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w MORNING SUN THE FIRST VOLUME OF MADAME D'ARBL AY'S DIARY AN+) LETTERS, IS NOW READY AT ALL THE BOOKSELLERS', Price 10s. 6d. bonne. with Portrait and Fac Similes. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Recently published, one vol. 12m0., cloth lettered, price ss. THE CRITIC IN PARLIAMENT AND IN PUBLIC ; or, Spirit of Parliamentary Debates, and Sketches front Courts, Conventions, and Platforms, since 1835. " The Author, independent of his graphic descriptions of what has taken place in Parliament, affords us instructive and amusing details of leading topics in Westminster Hall, Church Controversies, Important Discussions at Exeter Hall, -Pro • ceedings at Anti-Slavery, Anti-Corn-law, and Chartists' Con ventions. These are recounted with a clearness of style, and nervous command of language ; there is a tone of impartiality throughout which reflects great credit on the Author. It should find its way to the libraries of all." --Monthly. " Just and impartial."—Spectator. " An able volume."—Literary Gazette. " One of the most readable and attractive works that has ap peared for some time."—Journal of Commerce. " The Critic is unquestionably an entertaining and useful little work."—Conservative Journal. London : G. Bell, 186, Fleet-street. • MR. AINSWORTH'S MISCELLANY, ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. Price Eighteenpenee. The First Number of AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE A Monthly Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, and Art. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., Contains the First Two Chapters of THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, by the EDITOR. With Two Illustrations on Steel, and Woodcuts, By GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PRELIMINARY ADDRESS. ♦ few words to Richard Bentley, by George Cruikshank. The Throe Sisters. By C. S. The Ladies' Page. Illustrated My Moustache. By Captain by George Cruikshank. Medwin. Sultan Stork. Being the One Fanciful Eisays : No. 1, A Thousand and Second Night. Flight 'itpon Flying. By By Major G. O'G. Gahagan, Martin F. Tupper, Esq. H. E. I. C. S. With an Illus- With an Illustration by Geo. tration by Geo. Cruikshank. Cruikshank. The Snow Storm. By Charles An American Auctioneer " Go- 011ier. ing it ;" and the Indian Personal Recollections of Izzet Christian Dutch Jew Yan- Mehemet Pacha. By W. kee Actor. By the Author Francis Ainsworth, Esq. of " Uncle Sam and his Pe- The Christening of the Prince culiarities." of Wales. With Two Illus- Love and Time. By Laman trations by G. Cruikshank, Blanchard. With an Illus- " The Rhine." By Victor tration by Geo. Cruikshank. Hugo. Legends of the Monts-Dores : Popular Song of the Bourbon- No. 1, The Pic du Capucin. nais. By Miss Costello. by Miss Costello. OUR LIBRARY TABLE : Containing Correspondence from Mr. Buller of Brazennose ; Mr. Tupper ; Songs by Mr. Buller, Juan Nunez, Eustache de Beaujolois, Adorno Buondelmon(i, Olaus Henrikson, Karl Friedrich Doppenheim, and Max. Adolph. Kempferhausen. " If this is not giving money's worth, we know not what is. "—Morning Herald, Feb. 1, 1842. London, Hugh Cunningbam, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar square. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, saving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS'for the said DIS TRIBU LIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions stay receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of 425,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 120 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEB 3, _ . Her Majesty's Servants will perform the Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, from the Text of Shakspeare. Duke, Mr. G. Bennett ; Antonio, Mr. Phelps ; Bassanio, Mr. Anderson ; Lorenzo, Mr. Elton; Shylock, Mr. Macready ; Portia, Mrs. Warner ; Nerista, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHREY'S DIN NER ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors to be opened at Half• past Six, and the Performance to begin rt Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2s. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Price Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORM A.—Polli°, Mr. W. Harrison; Flavius, Mr. Clement White; Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas IPantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, I t iARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. DOM., to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to Ismanienie at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 31. 6d.; t and Second Circles, ss. ; 5..! , ...0nd Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 31.; .._ 4l4l Kad Price. 2s. • Gallery, Is. Tickets and pla c e s for the L'u ni „lrtobsi taken Of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten Whore Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private tw o anlely et Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 1157 evir" , . . PEOVAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OP MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. The only Pantomime on the Surrey aide of the water, over by a Quarter past Eleven. Attraction beyond conception. Crowded Houses nightly. Great hit of " Norma." .; THIS EVENING. FEB. 3, Will be acted Haines' wonderfully successful Drama, enti tled ELIZABETH LAZARUS, THE JEWESS, founded on Captain Glasscock's " Land Sharks and Sea Gulls." After which, MRS. NORMA, with Bellini's Music. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN ; OR, JACK FROST AND KING THAW —With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by 13run ming, &c. Hatlequin ' M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. Private and Public Boxes can be had of Messrs. Sams, Ebers, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this pepu kr Pantomime. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Continued triumph of " Geraldine !" Immense success of " The Wild Irish Girl !" and revival of the Gra n d Romance of " Ivanhoe," with all its original splendour--Combat Of Twelve, Conflagrations, and startling effects. THIS EVENING, FEB. 3, Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled THE STORY OF GERALDINE ; OR, THE TWIN ORPHANS OF ST. PRE.—Henri, Mr. E. F. Sa Mlle ; Huntingdon, Mr. Dale ; Claud, Mr. Seaman ; Jemmy Cottle, Mr. Gardner ; Davy, Mr. Paul; Geraldine, Miss Vin cent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah O'May, Miss Vincent, in which she will dsnce her celebrated Donny brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts, and a new Medley Epilogue To conclude with the Grand Romance of IVANHOE.— Ivanhoe, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Isaac, Mr. Dale ; the Black Knight, Mr. Seaman ; Wamba, Mr. Gardner ; Rebecca, Airs. Lee. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, 1 s.— Gallery, 6d.—Half-trice to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-morrow, Geraldine, with The Wild Irish Girl, and Ivanhoe. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TB E CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN. 'ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Feb. 3, 1842 tr-ri TO CORRESPONDENTS. The practice of which " Veritas" complains, is, we be lieve, general among private bankers, and has been adoptod to cover risks and expenses, which, according to our Correspondent, is not sufficient. The person who took the 401. Bank Post-bill should have seen what it was worth before he left the bank. We have not room for the letter of a " Looker On," but agree with him in thinking that caution should be ob served, till we see the whole plan laid before the public. If the phrase alluded to by " William Magee," ever ap peared in The Sun, it was as a quotation, and never formed a part of our writing. THI I WEATHER.—NOON, FEBRUARY 2. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 44 Highest 45 Lowest 32 Barometer . 29.92.—Wind W.