The Sun. — London, England, 1841-02-17 00:00:00

M ORNING EDITION in t roduced at Rome. The same might he said of the best times of Athens; and in the civilised sate of New York, executions are at present conducted before private parties. In Prussia they had only done, so he believed, under the order of the Court- These, however, a re matters which he might bring before the House on some future occasion. For the present he would simply reserve to himself the power of proposing, at a future time, that the subject should undergo more ample consideration through the agency of a Committee. He was obliged to the House for the attention which his motion had received, and being, as he had said, unwilling to press the motion against the inclination of the House, he would now withdraw it. EXPORTATION OF MACHINERY. Mr. BARNES presented petitions from the borough of Leeds, praying for a Committee to inquire into the operation of the existing laws affecting the exportation of machinery. Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Staleybridge on the same subject, and to the same effect. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS also presented a petition from Manchester and Salford to the same effect. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS then said, that in pursuance of a notice which he bad given, he rose to move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the ope ration of the existing laws affecting the state of machinery. The machinists of this country had fur many years complained of these laws. They stated that these laws opposed barriers to their skill and capital, was very detrimental to their interest, and tended greatly to check a most important branch of trade in this country. They had petitioned the House almost to a man for the removal of those barriers, and the petitions which had been presented were not merely those of the master manu!acturers, but the men had also joined them, believing that their interests were identified with those of their em ployers. He thought it right that he should direct the attention of the House for a few moments to what hat passed in Parliament with reference to the ex portation of machinery within the last few years. The Committee of 1324, after a long and laborious examina tion, reported in favour of allowing artizans to go to any part of the world where their services would be better rewarded, or it might suit their convenience to go to. They did not then report as to machinery ; but the House of Commons, wisely he thought, almost immediately, and with great unanimity. passed the Bills in accordance with, the Report of the Committee, which were introduced by his Hon. Friend the Member for Kilkenny. The same Committee sat again in 1825, and in that year presented a most valuable and important Report, not altogether in favour of allowing the exportation of machinery, but recommending it so far as it would not be positively preju dicial to the interests of our manufactures. He thought the Report so very imnortant, that it was his intention, if the House were kird enough to grant him a Committee, to move that a copy of it be put into the hands of each Member. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted largely from a speech made by Mr. Huskisson in 1825, in order to show that he was then greatly in favour of a free exportation of nearly all kinds of English machinery. The law on the subject appeared to him to be in a very anomalous state. Many articles of machinery might be exported upon leave obtained from the Privy Council upon the Report of the Board of Trade. An Act, introduced by Mr. P. Thomson in 1833, showed the tools which were now prohibited for exportation by the law. Our artizans might go to any country where their services where wanted as they pleased. Steam engines, or parts of them, might be exported without even an application to the Board of Trade ; and by such an application our ma chinists might export freely those elementary, if he might so speak, parts of those machines which were used most largely in our staple manufactures, cotton, flax, wool, and silk. The de mand for machinery had very greatly increased within these ten years, as was shown by returns moved for by the Hon. Mem ime for Belfast. They showed, that while in 1831 the amount of machinery exported was 60,0281.1 in 1840 it had risen to the enormous sum of 308,0971. On striking out Malta and t he lonian Islands, the account stood thus in Europe :—ln 1830 the export was 19,252/. ; in 1840 it had risen to 255,1771. He confessed he much participated in the feelings of the ma nufacturers so long as they were placed in such an unfavourable position with respect to cheaper labour of the Continent, by the laws relating to food. It struck him we were in some de gree too ready to place within the reach of competition those manufactures we possess. But still he thought those parties were entitled to inquiry. He was willing to admit there was no individual in the House whose constituents were so much interested in this question as his own ; yet he wished, if possi ble, to approach the question without bias. Fifteen years since the machine-makers had the advantage of a Parlamentary inquiry for this purpose, but since that time more changes had taken place than daring centuries in former times. Since that period we had seen the perfection of almost every railway of importance that could be named. We had seen also the introduction and successful development of the loco motive principle ; but while during this period me chanical ingenuity was making such rapid strides in this country, those with whom we were willing to enter into honourable competition were now possessed of our im provements, and were availing themselves of them far more than they did in the year 1825. He.thought, therefore, that if any person were inclined to ask what were his motives in asking for the appointment of a Select Committee, they would see ample grounds for it in the changes winch had taken place. To revert to the arguments of tho machine makers,they contended, as he believed, with great force, that at the present moment the regulations being such as he had described, they were placed in a very anomalous position. If, for instance, they were at any time inclined to take out a patent for any mechanical contri vance they were placed in a most embarrassing position, for if any one seeking to retain to himself the protection of a patent, the mode of doing so was the same on the Continent as in this country, and he was, therefore, compelled to establish a manu factory on the Continent or to throw himself into the hands of foreigners, and to receive only a portion of that return to which his ingenuity and his exertions so justly entitled him.—(Hear.) All the elementary portions of the four great species of machinery to which he had alluded might be ux ported under the license of the Privy Council, and the ma chine-makers contended that when those were sent abroad cer tain other machinery was brought into co-operation with these portions which led to the production of finished machinery, and that this was the way in which much finished machinery was supplied abroad. Again, much of it was smuggled, and .t was a fact well knownto the Board of Trade, that articles were continually shipped under false denominations. Several fla grant instances of this nature had lately come under his notice. The machine-makers also stated that of late years had sprung up an important branch of business under the denomination of the manufacturers of tools, or of machines, by which the work of many tools was performed. These were exported without any permission whatever. By this means much animal labour was saved. The quantity of tools exported front this country within the last few years was about equal to that em ployed in eight or ten of the largest machine establishment-, of this country, and that it was quite apparent that foreign countries now possessed far greater means than ever of entering into competition with us, and it was a striking fact that at the present moment, as regarded many machines, we were unable to export them any longer.to advantage, because of the improve ment of them on the Continent by individuals residing there who were able to supply them to the Continent better than we were able to do. As he had before stated, the position of this country had greatly altered. Large machine establishments had sprung up in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Saxony, Prussia, and Russia ; and if they crossed the Atlantic, they would find there many upstart inventions, particularly with re spect to the manufacture of cotton, which had driven many thousand spindles out of employment. These were some of the leading statements the machine-makers had laid be fore him, exhibiting, as they contended, the necessity for this measure. As he said before, his opinions were on the side of the British manufacturer, and he still retained an opinion rather in favour of some restriction, if it could be made available. But he was bound to say the inquiry the machine-makers had prayed was worthy the consideration of the House. He would not take upon himself to say that any change might have taken place in the minds of the manufac turers since the last inquiry. It was his opinion, then, that the repeal of the existing law would be injurious to their interests, especially with regard to the continental trade. Now this ob jection was made in 1824 and 1825, when the currency of the country was in a state of depreciation, and when almost every article of manufacture rose consider ably in price, and when such was the competition for machinery that those who were building mills at that period found they could not obtain machines at a shorter period than eighteen months. But on a question of this kind he should sat they ought not to limit this experiment to a single year, but to put their opinions to the test by the average experience of several years. He thought this Committee would enable both parties to state their views with greater correctness than they could have done twenty-five years ago; and the relative con slition of the Continent and this country, as he had before said having undergone such great changes, he thought such a Com. mittee was not the less desirable for the interests of the manu. facturers of this country than for the interests of those machine makers who petitioned the House, and who conceived themselves to be injured by the existing state of the law. He therefore reeved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the operation of the existing laws affecting the exportati n of machinery.