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.._~ r the i ''' ully, LER* Ej L ECTION OF TOWN CLERK' At a PRELIMINARY MEETING of the FRIEND:, of WM, PRITCHARD, Esq., held This Day, Mr. Sheriff ROGERS in the Chair. It Was unan:rnously resolved, That the lamented Death of Henry Woodthorpe, E sq ., h av i ng occas i one d a VACANCY 1 2 the OFFICE o f TOWN CLE R K of the CITY of LON DON, this Meeting are of opinion that WILLIAM PRIT- C, A RD, Esq., is p reem i nen tl y qua l i fi e d to fill t h at O ffi ce b y tong experience, and the general ability and talent he has I t s r lhayed in corporate matters. This nieeting, therefore, sia,tously recommend him to' become a Candinate, and • `ußt themselves to give him their support. le S igned) ALEXANDER ROGERS, Chairman. Leh 4 , 11142. T H E LATE WILLIAM COBBETT, M.P. cE tn Zbe ANNIVERSARY o f t h e BIRTH o f THIS ' 1)1/4,,RATED MAN, will be commemorated by a PUBLIC sad "'MI, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th instant, at the Crown Anchor Tavern, Strand. D . J OHN FIELDEN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. & Ti mner on th e ta bl e at Six Clock precisely. en Ti k ket s 5 s to be had at the Tavern, or at Messrs. SWAIN a Co' s, 92, Fleet-street. B. TILLY, Honorary Secretary. POLYTECHNIC Rvp l T I ON, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and ii-NINGS except SATURDAY EVENINGS. E W and VARIED LECTURES DAILY, with beau 41ILLUSTRATIONS. On Thursday a Lecture on LIN ,,EIR's VIEW of the ORIGIN of FUNGI and the PRE- 1' DECAY of TIMBER. RAGGS'S PATENT p ah -.‘ , Ess of PRINTING on CALICO, PAPER, and other kir"' bY Voltaic Electricity. New DISSOLVING VIEWS. CL-nsrA.,IIARWISE and BAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC NEB; on which principle one, pit a large scale, is now Nicork in front of the Institution. WRIGHT and BAIN'S TO: T „,PATENT ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAILWAY lit,"4e4 CONTROLLER. TheMICROSCOPE, DIVING CANSand DIVER, ORRERY, &c. &c., including 2,000 c A tks of eminent Ar t, Science, and Ingenuity. A VIEW of / VON, by a CHINESE ARTIST. The MODEL of the P/6",RIFF Isle of Wight, and various COSNIORAMIC UR CL ES , are added to the Evening Exhibition. Admission to the whole, One Shilling. UN 'R THE SANCTION OF THE COMMITTEE I N OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. JUR. D. B. REID'S LECTURES on the CHE TER H ALL of DAILY LIFE will commence at EXE- Ei L on WIDNESDAY, the 9th of March, at Half-past P.'l. The Course will comprise Twenty Lectures, sa lbe — ho w u ji r l be continued on successive Wednesdays, at the the ildie s Gentlemen may obtain Tickets of Admission to li s Vilnle Course, price One Guinea, at Mr. Parker's, Pub -445, W es t St ran d ; a t E x et e r Hall ; at the Sunday e..1!"1 -streUnion, Paternoster-row; and from Mr. Glass, 15 street Westminster. CSTAR HOTEL, SOUTHAMPTON. HARLES STATES begs to inform his pi th C . ommercial Friends and the Public that he has jointly, the Mr. Shepherd, taken the above Hotel; and in soliciting th ern "PPort of Commercial Gentlemen wishes to express to he —4r ust s desire to afford them that accommodation which, itip port. , will not fail to ensure their patronge and future R 'ETS., SELLING OFF, 98, HATTON-GARDEN. ILLIA M CUMMING and CO. having t er ,„ purchased of the Assignees of Michael Danks his in in th e above Premises, are now offering the whole a r ia t i," extensive Stock of Brussels, Turkey, Bengal, Kidder itiVter, Coach, and other Carpetin„crs; Floor Cloths, &c., :"out reserve, at an enormous sacrifice, previous to the in edction of their new and elegant assartment of Spring Pat -11, 13 , now in the loom of the H i. r notpers and others will find B taek w e ll worthy ice . eonsequence of the Death of Mr. CROSS, and ( f v Order of Mr. SEWELL and the Executrix, the whole l I ' it neir IMMENSE and VALUABLE STOCK of SILK 1 l ICERY, DRAPERY, &c., is to be SOLD without the isst re serve. Several Thousand Pieces of Rich Silks and Atu3 i " of British and Foreign Manufacture ; French, German, and v Spitalfields Velvets ; India Shawls, Mantles, both in Satin elvet, Foreign Lace of great value, at Half their Cost ; French Cambrics ; Several Hundred Dozens of Riviere, ti'"°roidered, and Hemmed Cambric Handkerchiefs. The n en Drapery Department consists of every useful Article r attars. The Furnishing Department consists of Aubus lir, Turkey, and Brussels Carpets, India and British Silk C al tsks, Printed Tournays, Rich Chintz for Drawing-room &c. &c. 11,1 cols Stock, unquestionably the largest in London, requires nunent, it always having been considered to surpass in rltidour that of any other establishment in the metropolis. It T he Sale will commence on Monday, March the 7th. tt a e Nobility, Gentry, and Public are respectfully informed, tp o tile Premises will be closed on Thursday, March 3, and enwing days, in order to make , the necessary reductions e Stock for the approaching Sale. °P he Doors will be opened at 10 o'Clock, A M., and close at , ock P.M., daily. Ati'3ewell and Cross 44 and 45, Old Compton-street, and 46 47, F • h Sh nt -street, o o. HE • PATENT APERITIVE FOUNTAIN, fir th e removal of Cost i veness, i s so sma ll that it may bee,veyed a b out i n t h e poc k et. I t a d m i ts no a i r i nto th e gels, consequently is recommended by the most eminent 28 ysicians and Surgeons. To be obtained of W. 13. ROOFF, V. Gerrard- s treet Soho. London ; where also may be had th n e .PATENT ' TRUSS for HERNIA, which will allow m a peted to use any exerc i se w ithout inconvenience. ice given on d.seases of the EAR. ALB EMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly 7 6, x apposite the York Hotel), and may be, had also at IIN VVILLIANI-STREET, BANK of ENGLAND. IGHT AND HEARING TESTI MONIALS on 'the Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' oiz • i nvented SPECTACLE LENSES and INVISIBLE p , fi e IA TIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deaf Persons. Ilse of giethe und ers i gne d, h ave been for some time making the Astonills. Solomons' newl y •invented Spectacle Lenses; th em t h s u . nl3 relief they afford to imperfect vision gives e decided preference to every other kind of Len; the clearness of the transparency brings every object very distinct of and enables individuals to view the most minute par I ) , C , 9 with perfect accuracy. They are particularly pleasant rig 4 and brilliant lights : " r nes Blundell, Esq., M.D., I, Great George-street, West „rninster - ietrge Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dover-street. 3 Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeen, F. R. S., Saville-row. A n °4 n Ram sbotham Esq. ,M.D. , Broad-street- building s. 4: 1 :Y White, isq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. Frederick Hooper, Esq. , Surgeon, 29, New Kennington Messrs. Leighton Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street. lip t iLrs. Gri ffi ths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street. T. i t'ay, Esq., Surgeon, Isleworth. tb . Lialdy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. H. Luitas, Esq., M.D., Exeter. Iv Taylor G or d on , E sq ., M . D. el,. Bowie Esq., M.D., B enne tt- s t r eet, Bath. Rey wood, Esq., M.D., Blandford. p i , el lr7 Lawrence, Esq. M.D., Tenby. nivsJeafreson, Esq., iurgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley- street. ▪ u. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. Esq., M.D., Brighton. • Conolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Wallingford. "sl)rtlas Willis, Esq., AI. D., Brighton. I • Griffiths, Esq., Surgeon, Hammersmith. Oln Kenderia, Esq., Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches t• ee-square. iTark.a Tonally, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town. Ce;ebourn Ese• Surgeon, 25, Harleyford-place, Ken wir, -i n. S' Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. vialnuel Banner, Esq., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. 1011 e3, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor • uare. A . Xliglish, E sq ., S urgeon , Denmark-hill. b.. " 3 . aritlemore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-street , Blooms - T . Y• S Pollock, E sq „ S urgeon , K ens i n gton. J. B t° ddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. I ,: Walker, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury. leigliam, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square PrlNason, Esq., Sargeon,Nuneaton, Warwickshire." tli e lP l aning the above list of Testimonials before the public , Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their Avl a i'r!ELE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR , by is e ',Lneusands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited, tl t , il° "arger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into ab le Cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfort it i , n ar Perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. lNitc 4 use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard reatinetness. ittr" 4 2, important new inventions are patronized by their Ma llen,— K . and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High nes' f l'ae P rincesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High her ' n ' u e Princess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, .the ,rniee, the Duchess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces ii — "nbisho of Canterbury, the Dukes of Devonshire and P uster, &c. &c. Mid Albemarle. street (directly opposite the York Hotel) , lu G, ''ing William-street, Bank. Ast e L"sequence of the gross imposition in the Country, it is Es ratty to state that no Travellers are employed in the above No connection with persons of the same nam e. 4 1VIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s; the ~nd„, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior s ~aMe Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per 3d d . o p z e e r n ; foo ß t r ; as 2 .I ke.he,,l window Curtains , 1% inch diameter, Is. S,VgE s t ,' t ad. per foot ; bronze fenders, t feet long, s. iptAr';'"Et LONDON TABLE CU I LER WAItRANTED. KNIVES, with ivory Handles, I4s. per dozen ; Dessert h one hau l ,".; Carvers, 4s. d. per pair; Tvr Table Knives, itk white per dozen ; Dessert, 68. Sd. ; Carvers, :Is. per Pier.,,P.obe-skape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275.; new shape:, 395, ; Pa tco., ache Tea-trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set of full sizes. ea tery'",es,.containing the prices, w.th Engravings of every lronniou- De, ~,rticie necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25 . ti"jint, under sissy other old-evablished house, to be had gratis • . Rip W E , ""N and BURTON, 12 Wells.street Oxford-street. Established 182 ----------- INDIGES Tro'kuu,E_L.LENT FAMILY MEDICINE FOR IN BILIOUS AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, &c., &c. '''',,every instance where a fair trial has beenb_ given tat sia':,9IITON'S CAMOMILE PILLS have invariably igestion, „_tuf ."