The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION the celay. e could not feel satisfied with the answer of the Right Hon. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PLUMPTRE said he believed there was a strong feeling in the country that it was unnecessary these railway carriages should travel on the Lord's day. There was also a strong recommendation to that effect in the Report. The engine-drivers and others were obliged to continue at their labour day after day, and week after week, with co opportunity of obtaining rest or religious instruction ;. and it seemed to him that this was requiring of them more than they had a right to do. It was, moreover, excluding many conscientious persons from engaging in this employ ment. Many accidents had occurred on railways on the Lord's day. In Scotland it was never once thought of to run the traias on the Sabbath, and he thought the ne cessity of doing so was done away with by the fact of the great facility given to travelling by railways. He had felt it his duty to make these remarks, lscowing there was a strong public feeling on the subject, and feeling assured that it would be doing a great service to all em. ployed upon railways, and to the public generally, to put down travelling by railway on the Sabbath. Mr. WARBURTON would put it to the consideration of the House, that if they adopted this proposition they must put down almost every other species of conveyance by which persons of the middle and lower classes, could travel cheaply, and, in caseslof necessity prohibit travelling on Sunday to all who were unable to do so in a post chaise.—( Hear, hear.) If this system were once com menced, where was it to end ? Why, boys were kept to tend sheep on Sunday. There were some things which every one admitted, in profane times as well as Chris tian times, were necessary to be done on the Sabbath. He would put it to the common sense of Hon. Gentlemen whether, for carrying out their principle with moderation, it was necessary to put down entirely all communication by railway on the Sabbath.--( Hear, hear.) Leave ws then given to bring in the Bill. REGIOVRATION OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS. _ Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to ask for leave to bring in a Bill for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors in England. The Noble Lord said he had brought in a Bill the last two years essentially the same as the Bill he now asked for leave to bring in. There were at at present a great number of revising barristers, and it was known to any one at all conversant with this subject, that among them were many gentlemen of little experience, and whose decisions were in many cases impugned. In the present state of the law, a person haying a vote allowed by the revising barrister, might have it the next year dis allowed by another. This system was extremely vexa tious, and created great disaffection.—(Hear, hear.) The Attorney-General, some years ago, thought it better to have a plan by which they would secure a permanent body of revising baristers, and the Hon. Member for Brid port bad brought forward that plan, which seemed to be approved of by the House. One Bill had passed the House ; but the Bill before the House last year had not passed into a law. He now proposed, as last year, that there should be 15 Revising Barristers, to be named by the Speaker at first, from a list of 45 to be nominated by the Judges, and that afterwards the nomination should be entirely in the Speaker. He also proposed, in the present Bill, that the offices should be held until death or resignation, or an address for removal from both Houses of Parliament. He thought as a,permanent body to make the situation as perma nent as possible, and togive to it as much strength of char actor as they possibly could.—( Hear, hear.) Ho proposed likewise to have a Court of Appeal of two Barristers ; and baring done this, he proposed, instead of revision taking place every year, that the first decision, after having gone through the claim of the voter, should place him in such a situation as to make him an established voter, with his claim not liable to revision. He supposed from the Noble Lord (Stanley) on the Irish Registration question, that tills would tie the subject of some discussion, but be con ceived it a matter for discussion in Committee, and that any modificatiOn the House might desire to make might be there considered. But he hoped the House would not leave the county electors in the situation in which they wet e at present--( Hear, hear)—by which many of them, after having gone year after year to a great distance to establish their claims, might some year be prevented, by business or otherwise, from going some 50 or 60 miles to esta blish their votes,and might have them struck off the register. though the votes might be perfectly good.—( Hear, hear.) lle would not farther detain the House, having before brought the question before it, but would now simply ask for leave to bring in the Bill.. Mr. LIDDELL was glad to bear that the Bill of the Noble Lord would afford to county electors some of the protection which they had a right to ask.—( Hear, hear.) He wished to know whether in the Bill about to be brought in there was any clause particularly noticing and for the prevention of a fraud in the practice of controverted elec tions, which he was sorry is say had become common—he alluded to the practice of the fraudulent personation of electors.—( Hear, hear.) He thought this a proper op portunity of making some enactment upon this point, and he would show in what particular point he thought the present law defective. He believed it was admitted that this was not only an audacious violation of the law, but a violation of the privileges of the House.—(Hear.) The practice involved the probability, almost the cer tainty, of the crime of perjury. It W4B only in particular circumstances that it was resorted to, viz., when an clec. tion was nearly ever, and parties being nearly balanced, votes were eagerly sought, and when the vote was re ceived under the present law, there was no power to ap prehend the person offending. He thought that power should be given to give such an individual into the cus tody of a policeman, in order that he might be detained, and proof given either for or against him. He might be told of this freedom of election, and the freedom of the subject, but he could not think this was sufficient. He thought such a fraud a greater violation of the privileges of the House than that for which he had seen innocent men condemned to a long imprisonment by an alder of that Ilbuse, for a breach of its privi leges. He thought a criminal of this kind could not complain of being taken into custody for the purpose of ascertaining his guilt. An instance of this fraud bad been recently stated, not only in the public prints, but in an address of the new Member for Walsall to his consti tuents, in which he said that the Corn-law League polled nine dead men, three of whom, when living, were consi dered decided Conservatives, and thus, not content with agitating the minds of the living, the Anti- Corn.law Igague disturbed in their graves the bones of these Mpectahle and worthy Conservatives to poll their names for a Liberal candidate.—(Laughter.) He mentioned the subject to the Noble Lord in hope that ho would take notice of this great evil in his Bill. But if the Noble Lord did not,,,he gave notice that he should frame and propose a clause to remedy the evil which he bad pointed out. Colonel SIBTHORP wished to ask the Noble Lord, as the Court of Appeal might be expected to sit but seldom, and to have little to do, what salary the Judges were to have? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it was proposed that t ey should receive a yearly salary, but he was at that mo rn....t unable to state the amount. Leave given. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose and said, in rising to move for a select Committee on Acts relating to South Australia, he fait some difficulty as to how far be could make a statement to the House upon the subject; and though he had an opinion upon the subject, it was his wish that a Committee should be appointed to investigate the whole of the matter. But it was quite unnecessary to show that they could not proceed with the colony of Sonth Australia in its present state, and that it was neces sary either to bring forward some measure in the House, or to appoint a Committee on the subject. As the colony, however, was founded by Act of Parliament, as it was founded in consequence of dissussions which had taken place in that House, he though it would be the better way ou subjects relating to its Government, to ask for a Com mittee of the House, who should have the power to inves tigate the whole question. The colony was founded in a peculiar manner, and on peculiar principles. It was founded on principles which he must say be considered a little objectionable. The principle was to govern the colony by certain Commissioners, hav ing, indeed, some connc l tion with it, but a connect i on so remote as to i n d uce a ll persons who held office in the colony, and generally the inhabitants of the colony, not to place any confidence In h em. The fir s t G overnor , M r. liindmarsh, especially, found himself unable to maintain peace in the colony. The second, Colonel Gawler, in a despatch which he wrote shortly after his arrival, described the colony as in a most wretched state of disorganization. Persons who held offices seemed to think that they were not bound to keep their offices in order,, or to pay obedience to any one ; and with regard to the finances, it was found, in 1829, impossible to pay any one, and though, i n 1839, things bad been placed under more stringent regulations, it still remained under the old system, which was calculated to produce distress and famine, and the ex penditure of the colony was not placed on any means pos sessed by the colony, or upon any . votes of Parliam ent , or on any national sources accruing in the colony, but on certain speculations of future profits to be derived from the sale of land. In one quarter of the year 1839, the expenditure was 34,0001. making the average expenditure of the whole year 140,0001. Now the real bona fide re venue of Oa colony, derived from duties, was about 20,0001. Therefore for a revenue of 20,0001. there was an expenditure of 140,0001. There had been siderabile sales of land, but according to the pro visions of the Act of Parliament upon the subject, though money might be brought into the land fund, yet it was necessary to pay from this sums at certain times, and devote them to emigration in the course of the year. The Commissioners who were appointed in this country were a numerous body, and only one of them, Colonel Torrens, received a salary for his services. Soon after be (Lord J. Russell) took the seals of the Colonial-office, he had appointed persons to regulate the sales of land in Australia, but after a certain time he found that the colony was evidently in a state of bankruptcy, and without the means of paying a large bill which had been drawn upon the Commissioner by the Governor of South Australia ; they then represented the matter to the Colonial Office, and the considerable obligations they were under, as well on account of this bill as for ships for the purpose of emigra tion. Thu Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom he applied on the subject, immediately saw the Colony might be driven to great distress by the sudden stoppage of these bills, and declared himself ready to to propose to Parlia ment, in conjunction with him (Lord J. Russell), to raise a great sum of money by way of loan. However, when the markets were applied to, they, considering the state of the colony, declined to advance money for this purpose, and a considerable doubt was entertained as to the manner in which it was to be applied. He bad previously stated that it was his intention to bring the question _ under the consideration of Parliament. He owned his impression certainly was that it was not ne eessary to alter those Acts of Parliament. He would not now say whether the general principle on which they were based was sound or not ; but he thought it must be ad mitted that many provisions of these Acts a ere so incon venient, so fettered the colony on the one hand, and en couraged expense on the other, that it would ho impossi ble the colony could continue longer without some change. He, therefore, moved for a Select Committee on Acts re lating to South Australia. Lord MAHON had received communications from per sons connected with the Australian colonies and well ac quainted with their circumstances and interests, who con sidered the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) had acted upon information exceedingly defective. At a meeting held at Hobart Town on the 29th of April, 1840, resolu tions were unanimously passed deprecating the changes that bad been made in the system of convict labour by the Orders in Council, and expressing apprehensions that the most disastrous consequences would ensue from the aboli tion of the system of assignment. A petition from that meeting was laid before the Governor, Sir John Franklyn, founded on the resolutions, to which be replied that he could not depart from the Orders, although he did not think they were well advised, and he did not believe that there was anything in the previous system in consequence of which a respectable family of emigrants would be exposed to any contamination. The Noble Lori opposite did not seem to have been perfectly satisfied with his own measures. Indeed he (Lord Mahon) thought the question was one of greater doubt and difficulty than many persons in this country were aware of. He would be happy himself to give every assistance in his power towards the passing of a measure for the satisfactory regulation of these colonies. Lord STANLEY wished to put a question to which be hoped the Noble Lord (John Russell) would be able to give a satisfactory answer. He thought that cases were very rare in which the Colonial Secretary should delegate to a Committee of that House the duties of his own office. He would not say that such cases did not sometimes arise; but ho hoped that as all the information necessary to assist the Committee in their judgment was already in the pos. session of the Noble Lord, he would not throw the whole subject before them for inquiry, but that he would lay be fore them the information which he possessed, and ask their advice upon the views of the Government. Lord J. RUSSELL agreed with the Noble Lord as to the general principle that the government of the Colo nies should not be delegated to Select Committees. But the Colony of Australia formed a case by itself. It was not established by the Crown but by an Act of Par liament, which certainly the Government had supported, and he thought a Committee might properly be appointed to see what had been the effect of that Bill. But it was his intention that either he himself or the Under Secre tary for the Colonial Department should lay before the Committee the general views of the Government upon the subject. He did not think that convict labour was alto gether objectionable, but certainly he considered the system of assignment, as nearly as possible, a system of slavery. Mr. HUME was satisfied that the Noble Lord could relieve himself from a great deal of labour and greatly be nefit the Colonies, by allowing them to govern themselves, and to elect the persons who should manage their affairs. Motion agreed to. LAW REFORM. Sir F. POLLOCK obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to double costs, notices of actions, limitations of actions, and pleas of the general issue, under certain Acts of Parliament ; and also a Bill to allow a writ of error in all cases of judgment upon mandamus. PUBLIC PETITIONS. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, a Com. mittee on Public Petitions was nominated, consisting 01 Mr. George William Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. O'Cor. nell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Brotherton, Sir Ed. ward Knatchbull, Mr. Clay, Mr. Wilson fatten, Mr. Ed. ward Buller, Mr. Greene, Sir William ileathcote, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Yates, and Mr. William John Blake. TITHES. Mr. BROTHERTON, on the part of Mr. Baines, who was absent, moved for a return of all agreements for the commutation of tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from the Ist day of July 1840, to the Ist day of January 1841 (in continuation of the Order of last Session, No. 645), which was ordered. THE STANDING ORDERS. Mr. ESTCOURT moved for the appointment of a Select Committee on the Standing Orders, to consist of Mr. Estcourt, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Sir James Graham, Sir Montague Chapman, Mr. William Miles, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord Vlscount Sandon, Mr. Pendarves, Sir Robert Price, Sir George Strickland, Mr. Pringle, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Sanford, and Mr. Wilbraham. Sir C. GREY wished to draw the attention of the House to the slovenly and artificial manner in which the Orders were drawn up. The same Orders were so often repeated, under a different head, that a friend of his re marked that so many repetitions were only to be found in a song with an old burden. After a few words in explanation from Mr. EST. COURT, the motion was agreed to. Lord ASHLEY then moved an Address to her Ma jesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to direct that the Commission appointed, in answer to an Address of this House on August, 4, 1840, for the investigation of certain branches of infant labour, do include within its in quiry that also of young persons according to the limit fixed by the definition of the Factory Act. The Noble Lord said that he would not then dwell on the nature of the motion, as he understood it would not be opposed by her Majesty's Ministers. He would, however, take that op portunity of expressing his high sense of the zeal and ability manifested by the Commissioners during the in quiry. He was sure, too, as the Hon. Member the Under Secretary for the Home Department had mentioned on a former occasion, that that inquiry had bad the most sooth ing effects, and had given almost unmitigated satisfaction. Mr. BROTH ERTON seconded the motion. The motion was agreed to. RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. L A BOCCHERE the Railway Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on to-morrow (this day) fortnight. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Eleven o' Clock. THE ECCENTRIC SOCIETY. The Commissioners of Police have at last succeeded in obtaining a conviction against this long-established and respectable Society. Some months ago they brought the case before Mr. Jardine, the Bow. street Magistrate, who dismissed it on the ground that it did not come under the clause of the Police Act relating to hotels and public_ houses. On Monday they renewed the charge before a different Magistrate, who took time to consider, and yes terday gave a contrary decision, thereby prohibiting the landlord from serving the members, or allowing them to remain in their own hall, for which they pay an annual rent, after twelve o'clock on Saturday night. " I am," said Mr. Twyford, " under the necessity of convicting you, but I shall not make the fine a heavy one. I shall only make it 108., which I suppose will be enough to put an end to the practice on future Saturday nights." He might have added, " and put an end to the Society," which he knows, from the occupations of the majority of the mem bers, can meet for business only oa Saturday nights. Thus a club which has ex:sted for forty years, which Tory Go vernments during the most alarming periods of the French Revolution respected, and which was often honoured by the presence of Sheridan and some of the most eloquent men of the time, has been extinguished under a Liberal Government, by the operation of a clause Insidiously in serted into the New Police Act, with the consent and ap probation of an old member of the Society, Sir John Campbell, the Whig Attorney-General. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The letter of " Edmund Ironsides" is unavoidably post poned till to morrow. 4 , THE CHINA SUN," Which was RE-PUBLISHED on the 6th INSTANT, with the LATEST NEWS from CHINA, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand. IN PROGRESS, TH 141 RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAll WAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great variety of Information and other particulars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. A. ',COCK FOR EAST SURREY Four days only have elapsed since at one of the largest meetings ever held in this county, THOMAS ALCOCK, Esq., was nominated with acclamation to be the champion of the Liberal interest. A personal canvass at this late period is obviously impossible, but he has already visited many districts, and will attend meetings in other parts of the ciounty, se as to afford the fullest opportunity of ascertaining his sentiments. We are delighted to state that we have found the independent Electors true to the great cause of civil and religious freedom. The returns now sent in prove that, by a continuance of the noble determination and exertions already displayed, success must, and will be the result. COMMITTEES for promoting the Electioif of Mr. AL COCK SIT DAILY at the bllowing places : Central Committee . 'l'l n Bridge House Hotel, Borough. Bermondsey Simon the Tanner, Long-lane, Rotherhithe Old Kent-road Lambeth ... The White Hart, Kennington-cross. Christchurch ... Newton's Hotel, Blackfriars-road. St. George, St. Sa- }The Central Committee Room. 'lour's, St. Olave Camberwell Wandsworth St. eathana Kingston Richmond ..... The Talbot Reigate Croydon The Crown. It is particularly requested that all communications which may lead to secure his election may be made at any of the above-mentioned places. SAMUEL PALMER, Chairman. GEORGE G. DE H. LARPENT, Vice-Chairman. Central Committee-room, 30th January, 1841. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NooN, FRB. 5. Barometer 2975 In. Thermometer Highest: 32 Loseg ..... 23 WlndE.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. No snow has fallen in the course of the night, and the sky is now beautifully clear, with a sharp east wind, and ev , ry prospect of favourable weather to witness the total eclipse of the moon. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There has been a small supply of Wheat this week, fair of Barley, and good of Oats. The Wheat trade firm at Monday's prices. Barley obtained former rates. Beans and Peas un varied. Oats met a moderate demand, and supported their value. Rather more freedom in the Flour trade. SMITHFIELD. The trade for Beef was good. There being but few good Scots in the Market, the trade for Mutton was also brisk, the supply being very short. Veal was much in demand, but 2d, per stone lower than our last quotations. Little alteration in Pork. Beasts, 490; Sheep, 1,960; Pigs, 378; Calves, 130. Beef, 3s. Bd. to ss. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. COLONAL MARKET. There was not muc h business done, but prices were firm for most articles, and the Public Sales were of little m oment. The arrivals were to a fair extent. - MARKET. Prices w ere supported TEA for Free Trade, but the demand was only for small parcels. Company's Congou was offered at I. Aid. cash, and not many buyers. TALLOW MARKET, A fair amount of business was done in P. Y. Candle, and prices were firm at 465. 6d. to Os. 9d. on the spot. The supply of Town Tallow was good. .....__COUNTRY MARKETS, ,art ey. Oats. I_ Beans. PPM. Per Quarter.l s. to a. s . t 8. Bath Blandfbrd 56 go 25 31 Bridport t v. l Chard 51 62 123 82 M t 4 28 a 7 Exeter ,60 70 27 34 Guildford 68 71 3: 37 Newbury 52 Cf 27 26 Reading 42 71 8 4. , Salisbury 52 62 27 33 Shtrborne Sheptort3lallet 14 63 30 31 Uxbridge 57 43 Warminster 44 63 31 43 Winchester 60 64 feovil 1511 60 ,20 32 LEEDI; CORN Wheat, Norfolk and Sidiblk, 661 b... :7- 7 York. and Lincoln. 601 b.... I. ' to s. 25 85 24 87 e. to w. 44 50 46 ..._ S. to to , 44 54 ,1 2 24 20 23 21 28 82 56 19 32 20 28 21 25 24 28 21 96 23 94 23 25 40 42 48 50 40 46 50 42 N 42 52 40 5c 44 48 40 51 40 ;1 i 33 44 46 41 3 n 42 40 to 40 52 44 54 5 26 4 5 TO 1 7 2 MARK ET.' 611. to 70 1 Mi. to 68, re - - .. _..... ~....-..... -. 345. to 3di. I ? :13..r1ey, Norfolk and Stinblk ........ Yorkshirc and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans ft3ln. 3 ,115. to 46,. Oats, I'otatoe l t s. to 26:. : 1 —lli ealing, For. --(I. to—d Eng. 1134.1. to 13.1. per stsne Melling DEVIZES CORN INIARKKI'.. Par Sack. s. .1. a. d. Per Quat ter. a. d. s. First Wheat 3.) 0 to 31 6 0at5......... ........ .23 0 to S 4 I Second 2B 0 20 it Beans (per sack)... k 2 2 2R 0 T , iird Raley 27 0 38 6 Bread (perga!lon). 1 3 .. 0 HAYMARKET TIIEATRE.—Last night a new farce was produced here, entitled Good for Nothing. The Chief idea was that of a decent, good-natured fellow, with a bad reputation, whieh made him the responsible father of the vices and follies of other people in all directions. The moral of the farce was " Give a dog a bad name and hang him." The actor s of the farce were Wrench, o:berry, Strickland, and Rees, who did their beiit for its redemp tion. The result of the farce was an equivocal termination between sibilation and encouragement. In consequence of the death of Lord Henley, the Right Hon. sir Robert Peel's Parliamentary dinner, fixed for to-morrow, is postponed. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. MRS. G 0 RE'S ~ GREVILLE;" Or, A SEASON IN PARIS. " We cordially recommend the ' Season in Paris' to the Season in London.''--Literary Gazette. " In ' Graville,' the style and piquancy of Mrs. Gore are as agreeable as ever, and so are her portraits."—Spectator. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE ERA, of SUNDAY NEXT, the 7th of February, will contain a full and original Account of the GREAT FIGHT for the CHAMPIONSHIP of ENG LAND between NICK WARD and CAUNT ; also the Contest between SULLIVAN and HAMMER LANE, in the same Ring. Early Orders to the Newsmen are requested, to avoid disappointment. Office, 20, Catherine-street, Strand. TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1841. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTALS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 5, Will be repeated Skekspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Itr. Keeley ; Swint, Mr. Ileadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Laey ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainfortis. To conclude with The NEW GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be repeated, entitled TEE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. J. Smith; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. MerPlli; Columbine, Miss Fairbrotker. To-inerrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with The Now Pantomime. On Monday, the Midsummer Night's Dream, with The New Pantomime. Doors t• be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commenee at Seven &Clock. Tickets and plisses for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ton till Four, where Season Tickets may se had open application. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 611.; First and Second Circles, 51. ; Second Price, 2s. 6i. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Prise, 28.; Gallery, ls. Private Boit, to he had Wall , of Mr. Auk tea, bookseller 167. Now Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continual overflows, signal success of the Cask Vaulter, and increasing desire of the Public to witnegs Ainswerth's Tower of London, and the best Pantomime of the Season. TIIIS EVENING, FEB. 5, Will be 'aided a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled TAE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaax Tiyans, splendid Costume, and Appointments, from the Designs of the celebrated George Crnikshanks. Xfter which will be repeated the Grant Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS. In which the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brurnsing's Grand Dioransio Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Boletus Family; Mr. Southb), the Original Cloma ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and the astonishing Gymnastique, Signior Felix Carle, from Franceni's, at Paris. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. LAST TWO NIGHTS OF THAT ENCHANTING ACTRESS MRS. HONEY. THIS EVENING, FEE. 5, Will be performed, Haines' highly successful Drama of THE YEW-TREE RUINS, or THE WRECK, THE MISER, AND THE MURDERER. After which, THE MAJURKA. In which Mrr. Honey will give imitations of Rubini, Grisi, &c. &c. To conclude with DON GIOVANNI, or a SPECTRE on HORSEBACK. Don Giovanni, Mrs. Honey EXTRAORDINARY and WONDERFUL NOVELTY on MONDAY NEXT—Grand Ballet of Action, introducing M. LAROCHE and M. NOEL, surnamed by their Country - men " Les Incroyables," or the INCREDIBLES of PARIS ;. Mali WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mrrning 53 minutes attar 1. I Evering......lsmimutoa after '2. The Publieation of the Evening Edition of TRE SUN co at- mowed at 20 niiii - utee after Three. in the service. The Noble Lord exulted at these successes, as a refutation of those who had sup posed that our officers and seamen had degenera ted, and said of Sir R. STOPFORD that were he to go through the whole of his services he must give the history of th e N av y f or s i x ty years. Thanks for such valuable services were all that the House could give, but he trusted that those who had the power would bestow more substantial rewards. The Duke of WELLINGTON expressed his cor dial concurrence in the vote, but stated that it was an unusual occurrence for ships to take forts, and warned their Lordships not to rely on similar success in future. We think the Noble Duke rather over-rated his own profession, and was ra ther oblivious of the former services of British fleets. The Earl of MINTO reminded the Noble Duke of Algiers, and might have mentioned se veral other, if minor, instances of forts battered and captured by British ships. The Earl of HAspwicKE, a naval, and Lord HILL, a military man, expressed their cordial concurrence in the vote ; and the Noble Lord properly alluded to the gallant conduct of Sir C. SMITH. The motion was agreed to non. con., and the LORD CHANCELLOR directed to commu municate the thanks of the Peers to the Officers mentioned. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presente! a Third Report on Earl CARDIGAN'S case. It referred to the fitting up of the House, and stated that seats would be provided for 640 persons. Lord BROUGHAm, in presenting a petition from Leicester, for relief from Church-rates, inquired whether Ministers had any intention of intro ducing a measure for giving relief to the Dis senters. Lord BROUGHAM properly pointed out that the Magistrates began to complain of the disagreeable duty of enforcing Church-rates. Viscount MELBOURNE was not able to give any answer to Lord BROUGHAM'S question. Lord BROUGHAM afterwards defended the Judi cial Committee of the Privy Council from some strictures which the Conservative Sir E. SUGDEN had made on it in the House of Commons, and showed that it had sat in 1840 thirty days, while it had been asserted that it had sat only eighteen. The Noble Lord obtained some returns to show how often the Court had sat in each year since 1834. In the Commons, Mr. GLADSTONE for Walsall, Mr. SMYTHE for Canterbury, and Lord EASTNOR for Reigate, took their seats. Mr. HODGSON HINDE moved that the sum of 101. per cent., required by the Standing Order No. 32 to be deposited on all railway un dertakings before the Bill be brought in, should be reduced to 51. per cent. The Hon. Member grounded his motion on the great impediment the order was to the construction of railways, which bad been much impeded by its operation. Mr. LABOUCHERE, without being inimical to railroads, thought it his duty to oppose the mo tion. The rule had worked well, and, as a proof that it did not interfere with making railways, there were 58 notices of Bills for new railways. Mr. WARBURTON, who was so instrumental, we remember, in breaking up two or three bubble companies, also opposed the motion, and stated that since the rule was laid down 68 Bills for railways had passed, and 55,000,000/. of capital had been invested in them. Mr. BROTHERTON took the same side, and stated that a Railway Company had obtained a Bill to pass through Salford, which contained a clause making it optional to them to complete the railway, in consequence of which land there could not be disposed of. Mr. O'CONNELL and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL supported the motion ; the latter wished that the period for making the deposit should be before the works were begun, not before the Bill was brought in. Viscount HOWICK and Mr. FRESHFIELD spoke against it, and Mr. HINDE'S motion was lost on a division by 15 to 144. Mr. O'CONNELL announced his intention to call Cle attention of the House to the State of Texas on. the 18th instant. If the Hon. and Learned Grontleman would take a hint from us, we would rec ommend him to stick to Ireland and leave the Tex - ans to take care of themselves. We hope Mr_ O'CONNELL'S interference is not suggested in any roundabout way by the Catholic hierarchy of M exico. Sir• J. HOBHOUSE, in reply to questions put by Sir R. INGLIS, stated that he should lay more pap€ rs on the table relative to the idolatrous pvac tices in India, and he thought when they were befo re the House the Hon. Baronet would find a go od deal of satisfactory information in them. A g ood deal had been done towards relieving the British soldiers in India, from the grievances of which they complained, and they were not co; npelled to attend at any festival not consonant to the Christian religion. ILI reply to Sir EARDLEY WIFVOT, who m ent ioned a case of a child impilsoned two months for stealing an egg without any trial, the ATTOI*NEY-GENERAL said he was not instructed to prepare any Bill for establishing a Court for the trial of juvenile offenders. We thought that of all things there was punishment enough in th e land, but some men out of pure benevolence gl oat on stripes, imprisonment, chain-gangs, and It anging. Mr. KELLY having ascertained from Mr. Fox AULE that the Government meant to bring for ward a measure relative to the punishment of dea th, but not co-extensive with Mr. KELLY'S views, the Hon. Member gave notice that he would, on Monday next, ask leave to bring in his Bill. Lord MORPETH asked leave'to bring in a Bill to amen d the Registration and define the Franchise of Electors in Ireland. The Noble Lord ex plained, at great length, the provisions of the Bill, and pointed out many of the anomalies and incongruities of the present system. But all else that he said was swallowed up by his proposition relative to the fran chise, which took the House, and will, we be lieve, take the country by surprise. The Noble Lord proposes, as we understand, to introduce a uniform franchise, something between the pre sent 101. clear interest above charges—which seems to mean nobody knows exactly what—and the old 40s. franchise, a franchise founded on being rated to the poor for a tenement of 51. annual value, and who has at the same time a fourteen years' interest in his holding. Consider ing the state of property in the two countries, this lowering of the amount will scarcely place Ireland on a level with England. It is, however, a step towards doing justice to her population, and so we hope it will be received throughout England. Lord STANLEY immediately pounced on it, and declared that the measure was a new Reform Bill for Ireland. He affirmed that it was giving the franchise to persons not property. It was giving a vote to every man in possession of a cabin and two acres of land. The Noble Lord is accus tomed to speak of his fellow-creatures, who are not born to wealth, with great contempt, and he did not forget his habit in his arrogant objections to Lord MORPETIeB project. Viscount Howlcx, to our great satisfaction, declared his hearty concurrence in the proposi tion of his Noble Friend. The amount which is to confer franchise, the Noble Lord thinks, may be a subject of discussion, but the principle has his approval. He thinks Ireland in great dan ger, arising mainly from the language and con duct of the Tories. Mr. O'CoxsELL expressed his satisfaction with the measure, and told the House—warning them that France might have a war when she was pre pared for it—that they had got perhaps a last opportunity of reconciling the people of Ireland to the House, and he conjured them nut to throw it away. Some considerable discussion followed, in which the Tories abused the plan and the Reformers praised it. We are much disposed to applaud