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Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, • BLACK EYED SUSAN. William by Mr. T. P. Cooke. Tit To conclude with RIEVER'S RANSOM; OR, GILDEROY. 4 crn ill(111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS uAY. .... to after 4 1 Evening .....58 minutes after 4. # . 4,11 0 , D o yek 0 popt Z -r-4. - LONDON: FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1841. . i ll the H ouse o f L o rds, last night, the records hof the Poo r -l aw C om missioners, relating to the o l t °4B of Clonmel, Naas, &c., were , on th e mo lai," °f the D u k e of WELLINGTON, ordered to be ,ibefore the House. Marquis of NORMANBY, in assenting to admitte4 some irregularity, but de-_ , 0 - that there had been any deception. 4, 1 his motion, Mr. STANLEY, the gentleman Ino2!leated who is connected with the adminis n of the Poor-law in Ireland, was ordered oex attend their Lordships on Tuesday next, to i ) j alu the matt e r. 8 0 , 4 the motion of the Marquis of NORMANBY ti t s" further papers connected with Canada and e affair o f S t. S u l i ce were or dered to be laid on 11 1 t he tabl e , including a despatch of the Earl of k l .: ° N) dated ten years ago, and letters patent, k o „ nt " (1 by Lord BATHURST, in 1824 to the Ro c," Catholic - Seminary of St. Nicolay, in Ti t e motion gave rise to a little conversat ion () ut the ), m o ti on of the Bishop of EXETER, \ , ,b Ito o le „ h dhl stand for this day, Lord ELLEN - CaC ij GH and the Earl of RIPON both depre we:4 b r i ng i ng it on so soon a f ter these papers o f s ubmitted to their Lordships. The Bishop e P' c 'rEit himself seemed to admit that the r e u' i d be time to examine them, but he was sub- N v ll4 ed to a trial at Exeter. He had to go to Could e ster on business, and he was afr aid he A re " 40 4 put off his motion. The. Right Rev. toet.ate) post ultimately gave way, and his W I " was pponed from this day till Monday. lo st e are inclined to infer from what transpired to eh il ight, that the more.rational of the Tories, 11 11 , aS Lord ELLENBOROUGH and the Earl of th e °_,;‘, are not inclined to go all lengths with dc os L'isliop of EXETER. We hope such is the e f " "we believe with Lord SYDENHAM, whose oreatelk publish, that the disallowance of the l ori l nance would be most disastrous, particu hi4 f itNrere caused by the motion of a Protestant ' l P's incited by•an avowed hatred of the re- C oi n, of the g reat majority of the people, of Iv:, The small minority in which the bigots da y e ' e ft in the House of Commons on Wednes tiP eVel liUg, ought to be a lesson to the Lay Ats uee over Spiritual Peers, who. are deaf to pi Of fa 7 deaf to reason, and act 2+frona the Ugh, bu t 1 ... th alone, it can have-;-* - 9 . -:' influence ; in, LaY Peers may learn **, it how -all . • th e , Is the support they will recZiie,in following b ask of the Bishop of EXET-ER. =Under the a ' l d name of religion the*44*.goefi; to - 4 nit w h at, when applied tOk,..thetnieives,„the th ilglic an Priests call sacrilege. eYwant tOob e Catholic pri esthoc d inCanada e Priesthood ; an d the CounteY, let 'us inform . th e h -uk e of W ELLINCITON;I3 not ready to back D i enA -gots in execut i ng t h e scheme of sacriligiOus I• thei l i e r at the exp ense of involving a colony in T h ") and the empire in confusion. Tithe Composition,. and the Court of Ex ihit (Ireland) Bills went through a Com- Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday. t h 11 the Commons, Mr. ESTCOURT moved to dis charge the order for referring the Severn NaVi rpn Bill to the Committee of Selection, which • ; l e ' l'ePorted that to examine the Bill was be- n 04 .1 1 .4 i ts Power; and Lord G. SOMERSET gavg ill not de , he would move to refer the Bill to ',,orr i mittee on Private Business. The order l uis ehared and the Bill is as it was. Mr Anßuarort moved that the minutes of huernceedings of the Committee on the Stafford a n d ilu ghY Railway Bill be laid on the table Printed, but withdrew the motion at the thngestion of Mr. LAROUCHERE. i,%lldi°llg n. Member, According to ember, the deposits required.by the Orders had been paid in this case by • h .r 6 'wed money, and he wished that the House tght understand the Working of the Standing or ders. Several notices were given, which are briefly Ma t ed in our Report. 4. , Lord S TANLEY postponed his Irish Registra 'lon Bill from March 0 4th to April 28th, in full Z3ulidence, as he said, that on April 24th the t °vern ment will p rocee d w ith the discussion of hehr Parliamentary Voters' Bill in Committee. she Nobl e L ord's Bill is therefore completely L 'e,lved till a f ter the Ministerial Bill is d i spose d of. t r• GIL L o x moved an address to her M AJESTY O °lleourage scientific institutions for the work lug c lasses, pledging the House of Commons to ma ke good all the exp ense . Th e H o n. Member ' t ithreed hi s motion by refering to what had been " L one at Eainburgh aid other places to promote ', 7, the instruction of the people. He thought Par liament would much better discharge its duty to the public by encouraging such institutions than by the party warfare which had brought its meet ings into contempt. It expended great sums to re press and punish crime, and it would be wise to em ploy 'some money to prevent them, by instructing the people. Their benevolence extended across the Atlantic, when it ought to be employed at home, where it would make the people better citizens and better men. Mr. HASTIE seconded the motion. Mr. LAEOUCHERE, while he responded to the benevolent views of Mr. Gil.LoN, had the strongest objection to the motion as it was worded. He disliked- comparisons of what was done for different classes. Government hadalready established schools of design, the pupils of which had much increased within three years. Great assistance was also given to central schools, and elementary works on the different arts and ma nufactures were now publishing and distributing through the country. The Right Honourable Gentleman also thought that much might be done by providing models. He admitted that it was the duty of Parliament to promote the im provement of the working classes, but he ob jected to the means recommended by Mr. Gm- Lox as unnecessary and superfluous. Sir R. PELL referred to a letter he had received from Mr. HOPE, Dean of Faculty, recommending a grant for the School of Arts in Edinburgh, but the Right Hon. Baronet thought the opulent people of Edinburgh might supply the cash themselves. The Right Hon. Baronet spoke strongly in favour of providing mental food for the people, and expressed his readiness to vote money for places for fi:" recreation of the population of large towns. Ile . seemed to have Mr. " CATHOLICUS " in view when he declared, in opposition to the Faith party, that in encou raging knowledge they were promoting Chris tian religion, as well as morality. The Right Hon. Baronet made, altogether, a liberal speech, except that he insisted on education being con ducted on the principles of the Church of Eng land, that is, in the principles of the Faith men, to whom, in fact, he is opposed. Let us take the opportunity of saying that Sir ROBERT PEEL even with this stretch of liberality, is still, as the representative of Toryism, like the duck-legged drummer, to which it was once likened by the Times, in the rear of the regi ment. He did not think in 1824, 1825, and 1826, that to encourage science and knowledge amongst the people was the best way to make them moral and religious, or he surely would then have used the influence he possessed as Home Secretary to aid such men as Dr. BIRRBECK and Lord BROUGHAM in establishing Mechanics' Institutes and Schools of Design throughout the land. He thinks so now, when the instruction is in part given. More than twelve years ago, to our knowledge, the fact that both the Govern ments of France and the Netherlands were pro moting the scientific education of the people, was brought under the notice of the publ ic, and, we