°n. affording permanent relief in land cases . f nea r i b i N'edY cure for Headache, Bill o us n,epre l ss a e v oi er s C p o ir m it i s , , lai l lt i. s: to rb _, urn And Acidity of the Stomach, tiv," sleep, 'Violent Palpitations, Spasms, ' safe under any c I , 4 lniir„ ' '„&e. lhey are mild in th it operation, 'benefit c am, and tisousands of persons can now bear testimony of the General Debility, Coi,r gto t 46 be deriveri 1 rom their use. I% tho',..m. ottles, at Is. I}4d., 2s. 9,1 , c ~x,%,llVoni. and I Is. each, in every Town 4'4 b e Peirsuulla • Be sure to ask for " NORTON'S PILLS," and do -----.....___ ded to purchase an imitation. A. CARD.—In this age of luxury and dissipation, of ,at..,.hen the indiscretions of youth disappoint the e o xE s e u t c a h ti e o th ns . cacy u r , tp it is not to be wondered at that a medicine kpEvas EDDON'S GENUINE AROMATIC LOZENGES of 4., , ..f.. should have , attracted the attention of the first medical men Arid Zi,TPe. When the most important functions of life arc suspended, to h "se NY h o are invalids by inheritance or imprudence are reduced th kt i."„Tost deplorable state of nervous debility, it is not in d 1. 3 t h at t ,',._ef . is . to be Lund. It has been ascertained beyond a . d r e o e o a b x t - , ht-k on ~‘Te cir cumstances are occasioned by a general or partial 1 DON,Zl.;',,akness in either sex ; and it is equally certain thatSED .s ._ 0,,,,.,,; ~,-roZENGES are the best, if not the only . remedy ever al the y i," u 2_ ylis species of debility. When taken .into the stomach y r h e e , a pOd the ea ttc latel y difilise themselves lis e a vapour I n 4 effects at c nce delightful, salutary . , and . per .the the f" K throug in h g to pay of lite begins to grow dim, the circulation lan uid Ab e n _____ s ultie paralysed, these Lozenges are found to give tonere anenri Lani ul ' a l . - ve , exhilarate the animal spirits invigorate the body, and ‘ i . .e the whole man. When aversion to exercise, loss or depra vokki,soOPPetite, and pallid countenance, indicate approaching coii. ~,,b da . : 211. , the delicate female will be preserved and restored to health .i. N.;.:" - :221; by the benign influence of this medicine. tjab.7".2 My by the Proprietor, and sold by his Agents, Messrs. 1!,o , a ..r oi , l .ander, 104, Strand ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Sanger, ~._.s reet, Messrs. Ward and Pring, Westmoreland.stre , et ; t ll .. bli P x / vv u l 'Galbraith and Co., Unique Medical Hall, Limerick . ; v er v, s 7 . 9 , ort .Nn.d Stedman, Waterlo--place, Edinburgh ; Rawle, Li. e,r7i7l',;,Mot,ershead, Manchester • Alden and Chaundy, Oxford ; In b ", hag-stoet, Douglasby most venders in the .ingdom. eggs at Zs. AUd 43. each,-Observe each box is signed J. P. ~~ No. 15,444. LONDON, SATURDAY •MID NING MARCH 5, 1842. PRICE 5d THE SUN i s Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and. TOWN. DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for th e AFTERNooN TRALivs - and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN cpcLocK, for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. VAN GOODS TO CHELTENHAM & GLOUCESTER. THE GRE AT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY give Notice that they have established DAILY VANS, from their Station at Cirencester, to and from the towns of GLOUCESTER and CHELTENHAM, in order to secure a direct and punctual conveyance of Goods to all parts of Gloucestershire and South Wales. Their prices, ir.cluding all charges for collecting and delivering in London and the aforesaid Towns, are from Is. for small paresis, up to 6s. for packages of 2cvrt., and for aggregate i t uantities 405., 445., 485., 525., and 60s. pe , . ton, according to the descrip tion of Goods, of which full particulars may be ohtained. Receiving Howes—London : Princes -street, Bank ; Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's-le. Grand, and Regent-circus; and the Paddington Station. Gloucester: King's Head Van-office. Cheltenham : Plough Hotel Van-office. March 1, 1842. FROM. LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE March 10 and 30, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. J. tlisset, Edinburgh. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcif 4. CHARLES RANKIN, nail manufacturer, Dunfermline, March 11 and April I, at twelve, at Laidlaw's Spire Hotel, Dunlerm!ine. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. • HOUSE OF LORDS, M arch 4. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at Teri Minutes past Five o'Clock. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George William Jaenisch as Consul, in the island of St. Helena, for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 4. ALEXANDER BROWN, muslin and lappet manufac turer, Glasgow, ;larch 11 and April 4, at two, at the office of J. Clark, (Gla<gow. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Merewetber, Esq., to be Deputy-Registrar in the district of Port Philip, in the territory of New South Wales. The Marquis of HEADFORT presented a petitioi from Monaghan in favour of the legalization o f Presby terian marriages. - SPANISH AFFAIRS. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 4. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price .of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Reprns made in the Week ending March 1, 1842, is 375. 241. per cwt., exellsive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereol3 on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR ORANTINe LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY,Esq., Chairman. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Sir H. Darell, Bart., from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Kennedy, who exchanges, March 4. -. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant N. T. Wil liams, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jenney, who exchanges, March 4. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—H. Bernard, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brett, promoted, March 4. 6th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant G. W. Raf ferty to be Quartermaster, vice Sheahan, deceased, March 4. 18th Foot—Captain J. Clark Kennedy, from 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Sir H. Darell, who exchanges, March 4. 31st Foot—Lieut. G. F. White to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Bray, promoted in the 39th Foot ; Ensign G. F. Moore to be Lieutenant, vice White, Nov. 9 ; W. Bernard, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Moore, March 4. 37th Foot—Ensign T. M. Keogh to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Lawrence, who retires ; W. B. C. S. Wandes forde, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keogh, March 4. 39th Foot—Brevet Major E. W. Bray, from 31st Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice Bernard, dec , Nov. 9,1841. 46th Foot—B. Menzies, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Bigland, deceased, ,March 4. 49th Foot—Ensign G. Weir to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Faunt, whose promotion has been cancelled, Feb. 25. 60th Foot—Lieutenant J. F. Jones, from the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. H. Courtenay, who retires on half-pay 6.. h Foot, March 4. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly - ATerage of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 7th of November, 1841, to the Ist of March, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 au44 W. IV., cap. 98. LIASILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation ...... £16,769,000 Securities Deposits ............ 8,954.000 Bullion 5,687,000 J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. - John Rawson, Esq. I John Gri ffi th Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. £25,723,000 I Downing-street, March 4, 1 3- £28,786,000 Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. I Professor Graves, A.lll. F. It. S. ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S. PHYSICIA N—J. Elliotson , Al. D., F. R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. ...Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney, 6, Basinghall-street. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. LIFE ASSURANCE. ADvANTAots—Perfect secunty from a large paid-up Capi: tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense .r forfeiture-Land Profits annually divided. N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual rates. 64th Foot—Lieutenant A. H. Jenney, from 9.h Light Dra goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges, March 4. 6:ith Foot—Ensign B. Langton to be Lieutenant, vice Trick, who retires; F. W. Astley, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Langton, March 4. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Earl of Errol I Earl of Stair Earl of Courtown I Earl Somers Earl Leven and Melville I Lord Viscount Falkland Earl of Norbury. I Lord Elphinstone Lord Belhaven and Stenton DIRECI;ORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. H. DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. H. B. Avarne, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. Morton Balmanno, Esq. C. Maitland , Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident John Ritchie, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As- William Railton, Esq. sistant Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. SURGEON—Fred. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. SECRETARY—Patrick Macintyre, Esq. This Joint Stock Company, established by Act of Parlia ment, without limited responsibility, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since its commencement in 1834, and the large accumulation of Premiums which has taken place. On the Ist of July, 1841, the Company, at their General Meeting declared an addition of one-half to the Sums paid by the Stockholders, and appropriated to those holding Assurances at the participating rate 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the dates of their policies, so that the addition to a policy for 1,000/, in force for the previous 5 years, has been 100/., mak ing it in all 1,100/. The Premiums payable to the Company are nevertheless very moderate, and only one-half of them, when the Insurance is for life, need he paid for the first five years after the date of the Policy ; the other half, subject to the payment of interest at 5 per cent, annually, to be deducted at death, or paid off at convenience. By this arrangement it becomes easy for a person of moderate income to secure a provision for his family ; and the policy may be relinquished on the acquisition of a fortune, within the five years, the Assured having paid only one half the premiums, instead of the whole, according to the usual practice. Thus a person of 25 years old may, by an annual payment of 28/. 