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di r ests and that he believed it to be correct. The hon. 1 i ' e albet said he was a member of the church of Scotland, t ad yet wish e d f or the destruction of that establishment, t hic h by the universal voice of the neople succeeded the „tlTetiarafaoreeathhealrisa, eaenlidg. which had been approved of by ta t " v ni en erated from that day to this. Flo desire for the destruction of that establishment was who g of yesterday ; th ought it there was a large body of men in consequen.e of necessary to separate from the establishment Ministers If the the manner in which the ttibbeestablishineut were appointed. But to say that a h rof the church of Scotland wished well to that e-tit i e l , h ', B ati yet wished for its destruction, was language 1 1 4% g t Re each] not hear without entering his solemn 144 i agnin ' t it. As to the obnoxious nature of the pay thltitlilutried to, .he would say, their estates had descended to it - i 7 vcs ged with that payment, that they . had purchased to e ' est ates under that charge, and that if they attempted un. otinPoltet that sum, it would be, in his opinion, an ore _ et LiPled proceeding, as it would be robbing the c to P t ior*tiand of a payment which had been allotted i lie mould for which now they gave no consideration. brewed t ial take that opportunity to sty that there were 44 % it! Scotland doctrines respecting church and Nil • W hich he for one would never give his support. toadties were carried to an extreme that would soon put epos 1 1, ta All government. The first attempt was made )4., 4 church, the next would be an attack up l o d n i r e - r gie:',,,ad he hoped that Scotch members w (ni in any , vi Leeir sanction to any pi °position, which . . kr / te.tirljrsell to the destruction of the church of Scotland. Nits , e u/INSON was greatly surprised at the observe itit,-'''' the hon. member.could say, that 1 , -• L . / clonte r • . He (Mr' J.) in Scotland: b e principle was not so general 2 3 tbo tit ke'n asserted. Out of a population of . 0 0,000, tiota.:ao,ooo were dissenters ; so that the majority of li t -- : l) e ie a Scotland were in favour of the establishment.. i llte k - i m_ed that bon, gentlemen would deal with facts, he Ise p i a general assertions.. There were about three 7ill d iso i ;j le rgYinen amongst the Seceders, and he (Mr. i: could vouch that more than fifty of that number krne tbe voluntary principle. 1144 4 11 1_ °413 CKconsidered that the church was not corn iiiPPootZgYmen out of the congregation. It was . a mistak r e in to A PIs of „ -- 7 t the churc i h ee would be destroyed if the p s rendered were to be enforced. O t z z e ti s t Y i :a g g afor petitioneerv• yesterday be made took same isee 144aatiti°41 as now; misapprehensions often t Sly a ..' s me hon, entlemen, and there was . oer.capsion likli Teat deviation from Christian charity in the tAlhe %IN in an uncalled for , i te Which were t h rown ou t ,kt R N , '' 1 1 C U was in favour of the union of church wasand ".apob ior - ! . denied that the present mode of payment t , ~ ,Illt e l f ZP I tcoD.T I LON considered that the property of the fi . l atti a , - ;.,, 4a And Presbyterian churches was that which L'l4,p :from the Roman Catholics at Reformation;th s e stili applicable t o 'Prop er to th t e t Sta m te ig , h a t nd e w on a sider expedient. thZttr tart' that the p was making great way, both in 4 I and out of . it, and be hoped that it would iton.4tted He could assure the s i t eol , to a fair discussion. tOieti ou .)er for St. Andrew's that his (Mr. J.'s) in ,tleti e ii w a , cnrrect. ii.. 4 ades r l . S HARPE presented a petition from the parish 4 0 1,...tli; t a t cc on s , in the county of Dumfries, of which he p p ev, 7 , 11 bpraying for the abrogation of church pa % e e on. member most heartily supported the ,ClO 44 , k the petition , and was most willing to submit i le 3' ja ,quiry int ' the course he bad pursu.. geten,..,cear, hear!) The honourable member ed also , afro ." 1 a similar petition from Dumfries' ti t pet e i t r_ ale observations from Mr. A. JOHNSTONE C o l o "as were ordered to lie on the ta bl e. . . tt e 0 ott h G ORE LANGTON presented a petition from 1 / 4 11 1" --ell and occupiers of land in SheptonsMellett, k i t for a re visionofthe Poor Laws. ilithiediLl:ll,l.telersNoCflS BARING presented a petition disabilities Pongee for relief from the ii; Winch they laboured. itilieo4.°RGE STAUNTON supported the petition, l atier e4 a4 er some observations from Mr. H. Hughes, was mr to lie on the table. tl lste . 