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EVENING EDITION the whole number of unions in Ireland—that is, 135. Now, then, admitting that towns would give a.constitu ency of 450,805, whereas the constituency of 40s. free holders was no more than 196,000—( Loud cheering.) He supposed that the Noble Lord would tell bun that there was a restriction in the leading clause. There was a re striction. Would the Noble Lord tell bun when he made a large increase, and when he made the deduction, what vrcold be the effect of that increase and deduction. The Noble Lord had given them ostensibly an enormous increase in the number of qualifying tene ments; smalls told them that the present evils var.! mainly attributable to the unwillingness of the landlords to grant leases. The sine qua non of the proposal of the Noble Lord was that unwillingness, and it was in no degree touched, for the cause which tended to disfranchise would still operate as extensively as ever. He would not now enter into the question of the importance of leases as effecting the independence or otherwise of the Liter. His own opinion was that with regard to the ,small class of te nements the existence of a lease would augment the de pendence of the tenant. It would increase the absolute power of the landlord if he chose to let the tenant tun into arrears, and therefore he belioved that the small class cf lease holders would be more in the power of the landlord than the tenant-at-will. The question, however, had been fully discussed before, and the merits of it were before the House and the country. He objected to this clause because he objected to the principle of the beneficial interest being abandoned. He objected to the clause because tbeir was ho certain evidence of the rate being a test of a sufficient amount to the value of property. lle objected to the clause because her Majesty's Government could not give them the least idea of what the practical effect of this measure would be. Of that they gave the House proof by first proposing a 51. rating and then increasing it to nearly double that amount. He objected to the clause because her Majesty's Ministers had introduced that Bill with a baste and rash ness and want of considcra,ion which he thought was most censurable. He would therefore conclude by stating that he would give the most direct negative to the clause. Mr. C. WOOD said, as he had been refe: red to by the Noble Lord, he trusted the House would permit hint to trespass upon its attention for a few minutee. His Noble Friend bad represented the measure which he (Mr. C. Wood) had proposed, as a measure of entensive disfran chisement. He begged to remind the House of the state ment he had before made on this subject—viz., that, as far as he could gather from six or seven unions, it would leave about one-third cf the present constituency. One of the last papers which had been laid before the House, con tained the population of thirty-one unions, not including towns which sent Members to Parliament. It contained, also, the number of tenements rated at 20/. and upwards. The population of those tbirty-one unions was as near as possible one-fifth of the population of Ireland—viz., I.6oo,ooo—the number of tenements rated at 201. and up wards was 36,000; multiplying that number by five, the total number of tenements rated at 20/. and upwards was 180,000. This would give the number of those, who were returned as having a beneficial interest, 135,000. It must be satisfactory to the House to know that, if these accounts were to be relied upon, the number of county constituents in Ireland, would, tak ing the sum at 201., be considerably more than doubled. Now, he would simply state his objections to the clause. It contained the restriction rendering a lease necessary, which, in his opinion, rendered it impossible to provide, and still more impossible to retain, an adequate number of independent voters in Ireland. He (Mr. C. Wood) had stated that opinion long ago to the Noble Lord (Lord Morpeth), and that opinion had been confirmed by every subsequent Report that had been laid on the table of the House. It was with a view of removing that restriction that his Noble Friend's amendment was intended ; and, holding that opinion, and being anxious to remove those restrictions, it would be extremely inconsis tent in him (Mr. Charles Wood) not to resist a clause by which the restriction was continued. He was aware that it was possible the rejection of the clause might lead to the abandoment of the Bill, but he could not avoid thinking, that under existing circumstances, such a result was not to be deprecated. It was a clause which, without the consent of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, could not he passed into a law, and he believed nothing was so pernicious as the angry discussion of Irish ques tions, which led to no practical result.—(Hear, hear.) For the same reason, ho hoped the Noble Lord (Stanley) would withdraw his Bill.--(" Oh, ob.") It proposed to deal only with registration, while the evil was not in that, but in the state of the franchise, and consequently any Bill affecting the one only, could not remove the evil com plained of in Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) He entertained a sanguine hope that the Ministers, having time to consider the matter, might, on a future opportunity, introduce a measure retaining as much as possible the present fran chise, and introducing another based upon leasehold and rating qualification, by which means opposition might be conciliated, and by which they might give to Ireland an adequate and independent body of electors. Mr. HUME rose amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh," and " Divide." Ile said an appeal had been made to him by the Hon. Member, and ho felt bound to answer it. He had hoped to see the Right Hon. Baronet the Mem ber fur Tasnworth, rise with indignation to repel the in sinuation that no good measure towards Ireland could pass without his sanction and approbation.—( Cheers and laughter.) He was glad that the Right Hon. Baronet had acknowledged by his cheering that such was the fact, for it was moat important that it should go forth to the world that the Right Hon. Baronet and his friends were the strong opponents and the great impediments to all useful legislation. In what position did the Right Hon. Baronet stand last night when he voted for the leasehold and the 81. qualification, and then, without one word of explanation, he, and all behind him, were about to vote against both. Let it be understood by the country that the Right Hon. Baronet and his friends stood in the way of every improvement.—( Laughter and cries of " Divide, divide.") Parliament had ne right to put the franchise of ono man into the hands of another.—( Loud cries of " Di vide, divide.") He should vete for the clause, on the grcund that it was at all events giving the people some thing, however small.—(Laughter.) He had lived long enough in this world.—(Laughter.) He had yesterday charged Ministers with altering the Bill, but he was now satisfied with the Noble Lord's explanation, that they had done so for the sake of carrying some portion of good, and he entirely agreed with the Noble Lord.—(Great laughter and cheer...) As he bad blamed the Noble Lord he thought it was only right to say that he was satisfied._ (Renewed laughter and cheers.) This ought to teach the Noble Lord that he should not yield to the opposition which was banded together to deprive Ireland of justice._.. (Renewed laughter and cries of " Divide.") He thought the Noble Lord ought not to be twitted any more on that ground.—( Laughter.) He was told that the Noble Lord was to be in a minority to night, but of what consequence was that.—( Cheers and laughter.) He dared to say the gentlemen were all cock-a-hoop.—(Laughter.) The Hon. Member's conclusion was not heard amidst the cries of " Divide, divide." Mr. O'CONNELL begged the indulgence of the House for five sentences only. The Hon. Member for Halifax had said that irritation in Ireland was a great evil, and that it would be increased by angry discussion in that House. Now he (Mr. O'Connell) thought it would be worse if the people of Ireland believed they had no party in the House—(Chcers)—or that their interests were frittered away by men who felt their own inportance to do good, and stood out on crotchctty notions of their own. —( Cheers.) It was quite clear, and ad. milled on all hands, that this clause would be negatived, but it would do Ministers much good in Ireland. They bad made an attempt to enlarge the constituency of Ire lan,d. The tranquillity of that country had Leen preserved by their administrative impartiality—(Cheers) —by their keeping partizans from power, and partial bigots from the indulg,se ce of their spleen.—( Much cheering.) The Noble Lord opposite was said to bare some talent in serving his fete:: ;he had shown much more in serving his ene mies.— ( Much cimering.) He bad heard with pleasure the Nobi Lord's statement of the increase which this clause would wake in the constituency. He hoped the Ministers would take a hint from the Noble Lord, and surely the people of Ireland would ace that the Bill was much better than they thought it, although the statement of the Noble Lord was much exaggerated.—( Cheers.) He sat down thanking the House for the attention with which ho k d d been heard. After a few words from Mr. H. GRATTAN m i d M r . Fist nEN, amidst great interruption, Strangers were ordered to withdre.,) and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the clause... ....... e claw e . • Majority n ?' - g.nst the clause ....••• j Lord . I * RU then addres , sed the House as 10- lows :—Sir, the House cannot be et a loss to im agine the courts t hich we mean to pursue after the vote which " 3 .1 ,1 14 lice', com e to by the House. We have al. ways stre.eil th at t h e clause whi c h h as now been rejected by the House is the principal clause of the Bill, and the fourAtation on which tue superstructure of the Bill rested. but, Sir, before I put any motion in your hands I may, perhaps, he permitted by the Committee to make a very few observations on tha course that has been pursued, and the grounds that have hecn taken for the re jection of this clause. A n d h t me say, in the fist pl ace , that I should nut be at all scrprised—that 1 shall feel no cause of complaint that thi4 clause, containing a different test of the franchise from that w'alch has been established by the settlement of 1829, on. the subject of the privileges of the Roman Catholics, Ana by the settlement of 1832, with regard to parliar,ewary representation—that on the first proposal of c :ach an alteration the House should be unwilling to ; s ive to it their sanction; but what does seem to me cffer some ground of complaint is tt at "hit I have stated just previously to the division, t'.,at I do net think the grounds on which the clause has been rejected by the Right Hon. Gentleman, by the Noble Lord and the party which sits opposite, have been Intl Iligible, either to the Government or the House. I can understand saying—" We shall stand on the principle of the beneficial interest —we shall stand on the interpreta tion of the Acts of 1829 and 1832, and we will admit no deviation from them. " I can also understand those who say —4* We do not approve of the leasehold tenure which Is contained in your clause, and we prefer an occupation franchise in any charge that is to be made." But so far as I could understand Hon. Gentlemen opposite they at tempted:to do that which is inconsistent and incompatible— that is to say, they took both of these lines--they say they will not depart from the principles of the Acts now . _ in force, and that they require a profit