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For the invalid, or tourist in search of health, the work forms a perfect treasure." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, ESQ, On the Ist of March, in 2 vols. small Bvo. THE FRENCH STAGE, THE FRENCH PEOPLE. Illustrated in the Memoirs of a Comedian. EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, ESQ, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 4.4 Orders received by all Booksellers. Now ready, and to be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols: post Bvo., C I Or, MEMOIRS OF A COXCOMB. A Novel. " He wa.i such a delight—such a coxcomb—such a jewel of man."—Bvron's Journal. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. I'HEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. 4; NDEdi the MANAGEM ENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING. FEB. 22, Will be repeated Fbakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus. Mr. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Plaribi; Flute, Jr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Bennis, Mrs. Ni.bett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. 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First time these Four Years of Paul Clifford, with the splendid Romance of " The Tower of London ;" the most powerful attraction that can be offered. THIS EVENING, FEB. 22. Will Ix acted the Operatic Drama of , PAUL CLIFFORD. patal Cliffdrd (with all the Original Songs), Mr. Collins. After which the Domestic Diirni of MARTHA WILLIS, THE MAID SERVANT. To conclude with the Grand Historical Romance, 'funded on and entitled • THE TOWER OF LONDON. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. • See and Judge for Yourselves TILE MIRACULOUS INCREDIIJLES OF PARIS ! THIS EVENING, FEB. 22, Will be performed a New Drama of intense interest, entitled PAUL THE L'OVER, OR THE MANIAC FATHER AND THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE. After whiall a Gran Ballet of Action, entitled 711 E WARRIOR SLATES, OR 'fHE MIRACLES OF LOVE. Rayah and Zillah by M. LAROCHE and M. NOEL, the MIRACULOUS INCREDIBLES of PARIS. To cQnclude with THE DU II SAVOYARD- AND HIS MONKEY. In whieh Bowel!, Blanchard, and Coney, wail appear. 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The resolutions adopted by a meeting of Mem bers of the House of Commons on Saturday, which are inserted in another part of The Sun, will have • an important influence on the fate of the country. rNovv that they have been adopted and circulated, it will be im possible for the Government, of which these gentlemen are supporters, to succeed either in carrying a loan or in levying new taxes. At the same time the. expenditure exceeds the revenue, without the least probability, as the _Examiner observes, owing to the present state of Europe, ,of lessening the expenditure. The Government has no alternative therefbre but to set about lowring the Impart Duties, and modifying, if it do not abolish, the discriminating duties. The ToAles may fancy there is a third state pos sible.-7.t.iw advent of their friends to office. But their 'frienth.; consist mainly of bread-taxers, and when they come into office it will be impossible for .the 1p either to raise a loan or increase the taxes, Ord they cannot diminish the expen diture. They have approved of our policy in re gard to Turkey, which has caused the increase .of expenditure, and the suspicions excited abroad of their intentions, will only add to the necessity for increasing our forces. Moreover, their advent to power would cause an adltional force to be e m pl oye d i n Irelan d . U n d er suc h oicum.stances w e are • safe in concluding that a Tory Government, supported by bread-taxers, would be resisted by the bulk of the town popula tion in increasing th e taxes, unless it first abolished or modified the bread tax. A Tory Government, then, would soon come to a still stand. In either and every case, the modification of all discrimi nating duties, or th e a b o liti on o f them, including the Corn-laws, is at hand. Courage, free traders ! The deficiency of the revenue will ensure you success. It gives us great satisfaction to find the Times has taken up the cause of commercial freedom, and become a strenuous advocate for a reduction of duties. Such proceedings justify the views we have taken, and convince us that the time is not far off when both parties in the House of Com mons must agree to remove some of the fetters with which our Legislature has bound the trade of England, and of the world. The Times, however; insidiously tried on Saturday to make it appear that the Whigs have neglected " for ten years to -apply their own principles," mid that the merit of removing the fetters from our trade, is much more due to the Tories than the Whigs. We are delighted to conclude, that the principles of f'ree trade have made an unde niable and irresistible progress, since the Times finds it convenient, just as the Tories, accord ing to their own statement, are on the e ve o f achieving a great victory, and are able to trample all opposing- interests into the mire, to appeal to the public on behalf of them as the zealous advocates of free trade. Those principles have become the masters of the Times and the Tories; and they now therefore humble them selves before the irresistible power of truth. Our Contemporary justly points out that Mr. PITT, before he had heartily embraced the policy in support of which he waged a bloody war against the principles he professed ere he was corrupted by-power, and before Toryism" checked his benevolent and enlightened aspirations," was a friend to free trade. We cheerfully con cede that merit to Mr. PITT. We only re gret that he did not follow out his pro fessions, and that his successors of the Tory school, forgetting all his lofty words, imitated only his pernicious practices. We admit, too, that 'Mr. HUSKISSON promoted the principles of free trade to a certain extent, and that he was then in office with the Tories. He succeeded, however, more by the support of the Whigs in doors and out of doors than by the support of his ,own party. But whatever may have been Mr. PITT'S and Mr. HusxlssoN's merits—and it does not say much for the present race of Tories that the Times is obliged to quote them—the present race of Tories is decidedly opposed to free trade. We quite agree with the Times that the Minis- ters have not waked out their own principles ; they have not given free trade in bread ; they have not put an end to the discrimi nating duties on sugar, though they induced us to pay 20,000,000/. for the property of the planters in slaves, and now make us pay those planters between 2,000,000/. and 3,000,000/. an-. nually more, on the pretence that they must be paid to make them take care of their former slaves. The Whigs have not put an end to the discriminating duties on timber, and they have not—we have continually contended—they have not done what they ought, to set trade free, and give prosperity to the nation. So far we cordially concur with the Times. But when our Contempo rary says the Whig Ministers have not followed out their own principles, he admits that those principles are not even professed, much less acted on, by the Tories. Why have the Whigs not worked out their own principles? Because not being enthusiastic believers in the bright faith of free trade, they were unable to overcome the sinister opposition of the Tories. The Tories, uniting with an abo minable clique of American land jobbers, and dealers in old ships, who care as little for the one or the two thousand seamen they drown every year as the bread-taxers care for the many many thousands of human beings whom they annually starve out of existence, defeated Lord ALTHORP when he proposed to alter and amend the Timber Duties. The Tories did that. The Tories, too, opposed every attempt which Mr. P. TuomsoN, now Lord SYDENTIAIII, made to allow corn to be ground in bond; and the only opposi tion which was made to Mr. LAEOUCHERE'S poor measure for equalizing the duties on East and West India rum came from the Tory benches. It is true that the Whigs have not worked out their own principles, but it is equally true that to those principles the Tories are heart and soul opposed, and would not allow Sir Ro- BERT PEEL, were he in office as •their man, to carry them into execution. We take the appeal of the Times in behalf of the Tories to be a certain proof that the town population are becoming sensible of the enormous injustice which is done to them under the pretext of protecting this interest and