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EVENING EDITION. and Alderson, p. 21, " I do not think that the remedy by dis tress is applicable to the case of the Crown, or that the -stores of Government can be taken by that means." Probably Buckingham Palace or Kensington Palace can be decreed away from her Majesty by this Commission. Sir Frederick Pollock has also given most decided opinions upon important parts of the proceedings of this Court as to sending the Jury out of court to take the evidence in secret ; upon which this presentment is founded, and also against the power exercised by the Commissioners (in the most capricious -way) in altering the presentments of the Jury. In two cases almost following each other, both upon the valuations upon oath of the professional valuators. I allude to the Dissenting Chapel on Paddington Green, in which the person who ap peared was sworn as to the cost of the building, and rated upon 5 per cent. cost upon the outlay, added to the ground rent actually paid. The next, the West London Cemetery, returned to the Court upon oath by the professional vaivators at an annual rateable value of f ;3201., reduced by this Court upon evidence not upon oath, to 2451 per annum. There is another anomaly in these extraordinary proceedings, the professional valuators returned on oath that Hyde-park and I(ensington-gardens were worth 301. per acre rateable value ; the Jury in secret struck off five-sixths of this valuation, leaving Hyde-park and Kensissgton-gardens at 51. an acre. But these proceedings destroy all equality in the rating of pro perty for the first time assessed ; because the two surveyors must, when put into the jury -box, support that which they have sworn to, and admit that these alterations by the Jury, and the Court itself, have destroyed the principle upon which they proceeded, and also destroyed the equality of the rate. There is one more fatal objection to this Court signing this decree, and that is, the CoMmissioners have had the fact upon oath presented to them, that in rating churches and Dissenting chapels of equal pl tts of ground, in equally eligible situations, the erection of which costs the same sum, the principle which guided them in form ing a rateable value was, that as the Church property was ina lienable, and the Dissenting propsrty alienable, they took one third off their rateable value of churches ; thus upon oath, declaring that a taxation in presenti shall be laid upon a p-o -perty valued in future. And if the Court should Le so ill-ad vised as to sign the decree, they sanction this monstrous absur dity in rating. Mr. Witte UG xav said the distinction was not between Dis. aenting Chapels and Es'ablished Churches, but between Dis enting Chapels and Parochial Churches.—( Hear. ) Mr. LESLIE proceeded. My last proposition is, that if the er roneous advice given to the Commissioners he still further ac:ed upon to the signing of the decree, such proceeding will bring her Majesty's Commissioners of Sewers into contempt, as being a final judg,ment of a Court of Record which cannot be carried into effect, either as to a distress upon, or sale of, premises charged by such decree. The absurdity of this doctrine has been carried so far, that pew-openers e' chapels are charged in the presentment ; that Richard Hall, the labourer in trust, or clerk of the works, a servant, not of Chelsea Hospital, but of the Offico-of Roods and Forests, stands in the presentment as liable for a rate upon the chapels mid weeds of the Hospital, and 57 acres of land. I need not repeat what I have urged upon the consideration of this Court, but I ask this Court se riously to consider whether they dare issue a warrant of di.- tress upon consecrated buildings or ground, cr attempt to sell under the statute of Sewers, 23 Henry VIII., c 5, the consecrated land upon which a church stands, or violate the sanctity of that ground wherein repose the ashes of the dead ? Then I ask if you sign this decree do you not affirm my proposition, and bring her Majesty's Commission into con tempt ? Then I ask, dare this Coffrt attempt to sell Chelsea Hospital because Richard Hall refuses or neglects the cess or tax you may choose by this decree to charge him with ? No land can be sold without a person is expressly charged. What says Canis after quoting the statute, " Provided always that if any person or persons being assessed or taxed to any lot, or charge for any lands," &c. And he says page 205, "if an as sess or charge of payment be laid upon certain lands without mentioning the owner, the lands cannot be decreed from him by this law ; for the words of the statute be, 4 that if any person or persons assessed to any lot or charge do not pay.' So that I shall take it that no decree for the sale of land can be made but where there is a person certainly assessed by came." Let me call the attention of the Court to the definition of the Decree given by Callis, p. 2e5. He says, " A decree is neither a law nor ordinance in proper definition, but is only a sentence of judgment in a course of justice, delivered or declared by the Judges, thereby and through the power and strength of a general form, for deer e tum est sententia lata super legem. So, that a law is a gene ral direction for a multitude. An ordinance is a subordinate direction, proceeding out of a more general power. And a decree is a sentence delivered for or against a particular person, grounded upon the said laws and ordinances." if this decree should be signed, this Court would be neglecting a most important point, which arises, in the 2:3d Henry VIII., on the words "inhabitant or dwelling thereabouts by the said said walls, ditches, banks, gutters, gores, sewers, trenches, and other the said impediments and annoyances, and all those per eons and every of tnem to tax, assess, charge, distrain, and punish." This being a penal clause must be construed lite rally. Who is an " inhabitant " in a legal sense ? Coke, 3nst. 2, 702—" Inhabitaiffs of a vill are the householders of a vill." And so construed tlAtt Legislature when, by " the 52d Geo. c. 48, local and persoisal," the powers of the Commissioners of Sew ers for Westminster and parts of Middlesex were enlarged. " And whereas great diffiCulty has arisen to the Commissioners of Sewers for the limits aforesaid in laying an equal rate from time to time upon the several inhabitants within the limits of the'said Commissions, occasioned by their not being autho rised by any of the statutes now in force concerning sewers to call for and inspect the poor's-rates of the several parishes within the limits aforesaid ; be it therefore enacted that it shall b.: lawful for the said Commissioners of Sewers for the limits aforesaid, from time to time, as the said Commissioners shall se: occasion, by an order in writing, to direct the clerk for the time being of the said Commissioners, or any other per son *sn their behalf, to inspect and take a copy of the last rate or assessment tor the relief of the poor of any parish or parishes within the jurisdiction of the said Commissioners of Sewers, e. &c. In order to enab , e the said Commissioners of Sewers to lay an equal rate or assessment on the several inhabitants within the litnits of the said Commissions or any portion thereof." And there has been a judicial decision on this Act of Parliament, and Lord Denman, in the case of Soady and Wilson, 3 Adolphus and Ellis, 248, thus spoke : This is an action for trying the validity of a Sewers -rate, im posed on the plaintiff as occupier of the Audit-office, in the eastern wing of Somerset House. The plaintiff contended that such rate was improperly imposed on him as the occupier, even if it could be imposed at all in respect of that building, but that he also denied. A case was agreed upon, stating the particulars from which the plaintiff's occupation was inferred by the defendant. On the effect of them we do not find it ne cessary to give any opinion, because the 52d George III„ c. 48, gives the power to rate those persons as occupiers, who are de fret° assessed to the Poor's-rate ; and the plaintiff filling the latter character with respect to the premisser, is clothed with the former by the statute referred to. I submit, Sir, that as we have thus the power by statute, and by the judicial deci sion just quoted we have, that as these inhabitants do willingly and cheerfully contribute all the expenses for the repairing of the sewers, and the necessary expense of the Commission, thatit is a duty which this Court owes to them, not to be embarking in surveys and valuations of prorerty which has neither owner nor occupier in law chargeable, however advantageous such a course may be to the two professions thereby benefited ; for these reasons, I submit the amendment of which I have given notice:: " That the Commissioners do not sign the Decree for a Rate on the Counters Creek and Ranelagh Presentments ; because the proceedings of the Court which have led to the said Pre sentments, and the Presentments, are void, being contrary to the Statutes, to the Commission, and the Oath taken by the Commissioners : because the doctrine laid down to the Jurors, That the Commis-ioners impo:e the tax on the land, and are not bound to inquire whose property it is, or to regard any question of Ownership or Occupation,' is contrary to the Sta tutes : because the necessary consequence of such erroneous doctrine is another ; that having made a Sewers Rate without any regard to ownership or occupation, a legal distress for the same can be taken upon :he premises so rated, and any persons goods found thereon maz be