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In these volumes we have reminis cences of many of their most eminent contemporaries—Dr. Johnson, Gibbon, Garrick, Foote, and Sheridan."—Sun. • Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U WER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, MARCH 3. Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. .Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame ti estris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainferth. _ After which the New Farce, in one act, entitled THE CAP FAIN OF THE WATCH. Captain of the Watch, Mr. C. Maiiiew;; Baron Vander otter, Mr. Bartley ; Adulph de Courtray, Mr. J. Vining ; Kristina, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Katryn, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. To-morrow, a New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled London Assurance, with the New Pantomime. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to Commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 61; First and Second rirees. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. Gd. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 21.; Gallery, Is. Tickets anti plat. Q 3 for the Box, s to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Boa-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets ue had upon application. Private Boat . to be had so'ely of Mr. Andz sirs, bookseller :67. New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. ON SATURDAY NEXT, MARCH 6, Will be represented (f ,r the First Time) an entirely New Or'ginal Romantic Grand Opera, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Appointments, to be called KEOLANTIiE! or, the UNEARTHLY BRIDE. The Cverture and the whole of the Music Composed by M. W. BALFE. The Piece praluced under the sole direetion of Mr. Allan. Keolanthe, Princess of Memphis, Madame Balfe; Pevina (betrothed to Andrea), Miss Gould (Pupil of Mr. John Bar- Pete, her first appearance on any Stage); Fillippo and Andrea ( Students of Pavia), Mr. Stretton and Mr. Wilson (his first appearance since his return from America) ; Ombrastro (the Spirit of the Nile), Mr. H. Phillips ; High Priest of Osiris, Ait. Lawler; Galeazzo (Officer of the Inquisition), Mr. Pseilter • Noblemen, Ladies, Officers of the Inquisition, Dane iug Girl's, Demons of Mount Etna, &c. &c. After which will be given (First Time in English) Donizetti's Opera Buffa, in One Act, entitled BETLY ! Betly, Miss Emma Howard (Pupil of Mr. Allen, her first appearance on any Stage) ; Daniel (a Swiss Peasant, in love with Betly), Mr. Barker • Max (a young Soldier, br o th er t o I3etly), Mr. &ream ; eo-poral, Mr. Smith ; Drummer, Mr. Benedict; Karetz, Mr. Poulter. Soldiers, Mountaineers, Market People, &c. &c. The Orchestra will be complete in every department, and led by Mr. Loder. The Chorus will consist of Sixty Voices, under the superin tendence of M r . L an d ( o f the Th e at res Royali Covent Garden and Drury Lane). Subscription Tickets 191. each, to be had of Mr. Andrews Librarian, Bond-street ; Mr. Ebers, Librhrian, Bond-street:; Mr. Mitchell, Librarian, Bond-street ; Mr. Seguin, Libra r" an, Reg. nt-street ' • Mr. Sams, Librarian, St. James's s'reet ; Mr. Bailey, Librarian, Pond-street ; Messrs. Cramer, Addison, and Teale, Musiesellers, 201, Regent-street ; and Mess• s. Chappel, Bend- s reet. Private Boxes for a Season of Sixty Nights 100 gs., 80gs , and'6ogs., or can be let for one or two nights in a week. The whole of the Mu-ieal Department under the direction of Al r. -M. W. BALFE, who will conduct the Crchestra. Stall; is., no half-price ; Balcony and Dress Circle, 55., half-price 3s. ; Upp: r C r,le 45., half-price 25.; Pit 2s. 6d., 1 half-price ls. 6d. ; Gallery Is., no half-price. N.B. The half-pr.ce It ill c , mmenee at the end of the First Cpera. Doors open at Seven, and the Performances begin at I aff-past Seven o'Cl ‘ek precisely. The Box-office, under the direetion of Mr. Notter, of the 111 % a!re Royal Covent Garden, will Le open daily, from Eleven till Four. -VEIN G EDITION ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. imazing attraction.—Third a:ppearance these Two Years of Mr. T. P. Cooke—Re.engagement of Mr. Collins. Two New Dramas and " Paul Clifford," which has been attract ing crowded houses. THIS EYRNING, MARC!! 3. Will be acted an entirely New Drama, entitled THE KING OF SPAIN AND HIS BARBER. After rhich a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. J. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. To conclude with the Operatic Drama of PAUL CLIFFORD. • Paul Clifford (with all the Original Songs), Mr. Collins. HIGH WATER AT LONDON /111113011: 1 0-MORRO W. Morning...... 3 minutes after 11 I Evening 43 minutes after 11. The Publication of the Evening Edition of TIE 5e (tom menctd at 10 minutes after Three. , , 4 4,1 A . ,- I -tsil\ <Vt . ' - 1041% At. 0 14 • • 744. f, ' ",), V.' "• • 0, 4 • — , - 44rit-:-• M 0 / D - 4 0 ‘. N. ght LONDON: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1841. In the House of Peers last night, the Marquis ref SALtsnuity was intorined by the Marquis of NORMANBY that it was the intention of the Go vernment to lay a Report on the table of the House of Commons relative to the Turnpike Acts, and on the reception given to it would de pend the measures to be proposed to Parliament on the subject. The Earl Of DA LTIOUSIE asked whether the Earl of ABERDEEN intended to bring forward this Session any measure similar to the one he had introduced last Session, in reference to the Scotch 'Church. The Earl of ABERDEEN replied that the same, and even still stronger reasons than those which induced him not to press the measure last Ses sion, still existed, and would prevent him from introducing any such. Bill this year. The Noble Lord did suppose, and did reproach Lord MELBOURNE for not taking the matter in hand, that it was an easy thing to settle all the differences of the Scotch Church by an Act of Parliament. He now found himself mistaken, and ought to admire the sagacity of Lord MEL BOURNE. On the motion of the Earl of MINTO a clerical error was corrected in the vote of thanks to the Syrian expedition. The name of Sir CHARLES FREDERICK SMITH had been inserted in the room of that of Sir CHARLES FELIX SMITH. Their Lordships adjourned till Thursday. In the Commons, after the presentation of pe titions, Mr. EASTHOPE gave notice of a Bill for the Abolition of Church -rates on March 10. The Parish Constables' Bill was postponed till the 9th instant, and the Medical Reform Bill from this day till next Wednesday. Col. WHITE received leave of absence till after Easter. We see other symptoms of a complete truce between the parties till that period. Mr. 'WALLACE moved for a Committee to in quire into the ministerial duties of the Sheriff:, Principal of the counties of Scotland, &c., with a view to improve the Local Courts of Scotland. • The LORD ADVOCATE opposed the motion, in which he was backed .by Sir R. PEEL and the Tories. Mr. Giu.ox, Mr. Huirre and other Liberal , Members supported it. On a division the mo tion was rejected by SO to 37. Mr. COLQUIIOUN moved for leave to bring in a' Bill to alter and amend the Acts of the Irisl- Parliament relating to Maypooth, in order to remove the sanction which the Government, by those Acts, gave to the College, without re moving which they could not withhold the an nual Parliamentary grant to the College. He r entered at length into the statutes founding the College, which he described as a subject of alarm and dissatisfaction to the pebple of .this country. The Hon. Gentleman also entered into the ques tion of the religion taught at the College, and pointed out that those who accepted the POPE'S Bulls were opposed to the laws. If Mr. COL QUHOUN were an angel instead of an ordinary man, he ought not, for the sake of Ireland and his own party, to meddle with such a topic. How would the people of England like that Mr. O'CONNELL should move for leave to bring in a Bill to suppress the University of Oxford, and appropriate its revenue to manning the fleet ? Just so, however, must the people of Ireland like the meddling of Mr. COLQUHOUN with the College for the religious education of their priests. Lord MORPETH, after a sensible speech, in which. he dwelt with considerable effect on the popery of the Church of England, quoting the Quarterly Review as his authority, and begged the House to allow the Tory party, which has declared that it is about to seize office to deve lope all its mischievous plans, declined to oppose the motion. The Noble Lord very properly praised the Irish for their sobriety, their chastity, and their patience under unmerited sufferings. and they are now numbered by thousands. They move, on the average, with a velocity three times -as great as sailing-vessels ; and the danger of collision on our narrow seas, both between steamers and between them and sailing-vessels, has augmented in the