORD CHANCELLORpa;e judgment in this case, which was argued before the Court scmc time since upon appeal from the decision of his Honour the Vice Chan cellor. The question in the case was whether under the Act of Wiliiam IV. the Corporation of Boston had the power to appropriate the surplus fund arising from the tolls taken on the Witham and the Weiland livers to the improvement of the port of Boston. The Vice Chan cellor decided that they had not, and from that decision the present appeal was brought. His Lordship was clearl) of opinion that the judgment below was correct, and dis missed the appeal, but without costs. PYM V. L'CI:YER His Lordship alsu give judgment in this case, in which the question was, whether, according to the rules and prac tice of the Court, and the decision that had taken place, a portion advanced to a child was an ademption of a le gacy. The Lord Chancellor, after going at c , nsiderable length into the authorities, stated his clear opinion to be, that the portion was not an ademption of the legacy, and decreed accordingly. The Court then proceeded with the hearing of appeal motions. VICE-CHANCERY. - (THIS DAY.) Motions of no public interest occupied Hi 3 Honour the Vice-Chancellor the whole day. - - QUEEN'S .BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) This being the last day of Term, LIE! Court went through the Bar, as it is technically termed, commencinF with the Junior Counsel. Motions of course only were taken ; and no case involving any point of law, or of pub lic interest, came before the Court. THE CIRCUITS. We understand that the quantity of business left undispcsed of on the Western Circuit is a matter of general complaint among suitors and legal practitioners. This must arise either from too short a period being al lowed for the disposal of business at each assize town er the unconscionable length to which the speeches of counsel run. As the period for fixing the sittings is now approach ing, it would be well if the Judges would take this matter into consideration, and reflect upn the great expense, in juitice, and delay, which results to the unfortunate suitors from having their cases referred or postponed from one as sizes to another. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (OLD COURT.) The fourth session of the Central Criminal Court was opened at ten o'clock this morning, with the usual forms, by the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Marshall, the Sheriff-, and the other authorities. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The REconnEn proceeded to address them on the state of the Calendar, It would not, he said, be necessary that he should detain them with many observations on the duties they were called upon to perform. The calendar, it was true, contained sorr.e charges of a serious character, but there were none which offered any difficulties on points of law, on which it would be necessary for him to advise them. There was one charge of the murder of an illegi timate child by a very young woman ; and though it might possibly be found hereafter that the in juries inflicted on the child resulted from other causes them the wilful application of violence, still the circumstances were of such a descripti on th a t it appeared to him that it would be their duty to find a true bill, in order that the case might come under examination and inquiry before a Petty Jury. 'There was a charge of wounding, first with intent to inflict some grievous bodily harm on the parties injured, and a second charge against the same parties for wounding and assaulting the police, in order to prevent their own apprehension. The case was one which should go before the Judges; and if the facts were proved, it would be found to be a very serious one. The Learned Recorder having gone through a few other cases of minor importance, allowed the Jury to retire, No case of any interest afterwards came before the Court. PROVINCIAL BANi. OF IRELAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As there are some inaccuracies in the account furnished to you by the reporter of the extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of this Bank held here on Thursday, the ?Bth inst., I am desired by the Directors to hand you a corrected report of what took place, and to request the favour of you to insert it in your next publication. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES MARSHALL, Secretary. London, Jan. 30,1841. An extraordinary general meeting of the Proprietors of the above Bank was, on Thursday, held at their es tablishment in Broad -street, for the purpose of electing a Director in the place of John Wright, Eq., who had resigned. O. FARRER, Esq., being called to the Chair, The SECRETARY of the Bank read the advertise ments which convened the meeting, and which also stated its objects. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, you have heard the advertisement. We are now here assembled for the purpose of electing a Director in the room of Mr. John Wright, who has retired. There is but one candidate to fill the situation ; I will, therefore, put his name to the vote. "Is it your pleasure, Gentlemen, that Jr,mes Helme, Esq., be elected a flrector ?" It was unani mously carried. FREDERICK READ, Esq.