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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 10. The LORD CLIANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack shortly after Five &Clock. Lord VIVIAN presented petitions from Truro and Bodmin, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord I EVERSHAM presented petitions from se veral unions in the county of York, praying for an alteration of the Poor-laws. DUCHY OF CORNWALL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Duchy of Cornwall Bill was read a third time and passed. The Van' Dieman's Land Bill went through Corn- rnittee. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the parish of St. Martin's in-the-Fields, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord also presented a ,petition from the mi nisters, elders, and congregation of a Presbyterian chapel in Tyrone, praying that a declamatory law may be passed with respect to Presbyterian mixed marriages. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of the city of London, complaining of the present city churchyards as exceedingly dangerous to the health of the inhabitants, and praying that public places of interment may be provided. H e thought the .subject was one which deserved the serious attention of their Lordships. The Earl of KINNAIRD presented a petition from the trades of Dundee, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a Presbyterian congregation in Dromore, county of Down, praying that the Presbyterian mixed marriages may be declared valid. The Noble Lord said, he wished to state that he had received a letter. from one of the .Judges in Ireland informing him, that at the late Carrickfergus Assizes a case had come before him which was exactly similar to that upon which the first decision had been given, in reference to these marriages. The Learned Judge,. in this instance, not being perfectly satisfied on the point, had directed that there should be a special verdict, in order that the question might come before the Queen's Bench in Ireland, and afterwards before their Lordships. He (Lord Campbell) be lieved that the.man would be in a position to be tried by their Lordships in May next ; and he would sug gest whether it would not be better to suspend all proceedings until their decision had been given. After a few words from the LORD CHANCEL LOR, which were inaudible, Lord CAMPBELL said that the voice of this House would no doubt be in favour of the validity of these marriages, and if they were made valid, the Act would be a declaratory one. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had already, drawn up a proviso which he thought would accomplish the object, which should not operate one way or the other, by any inference, direct or indirect. Lord BROUGHAM stated that his anxiety on this question would not be at all diminished, or his exer tions at all, relaxed, by a little delay and further con sideration of the question ; he prayed that their Lordships would defer this question for a Corn mitte of the House. He had made these few observations to account for his taking no part in the matter at present, but he believed it ne cessary that some relief shoud be given to the parties who had suffered from this measure. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to ask a question of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The Noble Lord the other day laid despatches on the table by order of her Majesty, relative to a conversa tion between the French Ambassador ant himself, dated January 28. He the(Marquis Clanricarde) had observed in the public papers, that, since that date, mention had been made of the subject in the French Chambers. He wished to ask the Noble Lord if any official communication had been received by him ? ' Lord ABERDEEN—None whatever. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to draw the attention of their Lordships to the state of educa tion in, Ireland, and to ascertain the intention of her AUjetty's Government on the subject. Since the meeting of Parliament a Report had been laid on the table of the House relative to the state of edu cation in that country, emanating from the Board of Education there • from that Report it appeared, that in the year preceding that in which the Report was made, no less than 400 schools had been added to the number of those already established, making now, alogether, 2,000 schools. In those 400 there were not less than 60,000 scholars. Among the 400 schools which had thus been added, during the year preceding that Report, he was happy t o find that no less than 290 were in communion with the Synod of Ulster, which represented the great Presbyterian.body of . Ireland. It appeared, also, from the Report, that far more effectual progress had been made than- heretofore in that which he considered to be an indispensible element in any well devised scheme of education, namely, the training of proper teachers. But, notwithstanding those gratify ing circumstances, rumours had gone abroad that it was the intention of her Majesty's Go verninent, to withdraw or to alter the present grant. He begged leave - to say that to those rumours he himself attached no credit; •md he did not believe that any such intention existed on the part of the Government. But it was sufficient excuse for his alluding to the subject that such reports had gone abroad, and it was highly important that the intentions of Government upon the subject should be thoroughly understood. He made no apology, therefore, to their Lordships or the Noble Duke for asking him, now that the estimates for the ensuing year must be in course of preparation, whether or not the Government were determined to continue the grant and the present board ? He put the question fro - in a sense of the im portance of the subject and the interest which their Lordships took in the improvement of the education and in the welfare of the Irish people. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that though he had been apprised of "the intention of the' Noble Marquis to put a question relative to the education grant in Ireland, he had not been aware of his determina tion to advert to the Report which had been laid before the House. If he had been aware of such a determination on the part of the Noble Marquis, he should have prepared himself to make some ob servations . upon, the Report. In answer to the question put by the Noble Marquis, he wished to say that the Government did intend to propose a continuation of the grant in question. Any alteration which might he made would not take place until after the most mature consideration, for at resent he, with many others, thought those institu tions were intimately connected with the improvement of the people of Ireland generally. lie had al ways had his own opinions on this subject—he had not entirely approved of their proceedings since the commencement, but he had invariably supported the grants made by Government, and opposed the alterations proposed by other Noble Lords. At pre sent, he would say that ►he was not dis posed to encourage any • alterations, much less to do away with a system which con ferred important advantages on the people of that country. The - Marquis of LANSDOWNE was glad to hear this answer, and therefore it would be now understood by the friends of the present system that no alteration would take place in it without full consideration on the part of her Majesty's Government, or without ample opportunity being given to the public to examine the grounds for such proceedings.—(Hear.) THE NEW POOR LAW. Earl STAN HOPE said, that having understood from the •Noble Duke that there was no objection to his motion, he would at once move for a return of the number of work-houses in England and Wales, and of the number of poor persons in each, in every year since. the Ist of January, 1838, to the 31st of December, 1841, giving the average number of paupers in each year ; also the number of deaths in each year, and their causes. He hoped this motion would have a better fate than that he moved on the 16th of August, 1839, for the expenses of new expe riments under the new Poor-law. He had not ex pressed his impatience heretofore, because in each in tervening Session there had been under discussion a Bill for the Amendment of the New Poor-law. He (Earl Stanhope) would then give notice, that if those returns were not laid on the table of the House in the course of a very few days, he would move that they be presented forthwith, and as it appeared that a Bill was now in progress in the House of Commons, having for its title, " A Bill for the Improvem en t o f t h e Importation of Foreign Corn," he would state to their Lordships his intention, upon the reading of that Bill in their Lord ships' House, tomove, as an amendment, that it he read that day six months. He entreated the attention of their Lordships to the petition which he was then about to read. It was from a member of the humbler classes, but yet it contained the language, and expressed the sentiments .which were entertained by hundreds of thousands of his fellow subjects; that petition was from Abraham teach, of Rochdale, in the county of Lan hire. It would be unnecessary for him (Earl Stan hope) to occupy their Lordships' time by stating his interests of the h um bl er opinions in favcwi of the classes of thiwuntry, He would call their Lordships' attention to the causes of the distress which prevailed. The petitioner proceeded to state, and most cor rectly, that Government was instituted for