sold for such tax : because, during these proceedings, the Commissioners have been made aware that the opinions of 'the Attorney and Solicitor-General and Sir Frederick Pollock are against them : because if the erro- 11C0113 advice given to the COmmissioners be still farther acted upon to the si g ning of the decree, such proceeding will b r i ng her Majesty's ommission of Sewers into contempt, as being a trial judgment of a Court of Record N'sltich cannot be carried into etTeCt, either as to a distress upon or sale of premises charged by such decree." Mr. EowA RI) MuLuscs seconded the amendment and bries;y supported it. Sir GEORGE FARRANT and Captain BAGUE moved that the Court do now adjourn, which was carried by Bto 4. Thus, throwing the whole question overboard by a side wind. COURT CIRCULAR. Her l‘fajesty and Prince Albert walked in .the gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. Viscount Melbourne and ti iscount Duncannon had audiences yesterday of the Queen. The tioyal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Swedish Minister and Countess Pjornstjerna, the Earl of Ux bridge, Viscount Melbourne, Lord and Lady Robert Gros venor, the Right Hon. George Stevens and Lady Agues and Lady Fanny :low ard. _ The Bishop of Lichfield and Sir William Hooker had in terviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial face. L'espatches from the Governor of Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honouralle Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were Lord Denman, Lord- Brougham, Mr. Justice Bosauquet, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Sir E. East sat with the Committee as a Privy Councillor. An appeal from Bombay, " Babun Wullah Katch V. Davood Wullah Nutmos," was commenced. Messrs. Miller and Wigrarn, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Jackson, were the Coun sel for the appellant ; and Mr. Sergeant Spankic, Messrs. Lloyd and Edmund Moore, appeared for the resptmdent. The aso was adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BI L 5 APPOINTED BY THE COMMiTTEE OF SELECTION. 1. York and North Midl&nd Railway Approaches Bill, referred to to Mr. Bernal, Mr. John Dundac, and Mr. J. H. Lowther. 2. York and London Assurance Company Dill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Lord E. Bruce, and Mr. John Parker. 3. Preston and Langridge Railway Bill, referred to Mr. Bernal, Sir lles!ceth Fleetwood, and Mr. Townley Parker. The meeting of the Committers on the above Bills is fixed for Thursday, March 4, at One o'clock. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Tuesday, 23d February, 1841. I. Metropolis Improvements—Committee respecting Standing Or. ders, Monday, March 3. 2. Liverpool and Crosby Road—Committee on Petition, postponed From Friday, February 26, till Thursday, March 4. 3. Great llorwood Inclosur2—Committee on Petition, March 8. 4. ...liotts and Wilsontown Railway—Committee on Petition, post. poned from Monday, March I. till Wednesday, March 3. 5. Middlesex Sessions—Committee on Petition, atijsurned till Friday, February 26. A public meeting of the merchants, hacker::, manufacturers, and otherr, pail'amentary electors cf Glasgow, was held in the Trade' II there, at thie,t o'clock, for the purpose ( f eonsid, ri• g the Lie Report by a Committee of the House of Commons., on the subject of the import duCe , , with a xiew to the revision and alteration of the tariff of the United Kingdom, and o f petitioning Perliament on the subject. In the absence of the Lord Provost, who had called the meeting in ac cordance with a numerously-signed requisition, en the motion of Robert Bartholomew, Esq., Bailie Miteliei was called to the chair. After a few remarks from the Chairman, Alexander Graham, Esq., being called upon, came forward, and moved a series cf ten resolutions, em bracing an extended view of the whole subject of our commercial regulations. Mr. Hervey seconded the mo tion, which was put from the chair, and agreed to by ac clamation. Sir Thomas Troubridge, M.P., and his family, are plunged into deep distress by the death of Sir Thomas's eldest daughter yesterday, at his residence at the Admiralty. NEW STRAND THEATRE. (This being Ash Wednesday there will be no Performance) Inc' casing Popularity—Raptures of Applause—Gratified Audiences. TO-MORIZOW, FEB. 25, GLOUCESTER KING'S HEAD HOTEL. ENRY R. 'Mal ElllC,§ucCessor to Mr. Dowling,) begs most respectfully to express his grati tude and thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial Gentle men, and others, for the very liberal and distinguished support he has received since he entered upon the above Hotel. He has completely renovated the Sitting and Sleeping Rooms, with studious care to comfort, and he trusts the Establishment will be found replete with every domestic accommodation. 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Carriages V. be in waiting twenty minutes past Ten. Mr. Seguin, 12, Regent-street, Pall Mall, is appointed sole Agent for disposai of the Private Boxes. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MOIIIIOW. V ruing 5 tnibutes after 4 Evening '22 minutes after 4 The Publication of the Evening E.lition of THE SUN corn- monecd at 10 min — utes after Three. 44, Ne •A i • : Ak e . . •'- . • 4 , 42 . _. --,,,,, -- 1:11) -. ).1r._,;y7,5-n - f.:Q., __7 t Y 2.!"-CAll*.' - *.i P- . r. - -':. ' . ° .s);VrT,' S' '''• ' '' • ‘-1 ic : i' , ' ,.. . ' ::;;„.,„, ' 4 411 . 1 :- •-‘ : , ''' ,- 4 21 , ',i - - ''' . ' . ::; - ' '-.4 % 4 6 ''''' ' , Av. - .•' , i• int.> LONDON: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1841. In the House of Lords, last night, some peti tions were presented against the Poor-laws, and Lards FITZWILLIAM and ELL22.IBOROUGH both agreed that some amendment was necessary. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill to explain the Acts for the preservation of property in Ire land, and extend their provisions to the city of Dublin. The Bishop of EXETER again brought under the notice of the House the non-printing of a police ordinance issued in Canada, and accused the Go vernment of gross neglect and want of ingenu ousness. Viscount MELBOURNE happily retorted on the ingeL nous and Christian-du ty-performi ng Bishop, that perk ous were much in the habit of eharg others with'those defecio which were most con vicumis in themselves. The Bishop was assured mat the Royal assent should :lot be given to the ordinance till thirty days from the 16th instant, and though that did not satisfy him, he could get nothing else. Lord LYNDHURST having adverted with-tender care to the subject of compensation to those who might be deprived of their offices bylawreform— though we neverheard that the Noble and Learned Lord suggested a compensation for the hand-loom • weavers, who were deprived of their bread by a reforin in machinery—and Viscount MELBOURNE having assured the Noble and Learned Lord that compensation should be provided, their Lord ships adjourn e d, The Commons received a considerable number of petitions, including, one presented by Lord MORDETH, sign,ed„yb 205,830 persons, against Lord STANLEY'S Bi ll. Mr. M. PHILLIPS pre sented a similar petition from Manchester, with 32,237 signatures. Leave to bring in a Bill was obtained by Mr. C. BULLER, to amend the law relative to the admis sibility of evidence; by Mr. HANDLEY, to drain land in England and Wales ; and by Mr. Fox MAULE, for removing doubts as to the continu ance of certain Turnpike Acts. The adjourned debate on the Irish Registra tion Bill was resumed by Mr. YOUNG, the Mem ber for Cavan, who made, though opposed to Lord MonpETH's Bill, a speech which Lord Howrcx and Mr. MACAULAY subsequently cha racterised as sensible and judicious. His princi pal argument against the Bill was the imperfec tion of the present valuation of property, admit ting thereby that the valuation and rating to the poor, when improved, would be a good test of the franchise. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN supported the Bill, ex posed the nomalies of the Irish system, and de clar against allowing the landlords to grant or withhold the elective franchise, which would be the result of Lord STANLEY'S Bill. He regretted, too, that the Government Bill did not abolish the necessity of having paid the taxes, except the Poor Rates. Sir IL BATESON opposed the Bill, resting his vote on the speech of Lord STANLEY. Mr.CAREW thought the Bill of Lord STANLEY f calculated to destroy the franchise, while Lord MORPLTH'S Bill would secure it, and he gave the latter his cordial support. Lord Howicx took up the sti oag ground of its being necessary to define the franchise before setting about making a System to register it, and enforced that view at considerable length with great effect. The Noble Lord also dwelt with great power on the mischief of narrowing the franchise. Mr. LEFROY followed Lord Hoi,vicx, and made an Orange special pleading speech that was heard without pleasure, and will be read without instruction. The ATTORNEY-.GENERAL for Ireland was, we are bound to say, not much better, though he was on the opposite side to Mr.