—Freezing Point Deg. HIGH W ATE AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning...... 5 minutes after 7. I Evening ......30 minutes after 7. to suffer from a succession of Commanders, as it did at the period of the battle of Vimiera. That he was a member of the Whig Board of Ad miralty will not justify appointing a Tory in his place, till he has executed, or failed to execute, the service he has been sent on. • Sir THOMAS COCHRANE, too, may have many claims on his party; we are not aware that he has any on the country. He contested Ipswich, and suffered, as he has avowed, a plucking for the good of the Tories; we have no recollection of . any victories of his which are recorded in our, naval annals. He was one of those fortunate youths, being the son of an Admiral, who are said to be born with silver spoons in their mouths, and was made a Post Captain while yet a youth, more by his father's interest than his own merits. It may be his misfortune, not his fault, that in all the appointments he subsequently received he failed to acquire any distinction so as to warrant the Admiralty, by his great professional reputation, to bestow on him one of the best stations in its gift. There is nothing in the antecedents of Sir THOMAS COCHRANE to make naval men believe that he will succeed should Sir WILLIAM PARKER not bring the Chinese war to a fortu nate conclusion. Naval men accordingly regard the appointment as a reward for party sacri fices, and they express great surprise that Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, who is responsible, it is supposed, for all naval appointments, should have sanctioned it. Of late great exertions have been made by the Tory writers to blacken the character of the manufacturers. They are conscious of having injured them, and now seek to stifle the monitor within, by abusing them. Tory and landowning legislators first plunder, and then insult, the ma nufacturers, by spreading abroad against them the grossest calumnies. On this account we think it right to give as much prominency as we can to the following circumstance, which we borrow from the Sheffield Iris:— On Thursday, a public dinner of the masters and workmen of the old and highly respectable firm of Messrs. Richard Groves and Sons, in this town, was held in the large room, at the New Inn, Shalesmoor, for the purpose of presenting to that firm a superb piece of plate, as a token of respect and esteem from the workmen. Near two hundred persons sat down to dinner, a few of whom were ladies, for the most part members of the respective families of the gentlemen in the firm. After the cloth had been drawn, Mr. Josh. Ibbotson, one of the workmen, delivered an address, which had been drawn up by the workmen for the occasion, from which we make a brief extract:— " Gentlemen—We are are deputed by our fellow workmen to present to you this token of our gratitude, as an acknowledgment of the numerous comforts that we have enjoyed from your unexampled kindness, through a long series of years, some portions of which have been to thousands of our townsmen seasons of unpa ralleled distress. And while many have suffered all the miseries of penury and want, we have enjoyed comparative prosperity, owing, principally, to the spirited manner in which you have maintained the character of your manufactures, long rendered famous in every part of the civilised world. Since the commencement of your establishment, in the year 1776, no firm has attained greater celebrity than that of R. Groves and Sons, and the superiority of your articles are universally acknowledged.—Whe ther in the hands of the hardy pioneer in the Far West, or in the use of our more refined transatlantic brethren, they are not only aiding the march of civiliza tion and intellect, in the remotest regions of the earth, but are the means of producing many of the elegances and refinements of polished society. They have, in fact, maintained a name as yet unsurpassed in the annals of our commercial records. Not a fading, fleeting, ephemeral popularity, but a fame honourably acquired on your part, deservedly conferred on the part of our patrons, and characterised by a stability, firm and last ing as time itself. The prices paid by you to your work men, we can conscientiously affirm to be at all times as high, and, in many instances, much higher, than those paid by any other manufacturer in this town, a circumstance which has created a praiseworthy emulation amongst your men, and enabled you to send into the market an article for which you have long been celebrated and eminently distin guished. It was the consideration of these circum stances that gave rise to this day's proceedings. We are exceedingly gratified that the earnest desire manifested by all to promote so laudable an object, should, in so short a time, be realised. Under other circumstances, this memento would have been of a much higher and more valuable class ; but be assured that no time, place, or circumstance, could more enrich it than the outpour ings of those warm and grateful hearts which now fill it to overflowing, and hallow it, too, by the best and noblest sentiments of our nature. Having explained to you the motives by which we have been actuated in this proceed ing,' 'ate reSpettfttlly solicit your nctiFfltitinCd tYmitrrOt fered gift, and may you long live to enjoy it ; and may it be considered by your children, and by ours and their suc cessors, for ages yet to come, as a solemn pledge and covenant of good faith between us; and when, in times remote, they hold their joyous festivities, to which this day's transactions may probably give rise, may this re mind them of us, who have journeyed on before, on whom i nature's scene will then have closed for ever ; and while they endeavour to avoid our faults, may they far excel us in every good and generous act". Mr. Enoch Furniss, senior workman, in the employ of the firm, presented the cup, which is of silver, of the Pompeii vase form, richly embossed with union borders, acanthus leaves, and other embellishments on the body, foot, and cover, surmounted by a wreath of laurel and bee-hive (type of industry, and emblematic of Messrs. Groves and Sons' manufactories, which are called Bee hive Works.) On an antique shield is engraven— " Presented to Messrs. Richard Groves and Sons, by their Workmen, as an humble Testimony of Respect and Gratitude.—Jan. 27th, 1842." On receiving the testimonial, Mr. Groves addressed the men—we give only a part of what he said : Esteemed Workmen—After the lengthened period during which many of you have faithfully served us, you have this day given to the world such a substantial proof of your good-will as can never be erased from our memories ; and we all, this day, thank you cor dially. We have not spent these thirty or forty years together, without having to pass through many storms. But we have hitherto realised the truth of the maxim, that union is strength.'—(Cheers.) I well remember our late venerable father's advice. After sustaining severe losses in trade, we asked him if we must reduce the number of our hands ; but he re joined—' You must work harder and live carefUliy. —that wiill help you best over losses.' This sentiment I would impress on the minds of my son and nephew. I have generally found that most men will listen to reason, if properly addressed to them, and we know that our union is our interest. Was it ever seen, in a country of slaves, what we see this day, in this unlooked for token of esteem ? Flattery may be given to power ; but chil dren seldom flatter fathers, and this day you appear one family, and I feel as a father amongst you. This beauti ful cup will ever be a memento of joy; because, whenever I look at it, I shall be reminded of that mutual good-will which subsists between us, and which greatly increases the pleasure of this day. And now let me once more impress on your minds the need of persevering in your present efforts to excel, that the quality of our Sheffield wares may continue to maintain their superiority over all other tools ; for it does appear to me, that our Shef field wares are yet unrivalled in quality ; and if union betwixt master and servant be the order of the day, we shall yet see better days in Sheffield." Such proceedings and such language do honour to the masters and their workmen. - We noticed some time ago a friendly meeting which took place at Edinburgh, between the Messrs. CHAM- BERS and their workmen, but the present is more especially worthy of record, from its occurring in the heart of our manufacturing districts, and amongst men whose minds have been represented to be as horny as their hands. It refutes, more emphatically than a volume of essays, the heart less calumnies of the Tories, and confers more lasting honours on the system which prevails in the manufacturing districts, than a great multi tude of leading articles. Every one acquainted with the manufacturing neighbourhoods could, we believe, quote similar examples of reciprocal good feeling existing between employers and em. ployed, at Derby, Stockport, Leeds, Manchester, - . and Birmingham. Without wishing to disparage the agricultural districts, we doubt whether any such amiable sentiments and amiable scenes can be found in them. Now and then we hear of some tenants paying a compliment to their landlord, because _ .. . .. .... he has not exacted the full rent he might legally claim ; now and then we hear, with great corn mendation, of the bounty of some squire, that he has given his labourers a dinner ; but we have no recollection of farm-labourers clubbing to- gether to present their employers with a piece of plate, or to bestow some testimonial of their approbation on the squire. The labour of a life would scarcely enable them to purchase it. The little knowledge we have of agricultural dis tricts, which is almost confined to the south of England, teaches us that the labourers on one hand, and the farmers, landowners, and parsons • . on the other, regard each other with the most unamiable feelings. The latter live in appre- sion of the petty plunder of the former, and the former look on the latter as combined to oppress them. Such sentiments as those Mr. GROVE and his workmen reciprocally expressed, are as unknown, we are afraid, to the classes in the agricultural districts as to the planters and slaves • ( .1", ' - - f-,'.",2). v, 4 - 40 , ) ,•._ ..