the pur pose of securing to each individual member of the community the enjoyment oe c his rights. He said that by the operation of machinery his labour was not employed. The prayer of the petition was that their Lordships should take this . into their serious consideration, and to devise some means whereby the labouring man might be restored to his former position when he could command the comforts of life. He (Earl Stanhope) most w arm l y admirei was one of those who at the the rights of man as laid down commencement of the French Revolution, whereby a man was at liberty to do what i he liked with. his -own. That was the principle he wished to see carried into execution to the fullest extent. No man had a riet to do anything which could interrupt its execution. He (Earl Stanhope) considered the petitioner had just reason to complain of the injury which had been done him. He thought that the proposed system of the Corn-laws would only increase these growing evils, which were so severely felt by the labouring classes. If he (Earl Stanhope) was asked what remedy he proposed, it would be this, that those who deprived others of employment should be compelled to furnish them with other employment, or to pay them for the labour they had :lost. From information which he had received from a large manufacturer, the person who, some years ago, received 4s. 6d. for his labour, was now in the receipt of only 10d., and it frequently happened that he could not even get that. Was it possible that in such a such a state of things he could feel any attachment to existing Institutions, that he should not feel a spirit of revenge which circumstances might cause to ex plode? In justice to these unfortunate persons, the most industrious citizens in the country, he would strongly urge their Lordships to take these circum stances into consideration. They were not to be relieved by a free trade in corn or by a fixed duty, or by a sliding scale. But the only relief which' could be applied to them was to oblige those who deprived them of employment to support them at their own expense. The petition was then laid on the table. Lord MONTEAGLE said that with regard to the returns which the Noble Earl desired should be laid on the table, the delay, if an , y such existed, was attributable, not to the public ocers, but to the Noble Earl himself, who neglected to renew his order. He could not, however, sit down without protesting against the doctrines of the Noble Earl, or allow such opinions to go forth to the public without opposing them. The petition of the Noble Earl came from a hand-loom weaver, and it was the most absurd doctrine to suppose that, by taxing the commercial and manufacturing industry of the country, the distresses of the people could be relieved. There was scarcely any enjoy ment in life to which machinery did not contribute, and yet the Noble Earl said that it was by tax ing machinery, and only by that that jus tice could be rendered to the people.—(Hear.) He protested against the doctrine of the Noble Lord, as ,subversive not only of the institutions and the greatness of this country, but of civilisation and hap piness throughout the world. Earl STANHOPE had not expressed any wish that improvements in machinery should be prevented, but that those who benefited by them should support those who were thereby thrown out of the means of subsistence. When the Noble Baron spoke of the greatness of this country, and the civilisation of the world to those 800,000 hand loom weavers, they considered the greatness of the country was no benefit to them, and that their condi tion would be far better, if the whole land of Britain was:at this day uncivilised. If they persevered in the present course, they must not be surprised if the peace of the country was not much longer preserved. The Earl of DEVON could not agree with the Noble Baron opposite (Monteagle) that when an ad dress was presented to the Crown for certain papers, and an answer was returned, that the adjournment of Parliament interfered with the presentation of those papers. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a return of all Ecclesiastical Benefices granted in Ire land since the passing of the Act of the 3d and 4th of William IV. LOAN SOCIETIES' BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE, this Bill went through Committee. APPRENTICES' REGULATION BILL. The Apprentices' Regulation Bill went through Committee. BAPTISTS' AFFIRMATION BILL. Lord DENMAN said, in consequence of some thing that had fallen from a Noble Lord the other evening, he begged leave to present a Bill to enable persons of that denomination, called Baptists and Anabaptists, to make affirmation instead of taking an oath. It was really a matter of infinite import ance to all concerned, and several petitions had been presented to that House from persons belonging to that sect, expressing very strong opinions as to the unlawfulness of the practice of taking an oath. It was not the universal opinion of the Baptists, but many members of that persuasion entertained the scruple ; and to relieve them from it would be quite in uniformity with the practice of their Lordships' House in the case of Quakers. lie thought that their Lord ships would see that there was no reasonable objection to the measure, and he would therefore move that the Bill be read a first time. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. Lord MOUNTCASHEL presented several peti tions, very numerously signed, from places in the counties of Tyrone, Cavan, and Down, in Ire land, praying the House to enact some measure for the better regulation of the law respecting the marriages of Presbyterians with members of the Established Church. The House then Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAncu 10. There being only Thirty-two Members present at Four o'Clock, the House adjourned till to morrow. NAMES OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT WHEN THE HOUSE WAS COUNTED OUT. Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Blake, Sir Valentine—Galway Blewitt, Reginald—Monmouth Bowes, John—South Durham Bowring, Dr.—Bolton . Brotherton, J.—Salford Bryan, Major—Kilkenny Co. Byng, George—Middlesex Christmas, W.—Waterford City Cobden, 11—Stockport Crawford, S.—Rochdale Duncombe, T. S —Finsbury Gibson, T. M.—Manchester Harris,.l.—Newcastle under Lyme Hay, Sir A. L —Elgin, ic. H►ndley, Charles—Ashton Lambton, 1-L—North Durham Maher, John— Wexford Co. Phillpotts, John—Gloucester 'Plumridge, I aptain—Penryn Powell, C.—Limerick Co. Rundle, John—Tavistock `cholefield, J.—Birmingham Stock, Dr.—Cashel Strutt, Edward—Derby Stuart ,Villiers—Waterford Co. Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Villiers, C. P.—Wolverhampton Ward, H. G.—Sheffield Williams, William—Coventry Wilson, M.—Clitheroe SPAIN. MADRID, FEB. 28. ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF MADRID TO THE REGENT, THE DUKE DE LA VICTORIA, PRESENTED YESTERDAY BY THE WHOLE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ABOVE FORCE. " Serene Highness—The National Militia of Madrid, al ways anxious for occasions to give to your llighnebs fresh proofs of their respect and devotedness, as well as to mani fest their sincere gratitude for the numerous distinctions with which you have honoured them, take advantage of the present opportunity to congratulate you in commemo ration of the day, and to assure your Highne s s th a t nothing could be snore grateful to the militia of Madrid than placing themselves under your Highness's com mand, in all cases demanding the defence of our actual institutions of the throne of our innocent Queen, and the Regency, which the nation has so properly confided to the hands of your Highness. Please to accept these new proofs of the heartfelt affection with winch the National Militia of Madrid have the honour of greeting your Highness upon your saint's-day." THE REGENT'S REPLY. " Gentlemen—l receive with all the feelings of my heart the congratulations and offers of the National Militia of Madrid. I reckon upon the valiant National Militia of Madrid to continue, as they have hitherto done, to devote their valour and patriotism to the good of the nation and of the Queen. I shall never forget the numer ous services performed by the meritorious National Militia of Madrid. Never shall the merit displayed by them on the night of the 7th of October be erased from my memory. For this emblem of honour and distinction (pointing to the cross of the 7th of October upon his breast) I am indebted to you— it was you placed it there. S oon a f ter th a t memora ble night, my presence became necessary in the northern. provinces to put down the insurrection. I entrusted to your care the protection of our exalted Sove reign, of her august Sister, the Goverment, all the powers of the State, the preservation of public order, and the capital of the monarchy, and well did you respond to the confidence reposed in you. Aided by citizen sol diers like you, I fear no one—l fear not all the despots of the earth, even though all the despots of the world were to conspire against the liberties of our coun try. Upon you, citizen soldiers, I rely—you may count upon me ; for you know that as soldier or citi zen you shall ever find me ready to sacrifice my life, if necessary, in support of the constitution of the State, our liberty, independence, the glory of the Spanish people, and the constitutional throne of our Queen. For the accomplishment of this glorious undertaking during the minority of our Queen, I calculate