The Sun. — London, England, 1834-02-10 00:00:00

IM PE RIA LPA !ILI A ENT! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY, MONDAY, FEB. 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House sat at twelve o'clock. e PRYME brought up a report of the Committee _lPao sßill f or lighting with gas the town of Cambridge, obtained leave to bring in the Bill. IctWI LS ON PATTEN b roug ht up a report of the onnittee on a Bill for establishing and regulating a Pthtio market in the town of Bornlev, Lancashire. DISSENTERS' GRIEVANCES. iss A4 ' HAWKINS pre-ented a petition from 400 Inde porsndr ent and Wesleyan Dissenters, inhabitants of Nev- the Isle of Wight. The Honourable Member 2f r ""`l cl that the petitioners prayed to be refl. v . eil tncertain grievances affecting them as Protestant Dis ‘lPers from the Established Church . . They prayed for a general s death s . •Y 4 tem of registration of births, marriages, and r to have the sanction of law far the celebration of according to their own forms, in their . own de e d i t of ; and to be allowed to bury their own I A: - to Local burial grounds connected with their own sheteau°l worship. They also respectfully submitted to D o , 4 ; : ut mse whether, as Protestant Dissenters, now sup- , ttut•d'eltheir own churches, they ought any longer to he Il i Pay for a c h urc h f rom the d octr i nes o f w hi c h the? e dissented ? He heartily concurred in eikttPllrettriayer, and h ope d , f or t h e sa k e o f t h e E sta bli s h e d Itai of whi c h h e was a mem b er , i t wou ld b e -ntd t - -(Hear.) • .• A u i rd ered t o li e on the table. L I% ItACKBURNE presented a petition from an . in -111111(1,1ent c ongrecation of Dissenters at Marsden, in the ,' id ing of Yorkshire, praying to he allowed to gra ..tse a t the u n i v ersiies. hie on the t a bl e. titie°„llll'tiOßPETH said that he held in his hand a pe itise:' w bieh he cons id ere d i t a very hi g h h onour t o be to b: te d with, a n d h e was sure t h at i t wou ld b e a ll owe d It te w ell enti t l e d to t h e ser i ous attent i on o f the House. t!os, °l e th e Petition of the deputies from several cocgrega er °L Protest ant Dissenters o f t h e t h ree denominations sf pdenomina tions Yterians, Independents, and Biptists, consisting teed c°ogregations within 12 miles of London. He t4oluislpfneiititttiorne.l74 so the weight that ought to attach numerous and respectable a hotly,. the propriety tad Y thing further was wanted besides . ho t h °deration of the petition itself, it would a l fai4letretimstance that it was confided to one who was The m ember a n d f r i en d o f t h e E s t a blished C , .urch. tittitt i tioner s having set out with expressing theirgra- St th e f o r the relief already effected, and their gratification felf,:xtension o f t h at re li ef to t h e ot h er c l asses o f their the ,', 4h ieets, went on to say t h at , i n concurrence with l they is of th e practical grievances under which tead'iLt!°„ured, and with those from which they wee al lele "eved, i t was due to their constituents and them °fel, t° record their decided objections to the alliance th e 7 ° ' and State. They then proceeded to enumerate 114 '4'641 grievances, from which they prayed immavee l?se, .teittess. It was gratifying to his feelings have fr ith with such a petition, but in con or h trit y telt h." description which he had already given of IT they h t !as bound to say th a t he aid not go with them in llskstealiections to the a ll iance o f Ch urc h an d State; but of I s to t the practi ca l gr i evances enumerate d h e concurre d hret.t axistence, and as to the propriety of relief from t han, grievances were too well known to need reps .; tt list r ., : l hey were as fol'ow :—First, The want of a legal tOlif ,•-unof births, marriages, and deaths ; the compelling the:t °4lli 'Y "Pith th e rig hts of tie Esta'dished Church in ebration of the marriage rites ; the non,urial of °w° dead ; and the exclusion of their divines from tiehttai,ersities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the new ch er er k e ttY at Durham; the liability of Dissenters to te,li e t c ; r ates, and other ecclesiastical demands : and for isl'sottftil•roortneasaolnl B , hesegrievances, the fl-titian was presented. he (Lord Morpetb) had stated, he did tsiedeeit'iniaelf called on to discuss the subjects enume 5 , 1 :1 1 te petition. H e w o uld s a y that he trusted that teta " in agreeents which might take place between the mould b e d Church an d t h e Di ssen t ers as littl e an im o sity kr..vo mi xed up with them as possible. 46 00 li o s A ltVEY said that the Noble Lord justly charac Irho for e Petition as coming from a body of persons eery e 4"" Character and consistency of conduct merited d t'l°gY which he bad bestowed upon them. He ( . 11 ek e ' I " t.t. the purpose of denying the merits in which protPeettition had been presented, but for the purpose of ntt s i e t ' a gt on behalf of greater portion of the Dissenter-, , t th e es manner in which the Noble Lord had treated i nal a m, - r of the subject. He was of opinion that no greater tinpsi_tMent could exist fur the promotion of true and °d Ste hriet,ani,y than any alliance between Church th e cht tet--(Hear.) It was a very ill complitnent . to With th e est.:',esaZ,o,tiihdati any dissolution of its connexion *as, he presumed, founwd:dajorn iCshriinsttiearneittyi, woroutldhaetxtphiaret It cease to be pure b • 4 equired no union to : up " p ° ohrt it ; separationand n 0 0 0rn the State. It kerne to pure religion t an to au dependant on any extraneous support." greater evil could suppose it was merely Mr• (I4I 4VVE , D „ • thought that the state of the Rom to 'bat fell religion in Ireland was a stron g confirmation of fell from the last Hon. Gentleman who spoke. It At opinion, many cnturi and at ne by the aid ‘ l . l O opinion, without es, any connexi th onwith the State. of s t ,7r. SHAW (as we understood him) thought that t . e t i . .. te Would gain more by the dissolution of the connexion 1, 4 Church and State than the Church would. 7: 1 MORPETH did not enter into the speculation d (14' , ; La n of whether Church and State should be unite g r s i e Zedved. He rose for the purpose of laying a real I ) , "nee before the notice of the House, andasa mer i n- t th o ,A f the E sta bli s h e d Ch urc h, he considered that le r a t the Epis copa l Ch urc h wou ld not su ff er by the 1 1 " i", yet it wou ld cease to he an ecablishment. tesattre.nt , IiE ,I. THELL brought up a Bill for the better as eemy of the poor in the parish of Sculcoates, in the tist te. Yorkshir e , whi c h was read a first and second Messag e from the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports "s_ nn ounced, a n d el .Mr. SIIITH p res ented an account of the surplus rates oilotage.—Ordered to be printed. At One o'Cloc th e Hoirus d'n ned. t. Arrived at F enton's Hotel, St. James's, Mr. So 8. B "` ni mh, and J . N. Beamish, and suite, from the tr.irthin e of I n , eland, on a tour . flew reside nce, tenan t e d by th e L or d Iv i t l i n .e ellor and his family, in Great Stanhope-street, has, )4, ' In a fe w seasons, b een success i ve l y occupie d by of Exeter, L ord Stafford (of Coney), and Sir John ke n elO Ran. It is w i t hi n three or f our d oors of th e 114 7.