• LEFROY. The Right Hon. Gentleman may have a clear head, but he has not the faculty of convincing his hearers that he is so endowed. He explained and de fended the principles of Lord MonrETH's Bill, and showed in what way Lord STANLEY'S would be vexatious. Sir W. FOLLETT spoke of the measure much more like a nisi prius lawyer than a states man. But that was level to the capacity of the gentlemen around him, who accor dingly cheered him vociferously. His ar guments run on the insufficiency of the valua tion as the foundation of Lord MORPETH's Bill, which, puerile as it was, he had not the merit of first bringing forward. The valuation will by and by be better. He pointed out, however, that the valuation was not conducted according to Act of Parliament—a good ground for a prosecution for a misdemeanour, but having no more bearing on the settling the franchise of the Irish than his speech in favour of the Earl of CARDIGAN. The smooth silver tongue of this gentleman is of more use to him, we apprehend, than his head ; at least it took captive the willing cars of the Tories, though he did not advance a single argument that ought to influence the judgment of a sane minded man. He was however well adapted to them, smooth sound, with a show only of sense. Mr. MACAULAY, who followed Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, is the very reverse, and his rough, burley, husky voice seemed spasmodically to close the ears against the clear arguments he di rected to the understanding. In a speech power fill from its matter, and offensive from its man ner, which several times provoked the im patient and unmannerly laughte'r of those who would not wait to comprehend it, Mr. MACAULAY examined the question as a phi losopher and a statesman. He demonstrated that Lord MORPETIT'S test would give great facilities for registration, would, keep out bad voters and let in good, which is the great object to be ob tained. He also demonstrated that Lord STAN- LEY'S Bill would keep out voters of all kinds, and would be an eternal system of vexation to the voter. It was a perpetual re-opening of cases once decided, contrary to the principles of the law of England both in crimi nal and civil cases. He showed by his own ex ample—possessing a vote fbr the University of Cambridge, which, though more valuable than a vote for an Irish county, he would not seek every year to maintain— that Lord STANLEY'S Bill would be a measure of sweeping disfranchise ment. He was extremely happy in expos ing the present uncertainty and inconsis tency of the law, showing that in Dublin whoever was defeated in the Barrister's Court, having a power to appeal to either one of the Superior Courts, which take opposite views of the franchise, wqs sure to be successful before the Judges ; showing, too, that the law is different in different parts of Ireland, and in differs;nt years; and all these anomalies and inconsistencies the Legislature, under Lord STANLEY'S guidance, whose bounden duty it is to make the law clear and precise, would aggravate tenfold. The Right Hon. Gentleman was very happy, too, in expl sing the pernicious effects of Lord STANLEY'S Bill in making the Judges suspected political partizans, and concluded a powerful speech, as to matter, by reminding the !louse of the ne cessity the country was under at a former time, from treating Ireland unjustly, of em ploying her troops there to quell insurrection when they might have been adding to the glories of Blenheim, or anticipating those of Waterloo. But Mr. MACA ULAY'S speech did not tell as it ought on the House. Surely a man may have strong convictions, without giving way to an im petuous manner ; may reason clearly, without speaking loud; may have fine and noble thoughts, adorned by beautiful illustrations, without thun dering them out as if he had not to convince his opponents, but to crack their ears. The un measured vehemence which provokes laughter leads him into errors. We noticed two or three such alliterative slips, as, speaking of a Judge, "he will be regarded by one party as an oppressor, and by the other as a demagogue." But if one party would regard him as an oppressor, the other would regard him as a friend and protector, and Mr. MACAULAY expressed himself erroneously. It is much to be regretted that he mars his effective and powerful reasoning by a kind of bow-wow oratory, as if big thoughts could only be uttered by bellowing. The debate was again adjourned when Mr. MACAULAY resumed his seat, without receiving a tithe of the cheers his excellent matter deserved. The House adjourned at Twelve o'Clock. The Electors of Glasgow held a public meet= ing on Friday, and passed, unanimously, a series of resolutions for the modification of the Import Duties, of which the following are specimens :- 4th. That the present Duties on the importation of foreign Corn, and other food, levied for the supposed encouragement of the landowners, have been shown on many occasions, and more especially by the evidence adduced under the foresaid Report, to be equivalent to a tax on the consumers of the United Kingdom, of an amount equal to that of the whole an nual taxation thereof, for the iurposes of Government. sth. That our rejection of the corn, timber, and other ag ricultural and pastoral produce of the Continent of Europe and other countries, have provoked similar exclusions of British manufactures from these countries, and forced into existence many rising and formidable foreign manufactures—the farther advancement of which continues to be accelerated by the same stimulative causes—the great and insurmountable barrier to the 'restoration to relations for interchange 1.4 productions with these countries being still our adhesion to such protective re gulations. ()n Thursday the Town Council of Glasgow adopted a petition to the House of Commons as follows: That your petitioners beg leave earnestly to call the at tention of your Honourable House to the distress which has for a considerable time prevailed throughout. the kingdom, in the different branches of mercantile and manufacturing industry ; and they humbly submit to your Honourable House .the urgent expediency of your taking into your eariy con sideration the tariff and import duties on foreign produce, more especially the existing state of the Corn and Pro laws, with a view to such an alteration in these laws as will have the effect of extending the commerce of the country, and increasing the comforts of the working classes. These are encouraging. examples. In Glasgow the distress is urgent. In twenty years the rate of mortality has very nearly doubled; the diSease which always prevails amongst the poor en dangers the lives and enfeebles the health of the opulent, and the citizens only do their duty to themselves and their country in demanding► a revision of our tariff, and the abolition of several onerous taxes. Their exertions will second the labours of the Liberal Members of the House of Commons, and in the end effect the object desired. Too soon that cannot be accomplished. The accounts from the manufacturing districts say, that fewer and timer hands are employed in the mills, and dis tress is increasing. Already the population is muc h degraded. Their standard of well-being has been gradually beaten down, till it has now reached the level of the Hindoos. They cannot sink lower, they can only perish. Their morality has been degraded with their physical condition, and all the evils of a retrogradin g condition of society have already been inflicted on n a s o - p c o a p l l u e l d a t p i a o t n e , r n o a r l L t e o g i k s l e a e t p u re i t . T tl o ie p s t e a o r p v l e e b d y o ,v our i d v o h s i v e n h b a y r e a s a w n a i t n i of food, ed up in the inc l t u w d o e s all emphatic those words,evil VICE and MISERY, by which Mr. MALTHusdesig natedthe giant agents for keeping down popu lation. We have barely time or space to direct atten tion to the proceedings yesterday at that sink of THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, ie4i corruption, the Sewers Court—a Court which, es at present constituted, ought to hold its sittings in Fleet Ditch, the better to hear " Great Torn" of St. Paul's toll its funeral knell. Indeed, the learned Commissioners seem to be apprehensive of such a doom, for they wish to propitiate the Church at the expense of the Dissenters, by levying a tax on the one for the benefit of the other. But the most amusing part of their proceedings is, that, having at last emerged into day, they cannot now recognise themselves distinctly; each appears sofa?. gone, from having navigated below so long, he cannot endure the more searching atmosphere above ground with out great annoyance, and naturally feels, in the words of the poet, ‘ Blasted with excess of light." No matter; we hope the sunshine will do one and all of them much good, and help to infuse more salubrious air into the sewers generally. Mr. ADEY, a Learned Commissioner, if we mistake not, seems to be of the same opi nion; lbr, deriving his knowledge from St. Luke's, according to the itenort— Mr. A DEY considered that the difficulties they were placed in was owing to their legal advisers; those who had drawn up the draft of the decree seemed to have been anxious to bitch the question altogether. A COMMISSIONER—To what? Mr. A DEY —TO bitch it, to throw it overboard.—( Great sensation.) Sensation indeed!