upon your entire co-operation, and upon that of all my fellow-countrymen ; and trust that, on her Majesty coming of age, an my delivering into her august hands the reins of State, our country may repose free, independent, and happy. I shall then loose myself amongst you, and, in th e r e ti remen t o f p r i va t e lif e, expire with the glory of having done all that was possi ble for the freedom, the independence, and greatness of the Spanish people." e e r se e n , t v a a t s io s ti ca a r n ee d ly delivity of the prec e di ng absent a sin g l e o ffi cer o f ad d O r n e s s t ( ll s e , p th r the National Guard of Madrid. One of the largest rooms in the capital, wh ere th e scene took place,was completely full on the occasion. At that part of the Re gent's reply, in which he alludes to the conspiracy in progress, the whole assembly, forgetful of the presence and place they were in, burst into a loud and enthusiastic " Viva" for the speaker. The Director of the Mont-de-Piete at Rouen has drawn up a statement of the operations of that establishment for last year, from which it results that during this period the pledges amo un t e d t o 86,575, and the sums advanced to 949,066 f., being an average of 10f. 96c. per pledge. The arti cles redeemed we r e 67,326, and the money returned was 656,761 f., b e i ng an average of 9f. 75c. for each. The pledges sold were 4,650, the loans upon them being to the amount of 50,689 f., or an average of lot 90c. The advances exceeding 6f. on each - article were 48,463 in number, and, consequently, more than one-half of the total. The Director remarks that, among the whole of the pawners in the year, there we. nly 17 accused of having stolen the articles pledged. Only 24 of the pawners had become bankrupts, and their pledge were to no great amount. THE SUN, LUND CHINA. (From the Pekin Gazette.) THE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OP HIS EXCELLENCY COMMISSIONER ELEPOO.. TRANSLATED FROM THE " PEKIN GAZETTE," BY J. L. S. The Hereditary Prince Hosnih, and the High Minister Jinchow, and others, kneeling re- spectfully, lay their report before the Throne : In obedience to the Imperial will, having as sembled together to sit in' judgment upon the affairs submitted to our deliberations, and having previously received the Imperial in structions to institute an investigation in relation to Elepoo, who formerly held the office of Governor of the two Keang provinces (Keangnau, i. e. Keangsoo and Ginhwny and Keangse), in obedience there to, we have had him brought before us in council assembled, and have ascertained by investigation the clear import of every circumstance; and Elepoo, bowing to the ground and knocking his head, through alarm and fear lost all command of himself. It appears that Eiepoo received an Imperial Commission, last year, to ex amine into and arrange the affairs of the barbarians in Chekeang ; and after he had arrived in the province, he employed skilful spies, summoned together the bravest of the mi litia, collected provisions, selected the most able bodied of the troops, and laid many plans for advancing upon and exterminating the enemy. Afterwards, he earnestly desired to order the said barbarians to repair to Canton, there to wait until affairs could be examined into and arranged. To gain renown he concluded to offer them presents, and to order persons to proceed to them and clearly explain his com mands, and at the same time to spy out their real strength. He deemed it proper to dispatch Chaugke, a person of his household whom he had promoted six degrees, with an official mes senger Chin Chekang , over the sea (to Tinghae) to offer bullocks arid sheep, and various articles as presents, in return for which the said bar barians presented foreign broadcloths and various commodities. Elepoo feared to make an absolute refusal of the whole of the said articles, which would have struck the bar barians with suspicion and dread. But in stead of being thus effected, they acted de ceptively with regard to the time of their pro ceeding to Canton, and Elepoo under these circumstances received their presents. In reply to a memorial touching the above, the imperial will was received, strongly enjoining that the articles be sent back. Eleepo, in obedience thereto, forthwith took the various kinds of pre sents, and ordered Chin Chekang to go and give them back to the barbarians, who would not receive them. During the second month of the present year, the barbarians wishing to deliver back Chusan,. Changke and Chin Chekang were sent to take one barbarian man and one woman to proceed and make known the strict injunctions, that when the city had been given up then all the barbarians should be delivered. The pre sents which they had previously made were all sent back, and having received them, they set sail for Canton. But Elepoo did not, in obedience to the imperial will, forthwith advance and slaughter, and make an immediate and thorough extermination of them. The whole of his proceedings being improper and really marked by imbecility, and being unworthy to hear so high an office; he earnestly besought that his crimes might be visited with heavy punishment. We, the Ministers, having taken into consideration from first to last the whole of the evidence which he in person has laid before us, respectfully memorialise that in relation thereto the sacred commands may be recorded. Respecting the above case of Elepoo, the Im perial Commissioner and High Minister, his ma nagement of the barbarian affairs in Chekeang, and his not being able at once to recover Tinghae, the Imperial will was repeatedly transmitted that he should proceed to exterminate the enemy; but on every occasion he delayed and idly looked about him, and through excessive timidity did not go forward, and that for every purpose he proved himself weak and useless. We therefore jointly solicit the imperial will, that Elepoo may be forthwith disgraced from the office he for merly held as governor of the two Keang pro vinces, and be sent to Ele, that, by strenuous exertions, he may make amends for his offences. Changke and.the official messenger Chin Che kang, who formerly proceeded to the barbarian ships, as we have found by examination, only acted in obedience to Elepoo, and accordingly we acquit them of crime. Let Chin Chekang return to his military station, - and let Changke be released. That which your Majesty's Miuisters,have ad judged of the cases brought before us in Council assembled, we now reverently report to the Court, that the Imperial will may be received and recorded. The Imperial reply. His Majesty's commands have been received as follows : "In consequence of Elepoo having unsatis factorily Managed the military affairs -of Chekeang, our imperial will was delivered to the princes and high ministers to adjudge the crimes of which he was guilty, and it appears that prince Jinchow and others, in council assembled, have now reported • upon the above case Elepoo, holding the office of high imperial commissioner for the arrangement of affairs in Chekeang was unable forthwith to recover the captured territories. The imperial will was repeatedly transmitted to him, that 41e should advance and set about really proving himself to be imbecile; and let him be forthwith disgraced from the office he formerly held as Governor of the two Keang provinces, and let him be sent to Ele, that by strenuous exertions he may make some amends for his crimes, and be a warning to others. Respect this."—Chinese Repository for November. THE ENGLISH AT AMOY. Lew, the Lieutenant-Gover,nor, - having made thorough investigations in relation to the bar barians in Fokeen province, arranges the parti culars in due order, and orders them up for your Majesty's lightning glance. I. I have found by examination that H. E. Yea, the Governor, had issued orders to all his subordinates to make ready large and small ves sels and to plan an attack upon the enemy. I afterwards understood that a spy made known the intelligence to the said barbarians, and they having put themseves in a state of preparedness our plan was therefore stopped in the midst of its execution. I also understood that other schemes were devised, the secresy of which could not be penetrated, and there fore no inquiries could.be instituted with regard to them. After this it was understood that Lieutenant Governor E. (of Canton) received the imperial commands to repair to Fokeen to ar range affairs, but still matters continued to re main in a state of stagnation, and at present the officers have decided to keep the troops in their present position and wait the arrival of the Im perial Commissioner, when they will again pro ceed to join battle. At the present time, how ever, in each position the marine veterans and recruitsare still continued to be drilled and prac tised, and all other matters remain just as they were without the slightest movement, and I am not yet able to report. 