—l believe I shall now be in order if I refer to a subject which appears to affect the character of this establishment. It arises from a letter which, in common with the other Proprietors, I have received from Mr. Baldwin, who has been a can:iidate for the vacant Directorship, but who has now with drawn. Yet he may again become a candidate when another vacancy takes place .—( hear, hear, hear.) I have been struck with the manner in which that letter is couched, and I wish to call the particular atten tion of the meeting to two points in it.—( Hear.) The first applies to what may occur at a future elec tion, and reflects upon the mode in which elections are conducted. Mr. B.'s statement implies, that any re commendation coming from the Board in favour of a candidate, as being best qualified to fill the situa tion, will be sure to secure his election. I believe we passed a resolution binding ourselves to support the best qualified candidate. If that resolution is proposed to be rescinded, I weuld oppose it with the same warmth which I showed in its favour, when it was first proposed to the Proprietors. The resolution re ferred to is as follows—" that in future elections it would conduce to the good management of the Bank's affairs, if a recommendation should be made by the Directors to the Proprietors in favour of those candi dates whom, alter due inquiry, they shall find to he best qualified to fill the situation."—( Hear, hear.) The next question is one of more importance, which, with your permission, I will read. The paragraph in the letter to which I refer, and of which 1 most complain, runs as follows :—" The manifest disposition of dis couraging Irish gentlemen who come forward on simi lar occasions, is a subject which has for some time occupied the attention and attracted the notice of my countrymen, and is worthy of your mature considera tion, for it has engendered a strong spirit of jealousy, which, though slowly, is working deeply to the injury of your establishment. It is a fact which cannot be denied, that this feeling mainly gave rise to a power ful opposition bank—more powerful than wealthy, on account of its national influence—the effects of which have been severely felt on more than one oc casion. Tke best proof I can give of what I assert is, that this was one of the chief arguments used by the promoters of that Institution, when they applied to me and other friends to co-operate with them in forming the establishment." This has been sent forth in a general circular, which I consider is calculated to injure the present establishment ; an establishment standing at present high in public estimation—(Hear, hear, hear)—and upon which I should he sorry there should be cast any imputation whatever. I therefore rise on this occasion to give the Court of Directors an opportunity to refute or explain what the worthy Pro prietor refers to in his circular ; and if he should be present he will explain why he has cast upon the Court of Directors a reflection which they do not deserve.—(Cheers.) I have no knowledge of the gentleman, but this I know, that the same number of Irish gentlemen continue at our Board, or indeed more than were there when we were first established —(Hear, hear.) I believe the whole Board of Direc tors to have displayed so much zeal, ability, and cour tesy in the general management of our affairs, that they do not merit the imputation that has been by such a course attached to them.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—I am extremely sorry my friend, Mr. Baldwin, is not present, which I presume he is not, as I do not see him, and this will prevent my saying many things which I should otherwise do.—( Hear , hear.) From the way in which this question has been asked, I shall feel it my duty to answer it. But ever since this letter has been circulated we have felt our selves placed in a difficult situation, having to suffer under a serious charge, which, if correct, we should not deserve that which we have always received, the entire confidence of the Proprietors.—(Hear.) If we had not considered that a contest was about to take place, we would have sought an earlier opportunity to rescue ourselves from this charge ; but see felt that if we did so, it might militate against .one of the candidates.-- (Cheers.) 1 cm thankful to Mr. Reed for giving m e an opportunity to speak to the question ; at the same tiine, I am sorry that my friend Mr. Baldwin did not first investigate the facts, which he might have learnt upon both these points. I must think he Was la bouring under some misapprehension.—( Hear.) I will not criticise his words, however hard they may appear to bear on the Board of Directors, for we can throw ourselves upon the Proprietors, who, I feel satisfied, will not deprive us of their confidence.