11 `N• on presenting several petitions, appealed to ,tithelaV,tt!ainted with Ireland, whether the opposition t to the h i e . ° act c ommenced by a crusade on the par i.i4l,oneigfyniotehnerLof the Established Church against the The petitions were from the county of ' l. l oeutlll against the tithe system. heiaehh,Q. 13f ER'KELEY presented a petition . from ti xce. / ur 'ha repeal of the house and win t. tion, h ° suPporting the prayer of the pe le 'isio n ~: h : st ated that he was not one of those It itho l us" -"all who imagined that the state could do n ov __ . at sufficient revenue, but be thought a less ob- Ivioa 9 c , u ,,, d az utbu e ° , uld be levied in lieu of the house and Sir j°llNsulipApo,t otfit Church, in , ill Ludlow and other pia tto presente petitions from Whit tbe burs. esta blishment; and vet y. cos, for the repeal of the malt Ltifr. WARRE presented petitions from certain hand weavere, for relief from distress. hand le LENNARD presented several petitions from Die sun• 0 11. 7 .1 of Malden, Epping, Brentwood, Marlow, and tiTe,l, places in the county of Essex, praying for t r o e f le o f horeh bite r a p i esaticee, Particularly from the i pa e z t e e n s. p one llnd their exclusion from the un m v ent i wou He sup. Id grant thel t heir prayer, and hoped govern Ar ef t hey Prayed for. of the charter to th li r ' L °OKE stated that the object % h it -niversit of London, was now before the King in Raheijlei4 and Y he hoped the result would be favourable, would enable Dissenters to avail themselves of its-Taic education. If the charter should not be granted, esse luu tild feel it his duty to bring the subject under the Ot-ssideration of the hous e. 117 t WILKS said t h at the Protestant Dissenters cf .61and sought or n othing more than that which the J ° tenant and Roman C 4:ll o atholic Di ssenters o f I re l an d en . The present Lord Chancell or of Ireland bad intro- * hi ed a bill which received the sanction of Parliament, by si lo.. it the Roman Catholic clergy and the Dissenting Mi- e nt ; t a Were enabled to officiate at the various places of d • did bor ne, a privilege which the Dissenters of Eaglan t rt en j oy. lia ilart-dLENNARD said that, in presenting the petition, relieved el omitted to say that the petitioners prayed to .0 t r eat fr°ol church rates, which they considered a Pst lo gri f evanc e. The hon. ' member then presented a '4/ tetta n t) , e r°° ' a Place in Southampton for the bitter Qui. 11,.. 0f the Sdbbatb. abliio-%vn I\ '''‘'erk, uTLER presented ten petitions from Greigue, tegretteatt °tot ' ti a t n i d other places in Ireland, for the total He es, and signed by 5,156 . p , rsons. i k ; creta find by what fell from the right hon. the r i , •ti tenv eY o f " Ireland a few nights ago, that it was not tbe h i rtopl lo „ - f t° .,. do any thing effectual for the relief of te tanteea„..‘ Lrel and from the payment of tithes ; on the 44 t1 th": the Were about to perpetuate the tithe system, he theio u ! l e';'' tithe proctors were to act under ," e 11 'ld title, of tithe commissioners. —(Hear, hear.) 4 Peal e n i the to present seven petitions, praying for the e°lll .A e heft e , n ion but as that question would, he hope d . f -Pril, hete he lions for discussion on the 15th o Teclh44,l4hituw°tlld not e then advert to . it, but would f 4etit iA • ~ "if with simply presenting the petition. -tut: e the ,:ho",s,.Which were from the same places as those stable. litlon of tithes, were then ordered to lie on 4 • v o a 1,.. "41-LACE supported the prayer of the petition. wreteed,iZtea ttrb! languae ad princip l e of the petition most i ul d a ..`" hopiet that his Majesty's Ministers eta' Fl.° something for har of Tithes. the Irish people in the i ltl h 4 8 4 p /3'CONNOR deprecated the union of Church 41 tile t - - ; He assailed the temporalities of the church, tite s iotlitilliaPPlicationof church revenues tithes should be ,al t, i ,„e Poor, ' iet;;cN still that the effect of the Coercion Bill was lia cee lieil'a ietitions and impress the feeling of grieve h kr, ' a . ' dit,"Ply on Le minds of the people. . the been -1 ' V ANS concurred with the observations that ••• %_Derpi o l u ade by the hon . member fer Carlow,_ as to A lt t"effects of the tithe system in Ireland more IPeetilb;)NCH WAS fully convinced that a . e l. 4ilt • ih h dy than the clergy of Ireland did not il eli ed . h e Peasantry of Ireland had been greatly ii'a ea eell- ; It ve• s t• t d of them that they were if the' i til the d distu a r d ba e nces in Ireland.. He believed t i t l e peo p h, t.'et alone they were a most quiet and peace. Z t al - 1, - ' " t theY were knocked about by priests, a h nd wer a abour 13tl 'er parties, till they hardly knew what t ey Culo • pa old Itty,, et .° l li i aLXR defended the course pursued by the 1:1 Alter l ' " I d. goa l , , "u, the ~„°,l4,rvations from Mr. FINN and Mr. H. 3tul lilr : EGEtfr-sodNien Was ordered to lie on the table. ctiuu Railway hi b rought up the report on the Grand It being IL three ' L to ;:A - . c !-. _''''''ss ..... _ ....,.. _ el" ' 0 ' Speaker left the chair. , certa in Pers on being asked the other day he „-,!