com pound ratio of this increase of numbers and in crease of velocity. On account of this change, precautions become more necessary, and pru dence and skill of higher value. On this ac count, too, shipowners should be more careful in the selection of shipmasters—and should, pro bably, by higher wages—for at present many a ship captain, entrusted with much property and many lives, is not as well paid as a gentleman's butler--bid a fair price for superior service and superior ability. .0n them, we think, it rests much more than on the Legislature, to meet and provide for the circumstances we have briefly alluded to. When the Times implies, very brutally, that the 122 lives lost on board the Governor Fen ner were sacrificed by Mr. LABOUCHERE'S negligence, it has not surely attended to the fact, that the collision was the consequence of the existence of two dissimilar rules, one of very long standing, and the other rule recently established by the Trinity Board. The Go vernor Fenner was on the larboard tack meet ing a ship on the starboard tack, and, in obedi ence to the rule comprised in the third para graph of the instructions we republished yester day, she put her helm up. But the Nottingham was a steam-vessel, and was bound according to the fourth paragraph to make way for the sailing vessel, and in obedience to that, put her helm to starboard, and also bore up. Both vessels Allow ing- a rule prescribed endeavoured to pass to lee ward of each other; and a collision ensued. It may be said that the captain of the Governor Fenner should have kept his wind though on the lar board tack, because the steamer was bound as a steamer to run to leeward of her; but was he bound to distinguish in a dark night a steam vessel from a sailing vessel, that steam-vessel having sails set? We opine not, and we are bound to believe, from what we have heard, that the fatal collision was mainly the consequence of the conflicting if not contradictory regulations we have pointed out. Sir It. INOLIs defended the venerable Uni versity of Oxford from the charge of Popery on account of the Popish works published in her bosom, for which she is no more answerable, he said, than the Corporation of London for the books published in the City. Front which it ap pears that the University has no power over dis cipline, and is a mere subterfuge. The evening was chiefly occupied with this theological discussion, which will not fail to make better known than at present the merits of those equal, similar, and rival Churches, the Romish and the English. One great principle was maintained by Sir R. INGLis, namely, that a man is bound not to vote, and, of course, not to pay, a sixpence in support of a doctrine which he believes to be an error. We hope the Dissenters will act on this doc trine. No opposition was made to Mr. Couw- Roux's motion, all parties being, anxious to see the new Bill for putting down the Catholic faith. Mr. O'CONNELL welcomed it by a vehement and excellent speech, for pour ing forth which it was a suitable occasion. Indeed, if the bigots and the Tories had a grain of sense, they would see that all their attacks do but add to his power, and raise barriers against their own success. Let it be remembered, too ; that the new regu lations arc in some sort the result of the Com mission for Inquiry into Steam-boat Accidents; they are of the newest coinage, and the highest authority. They bear date Oct. 30, 1840, and are issued by the Trinity House, so that Mr. LABOUCHERE might honestly think that the danger of collision was guarded against by such rules. The disaster is far too terrible to be made the theme for party warfare, and we can not enough condemn the vile spirit in the Times which has founded on it a most unjust attack on as assiduous and industrious a Minister, if he be not a man of gigantic talents, as ever presided over the Board of Trade. Some Returns were granted after this motion, and then the House adjourned. If we thought that the House of Commons could at any time effect much good, we should mourn over such a waste of time. The Tories did good, indeed, by their speeches, which con vince the world that they are more than ever unfit for office. The Ministers of this country ought to be men of godlike powers. They are required, for ex ample, to govern the empire, to watch over its Foreign relations, to make head against a power ful faction in Parliament, and to devise regula tions for the government of locomotive engines and the sailing of ships. In our judgment this is tasking any - set of men, be they who they may, too mueh t -and the consequence necessarily must be that most of their business will be done in a Some of our Tory Contemporaries exclaim bit terly against Lord MELBOURNE as a careless, pleasure-loving man, indifferent to the fate of the Monarchy, who wants energy to stem the onward march of democracy, and who, from pure idleness, is sacrificing the best interests of the State. We are not of opinion that Lord MELBOURNE has shown any peculiar readiness to yield to the democracy; on the contrary, he has shown much quiet energy in resisting it, though he has not bustled and bounced like Lord STANLEY, nor pretended, like Sir R. PEEL, that it was to be frowned down by the son of a cotton spinner, drilled through all the routine of an underling statesman. But, supposing our Con temporaries' estimation of Lord MELBOURNE be correct, we wish to afford them all the consola tion in our power. Let them remember that M. DE TOCQUEVILLE has asserted that the progress of democracy, is irresistible. Let .them look into the pages of history, and see its dreaded onward march. Let them look at the nature of man, and find in that, if they can, a reason for the few being lords and the many slaves. Let them look across the Atlantic, and behold the bright and encouraging example held out to democracy in the prosperity of the United States, and they must, we think, be convinced that M. DE TOCQUEVILLE has an-- flounced a great truth. In fact, democracy— that is the mass of society—must be starved or trampled out of existence, or numbers will pre vail. Now, just supposing for one moment that the progress of democracy is irresistible, we beg our Tory friends to be comforted by the fact, that the yielding Lord MELBOURNE will keep the system rubbing on much longer than the stubborn, fretting, resisting Lord STAN LEY. He and the democracy would come at once into collision, and the old State, like the Governor Fenner, rotten with age, heavy with unskilful repairs, would be sent by one crash with the vigorous and youthful de mocracy instantly to the bottom. Democracy is, in fact, the steam power of politics—the latest and grandest invention—and woe to them who know not how to manage it, and wilfully, like my Lord STANLEY, put themselves in its way. Woe also to the State which shall submit for a time to the rule of a man or a party who despise this mighty power, and think that it is to be controlled by the hot-headedness of a few youthful, and the imbecility of a few grey headed statesmen ! slovenly manner. This remark is as applicable to the Legislature as the Ministers. It has more business in arrear than the Court of Chancery, without the least prospect, by the creation of agother Legislature, of ever clearing off the arrears. A method, in deed, has of late been fallen on to help the Le gislature, but the numerous Commissions which have been appointed seem, like an increase of at torneys, barristers, and causes in the Court of Chancery, only to increase the embarrassment. No one of these Commissions of Inquiry has failed, we believe, to recommend some new law, without much facilitating its enactment by pre paring public opinion. The Poor-law Commis sion, the Factory Commission, the Church Com mission, the Commission to Inquire into the Health of Towns, the Railways Commission, the Hand-loom Weavers' Commission, the Steam-boats Commission, occur to us at once as examples of Commissions of Inquiry recom mending new and important enactments. In fact, each Commission may be described as a subsidiary law-devising body, bound by the very principle of its appointment to forge some new regulations to be added to that already over whelming mass which puts an end to discretion, and substitutes abstractions for the use of the fa culties of living and acting man. We admit, therefore, that we are no friends to these law-devising bodies, by which any clever ish kind of person, who can obtain the ear of the Home Secretary, may gratify his crotchet for making laws, and become the parent of a splen did enactment. At the same time we cannot know that the Times censures the Ministers for not having already given the recommendations of the Steam-vessel Commissioners the force of law, without suggesting that the Ministers should transfer that task to more competent per sons. Though those Commissioners recom mended the establishment of "some rule of the road," and the employment of an universal