„:,-,41(i-• "-: ' - " - * I N ~...,,, ifel' ,„ a A.,., . A lp ls , _„ • , .t. 4. <) . ' ',.-.,', .' - 15 1 ' - 4,' r ;:,'Ltr',••••: , ,, w• ~ 7 , " - -' 7. . 'JITt LONDON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1842. A good deal of surprise caused in naval circles, we understand, by T the is recent appoint ment of Rear-Admiral Sir and to East C ln o i c ii n e n s :NE to be Commander-in-Chief in the HOMAS S su p ers ede Sir WILLIAM PARKER. latter seven mon ths have elapsed since the tpeorTTGtallEa in Non Gallant Officer, acco mpaning Sir HENRY left England to ass ume the commandthe Churn set ts. He• bad sc arcel y arriv ed there when he began operatitms with vig our, su bdued Amoy, andl promedeclis acc ording to the last accounts," lighinotPekin itself. We know of nothing which nllCl:rtillispired to justify his removal and recal, uwwrAft,eAmblietinterests, we are afraid, are likely _ , f 44•x' THE KIN, LON of the Brazils. If the hapless peasantry felt such sentiments, we are quite sure they could find no words of their own to express them, and equally sure that the other classes would never give them credit for entertaining them. . They live together, but they are not neigh bours. They scarcely understand each other, and one class is envious of the natural hilarity of which unmitigated poverty cannot wholly de prive them, and the other of the wealth which seems to promise enjoyment, but rather checks than excites the animal spirits. To succour the distressed, to help the weak, to bind up wounds, to set the way-laid man on an ass, to bring him in safety, and provide for his recovery and nourish ment, is to be his neighbour ; to wall round great districts of the earth on the one hand for the pre servation of game, and to poach them on the other; to make and to strain the law against the poor, and to defy and evade it; to restrict all kind of innocent enjoyment, and to retort all kinds of petty annoyance, is not to be neigh_ bours, but enemies. Which character is best de served by the labourers and the upper classes in the agricultural districts, let those pronounce who have lived in them. We have on several occasions called public attention to the character of the clergy as ex hibited by the testimony they bear against each other. When the Earl of RADNOR, in the Upper House of Parliament, accused the bulk of the clergy of perjury, and the newspapers repeated the accusation,words could not be found to express the big and overboiling indignation with which the accusati on was repelled. But latterly that accusation has been amply justified by the crimination and recrimination of the Evangelicals and the Puseyites—the platform actors and the monks, as they reciprocally call each other. Some days ago we borrowed from a Journal of the Evangelicals, a character of the Puseyites ; and we now beg attention to the opinion published in a Puseyite Journal of the Evangelicals : "flow does it happen," said a writer in the Morning Post, "that we see no addresses to his Grace (the Archbishop of Canterbury) calling his attention to the universal vio lation of the Rubrics of the Prayer-book which every clergy man is morally sworn to obey ! Is perjury a slight crime ? It might, perhaps, be as well if these eager denouncers of what they conceive to be erroneous doctrine would pay a little attention to the subject of the Rubrics. They would perhaps discover that those clergymen, whom they consider perfect models as to doctrine, are in the constant habit of deliberately violating their ordination vows without the slightest excuse ; while, on the other hand, those persons whom they conceive to be the enemies of the Church of England, are consistently fulfilling every command of the Church which has been laid upon them. By their fruits ye shall know them.' Popular clamour is much more easily raised than strict obedience is fulfilled ; and, therefore, no wonder that we find much more of the one than of the other." If the Puseyites are such faithless men that they cannot be trusted, that promises and oaths will not bind them, according to the Standard, the Evangelicals, according to the Post, are men who habitually violate their vows, and deserve to be expelled from society for " uni versal" and habitual perjury. The public in general, we apprehend, will cordially believe both accusations. Upwards of forty of the leading patented print ng firms in Paris have just published a declara tion, setting forth the extreme hardships to which they are exposed by the absurd operation of the libel law. Bad as the libel law of England is, the law of France is still more monstrous. Here, the printer only is liable to prosecution, where the author withholds his name; but in France, the responsible editor and the printer, must both be known; are both prosecuted; are very frequently both fined and imprisoned; although it is notorious, that one of them is innocent of all intentional participation in the alleged infraction of the law, the circumstance is rarely admitted in extenua tion of punishment. In England, too, the Press has other protections against the operation of a defective state of the libel law, which are rarely to be found in France. The liberty of the Press is better known among us, both by public writers and those who resort to their columns for infor mation and amusement. The tone of pub lic opinion among • us is healthier than in France ; and, consequently, Journals are less liable to prosecutions arising out of caprice. A momentary gust of public discontent scarcely affects the stability of a Cabinet in England, hence Ministers rarely exhibit that sensibility to attacks upon them which prompts the most rancorous prosecutions in France. Our 1 Bench maintains a higher character for impar tiality, if not for legal knowledge; and our Juries are of a very different stamp from the tools of the Procureur-General, summoned not to try, but to pronounce sentence of guilt upon a Paris printer. Nevertheless the document published by the Paris printers affords interesting matter for the consideration of the Libel-law Reformers in the British Parliament. , The printers of Paris seek to show that the printer of a daily journal cannot possibly be guilty of libel within the meaning of the law, which must of course con template a knowledge of the offence, and to us it appears that in the following quotation from their declaration they have done so most successfully. The printers are quite right in invoking the protection of the Censor ship, should -the Government refuse to amend the September Laws. They must be ruined if the Chamber of Deputies do - es not step forward and cover them with the eegis of the Charter of 1830, so vilely trampled under foot by the Court of Peers. We now quote the substance of the Paris Printers' Anti-Libel-law Remonstrance : " All the world knows that political papers are edited, composed, and printed during the night, that is to say, from 9 o'clock in the evening to twelve o'clock at night, and very often later. " The leading articles are formed of remarks of the day and the evening papers. The political articles are never composed sooner ; very often they are only made upon the ensemble of the other articles of the paper, and are, consequently, only drawn up very late in the night. They are cut up into slips and thus put into-the hands of a great number of workmen who compose them without following the sense, and consequently in ignorance of what the articles contain. When thus composed, they are read by a number of correctors, who are, like the compositors, without knowing what is the sense of the whole ; these correctors, moreover, de pend almost entirely upon the administration of the pa per which pays them. These fragments of articles are collected together, and when each is put in its place the paper is ready, and is put to press as quickly as possible ; the different copies are taken as quickly as printed off by the folders, who place them under wrappers, and hand them over to the porters and distributors. All this is done in a few hours ; all the persons are most actively employed, and without a moment's cessation, and without having an instant for reflection. " We ask, now, if it be possible in this pele-mele of activity for a master printer, supposing him present at every one of the numerous actions constituting the printing of a newspaper, to examine, weigh, and criticise all the articles which are to form a part of it, when two or three correctors scarcely suffice to read as quickly as possible what is produced by a certain number of corn positors ? " Supposing even that by the utmost activity and wonderful facility he were able to read the whole paper, how find time to exercise his judgment sufficiently to declare that such an article contained an offence, that such another contained none ? It would be necessary for him to possess an infallibility which is not to be found even in maturely deliberating Courts of Justice. " Admitting, however, even this infallibility of judg ing, a still more serious question arises. All papers which have given a security have entered into stipulated arrangements with their printer, so that if a printer al lowed a paper