in the land, and a beneficial interest, while in the same breath, and in the same voice, they have said that they ere ready to admit, if a change is to be made, a franchise wLich would have no beneficial interest, no profit, and which did lot contain the principles of the present Act. So far, therefore, and so far only is it that I have reason to be surprised, not at the decision which has been come to, but at the grounds which had been stated for that decision. Sir, in speaking further of those who oppose the Bi.l on those grounds, let me say in addition, that if you are not now prepared in any degree to modify the franchise, if you thick that the mode in which the Government has pro pored to modify the franchise is objectionable, and if you think that there is no other convenient mode which has yet been proposed in the House, or that the state of circumstances 4n Ireland does not at present justify any new arrange ateat of that franchise, that if such be your principle, that on the other hind you arc bJund to stand by those principles of the Act of 1829 which are favourable to the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) By that Act, intro duced at a time of great ferment, of great popular dis turbance in Ireland—at a time when, as it has been al ready stated, the troops of his Majesty acre employed in suppressing disaffection in that country—you did in distinct terms give a franchise of a very high amount, which has since been proved to have been of a very un certain and indefinite nature; but at the same time it was proclaimed in the first place that there should be an easy admission to that franchise ; and in the second place, that if the right cf voting was once admitted, the voter should remain on the register, and that if the right were rejected, and only when it was rejected, he should have the power of appealing on questions of fact to a Jury, and on questions of law to the Judges. You provided also that if on the first trial his right were rejected, and if on appeal it acre admitted, he should remain on the list. What I now wish to say is, that the House, having rejected a change and innovation which we thought justified by the occasion, was perhaps more impressed with the danger cf innovation than with a desire to adhere to the principle of former Acts. These former Acts were established in fa vour of the people of Ireland at a very important period— at a period when everything was in jeopardy and danger; and we did net think we deviated from the principle of strengthening Irish constituencies.—(Hear, hear, hear.) There were others who took a very different line— there was my Noble Friend the Member for Northurn berland, and my Honourable Friend the Member for Halifax, who complained of the nature of our franchise, who complained of the mode in which our clause was framed ; and my Noble Friend the Member for North umberland in the last speech which he made, attached very considerable blame to the Government, because as it appeared to him they had not sufficiently conceded—they had not shown a disposition sufficiently conciliatory, and he stated it was his opinion that if a conciliatory disposition had been shown, some arrangement might have been come to by which parties might have settled this question and tranquillized the minds of the people of Ireland. Others, however, and amongst them the Hon. Member for Kil kenny and the Hon. Member for Finsbury, appeared to consider last night that the course of the Government had been exceedingly vacillating; that they had not adhered to what they originally proposed, and that they would have shown mare firmness and consistency in abiding by their original proposal. Now when I hear statements of this kind I cannot help being reminded of that scene in the comedy of the " Rivals," where Falkland, somewhat jealous of the disposition of his mistress, with whom be had quarrelled, and seeing her about to go away, said, " Was there ever anything so vacillating, so incon sistent?" But on seeing that she was coining back again, he instantly said, " Was there ever anything so proud, so obstinate ?"—(" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Such is, and must be, I am afraid, the situation of this or al) , other Government; some of their friends thinking that they ought to have done more to conciliate their opponents, and others again complaining if they make the slightest de parture from what they had originally proposed. Of course I shall not refer again to the argument with respect to the franchise. I will say, however, with respect to that point upon which my Noble Friend the Member for Northumberland differed moat from the Government, namely, the question of lease, that we consulted those who are connected with the Executive Government in Ireland, including my Noble Friend the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, my Noble Friend the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and my Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General for Ireland upon that subject, and they were all of opinion that the introduction of the lease was necessary. 1 appeal to my Noble Friend the Member for Northum berland, whether Government would have beets justified, with that recorded opinion, in placing the franchise upon occupation ?—(Hear, hear.) Now, I will only further refer to what fell from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for the City of Dublin. I have often had occasion, unfortunately, to differ from that Han. Gentle men in the statements which he has made with regard to Ireland, and with regard to the dispositions of the people of England towards Ireland, and I have not concealed that difference from this House. But I was glad to hear that Hon. and Learned Gentleman state to-day, that it would be a great consolation to the people of Ireland, if they would consider that there was a large party in this House that was attached to the interests, and anxious to promote the welfare of Ireland.—( Hear ' hear, and cheers.) Sir, I was glad t o hear th a t s t a t emen t from the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. For my own part, I really be lieve that that body is very numerous.—( Hear.) But, Sir, that is no new thing in the history of this country, because the part which my Noble Friend the Member for Northumberland has taken with regard to this Bill, cannot but remind me that, when the Noble Lord to whom be is so nearly related was at the head of the party to which I belong, they were content in 1807 to abandon office, because that had proposed an additional privilege to the Roman Catholics, and afterwards voted for Catholic Eman cipation when proposcd by their political opponents. I had but little part in those transactions, but I am glad to refer to that proof of a determination to promote the interest of Ireland. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman stated that the Government bad endea voured to protect the Irish people, and to confer upon them those privileges of which they have been unjustly de prived. lam happy to hear that acknowledgment. I have nothing further to address to the House. I trust that at some future time all parties will be more disposed to agree upon some measure which shall fix the franchise of Ireland, and at the same time improve the registration. I consider that any further discus. sion upon the clauses of this Bill would be utterly fruitless and would rather tend to prevent than to promote an ulti mate agreement. In any determination which may be made, the people of Ireland will have no right to say that their interests have been neglected, or their just requests refused ; and on the other hand, that what is done will be consistent with the maintenance of that Constitution, with the continuance and permanence of those institutions to which this Government and the great majority of this House are, as I believe, firmly attached. The Noble Lord then moved that the Chairman do report progress. Sir ROBERT PEEL said be thought he should only state what was iu conformity with the prevailing feeling of the House, when he gave his opinion that there would be no public advantage from a prolonged discussion upon the motion which had been made that evening, aDd he would have abstained altogether from any observations on the subject, if the Noble Lord had not commenced by preferring a complaint against himself and his Noble Friend. The Noble Lord had complained that they had not distinctly explained their objections to his proposal. Their object had been, from the first, to come to a fair, unequivocal decision upon the merits of the Bill, avoiding every thing that could prevent or retard that decision.— (Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord undertook to define the franchise, and to amend the registration. In the measure which be proposed he made occupancy, tested by rating, the exclusive franchise for the county constituency. To that proposal they refused to assent. The Noble Lord said be did not understand what they proposed, they contended it was for the Executive Government to deal with such questions.—(flcar, hear.) Still they did indicate the general principles which they were ready to adopt. The Noble Lord did not see how it was possible to have a franchise resting upon beneficial in terest and upon occupancy. They had the authority of the Noble Lord fur that franchise in the counties of Eng land— ( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord in the ccurse of his speech had spoken with an asperity somewhat unusual to him. When he ( Sir R. P. el) recollected the mutual recrimiaation last night between the Vice-President of the Board of Trade and the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, he was not surprised that the Noble Lord was a little disap pointed at the contrast exhibited on his (Sir R. Peel's) side of the House. Ile ( Sir Robert Peel) had been often charged with changing his course ; sometimes it was said that be ad — roc — ated more liberal senti. mews than those entertained by his Noble Friend, at , other times it was said that he followed in scr- vile submission. lie beard all this, however, with great indifference, being perfectly conscious of the concord and general union which prevailed amongst those with whom hC acted.—( Chem.) The Noble Lord's general courtesy must, he wa - s sure, conciliate a friendly feeling towards him ; still, to refer to what the Noble Lord had alluded to, the only lover whom he had been able to conciliate was the lion. Member for Shrewsbury, and, in return for his affectionF, he had forfeited those cf the lion. Mem ber for Oldham.—( Cheers and laughter.) The Noble Lord had truly ,tate•i that it was unwise nut to attempt, by conciliation, to effect an adjustment of thie question. In that general principle he concurred. la this case, however, the argument did nut apply ; no rea . . can was assigned - for the alteration Wein 5/. to 81. \ It was proposed merely for the purpose of conciliating the objections of three or four friends who had privately inti mated their opinion. That was perfectly different from conerssio n t'i a hostile opposition, which could not be re sistcd,in order to carry the measure; concessions made in that way acre calculated to destroy all cor.fidence in those who made them. Had he (Sir R. Peel) proposed to sub. stitute K 1 for Si. he would have been told that he was an enemy to Ireland. Yet though the Noble Lord thought it pertecly cats to raise the franchise from 5/. to 81. he continued is use tl,e same language with rest ect to his regard for popular tights, and their enmity to the Irish people.—(Hear. ) Lord HO w ICK said that h:scomplai n t was , t h at in bring ing forward their measure the Government, even upon their own showi ng , had not proposed it i n a f orm which provided f or the necessities of the ease.