posume, the then Government. The King of the NETHERLANDS did not disdain to Mention the subject in a speech from the Throne ; but never did the Tory Ministry, of which the Right Hon. Baronet was a leading mem ber, deign to notice or encourage in any way the zealous but humble exertions of those who for years laboured to promote amongst the people, by the means of the people, scientific knowledge. No*, when he and the Church party cannot stop the progress of knowledge, they come forward, not really to promote, but to pervert, education to their own purposes. They are too late—they are behind the march of events—the people have emancipated themselves, and will never again wear the chains of priestcraft and Tory state-craft. Mr. EWART thought that if schools of design and works of art were provided for the people they were capable of rivaling any nation. Mr. WILLIAMS was gratified by the liberal sentiments of the Right Hon. Baronet, but re commended that 1,0001. should be advanced to establish schools of art in Manchester, Glasgow, Coventry, and Norwich. Mr. WAKLEY put in his claim for Finsbury, and said that thd people wanted money, not promises. He recommended, however,' that the motion should be withdrawn. Sir R. PEEL, considering his own wealth and the lateness of his contribution to the Tamworth library, while the Whigs contributed to the London Mechanics' Institution fifteen years ago, with unusually bad taste for him, recommended the Liberal Members to put their hands in their own pockets. Mr. HUME reminded him that he had re commended the motion to be withdrawn ; but also reminded the Government that it would be much better to employ 70,000/. in educating the people than in building stables. Mr. GuLoN withdrew the motion. We must say, that we look with no great partiality on these schemes to educate all the people up to one standard. They seem to be borrowed from the fact, that some individuals have been drilled into an ideal perfection. It does not, therefore, follow that it would be advisable to drill all the people up to that standard, any more than it would be advisable to make them all as learned and wise as - Bishop PHILLPOTS. It is possible to make some dogs dance, and some horses distinguish letters, but no . person thinks that it would be advantageous to make every hound a dancing dog, or every horse a scholar. Neither should all the people be made men of seienae,.._ We would rather, for our part, that the Legisfature and the Executive allowed the people to educate theinselves—for self-in §truction is alivtiyS the most useful and most valued. • ,- , . On Mr. MACKINNON rising to move for a Se lect Committee to ascertain the expediency of admitting labouferkinto the colonies, the House was, at Half-paSt Seven,. counted out. The Morning pall - yesterday presented us with a specimen of that obliquity of mind which dis tinguishes the Tories.' They whine over, some trifling deViation from verbal rectitude in Irish Voters, similar to a breach of a custom-house oath, which they were long renowned for uphold ing, and they are ready to trample toleration under foot, and throw the empire into flames to amend it. So the Post has heard, unmoved, of multitudes of the people dying for want of food, it has passed unnoticed accusations, as heavy and vehement as pen can makd them, of the4dvocates of the bread-tax, but it is touched to the quick by a charge of being un-English and idolatrous cif foreigners. "Of altcharges in thewOrldP it said, "the lastivhich we should have thought applicable to "our political writing is a preference for Conti nental systems, to that which has become natu ralized in England." Yet the Post did, on Tues day, as we showed by quoting. its own words, hold up to admiration the restrictive systems adopted On the Continent. There the production of sugar from beet-root is encouraged, as native industry-; the import of foreign hardware, and foreign spun twist, and foreign bred cattle is pro:- hibited—there every species of trade is licensed, or regulated by ukases and ordinances; and this system of encouragement and protection was de scribed by the Post as wise and patriotic. We are glad, however, that it is ashamed 'of the con sequences of its own doctrine, when pointed out; and we are, therefore, not without hope, if it be equally sensitive, and equally candid, on other points, that it will revise its opinions, and spee dily become a convert to the doctrine' of free trade. We differ in toto from the Post. It wishes to place the interests of trade under the guarantee of statesmen. We are for letting trade take care of itself, being sure that the protection given to it by the Legislature is " like that the oak gives the rustic, it shields him from the shower, but draws the bolt of Heaven on his head." The Post wants to " guard against such an employ ment of the capital of the nation in the encou ragement of foreign industry, as will leave our own people, or a portion of them, without profit able employment." It would guard ag ainst that , employment by restrictions and encouragement. We know no such thing as the capital of the na tion ; we know that individuals possess capital— that the best capital, and properly considered the only capital, is the skill and labour of its people —and so far from asking legislative encourage ment and protection against foreign competition for that, we_court competition , as - the best means of perfecting skill. We agree with Dr. SMlTll— would:to Gob that we could revive amongst us some love of his wisdom, and impress on tile min 6 of our legislators and public writers what he says—that the Legislature is a totally unfit body to give any direction to the employment of the capital of individuals. He observes in his chap ter,, " Restraints on Importation"— What is the species of domestic industry (and making cloth at Manchester for a foreign market is domestic industry) whiols his capital can employ, and of which the produce is likely to be of the greatest value, every individual, it is evident, can, in his local situation, judge much better than any statesman or lawyer can do for him. The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what mariner they ought to employ their capital, would not only load himself with most unneces sary attention, but assume an authority which cou ld safel y be trusted not only to no single person but to no council or senate whatever, and which would no where be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it. But that species of folly is implied in every law which attempts to influence the employment of capital in agriculture in preference to manu facture ; 'and of that folly, in a degree, the Post s an advocate, though it is ashamed of its ex it demands protection, and protection to some - extent ; and we differ in toto from the Post,- by denying the utility of any and every such protection and prohibition, and by - denying the fitness of the Legislature to direct in any manner how individuals shall employ their capi tal. So differing from the Post, we shall endea vour to . show, by some details, the unsoundness of the principles adopted by that Journal.. The Post says, "We have not attempted to deny the importance of foreign trade.' On the con trary we have avowed it. But we say it is not so important as home trade, still less is it so important as home trade and agriculture put to gether." What is meant by importance, is, we presume, magnitude. The Post measures our foreign trade exclusively by 'our exports, 48,000,0001. sterling; it, of course, concludes that to produce the 48,000,0001. sterling, to con vey it abroad, and bring home 48,000,0001. or 50,000,0001. in exchange for it, employs - much fewer persons, and is of much less value, than all the exchanges made within the realm, and all the rest of the wealth produced by the skill and labour of our people. But that is taking a very narrow and a very erroneous view of foreign trade, the importance of which can by no means be measured merely by the value