—We wonder that the mud larks, now the frost is over, did not rise up in judgment at once, and bury such an ugly word in the mouth of the learned civilian. The term, though not over classical, is, we believe, regis trated in JOHNSON or TODD, or we should have been afraid to touch it. But one thing is quite clear, that the artist has displayed an admirable knowledge of his subject, and painted it in colours not to be mistaken. - We wish him joy of his doings ! We have lately attended to the proceedings of the Commissioners of Sewers at greater length than usual, in consequence of Lord NORMANDY'S Bill—a Bill which interests all the large boroughs and towns in the manufacturing dis tricts; and we would . advise them one and all to watch its progress, that they nay not get into the same " slough of despond," as the good people of London have got. The Dissenters are naturally indignant at the infliction of Church-rates ; but when they expe rience the working of the Sewers'-rates, as duly administered in the metropolis, they will have abomination superadded to extortion. RE NICHOL'S PATENT. The Paris Journals of Monday have all reached us. We have pleasure in stating that they con firm the account of the disarming published in The Sun of yesterday. We quote the article of the Quotidienne, a Royalist Journal, on the sub ject The disarming has commenced. Marshal Soult has made to the Committee on the Budget a communication, from which it results that the Budget of the Ministry of War, for 1842, is to be reduced 23,000,000 f. This is a reduction of 60,000 men on the general effective of the army. The motive for this communication of the Marshal is declared to be an error of calculation. The Marshal says he made a mistake. No, the Marshal made no mistake. We affirm boldly that the Govern ment is disarming—this is the whole secret. The Govern inent disarms, and really as the Treaty of July 15 is acknow ledged by the Government to have been neither an insult nor an act of treachery, but simply a manvais procede, as the isola tion of France has been declared in the Chamber to give greater freedom of action to . France, we do not see how the Government could justify its armaments in the eyes of foreign Powers. The declaration of armed peace was but a delusion practised by those who are resolved upon not going to war. The farce of warlike policy has ended by an acknowledgment that, as Europe would make no concession, it was for France to give way. Ihe farce of an armed peace was naturally destined to terminate by an acknowledgment that, as Europe would not disarm, it was for Fiance to do so. - We rejoice to find that the French Govern ment has plucked up spirit enough to avow its pacific policy, and that it no longer has recourse to subterfuges to deprecate the wrath of M. TRIERS and his supporters. The Report of the Commission on the Secret Service Bill indicates a determination to assume an offensive rather than a defensive attitude. This course is at once the safest and the best. It will inspire Europe with confidence, and rally round the banners of the Ministry all that is honest and patriotic in France. The Journal des Dehats has a remarkably able article on the peace and war policy, in which the conduct of M. TRIERS and his partisans is very happily denounced and exposed. The fol lowing extract from it cannot Mil to gratify our reflecting readers : There are but two kinds of policies in the world—the policy of mutual concession, and the policy of extermination. The peace of Europe has been maintained ten years by a system of mutual concessions. Europe has borne much from France, and France has borne much from Europe. Europe has suf fi red the dismemberment of the kingdom of the Low Countries, guaranteed by the Treaty of 1815. Europe suffered the siege of Antwerp and the surprise of Ancona. England has a it nessed the extension of our power in Africa, and our naval feats in Ame, lea., without evincing jealousy. The other Powers have seen France and England support Constitutional Governments in Spsin and Portugal, without interfering. All and each have sacrificed private interests to the great public want of peace Had France wished for war, she did not want for pretexts. With pain we saw Austria intervene in the Roman legations. With grief we saw Poland succumb in her heroic struggle. We protested against the occupation of Cracow. At each moment the opposition demanded war, but the wisdom of the country stifled such cries. The country fully comprehended that if we expected to make our own national point of view, our wishes and sympathies predominate exclusively, the up shot would be, either that we should crush the world, or be crushed by it. The policy of mutual concession triumphed over. the policy that was exclusive and revolutionary. The grand interest of European concord and peace triumphed over secondary interests. '1 has been the policy of past Go vernments—a policy which M. Thiers has professed and maintained ; but our new apostles of progress denounced this system as one of cowardice. They know no means but war and the sword. They affect to despi , e diplo macy, would cut every knot or dissolve it in blood. With them every stranger is an enemy, every concession a trea son. They see no wisdom in the mutual respect and concert of different Powers, and do not see that the establi.hment of a kind of European tribunal for the mainte nance of peace is the greatest benefit of modern times. Not to desire war with fury—not to seek to regenerate nations by massacre, to admit that other countries have rights as well as our own, this exposes a person to be stigmatized in the journals of M. Thiers as a Prussian or a Cossack. M. Thiers sacri ficed the great interest of European accord to the secondary in terest of French views in Egypt. This is cared by his l arti sans sublime. M. Thiers has isolated France. How patriotic he is ! France used to have al.ies; niers has alienated them. What an excellent Frenchman ! M. Thiers has de cided that there shall he no loner European concert or alli ances, no more mutual sacrifices between countries no more diplomacy, conferences, treaties. Each powe r will became isolated, and cannon shall be the final decider. This is the present policy of M. Thiers, brit it was not his policy when he served under former Cabinet.. CABRERA has addressed a letter to the Minis ter of the Interior, praying that notwithstanding the amnesty of the Spanish Government, the al lowances of pay and rations may be continued to the Carlist refugees. It is not to be expected that such a request can be complied with. If the refugees will not return to their own country they must seek support by the labours of their heads or hands. The Bill requiring a levy of 80,000 men of the class 1840 passed the Chainber of Deputies on Monday, by a majority of 220 against 15 votes. On Sunday the KING reviewed several regi meats of the garrison of Paris, in the Court-yard of the Tuileries. His MAJESTY was enthusiast:- cally cheered by the troops. The S,ntinelle des Pyrenees of the 18th, has the folowing news:—" Al. de Miraflores, formerly Amtetssador at Paris, has arrived at Bayonne en his way to blade id. General O'Donnell, who was Captain General of Valencia at the time of the troubles in September, and Baron de Meer, formerly Captain General of Catalon'a, have left Bayonne, where they were residing, to-go to Paris. " It seems that General Simon de la Torre, who was lately appointed Commander -in-Chief in Biscay, has refused the post offered him by the Government." A letter from IToulon of the 17th has the following, post. serii.t, which announces a fact which is not unimportant "The Catholics in French Switzerland who have lately sus tained so severe a check, intend to leave their country ; most of the families desired to emigrate to America, but it has been represented to them that the expense of the pas-sage would exhaust their resources, and that when they landed in America they would have to travel two hundred leagues to r eac h the land allotted them ; and it seems that they have been in . . duced to resolve on settling at Algiers. Thus it is very proba ble that the first villages created in the Mitidja (and it is hoped that the Chamber vote three millions for this pur pose) will be occupied by three or four thousand Swiss, wl.o are excellent farmers, and have funds to establish themselves in a suitable manner.—Le Commerce. _ _ _ Senors ARGUELLES, DAVILA, ROMERAL, MEN DIZABA L, MONTA OS, COLLA NITS, MORATE, V IGO, MONZO, and General SANTEBAREZ ; and the Senators CAMPUZANO, HEROS, and ARTIGOSA. The following remarkable circumstance is re ported in the Eco del Commercio, of the 15th inst. It would have been droll enough had the steamer carried off the Spanish authorities: Advices from Ealaga state that on the 7th a remarkable event took place, which the Government no doubt noticed. It appears that one of the French steamers of the Mediterra nean, lying at anchor in the port, had a large sum on board in Spanish dullars, intended for Marseilles. The Intendant, being aware thereof, in concert with the General command ing, resolved upon causing the laws to be respected relative to matters of that nature. The French Consul iv a% oppsed to the vessel undergoing an inspection. He even went as far as to threaten that, a brig be longing to his nation, and at present in the harbour, would fire, but these threats having been retorted in a suitable manner the Consul ended by lending himself to the required inspection. When every one was on board, and convinced of the correct ness of the information, the Consul prohibited the captain from opening the sacks containing the money, and immediately got into the boat and ordered the steamer to start. The operation Vial so quietly done that the authorities were compelled to hurry into the boat in order to avoid being taken to Marseilles. ROLLS COURT-(TH/S DAY. The arguments in this ca3e, which was opened on Monday week, were resumed this moruin , r and concluded. It came bef.re the Court upon a petitio n for leave to amend a specifi cation which had been duly enrolled. The MASTER 'of the ROLLS deferred his judgment, in or der that he might have an opportunity of consulting with the Lord Chancellor. BAILEY V. THE BURGESSES OF CHORLTON-UPON-31EDLOCK. The arguments in this case were then resumed. THE LOSS OF THE GOVERNOR FENNER. The following is the account given by the mate Carter, of the dreadful co lli s i on b etween t hi s vessel and the Nottingham steamer After corroborating the Captain in his account of his sailing, &c., about five minutes pa s t t wo o ' c l oc k on Saturday morning-, he says, We saw the lights of a steam-boat. It was my watch on deck, and I immediately called the Captain. The steam boat came up at about a point and a half on our weather-bow, we hawing at the time our larboard tacks on board. 