—(Hear.) proposed by the I3clieving that tl.e plan Government would !cud back to the evils of the 40s. system, fully justified the vote lie had given in his own mind, The allusions to the historical actions of one near and dear to him was a just source of pride to all connected %ill him. lie had been brought up i n the principles of conciliation to Ireland._ nay, of justice to Ireland, and to a full reliance upon the loyalty and go o d sense of her people. These principles were instilled into him in youth, and he adhered to them still, and was most anximm to see all those questions relat ing to that country Fettled satisfactorily to her people, and, of course, beneficially to t h e pe ople of this country. But while he bad the honour of a seat in that House, he would claim to himself the tight of exercising his own judgment Ds to the manner in which those principles were to be applied. Mr. SLA NEY could assure the Right non. Member for Tamworth that he was not the only one who had an objection to the 5/. clause ; there were many Gentlemen on his side of tho House who joined in that objection. The motion was then agreed to, and the House resumed. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord MORPETH the House went into Committee on the Drainage (Ireland) Bill. Mr. SII A W hoped, as there mere very few Irish Mem bers present, that the Bill would be postponed. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON also suggested a postpone ment. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN said the Bill was ono which affected tho whole of the landed property of Ireland, and it was rather injudicious to discuss it in so thin a House. He hoped he would fix it for discussion at an early hour on some Wednesday. Lord MORPETH had no objection to postpone the Bill till Wednesday se'nnight. The Slave Compensation Bill was read a second time. Mr. HA WES moved the appointment of a Select Com- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1841. mittee for the promotion of the Fine Arts, in connexion will the rebuilding of the two Houses of Parliament. Mr. HUME hoped, under the present circumstances in which the House was pi iced, and `the Hon. Member not having stated what his plan was, that he would postpone it for the present. After a few words from Mr. Ewsar and Col. RAWDON, The motion was agreed to. Adjourned at a Quarter before Nino o'Clsek. PARLIAMENTARY ])!VISIONS. (From the Poles and Proceedings of the House of Common.) THURSDAY, APRIL 29. PARLIAMENTARY VO TERS (IRELAND) BILL (In the Committee ) Second Clause :—Motion made, and Question put, " Thai the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill :- —The Corn. mit! ce divided; Ayes 289, Noes 300. MINORITY—AYES, Ahercromby, GR. Fort, J o h n Acheson, Viscount Fortescue, T. Ad a m, Sir Charles French, F. Aglionby, H. A. Dillon, NV D. Alston, Rowland Gk.:borne, T. Andover, Viscount Gordon, Robert Anson, Hon. Colonel Grattan, J. Anton, Sir George Grattan, Henry Archbold, Robert Greenaway, Charles Armstrong, Andrew Greg, R. H, Bainbridge, E. T. Greig, D. Baines, E. Grey, Sir C. Bannerman, A. Grey, Sir G. Baring, F. T. Grosvenor, Lord R. Barnard, E. G. Grote, G. Barry, G. S. Guest, J. Beansish, F. B. Hall, Sir B. Bellew, R. M. Han • Icy, H. Berkeley, F. H. Harland, NV. C. Berkeley, Grantley Hastie, A. Ikwes, I'. ilawes, B. Blackett, C. Hawkins, .1. 11. Blake, M. J. Hayter, W. G. Blake, W. J. I lekhcoat, J. Blake, Mark Ilea..r, C. J. Blcwitt, Reginald Heneage. E. i. xlkin, John James Heron, Sir IL Bowes, J. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Brabazon, Lord Ilinoley, Charles Bridgman, Ilewitt llobliouse, Sir J. C. Briscoe, J. I. Holihouse, T. B. Urirklehurst, J. Hodges, 'l'. L. Brodie, W. D. Holland, Robert Brotherton, J. Horsman, Edward Browne, R. D. Hoskins, K. Bryan, George Howard, B. G. Buller, C. Howard, F. J. Buller, E. Howard, P. H. Bulwer, Sir E. L , Howard, Sir R. Busfeild, William Howard, C. W. 0. Butler, Colonel Hume, J. Byng, George Humphery, J. Callaghan, D. Hutchins, E. J. Campbell, W. F. Hutt, W. Larew, Hon. It. S. Hutton, R. Cavendish, lion. C. James, William Caylcy, E. S. Jervis, J. Chalmers, I'. Johnson, General Chetwynd, Major Labouchere, H. Childers, J. W. Lambton, 11. Clay, W. Langdale, Hon. C Clayton, Sir W. Leader, J. 'l'. Clements, Lord Lemon, Sir C. i live, E. B. Lennox, Lord G. Collier, John Lister, E C. Collins, William Listowel, Earl of Colquhoun, Sir James Loch, James Corbally, M. 8.. Lushington, C. Cowper, Hon. W. F. Lushington, Hon. S. Craig, W. G. Lynch, A. H. Crawford, W. Macaulcy, T. B. Crompton, Sir S. Macnamara, W. Currie, Ilaikes M'Taggart, J. Dalmeny, Lord Marshall, W. Dashwood, G. H. Marsland, H. Denison, W. J. Martin, J. Dennistoun, J. Martin, Thomas B. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Alaule, Hon. Fox Divett, 1.: Melgur.d, Lord Dull, James Mildmay, P. St. John Duncan, Viscount Milton, Lord buncombe, 'l'. S. Molesworth, Sit W, Dundas, W. D. Moreton, A. H. Dundas, Frederick Morpeth, Viscount Dundas, J. C. Morris, David Dundas, Sir It. Morrison, James Dundas, David Muntz, G. F. Easthope, John Murray, A. Edwards, Sir J. Muskett, George A. Elliot, Hon. J. E. Nagle, Sir It. Ellice, A. Noel, C. G. Ellice, Rt. lion. E. Norreys, Sir D. J. Ellice, E. O'Brien, Cornelius Ellis, Wynn O'Brien, W. Smith Erle, William O'Callaghan, D. Euston, Earl of O'Connell, D. Evans, Sir De Lacy O'Connell, J. Evans, G. I O'Connell, M. J. Evans, \V. O'Connell, M. Ewart, W. O'Ferrall, R. M. Fazakcrley, J. N. Ord, W. Ferguson, Sir Robert Oswald. James Ferguson, Colonel Paget, Lord A. Fitsalan, Lord Paget, F. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Palmer, C. F. Fitzroy, Lord Charles Palmerston. Visct. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Parker, John Fleetwood, H. 289. Parnell, Sir H. I'attison, J. Pease, Joseph Pechell, Captain Pend:ayes, E. W. Philp, ps, Sir 11.1'. Philip., M. Phillips, G. Phillpotts, J. Pigot, D. It. Pinney, W. Ponsonby, C. Ponsonby, Hon. J. Power, James l'riee, Sir IL J'rntheroe, Edward l'ryse, P. Itamsbottom, J. Itawdon, J. D. Itedinyton, T. N. Bice, E. B. Rich, Henry Rippon, C. Roche, E B. Roche. W Run - Mold, C. E. Rundle, .1. Russell, Lott] John Russell, Lord Charles Rut herfurd, A. Salwey, Colonel Sanford, E. A. Serope, G. I'. Scale, Sir J. H. Seymour, Lord Sharpe, General Shell, It. 1,. Sauey, It. A. Smith, John Abel Smith, B. Smith, G. R. Smith, R. Vernon Somers. J. P. Somerville, Sir W. Standish, C. W. Stanley, M. Stanslield, W. R. C Staunton, Sir G. T. Steuart, R. Stewart, James Stock, Dr. Strangways, J. G. Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Stuart, Villiers Style, Sir Charles Surrey, Earl of Talbot, C. It. M. Talbot, J. H. Talfourd,l'. Noon Tavistock, Marquis Thornely, Thomas Troubridge, Sir T. Turner, Edmund Verney, Sir H. Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, John H. Vivian, Sir It. Walker, R. Wall, C. B. Wallace, Ii Warburton, H. Ward, 11. G. Wemyss, J. C. Westenra, Hon. 11. Westenra, Hon. J. White, A. White, Colonel H. White, Luke NVhite, Samuel Wilbraham, G. Wage, Sir Thomas Williams, W. Wilshere, W. Winnington, Sir T. Winnington, H. J. Wood, Sr Matthew Wood, G. W. Wood, B. Worsley, Lord Wrightson, W. 13. Wyse, Thomas Yates, J. A. TELLERS. Stanley. E. J. Tuttlell, H. &'Court, Capt. E. Adare. Lord Ainsworth, Peter Alexander, N. Alford, Viscount Antrobus, Edward Arbuthnot. lion. H Archdall, General Ashley, Lord Attwood, W. Attwood. 31. Begot, Hon. W. Bailey, Joseph Bailey, Joseph, jun. Bane, Colonel H. Baillic, H. J. Baker, Edward Baldwin, C. B. Baring, F. Baring, W. B. Barneby, J. Barrington, Viscouni Bateson, Sir It Bell, Matthew Bentinck, Lord G. B7.thell, R. Blackburne, I. Blackstone, W. S. Blair, James Blakemore, R. Blennerhassett. A. Boldero, H. G. Etoim..., W. Hatfield, Beriah Bradshaw, James Brasuston, T. W. Hroadley, H. Broadwood, Henry Brooke, Sir A. B. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruce, Lord E Bruce, C. L. C. Bruen, Colonel Bruges, W. H. L. Back, L. W. Huller, Sir J. Y. Burr, Higford Burrell, Sir C. M. Burroughes, H. Calcratt, J. H. Campbell, Sir H. P. Canning, Sir S. Cantilupe, Lord Cartwright, W. L. Castlereagh, Viscount Cholmondeley, H. Christopher, It. A. Chute, W. L. W. Clements, H. J. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert ‘'ochrane, Sir T. Codrington, C. W. Cole, Hon. A. Compton, H. C. Conolly, E. Cooper, E. J. Come, Sir C. Courtenay, Philip Cresswell, Cresswell Crewe, Sir G. Cripps. J. Dalrymple, Sir A. Darner, Hon. G. Darby, George Darlington, Earl of De Horsey, S. H. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Dottie, Abel Bons Douglas, Sir C. Douro, Marquis of Dowdeswell, W. Drummond, H. H. Duffield, D. Dugdale, W. S. Dunbar, George buncombe, W. Duncombe, A. Dungannon, Lord Du ere, George East, J. Buller Eastnor, Viscount Eaton, It. J. Egerton, W.'l'. Egerton, Sir I'. Egerton, Lord F. Eliot, Lord Ellis, J. Estcourt, T. G. B. Farnham, E. B. Farraud, Robert AJORITY-NOES, Fector, J. M. cilden, W. Fellowes, Edward Fielden, J. Filnter, Sir Edward Fitzroy, Hon. H. Fleming, J. Foley, E. T. kollett, Sir William Forester, Hon. G. Fox, S 1.. Fresh J. W. Gaskell, Jaines Mimes Gladstone, J. N. Gladstone, W. E. Glynne, Sir S. it. Godson, R. Gordon, Hon. W. Gore, 0. J. It. Gore, 0. W. Goring, H. D. t Goulburn, Henry Graham, Sir James Granby, Marquis of Grant, Sir A. C. Greene, T. Grimsditch, Thomas Grimston, Lord Hale, It. Blagdon Ilalford, H. Hamilton, C. J. R. Hamilton, Lord C. Harcourt, G. G. Harcourt, G. S. Hardinge, Sir 11. Hawkes, I'. Hayes, Sir E. Ileatheote, Sir W. Ileneagc, G W. Henniker, Lord Hepburn, Sir 'l'. B. Herbert, Hon. S. tlerries, John C. Hill, Sir Rowland Hillsborough, Earl [find!, J. Hodgson, Frederick Hodgson, Richard ' Hogg, J. W. Holmes, W. A'Cour Holmes, W. lope, Hon. C. Hope, H. T. Hope, G. W. Hotham, Lord Houston, George Howinic, Lord Hughes, W.B. Hurt, Francis Ingestrie, Lord Ingham, Bober t Inglis, Sir It. H. Irton, S. Irving, John Jackson, Serjeant James, Sir W. C. Jermyn, Lord Johnstone, Hope Jones, John Jones, Theobald Kelburne, Lord Kernble, Henry Kerrison, Sir E. Kirk, Peer Knatchbull, Sir E. Knight, H. 0. Knightley, Sir C. Lasceles, W. S. Law, lion. C. E. Lamy, I) T. Lennox, Lord A. Lincoln, Earl of Litton, Ecward Lockhart, A. M. Long, W. Lowther, t'olonel Lowther, Viscount Lo ether, J. H. Lucas, E. I.ygon, Hon. Gen. Mackenzie, T. Mackenzie, \V. F. Mackinnon, W. A Maclean, D Station, Lord Manners, Lord C. Mars and, 'l'. Marton, George Master, Colonel Mathew, G. B. Mannsell, 'l'. I'. 300. Meynell, Miles, I'. S. Miller, W. h. 4ilnes, Richard Mordaunt, Si. 1 . Morgan, C. M. Morgan, Octavius Neeld, oseph Neeld, John Nichol!, J. Norrcys, Lord Northland, Lord Ossulston, Lord Owen, Sir Jolth Packe, C. W. Pakington, J. S. Palmer, Robert Palmer, George Parker, Montague Parker, It. T. Parker, T. A. W. Patten, Wilson Peel, Hon. Sir R. Perccval. Colonel Pigot, R. Planta, J. Plumptre. J. P. Polhill, Frederick Pollen, Sir J. W. Pollock, Sir F. Powell, Colonel Powerreourt, Lord [ Pracd. W. T. Price, Richard Pringle, A. I'usey, P. Rae, air William Reid, Sir John R. Richards, R. Rick ford, W. Rolleston, L Hose, Sir George Round, C. G. Round, John Ituslibrook, Colonel Rushout, George St. Paul, Horace Sanderson, R. Sandell, Lord Shaw, Frederick Fear) ett, J. Y. k Sibthorp, Colonel Sinclair, Sir George Smith, Abel Smyth, Sir H. Smythe, Hou. G. Somenet, Lord G. Sotheron, 'l'. E. Spry, Sir S. T, Stanley, E. Stanley. Lord Stewaii. John Sturt, H. C. Sugden, Sir Edward Tcignmouth, Lord Tennent, J. E. Thedger, F. Thomas, Colonel '1 hompson, Thornhill, George Tollemache. F. J. Tomline, George Trench, Sir F. Trevor, lion. R. Trotter, J. Tyrell, Sir J T. Vcre, Sir C B. Verner, Colonel Wilms, Lord Vivian, J. E. Waddington, H. S. Walsh, Sir John Walter, John Welby, G. E. Whittnore, 'l'. Wilbraham, lion. D. Williams, Robert Wilmot, Sir E. Wodehouse, Hon. E. Wood C . Wood, Colonel Wocxl, Colonel T. Wyndtrun Voike, lion. E. T. Young, John Young: Sir 1,. W. TELLERS. Baring, H. B. Fremantle, Sir T. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, APRIL 30.—Wind this day at noon, light brecle from the Eastward; fine weather. DEAL, APRIL 29.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrived, Her culaneum, from Hull, and sailed for Bombay. Arrived from the River and sailed, Will Watch, for New Zealand; Whitby, do. ; Orbit, Quebec; D'Arveye, Jamaica; Fides, Constan tinople. PORTSMOUTH; APRIL 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Failed, Jane Ann, Walker, for Miramichi. COWES, APRIL 29.—Arrived, Snappop, Hatisten, from Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm. Sailed, Stakesby, for Jamaica. DARTMOUTH.—SaiIed,AdoIp van Nassau, fur Batavia; Wa ter-lily, Terceira; Ivea, New York. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 28.—Wind variable—Arrived, her Majesty's ships, Wilberforce and Albert, for the Niger expedition. Sailed, Royalist, fur Demerara. FALMOUTH, APRIL 28.--Wind variable and light breeze.— Arrived, Lyra packet from West Indies, sailed from Marti nique 9th ult., Guadakupe 10, Antigua and Montserrat, 11, Nevis and St. Kitts, 12, Tortola, 13, &t. Thomas's, 24, Porto Rico, 25, and Cape Hayti, 29, with 3001. on freight ; Fame, Port. au Prince, sailed 13th ult. Poole, APRIL 29.—Sailed, Flora, for Newfoundland; Mountaineer, do. ; Olive Pranch, do. SHOREIIA M, Aram 29.—Arrived off, Minerva, Charleston. SCILLY, APRIL 22.—Arrived, Iris, Fox, from Dartmouth, for Neath, with loss of boom. LivEaroor., Aram 29.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Ocean, Daly, from New Orleans; Vrow Zreutze, Groningen. Sailed the Frances, Sydeley, C. 8., for Australia; Bahia, Windsor, Pernambuco; Express, Maranham ; Hobe, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Calcutta, Bombay ; Philomela, Mount Video ; 14 K l e a r y , , id J g a e ma ' Jamaica ; Colonist, Tortola; Avon, Honduras ; Bir mingham, N ew Y or k • Orpheus, New York; Samuel Robert son, New Bedf or d ; Neried, Alexandria. HULL,, Malaga.Aear L29.—Wind E., fresh.—Sailed tl:c Whinn, PRISTOL, Arum. 29.—Sailed Sybella, Knowles, Jamai ca . DUBLIN, APRIL 28.—Sailed the Sir Walter Scott, for Newfoundland. fro C:itK, Liverpool, ArntL B ro 2 r .—Arrived the Newfoundland; ,Erhlieztaibs,etltnndKi Moodie, in,ogrotof Rico, Tyre s s v t i .ii th jEor l h o itn ss i:a o ,,t f vN rn EeN a w i , n . being m or a : 7: l s te l, i l)op:l:4d .g c a . lrlo. Kangaroo, Cork for TOWER OF LONDO N return has been made to the House of Commons of the number of visitors ad- A. mitted to the Armoury for the y ear ending the Ist of February, 1841, and Jewel-house, tow i Of this suern sum t h h the amount of Armoury reee t i v v i e t d b trilePtr e s u 3 de 7 d oB i n ; foes, &c. The number admitted on payment of 6d. each, free tickets from the Governor and Sr et , t .k e 91,897 ; and for admission was 2,297/. Bs. 6d. 16s. 2d. , collector, and ar 8641 ' moury-ke was paid to the warders epers 914/. 12i. V. to the paymaster, and 518/. e T z purchases of ancient armour and weapon!. ' of visitor s t o the Jewol.house was 15,473 at 2s. ea n c r her and the g ross rec e ipts 1, 54 7/. 6 3 . Of which was expended 2161. Os. 6d. for a ttendant, oil, and Crown bill, lea v i ng a clear receipt of 1,231/. :is 6d. The Lords cf the Trea. Bury have taken int o th e ir own hands the receipts and ex penditures of the Jewel-house Since the commencement of the year 1841. In consequence of the continued ill helith of Colonel Davies, we understand that the non. and Gallant Member will not again offer himself for the reprocntation of this city. Worcester Journal. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIR MORNING PAPERS OF TIM DAY. CHRONICLE—Lord Stanley and Sir Robert Peel may rest assured that the people of Ireland feel their power, and will not suffer themselves to be delivered over unconditionally to those who have already so amply proved how little they de served to be entrusted As ith such a power. We trust the feel ing manner in which Lord John Russell dwelt on the anxiety of a party in this country to atone fur the former injustice of the Governments of England to the natives of Ireland, will not be thrown away on them. Every statesman of sound and ho nest principles, every man who has at heart the character of the nation, the welfare of the yeople, and the power and sta bility of this great empire, must, above all things wish to put an end to the irritation which now prevails in the sister island. Wretched is the policy which, for the sake of a momen tary tenure of power, would hazard the peace of the em pire. An overgrown schoolboy, like Lord Stanley, who, with little or no wisdom, pos•esses cleverness in debate and a command of animated expression, is a dangerous guide in times like the present. The Irish have been treated with great injustice , they are quick enough, too, to see that it is intended by a great party in this country to treat them unfairly ; and we all know that when once the passions are kindled, judgment is apt to be clouded. We intreat Sir Robert Peel, and those of the Tories who cannot approve of the recklessness of Lord Stanley, to beware how they suffer themselves to be drawn into an approval of his counsels. There is yet time for the olive branch. Mr. O'Connell bore testimony last night that " the ad. mintstrative impartiality of the Government. of Ireland is doing all that it can for the people of Ireland, keeping the partisan out of power, and endeavouring to prevent partial bigots from wreak ing their vengeance under the firm of law—doing all that it can to protect the people from that fell spirit which has been the ruin, the misery, and the oppression of that country, show ing to the people a disposition to do them goof, contrasting so powerfully with the party that so long abused authority there." This told on the House, because it was true to the letter. 'The Tories may drive the people to despair ; but the issue, whatever it may be, will be a fearful one to both countries. We shudder to think of the consequences, even assuming them the most favourable which can be conceived for Britain. May we then hope, that after this display of rashness, the Tories will cool down into something like moderation, and allow a measure to be carried by which the people of Ireland shall be suffered to obtain that influence in the Legislature to which they are en titled. _ . HERALD.—The last act of that tragi-comic farce, the Government plan for the registration of voters in Ireland, has closed. '1 he curtain dropped last night on a new defeat of her Majesty's " adhesives,'' and at the conclusion of the farce, which was unequivocally damned, the stage manager, Lord John Russell, addressed his audience, and informed them that her Majesty's servants were as little as ever desirous of closing their performances—that they had so little inclina tion to be rubbed off, they meant, on the contrary, still to rub on. His lordship talked of all the great and good things he had always meant to achieve on behalf of Ireland, and which Ireland had a right to expect as consequent on the Roman Ca tholic Emancipation Bill. But this was all in vain. In a House of 589 Members a majority of eleven enforced the de mand against him and his colleagues for she withdrawal of the piece, and the "adhesives " accordingly were compelled to throw it up. In one night the Whig-Radical-Poor-law Government have had the humiliating penalty to endure of seeing Mr. Walter returned for Nottingham, and taking his seat on the opposite benches ; and of being soundly beaten out of their uncompromising franchise clause, and into the most absurd and hopeless of false positions to which a Govern ment can be forced that have staked the reputation of their political sagacity and the strength of their party on a single cast. They have stood the "hazard of the die," and they have lost. Will they pay the stake they played for ? No ! they have identified themselves with the theory and practical working of the new Poor-law ;—have promoted its administrators—have dis couraged its opponents—have proclaimed themselves bound to and by even the harshest of its enactments. They have now the felicity of seeing the people return into the ranks of their legislative opponents that very individual who has been more than any other of their own antagonists, most instrumental perhaps in arraying against their favourite scheme of pauper coercion the most practised talent and energy that could be en listed in various parts of the kingdom, and, among various or ders of the people, in hostility to that measure. In favour of it they have heretofore boldly appealed to the ratepayers—to the people themselves. What do the Nottingham men—the rate-payers of a town eminently Whiggish—who return at this moment the Right Honourable President of the Board of Con trol ? What do they reply ? They reply, " We return a champion, pledged to the teeth against your new Poor-law, and on the single ground that he is so pledged." POST.—A2AI4.IDONMENT or LORD AIORTETII'S BILL.— The division took place last night in Committee on the second clause of this dishonest and unlucky measure—its vital clause, which would have created a Parliamentary franchise for the counties of Ireland, founded on a leasehold occupation rated at 8/. per annum, without beneficial interest. Immediately after this signal and disgraceful defeat Lord John Russell made a long, querulous and fretful speech, which lie concluded, not by rtnnotmcing the intention of Ministers to tender their resigna tion to her Majesty, in consequence of the House of Commons having withdrawn from them its confidence, but by moving that the Chairman do leave the chair, thus consigning to a disho nourable tomb a Bill which merited its fate, not more on ac count of its inherent vices, than of the vile and despicable mo tive which had originally called it into existence, the desire to obstruct and defeat a really beneficial and statesmanlike effort of legislation. Notwithstanding this ignominious overthrow, and the position of abject weakness in which it necessarily leaves the Ministers who have sustained it, the general opinion last night was that these Ministers will still cleave to place, an opinion for which we cannot conjecture any other foundation than their well-known regard to the advantages of office, un less it be that, in the course of the discussion which preceded the division, Mr. Ilume told them it would be nonsense t) re sign, and Mr. O'Connell gave them the consoling assurance that " the rejection of the measure would do the Ministers good in Ireland I" ADVERTISER.—Lord Morpeth'a Bill is defeated and Awiiitnhidsrtearwsnd,oanndotw, andith gwriellatnorte,gifreut.edoarewerir,i, re sign or dissolve Parliament ; because if they ydm, informed, announce the fact. hundreds of thousands would be lost by parties interested in .private Bills, and who, in another Session, or in a new Par . i..." nt l would have to undergo a similar expense. The polith.:' Session is therefore, at an end—the practical, we hope, about to I commence. T 1.1186.