—(Hear, hear.) But Mr. Baldwin is under a mistake when he states the Court of Directors recommended a candidate to you. Vet I will distinctly state, in answer to what appars in that letter, that Lad your Directors felt that your 14:V EN ING E interests and the interests of the establishment required it they would not have flinched from so doing, whether such a resolution had passed or not, for we do feel that as Directors of this establishment we are bou n d to uphold its general interests—(Cheeas)—whether we receive the entire approbation of every indi vidual Proprietor or not—(Cheers). We do not hesitate in saying the statement has given us very great pain, for we must remember that the parties to which it is a dd resse d are, many of them, residing in Ireland, who have warm hearts, generous spirits, but a quick sensitiveness, sad they may consider, as a body, that they are slighted by the Directors. — (Hear, hear.) Ido not conceive that any propositiou could be put forward against the Directors of this establishment, that would have a more prejudicial effect, than that Irish gentlemen were discouraged from coming forward as candidates for offices in ;t, and that in consequence it was gradually sinking in their esti mation, and, if true, deservedly sc.—(Het r, hear.) Since that establishment had been formed There has been hut one instance where an Irish gentletnots came forward as a candidate and was not elected ; end what was remarkable, the two cendidates on that occasion were both Irishmen, and of course we could trot elect the two to fill one vacancy.—(Henr. hear, and laugh ter.) This could not be considered rejectiv an Irish gentleman ; I ant sure you have reason for rejoicing in your choice, when I state to you that ihe gen tleman elected was Mr. Young, Member for Cavan. —(Cheers.) The other gentleman withdrew his name prior to the election, and as he did not reside in Eng land, and did not again offer himself, you could not therefore elect him. On another occasion an Irish Nobleman wished to become a Director, but he died be fore a vacancy took place. You will, therefore, see that every Irish gentleman who has been proposed has been elected. This will relieve the Directors from the charge that they have discouragsd Irish gentlemen from coming forward as candidates for eft - ices w this este blishment.—(Hear, hear.) We are told by Mr. Bald win thet we are losing ground in Ireland. We had, naturally expected that Mr. B. would haze pointed out where, for we do not find it among the Shareholders in Ireland ; to prove which I will take their number at Christmas for the last three years. In 1838 they were 355. In 1839, they amounted to 398 ; and in 1840 they rose to 440 —(1 - lear, hear)—being an increase of 95 upon the three year:-, This does not indicate any strong decline of confidence in this establishment. Last year three-fourths of the shares disposed of in London were sent to Ireland—(Cheers) —this is also satisfactory, giving us a stronger hold upon the good opiaion and affections of the Irish peo ple. If this establishment were so sinking in the esti elation of the Irish public, would it no: be felt among the Grand Juries of Ireland ? hut have we not been appointed receivers by them ? Our sole anxiety is that where the bane has gone the antidote should come.-- (Cheers.) But I have my doubts whether we can pre vent altogether the mischief which this fetter may have done, as it has gone to every Proprietor. Under a late Act of Parliament the Grand Jury of each county were directed to select a banker for the account of the county treasurer. It then became a matter of competition among the Banks to obtain the county treasurer's accounts ; yet out of 23 which are without the exclusive circle of the Bank of Ireland, we have 14, mid 9 are left for all the other Banks in Ireland, in the south and west, as well as in the north, where the local banks have numerous branches, and partners intimately connected with gentlemen who form the Gran Juries. This does not indicate a decline of confidence in us. if we refer to the Boards of Guardians of the Pootelaw Unions, of which there are many yet to be formed, we find that thirty-four of them have preferred this esta blishment, which has so sunk in public estimation.— (Cheers.) I wish toy friend Mr. Baldwin had tele: n the trouble to inquire, before he brought forward his statement, for had he ;lone so I feel onite certain that he would not have said one word against the Directors o any Proprietor or person interested in the Provincial Bank of Ireland for the chance of gaining a few votes. However he has now, though late in the day, retired from the contest, from what reason I know not, but pro bably because he did not tied himself supported as he expected. I felt it was right you should know so much. There is another fact I wish to state to you ; you are aware that this was the first Joint-stock Bank introduced into I , cland, to be carried out on the principles of Scotch banking. It was, there fore, necessary to obtain men who were acquainted with that system ; we" therefore sought for persons from that country, where the system had been so beneficially carried out. We employed Scotch and English gentlemen, because Irish gentlemen had to be taught the system, hut never iutsnded to exclude the talent of Ireland. I will name to you the number of each country engagsd in this establishment : 127 Irish, 51 Scotch, and 14 English.—( Hear, hear.) In addi tion to this there are 56 local Directors in Ireland. Of these two are Scotch gentlemen, who have been long settled in Ireland. • This shows we do not want to ex clude Lash talent in the working of this establishment. —( Hear, hear.) I will now, Gentlemen, conclude by asking you whether you consider the Directors deserve the reflections and charges brought ag:'inst them by Mr. Baldwin ?