it, because it excited Lord STANLEY'S ire. It seems a long step towards good—it will be an excellent principle to work out for England ; and as th^ Tories seem to visit it at once with their wrath, we hope that it will excite the entlatsiastic support of all the Liberals in the empire. Leave was, of course, given to bring in the Bill. The battle will be on the second reading. Mr. LA BOUCHERE, after some discussion on the principle of managing railways, to which we must hereafter refer, obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better Regulation of Railways. The Bill, which we consider a most important one, was brought in and read a first time. Mr. PLUMPTRE, as in duty bound, objected to allowing railway carriages to run on Sundays. Lori JOHN RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better Registration of Parliamentary Electors in England, the principal feature of which is the establishment of a Court of Appeal. The Noble Lord also obtained a Select6om inittee to inquire into the condition of the Colon 3 of South Australia, which he described as badl3 governed, and deeply in debt. Sir E. POLLOCK obtained leave to bring in two Bills, one to amend the Law relating to Double Costs, Notices of Action, Limitations of Actions, and Pleas of the General issue; and the other, to allow a Writ of Error in all cases of Judgment upon a Writ of Mandamus. Lord ASHLEY also carried an amended Ad. dress for a Commission to inquire into the em. ployment of young persons and children in fac. tories. The House adjourned before Eleven o'Clock. Though unable now to discuss even one of the great questions last night mooted, we are bound to say that the House got through a great deal of preparatory business, and began work which will take a long time to com plete. But work well begun, says the proverb, is half ended; and we hope that the commence ment of the New Reform Bill, is a happy augury to its successful completion. There is no news of the slightest political in terest in the French Journals of Wednesday. The noisy partisans of all parties are so well pleased with the passing of the Fortifications Bill that they are for the moment indifferent to everything else. That the Secret Service Money Bill would be passed, and the Commercial Treaty with Holland ratified, was the general impression in the best informed circles. An Englishman named ALcocK, who robbed his employer, a banker at Nottingham, was tried a few days ago at Tours for travelling with a false passport. He was fined 13 francs and discharged, notwithstanding the demand of an English police officer that he might be surrendered to justice. This protection of thieves by foreign Govern ments is somewhat startling. The Moniteur of this morning publishes in its official part— 1. The law containing the definitive regulation of the Budget of 1841. 2. The law granticg to the Minister of Public Works a credit of 3,000,000 of francs, and another for 600,000, on the Budget of 1841, for the reparation of the damage done by the inundations. To-day the appeal will come before the Court of Cas eation, relative to the property of the domain of Cham boid, claimed by the State, against the Duke of Bordeaux. • Yesterday, by %irtue of an order of M. Fraissinaud, Ex amining Judge, a commissary of police seized in the office of the Journal du Peuple 130 copies of a printed paper in iBrno., bearing the title of a " A Second Letter to the Workmen," by Norrel, journeyman weaver at Rouen. The Toulonnais of the 29th of January announces that the second division of the squadron was to sail on the fol. lowing day to join Admiral Hugon. —Le Constautionnel. BOURSE.—.-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, FEE. 3. f irst Highest. Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy Price Fre..ch .5 per Cents ...... ll2 91 ... 119 00 ... 112 , 0 ... 112 85 4 per Cents 99 25 ~. 99 95 ... 99 25 .., 99 2i 3 per Cents 7l 10 . 77 10 ... 7e 95 ... 77 Bank os France ... ........ 3250 ~.3255 —3250 ...3,52 :A) lielgiati Bank 5 per Cents OO% ... 110% ... 98% ... 99 Spanish Active 25% ... 2.1 A 1 ... 25% ... 25!,‘ Paqsive 6 14 ... 6li ~. 6% ... 6%, New Deferred Neapolitan Roman German Journals of the latest dates have reached us. We extract from them the follow ing account of the negotiations at Constantinople for settling the Eastern question : CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 13.—The important Hatti- Scherif by which Mehemet Ali obtains the hereditary Go vernment of Egypt, is a proof that in spite of the evil fore bodings lately excited by the press, the solution of the Oriental question in this stage also has been effected by the joint efforts of the Powers concerned. The state of the ease, after the taking of the fortified towns, was as foi lowsr—The Porte, having recovered possession of the con quered provinces, had certainly little inclination to revoke the decree deposing Mehemet Ali. The Allied Powers had considered this revocation and the grant of the Pacha lick of Egypt for his life as the minimum, which the Sul tan should be advised to accept in this state of aff,irs, while the grant of the hereditary investiture of Egypt was assured as the maximum, which the Sultan might be pleased to concede. We see that the notion of a. 4 Prince Vasalle" was entirely out of the question. While the Turkish Cabinet seemed little disposed to leave Egypt to Mehemet Ali, and Lord Forisenby would perhaps have preferred the minimum, it was in the first in stance, the Austrian Cabinet which, in accordance with Prussia, negotiated for the hereditaty investiture of Mehe met Ali ; and it was above all the energetic representations of Prince Metternich in London and Constantinople, that were believed to be favourable, and decided the removal of this obstacle, which threatened the peace of Europe. We need not remark bow essentially the position of the French Ministry has been thereby injured. The confidence which M. Guizot has constantly had in the honourable endeavours of the Allied Courts is fully justified by this final decision. Even the French Opposition will hardly deny how much equitable consideration has been had to the situation of France ; and how much this influenced the con duct of the Allied Powers, particularly of Austria and Prussia. :4ELGI Al 9 1 . UNDS—Bstnitauf, fin. 2. Actual Deist, *ii per Cent. ktuthschild%, Loan, 5 per Cunt 1,7 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. (14 , i) lkiS 3 per Cent. Thifty.seven ... €9 Loan of City, 18:12, 4 per Cent 9O Society of Commerce, •1 per Cent ll2 Bank of helgiurn, 5 per Cent B7 National:Society. . .44 ....... 11 '.... Exchange on London (Short) brussels Papers, Feb.:!. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Viviuu, JAN. 23 fly eper Ceuta. Metalliques . 106% Four per Cents. 'Dace pQr Cents. Bank Sharus ....... .... 1612 illgemeine Zeitutiy, Jan. 29. The Madrid Journals and letters from Madrid of the 517th ult. have come to hand, but are des titute of interest. The Regency had received satisfactory news from Lisbon. The Portuguese Government had pledged itself that the Douro navigation question should he settled before the close of January. The Gazette of the 26th contains a decree of the Regency, providing that hereafter the regis tries of births, marriages, and deaths shall be kept by the municipalities. The decree was for the present to be executed only in towns and boroughs containing upwards of 500 houses. The operations in the Five per Cents., 41 in number, amounted on the 27th to 34,400,000 reals —viz., one for cash at 28k, and the others at 20i at 60 days. The debt bearing no interest was done at 6 7-16ths at 60 days. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.--The introduction of madrigals has given a pleasing variety to these con certs, and the numerous body of singers has been very well trained. The old madrigal 1 . Down in a Flowery Vale" was sung last night with great precision and effect, the gradation of voices being exceedingly well managed. It was encored without dissent. Koenig, th e player o f th e cornet-a-piston, is unquestionably the best that has yet dis played in public the powers of that instrument. The lovers of the fine arts will regret to hear that Mr. Minasi, whose talents as a pen and ink draughts man we have so often commended, is now suffering from two sod maladies—old age and poverty. For the first there is no cure; for the latter there is hope while bene- volence exists, and that it does so in the metropolis every day's experience off, rs convincing proof. We trust it may be fully exercised in the present instance in favour of a very deserving artist.—Moriting Herald. [We cordially concur with our Contemporary in the appeal made on be half of Mr. Minasi. His advanced age, no less than his acknowledged talents and amiable &spnsition, claim the benevolent consideration of the people among whom be has so long resided. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOClETY.—Yesterday the Governors of thle Seamen's Hospital Society, an hied ' tution which had rendered astonishing service to poor dis abled or diseased seamen, assembled at their rooms in King William -street, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report : John Labouchere, Esq., in the chair. The Re port detailed the efforts made by the benevolent friends of the Association to enable Managers to extend its advan tages. To induce continued and extended support to the institution, the Committee of Management invited serious attention to the important fact that norecommendation was required to insure to sailors of all nations immediate re ception into this establishment, in sickness, accident, or distress ; and that, fiom its commencement, in 1821, it had been instrumental in relieving, throrgh medical aid and otherwise, 53,471 patients. VICE-CHANCERY. - (THIS DAY) The Court tock unopposed petitions, short cau,et, and notions to-day. SZELEY ♦ND OTHERS V. FISHER AND CITHERS.-THE REV. T. SCOTT'S COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE. Mr. K. Biture applied this morning ex parte to his lioneur the Vice-Chance:lor, on behalf of Messrs. Seeley, the eminent pub lishers in Fleet-street, for an injunction to restrain Messrs. Fisher, the publishers of Newgate-street, from selling or disposing of any copy of the numbers or parts of the announced edition of the Rev. Thomas Scott's work, or any future number or part thereof, having with or upon it, or the cover or wrapper thereof, the state ment or announcement respecting the nature and contents of such publication, and from in any manner printing or publishing, or causing to be printed or published, any advertisement, state ment, or announcement to the purport or effect that any edition of the Commentary, or work published, or to be published, by them, contained, or would contain, the whole of the Commentary and Observations of the Rev. Thomas Scott, as written by him, or as bequeathed by him to the world, or the whole of the last correction and improvement made by the Rev. Thomas Scott to his Commentary or work, into any like effect I , The Court would collect from the language of the injunction asked, that it was one of a rather unusual and singular nature, but he be. lieved he should be able to show that it was one that came within the principles upon which the Court usually acted. The present was not a case of piracy, but one of untrue announcement to the world, expressed in such a manner as to induce the world to be lieve that the work announced by the defendants was that which it really was not, The Vies Cusxced.roa—Holding out that the defendants' work was that which belonged to the plaintiff. Mr. K. BRUCE—Just so, Sir; no doubt the Court was well ac quainted with the great value of Scott's Bible. The Vice Clll Nem.Log—Ves ; I recollect years ago arguing that for Mr. Scott upon an application for an injunction. Mr. K. BRUCE—It was, perhaps, one of the best editions of the Bible ever published, and the notes and commentaries of Mr. Scott were considered peculiarly valuable. The fourth edition of this Bible was published in Mr. Scott's lifetime, and the plaintiff's were now, so far as the copyright was in existence, the proprietors of it. The practice which had been adopted by the defendants was this— they were, by monthly parts, publishing the Bible; and a fifth edition being required by the public in Mr. Scett's lifetime, he pre pared that edition, to which he appended many additional anno tations and remarks, which were of great value, and which he had completed up to the second of St. Paul's Epistles to Timothy, but the notes to the remaining part of the New Testament, though completed, were not arranged for printing at the time of Mr. Scott's death, which took place in 1821. Part of the money for the purchase of the copyright of the sth edition was paid to Mr. Scott during his lifetime, and the remainder was handed over to his representatives after his decease, and that part of the work which Mr. Scott had not finished was arranged by a gentleman who had acted as his amanuensis, and the sth edition complete was published in 182'2, about a year after the death of Mr. Scott. The copyright of that edition, with its additional remarks and annotations of 400 pages, was entirely in the plaintiff; and would exist in him for some years to come. Now the defendants, the Messrs. Fisher, in order to induce the world to believe that that which they were publishing as a reprint of the fourth edition contained all that was in the fifth edition, had thought fit to make the following announce. ment on the outside cover of their work :—" Fisher's illustrated edition of the Nev. Thomas Scott's Bible. The extensive patron age bestowed on the inestimable commentary of this learned and scriptural writer, has induced the publishers to prepare and present a new and most carefully revised edition of this great work ; and although they have engaged the services of an eminent scholar to read the proofs during the progress of printing, they pledge them selves that no alteration or interference whatever, either in the spirit or the style of the commentary, shall take place. Accuracy in typography, and verification of references, being their sole objects in incurring the additional and considerable ex pense ; they wish also to add that the work is printed from a beautiful and clear type, entirely new, and cast expressly for this undertaking. The invaluable character of the Commentary ren. Bering any infringement or abbreviation mischievous, economy in bulk has been effected by the employment of a smaller type and expanded page, so that three quarto volumes may contain the whole unadulterated labours of the author, not as re-edited by an indiffe rent hand and inferior mind, but precisely as the amiable and learned commentator bequeathed them to the world. This edition is printed from the last which the author published in the vigour of life. For, being well satisfied of its appreciation, he de voted the latter years of his useful existence to the formation of an Index. To .prevent the possibility of a misconception the pub. unifiers state distinctly that this edition will include, besides the authorized text of the Holy Scriptures, the commentary, notes, marginal references, and practical observations, es the author wrote them, without interpolation or omission. Inferior, there fore, to no edition of Scott's Bible in the fulness and general Cho. racter of its contents ; it is a work which they confidently anticipate will soon become not merely the popular, but the standing edition of "Scott's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures." This was, in fact, therefore, telling the world that the work which they the Messrs. Fisher were publishing was the genuine edition, and which it was impossible could be the case,,considering the state of the fifth edition. The VICE CHANCELLOR—It is selling their work at the expense of the plaintiffs. It is plain that they are selling their own work, whatever it may be, with a representation that it is that of the plaintiffs. Mr. K. littucs—lt is a fraud on the plaintiff's clearly. I don't say that it is a fraud on the public, as they had the option whether they would purchase it or not. The Vic CHANCRI.LOR— It is clearly selling one work for another. I think you have stated quite enough to entitle you to the injuoc. tion. —lnjunction granted. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice WILLWAS and Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) William Snelling, aged 17, lately a clerk in the office of Messrs. Pineger and Westmacott, solicitors, Gray's.-inn, was con victed of forging and uttering a cheque or order for the payment of 50/., with the intent to defraud the Trustees of the London and Westminster Bank, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCZ We have received the American papers by the Cambridge to the 9th January, which contain the fall in the United States Bank shares to 50 for six months, afterwards are quoted 52. SA LFS or STOCK, JAN. 7.—A fair business has been done today at the Stock Exchange Board, and in most instances a downward tendency. United States Bank closed yesterday at 55i, and opened this morning at 52, at which price 200 shares were sold. The next sale was 55, when the sales fluctuated until they got down to 50 . sellers, six months. The last cash sale was 250 at 52k, being 2 3 / 4 below the closing sale of yester day, which is a decline of 124 per cent. on the sales of Mon day last. Exchange upon London 84 Accounts from Mexico, received at New Orleans via Ira vannah, state that a law has been passed by the Mexican Con gress at its late session,. imposing a duty on capers of four dollars per arroba. Advice, from Tampico, by private letters dated in Novem ber, give the important information that Tampico is destitute of flour, the inhabitants were anxiously waiting the arrival of the Fame from Vera Cruz with a supply. One of the accounts state that all bakers have suspended their business for want of flour. A Vera Cruz paper of the 24th November says, a violent gale, about the Ist of the month, caused the entire destruction of three vessels in the port of San Bias, on the Pacific shore, tvk o of which were] Mexican, and one foreign. Five lives were lost. LIVER.TOOE COTTON 111 ARKET, THURSDAY.—The sales to day are 4,000 bags, of whiich 600 Egyptians have been taken at lOid. to 1 lid. ; and 150 .Maranhams, Bd. to Bid. ; 50 Bahia, 81d. to 8 0 . ; 100 Peruvians, 9,1. to 9hd ; 30 Sea Wands, 16id. to 181 i. ; 500 Surat, 4id. to sad., the remainder Ameri can, without change in prices. LivrurooL SHARK LIST, FEE. 4.