— Well. The,, wild be nu mistake last night. If Monday's division was not conclusive against the principle of Lord Morpeth's bill, 'Thursday's, we think, must satisfy even the most obtuse understanding. It is, in fact, admitted to be fatal ; and the flagitious imposture, by which Ministers have attempted Ito save the perjuries and personations of the Irish register from the inroads of Conservative reform, is now finally and for ever abandoned. Again the question forces it self upon us, will a Government, defeated upon the most criti cal questions, and in crowded houses, by majorities of 11 and 21, still attempt to retain office ? Again we answer that if their past history can furnish any clue to their future conduct, nothing but a direct address to the Crown for their removal will ever effect a divorce between them and their salaries. Ever since they took their stand upon Court favour in 1839, and determined that the confidence of the Ladies of the Bedchamber was an adequate sub stitute for a commanding influence in the r..egislature, they have been prosecuting a " great political experiment," in which they have met with considerable success. Their example has esta blished the possibility of a Ministry continuing in office, with out character, without a majority in either House of Parlia ment, without the sympathy or support of any considerable party in the country. A Ministry too much despised by all, to be cordially hated by their adversaries, or respected by their friends. A Ministry without power to carry their own measures, or resist those of their opponents— men of straw, pelted and buffetted from every quarter, and taking their buffets with as. much patience and resignation as the Venetian Jew discovered under the salivary compliments of his Christian customers. Such has been the character of Lord Melbourne's Government, and such it will remain to the end. For a Government which has never possessed the con fidence of the House of Commons to resign, because it is in a minority now, would be truly ridiculous—a real bone fide re signation, under any circumstances, would be the grossest in consistency which the iiresent Ministers could commit. To aban don principles upon the maintenance of which they have staked their honour, to dispense with measures which they have vaunted as ab,olutely indispensable, is with them a fami liar thing; but to relinquish office, or dispense with salary, is a course of which the idea has r;ever crossed their minds. It would be idle to expect that such an every-day trifle as a detest by a majority of eleven, in a House of 589, upon a mere point of principle, can dislodge what has been justly and emphatically called the " shuttlecock Administration." This is now the posture of the Conservative Opposition : Supported by an overwhehning majority in the House of Lords, and by a varying yet sufficient majority in the House of Commons, they cannot decline the duties inseparably an nexed to their position. Whsther they assume the seals of office or not, it has become their duty at all events to take the lead in legislation. It will not be sufficient to have defeated Lord Morpeth's Irish Registration Bill ; they must vigorously press forward, and carry their own. And upon the Poor-law Continuance Bill, as we hints(' on Wednesday, they must be prepared, if they would give any satisfaction to the country, to take a far bolder and more decided course than might have been required of them under different circumstances. With. out their fiat it is impossible for that measure ever to become law ;—wili they dale to pronounce that fiat now, after what has taken place at Nottingham? MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—No document has created a more intense interest in the City for a long time past than the Report of the United States Bank Committee, coniaintd in the journals received yesterday : it. is also a fruitful topic of remark among the jour nals. Commercial men can only satisfy themselves by an exa mination of the document itself. in which they will want no guide ; but for the public at large it may be useful to state, as well what are the prominent ctsclosures of that Report, as the points upon which further disci surcs are called for by the moneyed interest of America. All the worst anticipations made in this journal more than three years ago, of the real state of this monstrous engine of fraud and corruption, are more than realized. We may commence by stating, that this report acknow ledges a loss of $20,000,000 out of a capital of $35,000,000, but the assets which represent the difference between those sums arc evidently of a description which renders its realiza tion doubtful. Hence, however, the question arises, in what manner that immense sum has been lost, for the defalcations charged upon various officers amounts to $1,500,000 only, leaving the remainder unaccounted for. The notorious bribes to Members of the Pennsylvan'a Legisl nitre, and to con ductors of newspapers, are, among other singular items, k•-pt wholly in the back-ground. Among the securities held by the Bank are above $10,000,000 its shares sod stork, taken by Bid tile and others without the knowledge or authority of the board. But among the more curious features of the report are the results of the famous cotton speculations so impudently denied at the time by Biddle and his agents in this country. These transactions are now officially stated to amount to $8,900,000; at first there was a large profit upon them, which was divided by the officers, but when the account turned the other way, they sought to throw the whole loss upon the institution, or were released from liability upon de livering up some worthless securities, such as 'rev's beads, Vicksburg stock, &c., which were taken at par. Of the debt. due to the Bank a general idea may be formed when it is stated that but a small portion consisted of regular mercantil e transactions. Under this head the report sets forth that 48 in dividuals and firms owed upwards of $20,000 each ; 15 up_ wards of $50,000 each ; and nine upwards of $lOO,OOO each; also that four persons collectively were indebted to the Bank $560,000. From March, 1635, the power had in a 'great measure passed from the Directors into the hands of the officers, who kept no books, very few vouchers, and much of the large discount business they . transacted did not appear at all. Of Jaudon's London mission, the details which have transpired are also exceedingly curious. lie re ceived in America $7,000 per annum as cashier, and when he was appointed the Bank allowed him $5,000 for loss upon the sale ot his furniture. The sums for foreign agents' expenses up to) 1641 were 178,C00, and the whsle sum for foreign agency and loan expenses up to the same date was $336,000. The labourer, however, was worthy of his hire, for through his in genuity and plausible representations, le contrived to borrow more money in Europe than the Bank at that time possessed of active debt in America. It is needless, perhaps, for the uninitiated in these matters to pursu e the subject further. The impression in the City as to the affairs of the Bank arising from this 'report, which yet evi dently does n o t ma k e th e wors t o f it, is of the most unfavourabl e kind, and people here are utterly at a lots to imagine how the value of the shares should have risen, as they are stated to have done in New York and Philadelphia, after the, publication of such a report. A private letter, referring to the meeting at which the above report was delivered, states, that one of the proprietors who attended it brought forward the following very pungent resolution : " That the management of this Bank whilst under the di rection of Nicholas Biddle has been conducted in the most pro fligate, reckless, and heinous manner ; that the stockholders have been plundered largely of their property ; and that the president, cashiers, and directori; merit the just execration and indignation of the stockholders and community at large." This was received with a degree of approbation which ws uhl have probably ensured its reception by the meeting, but the mover was induced, by some representations which wens made to him of its libellous tendency, to withdraw it. hi the same file of New York papers, the principles of Mr. Tyler, the new President of the United States, are considered with much interest, especially on the three important points of the " strict construction of the Constitution," the banking sys tem,the tariff, and internal improvements. On the first of these, a speech of Mr. Tyler in Senate in theyenr 1831 is quoted, in which he expresses himself in most unmeasured terms against the viola tion of the Constitution. He even said that to pass over its violation in silence would be infidelity to the constituents of the Members of the Legislature. Speak ing of the state of Virginia with approbation, he said that the constant effort of Virginia has been directed to the pre servation of the Constitution, no matter with what solemnity it may have been violated, not even if the violation has been sanctioned by the two llouses of Congress. and the President of the United States, and confirmed by judicial decision. As to the second point, a speech of Mr. Tyler is cited, made when the House of Representatives was in committee in Febru ary, 1819, on the affairs of the Bank of the United States. Here he stated that the creation of the corporation as in itself arconstitutional, and besides expressing this conviction, protested against the banking system in America, as unsupported by any principle of political economy. On the tariff question in 1832, in a speech in opposition to Mr. Clay's resolution, he said that it was not merely a South Carolina question, but a southern question generally, and that all apprehension that to grant relief would produce a tendency to disunion, was fa'la cious. In May, 1830, in Senate, he spoke on the constitu tional power of Congress to make roads and canals, and said that he had originally decided against that power, and that the experience of six years had satisfied him that the exercise of such a power would hazard all that is considered sacred in the institutions of the country. Extracts from these speeches are made in some of the demo cratic journals, to give an impression that the policy of Mr. Ty ler will, at least in a great measure, be an adoption of their views. That partiality is shown in making the selections, and also in the interpretation, there can be little doubt; but at the same time,, as Mr. Tyler's opinions of the inviolability of the Constitution under all circum stances, and also of the unconstitutionality of the " United States Bank charter, are so strongly and unequivocally ex pressed, it would not seem too much to anticipate that the advocates of a national bank will have but little support from the present Government— that is to say, if consistency with opinions expressed some years ago is to be assumed. It may be as well to ob,erve, that the section of the United States constitution by which Mr. Tyler succeeds General Harrison is the fifth of the second article, which provides that "in case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President." As the veto of Governor Porter to the Pennsylvania Bank Bill was generally expected, it has of course occasioned but little surprise at New York. It seems now to be supposed that even if it had become law, the banks would have rejected it, on account of the impossibility of existing under its provisions. An expectation is mentioned that another Bill will be pre pared, so framed as to suit all parties, and even to secure so large a majority in the Legislature as to render the veto in operative. The State appeared to be so involved with the banks that an authority for a suspension for some period was expected as a matter of course, but it did not seem so clear what might be the opinions of the people of Pennsylvania on the subject. CHRONICLE.