'We thought she was coming on head to us. We had no light but that of the binnacle on the quarter-deck ; and, I believe it is not considered necessary or prudent for sailing-vessels clear of the land to carry a light. We waited as much as five or aix minutes, to find out what way the steamer was really coming, and then the Captain ordered the man at the wheel to put the helm hard a-port, so as to give her a clear berth. If the steam-boat had done the same we should have gone clear of each other a long way—perhaps a mile. The Captain, as soon as lie ordered the wheel io be put up, went forwards to look out. I then looked over the larboard side, abaft the main rigging. and saw the whole bulk of the steamer. I said to tho man at the helm—" She is on board of us " This was about a quarter past two o'clock. The vessels came in contact, notwithstanding our ship paying off. When the crash took place I heard the Captain call out several times —" For God's sake save yourselves, the ship is sinking." The j.bboom of the ship struck the funnell of the steamer, and her bowsprit afterwards rested upon her. On the third surge she gave, I believe, down she went, bow foremost. The taffrail wa; the last thing we saw of her. She filled very quickly. She had on board a heavy cargo, including a quantity of iron and other heavy goods. The watch on the deck at the time con sisted of seven men, the Captain, and myself. All the others on board were asleep below. The Captain also sang out to the man at the helm to leave the wheel. His name was Mun roe—he was formerly mate of the Belvidere, came on board to work his passage to America, and we intended to make him second mate of the ship next day. All the men at first went forward with me to the Captain, who was standing between the night-heads, but they afterwards went aft as the ship sunk, to be, as I suppose, on the higher part of her hull. I stood some time, and attempted to go aft with a view 'of endeavouring to save my wife and others by lowering a boat. She, however, sunk so fast that I was obliged to give up the idea in despair. I left the captain, and went to the starboard side. I stood there a few seconds, till the water was perhaps two feet deep. as far aft as the mainmast, and was fast gathering still further aft, her head being then nearly under. I scarce know what afterwards occurred. I got up somehow into the fore-rigging, and thence on to the latloard foreyards, which then crossed the steamer. When the ship sunk so far that I was from six to eight feet from the steamer's deck, I let go, and dropped down amongst some sheep. I lay some time rather confused, and did not attempt to rise, as I thought I might become entangled in a rope which passed over my shoullers, and as I thought, was part of the bowsprit running rigging of the ship. I then got up. The cry on board the steamer was, that she was sinking, and I believe a passenger on board lowered the boat left on the davits on the larboard side ; but •she unhooked from the tackles when she touched the water, and the painter not being fast, she drifted away from the ves sel. Alt the lights they could muster in the steamer were lighted for some time. The engineers and others then went below, and found that though she was leaky they could keep her free. :he had her fore and aft sails and foretop sail set at the time. I was on board about three-quarters of an hour before I found that the captain of the ship was there. I had seen my wife, who was a little sea-sick, about twenty minutes before in her berth, and gave her a drink. The captain, when I first saw him in the steamer, was without his hat, and on see ing him (informant) he said " Good God, is this you, is there any of the crew saved ?" I said, "I do not know. I did not know what became of you after I missed you off the ship's bow." Her hulliwas under water before I got off. The foreyard from which I dropped was broken on the steamer as she was going down ; and also, I believe, the topsail yard, as our foretopmast studdingsail-boom, which was rigged out at the time (the wind having been for some time fair in the evening), was left on the steamer's deck. I afterwards looked, but could see no thing of the ship or her masts. The last time I observed the watch on deck, they were on the starboard side of the quarter deck. One man sung out, " For God Almighty's sake save me !" I did not hear the others. I had a quantity of my wife's and my own clothing and other articles on board, worth about 501. All were lost. The foreyard of the steamer Not. tingham was carried away, which, I think, shows that the ship did not run directly into her. We now come to the Notting ham steamer, which our reporter (Liverpool paper) vi ited on the evening of the day of her reaching port. She was brought into the Clarence Dock, and was mums shattered on the star board side. Her paddle-box had almost entirely been carried away, and part of the " skeleton" on the wheel—the cast-iron work of the "spokes" being broken in pieces, and the beaten iron rings of the wheel crushed up, almost close to the vessel's side. She presented, indeed, the appearance of a wreck, in the effecting of which it .is extraordinary that no person on board was killed or thrust overboard and drowned. Much of the upper timber wa; reduced to mere match-wood by the collision. A boat on the starboard quarter was cut in two, and ene part of her only remained on deck. The after paddle-beam, a balk of hard wood, of about twenty inches square (and which was a main support of the box and wheel), is broken close to the ship's side, and turned, in a diagonal direction, aft—held by the toughness of the fibres from falling off, and even yet of suffi cient strength to support the weight of several persons upon it. The breaking of the paddle-beam and the general shock broke and deranged portions of the machinery, which put aside the further application of steam; but the vessel was not left in danger of foundering, unless, indeed, in the event of a severe gale of wind and a heavy sea, which she happily had not to en counter. It appears from the ship's books there were on board 52 men, 18 women, and 8 children, the greater proportion of whom were Irish. Several others, making in all 107, were taken on board after the list was made up. The following are a few particu lar; of some of the unfortunate passengers : Mr. Henry Woods was from the neighbourhood of Lancaster, in which place he has a wife, and some relatives in, we learn, the iron trade. He was a fine young man, and embarked merely with a view of visiting the United States, and returning with an early vessel to his native country. A young man, Mr. John Sinclair (not in the list), from the neighbourhood of London, nephew of Mr. Cooper, of Lord street, Liverpool, was among-t those who perished. He had purposed going out in the Siddons line-ship, but did not arrive till ,he was under weigh. William Thorns, a house carpenter, was on board. His wife accompanied him to Liverpool and saw him on board. The family of the Quayles ( four in number) were from the north of Ireland. The head of them had before been in America. Wm. Fitzpatrick, an agricultural labourer, had his wife, and another female, and two child r e n ( one o f them an infant) with him. P. Tully, who had with him his wife (both young people) and a child, had been previously five years in Boston. Mr. Johnson, from the county of Hereford, a practical farmer, had also been in America, where, we learn, he was in possession of about 200 acres of land. Collins, one of the crew, sailed a few weeks ago in the. ship Robert Lem which came in collision with a schooner i n th e Channel. He escaped. He re-embarked in the Governor Fenner, and was lost in her contact with the Nottingham. There were nine young men, mechanics, from Oldham, who took each a steerage passage. There were also on board a family of the name of Reynolds, of England, from a district near Oldham, corhisting of the fa ther, mother, and two children. John Kelley (in the list) had with hini his sister Sarah, (not, it appears, in the list. ) Catherine Morgan and Evan -Morgan, who haembarked, left the vessel before she proceeded to sea. The following is the list of the crew:— William Shilstone, second mate, of Bristol ; Caleb Frazier, cook ; William Reid, John Smith, John Webb, Frederick Selkeld, John Monroe (late second tnate of the Belvidere), William Collins, John Smith, David Pidgeon, George Duncan Clark, and John Davies, seamen. THE NEW INFERNAL MACHINE. The following 'letter on !his hobby of the Times has been addressee to that journal : " Sir—l observe in your paper of this morning a long ac count of an experiment said to have been exhibited before Sir Itaert/Peel and some of our most distinguished officers. I hope I shall not be considered impertinent in submitting one or two observations on a subject of such importance to the country as that to which it relates. " The power of exploding gunpowder under water has long been known, and it never was carried to a greater extent pro bably than in the destruction of the loyal George last year; but, from