to be behind hand in appearing in the morning, he would be considered as having occasioned a very consideraale injury to the paper as property, and would be liable to an action for damages, proportionate to the injury done to the paper by the delay he has oc casioned. This has already taken place, and the Court . _ of Commerce has given a verdict against the printer im plicated. " What then is the printer to do? Either he must re fuse to print the paper, because it contains an article the nature of which appears to him to be dangerous, and his whole fortune is exposed to be paid away in damages, awarded to the paper by the Court of Commerce ; or he prints the paper, the dangerous article is declared guilty of a political offence, and he is ruined for having printed it against his will. "If such be the position of a printer, who undertakes the printing of a paper, what is that of a printer whose whole establishment is employed in nothing but this species of printing ? There are certain printers in Paris who have undertaken from eight to ten papers every day. Are they to possess a representative for every paper ? But, if so, the difficulty is only augmented, the fiction of responsibility is extended, and the chances of infallibility diminished still more. This responsibility required of the printers with regard to the editing of newspapers is a material impossibility. " Moreover, the authority of the Goverumept upon N, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1842 which the law confers the right of granting to breveted printers supplementary permissions for political papers seems to have laid down its arms in favour of them. In fleet, one paper is printed in the quarter of the town of the Chaussee d'Antin, and he who signs as printer lives in a very remote quarter; another is at an equally long distance from its tutelary printer. How can it be pos sible, then, for these printers to carry on a rigorous sur veillance which the accusations now brought against printers would seem to require? It is impossible. " These difficulties, or rather these impossibilities, have been comprehended by all the Courts who have had to give judgment on similar questions; the printer has always been put out of the question. " If the laws upon the responsibility of papers, and their demands in all that regards the responsible editors —if the guarantee of the caution money be not sufficient, let the Chambers be called upon to decide the matter ; but let it never be that printers, who in fact, especially in what concerns Newspapers, are only veritable work men, passive, deprived of all influence, of all power, of every capability of reasonint , or dispute, are to be made Government agents, with all the disadvantages of a com mercial position constantly in opposition to itself. " The establishment of the censorship would be a thousand times preferable. Under the censorship at least if the printer be only a passive and unintelligent in strument, his fortune, his trade, his daily bread, as well as that of his family and that of his numerous workmen, are not exposed to the evil chances of a political error, or the right understanding of a word." There is very little news of interest in the French Journals. The following is a copy of the answer returned by the KING to the Address of the French Chamber of Deputies, presented to his MAJESTY on Sunday evening. " Messieurs les Deputes,—lt is very agreeable to me to hear a testimonial like this, and it is with pleasure that I receive it. Yes, Gentlemen, it is to the happy concordance of all the powers of the State that we owe the preservation of public order, and that of our national liberties, protected by the vigour and wisdom of our institutions. With your loyal concurrence, France will assume more and more confidence in her future destinies. This confidence will dry up in their source the insensate projects which you have so well de fined. It will discourage the boldness of those men who are plotting secret machinations, and will keep away from them those who may ha v e been drawn in to asso ciate themselves with such schemes from illusions as to the chances of success, and the system of terror by which they are surrounded. I am profoundly touched by the sentiments which the Chamber of Deputies has just expressed to me in this Address." A letter written from Goritz, by M. de Montbel, dated the 19th January, confirms the excellent accounts already received from Vienna. of the health of Henry of France, and announces that the return of the Prince to Goritz will take place in the course of the month of Feb- ruary. The Gazette de Dauphine says, " We examined, a few days ago, at the oifice of the Tribunal of the First In stance, at Grenoble, the list of the Jury for 1842, and it was not difficult for us to perceive that this list for three hundred members, chosen out of a total of 2,400, does not contain the name of a single person known for the independence of his opinions in political matters, and that the inquiries which we have since made, have too evidently proved to us the truth of our first -impres sion, and our first judgment. Justice rendered by the Jury, is, therefore, but a word "without meaning, fit, at the most, to amuse simpletons and fools. Trial by Jury will mean, henceforth, not trial by one' s P eers , b u t b y one's adversaries, one's political enemies."- —Gazette de France. BOURSE-PARIS, MONDAY, JAN. 31. Fir st Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prier, Price. French 5 per Cents 118 45 ... 118 60 ... 118 40 ... 118 60 4% per Cents. 3 per Cents 79 40 _. 79 30 ... 79 20 ... 79 30 Loan Bank of France ...1 37 4 Laffitte Bank I.ooof. Share; 1017 50 -.1017 50 ...1017 50 -.1011 50 5,0001. Shares 5030 ...5030 ...5080 ...5030 Itelrian Bank Belgian 5 per Cents. 5 14er Centi., 1840 3 per Cents 72 1 , 5 ... 72 85 ... 7:2 85 ... 72 85 Spanish Active 55 ... 25 ... 24% ... 24% Passive 5% ••• 5 % -• 5% Neapolitan ... ......... • ••• Portugueses per Cent 5....... 28% ..• 2 8% ... 28% ... 28% Pl ',nail. .... Dutch 5) per Cents. RAILWAY SHARES. Et. Germain Versailles, H. 8 337 50 ... 337 50 ... 337 50 337 50 L. 13... ..... Rouen 5OO ... 502 50 ... 500 ... 500 Orle Ins . 530 ... 530 ... 530 .., 530 Montpellier to Cette itnisburg co Bale 228 75 ... 228 75 .. 228 75 ... 228 75 EMIGRATION FROM INDIA TO THE MAURITIUS. —The Gazette of Tuesday evening contained an Order of Council, setting forth that it is highly probable an Act of Parliament will speedily pass to .authorise the emigration of labourers from India to the Mauritius, and prescribing a whole series of regulations by which the Act, should it pass, is to be carried into effect in the Mauritius. It authorises the appointment of agents, &c. Lord Stanley and the Cabinet, therefore, have found time to attend to the interests, as they suppose, of the Mauritius planters, and the Hindoo labourers. Whether they have also found time to attend to the starving people of England is not yet known. ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, and at tenited'by a numerous suite, arrived at Buckingham " Palace at a quarter to two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle, to be present at the Cabinet Council. The Royal party was escorted by a troop of Prince Albert's Own. On her Majesty entering the Palace the Royal standard was displayed on the top of the marble arch. Crowds of well dressed persons, and a number of fashionables in their carriages, lined the drive in Hyde Park and both sides of Constitution Hill, by whom her Majesty was most enthusiastically cheered as the Royal cortege passed along. A Privy Council was held soon after two o'clock to arrange the Royal Speech, on opening Parliament this day in person, and to prick the list for Sheriffs for the different English counties f or th e present year. His 'Majesty, the King of Pru ss i a , p a id a v i s i t to i the Thames Tunnel early n the morning, passing down the river in a steam-boat, to view the City from the river. At the time his Majesty was on his passage, the weather proved unfavourable, as the morning con tinued foggy. Afterwards his Majesty proceeded to visit several national and public buildings in the City. " THE SUN."—On referring to another part of our paper, it will he seen that very praiseworthy exertions are making by Mr. Young, the proprietor of The Sun newspaper, to supply the country on important occasions with express editions earlier than ever, through the me dium of our spirited townsman, Mr. Wiley. This is astonishing when former feats o f expedition are remem bered. It will be very gratifying to many of our readers to learn, that on passing through this town last week, Mr. Young called on Mr. M'Quhae, President of the Licensed Victuallers' Society, and munificently pre sented him with 10/. for the benefit of that Institution.— Sheffield Iris. THE LITTLE WESTERN.