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MORNING EDITION • worth while to press the Hon. Gentleman's arguments further—the House was impatient at his theology, and he would therefore content himself by cordially sup porting the second reading of the Bill. Captain HAMILTON observed that if he had not heard any arguments in favour of the Bill, the speech of the Hon. Member for Oxford would have decided him to vote in favour of it.—(Hear.) He believed it would be found that the Right Hon. Baronet had not a majority even on his own side of the House. Mr. MILNES differed from the Right Hon. Baro net, the Member for the University of Oxford, on this subject. The Bill before the House did not appear to him to involve those national peculiarities which his Hon. Friend had so eloquently described. The ques tion was simply whether gentlemen of the Jewish per suasion should or should not execute those corporate offices, which being entirely of a local nature, they were from their position and acquaintance with the particu lar locality as likely to execute well as any other class of individuals. The question was neither reli gious nor political, and protesting against the principle of exclusion, be should give his vote in favour of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided— For the second reading Against it 24 Majority —ll3 The Bill was then read a second time. COUNTY CORONERS. Mr. PAKINGTON moved the second reading of the County Coroners' Bill. It contained the same provisions as a Bill which had been introduced in that House in 1835, and which bore on it the name of the Hon. Member for Bridport, namely, that the election of Coroners should be vested in those who ware en titled to vote for Members of Parliament. He trusted, therefore, his Bill would meet with no opposition from that Hon. Member. Mr. WARBURTON said, it did net follow that because the Hon. Member who introduced the Bill put upon the back of it the name of another Hon. Mem ber, that that Hon. Member was bound by all the pro visions of the Bill. His objections were principally to the clause which proposed to render the election of a county Coroner the same as the election of Members of Parliament ; because, by adopting that mode, the Ma gistrates would have a voice in the election, which he deprecated, because it ought to be remembered that the Coroner had often to sit in judgment even upon Magistrates themielv2s, and therefore he thought the election of that officer should be as little as possible connected with the Magistracy. He thought the election of Coroner aught to approach as near as pos sible to universal suffrage. It was upon these grounds he opposed the Bill, and would divide the House upon its second reading. Mr. FOX MAULE hoped the Hon. Member for Bridport would not insist upon dividing the House on tae second reading of the Bill. He thought, looking at the state of the law with respect, to Coroners, the House was much indebted to the Hon. Member who had introduced the measure. With respect to what had been stated as to Coroners' Cour►s being open ones, he thought there was great room for argument upon all sides ; but his opinion was that a large dis cretion should always be given to Coroners to clear their Courts, or no►, as justice required it. Colonel SIBTHORP thought depositions ought to be taken before Coroners as they m ere in Courts of law. He hoped the House would let the Bill go into Committer.. Mr. HUME said that whilst he agreed with the Hon. Gentleman that a Bill ought to be passed to prevent fraud in the election of Coroners, he could never agree to any measure which would narrow the suffrage. He dissected entirely from that part of the Bill. He trusted, however, that his Hen. Friend would not divide the House upon the second reading, but let the Bill go into Committee, on the understand ing that he would th-n oopose what he considered as objectionabl.. If th t Hon. Gentleman who moved the Bill wool 1 leav Vat suffrage on the same footing as it had hitherto rested, he (Mr. flume) would sup port the r. - .easure. Mr. WARBURTON said he woull not divide the ,souse. _ _ _ r G. STRICKLAND would give the 13:11 his heady support, becauie the system at present in force was very expensive, particular. , in Yorkshire, hue each Coroner, a'though he we. to act for only a district, pas (dated by the whole county, in wh . c't there were at jest 50,000 electors. No one could co to that expense, ant: consequence ivas that the il:cioa was carried by a few freeholders near the county towu. lle fl id not agree to all the clauses in the B 11, but he would sup port the second reading', in the hopes that it would be amended in the Committee Mr. WAKLEY would support the second reading of the Bill as several of its provisions were vary good, but he mutt decidedly object to the Magistrates having anything to do with the clect'on of the Coroner—the Co roner had often to sit in judgment on the conduct of the Magistrates, and he must decidedly oppose giving them any more power ov2r the Coroner—they had too much already. Upon prin:tiple, and generally, the Coroner's Court ought to br.:an open Court, but ea' , e4 might arise, when, if the Coroner had not the power to take evidence in secret, the ends of justice might be, and he had no doubt had been de!eatel. It was said that the murder of Mr. Weitwood was in the room where the inquest was held, and afterwards escaped to America. In such a case, where no suspi cion attached to any individual, it would be very rious to the puhl c intcrest9, if the Coroner had not the power of closing his court. With regard to the clauses relating; to the franchise, the constituency in Middlesex and Surrey would be eel aged, and would not be so open to fraudulent practices. The registra tion would have a great (Meet in doing away with such practices. The constituency under the Bill, in West Middlesex alone, would amount to 25,000, whereas at present, in the whole county, they did not amount to 14,000. He ohject td to any change being made in the Coroner's districts by the Magistrates, without his cons,int. The districts in Middlesex had been settled years ago, and his colleague sand himself never interfered with each other. Tke Coroner was one of the hardest worked and worst paid officers in the country. The Gallant Colonel was anxious to have the depositions taken at length. Now, as the inquiry was as to whether a person had died a vio lent or a natural death, many questions were asked, which afterwards turned out to have no connection with the subject, and which would give great pain, if they were published. Ha was glad his Hon. Friend did not intend to divide against the all. With regard to the deputy, the 15th clause provided that such deputy should be a barrister or an attorney. Why not a qua lified medical practitioner ? He bad been Coroner for a sufficient length of time to know that it was absolutely necessary that the person holding the office of Coroner should have ;received a medical educatior. He belitved that when the Hon. Gentleman moved that_ . claus e he w o ull find a large majority against it. With respect to appointing deputy-coroners he was op posed to such a measure, unless the Coroners ap pointed their deputies on the same terms that the She riffs did —namely, that they themselves should be re sponsible, and n ot the deputies . Unless that were any ffieol done, whenevertnr doubtful case occurred the Coroner w ou ld absent . m himself, and act by his de puty, and the decisio n made such case would not be valid unless the Coron er were un a voidably must be then navoidably a b sen t. Th e grea t inconvenience of th a t co appa rent to all. There was anothe r P in the Bill to which he wished to advert—the t abl e ot of fees to be that paid by Coroners as disbursement s . laid before the House relative to By returns were sub ject, it appeared that the claims similar in all the counties of England. In the count y not of Middlesex, one farth in g was not allow ed to jurors who attended at inquests, whereas on the other side of the river each juror was allowed Is. The clause which would amend that state of things would meet with his cordial support. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Wednesday, the 24th March. The Double Costs Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday next. The Houghing of Cattle (Irel Ind) 8.11 was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. SUPPLIES, On the motion of Mr. HAWES that the Report of the Committee of Supply bo brought up, Captain BOLDERO said that, during the last eighteen months, a large sum, 500,0001. (as we under stood) was voted by the House to supply arms and ammunition for maintaining the integrity and inde pendence of the Ottoman empire. 500,0001. had on a former occasion been voted also by that House to sup ply military stores for the service of the Queen of Spain, who was now their debtor to that amount. He wished then to know whether the stores sent to the Grand Seignior wei e voted on the same terms as those which were sent out to Spain. That was a question which he would put to-morrow evening, when he expected to receive a satisfactory answer. The Report was then brought up and agr ee d t o , w ith the exception of the vote for Ordnance store; ' which, on the suggestion of Mr. Hume , was postponed till to morrow (this) evening, to give an opportunity of ask ing the question already mentioned by the Hon. and Gallant Member (Capta.n Boldero), and also some other questions rel xtive to Syria. On the motion that the Evidence Bill ba Told a second time, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, that he highly approved of the BP, but he must requeit the attention of those who had charge of it to look to one proviso. The Bill went so far as to allow parties to speak as w i tnesses f or themselves. You could not allow the defendant to prove his own case. He thought that the landlord ought not to be allowed to give ev id ence in favour of the tenant in a case in which a verdict for the latte r would be beneficial to the former ; and that in tyite other . ttiel should ease s th© ev id ence o f p a rties fay.aur -tha a t side w ith ped w th h hiac theirnoo issue of were i,deat'fied. - He ho twbne interests received t gentlemen who had , - 7 charge of the Bill would look to that proviso. If it • were properly framed, he would support the Bill ; but otherwise it would be his principal duty to oppose it. Mr. HAWES said he would attend to the sugges tion of the Attorney-General. Mr. HUME said there was one defect in the law of evidence which he wished to see altered in thi , Bill. The Judges were in the habit of telling witnesse , that they must not criminate themselves. Now, every man ought to tell the truth, even if it were against himself, and the object of the trial was to get at the whole truth. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP and Mr. PaYME, the Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Wednesday next. Mr. HUME then said, that lest his observations respecting the Judges giving caution to witnesses should not be underftood by the Attorney-General, he would refer to a particular case in point—the trial of Lord Cardigan in the House of Lords, where the Judge who presided officiously interfered, and desired a witness not to answer any question which might tend to criminate himself. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had no difficulty in saying that Lord Denman acted in accordance with the laws of England, and was perfectly justified in giving the caution which he did to Sir James Anderson, as be (the Attorney-General) who conducted the pro secution, had informed their Lordships in his opening address that the witness was liable to indictment as an accessory before the fact. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion of Mr. GORDON the House went into a Committee of Ways and Means. A sum of 8,000,0001. was then voted out of the Con solidated Fund. _ . _ The Report was ordered for Friday next. The LORD-ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better regulation of Muni cipal Corporations in Royal Burghs of Scotland. Mr. BOLTON CLIVE moved that the petition from the Chairman of the Board of Guardians of the Hereford Union, in support of the Poor-law Amend ment Act (presented 9th March), be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to. The House then Adjourned at Eight o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIV I SIO N (From the Totes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TVESDAY, MARCH 9. SEVERN NAVIGATION BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That it be an In struction so the Committee of Selection, if they see fiti to re fer the Severn Navigation Bill to a Select Committee Amendment proposed, t• leave out from the word " That " to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " the Pe titions which were presented upon Friday last, prayinc , that the Severn Navigation,Bill may be referred to the Select e' Corn.. mittee, be referred to the Select Committee on Private Busi ness," instead thereof :—Question put, " That the words pro posed to be left out stand part of the Question :"-Ihe House divided MAJORITY-AYES, 74. Eaton, R. J. I Mackinnon, W. A. Eliot, Lord M'Taggart, J. itzalau, Lord Marsland, H. Fitzroy, Ho'. H. Neal, Johu' Foreiter, Hon. G. Packe, C. IV " Gaskell, James Alllnes Parker, Montague Gore, 0. J. R. Perceval, Colonel Grimsditch, Thomas Philips, M. Hale, R. Blagdon Pigot, R. Halford, H. Pollock, S r F. Hamilton, C. J. B. Round, C. G. Harcourt, G. S. Rusb:,rook, Colonel Hepburn, Sir 'l'. B. Scrope, G. P. Hodgson, Richard Sotheron, T. E. Hogg, J. W. Stanley, E. Holmes, W. A'Court Tennent, J. E. Hope, Hon. C. I Thornely, Thomas Houston, George Vere, Sir C B. Hughes, W. B. Villiers, Charles I'. James, Sir W. C. Vivian, John 11. Kelly, Fitzroy Walsh, Sir John Lennox, Lord A. Yate s , J. A. Liddell, H. I'. Lowther, J. H. INlackenzie, T. MacKenzie, W. F. k'Court. Capt. Ainsworth,'Peter Arbuthnot, Hon. H Archdall, General Attwood. W. Attwood, M. Baillie, H. J. Baker, Edward Berkeley, Hon. C. Bothell, IL Bolling, W. BarkLl, Bcriah Broadley, H. Broadwood, Henry Bruce, Lord E Campbell, Sir H. P. Cho:mondeley, H. Chute, W. L. tv. Clive, E. B. orry, Right Hon. 11, Dalrymple, Sir A. `Douglas, Sir C. Duncombe, T. S. Duncombe, W. Duncombe, A. East, J. Huller TELLEaS. Gore, 0. W. Hope, H. T. Alston, Rowland Barnard, E. G. Barry, O. S. H. wes, Brotheron, J. Butler, Colonel Craig, NV 0 Davies. Colonel Easthopc, John Ellice, E. Estcourt, T. G. R. Ferguson, Sir Robert Frestuleld, J. W. Hall, Sir B. Hawes, B. NORITY—NOES, Hill, Lord A. M. C. Ilindley, Charles Hodges, I'. L. Hoskins, K. Inglis, Sir R. H. James, William Labouehore, H. :Mahon, Lord Miles, W. Morgan, Octavius O'Connel, D. Patten, Wilson Pendarves, E. W. Phillips, G. 40. Somerset, Lord G. Statisticld, W. R. C. Stewart, James Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Style, Sir Charles Turner, Edmund Warburton, 11. White, A. Williams, W. Wilmington, Sir T. TELLERS. Grey, Sir G. Sanford, E. E.A. THOMAS REETi Petition of Thomas Reeves [presented —Motion made, and Question proposed,- of Thomas Reeves, complaining of the retired allowance had been allotted to I Select Committee :"—(Mr. Kelly) :—T] 4th Fcbruari] read : —" That the l'etition manner in which his him, be referred to a 'he House divided :- 27. MINORITY—AYES, Douglas, Sir C. E. Lockhart, A. M. Farnham, E. B. Mackenzie, Thomas Freshtield, J. W. Mackenzie, W. F. Grimston, Lord Hiles, W. Halford, H. Morgan, Octavius Hepburn, Sir T. B. Neeld, Joseph Hodgson,R._ Pringle, A. It us hbrooke,lColonol Sanford, E. A. &mica, llou. Y. -- %trotter, John Turner, E Vere, Sir C. B. ivian, John Ennis W.B. Inglis, Sir R. H. Jones, John liae, - Sii William Richards Richard Round, C. G. _ Kelly, I , Teignrnouth, Lord JORIT Y . —NOES, Ferguson. Colonel Gordon, U. Orcy, Sir G. Hamilton, C. J. B. Heathcoat, John Hector, C. J. Hodges, T. L. Howard, P. H. Howard, C. W. G. Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Lascelles, W. S. Maule, Hon lox Muskett, G. A. 38. Pinney, W. Seymour, Lord Stanstield, W. R Thornely, Thomas Troubridge, Sir T. Williams, W. Woo', Benjamin Worsley, Lord Wyse, homas Yates, John A. TELLERS. Parker, John l'ufnell, Henry flaring, F.'&. Barna - ril, E. G. Beamish, F. B. Blat:e, W. J. Broadley, Henry Brocklehurst, J. Brotherton J. Bustield,W. Butler, Hon. P. Childers, J. W. Clay, W. Dalmeny, Lard Duke, Sir James Elliot, Hon J. E. PARLIAMENTARY B USINESS. tiOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. INioxDAY, MARCIE 8. Chard Canal—Second Reading, Friday, March 12. TUESDAY, lifAucif 9. 1. Exeter Small Debts—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday, March 16, till Monday, April 26. 2. Portishead Pier—Corn. on Petition, adjourned till March 12. 3. Colleweston Inclosure—Report, Thursday, March 11. 