—By the British Queen steamer we have re ceived news from the United States to the 12th instant, the details of which are given at considerable length in our co lumns this morning. The accession of Mr. Tyler to the Pre. sidential chair will lead to no alteration in the general policy or constituent materials of the American Cabinet. Mr. Tyler was elected Vice-President on the same ticket and by the same votes as his predecessor, and will now serve out his full term of office as President elect, agreeably to the provisions of the Federal Constitution. He is considered to he well qualified for the office, having been a Member of the Senate at Wash ington for many years, previously Governor of Virginia, and possessing great practical knowledge of public affairs. The new Vice-President, Mr. Southard, of New Jersey, was Secretary to the Navy under the Presidency of Mr. Adams, and has also been for several years a distinguished member of the Senate of the United States. The private letters express great satisfaction with these changes, and state that the measures of the President Tyler will be in perfect accordance with the views of General Harrison, among which they mention proposals for a national bank, a distribution of the public lands, and the adoption of other measures tending to place the credit of the States upon an improved and satisfactory basis. 'We have received the Report of the committee of investigation, appointed at the meeting of the, stockholders of the Bank of the United States on the January last, laid before the adjourned meeting held in the Banking-house of that concern in Philadelphia on Mon day, the .sth instant. It occupies, with the appendices, 79 pages, printed in the pamphlet shape. The result of the investigation may be briefly given as follows :—Th3 com mittee verified, first of all in detail, the statements of the assets and liabilities as made up to December 21, 1840, and omitting with propriety from that statement the amounts there credited on account of "bonus for charter" and " balance of United States stock unsold." They proceeded next to make a valuation of the assets, for which purpose they m i nu t e ly re-examined the items of active and suspens. ed debt, stocks, real estate bonds, and mortgages, foreign bills of exchange, and amounts due by State banks. The estimates are given in detail, which bring out that from the assets of the bank, as given on the 21st of December, 1840, omitting as aforesaid, V. "'hich amount to .. k69,531,742 46 - The 1....... •rornittee have struck off for probable - the various Frocifiod begds loss, uncle. -sets at $51,779,795 46 Leaving the actual b. liabilities 36,959,539 63 From which deduct thb Leaves the sum of To represent the capital of Less amount of Bank United States stock 2 471 400 00 hand $32,528,60 00 To which may be added the sum of 400,600 or 500,000 dolla,:s for that part of the circulation, amounting on the 21st of De cember, 1840, to $9,336,000 90, "as probably lost or de stroyed." The Bank of the United States has thus still re maining from the wreck a trading capital, to lc applied for banking purposes, equal to about 3,000, 0 00/. sterling, which is greater than the Bank of France, and next in amount to that of the Bank of England. This puts an end to all doubts regarding the absolute solvency of the institution, and must re lieve the apprehensions of the shareholders in that respect. Whether the actual surplus be two-and.a-half or three millions, no doubt can now exist that, after meeting all liabilities, the Bank of the United States possesses available capital that will enable it to carry on the business of banking on a scale of great magnitude and importance. The actual worth of the assets is now ascertained within at least half a million of their available value • and now, when the whole truth has been brought to light. and the most rigid investigation completed, the result proves that the Bank has a surplus capital remaining, which must be worth more than two millions sterling at the very lowest computation. The loss by east mismanagement is immense and irrecoverable, but the committee re commend that the corporate existence should be continued under a different name, and its nominal charter reduced to 14,000,000 of dollars, valuing each share at 40 dollars, equal to et. sterling. The princi i .;:a item' of " p robable loss" are upon the suspended bills, estimates: at 5,044,211 dollars, 7 cents., on the active 1,206,929 ce:2l"s' 39 cents., 0 . on various denominations of State stocks on sums and balances due by offices and $7:O 409 66, and agencies ttei d State banks, $3,366,661 16. In forming their opinion and calt,7 ,4- tions, the Committee appear to have acted with energy, im partiality, and prudence. They observe " that the attempts to make an estimate of probable losses was found to be attended with considerable difficulty and embarrassment. To adopt the present depressed market value of the several stocks and loans held by the Bankf would not be a fair criterion of their actual worth, which (rather than their present availability), was that at which the Committee endeavoured to arrive. Still they have been necessarily guided, in a great measure, by the price current of the day." The history of the course of policy which has produced this situation of affairs of the Bank of the United States is narrated in striking colours by the Committee. The origin of all was the refusal of Congress to renew its charter as a national insti tution. While it existed as such it was powerful, prosperous, and useful. When it ceased to be so, it became inefficient and unwieldy, too extensive for its legitimate sphere of banking ope. rations, and by being so was induced to depart from its proper business to find employment for surplus means and capital. It thus *came a huge speculative machine—a dealer in cotton, in state stocks and loans, and ultimately embarrassed by a large and cumbrous dead weight of unsaleable securities. The appointment of a Committee of Exchange, composed of three Directors, with power to make loans on the security of the stock of the bank or other approved security, drove the institution into the European markets at borrowers. In March, 1835, the loans on other than per sonal security was $4,797,936, while in March, 1836, these loans had increa•ed to $20,446,367. The Bank has no,v due more money in Europe than it has on loan on its lists of Active debt in America. It appefts also that while the loans upon stock securities rapidly increased, the bills dis counted on personal security seriously diminished. The . executive officers of the Bank engaged in large operations and speculative transactions in stocks and cotton with funds belonging to the Bank; so that the active means of the in stitution were monopolized in these undertakings; while it was disabled from accommodeing men engaged in busi ness really productive and useful to the community. The mode in which the Committee of Exchange trans acted their business shows that there really existed no check whatever upon the officers, and that the funds of this bank were almost entirely at their disposal. The whole of the principal officers became heavily indebted to the bank by means of loans improperly obtained, and the various settlements fur these irregular loans, made chiefly by the medium o',' various railroad company shares, canal shares, and other stocks, are severely animadverted on in the Report; we must add, not without sufficient reason; for of the whole amount of stooks and loans which the bank has received since its re-charter, in cluding those since disposed of, it appears that more than 31,000,000 dollars have been taken in settlement of debts and ad vances. The famous cotton speculations of Mr. Nicholas Biddle, entered in the books under .the specious head of " a lvances on merchandize," arc graphically detailed. The first of these was in July, 1837 when the amount of shipments was 2,182,998 dollars ; the second, in the autumn of 1837, after M. Jaudon was appointed resident agent in London ; the third transaction seems to have been in 1839 ; and the whole transactions are estimated at 8,969,450 dol lars. The result' of the last shipment was a loss of 962,521 dollars 13 cents. The result as to the profit and loss of the first transaction does not clearly appear. By the second series of shipments, there appears to have been a pro fit of 800,000 dollars ; and, by the final settlement of these speculations, ,it seems that Mr. Biddle and Messrs. Cow perthwaite, the parties chiefly enga g ed, were indebt ed to the Bank in the sum of 631,390 dollars. Mr. Biddle settled his half by delivery of Texian bonds, which the Committee of the Board of Directors say were reluctantly ac cepted, "aware that the Texian Securities were much below par in the market." The Messrs. Cowperthwaite and "Mr. Wilder conveyed lands chiefly, and various railroad shares, for their proportion. When the report of the Committee on ad vances was brought up, a resolu' ion was passed, expressing their condemnation of these things, and " that the large advances made by the officers of the Bank in the periods of 1e37, 1838, and 1839, being totally unauthorised and unknown to the Board of Directors, merit and receive their just censure and condemnation " The perusal of the report conveys the strongest impression that the Directors have been guilty of great remissness in the discharge of their important duties, while many of them were EVENING P4:IDITIoN. receiving extensive loans and accommodation on their private , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. account. It also shows that they devolved the whole manage-• i MEMORANDUM EXPLANATORY OF THE CARRIAGE-WAY dr ment and disposal of the property of the shareholders on the , THE BRIDGE BING CLOSED. Committee of Exchange, who, along with the chief officers of When the bridge was built about a century since, but before the establishment, invested the fund; in ruinous speculations., it was opened, the fifth pier from the Middlesex side (sine , known as the sunken pier) sank considerably. This obliged totally at variance with banking principles, and that they also. became heavily indebted to the Bank for personal advances , two of the arches to be taken down, and the opening of the which they repaid by the delivery of various denominations (sf bridge was in consequence delayed foray ear. To lighten the State stocks and securities, without the consent, knowledge, (sr weight over this pier, the solid filling-in was taken out, and a official approbation of the stated meetings of the Board of discharging arch was, formed to carry the roadway. This aide of The Committee of Exchange even kept no minul;es springs from the haunch of the arch of the bridge on each side of their proceedings. They acted verbally, and loaned off the of the pier, so that a large hollow or vault is formed in the pier. property of the shareholders, in concert with the cxc- As the piers were built in caissons, the removal of the sunken cutive officers, just as pleased their fancy. Nothing could be pier would at that time have been a w or k o f i mmense l a bour s more loose or unsatisfactory. We hope, however, that eco- and the examination of the defect was impossible, so that the nomy and regularity for the future will be substituted for the bridge was opened with it. past extravagance, gross mismanagement, and neglect. Sevc- The present repair of the bridge being done by co ff er-dos ral changes have already taken place in the direction, -which has enabled ns to get to the bottom of the sunken pier, to dit' promise well. The salaries of the principal officers, too, have cover the defect and to apply an effectual security. hut rO - reduced, and Colonel Drayton, the successor of Mr. vious to doing this the sunken pier had gone down s everal Dunlop, as President, is a gentleman, we hear, of high st and- inches more, and the arch on one side of it was so crippled 1 6 irg, greatly and deservedly esteemed, who will no doubt insist this and by the weight of the upper or discharging arch, on the observance of rigid economy, retrenchment, reform, already described resting unequally upon it, that the arch 01 and regularity in all the departmsuts. The last price of the the bridge required to be repaired, and the discharging arch re' moved, which could only b e d one by getting down to it fon! shares at New York was 21 to 22. The Exchange on Eng land 7 to %. ilw road way. To the question which has been put to me, " Why not hoff waited until after the end of the session before you closed th e , bridge ?" the reply is, that it would have delayed the work, il" terfered with the contract, and incurred the liability to a heart additional claim for the coffer-dam. With the contractor's (Mr. Cnbitt's) exerlions, I think th. bridge will be opened in about four weeks. JAMES WALKER. llERALD.