°" a subscriber o so, a - , n r e e w it publication, declined. to " a tiliurg e a for nothing else than eki!atcourage literature. o,...a E e ncourage literature," ex .,.....5_.ti a our cautious friend, .. I'm doing so already ; Mr. is and I take , l '"`c- • i out the penny magazine between u..' a ss cif Advertiser, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind W.B.W. light —Arrived the Claudine, from Cape of Good Hope—sailed 28th December; and Pursuit, from Constantinople. The Henry Davidson and Mountaineer put back and remain, with his Majesty's brig Jaseur. PORTSMOUTH, Fee. 26.—Wind S.S.W. by S.E.—Passed by the Prince George, Creed, from Bengal—sailed 20th October, And St. Helena Bth ult. ; his Majesty's ship Columbine, from Vera Cruz—sailed 22d December, and from Tampico and Havannah the 28th ; his Majesty's ship Revenge, from Lisbon— sailed the 9th inst. FAtmOUTH, FEB. 25..—Wind S.S.W. to S. moderate. STANGATE CREEK, FEB. 26.—Arrived the Hero, Dawle, from Messina. DOVER, FEB. 26.—Arrived off port the Findlater, Reid, from Mauritius. COWES, FEB. 26.—Arrived the George and Mary, Ashton, and Sylph, Fox, for Rio Janeiro. GUERNSEY, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Sophia. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Samuel Brown, Hard ing, from Bengal—sailed from the Mauritius 19th Dec., and from St. Helena 17th ult.; the Tamerlane, Farnham, from Savannah; the Industry, M`Neil, from Wilmington; the Spectator, Bishop, from Malta; the Tipleys, Gallechen, from Messina; the Brothich, Horsley, from Lisbon. Off port, the Isaac Hicks, Ingersol, from New Orleans. Sailed, the Ranger, Smith, for Bombay. LIMERICK, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Preize, Gorman, from London. ARRIVALS AT BOMBAY.—The Earl of Eldon, and the Co mala, Miller, from the Clyde; the Claremont, Brown, the Frances Heath, and William Hutchinson, from Liverpool. ARRIVALS ►T THE MAURITIUS.—Emma Eugenia, Tilly, and Albion, Sutherland, from London ; and Fame, Hargraves, from Rio Janeiro. Arrived off ditto, the Justinian, from Rio Janeiro. OFF ALGOA BAY.— Arrived the Bolton, from London. The Earl Grey, of Dundee, on the sth instant, oft' Cape St Vincent, passed in the Douro Passage a cask of tallow, marked " E. 225." The James, of Ramillon, was put on shore at Islay on the 21st instant, after breaking from both anchors and chains during a gale, and must discharge part of the cargo before she can be got off. LIVERPOOL DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL LIST OF THE MAJORITY Of 192 (Tellers included), who voted for the Second Reading of the Liverpool Disfranchisement Bill, on the 26th instant. For the Disfranchisement Against Majority —ls2 ENGLAND. Romilly, E.—Ludlow Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth ooper, J. B.—Huntingdonshire Astley, Sir J. D.—North Wilt- Rotch, B.—Knaresborough shire Russell, Lord—Tavistock Attwood,T.—Birmingham Scott, Sir E. D.—Lichfield Bainbridge, E. T.—Taunton Scrope, Poulette—Stroud Barnard, E. G.—Greenwich Shawe, R. N.—East Suffolk Beaumont, T. W.—South Nor- Shepherd, T.—Frome thumberland Benett, J.—South Wiltshire Biddulph, R. M.—Denbighshire Bish, omas—Leominster Blackburne, J.—Huddersfield Blake, Sir F.—Berwick Blunt, Sir C.—Lewes Bolling, W.—Bolton.le.Moors Bos,, J. G.—Northallerton Bouverie, D. P.—Salisbury Briggs, R.—Halifax Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Brodie, W. B.—New Sarum Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Buckingham, J. S.—Sheffield Buller, Charles—Liskeard Bulwer, H. L.—Coventry Carter, J. B.—Portsmouth Cayley, E. S.—N. Yorkshire Chichester, J. P. B.—Barnstaple Clive, Edward B.—Hereford Cotes, J.—North Shropshire Crawford, W.—London Crompton, J. S.—Ripon Davies, Colonel—Worcester Dawson, A. E.—South Leices. tersh ire Divett, Edward—Exeter Donkin, Sir R. S.—Berwick Dundas, J. W.—Greenwich Dundas, J. C.—Richmond Dykes, F. L. B.—Cockermouth Ellice, E.—Coventry Ellis, W.—Leicester Etwall, R.—Andover Evans, W.—Leicester Evans, Wm. De Lacy—West- Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smith, J.—Buckinghamshire Stanley, H. T.—Preston Stanley, E. J.—North Cheshire Strickland, G —West Yorkshire Strutt, Edmund—Derby Talbot, W. H. F.—Chippenham Talmash, Hon. A.—Grantham Tancred, H. W.—Banbury Tayleure, Wm.—Bridgewater Tennyson, Right Hon. C.— Lambeth Thicknesse, R.—Wigan Thomson, Hon. C. P.—Man. chester Throckmorton, R. G.—Berks Tooke, W.—Truro Tower, C. T.—Harwich Tracy, C. H.—Tewkesbury Trelawney, W. L. S.—East Cornwall Troubridge, SirT. E.—Sandwich Turner, W.—Blackburn Tynte, C. J. K.—West Somer. setshire Verney, Sir H.—Buckingham Vincent, Sir F.—St. Albans Walker, B.—Bury, Lancashire Walter, John—Berkshire Warburton, H.—Bridport Ward, H. G.—St. Albans Warre, A. J.--Hastings Wason, R.—lpswich Waterpark, Lord—South Der byshire Watkins, L. V.—Brecon Wedgewood, mins er Faithfull, G.—Brighton Fenton, John—Rochdale Fielden, W. J.—Blackburn Fielden, John—Oldham Folkes, Sir W.—Norfolk Fort, J.—Clitheroe Fryer, R.—Wolverhampton Gaskell, D.