4. Southerpe Inclosure—Report, Thursday. March 11. RAILWAYS, &c. Stafford and Rugby Railway Bill—" for making a Railway from Stafford to Rugby, with a Branch therefrom "—presented and read a first time, to be read a second time. Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill—" for enabling the Man chester and Leeds Railway Company to raise a further sum of mo ney"—presented and read a first time, to be read a second time. Northers and Eastern Railway Bill—" to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Company to make certain Deviations in the line of their Railway, and to alter and amend the several Acts re lating to the said Railway"—presented and read a first time, to be read a second time. Northern and Eastern Railway (llertford and Ware Branch) Bill —" to enable the Northern and Eastern Company to make a Branch Line of Railway, and to alter and amend the several Acts relating to the said railway"—presented and read a first time, to be read a second time. Glasgow and Dundyvan Junction Railway—Petition for Bill re. ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Oswald, and Mr. Dennistoun. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER-TUESDAY EVENING. There was no business done on the Cheater Cup this forenoon worthy of remark. We therefore merely give the prices as nearly as we can collect them. Several of the horses, viz. The Potentate, Tubalcain, Retriever, Cow boy, Lugwardine, Cruiskeen, Prince Albert, Pm-not aware, the Plover, and the Humming Bird, had no admi rers, so as to bring them into popular notice. Thus run the odds— THE CHESTER CUP, P.P. 15 to 2 ages Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Gibraltar—offered 12 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Gallipot 16 to 1 agst Lord Egliuton's The Young-un 16 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Queen Bee 17 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen 20 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's The Dean—offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Hornby's Champagne—offered 25 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Prince Albert—offered 27 to 1 agst Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware 27 to 1 agst Mr. Flintoff's The Plover 30 33 to to 1 agst Lord r c E o g u l e i t n t t , o s n T 's ub T a h i e cai P n o_te t n . ta 4 t o e . Stanley's Rhodanthe—takteon 1 33 to 1 apt L or d 1 11 0 00 0 00 t tt e ao 6 56 aagg ag st :tt Mr. mbiari. 0 , S rs t ati . ii: P ta a n, ul sen ' y,E:estrrnci Bedford—offered it Retriever Calyp so 500 10 t t 0 0 30 4 s ag : M Sir r. T . oSodtyme Pain te r' s 11 to 1 bar a Tuley taken Cowboy First er 400 to 18 agst Mr. Pric e THE DERBY .— The friendol.4l74 take 8 v. the field. The field V. 7 ; to I p o O a n t fi t n card easter races, imagined the here), and either they had Star, since Don ppretty (par ticularlyhand- the Chester gentry and by deputy, or otherwise, have nipbbrlateldtrulli d no takers. somely. To-day, however, 1,000 These odds were laid last night, b y repeat them, almost to any extent.—ls to l l s willing to v. Rosalie, taken; 16 to 1 v. Eringo, taken; 17 to 1 v. Coronati on, offered ; 22 to 1 v. The Kni g ht, offered ; 22 to 1 V .Souls, offered ; 33 to 1 v. Mongolian, offered ; 800 was laid at evens, on Palsernon v. Soult, the supporter of the former desirous to double it ; 500 to 30 was accepted very w ill. ingly on D ingo, and 500 offered in a good quarter Soult beats any other of Scott's; i 4 to 1 offered v. any three. THE RIDDLESWORTH.—At the close, 6 to 4 was laid and taken, in a good quarter, on Eringo. Tug DERBY.—A few words will suffice. The wise men from all quarters cannot, in the second week of March, make out Scott's best. 15 to 1, at the close, was taken on Rosalie ; 16 to 1 upo n Erin g o ; 18 to 1, would bays bten, we think, accepted on Coronation 20 to 1 was bid, in the be,t of quarters, against any one of the dreaded stable. There was a great deal of chat about several horses, but all passed over free from " slot," but certainly with a little smoke! The Oaks and St. Leger not named. The gentleman wanting 1000 to 6 (or any part), about naming the three winners, had it offered in one of the most starling quarters in Laecashil e. DUNCIIURCII STEEPLE CHASE.—YrsTraDAY. Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, and 100 added, 12 each--•four miles. 7 subs. Mr. Anderson's gr. g. Cigar A. M'Donogh)... I Mr. Tibury's Goblin Mr. Elmore's The Weaver Mr. A. M'llonogh's Prince. Mr. Higgins's Boy Blue Cigar and Boy Blue carried 71bs. extra. Match for 1001. Mr. Robertson's Legacy (Mr. A. M‘Do nogh) beat M r.:Maddock's Creole (Mr. Mason). Colonel Henry Godwi n and Captain G. Blake, R. N., have been appointed Gentlemen Ushers to Prince LONDON: THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1841. The Lords, as usual on Wednesdays, did not meet yesterday. The Commons met, and the Sheriffs of Lon don appeared at the bar with a petition from the Corporation, in favour of the Jews' Declaration Bill. A great many petitions were presented, and amongst them one from the National Charter As sociation of Marylebone, pointing out that Lord CARDIGAN was acquitted from a flaw in the indictment, while FROST and his companions, in the indictment against whom was, they said, a similar flaw, were banished for life, and praying for the pardon of FROST, as a proof that the Le gislature meant to do equal justice to all classes. Mr. EASTHOPE, in presenting a petition for the abolition of Church-rates, said that petitions, if open at the ends, when sent to Members for pre sentation, were not liable to postage. Some con versation took place on the subject, when this view was confirmed ; and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER undertook to have all the Post masters informed that they were to transmit petitions, open at the ends, to Members for pre sentation, if not of an unreasonable size, free of charge. Sir R. PEEL gave notice of his intention to move in Committee, that the copyright of de signs be extended to nine months; and Mr. LA BOUCHERE gave notice that he should move that it be only six months. Mr. HODGES, in the absence of Mr. DIVETT, the Member for Exeter, moved the second read ing of the Jews' Declaration Bill, and in doing so drew most of his illustrations in support of the measure from the well-known case of Mr. SALO- MONS. Sir R. INGLIS, steady in his bigotry, and tho roughly consistent in his hatred of everything liberal, opposed the motion, and characterised the Bill as only intended to enable Mr. SALO MONS to fill the office of Alderman of London. He, most consistently with his own narrow creed, condemned every man who in any way contributes to the support of the re ligion of another of which he disap proves. Of course Sir ROBERT INGLIS will ex pect that Dissenters and Catholics should act on that principle, and steadily refuse obedience to any law intended to promote the welfare of the Establishment. He is apparently convinced that charity forms no part of Christianity, and, on all subjects of religion, ought to be exiled from the breast. According to him, though not according to the doctrines of CHRIST, Heaven has only one mansion, and there is only one road to it, and all who attempt to reach it by any other path must be rudely shoved aside by the lucky few who are on the right road. He more than once described the Bill as an attempt to un christianize England, as if Christianity had no other foundation in England than a shabby Act of b y the Judges. Parliament, W or e a b s e h li a e b v b e i t e i r ia c t u t s h t e ol u n n e e s h t a a r b i l t i a s b h l e e d , unchristian Christianity of Sir R. INGLIS, has no . other foundation than such a ' shabby ' Act, ' and his own selfish heart. If Christianity l were so hate ful to man's humanity ß a u s t le i paints it, it would be than that which he teaches, is separating him from and the example a better i C e l i i i r h i se speedily tiani `Y Iris that, even his exam ple, p a l n e, d, stirring up strife in the land in of its friends,ilame will not suffice to make the people hate it. They ma y come to hate him a n d t h e C hurch, but , even its pernicious example cannot sweep reli gion out of men's hearts. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, acting as consistently as Sir H. INGLIS, for he has always been favourable to removing restrictions on conscience, made a good speech in support of the Bill, and expressed his -stonisliment that a Jewish gentleman should be accused of insincerity, because he gave a contribution to promote the building o f a Ch istian church. Th e Noble Lord referred r to Baron RoTnscnir.n, the Messrs. MON- TrEionr. and SA LOMONS, and others, as e x amples of Jews perfornaing all the duties of - -J- _ good citizens. He also explained that the pre sent law did not actually exclude the Jews, for they were admitted into the town councils with out taking any oath. Two Tory gentlemen, Captain HAMILTON and Mr. MILNES, to their honour, spoke in favour of the Bill; and Captain HAMILTON declared that the speech of Sir R. INoms would have decided him to support the Bill had he heard no arguments in its favour. Untaught, however, by this pro per rebuke, Sir ROBERT INGLIS resolved to keep the land Christian by keeping the Jews out of office, and he divided the House. The second reading was carried, however, in spite of him, by 137 to 24. The County Coroners' Bill was also read a second time, after a short debate. The Double Costs Bill, the Roughing of Cattle (Ireland) Bill, and the Evidence Bill, were severally read a second time. In a Committee of Ways and Means, a sum of 8,000,0001. was voted out of the Consolidated Fund. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of Municipal Corporations in Scotland. The House adjourned at Eight o'Clock. We yesterday gave an outlin e o f th e pro ceedings of the meeting at Liverpool to petition for the repeal of the Import Du ties ; we have since then received a com plete report, but we find nothing in it of sufficient importance to induce us to publish it entire. Believing that the national prosperity can only be promoted by removing restrictions from our trade, and contentment only be restored by allowing the people to be prosperous, we, re joice at every attempt by such an influential body as the merchants of Liverpool to knock the fetters off our trade. It was not possible that such an enlightened and intelligent body of men should speak on a subject with which they must be very familiar, without bringing before the public a great deal of information. We yesterday transcribed some of it, and we shall now make some additional extracts, to illustrate the practical workings of our present sys tem. The mischief of a high protecting duty to the parties in whose behoof it is imposed was made clear by Mr. AIKEN in the following passage : At the commencement of the present century the production of sugar, for home consumption, was something less than 70,000 tons; but in the course of a shorter period it increased to the enormous extent of 200,000 tons, until the late high prices, the dearness of bread, and other causes, gave a check to the consumption, which was now 10 per cent. below what it was some few years ago, notwithstanding the increase which had taken place in the population. But let them now look at the effect produced by the treasure of protection. It must be recollected that in the course of the period of which he had been speaking, the net ave rage p r i ce of sugar was up a s hi g h as 80s., and aterwards fell demon to little more than 20s. Now, only take from 80s. and 20s. the amount of freightage and ex penses of landing, and find the result to the planter and dealer. The high price encouraged production to an extent beyond what this country could consume. This stimulus was not confined to the planters, who were content with getting good prices fur two or three years, but many were induced to em bark their capital in the purchase of estates, to spend money in fitting up establishments at the west end of London, the expense of which they could not bear, and then down fell the prices, and ruin overwhelmed the parties so protected. When so ruined, let us add they clamoured for still higher protection, for loans, for relief, and not uufrcquently the people were taxed ad ditionally to remunerate the planters, and the west-enders, for the consequences of their own unjust folly in plundering the people. Mr. AIKEN also gave this good advice to the Ministers lie might be permitted to say that he could easily fancy the possibility of a Government existing without having the means of carrying out all the measures which they might deem beneficial to the country. Then he would say, I cannot blame you if you are unable to carry on your measures, but I do blame you exceedingly if you do not propose them.—(Cheers). It you do feel that, fur the welfare of this great commercial community, it is absolutely necessary to pass certain measures, then you must propose and explain your measures, you must enforce them to the utmost extent of your ability and power, and if you were not seconded by Parliament and the people, the blame is with them. But you have yourselves the glorious sa tisfaction, that, at all events, you have attempted to do your duty.—(Cheers). One more quotation from Mr. W. RATII BONE'S speech, describing the loss of a trade we formerly carried on in furniture, caused by the timber duties, must suffice. He said— There was formerly in this country great manufacturing of furniture carried on, and particularly in Lancaster, but there it had been comparatively cut off; in Liverpool it had been very much diminished ; and t'ow, instead of supplying our own West India colonies with cabinet goods, manufactured in our own country, they went to Hamburgh, and other places on the Continent. In consequence of the competition from abroad, the importation of Spanish mahogany had decreased from 1,083,191 feet to 918,383 feet in the preceding year. The export to the Continent had suffered a diminution within the course of the past year. The manufacturer at Hamburgh gets his mahogany for 451., whilst the British manufacturer paid 901., thus showing clearly that we were furnishing the means of cutting our own throats. We cannot, however, leave the subject with out expressing our regret that the meeting should designedly have excluded from conside ration the worst of all import duties—the duty on foreign corn. Tt was supposed that the question might engender disputes, and therefore the re quisionists agreed beforehand to say nothing of it. One honest fellow, who is described as an operative, expressed his dissatisfaction at the ar rangement, but was appeased by the explana tions offered to him, and the implied disapproba tion of the meeting that the food of the labourer should be made the subject of a tax. No men tion was made, either in the resolutions or in the speeches, of the Corn-laws, except as they were severely condemned by the general de nunciation of all laws as demoralizing which limit the field of employment, and of all imports as detrimental which are levied on the necessaries of life. Many persons, ourselves included, wish that the Corn-laws had been denounced by name, believing that the righteous principles of free trade will be best promoted by never losing an opportunity of holding up to odium the most flagrant violation of them now on the statute-book. We feel, however, that we have no right to censure the merchants of Liverpool for studying their own interest. It is very natural that they should feel more on the discriminating duties on coffee and sugar, which palpably hamper their trade with the Brazils, than on the corn duties, the abolition of which might divert some of the corn trade, now carried on between Liverpool and Ireland, from that port. One of the speakers, Mr. J. B. MOORE, for example, said— Upwards of 30,000 tons of shipping from the port of Liver pool were engaged in the Brazilian trade, forty-eight or fifty-two vessels went annually to one port, and yet he said it would be hardly credited when he told the meeting that of the forty-eight vessels leaving for the port of Brazil alluded to, not ono one of them returned Mere, There must, therefore, be something practically and radically wrong when this was the case.