16s. 3d. for the first five years, and afterwards of the full premium, 571. 12s. 6d., secure to his widow and children at his death payment of no less than 3,000/., subject only to the deduction of 144/. 13s. 3d. , being the amount of premiums un paid. A person requiring a temporary advance of money may also, in terms of this arrangement, should he within five years relinquish the policy of Assurance by means of which he has obtained the advance, give it up on payment merely of one half of the Premiums instead of the whole, according to the usage of most other Offices. 68th Foot J. M. Napier to be Captain, by put , . chase, vice Witham, who retires; Ensign P. C. S. Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Napier, March 4 ; the Hon. H. L. Noel to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant, March 4. 71st Foot—A. C. Parker, Gent. to be Ensign, with iut pur chase, vice Uniacke, deceased, March 4. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. G. H. Wilkins to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Warren, promoted ; Second-Lieut. F. R. Elrington to be First-Lieutenant, vice Wilkins, Nov. 23. BREVET.—Major C. A. Bayley, half-pay Unattached, Com mandant of the island of Gozo, to have the local rank of Lieu tenant .Colonel, in the Mediterranean only, Nov. 23. 1841. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Beriah eotfield, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 23. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of The great facilities afforded by the Company, in these and other respects, are such that it really appears a moral duty in every parent who is not possessed of a fortune, but of an in. come, however moderate, to insure his life for a sum which may yield a provision to his family. RATES OF PREMIUM. Age. Without Profits. With Profit!. 25 30 40 50 60 Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 11, Waterloo place, Pall Mall, London. Edinburgh. IMPORTANT TO THE ARMY AND THE COLONIES. THE BRITISH QUEEN and. STATESMAN, of SATURDAY, March 5, will contain, amongst interesting Intelligence, the Heads of an Important Plan, now under consideration of the Executive, for the better RE WARDING SOLDIERS, limiting their Period of Service, and increasing our Colonial Defences—Spanish and Portugnese Commissions— restimonial to Lord Londonderry—Sir Charles Napier, or Syria versus Portugal—Exclusive Military and Naval News—Literary and Dramatic Intelligence, with all the Parliamentary News of the Week, &c. &c. Early in April will be published, in Bvo., price 125., VOLUME VIII. OF THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND, By PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, Esq., containing the Relency of Morton, and part of the Reign of James Vl. ; ending with the Execution of Queen Mary. A NINTH VOLUME will complete the History to tie Union of the Crowns, and include an Index to the whole work. Vol. VII. of the Edition in Post Bvo., price 65., will be published on 31st March, and Vol. VIII. nu 31st May. William Tait, Edinburgh • Longman and Co., and Sirnp kin, Marshall, and Co., London. Mice One Shilling Monthly, or 12s. for a whole Year, TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, in one particular, has, by universal admission, a decided superiority over all the Magazine literature of the country; we refer to the abstracts which it furnishes of the more important and interesting publications which daily issue from the press. The care, good taste, and decrimination with which these are generally prepared, are so complete, that the reader is, in most cases furnished with a condensed view of nearly all that is valuable in the volumes reviewed. To those who have little spare time for reading, this a most invaluable quality in a pe riodical.—Stirling Observer. William Tait, Edinburgh. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. On the first of March was published, Tab LACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCCXVII. 2s. 6d. H. THE BOOK of the FARM. By HENRY STEPHENS. With Portraits of a Short-Horn Ox and Brood Sow, engraved on steel, by Landseer. Part 111. 4s. 111. THE YOUTH and MANHOOD of CYRIL THORNTON, (being the Fifth Volume of BLACK WOOD'S STANDARD NOVELS.) With Frontispiece. Neatly bound in cloth. 6s. IV. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL of AGRI CULTURE, and PRIZE ESSAYS and TRAN ACTIONS of the HIGHLAND and AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY of SCOTLAND. No. LVI. ss. V. PROFESSOR JOHNSON'S LECTURES on AGRICUL fURAL CHEMISTRY and GEO LOGY. No. XVI. Is. William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edin burgh, and 22, Pall-mall, London. Subscribers' names to the above Periodi , .al Works received by all Booksellers and Newsmen in the United Kingdom. GENTEEL PECCADILLOES.—A rumour is current that another case of " nervous irritability," or "moncmania," has occurred in this town, the patient 'seine , a lady of very re spectable connexions. The rumour goes that a most respect able nurseryman, having had frequently to bemoan the loss of the most choice specimens of floriculture from one of his con servatories, was desirous of ascertaining the cause, and accord ingly a watch was set upon the preserve most subject to depre dation, and on Monday last a figure in muff and veil was ob served sauntering among the tempting shrubs, and, by some strange coincidence, several of the rarest of the rare were found to have disappeared immediately as she passed. An in quiry was set on foot, and it was discovered that the pi omenader had "stolen the sweetest blussoms, ar.d hid them in her muff." An explanation ensured, and penitence being expressed and an apology tendered, the matter was allowed to drop without the Interference of the police.— Cheltenham Examiner. 842. Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—Walter Francis Duke of Buccleuch to be Co onel, vice the Marquis of Lothian, de ceased, Jan. 6. Commissi in signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Caval•y.— P. Godsal, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Neeld, resigned, Feb. 24. WHITEHALL, FEB. 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John King Watts, of Saint Ives, in the county of Huntingdon, Gentleman, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed William Bromley, the younger, of Hayling Island, in the county of Southampton; Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, FEB. 28. _ _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed Alfred Baldwin East, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. SAMUEL JACKSON and THOMAS FREDERICK JACKSON, woolstaplers, Bermondsey. THOMAS WORTH, furniture broker, Northampton. JOHN WATSON muslin •manufacturer, Manchester. BANKRUP rcy SUPERSEDED. MARK FOTHERGILL and MICHAEL, FOTHER GILL, drysalters. Upper Thames-street. WILLIAM WILLIAMS and THOMAS HILL, linen drapers, Bow Church-yard, London. Tu OM AS HILL, commission agent and factor, Bow Church yard, London. • BAN KRUPTS. HENRY HARRISON, merchust, Manchester, to sur render March 16 and April 15, at ten, at the Commissio,.eis% rooms, Manchester. Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Mor is, Manchester. WILLIAM SLATER, banker, Cheshire, March 16, and April 15, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Saxon, Northwich, Cheshire; Cole, Adelphi-teirac Strand, Lond•m. JAMES BIRCH PARTRIDGE, Sheffitld-warp dealer, Birmingham, March 14, at twelve, and April 15, at eleven, at the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo -street, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Harrison, Edmund-street, Bir mingham. SAMUEL FOX STEPHENS, bill-broker, Old Broad street, March 11, at half-past eleven, and April 15, at twelve. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Cox, Pinner's-hall, Old Broad street. JOHN WRIGHT, cabinet-maker, Birmingham, March 18, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at the Waterloo Roams, Birmingham. Whitehouse, Chancery-lane, London. WILLIAM NATHAN HUNT, stationer, Watling-street, March 14, at two, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Wolleer, Bucklersbury. JOHN CRITCHLEY, bricklayer. Liverpool, March 17, and April 15, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, Liverpooi. Sharpe, Fiel i, and Jackson, Bedford-row - Ban • ner, Harrington-chambers, North John-street, Liverpoo l. JOHN MATSON RIGDEN, maltster, Wingham, Kent, March 22, and April 15, at twelve, at Guildhall, Canterbury. Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand, London ; Curteis and Kingsford, Canterbury. RICHARD WALROND FORGE, fish salesman, Billings gate, Lower Thames-street, March 11, at one, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall street, official assignil ; Cox, Sise-lane. CHARLES HgNRY WEBB, corn dealer, Forebridge, Staffordshire, March 16, at one, and April 15, at twelve, at the Swan Inn, Stafford. Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench walk, Temple; Hiern and Ward, Stafford. EDWARD DAVIS, architect, Bath,' March 15, and April 15, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Frowd, Essex street, Strand, London; Cruttwell a-d Sons, Bath. DANIEL ANTROBUS, salt merchant, Great Budworth, Cheshire, March 16 and April 15, at one, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool. Saxon, Northwich, Cheshire; Cole, Adel phi-terrace, Strand, London. SPIRI+ of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROAOTSIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GARDNER BOGGS, WILLIAM TAYLOR, and WILLIAM SHAND' the younger, merchants, Great Win chester-street, City, March 15, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennel, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Simpson and Cobb, Austin Friars. • JAMES NIXON, upholster, Oxford -street, March 19, at twelve ' and April 15, at ele ven , a t th e C our t o f B a nkruptcy. Edwards, official assignee; Tate, Basinghall-street. THOMAS BALDWIN, innkeeper, New-street, Worcester, March 11, and April 15, at eleven, at the Pack Horse Inn, Wor cester, Letts, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn; Finch, Worcester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. P. Vicat, linen draper, Nelson-place, Old Kent-road, March 26, at twelve—M. A. Cousins, lodging-house keeper, Maize-hill, Greenwich, March 26, at eleven. In the Country. W. Ballinner, baker, Swansea, Glamorganshire, March 30, at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Swansea—R. R. Juod, corn factor, Birmingham, March 30, at twelve, at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham—T. W. Brighton, commission agent, Cheltenham, April 4, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham —J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, bankers, Manchester, March 29, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—T. Dare, builder, Exeter, April 28, at one, at the Old London Inn, Exeter—B. Bridgewater, victualler, Birmingham, March 29, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—R. Jaques and R. Wilson, flax spinners, Leeds, March 29, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—G. Turk, saddler, Chelten ham, April 20, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham—W. Morgan, bookseller, Lich fi eld, Mar c h 21, at t we l ve , a t t h e Swan. Hotel, Lichfield—W. Lister, cloth manufacturer, Rod ley, Yorkshire, March 26, at twelve, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Leeds—S. Quickfall, draper, INewcastle-upon-Tyne, April 1, at twelve, at the Comm'ssion-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—S. Wright, grocer, Watton, Norfolk, March 28, at two, at the Suffolk Hotel, Bury St. Edmunds—J. P. Yapp, grocer, Weobley, Herefordshire, April 12, at one, at the office of Mr. J. Hammond, Leominster. CERTIFICATES—Maacir 25. _ _ J. Young, shVl7uilder, Newport, Monmouthshire—J. and S. Holt, glass manufacturers, Liverpool—W. Nash, tea dealer, Budge. row, City—G. Novra, importer of foreign goods, lied Lion-square, Holborn—F. T. West, coal merchant, Com mercial-road, Lambeth—R. Chilver, upholsterer, Ipswich. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Goodday and C. Housley, surgeons, Mitcham, Surrey— J. and M. F. Lee, printsellers, London-wall, City—S. and T. R. Guppy, sugar refiners, Bristol—G. Killick, G. Flash.. man, and 111. Orton, furniture warebousemen, Dovor—M. Knowles, W. Pickup, and R. Whittaker, calico-printers, Higher Booths, Lancashire—H. Turner and T. Claikson, fur niture printers, Coventry-street, Piccadilly—M. A. and 51. N. Lat bury, schoolmistres;es, Braunston, Northamptonshire— R. Macdonald and J. Holland, tobacco and snuff manufacturers, Lower Chapman-street, St. George's in the East— B. Jefford and J. H. Cox, grocers, Birmingham—W. Sutcliffe and I'. Oxley, cotton spinners, Manchester—T. Blackburne and J. Stretch, ale and spirit dealers, Liverpool—T. Thompson and J. Fauset, painters, Liverpool--T. Jones and J. Coker, slaters, Tranmore, Che,hire—J. Tipton and W. Jetson, pat tei n card and book makers, Manchester—J. Watson and W. J. Fry, ho iers, Loughborough, Leicestershire—J. and T. Evetts, plumbers, Birmingham—l. Ridgway and T. Peacop, tanners. La chford, Cheshire—C. Jones, J. Gray, and R. J. Keen, opticians, Liverpool (so far as regards C. Jones)—J. and M. S. Bletchly, common carriers, Exeter—D. D. Secretan and G. R. Scott, stock brokers, Birchin lane—J. Mersland and .1. Hope, cotton merchants, Manchester—E. and J. Pa)ne woolstaplers, Lashlake, Oxfordshire—F. L. Taylor and A Greenwood, joiners, Sheffield—W. Tweedy, J. Williams, W. Rogers, W. M. Tweedy, and M. Williams, bankers (so far as regards W. Rogers)—Jas. Hirst, A. Sykes, Jos. Hirst, J. Scatcherd, and S. Scatcherd, fancy cloth manufacturers, Hud dersfield (so far as regards Jas. Hirst, A. Sykes, and Jos. H irst ). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. GLOBE." Let any_ man, after calm reflection," says the Post, - declare whether the social and political changes of the last five-and -twenty years have added to' the general stock of happiness? and if the answer be, as we think itnnust be, in the negative, let that man reflect wheth9r the further extension of principles, which, in their operation, have caused little else- than wretched ness, is likely Ifereafter to be productive of prosperity and peace?" _Happiness is amide Word; the question,•at pre sent, is about jbod. It may be .0)-anteil that the "social and changel7 of the litSive-ani. twenty years have done nothing y to secure national supplies of subsist ence. The only important measure which has been passed, affecting lb provide for that object, was the Corn bill of 1528, which' we beg to disclaim entirely as one of • the " social and pOtitical changes" effected in accordance with Liberal principles. If that measure " have caused little else than wretchedness"—(as we are not concerned to deny)—that wretchedness; at least, does not lie at the doors of Reformers—except as they have too emphatically let their opponents have their own way. We assure the Post we shall never call for "the extension" of those " principles," which at present govern the material well-being of the general population. The whole responsibility of those " principles"—in their adoption, and "extension," we leave where it belongs —to the party whom Wellington led, and whom Peel leads. The party have legislated, and are legislating, on the assumption that the agriculture of this country cannot go on producing, unless the price of its products is esta blished by law above' the level of the prices of the rest of the world. To secure this fancy price, which has varied, since 1814, in the views of its aspirants, from a hundred and. twenty—eighty—sixty shillings, down to the average now proposed—to secure this fancy price, which never has yet been secured, that party which, as regards the Corn-laws, has been in power all along, continues to assume the responsibility of keeping out some portion of those supplies which would come in, but for their sliding machinery. They do this in the name of the agricultural interest ; they do it in the face of the wretchedness which, according to the Post, has nrevailed ; they do it in the teeth, as we believe of far die largest portion of that agricultural interest which they pretend to consult ; and which they consult in the p'rsons or landlords who, maintain their political influence by withholding the sine qua n o n of of agricultural farm eizroevnedienievid sluggish and ti m id b y such a it, fair leases— an d i n t h e per sonssystem. COURIER.—A gentleman of the name of Gisborne, who when in Parliament was wont to enliven the house hy his facetix, if did not exactly enlighten it by his fac tiousness, has taken i,he trouble to relieve the insup portable tedium of the private life and leisure to which contemptuously condemned by every constituency once persuaded to take him on trust, by inditing and publishing pamphlet under the title of " Letter to the Council of the Anti-Corn League," with which of course our friend ,f the Chronicle is or affects to be mightily taken, al though the wag of a panegyrist maliciously interjects his encomium with the insinuation that the wrier is :•ather of the latest in the sports of the field, meaning that he had prudently left other people to start and slaughter the game whilst he comes slyly forward after wards to pocket the brush or bag the quarry. " Much in this world." quoth the Critic, " depends on hitting the proper moment ' • and . through Mr. Gisborne has dissected Sir Robert Peel's speech on proposing his mea • sure in an admirable manner in this letter, yet we fear the time has, in some meisure, gone by for obtaining for it that attention which it must have. commanded had it immediately followed the speech." For once we are quite of accord with our satirical neighbour, only that we may take leave to stretch his " fear" into the tbsolute certainty, that neither at this present nor any byegone time could it be possible for any production from the pen, or speech from the lips, of a person of Mr. Gisborne's calibre to "command (public) atten tion," or to deserve it. That gentleman neither is, nor ever can be, more than one of the vulgar herd of More wearo a s then o fbmi a musty tte moments arguments owners, fv d ge f ofd' a a s thinkers—one of the imitatores servum pecus—who blindly follow the bell wet h ers of the flock, and, w i th the morning help of th e Ch ronicle, catch a glimpse of an ideasto e up npw further a andh multitude of fab ricated facts and false assertions long exposed and f orgotten by all the world besides, e a n cast and ot byr between, h useless er ta for and derided, as well as repudiated, even now by the original owners and manufacturers of the counterfeit wares. All these Mr. Gisborne industriously hashes up and retails, in speech or print, as the concentrated essence of wit and wisdom to any assembly which will vouchsafe him a hearing, or any constituency for whose votes, under the patronage of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, he may go a JOHN WEIR, tea dealer, Glasgow, March 8 and 29, at twelve, at the office of R. Hall, Glasgow. ANDREW MACKENZIE, merchant, Dingwall, March 7 and 29, at twelve, at the National Hotel, Dingwall. WILLIAM WADDELL, factor, Glasgow, March 7 and April 6, at twelve, at the writing chambers of A. and A. M'George, Glasgow. DONALD ROBERTSON, coach hirer, Edinburgh, March 7 and '2 8 , at two, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh. JAMES HUNTER ROBERTSON, merchant, Greenock, March 10 and 31, at twelve, at the White Hart lon, Greenock. THOMAS WHITTET, merchant, Perth, March 10 and 31, so two, at the George Inn, Perth. JAMES SUTHERLAND, coal merchant, Edinburgh, STANDARD.