—Thetharket:has been all day in adult and. declin ing state, without the prominence of any special cause for the effect, which may be set down, therefore, to the generally un favourable aspect, first of trading affairs, and next of public. affairs, which financially can hardly be worse, and in the snore strictly political sense are evidently in the greatest confusion, arising from the miserable struggles of the party in power to prolong a disgraceful Ministerial exigence at the expense of all decency and consistency, and at the sacrifice of all honourable feeling and pretension to character and dignity. The settlement of the half-monthly account in the Foreign Market to.dr place to-day. The differences for adjustment. were of trivial magnitude, asthe weight of business during the account now ended was of small consideration. Prices gene rally were on the decline to-day, and left off as follow at the legal hour, but subsequently in bargains afterwards not regu larly recognizable went lower still. A singular document appears in the Philadelphia papers lately received in the shape of an address signed by 200 of the prin cipal citizens of that city to the people of the State of Penn sylvania at large, urging them in very earnest language to im press upon the Legislature by strong representotions the ne cessity of resorting to the direct taxation of all classes in order to raise the necessary funds for paying the interest of the State debt~ and also for providin g the means to carry on the public works and improvements. This is a manly and moral proceeding, and as such honourable to the parties by whom originated, who in such cave, as being of the wealthier classes, must be amongst those most largely assessed in case the recommendation were carried into effect. This, however, may be doubtful, as, how ever Legisla'ures elected by the people may have freely exer cised taxing powers, it would be something extremely novel to find the people taxing themselves direct, that is, praying their unwilling representatives to tax them. This would be chang ing positions and functions in an extraordinary manner. Great George-street, April 29 GREAT FIRE AT BRISTOL. • (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) As you will have heard of the large fire we had here last night, I beg to send you the particulars, being on the spot at the fire. It originated in the Creosote Tank, by a spark, from the candle being imprudently placed or used, and immediately communicated to the timber lying on the field, and prepared for laying the permanent way. The blaze was awful, and the damage about 10,0001., principally belonging to the Exeter Company, but. they tire no losers, being fully covered by the Sun and Globe offices. Lieutenant Booker of the Sal vage, the City police, and men on the spot, were particularly active and useful, but the engines belonging to the oflices were ineffective both in condition and want of hose, and until eleven o'clock were not used, and then only one, and that very badly, in fact nothing could be worse. Some observation 'on them would be valuable, not only to the interests of the Com pany but the public generally. 1 saw the Secretary of the Great Western Company to-day, and he states the damage they sustain to be little or nothing, and that it will neither retard their opening or that of the Bristol and Exeter Company. The river is adjoining the field, but the engines were not placed near it. Bristol, April 29, 1841. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BRISTOL, APRIL 29.—This city was last night alarmed at about eight o'clock, with the intelligence that a most. exten sive and destructive fire had broken at the Great Western Railway terminus. On proceeding to the spot we found that the fire had taken place in the timber-yard of the Company, containing 100,000 loads of timber at the least. Various causes were stated as the origin of the fire, which commenced in the large tank of creosote, which has lately been used as a new and more expeditious process than kyanising, for the preservation of timber. By some it was stated to have been caused by the accidental falling of a candle into the creosote. It was also stated, and perhaps more accurately, that the tank was over heated. Upon arriving at the spot the yard presented the appearance of a vast sheet of fire of the most vivid de scription, arising from vast masses of burning timber, and the contents of immense iron tanks of coal tar, &c. The various en gines of the city were speedily on the spot, and a vast concourse of people, amounting during the night to 40,000 or 50,000 persons, assembled from all parts to view the tremend ous conflagration, many coming from Bath, Henbury, and the surrounding villages, where the fire was distinctly visible. Some idea may be formed as to its extent, when we state that an area containing nearly two acres, filled with timber and other combustible materials, was on fire at the same time. In fact neither the fires in Queen-square at the memorable riots, or that of the Devonport dockyard, were nearly so extensive as the present conflagration. All efforts to stem its progress were completely useless until the plan of cutting it off from the re maining timber in the yard was adopted ; for which purpose several hundred men and four or five teams of horses were set to work, removing the adjacent timber to a distance, by which means at about half-past four this morning the fire was at length got under, and from 15,0001. to 20,0001. of timber belong ing to the Great Western Railway Company, together with the terminus and neighbouring buildings, were saved. We 'egret to state, however, that the property destroyed (which belongs to the Bristol and Exeter Hailway Cnmranv), has been esti mated at from 18,000/. to 20,000/. The teat from the fire was so intense that the neighbouring trees were set on fire, and two of them were burnt completely to the ground. One of the trees presented a very picturesque appearance, its branches being on fire in a variety of places, conveying to the eye the appearance of a number of gas-lights. Mr. Brunel was at Chippenham when he heard of the fire, and immediately went to Bristol.l If the eff o rts to stay the progress of the fire, by the removal of the surrounding timber (about 1,800 loads), had not been successful, the splendid terminus, as well as the surrounding manufactories, would in all probability have been destroyed. Fortunately no lives were lost, and only one serious accident eccurred, a gentleman having his thigh broken by the fall of a heavy piece of timber. CHINA. No actual accounts of the sum expended by the East India Company on account of the expedition against China have been received, but the follow ing is the estimated amount to be repaid to the Company :- 1839-40, per Bengal Regular Estimate, received 14th December, 1840 : RUPEES. Extraordinary Pay and Allowances of Troops, &c 9,22,323 1840-41. per Bengal Sketch Estimate, re ceived 13th March, 1841 : Pay Extraordinar y and Allowances of Troops, &c 29,76,000 Hire of Transports, Ex pense of Steamers,&c. 21,00,000 _ - - 5 0,7 6,0 00 1840-41, per Madras Estimate, received 12th December, 1840: Boma to Troops employed beyond Sea 1,27,000 Rs. 61,25,323 At 23. Old. the Rupee... £625,293 7 9 JAMES C. MELVILL. East India House, 19th April, 1841. EASTERN NEWS. (bs -qm the Atlgemeine Zeitung.) trom Constantinople has sent us news Our correspondent ~p. t o that date nothing of great in:- down to the 7th instant. .sists however , upon the truth portance had occurred. He . ed in his last. The move of the troubles in Kurdistan repor: the first symptom in ment in Mesopotamia must be taken t outbreak will take diesting in what part of the State the nee Kish papers are place. Neither the Frankish nor the Tuk. foreseen and allowed to mention a syllable concerning this Zeketiah most unwished for event. It is only .known that forced Paella has taken the army of occupation in Syria, in marches, to quell the disturbance. In the Ottoman Illinsk." er he is said to be reinstated in his old Pachalic of Diarbeitt. The Porte desires to hush the matter quietly. The Russians have perhaps as little to do with this all& as with the troubles in Montenegro and the Morea. Postscript.—This moment we receive other letters of the 7th. The long expected communications from London had arrived on the 51.11 instant, and with them the preliminary protocol respecting the question of the Dardanelles. The same couriers brought Baron Sturmer and Lord Ponsonby new inAructions, which threw the latter, it is said, into a sick bed, so that the general notification in favour of Me hemet Ali, recommended to be made by the Ambassadors in common, would not as 3et take place. Conciliatory steps were, however, expected from the Porte, and the more so that since the last change of Ministers, every one in the divan and se raglio is more favourably disposed towards the Pacha of Egypt. On the other hand, the dismissal of Redschid Paella has so frightened the greater number of the Franks in the service of the Porte, that they are thinking of resigning. Javer Paella ( Walker) has already sent in his resignation. A letter from the Crimea, dated 3d April, says that no vio lent. outbreak has taken place, but the ferment in the minds of the inhabitants continues, and the commencement of serious troubles is cons'antly apprehended. A Correspondent at Semlin writes to the Augsburg Ga zette, on the P2tli inst.—" Baron de Lieven left Belgrade the day before yesterhy. The day before Prince Michael had addressed a proclamation to his subjects on the political occurrences of the last few years, and parti cularly an amnesty granted by him to several voluntary exiles of distinction. The most important passages of this document are—' Agreeably to an understanding with the Ottoman Porte, I have taken the necessary mea sures for rest°, ing to their country a certain number of Servians who have gone into voluntary exile in consequence of the events of latter years. They shall henceforth enjoy the protection of the laws ; and such of them as before their exile held public functions may apply to me for their reinstatement. Let the past be buried in oblivion. But whoever in future shall be deiecti d in secret intrigues or machinations against the State shall be punished with all the rigour of the law:" A Correspon A dent of the Constitutionnel at Corfu writes on the Ist instant, that the session of the lonian Parliament, uhich had been (Tenet' on the Bth ult., had been closed by the dis solution of the Legislative Assembly, as soon as the civil, crimi nal, commercial codes, and the code of the proceedings had been passed. 