11. It is ascertained, upon examination, that the barbarian ships at Hoolangsoo are as for inerly seven in number, and there do they make extensive sales of opium. I understand that when one vessel has finished her sales of the drug and leaves, another one comes to sell • thus incessant are their going and coming. The said rebels have not seized upon their trade,thepeople, nor any but the above t e rrit or y ( o f HO o l angsoo) with designs of carryingdisturbances among they create neither have they started up any other measures whatever. I have also understood that the said rebels, perceiving Amoy to be as warm as Can ton, say they design passing the year there, 111. Upon investigation I have discovered that every passage-boat plying between Amoy and Changchow has been ordered by the said rebels to hoist the English flag, and they then will be allowed to enter and depart. The said boat people are really unwilling to assent to this ar rangement, and they also dare not go again to Amoy. I have understood that recently, while eight grass boats, belonging to our people,. were entering the port, they were seized by the said rebellious barbarians and burned up with fire. IV. It is ascertained that the barbarians at Hoolangsoo have covertly caused five traitorous native Chinese to secret themselves at the three places of Ainoy, Tugan, and Changch ow , an d slily to 'search for intelligence concerning our officers and troops, and for each month's use they give them five hundred dollars ; therefore, it is impossible for the said rebels not to be made acquainted with our movements. V. I have understood that when the villagers near Hoola ngsoo h a d rece i ve d a bride, and were passing along the road with her. in a wedding sedan-chair, th e sa id re b e l s l a id _hold of it and the men a l so ; I hear d t h at they desired to take the bride and forcibly. detain her, giving to the bridegroom a hundred foreign dollars, and ordering him .to p r o cu re an other w ife. The bride's relations sorrowing, interceded for her, but they refused to gi v e he r u p, an d they then petitioned at the residence -of the said re bel's falSe Mandarin Captain, - whereupon she was returned, and camlets and other articles were also given to them. N, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 11 1 1842. VI. It is understood that our ships of war which were seized by the barbarians have not yet been burned, but as formerly, lay anchored off Hae-cho-ohill. On the nineteenth the villagers secretly proceeded with intent stealthily to set them adrift, designing to deliver them to the officers and obtain rewards. They, however, did not supposelhat they were closely watched by the barbarians, who sent their boats in pursuit, and opening their great guns, killed three of the people and recovered the said vessels all back again.—lbid, Dec. 4. MENT. thing by the fire, the officers and crew of the American ship, Potomac, having generously sub scribed 550 dollars. - The Grindly, which was to convey the emigrants to Port Philip, had not arrived up to the 19th October last. Here the necessity is shown of providing a sufficient number of boats. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAYERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOB [l—Blackstone's comtnentaries on the Peel Corn Bill are not uninstructive, and the vote of the Hon. Member for Wallingford is not insignificant. The former points most justly the delusions revived by this measure respecting future average prices, as having been held out by the same statesmen respecting the prices to be secured by their Bill of 1828. The latter indicates the true feeling of that " agricultural community" which its thimble rig representatives have put in their pocket, and which the Premier admits to be generally op posed to the changes now undertaken by him. " The Right Hun. Baronet anticipated that the operation of his scale would make the price of wheat rule between 51s. and 563. per quarter, but he (Mr. Blackstone) very much feared it would be reduced considerably lower, perhaps to 505., for he could not but recollect that the avowed object of the Duke of Wellington's Administra tion in 1828 was to keep the price about 035., whereas, according to the Right lion. Baronet's own statement, the average during the last 14 years had been only 575." It is surprising that the degree of common sense which enables the Member for Walling ford to perceive the delusiveness of these pros pects of average prices, does not enable him to perceive the folly of legislating for prices at all. The maintenance of the sliding-scale is the main tenance of the principle (as Lord Howick re marked in his admirable speech of last night)— " of maintaining certain prices, and preventing certain fluctuations ; at least such were the views of the framers of that Act, and at the time of its being proposed Parliament were taught to believe that the effect of it would be to steady and equalize prices ; and by increasing the duty in proportion as prices fell, and diminishing the duty in proportion as prices rose, that it would have the effect of limiting that rise and fall within certain limits, which the framers of the Act considered it was not expedient that the prices should exceed." The total failure of the law of 1828 to accomplish these purposes might have taught those who passed it, and who are passing the present mea sure, the error of principle they still cling to. It is impossible to fix price by law. It is very possible by law to make it fluctuate more enormously than it ever would do if left to the operations of regular commerce. If this be success, the law of 1828 has succeeded with a vengeance. STANDARD.—The Ministerial Corn-law Bill was last night read a second time, by a majority of 284 to 176—a majority of 108, in a house of 465 members, Speaker and tellers included. This division, however, does not show the whole strength ofthe agricultural or of the ministerial party; for Mr. Blackstone and other Conservative Members voted against the Bill, in order to preserve the existing law. We shall say little of the debate, consulting in that, we believe, the wishes of most of our readers; but, before we say even the little we have to offer, it may he well to revert to one or two considera tions which we ventured to suggest when the subject was first opened in Parliament; these considerations will be found to meet a great deal that was said last night. First, then, we contend that frequent revisions of a law affect ing a matter so variable, in many respects, as the price of corn, are by no means in compatible with the strictest adherence to the principle of protection. To take a fami• liar instance :—The nation and its depen dencies are protected by a naval and a military force ; but these forces are determined by annu ally varied estimates, and governed by the an nual Mutiny Act, without any compromise of the principle of protection. The case of the Corn laws is not very different. The people are pro tected from famine by these laws; but the exact numbers necessary fur such protection must fluc tuate with circumstances, the principal among these circumstances being the cost of pro duction and the relative value of money. If grain can, on the average of one period, be pro duced at half the cost of a preceding period, it is plain that it no longer demands the same amount of protection ; or if the relative value of money has undergone a material change, a different scale of duties is necessary. The prices of 1814 commanded a higher rate of duty than the prices of 1828, and it is pos sible that the prices of 1828 might demand a higher scale of duties than the prices of 1842. We are not now arguing that such is the case. We merely wish to show that the practice of revision is not necessarily in compatible with the principle of protection. Again, we have said that it may be the duty of a Minister to bring such a subject before Parlia ment, even although he sees - little necessity for change; and that it is a peremptory obligation upon him to do so when he thinks necessary any change, however small, or how insufficient soever to silence clamour. COURIER.—We congratulate the House and the country on being at length fairly rid of the corn question, at least for a Session or two; for, considering the efforts that have been made to over-lay the public mind with erroneous notions on this subject, and the disclaiming of finality by its authors, we would do violence to our conviction were we to pretend that we look upon the present settlement of the question as at all conclusive. And herein lies the weightiest objection to which the measure is obnoxious. Last night's debate elicited nothing very novel; indeed the merits and demerits of the proposed Bill had been - so searchingly can vassed, so thoroughly sifted and winnowed, that little freshness could be expected to enliven the fourth and final debate, as far as the House of Commons is concerned. The gallant Member for Middlesex, Lord Howick, and Mr. Sheil,were the only new speakers. Col. Wood, when the Bill was first proposed, felt somewhat disappointed, as he had expected a measure of a somewhat less prohi bitory character, but subsequent consideration gave him a more favourable opinion of it. Lord Howick deemed it a " considerable improve ment " the precursor of other changes in the same direction while Mr. Shiel ob jected to the measure as vicious alike in principle and detail, his opinion being, that the maintenance of British commerce should be paramount. to all other considerations. These are the only novelties to be found in the debate, if' we except a juggle of Lord Howick's on the word " protection." In the inflated language of the Grey school, the rejected of Northumber land denounced the term as " unsuited to the tem per of the times," and this, be it observed, after the principle of protection had been affirmed by the largest majorities yet experienced in a reformed House of Commons. If we are not to judge of the " temper of the times" from the constitution of that House, which is more especially the em bodiment of public opinion, through