—Wakefield Gisborne, T.—Nortn Derbysh, Glynne, Sir S. IL—Flint Godson, R.—Kidderminster Gordon, R.—tricklade Goring, H.D.—New Shoreham Grant, Rt. Hon. R.—Finsbury Grey, C.—Chipping-Wycombe Grote, George—London Guest, J. J.—Meal:yr 'lydvil Hall, Benjamin—Monmouth Handley, Benjamin—Boston Hardy, John—Bradford Harland, W. C.—Durham Heathcoat, J.—Tiverton Hill, M. D.—Kingston-on-Hull Hodges, T. L.—West Kent Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Hume, J.—Middlesex Hurst, R. H.—Horsham Hutt, W.—Kingston-on-Hull Keppel, Hon. G.—East Norfolk Kennedy, J.—Tiverton King, E. B.—Warwick Langdale, Hon. C.—Beverley Lefevre, C. B.—North Hants Leonard, T. B.—Maldon Lennox, LordG.—West Sussex Lester, B. Lester—Poole Lister, E. Cunliffe—Bradford Lloyd, John—Stockport Locke, W.—Devizes Mangles, J.—Guildford Marshall, J.—Leeds Methuen, Paul—N. Wilts Mildmay, P. St. J —Winchester Molesworth, Sir William—East Cornwall Moreton, H. G. F.—East Glou. cestershire Morrison, J.—lpswich Mosley, Sir o.—North Stafford. shire Mostyn, E. M. L.—Flintshire Parker, J.—Shettield Parrott Jasper—Totness Pease, Joseph—South Durham Philips, M.—Manchester Ponsonby, Hon. W. F. S.— Dorsetshire Potter. Richard—Wigan Poulter, J. S.—Shaftesbury Pryme, G.—Cambridge Rice, Right Hon. T. S.—Cam bridge Richards, J.—Knaresborough Rickford, W.—Aylesbury Rippon, C.—Gateshead Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Roebuck, J. A.—Bath Rolfe, R. M.—Penrhyn Romilly, J.—Brldport LIST OF TH. ENGLAND. Baillie, J. E.—Bristol Bentinck, Ld. G.—King'sLynn Bethell, R.—East Yorkshire Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford' Chapman, A.—Whitby Darlington, Earl of—South] Shropshire Dillwyn, L W.—Glamorgansh. l Eastnor, Viscount—Reigate Egerton, W. T.—North Cheshire Estcourt, 'l'. G. B.—Oxford Un. Finch, G.—Stamford Fleetwood, P. H.—Preston Forester, G. C. W.—Wenlock Gaskell, J. M.—Wenlock Gladstone, W. E.—N ewark-on- Trent Greene, T.—Lancashire Holcomb, J.—Dover Hatford, Henry—South Leices tershire Hanmer, Sir J.—Shrewsbury Herbert, Hon. S.—south Wilts Hodgson, J.—Newcastle-upon- Tyne Hope, H. T.—Gloucester Inglis, Sir R. IL—Oxford Uni versity Whitmore, W. W.—Wolver hampton Wigney, I. N.—Brighton Wilbraharn,G.—South Cheshire Williams, W. A.—Monmouth shire Williams, G.—Ashton Windham, W. H.—E. Norfolk Wood, C.—Halitax Young, G. F.—Tynemouth SCOTLAND. Adam, C.—Clackmannanshire Dalmeny, Lord—lnverkeithing Fergusson, R. C.—Kirkcud bright Hallyburton. D G.—Forfarsh. Hay, C.lonel—Elgin, &c. Jett' , ey, Right Hon. F.—Edin burgh Mackenzie, J. A. S. -Ross-shire Murray, J. A.—Leith, &c. Oliphant, Laurence—Perth Ormelie, Earl of—Perthshire Oswald, Richard—Ayrshire Oswald, J. - Glasgow Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Fringle, R.—Selkirkshire Sharpe, General—Dumfries, &c. Steuart, R.—Haddington, &c. Wallace, R.—Greenock IRELAND. Barron, P.—Waterford City Barr., G. S.—Cork Co. Bellew, It. M.—Louth Blake, Martin—Galway ,Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co. Evans, G.—Dublin Co. Finn, W. F —Kilkenny Fitzgerald, Thomas—Louth Fitzsimon, C.—Dublin Co. Knox, Col.—Dungannon ILalor, Patrick—Queen's Co. O'Connell, D.—Dublin City O'Connell, Maurice—Tralee O'Connell, John —Yough all O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Roche, D.—Limerick Roe, James—Cashel Ruthven, Ed.—Kildare Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin Shell, R. L—Tipperary Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Walker, C. A.—Wexford Wallace, T.—Carlow PAIRED OFF IN FAVOUR. Abercromby, Right Hon. J.—. Edinburgh Brougham, W.—Southwark Browne, D.--Mayo Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Elliot, Hon. G.—Roxburghshire Ferguson, Sir R.—Nottingham Gillon, W. D.—Falkirk Hawes, Benjamin—Lambeth Pendarves, E. W. W.—West Cornwall rE MINORITY. Irton, S.—West Cumberland Lowther, Col.—Westmoreland Marryatt, J.—Sandwich Ryle, J.—Macclesfield Somerset, Lord G. C.—Mon- mouth;hire Villiers, Viscount—Honiton Wall, C. B.—Guildford Willoughby, Sir H. P.—New. castle.under-Lyne IRELAND. Blaney, Hon C.—Monaghan Christmas, W.—Watertbrd Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Meynell, Capt. H.—Lisburne Verner, Colonel—Armagh Co. TELLERS. Sandon, Lord—Liverpoel Nicholl, J.—Cardiff PAIRED OFF AGAINST. Fazakerley, J. N.—Peterboro' FremantleSir T.—Buckingham Grimston, Visc.—Hertfordshire Houldsworth, T.—North Not- tinghamshire Ross, C.—Northampton Stuart, Lord D. C.—Arundel THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—LAt per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 'dew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 4 0 4 4 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay 4 8 4 12 Clover Hay 4 5 5 0 Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 12 1 Wheat Straw... 1 12 1 16 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£3 5 to £3 10 New Meadow Flay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s o... Generally iat Straw ... LI 10 to £1 141 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 16 CORPORATION COMMISSION.