of the exports and imports. If that were the proper measure we should still contend, that for a statesman—and the Post and ourselves are considering the matter, not as natural historians or as statisticians, but as statesmen, with a view to legislation the 48,000,0001. ought to be as important as all the rest of the national wealth, supposing it to be a thousand times 48,000,000/. The legislator exists, he holds political power, in order to protect all the people. He is not to injure or to rob, or to oppress a part of the lieges because they are weak or poor. On the contrary, it is because they are poor and weak that he is to protect them against the strong and the rich. Whatever may be the practice, the theory is that the crust of the poor man is to receive equal protection with the venison of the noble, and the foreign trader, therefore, and foreign trade, however poor or insignificant may be his and its contribu- reme. ion to the national wealth, should be as dear and as important to the statesman as the home trader and agriculturist. This would be true, though the foreign trader contributed little or nothing to the public re sources, though by establishing friendly relations with other countries he did not remove to a great distance, if he cannot wholly destroy, the chances of war, and though he brought to the nation no luxuries or conveniences Which could not be otherwise obtained. But when we know that he introduces commodities in which all the other classes delight, that he knits together countries politically different into bonds of commercial amity, and when we know that instead of being merely not injurious to the rest of the commu nity, the commodities which he imports yield in custom duties nearly half the revenue col lected for the service of the State, it is palpably unjust, and even absurd, in a statesman to speak of foreign trade as of less importance than home trade and agriculture. We do not say it is of more importance. The principles we have just expounded would make us regard agriculture, however minute, and home trade, however ped dling and retail, as equally important with fo reign trade. As we said, on Wednesday, they are all, like the belly and the members, parts of the same system, and each contributes to the perfec tion and well-being of the whole. The legisla tor who seeks to enrich one at the expense of the other is no Wiser than those barbarians who flatten their foreheads, expand their nostrils, and elongate their ears by weights and sticks, to increase the symmetry and beauty of the hu- man countenance. We must, however, satisfy the Post, and the public, that it takes a narrow and an erroneous view of foreign trade by measuring its import ance merely by the value of the exports. The whole of our cotton and silk manufacture, which depend on a foreign product—all our woollen manufacture, so far as wool is imported, and so far as the use of indigo, cochineal, and other dye stuffs are necessary to give it elegance and. beauty—great portions of ship-building and carpentry, which are - constructed of foreign timber, while ships' sails and ropes are made of foreign hemp—the manufacture of all our furniture, nearly, which is made of mahogany the whole of these arts grow from and are dependent on foreign? trade, , and could not exist 'Without it. In like manner our grocers deal principally in teas, sugars, and dried fruits, all of which are foreign products; while a vast 'quantity ,of what is termed home trade, con sists in selling those manufactures which are made' from foreign-grown materials, or in selling the produce of foreign countries. , Now, when it is considered;What an immense mass of our people,subsist by. working up cotton and silk, dying' Wdollen4 constrncting dwellings and ships, and fitting them 'out,—by•making fur niture, and dealing in .cottons, silks, and groceries, including all the seamen em ployed in foreign trade, all the miners and colliers who extract the metals from the earth, of which our many engines are made, ,:the colliers who supply coals to work them, and all the engineers who make our stupendous machinery, even including our railways, by which those masses of men and wealth are, circu lated,----when it is considered what an immense ,nuniber of arts and persons,—one tithe -of whom -and which we cannot enumerate,—subsist by fo reign trade, or are dependent' on . foreign pro ducts, it will be at once conceded, even by the Post, that to measure the utility of foreign trade by -the value of our exports, and on that to conclude that it is of little importance as com pared to home trade and agriculture, is, at_least a narrow not to call it an absurd view. If our Contemporary concedes that, he will obtain a conviction, though it may be for him a dark one, ' that if half our foreign trade were struck off—as he supposes- it might be without any other injury than reducing the exports from forty-eight to twenty-four millions—if half the supply of cotton, sugar, silk, timber, dye-stuffs, were at once to be annihilated, half, at least, if not more than half, of our home trade would also be eitinguished. We 'wish to invite the candid consideration of our Contemporary to these statements, and therefore we will not indulge in a single sneer; but we must beg our Contempo rary to study more the phenomena of the pro duction of wealth before he undertakes to ad vise the nation how it shall legislate for the em- P ployment of the capitals of individuals. Long as our article is, we must refer to one statement more of the Post before we conclude. It boasts of the great value of the home market for our manufacturers, and cautions them against endangering that by striving to extend the fo . - reign market. We must therefore remind the Post, that all the prices of agricultural produce, on which its statistical tables and reasoning are based, are enhanced by the Corn-law monopoly, that the prices of manufactures are lowered, and that it takes credit in its account for a large amount of plunder as if it were a fair exchange. We beg our Contemporary's attention to what really constitutes the home market for our manufactures. It is not what the landlords spend,for part of that is levied- by a tax on_the THE SUN, LONDO', FRIDAY, MARCH le, 1841 manufacturers. The real market for our manlt 7 facturers, that for which they exchange their produce, is the prOduce of agricultural labour, and not the gross produce, for much of that is necessarily consumed by those who grow it, but the nett produce, or the amount which remains over and above the expense of cultiva tion, including the 'consumption of the cultivators. How the gross produce is increased, or can be increased, by the Corn-law no man has yet shown. At the same time, it is palpable that the nett produce cannot possibly be increased by it. The very intention of the law is to force cultivation, to make men break up ground and•keep it under the plough, which, but for the law, would not yield •. enough to pay for the cultivation, and consequently cannot possibly yield any nett produce to give in exchange for the produce of manufactures. It is a misdirection of the capitals of individuals. The real home market, then, we repeat, for our mandactures,lihe articles which actually pay them for their produce—for they are not paid for by bank checks or promissory notes — are the nett produce- of agricultural labour, and neither that nor the gross produce is increased, but decreased, by the Corn-laws. The Post, with the other Corn-law advocates, would frighten the manufacturers from demand ing justice, by threatening them with the loss of the home market. If the Corn-laws were to be totally repealed to-morrow, not a grain less of produce would be grown for the next eighteen months, if even then ; and consequently the home market would not be lessened to the ex tent of a single grain. The landlords might not buy so much silk, but the labourers would buy more fustians. Supposing the produce were lessened, it could only be to the small extent of