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

M ORNING EDITION IMP tAt L PARLIAMENT. ---„------- , SO USE OF RD S, Efill. i. Ili Tne LORD C HANCELLOR took his seat on the IN ool at Five eCloek. , EAST INDIAN PRODUCE. .. n from ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition reii rn the East Lelia and China Association, praying for . relief from those grievances which formed the subject of their petition. It had been laid down as a general prin ciple, that the cornniereiril regulations effecting the intr- e2u4e between the - United Kingdom and the colonial d ue et pe e ined s tzies, and the mutual intercourse d of these depen• litv tub' Ith each other should be base on p. ri : et equa itii'leet to certain exceptions where the permanent tue e h rest of all the members of the trade might render ,vaa tag` e,lteptions necessary. '1 here was to I)e no a i - flial p e e : t e i n t o . one party over another either in the colo- P iel i, °' io any of the ports of the United Kingdom Di et " e lnt was not to secure to any persons or compa t-rieesr,.traeti wto these ports any partial ad . vaniageswiiei ~,.." ,t 1 uld now state to their Lordship, that British . Trge:tltoitieta:ad goods were imported into Australia iieposed nary' while a duty of 5 per . cent. was did it , t. aPon the manufacture of India. Now,_ 1 dean - "aPpen that the main part of the In ieei jilit'doec imported into Australia was grain, 4t Was ' 3ll imported in times of distress , t 'd Priv e ti e I Y levi ed -pi and yet Chet duty of five per cent. was L oco 11 1 4 °o all the grain imported. When he had the be h a :. °f Preparing the Report for the Committee,. the dot geared to them the propriety . of reducing tyro 3 ',., e Pen East India rum within the next feel t r t utee years. The Committee, however, did not I,letnselves justified in assimilating the duty upon ' artielts of West India produce, not deeming it i , " ,P e dient *,, .1. ,epo,rior,:i.,,tbitit-o- t l i e beli p ld r e esen t t oi s z t i a . state, He e .- e d s , t India th t e ru l s . .t ‘' House would see the justice an srli e t3 ! r v le s t Y °f !takin g a gradual reduction upon all the *al admits 5 East India produce. If East India rum Leli a :ed on Equal duty a great quantity of East Prosse - t a rl 4 . t Would be imported ; and looking at the Pr osser a - t ," w git price of sugar in Great Britain, and the th: re : °t/8 to which the pohhe were subjected, he trusted , li e ‘,79 11 'd not be a second opinion upon . the , stjec o t i e4 i iin t II Mentioned the subject with the h intention k at " s ' i t r ul ", to it, and of inquiring of the in 'Noble th, (iftll- e7-aosotowne) what part of the report it was iip oz. of her ~11Iiijesty's Government to act Th e m , °PPo re u ; Arc i l l' of LANSDOWNE was glad of the pstitiron'tY of stating that, having presented himself. a tile NabloStpor upon the subject, at the suggestion of iltivi c ' h it ' 13, -Iron, his entire concurrence in the subject jiving been referred to a Committee of their Lordship's_ am the greate ta° had thought that course necessary from til e ttill of. greater importance itoPortance of the trade with India, and people ' ladl e t , of the claims of the . of th Huernselves to the fullest measure of . the justice 15 t ati e ll Sc°u in all that regarded their interes fi t— d th at h . retained the same opinion, and was glad to n a t f s eed , ie tY was participated in by the Noble Baron, da t&Oteet,,td-"`Dg to them without unnecessary ely emit' 7,'"otoaes to which he believed them justly be ''.---(i-lp.. hear.) Having said so much „- would -er, to would N , Rate his entire concurrence with the views ror.a°le Caronßr had expressed last year, that the d t „ t iglit ' w Lich Committee had sanctioned and adot, tot it to be the fouadation of all future legislation. o tl ittiol e ta t u st be manifest to all who considered the me be itte te t °4 the interests at stake, and how many thos at totei "re • that it would be impossible . i ce ,e., fect that change which, in point of justice, that l 'T c t be desirable to effect. It was admitted t ,h40 2 , -. ,e'Y change took place, it might be qLI '''' illv ,i the interest of the pro 11_, oura o e to . ricerplai, and trader in India, and in . that . view, he of the ed, that 00 the fullest consideration of the . tate it the B QPPIy o f rum f rom the West 4t tit .her Majesty's East Indian I d n o d m ie rn s io a n n s d propose to Pad Jesty's Government were prepared to t beh,tr.,4oent to do that which, when the Bill came e o . toi le d 45,ueed, it would be easy to prove was not only r : I; eit 'l j l e , e tv ith Justice, but with the interests of our 'till of Col onies:themselves, namely, the equaliz . a n ter 1 11 ; .411 duties on rum, whether produced 1 Ler OeatY's dominions in the East Indies,. or ° I co.:,'.lestY's colonies in the West Indies, leaving, IF to the • West Indies the advantages . 1 f th e i,'"°Y derive from their geographical position. 14 Irld ellt °val of those restrictions upon the commerce b Fotitit l a had not already been effected, it was not and th ' r e was any doubt as to the propriety tillt at the proceeding ; and he had no doubt I , at ti, °- td- . ..e very earliest moment an extensi o n of gel: lan commerce would take place. I\ d Psr t i el, atters to whiela the Noble Lord had allude . ,_ tveteutl'atlY cotton, were so connected with ques a tio d ns h o e f I ltee t , --° t hat it Was impossible not to see it l Wer e ' 4 3' Well to consider the subject before alterations wn .a f4 triip ra ,, aci !. Not . only was it necessary to pause i ° Phil o ,' gaY opinion on the subject, but even when that It ' lr d t 'la ' formed it would be inexpedient, in re before° t k le! ion and revenue, to state that opinion He centt7 Government was prepared to act upon it.... b i po,; j a h TlY was not aware at resent that it would 00, b v'e to extend that relief' to the growers of co as t : lion , illtjlte considered it to be a moat important quthe tal l ,i 4 -) ' one that ought always to be present to Coi:,",,,th of the Government and Parliam , ent. t io , 1 4 HOLD ENFRANCHISEMEN F BILL. row I. ' I3ROUG 11 AM. stated that he should t , o tifra mo a r- - tiii3 Mo ve th e second reading of the Cop) hold E to aeglel,ot Bill, and afterw ar d s move th a t it be referred ect Committee. Monday The 'D PERSIA. relst h e ,",, , Ile .441 el" RIPON gave notice that on Pe tro ne oul t's o f thd call th e attention of the House. to the 1 1 4 8 , is country with Persia. He could not _a a t met oat °r y 34 b). whether he should do so in the form of " question. Th e DI M EDICAL REFORM. ti The fro m argtlis of NORM ANIPL presented a peti cA Devonport in favour of Medical Reform. 1 1 ,,,, OF THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. Por t o e f ' O l of SH AFTESBURY brought up the Re tie', c the Committee appointed to inspect the jour tiq °` the House on the forms of the trial of Peers, d 11 : 14 0 to consider the proper mode of procee _ er t i• ia order to bring James Thomas Earl of howl ' R OO to p a speedy t r i a l. Th e R e p or t was no t a roitt:a, and h e t h erefore begged leave that the C m TO t - f , e li t°llld be allowed to report from time to time. the4i'ealtuittee had cons id ere d the matter re f erre d to Fir st, l 004 had Come to the following resolutions : o eeli t iled, as already a considerable delay had said since the bill of indictment against the ' 4 04 a5l had b een found, and as it appeared th„ t desirable f or the ends of public justice e oti , ti le trial o f the said Earl should take place with all 4 est t 4Qi lt speed, and whereas, in conseq li uence of the i tsb etlsl of the Hou ses o f P ar li ament, t h e access, coultilleetai from that House to Westminster Hall ( ipi tl i °°t conveniently be made, it was the 15 '. 1 1: 4 4 (If the Committee that the trial of the said Earl ; ad ' at the bar of the House ; secondly, that frisc 1) ' tile 16th of the present month be fixed for the tei k , end that all the Judges be ordered to at -4%4;8 and. thirdly, that the Lord Chancellor 16 4 , 4 " wri te letters to all the Peers to acquaint slier 8 that he expected their attendance on to th e -ItY at three o'clock ; and that in the letters written 1 4 d he , nien bets of the Royal Family their attendance Th e'ired ) and not ordered, by the House. 1., ° RePort was then received. iltt 'u t e 11r1 SHAFTESBURY then moved that an tb:ntue audress be presented to her Majesty, praying th, her Aiajesty would be pleased to give orders for tri ‘ i llec e attarY fittings -up of tile House . for the said ; a bd tO ap ,likewise that she would be graciously pleased trial. poin t tt Lord High Steward to preside at the said i,----.greed to. 4eir Lordships then adjourned. There ilteUinSqfoY OF l ' O l COMMONS, FEB. 1. 40, thirty-four M em bers present at P el° eL the House adjourned till to-morrow. A -41•LIAINIENTARY NOTICES. _________...._ 4Q llc,_ HOUSE OF COMMONS. , TA i t: OF MOTIONS ORDERS AN OF THE DAY WHICH NOW I,4 os :_ i) IN TH E ORDER -BOOR. OF TINE HOUSE OF CO. - TFOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 1. m , "snAY, FED. 2......N0T1CES OF MOTIONS. tei,, i ,,_ r.. Attorney -General —Bill for facilitating the ad 2. T,krtion of justice. ar i d - s ,'',. 7 labouchere--Bill to equalize the duties on East a. t3t India ru n ,. th e ._ ..-., ord stanicy—Bill to amend the la.;vs relating ‘. O tregostration of voter s in Ireland ;14ertbtirr'fir?'