—No new point of any interest occurred in the prt,ceedings before the Corporation Commissioners yesterday. COUNTY RATES.—The following Lords constitute the Select Committee to inquire into the charges on the county rates in England and Wales :—The Lord Privy Seal, the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Salis bury, Earls Harewood and Cawder, Lords Dacre, King, Kenyon, Auckland, Redesdale, Ellenborough, Melbourne, Wbarncliffe, W-ynford, Poltimore, and Godolphin. The report of the Commission on the poor laws, which has been presented to Parliament, is to be reprinted and sold at a very cheap rate, in order that the people, without whose consent and co-operation no measures for the reform of these laws can be effectual, may be made acquainted as widely as possible, with the evils and the intended remedits. FINE ARTS. EGYPTIAN HALL —(THIS DAY.) We were this morning favoured with a private view of Raphael's Holy Family, Correggio's Hope feeding Love, and a Sunrise by Claude. The last, though unquestion ably a fine painting, is by no means equal to many that we have seen from the pencil of this inimitable landscape painter. It will not bear a comparison with his Europa, now, we believe, in the private collection of his 111 ijesty. The best part about it is the misty, gleaming look of the clouds, which are just beginning to be touched and warmed by the rising sun, and the faint struggling re. flections thrown along the water, just lightly roughened by a faint morning breeze. As is usual with Claude, there is a graceful show of foliage, and a few brilliant streaks of his favourite blue. Correggio's Hope feeding Love is, in its way, one of the most striking paintings we have ever seen. The refined taste of the great artist was never more conspicuous than in this master-piece. It is volup tuous, yet kept within the limits of a chaste propriety. Hope is represented by a half-denuded female figure in a recumbent position, giving the healthful nourishment of the breast to Love, a rosy, chubby boy, who seems alive to all the advantages of his position. The countenance of Hope, if we except the eye, which is rather too large, and with somewhat of sternness in its expression, exhibits a perfect model of female beauty. It is half averted, so as to show off its graceful, classic profile to the best advantage. But the great triumph of the painter is the fine, flowing outline that he has given to the figure of Hope, and the warm natural colouring of the flesh. The limbs are plump, and exquisitely rounded, and have all those fresh, mottled, half, transparent tints, so indicative of youth and health. In a word, it is a hazirdous subject, skilfully and delicately finished, and po-sesses the rare merit of being in excellent preservation. Raphael's Holy Family is chiefly re markable for the striking contrast of light and shade shown in the face of the female, who has her hands clasped in prayer, and the well-rounded arms of the boy at her feet, which stand out from the canvass, instead of lying dull and lifeless on a flat surface. The painting is by no means in such good preservation as the Correggio ; still it shows in every part the master-hand. LITERATURE. GREAT BRITAIN FOR FORTY YEARS. LONDON, 1834. This little volume contains much valuable information, wholly of a practical character, re specting the past and present commercial re sources of the country. The chapter which will be read with the most attention, and which is most likely to produce a salutary effect, is the one entitled " Capital Produced by Labour," in which the causes of many popular errors on the subject are fully and satisfactorily explained. The "Duty Paid List," published by the cuvoms, gives the quantities of wines cleared during 11 days, ending with Friday se'nnight, as follows :—Sberry, 87,675 gallons, equal to 811 butts ; Port, 98,938 gallons, equal to 860 pipes; Madeira, 10,423 gallons, equal to 113 pipes ; French, 7,640 gallons, equal to 166 hogs heads ; Cape, 11,679 gallons, equal to 127 pipes ; all others 15,354 gallons, various. Total, 231,709 gallons. On the Thursday and Friday the quantities of Port and Sherry alone were, of the first, 25,818 gallons, or about 225 pipes ; of the other, 24,692 gallons,or about 220 butts. Pursuant to public notice, a numerous and highly-respectable meeting of the yeomanry and others at Highworth and its neigobourhood took place at the King and Queen Inn, on Wednesday last, the 19th inst. James Crowdy, Esq., was called to the chair, when a petition to the House of Commons for the total repeal of the malt duty teas unanimously agreed to. FIRES IN GERMANY.