putting out of cultivation those lands which, but for the Corn-law, would not yield a sufficient produce to repay the ex pense of cultivation, and leave a nett profit. At most that is not one-twentieth of the whole, and the other nineteen parts of the home market would remain, while the manufacturers would have, in addition, an extensive market in all the foreign agricultural produce which the Corn law will not now allow them to purchase. The Post writes as if not the twentieth part, but the whole of the home trade, which we have shown to be very dependent on foreign trade, would be annihilated by the total and immediate abolition of the Corn-law. In concluding, we must observe that we have rather endeavoured to expound the principles of the great question on which we differ from the Post, than controvert its verbal statements. Our object, as we trust is apparent, has been to establish what we conceive to be the truth, not to indulge in controversy or endeavour to achieve a triumph. We learn from Liverpool that at the grea meeting, which we yesterday noticed, every re solution was either moved or seconded by a Tory. We have already mentioned that all the resolu tions were carried unanimously, and we are in formed by those who have local knowledge that such a display of unanimity amongst Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, never took place in Liver pool before. That is a profound homage to the truth and excellence of the principles of free trade, which, like the genuine spirit of patriotism, can hush all party differences, and make men, otherwise ready to combat one another, unite to obtain a peaceful and a righteous end. We yesterday referred to one of the reSolu tions, which denounces all laws as demoralizing which limit the field of employment. We have since learnt that the second resolution, which appears with the rest in another part of The Sun, was expressly meant to embrace and denounce all protection, whether manu facturing, agricultural, or colonial. With such a sweeping condemnation we can find no fault, and we can only regret that the explana tions which, offered at the moment, satisfied Mr. DUFFY, were not made public with the rest of the proceedings, so that the whole community might have been as convinced as he was, that the merchants of Liverpool took some interest in the sufferings of the working classes, and were not exclusively occupied with _considering their own p•rofit. We subjoin an extract from a letter from Alex andria, which we have just received from a naval officer of high rank, who took an active and dis tinguished part in the capture of Beyrout and Acre, and whose views are quite in accordance with those which we yesterday expressed re- specting the hatti-scheriff or firman conferring upon the VICEROY the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt. Having already, published that docu ment, the translation which he so obligingly sends us comes too, late ; but we are not the less sensible of the kind intention thus manifested to serve us. We unite with him in the expression of a hope, that the British Government will insist upon those modifications being made in the firman, which MEHEMET ALI re gards as essential to the maintenance of his authority in Egypt. England cannot and will not accord to the SULTAN the right of nomi nating any of the VICEROY'S sons he pleases to the Pachalic of Egypt. To do so would be to deliver over the country to the horrors of a perio dical civil war, and to deprive the reigning PACHA of the allegiance of his own family. We know that the .:Porte would never hai-e ventured to carry its to the height it has done, but for the underhand intrigues of Lord PoN SONBY, and therefore the wisest thing the Go vernment can do is to recal this diplomatist from a - .post in which he has 'long ceased to be distinguished for anything but mis chief. We: must confess, however, that the chief ground of our confidence that justice will be accorded•to the VICEROY, is based on the presence of Commodore NAPIER at Alexandria, wlio throughout has displayed equal saga city and courage in bringing this question to a satisfactory final adjustment. The Gallant Commodore is not hackneyed in the crooked paths of diplomacy, and we 'have no doubt that • his sterling good sense will be more than ~ a match for the chicanery of the Divan undeftligsapient guidance of Lord PONSONBY. While NAPIER remains at Alexandria, we are sure that the VICEROY will be under the guidance of counsels in perfect harmony with the best interests not only of Egypt but of Eu rope. And now for our extract I now send you the translation of the liatti scheriff, conferriniron,Melwmet Ali the heredi tary Pachalic of Egypt. He has consented to the 2d, 4th, sth articles, and the part of the 6th, which regards the' construction of ships of war. He very-properly rejects the Ist article, which, if accepted, would set all his family by the ears, and bring on .a civil war. Article 3d he has begged the Porte to modify, as being too oppressive to Egypt. He also objects to the conceives a deviation froth that part of article 6th, which relates to the appoint oaprnfill-ialle :this hatti-scheriff has been appoint ment of officers. Hitherto the Pacha haS ap pointed all officers under . the rank of General of ze his army, and indeed create a Ponsonby, who carries his en- Nm D vo i;r u,t i lii s nd i ty o d n .iiss , 'Ali beyond all bounds. The . Nredtapier Convention, and the me nacing attitude of the Turks, which obliged Ibrahim Pacha to pass to the eastward of the ' Dead Sea on his march to Gaza, has hurried into the next world many thousands of men, women, and children, a nd if .the Allies should insist on the first article of the hatti-scheriff, there will be discord in the family and civil war in the coun bfeyhtle7ne try. Syria is BONY completely evacuated, and the Turkish steamer , has returned to Constantinople with Mehemet answer, couched in very submissive terms. It is to be hoped the British Government will use their influence with the Porte to change the offensive articles, otherwise this country, which is now in an improving state, will be thrown into disorder and confusion, and there is no need of that, for the Ottoman Em pire will find quite enough to do in Syria and Arabia without creating anarchy here." for having The Paris Journals ofTuesday have all reached us. The Chamber of Peers on Monday pro nu o u t c i n u c E e , d g u t i h l t e y Editor r e n u f e t h h u e f N p r a i t v i i o l n e g a M. DELA.. described it as an hospital of Incurables; and though he was suffering from severe indisposi- tionothich prevented him fiord' being present, lie was sentenced to. pay a fine_ of 10,000 francs, and to suffer imprisonment for one month. If the Chamber of Peers cannot be independent it can be tyrannical. In describing it, recourse need not be' had to negations. It has a positive cha racter for mischief. We have not heard Of any good it has achieved, but we have repeatedly been apprised of its evil perpetrations. In England we only, think of the Chamber of Peers as a Jury,,. for the trial of regicidal con spirators and the manufacturers of infernal ma chines. So far as regards legislation, the French Chamber of Peers is a mockery. • No one ever dreams of regarding it in the light of an inde pendent branch of the Legislature. Before the trial of the :National, Count MOLE defended the Peerage from the attack made upon it in the correspondence of the Prince of MOSKWA, son of Marshal NEY, recently pub lished in all the Journals. The Count is a great stickler for antiquity, and 'contended that the Peerage dated from 1815. It is something to be able to prove that it had a BOURBON and not a revolutionary origin. No proof is wanted to convince France that it has not degenerated into a liberalism that would have displeased Louis XVIII. It has.lost none of its illiberality nor of its subserviency to the Court. The typhus fever is raging among the garrison at Ham. The Deputies did not meet in