system of lights by night, we doubt whether the Ministers and the Legislature are the fittest persons for giving effect to those suggestions. What can Mr. LABOUCHERE, or the country gen tlemen who sit in Parliament, know of sailing and steam vessels ? Personally they know little or nothing, and they would have to depend on some rne or two naval men. Very probably the ,chemes of some plausible charlatan would be preferred, from the ignorance of the Minister and the Parliament, to the recommendations of a mo dest man of sterling abilities. In truth, the law, half discussed, would be the progeny of some such charlatan, and would be only some little improve ment of his ignorant suggestions. Instead, therefore, of calling on Parliament to give the force of law to the recommendations of the Steam-boat Commissioners, we should think that the preferable method would be for some gentlemen, members of LLOYD'S, who have great interest in the safety of ships, some shipowners, some captains of merchant ships, with one Ad miral and a Captain of the Navy, to form them selves into a Committee, or be empowered, if ne cessary, to draw up regulations for the avoiding of collisions. They could soon, by their in fluence and authority, which would be willingly and cheerfully recognised, because it would be beneficially exercised, give to their recommendations universal currency. They could communicate with foreign shipowners, and they could produce a common accord amongst all shipmasters and owners ; while the enactments of a Legislature must necessarily be con fined to its own subjects. What is enact e d as law here is more likely to excite jealousy than obedience amongst French and American ship masters. Because, the regulation to be effec tual should be as cheerfully obeyed by foreigners as our own seamen ; we should say vwtehn mentioned,ae that s a w o ul Ministers, s ure is volun tarycoiaussnoicciaatgn o w f i t t h h e f p o a r r e t i i g e n s w si e li l p ut o for d be a ne fa w r l b aw et s t , e a r n p d la a n b t u h s a in n g bo th ri e n g m tl i l n e donehave more mbytehNoik to d evsu.perficoialthTainnitehs,eybeecaanupseertftenny whodn riot frame a new Maritime Code. We regard the question of t he navigat ion vessels with a view to avoid collis i o n, as a matte o r f of the craft, for which the members of the craft ihould provide. In truth, we should thipk it as wise to call on the Legislature to make laws for the cultivation of the land, or the manufacture of cotton cloth, as for the navigation of vessels. Let it be remembered that the recommendation about steering to the left or the right, carrying a light at the wor the stern, involves no taxes on other persons, no interference with them or their property; they altogether concern the ma nagement of ships, and should be left, we are in clined to think, to the shipowners who have a great interest in the property, to shipmasters who have an interest in their lives, and to the underwriters who have a great interest in avoid- 1 ing disasters. Circumstances, we must observe, similar to those given rise t o acc id ents on rail ways, have led have to collision s at sea. Steam-vessels which have been amazingly multiplied. Thirty years crave not yet elapsed since they came into use, The Herald and Post, we see, exult at what they describe as a failure of the Anti-Corn-law League, a report of whose meeting on Monday appears in The Sun. Suppose that all which the Tory journals imagine to be strictly true, that no Tories influenced or packed any part of the meeting ; suppose that the Chartists were resolute in resisting the repeal of the Corn-laws; suppose that they bitterly reproached, as the Herald says, the masters with desiring to have the Corn-laws repealed for the purpose only of lowering wages, we are at a loss to know what consolation Conservatives can find in the exist- ence of such an avowed and terrible animosity between the different classes of society. The Chartists, however much opposed to the middle classes, are still more in conflict with the aris tocracy, and the Charter which they demand, though it should give power to the middle classes, will be the legal extinction of the aris tocracy. If we see much in the conduct of the people at that meeting to regret, we see nothing that ought to give either pleasure or confidence to our opponents. The meeting was unanimous in con demning the Corn-laws; the difference was as to the mode of getting them repealed. The Anti- Corn-law League proposed to rely on the present Legislature, and endeavour to influence it to do justice; the Chartists derided that idea, and demanded the destruction of the Legislatnre. as the best and only means to obtain the repeal of the Corn-laws. Against the moderation of the League they carried their tack to the Report, and the meeting at which the Tories exult, re solved both that the Corn-laws ought to be re pealed and the present Constitution abolished. We envy not their exultation. It is remarked by one of our Tory Contempo raries that Mr. Vim.mns was more favourably heard than ally other Anti-Corn-law speaker. In fact, he was the only person on that side who was listened to with patience. But Mr. VILLIERS is known chiefly to the public by his hostility to the Corn-laws ; and the attention paid to him is a convincing proof that the meeting was favour able to his views. They expressed their dislike for masters, they probably regarded some of the other speakers as, having some sinister object in view, but they recognised the uprightness and in dependence of Mr. VILLIERS. Though they re fused to hear some individuals, they one and nll expressed hostility to the Corn -laws. The meeting should be a lesson to the middle classes. The latter never stepped f orwar d to in terfere in favour of the Chartists when unjustly, tality of the classe s , an d though regally, imprisoned. On the contrary, by the instrumentality middle people.middle Hence it is that the hostility the Chartists were in a great measure persecuted their Journals in th e manufacturing distri c t s and hence it is that and lower classes has increased, f be th tw e ee e n rri t n h g e were the bitterest enemieso the latter will not allow the former to hold apub tic meeting, even for the attainme nt of an ob j ect Probably the of which the Chartists approve. THE N. LONDON, NV IMNESDA Y, MARCH a, Ist'. fear of giving a triumph to the Chartists is the reason why the City of London hold no meeting to consider of the Import Duties. What Mr. MARSHALL dreads has already come to pass. The aristocracy and the middle classes have stood aloof from the democracy. They have treated it as their enemy, and they have made it their enemy. Whatever power some persons may attribute to Government, we c i annot ascribe to it sufficient means to hold classes together long in political union which are socially at variance. It is lamentable to see the time of the House of Commons, that ought to be devoted to the in terests and wants of the people, wasted night after night in petty personal squabbles, or in exciting for party purposes one 'portion of the community against another, while every important measure is utterly neglected. Lord STANLEY'S attempt to bring the - Irish people again under the yoke of the Orangemen has already wasted the best part of a week. All last night was occupied in stir ring up the worst passions of different sects of religionists; possibly six more will be devoted to the same sacred purpose ; and after all this endless palaver the two questions will remain as they were at the commence ment of the Session. While these disgraceful proceedings are going on as it were in mockery of the people, the Government either will not or cannot undertake measures of vital importance to the country. These must be taken up by some individual Member whose labours are seldom duly appreciated, either because he is supposed to bring them forward to suit some local interests, or has not sufficient weight with either of the contending parties to carry them into effect. The important question which Mr. RICE, the Member for Dover, is to bring on to-morrow evening, is one of this description. If any one measure of the Session more than another belongs to the department of Government it is certainly that for calling the atten tion of Parliament to the Report of their own Commissioners on the State of the Harbours on the South-eastern Coast of England. More than twelve months have elapsed since the Re port was made ; it appears, indeed, to have been forgotten, and though our neighbours on the other side of the Channel are with one consent improving and fortifying their harbours in case of emergencies, the British Government are asleep on this important subject, and must be roused to a sense of their duty by a private Mem ber of Parliament. How can Ministers com plain of the people for not supporting them, when they will do nothing for the good of the . people ? or how can the House of Commons wonder that their proceedings are de nounced as a mockery of legislation, when six weeks have been wasted in doing only mischief, and six more, including the mock-religious Easter holidays, will be spent with equally vain results. We earnestly, therefore, entreat the indepen dent• Members, for their own characters, as well as that of the Government they support, to de nounce this useless waste of time, and save Par liament from utter contempt. We cannot con ceive that any opposition will be made to Mr. RICE'S motion for the appointment of a Select Committee, and we confidently hope that he will place on it men of business—men more anxious for the safety of our fleets, and the secu rity of the country, than for their own selfish in terests, or for humbling and enslaving seven millions of their fellow-subjects, because they resolutely stand in the way of their return to power.