.eitilinel 1 7 -That in case' l e 'Ptratleee 4 mireLanca .shall riot -' t n i a, li , fra cla.use hi . s R Noble Lord the declare his intention to , . cove to bri-.,g eTisiry (Ireland) Bill to de art f or I achi2e ) h e ": . :11 divide the House on the mo in that Bill l ie % L l ' ,F.:• SoAden-a-Bill for facilitating the adminie2tra- G. AF r s uce in the House of Lords and the Pricey Council. *ii tte • Pre'siafield T for the production of an ) t ,,• . n eo u , . ,- o move ist i , tl munication of the opinion of the Lords Corn tl tr .o f h er al • the p c) . - kali 't of Dartmouth as the Port where the West India - slit be sent on board the steamers. )ell, weTain on —To ask a question of Lord J. Rus scid,eB,"cectiher her 111ajesty's Government is aware of a letter Jitti. 2 ' o i t ° Mr. T. M. Ray, dated Buckingham. Palace, sincere' 841 7 and signed E. G. Ansor, conveying the Re,s.sii, thanks of Prince Albert to Lo al National R oyal , Assoeiati of 1 1 d - • -- "3-al fli bro on re an -,- 'one for:lieir address to his , rruee:,„B,3 Fanht 'Dinh of a Princess. gm ' ', L . ° rd Vre_ier.. 4.---Norrces OF MOTIONS. cFl::trlitioll'uctiv vlc.,AJorpetp-713p to amend the laws for taialwayp.r‘ tabeuebere,aiiiZ';.tL bett er regulation e: 44 41. R r . ..' 4,l2BllteeTe put a question to tho Presi- dent of the India Board, relative to the connexion of the Government of British India with idolatry therein. 4. Mr. Mackinnon—To call the attention of the House to the ILport of the Select Committee on the Health of Towns. FRIDAY, FEEL S..—ORDER OF TDB DAY. Copyrignt Bill—Second readinlz. DROPPED ORDERS. 1 Affirmation Act—Adjourned Debate on Petition of David &dolmans. 2. Supply—Report thereupon. N, , TICES OF NIOTIONS. 1. Lord J. Russell-131 1 .1 for the registration of Parlia mentary elrct ri. 2. Sir E Knatchhull—Bill to provide for the appoint ment and payment of parish constables in England and Wales. 3 Mr. H. Hinde—To propose the modification of the Standing Oroer respecting Railway Bills, which requires " a sum equal to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed to be deposited with the Court of Exchequer." 4. Lord J. Russell. Select Committee on Acts relat inz to South Australia _ . . 5. Sir F. Pollock—Bill to amend the law relating to double costs, notices of action, limitations of actions, and pleas of the general issue under certain acts of Parlia. meut. _ 6. Sir F. Pollock— Bill to allow a writ of error in all cases of judgment upon a writ of mandamus. 7. Mr. Greene—To nominate the Select Committee on petitions for private bills : Mr. Strutt, Mr. Baines, Mr. R. Clive, Captain Gordon, Mr. Rice, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. C. Cavendish, Mr. Compton, Mr. Hand ley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Bramston, Mr. R. Walker, Mr. H. T. Hope, Mr. G. R. Philips, Mr. L. Hodges, Mr. B. Baring, Mr. Bell, Mr. G. Craig, the O'Connor Don, Sir C. Style, Mr. Aglionby, Sir J. Y. Buller, Mr. Crawford, Cmptain Jones, Mr. Thornley, Mr. Birnehy, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. T. Egerton, Mr. Stansfield, Lord Worsley, Mr. Greene, Mr. Pease, Mr. H. Johnstone, Mr. Mildmay, Sir W. Heath cote, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Lascelles, Mr. Packe, Mr. E. Ten nen!, Mr. G. W. Wood. 8. Mr. Hume—To nominate the Select Committee on printing:—Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Hume, Sir R. H. In glis, Sir T. Fremantle, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Strutt, Lord Viscount Mahon, and Mr. Tuffnell. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. Froill the Pate:and PreceetiLgs of Me House of Commons.) FRIDAY, JAN. 27. COPYRIGHT. Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Copyright."—The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 142. Ainsworth, Peter Feilden, W. Murray. A. Ashley, Lor.l Fector, J. M. Neeld, Joseph BaiDie, Colonel H. Fenton, John . O'Connell, D. Baring. F. T. Filmer, Sir Edward O'Connell, J. Barnard, E. G. Fitzroy, Hos. H. O'Connell, M. J. Barrington, Viscount Fort, John Ossulston, Lord Basset, John Fortescue, T. , Packe, C. W l3cntinck, Lord G. Fremantle, Sir T. Parker, Montague Berkeley, Hun. C. Gaskell, James MINN Peel, Hon. Sir H. ti wes, C. Gladstone, NV E. Perceval, Colonel Blackburne, I. Glynne, Sir S. R. Pigot, D. R. 131akemore, R. Gordon,[ltobert Planta, J. Bodkin, John James Gore, 0. J. It. Plumptre, J. P. Bolder°, H. G. Goulburn, Henry Ponsonby, Hon. J. Bottieht, Beriah Graham, Sir James Power, James Broadley, H. Grey, Sir C. Pringle, A. Broadwood, Henry Grey, Sir G. Rawdon, J. D. Brodie, W. 1). Grimsditch, Thomas itedington, I'. N. 11, , ,therton, J. Halford, H. Rice, E B. Brownrigg, J. S. Hamilton, Lord C. Round, John Bruges, W. H. L. Harvley, H. Russell, Lord John Buck, L. W. Hardinge, Sir H. Sanford, E. A. Buller, C. Harland, W. C. Seymour, Lord Buller, Sir J. Y. Herries, John C. Shaw, Frederick Bulwer, S . r K L. Hinde, J. H. -. Sheppard, T. Burclitt,Sir F. " Hodges, T. L. Shirley, E. J. Burr, Higlord :lope, Hon. C. . Smith, R. Vernon Busfeild, William Hoskins, K. Somerset, Lord G. Calcraft, J. H. Howard, F. J. Stanley. E. J. Canning, Sir S. Howard, C. W. G. Stanley. Lord Chalmers, P. Hughes , W. B. Steuart, It. Chichester, J. P. B. Hurt, Fradcis s Stock, Dr. Cholmondeley, H. Irton, S. Strickland, Sir G. Clive, E. B. Irving, John Stuart, Villiers Clive, Robert Kimble, Henry Tancred, H. W. Corry, Right Hon. H. Knatchbull, Sir L. Turtle'', H. Cowper, Hon. W. F. Knight, H. G. Turner, William D,arby, George Litton, Edward Verney, Sir H. D. Eyncourt, C. T. Lockhart, A. M. Villiers, Lord 1.);,:k, Q. Lowther, i nlonel Waddington, H. S. Disraeli, Benjarnia Lygon, Hon. Gen. Wilshere, W. D e vitt, K. MacKenzie, NV, F. Winnington, Sir 1, __. Donkin, Sir RuGuie Dunbar, George Eaton, IL J. Eliot, Lord Elliot, Hon. J. E. Ellice, A. Estcourt, T. G. B. Mackinnon, W. A. alion, Lord Marton, George 'illness Richard Morpeth, Viscount Morris, David Wood, Colonel Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, Johni,.,./ TELLERS. Talfourd, T. Noon I n glis, Sir R. H. Blake, \V. J. Duncomue, T. S. Ellice, E. Gisborne, T. Greg, It. FL Holland. Rcbert Humphery, J. Leader, J. I'. Lushington, C. Muskett, George A. O'Brien, Cornelius NORITY-NOES, O'Brien, W. Smith O'Connell, M. Pattisun, 30. Villiers, Charles P. ‘Vakley, Thomas Walker, R. I Wall, C. B. I White, A. I Williams, W. ‘Vood, B. Yates, J. A. Pechell,'Captain Protheroe, Edward Pryme, 6. Salwey, Colonel Stansfield, W. IL C. Strutt, Edward Style, Sir Charles Thornely, Thomas TELLERS. Warburton, H. Hume, J. 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's 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, a, e un usually strong upon the register. Mr. D'Arcy is merely playing the game of Lord Eastnor, and will retire in due time. This piece of generalship is attributed to the great appr:,hension entertained by the Tory rarty, of the field being taken by a determined Liberal. The nomination will take place on Wednesday, and the friends of Dr. Bedford feel confident of a decided show of bands in his favour, and of going to the poll with a suf ficient majority, whilst the activity and energy for which Dr. Bodford has credit, will give him no small advantage over the youth and inexperience of Lord Eastnor. KIRKCALDY BURGHS. The following statement, by Dr. Bowring's Election Committee, has been circulated among the electors of the Kirkcaldy Burghs, in vindication of their pro ceedings : The friends of Dr. Bowring feel the necessity of making the public acquainted with the facts connected with the late Election, as the justification of their pro ceedings. . The Burghs had long been under the patronage of the Raith The Rolls were sadly neglected, and the state of parties not easily ascertainable. Mr. Bethune came forward, was coldly received, and withdrew. Colonel Ferguson, nephew of the late Member, and son of the proprietor of Raith, was the next candidate. Several public meetings of the electors were held, but at no one could a resolution in Colonel Ferguson's favour be obtained from the majority. A large body of electors, desirous that a commercial community should be represented by a man of commer cial knowledge, applied to Dr. Bowring. He, how ever, for some time allowed Colonel Ferguson uncon tested pcssession of the field, and delayed visiting Kirkcaldy until the expression of opinion was more dis tinct, declaring that he would only respond to the sen timents of the majority. He arrived, and on his arrival large public meetings were held, at every one of which resolutions declaring him to be the fittest person to re orP,,ent the Burghs, were passed by very gre, t ma jorities. . . Ti.e Committee offered to submit th e quest i on of t h e comparative merits of the two - .:andidates, either to public meetings of the whole male adult population, or to a ballot of the el .xtors—Colonel Ferguson having declared friendly to both secret vot i ng an d largely 'extended suffrage. The offers were refused, and refused in uncourteous terms. A canvass took place, and, after a careful scrutiny, it appeared to Dr. Bowring's Committee that they had obtained in his favour a number of pledges equal to thotre given to Colonel Ferguson. Many of the voters had declared they would take no part in the election ; and of the remainder, who were few, there was every reason to believe a fair proportion would have gone to the poll in favour of Dr. Bowring. On the day of nomination, the show of hands in Dr. Bowring's favour was at least 20 to 1. Dr. Bowring's Committee estimated, after a searching analysis, that 168 voters were pledged