—(Applause.) It might be said that cargoes could not be got ; but the fact was, that the coffee crop of that port for this year exceeded 60,000 tons, which would have loaded up wards of 300 vessels instead of 48. A Mr. MELLOR also showed where the tight shoe pinches the Liverpool merchants : ton rn t saet p q e du r aeyn tblye tsaoot sold dt o h v af e ot r r t l o h mw e o fi rp r er s i t tche c a o n s ( t 2 2, p :y ee e rr t tl t bo h n. i There were in this port 3,000 tons of Brazilian sugar , which %d. s w , ruhogueal importerc r o e u q l u d ir n e o tc 2: t would lose 10 per cent. Sugar of equal quality was 'selling at from 481. to 521. per ton in bond. If they had been permitted to sell this Brazilian sugar on the spot for consumption, in stead of refining it and sending it principally to our own colo nies, there would have been a saving to the public of 90,0001. We dare not condemn the Liverpool mer chants for exclusively attending to their own interests, and disregarding the general welfare, but they must not blame the landlords who uphold the Corn-laws, and the Chartists who de mand Universal Suffrage, for following their selfish example. If the midd le -classes seek only their own advantage they m ust not be sur prised when they appeal to the multitude that the multitude laugh their appeals to scorn. The working classes have been practically taught, unfortunately, to mis trust the middle classes when they agitate for free trade or the repeal of the Corn-laws ; and hence the cry, warranted by the conduct of the capitalists, which argument c annot rebut, that their object is to enrich themselves, to beat down wages, and enslave the millions more than ever. A long as the middle classes, however, are so keei.ly alive to their own i n terests, and so dead to those of others, shaking the empire to get rid of a little personal inconvenience, and refusing to move a little finger to redress the grievances of the working millions, alienation and mistrust will continue, and the landlords will continue, as at present, to tax, oppress, and plunder both. We deeply regret, if w e may not blame, every instance of such short-sighted selfishness; for what is now needed more than the revision of the tariff, even more than the repeal of the Corn-laws,is to reconcile and re-unite the middle and lower classes. Till they be again knitted to getlier by mutual services, and mutual kindness, and confidence between them be restored, society will continue to resemble, as at present, a sleep ing volcano. The Edinburgh Advertiser of Tuesday has the following paragraph :—" We understand that Mr. CANDLISH announced to his Session on Sunday, the circumstance of his having been appointed by Royal Commission to the newly instituted Professorship of Biblical Criticism in our University. A report was in circulation yesterday, however, and confidently repeated, that private letters have been received in town, stating that Lord MELBOURNE had suspended the appointment in the meantime. We give this rumour as we have received it, without vouching for its accuracy." We have no doubt at all of its accuracy, nor have we any doubt that the appointment would have been speedily consummated but for the timely notice taken of the disgraceful transaction by two or three independent journals. The Globe of last evening, in fact, defends the appoint ment, and comments on it thus—" If obedience to ecclesiastical tribunals by clergymen who have vowed obedience to them is to be made a ground of exclusion from ecclesiastical appoint. ments, it follows that they are punished for taking vows they are compelled to take, and keeping vows which they are bound to keep, by both the ecclesiastical and the civil law. No Government could act on any such rule." But I Lord MELBOURNE'S Government does act on such a rule, for Lord NORMANBY on Tuesday evening admitted that her Majesty's Government had been disposed to give Mr. CANDLISH the ap pointment, " but the moment they had heard he had placed himself in opposition to the law, they immediately put an end to all communication with him on the subject." This was praiseworthy, and we give Lord MELBOURNE and Lord NOR MANBY all due credit for upholding the law, but we cannot acquit them, and especially the Home Secretary, of negligence, in allowing the LORD ADVOCATE and Mr. Fox MAULE to recommend a person of this description to the patronage of her MAJESTY, because he is an active agent in promoting their wild notions about Non-in trusion, and in encouraging the people to put the law of the land at defiance to gratify the personal interests of ambitious and encroaching priests. If the object of CHALTvIERS, CANDLISH, and Co. were really the spiritual welfare of the Church, we could sympathize with them, how ever mistaken in their views; but when we are thoroughly convinced that they think only of aggrandizing themselves at the expense of the Christian people of Scotland, and know from sad experience that, through their incendiary means, the religious feelings of every parish where there is a new settlement have been drowned in party animosities, we should be guilty of a great dereliction of duty if we failed to de nounce them, and the representatives of the Government in Scotland, who abet their rebellious acts. The Dissenters, the Tories, the Liberal Whigs, and all but the purblind Non-intrusion ists, led, bound hand and foot, by these meddling priests, will rejoice that Scotland has escaped such a disgrace as the appointment of the Rev. Mr. CANDLISH to the new chair of Biblical Criticism. We have received by express from Marseilles, in anticipation of the overland mail from India, letters and papers from Chusan to the 24th of No vember, from Macao to the 18th of December, from Singapore to the 31st of the same month, from Calcutta to the .22d of January, a day later from Madras,—from Bombay to the 2d, Alexan dria 24th, and from Malta to the 26th ult. The news from China, if not positively disastrous, is exceedingly gloomy and unsatisfactory. After the greater part of a year spent in doing next to nothing, Admiral ELLIOT has been obliged, in consequence of severe indisposition, to resign the command of the expedition to Sir JAMES GORDON BREMER, and to leave the luckless Captain EL LIOT sole Plenipotentiary of the British Govern ment for the settlement of all disputes with the Celestial Empire ! It now appears for the first time, that when the expedition was sent out against China, the Government here, by way of reward we suppose for past blunders, appointed Captain ELLIOT joint Plenipotentiary with the Admiral; and yet when at the mouth of the Peiho the Admiral refused an interview with the Envoy of the Emperor, as his inferior in rank, Captain ELLIOT scrupled not to meet him as an equal, and actually to negotiate the return of the expedition without the firing of a shot, on the receipt of an apology, to the un healthy swamps of Chusan ! How long is England to be befooled and degraded by having her honour committed to the representation of this officer? Is theta overnment so powerful that it can brave public opinion so long as it is sustained by the influence of one Noble family ? But Captain ELLIOT'S destiny appears to doom him to be spurned and spat upon by the Chinese. On the 21st of No vember Captain ELLIOT, having returned from Chusan, went on board the Queen steamer, and having hoisted a flag oftruce approached the Bogue forts for the purpose of sending a letter to the new Commissioner, KESHEN, at Canton. The forts fired upon the flag, and one ball struck the steamer mid-ships. Captain ELLIOT returned the fire by throwing some shells into the forts, but immediately afterwards sheered off. Next day a formidable British force appeared near the forts ready for action, but on a mock apology being made to Captain ELLIOT, the different Commanders received orders not to fire a single shot ! But what became of the letter? Its fate was as undignified as that of the Plenipotentiary himself. An obscure native pilot on receiving a good reward undertook to carry it to Canton ! Would that the gallant Commodore NAPIER had been on board the Queen steamer when the flag of truce was fired upon ! He would have vindicated the honour of the British nation by tumbling the forts about the ears of the petti coated warriors of the " central flowery land." Had we any more competent person to manage our affairs in China than Captain ELLIOT, we should observe that our military force at Chusan is shamefully inadequate to the necessities of our position. But of what avail would be a million of soldiers, and an hundred sail of the line, under the command of such a nincompoop as Captain -ELLIOT? To the Chinese his name was deservedly as terrible while a prisoner at Canton, as now at the head of a large well-appointed squadron at the mouth of the Canton river. If the Government really wish to bring the Chinese to their senses, one of its first acts must be to re move Captain ELLIOT from a post for which