—The Bill for leave to introduce which the Chancellor o f the Exchequer, moved last night, appears to be well calculated to do all that can be de sired in the matter of the Exchequer-bill fraud. It is a Bill empowering the Crown to appoint commis sioners, with the usual authority of a court of law, fully to investigate the affair. These Commis sioners will thus be able to extort evidence by a com pulsory process, to demand access to an necessary docu ments, and, in short, t o ta k e all steps necessary for the development of the truth, w hi le, acting under the autho rity of a special statute, an d , as i t were, under the eve of Parliament and the country, they must discharge the duty allotted to them diligently, zealously, and honestly. The report of men even less skilful and upright than those whom Sir Robert Peel may be expected to se lect for the office of Commissioners, must, therefore, be satisfactory, much more satisfactory than the report of a mere prerogative commission, which would have no power of extorting evidence, or a Parliamentary Committee, sub ject to no responsibility. In the course that Ministers have taken they have, therefore, done the best that could be done for the country. Nevertheless, some objec tions were last night raised, if not against the course itself, against the manner in which the subject of it has been treated. It has been suggested, that a hope of com pensation ought to be held out to innocent holders of forged bills. This, we think, a mistaken view. There is nothing more dangerous than to assign to the same parties the conduct of the investigation of an alleged wrong, and the measuring of the reparation to be made for it. Men charged with the discharge of offices so naturally distinct will be sure to confound them, and too often allow their sense of an injury suffered to stand in the place of evidence that it has been suffered wrong fully. Our laws take all the precaution that human wisdom can devise against such a confusion. A wrong is complain ed of, the Judge first determines that the wrong complained of is one for which the law provides a remedy ; he then strictly superintends the evidence on both sides, as to the commission and amount of the alleged wrong— taking care that no evidence pro perly, and that no evi dence but such as law and experience prove to be conclusive to the elucidation of truth shall be due shall be withheld principle never departed ad vanced ; and then he leaves a Jury to decide upon the Pverne( b i T a Juries fact and the degree of the injury. This is the principle by which our administration of justice, in cases of al legedrarelY. fromf r wrong, t h o Judges, uc i a s i sing mischief. MONEY MARKET &nd CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING a OF fe : YESTERDAY.day days sinceour likely to bre a k out between Texas aa in pd A r Ae D hi V ee xn E i s ci R oo n T , ut l h S n al E et s ß as . 1 ,s . o _ OR N a mriNrewe INmG af rs i e r 1 d I y foreign Powe r s h ou ld inter pose to avert so great a calamity. , It Se ems, however, that a M war is not the only scourge the 1 exians are exposed to, since i various commotions have occurred n the R epu bli c, partaking more of the character of a p ett y rebellion than a riot. Bodies of armed men, in numbr. from thirty to forty each, were coming into constant collision with leach other, under various political denominations, such as I% ocerados, St, —c., and the result being generally the massacre or mutilation o f a good proportion on both sides, and Lynch-law. .reignedr. triumphant in various quarters, threatening notices be_l9,, served upon any one who became obnoxious to a gang 01 . desperado es . In one of these barbarian documents, the party is .coolly required to quit house and lands within a very limited. tun!, although, as the notice observes, ~ it may be very inconvenient to hi m. " The whole state of society in fact, in some parts of the Republic, is spoken of in w orse terms than could be applied to an unci vilised community. The Earl of CLARENDON 'ished to put a question, pursuant to notice, to the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, respecting the preparations now beinl made in France for a fresh insurrection in Spain. Those preparations were carried on with st much system and publicity, that they excited the alarm of all who were interested in thi welfare and prosperity . of that country. He had no doubt that communication on the matter had passed be . tween the Noble Earl and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, and that the Noble Earl had been as sured that those preparations were not encouraged by the French Government, and that, with such an • assurance, he would rest satisfied. But, on the other hand, in the strugg,'es against foreign ag gression for which Spain was now preparing, it would be of great advantage, and a vast encouragement to the Government and people of that country, if the) learned by a public _ declaration in Parliament, that tin real interests of Spain were not now a matter of in difference to this country, not treated as on a former occasion, as a party question, but that her Majesty': Government were determined to uphold the present go vernment of Spain as the best which the circumstances of that country admitted ; and that it was the opinion of her Majesty's Government that it was the unquestion able interest of this country that Spain should Ix completely free and independent. He confessed that was his principal motive for asking the Noble Earl for such informatiotion as it was consistent with his duty to communicate. If any correspondence had taken place it certainly had, as yet, not produced any beneficial results ; for it was well known that an aide de-camp of the Premier of France, Marshal Soult, had been sent down to Don Carlos, and was still resident with that Prince. It - was also welt known that an army for the invasion of Spell, was uniting on the South of France, and that the Carlist leaders had been allowed to leave the :owns which had been assigned for their residences, and to repair to the frontiers. Many civilians also had been permitted to come to the frontiers, and to trans mit large sums of money across the borders • ane these people declared openly that they had the authority of the Government of France. He did not believe that they had any such authority, and that what ever might be the policy of that Government, it was toe prudent to give any direct sanction to such proceedings. But yet those things could not take place if the French Government chose to prevent them: as it was well known that no man could stir a league in France if the Go vernment chose to prevent him. Mitch less could those refugees, who were under the immediate surveillance of the police, and receiving daily rations from the Govern ment, move about where they thought proper, against the will or without the knowledge of the Govern ment. It was also well known how easily the Government could interfere . when it suited its purpose to do so. In 1839, when the war was drawing to a close, and it suited the purpose of the French Governinent to put an end to it, an instant stop was put to the transmission of arms, ammunition, provisions, and money across the frontier, and even persons who were considered obnoxious to the Go vernment of the Queen, were not allowed to approach the frontier. But all those things thus suddenly prevented, had been permitted for five years before. If the French Government could effect this along—a long line of monntain frontier, how much more easy to prevent the . same proceeding on the part of men who were scattered throughout the interior towns, and were dependent upon the bounty of the Government for daily subsiitance ? That Government was the last which should tolerate those hostile preparations against a neighbouring and peaceable state, when it considered what had been its own conduct towards Switzerland, which only gave a refuge to Louis Napoleon. The present conspiracy had no other object than revolu tion and disorder, and these were points well worthy , the attention of every one who wished well to the coun try. He rejoiced in the conviction that no foreig n inter vention in Spain could be of the least avail if op posed to the wishes of the people, nor could, any thing now deprive Spaniards of a constitutional G overnment. Spain had of late made prodigious pro gress in the establishment of order, and he was perfectly convin..tAl if Spain could only enjoy a few years of peace and tranquility, she would soon regain her place amongst tire nations. He merely wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he was aware of the preparations which were tilting place in Spain, and whether in the event of a con splracy taking place in Spain, it was the intention of Go vernment to send over any British men of war to protect the interests of Britain? Lord ABERDEEN was not surprised that the Noble Earl should take an interest in the state and prospects of Spain, where he had so long represented her Majesty. But he (Lord Aberdeen) would not consider Spanish politics as a party question , for he believed every Govern ment, and every man in this country, united in desiring to uphold Spanish independence and prosperity. This policy was the motive of the great triumphs of the Noble Duke near him, and of the Govern ment opposite. This was their principle, whether Spain was under a King, Regent, or Cortes. But the present Government deserved particularly the support of her Majesty's Government, for it had done more to ad vance the interests of that country than any other since the days of Ferdinand. The recent attempt had b een completely defeated ; that in projection was well known to the Spanish Government, and her Majesty's Government had received every assurance from the French Government that every attempt would be made to check and suppress that movement. Our Government had received the strongest assurances from that of France. .However, her Majesty's Government would do all it legitimately could in the provinces and on the coasts, to support the Government of Spain. But the apprehensions of the Noble Lord were premature, for he (Lord Aberdeen) knew for a fact that no union had taken place be tween the Carlists and the Christinos. As for Cabrera, he had not even been permitted to go to Paris, much less negotiate for the beginning of an insurrection. Cer tainly, however, if notwithstanding the knowledge and strength of the Spanish Government, an insurrection should take place, her Majesty's Government would cer tainly send ships of war for the protection other British Majesty's subjects, and also to give every . proper sup port to the Government of Spain, as our ancient ally. THE LATE SIR ROBERT KENNEDY. thetlhageira and the Azores, the Post-office authorities have ado p ted a new regulation, operation which view to greater facility of communication l sl-i G T came into on Thursday, respecti ng t h e transm i ssion of the mails to those places. The Wes t India Contract Packets are in future to touch at M adei r a in their outward voyage, so thot letters intended to be deliver ed either there or at th e Azores, will be forwarded by that co nveyance, and not by th e Brazil packets, as heretofore, n.rille,s specially ma r k e d t o b e sent by other channels. The mails will be ma d e up on t h e I st .