to support him. On the day of election, the friends of Colonel Fer guson obtained first possession of the polling•place ; and a considerable majority appeared in his favour in the early part of the morning. Whether from discourage ment, or other causes, more than thirty of Dr. Bow ring's pledged voters did not proceed to the poll ; some of his professed supporters voted for his competitor ; many who had declared themselves neutral, and had promised not to vote, augmented the majority of Ferguson ; and the final state of the ossession of 'poll left Colonel , and Dr. B owr i ng o f 131 Ferguson in p vdters ; the numbP': on the being 503 in all, The above statements .an be substantiated ity documentary evidence : and the Committee ut Bowring owe it to tl .4e cause of Refo my at to that of truth and justice, to give them publicity: Th e ir t•e*ard tibt been in a successful race r but in Li honourable one—one in which no it - Alt:env:e has been exercised but the influence of mind And of morality—and which had no other object than to return to Parliament the most efficient and ex perienced representative. By order of the Odtlittittee i (Sighed) ALB X. REM, Chairman. Kirkcaldy, Jan. 27, 1641,—brofttfiOn+ The buti'e bf Wellington has recently appointed Mr, Thistleton Dyer, a county Magistrate, to the office of Coroner of the Tower Liberty and her Majesty's Royal Palace of the Tower of London. The situation had been long performed by a deputy, who for some time past had devolved the duty upon his clerk. His Grace, as High Constable of the Tower, heard of this delegation, and de termined on correcting the. evil ; he therefore appointed Mr. Thistleton Dyer to the office upon an understanding that in future the Coroner should personally officiate, and not iend a deputy to take kquisitions in .the Tower of London and Liberty adjoining. It. is eNpc.:ct4 that. Lord A berdeen.and the Duke Richrnowi uilt, eart,y tlic G Sloti, iotruchice a 13;i' tutu the House of Lords for settling the Scotch Church queation,Morning Paper. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESD AY, FEBRUARY 2, IQ4I. FRANCE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.-SITTING OF JAN. 29 The Chair was taken at half-past one by M. de SAvandy, one of the Vice- Presidents. The Ministers present Isere Marshal Soult, and MM. Guizot and Humann. The Order of the Day was the adjourned debate upon tho Paris Fortifications Bill. M. Arago read a written speech ;n support of the plan adopted by the Government and the Committee—namely, the continuous wall, with intrenchments. The Hon. De puty entered into considerable details of a scientific na ture to prove that this was the only efficient method of for tifvint the capital, and cited Vauban, Valaze, Napoleon, and various other military authorities whose opinions he considered decisive upon this important question. With respect to General Schneider's amendment, he thought it altogether inadmissible, being nothing more than a second edition of the system of detached forts which had already been rejected. M. Arago occupied the whole sitting with his speech, and the Chamber adjourned at six o'clock. PORTUGAL. The Tagus (steamer) arrived at Falmouth on Friday. She left Gibraltar, Jan. 21st; Cadiz, 22d ; Lisbon, 25th ; and Vigo, 26th. No intelligence has been received at Gibraltar from Tangier of the movement of the men-of war. The wants of the garrison of Cadiz being left un supplied by the central Government, its comm ander was on the 16th instant driven t o th e necess i ty o f extorting a certain sum from the Intendant, by threatening to recur to violence if his demand were not complied with. The English brig Emma, of Guernsey, F. de Garis, master, was wrecked near Ftgucira, on the 9th instant, and totally lost. The master, F. de Garis; the mate, Thos. Yandell ; and two seamen, John Hart and Geo. Le Riche, were saved ; but it is painful to state, that the following men were drowned :—.Daniel Isemonger, Peter Lanfcaty, George Powle, Edward Edmonds, Samuel du Plan. LISBON, JAN. 25.—The " Senate" has, at last, mustered a sufficient number of Members to form a House. The Douro question was accordingly brought under discussion at that Chamber on Saturday; and as the greatest expe dition is used, it is hoped that it will be completely got through to-day or to-morrow. Thus, as far as it rests with Portugal, the affair may be considered as settled, by the unreserved concession of the point insisted upon by Spain. A private letter from Algarve states that numerous Spanish corps are approaching the frontier, and that it is generally reported its that quarter that the 3d of February In the day fixed for marching into Portugal. At Ayamonte alone (a Spanish town at the mouth of the Guadiana) three battalions of infantry had arrived on the 21st inst., and more troops were expected. Another circumstance which strongly indicates the expectation of hostilities is, that the impressment, which had slackened considerably, has within the last few days been renewed and carried on with great activity, and that the same impulse seems to have been given to the equipment of the ships of war, which are now almost ready for tea, and, strange to say, are nearly manned with volunteers. On Thursday the King went on board the different vessels to inspect them, and declared himself perfectly satisfied with the state of for. wardness in which ho found them. The army is by this time on a very respectable footing, and will soon be raised to its war complement ; and when to this means of de fence are added the support to be expected from England in the event of a rupture, the rising in mass of the popu lation in defence of their independence, and though last not least, the difficulties which the face of the country itself presents to the advance of a hostile force, Portugal will be well able to preserve her existence as a nation, though probably not to avert the dreadful calamities of which even a defeated invasion is commonly productive. From the Finance Miniiter's Report, recently laid before the Cortes, it appears that the estimates of expenditure for this year exceed by the sum of 500 contos those for 1840, which increase is stated to have been caused prir:cipally by the warlike preparations going on for the defence of the country. The revenue for the year is estimated at 8,630 contos, and the deficit (exclusive of the instalment payable on the Ist of March next, on account of the claims of Lord Beresford and others) at 600 contos. In the item of customs there has been a falling off during the past year of 125 contos, which the Minister acknowledged was owing to the great increase of smuggling ; and the decima tax, which had been estimated at 2,000 contos, only produced 1,600. In order to cover the deficit of the ordinary expenditure, the Minister proposes, first, to raise the duties on raw materials imported for the use of the national manufactories ; and, secondly, to re-establish the feral impost, or tax upon the transfer of property in lands or houses, which was suppressed in 1833 ; and, to meet the payment of the instalment of 380 contos due in March next upon the British claims, he proposes that a temporary deduction should be made from the salaries of all the civil servants of the State. All these projects will have, of course, to be discussed by the Cortes. The debates upon the address, in reply to the speech from the Throne, began on Friday at the Chamber of De puties, and have been rendered very stormy by the furious opposition of the ultras. As the Government, however, is perfectly secure of a majority in both Chambers, all this fine oratory is a mere waste of words. The Leeds steam-packet arrived here yesterday, with the mail from England. The American frigate Brandy_ wine sailed last week for New York. The British brig Thames, Rutherford, master, which had put into this port in a damaged state, on her voyage from Leghorn to Lon don, ssiiis a general cargo, sailed again on the 23d instant, without effecting her repairs, although the official surveyors declared that they were absolutely required, and that she would not be seaworthy without them. The reason of this was, that the Custom louse insisted upon having the whole cargo taken out, to which the master would not agree, as part of it consisted of several blocks of marble, weighing seven tons each, which could not be removed without much danger to themselves as well as to the ves sel. The Custom-house at last gave way ; but the master of the Thames, meanwhile, had lost his patience and his temper, and at last would not accept the favour he had at first solicited. active measures against Ibrahim. His request was not granted. ARMY MOVEMENTS. --The second wing of the 92d High landers, consisting of two companies, embarked on board the Somerset transport on the 9th, and sailed for Barba does on the 10th of January. The head-quarters will follow in the Cornwall transport on ►he 23d inst. These two vessels conveyed to Malta the 88th or Connaught Rangers. January 12th, tho Abercrombie Robinson, chartered transport, arrived with 21 officers, 622 non commissioned officers and privates, 42 women 851.1 59 children of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, under the corn • mand of Lieut.-Col. Hope, to relieve the 47th, which will proceed in the same vessel to the West Indies, on the Ist of February. Paymaster Clarke, of the 47th, died suddenly on the 14th January. Her Majesty's ship Svphire, with 9 officers, 2 lathes, 349 non-commissioned officers and privates, 43 women, and 96 children, of the 59th regiment, under the command of Major Gordon, put into Malta, on her way from Corfu to the West Indies, on the 13th January. SMYRNA, JAN. B.