—Chester and Birken held, New Shares, 164; Eastern Counties Debentures 8l 1 ; Glasgow and Paisley 224 ; Grzirid Junction Quarter Shares, 52; New, 28; Great Western, Fifths, 9il -; London and Birmingham 321. Shares 58}; Brighton United Company 43 ; Midland Counties, New Shar es, 15k. MANCIIESTER STOCK EXCHAEWE, FRB. 4. —Our market is very flat to-day :—Lancaster and Preston 191,-; Manchester Assurance, 9; Manchester and Birmingham Extension, 21. 16s. (3d., 21. 183., and 21. 18s. 9d. ;: Manchester and Birming ham, 25 ; Manchester and Leeds, 72/ 73 ; London and Bir mingham, 177 178 ; London and .South Western, 57i 58 ; North Midland, 74 76; Stafford and Rugby, 3}; Great Western, Fifths, 91 10 ; Manchester a; id Salford Bank, 10i 10i. The New York Money Market ex hibited the same depres sion on the 7th which the following , clay presented in reference to the United States Bank. Other Direetors had been ap pointed, but their influence had not; been exercised to the ad vantage of the Bank when the last :Lc( !ounts left. The various statements should be received with; ;neat caution; the prejudice and personal animosity among the .., merlon Journalists is ex ceedingly obvious. We hive received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, FEB. I.—The Dutch Fin.ds are in demand, and for all of them ther 0 were buyers at the high prices. The Integrals were 30 1-1 , i ; Society of Commerce ICOi. The Foreign Funds were t acre firma, except Ardoin's, which were lower ; Coupons were t ;fie red at '204. It is known that, for some time l ;as t, there was a negotiation between the Cabinet of Madrid an d. the Northern Powers, for the acknowledgement of the Spanish. Government; it now ap peals, by the Gazette of Cologne, • that the King of Prussia will give the first example of this ackt ,owledgement. The Baltimore Patriot of the 7th . January, has the following in respect to:the United States. Ban, :—" We present in to day's Patriot, the full exhibiti , an, full, •r than any that has been recently published of the condition at td affairs of the United States Bank, as submitted by the Pr, 2sident and Directors of that Institution, at the annual meetin g of the stock-holders, held on the 4th January. Thr, state - U lent is held to exhibit the statement of the Bank in em aspect somewhat more favour able than the general anteir ation ; in the absence of these details, no dividend is, how'ever, dee lared, the profits of the business of the Bank for the e last si x months being applied to the making whole of form er losses, and thus strengthening its position. On the eve of resumption a Board of Directors for the current year were; elected a t this meeting, and Mr. Dunlop was re-elected President. THE MINDS. Consols opened at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 89,1 1 for Money, 89-i for the Aer;!ount, at which price they are at pre sent, with nothing doing as yet. Excliee per Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 165 ; Eadia Stock, 246 248. In the Foreign Alark et Spanish A( :five 24Ai ; Deferred 1213 ; Passive 6i ; Portuguese 314 32 ; Three per Cents. 19 f i 20 ; Brazilian, 72 73 ; Colombian 22} 23 : Mexican, 27} ; Chilian 63 tis ; Buenos Ayres B onds 21} 22i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 50i ; Five per Cents. 95} 99. PRICES OF SHARES THIS D A Y AT ONE. namwaYs. Paid. .Per Share. Eastern Counties London and Brighton London and Greenwich ..... ....—. 20 • to Ditto Scrip .. 3 ...... 41 to London and South Western 38i ...... 58 114 ILF-PAST ONE. This morning money is rather tigi it. Consols have continued during tin _! morning at the opening price, 89 for the Account ; the re sort of a dissolution of Par liament, with an expectation oft loan, causes the Market to remain inw:tive. Exchequer Bilk 3 5 3 prem. ; Bank Stock 165 ; India Stock 247. In the Foreign Market Spa ni sh Active ; Portuguese Three per Cents. 20; Pe'..uvian t' o. The above Market has been inactive during the whole morning, which will Le per ceived by there being only three irs.Ntation?. The Share Market is in the iii:nse state as that of the others. London and Brighton 43 ; Sow A I Western 58. We have no further arrivals. ~----......2.4m!m• e t iijmir.t....... , THAMES POLICE.— Thursday R. W. Cook' master and part owner of tt , e se hooner Alligator, and G. Wake, the mate, charged v Sago, a sailer boy, were , tith tl., e wilful murder of Wm. .romtnitted by Mr. Ballantyne to take their trill at Maidst , ,ne. TI c investigation did not terminate till seven o'clo ck, and time office and every avenue leading to it were dense' ,y crowded up to the last moment. Zt/it LONDON: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1841. Lord HOLLAND took his seat last night in - the House of Peers. The Earl of MINTO moved that the than sof the House of Lords be given to Admiral S 7 or- FORD, Commodore NAPIER, and the of officers, seamen, and marines, serving on bi 'ard the English Fleet on the coast of Syria,—to Sir CHARLES SMITH and the officers of the Ri )yal Engineers employed in the same service, - —to Admiral BANDEIRA, of the Austrian Fleet,— 4 Ind ib ers 3,e services to Admiral W ALKER, of the Turkish Fleet, for the thei n e d es on in th the c coast s to l. Syria.reduction of A cre, le on November gallant ven Noble Earl on making this motion, the first I ear liamentary recognition of the gallantry of per officers and seamen, spoke in high terms of the rapidity of the execution, and the number of g 7 Ll lant and successful enterprises that were crowd ed into the short period between the 19th of Si :p -ternber, when Admiral STOPFORD received • the refusal of the PACHA to accept of terms, s :nd Commodore NAPIER landed at Beyrout, and • the 3d of November, when the naval operations iv) ere completely triumphant by the capture of Ai .e. Of course the Gallant Commodore was a prom i nent figure in the eulogium of the Noble Ear. 1, but was kept in clue subordination to the mass - ter-hand that launched him in the career of ' victory. The Noble Earl did his pleasant task in ' a pleasing manner. Lord COLCHESTER concurred with Lo rd MINTO, and said it must have added to the N a ble Earl's satisfaction that he had a son employ ed , et , .., - P - rt * , ' 47t ,-. i .emse•b. . , , k c i ,' 4:. ~„.v, " , 04 , \ : v . • '' r -ti , , , ,,Ni i - AMR - tC,14.44, m ) ‘,. _ .. 4 4.!, t' ~,, .P - 4p-4. l r<r l lf: ~' . .V., pi , ' if,, • ,- .7 ~,- 4 1 '• - -' ' l' ' ' 1P.% . ..vv,... 'y EVENING EDITION, WAR STEAMERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. Sr . a,—Can you inform me why i our s t e am.vcssels G( w ar are fitted with engines of power so inferior to those n ' 156 1 , on b();:ird inercharit steamers ? I observe, by year F3 P e r of i F " d6 Y hat. that the tonnage of the new war stearc e Driver s 1,400, and her steam p owe r 280 horses. tonnage of three steam-vessels in the employment oftal Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigat ion Comp** select from an advertisement in your Paper of January "• . 23tb, is in the following proportion to their stearn.power Tons. Hor se p ower. Liverpool Tagus I Braganza can certify, from experience, that the latter has DO tospare. Your obedient servant, Bristol, F e b. 3, 1841. HELIAST' which. NAVAL INTELLLGLNCE• (From the P/spnouth Journal.) IPA PLYMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Mr. John Finchem ig a PP °- foreman of this dockyard. The Phoenix steamer sailed on Friday for Malta. A 0 The Incon s t ant p a id a d vance on Monday, and sail"' Tuesday for the Mediterranean. The Endymion paid advance .I . on Monday, and san''' d °a Tuesday for the East Indies. The Iris arriv e d on Sunday, with supernumeraries frail/ Portsmouth. ; of An order w as thir. week received at this Royal Marines to forward immediately recruiting Pa r td each composed of three Sergeants, three Corporals, i4 ore private to th e followin.-- -daces : —To Derby. "der -Kite Campbell; - - -under the of Capt. D. Campbell; to Gran tham, the command of Capt. Mercer ;to Wolverhampton, do the cemmind of Capt. Totlaill; and to Hereford, u a tio the command of Copt. Pearce.—Two recruiting P,,, ar Aia , are also ordered out from Woolwich, one to r'u n j burgh, under the command of Captain Pbi l t i P,',!i z a bt. another elsewhere, under the command of Clint. ';;;;,' 6 , The standard is lowered half an inch ; it is new 5 , — , -t t to It is underst ol that the number of companie a ' 4 ; ° Car be raised, is 12, w hi c h w ill g i ve comm i ss ions to 1- 0 tains and 12 First Lieutenants, and the sergeants and 60 corporals, 5 sergeants and 6 , 6° ih , rPc h t ere being attached to each compan Of Marines; t are only 3 sergeants and • hcu to co 3 corpora's attac panics of the line, We understand the crews of the Iris and Pel i n ha o w er the„ Aeon, of generously followed the example of the crews a the reneugli Rapid, and Viper, and given a day's pay for the widows and orphans of the crew of the Fairy. Th,` ° o3 the kind exertions of Lieutenant Sherinaham, sel i er t s r the sums have been collected in this neighbourhou. u, bag same object. Mr. Langley, ordnance storekeeper' given a donation of IL to the fund. appointrnent SLAVE TRADE ON TUE EAST COAST. TO s , g aelle barque of 278 tons, but under the P°Tisttea fla-4, Lona Havannah, bound t o M ozam bique,. Wag c hase off the harbour on the 31 s t u lt., a f ter an arduous J, of 21 hours, by h er M a j es t y ' s s hi p A co rn, C a P t • s n i rr o ts Adams, being fully fitt e d f or s l avas , and ba yl- f the board 27,000 Sp an i s h d o ll ars f or t h e purchase of same, and has been sent into Table Bay whb ten a jlo on board, taken out of a large dow, of 150 t un ' laci # captured by her Majesty's ship Acorr, with tbir t Y: h at (the remaining twenty taken on board the Ace ( „ 13 :0 ) oer is said to have landed 200 near Mozambique as p e r' the evening previous to her capture. The hell "'„ fo r ' destroyed. A larg.