- witI V II i and lsth of every month. By t hi s means it i s cons id ere d th a t a more rapid and more certain ornnunicat ion will be establ shed than could be obtained by adhering to the former mode of transit, Lord BROUGHAM wished to call the attention of the Noble Duke and her Majesty's Ministers to a matter which he had seen with great pain. He should do no more than simply call the attention of their Lordships to the fact. By 6 sec. 2 chap. of the Act commomy called " The Civil List Act," it was enacted that certain proportions of the public funds should be at the disposal of the Crown, for' purposes set forth is the pre amble of the Act, and that it was the bounden duty of the advisers of the Crown to recommend to the Crown for grants of pensions, such persons only as, by their services and integrity, were entitled to such benefits. No man who had read the despatches of the Noble Duke opposite—which were more interesting, perhaps, for the statesman to read than the soldier— could doubt that a more gallant and noble man than the late Commissary-General, Sir Robert Kennedy, did not exist. That man- a -who, if possi ble, added to his nobility of character by dying in poverty, a proof that he could resist a temptation before which many great men had fallen—left two sisters who were in circumstances of extreme poverty. To these ladies, the sisters of Sir Robert Kennedy, had been awarded a pension of 501. a year. Unless he (Lord Brougham) obtained a satisfactory explanation of their granting so small a sum to each of those parties, he should give notice of a motion for the production of papers relative to that grant. The Duke of WELLINGTON was glad that the Noble and Learned Lord had called the attention of the House to this subject. No officer was more deserving of the high respect of the public than Sir R. Kennedy. That officer had served the public in most arduous situations with high credit to himself and advantage to the country. He had ac counted for a sum which was almost incre dible—a sum not less than fifty-four or fifty five millions sterling, to the satisfaction of the authorities at the Treasury. He (the Duke of Welling ton) would give his attention to the matter under con sideration, as there could not be a worthier officer than the individual now mentioned. heir consideration, it was his wish that they should searchingly inquire into the conduct of an officer who was es weially responsible to them, if he had been guilty of any ' aeglect of duty. The resolution come to in the other House vas, to appoint a Parliamentary Commission, which he thought vas not only the best which could be adopted, but certainly the nly one which could satisfy those who had any just claim on the .lovernment, and to exclude those who had no such right. Out he did not think it would effect what he desired to be as •ertained. What he asked their Lordships to inquire was, not whether the owners of those bills ought to be paid or not, bat whether there was any delinquency in the affair which he held. It the inquiry could, in the opinion of the Noble Duke, be st ained in any other way than that which he proposed, he would latily accept that mode. Altheugh no one in the House had nade any charge against him personally, yet, there had been iands and tongues busy elsewhere, which rendered it necessary ..or him to put himself, as it were, upon his trial, for the value if millions of public securities would be endangered if the opi don once got abroad that there was any laxity or carelessness ti the management of the business of the office over which he sresided. He would take it upon himself to say that there had tot been, in any one instance, the slightest degree of deviation 'roes the established rules and usages of the office. There had seen no carelessness, no relaxation. Much had been said of he carelessness ofleaving printed forms, and stamped papers in he control of the chief cle.k. Certainly, it was easy -0 point out a remedy for a particular fraud after it had been liscovered ; and although the Commissioners had found that he particular fraud in question had been facilitated in that way, yet for 140 years the same had been the usage of the ffice, and down to the time of Mr. B. Smith, not one fraud tad been committed. He would beg to call their Lordships' itten ion to the fact, that this carelessness, as it was called, vas not the result of a new system. There was not one of hose inativertencies which had not been made the subject of Par iainentary inquiry, which had existed not only anterior to the Ast century, but which had b een f requent l y b roug h t un d er t h e iotice of Parliament. He might say that the very question of he amount cf confidence placed in the senior officer of the Exchequer had been brought befbre the Treasury from the year 1696 till the Administration of Lord Grey, at various Mmes, and was uncorrected. Upon the extinction of the effice if the Comptroller-General, the Legislature had all these facts 'efore them, and they made no alteration whatever in the system practised in the ExChequer Bill Office. Orders were received to carry on the department as had been hitherto the sustom. The Treasury acquiesced in the practice, and lie Lord Monteagle) must say that he did not blame the Treasury for their acquiescence, for they had the example of 140 years iefore them; during which time there had been no one n ttance of any thing unpleasant having occurred. In eality, the the Government selected every clerk in he office of the Comptroller-General, and they were se , iected solely in consequence of their fitness for the office. 11r. Arthur Eden, a gentleman who had bee n 30 y ears i n th e Exchequer, and had been long accustomed to offices of trust end integrity, was appointed to the office of Assistant-Comp troller, and he (Lord Menteagle) would say, that a more cau tious and attentive man—a man better qualified for the office, ,oukl not have been appointed. They were selected on ac sount of age and service, except one junior, selected at the re coaimendation of Lord Camden ; than whom no man ever made greater sacrifices to his country.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. B. strnith had been entrusted by Lord Grenville and Sir J. New prt with the same functions he held under him (Lo:d Mont 'agle). He was nephew to the late Sir Sidney Smith and of Lady Grenville. Thus he had been for a long series if years in his office, and he had the highest testimonials. A great saving had been effected in the exchequer bills of late, especially since the Noble Duke time into power.—( Hear.) A great change was also made. An establishment, costing 8,000/., was made to do the duty of .ne. costing 48,000/. a year, and it worked well, with the ex seption of the late fraud. He (Lord Monteagle) had no nowlodge of any suspicion of Mr. Smith till Monday, the 25th S October. He had been at the office that day. He (Lord slonteagle) received a communication from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and found to his dismay that the issuing clerk was in custody on a charge of forgery. He (Lord Monteagle) gave the Government all the assistance he could. He had seen it publicly stated, nevertheless, that the Ministers who had isked his advice had severely treated him. He ( Lord Mont eagle) got all the keys of Mr. Smith, and nothing gave him inure pain than when, on opening his desk, the first object met was the sword of the late Sir S. Smith—given to the man now under sentence of transportation as a mark of regard. The Government could hardly be blamed for trusting such a man. Next came an examination of the bills of the clerks. and a sum of 18,900,000/. went through their hands without any mistake. This was greatly to their credit. Of the responsibility which might fall upon any party for detain ing these bills, he took his full share. It was the duty of the Government to withhold them from those who might turn iheni to a bad account. But at the same time it was under taken that the bills should be at any time produced for the purpose of enabling the innocent parties to recover against those from whom they had received them. .Mr. Smith plea4ed g silty, his accomplice havin g been admitted as a witn ess . Now of neithe r o f th ese fact s had he any knowledge until the morning of the trial ; though an absu,d report had gone abroad t het Smith was induced to plead guilty in consequence of what transpired in repeated interviews between hitn (Lord slonteagle) and Sir Thomas Wilde, his (Smith's) legal adviser. Nothing could be more absurd than such a rumour, but it had made some impression on the public mind. On this account he had thought it necessary to declare that he never had any communication with Sir Thomas Wilde on the subject of the trial ; nor did he know anything of the course to be taken by Smith in the Crown prosecution until the morning of the trial.—( Hear, hear.) As to the Commission appointed by the Government, he did not think a wiser course could have been taken, or a better selection made of Commissioners ; nor would it be necessary for him to ack then Lordships to institute any further inquiry, but fir two or three statements in their reports, which were made in ignorance, or through that carelessness and infirmity to which all men were liable. He begged at the same time to declare that he had the highest opinion of their talents and honour, and meant to cast no imputation upon them personally in the remarks he had to make. They stated, after having gone through the whole of the evidenee, that th e y h a d b een una bl e to trace, during the whole of the last fifty years, a departure from any useful practice or any relaxation in duty, except in five cases. If he ( Lord Monteagle) disposed of these five cases, he trusted he should bring their Lordships to acknowledge that there had been no relaxation whatever in the execution of duty in the Exchequer-office. The Commissioners further stated that the internal errors in the office had escaped notice during a peried of 100 years. The first of these cases was the abandon ment of the second counterfoils ; that took place upwards of forty years ago, and was under the order of the Treasury of the day.—( Hear, hear.) The second case was the neglecting to compare the counterfoils with the bills. 