—The French brig Alcibiade has ar rived here from Beyrout, which was quiet, and no fears were entertained of its tranquillity being disturb..d. Egyptian troops who have followed Ibrahim continue to make their submission to the Sultan's dominion, and pro visions, in consequence of the rapid increase of the popu lation, have become scarce and dear. In the interior bands of robbers prowl about and waylay, and sometimes wan tonly murder, the unfortunate traveller whom they may encounter. At Aleppo and Damascus all was quiet, the Consuls had long since returned, and business was trans acted with less fear. M. Guys, the French Consul at Aleppo, has particularly distinguished himself during the troubles, in relieving the hardships of the inhabitants through his great influence with the Governor. He lately succeeded in saving from the enemies of the coun try a rich and distinguished Turk who had fallen into their hands. The inhabitants of Jerusalem, particularly the convents, continue to suffer severely from the excesses and contribu• tions levied on them by the Bedouins. INDIA MAILS AND PASSENGERS. ( From the Malla Times ) Copy of a circular addressed by Captain Johnson, deputy agent of the East India Company : " Alexandria, Dec. 29, 1841. " Gentlemen,—l beg to inform you that his Highness the Pacha has requested me to make known to passengers proceeding to and from India, the insecurity of the Desert, and to caution small parties proceeding between Cairo and Suez, as they have hitherto been iti the habit of doing. His Highness was further pleased to say that he had given orders to Abbas Pacha to furnish a sufficient escort for Go vernment mails, and he recommends travellers to take ad vantage of this protection. I have to request you will communicate the above to the persons concerned. I am, Gentlemen, &c., &c., (Signed) "H. JOHNSON, "Deputy Agent to the Hon. East India Company." SITTING OF JAN. 30. M. Salvandy, Vice President, took the chair at one o'clock. Marshal Soult, M. Guizot, and the other Mum bers of the Cabinet were in their seats shortly after the above hour. The Order of the Day was the continuation of the de bate upon the Paris Fortifications Bill. General Schneider read a written speech in support of his amendment, but spoke in so low a tone that few of his observations were audible in the gallery. The King's Commissary then ascended the tribune, and was expected as a matter of course to speak in favour of the measure ; but his observations, or, more properly speak ing, calculations, produced quite a contrary effect, as being of a tendency to frighten the Chamber by the cnor. mous expense which the materie !alone, net to mention the cost of the fortifications themselves, would enti.il upon the country. The King's Commissary read a long list of the estimates for the materiel required for Paris as a fortified place, and which amounted to no less a sum than forty three millions of francs.—(Murmurs of astonishment.) M. Thiers, reporter of the Committee, said that he should have remained silent bad the above apparently alarming statement been made by any other member of the Chamber, but coming from the King's Commissary, and appearing to strike the Chamber with surprise, it was his duty to do away with the impression that the Commit tee had concealed a considerable portion of the expense. Such was not the case, and the difference which existed upon the two estimates arose from the various amendments and new places proposed to be fortified. The King's Commissary observed that it was his duty to submit the above details to the Chamber, and it was not his fault if a wrong interpretation were given to his state ment.—( Hear.) M. Thiers (with warmth)—You aro here to support the measure, and not to speak against the fortifications. The great object was the defence of the capital ; and if not undertaken in an efficient manner, it would be better not to attempt it at all. In fine, it was now absolutely necessary for the Cabinet to clear up the doubts and ap parent indecision which from day to day perplexed the Chamber; let the Government say if it were seriously de termined to accept and support the measure ; if they did not wish its execution, let them abandon it at once, Marshal Soult said that the opinion of the Government bad been expressed clearly and frankly. He had already stated that he accepted the project of law, and was not aware that he had spoken in contradiction to himself. The Chamber must t of be over•scrupulous as to his former ideas upon this subject, or as to what he might still think in pri vate.—( Laughter, and marks of surpi isc.) M. Billaut, a member of the Committee, said that the fullest details had already been afforded, not only to the Chamber, but to the Ministers; and he was surprised to hear the Gallant :Marshal (Marshal Soult) declare, after fifteen days' discussion of the measure, that be was in the dark as to article 3 of the Bill. Mr. Guzot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, addressed the Chamber against the amendment, declaring that the entire Cabinet still supported the plan approved of by them and the Committee ; at the same time he was bound to say that if it were rejected by a majority of the Chamber, he should not consider it as a check to the Ministry. (Left speaking.) SPAIN, MADRID, JAN. 22.—The following decrees for the ca pitalization of the interest due upon the Home and Fo• reign Consolidated debt of Spin, have been issued this morning in the Gazette:— " DECREES. " Queen Isabel the Second, and in her name the Pro visional Regency of the kingdom, decree as follows : " Art. 1. In virtue of the authorization granted to the Government by the fifth article of the law of the 17th April, 1838, and also by the second paragraph of the law of the 21st June, 1840, paragraph the 2d, the interest due on the Consolidated Debt, interior and exterior, for the half. yearly payments anterior to the Ist January, of the cur rent year, are hereby capitalized, and the documents is. sued instead will, from that date, bear 3 per cent. inte rest, payable half-yearly, on the 30th June and 31st December. " Art. 2. The holders of the Spanish Consolidated Debt will present their Coupons for conversion in confor. mity with the arrangement and notice of the Minister of Finance. The holders of extracts of inscription' will present the originals to be stamped with the seta of the payment of their proceeds, and for the issue of bonds equi valent to them. " Art. 3. For the payment of the new interest, two millions of reels a month are to be set apart in the general distribution of expenses ; the Minister of Finance ordering that this sum be punctually deposited in the sinking fund, under the personal responsibility of its Director. The following month the sums delivered for this purpose are to be published, with a view to the making public the fulfil ment of this project. In the event of the sums set apart for this object not being sufficient when the half-yearly payments become due, the deficit is to be made up by the public treasury, in order to make good the entire payments. If, on the contrary, there should be an excess, the surplus will be employed in the amortization of the new documents by purchases to be announced, admitting sealed proposals for this purpose, and adjudging the purchase to the high est bidder. This operation will be entrusted to the Sink. ing Fund office, which will execute it according to the in structions of the Minister of Finance. " Art. 4. According to the state of the monthly re ceipts set apart for the payment of the new interest, and deposited in the Sinking Fund, the Minister of Finance may authorize the same, for the advantage of credit and without injury to the holders of the new conversion documents, to invite them to di'count this in terest before due, under conditions favourable to both. " Art. 5. The Government will also present to the next Cortes a project of law, proposing the capitalization of the interest of the whole consolidated debt, which is to become due to the end of the year 1842, and in the same terms, provided in this period the Government cannot pay in money. " Art. 6. The bearing of the interest of the new con version bonds is to be understood as commencing from the Ist of the present month of January, for those who claim the conversion before the 30th of June next. Those who do not present their claims after this date, and to the IA of December next of the present year, will not receive interest for the first half year, and the same rule be ex tended to delays after the latter date. " Duke Dl LA VICTORIA," " To Don Augustin F. Gamboa. Madrid, rftst Jan., 184!.." " The Queen Isabel 11,, and, in her time, tho Provi sional Regency of the kingdom decree as follows t " First and only article Minister of Finance will present to the Cortes in the ensuing ltgislatnte i a project of law founded upon the follonlfig bases : " g I. The te- 4 Zstablishment of the second article of the law of the 29th July, 1837, for the appropriation of the property of the secular clergy to the uses of tilt, Fate. " '2. The administration of said property by the offices of the finance department, the valuation and advertising the sale of said property, in conformity with convenience and the conditions of the decree of the 19th February, 1836, and of the instruction of the Ist