° obrdclf. the Sec retary o f S tate for Fo reignseasonAff ,its at his _ g his first C a bi ne t dinner for the w le on Saturday. taga h .! le s'ee of the National Theatres has en apirlearaladanie Malibran, who will by-and_hy . m . ake h h ic e i r . l ivel 4ne e in a new opera. The activity and spirit which ti on .een evinced by Bunn since he has assumed the irec- V h the two theatres has certainly never been exceeded fier cer " e ne w comedy, called the Minister and the evening „P e rformed at D rury- l ane Th eatre on Saturday 4 nglish thee first ti me , an d sa id t o be adapte d to the 1), ;" 3 1 I t tan. g e by Mrs. G ore , i s , we h a v e authority to t s t ate, the lessee, the successful author of My itto 7 ife• L'rta i ,, • • air. FRASER.—The Rev. Thomas senior Minister of Inverness, died here, after a iatfor it early on Monday morning last, and is to be '44 erred " Prida Y • Few men will go down to the grave *at e de ePly or o u . i I:y lamented. His benevolence ts tt as active and v u er n s w a e - aried as it was unosten h ta a t d io . u h s. .eor t h y l se hetne of charity and of public usefulness__ .. Roq'se,PPort--his time, money, and prayers' His Ide % t "Pc knowledge of the world, and tolerant p t r k in n c o i , r tier ed him a safe and valuable counsellor , . in of krBYell sacred. Next week a proper intimation out raser's death will, we doubt not, be publishedexpressing out in the meantime we cannot refrain from eouliteeP sorrow for an event which has saddened every f Illoutt,',nr4.ll.ce,_and converted Inverness into one family o Yotte 11 , Mr. Fraser was, we understand, in the 60th rein th ' i l egP ; he had been thirty-two years a clergy- L p Place. b At 1rt,,,--"'-00L COTTON -MARKET, SATuit fo — ""e have had a very ileavy and unsettled marker ope,:°ltton this week, with a decline of id. per pound how " e t , i we ek's quotations, particularly ;randfo the new . er h op (lip, "8, which Ilave been offered freely aorta, riees do not seem steady. The Surats, at public , e "; ;vent off at a reduction of id. to id. per pouno tak e , Ziees obtained at the last sale. Speculators la s ave r ate, 2„ ° Bowed, and exporters 300 American, 300 . u• this Or u 0 ernams, and 100 Alaranhams. The =poi eek is 24.033 bags, and the s a l es •, r e 15,220 bag-, "'el Y - ditt o, 0 Sea Island, 14d. to 21id ; 20 staine , 8 ,280 ~Z ; 6,640 Boweds, 7td. to Sid. ; t .."3ew Orleans, 7id. to 9/1. ; 1,100 Alabama, ; 1,080 Pernams to 1 ; 990 Bahl, ad, tt,-".,,d•; 560 Maranhain, tid. to 10.1. ; 100 Para 64. d .: 110 common West India, 6fd.; 140 Surat Lo flit,. per Pound . By auction 970 Surat, sd. t, Per pound. TLe market to-day was unusually flat (From the Iltnip.lare Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, Fes. S.--On Tuesday the Endymion frigate, Capt. Sir S anuel R b,rts, sailed from St. Helen's, with Vice-Admiral Sir Josias Rowley, K C. 8., f r the Meditetranean. The Sparn,whawk, IS, Com. Charles Pearson, which went out of harbour this morning, will sail on Wednesday for the South American station. Lord Howard de Walden, Atnbissador to the Court of Donna Maria, arrived here on Thursday evening, attended by Lord George Hervey, and having received final in• structi ms this warning, hi, Lordship embarked at noon on board his Majesty's steam-vessel Lightning, which sailed immediately for L'slion. Lord William Russell will return hotate in the Lightning. The Marquis of Sligo, suite, and family (the Mar chioness and ten children, and tin servants), will embark in a few days, in the Blonde frigate, Commander Francis Mason, C. 13., for Jamaica. The Marquis has been confined a d' , w days at the George Inn by an attack of the gout. The Marchioness of Clanticarde is on a visit to her daughter the Marchioness of Sligo. The Blonde went out of harbour on Friday. The winds have continued to be so variable during the week that the merchant shipping, so long detained here, did not get away until this afternoon. The Upton Castle, Captain Dog-in, which put back on Sunday, from having received damage in her cutwater, 25 miles south-west of Portland, by running foul of a brig, has had her defects repaired, and, should the us ind continue fair, will sail to. morrow, with Sir John Keane, and suite, for Bombay. Toe James Patti-on, with Sir James Stirling, family, and passengers, will also proceed immediately. The brig which came in contact with the Upton Castle, has arrived in the Tharee , , with very trifling injury. The Robarts, for Madras and Bengal, and the Duke of Roxhurghe, for Bombay, Red Rover, for Van Diemen's Land, sailed yes terday, and La Belle Alliance, this morning, for Madras and Bengal. On Wednesday, the Sicilian brig of war Zephyr mounting 20 guns, arrived here on her way from the river to Sicily. S'ae is commanded by his Excellency G. Itnhert Duca di Furnari, who it is understood has been intrusted by his &wet eign with some matters of a diplti. matic nature, with the result of which he is now on his re' urn. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Commander Sir J. E Home, Batt., Lieut. Cm:irks Ed, n, and DL. Cum ming., Clerk, to the Raceoorse ; Commander W. L. Crstle, Salamander; Corn. H. T. Austin, Medea ; Lients. Henry Davey and W. J S. Clrk, to be rerired Com manders ; Leut. Griffin and Mr. Willi im Corsell. Purser, to the Flamer ; Lituts. J. G. D'Ur ban and J. N. Glad stone, Mr. Edward Blackmore, Purser, vice Ellis (whose ppointment is cancelled), and Mr. J. W. R. Jenkins, Seed Maser, Tyne; Lieut. T. Williams, of the Pl mouth Ordinary, to he Superintendent of Police at Piy mouth Dockyard, vice Gill, resigned ; Lieut. Cook (inventor of the life buoy, &c.) to the command of the Comet steamer; Rev. J Blentierhasset, to be Chaplain of the Belvidera ; Mr. John Coulter, Assistant Surgeon of the Undaunted (for his ski ful treatment of cholera cases which occurred in that ship), is promoted to the rank of Surgeon ; Mr. Henry Barnes, Surgeon, to the Bri.k. Royal Marines—Second Lieut. C. D. P. Marshall, to the Rainbow. (From the Devonport Telegraph.) DEVONPORT, FEB. B.—The Britannia, with the flag of Sir P. Malcolm, Caledonia, 120, Malabar, 74, Talavera, 74, and A fred, 50, were in Vourla Bay on the 20th Dec. The Sylla is on her way home, calling at Tripoli : Ac ae in, at Constantinople ; Champion, at Alexandria ; Raleigh, at Corfu; Scout, at Tripoli; Madagascar, at Napiei ; Barham, at Malta; Pelican, at Gibraltar. Sir Pulteney Malcolm will re:urn to England in the Barham, 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot, when relieved in his command. The Afiic,,n steamer, Lieut. Harvey, and Hawke, re venue cruiser, sailed on Tuesday to the westward. His Majesty's ship Ringdove, 18, Com. Lapidge, and Saracen brig, sailed yesterday for Lisbon ; and the Lynx, fit the coast of Africa, also sailed yesterday. The Romney troop ship, which sailed from this port on the 29(11 of November, with troop, for Coik, after having in vain tried to get round the Land's End, was obliged to bear up and make for this port, where she ar rived on Saturday, and still remains. The Columbia steamer arrived from Falmouth on Saturday to refit. The Swaile lighter arrived on Sunday, with chain cables for tine Andromache. She has been nearly two months on her passage from Dep ford. The Diligence transport, from Pembroke yard, arrived on Monday with stores. The Woodinansterne, freighted transport, arrived in Catwatet on Sunday, with troops for Jamaica. On the following day she took on board a detachment of the 22d regiment from the Longrooin B wracks, under the command of Cap tain Keappock. The Andromache, 28, Captain H. D Chads, was towed out of harbour by the Dee steamer on Monday, and sailed yesterday for the East Indies. The Dee weamer, Commander Stanley, sailed on Monday for Cork, to bring round 100 marines from Spike Island. The Thunderer, 84, Captain W. F. Wise, C. 8., arrived on Monday from the Downs, with 100 marines from Chatham, to do duty at this port, which were disembarked on Tuesday. We understand this ship has had her hold stowed in a peculiar manner, on a plan suggested by Mr. O'Laog, the builder of Woolwich-yard. The Favourite off Cadiz, from Portsmouth, Jan. 6, at G braltar, 7, and sailed again the same day f,r Malta. The. Meteor arrived at Malta, from Smyrna, ac. 29, Scylla, flout Vourla, 30, and Raleigh, from Corfu, Jan. 6. The Barham sailed from Malta, Jan. 27, and Scyl!a. Jan. 6. The Wasp arrived at Bubadoes trout Bermuda, Dec. 13, and sailed 14, for Trinidad. Arachne sailed from Barhadoes, for St. Thomas's and Porto Ric t, Dec. 11, and Forte and Vestal, for —, 14.. The Talbot arrived at the Cape, from Mauritius, Nov. 11. It maining in Hatnoar!.