which alone the electoral will of the nation can be constitu tionally- or truly expressed, pray how is it to be ascertained? Are we to take the mouthings of hireling lecturers. , -are we to take the denuncia tions of fanatical dissent—or the growlings of baf fled faction as true and infallible exponents of the " temper of the times." Away with this cant of generaliSms. THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIA- (From the Surveyor, Engineer, and Architect,) The works of this splendid pile are now in active progress, and although the magnitude of the under taking, and the many unforseon Circumstances which may occur to delay it, render the time of its comple tion a matter of uncertainty, it is still satisfactory* to observe that no exertions are spared to hasten the pro gress of the works, and that, should the present favourable weather continue, a more than usual rate of proceeding may be anticipated during this spring. Another winter's experience has been added to that of last year in reference to the capacity of the inagno sian limestone to stand the attacks of frost, and nothing can be more satisfactory than the sound state of all the blocks of stone which are dispersed over the site of the works, We did not observe a single crack or flaw in any of these blocks ; and being assured that the severe frosts of last winter were equally unpro ductive of injury to the stone, we may conclude that it is more exempt than most other limestones from this particular species of destruction. It is scarceiy possible, without the aid of drawings, to convey to a stranger a correct idea of the propor tion of the building which is completed up to this time. In general terms it may he said, t whole river front is ca rr i e d lip to the s econ d a consider able part of which the preparations are novc , being made for raising the iron girders of the floor. The east and west ends are also raised to the same height ; the con crete is laid for the tower At the western end of the building, and the foun,;:tations for the tower at the eastern end are in coarse of excavation. The depth of concrete is sevei d feet four inches, and the York shire landings, wihich are to cover it, are six inches in depth, and ns immense superficial dimensions, many of them exceeding 150 square feet. These stones are the - micaceous sandstones of Yorkshire, and are pro cured from flramley Fell and other places in that county. There are at present six travelling cranes used on TRANSLATION. Report of the Lieutenant-Governor of the pro vince of Chekeang; on the death of Yukeen, Imperial Commissioner and Governor ofi the provinces of Chekeang and Fokien, after the capture of the town of Chinhae ; and also a Report on the affairs of the province of Fokien. Lew, Lieut.-governor of Chekeang, respect fully. reported on the Ist day of the 9th moon, the death,- in the service of his country, of the Commissioner Yukeen, and that the coffined corpse had already been forwarded to Keangsoo, and, looking up, prayed for the imperial glance on the subject. I humbly beg leave to state that, because yesterday, the reports of what had become of - the Imperial Envoy and Great Minister, were contra dictory from all quarters, after I had made a re port to your Imperial Majesty, requesting speedy inquiries should be made, I besides made another report, which is on record; and after I had despatched the documents, I forthwith selected the tooze (general) of the province of Keangnan, Choo Lungho, and entrusted him with the official seals of the Imperial envoy and great Minister, those of the Governor of the two Keang provinces and of the salt commissioner of the two Hawe (rivers) to convey to the provincial capital (of Chekeang.) Moreover, it is authenticated that Kinshing, the domestic servant of the said-great minister, petitioned, saying : On the 26th day of the Bth moon (Oct. 10) he received verbal orders from his master, that, because the barbarian ships were successively and unexpectedly entering the river, he ordered him to take his official seals and deliver them to Choo Lungho, to carry back (to the provincial capital); he then forthwith em barked and led the battle froth the shin to the yew period—from 8 a.m., to 5. P.M. j but when the Chaoupaou and Kinke hills and the district town were lost, his master, seeing he could do no more, went to the water's edge and looking towards the Celestial gate s and performing the ceremony of obeisance to . the Emperor, he immediately plunged into the water, to die with an undeviat ing adherence to the line of duty. But the soldiers having dragged him out of the water, carried him out of the town, and con veyed him to the public office of Ningpo, and there changed his clothes and gave him to drink (some medicine), he being scarcely able to breathe; they then pursued with urgent haste their course on foot, and on the next day, about one P.M. having passed the city of Yuyao about four or.five le, Yukeen expired; and that he had brought the corpse to the provincial capital to be prepared fur the grave. His master left no sons, but had directed that his nephew, Tihchin, the son of hisyounger uterine brother, the hereditary duke Yukang—designa tion Chingyung—a secretary of the military board, should succeed him in his estates : such are the circumstances. After I had read the petition, my tears began to flow, and I could not control my grief. A coffi n of thick wood was immediately bought; his official colleagues assembled to attend the shrouding of the body in a proper manner, which was adorned with many costly ornaments and grave-clothes. At the present time, as the province of Chekeang is to be defended against the barbarian banditti, the whole pro Vince is filled with false rumours, and circumstances are extremely pressing-, and it is not con venient to keep the coffin of the said great Mi nister long in the province ; therefore Hwang meen, who is waiting for the appointment of a chefoo in the province of Keangsoo, and Lan Weiwan, the Magistrate of Chaouwan, and Major (showpei) Kwantae, of the city of Keang ning, have been directed to accompany the do mestics of the . deceased to the Governor's office in Keangning to manage the funeral. As the said great Minister, from the com mencement of the time when the barbarian re bels began to excite disturbances until now, urged with sharp words.their utter extermi nation, and was earnest in his plans to mani fest the dread majesty of his country, although the power of the rebels is great and their will and determination fixed and strong; and now, because the earnest wishes of his heart have not been ful filled, his strength failed him, and he died a victim, to his duty ; a catastrophe worthy of the deepest commiseration. Looking up, I fervently beg that the celestial favour will graciously bow down and confer abundant compassion, in order to stimulate mi nisters to a like devotion, and to soothe the faithful spirit of the deceased ; then the ministers and people of the empire will heartily bear the same fate. The said great Minister left orders that his nephew Tihchin, should be his heir. On inter rogating his servant, I have learnt that he is yet of tender age, and that he resides in Keangning .with his relations, who are all females, he having no;other f relations and no f a ithf u l an d s i ncere ad begwhom lie can depend (with him.) Ithe favour that it b e permitt e d, ie f r u e r ri t t r on when the coffin reaches his native place, to allow Yuhnng to superintend the funeral rites. As to the public papers of reports of the said Great Minister when in life, and the replies con taining the Imperial will, by me they have been reverently opened, and they all relate to the military affairs of the province of Chekeang, and I forthwith respectfully managed accordingly ; if there be any relation of the affairs of the the Lieut.-Governor of province of Keangsoo, I will forthwith write and each separate circumstance despatch may be attended to. province, them tthoa t L General Choo Lungho has brought the offi cial seals of the (late) Imperial Envoy and great Minister, winch I have deposited in the treasury, and when there is a good opportu nity I will respectfully transmit them. The offi cial seals of the Governor of the two Keang (provinces), with those of the salt commissioner of the two Hwae, I have directed Yang Chun cahou, who is waiting for the appointment of a le-wan in the Treasurer's office, to meet and join with the said General, and convey and deliver them to Leang. I. further beg that the vacant Gevernor-Generalship of the two Keang provinces be immediately filled up, that the present weighty affairs may be superintended and managed. I have respectfully written this report, to be hastened on at the rate of 600 le a day, and looking up I pray for the holy glance. A respectful glance. NIGER EXPEDITION. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It is scarcely probable that this expedition, on the reduced scale which has been intimated by the Go vernment, will again ascend the river before May or June next. • The interim may, perhaps, be bene ficially spent in acquiring a more accurate knowledge of the coast round the Bights and Fernando Po, an island daily increasing in interest. The African Civili sation Society is, we understand, taking measures for procuring a sufficient s upply of negro agency, which may also lead to a more direct and profitable con nexion between the West Indies, and Africa, There is no reason to fear that the cause of Africa will be deserted, either by the Government or the country, on account of a present loss, and the tempo rary suspension of operations consequent on the falling of the river. The vague report which has been circulated of the destination of the Model Farm is not believed by Captain Trotter, nor confirmed by the latest letters from Ascension, and strikingly resembles the mali cious rumours which the people of the coast used to bring to F ernan d o P o , d u ring Landers absence up the river. LOSS OF THE INDIA, EMIGRANT SHIP. Direct accounts from Port Philip give further particulars of the loss of the India emigrant ship, while on her voyage from Greenock to that colony. The India had 193 persons on board, and left Greenock on the 4th June last. On the 20th July following, when in south lati tude 16, and west longitude 33, she caught fire, in consequence of the ignition of some spirits by a lighted candle, while being incautiously drawn -off by a boy. In a very brief space of time, the flames had enveloped the whole ship, but for tunately a French whaler was in sight, and came near to render assistance. Upon the first boat being lowered, there was, a s usual a tremendous rush, by which it became immediately swamped, about eighteen persons, all passengers except one, being drowned. By the admirable conduct of the mate, all the re maining parties were saved, but some were almost in a state of.nudity, and others were injured by the fire: The whole were conveyed to Rio de ItilWir9)-.irhere the British merchants presented the commander of the French whaler with a gold chronometeroind the ship-masters with an ele, gant gold snuff-box. The sum of 1,0001. also raised for the emigrants whO had 100 fsry the work for setting the gidiieg: ,-,7elt of these con sists simply of a crab fixed on a I "1"13 14 4, P 1: which is k on iron mounted on 'Wheels And tn. wheels her logs bars, which are laid'clowii an longitudinal at a considerable height above the level to which the building is raised, The motion of the platform Is effected by means of cogi dti the perpihery of the wheels, which work in a corresponding rack eaa ori the bars or rails on which they travel. This is the usual plan adopted for giving action to these tra velling cranes, and is similar to that which was used on the earlier railways, before the practicability of communicating motion by simple adhesion was undor stood. The crabs have also a transverse motion on the platforms, and by means of these two motions at right angles with each other, the stones can be ad justed with the greatest nicety just over the precise spot they are to occupy in the work. Numerous tem porary railways are laid down on the work, for the purpose of conveying the stones on trucks from the sheds where the masons are employed in dressing them. The rails used are of a light description, exactly similar to those of the Croydon railway, being spiked or screwed down to longitudinal balks, without the intervention of chairs. The sheds are conveniently disposed, and afford shelter to a great number of masons employed in dressing the stones. These are seen in all stages of preparation, some only scabbled or picked into a rough form as they come from the quarry, others undergoing the process of hammer-dressing, and picking with sharp-pointed tools, while others are being finally dressed to a smooth surface with flat-edged tools or chisels. _ _ The iron girders intended for the second floor weigh four tons each, and are tested by means of the Bramah, or hydrostatic pump, with a force of thirty tons. They are cast at the works of Messrs. Bramah, near Bir mingham. It is known to most of our readers that the prin cipal stone employed in this building is the magnesian limestone, as recommended by Messrs. Barry, De la Beche, and the other commissioners appointed by Go vernment to inquire into and report on the various kinds of stone suitable for such a building. It was originally contemplated that this stone could be pro cured from Bolsover Moor, near Huddersfield ; but it was soon found that the supply obtainable from this locality would be quite insufficient to meet the demand, in consequence of which, large quarries have been opened at Anstone, on the line of the same geological formation, from which place the greater part of the stone is now procured. The quarries of Anstone are situate about three miles from Roche Abbey, and about twelve miles east of Sheffield ; they are in the hands of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the contractors for the building, so that the supply and the qualities of the stone, with respect to size and other particulars, are in their own control, and not subject to be affected by the caprice, negligence, or spirit of extortion, which not unfrequently characterise proprietors who com mand the exclusive supply of an important stone like the one in question. The colour of the stone when first quarried is a brownish yellow, not unlike that of coarse brown sugar; but when tolerably dry, as when it has been under cover of the sheds for two years, its colour is a delicate cream, almost approaching to white. Some of the older stones, when first set in the work, present this white appearance, but they soon, particularly after rainy weather, resume some what of their former yellow colour, but of a shade not so brown as when they contain the quarry water. Like most other free-stones, it is softest and easiest to dress when first quarried, but even when dry, its uni formity of texture, and the almost entire absence of harder veins, render it a good f ree - wor ki ng s t one i n the hands of the mason ; and it is not productive of that injury to the points and edges of the tools, which is so highly objectionable in many limestones, and in most of the harder free-stones. A tolerably good polish can be put on the stone ; and it only requires the advantage of a white colour to render it valuable in ornamental decoration. In addition to the magnesian limestone, the Bath stone from Painswick in Gloucestershire is employed for some of the more ornamental parts of the work. The extreme ease with which the Bath stone can be cut into the most elaborate and intricate forms, ren ders it superior to all others for carved ornamental masonry. 'We cannot conclude this brief notice without alluding in terms-of high praise to the workmanlike spirit of order which, pervades the whole of these large works. It has been our lot more than once to witness, with pain, in the course of some large undertaking, but too many indications of slovenly management on the part of the contractor, and this sometimes prevail ing to such an extent, as to create a very reasonable surprise when the result or completion of the work has happened to turn out anything short of absolute ruin to the contractor. But, on the contrary, through out the works of the New Houses of Parliament all is order and regularity ; every implement and every piece of machinery seems exactly adapted for the pur pose to which it is applied ; there is no deficiency of machinery to hinder and cripple the progress of the works, and no useless lumber to throw obstr.cles itt the way. THE WEST LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY. The twelfth half-yearly general meeting of the Proprietors in this Company was held yesterday, at their offices, 11, Ab church.lane, King William -street, for the purpose of electing three Directors, and to receive the Report of the Directors, and a statement of the accounts from the Secretary. _ Mr. Moaoa is took the Chair, and called upon The SECRETARY to read the Report, from which it appeared that the Directors had used their beat endeavour to com plete the line, but adverse circumstances had prevented its ac c-unplishment. The works remained in the same state as last April, since which time the works had sustained consi derable damage from the wet weather. The Directors had negotiated with the Birmingham and London Railway, and the Grand Junction Railway, but they had been unsuccessful. The Directors had come to the determination of curtailing the expenses to the lowest possible point, and the undertaking would therefore remain in abeyance. From the statement of the accounts, it appeared that 'he net receipts, up to the 30th June, were 122,5621. 16s. 10d., and from the 30th June up to December, 1841, the receipts were 18,5431. Bs. 40., making a total of 141,106/. ss. 2 1 / 2 d. The net disburs emen t s , up to the 30th June were 121,5431. 16s. 2d., and from 30th June to December, 1841, 19,3421. 2s. 3d., leaving a balance in favour of the Company of upwards of 2201. Mr. BRITON moved that tiie Report be received, and adopted, and printed for circulation. Mr. Gonwns seeonded the motion, which was carried. Messrs. WHITCHURCH, STRUCH, and lams, the retiring Directors, were then re-elected. ➢lr. THORNE, who appeared for one of the creditors, wished to ask what the Directors proposed to do with respect to the claims on the Company. The Cuataatari said, it was the intention to call a meeting of the creditors shortly, when certain proposals would be sub mitted to them. _ LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, March 10. ( Before the VICE-CWANCELLOIi or ENGLAND.) BRYDGEI V. IRANFIL. Mr. BECTRELL having concluded his reply in this case, • -sna said that he should take some time to consi- His flu._ der his decision as, c ase was He did not t e s one which deeply affect ed the thin k h could characters of several - .