that interest. The Times sees that the nefarious game of plunder in the guise of patriotism ap proaches its end. The admirable Report and evidence of the Import Duties' Committee have opened the eyes of the people. They are re solved apparently to bestir themselves in the matter. We believe that several Members of Parliament have also resolved to promote that agitation, and that they have come to a resolu tion to resist all loans and all fresh taxes, and to insist on a reduction of discriminating duties. The townspeople are now, therefore, as it were, invited both by Whigs and Tories to make good their demands. If they desire to have the import duties placed on a just founda tion, if they desire to have our tariff amended, if they desire to have an end put to legal pilfer ing, they have only now to arouse themselves, and they must be successful. ,We have already ap pealed to London. Why should not Bristol, Liverpool, LeAs, and Manchester take up the same cause ? No Ministry can long resist them, still less a Ministry which has no inclination to resist them, but which requires to be impelled forward by being assured of the support of public opinion. The Whigs will act on their own princi pies when they see those principles enforced by the town population. Let the people, then, hold public meetings, and send up numerous petitions for the repeal of the Corn-law, and in favour of the principles of free trade, and they may be assured of commanding the support of the Ministers. They require to be emboldened by the strong expression of public opinion, and, to give thbm courage, we call on the town population to speak out. We learn from the Manchester Times that the Anti-Corn-law League held their annual meeting at their rooms on Thursday. It affords us great pleasure to 'perceive no trace of any dispute or difference amongst the members on account of the Walsall election, which was said by some of the lukewarm friends of the League to have of fended several of its supporters. We rejoice also to see no abatement of principle, no decay of hope, but a firm, consistent, and vigorous ad hesion to the great principle of total and imme diate repeal, and strong hopes of success at no distant day. Mr. COBDEN said—. But I tell you this—that it wo uld be impossible t o carry our agitation on any other pr i n ciple than th at on wh i ch we have now started. I recollect that, in 1834, th ere was an Association established in this town. you will find a re port of their first meeting in t'-e Guardian of February 1. Our excellent friend (Mr. Smith) was the President of it, and Mr. Mark Phi'ios and Mr. Greg were among the gent'emen who attended the first meeting, but they were wici‘ed to be very " moderat..." They were told not t be " violent," and certainly, when I look to the resolu tions which they pasted I cannot rccuse them f dn. rega-ding the advice.—(Laughter.) They associatid themselves for the purpose of cirr ) i g some " modi. ticei ,n " of the Corn-laws:. —( Renewed laughtcr.) I believe the Association li, get ed , on some mon thv, . and I think our friend Mr. Smith was left mums the expentes.—(Great laughter.) They adopted a pe tition to the Legislature. it appears, and I believe the pra)er c f that peti inn was very " moderate' too, and merely asked for something less than was wanted—some thing less than justice—(Applause)—and therefore there was no great interest taken in it by the gre-t body of merchants and manufacturers; there was no rallying round it as there has been round yours, and hence it has been unable to exist...-( Hear.) The proceedings of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the same year, la e: e much of th e same c h aracter. O n turn i ng to t h e reports ofits meet i ngs, you will find our excellent President made a vigorous effort to effect something better, but he was told that no petition could be presente d then—that the t i me bad not arrived—(Laughter)— tha t Mr. Macau lay had said Ministers, though they might have power to tr y a " moderate" . mean ie , yet a d v i se d t h at t h e quest i on should t be " :Tasted," and the motion fell to th e ground. The result is the establishment of this Association for the purpose of effecting the "total and immediate repel of' the Corn-laws"—(Applause)—and I appeal to all that has taken place before or since as justifying the course 'a e have pursted.—( Renewed applause.) And now, when there is evideacu we have not mistakes our path, when there is evidence, as Mr. Prentice justly said, of a moving Haloes -at the dry bones, it behoves us to be careful how we depart one hair's-b; eadth from the path, for if we do we shall assuredly share the fate of the Association of 1834 and fail in our object.—(Applause.) At present we are in the right position. I feel assured that no ;Ministry will ever think ofpassing over another Session without settles themselves vigorously t) work to revise our present tariffs. —( Hear.) There is no other cry that will avail the can didates at another election but that of " no bread-tax,"— (Hear, hear.) I appeal to our experience at Walsall for a confirmation of this fact. Those sentiments were responded to by the cheers of the meeting, and in them we find an ample justification of our conduct. We are quite sure that the demand for the total and imme diate repeal is just, and if it be zealously sup ported, resistance will be speedily overcome. We have within these few days acknowledged the zeal and fervour with which the Puseyites pur sue their ,object, and they obtain great success. They are sincere believers in the dogmas they teach ; and if those who believe in the sublime doctrines of free trade, be equally sincere, and equally zealous, a more brilliant success, because their doctrines will be snore beneficial, will crown their exertions. The free trade . advocates have taken up the question on the principles of morality ; it is no longer advocated as a mere benefit to the cotton manu facturer, or the rnanufitcturer of hardware, though both would be benefited by free trade, but as a great moral question which concerns the well being of mankind in all ages. Thus, Mr. SMITH the Chairman of the League, in commencing the business of the meeting, said, Since my return home it bas been a part of my public diries to sit as magistrate on the bench several times in the police court of the adjoining heroes!' of Salford ; and I Lain been really shocked at the amount of juvenile de linquency which I have witnessed, showing an amount of distress in the town of which I had no previous concep tion.—( Hear, hear.) And what are we to look forward to, I would ask, in the rising generation when we see youths scarcely the height of this table whose parents not bating the means of educating them, leave then' to run about the streets, or send them there to Leg or steal the means of their support ? (Hear, hear.) I was much struck with a boy of this sort the other day whet was brought sp, and from his appearance I was led to ask whei cher his parents were present. A decent-looking man stepped forward and said be was the boy's father, and I said, " Why do you let your boy ramble about the streets thus, and get among thieves and bad characters (be bad been stealing from a shop), instead of putting him to school, or taking care of him in some other way ?" The man said he could not afford to put him to achool. Then I said you should take care of him yourself. " Take care of him myself, Sir," said the man, "it is impossible ; I am obliged to work fourteen or fifteen hours c-day to get pota toes for my family to live on—l am a hand-loom weaver, Sir."