—S in JOBOl, Canopus, Race. horse, Scorpion, Columbia steamer, Diligence, Naval transport, S.vaile lighter. In the Saund—Thunderer, Athol, Romney, and Woods mansterne freighted ship. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal Papers to the 12th January, and Quebec to the Bth January, have been received at the North and South Ame rican Coffee-house. (From the Montreal Paper of Jan. 11.) PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT.—Our readers will be enabled, by this day's Courant, to peruse the proceedings of the first day's session of our Legislature. Of the Governor's speech little need be said, for it contains little matter ; it appears intended as the preface to a volume of despatches now preparing for publication. Much anxiety prevails, both in and out of the Legislature, respecting the expected communications from the Imperial Government; that they will be satisfactory to the House of Assembly is to be doubted, if we may judge from the tone of tile Colonial Secretary. It is stated that the Hamilton Bank Bill has been rejected in Upper Canada, by the Legislative Council. The Upper Canada Parliament has again resumed their sittings, after having adjourned from day to day. Mr. Perry made a motion for an address to his Excellency to dissolve the House, which, after a long debate of five hours, was nega tived by a majority of 24 to 4. The ice in the front of the town, last Tuesday, made a move, and forced itself to the wharfs and beach ; the channel is open. We have an arrival from Calcutta, but not of a recent date. THE FUNDS. We have arrivals this morning from various parts of the Continent, France, Holland, Germany, Italy, and also from the Peninsula. The former arrivals do not bring any informa tion of much importance, but that from Portugal, which has been anxiously looked for, is of importance, as it was expected that General Saldanha would have been in possession of Co imbra. This is not the case, for it appears that after he sur prised Ley ria, Don Miguel's army immediately made two sor ties from Santarem to the right and left : one against Saldanha, with 4,000 men, and the other against the main army of Don Pedro, under the Duke of Terceira, in both of which the Mi_ guelite troops were repulsed, with a severe loss. The private letters from Lisbon say, that in a few days the fate of Don Miguel will be decided. These favourable accounts from Lisbon have had an effect on the Portuguese New Stock, which has improved to 671. At the opening of the Foreign Market this morning a greal rush took place of the various brokers. Spanish Stock, which left off on Saturday at 32 3i 33, was immediately done at 30, and afterwards receded to 28%. A. reaction took place, and they went up again to 30 %, at which price they are at present. Since Saturday there has been a fluctuation in the above stock of 8 per cent , without the least positive infonnation of what the Spanish Government is going to do in respect to the Cortes' Bonds. We suspect all this stock-jobbing concern may be attributed to the great oppo sition of the two great capitalists in Holland and in this country, who are said to be bargaining for the Spanish Loan. Consols opened at 84 the same as they left off at on Sa turday ; and at present they are 891 j for the Account. HALF-PAST ONE. All the private letters from Lisbon confirm the accounts already published. We have no further arrivals or reports to communicate. Consols continue steady at 89i for the Account. This mar ket is almost deserted, and the chief business doing is in the Foreign Market; Spanish Stock has receded t o 291 30 ; For. tuguese, 67 to Consols have just been done at 89! 1. All the Funds have lowered since the early part of the morning. THREE, O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 891 SUN NEWSPAPER EXPRESS, WITH THE KING'S SPEECH AND THE WHOLE OF THE DEBATE. DUBLIN CASTLE, FEB. 7th, 1834 Mr. MONTGOMERY presents his compliments to ➢lr. Young, and is directed by HIS EXCELLENCY THE LORD LIEU TENANT to return his thanks for the extraordinary exertions made by Mr. Young in forwarding the :result of the debates, with the divisions of Tuesday the 4th of February. M. Young, Esq., Sun Newspaper-office, Strand. EARLY INTELLIGENCE. — At ten o'clock on Wednesday morning an express, sent at the expense of the proprietor of The Sun, put us in possession not only of the King's Speech and the debates in the House of Lords up to its close at seven o'clock, but the whole of the debate in the Commons also, to the rising of the house at 12 o'clock. By this activity of the Proprietor. of The Sun the inhabitants of this town were enabled to read the whole of the debate on the King's Speech eight hours before it could be seen through the usual channels of conveyance.—Leicester Chronicle. The proprietors of The Sun have again commenced their en terprising exertions for the rapid transmission of intelligence. An express from their office, containing the debates in both houses on the address to his Majesty, reached the office of Messrs. Smith and Co., St. Andrew's square on Wednesday night, who, with their usual alacrity, immediately despatched copies to all the newspaper offices in town.—Edinburgh Even ing Courant; DEBATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT BY EXPRESS.—We are enabled, by the exertions of Messrs. Johnston of Eden-quay, to present our readers with the entire of the debates on the address, in both Houses, on Tuesday night. The House of Commons did not adjourn until twelve o'clock ; but the spirited conductors of The Sun published after that hour an edition of their journal, of which we have availed ourselves on this occasion.— Dublin Morning Register, Feb. 7. THE SUN NEWSPAPER.—By the extraordinary exertions of this journal, which has given in an express edition the conclu. sion of Tuesday's debate, we are enabled, through the Messrs. Johnston, of Edin-quay, to present our readers with the full proceedings of both Houses of Parliament on the address to his Majesty. The second publication of The Sun arrived in Dublin at five o'clock, within forty-one hours after the House of Commons had risen. So successful an effort reflects the highest credit on the spirited proprietors of the London paper, and the enterprise of the above-mentioned respectable agents. — Freeman's Jonrnal of Friday, Feb. 7. BY EXPRESS EXTRAORDINARY.