of March, of the same year. " 3. The payment of the ttlint In whiels the said property may be sold as follows per cent: in cash upon the net value at the closing sales ; 10 per tent. in consolidated debt, interior or etterior, feil if preferted, in 4 per cents, ; and 10 per tent, to coUpona due, whether capitalised or not; and binding the purchasers, at the time of closing the sales, to the following conditions :-Ist. To pay annually 4 per cent. in money, 10 per cent. in consolidated debt, and 10 per cent. in coupons due, capitalized or otherwise ; 2d. To pay in like manner the next two years 4 per cent. ef fective, 10 per cent. in consolidated debt, and 10 per cent. in coupons ; and, 3d. To pay in like manner, during the three years, 4 per cent. more in money, 10 per cent. in consolidated debt, and 10 per cent, in coupons; that is to say, to pay in the whole, 16 per cent. in money, 40 per cent. in consolidated debt, interior or ex terior, and 44 per cent. in coupons, whether capitalized or not. " ' 4. Authorising the Government to allow as a ge neral rule the purchasers to pay 24 per cent. of the purchase-money the third year, in paper of the conso ►idated debt. " 5. To inutiliie in the act of payment, and in presence of the purchasers, the effects of the public debt delivered in payment, in order that they may be after wards destroyed. " 6. Exemption for the term of the four succeeding years from the payment of the tax called alcabala, as is the case at present in the properties so purchased, so that the transfet of such property during this period will not be sub ject to any tatatioE, "' 1. The application to the support of the clergy and public *orship of the proceeds of this class of property as long as it remains unsold. " DUKE DE LA VICTORIA." " To Don A. F'. Gamboa. Madrid, 21st Jan., 1541.'" The Finance Minister should take care that he is not upon a wrong path for the re-establishment of Spanish credit. 'the tithing, compounding, or manipulation of a debt fur nishes no means for paying it. Let him put it into what shape or form he may, the amount will be still the same. The transformation, or arrangement, of a debt in this way is little better than the occupation of a child in playing a game of cards to his own liking, while there is nothing to pay the imaginary stakes. Five per Cents. Active, 29 cash to-day. RUMOURED RELEASE OF Six CHARTIST PRISONERS.—In 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 aiiii conspiracy Ga the rnernoTable, 33 of November, 18:39, : at Llanguilnicier, ,in this county. It hae . . ht,:ii. surmised `that this is a preparatory step by the Guyernmetit, vilth a vier to their early release from prison. • ir -1 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 7.—Paver Paella (Captain Walker) and Mazloum 13. q did not take their passage to Alexandria by the Stromboli, as it was originally intended they should, but in the Turkish steamer Iscutar, which only lett Constantinople last Monday, the 3d inst. The mission is, in other respects, the same in all particulars as that announced in my last letter; and the answer they take to the pacific overtures of Mehemet Ali—of the eva sive and unsatisfactory nature already described, being confined to a promise, in the event of he; unconditional sub mission, and the immediate restitution of the fleet, of the Pachalic of Egypt—to be held by the same tenure as that of any other province of the empire. The re sult of such a proposition may be easily anticipated; indeed, the Porte itself, in making it, can have no serious expectation of its being accepted. Its only object is to gain time, under the hope that fur ther successes in Syria may so decidedly establish its superiority, that it may dictate its own terms, and, if necessary, coerce and depese M e h eme t Ali n ithout , any assistance from its Allies. If the Four Powers were really sincere in their recommendation with respect to the here ditary government of Egypt, it was the height of absurdity to make it optional with the Porte to accept or reject it. But this independent action in a question in which it was dependent from the beginning on the ;co-operation of the Four Powers, and must, as a necessary consequence, be governed by their views as to its solution, is a fiction too gross to impose upon anybody. JANUARY B.—The Tahiri Bahiri (Turkish steam-boat) ha: just arrived from Syria. She is still in cuarantine ; but the news said to have been brought by her is important and somewhat extraordinary. Zaohariah Pacha, who had been appointed to the government of Syria in the place of Izzet Pacha, had advanced from Aleppo with only about a thousand men, in order to profit by the disaffection of the people of Damascus towards Mehemet Ali. He is re ported to have been there taken and decapitated by Ibra him ['eche. Some reports state that it was Sherif Pacha, the Governor of Damascus, and others Reschid Mehemet Pacha, the bearer of the Sultan's firman to Ibrahim Pacha, who has been put to death,by the hand, it is added, of Ibrahim himself, while reading the firman. It is further stated that the Egyptian army had subsequently retreated to the de sert, in the direction of Al- Arish. A letter from Samos, under date of the 31st 'of Decem ber, informs us that the whole island is in open insurrection against the Porte. It le said to have been fomented by emissaries from Greece, EGVPT, ALgiANbRIA, JAR. 0 ....Thg deeade; or lapse of ten days, which has just elapited i h■e cooed no alteration in the situation which was given by our last letter, The steamer only arrived to-day, without bringing the European main, which has no doubt been delayed by the bad u eatber, for it bad hat attived at Byra on the 2d inst. It appeats that there is confidence in the judgment of the Powers, and business is festittied as if everything was at an end ; but at the same time every one approves of Mehemet Ali assuming a military attitude, in order not to find himself at the Mercy of his enemies. The Stromboli steamer, which is to bring to Egypt the Turkish officers who are to take the command of the fleet, has not yet g loated. The return of the British Consul-General had been prematurely announced. A letter from M. Laurin, Austrian Consul-General in Egypt, at present at Con statitindple, expresses an opinion that the agents of the !our Powers will not te:tirn to their posts till after the definite solution of all the points that are contested. The Europeans are very uneasy about the Asiatic epi demic which has just broken out in our city. Mehemet Ali held a grand Council, in order to adopt all the neces sary measures to avert the evil. The Government has just made known that the city is stocked with 130,000 addeps of corn, which are ready to be sold, besides 2,500 bales of cotton, and a small quailo tity of other provisions. The vessels which come here aro therefore sure of freight;. A letter written by a person rather hostile to the Egyp tians states that Ibrahim Pacha has united 25,000 men of regular troops, and considers that he has a like number of irregular ones, which would make his army amount to 50,000 men. According to advices from all quarters, anarchy is stated to be at its highest in the interior. Letters from Cairo of the 3d of January state that the most perfect tranquillity prevailed, but that the roads in Upper Egypt were infested with Bedouins. Every Eng lish traveller going to Suez is escortesi by a troop of Be douin horsemen in Mehemet All's pay, and now there is no escort of less than 40 men. Varin Bey, the Commander of the Cavalry School, has st writt en that as soon as security is re-established in the country, he will endeavour to rejoin Ibrahim Pacha. lie has got together the remains of three regiments, one of which is of cavalry the whole amounting to about 600 men. M. Pajot and his cousin have just arrived from Abyssi nia, having come from Bordeaux with a cargo of merchan dise which M. Coombes had pointed out as suitable for the country. The speculation was a failure. lUALTA. MALTA, JAN. 16.—There is no political news from Egypt under date of the 6th of January. Rumours were afloat there of disturb ances in Syria, and even that there had been a battle. I brahim reported at Damascu s , a nd unable to leave till Mar ch, in conse q uence of the roads and weather.or gyreasisne,lssicw. From Constantinople it is re p orted that Zach ariah Pachacre again flocking to Alexandria fo r cargoes had lost his head in Syria, and Izzet had been equally lucky. From Marmoricc, by the Megmra, letters to the 9th inst. are in town. Napier had been despatched in a steamer ( Stromboli) to Alexandria, by orders from Down. ing.street. Ile was to confirm the Convention, excepting the guarantee of the Allies to the hereditary succession or possession of Egypt. Walker Bey (or Paella) accompa nied him to receive the fleet. The Edinburgh had sailed for Malta; the Bellerophon was coming. to Malta with fon) Aece, &C. General Jochmus (a sick mouse, as the sailors call him), ,had sent to the Admiral for a naval force to assist him in POS T-OFFICE. HAMBURGII, JAN. 18,—Toe negotiations with England for the reduction of the postage proceeds slowly. It de pends chiefly on the Hanoverian Government how this will terminate. The English Government naturally requires reciprocity ; but we cannot reduce our rate:, while we have to pay a large sum to Hanover for the p'.ssage of the mails from Cuxhaven to this city. Before the establish inent,of steamers the packet-boats brought the bags to Cuxhaven, when they were forwarded