—( Hear, hear.) And such I learn is the case with many of these poor people ; they are obliged to work hard during the whole day to get a bare and scanty supply of food for their family, are left wholly destitute of education or moral culture, and allowed to become the companions of the vicious and depraved. The want of adequate wages, then, brings about neglect of children, and neglected children in crease the number of criminals, and help to pro mote public demoralization. No community can exist, much less flourish, with a completely de moralized population; and when men begin to see that the bread tax, which begins in plunder by law, leads to much plunder in opposition to the law—that, in fact, it makes roguery the prin ciple of the community, it is impossible that they should, for their own safety, tolerate such a per verse and ruinous system. At the meeting the Report of the proceedings of the League for the last year was read and agreed to. Resolutions were passed approving of what has already been done, and pledging the League to continue the same exertions in future for the abolition of the Corn-law. The members of the League have already done much, yet a little longer struggle and victory will be their own. They will be honoured by this generation, and blessed in ages to come for their noble exertions, when our distant posterity shall trace up to the League the zealous and consistent advocacy of those great principles of freedom for industry, to which nations hereafter will owe their prosperity. The whole of the Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have reached us. in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday M. JOUFFROY read the Re port of the Commission upon the Secret Service Bill, the adoption of which is always tantamount to a vote of confidence in the Government. This Report is too long for insertion in our columns, but the interest which attaches to it induces us to make room for some extracts from it. The Report sets out with giving the SOULT-GUIZOT Cabinet its entire and unqualified support. It examines the cause of so many changes in the Ca binets of France during the last ten years, and discovers it to be the abandonment of the great principles of Government by the Deputies, which has split the two great parties who were recog nized as the Government and the Opposition into innumerable petty factions, acting without con cert and without confidence in themselves or others. The Report next proceeds to examine the causes of the present isolation of France, and here we have an honest sentence of reprobation pronounced upon the policy of M. TniErts and the war faction. The Chamber had decided that Turkey should be placed beyond the reach of any power desirous of aggrandising itself at the expense of that empire, and that the balance of power in Europe should be maintained. This was the policy of the present Cabinet. The policy of the Cabinet of the Ist March was very different. M. Thiers would only listen to the settlement of the Eastern question on the condition of the ag grandisement of the Pacha of Egypt, which was in truth a very secondary object, as regarded the interests of France. If the Cabinet of Ist March had' succeeded in obtaining the con cession of Syria for the Pacha, the main object of the true policy of France would nothave been gained. '1 here would have been no European guarantee, and the Turkish empire would simply have been replaced in the precarious situation in which it was under the treaty of Kutahia. t he policy of the Cabinet of the Ist of March obtained less than that of the present Cabinet would have achieved. England, like ourselves, forgetting the greater for the lesser policy, and losing sight of the future in the present, concluded a treaty in which we should have figured for the protection of the just interests of Egypt. You know the result. Instead of playing a great part in the arrangement, after having demanded one, France has been idle, and instead of obtaining better conditions for the Facha, and preserving her I legitimate influence in the Levant, she has partly lost it. Without assuming any part in the settlement of the Eastern question, France has armed, and seriously burthened her I finances. She has all the expense of an active po - hey without any of its advantages. She has been thrown into, and remains in, a state of isolation in the midst of Europe." Here the report, after repeating that this was a great fault, observes ".that it may be turned to good account, if France, isolated, but great, will always hold herself ready to throw her influence in the scale of nations for the protection of the prin ciples of justice and the preservation of their rights. In this view her isolation will be not a source of weakness, but of strength. As the present Cabinet appeared to be resolved upon this just and wise policy, which had peace for its basis, so the Committee felt that it owed to it confidence and support." The day is not distant when every 'reflecting man in France will readily subscribe to the opi nions of the Commission respecting the mischiev ous tendency of Tit TER& Oriental policy. Already is the decline of French influence in Turkey and Egypt so marked as to attract very general at tention along the shores of the Levant. But we cannot go along with the commission in supposing that France can remain isolated and at peace with all the world. Were she a petty or a fourth rate Power, she might do so, but in the exalted sphere in which she moves, political isolation be comes as impossible as the ) maintenance of a sys tem of commercial and social isolation. While France remains isolated, Europe enjoys not peace ' but a truce. But let us hear the Report : ' The possibility of a war with Europe had revived the dis couraged hopes of the factions, and the cabinet of the Ist March in the perspective of such a war, did not put down an effervescence which it hoped to convert into a generous dis play of patriotism. Nothing injured that Cabinet so much as those tumultuous manifestations which menaced order and the laws. With the most honourable intentions the Cabinet of the those who think that froerio. Ist March here committed a great error. We are not among r France o,4ue rg ~,,tw asi t hu coequaliont itso t, haveti o n, a rbi se ci et n ni contest; but etoo n t, w iui _ e ... msloultthuoinuks passions n t s he ; passionsigaigirdaa indispensa ble tet,ili N is l a h , boa i li C iner h d - convulse ,ann o t be i t la, its t ine. tioll of farce without. A country calm and united is almost in vincible • but to: n by factions, al hough it may triumph for a mii,l(a.nnr:lceoanitoltil. 'ibis success uh t oca l cr i s e ei sserissenhieihadrsga:iryer,mool probability uame t h h oi lie.i more gy thanipn particular r e t r i n ce a uN l learr s i t cir cumstances - moderate but firm application of the laws which protect order . This is, again, a point on which the government of the 9 9th . October ought not to imitate the policy which anti, in our opinion, an erroneous appreciation of the true strength of the country in the event of war had caused the late Cabinet to adopt.' The Committee adhere entirely to the principles professed on this subject by the present ministry. The question as to whether . the existing laws suffi.ce for the doubtwe do not hesitate to say in the Committee. We that enforced. We have a confident hope that the they must be public reason will one day render the . think protection th em o q f . progress of order and sufficientet yi•a i raised no n h o ut_ . necessary to pass . such laws, if arrived at which it would be t would be badly chosen fur they did not exist, the moment application of these laws very rare , but when the period has abolishing or weakening them." Il s i o te ci . . . . It tells TITTERS and his friends rather smartly. words can do, that This is ' laying the lash on the back of M. the ex-Premier, as plainly as lie is a political humbug, who does the dirtiest work with the dirtiest tools. Taken in conjunc tion with the preceding paragraph, these extracts from the Repolt show that the Commission rightly attribute the humiliation of France in the East to M TIIIERS, as well as the enormous ex pense to which France has been put to establish useless armaments, which have already paralyzed the national industry. We now come to the paragraph in the Report which has reference to the Liberty of the Press. We combated for fifteen years to obtain the liberty of the press—against its abuses there are laws, but the Government apply them with moderation and firmness. Let the Cham bers set the example, and cause in their own body that society to be respected which they represent, but.let us not go be yond legal and constitutional repression. The press is a power which weakens itself by its own excesses, and it has never less authority, less influence on the public mind, than when it forgets the dignity and gr an d eur of its mission. Thei e is no better .urb on the press than a firm majority of this Chamber, and a powerful Cabinet ; this remedy is in your own hands. As to the Government, ask nothing from it on this subject but the execution of the laws. '1 he Government. has a natural support in the press. It is that cf the journals which approve of, its principles, and support them without fee. he Chamber itself may contribute to that education of society on which depends its repose, and would render an eminent ser vice to the country by causing the electors to receive the tex tual report of those important deliberations which axe so dis torted by the journals. . We are glad to find that the report advocates the enactment of no new laws, either for the suppression of libel or sedition. There are already too many penal laws for the punishment of all classes of offences in France. This is one of the reasons why most of these offences are so rife. When laws are too stringent the humanity of the public causes them to fall into desuetude, and thus the result is the same as if there were none. Punishments should always bear proportion to the extent to which the national voice is raised against the offences which they are intended to repress. The Report of the Commission Was ordered to be printed. In the Camber of Deputies on Saturday, M. MERMILLIOD brought on his motion against the treaty conclude with Buenos Ayres. This is heaping more coals on the devoted head of M. 