—THE KING'S SPEECH ON OPENING PARLIAMENT.-20 MINUTES to 2 OCLOCK, P.M.—AS promised in our last number, our express from Dublin, with the King's speech on the opening of Parliament yesterday has arrived at this moment—an instance of despatch unequalled, considering the nature of the weather. One of the Mr. John stons, of the house of Johnston and Co., newspaper agents, has been the bearer of our express; and though he travelled under circumstances of great difficulty from the state of the roads, he performed his journey in an uncommonly short time. We thus open the session with one of those exertions which we will continue throughout. The speech, which we subjoin, is copied from The Sun of last evening, whose unparalleled exer tions on this, as on all former occasions, are well known to the public.—Cork Southern Reporter of Thursday. THE SUN NEWSPAPER.—We, in common with all connected with the press in the North, have often been greatly indebted to the spirited proprietors of The Sun for early intelligence, which they have spared no expense to forward by express. They have already begun the same spirited exertions this ses sion, and, while we express our thanks, we cannot doubt but the public will duly appreciate the extraordinary efforts of the proprietors in their behalf, and that the already extensive cir culation of The Sun will meet with a corresponding increase. We need hardly say that we admire the principles as well as the enterprise of its conductors.—Berwick Advertiser, Feb. 7. The debate on the first day of the Parliamentary session, which lasted until midnight, appeared in The Sun paper, and was in common circulation in this town at half-past nine on Wednesday morning, conveyed by the spirited proprietors of that paper by express.—Hampshire Telegraph, Feb. 10. THE SUN NEWSPAPER.—Through the extraordinary exer tions of the spirited proprietor, the King's speech was circu lated through this city on Wednesday, some hours before the other evening papers arrived. We received a parcel by express, and had the pleasure of seconding the views of the proprietor of The Sun, by forwarding a copy to each of the reading rooms, &c., in the city ; on the following morning we received a later edition, containing a full report of the whole of the de bate, and which was not only circulated throughout Exeter, but Plymouth also, with the same advantageous priority.— Western Times, Exeter, Feb. 8. GREAT DESPATCH.—The exertions made by some of the London newspapers to gratify public curiosity are truly amaz ing. The King's speech was delivered in London at two o'clock on Tuesday ; and we suppose could scarcely be de spatched before four o'clockthe same afternoon, yet it reached Manchester by six o'clock on Wednesday morning, and was in Carlisle, by the heavy coach, soon after ten the same evening ; was reprinted by us and very generally circulated through the city by half-past ten ; having thus been twice printed and travelled a distance of upwards of 300 miles in little more than 30 hours. To the proprietors of the Courier we are indebted for this exertion. By some mistake in the arrangement, the copies of the Courier which arrived here for Glasgow and Edinburgh were not despatched until next morning, when they were sent forward with the mail—thus entirely frustrating the design. Copies of The Sun were expected by the same con veyance, and horses were in readiness to carry them forward to Glasgow and Edinburgh, but they had taken the wrong route, and did not reach here until next day. We were compensated, however, on Thursday morning, by the arrival of another express from The Sun office, with copies of that paper con taining the whole of the debate of Tuesday night—thus antici pating the mail by nearly a whole day! This express was im mediately sent forward on horseback to Glasgow and Edin burgh, which it would reach almost 20 hours before the regular conveyance.—Carlisle Journal. HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECII.-The spirited publisher of The Sun newspaper appears determined to distinguish himself, as usual, by supplying the earliest intelligence on important politi cal matters, during the Session of Parliament. At half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday evening an express arrived in this town, from The Sun office, with copies of that paper containing the King's speech, and full particulars of the opening of Par liament. This express was continued to Holyhead, to be for warded from thence to Dublin. At half-past eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning another express arrived at the news agents', Mr. Cooper and Mr. Mansell, in Union-street, with a third edition of The Sun, in which was a full report of the debate upon the address, which was not concluded until twelve o'clock the night previous. On Thursday morning at half-past eleven o'clock, an express also arrived, bringing copies of The Sun, containing a report of the debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening, up to the time of the com mittal of Lord Althorp and Mr. Sheil to the custody of the Ser geant-at-Arms.—Birmingham Journal. MESSRS. JOHNSTON AND CO., AND THE PROPRIETORS OF TILE EVENING MAIL.—To the generous, spirited, praise worthy exertions of Messrs. Johnston and Co., and the Proprietors of the Evening Mail are we indebted for the early arrival on Thursday morning, of The Sun and the Mail, each containing an account of the opening of Parliament, and a copy of the King's Speech. The Sun which the Messrs. Johnston for warded by express in advance of the Dublin mail to Cork, arrived here about half-past two in the morning, being little less than an hour in advance of the mail coach which brought the Evening Mail. The Messrs. Johnston, we know, had to en. counter much difficulty in procuring horses fit to travel at some of the stages : this retarded their courier very considerably. The number of The Sun destined for this city, first came into the hands of our contemporary, Mr. Denroche, who kindly sup plied us with a copy as early as possible. To the Messrs. Johnston are we again indebted for the express edition of The Sun up to the latest hour on Tuesday, which we received yes terday morning by post, and which enables us to lay before our readers in this day's Journal a continuation of the dedate upon the King's speech, and the divisions thereon.—Kilkenny Jour nal, Feb. 8. EXPRESS.—PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.—WC received last night, by Express, from the Messrs. Johnston, a copy of the second edition of The Sun of Tuesday evening, contain ing a report of the debates in both Houses of Parliament up to the hour of post. We subjoin a summary.—Belfast News- Letter. UNPARALLELED DESPATCH.—By the exertions of the pro prietors of the London Courier, we were in possession of a copy of his Majesty's speech at half-past nine on Wednesday morning, being, we suppose, little more than seventeen hours after its delivery in the House of Lords, in which space it had been forwarded two hundred and seventeen miles ! By this exertion the other evening papers were anticipated in this town nearly eleven hours ; and the time is not long gone by, when we should have had to wait till the Thursday morning at eight o'clock, before a copy would have been delivered. By considerable exertions, The Sun expressed their paper of Tues. day evening, containing a report of the whole of the proceed. ings of both Houses, to the time of their rising, thus antici pating the arrival of the morning papers here about sixteen hours !!