sufficient num bers to make - a " House" on Monday. The. Vigie Morbihan states that a frightful mortality is de cimating the population of L'Orient, as well civil as military. Young females, artillerymen, seamen, marines, and soldiers, have been carried off in an alarming proportion since the Ist of January last. Count Philip de Chabot, who is to act as Consul-General of France at Alexandria, during the absence „of M. Cochelet, arrived at Toulon on the 4th, in the morning:' The Acheron packet is placed at his disposal, and will con vey him to Egypt. A letter from Oran, of the 25th of February, says : " The last razia which we undertook has spread consterna tion among the distant tribes and its most decided and imme diate effects are the dismissal of the Corps of Observation on the line from Cheliff to Mascara, and the precipitate journey of the Emir to the west, in order to prevent the mutiny which is ready to break out in the corps stationed in the country of Tlemecen. " This razia cost us only a few men, but we lost two brave officers, one of the cavalry and one of the infantry, who were killed, and are greatly regretted by the whole division. " At Mortaganen, the troops turned out on a false alarm. It was the Arabs running from the camp of Mustapha Bon Thamy, who, passing by the country of the Hachems, attempted to carry off some men, or rather, perhaps, some head of cattle. " The fine weather has returned; the heat is already very great. We are to take the field very shortly, but it is utterly impossible to penetrate into the general plans. You may, however, expect to hear soon of a successful expedition, for our General has a happy turn. " The health of the troops is very good. Great supplies come from France, which gives us good reason to believe that the expedition of General Bugeaud will very soon touch our province. " Nothing of importance has occurred at Arzew. The Duke of Nemours and the Duke of Aumale are expected by the end of March ; the first is to command all the cavalry, the second a regiment of infantry."—Le Commerce. BRUSSELS, MARCH 7.—Prince Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte arrived at Brussels this week, and set out for Luxemburg after stopping 28 hours. BRUSSELS ' MARCH B.—The King loft Brussels this morn ing, attended by M. Comday, Secretary to the Civil List. His Majesty will return at the beginning of next week. A letter from the Hague to the Emancipator, says, " It is not believed here that the ex-King will return to Holland. His marriage to the Countess of Oultrement has increased the irritation which the discovery of his financial intrigues had ex cited. In the recent sittings of the States-General the Minister of Finance acquainted them that King William had spent in Belgium, since the revolution, to support his cause in that country, above thirteen millions of florins. Mr. Rochusson presented to the sections a list of the persons amongst whom the sum was divided, but he refused to allow it to be printed, or even to have a copy taken." The Courrier Beige alone received 1,460,000 francs, ac cording to the disclosures printed in the Beige, at the time of the twenty-four articles, an allegation which has not been con tradicted. _ _ _ .... BOURSE.....PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 9. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price Vreoch 5 ner Cents ill 75 ... 111 75 111 35 ... 111 50 434 per Cents ..... 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 ... 101 75 4 per Cents 9B ". 98 111.1. 98 •., 98 3 per Cents 77 30 ... 77 30 ... 77 10 ... 77 10 ol,nk of France L Illitte Bank 1,600 f. Sh 1055 ...1055 ...1055 ...1055 5000 f. Shares 5160 ...5165 ...5165 ...5165 Belgian Bank 5 per Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% 3 per Cents 7O 25 70 25 ... 70 25 ... 70 25 New Loan lOl% ... 112 ... 101% ... 102 Spanish Active 25 ... 25 «. 25 ... 25 Passive 6 6% ... 6 ... 6% Portuguese 3 per Cents 19% ... 19% ... 19% 19% Neapolitan ........ 101 80 ... 101 80 ... 181 80 ... 101 80 Roman lOl% ... 101% ...101%% ...1013 . RAILWAY SHARES, St Germain 722 50 ... 722 50 ... 729 ... 720 Versailles,R. ..... 407 50 407 50 ... 405 405 L. 8................... 315 - 315 313 75 ~. 313 75 Orleans ....... 488 75 488 7 ... 488 75 ... 488 75 Strasburg to Bale ....... 212 50 ... 242 50 ... 242 50 ... 24/ 52 Montpellier to Cette 205 205 ... 205 ... 205 Rouen ..... 460 460 ... 460 ... 460 'Madrid Papers of the 2d hist. have come to hand, but they do not bring a syllable of news of any interest. There was but little business doing on the Bourse. The Five per Cents. were nego tiated at 28 13-16 at sixty days without premium, and 291 at fifty days with 1 premium. BANKRUPTCY COURT.—A return has been I made to the House of Commons of the amount of salaries paid to the Judges, Commissioners, and officers of this Court, and also the amount of compensations to those superseded by the New Bankruptcy Act. The total amount of sa laries is 20,570,1381., of this Sir John Cross and Sir George Evans, the Judges, receive 2,0001. each, the Six Commissioners 1,5001. each, two registrars 8001. each, six deputy registrars 6001. each, one deputy registrar 370/. 13s. Bd., the Se cretary of Bankruptcy (Mr. W. Vizard ) 1,2004. his first clerk 500/., and the second 3001.; the compensations amount to 12,993/. 10s. 11d. Of this the late fifteen Commissioners receive about 2001. each, Chaff Wax (J. Holdship) 5681., Clerk of Hanaper (Rev. T. Thurlow) 484/. 16s. 9d., and Lord Thurlow himself, as patentee of bankrupts, 7,352/. 14s. 6d.! THE RELIGIOUS PORTION OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE is said by the Standard to be faithfully represented by Sir Robert Inglis. We are afraid that our over-zealous Contemporary was not under the influence of his habitual caution when he wrote that sentence. If Sir Robert be the representative of the religious portion of the British people, the irreligious portion must be represented by the opponents of Sir Robert in Parliament. Now, of the Members who voted on Wednesday evening on the Jewish Declara tion Bill, Sir Robert and his friends constituted about one-sixth part, and, according to the Standard, therefore, the religious portion of the British people are only one-sixth of the whole. It would be better for the Standard to give up Sir Robert, and give up the cause he espoused on Wednesday night, than to restrict the re ligious party to so small a proportion. If for " the religious portion of the British public" we read " the bigoted portion," we shall be in accord with the Standard, and ready to concede that about one-sixth of the British people ac knowledge as their representative the Member for Oxford. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Thero were no arrivals all day with any news of the least public interest, but the overland came to band in greater detail. The Funds were in a depressed condition, and gave way before the close of business to the extent of _a per cent. as compared with the highest value of the day, or / per cent. on the opening price of yesterday. Consols for money brought 88 to 871, closing at a decline to 87i it-, and for the account the highest prices were 88i, and the latest 871 to Exchequer Bills were marked 83. to 10s. prem. ; and East India Bonds 17s. to 13s. prem. The New Three and-a- Half per Cents. were at 961. In. the Foreign Market the transactions were rather cir cumscribed. Spanish Active Bonds dropped again full 1 per cent,, viz., 231 and 231- ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. fell k per cent., or to 31; the Three per Cents. were at 18} to k only. Colombian Stock of 1824 declined 221-1 to k ' Mexican of 1837, from 27/ 28 to 271 to k; Peruvian, to 17 16k ; Brazilian at a fall from 72 to 71/ and 70k ; and Belgian Bonds at 99i ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. were steady at 501 to k. The Railway shares were dealt in to a fair extent, but at barely yesterday's quotations. Great Western New Shares were 14 ; the Fifths, sit to ; London and Bir mingham 754 ; South-Western, 16* to 17k premium ; Brighton were 7* to / ; Blackwell, 5} ; North Midland, 30; and Birmingham and Derby, 36 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 4 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) We have received Montreal Papers to the 16th of February. It is understood that Sir George Arthur will remain at Toronto until the middle of March, exercising the same powers as before the Union, under a commission from the Governor- General, which the Imperial Act authorises him to depute. Some excitement appears to prevail at Toronto upon the subject of the seat of Government for the United Province being fixed at Kingston. By accounts from Havannah to the 28th of January it appears that for many years there has not prevailed so great a drought as at the present season of the year. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 10.—The sales this day amount to 7,000 bales, and the market continues exceed. ingly firm. 2,500 bags have been taken on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—Eastern Counties, 8#; Glasgow, 35i ; Grand Junction Quarter Shares, 274; Great Western, 87 ; Ditto Half Shares, 61; Ditto Fifths, 9i; Liver pool and Manchester, 187 ; Ditto Half Shares, 89i : Man chester and Birmingham, 24 ; North Midland, 69i ; Ditto Half Shares, 34. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 10.—We have not had much business to-day. The only transactions are— London and South Western, 56i, ex. div. ; Hull and Selby, 431 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 54 ; Manchester and Leeds, 68; Ditto Halves, 28%; Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank, 10%. The letters and papers by the East India mail have been delivered this morning. The Singapore papers received this morning, to the 20th of November, state that the commercial advices from Batavia are very unfavourable ; three houses have stopped payment, and for large amounts, which had excited great alarm, but it was confidently expected no further failures would take place. Imports were extremely dull, and not much doing in produce. Java coffee was quoted at 30f. a 32f. ; Exchange on Holland, 95f. a 97f., on London ' I2if. Extract of a l e tt er from Chusan Harbour, November 8 : " The Chinese are coming about us in great numbers, bring ing green oranges, vegetables, and some poultry. Small quan tities of piece goods have been sold, and op;um is frequently asked for." We have received the. Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date : BOURSE OF AMSTERDA M AIARCH B.—Although the national funds have not entirely recovered from the fall of yes terday, still they are more firm in their prices. A great deal of business has been done in the Integrals, which were sought after. The Actives of the Society of Commerce have im proved %to 3 / 4 per cent. Ardoin's Spanish remains at 21i a 13-Ifiths ; Coupons, 214. Accounts from Christiana state that a tempest occurred on the Eastern ecii:st of Norway, which has caused immense disas ters and twentships, who were fishing, have perished. FROM THE FRONTIERS or RUSSIA, FEB. 24.—According to the intelligence from St. Petersburgh, they do not doubt that the Russian Government vii I be obliged to make a new loan, as the finances are in abad state. They give, as a mo-• tive for this situation, the expedition to Khiva, as well as that against the Circassians, and the equipment of the fleet in the Black Sea. At Moscow, for example, there has been more than 200 failures, which is also in a state of complete stagna tion, owing to the bad crops for the last two years. Owing to the American intelligence received yesterday afternoon being looked upon as unfavourable, Consols declined 1 / per cent., leaving offat 88h for the Account ; for Money, ; this morning they opened at the same depression as they closed. Exchequer Bills 8 10 prem. ; Bank Stock shut ; India also. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active the same as they left off, 23i ; Deferred, 12 1 3 / 4 ; Passive, 51 6 ; Portuguese, 31i, rather lower; Three per Cents., IS/ 19; Brazilian, 71i 72i ; Colombian, 22/ 231; Mexican, 271 28 ; Dutch Two.. and-a-Half per C ents. 501 a ; Five per Cents., 99,1 1. Shares.—Great Western, 22 23:prem. ; • New 1011 prem. ; London and Brighton, 7/1 dis. ; Blackwell , 5i 5 dis. ; Birmingham, 76 78 prem. ; Southampton, 55156 i per share ; Croydon, 11i 12 per share ; Greenwich, 8i per share ; Man chester and Birmingham, 16 15 discount; South Eastern and Dover, 161 16 discount. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT CFI , . RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Grcat Western Ditto New 50 601 to Ditto Fifths .. 4 .... 91 to London and Brighton London and Birmingham Ditto i Shares - 5 26 London and South Western 3Bi 55i..... to _.. Midland Counties ... lOO Ditto i Shares - THE SLAVE TRADE AT RIO JANEIRO.—An officer of the United States ship Potomac, gives the following picture of the slave trade at Rio Janeiro : _ . _ " The slave trado has never been prosecuted with mere vigtur and success in Brazil than during the past five years. Angola is the part in Africa which chiefly supplies this mar ket. The differences in price between a negro in Angola and Rio is one hundred dollars, selling for one hundred and fifty dollars in Angola, and two hundred and fifty in this place. The Batavia steamer has arrived, bringing Dutch papers of the 9th March, with the Amsterdam prices of the Bth March. Tvio-and-a-Half per Cents., 50 1 ; Five per Cents. 98; Ar doins' Spanish, 21 15-I6ths. It is stated that the private letters by the overland mail from India bring intelligence that teas were coming down to Can ton, and in all probability would be shipped. The tea sale is now going on, consequently we cannot ascertain as yet the prices of tea. Consols have receded since the early part of the morning from 88-% to 87i for the Account, at which price they are at present; for Money, 878, with little doing to the present time. Exchequer Bills, also lower, 9 10 8 prem. ; Bank Stock, shut; India, also ; India Bonds, 17 dis. In the Foreign Market not much doing. Spanish Active, lower, 23k, have been 234 ; Portuguese, 31, lower • Three per Cents., 18k; Dutch Two-and-and-a-Half per Cents., 50 1 4 ; Five per Cents., 95% 4. In the Share Market little doing. London and Brighton, 42i 4 ; Great Western, New, 60i ; London and Birmingham, 165 ; South Western, 55%; North Midland Counties, New, CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank stack India 5t0ck.............. 3 per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds ...... ...... 13 dis 3 per Cent Cons ...... - 3i per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent .. New 5 per Cent ... Long Annn,ities to expire Ditto Small l2 pm Jan. 1860. — Bank Stock for Acct ... Oct 1859 . . — India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860 ... Consols for Acct 874 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 991 Ditto, New Ditto..... Brazilian 80nd5.... .. Prussian, 5 per cent.... BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. . . Chilian 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 23i Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred . .. Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —c. Greek.lB2s, spercent. Exchange f. —c. Mexican, 5 per cent ... French,3 per cent —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2i per cent SOA Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 161 Ditto, 5 per cent..... 99a SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd)... 64 Great Western Railway (65 paid) — Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) .... .. 9A London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwell Railway (25 pd) 191 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 1651 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) . . 26 London and South Western Ditto Tenths Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)... 