the description given of what took place on the occa sion to which I am referring, it would seem that gunpowder was not the agent employed. That there are many other chemical means of producing the same effect we all know : my object, however, is not to inquire as to the means by which the effect was produced, but to examine a little into some circumstances noticed in the statement, on which I shall be glad to have a little further information. " Ist. It is stated that the inventor never it ent near the workmen employed in the boat, in order that no suspicion might be entertained of any combustible materials being lodged in the hold of the vessel.' The French have a proverb, qui s'excuse s'accuse.' I wish the invento r or his friend the writer of the statement, had not put it into my head that com bustibles might be so lodged ; but as he has done so, I am anxious to knew if the gentlemen who went on board actually examined the vessel in order to satisfy themselves that it was the case that no combustibles were lodged in the bottom. " 2d. It is said that the boat was, soon after being put in motion, ' struck just abaft the starboard bow, and instan taneously shattered into a thousand fragments,' and this was produced by collision with an instrument afterwards described as weighing only 181 b. Now, as this instrument is also sa id t o b e so portable and so safe' as to admit of its being kicked round a room when charged with its deadly contents, I would ask, did any of the gentlemen present see the instrument? and also at what rate was the vessel propelled that. the collision should produce an effect not to be produced by kicking the instrument round a room, or transporting it on a mule's back ? or what is still more, how is it possible to be lieve that an instrument which i s exploded by collision with a vessel is to be projected so as to " destroy the strongest fort ress in Europe ?" One word more on a subject coming nearer home to us in these quarters, and I have done. The writer speaks of accidents lately occurring from the use of detonating shells;* he evidently knows but little what accidents have oc curred, the cause of them, nr the manner in which those shells are used. Two accidents only have occurred ; it is not necessary to detail the circumstances ; they were in both cases distressing ; but it is hoped, from the precautions since taken, the same will not again occur. " It is not the case that mast of the shells fired at Acre burst before they reached their object, nor is it the case that these shells are allowed to roll' about deck ; and no instance has ever occurred of an accid;nt from them when being car ried in a common ammunition cart. So much, then, for the information of the writer on a subject on which he pretends to enlighten the public. The statement ends by a sort of threat on the part of the inventor to carry the invention to some other country. I congratulate him on the patriotism that gave rise to sui.h an intention : I cannot compliment him on the feel ing by which it is evidently dictated, as being a disinterested one. --I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " TECHNITES." " Arsenal, Woolwich, Feb. 22. 1841." * Although experiments with detonating shells have re cently been made, no such projectile has been adopted or ever used in the service. MEDICAL REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—In your paper of Saturday last you say Sir F. Pollock preseni ed a petition from the Royal College of Physicians, praying that one test might be adopted in reference to the qua lification of all medical men. I think Sir F. Pollock pre sented a petition against Mr. Shawe's Bill (Medical Reform), and principally on account of its introducing only one test, perhaps its worst correction, as there are many interested, and your paper is widely circulated about here. I am, Sir, your's, &c. Burnley, Feb. 23, 1341. A SUBSCRIBER. The Sheriff of Roscommon has refused to con vene a meeting to suppnrt the Govtrament Registration Bill, EVEN ING EDITION. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS' FROM THE MORNING P&PWI OF THIS DAT. TIMEE:,.—The premium on gold at Paris is 4/ per ra la oe per ° e on which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2.5. 26, and th_.l_ change at Paris on London at short being 25. 32i, it folio that gold is 0.26 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 424 per which, at the English int price of 3 1 . 17s. Hid 1. ounce M for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.4/, and the exchiug! at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.51, it follows that gold is 0.53 p, r cent. dearer in London tha n in Hamburgh. , The pu!lic securities were again inactive , but the value 01 those of the English market improved a shade yrior to theell of business. The jobbers are now in a measu re occupied wit, the arrangement of their accounts for the Co nsol settlernen which takes place on the :15th inst. •; and altho u g h money 13 a. little more in demand, it is nevertheless easy at from 5 1 ° per cent. A s e mn,euremphasersoefdraetsoa latelutions m r e e e la t t in iv g e e t f o the report rGeplasorgte7cimhamrt hpoeroi ti Commerce and Manufactures These were t o the effect 11!a: although the present system of import duties might be simP", l fled with great advantage, it was necessary to observe so.nuc.t caution in modifying or repealing duties affecting -0:1 branches of commerce or manufacture as have long enejrY,'„ special protection. The idea was, that evidence ati yet aff h n s e: on the subject was partial and incomplete ; indeed so 11 !; - : the as to render it expedient to resume the inquiry ; and wlsilc the vropriety of regulating the tariff, so as to preduc highest revenue f rom the lo w est duty, was admitte d, it w as c n e sidered expedient to maintain differential duties i n favour a British manufactres,, domestic and colonial agriculture, at e fsheries. As for a the tropical colonies, it is observe d that tit.° peculiar circumstances in which they have been cent social changes render any altera• ion of duties, by v01 t ,.. their productions would be affected, inexpedient at the Pa m sent time, - while it is also desirable that all restrictions T',it their trade and intercourse, both with foreign nationS amongst themselves, be removed. The concluding Hares was for embodying the whole in petitions to be preseill of both Houses of Parliament, praying for the appointment Dirt Committees to conduct an impartial inquiry into the imp duties. p:aced by..ch daY CIIRONICLE.—The business in the English funds rm. was principally in con ne xi on w ith the settlement of th count, which takes ace on Thursday. A further slight im pl provement took place in the i rle s 7 o, f rito t i l l i e r Continental Exchanges to-day, and the supply 4 . 1 ues rather to improve. The expectations announced It..eehi City article yesterday, regarding the probable influ x ° o ribe into the country consequet,t upon the more healthy state to be exchanges, and the increase in our exports, are likely for realized. Gold, although in small quantities, has, in f act ' t he bac k to s the last two or three weeks been finding its way at Bank coffers, and if the Directors do not feel theraslevecur. liberty to support prices by any expansive action Ott tl.ll cow rency, we have little grauud to apprehend that tkey t he be operating as st'llers nn t h e S toc k E xc hange. -O w '',a u sist'e being msel v e put tting of the Committ ee on B an k s o f I ssue , they mu s t n ot t iou h uetalleti uponupontlieirtterdittalmp ; buthtewreistriugstaptpheearY a l e , of find bett A agent er. times. Ai , o klers letter has been r e ce i ve d f rom th e of the Wu-- di in Chili, intim a ti ng th a t the Government had remitted fi't to pay the next dividend on the ca ital of the bonds., with worthy of remark that th e Chili an p Governm ent enuPeont,di their rejected offers of compromise for the arrears c an Ito. tion that they shall be allowed to raise a new Lur n P ean i ,• sting It was stipulated, we b e li eve , by the contract for the sal loan that no new one should be - euteted upon until a f°3 part was paid off. • roo,m, and it is hoped now that the imp ro SUN.—The Foreign Each:lves were .fira.er this aft tempt 144 has bec cme confirrce I. The rate f,,r bills on P ar , . is t sel 12 1 2 ,c to d ! y ; t and in o a n t t i a t : v n a b s u r a g: a l ' 25f. t ► 60e. ; on Amstt rdam 12 3 to t." .- transfer Consols realized 88f 0 05 lABucocenrodi Bonds Billsn vi t itrheer remained r a n li I ,o ! : n .d u t a oa t i t o i n 6seg % . : a td s o l i f tn s o3 c4 d t o o ß : u !i ti e : r s s c per ae nß nd , a n e nni e k to n F ; l s :t o : s o ; l)E k r i Ac e w ea d eiss i i i i. firm at 166} ; and India Stock at 248. The n r e 4 : t tbs Ha 7 lf .h p e e re r wCaesnts but a a t 9 limited to 9 h 7 u f siness in the 1 hrce-and- - Half I) , r Cents. were at 97i i° - (l 4 ' Three per Cents., 89 to 88i ; and the New Thr ee-a u Fotig n i ., se tub cities te-''ay, but still as lower utes wets geneta . ' l ,r• mitted to the market was rather mute active Ihin g li to day. Portuguese Bonds were a shade lower, viz' Pe r for the New Five per Cents., and 191 for tile l i b e r e- av iolt ; 4' i Mexican at 18 c 2 t 4 ive rge S t o e n ai d t s 2 r 2 e i re Active both these woe tae Account price& • v r„ P , - c lsof ,om 1 __no 1837 at 2/ 4 , ~„0 • pt. 60), for _ money, and at a fall from 64 to 60 4 for st " -- Rel () Peruvian at 16k to j-; and Buenos Ayiea at 261 h - • sock: i t e 2 an ai a to ; H Five per Cent.. were at a rise to 99f1 D a3 ! s tialf P er advanced to 77:1 and 78; and Dutch Two-and -a-- Cents. were worth .50k to 1 chaff 11/ There were a few sales made in the Railway • a slight decline upo n t h e prev i ous rates. Great 11 so l were 24 to 23k, the N e w 10k to 11, an d the lA ild° ,! Birmingham 79 premium cx-divid en d ; Brighton w": t ial and Edinburgh and Glasgow 51- di s count. Bank of Irela n d Sh ares were 18} premium.' reofr The affair of the awful l o s s c f th e G o v e rnor Feo lle- • ,„, tinuesto excite much attention and discussion in lot There were no exports of bullion in the wee Thursday list. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURN AL --- ()From the Morning Chronicle.) r " If it was just that th e p r i nc i p l es o f t he Rel a t the e l should he up: Fed to E ng l an d, i t was no l ess J ul t no rell should he applied to I re l an d. If t h e R e f oim 11 only that which was their right upon the peel° e lypa land, why should the- same r i g h ts L e d e , : iA to chef Could such rights be withlol,l without clang'" ? be reP e were withheld, would not that be a fa'r Uo i° r,,., the people of Ireland should demand a repeal tL:A -e po° ; g t that ed Housethe c ts o r e f n t rveliesnwdf;rjtnlh sea mg that the interests of Eneland were 10 0 I'` -- , t tl hey l i n n te a re d s i ls° f the nions of ..e people Were attended to, whi,st io Ire (x i s o voice of the people was stifled ?" Such were the I r y Lord Stanley, on moving the second reading of tejaipteji Reform 1111. And now, attar nine years ha ve 104 4 a t t b i a n t n.;nwebaiticod the same Lord Stanley comes forward, at the d die the party which he then denounced, to ( 1 ° 1 %00! virtual repeal of his own measure ; to wrest fo ul yoole°' the right conceded to England; to furnish the % one in favour of the repeal of the union deprecated in u ndi spd speech; to stifle the voice of the people of lie r i ° o olble provoke the danger which he then thought t° o j°r u rseil to be encountered. It is idle to conceal front : woe o that an important crisis has arrived. Upon to ' PI the debate which comes on this evening are stake gect ee extent which almost makes us tremble when s'iO re t . Osd the nicely balanced state of pat ties, the peace. ° if jr% and the future destinies of the British empire. bc osi°" Morpetb's Bill is rejected and Lcrd Stanlefe tj '" „ i OW' measure passed into a law, the die is cast. ~"" D;00:, ward Ireland is hostile. The experiment or ,t u f p so d ; ,; cipation Bill is virtually pronounced a foil ° lsod - return made to the old system of governing i r d late; defiance of the wi s h es , an d fee li n gs, t he rests of her Catholic p o p u l a ti on . •t pro „ Or, ; date of the Act o f 1e2 9 ," to quo te on c e th, the words of the s ame L or d S t anley O'i o !Mu same ceca.iar, " the poi Wan had Leen laid d°l o latia• eel gious distinctions had been done away in r ef rib If the House admi t t e d th e genera l principle of lamer and if it had admi ted that no distinction aq at k o l , e 6 e!,i.ted Le.eeen tie Church of Engl a nd and th,e G aia t thef upon bat ground ei.ll tl-ey tern round and say to P er would net extend the tight of returning Menabe" t h a i liaa.eot, becaus e th e C a th o li cs must participale is nl tension 9 lf I his were t o L e th e eec, then he 01- d tot° that there was a Cathelic cp..e tion left bellied, ° eve the sett . e., and that a broad politic a l di s tinction be! re vive re igions still existed." And now it is seught t-f.eocioi th s tJ cut down t.e e onst. t - opa jar of Ireland to a point whi c h ren d ers t h e name P becag s4 redr e ereation a m oc k er y — an d w h y ? avowe dl y Ye' tie Catholics hare participated in the extol:all : 0o? Lord Mon eth's Ball has patlnced this effect. It fliitbfr Iged its eppore.,ts to avow, what every one in tbe te f o ree cit degree acquaL telstith the politi3l world kn ew . 9 wres t that fire real met se of thei r hostility is the desire i sce d bY political power from the h an d s in which it was /lob' the p.iticy of the Emote:potion and tl.e ReformootiCal As far as the c o rree i on o f a b urev , the P re of fraud and perj ur y, ar.: concerne d , Lord MorP eto pet is the bett r B.l'. T h i s even the Tories all o Z, thee is a fatal objection to it. It proposer, "Inirelentj honestly, to confirm the principle of popular r e f a c lear' tion promited by tie Reform Bill; to place it oo for ef er intelFgiblc, and u nassa il a bl e b as i s ; an d to crush cep the heal es c f revisieg th e o ld s y s t em of Oraog e ste s k, to dancy. Lord ~`'t• raloy's Ball, on the other holds pork of revive that system and to r.,m o d e l the practical leo f u r the Irish Ref, rat Bill, so as to decide the long b ait the political parer between the Orange atistocraeY e Irish nation, finally and decisively in favour of) th of What nonsense is it to a mangle about the p:ttY °L' A c on. Registration Courts, mid dispute on the strict leg!, tha t struction of ambiguous clauses, when every one Iffrisas this is the real question ? What matter whetheritfk 0 , is chile be defined at 5/. or at 10/. ? The thing to r .. . ha vil the practical result. The practical result con t l r e foll by Lord Stat ley, vthen he introduced the Irish VW' Bill in 1832 ma*, that it would enable the ber° party in Ireland to return, on an averages The eta t . 4 l re"' about twc-thi r d s o f t h e representatives. aFree"- ri se. stilt coctemplated by Lord Stanley and h is To r y poti chiles by their Bill of 1841, is to enable the Ora c t o tp e to zeture, o n an at erage , t h e t wo -thirds, and t° c ote* . Libercl party to one-third. The practical r esent riti° nro plated by Lord Morpeth is to preserve th e a r f t which has actually existed under the operatioa,,_ /A we form Bill. The question lies in a nutshell. ' l °_`',, o i,tioo. party in Ireland cumpai, C 8 the whole Catholic ,1 3 5 °_?,, ed no inconsiderable proportion of the largeot tity this ['Haws and most influential Noblemen, a I: ' , to ter middle classes, a formidable minority strong , coloP ut t tants tl.emselves—in a word, at the very n arty tier), five-sixths f the Irish nation. The Oralig': r he Ile a, adios ed confined to the aristocracy and squireatc..ya - constitut happy nodal relations of I. eland, base alwaYs :oba bi,aots a di Valet and hostile caste, and to the if the of a few towns and distai:ta in a single pr ovin . ( o __ d Tor' same proportion exi,ted Letweeo the Liberal o_ resat" parties in England, an d p ar t y sp i r it, inflamed by. cu it? oot factions of ce ntul i e , ran to the saute heig ht, it A L _ Libe much to say th a t, wa d er t h e ex i s ting franchi se • rats wcyld °turn the ey.fourths of the reprcse the boroughs of Scotland, where a soniewbst sttler prese nt ' sion of pinks exists, the Liberals do tt o va s it moment, although political feeling is, as coin: out. of Ireland, dormant and inert, return twenty•tlo. „t o ols twenty three of its members. If, then, the Iris t n, r t'f Bill is to be made to work se as to deprive re • ral party of the power. of; returning a ourrfaisihess' o ritir dented presentativer, as long as they constitute a dees ttv of the nation ; and if this privilege is to be „ og ee avowedly on the ground of its extending potittc.Zrese to Catholics, and enabling some forty o r oly an g , ionalla oft • tholic Members to sit in the House of to 600 Protestants, what becomes of the prlo a cT u .., ass ie . r . Emancipation Act, what becomes of Lord Sg ai n g _ w _i_ w i t h ID tion that religious distinctions had been done e 7 sto w, Ireland? We till quote once more from Lor d the eonsti t r " If this," said the Noble Lord, in describing_ ifl,l envy which he created by the Irish R. form be better is a dangerous constituency, it would J3OURSE•••• MT ARM MONDAY, FEB. 22. f list Highest lowest lass Price Price. Prue. Price French Lner Cents ll2 50 ... 112 75 ... 112 yr ... 112 75 3 per Cents 76 15 76 45 ''' 7(l 15 — 7" ' 5 Ft nk of trance Laflitte flank 50001. skaree . WO ...t.155 ... 5150 ...5155 sueigian Bank S per Cent,........ 3, er Cents...« New Loan EB7 59 ... 8 8 7 5 0 ••• 887 50 ... 8 7 50 Spanish Active •414 ... :'.5 .... 21 '% ... 25 Passive ........ •••••••••• 6% ... 6ii *** 614 *"• 61, 4 Portuguese 3 per Cents I9A, ... 1!0:1 ... 10 % ... li.l s Neal ultt-ta Roma! lOl .. 101 ... 1, 1 ... 101 PAILWAY SHARES. At tiermain Ve sailles.tt. li 4".5 ... 435 ... 4:; 2 5 0 ... 42 50 LB tr-I.3ns .. iouen 457 56 ... 457 50 ... 455 ... 4.5 5t.,,,,,, g ~. Ha'e 212 50 ... '.43 75 ... 242 50 . '. - .43 75 Alulhausen to"! hann 425 ... 425 ... 425 ... 42i A USTRI A N fUNDS.—ViimerA, Fun, 15 Fireper lli Cents. Bletaques .............................. Kg .... $4)3., Fonr per Cents Three Iva Cents. 1t23 Bauk Maria -...Allgemcine &stung. Feb. A The Madrid Journals rec Jived are of the 15th instant. The Madrid Gazette states that the Directors of the Sink ing Fu n d have issued a decree for the consolidation of the in terest of the home and foreign debt, due previous to the Ist January, 1841, conformably to the law of April, 1838. This decree mentions how the holders are to proceed to regularise their egularise their ac t s . Th e ' paragrap h re l at i ve t o foreign creditors is as follows :—" The holders of Coupons of the Active Debt in circulation abroad are to appear at Madrid, or in the Spanish Finance r, Commission in Paris or London. The elections for the representation of the capital closed on the 14th. The Deputies were , THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. There have been very few vessels with Corn fresh up since Monday. The trade languid for every article, and prices unvaried. The demand for Flour at the advanced rates, was limited. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a large supply of Game and Poultry, and the trade was lively, but the rates of Saturday were barely main tained. Meat was in good supply, and trade rather lively ; prices as follow :—Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 2d. ; Mutton, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 10d. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to ss. 61. ; and Pork, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. per stone of 8 lb. COLONIAL MARKET. Few sales were made by private treaty, and the public sales of Sugar and Coffee went h,avily at rather lower rates. The arrivals were to a fair extent from most parts. TEA MARKET. The market was dull for free trade, and former rates were barely supported. For Company's Congou, however, the de mand was steady at Is. 7d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russia Tallow was steady on the spot, and prices firm at 465. to 465. 3d. per cwt. For delivery not much has been clone, but no sellers under 465. for the last three months. • FRUIT MARKET. The arrivals large, and the demand dull for both Raisins and Currants, and prices a downward tendency. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY LONDON, FEB. 24.—Wind this day at noon E., cloudy. LivErtrooL, FEB. 23.—The Spread Eagle, from Dundalk to this port, has been towed into Douglas, Isle-of-Wight, with loss of sails, bowsprit, sprung, &c Arrived the Camouna, Tanner, from Laguna ; Warren, Charleston. Sailed the St. Harlampy, Kruger, for Havannah ; Margaret, Greig, New York ; Hesperus, Jackson, Africa ; Cheshire, Henrichsen, Marseilles. Arrived off, the Lord Althorp, Calcutta; Calder, Porto Cabello. RYE, FEB. 23.—The Liberty, Drake, from Teignmouth to Hull, came on shore last night during a thick fog, but got off, and proceeded. COWES, FEB. 23.—The Armadillo fell over in the harbour this morning, and lies on her beam ends. BRISTOL, FEB. 23.—Sailed the Sarah, from Naples. Po RTSMOUTH, FEB. 23. —Wind S. S. W. and N. W. —Arri ved the Agnes, Norman, from Laguayra. GLOUCESTER, FEB. •23.—Arrived Ariel, Losh, from Oporto. SHIELDS, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Espoir, Boatel, from Gravelines ; Auspicious, Robson, Rotterdam. Sailed, 21st, the Nympu, Leman, for Oporto ; Nailor, Wilson, Malta. WHITBY, FEB. 21.—Last night, during a thick fog, seven sail of vessels, coal laden, ran on Whitby rock. The Mercury of Colchester got off with assistance, and is in these roads very leaky. Feb. 22. —Arrived the Brown, from Quebec. The Elbe, of Sunderland, and five others, names unknown, got off Without assistance and proceeded. YARMOUTH, FEB. 23 —The Friends, of London, got on shore on the Cockle sand this morning. ST3 RNAW AY, FEB. 15.—The -Anna Emma, Foster, from Liverpool to Newcastle, put in here yesterday leaky, having struck on a rock in Lochindall, and has thrown a great part of her cargo (salt) overboard. GALWAY, F - EB.—The Sally, Cassidy, sailed from Liverpool about three weeks ago for this port, and has not since been heard of. STIWAINESS, FEB. I4.—Arrived the British King, from Newcastle to New York, with foretopmast yard sprung. DEAL, FEB. 23. —Wind N. N. E. , moderate breeze.—Arrived the Gladiator, Britton, from New York ; British Oak, Taylor, has been assisted off the Goodwin Sands, and proceeded. Sailed the Hannah, for the Mauritius, Achilles, for Sydney, and rest of the outward bound. Remain the Larkins, Ingram, from Calcutta for London ; Frances, Yates, China. FA LMOunr, FEB. 22.—Wind E. S.E. to S. S.E., light breezes with fog.—Arrived off port the Thomas Bold. Broad hurst, from Bombay—sailed the 20th October. Sailed the Agnes, White, for Alexandria : Iberia steamer, Cooper, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. MONEY ai►d COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. -LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Tursnar, FEB. 23.—The Sales to-day are 5,000 bags, of which. 400 Surat, at 44 end 51; 100 bahias, 6L ; 100 Alaranhams, Bto 84- ; 100 Egyp tians, 104- to 104 ; and the remainder in American, at steady No report from the telegraph. ithNCTIESTEit STOCK EXCHANGE, FEE. 23.—We have had a moderate business to-day, at steady prices. Lancaster ' . and Preston 3'4 ; liitto New 191 ; Gosport Junction 46? c; Man chester and Leeds 76 to 77 ; Ditto New a* to 33i ; Man chester and Birmingham 25 ; Bank of Manchester 91. 6s. 3d. ; Union Plate Glass 7;4',. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices .f yester day, 88a 4 for the Account ; Money same. The market at pi e sent is inactive. Exchequer Bills, 4 6 premium ; Bank Stuck, 165 167 ; India Stock, 247 248. In the Foreign Market scarce anything doing. Spanish Active, 234 24 ; Deferred, 121 3 ; Passive, 53 6A ; eortuguese, 313 4 ; Three per Cents , 191 ; Chilian, 61 63; Colombian, 223 4 ; Brazilian, 711 721 ; Mexican, 274-3 ; Dutch Tw- an d a-Half per Cents., 504 ; Five per Cents. 991. Shares.—Great Western, 23/ 241 prom. ; New, 10/ 11 prem. ; London and Brighton, 8 7/ dis. ; Blackwall, 51 5 dis. ; 79 81 prem. ; Southampton, 57 5S per share; Croydon, 114 123 per share ; Greenwich, 81 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 151 141 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 163 154 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great western .., Ditto New Ditto Fifths London and lllackwall - 17k to London and south Western 3Bi 5B ... .. to Manchester and Leeds ... 70 t'ork and North Midland ... ...... 50 JOINT STOCK lIA NKS. Provincial of Itseland 25 .. .. 431 to - NUNES. Cata Branca Copiapo 11ALF-PAST ONE. Owing to the north-easterly winds having set in again- we are deprived to the present moment of arrivals, consequently we have no intelligence of the least consequence to communi cate. Since the e-,rly part of the morning Consols have rather improved front 885 4to 88; for the Account; and at pr e s en t may be quoted ss a spat:ish Stock is alsb' firmer, owing to the Administration at Madrid proscribing measures for the capitalization of the interest of dome,tie and foreign debts. Exchequer Bills 5 7 prem. ; India Stock 247 248; India Bonds 15 discount. In the Foreign Market the chief business done was in the Spanish Active which has improved from 234 24 to 246. ; De ferred 12i ; Passive 5i 6 ; Portuguese 314; Chilian 60 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 50A a ; Five per Cents. 99'1, In - the Share Market some business has been doing. Great Western, 89; New, 61 ; Fifths, 9A; London and Blaekwall, 17 ; ; Manehestvr and Leeds, 7.4 ; South Western, 68; York alai North Midland, 74 ex.-div. The half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of the General Steam Navigation Company, was held 3es t iri!ay at the office cf that Corporation, 69, Lombard street, and was numerously and respectably attended. The chair was taken by Wolverley Attwood, Esq., M.P., at two o'clock preciceiy, when a Report from the Direc tors was read, from which it was collected that the opera tions of the fast year had been attended with success, and that the affairs generally were in a course of prosperous advancement. Full explanaions were entered into upon various points interesting to the Proprietors, and appeared to afford much satisfaction. It was resolved that a consi derable sam should be appropriated towards the cost of two large steam-ships of 650 and 900 tons,-now building. by Messrs. Green, Wignms, and Greens, and the cus tomary dividend and bonus were Tho cordial thanks of the Proprietors %vete vstcd to the Chairman and Direct rris, whose exer ions were spoken of in very com plimentary taytts, and the meeting then separated. SALE or BEER LICENSES.---It appears from a return made by Mr. Cottrell, the General-Accountant, that there has ben a decrease of 3,214 in the number of licenses issued last year as compared with the previous se-r. From the 22d August to the silt January, 1840, the number of country licenses issued for the sale of bear to be consumed on the premises, at 31. 3s. each, was 16.277; London licences 640 ; total 16,917. For the same period in le4o-41, the number (including town and country) was 14,137; decrease 2,760. The number of liconses for the sale. of beer not to be consumed on the prem'ses, at 11. Is. earth, for the first-mentioned period (i (ludo g town and couatry) was 2,459; and fur the second 2,025; decrease 434. VIENNA, FEB. Excellency Lord Besev..le, the English Ambassador, is on the point of marrying the beautiful and amiable Countess Maltzan, daughter of the Prussian Ambassador at this Court.-411- yerstine Zeitung, Feb. 17. Alderman Darley, Chief Magistrate of police in Dublin, has sent in his resignation, and will be suc ceeded at the head office by Alderman Fleming, from College -street division. Mr. N. Fitzsimon fills the va cancy in the Magistracy caused by Alderman Darley's retirement. KING'S COUNTY ELECTION.—The contest is now proceeding, the Liberals are prepared, and there will be a clear majority for Mr. Armstrong of 300. Sir. Matthew Wyatt having obtained from the Government one of the guns taken at Waterloo, bas cast tte metal into a fire colossal likeness of the Duke of We!.. lington, for the equestrian statue on which he is engaged, and which is to he erected opposite the entrance to Hyde Park, Court Journal. Now ready, and to be had at all the Libraries, in 4' vols. post Bvo., Cl E C I Or, MEMOIRS OF A COXCOMB. L ; A Novel. " He was such a delight—such a coxeamb—such a jewel of a man."_Byron's Journal. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.