—( Hear. ) _ Mr. E. TENNEN'J' seconded the motion w . th the utmost pleasure. The inquiry sought for was not like many to which they came with prejudiced minds. It was one of extreme doubt. The present law was a d n ed absolute monopoly, and the House was called upon to either for the ex isting principle of prohibition, or i t e f such an alteration been done, namely to as would do that which had never en force it. He was quite satisfied yet result of the Committ ee must be one or the other of these thin gs. to look back at the Legislation of andt was impos s ibl e 182.5, without being impressed with a sense of its imperfection. The Hon. Gentleman here referred to the opinions of the late Dlr. Hus kisaon on the subject of the exportation of machinery, stated that there was no ob j ection to its ex p o rtation when who con tained a great quantity of the raw mate rial ; but that it n the opposite case it should be restrained. Tools, as they were called, formed a most important species of machinery, and were the most astonishing in the effects they produced of any ma _ chinery made in this country. Manufacturers were indebted to tools not only for the production of machinery, but also for the precision with which it worked. Some tools were of enor mous dimensions--30 or 40 feet in length—and one of these extraordinary tools would take an immense beam of iron, which it took formerly weeks to polish, and in a few hours render it as smooth as a ball of ivory. These automata performed their operations with an ingenuity that was something like instinct; yet such was the inconsistency of the present state of the le gislation on this subject, that these tools which conferred so much advantage were permitted to be exported. The Hon. Gentle man here proceeded to explain the nature of one of those tools which is used to make an instrument that is indispensible in the manufacture of every kind of yarn. That instrument or tool, called a card, was a description of brush made of iron wire, inserted in a slip of leather attached to a wooden frame : it was formerly made by the hand, but now a tool was so con trived that a certain quantity of iron-wire and leather being applied to it, it formed, without the intervention of human agency, an iron-wire brush or card, such as that to which he referred. On the Continent they fully appreciated the excel lence of British machinery. They had tools of this country, the iron, and they now possessed the coals; and in consequence the manufacture of machinery was rapidly increasing in Swit zerland, Belgium, Austria, and Russia. That was a conside ration which should lead Hon. Members to inquire as to the use fulness of the prohibitions of the law. In 1539 and 1840 an attempt was intimated on the part of the the French Government to levy a heavy duty on the import of British yarn ; at the same time they intimated that that im post might be averted, if our Government would remove the duty on the export of machinery. He (Mr. E. Tennent) was authorised by his constituents, as were also many other lion. Members by their constituents, to allow of that exporta tion ; but he was glad to find that the contemplated impost was not laid on by the French Government. He thought it was necessary to ascertain what was doing in every quarter of the globe which aspired to manufacturing, or attempted to compete with Great Britain in manufactures, in order that they might decide on what was the best course to adopt. The Honourable Gentleman next proceeded to advert to the great price given on the Continent for English machinery, which must, he contended, arise from its great superiority over that of any other country. It must be ad mitted that the manufactures of the Continent are making great strides towards a more successful competition with us. But it was owing to the assistance they derived from England they were enabled to do so. They had English workmen, English iron, and English coals ; and if we add to that the advantage of obtaining English machinery, we would increase the facility of competition. He thought that some legislation upon the subject was necessary. Whether the exportation of machinery was to be forbidden altogether, or relieved from restriction, some alt erat i on of the present I; se was necessary ; and it was with the utmost satisfaction he seconded the motion of his Hon. Friend.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SHIEL said that, as the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, he had no hesitation in conceding to the motion. There had been no inquiry into the subject for fifteen years, and in the meantime the exportation of machinery had gone on at a very rapid rate of increase. What afforded him the greatest satisfaction was, that the conduct of the inquiry would be in the hands of a eentleman of so much sagacity, and so well ac quainted with the subject as his Yon. Friend.—( Hear, heft%) Mr. HUME vindicated his character from the aspersions thrown upon him in respect to his conduct upon this question. He was a member of the Committee eighteen years ago, upon whose recommendation the Combination Laws, and the law prohibiting artizans to emigrate were repealed. That Committee was desirous also of repealing the law which prevented the expor tation of machinery, but he (Mr. H.) was prevented from bring ing in the Bill for that purpose by the advice of Mr. Huskisson, in consequence of the jealousy and the alarm of the manufac turers. He had always said that the time would come when that body would see their own error; and all the suffering which he had predicted they had since undergone. He thought that it was sound and true policy to relieve manu factures of every kind from all restrictions, and then no coun try in the world could compete with England. We might supply the whole world with machinery without suffering any disadvantage. Improvements took place in machinery every four or five years, and we would always be able to maintain our superiority. He hoped that the Session would not pass without a Bill being brought in to remove the inconveniences from which the trade of the country had hitherto suffered. Mr BROTHERTON would support the appointment of the Committee. He did not for his own part wish to give any de cided opinion on the subject, and he would wait for further in quiry. But it was evident that the law ought not to be allowed to remain in its present state. In his opinion it should either be entirely prohibitory, or all machinery should be allowed to be exported. There was now in France machinery to the value of 15,000,0.01. 'I hat machinery must either have been smug gled into France from this country, or it must have been manu factured in consequence of our prohibitory duties. It was ma nifest, therefore, that the present system operated unfavourably for England. What he wished for was fair play, and he had no doubt but we would then be able to compete with all the nations in Europe. Under these circumstances he considered that a full investigation of the subject would be attended with great advantage. Mr. VILLIERS said that he believed it to be of the greatest importance to this country, that it should export machinery ; and that no restriction coind be imposed on it which would not be moat injurious. He represented many who would be glad to see that the end of the proposed inquiry would be a removal of all restrictive duties. Those whom he represented would be glad to find the superiority once possessed by this country still retained ; but it now became a matter of necessity with them, seeing the progress which foreign manufacturers had made, to export, instead of their goods, the machinery for manu hiring them. He cm old not help calling the attention of the House to the alarms of the Hon. Member for Belfast. That Honourable Member was, however, oae of a party who I steadily maintained all those restrictions on our commerce of which our manufacturers complained.—(Hear.) That had always teen denied on the other side of the House, and the law which fiad been founded on that denial had been maintained.—( Hear.) The Hon. Member, however, had tra velled ; and now, for tl.e first time, he admitted the rivalry of foreign countries, and the necessity for inquiry.—( Hear.) That was a most important admission from one of that party, and he hoped it would not be lost upon his friends, but that they would see that our national prosperity depended upon the prosperity of our manufacturers. Ile should support the motion, and only wished it went further.—(Hear.) The law was perfectly inadequate for protection, inasmuch as there was a company at Hamburgh for the importation of this very machinery, at a cost of 35 per cent.—(Hear.) Mr. WALKER felt obliged to the House and the Govern ment for the kind manner in which they had met his question ; and he thought that inquiry would show that no injury would accrue from the exportation of machinery. Mr. HINDLEY thought that the operatives would be benefited by the exportation of machinery, but manufacturers would not. He did not think foreigners would take off all the old machinery of the country as supposed by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, but that they would get the best. The question had not been fully stated to the House. It was a matter of great consequence that they should consider whether they should encourage the exportation of machinery to the amount of 60,000/., which was the cost for the machinery of a mill, when the annual profit derived from the employment of the ma chinery in this country would be the same. He thought the possession of the machinery would teach the foreigner how he should beneficially use it. It removed many obstructions from the foreigner which now prevented him from acquiring an exact knowledge of our improved methods of manufacturing. He did not urge these operations in order to defeat the object of his Hon. Friend in obtaining useful inquiry, but he asked the House to pause before they gave away abenefit. All his feelings were in tavour of free trade, and had we a free trade in corn and no national debt, he would then say go forward. The in telligence of the country would then carry all before it. MUNTZ thought the subject so self evident as to re quire no Committee. Every tool used might be exported, and was exported. Our manufacturers were underworked on the Continent. While taxing our machinery, we were not bene fiting the manufacturer; he therefore thought the Hon. Mem ber would do better to bring in a Bill at once to permit the exportation of machinery, and the shorter time wasted in the Committee the better he should be pleased. Mr. EWART thought that taxing the exportation of ma chinery, thus raising its price, the foreigner was driven to make it for himself. These restrictions