—Preston Pilot. From an Express Edition of The Sun, we have been enabled to give the debate in both Houses to the close. Edinburgh Advertiser. THE SUN NEWSPAPER.—It is with pleasure we again draw the attention of the public to the very extraordinary exertions of The Sun Newspaper. We anticipated an express during the course of yesterday, which Messrs. Smith and Co., St. Andrew-square, received in the course of the evening, when they obligingly transmitted us a copy, by which means we are enabled to lay before our readers the interesting debate on the King's Speech in the House of Lords, as well as that in the Commons down to the division, which took place about twelve o'clock on Tuesday night —Edinburgh Observer. THE FIVE EXPRESSES ON WEDNESDAY.—At seven o'clock we received a fifth express from The Sun office, containing the whole of the debates up to the adjournment of both Houses. The whole expresses arrived at Mr. Willmer's, Newspaper Office, by whom this intelligence was forwarded to all parts of Scot land, Wales, and Ireland. At one o'clock this morning we were favoured by Mr. Willmer with a third edition of The Sun, received by express, and bringing up the proceedings till nine o'clock on Wednesday night. From it we learn that Lord Althorp, on being pressed, exonerated Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Finn from the charge of speaking and voting against the Co. ercion Bill in public, and recommending its adoption in pri. vate, and charged Mr. Shell as the man. Both his Lordship and Mr. Shell were ordered into custody to prevent a duel be.. tween the parties.—Liverpool Mercury. We received, at a late hour last night, through Messrs. Will_ finer and Smith's office, a copy of the express edition of The Sun, supplying a continuation of the debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday night, up to nine o'clock. The first part of it will be found under our Parliamentary head. But for the scene which occurred in the House, we should not, per haps, have considered it necessary to continue the debate to a later hour than we had previously given it. —Liverpool Standard, February 7. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH. — At half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday evening, The Sun newspaper was received in Birming ham, containing a report of the King's Speech, and other particulars connected with the opening of Parliament; and at half-past eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning, copies of the same paper reached that town, with a full and complete report of the debate on the address, which terminated in the House of Commons at 12 o'clock the night before. The pro vincial Journals are under deep obligations to the publisher of The Sun for the spirited and persevering manner in which they are early supplied with all intelligence of importance.—Wor cester Herald. At the closing of our Correspondent's letter there was no appearance of any amendment being proposed in either House, but in the Exprest Edition of The Sun,with which Mr. M`Phun has politely favoured us, we find that in the Commons two divisions took place. The Sun contains no less than fifteen columns of debates—a most astonishing effort.—Glasgow Herald. We are indebted to the spirited proprietor of The Sun, for the exertions he made in sending down a sscond edition of his 'T'uesday's paper, containing the King's speech and fifteen columns of the debate. Mr. Wiley came down from London with the papers in fourteen hours.—Shdlield Independent, Feb 8. EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.-We have to record another instance to the many previously recorded, of the extraordinary exertions made by the proprietors of the London Press to give the country early intimation of important news. At about half after three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, an express passed through this townAwhich had left London at one o'clock the same morning, conveying a parquet of The Sun newspapers, with a number of which we were politely favoured, and which contained fifteen columns of closely printed debates of the previous evening, ending with the division on the address to his Majesty in the House of Commons. The House did not adjourn until about an hour before the departure of the express The horses were changed at the Hotel here, and we understand conveyed the express to Bullock-smithy in 33 minutes. The public, we trust, will show their sense of this effort to oblige them by the only way open; namely, by an extensive patronage of the paper.— Macclesfield Courier. The Messrs. Johnston were most successful in their Special Express. At half-past four we were favoured by them with a copy of the London Sun of Tuesday evening, containing the King's Speech also.—Saunders's News letter. TliE KING'S SPEEcII.—The inhabitants of this city, and in deed of the country at large, owe a deep debt to the enterprise and public spirit the proprietor and editor of the Evening Mail have uniformly evinced in obtaining the earliest information on subjects of great public interest. Again were they first in the field yesterday in expressing at an unparalleled rate of speed the King's Speech spoken on Tuesday afternoon in London. The following will best explain how it has been accomplished:— " By the most extraordinary effort ever made, and by a speed never equalled in the annals of the road, we have received the King's Speech on the opening of Parliament yesterday after noon, in twenty-two hours after it had been despatched from London. Our messenger left London at four o'clock last even ing, and reached Holyhead—a distance of two hundred and sixty-four miles ! at seven this morning, effecting the journey at an average rate of eighteen miles an hour. The Nottingham steamer, Captain Jones, had been in waiting at the Head from the night before—the City of Dublin Company acting with their usual promptitude and liberality—in charge of a gen tleman from this office, when she was instantly got under way, and performed the passage to Kingstown in seven hours and three minutes. Nothing could equal the zeal, anxiety, and attention of the horse masters and heads of posting establish ments on the whole line from London to Holyhead ; and al though the fleetest horses and best conveyances in England are perhaps from town to Birmingham, and along to Shrewsbury, we are bound in justice to say, that the rapidity of forwarding our Express, although at night, through Wales, was not infe rior to that experienced at any other part of the journey. On a former occasion, when we expressed the King's speech from London, we were alone in the field, and had no competitors to contend with. In the present instance the case was different ; and as we shall always court fair and honourable and manly competition, we take this occasion to acknowledge, that all was right, honest, and straightforward. ,Our rivals for fame were the spirited and enterprising Editor and Proprietor of The Sun Newspaper, Mr. Murdo Young, who was the first that ever established the running of Expresses through England and to this country, upon great occasions of political interest—Mr. Willmer, the celebrated Agent at Liverpool—and Messrs. Johnston, of Eden-quay, Dublin, the Irish Agents. Thus had we British enterprise, perseverance, capital, and experience embarked against us, and against all combined we have suc ceeded. Had we been beaten, we should certainly have felt chagrin and mortification ; but we would have given to our successful competitor—for we will not say opponent—the praise and merit that was his due. Being successful, we will enjoy our triumph with moderation but the friends and sup porters of the Mail will, we think, rejoice, and our country men of every class and denomination will feel a national pride that they now have a Journal of their own, possessing the energy, and commanding the means, for contending, and with success, against the first and greatest establishments of the Empire.