by land through the Hanoverian territory. Now this is done only when the steam-boats are prevented by the ice from coming up the river; consequently in mild winters for a short time or not all, and in severe winters for a few months only, and yet we have to pay to Hanover the same sum as before, be sides the large sum paid to the General Steam Navigation Company, though our postage has been reduced by the Convention of Altona 33 per cent. WALSALL. SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—An address from the Anti-Corn-law Association of Burnley was received this morning. The Mayor and Magistrates have take❑ the precaution of swearing in a number of special constables. Richard Fryer, Esq., late M.P. for the borough of Wolverhampton, has published the following address : "To my honest and worthy Workmen at Pelsall Colliery and Ironworks. _ "MY Goon FRIEIs;DS,—It has been, during my life, my great political object to obtain full and con stant employment for every man in Great Britain, who is able and willing to work ; and, as a reward for his industry, the utmost benefit and advantage he is enti tled to obtain in food, clothing, fuel, dwelling-place, and every other comfort of life. " The tax upon food is a foul offence to God and man. I will show you the operation of the wicked and unchristian Corn-law. I can at this present mo ment purchase at Liverpool, the best sweet American flour at 7s. 4d. per bushel ; this flour is superior to any you purchase by 6d. per bushel. Tiae flour which is now selling in the shops in this neighbourhood, is at the rate of 10s. per bushel ; the present duty on a bushel of foreign flour is 4s. 7d. I could take the iron which I manufacture to Liverpool, and exchange it for that American flour, provided there was no Corn-law. Other manufacturers may do the same, so that we might have an increased and increasing trade with the Awrican farmer, and you would have plenty of food and the necessaries of life, and, moreover, a constant and regu lar demand for your labour, without those violent and so Idcn fluctuations in prices and the rate of wages, which have so frequently happened, and which arc so destructive and deleterious to the interests and happi ness of both masters and men. " There are two gentlemen who offer themselves as candidates to represent Walsall in Parliament, One of these gentlemen, Mr. Gladstone, is a friend to, and supporter of the Corm laws—alias the Bread-tax, and which law I have pointed out to you truly as the most grievous oppression under which the poor honest work man can labour. This law was made by an oligarchy of landowners, for the sole purpose of raising the rent of their land by enhancing the price of corn. It has attained its unholy purpose ; and those who made this law, if it is continued, will perish by it. The other gentleman, Mr. Smith, comes forward as a repealer of this unjust law. He is the friend of truth and justice " If any of you have votes for Walsall, or if your fathers or brothers have votes, let all of you think seri ously to which of these two men you should give your votes.—May God Almighty direct you in the right way. " I remain your friend , " RICHARD FRYER. " Wolverhampton, Jan. 30, 1841." LOSS OF THE BRIG LUCY. A letter received at Lloyd's from the British Consul at Scilly, dated 31st December, 1640, states that the above vessel was totally lost, 9th December last, on the East-end of the Ihla de Sal (one of the Cape de Verd islands). The crew all got safely on shore without saving any of their clothes, and they in conse quence were in much distress for want of them. She was bound from Liverpool to Valparaiso. This is an other vessel in which the Wallaces are said to have effected insurances upon goods that have never been shipped on board, and for which proceedings have been taken against them by Mr. Bodkin at the Mansion house, in the case of the Dryad. CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE EXAMINER. Wolverhampton, Jan. 26th, 1841. Six,—l observe that you have very justly described certain Coroners' Inquest cases, in which verdicts of "Starvation" are returned, as " Corn-law murders." The bread-taxers say this is too bad, and declare the cases to be those of Accidental Death alone. I beg, therefore, to suggest for the consideration of Coroners' Juries, that they shall in future instances return verdicts of" Accidentally killed by the Corn-law," with such deodand on the fatal machine (levied on its maintainers, those who vote for the tax), as shall speedily render it isoo expensive to be continued. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, LARGE LOAF. Sir Robert Peel is reported to have written a very strong letter to his brother-in-law, the Right lion. Robert George Dawson, whom you no doubt remember as his Chief Secretary of Admiralty during his short occupation of the Treasury in the latter days of the good King William. Sir Robert is alleged to have " scolded " this Mr. Dawson for letting the cat out of the bag at the Ultra-Orange meeting on Friday last, in Belfast; on which occasion "my Right Hon. brother in-law" threatened the Irish Papists—that is, eight out of the nine millions of the people of Ireland, with "making every river in that country a Boyne," if they are not quiet. This declaration of civil war against Ireland—for to that is it tantamount—has embarassed Peel very much here. The truth is, Mr. Dawson is a hot-headed uncalcu!ating Irishman, and remarkable more for zeal than discretion. As great a fool on the other side, Mr. Charles O'Connell, one of the small party who accompanied his great name sake on his Belfast visit the other day, when he gets on his own repeal ground in Dublin, threatens to meet and " lick" (as the phrase in such cases is) all the Orange men of Ireland in the Curragh of Kildare, with a handful of the Tipperary boys alone. And these are the people on both sides to be allowed to govern themselves !—Corre spondent of the Hampshire Telegraph. COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—SINKING OF THE VESTA, OFF GRAVESEND.—On Saturday afternoon last, between the hours of two and three, a serious acci dent occurred in the river, off Gravesend, by the brig Sarah, of London, coming into collision and sinking the barque Vesta, from Sunderland. It appears that the Vesta was lying at anchor southward of niid-channel, oppo site the Clifton Baths, waiting for the flood tide to pro ceed up to London. The brig was bearing down the channel, and came in contact with the Vesta with frightful violence. Several beats put off from shore with assist. ance, and every possible means were adopted to prevent the vessel from sinking, but without effect, and she sank in deep water. It is expected she will be got up in the course of the present week. She is laden with coals. THE FORTIFICATION OF PARIS.—Itt the year 1788, a project was set on foot for fortifying Paris, and was actually commenced. It ga ve rise at that time to a good deal of discussion, although perhaps not so mated a one as the present, and the following pun was made upon the subject, " Le mur murant Paris rend Paris murmurant." REFORM. Among the Letters addressed to the Leeds Reform Association, on occasion of their late meeting, and pub lished by that body, the two following seem worthy of public notice : EARL FITZWILLIAITS LETTER. (Copy.) MILTON, DEC. 21st, 1840. Dear Sir,—l have received a circular inviting me to attend a meeting at Leeds, at which it is proposed to make a demonstration in favour of a set of con nected propositions, the adoption of which by Parlia ment is considered, by the Committee which sends the invitation, as necessary to prevent misgovernment and legislative injustice. In what manner, and to what extent the constitution of the House of Commons would be affected by these measures, I cannot foresee ; but I am unable to dis cern that intimate connection between them and the prevention of misgovernment, which the proposers of the intended meeting conceive to exist. Your name appended to the letter is a passport to my good will ; but, pray allow me to ask what it is that the people have in contemplation ? We have gone through one revolution ; for, now that we can speak of those events historically, it is idle to call by any other name the transactions of 1830, 1831, and 1832. By God's mercy we went through it peaceably and successfully ; but are we to repeat such exoeriments every eighth or tenth year ? Whoever did not feel that by engaging in thoso trans actions, he incurred great responsibility, must have had no very clear conception of what he was about ; but great and crying evils, the result of centuries without change, demanded great and hazardous remedies, and for an object of such vast magnitude, it was justifiable to incur the hazard which attached to the application of a very extensive remedy. The hands which ad ministered it had great boldness and equal firmness. Great effects have been produced ; but it seems that it has not produced all the effects which some persons expected. Every man in England is not satisfied with every vote of the House of Commons. Why, this is only saying that there is great variety of thought in our country, the natural result of the great and happy freedom of thought which prevails among us. Some gentlemen at Leeds entertain one set of opinions, Parliament entertains another ; and therefore, say these gentlemen, Parliament must be again reformed, and the experiment of a second revolution must be tried. Tile gentlemen who have formed