'This duty had, in deed, been neglected in the Paymaster's-office, but that was not his (Lord Monteagle's) office, and did not come under his cognizance. ,He should now proc red to the sth case, the des truction of the counterfoils without the authority of the Trea sury ; that, no doubt, was in his ( Lord Monteagle's) office ; but it had been done since the year 1828, and could be of no real, practical convenience to the public. The others were more material points. The third was the signing of the bills by more than one person. Lord Grenville signed about 5,000 bills out of 240,000, leaving Mr. Eden to sign 235,000; and if any error lied been committed by him (Lord Monteagle) it had resulted solely from his (Lord Monteagle's) undertaking a larger portion of his duty than his predecessors had done. He had actually signed more bills than Messrs. Eden and Per ceval. The next thing (as we understood the Noble Lord to say) was an omission of the notification of his attorney. Lord Granville bad certainly notified who his attorney was, but Mr. Eden was not his (Lord Monteagle's) attor ney, and was not to be notified as such. He might be censured for signing bills without signing a book, or in the presence of a clerk. Here he might be censured for tisrespect to their Lordships' Judicial Tribunal, for thinking that his presence on appeals was merely formal, he did sign Exchequer bills on their Lordships' table. Those bills came and went in a despatch-box, and never were out of the custody of a responsible person. Also, he had signed on Committees and in Privy Council. But he was never absent from the office when he ought to be there. But, if every official paper must be signed within the four walls of the office, the business of the Treasury or of the Secretary to the Home Department, could never be gone through. An impression had, however, gone abroad that the business of his office had been carelessly con ducted. On this ground, he asked for inquiry. He knew of the Commission of Inquiry proposed by the other House ' • but what he wanted was an inquiry wh e th er or no t h e h a d relaxed in the duties of his office. In the Report, page 74, some mis take occurred. It would appear that. Mr. Eden and Sir J. New port were examined. The fact was, both those gentlemen did as he did ; but when he approved of a document, he put his initials to it, that it should not come before him again. He hoped the Committee he proposed would not be objected to ; or, at least, unless their Lordships thought that there was nothing to be inquired into, lie asked them to propose some other inquiry. But he could not do his duty consistently without asking for, and inquiring after, the imputations that had gone forth. Of course, he would not have the audacity to be a member of the Committee he asked for ; and in asking for this inquiry, he redeemed the pledge he gave the Go vernment to bring this matter before the attention of the Parliament early in the Session. A message from the Commons brought up the Mixed Marriages Act (Ireland), which was read a first time. Lord BROUGHAM said that no parts of his Noble Friend's candid, clear, and satisfactory speech were in the slightest de gree objectionable, except those in which he went into vindica tions of his whole conduct,which were objectionable only because they were unnecessary, unless they might be considered neces sary to answer the insinuations which had been made against him, which were as absurd as malignant. The course which the Noble Lord proposed to their Lordships was one which it was competent to them to take. The inquiry could not, he was sure, affect any one in the office of which his Noble Friend was at the head, although it might affect other persons in this great metropolis, and give rise to prosecutions. That might be a consideration which might cause their Lordships to hesitate before they acceded to the motion. His Noble Friend had stated that the only occasion on which Exchequer bills were signed out of the office, were, twice by himself, once at the Privy Council and once in that House; but that they were sometimes signed by Sir John Newport, at his own house, when he was unable to attend the office through illness. He would beg to remind their Lordships that there was a great difference between signing those bills away from the 'Ace, which Sir John Newport signed, and the signing of those bills away from the office, which the Commissioners said his Noble Friend had signed. The bills which Sir J. Newport signed were " deficiency bills," and no others. The bills which the Commissioners imputed to his Noble Friend were " supply bills." Dsficiency bills were those which were issued payable upon the growing surplus of the consolidated fund. Supply bills were issued payable to " bearer." The deficiency bills were made payable to the " Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or order." If a deficiency bill miscarried in its way back from the place of signature to the Exchequer, it would be useless to the person into whose hands it might fall, because being only payableto the Governor and Company cf the Pank of England, it would be be useless to any one who could not undertake to forge the signatures of the Bank of England; and, again, the defi ciency bills were for sums of enormous amount (from 20,000/. to 100,000/. ), which would make it impossible for those, who fraudulently got hold of them, to use them for their own account. But it was not so with respect to the supply w bills ; for in the first pl ace they were payable to the b earer, and in the second place, th er e were none of them t o a greater amount than 1,0001., so that whoever got possession of them (but for one circumstance) might use them, and instantly Lord BROUGHAM said nothing could be more satis factory than the observations of the Noble Duke. FOREIGN FLOUR. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from the millers of Armagh, against the importation of foreign flour into Ireland. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Lord MONTEAGLE rose to make the motion which he had postponed on this subject, not from any wish of his, but to suit other parties. Had he been aware of the motion to come on in the House of Com mons last night he perhaps would not have postponed his. He hoped, however, he should not be prejudiced in the opinion of the Noble Duke on this account. He (Lord M.) wished to separate the present subject from that of the holders of forged Exchequer bills. He would leave the question between them and the Parliamentary Com mission. He proposed an inquiry for another purpose. His office was of a peculiar nature—of great and serious responsibility, and which had for a long time been little known to the public. But the functions of making out and issuing Exchequer bills were not his only functions, he had the more responsible office to judge of the propriety of all money payments and re ceipts for the public service. He was not removable from his office, except by an address from both Houses of Parliament, to which he was responsible, and whose officer, in fact, he was. He had addressed himself to this part of the subject, to show that in inviting DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after life hitherto of fered—£2 12s. per annum ( Is. per week) at 20, will at 65 give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of £47 16s. 6d. or .£349 lls. cash, or policy at death of £466.. Similar ad vantages at bO, 55, and 60—Two-thirds payments lent at any time, and Two-thirds returned in case of premature death. The detailed Plans, and Last Annual Report, to be had at the Office, at any of its Branches, or on application will be for warded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. This day is published, B RITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, NO. XXV. I. Hegel's /Eithetik.—The Philosophy of Art. 2. Viola, the Affianced. 3. The Poniatowski Gems. 4. Switzerland.—Her Political Crisis. 5. State of the Nation.—Handloom-weavers' Report. 6. La Chronique de Rains. 7. Foreign Commercial Policy.—The Zollverein and the Anti- Corn-law League. 8. France in the 17th Century.—Tallemant des Reaux. 9. Passavant's Life of Raffaelle. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. r_...,. -2-7 s • - • ; • T . 4 oArr• at \,... 0 144 : , 1( 08. A a r c n1 1 4 .1 : 7 *1t .,.. . r . „ - • f ' LeN l k‘ 9 . .4 1 V - 1111:4 111111 k • '1 " • • i.'4,1"-!'11, ql tiff tart .5 5 ,0 11 7 • pito' - S U N, ~~_ ~, p' , oil obtain money for them. Thus in sending a messenger with a box of these bills, and every imaginable precaution having bt en taken to secure its safe arrival and deliverYOhere was one objection it was liable to, and that was, that ttnabort on its way, instead of arriving at the Exchequer, might be broken open by the messenger, and the million of money taken-out ; for which, being payable to " bearer," he Height rkititrio in the City 80,0004 or 100,0094 or what not. He might do thi., but for the check th at not one of them could be presented fo r' payment before the date of the issue. The only danger was, that a person might cash a bill without looking at ' i the date, which might sometimes happen; theref ore h e ; di sapproved of the practice. A mistake in the printing of the Report made his Noble Friend say that Sir John Newport did not com pare the Treasury warrant with the statutory regulations ; whereas Sir John Newport never omitted this necessary duty. The only difference was that his Noble F r i en d s i gned his initials to those Bills, which he had compared. He (Lord BO had now to give a contradiction of the charge made against Sir. J. Newport. There was not a shadow of a ground for it; yet his Noble Friend in stating what he had done to protect th e pub ' lic from fraud, did impute indirectly , and un inten tionally that Sir J. Newport had neglected his duty, in not A t in itiall ing sifa do cuments compared, as he (Lord M .) hadm a n i could get money twice upon the same order ; done. as if a bane banker would pay a cheque without crossing it . He (Lord B.),and others who had been concerned in the Act under which Sir J. Newport acted and was appointed, had felt great anxiety on this point. He was bound to show that this could not prevent the fraudulent clerk front re issuing the Bills; for the initials were placed on the wrong paper. When he heard of the statement, he made every inquiry, for he wan alarmed at the responsibility of himself, and those who appointed Sir John Newport having passed the Act and created the office, and he was in a condition to 'prove that what he stated was the fact. Any one would suppose from the evidence of his Noble Friend that when the order with the sign manual was presented at the Exchequer-office it was raid by the Comptroller as a cheque would be paid. But his Noble Friend knew that such was not the case; in deed, he cc .0 d not but know it, for it came under his know ledge every ,'ay. The process was this: when public money was wanted fur rny department, for the Paymaster of the civil ser vice, Paympste. - -General of the Forces, a Royal order with the sign manual and a warrant from the Lords of the Treasury, were sent to the Comptroller of the Exchequer, ordering him to pay so much—say 5,0001.