241 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (10 paid) 144 • North Midland Railway (100 paid) 7O Ditto New Shares (40 paid) ... ......... DUTCH PAPERS. The accounts from Holland possess no interest. The Rhine and Moselle Gazette, published at Cob lentz, has the following account of the diverting of the stream of the Rhine, which appears to have caused no little excitement in that quarter : " The Nassau Government has caused a work to be made from the upper-end of the Paauwen Island, op posite Biberick, towards the left bank of the Rhine, in order to lead the current of the Rhine between this work and the Island of Petenan, lying on the right bank of Biberick. These operations were looked on by Hesse Darmstadt with the more dissatisfaction, because since the construction of the iron railway between Frankfort and Wiesbaden a plan has been entertained to make a harbour at Biberick, which has been declared a free port by the act for the navigation of the Rhine, and though very useful to the general interest must greatly injure the trade of Maintz. The Estates of the Grand Duchy had therefore already petitioned the Government to take measures to prevent it ; but it seemed that nothing would be done in it, when suddenly at an unseasonable hour of the night, above 100 vessels laden with stones, appeared off the lower end of tha island of PLtenan where two of them were sunk, and the cargo of the remainder thrown overboard ; so that the passage .between the Petenan and Poaweden Island, is com pletely stopped, and the blocks of stone appear above water. As the water between the Petenan and the right bank of the river is too shallow for ships to pass, they must sail, as hitherto, along the left bank ; the steam boats that want to stop at Biberick experience a great delay, since they must go round the islands above mentioned to reach Biberick. This affair is a severe blow on the trade of this town, which has so much in creased of late." DUTCH FUNDS.—.AMSTERDAM, Maacu Money. Bills. (ctual Debt, '254 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Arnett Syndic, 454 per cent b7% 833 Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent. — Commercial Company, 454 per cent HO% 161% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. 100 1 9 0 , 0 3 % Loan 1637, 5 per cent. 9 5% Exchange on London, TwOne month l2 0234 omontha ..... 11 923% Dutch Papers, March 9. BELGIAN e UNDS—Bauseams, MARCO Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cliit 093 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. B9 3 per Cent. — 69% s l?40) Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent ss Society of Comerce, 4 %per Cent IW Bank of Belgi m um, 5 per Cent... ...... 871 A National Seciety Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, March 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Virmtia, AURCE 1. Five per Cents. Mctalliques Fora per .......... ....... ..... -9. % Three per Cents. Rank Shares .......... ....... 1625 —Atlgemeine Leituttg. March 7. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Marten 6. Bills, Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1625 1615 Anglo-Russian Loan 103% 10654 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate 10134 Inscription, Ist Seris's 10134 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series Thirty-seven. Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .IPL,fi 49 Ditto Polish Bonds • 147 New 1 icket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cen. N• t wegi an Loan, 1834, 4 per Cray. • Spanish, New 5 per Cents. lB%, . EXCHANGES ON LONDON. CCIRISTIANTA FEB. 13.—Threc months, 4 52. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 26.—Serenty.five days, 11. 42. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 5. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 434 per cent. 103% 103% l'russian Eoglish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 100% 100% I , :zehange on Landon, three months 6 17% —Prussian State Gazette. March 6 --------=- ---_ ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—A man at Ma"' Chester, named Thompson, last Monday attempted to mar der a young woman whom be lived with. He asked her to get him some coffee, which she refused tours , and said, No; if you want coffee, you must get it y elf." She was at that time sitting near the fire-place and he in st dis his arm roundber tant part of the room. He delibei ately, ar,el without saying a word, walked towards her, and, putti,,g neck, drew a razor across her throat, cutting her from ear to oar. He took to his heels afterwards, but was disco vered hiding himself in an old saw pit. lie was covered with mud, and had apparently made an unsuccessful at tempt to bang him self. On Tuesday morning he was brought up at the B orou g h Cant, before Sir Thomas Pot ter, when the above facts d were detailed in evidence. He was know.b o f was, of course, remande until something the fate: of the unfortu nate woman. M YS TERIOUS CASE OF POISONING,—We again regret t o state that nothing has yet transpired cal rciumlatitne,d, to H i t l h l. ro w T l i i l g e h G t u o p ve o r n rim fire diabolical l iabolical attempt at Mer ias offered IOOL rim tat], in addition to that previously offerel by the Its. Mr ' Webst.:r.— Worcestershire Chronicle. MORNING EDITION HER MAJESTY'S OPERA. Her Majesty's Theatre opened last evening for the season with Cimarosa's opera seria Gli Orazij i Curazij. The compositions of Cima rosa are not so well known to many of our mo dern opera-goers as they ought to be. He was the father of the modern brilliant school of music, and prepared the public taste to appre ciate the works of his great successor Rossini. We hail, therefore, .this revival of one of his best operas, and hope that it is not the only one of Cimarosa's compositions which M. Laporte intends to revive during the season. Madame Pauline Viardot (late Pauline Garcia) was the Horatio,. This lady has improved vastly in her acting since she made her appearance on these boards two years since ; and now bids fair to rival in acting, as well as in singing, the fame of her sister, poor Madame Xtalibran. Her grand scenic in the second act " Quegli Suoni," was a perfect triuMph of art. Nothing could exceed the thrilling effect which she threw into the concluding words of the scena, "Oh teatro d'orrere." Mario was the Marco Orazio, and had the part been written for him, it could not by possibility have suited him bet ter; his exquisite falsetto notes came beautifully into play in the aria " Se ails patria," in the first act, and•he san g th e w h o l e o f t h e a i r , i n it self a most beautiful composition, in a style of such exquisite taste as to force loud applause from what appeared to us to be rather an unenthusiastic house . The duett at the close of the close of the piece, " Svenami ormai crudele." yas,most effectively given by Mario and Madame Viardot, who were called for at the fall of the curtain, and received with the usual honours. We are glad to perceive that this very talentedyoung man is increasing in public favour in this country. -Whenever Hu bini shall have put his often-threatened design of retiring from the stage into execution, wo know of no one so fitting to become his successor as' Mario. Curiazzo found a very efficient representative in Miss A. Nunn, who 'made her first appearance at this theatre last evening, but whose perform ances at various concerts during the winter have made a favourable impression on the public. After the opera, the National Anthem was sung, the solo parts by Miss Nunn and Kadame Viardot. .The audience seemed quite taken by surprise by the energy and enthusiasm with _which Madame Viardot gave her part of " God save the Queen," and which contrasted strongly and most favourably with the careless manner in which this fine composition is usually slovened over; The new ballet of Le Diable Ainoureux followed—a very splendid affair, and much supe rior to the gelleral run of pieces of this sort. Mademoiselle Guy Stephani made her first appearance in England in the character of Uriele. She is not only a clever, graceful dancer of the Cerito school, but she is also a most ac complished, arch, and espiegle actress. She was loudly and deservedly applauded; and M. La , porte will, no doubt, find her a most efficient ad dition to his corps. Albert made his first ap pearance here these two years; during the inter val he has lost nothing of his grace or agility; he was _loudly applauded on his first appearance. The house was well filled. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen Leld a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter yes , e-day afternoon; at Buckingham Palace. The Knight Companions of the Order were robed in their mantles and collars by Mr. Hunter and Mr. Ede, in the Equerries' Room. The following were present :—His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Anglesea, the Duke of Norfolk, Marquis of Hertford, the Duke of Somerset, and the Marquis of Lansdowne. - The Knights were attended by the under : named officers of the Order, in their mantles, chains, and badges—viz., the Bishop of Winchester, Prelate of the Order; the Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of the Order ; the Rev. Dr. Hobart (Dean of Windsor), Registrar of the Order ; Sir William Woods, K.H., Garter Principal King of Arms ; and Sir Augustus William James Clifford, Knt., Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Shortly before three o'clock, the Knights Companions were called over in the Green Drawing-room by Garter, and, with the otEeers of the Order, were then ushered to the presence of the Sovereign, in the Throne Room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert wore the Mantles and Collars of the Order. Her Majesty sat in the Chair of State, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took his feat at the table on the right of the Queen. The other Knight.; Companions took thair respective seats at the table according to the order of their Stalls. The Chancellor of the Order signified to the Chapter the Sovere . gtes Royal will and pleasure that the vacant Stall in the Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, be filled, and as by the Statutes none but a Knig ht, can be elected, his Grac , the Duke of Sutherland was introduced, and the Quec having received the Sword of State from Sir Wiiliam Martin, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting, was gr.ciously pleased to Knight his Grace therewith. The Knights Companions then proceeded to the Elec.- tin, and the Suffrages having been collected by the Chancellor of the Order, were by him presented to the Sovereign, who was pleased to command him to declare, and he accordiegly declared, that the Most Noble the Duke of Sutherland bad been duly elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. By the Sovereign's command his Grace was received at the door of the Chapel Room by the Marquis of Lans downe and the Duke of Somerset, the two junior Knights Companions present, preceded by Garter (bearing theta signs of the Order upon a crimson velvet cushion) and by Black Rod, the Duke of Sutherland kneeling near the Sovereign, and Garter presenting on his knee the garter, her Majesty, assisted by their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duke of Sussex, buckled it on his Grace's left leg, the usual admonition being pronounced. Garter next presented in like manner the tiband with the George, and her Majesty. with the assistance of their Royal Iligheesses, put the same over the Duke of Suther land's left shoulder, the customary admonition being at the same time pronounced, after which his Grace had again the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand, and having received the congratulations of each of the Knights Companions, withdrew. . After the Investiture of the Duke of Sutherland with the Ensigns of the Order, the Marquis of Westminster was introduced, and had the honour of Knighthood eon fei red upon him by the Queen with the sword of State. The Knights Companions then proceeded to the Elec tion to fill the vacant Stall in the Royal Chapel of St. George, and the Marquis of Westminster was declared to have been duly elected a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The Noble Marquis was introduced by the two Junior Knights, and was invested with the Garter, Riband, and George of the Order, by her Majesty, assisted by their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert and the Duke of Sus sex. The Noble Marquis afterwards received the congra tulations of all the Knight Companions. The Chapter being ended the Knights and Officers re ti, ed. The Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes, and the Countess of Chailemont, Lady in Waiting, were in attendance on the Queen. The following Mini.ters and Great Officers of State were present at the august ceremony, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. At the Court, Count Bjornstjerna, the Swedish Mini ster, had an audience of her Majesty. Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, had an audi ence of her Majesty to deliver a letter of congratulation. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Vis eount Palmerston, G. C. 8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty gave audiences to the Marquis of Nor matiby, Earl of Uxbridge, and Viscount Melbourne. in The NNui n o g ur . t t w h a n s G a t r t n e n n m de n d f t y h t e h e StelaEa r l to c? Prince e. A l l be L r od t r ; Lord Hill, bold Stick in Waiting; Guard • Hon. Sir William Lumley, Groom in Wa i t in • Captain Francis Waiting ; Lord 1, Alfred Pagel, Si r Edwin Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the t Seymour, Groom to Prince Alb ert; d Bowater, Equerry to Equerry in ; Sir Edwar d Prince Albert ; Mr. Blackwe en tlemen Usher in Pages of Honour in ;d igna. G Waiting ; Masters Byng and w Seymour I ncur Sadleir, the & on eare°boenr.duty in the Gra n d W i ati n tag y ; co a n n l d en th o e f G t r b o n om G of ord tb Hall. commanded by Ca ain } in Waiting. f the First Regiment of Foot received the Members of th i ° th the band of that Regiment on The Queen's Guard e Royal the Palace Lawn, -- Guards, was on clu . t n y a s' r i e - n ual honours. family with the u o s_ ent visited the Queen y t d es er ay. The Duchess t f Glou ces ter visited th e Dowager The Duchess t Marlbo rou g h HOW e. yest rday tf r Jamaica had, an interview h Th e Ageo- ° wit Chan- Exchequer yesterday, in Downin f the street.e- men . o M. F. had an interview" b Hodges, with the Marquis of Normen ey yesterday, at the Home-office. Despatches from the Governer of Trinidad were received yesterday at the Coloeial . office. A e e putatien, including Sir M. Wood, Bart., the City Bemembrancer, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Hall, had an inter ,,iew with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Judicial Cornntittee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Lyndhurst, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, and Sir J. Littledale. Sir Herbert Jenner gave judgment, on the part of their Lordships, in " Tle Dean of Jersey v. Rev. E. Durell," to the effect that the prohibition of the Royal Court could net be tustained ; ti!e seutnice of that Court was therefore reversed, and with c, at the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Addams appeared for tire parties in the cause. After the delivery of the judg ment the Court adjourned. Tee Dinner Party at Viscount Melbourne's, on of Normanb Lords Wed. nesday, included the Marquis F L YI Sherborne, ir ytton Bulger, Hol land, Fitzalan, and El • S bee, tan ey, asset, B. Wall M( ssrs. Craven Berkeley, Caylry, D. ticombe, Eaahope, Duff, Blake, C. B u ller. and W. Cooper. The Earl and Countess of Kenmore have left Farranee's H&cl for the ir new mansion in Belgrare- square, lately occupied by the Marquis of Tweeddale. colonel Henry odvvin and Captain G. Blake, r, N., have been olnted Gentlemen Ushers to Prince •