'NIERS. The discussion had, not concluded up to post hour on Saturday. Great losses have been sustained on the coast of Tunis during the late storm. The French brig Ridals, freighted on account of the war depart ment, was lost with her whole cargo. Many merchantmen perished. General BUGEAUD arrived at Marseilles on the 14th, on his way to take the command in Africa. There is no longer a doubt that the expedition against ABD-EL-KADER will be on a most exten sive scale. Letters from the Havannah state the Spanish authorities . have refused an exequatur to the newly-appointed English Consul, Mr : TURNBULL, in consequence of something which he said or written about slavery and the slave trade., Mr. TURNBULL was, therefore, :obliged to delegate his functions to Mr. JACKSON, a member of the Mixed Commission. A letter, of the 7th, from Vienna, in the Carlsrulie Ga zette, says— • " Welearn from good authority thatithe negotiations between the Allied Powers and France are in a fair way, so that it .may be said that France will shortly take part in the further nego tiations respecting the affairs of the East." We have published, after the Moniteur, the Convention be tween the Government and the Belgian Maritime Society, dated the I2th instant. The Society will dispatch a ship every two months for the port of Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro, and every other time to Valparaiso. The first vessel which will proceed to Rio and Valparaiso is to sail on the 15th of March. It is the • Industriel schooner, which lately returned from the latter port. Eight vessels be longing to the Society arc designated for this service. B 0 URSE.—.PARIS, SATURDAY, FHB. 20. 1' it 8 t Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prici, Price Frecch 5 per Cents ll2 50 ... 112 55 ... 112 45 ... 112 f , O 436 per Cents ..... 4 per Cents 99 21 ... 1/9 25 ... 99 25 .. 99 25 3 per Cents 76 t 5 .. 76 25 ... 76 15 ... 76 15 g. tnk of F ra n ce L•ttitte Nank 1,11001. 5h.... 1050 —lO5O ...tebo ...1050 meigiati Bank 5 per Cents 98% ... 98% ... 9834 ... 1-f4 New Loan - 99 ... 9,14 ... 99 ... 99 1 ,6 Spanish Active 24% ... ti4ti ... 24K ... t.'4i, Passive O% ... 6% ~. 616 ... tiW Neapolitan lOl bil ... 101 60 ... 101 60 ... 411 60 - -- --- - -- - RAILWAY SU/UW..B. St 6ermaiti Ve sralles,B. Id 437 50 437 50 ... 435 •r 5 LB. 327 50 3 , 7 50 327 50 327 no Orlnns Rouen 455 . -.. 455 ... 455 ..4"IiSU ... Colonel Powell, M.P., is, we understand, laid tp at Brighton, and will be unable to attend in tis place in the House of Commons to-night or .0-morrow. We regret also to state that Mr. Calcroft, M.P. for Wareham, is confined to his house by scarlet fever. The New Zealand Company have, it is said, contracted for a Bishop. By having with them a person to give them absolution it seems that they set out resolved to sin. Let them, however, take care. There are various sorts of Bishops now in the market, and if they gat hold of a Puseyite he will prefer his dogmas to navigation, and make the sailors, like the Spaniards, say their prayers when a storm is coming on instead of making their ship snug. The Puseyite Bishop, too, is quite convinced that a knowledge of the Fathers is far better than a knowledge of agri culture, and he will insist on their leaving their barren lands unfilled till they have learned the holy mysteries which he says are the basis of happiness here and hope hereafter. The New Zealand Company seems to us in this predica ment. If they get a Puseyite Bishop they will have some religion, and all other knowledge will be derided and condemned ; if they get another sort of a Bishop, secular knowledge may be tolerated, but they will have only tree dry husk of a dead faith. EXCHEQUER COURT Ci`IIIS DAY., JUDGMENT IN THE CASE OF THE MANCHESTER CHARTER, RUTTER V. CHAPMAN. This case, in which the validity of the Manchester Charter was involved, has been argued upon two occasions before the Judges of the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, in the Ex chequer Chamber, and judgment was gi7en thismorning for the defendant by a majority of 4 to 3, by which the validity of the charter is established. The majority in favour of the validity of the charter were Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Justices Bo sanquet, Matteson, and Coltman. The minority were L or d Denman, Justices Coleridge and Williams, THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NOON Fen. 22 Barometer 30'42 In. Thermometer Highest ..... .... . 59 Lowest Wind S. E. by E.—Ft-cc-zing Point 32 Deg. •Mt•9I.NSIMIRM.M.,Ii 1ini...... The re-appointment of the Select Committee of la - at year hies cameil some sir among the banking interest. The remaihiog effort to be made is more especially on tie part rf the joint-stock banks, whether of issue or other wise, who conceive that they have teen almost wholly overlooked in the early part ef the in,uiry, and who will hate much to urge against the prcject they believe tt.e Government to entertain, of establishing one great batik of issue for the whole country. Delegate; from the va rious banks, consequently, ate expecte I in town, and head quarter; have been engaged, where deliberations may take place, and unity of action be secures.-7ieres. THE INUNDATION AT BRENTFORD.—The fifth and last day's inquiry into t! .e circum- tances con netted with tlne death of the lad Spruce at Breetford took place on Thursday. Af er a very long inquiry the Jery reti.ei, and on Vie folloeiug ma r havir.g been locked up for eleven hours and a ha-f, they returned special yerdict to the eff.ct, as we read it, that the loss of life was caused by the weak and defective state of the wall; of the reserycir belonging to the Regent's Caaal Company. It begins in the followirg strain :—" We find that William Spruce being then and there on board a co tain barge," Sec., and repeats eight times the said words " then a'd there" in the verdict. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 19.—The sugar market is heavy and prices are declining. Our market is, in fact, in a most anomalous state, subject to the caprice of any large and respectable dealer from other potty, who may amuse himself with speculative experi ment., sometimes at the expense of the merchant, some times of the dealer. Under this no very pleasant discipline, our sucars are sometimes bought up, and we are reduced to the greatest straits for a sup. ply ;at others the market is glutted. These aro the natural consequences of the system of . monopoly which has been so long established, and of 63 scarcely creditable manceuvrcs retorted to is the trade, and which have rendered our market the fluctuating sport of any long head and heavy purse that may cume to measure strength with the buyers or sr Here. At the present moment our offices are filled with samples from London and Liverpool, kindly sent to supply the deficiencies of the " second city in till kingdom." flats humence imports into London from the East have so depressed the trade, that these is not much probability cf extensive business being transacted.— Bristol Mercury. NA RBETII.--Cll uncH-RATEs.--No Church rate has been made in this parish for the last eight years, and it ought to be recorded, to the honour of the worthy Rector and his congregaiu, that the necessary expenses hove been defrayed by tbemselver. It now appears that the fabric of the Churolt stands in need of repair, and a subscription has been entered into for the purpose of pay ing the expenses, to which the Dissenters arc contributing liberally. This is as it should be; and were the example of Narbeth generally u4opted, Church-rates would die a natural Beata, and the eontenti,ns and animosities whi9h they never fal. to enggntigr wcpld only iP IFPPvin as st matter of history,— Weishenan. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Often, T. Fife, from Rotterdam, arrived offihe Custom House yesterday viith the Duteb-mad. THE ADELAIDE GALLERY. This old e•stablished place of amusement and instruction still maintains its character, and daily attracts numerous visitors t s witness the various cxhibi ions prepared ft.ir the • eratifi , ation of the putt c. Like that excellent establish ment in Regent-street, the Polytechnic Institution, which has teen farmed on tee same principle', and with the same ottje: ts, it is kept up chiefly for the purpose of promoting pr icticai science, and encouraging the stud}, of natural philosophy. We understand that the Directors gain nothing by the exhibitions, that any surplus revenue de rive 1 from mnney taken at the doors is expended in im oven.ents er new works cf art, and that not unfrequently contributions from the patrons of science are mane with a view to attract the notice of the public to some new and useful invektion. One of the latest novelties introduced in the Gallery of Practical Science, is a powerful electri fying machine connected with a plate on which the dee trii al fluid breaks at regular intervals, arid exhibits on a small scale all the variety and fcrcc of lightning. it ex plodes with a loud t eport, producing, according as the ap prratus is adapted, fcrked or sheet lightning, and also that beautiful variegated lightning often seen in the Oistant hi rizon in the sultry summer months. This, and a number of other beautiful instru ments and machines have been furnished by Mr. Clarke, of the Strand, well known for his skill in the ma nufacture of philosophical instruments. Mr. Clarke also gives lectures twice a week on the polarization of light—a subject which Sir David Brewster has within these few years brought so much into public notice. The lectures, which are necessarily short to suit the cons enienco of the visitors, are illustrated by a variety of experiments showing the variegated lights produced by refraction, or reflection, and explaining satisfactorily how light is mace to assume so many different tirges. On this subject a paper drawn up by Sir David Brewster, and read at the list meeting of the British Association, gives some curiou! information. In the ruins c f the Chapter House of the Cathedral of St. Andrew,, Sir David found specimens of glass in a s'a'e of decomposition. "The decomposition," he sayr, " com mences in points, and extends itself either in planer, so as to form thin films, or in concentric coats. The films thus formed arc of extreme elegance, and afford by transmitted light colours of infinite beauty and variety, surpassing any thing produced by works of art. These phenomena arose %slimly from the polarization c f the transmitted light by refraction, the splendid colours being entirely those of thin plates, which were sometimes arranged so a; to have the appearance of concentric rings. When the thin films vvete arranged longitudinally, the light was sal polarized, but only in one plane, but whin a drop of water or oil was introduced Letween the films, the phenomena of polarize tion a; well as of colour entirely disappeared." The ap paratus used by Mr. Clarke exhibits these concentric rings, and also planes arranged longitudinally, which like wise disappear at once on altering the plane of incidence. The study of thew phenomena is full of interest, as shovi ing tLe simple arrangement made by nature for producing om white light those beautiful and variegated colours found in every part of creation. In addition to these there arc numerous other objects of interest in the Gallery which afford both amusement and instruction at a cheap rate, and well deserve the attention of the public. DUTIES ON IMPORTS IMPORTANT PARLIAMENTARY MEETING. At a meeting of Members of the House of Commons, held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, on the 20th of February, 1841, Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, the fol lowing Resolutions were agreed to : Moved by the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. and seconded by Peter Ainsworth, Esq., M.P. First Resolution.—That it is the opinion of this meeting, consisting of Members representing many of the most important commercial and ma nufacturing constituendies of the United Kingdom, that the present restrictions and prohibitions in the Commercial Code of the British Empire and its dependencies, and the operation of the exist ing Tariff of Import Duties, present the most se rious obstacles to the extension of the trade of this country. Moved by James Morrison, Esq., M.P., and seconded by Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P. Second—That the Report of the Committee of last Session on Import Duties has strength ened the opinions previously entertained, with reference to the evils of the present restrictive system ; and has shown that, besides the taxes paid by the people for revenue purposes, they are charged an enhanced price upon many neces sary articles of consumption, beyond that paid by the people of foreign countries; and that encouragement is thereby given to the establish ment of rival manufacturing interests abroad. Moved by Edward Strutt, Esq., M.P., and se conded by Robert Hutton, Esq., M.P. Third—That notwithstanding the addition of a considerable per tentage to the existing taxes in the course of the last Session, the amount of re venue has decreased, whilst, during the same pe riod, there has been a great increase in the pub lic expenditure—that to meet this deficiency one of the following alternatives becomes necessary, either to raise money by way of loan, or by new taxes, or to increase the revenue by a revision of the Import Duties; by the former course, trade will be impeded, and the burdens of the people augmented—by the latter, commerce will be ex tended, and the comforts of the people increased —therefore it is the decided opinion of this meet ing, that the financial difficulties of the country, and the wants of the consumer, will best be met by a general revision and reduction of the duties on imports. Moved by Benjamin Hawes, jun., Esq., M.P., and seconded by Thos. Thornely, Esq., M.P. Fourth—That a copy of these resolutions, signed by the Chairman, be transmitted to Vis count Melbourne. Moved by Henry Warburton, Esq., M.P., and seconded by Robert Steuart, Esq., M.P. Fifth—That a Committee be appointed to su perintend the printing and circuldtion of these resolutions, to invite the co-operation of Mem bers of Parliament of all parties, to call meetings, to report from time to time; and, generally, to further the objects of this meeting. Moved by the Right Hon. Edw. Ellice, M.P., and seconded by William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Sixth—That the Committee consist of the fol lowing Members, with power to add to their number :—Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., Mark Phi lips, Esq., M.P., Edward Strutt, Esq., M.P. , Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P., and Benj. Hawes, jun., Esq., M.P JOSEPH HUME, Chairman. THE MARREiS.-(THIS DAY CORN E XCHANGE. Last week's arrivals of all descriptions of Grain were short, and there was only a limited supply fresh up. The millers readity took off the dry parcels of Wheat at a farther advance of Is. to 2s. per quarter, and the runs generally obtained nearly a similar improvement. Barley maintains its last quotations. Beans sold slowly at their previous prices. In Peas no varia tion. Oats firm at their former value. The top ',rice of Flour advanced to Ms. per sack, and ship parcels were dearer than of late. PRICES OX SOAR]) OF SI , IP Wheat,Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43s. 455. --... White (old) —s. s. (old) ..... .... 45 - 4Ss. Reif Z 1890) 541. 565. ••••••••• Tick (new) ...... ... 37 395. Fine 'Ss. 606. --- (old) 4ls. 945. Superfine 625. tths Harrow (new) 403. 41a --- white (184P)....565. CO, ----.-- Fine fi2s. ots Brink ---Superfine .685.723. Oats, Feed —s.—s . --- fore' en free 545. :Oa -- New °Os. 23 s. tips :icis 40s Poland —4 .... Barley 26s 37s . Ne w 25:;. 28.. Grinding * - 6s. 28s. Potatoe -- Malting .325.35,. . mew 26s. 30s, Malt %a. 605. 1 Scotch .. ..... 275. 30s ___ _ _ 62L 03s . Fine New Pease, Grey, New 3Cs 3110 - Maple New 403. 42,. :White 345.30, -- Boilers 378, 3S s. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN L( Wheat. I I 4,8341r5, 5 tlls _Ja. ••••-••• Irish 18s. ... 213.245. Flour Town (per sack).— 54;. ()Ss. Seconds 456.1:2, , . --- I.l..irth Country..., 46. 48 . Bran 10i 11 . 