—t0 the paymaster of such a ser vice; but this order and the warrant were accompanied by a letter of directions from the Treasury, instructing the Comp troller how much of that suns was to be paid out at that time. But even that was not paid by the Comptroller. All be did was to give his warrant to the Bank of England, to transfer from the Exchequer account to the account of the Paymaster so much as the Lords of the Treasury directed. The Paymaster then obtained that money from the Bank by operating on that credit. At the time that a letter went to the Treasury a duplicate went to the Paymaster, warning him of what had been done at the Comptroller-General's office, and that was his (the Paymaster's) authority for operating on that credit. He then drew his cheque, and every cheque that he drew was first signed by , himself and then counter signed by his accountant and cashier, and unless all these sig. tat urea were to the cheque not one penny could he obtained on it. See, then, how many men must be concerned, how many forgeries and felonies must be committed, to defraud the public to the amount of or.e farthing? First, there must bo the chief clerk at the Exchequer; he commits fraud and a forgery ; but that would not do, that would not obtain anything from the Bank of England. Not only, then, the chief clerk must concur, but the Paymaster of the Civil Service must commit a fraud too, and some one must have sent a forged letter from the Treasury to the -Paymaster, and then the Paymaster mu.t have his assistants, the accountant and cashier. concerned; so that there must be four felonies and two forgeries committed, before any thing could be done to injure thepublic. Yet this was what his Noble Friend called a case somewhat analogous to that com mitted by Smith, where the whole was entrusted to the care of one individual, and who could damnify the public without the assistance of any a •coruplice whatsoever. If Smith could not have committed the fraud he did without the concurrence of three or four other official persons, no public offi,:er could be b'amed. But the case of Smith was diametrically opposite to this, he committed the fraud himself. But the act of his Noble Friend putting his initials upon the Royal Orders and Treasury Warrants, could not have the effect of preventing those documents from being again used to get money ; but those Orders and Warrants were issued again and a4ain, as the money on them was paid by instalments. But his Noble Friend did not put his initials on the Treasury letter, which, however, was of no consequence, as it was quite impossible to commit a fraud requiring the junction of si many persons. But the %yew: point of the Ex • chequer-office was often and often brought before Parliament. The last notification was by Sir John Newport himself. The Treasury knew formerly, as well as now, that the custody of the paper, stamped, sealed, and signed, was in the•custody of the Chief Clerk ; but, certainly, as this practice hll gone on wi•hout mischief fur 140 years, they were not to blame for thinking that no risk was sun. He (Lord Brougham) well knew what a scrupulous, car,:ful man Sir John Newport was ; knowing that Lord Granville, who succeeded, was punctitiously accurate, it was the greatest injustice to charge his Noble Friend with not being more scrupulously accurate than those pre decessors. He concluded by apologising for having so long detained their Lord,hips upon a subject, which, however important to the service of the State, was exceeding dry and tedious in its details. Lord MONTE A GLE disclaimed any idea of casting any imputation upon Sir J. Newport, to whom, from his childhood, he had been bound by the deepest personal and political ob.i gations.—( Hear, he .r. ) lie might have overrated the impor. tance of his new guards against fraud, but at all events, he had introduced them f r the h ood of the pubic service. He was satisfied th t Sir J. Newport could never be induced to sup pose that it ever entered into his (Lord Monteagle's) brain. to say one word. in the most remote degree reflecting upon him. Lord BROUGHAM expla ned. The Duke of WELLINGTON was understood to say that the Commissioners, he was sure, intended to make no charge against any individual. The Noble Lord bad brought forward tlii. motion for hi, own justifio tion, that the matter might be sifted to the bottom, and that it might be setn whether any blame attached to the head of the office. He (the Duke of Wellington) did not know that any blame ever had been attached to hi, Noble Friend.—( Hear, hear.) He thought it would be better to postpmie this motion for inquiry till some step should be taken in the other House of Parliament, and some steps should be taken by the Government on the subject. The Noble Lora approved of the measures adopted by the Go vernment. on the subject.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord wished for an inquiry into the manner in which matters ha•t been conducted in his (the Noble Lord's office). He, (the Duke of Wellington) (lid not know whether it were possible to make any amendment in this House. But if the Noble Lord had put upon paper what he wished to have done, he (the Duke of Wellington) would speak to others, and would, by Mon 'ay, obtain a distinct answer to the \oble Lord's idea.—( Hear, bear.) It appeared that this transaction had been carried on since the month of April, 1836, and that some persons were supposed to have a guilty knowledge of it. and though there were no doubt some innocent sufferers, yet there, no doubt, were many who took these bills well aware that they were not legal documents. It was, therefore. abso lutely necessary that a rigid investigation on the subject should take place, to protect the fair holders and uphold the character of these papers in future. Under these circumstances, he trusted their Lordships would approve of the measure when it should come before them.—(Hear, hear.) In the mean time the llous., should take no steps, and pledge themselves to nothing. He had read the Report of the Com missioners, and he would say that it made no charge against the Noble Lord, or against the office ; though he would say that he thought some of the machinery of the office had not been wisely made. Bat he would reserve his opinion until the case of the holders was decided, then he would assist in having those points remedied, and preventing similar evils front happening in future. At present he hoped the Noble Lord would withdraw h►s motion, and if he would mention his wish to morrow, he the Noble Duke would see what was to be done. He thought that as doubts had existed they ought to be re moved by a judicial inquiry. With these observations he begged him to withdraw the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. The House then Adjourned at ten minutes past Eight o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 4. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Mr. W. MILES, the Weston-super- Mare Improvement Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed, after a few words from Mr. H. Berkeley. Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a petition against the Severn Navigation Bill. The Boston 11:1rbour Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. DENNISTOUN the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Mr. PHILPOT presented a petition from a parish in Gloucester against the Severn Navigation Bill. The Cheltenham and Great Western Railway Com panies' Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Sir B. HALL, the St. Pancras Im ' provement Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of the same Hon. Member, the Duke of Bedford's Estate Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. The Hon. Member also presented a petition against the Stanhope and Tyne Railway Bill. Mr. "PATTON E3-ERTON presented a petition from certain individuals, eoinplaining that the promoters of the Bolton Railway Bill had not complied mith the stand ing orders. The petition was ordered to be referred to the select committee. The lion. Member also presented a petition against the Staleybridge Gas Bill. \ imm4* B ' 4!. E.tit 6T. AIT S'l'LE' MARKET. On the motion of Lord ELIOT, the St. Austle's Mar ket Bill was read a second time. PUBLIC PETITIONS. Sir ROBERT INGLIS brought up th© Second Report of the Committee on Public Petitions. STOCKTON RAILWAY. Mr. HUTT presented a petition against the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway Bill, which was referred to the select committee. CORN-LAWS. Mr. MARSLAND presented five petitions from Man chester and its neighbourhood, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. BUSFIELI) presented five petitions from Man chester, pre) ing for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord DUNCAN presented a petitions from Christ church, Marylebone, Hemel Ilempsted, and several other places, all praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY presented four petitions from Chorlton-on-Medlock, and three other places, pray inb for a total repeal of the Cons-laws. 71Ir. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented five petitions from Manchester and its neighbourhood, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. G. DUNCAN presented five petitions for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. ^ Mr. DENNISTOUN presented six petitions from Edinburgh and its neighbourhood, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. _ _ 'Mr. TRIPP presented a petition from the millers of Gloucestershire, praying that in any alteration of the Corn-laws, flour might be equally protected with wheat- NON-INTRUSION. Colonel CONOLLY presented a petition from the e!ders of Little Kay, praying for a repeal of the Act of Anne, commonly called the Patronage Act. PRESBYTERIAN 11Lt1u The HON. and GALLANT MEDinna also presented a. petition from Donegal, praying for a prospective law authorising Presbyterian mixed marriages. Mr. YOUNG presented a petition from Monagh2n, praying for a law legalising Presbyterian Mixed Mar riages. pillo o Stat ic ---/. et. I , a Iv"- ~~jar lgsl' t rjelli", 1 IA " ; ; ov er , stt F. , . tto-' ii , o u e•-, ~ e, 1' Amy ; C Od i r id, 'll