—The proprietors of this steamer, accompanied by several captains of the navy, and gentlemen connected with the commercial and with the scien tific and engineering interests of the country, had yesterday an experimental trip down the river, in order to test the speed and powers of the vessel. The Little Western left her moor ings off the Brunswick Hotel at a quarter to 11; the tide then running down, and the wind blowing from the south-west. There was, however, but little wind, and the weather was clear and pleasant. She was accompanied down the river by one of the fastest boats, viz., the Railway, for which she waited off Galleons, and with which she contested head and head to Gravesend. The speed of the Little Western is extraordi nary; she reached the Nore Light within 2 hours and 55 minutes. The distance is 44 miles. This vessel is built on an improved principle. Her tonnage measurement is a frac tion beyond 720 tons. She measures between,perpendiculara 200 feet, measurement over all 216 feet. Her keerineasure meat is 195 feet. Her breadth, clear of her paddle-boxes, is rather above 27 feet ; and her breadth over all exceeds 47 feet. Her deck is flush from stem to stern, and she has two masts Her internal accommodations a; e very good, as may be sur mised from the measurement of her saloon and cabins, &c. The length of her saloon is nearly 44 feet, aed the room is elegantly and commodiously fitted up, without being gaudy or fantastic ; it is also a good height, and is 24 feet wide. The ladies' cabin is nearly 20 feet long. The engines, which are (horizontal and l ow p ressure , are o f 8 0- h orse power each. Al together she is a most elegant craft and an admirable sea-boat; she has weathered a gale off the Land's-end, and proved her capability to contend against a rough sea and a heavy wind. This vessel was kilt at Bristol, by Messrs. Acramans, Morgan , and Co. She is a vessel excellently adapted for the London and Ramsgate station. Her prodigious speed, superior accom modation, and tractability, render her peculiarly desirable for trips in which convenience and rapidity are imperative. The company were treated during the trip with the most el egan t and liberal hospit a lit y b y th e Proprietors. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.--The application for tickets, both to the interior of the house and the long gallery, were incessant, on Tuesday, at Lord Willoughby d'Eresby's office, and Colonel Macarthur, his Lordship's Secre tary, was occupied up to a late hour in issuing tickets. It has been notifi e d t h at, except i n the body of the house, there will be only standing room, even for ladies. On the right of the Queen i s t h e new state c h a ir for the Prince of Wales, which, of co urse , w ill rema i n uno ccupied for many years : on the left is s t at i one d a c h a i r f o r the Prince-Consort. The corps diploinatique will occupy a box to the right of the house. On the Queen being seated on the throne, the Lord Chancel lor will pass along the platform, and present the speech, kneel ing, to her Majesty . , and afterwards retire behind the Prince of Wales's chair, across which the seals of office will be placed. The Kin g o f P russ i a an d su it e will come in state. Mr. MARK BLAKE, IVI.P —We are happy to be able to contradict a report, which was copied into this jour nalelrect that Mr. M ar k Bl a k e , AL for Mayo, was in a very fro m th e M ayo T e l egrap h during the past week, to th e dangerous state of health. We have much pleasure in an nouncing that this is the reverse Of truth. Sir. Blake is in the enjoyment 'of robust health, which youth and a good con stitution promise to make permanent. Any political specula tion, therefore, to which the announcement of his indispo s iti on Journal.may ha v e g i ven r i se, must b e per f e ctly fut ile.— Freeman's THE WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE Or_ Ft CE.—Sir Peter Laurie mentioned to Mr. Alderman Lainson, the sitting Magistrate, on Tuesday, at Guildhall, that Holt, one of the founders of the Independent West Middlesex Assurance Company, in Baker -street, which suddenly broke up a few months ago, to the dis a ppoi n tment and ruin of a great number of individuals, is now a prisoner in the Fleet. BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.—On Tuesday afternoon the body of a man was taken out of the river, off Church-hole, Rotherhithe, and removed to the dead-house. It appears to have been in the water a few days only, and from the apparel of the deceased, he appears to have been an en gineer, or stoker of a steam-vessel. He is about thirty years of age, dark hai r an d w hi skers, five feet ten o r eleven inches hi g h, and had on a b aragon fustian suit o f c l o thes, blue striped shirt, blue stocking s , co l oure d neckerch i e f, and stook. The body awaits a Coroner's inquest. THE UNTHRALLING of the GOD. OR, FREE-TRADE TYPIFIED. " When we attempt so much as the opening of our Ports to all articles employed in reproduction, we may without waiting for a single negotiation, fearlessly hoist the banner of FREE TRADE to all nations. LAZARUS BOUND HAND AND FOOT STRUGGLES TO STEP OUT INTO THE OPEN DAY. WHOSE SHALL BE THE VOICE TO PROCLAIM, " LOOSE HIM, AND LET HIM GOP—Morning Chroni c l e , J an . 28. A God—who was a great and beauteous God, While the old Patriarchs ruled earth's early sod— Embow!d by proud OppressiOn, and o'er-trod, Now lonely lies, all Lazas-like of heap, Pent in an Isle round which blue water leap : Him the Oppressors have enthrall'd in irons— • Him watchful warding like unslumb'ring lions. For, truthfully, they know Might but that God abroad his bright arms throw— Might but his strengths awake, And his cramp bonds asunder from him break, Round the great World his giant feet would scour, And fold its zones in harvest, vine, and flower ; Press'd by his touch the desert-place should shine Palm-crown'd, and rosy-sown, and flush with wine : Like golden shields in king's apartments hung The banded corn-sheaves should about be flung ; Plenty be spread like sunlight on Earth's floors, And Joy harp ever at her happy doors. 11. Wherefore, 0 men, how long Shall day irrevolubly roll on day, Away, and yet away ; Ere that all-puissant voice Prompt to relieve from sufferance and wrong, Like a great-trumpet seven-times voie'd and strong, Shall pour its solemnness sublime and long, And forth in thunders this commandment throw— " LOOSE HIM, AND LET HIM GO 1" lIL How long, 0 men, how long Shall the delivering God in thraldom stay ! How long shall day to day Repeat its aching history of wrong. The fields that since God's flood-time have lain fallow, Sigh to be clothed in corn of gold and yellow; Cry out the hills of vines To wave.in purple, dropping with sweet wines, And hang aloof their sunny-reigning clusters, Lit with transparent lustres ; While Earth her balmy virgin -bosom high Heaves with desire to bear and fructify : How long—how long E'er the great voice abroad its mandate throw, " LOOSE RIM, AND LET HIM GO!" IV. Not long —not surely long Time shall her hour prolong, E'er the great God shall wholly be delivered, — Be all his shackles shivered : Not long—not surely long, E'er Earth delighted rolls With richer music in her silver poles ; E'er her long-barren Star, Shall don a gold and emerald symar ; And her sad empty horn Blush all abundantly with wine and corn. Not long—not long, E'er the all-puissant voice, Pouring its solemnness sublime and long, Shall free that God from bondage and from wrong, And forth in thunders its commandment throw, " LOOSE RIM, AND LET RIM 00 1" Hearken ! it comes —the sound Like muffled harmonies heard underground, Shakes the blue atmospheres that float around.— The fair-haired regions of the Western Star— Asia, and Ind, and sunny Sennaar, Put on their pearls, and crimsons, and tiar, For joy that their Deliverer is not far. It comes—the bright day comes— The-hour—the men—the chain up-breaking forces!— I see—l know them by their sparkling plumes, And their gold chariots drawn by bounding horses:— Down like a flashing cataract they pour, Proclaiming to the world his thraldom o'er:— While foremost, fairest of their throng is seen, A diamond-braceleted and beauteous Queen, Whose magic influence, and silver keys. Give the imprison'd giant God release.— It were a superhuman task to tell The wondrous workings of that subtle spell ; - How brake the bars—how sprang apart the chains , — While his full strength the giant-One regains : How as the God his speed and splendours rolled, The landscapes burned in purple and in gold— How gleamed the,plains like emerald-blazon'd banneis— How the young Islands sang in rapt Hosannas— While peals triumphal crowned the festive day That struck the fetters of the God away. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg, ar rived at Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Hussars, twenty minutes before two o'clock yesterday afternoon from Windsor Castle. Their Serene Highnesses Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and the Royal suite, consist ing of the Hon. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Liddell, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Morton, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Captain Francis Seymour, Colonel Wylde, and Colonel the H on . Ch ar l es Grey, followed in three of the Royal carriages and four. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were received at the Palace by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber lain, the Master of the Horse, and by Lord George Len nox, Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert. The - Royal Standard was immediately displayed on the Marble Arch. At half-past two o'clock the Queen held a Privy Coun cil, which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Trea sury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the First Lord of the Admi ralty, the President of the Board of Trade, the President of the Board of Control, the Secretary at War, the Pay master-General of the Forces, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse. Sir 'Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen. The Duke of Buckingham had an audience and re signed to her Majesty the Privy Seal. The Earl of Jersey, Sir James Graham, and Lord Wharncliffe, had audiences of the Queen at the Council. At the Council his Grace, Walter, Duke of Buc cleugh, was by command of the Queen sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, her Majesty having been pleased to appoint his Grace to be Lord Lieutenant of the County of Roxburgh (in the room of the Marquis of Lothian, deceased), the Noble Duke took the oaths appointed to be taken. Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the custody of the Privy Seal to his Grace, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was administered to him, and the Noble Duke took his place at the Board. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable James Marquis of Salisbury, to be Lord- Lieutenant of the County of Middlesex. The Noble Marquis took the customary oaths. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Brownlow Marquis of Exeter to be Lord- Lieutenant of the County of Northampton, the Noble Marquis was sworn in accordingly. Her Majesty pricked the List of Sheriffs for the pre sent year. The Queen's Speech on opening the Session of Par liament was arranged, and agreed upon. The lion. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Lord Ashburton had an audience of the Queen. The Court was attended by the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain, Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting, Viscount Combernere, Gold Stick in Wait ing, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting, Hon; Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. At half-past four o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Al bert went to Marlborough House to visit her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Hon. Colonel Grey, and Colonel Wylde, the Equerries in Waiting on the Queen and the Prince, were in attendance. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal remain at Windsor Castle ; and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Waiting on her Ma jesty, also remains at Windsor Castle. Previously to quitting Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, his Majesty the King of Prussia did Mr. Hayter. Principal Painter in Ordinary t 9 the Queen, the honour to sit a short time, to enable him to represent his Majesty in the sketch which he is making of his great picture of the Christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel. At half-past eight o'clock the King quitted the Pa lace, attended by the Earl of Hardwick, Lord in Wait ing, and two Gentlemen of his Suite, and proceeded to the Steam Packet Wharf at Hungerford-market, where his Majesty embarked on board the steam-packet, .and went down the River to visit the Thames Tunnel. Afterwards the King went to the Tower, and after in specting that fortress, returned to Buckingham Palace shortly before twelve o'clock. His Majesty received at Buckingham Palace Deputa tions from a number of public bodies. The Bishop of London, and a Deputation of the Clergy in the Di ocese o f L on d on, were introduced, when his Lordship presented an Address from the Metropoli tan Clergy. The Bishop of London accompanied the next Deputa tion, which was that from King's College, to pay their respects. The Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews were introduced to congratulate his Majesty. Prussian subjects residing in England, headed by the Che valier Hebeler, Prussian Consul-General, were conducted to the presence of their Sovereign to present an Address of Congratulation. The Address was read by Mr. Natusch, and the following is a translation:— May it please your Majesty, We, natives of the Prussian Dominions, now resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britaia Rad I},e]azd embrace the joyful occasion which led your Majesty to these shores. With freedoth and fidelity we avail ourselves of the permission of tendering to your Majesty our welcome and our homage. A great anda free people meet your Majesty with sentiments of veneration and confidence, and all hearts expand, filled with the hope and belief that the Al mighty's blessing will rest on this Royal visit. If it be true that public opinion among Foreign Con temporaries foreshadows the judgment of posterity, then history will illustrate the merits of a ruler who compre hended the age he belonged to, and who endeavoured to bring the wants of his people in harmony with the same. Removed to a distant point of view, we would feign behold in your Majesty an instrument of Providence ; potent and willing to mature the capabilities of the various tribes swayed by your sceptre, and lead them on wards in a course of wise ameliorations historically based on inherent rights, in order that every citizen may duly take his place in three estates* enabled to promote the common weal in an enlarged sphere, protected at the same time, and controlled only by laws in which he concurred himselt as his forefathers of old. For ourselves we will ever pray for the preservation of your Majesty and your Illustrious Consort, the pride of German Matrons. We implore Heaven's choicest blessings on the Royal House ; may the contemplation of his people in the constant increase hr piety, civilization, and comfort, be the meed of reward of the exalted head to whom we this day renew our faith and devotion, in all humility. 'frusiing, Sire, to the candour of your Gracious Ma jesty, we hope that the plain expression of our senti ments may meet with the most favourable construction, and venture to claim the high honour of forwarding our undersigned names to the feet of the Royal Throne. * In the original, Lehr Wehr and Naltrsland, which means anything but an aristocratic division of castes, but literally teachers (clergy defending military . and operatives), or the in dustrious classes ; these denominations transmitted by vener able tradition. SUM , 'ARY OF NEWS AND Publtt Optntost. " Who may read." FOREIGN. Russia and France are again, it seems, reconciled. The Augsburg Gazette announces what is tantamount to this after a very round-about fashion. It states that a letter from Berlin makes known that a letter from St. Petersburgh stated that the Emperor had invited all the members of the French Embassy to a ball, to dance away the recollection of Royal and Imperial feuds, which in vitation was, of course, accepted. Thus the peace of Europe has been happily consolidated by a gallopade. The Paris Journals continue to dwell upon the result of the division upon the Address. The Constitutionnel, M. Thiers' paper, says—" Never, except at the time of the coalition, was there so feeble a majority under simi lar circumstances, and yet upon almost every point Ministers, during the discussion, made concessions in their avowed policy, and on one point, of the most serious importance viz. the right of search, an amendment was carried, which in some degree engages the responsibility of the Cabinet, in the event of the treaty being ratified. The adoption of this amendment induced a certain num ber of persons to vote for the address, who would other wise have voted against it, and Ministers, in order to render the Chamber more favourable, disavowed the hos tility against the public press and the institution of the Jury which has been imputed to them, and yet their majority is small." The Courrier Francais has the following :—" Notwith standing this pretended majority of 84, the Ministry has received its death-blow. It may drag on for some time longer, but it cannot live. It will not venture to dissolve the Chamber, for it knows that the new elections would give us an immense majority. It will not have recourse to a general election, because it has no claim to public respect or confidence." The National takes precisely the same view of the perplexed state of the Cabinet:—" If it be considered that it was not understood by anybody that the adoption of the address was to be made a Cabinet question, and that many Deputies were unwilling, by rejecting it, to pronounce themselves the dissolution of the Chamber, it will be seen that the minority of 156 is a formal con demnation of the policy of Ministers, and an evident symptom that their ruin is at hand." The Corresponsal of Madrid states that an ordon nance was issued on the 12th instant, granting a pension to the two daughters of Brigadier Diego Leon, equal to the pay of their father as Lieut.