11 , 1DON1 lit/RINII LAST WEEK Carley. I oats. Flour f.13:1 qrs. 1,425 qrs.! 4,191 suitsi 7,397 English , I rich lA.reign 3,205 , Os SMITI FIELD. The supply generally was but moderate, and the sale brisk. Beasts, 2,209 ; Sheep, 17,190 ; Pigs, 6()3 ; Calves, 51. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Ad. ; Mutton, 3s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. ' to ss. Bd. ; Pork, 3s. bd. to ss. TEA MARKET. The transactions were very trivial, but prices were not lower. Tree trade sorts were scarcely inquired after by the trade, and the operations in Company's Congou were limited to small cash parcels at Is. 6id. per lb. • TALLOW MARKET. The demand dull, and confined to the wants of. the consumers, who, notwithstanding the firmness displayed by the principal holders, were enabled to supply themselves .at easier prices. P. Y. Candle sold. on th e spot at 465. 3d. to 465. 6d. per cwt. DRIED FRUIT MARKET. The demand for currants was dull, but prices kept up at 69s to 72s per cwt. Valehtia Raisins, in demand at 34s to 38s per cwt. Almonds scarce, and high in price. HOP MARKET. The transactions were upon a limited scale, and prices were without alteration ;there was, however, a decidedly better feel ing in the trade, and higher prices are looked for by the hold ers of the remaining small quantity of last years' growth. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS Cl7'} - ,. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of Saturday, 88,1 4, both fur Account and Money, with nothing doing to the present time ; Exchequer Bills, 4 6 prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 167 ; India Stock, 247 249. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active may be quoted as they left off, 23.4 24; Deferred, I'2 ; Passive, 5L 6 ; Portuguese same as they left off, 311 32; Brazilian, 711 721 ; Colombian, 221 23 ; Mexican 271 28 ; Chilian, 62 64 ; Dutch Two- and-a-Half per Cents., 501 ; Five per Cents. 991. SIANCIIESTEa STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 20.—We have had rather a quiet Market to-day. London and South Western SNI ; London andßirmingham 170 171 ex. div. ; Ditto 32/. Shares 571 58 ex. div. ; Ditto New 32!. Shares 201 211; Lancaster and Preston 321; Ditto New 20 ; Manchester and Leeds 75 754 ; Ditto Halves 321 33. We have Cape of Good Hope Papers to December 27. We understand that his Excellency the Governor, in conse quence of the prevailing dearth of labour, has granted permis sion to such amongst the soldiers as are willing to do so, to as sist the farmers in getting in their crops ; and that those work ing on the roads are to be temporarily removed for thatpurpose. I he corn farmers, it is pleasing to hear, have met with less difficulty this year in procuring reapers to cut down one of the most abundant crops of wheat ever known in this colony at any former season ; the wages are said to be high, above 3s. per day, but the necessaries of life, and particularly wheat, it should he, recollected, have for some time back been rnore than double their usual price. We have received the Journal if Antwerp of yesterday's date. PRUSSIA MAGDEBOURG, FEB. 10.—A part of our com merce is in a critical state, owing to several failures which took plice in the month of October of last year. BouitsE OF AMSTERDAM, FEB. 19.—Remains without bu siness. The improvement in London of the 16th was para lyzed by the fall at Paris ot . the 17th ; in consequence the National Funds scarce ‘aried in price. The Spanish Funds have been sought after above all the coupons, which got up from 207 to 21 15-16 and 22. After the ilosing, Ardoin's was done at 22, Coupons 21h. We hear that the last part of the Loan has been negotiated at 3 per cent. above the emission of the former in rents at 5 per vent. ; the General Society is interested for one-third. The Oryane of Flanders has a letter from the Hague, of the 16th Fzbruary, stating that private accounts have been received from Batavia, giving a deplorable statement of com mercial affairs in that capital. The great scarcity of money damps all speculations. Already several houses could not resist this crisis, and were obliged to suspend their payments. We have no arrivals this morning of importance, conse quently things are dull in the City at present. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Cheltenham and Great Western. 62 London and Brighton London and Blackwall PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 20. 3 Fer Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Ditto Reduced ...... I Ditto Delis. 6 per cent... 1 ) ( Ditto New, 1830 97 Ditto 4 per cent 31 per Cent. Delis. - 3 RALF-PA ST ONE:7 Consols are not quite so good as they were in the early part of the morning and may be quoted at p resen t 8S g f or t h e Account, have been at 8;•_41 ; for Al&ney 881 t i with little doing. Fxchcqucr Bills, 6 4 premium ; Bank stock, 1664; India Stock, .249. In the Foreign Market also little doing ; Spanish Active 23, 7 i, a shade lower than in the morning ; Portuguese 31i, also receded ; Brazilian 7:2i; Belgian 99 984 ; Dutch. Two-and a-Half per Cents. also lower, 6044. The Share Market is inactive ' • London and Brighton, 42k ; Blackwall, 17 a ; London and 13irmingh a nrt, 1481 ex. new di vidend ; Cheltenham and Great Western, 1161. CHANGE OF CAVALRY QUARTERS.—The following changes of cavalry quarters will take place in April next :—The 2d Dragoon Guards will move from Piershill to Sheffield ; the 3d Dragoon Guards, from Sheffield to Nottingham; the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, from Leede to Piershill ; the sth Dragoon Guards, from Marclie , ter to Ireland ; the 7th Dragoon Guards, from Nottingham to Norwich; the Ist Roysl Dragoons, from Glasgow to Leeds ; the 2rl Royal North British Dragoons, from Bi.minghom to Brighton ; the 6th Inr.i , killen Dragoons, from Ireland to Birmingham ; the Stith King's Royal Irish (Hussars), from Norwich to Man ci:ester; the 9iir Queen's Royal (Lancers), from Houns low to Dorchester; the 10n Royal Hussars, from Co ventry to Inland; the 1 lth Hussars, from Brighton to Hounslow ; and the 17th Lancer., from Ir find to Glas gow.—Unitui Se, vice Gazette. - Pont ECA RIES' COMPANY. --.From the este.- , b!ishment of this eomvamy, in 1815, to the month r f August, 1840, tle sum ( f 67,9801. 1.a3 Leen re;ei.ed by it ai f.,ey for licenses to practi e, Leing Lt the rate of 2,600/. a-year The late severe frost has killed a great number o f the cbrice aquatic lairds 1 elonginz t) the OrLit'rologicril Society in the inclosure cf St, James's Park, and has also destroyed a great number of those in the gardens 9f Miek _ i3gbann Palace. WATERLOO 1311tDOE COMPANY. -- (THIS DAY. )—At a very numerous meeting of Proptictars and Annuitants of the Waterloo Bridge C'iumpany, held this day .t the Crown and Anchor Tavin, , it was resolvud, by a very !ir7e majority, t 9, seduce th e foot-toil *to,one.ha'f pzretly, (`)II, and kfe,.'the I,st of March Next, We are aufhoti,sed ov Alt racliet a statement that Las Cardigan bad sssigned over his property, and paid heavy charges respecting it, such statement being wholly devoid of truth and withottit fon.ndation,L,Morming Post. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—On Thursday last one of the most numerous and re spectable meetings of the inhabitants ever held in this town took I lace, at the Guildhall, on the occasion of the presenta tion of a silver salver and tea service, value one hundred guineas; to G. L. Parrott, Esq., Master in the Royal Navy and one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Borough. This valuable mark of respect from his fellow-townsmen was pre sented to Mr. Parrott, as a testimonial of their gratitude for his arduous and successful exertions in rescuing them from the mischievous effects of the notorious frauds by which the first election of Councillors in this Borough, under the Municipal Reform Act, was so unfortunately distinguished, and in remedying the evils occasioned by thelsubsequentmisgovern ment of the town by the Tory party, who for a time had the ascendancy in the Council. It will serve to mark the triumph of Liberal principles in Poole, to state that the Council, which originally, consisted of 17 Tories and 7 Liberals, now contains 18 Liberals and 6 Tories ; and the conduct of the two parties cannot be better contrasted than by the mention of the facts, that the Tory party, with a rental from corporate property of SOW. per annum at 'the time they took office, made borough rates in the course of four years, exceeding 10,0001. in amount, whilst the present Council, without the aid of any rental (for the corporate property having been seized in execution for the compensation awarded by the Tories to their partisan—the former Town Cork—have required for the current half-year a borough-rate of 800/. only, of which sum 5001. have been applied in payment of debts incurred by their predecessors. The inhabitants are deeply indpbted to Mr. Parrott, for the zeal and ability displayed in his exertions to bring about this beneficial change, as well as for his straightforward and honour able conduct as a Magistrate ; and the manner in which they have acknowledged their obligations must be highly gratifying to him. The plate, bearing an appropriate inscription, and a written address, expressive of their grateful esteem and admi ration of the inhabitants towards Mr. Parrott, for his conduct as a Magistrate and a citizen, were presented by George Penney, Esq., the Mayer, on behalf of the subscribers. Poole, Feb. 20, 1841. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. - DEA L, FEB. 20.- Wind S., moderate; 21, S. S. E. , light.— Arrived the Governor AFLean, Morley, from Africa ; Augusta Jessie, Sparks, Sin ;spore ; Sarah, Hadick, Bombay. jSailed the Lidisfarne, Stebbens, for Constantinople; Sarepta, Dawson, Trieste ; Eliza Gilman, Steer, St. Michaels ; NV as seller, Holland. Arrived from the River the Ruby, Bennett, for . Cape de Verds. Po itTSMOUTH, FEB. 19 AND 20.—Arrived off port the Planter, Thorn, from Honduras ; Larkins, Ingram, Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, VEIL 21. Wind S. S. W. —Arrived the Devon shire (steamer), from Dublin; Alexander, Adams, Terceira. Sailed the Quiz, Luke, for Genoa; Lord Nelson, Quinton, London ; Frances Yald, Beale, ditto; Pearl, Lovering, ditto. FALMOUTH, FEB. 19. —Wind W.S.W. to S.S.W., fresh breezes. 20. S.S W. to W. S.W.—Arrived the Friendship, Richmond, from Maldon, for St. Michael's, with loss of chain plates; Coral, Paine, London, for Lisbon; City of Limerick, Holmes, London, for Limerick. YARMOUTH, ISLE Or WIGHT, FEB. 20.—Arrived the Sarah Jaue, M‘Gerian, from Waterford. SHor.EHAm, FEB. I9.—Arrived off the Edmund, Pearson, from Shields, for Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, FEM. 20.—The Amelia, Bennett, from Ply mouth to Brcxham and Torbay, came into harbour this morn ing, and was put on the ground full of water, having sprung a leak at sea; cargo discharged. LIVERPOOL, Frn. 20.-.. The Lady Ann, bound to Lime rick, has put back leaky, and with loss of bowsprit. The Al bert (steamer) has arrived fom the Skerrics, with about 650 packages from the Mary Elizabeth. 21.—The President (steamer) has arrived from the Skerries, with about 800 pack ages from the Mary Elizabeth. The Erin is discharging her cargo of coals into another vessel for London. Sc A BO BO UG 11, FEB. 20.—The Endeavour, Harrison, from Sunderland, was run on board of this morning by a light col lier ; lost bowsprit, &c., and received damage in her hull, &c. LONUON, FEB. 22. ind this day at noon, light northerly airs and hazy. There was a thick fog in the early part of the morning, but cleared off about half-past 10. SOUTHAMPTON, FEn. 21.—Sailed the Iberia, steamer, for Gibraltar. DOVER, FEB. 20.—Sailed the Ceres, Bergman, for Rotter dam : Isabella, Schrveder, Dominica. DunitN, FEB. 19.—Arrived the Hebe, White, from St. John's, New Brunswick. 20.—Kingston, Richardson, Deme rara ; Lima, packet, Singleton, Trinidad. KINGSTON, FEB. I9.—Arrived the Minerva, from Delang, St. John's, i 1 ew Brunswick. CORK, FEB. l6.—Arrived the UlysEes, M'Taar, from New foundland. Sailed the Balclutha, Adamson, for London. Off pot the John Mitchell, Cabel, from Bombay, sai'ed the Ist Nov., Cape of Good Hope the 20th Dee., and St. Helena the 31st—spoke the Judith, Barlow ' from Li ver p oo l to Arica, the 10th ult., i n lat. 2 N. long. 23W. LIMERICK, FEB. 19.—Arrived the Nero, Hogan, from Prince Edward's Island. KINSALE, FEB. 18.—Sailed the Yarmouth, Forsyth, for London. A -- ' il off Islay the King Henry, Walker, from Prince Ed- nivel ward's Island. TOTAL Loss OF THE GOVEROR FENNER.—The Governor Fenner, from Liverpool to Ncw York, sunk the 20th instant near Holy head, after being in contact with the Nottingham steamer, from Dublin, Captain Vincent and mate saved, 122 persons drowned. SINGULAR DEATH OP A LUNATIC.—AR inquisition was held on Satt.rday at the Cumberland's lies& Citv.road, on the body of James Riles, aged 19, who died in St. Luke's Lun;Ala Asylum, under the fol lowing singular ci,curnst loves t—lt appears that previous to t' e lit of February, the deceased had been melan choly in lit mint', but on that day he I egan to refuse food, and continued doing so for some days, when he ob served that Ire found himself SO light in his body that he thong .t himFelf a spirit. The origin of his insanity Iva's attrit uted to some communic;tion he had had with r . !igloos sect. As he became quite exhausted 1- .. e was so _ mos el to Miles's Lunatic Asylum, where they vii ily endeavou•c,l t , force food was then convoy e d h one , ; :oto his mouth. H e and every means were used t 3 induce him to cat seine d i ng , b u t w ith out ava il . H e was moved Thursday to St. Luke's Lunatic Asylum, whel° 1 .. e had not Leen in the receiving -room more than a few minutes ;Olen he expired. Veidiet, " Natural death, by the visitation of God." The Ministerial evening Journals state that Count Philippe de Chabot, Secretary of the French Em bassy at London, is going to Alexandria with the mission of conducting the affairs of the Consulate-General during the absence of M. Cochelet, ROTTEN BOROUGHS.—NearIy all the small places in Cornwall that were disfranchised have mate rially improved since they were placed in S ce d u l e A ; but the most striking instance is Callington, which ap pears to imprcve in appearance and prosperity every day. EVENING EDITION DESTRUCTION OF WYNYARD HOUSE BY FIRE. We lt...ve learned this morning with great regret the destinc tion of the noble edifice, of which the subjoined letters give melancholy accounts. It appears from these that the building is almost totally destroyed, and th.d.t the loss of property is enor mous. '1 his celebrated mansion is distant about four miles and a half north by west from Stockton. It was erected on ; the site of the old mansion, by Sir Harry Vane Tempest, ft ther of the Marchioness of Londonderty, from a beautiful de, sign by P. W. Wyatt; Esq., and the Park within a few years has been considerably enlarged. It is difficult to as which is most worthy of admiration—the dignified simplieSY exhibited in the exterior of the building, or the judicious ar rangements in the interior, which combine the majesty of a palace with the comforts and conveniences of a domestic dwelling. The walks and pleasure-grounds in the vicinage a the edifice harmonize well with the chaste design of the archi tect ; artificial decoration, and superb ornament, give Place to the softer features of nature. A smallrivulet, forming a beau tiful canal, margined with wood and shady walks, meanders witheasy curvatures through the park, and gives a delightful finish to the scene. The property of Wynyard has bean held by a long succes sion of distinguished families. The inheritance was conveyed in marriage with Lady Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Vane Tempest, to the Marquis of Londonderry in Ireland, who, in 1823, was created Earl Vane, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stockton-upon-Tees, Saturday evening, Feb, t.'o, 1841. Sin,—From the great exertions you invariably make foe conveying the fi rs t i n t e lli gence to t h e pu bli c o f an y remtultahle event, I beg to make your journal the medium of common', eating a mos t appa lli ng catastrop h e w hi c h h as happened in this v i c i n it y t h e d estruction by f i re o f the al nificent and b eau tif u l mans i on at W ynyar d, th e seat of the ., Most Noble the M arqu i s o f L on d on d erry. How the 0.4 bl which has occa s i one d so mu ch d evastat i on an d irrepara e loss, originated, has not been ascertained ; but it is gratifYi n g to know that there is no reason whatever to attribute it to stir thing' but an accidental ffre. The writer of this letter hastened to the scene of the fire, and arrived there about half' past one o'clo c k thi s morn i ng. The Conservatory, and al He portion of this e l egan t structure, were t h en i n flames. 