—Dublin Evening Mail. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. to e.., c g w, . ~ . k . g. From Whence. ro ( 7,. r . = g .9 E. • '' .:4 Qrs. Qrt. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sck,. Aldboroi igh 144 068 60 50 Boston - 1580 Bridgwater Bridport Chichester — 40 Dartmouth ). „, Colchester., 325 185 1170 233 52 139 ! , ,- Harwich Leigh I 384 177 ' 75 309 57 x Maldon 2496 533 460 1i 7 1011 459 332 Hastings lO4 12 25 18 26 II ull — 100 406 Ipswich 459 1289 989 60 9 604 i Kent Lowestoft — 400 Lyme — 80 12 30 Newport 4O 10 311 Plymouth — 30 50 Poole -, 70 - Rye 3O 10 10 Southampton South wold 69 suo 84 16 Stockton 344 Wells 330 3 , 9 150 Weymouth Wisbeach 1365 245 Woodbridge 202 819 33 21 5 419 Yarmouth 216 3287 1757 240 10 410 Aberdeen — 160 2000 Arbroath — Bantl — 2545 13 nerwick — 1100 - undee — 28 09 17 Perth — 23 0 7968 10718 6211 8504 2302 1119 0798 I RISII. Cork Dublin — 1125 I 38 18 Sligo — 1700 • Waterford — 330 Youghall — 444 FOHEIGN. Rotterdam — 165 - Total 8454 110718 QUAN" 0--iii Muss AGGREGATE Rye, 510—Tares, TITY 0 inseed, stard, IF OTH 1915-- ER kl! -Rapese is, 463. DS 0 euLs .Brank, ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Westmeath, inWilton-crescent, from a tour; Lord and Lady Wynford, from Foot's Cray; the Bishop of Hereford and the Hon. Mrs. and Miss Grey, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from the palace, Hereford ; the Dowager Lady Clinton, in Jermyn-street, from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at Burghley House; Lord Segrave, at Berkeley House, Spring-gardens, from Berkeley Castle, Glou cestershire; Colonel Henry White, M.P., in Cockspur-street, from his seat in Herts ; T. H. B. Estcourt, M.P., at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Wilts; Sir John Wrottesley, Bart., M.P., in George-street, Hanover-square, from his seat, Wrottesley Hall, Staffordshire; Hon. Captain Spencer, at Spencer House, St. James's-place, from Burghley ; E. L. Bulwer, Esq., M.P., and Mrs. Bulwer, in Hertford-street, May-fair, fron the Continent ; Honourable Mr. and Mrs. E. Metre, in Brook-street, from a tour ; the Earl and Countess of Verulam and Ladies Grimston, in Gros venor-square, from Hatfield House ; the Countess of Mansfield and Lady Caroline Murray, at Mivart's Hotel, from Surrey; Lord Grimston, in Grosvenor-square, from the Earl of Craven's. Combe Abbey; Lady Clifford, in Eaton-square ; Mr. and Lady C. Cavendish, at Burlington House, from the North ; Earl of Farnborough, in Berkeley-square, from the Continent; Lord Kenyon, in Portman-square, from Gredington Hall, Flintshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Hanbury Tracey, in Dover-street. DEPARTURES. Prince Labanoff de Rostoff, from Mivart's Hotel, for Brighton ; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable, from ditto, for Paris ; Count Pahlen, from ditto, for ditto. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Saturday night a new Comedy, in Five Acts, translated by Mr. Bunn, from the French of Scribe, and entitled The Minister and the Mercer, was brought out at this theatre. We understand that the translator has had some trouble at the Chamberlain's Office with his MSS.—a very superfluous piece of coquetry on the part of the official authorities, for there is nothing at all in the Comedy that can offend either public or private character. We subjoin a slight analysis of the plot :- Ihe scene is laid at Copenhagen, in the reign of Christian VII., who was united to Caroline Matilda, the ill-fated sister of our Monarch George 111. The business of the Comedy refers to that political change in the Government of Denmark by which Struensee, the Prime Minister, was destroyed, and the young Queen doomed to an imprisonment from which she was soon afterwards released by death, leaving her reputation at the mercy of most malignant enemies, who, however, failed to establish any credible proof of the heavy accusations they brought against her, and which, if they had been well-founded, were capable of ready substantiation. It is in this state of circumstances, and while the Queenmother (Mrs. Sloman) is busily engaged in plots against Struensee and the Queen Consort, the King being in a state of fatuity, that the Count Bertrand de Rantzau (Mr. Farren), a wily politician, who has grown old in the mysteries of diplomacy, takes into his hands the strings by which the puppets, the instruments of the intrigue, are to be made to act. Without saying much, and by doing still less than he says, he induces Raton Burken staff (Mr. Dowton), a rich silk-mercer and extensive manufac turer, to become the leader of a popular insurrection, drives the Count and his colleagues of the Administration into mea sures which make them odious to the people, while he saves his own reputation, and ultimately turns the very engines which had been prepared for his disgrace into the means of his personal triumph, and the downfall of his enemies. The Government of Struensee is demolished, the Count Bertrand tie Rantzau is appointed Prime Minister, amidst the acclamations of the people, and Raton, who has risked his life and wasted his fortune in the revolution, is rewarded by being appointed silk-mercer to the Court, and having the privilege of placing the King's arms over his shop-door. Even this good fortune is not without its drawback, for the result of the conspiracy being to send one Queen into banishment, Raton, who had be fore supplied two Queens with silk goods, loses just one-half of his patronage. There is an underplot which adds to the interest of the play, arising out of the star-crossed loves of Eric Bur kenstaff (Mr. Cooper), the only son of Raton, and Christine Falkenstern (Miss E. Tree). The acting throughout the comedy is of first-rate excellence; but foremost in point of merit stands Farren. In modern times we have seen nothing like his per formance of Saturday, whether we regard its exquisite truth of nature, its elaborate finish, the subtle force of its conception, and, more than all, the perfect ease and absence of effort that perva ded it throughout. Mr. Farren's personal appearance was modelled with equal propriety, especially the head with its silver fleece, and in his manner, so far as we are enabled to SMITH FIELD MARKET This day's supply of Beasts was moderately good, of Sheep, Calves, and Porkers limited, and the trade was somewhat brisk, at the following prices:— PRICES PER STONE OF 8 LBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. i. Inferior Beasts 0 2 2 4 Large Lambe 0 0 0 t Second quality ditto 2 8 3 4 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 t Prime large Oxen... 4 0 4 '2 Large coarse Calve- 3 8 4 e Prime Scots, &c..... 4 2 4 4 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 8 Inferior Sheep ...... .. 