- CORN EXCHANGE. TEA MARKET. As the question of the Danish claims will again come before the House of Commons to-morrow evening, we cannot too strongly impress upon those who have hitherto supported them the duty of attending in their places to give efficacy to their former votes. As this is not a party question it does not surprise us to find many Conservatives in the list of those who voted for justice being done to the claimants; but we confess that it does surprise us to find so many ultra Liberals either directly opposed to or indifferent to the demands of the claimants. It is certainly curi ous to find Mr. E. BAINES, Mr. J. YATES, Mr. DIVETT, and Mr. CHALMERS, the lattergentleman voted twice before for the claims, now voting against them in company with Sir R. PEEL, Mr. GOULBURN, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Lord STANLEY. If any men ought to have a deep sympathy with the claimants, it should be the Liberal representatives of great commercial towns like Leeds and Liverpool. When we find such vigilant guardians of the public purse as Mr. HUME, Mr. WALLACE, Sir WILLIAM MOLES WORTH, and Colonel SIBTHORP, who so properly limited Prince ALBERT'S means of expenditure, voting for the claims, we have a right to expect that no Liberal under the pretext of eco nomy shall vote against them. As to the op position of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, it is wholly inexplicable, unless we take it for granted that he came into office pledged to support the policy of his predecessor. It would, in fact;appear that Mr. BARING deems it decorous to tread in the exact footsteps of Mr. SPRING RICE. This will not do. The country will not suffer the Liberal party, nor any section of it, to perpetuate an injustice, which Sir STRATFORD CANNING, Mr. D'ISRAELI, and Sir R. INGLIS unite with Mr. O'CONNELL, Mr. HUME, and Mr. WARBURTON in opposing. The cause which brings such men to the same side upon a division, must be, indeed, one of glaring injustice. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in his 'speech on the 16th ult., in addition to the other unfair arguments which he made use of, stated, in order to work upon the alarmists, that there were several other claims in reserve. He had not the candour, however, to name them, and we have, therefore, made inquiry on the subject, but do not find that there are any claims which are at all analogous to those now before the House. As to the Spanish Claims, he has aireadyadmitted them without any Authority from Parliament, and his pretended alarm about opening the door for others cannot surely apply to them. Letters from Frankfort of the 20th ult. state that the fortifications of Berlin are . proceeding as rapidly as those of Paris. " One fool makes many" is an old proverb, not truer of individuals than of nations. The - folly of France has infected the whole of Europe. The following extract from a Frankfort letter brings the latest news from Hanover : Li Hanover the new civil penal code has been speedily fol lowed by a military code. In this his Majesty betrays some unusual English propensities. Flogging is established in con trast with the German mode of discipline ; the minimum is 50 stripes, the maximum 300 stripes, which can he inflicted for an offence liable to be visited otherwise with only fifteen months' or two years' imprisonment. Duelling is legally sanc tioned, and if fatal consequences ensue, the survivor is de clared to be freed from responsibility upon proving that he had received a provocation which his honour did not allow him to put up with. This is, at least, all above board and open. We shall see none of the Cumberland hussars tried for their lives, under a declaration from the public prosecutor that they have- committed no moral offence. The King is said to be very sore about the discus sion of the Stade duties and the proposed Commission. A reduction in the duty on butter and cheese imported into Eng land, but especially to the West Indies, would by all accounts be very acceptable on both sides of the water, and the reduc tion of the import duties on manufactured wares, from 25 per cent. to 10 per cent. (which is what this league imposes upon our manufactures), would not only go far towards conciliating differences, but would probably increase our revenue consi derably. Hanover would, however, be most benefited by a change in the figure at which the import duty on oats is calcu lated, and which, it is notorious, presses very hard upon the consumer in England, being rated much too hi g h in propor tion to barley. She cha nge might, in this case, be made an ex ceptional one, in case the general measure met with opposition The Levant mail, bringing advises from Con stantinople of the Bth, from Alexandria of the 7th, from Smyrna of the same date,' from Athens of the 10th, and from Malta of the 13tl, ult., arrived this morning. The news brought by this mail will be found in another part of The Sun, to which we direct the attention of our readers. The French Journals of Monday have all reached us. They are chiefly occupied with the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the Secret Service Bill. The defeat of M. THIERS has greatly exasperated the organs of the war policy, who no longer see any chance of, his return to office. In the mean time, although the Fortifi cations Bill has not passed the Chamber of Peers, the wo r k s are procee di ng w i t h the utmost expe dition Yesterd a y severa l Mi n i sters wen t to Luxemburgh, to b e present i n t h e Committee on the fort ifi cat i ons . Yesterday 600 workmen were employed in preparing the ground of th e f ortress of Alfort. Not far f rom t h a t spot, at the camp of Charenton, are 3,000 infantry, who are to be em ployed in ihe same works. There is a slight improvement in the health of the Duke of Be'luno. .. A letter from Berne announces that Count Mortier, 'the F, ench Ambassador to the Helvetic Confederation, had set out on the 25th of February, for Paris, in order to vote in the 1 , Chamber of Peers in favour of the Fortifications Bill. A letter from Foin of the 28th of Feb. says, " There have been some disturbances to-day at Foin, in consequence of the refusal of the Spanish refugees to go to Perpignan. It is said that the French Carlists encouraged them in their resistance, which however gave way to the expostulations of the prefect, and to the measures he took in arresting some of the most obstinate of those unfortunate persons who were led away by their pasiions.—Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE:—PARIS, MONDAY, MARCH 1. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pricy. Price french 5 per Cents ll3 15 ... 113 45 .., 113 15 ... 113 15 454 per Cents....._ lO2 SO ... 102 50 ... lilt 40 ... 102 50 4 per Cents lOO ... 100 ... 100 ... 100 3 per Cents 77 15 77 15 ... 77 ... 77 Rank of erance L ffitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1045 ...1045 ...1045 ~.1045 5000 f. Shares 5150 ...5150 ...5150 ...5150 i:elgian Bank 5 Fer Cents lOl3 ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% New Loan lOl ... 1 1 ~. 101 ... 101 cpmish Active 24% ... 25 ... 243( ... 25 Passive 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 ceapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St Uermain Versailles.R. B 420 ... 420 ... 42J ... 420 LB 317 50 ... 320 ... 317 50 ... 320 Orleans . . 489 75 ... 483 75 ... 488 75 ... 488 75 Strasburg to Bale 212 50 ... 243 75 ... 242 50 .. 24 . 3 50 Montpellier to Cette louen 455 ... 455 ... 455 ... 4)5 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Fan. 20. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. • Bank Shares l6'o 1605 Anglo-Russian Loan 106% 10654 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se , ies lol 3v 102% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 90% -- Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 234 pei Cent 4Ol . 43% Ditto 5 per Cent — . Polish Bonds New tick et Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per C en t I3A . 