-Colonel of Lancers. The dowry of the Princess Sophia of Orange, the future bride of the Hereditary Duke of Saxe Weimar, is said to be 3,000,000" florins in cash, or 7,500,0001. The Greek Government has published a circular, ad dressed by the Minister of the Interior to the governors and sub-governors, cautioning them, against putting any faith in, the reports of an approaching rupture between Greece and the Ottoman Porte. , A letter from Vienna on the same subject says—" The accounts from Athens are most satisfactory. The Greek Government has definitely placed at the disposal of the P6fte the sum necessary to pay the indemnities due to Ottoman subjects who possessed lands within the terri tory of Greece, and which have been expropriated." PUBLIC OPINION. The Times has a leading article on the subject of a statement made by a Contemporary, to the effect that the Bishops are about to hold a meeting for the purpose of taking into their consideration the doctrines of the Tracts for the Times. In this article the Times says— " We are not aware that there is any mode, according to the constitution of the Church of England, by which the Bishops can pronounce a binding or effectual decision upon any controverted theological question, except through the medium of Convocation, in which the con currence of the lower orders of clergy is necessary to their acts ; and as Convocation will meet on Thursday next, it will then be known whether they do or do not intend to address the Queen for leave to proceed to such deliberations as those contemplated by our Contempo rary. We see no reason to believe it." The Advertiser ridicules the idea that the Duke of Buckingham will support Sir Robert Peel in all the rest of his political measures, with the single exception of the Corn-laws, which, adds the Advertiser, "is something like accommodating a man with the loan of a hundred pounds at twenty per cent., only deducting the amount of five years' interest. The whole existence of the Tory Ministry depends on its conduct with regard to the Corn law question, and on this the Duke of Buckingham will be the inveterate opponent of Sir Robert Peel, who it is, nevertheless, said will not upon general measures have to encounter his Grace's hostility. We look upon this first split as the beginning of the end.' of the Conservative Cabinet." The Herald makes the following observations on the regulation of the issues of the Bank of England :—" It appears from the late returns, that since July last the Bank of England has increased its bullion by 618;000L, while it has decreased its issues 1,683,0001., making its circulation upwards of 2,000,0001. less than it ought to be, according to its own rule. The general effect of this proceeding on the part of the Bank is, to maintain that scarcity of money in London, by which the commerce of the country has been so long kept in a state of embar rassment, and at the same time to contract the circula tion of the country generally, and thereby to depress the price of corn ; for it must be observed that the price is lower now, after a deficient harvest and a limited foreign supply, than it was last year, after a better harvest and a very extensive foreign supply—a state of things which can only be accounted for by this inconsistent proceeding' of the Bank of England." The Chronicle is of opinion that on the downfal of Toryism alone can that superstructure be raised which shall give permanent security to the principles of reform, and increasing prosperity to our manufacturing and commercial industry. Our Contemporary goes on to observe : "The shabby half-measures which Sir Robert Peel may bring forward as the price of maintaining him self in office, are still a homage to sound principles, and must sap the foundations of Toryism, which rest on ignorance and prejudices. But his is not the hand that can bring back prosperity to our shores, by measures calculated to afford to every b ranc h of inclustry--agri cultural, commercial, and manufacturing—due protection and equality of rights, and to diffuse satisfaction and tranquillity throughout the land." The Dublin Pilot observes, in an article on the subject of exclusive dealing :—" Since ever Emancipation passed, the Tory—the Orange party of Ireland —acting on the principle laid down in the fable of the bundle of sticks, have, by exclusive dealing under every phasis, strength ened their party—landlords letting land to Tory tenants —employing Tory agents—and getting Liberals to ap point Tory agents (hence, perhaps, arises the fact of Lady Dover's agents, both law and land, either voting against, or not voting for her Ladyship's brother, Lord Morpeth)—Tory gentry dealing only with avowed Tory shopkeepers, and eventually the Lord Lieutenant him self carrying out the principle, until to it may be attri buted the defeat of Lord Morpeth in the city of Dublin." We quote the following from the Brighton Guardian : —"Saxony and Prussia are underselling us in the United States, the United States are underselling us in China and in our own colonies. The northern parts of Eur o p e are under-selling us as ship-carriers ; nay, they are be ginning to carry for us. Our merchants, and ship-own ers vest their capital in foreign ships ; and should a pro perty-tax disable our ship-owners and manufacturers still more to compete with foreigners, not only will it not augment the revenue, it will hasten the decay which is impending over Great Britain," The Tyne Mercury says :—" The demand for foreign corn would produce a rise abroad, and as trade increased, prices would equalise themselves, while the labourer would get better wages, and the farmer would have a more lasting and more profitable market, even if corn was really considerably cheaper—or from the sale of our manufactures abroad we would say, whether it was cheaper or dearer." IVIONEY—TRALE—CODIMEXCE. At a meeting of the British Iron Company, held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, it appeared that the decay in its affairs had arisen from the recent great fall in iron. Bar iron in 1838 was 91. per ton at Newport, it is now about 61., making a difference of 120,0001. on the 40,000 tons produced annually by the Company. The resolution, however, for a dissolution of the Company, was negatived. ELECTIONEERING. New writs will have to be moved for in Parliament as soon as it assembles, for Liverpool, South Shropshire, Leominster, West Cornwall, Bandon, and Dublin Uni versity. Mr. Bainbridge, one of the Liberal Members for Taunton, has just accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and Sir Thomas Edward C o l e b rooke, a Liberal, presentedhim self on Tuesday to the electors as a candidate for the vacant seat, with every prospect of success. LAW Bury Gaol has not a xAD POLICE. Bingle debtor in codgegtent at Xing ° I On Saturday, the 29th of January, tbG Prussia honoured his Excellency the Chevalier Bon'rse with his gracious company to a de'euner. l l , )e f c°1 1 1 0$: of the morning the Chevalier Neukomm, j &nu nu , chelles performed together on the Organ arid. — e d a g. Piano-forte. His Majesty subsequently req ue v st rd's , Moscheles to perform on the instrument (one of manufacturer tor the Royal Palace at Berlin), and Pl.. himself behind the chair of tho artist, who thus insphl extemporised, and hit most happily o n subjects w hit i n 0 cited from th e A ugust hearer his loud approbation .•• subjects intr o d uce d were " God Save the Quee n, b e i n g also the Nation a l Ai r of Prussia, " Robiu Adai/:'7 r. - conclusion, Hullers " " ,~ MORNING SUN • this minute ; a ci rcums t ance that has not occurred for the last forty-four years. l al At the hustings in Dublin, just previous to the o ff declaration of th e poll, a man was seen is the crowd "1 a loaded pistol, and a cry was raised that be was all i T i c to shoot Captain Howard, Lord Morpeth's brother. 11 , was immeaiately arrested and taken to a police station, when it was found that the pistol was not loaded, but 1144 a small bayonet attached to it. Tuesday William Taylor, a journeyman hattr,"lvaall charged a t L am b et h- street with causing the death Of unfortunate female, by assaulting her with lence. It app eare d th e part i es h a d a Sellffle Logti . er and the d e f en d ant struck the decease d , an d estlam• i i e to fall agai nst a was h-h and stand. She di e d. fr032 11 2 ,a effects of th e f a ll on M on d ay; the pr i soner was relin'3" e until the result o f th e i nquest was known. I n tllaglt`t - of the afternoo n th e J ury returned a verdict 4 7t , slaughter, and the prisoner, on the Coroner's .tvaNt:' , was committed to Newgate. At Marlborough -street yesterday, James Hunt, a rl,l man of respectable appearance, was committed for sate mg last night from the carriage of Lord Ernest Brut a box coat, value seven guineas. His Lordship hat l i? returned from the Duke of Wellington's party, and chirin et : the momentary absence of th e coac h man , the Pris °ll carried off the coat, but was arrested by a policeman. LITERARY AND SCIENTErXe• tte e The King of Denmark has j us t a pp o i nte d a Cotaw" t he of fifteen persons to examine the manuscripts in 0 , Oriental languages which are in th e lib rar y at C i ° „ l :ble hagen, to the number of 11,000. Everything