ought to have been removed long ago. It was due to the Hon. Member for Kil kenny to state that in 1824 he was the first to draw the atten tion of the House to this subject, and on that occasion all the revenue officers had borne testimony to the utter inefficiency of our prohibitory regulations. Until the year 1750 there was a free trade in the exportation of machinery. Mr. Hus kisson most truly observed, that while artizans were encouraged to go out to other countries it was in vain to restrict the ex portation of machinery. The maintenance and advocacy of the great principles of free trade was the only real basis of the prosperity of this country. Mr. MORRISON said that all who had paid any attention to this subject must be convinced that the restrictions imposed by those laws had checked one of the most important branches of our commerce. This was the more to be lamented as machi nery is one of those things which belonged peculiarly to Eng land, and of which, if proper regulations were adopted, no na tion could deprive us. By these restrictions they had only conferred a bounty upon foreign manufacturers, for our ma chines were smuggled to a considerable extent. He begged to suggest to the Hon. Gentleman who had prop ose d thi s mea sure the expedieney of taxing machinery i m p or t e d i n t o ot h er countries. There might be some difference of opinion upon that subject, but there could be none as to the propriety of that inquiry. Mr: THORNELY could not agree with the Hon. Mem ber's suggestion in reference to the further taxing of machinery, as any additional tax would only be a bounty to the smuggler. The motion was then put and carried. Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the petition of John S. Folds, presented on the 12th of February, be printed with the votes. The Hon. Gentleman said that by a statute passed in the reign of William /11., compensation was to be made to all persons who were injured in Ireland by the malicious burning of their premises and property. The individual who presented the petition had had considerable property destroyed in conse quence of his premises being set fire to by persons engaged in a combination, and his (Mr. O'Connell's) object was that the petition should be in the hands of all the Members before he made his motion for compensation. Mr. GREENE would take the liberty ofsuggesting that con siderable inconvenience hail already occurred in consequence of petitions being printed without a previous examination. Perhaps the Hon. Gentleman would defer his motion till Friday next. Mr. O'CONNELL objected to any delay. Mr. HUME said it was the intention of the Hon. and Learned Member to found a motion upon the petition. 'There would be no difference in the expense whether it was printed with the votes, or five days later by the Committee. Lord MORPETH saw no reason why the motion should not be acceded to. The petition was then ordered to be printed with the votes. NIGER EXPEDITION. Viscount INGESTRIE then, pursuant to notice, called the attention of the llouse to the period of time appointed for the sailing of the above expedition. lie did not intend to enter largely into any of the merits or policy of the proposed expe dition ; he would be most glad to see the main object of it fully carried out, viz., the total abolition of the dive trade in the interior of Africa. He was given to understand that it would not be ready to sail until the be ginning of April. He did not think they could arrive at Sierra Leone until the end of May. They would then want some men, called kroemen, which would detain them till June, which was the most unhealthy part of the rainy season. lie had been told that it was necessary that these vessels must go up the river in the rainy season. That might be true, but whe would say that the vessel could proceed by any proper channel ? That channel was constantly changing in conse quence of the Delta in the Niger, which ran upwards of one hundred miles. The vessels would get aground, and the crews would be exposed to the pestilential climate for months. Now, for the sake of humanity, he would ask whether the expedition might not be delayed for a time ? Let them be employed as exploring vessels, and be ready to proceed on their mission at a more fitting opportunity. There were many other considerations he would not then enter upon, his sole object this evening being to call the attention of the Government to the period of the departure of the expedi tion. A vessel named the Ethiope had just returned from the Niger, having been unable to effect a passage up that river. As a medium of commerce with Africa he thought there were good grounds for doubting if that river would ever be found available. Under these circumstances he hoped the Govern ment would not, for the sake of pleasing a few benevolent but mistaken individuals, persist in an undertaking which there was every reason to believe would be a complete failure, and be attended by loss of life of almost every person who en gaged in it. - Mr. M. O'FERRALL said the object of the expedition was that which the Hon. Member had stated. It had been origi nally intended th a t th e expe diti on s h ou ld sa il i n the month of October, but it had since been found necessary that its depa ture should be def e r re d un til M arc h, i n or d er that the vesselsr might have the advantage of the first floods in the rainy season, witiout the assistance of which they could not effect a pas ag up the Niger. With respect to that period o f the year being e the most unhealthy, it was ascertained, by the re.searches of scientific gentlemen, that it would not be found so unhealthy to those who visited it in iron vessels; which, moreover, had been specially prepared for the purpose. Mr. HUME wished, if the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies had been present, to have asked him some questions with respect to the objects of the expedition, which he pro fessed he could not understand. He thought the debate should be adjourned, in order that the Noble Lord might be present, and give some explanation on the subject. 3lr. VERNON SMITH was surprised the Hon. Member for Kilkenny should inquire the object of an expedition for whch twelve months ago he h ad joined voting a sum of 60mo i 4_ (Mr. H” u Fiume, " No such thing. b ht er.) The object of the expedition was to establish commerc'al relations with the chiefs of that country, with a view to the abolition of the slave trade, and the civilization of Africa. His Hon. Friend (Mr. M. O'Ferrall) had already correctly explained the reason for the delay that had taken place in the departure of the expedition. Mr. WARBURTON would say that, looking to the magnitude of the expedition, the smallness of the means were wholly disproportionate to it. The expedition was undertaken to a part of Africa from which communication with the interior was cut off for six months of the year. Sixty thousand pounds was a large sum, and if that amount was expended in the be ginning, what would it come to at the conclusion ? Some delay had occurred in the expedition, and he hoped that advantage would be taken of that delay to give some more information than was at present had on the objects of the expedition. Mr. O'CONNELL did not think the Noble Lord had made out any great ease on the subject of an improper time for making the attempt to pass up the Niger. The Noble Lord had failed in making out a case. The Hon. and Learned Gen tleman then proceeded to comment on that part of the Noble Li rd's speech wh i ch referred to Captain Beacroft sailing up the Niger, and contendel, Pram the extracts read by the Noble Lord from that officer's letter, that he did not establish the view of the case which he sought to urge. The Hon. Member then adverted to the public meeting which had been held to promote the objects of the expedition—for the proceedings of which meeting he referred to the Hon. Member for Kilkenny as to what the objects of the expedition were. Mr. HUME had merely asked that the motion would be ad journed till the objects of the expedition were more perfectly understood by the House. The present was the first occasion THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNRSDAY, FEBRUARY l7, 1841. on which he had heard of a Member of that House being re f( rred to for speeches deliveretiat a public meeti ng t o ascer tain the objects of a measure put in execution by Government. Mr. HAWES never heard objections to any measure less founded than these that he had heard urged on that evening against the expedition which formed the subject of the present discussion. Mr. HUME said that he took Jamieson's pamphlet as the source of his information. Mr. HAWES said he now understeod the ground of the Hon. Member's objections. The object of the expedition was fully stated in a letter of Lord John Russell to the Lords of the Treasury. As to the money expended on the expedition, it was comparatively little to that we were annually spending to put down the Slave-trade.--( Hear, hear. ) Viscount INGESTRIE, in reply, said he was not at all satisfied with the explanations of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. V. Smith). He hoped the Government would at least defer the sailing of the expedition, in order that further information might be acquired on the subject. Admiral ADAMS said that every necessary inquiry had been made before the expedition sailed, and the information given by Captain Beacroft was found to be tolerably correct. Although the season at which the ships would arrive at tho Delta was unhealthy, it was certain that they would be able to sail up the river, and arrive rapidly at a healthy climate. The motion was then withdrawn. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (SCOTLAND). The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the registration of voters in Scotland, and stated his intention not to interfere with the present system, but to give it more uniformity and steadiness. One of his propositions was to as similate it more to the systems of England and Ireland as respec ted appeal. He proposed that, instead of ten Courts which existed at present, there should be but one Court of Appeal ; and he further proposed alterations which would render the appeal less expensive. The present mode of challenge entailed upon the poor voters an expense of not less than 2,0001. a year ; and he proposed to remedy its effects in that respect, keeping the fran chise substantially as it was. After a short conversation, in which Mr. Shaw, Mr. G. Hope, Mr. Fox Mattle, and Mr. Oswald, took part, Leave was given to bring in the Bill. EMIGRATION (SCOTLAND). On the motion of Mr. H. BAILLIE the following Members were nominated as a Select Committee on Emigration ( Scot land):-111r. H. Baillie, Mr. Robert Steuart, Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. I homas Mackenzie, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. William Mackenzie, Mr. Evart, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Tufnell, Lord Teignmouth, Mr. Robert Pigot, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Ward, Mr. William Smith O'Brien, and Mr. Dunbar. Mr. VERNON SMlTH:suggested, in case those gentle men should not be able to attend, that their places should be filled up by some gentleman conversant with the affairs of Canada. The House adjourned at Half-past Eleven o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. SATURDAY, FRB. 13. 