the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association, assume, of course, that public opinion is with them ; but is this a fact so ex ceedingly clear as to be admitted without hesitation? I am perhaps, become a less attentive observer, and was always, perhaps, a less acute observer, of the indications of public opinion than they are ; but to me, I confess, it appears that there are many remarkable symptoms which lead me to doubt the correctness of the basis which they assume, viz. the want of correspondence be tween the House of Commons and the people. It is grounded upon the rejection, by Parliament, of certain measures of " vital importance to the country ;' which means that the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Associa tion deem them of " vital importance," Sze. But are they quite sure that the great mass of their countrymen view them in the same light? What these measures are I really don't know ; though about one of them I have a strong suspicion, and I am quite as anxious about that measure as any of the Association ; but I should deceive myself very much if I shut my eyes to the vast mass of public opinion which, on that subject, runs in a direction quite opposite to mine and theirs. Whatever may be the other measures, the rejection of which proves, in the opinion of the Association, that the House of Commons does not harmonize with the people, I have very little doubt that the same may be predicated, as of the popularity of the question to which I allude. Not believing, therefore, that there is now (as in former times) any great discrepancy between the opi.• nions of the people and those of Parliament, and being of opinion that the present frame of the constituent body secures us against any such discrepency, I must decline accepting the invitation. I might have done so at much less length, if the per. sonal respect which I entertain for many of the Associ ation did not require me to state the grounds upon which I must abstain from being a party to the demon stration which they propose to make. I am, dear sir, yours, faithfully, FITZ WILLIAM. To J. G. Marshall, Esq. Leeds. MR. WARBURTON'S LETTER. CARDIGAN PLACE, JAR. 19, 1841. Dear Sir,—Many matters which urgently press on me for completion before the session begins, will pre vent my attending your meeting on Thursday. The occasion, however, is of too much importance for me to rest satisfied with merely writing to you to decline your invitation ; for you have called this meeting, I am confident, from a desire to be instrumental to the devising of some plan of further Parliamentary re form, which both the working and the middle classes of society may join in supporting. Your end is a most important one, and I will endeavour to promote it, by stating for the inforniation of yourself, and, if you think proper, for that of the meeting, what my views are on the subject of Parliamentary reform. Both the working and the middle classes are now looking, I apprehend, to further reforms in our repre sentative system : the working classes ardently, as the way to improve their condition in society : the middle classes, perhaps, less vehemently, but still with a grow ing fervour, they wish to thrive in the world, to raise the profits of their business, whether it be in home trade, manufactures, or foreign commerce. The way to effect this, they think, is to render commerce free : but it is not from Parliaments composed as modern Par liaments principally are, of the receivers of toll at all the bars set up to impede commerce, that removal of restrictions, and an unimpeded transit in and out of the country of all those commodities which industry pro duces, is to be expected. They look to an improved electoral law as a means to obtaining an improved com mercial I.lw. " Help us," they say to the working classes, " to effect those changes in the law which will better our profits and your wages ; which in swelling our returns, will enable us to bid the higher for your labour." In the common interests of the two classes, I see the strongest motive for their co-operating, whether freedom of commerce or Parliamentary Reform be made the first object. Let both classes, then, assist in forming a plan which both will be interested in supporting. No one dreams, I trust, of violence, or of excite ments to violence, as a means to obtain the desired and ; it is by orderly and lawful ways alone that real progress is to be made. That granted, this necessarily follows ; that it is from Parliaments, as now consti tuted, that the further approaches towards a complete measure of Parliamentary Reform are to be won. Con sidering what the constitution of Parliament now is, it is not every question, it seems to me, on which Re formers may now entertain a decided opinion, that it would be expedient to have decided by Parliaments thus constituted. Some of these questions should be put in the front rank, to be won, if possible, from Par liaments as we now have them ; other of these ques tions should be reserved for the deliberation of the Parliaments which had been amended in consequence of these first victories. What, then, ought to be the character of the ques tions on which the fight of Reform ought to be fought in Parliaments as they now are ; and what the cha racter of those after-questions which would be best arranged in the new and better Parliaments? Exten sion of the Suffrage, Secret Voting, and Triennial Par liaments, are the prizes, I think, which should be the first contended for in the existing arena : if Reformers deem the No-Property-Qualification of Members of sufficient importance to be included in this first list, I will not dispute with them about what I consider a trifle, and therefore will concede the point. Now the measures which these questions involve, are thus cha racterised : 1. They rest on some marked and very intelligible principle, and do not necessarily include the considera tion of much detail ; so that the meaning of a vote upon them would be clearly comprehended by the public. 2. Their freedom from complexity of detail dispenses with the necessity of long inquiry and deliberation be fore they are decided upon, and of slow execution after they are decided on, and while they are being carried into effect. When carried, therefore, a Parliament might quickly be returned according to the new plan. a. They are not of a nature to occasion, while under deliberation before Parliament, from their setting in motion purely national or local jealousies, any marked divisions among Reformers. 4. They constitute in themselves a great practical Reform in the representative system, were no further progress to be made to the completion of the sys tem ; and they are indispensable steps to making further pro gress in it. These primary questions once carried, there are other questions now agitated which would yet remain to be settled ; but to settle which well, would require in the Parliament entrusted with that duty, great honesty of purpose and good intention towards the people. Of this nature is the proposition for dissolving the present, and for consta ueting new constituencies, which some recommend to be done by making, out of town and country, certain new Electoral Districts, each of which should comprise a po pulation of equal a mount : a plan similar to that formerly proposed by the late Lord Durham, then Mr. Lamhton. That by the substitution of such town-country districts for the existing c onstituencies, Parliament would be rather worsened than bettered, is the opinion stated very forcibly in the Leeds Mercury; and that such an alteration, taken singly, would have a strong ten dency to Anti Reform, and would require to be fhis it then does i not s n not oni o coun teracted by very strong me asures of an opposite ten dency,e o c m a y nn p o r t i , ro l s t r h y i nroke,osbueredsisopf Reform uted i tself, as each of those measures does, lead ' to further re forms, but rather the reverse. Th e arranging the boundaries of the new districts, involving as it would do much detail, must occasion lengthened inquiry, te dious discussion, and consequent delay. These details, difficult at the moment to understand, might be the MORNING EDITION. ' lurking place for guile and fraud, tied might contain tf e seeds of much future mischief. The people, inipa tisnt as they would be to see their new Reforn! Bill, wculd be with difficulty induced to pay attention to such matte rs . I n part i cu l ar l oca li t i es , parties would be quarrelling about what the boundaries should be. If it were made the part of such a plan that each divi sion of the United Kingdom should have a number of electoral districts in proportion to its population as com pared with the other divisions of the kingdom, national jealousies might be roused ; and of all such divisions of interest or opinion, the Anti-Reformers would not fail to avail themselves. These intricate and delicate questions should be committed, therefore, in my opinion, not to a Parliament as now constituted, but to one re turned under the auspices of the new electoral law after the primary measures of Reform had been carried into effect, to whose honesty of purpose it might be con fided to arrange such matters involving detail. There is another question mixed up with that of what the future constituencies shall be, the question, how many representatives each constituency should re turn ? The settlement of this must necessarily be deferred until it was decided what the constituencies should be. I return, then, again to the primary measures with which I began, and which, I think, we ought to try to win from Parliament as now constituted; and to tbe endeavours to obtain these measures Reformers ought, I think, at present to confine themselves. 