-There are frequent fires, not only in Spanish Bavaria, but even in our neigh bourhood. On the toad from Manheim to this city, you piss through many villages, in which you see houses 1 ttely burnt, and others new built ; of course they were all in sured. In Odenwalde there are even places in which the houses lately rebuilt by the Insurance Company, are again burnt down.—Frankfort Paper. _ _ _ The infant hon. Charlotte Maria Barrington, whose melancholy death we detailed on Tuesday, was born the 16th December, 1826, and was, consequently, in her eighth year. She was the eldest daughter of the present Viscount Barrington by the hon. Jane Elizabeth Liddell, daughter of Lord Ravensworth. Lord and Lady Barrington reside generally with their family at their seat, Beckett House, Berks, and had arrived only at Lord Charles Townshend's, in Cavendish-square, to attend the Drawing-Room, three or four days prior to the melancholy nt. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, FEB. 25. The sales to-day are estimated at 3,000 bags, of which 1,000 have been taken on speculation. Prices remain as before, but the market appeals firm. FEROCITY OF A DOG.—A t New Boling broke a few days ago, a dog which had broke its chain fastened on its master's child with such ferocity, that it could not be got off until its throat was cut ; and when in the agonies of death, it sprung up and seized the mother of the child.---Boston Herald. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.-011 Wednesday week, a party of moue ping relatives left Shef field with a corpse, intended for interment at Ecking , on, but where, from some extraordinary neglect, there being no clergyman in attendance, a female was under the p iin ful necessity of performing the funeral service.— York Courant. THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE-(Mr. Buhver's new production) has just app-ared ; the concep tion of the tale is in the purest and most refined spirit of poetry, and the incidents of the narrative strikingly inte resting. Its unique and costly embellishments admirably illustrate the lovely scenes through which the Pilgrims are made to wander. The funeral of a female disciple of the St. Simonians took place at Lyons a few d iys ago. There was nothing wrapped round the corpse but a piece of light blue calico, and the coffin was borne by four women. Upon the pall there was the following inscription, " New Faith—Eternity." We have accounts from St. Domingo to the sth ult. Very great alarm prevailed throughout the island in consequence of its being generally expected that an expedition from France against the republic would ap pear, and that all the ports would he blockaded. The whole island was in consequence in great excitement, and preparations were making for defence at every point. The leading parties at Hayti appear extremely desirous that a commercial treaty with France should be concluded. ISLE OF SKYE.—Mr. Donald Macdiarmid, a native of the Island of Skye, emigrated to America many years ago, and settled in South Carolina as a mer chant. By perseverance and success in business, be reaiiaed a considerable sum of money. About ten or twelve years ago, Mr. Maciliarmid remitted 1,4001. to a gentle man in Skye, but without mentioning the object he had in view in doing so. After a silence of many years, Mr. Macdiarmid's friend received a letter from him in the lit- ter end of the year 1831, pointing out the manner in which he wished his money to be appropriated. He directed that certain sums should be paid to some friends in Skye, and that 1,0001. should be laid out in endowing •4 school for the education of poor children in his native parish of Portree. Mr. Macdiarmid died up wards of a year ago, and a reverend gentleman in Skye has since received a letter from his executors, stating that, in addition to the former endowment of 1,000/ Mr. Macdiarmid had bequeathed the further sum of 1,0001. for the purpose of establishing another school in Portree.— Greenock Intelligencer. STRANGE BEDFELLOW.—On the morning of Saturday week, an old woman, residing in a house on the Castle Hill, was unspeakably surprised, on awaking from her night's rest, to find a strange animal lying at her back, with one of its paws over her shoulder. Scream ing with affright, she left her bed, and, seizing a towel, beat the poor animal with all her might, when, with one bound, it sprung to the farthest corner of the room, and at length took refuge in another bed which stood in the same apartment. When the poor woman had a little recovered from her alarm, and had dissipated the idea of in. being a visiter from the nether regions, she remem bered that a collection of wild beasts was at present exhi biting on the mound, and began to suspect that her lodger was one of the number. She immediately went and called upon Mr. Wombwell, when it was discovered that one of the kangeroos had made its escape during the night, and, going up to the Castle-hill, had found this poor woman's door open, and, upon examination, finding that it could be as completely accommodated beside her as in its own den in the menagerie, betook itself to rest, which was broken in upon in the morning in the manner we have mentioned. The kangeroo was returned to Mr.Wombwell, who remunerated the old woman for its night's lodging.