1. Medburn Inclosu‘e,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 24. 2. Elsing Inclosure (No. 2),—Committee on Petition, Feb. 24. 3. Lincoln Roads,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 24. 4. Guarantee Society,— Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 5. South Metropolitan Gas,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 6. Dublin Wide Streets,—Committee on Petition, March I. 7. Patent Rolling and Compressing Iron Company,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 8. Liverpool Docks,—Committee on Petition for additional Pro vision, Feb. 24. 9. Steads' Patent Wooden Paving Company,— Committee on Pe. tition, Feb. 24. 10. Belfast Harbour,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 11. Dewsbury and Leeds Road,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 12. Youghal Harbour,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 13. Great Level of the Wash Inclosure,—Com. on Pet., Feb. 25. 14. Yeovil Roads,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 15. Wicklow Harbour,—Committee on Petition,—March I. 16. Middlesbrough Improvement,—Committee on Petition, post- oned from Feb. 16 to Feb. 19. 17. Gravesend Quay,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 18. North Midland Itailway,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 19. Bradford (York) Water works,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 25. 20. Polloc and Govan Railway,— Committee on Petition, March 2. MONDAY, FED 15. 1. Dundalk end Banbridge Road,—Com. on Petition, March 1. 2. Well, and Highbridge Road,—Com. on Petition, Feb. '26. 3. Dovenby and Papcastle Inclosure,—Corn. on Petition, Feb. 26. 4. Portshead Pier,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 26. 5. Liverpool and Crosby Road,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 26. 6. Taylor's Patent,—Committee on Petition, March 1. 7. Deptford Pier,—Committee on Petition, Feb. 26. 8. Preston and Longridge Railway,—Second Reading, Feb. 19. 9. Wiuwick Rectory,—Second Reading, Feb. 19. 10. York and North Midland Railway,—Second Reading, Feb. 19. 1. Merthyr Tydvil Stipendiary Magistrate,—Com. on Pet., Feb. 26. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. MR. SPEAKER'S WARRANT FOR THE ♦PPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS FOR BESSION, 1841. Pursuant to an Act passed in the Session holden in the second and third year of the reign of her present Majesty, in tituled `• An Act to amend the Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election Petitions," I do hereby appoint— Thomas Greene, Esq., Member for Lancaster; William Miles, Esq., Member for the Eastern Division of the minty of Somerset ; The O'Conor Den, Member for the county of Roscommon ; William Ord, Esq., Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Edward Strutt, Esq., Member for Derby ; and John Young, Esq., Member for the county of Cavan ; to be members of the General Committee of Elections for the pre.. sent Session. Given under my hand, the 11th day of February, 1841. CiIARIES SHAW LEFEYRE, Speaker. THE WEATHER. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE- STREET. ' Noow. FEB. 16 Barometer 29.27 In. Thermometer Highest ..... .... . 50 Lowest Wind S. S. E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) LONDON, FEB. 18. —lt rained hard at times during the night. Wind this day at noon, light breeze at S. E. with haz: weather. COWES, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Lord Anson, from Rio Janeiro ; Flora, Hange, ditto. BRISTOL, FEB. 15.—Arrived the Blandford, Field, from Newfoundland. CORK, FEB. 12.—Arrived the Wetherall, Munden, Liver pool for Malta, with loss of boat, &c., and part of cargo thrown overboard ; Sirius, Crowall, Laguna. DEAL, FEB. 14.—Arrived the Pearl, Calcutta; Oriental, Wilson, Calcutta ; Seymour, Davis, Mauritius ; Sir John Rae Reid, Dyson, St. Kitt's. 15, S. by E., fresh breeze. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—Wind, S.—The Mary Elizabeth, Corrie, from China, to this port, ran on the Skerries during a thick fog, on Friday night, but is expected to be got off, tour steamers having gong to her assistance. The Ruby, Paul, hence to New Orleans, was totally wrecked on the Blue Calms, on the 11th ult. ; crew saved. The Alexandre, from Bremen to New Orleans, is wrecked off Port Plantt. The Cygnet, from Cuba to Swansea, is wrecked off Isabel. The Creole, Stevenson, has been hove down at Monte Video, and found to have sustained very little damage. Arrived the Acadia steamer, Miller, from Boston and Halifax; Mary Ellen, Joy, Bahia; Elizabeth, Robinson, Savanilla ; Arethusa, Cowl, Savanilla ; Victoria, Goulding, Laguna; Silas, Richards, Mobile; Pur suit, St. John's, New Brunswick; Sweet Home, Cephalonia; Star, Seller, Licata; Swiftsure, Chrichton, Bonny. Off port, the Sarah, Trotman, from Cape of Good Hope. The Sisters, bound to Algiers, has put back leaky. SUNDERLAND, FEB. 14.—The Cognac, Allen, from Rouen, and John Green, of Hartlepool, were in contact off Flambo rough Head on the 13th, the former with loss of bowsprit, &e. MARGATE, FEB. 15.—Arrived off, the Ligonier, Moriarty, from Pernambuco; and D'Auvergne, Rillot, Honduras. MILFoItD, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Alexander, Deans, from St. Jago de Cuba, with loss of boats, &e., and decks swept. CA LDY ROADS, FEB. 14.—Arrived the Elizabeth Moore, Moffatt, from Valparaiso. HULL, FEB. 15.—Wind S.W. by W.—A brig of and for Hamburgh, has put into Grimsby Roads with damage. POOLE, FEB. 15.—Arrived, Active, Walker, Newfoundland. NOTICE TO MARINERS. TREATY WITH SPAIN FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. The following has been received at Lloyd's, from the Ad miralty, dated Feb. 13, 1841 : ' " Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 29th of last month, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of the Admira!ty to acquaint you, that as it appears the nature of the certificate required by the 6th clause of the 10th article of the Treaty with Spain for the suppression of the Slave-trade is not generally known, their Lordship have directed me to transmit to you a copy of the said clause, and to request that you will communicate the same for the general information of the trade. " I am, Sir, your most humble servant, -" JOHN BARROW. " To Wm. Dobson, Esq. Lloyd's." ARTICLE 10. " It is hereby further mutually agreed, that every merchant vessel British or Spanish, which shall be visited by virtue of the present treaty may lawfully be detained mad sent or brought before the mixed courts of justice established in pursuance of the provisions thereof, if in her equipment there shall be found any of the things hereinafter mentioned, namely :-- CLAUSE 6. " An extraordinary number of water-easks, or of other ves sels holding liquid, unless the master shall produce a certificate from the Custom-house, at the place from which he cleared outwards, stating that a sufficient security had been given by the owners of swill vessel that such extra quantity of casks, or of other vessels, should only be used to hold palm oil, or for other purposes of lawful commerce." At the Annual Meeting of the British Insurance Association, held at the Commercial Hotel, North Shields, on Tuesday the 9th inst., it was unanimously agreed,__ That five guineas be presentectte-that excellent institution, the Floating Hospital, at D"plford, and two guineas to the Tyne Shipwrecked Mari tr n he a co n o t n p r ojectedm Roger'send e cad Mariners' Home. Al so , t h at Li eute- MHme Haven rDs Palmed o ofe k this B i Association , ll Anchors is highlys re approved ands tr o a g thatl y P to at titfe m en e t : S of as a mea ure of great utility to the shipping interest. PERSONAL ADVANTAGES.—The possession of Nature's best passport to favourable reception, a clear skin and bright complexion, is attained and preserved, with pleasing facility by the use of_gowland's Lotionf which removes every local irrita itrind discoloration o the skin. For toilet purpo o lotion presents sustaining and refreshing pro sof the most effective kind, at tended in all-eesea y improvement and generally satisfae ' tory results. " Robert Shaw, London," is engraved on the stamp. Prices, 2s. 9d. ; ss. 6d. ; quarts, Bs. 6d. Sold by all respectable perfumers and medicine vendors. [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.-A bad leg of 27 years' standing cured in 48 days.—Baron Von Kilmincb, formerly attached to the Prussian Embassy, was recommended to undergo the amputation of his l eg , on which there were upwards of thirty ulcers. The leg was swollen to an alarming extent. _Gangre ne h a d a l rea d y co mme nced about the ankler — lt was in this dangerous state when, on the 14th of November last, he had recourse to the abovo jnvetnable remedior. His leg is now perfectly cured. This Nobleman has allowed Mr. Holloway to refer anyone to him who may be inclined to doubt this wonder ful cure. The Pills and Ointment must be used together. They are sold at every respectable Chemist's throughout the kingdom, or at the establishment of the Proprietor, 244, Strand. 1 "THE CHINA SUN, " Which was lately RE-PUBLISHED, IS NOW ON SALE. Price Si.II)I;,:.;CE. Orders received at The Sun Office, No. 11 Strand. IN PROGRESS, THE RAILWAY SUN. With a MAP of all the RAH WAYS in the United Kingdom ; containing all the STA TIONS on each Railway, and a great v ariety of Information and other particnlars connected with Railways. THE CORONATION SUN, PRINTED IN LETTERS OF GOLD, WITH A BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEIN, Can be sent by post free to all parts of the Em pire. Price SIXPENCE. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY. DIRECTORS WILLIAM HUTT, Esq., M.P., Chairman. JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Thos. Holdsworth, Brooking, I Jacob Montefiore, Esq. Esq. I Geo. Robert Smith, Esq. M.P. Henry Buckle, Erg : I Captain Mark Halpern Sweny, Charles Enderby, Esq. R.N. James Irving, Esq. I Edw. Gibbon Wakefield, Esq. The DIRECTORS of the WESTERN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY hereby Gire Notice, That they are ready to DISPOSE OF LAND, consisting both of Town and Rural Sections, in the New Settlement of AUSTRALIND. Terms and conditions may be had, on application to the Se cretary of the Company, either personally or by letter. By Order of the Board, C. H SMITH, Secretary. Western Australian Company's Offiee, 33, Old Broad -street, February 12, 1841. rrHE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL AIEETING of the Shareholders in the said Company, sum moned and advertised to be holden on TUESDAY the 23d Feb ruary instant, is unavoidably POSTPONED. By order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary. Dated the 15th February, 1841. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that they require the services of One Principal Civil Engineer and Surveyor, six Assistants, ten Youths as Im provers or Paid Apprentices,' six Foremen and sixty Working_ men, to form part of the Preliminary Expedition of the Second Colony of New Zealand, which it is the intention of the Court to despatch from this country in the middle of April next. Particulars of the Terms and Conditions of these Appoint ments may be obtained from the Secretary, and candidates for the same are requested to apply by letter, addressed to the Se cretary, inclosing copies of lestimonials as to qualifications and character, on or beGre FRIDAY, the sth of March. It is requisite that the foremen and working- men should be married, under thirty years of age ; and the Company will un dertake to provide a free passage for their wiv, a and families with the main expedition of colonists, which it is intended to despatch from this country in the month of August next. By order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary. New Zealand House, Broad-street-building', Feb. 15,1841. SECOND COLONY of NEW ZEALAND. Under the Direction of THE NEW ZEALALD COMPANY. GOVERNOR-JOSEPH SOMES, Esq. DEPUTY-GovxitNoa—Hon. FRANCIS BARING, M.P. DIRECTORS. Viscount Ingestrc, 11. P. Sir W. Molesworth, Bt., M.P. Lord Petra !Alexander Nairne, Esq. Henry A. Aglionby, Esq.,M.P. l .John Pixie, Esq., Ald. John Ellerker Boulcott, Esq. Sir Geo. Sinclair, Bart. M.P. John William Buckle:,Esq. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. W. Taylor Copeland,' Esq.,lWm. Thompson, Esq., Ald., AM. , M.P. M.P. Russell Ellice, Esq. Hon. F. J. Tollemache, M.P. James Robert Gowen, Esq. Edward G. Wakefield, Esq. John Hine, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. )Arthur Willis, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. George Frederick Young, Esq. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that en MONDAY the Ist March next, the,Directors will be ready to receive applica tions from Colonists and others desirous of purchasing Lands in a new settlement about to be formed in connexion with a se cond colony upon the Company's territories in New Zealand. The Land will be offered in Lots of 201 Acres each, including one Town Acre, at the price of 300/. for each Lot. The pur chase-monies will be applied in the manner specified in the terms of purchase; which may be had on application at the Company's House. By order of the Court, JOHN WARD, Secretary. Now Zealand House, Broad-street-buildings, Feb. 15, 1840. COMPANION TO THE " TOWER OF LONDON." THE FIRST PART of Mr. AINS. WORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, to be Completed, like the " Tower of London," in Thirteen Shilling Numbers, with Three Illustrations on Steel, and Wood-cuts in each, and to be entitled WINDSOR CASTLE," will appear on the Ist of May. Sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. iJNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS THIS EVENING, FEB. 17, Will be repeated Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, !Ir. Keeley ; Snout, M r . Al ta d ows ; S nug , Mr. F. Matthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with The GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, entitled THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE GIANT HELMET. Harlequin, Mr. C. .1. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli ; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother. To.merraw, The White Milliner, with Brother Ben, and 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. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 23. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price. ; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the DOXI.I to be taken of Mr. Grogan ac the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets nay me had apon application. Private Boxi to be had solely of Mr. Andx ewe, bookseller i 67. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Extraordinary triumph achieved—The present performances more attrattve than ever, roars of laughter and shouts of applause attend the scene that caused tl•o late extraordinary excitement in Franco. THIS EVENING, FEB. 17. Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on and entitled THE TOWER OF LONDON. The Tableaax Virans, splendid Costume, and Appointments ; from the Designs of the celebrated George Crnikshanks. After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND ➢IY LADY LEE; OR, GOOSEY GANDER AND THE SPELLBOUND GOSLINGS. In whicli"the astonishing and incredible evolutions of the Cask Vaulter will be given, as well as Brunning's Grand Dioramic Synopsis of Syria ; the Pantomimic Characters by the unri valled Boleno Family; Mr. Southby, the Original Closn; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; the astonishing Gyamastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Franconi's, at Paris ; and the celebrated scene and duet between the Gallic Cock and the English Bull D•g. NEW STRAND THEATRE. GREAT SUCCESS! OPEN EVERY EVENING DURING THE WEEK. Everybody astonished at the wonders effected by the highly gifted Mr. JACOBS, the Royal Ventriloquist, Modern Ma gician, and English Improvisatore. The raptures of applause that accompany each part of the Entertainment is a sufficient proof of the amusement afforded. The Tricks, Transforma tions, and Illusions, surpass all ethers that have yet been pro duced. The Ventriloquism is introduced in such a manner that few can believe one individual capable of performing the whole of the characters heard by the audience ; and the Extent poraneous Scng pleasing in the extreme. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6 d. ; Gallery, ls. Doors *pen at Seven o'clock, and commence at Half-past. Second price at a Quarter to Nine o'clock—Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Mr. Seguin, 12, Regent-street, Pall Mall, is appointed sole Agent for disposal of the Private Boxes. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS OAY. gorninf , 5 minutes after it. E ve ning ......4! minutes after IL j, • • • U 1 Al i • 1 * 11! 1 ', T Po 0 • i 7e. A ft „ c „ b LONDON: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1841. The Peers were exclusively occupied yesterday with the trial of the Earl of CARDIG A N. The Commons met as usual; Mr. MORGAN took his seat for Monmouthshire. Several petitions were presented, including some for additional Church accommodation, and one from Glasgow complaining that the grie vances as to the trade with Java remain unre dressed. _ Mr. CRESSWELL moved for a Committee of the House, on the "23dinst., to consider ofan Address to her MAJESTY to make good the Danish claims, and, after a smart debate, carried his motion azainst the CHANCELLOR of the Ex f(4,- Lit by La to :U. Mr. Rica moved for leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the execution of criminals in gaols, in the presence of some authorised persons; but finding that the House was against the proposi tion, withdrew it. Mr. M. PHILLIPS then moved for the appoint ment of a Committee to consider of the propriety of allowing the exportation of machinery. W e have not room to abridge the debate which en sued, and must content ourselves with stating that the motion was agreed to. The LORD ADVOCATE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the registration of voters in Scotland. The Committee to inquire into emigration from the Highlands was appointed ; and at Half-past Eleven the House adjourned. The trial of the Earl of CARDIGAN began and terminated yesterday, in an unanimous verdict of acquittal. The public have never, from the first report of the case reaching their ears, had the smallest doubt that the person whom the Earl of CARDIGAN fired at and wounded was Captain HAftvEv TUCKETT. He so gave his name; it was so set down in the depositions ; it was so stated and never contradicted in the public journals; but, because this notorious fact was not legally proved, all their Lordships, upon their honour, pronounced the Earl of CAR DIGAN not guilty. The Duke of CLEVELAND said " not legally guilty," as if he wished to have a salve for his conscience. It mutt henceforth be considered a very doubtful matter whether the Earl of CARDIGAN ever fought a duel at all with Captain HARVEY TUCKETT on Wimbledon Common; and the chief result of the great and expensive preparations for the trial has been, ac cording to the verdict of their Lordships, to throw mistrust on the best accredited portions of human testimony. Who the Earl of CARDIGAN fought with will probably be for our posterity a puzzling, mystical question, like the man of the iron -mask, or the authorship of " Junius." Why legal proof was not brought, or why, if the prosecutors knew that legal proof could not be brought, the prosecution was not long ago abandoned, is not for us to say ; nor do we re gret either their perseverance or their failure. The trial has revived amongst us some knowledge of the grotesque forms of our ancestors, and has brought under public notice and discussion some of the privileges of the Peers. By an example we have been made sensible of the care which they take to protect themselves, whatever value they may set on the lives of the people. That the pro ceedings will enhance the respect of the people for the Peers, or their reverence for the forms of the Constitution, we will not take on us to assert, for the only appellations we have heard applied to the trial, is " farce," " humbug," and " mockery of justice." Letters from Constantinople to the 13th ult. inclusive have reached us. Tile settlement of the Eastern question had been followed by the appointment of the following tax-collectors for Syria : Moussa Effendi to Damascus, Sarem Effendi to Acre, Hagi Edhem Effendi to Adana, and Sebib Effendi to Aleppo. Said Bey has been named Muhariri or Registrar of Trebisonde, Se