73% N •twegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Crit.. .. lOl —. Spanish. New 5 per Cents. 1854 — I6XCH ANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, FEB. 26.-13 4%.—Two months, 13 3 BREMEN, FEB 23—Two months, 614. PETIIIISBUItGIi j FE FEB. IO.—Two months, 38 3¢ pence. BERLIN, FEB. 22.—Three months, 6. 173 . THE MARKBTS.-(THIS DAY.) There was not much English wheat offered, but the millers were very cautious in their operations at Monday's reduced rates. Foreign Free Wheat was held pretty firmly at about former prices. In the value of Flour no change occurred. The retail business done in Barley, Malt, Beans, and Peas was at the currency of Monday. We had a large show of Scotch Oats, with a fair quantity from our own coast, but. the arrivals from Ireland were small. The trade brought fine Corn pretty freely at Monday's rrice , . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a short supply and the trade was to a limited ex tent, but in most cases prices were rather higher. Beef 3s 2d to 4s Bd, Mutton 3s 2d to 4s 4d, Veal 4s 4d to ss, Pork 3s 8d to 4s 8d and s#, per ston e o f 81b . P ou l try and Game un altered in value, supplies good, and a moderate trade done. Eggs in fair request :—Scotch 6s 3d to 6% 6d, Irish 63 to 6i 3d, French 5s 3d to 7s 6d, and English 6s to 8s per 120. COLONIAL MARKET. The amount of business done privately was limited, and the small public sales went off with heaviness, prices were, how ever, supported for most articles. The imports were small. The demand was steady for Free Trade, and full prices were paid. In the speculative market a fair business was dune, and Company's Congou produced Is. 7d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices of Russian were supported, and a fair demand pre vailed for parcels on the spot, and for delivery, at 46s 3d to 46s 6d per cwt. Town Tallow firm at 51s 6d per cwt. METAL MARKET. The Market was firm for all articles, and a good demand prevailed for Iron, Lead and Copper; Tin, however, was quiet. LLOYD'S SHIP PISTo::-(THIS DAY LONDON, MARCH 3.—Wind this day at noon, N. W. DEAL, MARCH 2. —Wind S. W., fresh breeze.—Arrived from the River and sailed the William Brodriek, Hindmarsh, for Sydney ; Sons of Commerce, Mainland, Madras ; Atalanta, M'Coag, Tobago ; Alexander Adams, Davis, St. Michael's, but since put back, and remains with the John Graham, Tur ner, for the Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, MARCH 1. —Wind N. to N.N.E. fresh gees. —Arrived the Oriental (steamer), Soy, from Liverpool, for Alexandria; Galway, Whelan, Dungarvan ; City of Limerick (steamer), Moppett, London, and proceeded for Dublin ; Ju piter (steamer), Mowle, London, and proceeded for Cork; Star packet Plymouth; Her Majesty's steamer Avon, on a cruise. Sailed the Royal Tar (steamer), Brooks, for Vigo, &c. DUBLIN, FEB. 26.—Arrived Shannon (steamer), London. WICKLOW, FEB. 26.—The Kate, of Runcorn, in running for the bar, got on the rocks south of Black Castle, but is ex pected off should the weather not get worse. SHIELDS, MARCH. I.—Arrived the Trende Brodre, Hanson, from Rotterdam ; and St. Francois, Davie, St. Valery. HULL, MARCH 2.—Wind W.S. W., moderate.—Arrived the Tamarind. Vernum, from New Orleans. Sailed the Apame, Fropling, for Hamburgh. _ SHOREHAM, Mattel' 2.-1 he Louise, Wade, came in yes terday, with loss of both topmasts, sails, and rigging. COWES, MARCH 2.—Arrived the Iceni, Specie, from Per nambuco. Sailed the Lord Anson, Quenpol, for Harnburgh; and Anna, ditto. JERSF.Y, MARCH I.—Sailed the Ocean, Bradley, for Cadiz; and Bertha, Bony; St. Mielsael's. • LIVERPOOL, MARSH 2 —Wind S. S.W. to W., fresh.—Ar rived the Minerva, Brock, from Demerara; Georgiana, Toole, New Orleans ; Fanny, Crowde, Mobile ; Consader, Collins, Honduras; Clapper, Holland, Constantinople; Augusta, Backleley, St. Michael's; Pembrokeshire Lass, Davis, Leg horn ; Lady Brougham, Dawe, Lisbon. The Harriet, of Ipswich, outward bound, is on shore near Leasowe Light-house. PORTSHOCTH,MARCH S. W.—Arrived the Union, Roach, from Seaham, with loss of foretvmast. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, I . I.IKI.4DAY.—The business done in the Cc tton market to-day has been limited, but there is no alteration to notice in the rates. The sales compri e 3,000 bales, of which 300 have been taken on speculation. In exportation nothing to report. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 2.—There is a little improvement in the Share market to-day, although a limited amount of business has been done. Eastern Counties realize 8a ; London and Birmingham shares 171 ; ditto New 321. Shares 21* prem. ; London and South Western 51. shares 17s. 6d. In Bank Stock nothing to report. Ihe Hamburgh hla 1, which arrived la.t night, of the 26th, brings the Exchange upon London same as per last post, 13 3; Gold 425, also the same ; Metal. 1041 ; Bank Actions 1605. With the excep'ion of the usual French mail, we have no arrivals this morning from any quarter. ' The packet-ship George Was. ington is now due, and may be expected daily. '1 he arrival of the overland mail from India is also looked for with much interest, as news is expected relative to the ne gotiation with the Chinese. To-morrow being the 4th of the present month, a number' of commercial bills become due. THZ FUNDS. Consols opened this morning a shade better than they left off, 89i- 89k, for the Account,'since which they are not quite so good, and may be quoted at present 89k, sellers, for Money, 88/ ;no business of consequence•has been transacted as pit ; Exchequer Bills,lo 12 prem. ; Bank Stock shut, nominal, 167 168; India Stock, 247 248. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active a shade better, 24* ; Deferred, 12* ; Passive, 64; Portuguese, same as they left off, 31* 4 ; Three per Cents., 19%; Brazilian, 71i 721 ; Colombian, not quite so good as it left off, at 231, at present, 23* ; Mexican also rather lower, 28* ; 'Belgian, 90 100 ; Chilian, 58 62 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 50i ; Five per Cents. 99i 100. Shares.—Ureat Western, 22 24 prem. ; Ditto, New, 101 11 prem. ; London and . Brighton, 7 si dis. ; Blackwall, 6 51 dis. ; Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton,: 55i 56i per share ; Croydon, 11 3 / 4 12* per share ; Greenwich, 814 per share ; Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 dis. ; South East ern and Dover, 16* 151. . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Ditto Fifths - to London and Croydon (Trunk) 134 14...... to Midland Counties lOO Ditto i Shares North Midland COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam C F. 1" 6 'Gibraltar .. 48 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ' ' 11. 12 64 Genoa Antwerp Hamburgh . Mil 13 11 Venice . .47 Altona ............. ....... 13 11i Naples 404- Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Palermo, per oz 119 D:tto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon 52 Marseilles... .. ...... .... 25 80 'Oporto s2i • _ _ Bourdeaux,.. 25 85 Frankfort on Maine 150 I'etersburgh, 3 Us 37i Berlin 7 0 Vienna, effec. ft 3 M lO 3 Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz 354 Bilboa 35 Barcelona Seville 35 Rio Janeiro Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight 464- 'Philadelphia PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold Coin£3 17 6 [Foreign Gold, bars.. 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars 0 0 0 HALF-PAST ONE. The packet-ship George Washington, has arrived off Mil ford. Letters and papers not expected up until to-morrow. The above is the only arrival to the present time. She sailed on the 7th ult. Everything has a dull appearance in the City to the present hour, owing to the non-arr,vals, with .a scarcity of intelligence. Although there is little or nothing doing in the British Market, Consols maintain the price of the opening, 891 for the Ac ount ; Money, 884 j. Exchequer Billr, 10 12 prem. ; India Bonds, 8 14 dis. ; Bank Stock, shut. In the Foreign Market prices nominal: Spanish Active, 24k ; Portuguese, 318 3 ; Three per Cents, 19k ; Dutch Two- and-a-Half per Cents. 50 3 / 4 ; Five per Cents., 99i 100. The Share Market is inactive, and prices much the same as yesterday. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE STREET. NooN. MARCH 3. Barometer 294 In. Thermometer Highest 46 Lowest Wind VV.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. We regret to learn that Col. Salwey, M.P., is seriously Indisposed with an attack of influenza. LOAN SOCIETIES.—In a case brought before Mr. Long yesterday at Marlborough-streei, that Magis trate observed, that he very decidedly objected to the sptetp on which the Loan Societies appeared to conduct their business. They would lend to any needy person, pro vieed that person could induce any person of respectabi lity to give his name as surety. They did not appear at all desirous of looking offer the principal, but they imme diately proceeded to fix the surety. STAFFOItD AND. RUGBY RAIL WAY.