11 ._ endeavoured to ascer t a i n on t h e spot, as we ll as h e could the confusion which naturally occurred, how the accident had happened ;. b u t a ll that he could learn was that the housekeeper, Mrs. Fdgar, and two female servants, in the absence of the family, resided in the house ; that one of bis Lordship' s game - wa t c h ers was out about half-past ten o'c/oel‘ last night, and at that time nothing had occurred to attract his attention, b u t th a t on proceeding to join another watcher at a little past eleven o'clock he obsorved the flames issuing , I° . he thought, from the chapel, which had not been finished, but to which some c ar p en t ers h a d b een recently employed. 'lf chapel is close t o th e conservatory, and is heated by weans flues, from the overheating of which it is supposed the a c , c2 ' dent has arisen. he sad intellige nce was immediately made known to the v ill agers o f W o l veston, about a mile at' a half from the noble mansion, and with all P O5- sible despatch at Stockton, when many individuals hastened with th ree fi re-eng i nes to the spot , and did all that human aid could do in arresting -the destructive element. It was, however, a most heart-rending sc ene to Ob serve the rapid d es t ruct i on of this pride and glory of the North, and containing some of the most costly and rarest sr" , thy tides of f urn it ure , an d many of them the gifts of crewl'i a , heads. There is no one, whatever his feelings may be to- wards the Marquis, either politically or otherwise, but to° P most deeply sympathise with his Lordship, the Marchioness, and' ' their family, on thi s sad event. That part of the building which comprises the kitchens, and some portion of her Ladyship's apartments including the boudoir, though greatly damage d ' have been p reserve d ; and by the spirited exertions of se veral individual s , an d part i cu l arly of two from Stockton, who 104 - be named, nearly the whole of his Lordship's valuable pale' :1 ings, and a great portion of the most valuable furniture, beok,, 9 ' and fittings up o f th e severa l apartments, though injured, ~ course, have been secured. The plate was altogether saved' The amount of l oss sus t a i ne d b y t hi s melancholy event eaolz°t well be estimat e d, b u t I s h ou ld venture to say that proper ty of the value of three or four hundred thousand pounds was de stroyed in a few hours. It is not known whether the propertY • was insured. His Lordship is still abroad. It is to be re' • grettcd that suitable fire-engines were not kept on the pre3li ses, and there wanted some persons of judgment and imPor t " ance to direct the proceedings during the awful period.' The fire is still burning, but the engines will no doubt b e used until all appearance of danger is removed. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 1 3 . Re (ritomANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. )• Stockton, Feb. 20,1841• You will no d ou bt rece i ve ot h er intelligence by this po st , respecting the sad calamity by fire that occurred last night, or rather this morning, at Wynyard Park, about seven miles fr°n l this, the princely seat of the Most Noble the Marquis of L on ' donderry. I have just returned from the sad scene. The fire was first discovered by one of the gamekeeper' watchmen, about eleven o'clock last night, issuing from the chapel, which was being fitted up by workmen, and it is but 0° doubtful that from some neglect on th e i r part t h e fire hl originated. A n a l arm was of course instantl y g iven, an d mesfengers on horseback despatched to this 01°1; Durham, S un d er l an d , an d t he collieries, to set the fire-bedt:A each place to work, and forward engines, which were despatTei , with gre a t qu i c k ness, b ut owing to a high wind blowing t':, were of little u se , th oug h t h ere was water in abundance, in' : is melan c h o l y to a dd li ttle save the kitchen part and some luable pictures and furniture, .is lett of this splendid maol in short, it i s ' comp l ete l y gutted and a ruin. It is yet ("'° o'clock this afternoon) burning. • AWFUL CALAIIITY. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING.--Intelligence ]rah been received here to-day of one of the roost appall in g; calamities that ever occurred on the shores of Gr e % Britain--a calamity as su dd en and unexpected as it I astounding and awful. Tile facts are briefly these An emigrant ship, called the Governor Fenner, boasil to New York, s a il e d f rom t hi s port on Friday last, wi th a crew of 18, including the Captain, and 106 Pa sien ; gers, all of wh om , w i th the exception of the CaPta i and chief mate, h ave per i shed within twelve hours a lter their departure. A bent two o'clock on the morninC of Saturday, the vessel being then about twenty II!" not of Holyhead, came in contact with the Nott . .ag' ham steamer, from Dublin," and so fearful was the collision, so sudden its effects, that in less than a note after, so says the Captain, the cow' grant ship disappeared, carrying down with her eve"' soul on board, except the two individuals psee.onalf named. The ni4lit was excessively dark, so dark tha t ' ,']though the captain of the Governor Fenner was e t ri ab!e.l to se,! the li g h ts o f the steamer, the steerimall, n the latter was not a bl e to distinguish those of the uG vernor Fenner. Tie captain was on deck at the 604 and seeing the steamer on his weather bow, put his helsn :Tort, the w i n d at t h e t i me blowing fresh S•S•V?" with u heavy head sea. The steersman of the Nottil: ham, fr o m th e cause ass i gned, kept his helm starbnur which produced the ree!anclioly calamity. The vexed struck the st eamer am id s hi ps, .abaft the wheel, entere r r away her fu nne l and w h eel.house, knocked tier bur . warks to piezes, and so completely shattere , ', her mr chinery, that she was immediately cripplf,d a nd rel . ; derail useless, but no lives were lost. W be best described in the words of OA ea • f the ptain o fated Governor Fenner. " 1 repaired forward, and sound the ship going (I°° ‘ , r „' heal firct. I instaptly ' ora.,ered the men on deck to s av e their 1 yes, but they still kept going abaft. retina'," on the forecastle until the ship was at the water's e 0 46 and just saved my life by catching at net follows vvl" a rope front the steamer. My mate jumped from the fore-yak board th e s t eamer, and saved his life h ship disapp eare d a l most instantaneously. The y so doing. lowered a boar, but she was swamped alongside. All the paisenge:s Were in their bertha *and asleeP at the moment they were thus hurried into eteroill; and the crew al: so, with the exception of tho via"' • The bulk of the passengers is described as being suer" riot to ordinary run of steerage emigrants, for the r e . to ivP:re 1,0 cabin passengers, and some of them are san d of have carried out considerable property. The office,. the ag ( nt is dosed to-day, being Sunday, but e vs. steamer will probably app( ar to-morrow. Many were native' of the three kingdoms, promiscuously, and not of all particular locality or kingdom. • With respect t o th e vessel herself she was (4- , and must have been wretchedly crazy. It appears LY a t he •: register th a t s h e was b olt in Massachussetts, is 18'7 t. and had been, consequently nearly fourteen years afio:g The Captain describes her, however, and we 11 built craft ; and, he says, that last summe r ' $B,OOO were expended on her in iron knees and other substantial repair. received l a The Nottingham, from the damage she the the collision, was unable to make hes. d . and. from 0 , time of the calamity until l'aur o'cl'.ek in the afternforcann by constantly plying the purr.ps, she WB9 kept sinking, when a steamer fr-J,n Drogheda hove in : a l t... took her in tow, and a i .,e arrived here this nio i i:Jr o, She had on board r, large quantity of cattle ; a" • as , being a stro order to keep I', ;rr a fl oat, 200 b ead were thrown into the sea. Had the weather b een at a ll bniatern':.s, the st eamer wou ld unquest i o nably, have sllP7,.ed the fate of th e G overnor Fenner. o bliged to ea NEWSPAPER STAMT.e"%. Extract from a Return to an Order.r of the Ib use of Commons, dated 2d Felirsiary, 1841, for the following London Papers, the Ist of JuII to the 31st o f Decembc.:, 1 8 / 1 0, inclusive : SUN GL OBE ...... 526, 000 STANDARD , ..... 505,000 COURIER -111,000 It is stated for certain (says a Vienna correspon dent of the Franlefort Journal) that Lord Beauvale is going to marry Mdlle. tl e Countess Alexandrine von Maltzaha, eldest daughter of tl:e Prussian Ambaisador at this Court. Immediately after the nuptials, which arc to take pla ce about Easter, his Excellency and his bride will pay 8 visi t to England. EV ENING EDITION- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1841. lan kti t 1)L 1 1 ^tl