bib Effendi has been replaced in the direction of quarantine by Ismael Bey. late Muhassul of Scio, and Hagi Akil Effendi has succeeded Hagi Edhem Effendi, as President of the Board of Ordnance. Nourri Effendi has succeeded in bringing Musta pha Paella of Candia to reason, and has persuaded him to sub mit quietly to the authority of his Sovereign, without having recourse to violent measures. It appears from letters from Lisbon of the Sth inst. that the reported appearance of DON MIGUEL in France created a great sensation there. But as it called forth assurances of sym pathy and support not only from the French and English Ambassadors, but likewise from ESPAII TERO, as Chief of the Spanish Regency, it will have a tendency to strengthen the Government of Queen DONNA MARIA. The Address in an swer to the Speech from the Throne was voted by a Ministerial majority of 77 votes against 23. A still stronger majority (77 against 18) rejected a proposal for admitting foreign corn for the purpose of transhipment. The Corn-law mess have it all their own way in Portugal as well as in England. How long will the starving multitudes submit tamely to this ? The following extract from a letter of the Bth inst. from Lisbon, gives an account of the dreadful state of the weather there : We have been suffering for this week past under most tre mendous gales of wind from S.W., accompanied by deluges of rain. The Royal Tar, with the London mail of the 30th, due on the sth, only arrived this morning. The sea off the bar is described as being the most terrific ever remembered. A vessel from St. Übes was wrecked two days since there, and all on board perished. A waterspout burst at Rio de Moura, near Cintra, yesterday, and completely destroyed an ange grove, washing away everything and breaking up seve ral houses. I have not heard if any lives were lost. The iron gates of the Marquis Pombal's palace, at Oeiris, near Cas caes, were carried off by the flood. MI the low grounds up the Tagus are completely under water. The Iberia, which takes this letter, was 48 hours coming here from Cadiz, half which time was spent in beating round Cape St. Vincent. It is blowing a strong gale of wind from S.W. at the present mo ment. Madrid Journals of the 7th inst. have reached us. In the Gazette of that date we find the fol lowing decree of the Regency relative to the dis banding of the Army : Art. 1. Absolute dismissals shall be granted to all indivi viduals belonging- to the Army of 1831, and to all who volun teered Into the Army during the war. Art. 2. Every soldier on being dismissed shall receive a month's pay. Art. 3. Those who receive this definite conge shall have a certificate of goxi behaviour, with a list of service, signed by the Duke of Victoria, which papers shall serve them as letters of recommendation for any other cause they may embrace. Art. 4. A similar certificate shall be granted to all who shall have received their conge during the war, or since that period. _ _ Nof a word about pensions or rewards for dis ting•uished services ! The elections were proceeding with the greatest apathy on the part of the people. It was not expected that half the electors would take the trouble of voting. There is nothing to excite public attention in the French Journals of Sunday. The Courrier Francais is out of humour with the Minister of Marine for allowing the French fleet to be at sea during the late storm. Cannot the Courrier de vise some plan for caging the fleet, after the fashion of the capital, in stormy weather? It would certainly be a novelty to find the move meats of a fleet of the line regulated by the barometer of the Minister of Marine at Paris. But, in truth, we advise the Courrier Francais not to venture beyond the walls and the fort resses. The writer evidently knows no more about the duties of a Minister of Marine than he does about that constitutional freedom which lie asserts will flourish best within the range of the guns with which little THIERS is so eager to sur round the capital. The Moniteur Parisien contradicts a statement in the Univers that the commercial treaty be tween France and England was about to be signed. The Univers, however, repeats its state ment, which it affirms will be found to be well founded. We trust it is. There is some talk of the dissolution of the Chambers in the French Journals. (From the . Gazette de France.) It must be acknowledged that in the situation of the Go vernment with respect to foreign Powers there is something obscure and illogical, which authorise them to demand a change in the attitude that has been assumed. The affairs of the East are terminated. The treaty of Lon don has been carried into execution. The Paella has with drawn his army from Syria ; he has restored the Turkish fleet. He is reduced to the condition of the governor of a province. We cannot see anything in those countries which could give occasion for new questions. France does not protest against these falls arcomples ; she accepts them ; and with them the increase of the power of England and Russia, which is the result of them. France seems to have sacrificed her predominance in the East; and we have not heard that any claim is pending before the Council of the Sovereign that she may receive by some means or other the power which she has lost by the late events. France does not protest, and yet she continues her armaments. Why is this ? What is the object? What claim, what remonstrance does she mean to support by military preparations ? This is what Europe has a right to ask, for if ranee alleged motives for her armaments, they might be lis tened to, and we might thus obtain a disarmed peace, the only one which is real and profitable. But can we see an attitude indefinitely prolo;iged, which is threatening to the peace, ruinous to the finances, alarming to the interests of all. This is what cannot be asserted without exposing ourselves to arro gant notes, to humiliating demands. We think, then, that the French Cabinet ought to have shown by protests or demands of some kind, reasons for the armaments which it has resolved upon. Assuredly there would be no want of good reasons to be alleged, and of just demands to be brought forward. It was all powerful at Alexandria and in the Levant; now even its in fluence is destroyed. Would it not be just to give some com pensation for all that it has lost? If such a demand were made, we should understand its warlike preparations —we should see their object and their limit. But to accept everything, to bear everything, and to take up arms, is, we repeat it, a line of con duct which is inexplicable." ERRATUM. —The following paragraph was by accident omitted from the leader yesterday, re ferring to the mortality in Manchester and Glas gow :—" Taking the lowest estimate, however, of one-third, and mentioning that the number of deaths in Manchester in 1840 was 9,276, it fol lows that 3,092 deaths were caused in Manchester alone last year by the Corn-law. The popula tion of Manchester is 280,000, or about 1-86th part of the population. Including in our esti mate only the town population, and taking that of Manchester as 1-43 d part of the whole, in stead of 1-86th, the number of deaths caused by the Corn-law was very little less than 9,000 in the year. Such are the more horrible effects of a law extending over a whole community, and limiting its supply . of food, than of any great battle, or any species of traffic, however nume rous may be its victims." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS . CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. A copy has been transmitted to us of the Memorial of the Spanish Committee of Bondholders to the Madrid Government, but being of great length we can give only the following extracts from it : " Your Excellency has addressed to the Foreign Cret ditors of Spain two decrees, which we, the Committee of the British portion of them, have this day considered. " We perceive the principle of them to be a desire to liquidate the over-due dividends, by the sale of the real property held by the secular clergy. " Of the supposed value of these estates no officid ac count has been rendered us. " They are popularly said to amount to 20,000,0001. in official value, but likely to realize 30,000,0001. If we assume the latter amount, our 401. per cent. lion will yield us 12.000,0001 ; if the former, but 8,000,0001. The highest of these estimates leaves us in a deficiency of 3,000 1 000/. ; the lowest of 7,000,0001. " We beg respectfully to suggest the propriety and necessity of assigning the entire Clergy Estates to the liquidation of the over-due interest, or land warrants, on the ground that the principal of the original loans is not exigible, whereas the interest due in cash is, has long been over-due, and is accumulating. ‘, We feel convinced that unless the demand for land warrants is made as great as possible, by their being con stituted the solely receivable paper, in the purchase of the estates they never will be effectually drawn out of this and other foreign countries. ~ We fear that if two kinds are receivable the effect will be lost on both: " Looking at the interest offered in the first—looking at the security as now assigned and managed—looking at the debt of Spain, we feel certain that the decrees will not give an increased value to our bonds. We feel assured that nothing will give that increased value to either bonds or land warrants, but a full interest punctually paid, and the early redemption of the later, by the assign men t to them, exclusively, o f th e ent i re Clergy Estates. " Nor need the Spaniard grudge them to us, for 10,000,000/1 worth, belonging to the regular clergy have already been sold, whereof not a shilling has come to the foreign creditor. " In this view of the case we cannot conceal from you that the proposed interest on the land warrants seem to us the very minimum of what would have been assigned. " On the ground, then, of all that we have suffered, we ask for the security of the Sinking Fund, a larger interest, say five per cent. per annum, and, moreover, that no other paper but coupons er land warrants be received in pur. chase of the clergy lands. We see no hope, no security, without this last provision. " We respectfully submit these facts for your Excel lency's consideration, and, in conclusion, only further add, that an interest of five per cent. upon the proposed new Consolidated Fund is the lowest amount the Committee either can or will feel justified in recommending to the ac ceptance of the English creditors. They therefore sin cerely and confidently look, under all the circumstances and hardships of the case, to this concession being accorded by your Excellency and the Regency." In the English Stocks there was a good deal doing to day, and at better prices. Consols closed at 881 for Money, and 88i for Account, Exchequer Bills at ss. to 7s. prem., Bank Stock at 164, and the New Three-and- a-. Half per Cents. at 961 to 97. There was a very dull market to-day for the Foreig n Securities. Spanish Active Bonds w e r e a t 23 1 to 1-, Portuguese New Five per Cents. at 311, Colombian Stock of 1824 at 23 to 224, Peruvian at 17 to 161, Brazilian at a fall to 714,. and Dutch Two•and-a. Half per Cents. at 50 to i t . The Railway Shares were rather lower. Great Western brought 25 to the New 111 to 1, the Fifths at 5f to 1., the Manchester and Leeds 6, the New 3, and the Eastern Counties Debentures 21 prem. The Bristol and Exeter were at 30, and the Brighton at 6i dis. United States Bank Shares to-day were about 91. 