'The island of Cephalonia had sent a petition, signed by 4,000 persons, to the British Government, Liking for liberty of the press, extended suffrage, annual Parliaments, and the public discussion of the budget. Sir Howard Douglas is to leave in May. A memorial to his Highness Mehemet Ali Paella of Egypt, is in progress of signature by the leading bankers and merchants in London connected with the Chi na , Indian, and Egyptian trade, thanking him for his general kind ness and support of our countrymen, and for his great libera lity in giving full effect to the overland communication with India, while his possessions were threatened with bombard ment: We are glad to tee so many of the first commercial firms in the city sensible of the Pacha's magnanimity and en lightenment during a most trying period. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Co:umbine, W. Norwood, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom_ (louse at 9 o'clock a.m. this day with the Dutch mail, after a favourable passage of twenty-four hours. THE MARKETS. COUNTRY MARKETS. 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. p. 40 40 66 Pll4lle 8. to 8. 30 40 31 32 Per Quarter.l s. to s. Bath Blandford !sb 03 Bridport -, 1 tiB Chard .......—.. 1 Gloucester 56 (IS Exeter Guildford Newbury Reading......, 5ll . 78 Salisbury ShLrborne 6ll 62 Sheptonlallet 54 61 Uxbridge Warminster 45 63 Winchester 145 IA —1 _ feoril 142 56 i 22 31 I t. 4 24 142 50 1 - LEEI)B CORN MARKET. Wheat, Nqrfolk and Stitlblk, (101 b. • 6ls. to 675. 1 York. and Lincoln. 6016. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk • '3os. to :3'3. iC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding 11 ~ .B eans 63lb. 97.. t o 4 :u. Oats, Potatoe 2 l s. to i 0,6 • ---Mealing,kor.—d. to—d Eng. 121. to 130. per it "L" shelling 3og. to 31s. per 1..' DEVIZES CORN MA 11K ET. d. Per Sack. s. d. s. d. Per fjuai ter. s. A. P is 0 First Wheat It oto 32 6 Oats ... ...... ....... :0 oto II Second l5 28 0 30 0 Beans (per sack)... 18 0 0 Third Barley 27 0 34 0 Bread (pergallon). 1 1 •••• 28 32 23 32 27 34 32 37 26 31 26 38 27 34 28 31 28 36 3'7 43 2) 39 40 44 38 44 - 471 38 38 da 48 CHELTEN H A Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d.' d. tt it• Wheat 7 0 9 0 Beef .7 Harley 3 0 4 3 Mutton 9 Oats 8 0 3 9 Veal 000000 .•••••...• •••••••• 8 Beans 5 0 7 a Pork .. 6 Pease 5 0 8 0 Lamb 10 $ Hay 41.115. to 5/. Os. 0.1. per lon. CANTERBURY MARKET. . .. Wheat, white.-- 645. to tills. ...... 01d.....—......5. to —t -P red...—........ fill. to M 5..... Old. ....s. to - 4 ' . Barley, Malting ..... 293. to 315...... Ornding.....s. to ...s. Oats 8ean5.........--.. 31s to 3.55...... 0h1.......... ..... to S. Pease ....AL. 425. to —a...... Grey.,....,. 38 3 . trs..§. CHELMSFORD MARKET. Wheat, White 6l to 73 Oats 23 to : 1 ° ....•.•• A Red 42 Barley 32 35 White 40 Chevalier 35 36 Beans, Ti c k SS 43 Grinding -- ..,..- 40 av :38 .0" ... -- ~.. #l, M MARKETS. Fez lb. BOLTON AND PRESTON RAILWAY. is expected that this line will be opened as far as Chorleg, in ij " . month of October next. At p r e sen t p assengers are convey ed f from Bolton to Ra w li ns o n sb r id ge , a b ou t t wo m il es this side° Chorley ; and as there is only one line of rails put down, n ° more than a single engine is used. Workmen are, however' actively employed in laying do wn th e secon d l ine o f rail, an; in making the cuttings and erectin g th e vi a d uc t s n emissill, the completion of the railway to Ch or l e y. The scenery it is highly picturesque. Bivington pike and the long cha of hills in connexion with it lie a short distance from the line; which also passes near to Horwich, Blackrod, and Dux!). f Park. Although some inconvenience i s now ex p er ienced t the line not being completed to the t own o f Ch or ley, ye t weekly number of passengers is very considerable, and con." .-- ually increasing. When completed it will be a powerful do" petitor of the North Union line, and will d o ubtless, at no d ig ' taut period, lead to the constructi on o f a ju n ction raihsaY: affording the benefits of modern travelling to the dense Voin i _ ',don of the north-east division of this county. Times. STANLEY'S BILL.—Our county meeting ° ll yesterday passed off triumphantly. Notwithstanding the Wu': pations that necessarily engage all classes in the c ountry a n : this season of the year, there was present on this occa s T o ,, from all parts of the county, an array of rank, wealth, an ~his telligence rarely to be met with at a public meeting. the pro p array, mustered for the defence of our liberties and tection of our best interests, was headed by a noblernaei Lord Guillamore who, before now, with that undaunted courage for whic ' h Irishmen are distinguished, dr e l the sword on the battle-field in defence of the empire sLi At h i g crown of Great Britain. We are spared the trouble of w" - , —ll-fandiester on this subject at present, because of the super's r be rea d lence of the speeches d e liv ere d, w hi c h m ust • • es t with intense interest. The N o bl e L or d' s spe ech is I , what became him, a true Irishman, to make. Air. Pott e r s lucid explanation and analysis of several clauses of the rival bil ls need only be read to be duly appreciated; whilst the sentiment s expressed by the Very Rev. Dean Coll, Very Rev. T. 0 13 . Costclloe, Air. Furnell, Mr Powell, a n d C a pt a i n K ane .- mo st convince Lord Stanley and his party of the undoubted right that Irishmen have to an equal participation of politicalprivi leges with Englishmen or Scotchmen, and of their &termini " tion not to be satisfied with less. Yes, w ith F a th er Costel lo. and Mr. Buller we say, that if Stanley and his Tory facti el l succeed in depriving us of our liberties, we are prepared an have the means "to right " ourselves. This county snore frequently, and sent forth more numerously /signed fetid tions from its several parishes, than any county i n Irelan d against this iniquitous measure.—Limerick Reporter, °` uesday. DEATH OF MR. LUKE HANSARD, PRINTE R TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—This venerable and tal e ": respected gentleman breathed his last on Wednesday eveninb' at about a quarter after seven o'clock, at his country residence. Mr. Hansard was in his 61st year. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARIc.. assembled —On Thursday afternoon the elephant was brought from Ins habitation, richly attired in scarlet cloth, with gold lace, over which was placed an elegant castle, with eight seats, occuPr by ladies and gentlemen, who were carried up and down the walks. PLATE. --A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Mo t ' facturing Silversmiths, No. bestowl4 Cornhill, London, opposite Bank of England. The rought SILVER SPOON! and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce. The Kings Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The following are the weigh t. recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier , at the same price per ounce : Fiddle Pattern. King's Pattern. oz. s. d. £s. d oz. s. d. £ L 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 210 15 0 12 Table Spoons 40 at 7 4...14 1 3 4 12 Dessert ditto 21) 72 7 34 12 Dessert ditt., 26 7 4...11 10 12 Table Forks. It 721015 0 12 Table Forks 40 74...14 4 12 Dessertilitto2o 7 2 7 34 12 Dessertilitto 20 7 4... to 10 Gravy Spoons 10 ". 2311 8 2 Gravy Spoons 12 7 4... 4 t 1 Soup Ladle...lo 723 11 8 1 Soup Ladle. 12 7 4... 4 8 0 4Satice 111 7 B. 316 8 4 Sauce ditto... 12 7 111.. 41. 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt S poo n s (strong g ilt). 2 " 1 Fish Slice 2 10 0 I Fish 4lice l5 12 Tea Spoons. 10 7 8... 3168 12 Tea Siweas. 14 710„ 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 0 15 0 1 pair Sugar T0ng5.......... 1 L N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper, illustrate d by drawings, and containing every information relative to the purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on applies* tion, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. TABLE CANDLESTICKS, superior to Silver for durability, equal in appearance. Table candlesticks, 8 inches high, 7s. per pair ; 9 inches high, 9s. ; 10 inches, I ls. per pair ; ditto, with rich shell mountings, 9 inches high, 13s. per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mountings and chased cen tre, 4s. each. The particular metal of which these anti* great variety of other articles are made, can only be told froiA silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues gratis. RIPPON and BURTON, Wells -street, Oxford-street. Oats. 1 Beans. s. to s. 25 85 23 26 Ir. 21 21 32 21 32 SG 19 3t 10 30 20 28 24 28 21 20 2.1 28 2.i 27 F. to o. 44 51 40 41 40 50 46 50 35 414 40 45 40 50 40 a 4 38 50 40 4 BIRTHS. On the sth inst., at Stockholm, iie wife of Charles Norder ling, Esq., of a daughter. On the 26th inst., at Duncan-terrace, Mrs. John May, of $ daughter. • On the 26th inst., at Sanderstead, near Croydon, the wife of the x 7ev. J. S. Hodson, M.A., of a (laughter. On 27th inst., in Upper Norton-street, Portland-place' the lady p. f R. C. Edwards, Eq., surgeon, of a d aug hter, st ill-born. MARRIED. in the county of Salop, Rector of ,o :t lt t r fo y r , ifor, Herefordshire, th e R ev . J .. . Hannah, third daughter o.' the Rev ° C. J. Bird, R ec t or o f M°' puMuOn rton,e 20th inst. to Juli" 2 diford and Ditmlor. at St. Lavvret.ce's Church,. R e ding, the 7th inst., ;f lisabeth, William, eldest son of Mr. Cowsla‘le' Reading, to Anoe,aecona daughter of Mr. hider, Windsor. On the 27th inst., at Fyfield, Berks, tto :: e Rev. W. C. Edge"' M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, youngest daughter of Adam Bandy, Esq., of Kingstcnt tluttse. mark's.ly Kennington, s,E sq. On the 27th inst., at Edmonton Church, Mr. J. Trumpet . , of Donley Lodge, Bucks, to Elisabeth, second daughter of B. Adam, Esq. Hen ry John Mi O ch n at tt e 2 l4 7 , th st in o s n t., o r Ai S i t e . hael Angelina Walsh, youngest daughter of Benjamin Samt&l Esq., of Kennington. _______________ DIED. o Calcutta , to wifeat Park Cottage, Purbrcok, Hants, Catherine, On the 28th inst. , Captain Harrison, R.N. On the 22d inst , at Ilfracombe, Devonshire, Mrs. H. M. Nicholson, widow of Major ImPcy, formerly of the Life Guards. On the 25th inst., at It , , bella Evina, v , ifc of Robert Gun the beloved of Kenne d y , Wicklow, eldest Cuninghame, Esq., of Mount daughter of the late Viscount Glent• worth, and granddaught er of the Earl of Limerick. • , Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter of the lat e O n the 25th inst W. B. T.uttly, Escb On the 25th ,of Wandsworth. Trinity House. inst., James, son of Captain Weynton, of the On the Joseph Wh al l ey, Esq., age d 69. O 26 th inst., at Great Prescott-street, Goodman's fieldsr: the 26th inst., at Ryde, G. E. Watford, Esq , of the Royal N avy, third son of It. Watford, Esq., and nep h ew o f the late Rear -Admiral Sir Edward Perry, Bart., K C.B. On the 26th inst., at Prittlewell Priory, John Scrattan, Esq- On the 26th inst., at Ilminster, Isaac Sparks, Esq., of CTCW.• kerne, aged 76. On the 26th inst., John, eldest child of the Rev. J. Breretons Vicar of Paddington, Bedfordshire, se ed 2 years 11 months. On the 26th inst., at Hermes-hil l, Pentouville, W. M. El liott, Esq., aged 77. On the 26th inst., at Brighton, Richard Butler M'Kennas Esq., of Gloucester-place, Portman-square, aged 47. On the 2;th inst., at Parsloes, Catherine, the eldest daugh ter of the Rev. T. L. Fanshavv, aged 18. On the 27th inst., in Cambridge-street, Connaught square , Mrs. William (ledge, aged 76. On the 28th inst., Alr. Richard Knight Summers, of Gains' ford-street, Horslydown, aged 36. On the 28th inst., is liarley.street, Lady Hunter, widow of the late Sir John Hunter, formerly British Consul-General la Spain. London Printed and Published by 51URDO YOUNG. of No. 112, Strand, at 77es Sun °thee, No, IP, Stroud, ill the aunty of Aliddiesez.—Friday, April 30, 1841. .. ,v_:~,.~..1