• brig, the Portia sailing u nu '' 0 D it to the r tuguese colours, had been fined previous tod e p art to oe arrival at IVl..zambique Harbour, and allowed with a pass r iorc for the Havannah ; but on get&i c ( lls' as the slaver com mence d l evy i ng contributions of doo f rum toe diffe r e n t p orts , an d plundering the Ara; 44, along the coast. N u t h av i n water casks on heart' ',to& having been burned rt Mozambique Harbour) , a bc • ba tio a ' over to the Isl am d o f J oanna an d l ev i e d a e,:ntr Isles frnin en English schooner and an American wb al ' r 9 lsh' there, after which sh e c‘ nti nue d h er cr . u rs:.! for th e seatof Muotta, where she anch ore d, an d the eal3'%ilt eit 4 to the King to p rocure him t wo h un dred sigv!-thelh' a sufficient supply of rice and water to mainta; u r vett a However, he ended his cruise here, for a French mile happened to come round the island, and on obser vi Tho l vessel at anchor sent her b ea t s an d t oo k her. S i ft she sent into Mozambique Harb our , an d it was Bt' id t- p a Se t had on board 250 Arab 4, nenroes, &c. Th e tbre - Mo• nish slavers condemned by t he l oca l G ov ernmen t Oa zambique Harbour have since been ascertained t b u t isi.' Grand Antilles, Relampago and E m p r endedor , Ne st under Portugue se co l ours , h the fallowi n g ti grga el Gloria, M,ri a S egun d o, an d E mpren d e d o r ; c t - 0 tba and sp:cie th e y h a d on b oar d were g iven up . the a/ ' masters, after heavy fines had been levied e n p oll Tue prze brig Relampago, taken into the Gave l ' die service, and fitted u p as a man-of-war, had bee n exPer, for for the different ports along the coast, with e rd i „ r taking any vess e l that night h a v e entered fitted 1 " - f el nave trade ; the Governor-General, besides taking active steps to suppress the slave trade, had renl uveu eed their post all the Governors of the different ports sue of giving any countenance thereto. o tee r° The Avon steamer arrived on Thursday, with vol wit h w ith from Liverpool, and sailed on Monday for Pembroke' a party of men to bring round a new ship. s ochs Remaining in Hamosze.—Caledonia, Sax Josef , c oati Sylph, Netley, Carron steamer, Pluto steamer, steamer, Dilikence No. 7, Duck lic'htcr. In the Sound..—lmpregnable, Belleisle, and 11.1 ' . Immsze.smessitasasse ,et It has now been decided upon that a bre% ; f olio% take place on the 10th inst., in honour of the eir k i i . tid ° of the Princess Royal. The same day is fixe rs - 0 41 augmentation of the Royal Marine fee, wh e ",,, e t Captains and twelve First Lieutenants will reset t o to t l3s. missions, notices haying been received at Woolwich effect.—Correspondent cif Morning Post. The following circular has been issued g t° , o o ll supporters of her Majesty's Ministers Lord J. equ eo presents his compliments to —, and partieularlYrNiod°,,i his attendance at the House of Commons overY t" and Friday at a quarter before four o'clock Pre °. put the Speaker into the Chair." E r Y ° THE FAILURE OF ME SSRS , KEAS -L TANNERS, OF BERMONDiEL—Since the bankrilto,ent; Messrs. Wright, the bankers of Henrietta-street, r orlfi'f garden, no failure has excited so much astonishm e , l3 g ! or e° ,l, been attended by such melancholy results, i s a s n t e l : e l3 .- erg;ol , the Messrs. Keasley, the tanners,in Long sey. The firm was •considered the richest in tile d by London, and the horses and harness were excec je scO le , i s house in town, or perhaps the world. The Nles sni ' t he had for a long series of years carried on one of 0 1 , extensive trades in Bermondsey, or within five The liabilities of the firm are variously stated, 35 11 11 r from 100,0001. to 250,0001. The chief creditor-lotvefr‘ ported to be Messrs. Streatfield and Lawrcnce,o/.. • sellers, of Lime -street, to the amount of 17,00 Sharp, currier, of Russell -street, BerniondscPoo,oooK the firm of Warren and Co., blacking. makers'ofcit Messrs. Boucher and Mortimer, leather -fat to ro Moos itf eL New Leather-market, Bermondsey, 7,0001. ; M s r 's °e el who keeps a public-house in Long lane, 200/.,1° t bs 0; which he cashed,:besides a large amount owing b g l bieb t i s , who " used" his house. The consternation , - ut or' l ,o bankruptcy has caused is great, and has placo,°, ire rot ploy all, or nearly all, the men. Messrs. Kc ash , e s l e said to be the contractors to Government for / leather belts. nA ft.. c ( ' DEATH OF SIR DAVID ERSICIFK, We have to announce the death of the abo v , e in I , B jil , The deceased was born in 1792, and inarr ie N Miss Jane Williams, d aug ht er o f t h e late Mr. " u ir liams, and is succeeded by his eldest son, WI illd rras Erskine. f es STORMS.—A sudd en an d violent storrij:ral ir c e a passed over Borde aux a f ew evenings since. Scv-fosr et were blown down, an d a b oat on the river, wq sall 3 , c jas on board, was upset, and all were drowned. uo,ti Blaiville, in the Calvados, had one of his fie lds rov e 'sa i r 3 waged hat week by a flood of water that pa oc . l a id but in a hollow formed by the current there 0"coins•„ a terracotta vase, containing 300 Roman brouze it is ' FLAT GOLD WATCHES, 03,10,6°.,,p, Ten Guineas each. Highly-finished 110111ZON';‘,:old5n' .WAIGIIES, with engraved or engine-turned r t or ( a.' jewelled in four holes, aid either engine-tu ll ' e Tlie' e c tlP graved eases are offered, price Ten Guineas each' eor re t bef pant little Watches will be found to perform 'er),,,sirl' and a printed warranty is given with fixed terms , ° ll will always receive any attention revired. fr otO T. COX SAVORY, Door s Watchmal - er, Jeweller, &c., 47, Cornhill (Sev cn Gracechurch-street), London. L , T fiV %. T 0 ' -- THE NEW SCROLL PATTERN 5 1 —A. B. SAVORY and SONS, EnsGoldmiths, selmoeo hill, London, opposite the Bank of eand, h al l s oan t stb e D Sl e L si V gn E , R th N e VA bo l r lp er ß i S of size 6 fil l ' a ffr centre tastefully ro tion or for armorial bearings. ti 0 Salvers. Size. Weight. 6cl , 1 , e g r v a v l il t e'r : t ' ehr l )ra st eiN'oliffhr°Luisoit:aic'eNfoVo° 1 0 at 1 05 ' 1 New Scroll Pattern Sin. diameter 12oz. • 1 ditto 10 ,,,, 1 ditto 12 30 ••• a ted 1 ditto Is 1 ditto 18 ••••• , to 09 t r N. B. A Price Current, stamped as a Nevr 3 P r Itc hy drawings, and containing every information sad purchase of silver or Sheffield I'late, may b e ila ostag e ' ' tion, or will be sent into the country, free of swer to a paid letter. TABLE CANDLESTICKS, p for durability, equal in appearance. Table eaosipehes, inches high, 75. per pair; 9 inches high, g '•'. ' ,hes Mi ld c l e w per pair , ditto, with rich shell mountings , f)Ln-i 0 11 3 % se", per pair; snuffer trays, with shell mounting's a f tOl O- 1 fro' tre, 4s. each. The particular metal ef oil: be to great variety of other articles ars made, Col °D t , silver by reference to the stamp. Catalogues grrd's"stree RIPI'ON and BURTON, Wells-street, 01f6 i or if IR TH S. vorob ire-s 4 On the 3,1 inst., at tLe Rectory Howe , , of the wife of Major Hutchinson,2oth Regiment, ( l oa , L On the 3J ilist., at Bow-lane, city, .51rs. lb daughter. ----------- 1,13 i 't MA liftllTD. r .d tr, On the 30th ult., at St. Mary's, Islington, ge t n if tiol g Eliv-ibt.th, third (laughter of the late Matthew ' is o 0 1 '0 Canonbury-square. , g urf , ~,P On the 3d inst., iit St. Thomas's Chureh , 't e r" '- Board, Esq., of the Surveyors'-office, Custom .I,oaej, , r li 4 Mary Ann Weavers, of Ltieas-street, Comm 41 p. On the 3d inst., Wilmot Seten, Eig., to Maia , v ving- daughter of the late A. S. Ramsay, Est -------------- 0, DIED. lifrit r* On the Itith ult., in Upper Stamford -street, 1 314 0 ,, ~e r t Kate, Esq., surgeon, late of Lime-street-square, Lon ftov On the 3d init., at Whitehall-pla,:e, the aight 11.1'. f t i ' e Henley, Lord Henley. r elic t ° O' r On the `26th ult., at Cambridge, Afar Anti, f St. Rev. T. Webster, Vicar of Oakin g ton, and Rect.° I P ..--d tolph's, Cambridge, aged 59. ---„,r,10, ;, 71r,T...'77.--"'- , - -----fr • ~„ you . . a d London: Printed and Published by Ilat''' 1 2 SO" - .No. 112, Strand, at The Sun OtEee, No. 1' i ' s 1, the county of Middlesex. ---Friday, February bp 1 N 1 n Ti c Y.!‘ ut G t iA's,', 1•••, t i 2l, z• four, ' hiterNz ti re , ••,Ini,}4.,,te iTer e d to t r:s Parliew, , Y, to ky cadillv • or Nin t ' ha Heste r och e . L o h ` tlri,he,l • t!, it 'ollll' IT viz. 11. ip Lieut H• 2,f; t, • • hi, pt, 1 - 4 3.3 1!Nt..0 01. f! e tt, M ui . 111 M uth Mc, 14 l Chhd . 4 h i N ori. c.._ nu b w ° 4 Digl'6 % IA il l Fr(Z ithts,4! 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