II,'" they contain will be extra c t e d an d t rans l ate d at the' pense of the Government. " John Vaughan, Esq., the eminent philosopheL, i f philanthropist, died at Philadelphi a , a t t h e b e gul h ° January. He was an Engli s h man by bi rt h, basin Free t he born in London in 1756, an d was f or man y . ate British Consul at Philad e lphi a . H e was the' 1110 friend of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and F e ' tie s and was well known t o all the great Literary S °e " of England. THEATRICAL. at . At the Dublin Theatre on Saturday evenig' to ost Orange party attended in great force, and made *oed riotous demonstr a ti on . Th e uproar cause d b y eont te a it shouting, and rounds of th e " K ent i s h fi re " re nde At impossible to hear a word uttered upon the stage• o il one time the performan ce was suspen d e d , an d an tine on ing appeal made to the rioters, whos e rallying cry " Lord de Grey and Gregory." COURT--ZPASHIONABLE • at The approaching D raw i ng - rooms an d L eve es le t James's James's Pala ce , w hi c h w ill not commence until .0! Easter, are expe c t e d t o equa l i n b r illi ancy t h ose et P re , former season. The State apartments are all being gilded and redecorated. the At the opening of Parliament this day, 00 li o n Queen being seated on the Throne, the Lord Chan l i c li, will pass along the pl a tf orm , an d present t h e SP e l kneeling, to her M ajes ty, an d a f terwar d s ret i re be ll -of the Prince of Wales's chair, ac ross w hi c h the sea, office will be placed. Earl Jermyn has returned to town from Bel' oir The Earl of Yarborough is quite restored to ln lj t, and will be in town to a tte n d th e opening of Parlis w o lc The Duchess of North um b er l an d arrived at All Castle on Friday last, from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Bucoleuch, wh o succee d s to th e ofy i j of t he Privy Seal, is the first of hi s li ne w h o h as rece iv appointment to a seat in the British Cabinet. Stale Mr. H. Addington, the new Under-Secretary a for Foreign Affairs, is nephew to Lord Sidmouth• of MISCELLANEOUS. General Von Natzmar, w h o accompan i es t h e seii r e i l ii the King of Prus s i a , serve d un d er Blucher, and f a O der After at Ba u t zen rece i ve d t h e or d er o f the Iron to i l er After the peace of P ar i s , h e came over w i th the ' of the present King to this country. Mr. Backho use , Under-Secretary of St a t e for "'retiL Affairs, is obli ge d to resign his situ a ti on on a ccou" the impaired state of his health. RUMOURS Or THE DAY. The Dublin Reformers will petition against the r e t ior of Mr. Gregory, on the grounds of the wholesale i'! iite e dation practised by the G overnment — t h e i l l ega l ference of Lord De Grey, and the leading membl3l l household—the system of obstruction a t the V o ies , booths, and the illegal conduct of th e s h er iffs' dePod by which a number of Lib era l electors were O c from voting. 'MONEY and COMMERCIAL N E CITY, WEDNESDAY Eves-- . 0 0 The Funds to-day were confirmed in their Prl i ef tendency towards a rally, and although the quano business done was not con s id era bl e ,° there was del i ; fof more firmness evinced. Th e quotat i ons o f C o ns° present transfer were to-day 89 to 89k, and for the he t count 891, buyer s an d se ll ers a l ternately. l Exc hr4 i o siP Bills were 16s. to 18 s . prem i um, and East India Ti to 9s. to 1 ls, ,premium. Bank Stock was worth l e ,' 168. New Three. and-a-Half per Cents. 984 to 01' the Not much credit is a tt ac h e d to the statement t utdaf Coupons of the Spanish Active Bonds have ill- 1 7 1 e1 been pledged by th e Government of Madrid for the mot with Which the diiidend tipon them is to be paid, r t ioit in fact,' sheuld th e fi nances ' o f S pa i n not allow °J . ' redemption, they mi g ht b e re-issued. This woul A tea' tainly boa novel way of raisi ng f un d s . The -Pr Bonds were flat a ga i n t o -d ay , at 24 4 to 24 } . Th oo e o p Foreign Stocks were much the same, except Me% per which improved to 30i ; P ortuguese N ew Tive , a t Cents.. were at 331- to 4, and the Th ree per Cel l ; 5 so' 19:1- ; Colombian were at 21i t o 224 ; an d Dutc h and-a Half per Cents. 51* to 514. di The prices of the Railway Shares ruler s } much the to-day, but there was rather more activity in ' ? % - j.l' land,Grea t 4s W ; es a t n e d rn Swoeureth at W e l a 9 t l ern to 2 a o t ; 2 Y o o i r York o an 2 d North '.. 11 0. oi prelni t ery Brighton. were 134; Blackwell 13+; and South fr o 22 discount. London Joint Stock Bank Shares vi premium: (From The Sun of Last Night.) Tnie de' LIVERPOOL COTTON MA RKET , F EB. 1. %best° mend for Cotton to-d a y, considering it bein g MO" hinß Market, has been to a fair extent, the sales Or r ice' 3,000 bales, inclusive of 800 t o 1,0 00 f or expor t. are tolerably steady. LIVERPOOL SHA RE MARKET, FEB. _ tr a a o t et tions at the Stock E xc h ange t hi s d ay comprise T'a'frif, Counties, 84 ; Grand Junction, 1851 ; Ditto, Shares, 594 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 191 Counties, 81 ; Paris and Rouen, 13%. 1. MANCHESTER STOCK EX CHANGE , F EB. vr. °Of tinue to have a fair demand for several descriPtleo' stock, and in so me i ns t ances higher pric e s are o dif Our sales are Liverpool and Manchester, 1904 exa and bonus ; Manchester and Birmingham, 2,8 g ,3 0 chester and L ee d s Q uarters, 4 1 . Is. 6d., 4L Is., an.d `i for 44 Consols opened steady at 894 for Money, and 8 -editt°' the Acco un t ; Th ree per C ents. Reduced, 894 41 le s ' Three-and-a-Half, 984 ; Exchequer Bills, 1 • 415. , premium. • ra re" Spanish Acti ve St oc k 241 4; Passive, 54 ; 1:),„h-ret0' e` 12' ; Portuguese Fi ve per Cents., 331 ; Ditto 191 20 ; Mexican Bonds, 294 30. We are still without later arrivals from way The English Market continues steady, w ithotlS for variation in pri ces , an d b ut l i ttle doing, Cons pet pit Money ar e 89 4, an d f or the Account 89 t Thr'" 4l q ; Cents. Reduced, 894 ; Bank Stock, 1671 ; ,Thre e ils" a:Halfper C en t s . R e d uce d , 991 ; New Three-and -a " per Cents. 984. Exchequer Bills, 16 18. bate In the Foreign Market but very few transitetioul e ja t taken place. Spanish Active Stock is now cial'orire! 244 4 ; Portugese Five per Conts., 339 ; and the bit; per Cents., 194 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents" and the Fives, 101 1. o f° The Share Market is firm. London and Brigh t° 364 ; Great Western, 844 ; London and Blackwsl 4 8 9 . London and South Western, 591; Midland Coullieoloto Consols, Money, 89 ; ditto Account, 894 bian, 211 22 ; Mexican, 29i 30 ; Spanish, 241 As the Brazil mail leaves London to-day, it. Pl:o#% be inappropriate to make •a few remarks upon tree-,; respecting the termination of which Y or e •Lu t so much doubt. Th e efforts makir.g on various influential p art i es to o b tain a ~nedifiv-c, n t thsV the coffee duties, will s h ow t h e Brazilian Cdsreeru°'' mil a desire exists on the part of our traders t % ) the produce of their subjects upon fair teros , „"„ r as England is treated with corresponding fal,'" o - their, openness. People here are indeed not so bl inu o r w it - ziliP , , own interests, and to the advantages of the • consumption of British manufr.ctures, as to valuable a commercial ally. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l6B India Stock ...... ....e •" • 11 10 3 per Cent Red. B9i D itto Bonds .............. . 3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ... per Cent Red..: 99i i Ditta New Annuities... no New ai per Cent New 5 per Cent. pCoorntugusolsefo:Ascet.per cent. - 69 4 ' 1 Long Annuities z,oexpire \ Ditto small OP Jan. i 860 ..... ..... 12i Bank Stock for Acet.; O . I .. 2 R i ELG N FUNDS. tirt 1859. 12 9-16 India Stock for Acet.,.;. Jan. 1860. Austrian, 5 per eent F 1 0 Belgian, 5 pei cent ...... Ditto, New Ditto .«:... .. Brazilian 80nd5 .... ...... Prussian, 5 per Lent. . .• : Buenos Ayres 6 per cot Russian, 5 p_er Co a lo li m an b4 6 n, Pe 6 l ;m ee r n ce t uT. , D sean ittoi sh M , e S taiß per e. ee .. n .. t .... .. .. ... Ditto, 1824.......... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... • Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. — 1 ; ,e 1 - Greek, 1825, 5 per cen t — E xcha nge..,,,,,,., c • Mexican, 5 per rent 3o+ French, 3 percent. • bli Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent.. 101# Peruvian, 1825, !per ct. 15k 'Ditto, 5 Pei. cent.... SHARES. Great Western Railway (65 paid) ...... Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 9 London and Brighton (ae, paid).. 111 : Q A London and Blackw a ll Railway (25 paid) Ditto New Shar es ('— id) - 1 la '- pa., .... . London and Greenwich Railway (20 lAD $ t r Ditto New Shar es (20 pa id) 59 • London and South W estern 71io; - Manchester and L ee d s (7 0 paid) ••• •• 4 . 0.9 Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 8.2; tiJ Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ..... • Northern and E as t ern (40 paid) ...... ...• 5 ,;41 North Midland Railway (100) Ditto New Shares (40 paid)... .. . ..... .••• fi South Eastern and Dover (48 paid)... ••• • 95, York and No r th Midl and Railway (50 paid)