• , :on to reading over the fairly discharge his duty, unless in &DWI... He should ta ke evidence he read over the pleading also. - ex pect hi s ome time to ronsidet his judgment; and he did pa - could deliver it till after the 4 Easter Term. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. James King and William Mooby, the men who Wee el tl4 mined a few days ago upon the charge of having robbed al Blackburn coach of ;bank notes and sovereigns to the amoa ii of 2,0001., were yesterday brought up for further examination, before the Lord Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie. Superintendent Berwick, of the Manchester Police, stated ilia three men had already undergone seeeral examinatioit before the magistrates, at Manchester, upon the c harge fl having been concerned in the robbery of the Blackb urn 0)0, 1 and he had succeeded in tracing two of the stolen notes IC prisoners, who, it would subsequently be proved, were Ott HO top of the coach on the day the robbery was commuted, (the Superintendent) was anxious that the prisoners should remanded, at the conclusion of the day's examinations un tl Tuesday next, in order that the necessary inquiries after the stolen property might be completed, and that then they silo - be sent down to Manchester, where the investigation Vito a •tively going forward. Mr. Hobler, junior, who appeared for the isoners7said thfil F no case had as yet been made out against them. George Wolstoneroft, shoemaker, of No. 102, High in the Borough, stated, that on Wednesday, the 1 7th k ebruarS i Mooby, whom he had not seen betore, came into his shop, au bought a pair of Wellington boots for IBs., and paid for thou with a 51. note, stating that his name was William 13•1111",,„6. and that he was going to Sheffield. Witness put the P AW " — the note, and handed the change, 4 sovereigns and 25., tobloobl; In the course of the dealing, witness asked Mooby whetb„ed trade was not bad at Sheffield, to which that prison er tell " that trade was bad everywhere. ep Mr. Hobler, jun.—How long did the interview bets you last ? Witness—Not more than ten minutes. s t r eet, Mr. Hobler, jun.—And you never saw him before? Wit-. ness—Never. which viSe - ' numbered The Supea ri nd dated ntendent 66,119, 26thn handed over Febr th uar e 'n of e Manchest,s'' , I 84.1. It was, he stated, one of the bank-no' es y which bad bec". stopped as having been stolen out of the Blackburn coach- 4 Mr. nobler, jun., said there was no evidence to pro se thil the note had been stolen at all. The Superintendent stated that it was included in the l ilt , bank notes advertised. Borough' e' o a t In the night of Moßlay last, the Atriu W m fires s elf house of M. Dubois, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, eau(,_ and she _.. I ts . INDlA.—Official despatches were received at thefury that the . bin g _bola directed,although e it ve h r e y r a a s t si w sta it n h ce s w ae a h s immedtately br h o u n i t e " i 4 ari bot st , oe Board of Control yesterday from Bombay and Calcutta. whole of its contents were consumed, leaving n al Isl. 7-bi/ We regret to state that they fully confirm the melancholy news bare walls. No part of the property which we published yes erday relating to the destruction of the himself, who was about 60 years of age, his s ° ":h e y ce el eeld army in Affghanistan. The accounts which hare appeared of daughter, not quite 17, were all suffocated before ' sk ill medical dr the dreadful catastrophe, we understand are rather under than got out of the burning building, and no ~ half- fo es' over-rated. The army in Jellalabad, when the last accounts restore them to life. The lather and son were se e " o s, b l ' a tit e t Pelis-to say s were sent off, remained secure, and great hopes were enter- in the lower part of the house, and might tarred that they would be able to maintain their position until taped, but, as it is believed, returned up aga i t re ofer ?Se such time as reinforcements could be sent to their assistance, young lady, who was sleeping in the attics, and s r a - r igiolo. was insured. 0, ita The death of the Marquis of Hertford has made aby the smoke before they could reach her. Th e „ o e? greater sensation than that of any other nobleman for some of this melancholy catastrophe is not known. ~,i ti n e „u c e!, time past. In spite of his enormous wealth and his p r i nce l y " A G erman f rom F ran kf or t-on-the-- 31- at the ; ill expenditure, he was ever hau n t e d by th e fear of being the Memorial of Aix, "has been lately residing. p oi! ti see reduced to want. His funded property was very large, du Luxembourg, in this town, who astonished ,!'!' s e s s eiSa g . the and, many years ago, he commenced a series of illusory his eccentricity, and equally gratified them by !i e ' trifh P L,,a . speculations to protect himself from any great deprecia- rality. To every porter he employed, hove pleferti,pr: tion ; and, gossip says, that a short time before service, he gave at least 10, and sometimes 2 °l.' a go ld Tr the failure of the United States Bank,' he had invested an ins- pauper hold out his hand to him without receivl, e o te os it mense sum in it, sold out of the Engli s h funds on account of of 20f. He paid 300 f. for the hire of a castle g r _. ~,- t pre: 00 0 1 the unsettled relations with France on the Eastern ' question. loner, a village at a very short distance, and who f s kJ h e , This loss, it is said, preyed very much on his mind. Latterly tired his money in profusion among the as tou t on ly e i mo w he became quite a cripple through the gout. The honours O n settling his accounts with his landlady, he n : r al 14S P:tti s ° that thus become vacant will be no gain to the Ministry, e xc ept mos t generous l y , b ut ma d e h er a p r esent of s: d ; OP , 10 01 as rewarding an active rather than a passive supporter.— in addition to her bill, and a handsome coin° f ' s rilvor bt Ii Cheltenham Looker- On. LEITH.—A Rica MISER.—An old man, of the tohffehpeeo p m le ad a e t t s h cr e a d m e b e l r es e , f b h y i t s h e r a o r w ri i a n g g e. ladnds ne ful tie ° lris ed . i b..di s e tr o b e name of Lane, who a number of years ago kept a small drug- was oing to Valence, but intended to return to o roo p p.- gist's shop in this town, but, for several years back, has been f fund a delightful place. He appeared to be i 1 isr en living more in the character of a p au p er , was f oun d d ead a few of hi s reason i ng f acu l t i es. " 4' erno °ll l'i sg. days ago in a garret, unde r c i rcums t ances o f apparent destitution CORONER ' S INQUEST.— Y ester d a y a- t- o f St' a that left no doubt upon the minds of those who found him quest was held in the Vestry-room of the ChurV s4. , the gel that the miserable Bankedhd died of want. After the funeral, n - ur, London-bridge. before William red remarksbitiXeir"a however, money and ocuments were discovered among Coroner on the bod of Ma Ann Nay his tittered clothes and chattels to the amount of eleven or , Frown young woman,aged . 16 yearn, who had coin .... t bie r s e e sa . very repeoi• et. Or twelve hundred pounds ! Since the time drug-shop, he had been wandering about Leith and Edin- stances, had been for the last month in ~ tsr ed ta'',,f . 10 , burgh without stockings and with scarcely a shoe upon his Waldron, of Nelson-terrace, City-road, bast e s _ du ties - ol s . gr, . hp feet.— Seotsnittn, but not being sufficiently strong to performeis,e ; t" bow el : hots, .. The Gazette du Midi of Marseilles, of the 24th ult. situation had received warning 1 t° was a s ttr ot le ; says ;•—" The Phenicien has brought hither from Cadiz the Bishop the slightest impropriety of conductaout ° g il ded I° se' of Mahon, Diet de Merino, exiled by the Regent, as his passport to her. On Monday night last, eats, proof . _,,, her expressly states. It is said that the Pope has offered him an airy. she went out on an errand, and, it app nstrett, $oob?!;1000 lor, oi.tted c , . 0, urn at Rome," residence of her parents, No. 7 Quec d eared t r .. .—About teh o'clock on CotLtSiol4 ON TIIE RIVER d remarkably che _ceroposit,eo4 Wednesday night last, a collision took place off Gravesend, usual state of good health, and moo _ ia attaches', a c hn eier m sr sister-in-law, to whom she wasleline on her 00 _ n ot SPI, - 0 0$ between the Wilmot, a large ship of 800 tons burden, and where she remained for a short time, an aPf al lot. d the Royal Adelaide steam-ship, from London to Leith, which, her as far as the Angel Inn at however, has not been attended with any loss of life, but both vessels have sustained very extensive damage. The Wlmot, that she was seen alive by any_Pe o4day morn ing .a on r , lying of f which is bound for South Australia, with emigrants, rap i d full half-past tnree o'clock on lo dis Covered her of t ee e cargo, was hauled out of St. Katherine's duck on Tuesday, and No 590 of the city police from left her about eleven o'clock, after r w se h o it i t i i o me ho i t e d w l s p e r e . oo t t o l l b e; the steps r idge, °l ' ae 4 was towed down to Gravesend; where she stopped, and on causeway, about a yard - o h_ r tthheenr iv r e tt ro Wednesday evening the Royal Adelaide started from the St. Katherine's wharf on her passage to Le.th. On nearing Gravesend the steamer was about to cross over to the Kent about a foot fro d m the w lfaened,inwgihplahceer, ttl(tp:aCti quite cold and stiff, but s It was ir ; tlw down. The bo coast, when she ran with great force into the Wilmot, car • Y w t a e s r but a very short time. _ kure h. . I ,..at e j have been in the water rying away her bowsprit, topmasts, and the midchannels head °n ivie -house at the e" ki4e r-I_, wards removed to the d r w e s c: towards oppostelrd: found a letter to he r d in telsols and bulwarks from her lirboard side, besides doing a greet deal ocket of the d of damage to her hull. The Royal Adelaide was not more for- P he ec e e sae se of marriage; it was c ouche, _ litiri her e City side 'l ° 'f f ie who was on t tunate, she having lost her bowsprit, and figure-head, and re- fervent ;Section ; and in her box at .nee_r_otad s o so ceived very extensive injuries to one of her paddle-boxes, as the mosttrne,, was found another letter, a! ' e r e ' l is s ,. roeli t; tide washe spreaafter: well as to her hull. The alarm produced on board of both d i r r 'a i ) re l ' a l w, stating her intention to destreY _.