he is as incompetent as the gallant moustachioed Member for Lincoln himself. With respect to the document purporting to he a translation of the official letter of Lord MINTO to the Emperor of CHINA, we need only say that it would afford us pleasure to be able to pronounce it a forgery. As it stands it is of a piece with Captain ELLIOT'S ridiculous corre spondence with LIN subsequent to the destruc tion of the opium. From the first the expedition was grossly mis managed; but whether the whole blame is to be laid at the door of the British, or the Indian Government, or the Plenipotentaries, we profess our inability to determine. When the Admiral appeared at the mouth of the Peiho River, within ninety miles of Canton, he ought to have been charged with certain fixed and unalterable demands, which must be complied with before his retirement from that menacing position. In the language of commerce he ought to have been prepared to present his Bill to the EMPEROR, and to exact on the spot prompt payment. The EMPEROR had had time enough granted him for inquiry, and if it appeared that none had been insti tuted, we should have taught him that when such delays took place, where British inte rests were concerned, we were considerate enough to save our enemies all trouble by inquiring and computing for ourselves, and that it only remained to pay the bill as presented. Had the Admiral intimated to the Imperial Commissioner that two mil lions sterling worth of property had been destroyed at Canton, that a million of expense had been incurred in fitting out the expedition, and that this money must be paid down without inquiry or deduction before the disappearance of a single British ship from the Peiho, the V olage which brings home the Gallant ADMIRAL would now be returning freighted with Sycee silver, with an account of the re-opening of the trade not only with Canton but with all the ports as high as Chusan. But the Admiral temporized, and lost the fruits of the whole ex pedition. The news from India and Egypt is interest ing. We are likely to have plenty to do to keep the Shah SOOJAH on the Throne, in competent as he is for the discharge of all the duties of Sovereignty. The resto ration of MEHEMET ALI to the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt was officially notified to the VICEROY on the 20th, but the firman for that purpose, which we give at length, is clogged with provisions which induced the PACHA to de cline its acceptance. The most offensive of these is one reserving to the Porte the right of nam ing any of MEHEMET'S sons it pleases to the Pa chalic of Egypt. There can be no qu‘stion but that MEHEMET ALI is perfectly right in refusing to adopt such a regulation. This would be holding out a premium to rebellion in his family, and would destroy that salutary influence which a parent ought to have over his own children. It would likewise enable the Porte at any mo ment to kindle a civil war in Egypt by setting the children of the PACHA against each other and their father, by underhand promises of the Pachalic to the successful incendiary. Commodore NA PIER, who is at Alexandria, shares in the views of the VICEROY, whom he considers as unfairly dealt with. Rumours attribute the chief blame to Lord PONSONBY, who is said to be as bitterly bent as ever upon the destruction of MEHEMET ALT and his family. As the PACHA relied so much on British honour, we trust the Govern ment here will know how to afford him adequate protection against the machinations at Constan tinople. The French journals of Monday have been duly received. They contain no news of inte rest, and we want space for any comments on the little which we publish on to us unimportant subjects. We can only quote the following ex tracts from them : The number of men of war of all rates, which compose the French navy, and which are now armed, is 199 ; 20 of the line of which 4 are of 120 guns ; 2 of 100 ; 3 of 90 ; 4of 86 ; and 7 of 80 ; 22 frigates, of which sof 60 guns ; 1 of 58 ; 5 of 52; 3 of 50 ; 7 of 46 ; and 1 of 40 : 18 corvettes of which 7 of 20 guns, and 11 from 20 to 28; 3 corvette avisos of 16 guns ; 21 brigs, of which 16 of 20 guns; 16 brig avisos of 10 guns; 9 gun brigs, with 4 pieces of cannon ; 35 schooners, cutters, &c., of 8 guns and under ; 11 corvettes of burden; 12 lighters (gubares); 2 transport brigs; 29 steam-boats. 'The Emancipator, a Toulouse Journal, of the sth says, " It seems that the little Carlist bands in Catalonia are nearly ex terminated. Thirteen brigades have been taken about Iqua lada, of whom five were shot; among them is a priest of Marana, named Miramon, who was one of the Lieutenants of Casulleras, who will not long escape the search which is made for him.— Le Commerce. The Moniteur, of this morning (the Bth) announces in its official part, that the King has received a letter from the Elec tor of Hesse Cassel, notifying the death of the Electress, on which occasion the King will go into mourning for 11 days. The official papers contain also a report of the Minister of the interior on the execution during the year 1839 of the law of 26 May, 1836, relative to the roads (chemines bicinaux). The report fills 19 columns of tha Moniteur.—Le Constitu tionnel. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSD4Y, MARCH 11, 1841. " THE CHINA SUN, " Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price SIXPENCE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand. IN PROGRESS, rn 141 RAILWAY SUN. Arith a MAP of all the RAILWAYS 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 EIER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. lI'S MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though theyiare NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DIST RIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for one of the next Distributions may receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PROS PE.CT US and PARTICULARS, upon addressing, WITH OUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains FIFTEEN HUN DRED DIVIDENDS, amounting to £137,592, Tne Dividends being £25,000 £BOO £2OO £9O 5,000 600 150 80 2,000 500 120 70 1,500 300 110 64 1,000 250 100 62 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U , IDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, MARCH 11, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Bart., Mr. W. Farren ; Max Hark away, Mr. Bartley ; Mr. Charles Courtly, Mr. Anderson ; Mr. Adolphus Spanker, Mr. Keeley ; Mr. Dazzle, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Harley ; Grace Harkaway, Madame Vcstris ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs. Nisbett ; Mrs. Pert, Mrs. Humbv. After which the New Farce, in one act, entitled THE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Captain of the Watch, Mr. C. Mathews ; Baron Vander potter, Mr. Bartley ; Adolph de Courtray , Mr. J. Vinin g ; Kristina, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Katryn, Mrs. Humby. To-morrow, London Assurance, with The Beggar's Opera. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ircies, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. 2 ; Gallery, Is. Ti.:liet-3 and places for the 130xt.3 to be taken of Mr. Grogan. at the Boz-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets lie had upon application. Private Box.. to be had so'ely of Mr. And: a ws, bookseller, tie; • New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Triumphant success of " Poor Jack," equal to " My Poll and my Partner Joe." Mr. T. P. Cooke in Two Pieces. Ex traordinary attraction, and crowded houses. THIS EVENING, MARCH 11. iNill be acted a Nautical Drama in Four Parts, called POOR JACK ; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR. In which Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the Company, will perform. After which, ROBERT MACAIRE. Robert Macaire by Mr. T. P. Cooks. To conclude with THE RIEVER'S RANSOM; OR, GILDEROY. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS ;JAY. 11erning..... 8 minutes after 4 I Evening 0 7 minutes after 4. , ,?,,,,,. t.., . , " 4- ..., ~ 4, r. , , ,,, _ , ...- j., " .4 , . 40 ~.f.:..0., - 4 ,0 -, "i 4 '4, , ,;,,,-;,-. i ,•• 4 ,—.:!' ' Aito 4 k:: 4i , -:- 4 '- - 4 , t-- "‘ * " 4 44 ‘-..., ~ IP. • Q., 1 ..."•A • '': '4 • "',4 4 : " .--= --t4 ,r4t, ' Ttt L S. BOURSE.--PARTS, MONDAY, MARCH 8. first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prig. Price F,, , ,ch f. t•er Cents III 65 ... 111 90 ... 