210 3 2 large Hog; Second quality. Otto 4 0 4 4 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 410 Suckling Calves 10,.t,30 , each SouthdownWcthers 5 0 5 2 Quarter old Pigs 125.t0.18...each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. I 2,597 15,700 120 80 About 600 of the tieasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 401 up the other northern roads; annul 100 (including Irish) trout the western and mulland:districts , about 1100 'rum f•ilk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; about 140 from 1. ent and Sussex and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c in the neighbourhood of London. NEWG A l'E AN t) LEA►)ENHALL MACIKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. 6. d. to 6 . d, s. d. tos. d Seel, inferior 242 6 I Mutton, inferior ... 24 2 8 - middling 2 6 3 0 - middling.. 3 0 3 4 - prime large 3 4 3 6 - prime 3 6 31. - prime small... 3 6 3 8 Pork, large Veal 3 4 5 4 -small 3 4 4 4 form a judgment, he came as near his original as it is possible to conceive. Mr. Dowton's personation of the vain, conse quential Raton, was a bold, broad caricature, striking but rude; humorous but not without coarseness. It was on the whole favourably received; though occasional disapprobation was ex. pressed at some passages which 747. Dowton pointed rather too coarsely. Mrs. Glover played the silk-mercer's wife with her usual skill and quiet power. Miss Tree made a very attractive Christine, and Mr. Cooper a very respectable Eric. The scenery throughout was good, and some parts of it in Stansfield's best manner. We have little doubt, judging from the triumphant reception it met with on Saturday, that the comedy will have a run. The following is a specimen of the dialogue : RAT. (pompously)—My friends, we have succeeded at last, thanks to me, though I oughtn't to boast of it, who in the ser vice of my King have planned, directed, and executed every thing. ALL—Long live Raton Burkenstaff! RAT. (to MAit.)—You see, my dear, I'm as popular as ever. MAR.-It is nothing to me—l care for nothing now I have Illy son. RAT.—Now, silence, gentlemen, silence. (Importantly.) 1 have here the commands of the King, which I have just re ceived from his Majesty ; for it is me in whom his Majesty has placed his absolute and unlimited confidenee. JOHN. (Turning to the mob.) The King's right.—(Point ing out RATON as he is taking the King's order out of his pocket.) There's a head for you I it couldn't have been done without master) who knew well what he was about in throwing handfuls of gold among the crowd (delighted), and out of twenty thousand florins I can prove there isn't a rix-dollar left. " RAT. (breaking the seal of the paper, and pointing to JOHN to be silent)—John! JOHN — Yes, master. (To the mob)—And in return for all this, if things had taken a different turn, why we might have been loaded with irons, instead of honours. RAT.—Hold your tongue, John. _ _ _ JOHN—Yes, master. (Shouting)—Long live Burkenstaff! RAT.—(With self satisfaction)—Very good, my friends, you are very good, but you must keep silence. (Reading)—" We, Christian VII., King of Denmark, to our faithful subjects, in habitants of Copenhagen. After having punished treason, it remains for us to reward fidelity, in the person of Count Ber trand de Rantzau, who, under the regency of our mother, the Queen Dowager, we appoint prime minister. Bea. (with an apparent modesty)—Me 1 who wished to re tire from public life ? RAT. (sternly and authoritatively)—You cannot do that, my Lord; it is the King's order, and you must obey.—Now let me finish reading (Going on reading)—' in the person of Count Bertrand, whom we appoint prime minister,' (Emphatically, and with a swagger)—' and in that of Mr. Raton de Burken staff, merchant of Copenhagen, whom we appoint, in our royal residence (dropping his voice and tone) principal silk mercer to the Crown.' ALL—Long live the King! Jonx—Oh my ! then we shall have the royal arms over the shop door. RAT, with a wry face)—A precious fine appointment, and a precious fine price I have paid for it. JOIIN—And the little place, master, you promised me — RAT.—Hold your tongue, you fool! JOHN (to his companions)—There's ingratitude for you. Is that the way you pay me, who have done it all? BER. (to Ea►c.)—You, my young officer, who have on this occasion run the greatest risk, must have some reward. Elm. (with openness)—Now, for I may now say to you alone (in an under tone), I have never conspired. BEa. (imposingsilence on him)—Well, well, but those are things we never speak of afterwards RAT. (aside in a melancholy tone of voice) —Silk-mercer to the Crown ! MAR —You ought to be satisfied ; it is what you have been long wanting to be. _ _ . RAT.—I was so before, in reality, for I supplied two Queens but by turning one out of power I've lost half my patronage.' THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week the arrivals of most descriptions of grain were more moderate than of late, and this morning the show of samples was not so considerable as on the Monday previous. The millers manifested more d;sposition to purchase fine Wheat, which sold readily at last quotations; for other qualities, how ever, there was not a lively demand. Barley continues plenti ful ; fine parcels will maintain former prices ; other sorts remain dull. Beans of dry quality obtain last week's terms but tender parcels are lower. Pease, of both kinds, meet a heavy demand, at no variation in value. Oats are firm in value for dry qualities, but tender samples are still dull in sale at no variation in prices. The demand for Flour still continues limited, and there is no difference in the value of this article. PRICES ON BOARD 01 SHIP Wheat, lied (old) —s. —White (old) —s. --- Red 1833) Fine 483. Superfine s2s. —White (1833) 4ss. Fine s2s Superfine s6s. Foreign free —s. 32s 24s Rye Barley - Grinding --- Malting Malt - Fine New , Pease, Grey Nei - Maple N. -- White - Boilers . —S. —S. , 9.Bs. :30i. 445. 50s. 50s. As. •w I '3oi M.... 33i 30s. 39s Beans, Small (new)... —s. —s. --- -s --- Tick (new).— gi's 295. (old) 30s. 32s Harrow (new) 325. 34s (old).. 355. 36s Brank —s. —s. Oats, Feed l6s 20s. New Poland ISL 22s New —s. —s - Potatoe 225. 24s - New 225. 24s 17s 19s 21s (per sack) 45s 50s ,nds 425. 45s ,h Country 38s. 40s 83. 9s - Scotch - Flour Town - Seco] - Nortl Bran NEWCASTLE WORN MARKET—Feb 8. The condition of the Farmers' Wheat to-day was rather im proved, and the late low prices having induced a speculative demand, sales of all kinds were more ready at an advance of Is. per quarter. Oats went off more readily at an advance of Is. per quarter. The beat samples of Barley find buyers, and for these late prices are fully supported ; but the inferior parcels are still neglected. Fine Malt steady sale. Rye without change. Little doing in Beans or Peas. Flour dull sale. New. 0.4.• Whe -- .t, Northumberland 4os. 525....... —s- —s• - I —.— Norfolk and Suffolk 47.. 52. ..... . s. —b. ---- Berwick and Scotch 424. 465....... —s. —s. Foreign , tye, Norfolk and Suffolk 365 593....... --s. —B. Foreign 30s. 355....... —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 26 . 30s --s. —5. -- Grinding and Feeding .......... ..245. 25s — B' ---5 . t .lalt, Norfolk and Suffolk— ...............505. 56s --s. —5. leans, Small 10, 335....... —s. —s. r 2 , /s 31. Tick rt. —s —s Pease, White 355. 