° and li _ os ed vessels by the concussion is described as being of a painful s s'el."-hn nature. The Wilmot had a considerable number of emierants)lP,sti'ons not to sorrow for her. The "....., t, ,' of t b on board, nearly all of whom had retired to rest, admen , in v g. ,,rd" •t of " Temporary Mental Derattgeni e j a hn seil , s , women, and children all hastened on deck, to ascertain what a '-- "" named Morel in the estabils in g $ 0 , 4 0, A person, was her relations y but she did not state in which wt o , re tu . e was the matter, without h • • d dress h lves having waste to t emse - et is l w f s ei to The steamer had also a number ofpassengers amongst whom so e ' children . No cause for this a , . ta to 0 . i. jd were several females, and the terror pt no lees than on board and two young . had been rested , re fti o sSs a si s for some time he the Wilmot. Signals were made, and boats from the shore put but Abbe Loneuemarre, Chaplain of the Gobe i V o itho_ t s , pi C b lins two days ago blew his brains o.ut, lea -t l< re d 0 1 ' On) * off, and took many of the passengers to Gravesend. I of religion, but followed by 11 1 ._, * b i ta tits:',. ; of the rites . of the tatm a , ti o ships got clear of each h tim e thing thaf night was v e ry boist erous, sn d it was som e time before th h : a l d h m e it the bode into the chapel, and it wa s b t ur the -04)- o f ot er. It was a fortune. • the institution, and a great number V illi or the collision was with so large a vessel as the Wilmot, other- . neighbourhooo. for ehes s t ft a intended as i' l - i wise in all probability she would have gone down. Ross, Cromatty, Sutherland, and Cattail e s ,„, the exact amount of the budget of expenditure for 1841 is of Ro d s, der the title offhand, the Ross-shire Altirefr-. A Madrid letter in the Phare of Bayonne states that A new local newspaper, , esa h It peace under 1,369,301,681 seals, and of that of receipts 871,730,644 r., leays ing a deficit for the current year of 490,108,206r* A i , )) • conducted on Liberal principler, John Sharpe, trunkmaker, No. 60, High street, - stated that on Wednesday, the 23d of February, the inwl";ig: Mooby called at his shop and paid twelve shillings for with a 5/. note. Witness asked him his name, and it i „, e9 bf. , , mentioned some name, but witness did not recollect it. Pl e 'ae also said he was from blanches er. Witness did not 0 7401 4 down the name, but he paid away the note to the collector 7- i f go' '" the poor-rates. 0 .00 Mr. Hobler, jun., asked the witness whether ther e erl# not other 51. notes in the house at the time ? —Witness re 6, that there were, but they were direct from the Bank of 6 .0 g hin d and that which Mooby had paid to him was a Bank of Ei'S note from the branch bank of Manchester, as appeared upeeod face of tke note, and had been laid upon the top of the ° • s Joao, notes. the Joseph Martin stated that he was at the doer of Shal e ' e ri -.4°,, trunkmaker, who was his nephew, when the two Prlal re a :'''' were passing. One of the prisoners turned back, an 5 jfe him whether he had a trunk or box to sell at a low price ? _ni took them into the premises, and showed them a tr unk ' _ , d they went away. About an hour afterwards Mooby r,e t ir oss by himself, and paid witness's nephew for the trunk. " t did ~,, saw a piece of .paper pass from Mooby to his nephew, hg. c not know what it was. ''' 6 John Collins Wilkes, of No. 20, Bridge-street, Southwsr/41s stated that he collected the poor-rates for the district in o , 7;be Sharpe resided, and called upon that witness, on FridaY , re 25th of February, and received from•him the bank-note P re , duced, numbered and dated 66,120, Manchester, 26th bruary, 1841, upon which he wrote the name of Sharpel .A r bst The LORD MAYOR and Sir PETER LAURIE agr7: o Its ..,,4 1 quite enough evidence had been adduced to justify the y 'i 11 sending the prisoner at once to Manchester. 0 0 ' - ' •, , , i Superintendent Besvvick stated that he had offered ok r„ o er ...-;, to any person who should disclose to him where the prr boi ..-:;. lodged after they had left Mr. Cousins's house, and ... „' e itio% ,tl l ,, reason to suppose that he should very soon receive id°" - ... te rer p'' on the subject. His object was to lay his hand upon ll'''. '',,' property the prisoners Might have concealed. 601 j The prisoners were then, at the request of the Sg e r 'te ' dent, remanded till Tuesday next, and the Lord fflaYliry s§:, ; " the Superintendent that he should afford him every fue l o boe.: ~‘" he proceeded in this important case, and give him the a piegi ~4 tunity of removing the prisoners to Manchester before the Y" ar'' , i. fixed for the next examination, if it should be conside r " - . .' ' • cessary. , pfr ' , i , Mr. Cousins, in whose house it will be recollected w e . t he .11 soners lodged, said that the reports in the newspapers 7 - s ipea,;,il,; subject were calculated to do him injury, as they O n . . ' :4 , what might be considered a reflection upon his chara cte r i? ':i Superintendent Beswick, and the other officer erifl'°„ o o l • ' , apprehending the prisoner, declared that it was quite WI jef 2 :s o /', ble for any one to act better than Mr. Cousins had 5tete„.01,,11,54, he had assisted them with the greatest anxiety and enertsJ ,r ~ the whole businesst pe e d 0.13( 4 The Loan MAYOR said if there was no other got a- 00 ?•" Y. ro supposing that Mr. Cousins was a respectable an, hia Ilis ', i duct on the occasion was su ffi cient evidence of the file r ybiew; ' ,., Lordship was convinced that any misapprehensioria 0 0 1 -t ', might have arisen in the course of the first examination, ei.,,,,,'1 be most willingly removed in the report of the proce awe kI cS the day. _ Aw are , ,g , l Ihe two prisoners were taken down stairs to the 1 "" psk ,j, room, on the ground floor, where they were not trul r ' s :elt , ! ,I ' ; . / nutes when away they bolted through the gate into th a ,.., :ili . t??, 4 They, however, had not proceeded many paces, 0 ' 1 7, 4 - ' ~A 0 ' both were taken by the polieeman in whose custodYt l # 'befit been placed, secured, handcuffed, and conveyed to the t.'" girt v#' ",,,e^ The poor fellow named Wall, who was mentioned In 0 04 port yesterday of the case of Hit c h coc k, a s having been, e -ish t sed for a few years ago as heir to an immense prope ri l t iel t! we are .given to understand from authority, actually eut i or, / an enormous sum, as next of kin to an Antiguad $OO chant of vast opulence. He, however, could not be bill:0;00 a comparatively distant relative of the deceased &Wa t er er° ' i his el um, got hold of the property, and was never aft OW hoard of. We a. , -e also informed that he took the adviee th obe, Layton, the solicitor of Fenchurch-street, upon fludil et arU e l .: stood no chance of gaining anything by the law , an° vow to Ingatestone to till the ground, where he has lived e°11000.‘„:., and industrious. He appeared, while at the Mansiou;rowit! ~,, to belong to that rare class of persons , of whom Sir . • Wood is an extraordinary instance:— " Whose blood and judgment are so well ecnningl eti That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger • . •:' To sound what stop she please." QUEEN-SQUARE. ;,.- ~..w ed 111 ..,' • Bernard Cavanagh was placed at the bar, CPD'' 't begging. r nitgro beu-! Police constable 164 B, stated th , t yesterday 10 0 10,,1r 1.. nine o'clock, he was on duty in Cadogan-place, P it° fl, 1-11 O. he saw the def ndant descend the area steps o f ri ~,aer oe'• heard him solicit alms of a servant. When the p: fi d tis., witness he ran up the area steps like a greyhound, ;t0:5,, Ve off at a tremendous speed, but witness being also la f ...m e ' -- '. succeeded in overtaking and capturing him. , f ro/ p questioned at the station-house, he said his name V r p ti. v_ ..f r tO' Cavanagh, and that he was the man of fastingliw t°tl " ace°" - -, • his person were found three newspapers, containing A d.' of his exhibitions in different places. de h a /sfi l '' Mr. GREGORY -- What profession or what tr ots . ~ been brought up to? Cavanagh—l have no pre ,•t y have no trade. oe • Mr. GREGORY—You are committed as a rogue ~,if gabond for a month's imprisonment and bard lahl e• 1 0 0 74 [Why hunt down the poor creature in this ate oreld4,• Mankind are said to be like a herd of deer, and I ! A le b • y Diar i o seems determined that the stigma shall be saner iou'7 .o of terial authority. The punishment, every w W manity will say, far exceeds the offence. The meeting was then adjourned fur a month, for the purpose of giving the Directors an opportu n ity o f consu l t i ng the creditors, and reporting thereon. All ........ 4181 Itle x do t. : toti 7 ,0 ' 1 41 : 1 krt Div 0141