111 60 ... 111 81 4 per Cents 9B ... 98 ... 98 ... 99 3 per Cents 77 5 zi 77 40 ... 77 5 ... 77 35 Butof r ranee L ditto Bank 50001. Shares 5155 ...5155 ...5155 ...5155 .. ; :glan Bank 5 rier Cents lOl% ... 101% ... 101% ... 101% 3 per Cents 7O 60 ... 70 60 ... 70 60 ... 70 t 0 New Loan lO2 ... 1 , 2 ~. 101% ... 101% Q,nish Active ~ £54 ... 254 ... 25 ... 25 1 4 Passive 6 ... 6% ... 6 ... 6 New Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cents 19% ... 19% ... 1914 ... 19 % N npolizln Itonan . ._ .. 101 A, ... lOiji ... 101% ... 101% .... ~.......-.. KAILWAY'gHARES. St flerlnnin Ve,:allles,lt. B 412 50 ... 412 50 ~. 412 50 ... 412 50 L.B. :312 56 ... 215 ... 312 50 ... 315 Orleans . Strisnutg to Bale 2ll 25 ... 242 50 ... 1.41 25 .. 241 25 dorticaux to La "leste 420 ... 420 ... 420 ... 420 Vltilhausen to l'haian .. louen 460 ... 460 ... 460 ... 460 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, MARcii_s. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents Plank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan iiiiiN 1 . 6654 Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate Inscription, lstSe•ies lOl 100% Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series 96% Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2 , ,9 pet Cent 4P Ditto 5 per Cent Polish Ilondr New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 73% 75y N..twegian Loan, 1831, 4 per Cent. f.l Spanish, New 5 per Cents. IS% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 5.-13 s.—Two months, 13 3%. PETERSBURGH ' FEB. 23.—Two months, 35% pence . CLIRISTIANIA. FEB. 20.—Three months, 4 52. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 23.—Seventy-five days, 11. 46. BREMEN, MARCH 2 a—Two months, 014. Madrid papers of the Ist inst. have reached us. They are destitute of news. On the Bourse busi ness was somewhat active. The Five per Cents. were done at 28; for cash, and 2S for sixty days Sir Robert Peel has had a new office assigned him by his Tory friends. He is said by a writer in the Times to be " the arbiter between social and political interests of such moment as the world has never seen balanced before." Poor Sir Robert, what awful responsibility ! The past and the future are in conflict, the aristocracy and the democracy are at issue, Church Establish ments and the Voluntary Principle are striving for mastery., knowledge is in hostile collision with faith, and of all these rivalries, only to be settled by time giving the victory to truth, Sir Robert Peel is now said to be the arbiter. The philoso pher in Rasselas, who was driven mad by the thought that he was charged with the regu lation of the weather, did not assume such an awful responsibility as the sane writer of the Times heaps on Sir R. Peel. Arbiters, however, are generally chosen for their impartiality. Sir Robert Peel, on account of his par tiality, is repudiated by one of the great par ties. He is the liveried lackey of one party of the aristocracy, and of Church Establishments, and on no point, except, incidentally, on that of knowledge, is he favourable to one of the con flicting parties and principles. To take a parti zan for an arbiter is absurd, and Sir Robert has never been elected to that high office by the voluntaries or the democrats. It is a mistake to assign such an office to him, unless as dealing be tween the two factions of the Tories. The Mem ber of Parliament who ascribes this office to him is a Tory, and has unconsciously revealed the secret of his party. It is split into a hungry crew who will have office on any terms, and also a bigoted crew who will seek it, and only accept it, on the uncompromising principles of religious intolerance. Sir Robert has to steer his course and balance his cause between these two parties, which is, we presume, what the Tory Member of Parliament means by describing him as the arbiter between the social and political interests of the Tories. THE COWARDICE OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES.— The Scotsman justly says, "it is the cowardice of the middle and wealthy classes which enables a creature like Sir Andrew Agnew to assume the privilege of prescribing to men of ten times his capacity what they ought, or ought not, to do on Sunday." Does the Scotsman include itself amongst the middle and wealthy classes? We ask the question, because we keenly remember that the Scotsman and its friends succumbed to the priesthood on another point, when the Lord Provostship of Edinburgh was at issue ; and re flected very unnecessarily, we thought, some of the odium which the . priesthood threw at Mr. Harmer, on that gentleman. When such jour nals as the Scotsman lend their countenance to malignant religious persecutions, we cannot be surprised at the priesthood and their friends dic tating how the Sabbath should be observed. As long as they are allowed to trample on the liberty and fair fame of individuals, why should they not prescribe to the slaves, by whose aid they are enabled to persecute, how they shall employ their Sunday ? The wealthy, middle, and indeed all the mercantile classes who now begin to groan under the dominion of the priest hood, affecting the conveniences of commerce, are justly punished by that same heavy yoke they have long laboured to fix on the rest of mankind. God is just, and of our pleasant vices makes instruments to scourge us. THE DUKE DE BELLUNO.—The late Marshal Victor was born at La Marche, Vosges, in 1766, and en tered the artillery in 1781. In 1793 he was made General of Brigade, for his services in the attack on Toulon. In 1796 and 1797, he served in Italy, caused 8,000 Austrians to capitulate at Provers, and t'jok Ancora with its garri son of 5,000 men. His conduct at the battles of Monte bello ar.d Yarengo was gallant in the extreme, and, after the Peace of Amiens, he was sent as Ambassador to Den mark. He was wounded at the battle of Jena, and wa s raised to the dignity of Marshal far having mainly contri buted to the gaining of the battle of Friedland. H e served in Spain in 1808, in Russia in 1812, and gre a tl y dist;nguished himself in 1813 at the battles of Dresden and Leipsic. In 1814, he was wounded at the battle of Craone, and, after the return of the Bourbons, adhered ', O their cans'. During the 100 days, he passed into Bel gium with Louis XVIII., and was subsequently made Major-General of the Gua"d and illinister of \Var, H e was raised to tke Peerage in 1816. MORNING EDITION. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The advices by the Overland mail to-day led to no de pression or advance in Stocks ; but the intelligence tu b ; limited in The Sun this afternoon, brought from New 'ern' by the England packet-ship, caused a decline of pe r cent., though the market closed rather better. • Tbe lowest prices of Consols for Money was 874, and for the Account 88; the latest were 874, and 88 to k Excite . quer Bills were 7s. to 9s. prem. ; and the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. 964 to The Foreign Funds were in a heavy condition. SP an " ish Active Bonds were reduced to 23,i and ; and Portu guese New Five per Cents. to 311. Colombian Bend° were marked 23, and Brazilian at 72, being without alte ration. French Three per Cents. were at 7 7 fr ancs, sa d Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 50i to There was a fair business doing in Railway shares, but at lower prices. Great Western brought 23 to 22 Gam e New, 10,i to 11/ ; the Fifths, 51; the Birm in g ' 771 ; and the South-Western, 17i premium. Brighton_ were 7 to 71 ; Blackwell, 5 ; Hull and Selby, 7 ; and Exeter, 27 ; Eastern Counties, 14 4 ; Manchester add Leeds, New, 1 ; North Midland, New, 5 ; and Sou th " Eastern and Dover, 16 4 discount. British North Ameri can Bank Shares were Si. discount, and National Previa* cial of England, par. re The mercantile advices from America are scarcely re° satisfactory than those which relate to political matte"' United States Bank Shares had been down 2 per to or as low as 25, but the latest quotation was 25 to Ar this We perceive that a meeting of the Stockholders in institution had been held, at which it was resolved to Pe tition the Legislature for some Act in their favour, se to prevent further serious depreciation in their proFertf• Bristol. The value of the shares held in Nei; York alone is gi/ eu at seven millions of dollars. Money had been e%c eP sively tight, owing to the cauti4Of the Banks, and front. to 2 per cent. per month Was paid for discounts r Philadelphia. Business was in a very depressed coach' tion owing to the war fever, and the domestic esehogel were less favourable. ( From The Sun of Last Night.) of LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, TUESDAY.