—(Cheers.) Mr. F. REED-1 am sorry Mr. Baldwin is not in the room, but I am sure you must all feel rejoiced at hearing so triumphant a refutation of the charges made in that letter.—(Cheers.) I feel any further observations would only lessen the feree of those which have fallen from the Chairrnan.—(Cimer , .) I also feel that when this g ,es forward to the werld it will give an increased confidenc e in the est.tblislitnent, and that what Mr. B. has done will do us no injury. I feel that, after the manner in which the Chairman has explained, it will do us much good. I will therefor e tOO% "that the most cordial thanks of this meetin g be temierid to the Chair man and the Court of Directors, for the complete and triumphant refutation which h as t hi s d ay b een given to the statements conveyed by the letter of a Proprietor addressed to the Shareholders at large, with reference to tl:e administration of this establishment, which state ment, howe'ver, this meeting is disposed to believe must have been made under misapprehension or misinforma tion on the subject." Capt. PORT Ell—You speak, Mr. Chairman, of the number of Irishmen who are shareholders, but you must be referring, to those only who by your book s •ap pear to be resident in Ireland. lam an Irieliman, un fortunately a younger brother, and have another younger brother ; we may be said to be transported here ; we are both shareholders and both resident in England, though Irishmen. Our family have eleven stars among us in the list of Proprietors, and there are no doubt runny other Irish Shareholders similarly situated.—Hear, hear.) Allow me the honour of se conding that resolution. It was put and carried with ac,Aammation. The CHAIRMAN—In the name of my brother Di rectors and myself, I thank you ; and we will still en deavour to promote the interest of this establishment, as we have hitherto done. I believe we cannot say any more.—(Cheers.) THE ARMY. WAR OFFICE, Nov. 12, 1840. Sir,—l hare the honour to acquaint you that her Mit je.t y has been graciously pleased to direct that the official fees on all the Military Cominissons bearing date subse- quent to the 30th of June last shall be abolished. It is at the same time proper to point out, that the stamp duty of thirty shillings imposed by Act of Parlia went upon any Military Commission must continue to be paid by the officer as heretofore. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, T. B. MACAULAY. Regiment of Officer Commanding MR. MENZIES' CALEDONIAN COSTUME AND FANCY DRESS ASSESIIILY.—On Friday evening last, Mr. Nleazies' annual ball took place in the Queen's Concert Rooms, Ilanover-square, and presented the most brilliant assemblage we have witnessed on any similar occasion. The company was numerous and respectable, galaxy of beauty it: displayed was lustrous with many a lovely star, both of this and the more northern l atitu d e s .fland The dresses of the ladies were rich and tast h e e u Gael " among the gentlemen's attire " the garb of the hues of and the appeared in all its native variety, from the the picturesque tan. Costly appendages appropri ate worn by many of the the Macdonald, to the bright tints of the Royal som Stuart tar character of their apparel, were al s o l . ersian costumes, as well na• diversity of aspect t as ge military ntle m en : ''. to the scene. The dancing was kept uP great spirit forthfeerzealandabi an elegant and substan to a late hour, interrupted only by G ge re ve ek e k a , r l i e d asi ~, with . . 0 tial repast, at which Mr. Ogston, of Davies-street, pre sided with much courtesy and good feeling. The dew. lity they accommodat ing any making comfortable such a crowded company. ediri deser ve t hei their great arrangements inai se We arc glad to see that Mr. Menzies continues to be so ards of the ball well encouraged in his laudable endeavour to preserve a taste for the national music and dances of " Auld Scot. land "among her sons and daughters in !he South. The enthusiasm manifested on this occasion must have given. him a cheering assurance that his efforts are appreciated, and good earnest of future snecess. RUMOURED RELEASE OF SIX CHARTIST PRISONERS.—Ia the Silurian, a Paper published in the county of Brecon, it is stated that Dr. Bisset Hawkins, one of ,the Government Inspectors of prisons, has lately attended at the Brecon County Gaol, and specially exa mined the six Chartist prisoners now undergoing their sentence of two years' hard labour each, inflicted at the Spring Assizes, 1840, when they were convicted of a riot and cumpirac j on the memorable 3d of Novelaber, 1839, at Llanguunider, in this county. It has been surmised that this is a preparatory step by the Government, with a view to their early release from prison. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Mr. W. Martin to be Chi e f Justice of New 'Zealand, Mr. Swainson to be Attorney-General at New Zealand, and Mr. Cowper, British Consul at Para, to be Consul at Pernambuco in place of Mr. Edward Watts, deceased. Sir Colin Campbell, the newly appointed Governor of Ceylon, takes his departure this day from Southampton, by the ship Liverpool. The following advertisement is literally copied from a New Jersey Paper:._" 're be sold, on the Bth of J u ly, 131 suits at law, the property of an eminent attorney, about to retire from business. Notc,—The clients are rich and obstinate." ,~ S !S 4