375. ~.., ..- 5 . ..., Gray 28s 305 —s. _ s :i Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe lfis 19s. l9s. 20..14s --- Feed l4s ltis Foreign ..................................—s. —5 S. _S. Flour, Fine (per sack) —s. —8 34s. 375. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JO Press of matter during the last feittraWerl vented us from calling public notice tolarbspAce. cution by the Government of an even144414t.,9 for what was termed a " seditious libel. dia-C 1 that occasion the accused parties were found " guilty," and what punishment they may suffer for it rests with the Court which tried them. The whole country, press and people, have, w e will venture to say, been with us when in many fo-tner instances we remonstrated with men in power,—and no matter who may have been in power,—on the gross absurdity, aggravated by the grievous oppression, of prosecuting what are termed " political libels." A Government which cannot stand the attacks—above all, which cannot stand the violent and licentious attacks—of a daily press ought not to stand at all. The intrinsc weakness which is manifested by an incapacity to command the preponderance of opinion in its ov;'! 1 favour proves that such a Government has no n;'/cal force, and cannot rule the county, or adin: - nister the laws, by those means which charac terize all good government—namely, the willing assent and support of the people. So, a ready and suspicious soreness, excited by the published reproaches of its enemies, leads to a general and not unreasonable belief that the jealousy proceeds from such conscious weakness, and tends to undtrmine the reputation of the Government far more than the most entire impunity and latitude afforded to the spirit of libel. It is the more prov..king to the friends of the present Government that such indi s cretion should be chargeable upon it, because the adherence and attachment of those friends is founded on the persuasion that it does deserve and actually possess the cordial esteem of the British nation ; and that all the vile apparatus of official prosecu tions are as utterly superfluous to its stability, as they are degrading to its chwacter. A pi ivate ci tizen might be cruelly injured in his fame and station by a slanderous paragraph in a published print, because fes persons can he supposed to know the falsehood and villany of the libel. Such a person may fairly have recourse to the law for redress, because then, and then only, except in ca,e of a public retraction of the falsehood through the same vehicle by which it was firs t circulated, can equal publicity be given to thu truth. But the character of a Government cannot be unknown to the country. The acts of a State or Ministry cannot be done in a corner. The truth as respects a Government can easily, by a word, be made known. Nobody, where the press is free, cares one straw for the mere ebullitions or instigations of factious phrenzy : if laughed at one hour, they are forgotten the next, unless an unnatural gravity and permanency be affixed to them by a notice from the Attorney-General, which has been in all human likelihood the very object of the libeller's ambition. Does any Ministry suppose that it would not be more powerfully defended by the respectable portion: of the press itself; from the assaults of that part which is impotent and disreputable, than by taking as it were the law into its own hand, and employing that odious instrument an ex officio information ? Now, what conceivable mischief could have arisen to Lord Grey's Government from even an hundred consecutive columns of " sedition" put forth by that mean and wretched publication which calls itself the True Sun." Why, the paper just prosecuted and lound guilty wanted nothing but the drag-rope of a sentence to pull it a few inches out of the muddy obscurity in which it has all belong been immersed. Who ever would have re in timbered the journal, or its " excitement to sedition" four and twenty hours after it was printed ? We declare, most solemnly, that it had wholly escaped our notice, and as certainly that of the public. There is an appearance of littleness which ought to have uggested itself to some of the Crown lawyers, and by them been brought under the attention of the Government, it► thus crushing a harm less, however malicious reptile. We held the same language to Lord Durham, and exhorted him to stand upon his public character, as e now use to the Administration of which his noble relative is the head. Why should either prey on garbage? The scurrilous and unsa voury journal now referred to merits no favour nor courtesy from us. The whole ward of Bil iingsgate has been daily ransacked by its writers for terms of foul and rancorous abuse of the Times, which never d►d aught to offend save omily by never spe. king of it. But we cannot bear to see these unhappy persons harassed and oppressed. We abhor these political prose cutions, and so do the people of England.— This evening the motion of Mr. O'Connell to be renewed, for an inquiry into the truth of a statement which bears on the face of it a direct accusation of inconsistency or bad faith, as the case may turn out to be, against one or more representatives from Ireland. Our last remark, in the Times of Saturday, upon the stage at which this extremely unpleasant busi ness had then arrived, was, that a further prose cution of it seemed to be inevitable, for the sake even of the gentlemen whom it more itn tnedi ately affected ; and it therefore matters but little at present that it might or ought, in the first instance, as a Parliamentary proceeding, to have been promptly and completely stopped. It is difficult, of course, to foresee what precise disclosures may result from this investigation, but it is not difficult to guess that they will scarcely be of a nature to in demnify the public for all the dine and at tention which the subject has already occupied. There is one circumstance only which can be of he slightest value to him who is anxious to make the most of the affair, namely—a clear proof, should such be brought forward, that Irish Members who voted and spoke against the Coercion Bill, sent through some distinct and accredited channel to Ministers, a commu nication to the effect that although they (the communicators) were compelled to vote against the Bill, it was actually necessary that some such measure, protective of lite and property, should be carried. Now, if it shall be proved that a message—we do not say in the above words, but of the like n a t ure an d ten dency— was delivered to a Minister with a view that it should be acted on b ) h im, there is not another word to be said but that the Member or Members exhibiting such duplicity must be numbered with those public men, and they, we fear, are many, who have for ages ex pressed opinions or desires in the teeth of which • they afterwards both spoke and voted, under the tear of forfeiting place, pension, or some other personal advantage. We really cannot discover intuit difference between the man who votes against his judgment for the sake of retaining his place, and him who is guilty of the same rime for the sake of keeping well with his 1 -7-902 E. ("....- i 2.1,(7P ^^ tom , vy 24, . ' ~. r ..... i ' r . .!,.:7,: .. , '! Ir" 5.... , . p . rd "'., .......,„,.... ~ ..., 1 §i./ 5. .--- rt. , . ."5 ., T .- H, P"' v--; t, pp. , .. .---,,,,.. inttiavSAlrer":;. ,t Fr,