15s. to 101 per share. The Foreign Exchanges were higher to-day. Bills at three months were quoted 25 55 to 573- on Paris, 13 7i on Hamburgh, 12 2i to 1 on Amsterdam, and 10 1i to 2} on Trieste. The following are the official returns of the experts of bullion for the week ending Thursday last :—Silver coin to Mauritius, 16,000 ounces; silver bars to Calais, 100,000 ounces. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—We have had an extensive demand for Cotton to-day, owing to a report having prevailed that the forthcoming crops would be deficient. The sales to-day were 10,000 bags, of which 2,000 have been taken on speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE LIST, FEB. 15.—Eastern Counties' Debentures, 41. 13s. 6d. 41; Great Western, 88 ; Lancaster and Preston, 32* ; Three-quarter Shares, 20. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 15.—Lancaster and Preston New 20 19i 20; Manchester and Leeds Halves, 321 ; Stafford and Rugby, 31. Is. 6d. ; Manchester and Bir mingham, 24i 25; London and South Western 574 ; Eastern Counties, 8* 81 ; Manchester and Liverpool District Banks, 11k. We have received Quebec Papers to the 26th January. Comparative statement of arrivals, tonnage, and passengers at the port of Quebec, for the years 1839 and 1840 : Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers. 1839, Nov. 25 1,174 .. 363,844 ...... 7,413 1840, Nov. 25 ...... 1,381 ... 441,437 -- More in 1840 ST. JOHN'S, N.B. DEC. 12.—DISGRACEFUL. PROCEED INGS.--A special messenger from Harbour Grace arrived pr.. terday morning, with information to his Excellency the Go vernor, that in consequence of the riotous and disgraceful pro ceedings of the mob at Carbonear, the returning officer was obliged to close the poll without making any return, being un able to execute the writ for the election of a member for the district. We have been informed on authority, that the house of Mr. Ash, at Carbonear, being assailed, he fired from his window, and wounded five or six of the depredators • on which his house was fired by the mob, and burned do wn t o the ground. Late yesterday afternoon the British Funds, which were in the early part of the day at 88% for the account, fell to 81 1 %, Money BS, in consequence of the various reports put into circu lation for sinister views. It now appears that there is not the least foundation for either of them, and the whole has been a Stock Exchange trick - . This morning Consols opened at 88% 1/2 for the Account, since which they are not quite so good, and may be quoted at 88% %, Money 88 1 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 163 164; India ditto, 245 247. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is a shade better ; left off 2.3 3 / %, at present 23% 24 ; Deferred, 1214 1/2; Passive, 5% 6%; Portuguese same as it left off, 31% 32; Three per Cents., 19% 20 ; Brazilian 71 1 4 72%4 Colombian,'22% 23 ; Mexican, 27i 28; Chilian nothing dune; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cent., 49% 50%; Five per Cents., 98% 99 1 / 4 . SHARES.—Grtat, Western, 25L- 261 prem.; New, 11} 12i prem. ; London and Brighton, 74 6 discount ; Blackwall, 4A 4 discount-; Birmingham, 85 87 prem. ; Southampton, 571 581 per share ; Croydon, 11i 12* per share; Greenwich, 8* per share. Consols, which were in the course of the morning at 88i, a t at present may b e quo t e d a t 88a . with very little doing ; Ex chequer Bills 5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 ; India Stock, 18 11 dis. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 23i ; Portuguese, nothing done; Brazilian, 714 ; Colombian, 23; Dutch Two. and-a-Half per Cents., 50 ; Five per Cents., 99k. Little doing in the Share Market, with no material altera tion in the prices. Bristol and Exeter, 30i ; Great Western, 90A ; Ditto, New, 61 3 / 4 ; South Eastern and Dover, 161 17. CAPE or Goon HOPE, DEc. s.—The steam-ship India ar rived at this pert on the 29th ult., being a passage of forty eight days from Plymouth, which port she left on the 25th Oct. having stopped at St. Vi nce nt, one o f th e C ape de Verd Islands, seven days to take in coals. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF BEETEIOVEN. EDITED BY IQNACE MOSCHELF.S, Es() —Our musical readers must be considerably gratified by' the publication of this interesting work, the delay in the production of which seems to have arisen from the desire to include in the work every information respecting this great musi cian, which research could supply. " This work," ob serves the Spectator, "is the best of the Lives of Beetho ven that hapeared. Its author was long and inti mately acquainted with the great composer; and Mosche lea is eminently qualified by personal knowledge of and more by an intimate acquaintance with his composi tions, to enrich his biography with many valuable facts, documents, and eriticisms. The work is pregnant with'in terest and instruction ; and we have no doubt accomplishes Beethoven's expressed wish, that • whatever might be said of him after death, should be strictly consonant with truth; no matter how hard it might bear upon others, or even upon himself.'" TEETOTALISM AT FAULT !—Converts, all anxious to take "the pledge," continue to crowd forward in every part of Ireland. One of the reasons assigned by a Sussex Nobleman ' for this zeal, is that, neither th e cele brated stout of the Irish, any mon!: than th wlsiky-toddy they themselves snake, or the wi import, has half the virtue, nor a thousandth o the attractions found in that most deliciotts of a known nectarine liqueurs, the milk-punch made - by Hudson of Chichester. If that ccm bination of every thing that is congenial to the constitution, and exquisite in flavour, were once to find its way into the sister island, it is pretty certain that teetotalism would soon be at fault, and Father Matthew at a discount. ON A LATE IMMERSION. (From the Athenecum):— Long life and hard frosts to the fortunate Prince And for many a skating may Northen; Spare him ! For, surely, his accident served to evince That the Queen dearly loved, tho' the ice couldn't bear him I His Majesty the King of the Belgians will close his visit to the Queen on Thursdny er Friday next, when his Majesty leaves Buckingham Palace for Dovor, from whence the il i lustrious visitor will be conve)ed in one of the Government packets to Ostend en route to Brussels. The Adelphi Theatre was visited on Monday by the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, - his Royal Highness Prince George of Camltrid,lei, to Earls of Chesterfield and March, 4orcfs Ward and Seabam, the Marquis of Headfort; -- Liirds Bective, Gardiner; Seymour, to wuness the new Ballet Burletta. The Hunts Independent contains a notification to the effect that the electors are " requested to sue pend promising their votes to any candidate at p ro . sent, as two gentlemen of high character and respects.. bility will present themselves to their notice at the proper time, Those gentlemen are of Liberal principles and supporters of the policy of the Ministers of our gracicui Sovereign ; one of them is of high rank in her Majesty's Lord:Monteagle is shortly to be united to Miss Marshall, daughter of John Marshall, Esq., and sister o f for two gentlemen who have married two of his Lordship's daughters HEALTH OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR.— On Monday the answer to inquiries respecting the health of the Lord Chancellor was, that " his Lordship has passed another good night, and is better this morning." MORNING EDITION. CROWN OFFICE, FEB. 16, 1 841 ' T MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS I'lo l. 0 0 MENT. S COUNTY OF SURREY.—EASTERND tt Antrohus, of Cheam, in the county of Surrey, '— room of Richard Alsager, Esq., deceased. WAR OFFICE, FEB. 16 . e a 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut en . : ss ° G. C. G. Lennox, from the 43d Foot, to be Lieu nick purchase vice Long, who retires, Feb. 16. 9, It• v alh ° 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons, Lieutenant ar o& son, from the 32d Foot to be Lieutenant, `twee th . exchanges, Feb. 16. 0" &e i ;111. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Poet Gaar d ,beael l Hon. H. Gordon, to be Adjutant, vice Hood. Itsr; Adjutantcy only, Feb. 16. fr— o r, 17th Regiment of Foot—Cornet G. Stepl o 7/01, Art 6,, tr pay of the 6th Dragoons, to be Ensign, vine , dee p : 16.... k Quarter-Master to the 61st Foot; B. r ' A es, ' e n d e... r - Ensign, by purchase, vice Stephenson, who ri3th i 6. 32d Foot—Lieutenant D. Brew, ne from tn e fob. ..Sti r ia to be Lieutenant, vice Di c k son , w h o exc hanges' 411 Foot—Ensign 0. A. 0. Gore to b e to to 1, / purchase, vice Lord Fit zroy Lennox, aPP in Fstr' is Light Dragoons ;W. J. Paul, Gent., to b e cAst o t, chase, vice Gore, Feb. 16. , tbe r 50th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Burke , le ° 9at to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ellson, promoted in th e b i Feb. 16. t b F °6 • 61st Foot—Ensign M. Wall, from the 1 7 t nno be' am Quartermaster, vice W. Clarke, who retiree 50 1 " tbe cts ir Feb. 16. 90th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon R. Ells °n %A ft° t; tb. Foot, to be Su rgeon , vice Kinnis, afr iutl7- F. Feb. 16. 1413 Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieut. who T. te, Captain, by purchase, vice shton, etie -- ilayi . ; o ls o Campbell, to be Lieutenant, purchase, vi c f ce Borrow, Gent. to be Ensign b y by - purchase, P - 16; Feb. 16. tile b. Hospital Staff.