—TiIe s a les 0 _ Cotton this day amount to 6,000 bales. There has been material alteration in the rates, and the speculations bo less active than yesterday. After the report furnished Yes,t,echta. day 2,000 bales were taken on speculation, particulars of v/T, did not transpire before post hour. Bahias sell at Bd. to 8to t ; ' Pernambucos 9d. to 9k-d. ; Egyptians, 10d. to 11 d• ; s : 4d. to skd. ; American, 6d. to Bd. ; nothing to report on r culatiOn. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MARCH 9.--A litnited. b „: , siness has been done in the Share Market to-day, the por i t g, ; lars reported are—Gr an d J unc ti on , 204 ; Halt Shares, 78e4 MANCHESTER Great Western, New Sh ares , 60 1 / 2 ; Midland Counties, is;4l, MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 9.-"-T be oil are—London and Birmingham, 169 ; Manchester, Bury, 54 ; Manchester and Leeds, 68% ; Ditto HalYes,29YA: South Eastern and Dover, 16k; London and South Westekg, Tenths, 17s. prem. ; Manchester and Liverpool District /4'— 10% ; Bank of Stockport, 41. _,,,A her The England New York packet-ship is off the ports I ' ''. despatches are expected every hour. o af The Hamburgh mail has arrived, of March 5, with th e P awe of the same date, bringing the Exchange upon London the 'lv., as per last post 13 3* ; Gold 425 ; Metal 1041; Banktions 1,615 me . in the The Arican papers, of Feb. 19, may be expec ted course of the afternoon. Bolt(T , „., The intelligence from China to the present hour has D°t 06 any eect on the British M o p ened Con ff sols, which left off atar 88ket. / ft for the Account , .. p , a ,; the same price ; for Money, 881 *. Exchequer Bills 7 91 " Bank Stock shut ; India Stock shut. Defer red ' In n the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 24a ; „ 12k ; Passive, 5i 6 ; Portuguese left off 31is at io P e ' i , en icen tg : 31k -?„- ; Three per Cents., 19k ; - Colombian, 224 231; 274 28 ; Brazilian, 71 72 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per C 504 a ; Five per Cents., 991 100. 1 he Foreign Exchanges were better yesterday afterro° ll ;‘ , f Shares Great Western 231 to 241 prem. ; New 111 to 41 prem. ; London and Brighton 7 6 1 dis. ; Blackwell 6 .., p er dis. ; Birmingham 76 78 prem. ; Southampton 5 5 1 ° ' l o se; share ; Croydon 111 12 per share; Greenwich 81 P er Manchester and Birmingham 16 15 dis. are rl(' Since the above has been written the British Funds ot; quite so good, Consols are, sellers, at 881 for the Ac e Money 88k. Pli.lk,ES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT CP I ' RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 33 .. ... to --- Eastern Counties ... .. 8 1. ...... to Great Western .....• to 611 - Ditto New 'full and Selby London and Brighton London and Blackwell ......" Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares 3O - North Midland ... lOO - ..... ....... Ditto New South Eastern and Dover - JOINT STOCK BANKS. National Provincial of England... 35 ...... to 0 ,0 The intelligence from China has had the effect to ativ sy as Company's Congou It/ 2 d. per lb. this morning, which in quoted at Is. 81Ad. per lb. ithe gt The British Funds continue to the present hour I' being affected by the intelligence from China. aid ><t Consols have been during the course of the go r fr $ 88 1 a for the Account, with scarce anything doing :91 it; short period. They were done at 581, at present I, f o r Exchequer Bills, 9 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, shut; oi, Money, 88k. ir s e vy of . The Foreign Market is quite inactive. Spanish Act rather lower ; Dutch nothing done, and nothing done in Ne d the other Foreign Stocks to the present time. I'l SHARES.—Eastern Counties, 8*- ; Great Wes er 1 °"„ Shares, 60, 1 _ 61i ; Hull and Selby, 43 ex. div. ; 1 1„ ri c hest i ; Brig'nton, 424 London and Blackwell 19i 5 and Leeds New Shares, 29 ; North Midland New Shore' South Eastern and Dover, 60k. The American papers not received as yet. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. ..... , o Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red — Ditto Bonds ............ ..-- 3 per Cent Cons ...... ..... 31 per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuitiesi 910 New 31 per Cent • 964 Ex. Bills, 1,000/.... 21 9P ° ' New 5 per Cent ... Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small •••••' ......" Jan. 1860, — Oct 1859.., — Jan. 1860 ... Consols for Acct ..••••"• Bank lodi a Stock Stock for for Acct Acct . ...: 88 FOREIGN FUNDS. mot. '...- A ustrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per c - '' Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto.... ' ' ...- Brazilian 80nd5.... .. Prussian, 5 per cent...* ..- BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent. • • ..,‘ Chili= 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, S per cent ...... ..•-• Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred ........... ~..c. Danish, 3 per cent — French,s per cent..• ......f. a... 6 ' Greek,lB2s, 5 percent — Exchange ........••• , 7f. ,; 0 1 Mexican, 5 per cent — French,3 per cent..• ' Di. to, 6 per cent, 1825 Dutch, 21 per cent ..... ..•-• Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent... .• . SHARES. - 33 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) ........... .• 81 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid ... •••'• Great Western Railway (65 paid) ............ 6,4 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ..... ............ 43 Hull and Selby (50 paid)... ..... ............... 421 London and Brighton (50 paid) .............. 20 London and Blaekwall Railway (25 pd) 1 661 London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 5. 5 1 . London and South Western ..................... Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) .. ••• •-'•" 29 Ditto New Shares (30 paid) ....... North Midland Railway (100 paid) ......... Ditto New Shares (40 paid) .............•• 161 South Eastern and Dover (33 paid)... COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and frill% yep • in an open — l - , --..es--- rino __ riders. He terday afternoon w e vr is co 0 au t L ntt o o o r: di ae A ol bo l Alfred Paget e P h o a Ls e ed t b and . Sir - a E n d d w - f an r w ; :rw " 4° r of the Queen g . h a o m e s sWoo Princeds, Garter, Albert a eboArolboeorhtetook an a o p Sir Willi of evening Royal Hil „ las t , Morley, i ß nc a The Royal ' sea a ysd u et en d rao i .dn e r a n . yc.e audienceY e te r d o a f Y 0 a l n u od d d e o d Lio L rt adhdey Robertße a o r i Barham, a gGt m rr n e , y o h a H m o Hon. )Mss i m c nNt Noel, ' f FoOt Gu rr art attended during dinner. Her Majesty honoured M p 'd w ith ° • for her portrait yesterday.;trill r. artri ge His Royal Highness Prince Albert at Penley with a sixth sitting ingham Palace. Ira yesterda e y rt morn Her Majesty the Queen Dowager kan B b° too k rope round the Parks yesterday forenoon open Oh in an and four. visi ted Her Royal Highness the Du chess of Ka t s o d' her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday borough House. 08 0" The Duke of Cambridgeta t-e gave a dinner last h at his residence, Cambridge House PiceadillhA o at Directors of the Concerts of Ancient r Muoie' jirig e ' the party were the Duke of Wellington, Ear' - C ar t. 9 : morning honoure d ot gori;c1:: Earl Cawdor, Lord Burghersh, Sir VVilliam f ai n and Mr. Berkeley Paget. Count Kielmainstiegigg:oe.9o: Mr. Bishop were also present. His itoyin,`: W' accompaniel by his guests and attended by o f the P Stephens, afterwards went to the a lert: ooc° . r ooo lg ' Conceit of Ancient Music at the Ha are p h4 n over-sq u the Royal Duke being th e Director for the eveitr The Duke of Camb r id ge , attended by tAfaiqh his Pr pe phens, honoured Co ven t- gar d en Theatre wi sense on Tuesday evening, s ioieg of A M D r. e ß p . ut ja.tiAonnoosftroJougnst,gi.cceshooirfmaMoi,ddiglers.exvv, c i i °_ :_f : w „% ir r : o l ffi 'u c lk e , r a e n , dC ct o in lo g nel Wood, M.P.., had Hall, Sir James Williams, Mr. Sergeant Ada"' w ith an interviietiviome the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the P las 4 he office of Coroner. 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