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee on Petitions have this day over-ruled all the technical objections . taken by the opponents, and have decided the Standing Orders have been complied with. The resolutions of the Committee will this even ing be reported to the House, and the Bill at once brought in. We understood that the proceedings of the Committee, whose sittings have occupied two days, excited a strong interest, the room being crowded the whole time. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL, Mr. Justice BOSANQUET, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS. ) CASE OF THE DRYAD. Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, aged 28, and Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace, aged 24, were placed at the bar, charged with being accessories before the fact to the felonious casting away of the ship Dryad, with intent to defraud the underwriters. The indictment against the Wallaces extends to very great length, and contains no less than twenty-six counts. The Attorney-General, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Laurie, appeared for the prosecution; Mr. John Jervis and Mr. Ballantine for the prisoner Michael ; and Mr. C. Phillips and Mr. Doane for the prisoner Patrick. Mr. JOHN •iERVIS, for the prisoner Michael, applied that he might have liberty to withdraw his plea, and not be called upon to plead until the principal should have been convicted. The indictment set forth that one Edvtar:d Loose had cast away the Dryad with intent to defraud the prosecutors, and that the prisoner had incited him to commit the act Now by the Act of Geo. IV., accessories before the fact might he indicted with the principal, when the accessory might plead and take his trial with the principal, if he so chose, or might -refuse to plead until the principal should be convicted—as for a substantive felony. Now the indictment must show in which form it was intended to charge the party, and in this case it was in the old common law form, charging the principal, and not setting forth any reason why he could not come in and plead. Now the prisoner had a right to say the principal may come in and plead, and I will not plead until he be convicted. If the charge were for a substantive felony, it should have been so laid as that the principal could not come in and plead. Now as the indictment had been so framed, he sub mitted that the prisoner had a right to refuse to plead under this form of indictment. Mr. Justice BOSANQUET—IS it in the common law form ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—It is in the form in which all such indictments have been drawn up since the statute of Geo. IV. All difficulty as to the access- ry was removed by the enactments of that A ct. He would refer their Lordships to 9th section of 7 Geo. IV., which enacted, that persons aid ing and assisting in the commission of a felony might be in dicted either as an accessory before the fact, or as guilty of a substantive felony. Under that Act, it was clear these pri soners might be indicted and convicted without the trial of the principal. His Learned Friend's objection, as he took it, was solely to the form of the indictment. He would not take any advantage of the having already pleaded; and therefore the question was, whether, in the absence of the principal, they were not bound to plead. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—It would appear as if they ap plied to put off the trial-until Captain Loose snould be found. The. ATTORNEY-GENERAL thouht that would not be ground for their refusing to plead. lie denied that by common law the accessories could not be convicted before the principal felon had been convicted. Suppose a principal had died be fore the trial, would that preclude them from proceeding against the accessory? They must prove the corpus delicti, and hav ing done so, they could try the accessories. Did his Learned Friend mean to say that by common law they could not indict the principal and accessory in one indictment, and that the ac cessory might refuse to plead until the principal should be con victed? Mr. JERVlS—Decidedly. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—Lord Hale lays it down that the accessory may refuse to plead until the principal be tried. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL would then submit that the sta tute of George IV. entirely cured that defect, and that it was impossible under that Act to have drawn up the indictment in any other manner. That statute enacted that the accessory might be indicted for a substantive felony, whether the prin cipal were convicted or not previously. Now this was an in dictment for a substantive felony ; it was sufficient that it alleged the facts that showed the accessory had been guilty of that felony. They showed that by charging Captain Loose with committing felony to defraud the underwriters, and then showed that the prisoner was aiding and assisting. Now this was made a substantive felony by the Act Geo. IV. fle was not aware.of any other form in which the indictment could be drawn up. Now what he had to d o was to show that the in dictment clearly showed that the priSoners had been guilty of a substantive felony. The point had been decided in Caspar's case. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—Not exactly. We are not in clined to give any opinion on the point at present; the trial must go on, ,but we will reserve it for you ; the trial must proceed. Mr. JERVIS—Then I understand your Lordships to decide that for the present the indictment is to be considered as charging a substantive felony ; I therefore call upon the pro. secutor to elect against which of the prisoners they will first proceed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I will elect to proceed against Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace first. The COURT then permitted Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace to withdraw ; and Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace being placed at the bar— The Clerk proceeded to read the indictment, which charged Edward Loose with feloniously casting away the ship Dryad, with intent to defraud the owners and underwriters, and Pa trick Maxwell Stewart Wallace with inciting him thereto. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said this was a case which would call for the most serious attention of the Jury. The prisoner was charged with being concerned in a scheme for effecting insurances on goods purporting to be shipped on board a vessel, and then with casting the vessel away wilfully, for the pur pose of defrauding the underwriters. Such offences were for. merly punishable with death, but now they were only punishable with transportation. Accessaries before the fact were punished in the same way as principals, and therefore if the prisoner were convicted he would be liable to transportation for life. He could not characterize the crime better than in the words of Lord Stowell, that it was calculated to strike at the root of our maritime comrcerce, and consequently to destroy our naval supremacy. He need not dwell on the demoralizing effects of this crime. He would caution them to dismiss from their minds everything they might have read on the subject, and to be guided entirely by the evidence. He would now briefly relate what he should be able to prove in evidence. The prisoner Patrick resided at 40, Windsor.terrace, City-road, and had a place of business at Crutched-friars, where he was a dealer in bristles and Russian produce, and also in ale. It was necessary that he should allude to Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace, al though he was not now on his trial, and what he had to say now would not at all affect him on his trial. Michael Wallace resided in Tredegar-square, and had the same place of busi ness as his brother •in Crutched-friars. He owned two thirds of a brig called the Dryad—a portion of which he had mortgaged to his sister, Janet Wallace. In 1839 that brig, owned b 3 Wallace and commanded by Loose, was chartered by Fullerton and Co., who alone by the terms of the charter party had any right to load goods on board her for her voyage from Liverpool to Santa Cruz. The Learned Gentle man then detailed at great length 'the facts as they afterwards came out in evidence. Having in the course of his speech al luded to Captain Loose, Mr. C. PHILLIPS objected ,to anything .being stated with regard to Loose which had not passed in the presence of the prisoner, as the prisoner was indicted for a substantive felony. Lord Chief Justice TINDAL thought where words were equivalent to facts, as explaining, or connected with facts, then anything regarding L oose m i g h t b e state d . The ATTORNEY-GENER AL was not surprised at his Learned Friend's anxiety. He would state' nothing with respect to Loose but what could be properly proved in evidence. He had mentioned his name only as having signed a bill of lading for goods which had never been shipped, and on which insur ances had been effected by the prisoner. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded with his statement, which went to show that insurances had been effected to the amount sf 2,0001. in goods, which had never been shipped. With re gard to one of his witnesses, he knew that he had been in duced by Captain Loose to sign a protest, giving a different account of the casting away of the ship. He would not at tempt to conceal that he would permit the copy of that pro test to be put in as evidence, and not take any advantage of it. The protest, in fact, was as necessary to obtain the insurances as the casting away the ship, because they would not have been paid without a protest, signed by all the crew, and he appre hended that the protest would not at all affect the credit due to the witnesses' testimony. The Learned Counsel having con cluded his address, Mr. C. PIIILLIPS said that his friend •Mr. Jervis, who was for Michael Wallace, had just stated a point as to the jurisdic tion of the Court, which perhaps it might be as well to have argued now. The trial was proceeding when we went to Press. ETON COLLEGE. A report has prevailed for some days without contradiction that Dr. Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, has refused to admit into that establishment the sons of Count Bathyany, a Hun garian nobleman, because they are Roman Catholics. The people, on the Continent must be lost in wonder at our fully. 43ur priests and professors exclude Catholics from our Uni versities and schools, where Popery is rampant ' • our bigots, and they are many, wou ld pu ll d own Maynooth College. be cause the Catholic faith is taught in that humble establish ment at an expense of 8,0001. a year, while it costs at Oxford and Cambridge fifty times that sum, stolen, too, from that Church which the Puseyites now revere as the model of their faith and doctrines. All this is done under the hypocritical pretence of preserving the purity of the Protestant Church, and bringing the scattered flocks into one fold ; yet there is no country on the face of the earth where there are-such swarms of religion ists. We have seven millions of Catholics, and they are daily increasing ; we have Irvingites, and Moronites, and Pusey ites, and Johannah Southeotites ; we have Ranters, and Jumpers, and Quakers, Socialists and Anti-Socialists, Uni tari ns, Trinitarians, and Every-thing-arians, to the number of some seventy or eighty different sects, all in open 'hostility to this paragon of perfection. FOUR --- FRANCE AND THE POWERS —Yester day, at three o'clock, a diplomivic conference took place, in reference to the rn gc,tbeions now in progress, with a view to effect an amicable arrangement of the differences that bay,: lately suni.ted between the French Govern ment and the other glext European Powers.—Morning Paper. DREADFUL MURDER.—On Tuesday morn ing the body of an Italian organ-player was discovered near Laid Ely's gate, on the Dodder, shockingly mur de.ed. His throat wds nearly cut across, two stabs in the jugular, a la-ge cut on the forehead, and a deep cut on the top of the head. —Dublin Evening Mail. ABSENT M.P.—lt will be recollected that Mr. O'Connell recently complained of the absence of the Hon. Col. Fitz Gibbon, second son of the celebrated Chancellor, Lord Clare. The Independent Club of the County Lime.. rick, following in the same track, has passed a resolution conveying a sufficiently intelligible hint to the Gallant Colonel, that if his health permit, his constituents expect he will either perform his Parliamentary duties, or resign his seat to an efficient Representative. Our readers are aware that a boring has been carried on for several years in the yard of the abattoir at Grenelle, with the hopes of obtaining a perpetual supply of water. On Friday afternoon the boring instrument, after attaining the enormous depth of 560 metres (1,837 English feet), reached the water, which immediately sprung up in abundance front the top of the bore. The water, as was expected, is warm, the heat having been observed to increase gradually as the bore was carried lower. This operation which has cost the city of Paris 160,000 f., resolves a highly interesting problem of prac tical geology, and confers high h onour on the engineers and men of science under whose patient superintendence it bas been conducted,—Galiynam. EVENING EDITiC)I4. couRT OF SE WERs Fo MINSTErt AND PART OP' 111IDDLES EN• 7rties of A Special Court of Sewers for the City and Libe. Westminster and part of the c ounty of Middlesex, was yesler.. day held at the office of the Commis s ioners in Greek-street, Soho. Before proceeding to the bu-iness of the Cour', Air. LEsux rose to call the attention of the Court to his ob jection to the legality of the meeting. Air. T. JOHNSON rose to protest against the business of dr, ere Court being thus interruptedconstantlyby nneme ra ber, w for the sake of notoriety. If those interruptions were continue'''. and the time thus wastei, he would never come again. It was t .' ° , bearable that one member should come there to make spec°, because he happened to be connected with a publi c Journa, and to bring reporters there to give his speeches notoriety. Several members rose to protest against the t ime b4ln. wasted by the eternal speeches of a certain Commissioner. d. Mr. T. KNIGHT moved to order payment of 47/. 18s. 5 for rates and taxes: Air. LOCKE seconded the motion. Mr. LESLIE wished to have his objection to the legality n' the • meeting recorded.by the Clerk. The The CHAIRMAN said it could not be done at present. only way would be for the Hon. Commissioner to make a do' tinet motion on the subject. Mr. T. JOHNSON— Oh Sir, the reporter will take: are to re cord your objection. 'the motion was then put and carried. the Captain BAG UE then moved that the Court do sign decree for the rate on the Ranelagh district in the Lod manner. Sir G. FARRANT seconded the motion. t h e ir o e duty lr io A th 'B e E p C u K b E li T c r . cons idered as clear t h a a r t a t t l e , e m y u w s e t re b e there i e to d . riding thought that it would be more proper to allude to the hd of the Traverse Jury ; and, therefore, he should moee an aMe n " te ment that the decree be signed in the usual form, except j ur y, far as the presentment had been altered by the Traverse bur' in the case of St. Luke's, Chelsea, the Old Church ground, workhouses, and schools in the same parish. ha d Mr. BEACH would have supported such an amendment, in it been proposed on Tuesday last ; he had great pleas re seconding it. Mr. LESLIE wished to know if either the mover or sa e°°4Bl , of the motion had read the decree. . The CHAIRMAN said, that any Commissioner mightrmu is ! any other Commissioner a question, but it was for th e ‘7, missioners to decide whether he would answer. - Captain BAGUE would not answer the question. _ co p The amendment was then put and carried, only Ihref„ te io missioners, Sir G. Farrant, Mr. Willoughby, and Payne, voted against it. the Coer Mr. LESLIE, who, during the di v i s ion, had left moved that the had no objection, names be taken downbut . in point , of order, b f °l- Mr. BEACH jected to a Commissio n e r w h o , d ur i ng t h e divis 7 on, had let the Court, making a motion regarding that division. the . Mr. LE S LI E said h e h a d re ti re d b e l ow th e bar, because- k. 'Chairman had ruled that he was not to be permitted tlr ee r The CHAIRMAN had not prev en t e d th e Hon. Conel" from speaking. Li D OI Mr. LESL lE—The Chairman had ruled that he a11 ° ,,1 the be permitted to speak on the question of the illegality meeting. The CHAIRMAN had so ruled on that question. ee rie% Mr. LESLIE -did not interfere, for he c o n tended the ra was illegal, and the proceeding void ab initio. mi istover Capt. BAGUE wished to kno w w hy th e Hon. Com was there if the meeting were not a legal one ? had go?e Mr. LESLIE attended as one of th e d e p u t a tion who t her up to Lord Normanby yesterday, to give an account et proceedinge. District 111 • The decree for a rate in the Count ers C r eek. Dii 4r , the then ordered t o b e s i gne d, Mr. Fuller alone voting ag ainst motion. The decree for levying the rate on the Counters Creek i aa trict was then read by the Clerk, and signed by .the Char and six Commissioners. • Captain BAGUE—Your names will all be iu The Su 'I tfr ' ll'ar' row morning, gentlemen.