—To be Assistant-Surgeons tt o fe h foot? W. C. Seaman, Gent., vice Jameson, J. E. Currey, Gent., "- en • , vice Burke, y 1111 Feb. 16. Errata in the Gazettes of the 15th and 2 6 th da ° fr °- At e sr 1841. T n Ol4 t e 53d Foot—For Assistant-Surgeon T. G. r ; ,,tao the Staff, to be Assistant-Sureon, vice D er, Docker , „pt. pointment has been cancelled, read, g vice be 't. 61st Foot. to A.ss- ge r 54th Foot—For E. S. Docker. Gent., , , re cl,._„t Surgeon, vice Everard, deceased, Jan. 26, Ivo"' -3 be As' „ur Surgeon E. S. Docker, from 53d Foot, to , cl " Ad goon, vice Everard, deceased, Jan. 15, 1641 ' trial -n stin" -f [Owing to the length of Lord Cardigan'? the rem Parliamentary matter, we are compelled to omit of the Gazette till to-morro • ] vflitoedrteollteg's4t'usry, The Three Children named -------._?_-_...,_- , l•T_Tr---- , -- - ,,r,-- - 7_11,,i n , e" 0. , d" I " IL' o f tbe ir tie birth in this town, completed the 14th Yea r „ - h. - the 28th of last month and are in good be a " --... , shire Mercury. -ze=='''''' °'°.e 1e 1 fil‘ljir T.---____. ,___, _ _ _______—_-, -- - nz iS. . te tbs PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and s`' 001. i ( ' )Or iS , facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, Li. l `,:li ve ovi Bank of England. The best wrought SIL "' trbe e igli o and Ft)IIKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. Oil. per ounce- t be. 0 00 ert Pattern, 7s. 4d. per ounce. The folfowing iir:er of I recommended, but the arti c l es m ay be hest li f f.th ,t 1 at the same price per ounce : pane....., : - , -- nl' A ; 1 6 Fiddle Pattern. ~..„................ );1 . 1 51' '; d C I) it I f ' t i is 4 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7210 15 12T ble 5pe ,306 , -- 7 - f e l4 n 6 4 11l Dessert ditto 20 72, ; ; - 7 34 12 D esser t a ditto ' -,' 4 *** 9 'id 12 Table For k5..24 - - 7 21015 0 12 Tab eForks42 I 4 "' 4a 8 12 Dessertilitto2o 7'2 7 34 12 Dessertditto r , . , 7 ••• 4; t) 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong ) 1 2 Gravy Spoons 10 72 3 1 . 1 0 2 Gravy Spoons:; tr . 4 kill 1 Soup Ladle... 10 723 11 8 1 Soup Ladle- :5 7 l'"; . ' 0 4 Sauce ditto...lo 78'110 s 4 Sauce ditts.....• . o .or 1 6 1 Fish Slice ', 10 0 1 Fish Slice •••••,, '' 71 . i e a 12 Tea . pawls. 10 75316 - 8 12 Tet Siioorig•. l g5......' "'sill° 1 Pair Sugar Tongs Ol5 0 1 pair Stigar 'lon r ohs to t be N.B. A Price Current, stamped as a NewsliaP e d, Live AO' by drawings, and containing • formation r in O r O f every in ha d I . .0 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (51r.07..... a. . t , 11 0 purchase of silver or Sheffield plate, ma y be .. ‘. .„, e , in -- tion, or wilt be sent into the country, free of' -la to a paid letter, 0 ,. 6 PATENT LEVER "—A /1, - With silver double-bottom c ases .................. ..... 00 1 , With silver hunting cases .......... .. r ;0 u", rov e ' This celebrated construction (the most oeu , ste st.i"bolef , a watch can be made) is now offered, with the 4 ' foil Air ments e. the detachd escapement, i" elle " lnu t ae capped, hand to mark the sccondo,ard enamel dis o s taining power la contlntie going while vvi'ading ups vib i ch 0 01 pri A e. printed wa rran t y i s g i ven, with axed tertro_,P Watches will a l ways rece i ve any attention neetle"' d ill T. COX SAV ORY, Watchmake r' Silver and Goldsmi',h, 47, Cern biu r. from Gracechorc' ' - , Street), 1 ,00 " -* elc hatig e ' • 0 1 N. 8.--Second-hand Wt-',,ehes purchas ed in 1 /VP? SUPERIOR Lr,INDON TAI3 . 4 A' cro es, 110 ho t; kwith Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; D„sert iihite Carvers, 5%. 6d. per pair ; Table Kni.Per ll .,, Car ve i r :s ' pe 6 ; handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen , Desser‘ .6 s• ". sew s _ ye t of per pair ; Globe-shape Tes.....urne; 4 quarts, 2 7, •„;, 5 , the 391. ; Papier .21ajla_Tvi.:trays, gothic s hape, nv ' article full sizes. Catalogues, containing the price of every tree t. log ironmonger and cutlery, gratis. RIPPON a y nd BURTON, W e lls : street, Oxfor a.s Established I 820• 1 tl e 31st of January, • u p t. Pq " of ( R ): the '' l o 2 r t a n d in a s u t g . ht ei r berwell Treac' — ' B the lß la T dy H o S f . Joseph trio , o f CO 1 of Alexianier Nairn 'e,of a son. the 10 On the 12 ' di inst., at Mare Manor, Limerick, t Adare, M. P.,' of a son and hen. _..--- -grove, the Isal oP . MARRIS.I). W. fW bi of On the 10th inst., at Boxwell, Gloucester, Air! d .o:l ter i of Wotton- under-Edge, to Mary Alithea, youngott 9 ,, 1 .1. Morse, Esq . of Loighterton, in the same Herby,rcuntY 13044 On the 13th inst., at Mel hell Langley, near ciWllcir min Dean, Esq , of Camberwell, t• Alary Grace, the late William Cokayne, Esq., of Derby- I DIRC. •dA °f i 4' At Westwood House, Sydenham, Mrs. Lawrie, ' O , l l t , f§ late A. Lawrie, of the Adelphi, and of Svdenham, 1`,.,!0e5. )11 On the 13th ult., T. Hodgson, Esq., of Wansted, P' i , t , t , On the 25th of November last, at Oratige-8,01eL.,501 Island of Jamaica, T. B. Williams ,Ese late of 1 - I° ' ~, rii ii Bedford-square, aged 52. a J. On the 9th inst., in Hinde• street, Manchester-sear" sr Mathw Perrier. Es. ~ late C On e the 10th inst., q in London, Maria , relict of l' e os ii tain J. Taylor of the 54th Regiment of r 0..... .: . 0 1 .rt ao London: Printed and Published by Mtin D° I n ° s V tr; 4 l it : No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. li'l' 1 I A the county of Middlesex —Wednesday, rebr i.ri ' .. "—en COURT CIRCULAR• Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester riot° Majesty yesterday. ter The Marquis - Camden had an audience of the Queen ie g o day, to deliver to her Majesty the Ensigns of the Most N. Order of the, Garter worn by kis late father. *MI The Royal Dinner Party last evening inc luded hie •-• the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duehe ig s, Kent, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridgeinef, Van do Weyer, the Belgian Minister, Baron de Bourque 04 French Charge d'Affaires, Earl and Countes s of Erroll; Lady Ida Hay, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Melbourne Lord , and Lady Seymour, Lady Leveson, Lady Fanny Howar, u neral Goblet, and M. Van Pre. The Marchioness of Normanby has succee ded the Count.. of Mount Edgecumbe as the Lady in Waiting on the Qu'rlei and Lord Poltimore and Sir Frederick Stovin have succieuto the Earl of Aboyne and the Hon. William Cowper 11 Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. fr° An engraved portrait of her Majesty Queen Adel aide the picture painted by Mr. Ross, for the Royal coluspd was yesterday submitted by Mr. Ryall to her MajestP., bis his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Majesty an d Royal Highness expressed their unqualified approbation. „. R. His Majesty the King of the Belgians honoured Mr. Leslie, R. A., with a sitting yesterday morning in Bucking" Palace for t estßoyal Christening picture. ti eted. Her Majy R the Queen Dowager, a tt en ded by the •"° jot of Sheffield, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of yesterday, at Ingestrie House. I id / The Duke of Cambridge honoured Sir Ger e Onee.eL, his company at dinner on Monday evening , at his reside Upper Brook-street. the Queer Prince George of Camb r idge visited her Maje st y Dowager yesterday, at Ma r lborough House. , 1,0 1, Captain Gower, on his departure for Van Diemen _44 had an interview w ith Lo r d John Russell at the Coloaial•°`" yesterday. sad The Agent for Jamaica, Captain Trotter , Mr. golu leg ' i fitli Messrs. Irving and Barkley, had interviews yesterday Lord John Russell at the Colonial-office. Despatches were received yesterday at the C0 10 .. 1 ' 1 0 010 from the Governors of the British North American rr ..... _ _ THE MARKETS-YETCRIS:Vt ----- COLONIAL MARKET. , slis iw There was little business doing, and prices were -. l . dtbss, lower, but upon the whole they are much better supPorti oof could be expected. The Raw Sugar Market being very is sample, prices in consequence rm. The Coffee trado ip d io very dull state, and prices on the decline. Ric e _ i fi fi r f' I;s igi° fair demand. Pepper dull, and declining in v'''''''' Linea in good demand, and prices looking OP' TEA AR. There was only a limited d M emand KET for free trades ~.oab u t t eet iirs underwent little vari a ti on a t th e pu blic sale , Th sr market was flat; C om p an y' s C ongo u at is 7d•per lb. . do/ w erf The demand for P.Y. TALLOW CandIe MARKET was dull. and hol o tbf more disposed to sell ; • 47s was the value of g od 411 spot.ol spot. MARIET. „DJ WHITECHAPEL HAY• k 41 bris , • The supply was moderately good, the desui.- coi t.„ considerable reduction in prices was submitted to. „ as . 10 - sll' 15s. to 6/. ; Meadow Hay, 3/. 16s. to 5/. ; straw' " COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING AS T 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. BCd•••••14r 5 . 14 .• Per Quarter. , s. to s. a. to s. s. to s. to 46 Carlisle Hexham 52 18 32 39 41 51 .1 5 3 2 3 33 Mo ri rpe t th .. _ 5O ( B , ' i 2 62 82 21. t. , 1 33 40 4 Berih Sheffield 9 42 '29 . I tl ui ed ' 6O :0 4 , :1 3 0 0 r; 4 6 , P 0 (1:1:1 0 6 C CWP o a rmn b el3a r h i ru , et l : g hht e een . ri l 1 'l t 57 1 4d 0 — 5711:2d3 0 0. 120 5 78d0 0 . 83: f d1 , 1 3 60'10 6 . Swansea 74 80 40 441 24 ' 2 6 50 t' 6 1 / 0 11 : 30 Per 8011. • Barnardcastl 16 0 19 Sj 8 0 93 7 4 g 6 11 I ,', 08° JO 11 4 Durham l3 616 6 0 90 56 66 80I T 6 g 0 ' Richmond ll 6 ISO 70 9H 56 C 13 6 11 , 6 8 Stockton l3 0160 90 9 0 70 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GA° of BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FIED.I,I* besel l ' t y The Queen was this day pleased to confer we ode of Knighthood upon Thomas Erskine Perry , E s .l"f• Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, at Pt"' LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE , F g h :idbe e r if The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Iku ge „ i lot .vird pointed John Forbes, Esq., M.D F.R.S., ordinary to his Royal Highnes s th e ' Prime Albert , '- aician in Ordinary to her Majesty's Household. 184 1, Si ( DOWNING-STREET, Fan. 12, The Queen has been pleased to ant 111 ,N,, ° Joseph O'Halloran, of th e Bengal Ar p m poi y , Kng ~gs T ha d it of the Most Ho noura bl e Mili tar y O r d e r of t" . Knight Grand Cross of the said Order. THE IMPORT DUTIES. Now ready, in Bvo., price Half-a-Crown. ADIGEST of the EVIDENCE before the IMPORT DUTIES' COMMITTEE ; beivhe first of a series of publications on the RESOURCES ana STA TISTICS of the NATION. London: How and Parsons, 132, Fleet-street. On the 15th of every Month, price Eightpence, stamped. HE AR T U N I O N. A A Monthly Journal devoted exclusively to the Fine Arts. CONTENTS: No. 25, now ready—The Exhibition at the British Institution—Report on Foreign Art—Art in the Pro vinces—The Glasgow Statue—Frauds on Artists—Association for the Advancement of the Fine Arts—Varieties, &c., London : IlOw and Parsons, 132, Fleet-street. Tk EE to 13 /1 thei It 4 o'ci stat Puy N thin I T N h.,,, iteli blisl i 4 tei he