1. Extension of the Suffrage. 2. Secret Voting. 3. Triennial Parliaments. The second and third questions are well understood, and I therefore shall not say a word in favour of them, as it would be unnecessary. On the first of these three questions, the Extension of the Suffrage, it is requisite I should explain my meaning clearly ; since it is upon that question princi pally that a difference of opinion exists between the re formers of the middle, and the reformers of the working class. I then recommend that the right of voting should be given to every male person, of age, not civilly incapacitated, who could read and write fluently, who had had a fixed habitation in the place for which he proposed to register himself during the six months pre ceding the time of registration, and had not during the preceding twelve months received parochial relief. The registration should, perhaps, be triennial : and to pre vent manoeuvre as well as tumult at the elections, and to reduce the number of out-voters as much as pos sible, all elections in the United Kingdom, in case of a general election, ought to take place on one and th© same day, and during the same hours. I have endearoured to make my meaning explicit. Dear Sir, your faithful servant, HENRY WARBURTON. J. G. Marshall, Esq., Chairman of the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association. VOLUNTARY CHURCH SOCIETY. The seventh Annual Meeting of this Society was held at. Edinburgh last week in the large Waterloo room. The Rev. W. L. Alexander, President of the Association, in the Chair, supported on the right by the Rev. Dr. John Ritchie, of Potter-row Church, Coun cillors Black and Falkner, George Yule, Esq., Rev. George Jacque, Auchterarder, Wm. Miller, Esq., S.S.C., John Ritchie, Esq., James Peddle, Esq., W.S., and Rev. Wm. Bruce, Cowgate Church ; and on the left by the Rev. Andrew Marshall, Kirkintulloch, Rev. George Johnston, Nicholson•street Church, Rev. Wm. Marshall, Leith, Councillor Gray, James Greig, Esq., Councillor Ralph Richardson, A. Fyfe, Esq., writer, Rev. James Robertson, Portsburgh Church, and Tho mas Russell, Esq. About 600 persons were present. After speeches from the Chairman and the Rev. Andrew Marshall, of Kirkintulloch, The Rev. Dr. RITCHIE moved the following reso lution : " That this meeting are of opinion that Civil Estab lishments of religion are unscriptural ; that it was a sincere conviction of the truth of this that induced them at first to organize a system of opposition to their ex istence : and that, cherishing still the same views, they feel themselves constrained, by the authority of the Divine Head of the Church, as well as cheered by the countenance He has hitherto bestowed upon their ef forts, to persevere, with renewed vigour, in the promo tion of Voluntary Church Principles." The resolution was seconded by Mr. JACQUE, of Auchtcrarder, and agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and, in the name of the Committee of the Association, presented Councillor Black with an address expressive of their gratitude to him for the manly stand he had lately made on behalf of the principles of civil and religious liberty, and their admiration of the manner in which he had maintained , the struggle. Councillor BLACK, in returning thanks, explained the circumstances under which he had been induced to come forward as a candidate for the civic chair. It was no spontaneous act of his own. It was a consi derable time, indeed, before he would allow his name to be used ; but having once come forward, and finding that the objection to him was not to his merits as a man, but to his principles as a Dissenter, he felt that to with draw under these circumstances would be to act as a recreant to all the principles he had ever maintained. So determined was he to resist the illiberal doctrine upon which his election was objected to, thet when, in the courseof the contest, it was proposed by some, in ( rder to unite the Liberal party, to bring forward Sir James Gibson Craig as a candidate, he (Mr. Black) said to Sir James—who, however, laughed at the proposal himself—" Sir James, I will not retire for you, nor no man living." Sir James replied, " No, you would be very wrong if you did." —(Applause.) To show that the same feeling which defeated his election was still at work, Mr. Black referred to the society which had lately been instituted by the Non-Intrusionists, for the purpose of looking after the registrations, with the view of excluding every man from Parliament and the Town Council who does not belong to their party. He proceed ed to express his satisfaction with the tone of the friendly address to Dissenters, lately issued by certain Ministers of the Establishment. If the friends of the Establish ment had only acted in that spirit from the beginning, it would have saved a great deal of bitterness and acri mony. After showing the danger of allowing any esta blishment to be relieved from the control of the State, Mr. Black remarked, that though be considered patron age to be in itself a bad thing, he thought it indispensa ble in the case of an establishment, just on the same principle as chemists found one poison necessary to counteract the effect of another poison. Ho the❑ re ferred to the great progress which the voluntary principle had made within the last few years ; and concluded by expressing a hope that, by persevering in the cause of truth, they would ultimately not only work out their own deliverance, but also release the Church of Scot land from the chains in which she was at present bound. Mr. THOMAS RUSSELL moved " That in the opi nion of this meeting, the religious establishment is England is peculiarly obnoxious, because of its noto rious expensiveness, Erastianism, and inefficiency— that that in Ireland, while liable to the same condem nation, is, besides, eminently offensive, being forced upon a people holding a different religious faith—and that the one in this country, though, on several ac counts, less odious than either, is at the present mo ment, in consequence of its resistance to the law of the land, as interpreted by the highest authorities in it, worthy of the severest reprobation of every man who is a lover of his country, or the friend of civil order." r A r l h r e . J it o e ll y N . JDioutENscAltc, ROBERTSON, seconded EßTSON,in the anexeo resolution ient speech which we are sorry our limits forbid us to insert in ‘ e ‘ n T c h a a n t not th o i p s operate moved,C c e e e vr ti i n ti g i thhoeld, Anti-Patronage' t -P V at o r l o u n n a t g a e ry and Independence' party in the Church of Scotland, for these reasons amongst others—because that party, as formerly stated, are engaged in a course of opposition to the law; because, by popularizing,as it may bo called, the Church of Scotland, they hope to weaken sad even to extirpate Dissent ; because, an endowed body ought on no account to be an independent orirresponsible one, and because, even if independent, yet if endowed, the Church of Scotland would be setting at defiance the grand financial law of Christ's house, the recognition of which law in the case of every Church it is the leading ed the Resolution. object Alr. of c Society LEs s Es to c s. n d Councillor GRAY then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, carried by acclamation. The m eeting which eting wasthen broke up. " Colonel I3 r ucn is now one of th e sitting Mont berg for Carlow C ount y . A t r emendous price has been paid for the honour, and enjoy it he may as long as the present Parliament continues —but not one single instant longer. We have already noticed the Reform movement in operation in Carlow for the effective registration of the Liberal interest, and the decided success which has at tended it, even in the very ouset. —Dublin Evening Post. The spirit of emigration seems to be upon the increase, owing, no doubt, to the want of employment and low rate of wages. On Thursday, as many as twenty families lett Nottingham as emigrants to Australia.—. Notts Review. MR. RICHARD OASTLER.—On Monday evening, a public tea-drinking and ball were held in the Philosophical Hall, Huddersfield, for the benefit of Mr. Oastler, late candidate for the representation of that bo rough, who is now immured in the Fleet-prison for debt, at the suit of Thomas Thornhill, Esq., proprietor of the Fixby Estates, for which estates Mr. Oastler was stew ard. The charge of admittance was ls.—upwards of 600 were present. The company was a mixed one, and corn• prised the personal and political friends of Mr. Oastler, high and low Churchmen, Methodists, Dissenters, and Socialists, and also a large number of factory youths and maidens.—Lecds Times. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING.--We understand that the baptismal names of the infant Princess are to be Victoria Adelaide Louisa; the first after her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent; the second of the Queen Dowager; and the latter, of the Queen of the Belgians. The spon sors will, we hear, be the King of the Belgians, the Duke of Sussex, the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess of Kent. The Royal Chapel, St. James's, is in course of preparation for the cereinonyo-pllinisterial .Paper. II by , e to e in eX aoe I vas ijea 'Yes cv go for ,la