—( A laugh.) edto Tho Collector's book s f or tke district were then o rder be The sined. t riet g decree for levying the rate i n th e Ranelafl-h dis Me. was then read by the Clerk and signed by the Chairtna r d '' A'Beckett, Mr. Beach, Mr. Johnson, Mr: Locke, a n White. were er A COMMISSIONER expressed hi s f ear th a t they tect barking on a sea of liti ga ti on . Il e was i nstruc ted to std se one chapel, attended by 2,000 p ersons , wou ld certainly the etermination of the Comi. The Collector's books for m the ssioners district were then read laa signed. Mr. LESLIE wished to know how many of Is° tile by e- • approved of in 1839 had been repealed. The CHAIRMAN—None. th l know of. die Mr. LESLIE would ask the Chairman to slate whetheireso. decrees jus' signed were in conformity with their own hY e : t hat They had departed from all laws ef the Court in roak t % decree, and, as a ma tte r - o f course, everyt hi ng d on e under bp eel void. Was the Chairman aware that by ,re the course had adopted they had d epar t e d f rom those bye-laws ? ', e re charged parties by those decrees, who were not within le lations. . t eel The CHAIRMAN asked th e Cl er k if t h ere was any ° tea in the usual form? The CLERIC—Not that lam aware of. s ilty ° I Mr. LESLIE said th a t fi rs t h e h a d objected tosthe meo bY e the Court ; next, it w as con t rary to t h e or di nance and laws. to erg es Mr. WILLOUGHBY rose t o or d er . Th ey wer e not 9t , n et , the objection now ; the o bj ec ti sn appeared to him 111° chievous. d f r° The CHAIRMAN tho ug ht M r . L es li e was preclud ed making these objections now. n ot Mr. LESLIE had pu r p o , e l y a b s t a i ne d f rom ta king OIL lot ° , the discussion relative to th e d ecree . A s h e was 'not to ''. the objection now, he wo u ld b e con t ente d w ith the alla y ' none of the bye-laws had been rescinded. &OP The CHAIRMAN was not a w a re th a t any material Alter had taken place. mion to Mr. LE SLIE wou ld as k if t h ere would be any k e- o ther' basing Loth the decrees printed and delivered with the 0 w sot it would save an enormous sum to the parishes, h c oral'" otherwise get them from the solicitors. Would he b e dered out of order in moving it now? The CHAIRMAN thought he could move. • Mr. BAKER—No, it cannot be m had better take th e oved now. e cha Mr. LESLIE—ReaIIy, Mr. Paker fa e b The Chairman had decid e d h e cou ld move it, and thei st would move that the decrees be printed. Mr. BEACH objected to the printing the decrees. f ;or e ' Mr. A'BECKETT thought it would have the effec t t il ie t dating the office with applicants. He would suggest t c ep' Clerk should Le ene owet ed by law to furnish copies the rather tab charge. He objected to furnishing parties with ti le r obe of flndirg fault with their own proceedings. It Wa ' to f a. ungracious in the members of that Court to endeavor „ l . t . nish means to others t o upset th e prcceedings of the , ° , - be d i e ; Mr. JOHN G UNTER th oug ht i t very a d visa ble that He crees sh , uld be printed and furnished to the public. persons not imagine that more than 100, or at furthest 200 e see woul app FA ly for them. ir d G. FARRANT was afraid that th e so licitors - - l f o d r °,},e there and get the printed espy and charge their. chenls copy M . 40 1 ; Mr. LESLIE then alte re d hi s mo ti on t h a t the decre e o d be printed and forwarded to each Commissioner, an vestry-cliks and solicitors of the dieret parishes; to ea t- Mr. J. e BROWN seconded the moti ff on, n as one likely the time of the cle r k s , e Ce °l4 Mr. W. WHITE proposed as an rmendment, that th do not depart from it s usua l pract i ce. • bleb 00 Mr. T. H. JOHNSONseconded the amendment , carried by 17 to 4. V • ce• e a l. Messrs. W. White, Chalme r s, K n i g ht, Bardillo n, tt 0 1 Bran:comb, Biffin Soley, T. H. J o h nson , A'Bec' . ' e Vsg le i 4 loughby, Baker, Locke, ' Sir Geor ge F arran t, Captai n fly and D. Rogers, v o ti ng f or th e amen d ment ; an d l eg lai d ter, J. Gunter, Leslie, and Browne against it. ;,,e3 '1 he Surveyors then presented their Report on Pl e re" r t the through the bank of the Counters Creek Sewer, f°_, li i c h of the West London and Westminster Cemetery ; " a a nO° Chairman proposed should be printed and circulatecussej, the Commissioners previous to the question being dis The Hon. P. B. BOUVERIE would at a proper titne; ta tice t : • to the "oust his reasons for considering that. In 0 - ;1 , od e , the Commissioners had exceeded their authority. ' was this :—ln consequence of the Cemetery Con l l 4 , l e % e sto o% made some under-ground drains to draw off the surfa` n ice° r had occasioned that to communicate with 'pipes cc/11 101 0 d e ete .a with the Westminster Canal. Now, the ground ° der °l' ll be used for the purposes of being built upon • and, un la cu t a r• circumstances, he should hardly think the Court w" "`` .e. a ' t oe the ancient drainage, and force the Company to build exer He thought the Commissioners were attempting to a right which they never could maintain. hi , c oil Mr. J. GUNTER thought the Company were wr ° , ng t beC ing to the Court a t a ll. Th ey ought to have go ne 10 deprive -Company.. The Cemetery Company ought not to b e d for 1 of their ancient rights of drainage. All they as ke permission to lower the pipes ; they had a right to ite n , to the , Mr. BEACH thought they were quite right in 0 11 ' 1 a :a it 1 3 Court to ask the permission required, and not to de ril , a , bea P t , a right ; they had no right of th e sor t. The Court netdbeee to protect the , property of building ground in the . , hood, by procuring the means of efficient drainage- and Captain HAGUE moved that the report be printe d o f Mar t culated and that a special Cou r t b e heldon the 161, " to consider it. Mr. WieeoucHnv sec on d e d th e mo ti on . • ,g th e i ; e e t Mr. HAWRES did not se e an y necess ity for prirt` l : o " do port. The Cemetery Company s h ou ld b e required 4. co ld which all other parties-were com p e ll e d to d o , and b e see any benefit to be derived from further delay, , to The motion was then put an d agree d to. „ Iligr n ot The Surveyors then rep or t e d, on pet i t i on of ' vlO build 250 feet of gully d ra i n i n F u lh am - roa d, the i n vre t advisable it should be granted, and suggested certain -silents which would produt e the d es i re d effect. the The report was - approved cf, , to ter The next business for the Court was to conodl ei r es toillr„ r s rating of churches in the eastern division a the s olic' e ` 4 l . 3 l sewers, with reference to a communication from 5 e ' - tev fro' respect:ng their conference with the solicitors ea se, o o parishes upon the eubjed of a proposed si l e clei cont e t 0 which it appeared that no arrangement could be fly the subject of a special ease. had r eee tes• Mr. A'BECKETT said that the Legislature poor -ra tite thought proper to exempt an places of worship from tioa if hi , He thought it would save much trouble and litiga_ Marquis of Normanby were requested to introduce isu ihie thcr Bill a clause exempting churches, chapels, and O from Ste exempted from Poor-ratesby the Ad of Wrre _ f f e ct. pee rates. He would give notice of a motion to that ,t e that be e ro , Mr. Wreenuerinv thought it would be sce ,% o uld b e Teo proceeding to levy distress on this property tbeY d s ome ea r) perly advised. Sir. William Follett had expla l ", H e ar, ee t, difficulties of levying on ecclesiastical ropert c YT ie ` a djusti, ° 4 be —and as there seemed no pro-spect of art ,houl „ et , he proposed that the opinion of an eminent eivinal' a to i n ter taken as to the power of the Ecclesiastical Court TheY to prevent the levying a distress. had Mr d . oc L re e e s d e I t e ha s t ho if ul n d o like tt. tl h , :t e v r e e tthoe bdoefeoroe n e n e ohd.ney ocf°l°-opi decree away the land. Then why ask the t h e °pie civilian now ? They had decreed they co uld do it , should have been taken before signing the decree . a ll u ded t ° ' The Clerk th en rea d t h e por tion of the decree olon. Captain HAGUE seconded Mr. Willoughby's In answer to Mr. Leslie, the CLERK state d that lectors might apply for warrants in the cases o uts the 19th of this month. re t° P had they da T _ ey Mr. LESLIE said the question was, would , lana • e distress into a church, or sell consecrate( av, n os , ney , more 131 , ° in iseo t b ie e s e p n er e a n t t e ra g p o p m ed es i t n et to s, tshigenyin,gyearedgecorieneg tthoatspdeiidave the oin.n More law was the cry ; and now they a distress °n . Mr. JOSEPH BROWN thought the conduct dicereti ng ° we re Ch f u a rch ei . vili T an hey as kn t ewl e e t y h e e n r ul t d he n r ot c . oulvdere.putto , of t h e Co f t he this question reflected little credit on the ivy into Cemmistioners, or on their knowledge of the L a ring . them v i ou id foolishly entering on a course which would din thichatorthebeesc°o odium. It would bring the Church upon nil ' „ leo , p . r oo d Unless t „ )liiga f c b o r m ing lai t o he of D th is e s i e r nt t e a r x s in u g p m on ee t ti h n e g n_s h , who " n 'O t s, bad churches at only two-theirds, their vatue. new , a ion e e,_„ r ee. some loophole to escape, they were comm e ncing t h tion. They ought to have advised before signing rate, It was a disgrace to the Court. king t he •eil• thaenqoupeisnloonn as but f a r ; t A o n t E h Y e takingd tonohtoaws• it vi-aas to be foul