—. Edinburgh Paper_ KING'S LEVEE. (From the Court Circular.) His Majesty held a levee at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace. The Chevalier de Vial, the Spanish Minister, had an audi•. ence of the King, to deliver a letter. Monsieur de Moraes Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister, had an audience of his Majesty, to deliver a letter. Chevalier de Mattos, Brazilian Minister, had an audience, to deliver his letter of recall. Monsieur Ribeiro, Brazilian Minister, had an audience of his Majesty, to deliver his credentials. _ . . . , Their Excellencies were severally introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, the Master of the Ceremonies. The Lord Chancellor presented Mr. Pepys to his Majesty. Mr. Pepys kissed hands upon being appointed Solicitor-General, and had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by the King. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Williams Wynn, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Copenhagen, took leave of his Majesty on his return. Mr. Under Sheriff Stokes was presented by Mr. Sheriff Wilson. At the Entree Levee there were present the Russian, Aus trian, and French Ambassadors ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Swedish, Wirtemberg, Brazilian, Spanish, Danish, Portu. guese, and Saxon Ministers; the Sardinian and Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Postmaster-General, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Vice. Chamberlain, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Captain of Hon. Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Captain of Yeomen Guard, Mr. Littleton, Chief Secretary for Ireland; the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Master of the Ceremonies, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the Master of the Robes, the King's Harbinger, Lord Saultoun and Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, Aides-de-Camp to the King; Colonel Bowater, Equerry in Waiting; the Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, Colonel Hill, Silver Stick in Waiting, and the Page of Honour. Among the general company were-- EARLS—Cornwallis, Kerry, Clanwilliam. VlSCOUNT.—Dungarvon. LORD.—Molyneux. HONOURABLE.—Captain Ponlett, R.N. SIRS.—John Deas Thomson, K.C.H.; Thomas Troubridge, Frederick Fowke, Henry Parnell, C. S. Stanhope, Thomas Fre mantle, Robert Inglis. The Dean of Carlisle. The Reverend H. M. Wagner. MESSIEURS.—T. Gladstone, M.P., William Glandstone, M.P., Elkington, Craig, Pollen, R. Montgomery Martin. ADMIRAL.—Sir Francis Laforey. GENERALS.—S. Brown, Horsford, Crosbie, Ramsay, Sir W. K. Grant. COLONELS.—Lygon, Spencer Stanhope, D'Oyley, Moore, Daubeney, Leith Hay, M.P., Sir John May. MAJOR.—AIIen. CAPTAINS.—Thomas Dickinson, Maitland, Keane, John Hays, R.N., Cramer, Glascock, R.N., Craufurd. LIEUTENANTS.—Horsford, Hansford, A. T. Cueing. hame, Keys, R.N., A. Boddam, Williams. CORNETS.—Mordaunt, Forrest. The following were presented to his Majesty : _ _ Mr. R. Montgomery Martin, to present his " History of the British Colonies" dedicated (by special permission), to the King, by the Earl of Caledon. Mr. Craig, by Mr. Littleton. Mr. Pollen, by the Marquis of Winchester. Colonel Leith Hay, M.P., on receiving the Royal Hanoverian Order, by the Duke of Richmond. Lieut.-CoL Moore, by General Gascoyne. Captain Maitland, by the Adjutant-GeneraL Captain Cramer, by Major. General Sir A. Barnard, K.C.B. Captain Glasscock, R.N., on his promotion and return from the Douro, by the Right. Hon. Sir J. Graham. Captain Keane, by Lord Bingham. Mr. Elkington, by Lord Bingham. Lieut. A. Cunynghame, by Lord Saltoun. Lieut. Horsford, by his father, Lieut.-Gen. Horsford. Lieut. Keys, R.N., by Sir Thomas Hardy, Bart. Lieut. Alexander Boddam, by Sir W. Fremantle, G.C.H. Lieut. and Adjutant Hanson, by Lord Bingham. Cornet Mordaunt, by Lord Bingham. Cornet Forrest, on his departure for India, by Lieut.-General Sir W. K. Grant, K.C.B. His Majesty gave audiences to the Duke of Richmond, Mar quis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Stanley, Lord Hill, Marquis of Winchester, and Colonel Taylor. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence and Colonel Taylor were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Chevalier de Mattos, the Brazilian Minister, had an au. thence yesterday of the Queen, to take leave. Mons. Ribeiro, the new Brazilian Minister, had an audience of her Majesty. Their Excellencies were conducted by Sir Robert Chester, the Master of the Ceremonies. Her Majesty, attended by Lady Clinton, inspected part of the new Palace in St. James's Park yesterday. The Princess Augusta took a carriage airing in the Park yes. terday. Mr. Burge, the Agent for Jamaica, transacted business yes terday at the Colonial-office. The Earl of Carlisle entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner last evening, at his residence in Grosvenor-place. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in Hyde-park yesterday for some time. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS, The Earl of Lisburne, in Weymouth-street. from Cross wood Park, Glamorgansbire ; Sir C. M. Lamb and Lady Montgomery, at the Clarendon Hotel, New Bond-street, from Eglintoun Castle, N. 8.; the Hon. Mrs. Fane, in Wimpole street ; Admiral Sir Charles and Lady Rowley, from Brighton ; the Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, in Park-crescent, from ditto; the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, in Bruton_ street, from ditto; the Earl and Countess of Bandon, in Con. naught place, from ditto; Lord James Fitzroy, at the Duke of Grafton's, Clarges-street, from Wakefield Lodge, North amptonshire; Mr. and Mrs. Bankhead, in South Audley-street, from Brighton ; Hon. Mr. Herbert, at the Countess of Pem broke's, Dover-street; Mr., Mrs., and the Misses W. W. Wynn, in Grafton-street; Lord George Quin, in Hyde-park-place; Hon. Mr. Covey, in Park-street ; Sir William Thornton, in St. James's-place; Lady Harriet Clive, in Upper Grosvenor_ street ; Lord King, in St. James's•.square; the Duke of Man. chester, at Grosvenor-gate, Park-lane, from his seat, Kimbol. ton Castle, Huntingdonshire; Sir C. Curling and Lady Smith and family, at Hawkin's Hotel, Dover and Albemarle-streets ; Mr. and Mrs. Morland and family, at ditto, from Kent ; Capt. and Mrs. Lettsom, at Hitchcock's St. George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from Kent ; Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. W. Fisher, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham; Captain Gowan, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Brighton ; Hon. Miss Grimston, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from her seat, Berkham stead Castle, Herts ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., in Upper Grosvenor.street ; the Earl of Orkney, in Berkeley-square, from Taplin Court; Viscount Grimston, in Grosvenor-square, from Gorhambury ; Sir Thomas Winnington, Bart., on Rich. mond-terrace, from his seat in Worcestershire; Captain Henry Winnington, on ditto, from ditto; Captain Pechell, at Sir S. J. Pechell's, Admiralty, from Castle Goring, Sussex ; the Dowager Lady de Clifford, on Castle-terrace, from Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Romilty, in Weymouth-street; Sir C. and Lady Cockerell, in Piccadilly, from Gloucestershire; Lord C Rus sell, in Belgrave-square, from Woburn Abbey; Lord and Lady J. Thynne, in Hill-street, from Lonleat, Wilts; the Rev. Sid ney Smith, at the Hanover Hotel, from Taunton; Lord Dal meney, in Piccadilly, from the North; Sir Adolphus and Lady Dalrymple, in Park-street, from Brighton; Hon. Captain and Mrs. Campbell, in Hertford-street, from ditto; Lady Mary Fox, in the Addison-road, from the Pavilion, Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Voules, at Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, from Windsor; W. Ackerley, Esq., at ditto, from Wigan; H. White, Esq., at ditto, from his seat, Warrington, Lancashire. DEPARTURES. Viscount and Viscountess Acheson, from Connaught place, on a visit to the Earl of Gosford, at Wormingham Hall, Suffolk ; Lord Onslow, from Albemarle street, for Richmond ; Viscount Melgund, from the Hon. Capt. Elliot's, Admiralty, for Oxford; the Rev. W. Robbins, from the Orleans Hotel, for Florence; Thomas Edgley, Esq., from ditto, or Brighton ; Thomas Webster, Esq., from ditto, for Paris ; Sir F. Forbes, Bart., from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Brighton ; M. Phillips, Esq., from ditto, on a tour; P. W. Cranmer; Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jennyn-street, for Essex ; the Rev. T. F. Foord Bowes, from ditto, for Brighton; Captain Mark ham, from Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Ireland; Wm. Autrey, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Mrs. and Miss Sneyd, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for Hastings ; Captain and Mrs. Patterson, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Sivewright, from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar square, for Brighton ; Sir L. Green well, from ditto, for Government Hnuse, Chatham ; G. C. Vernon, Esq., from ditto, for his seat Bromsgrove, Worcester shire ; Captain Fleetwood, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; C. H. Merck, Esq., from ditto, for Northampton ; Captain Horn, from ditto, for Chatham ; Captain Stanton, from ditto, for Cheltenham. EXPLOSION AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.— At her Majesty's Drawing-Room on Monday the whole company were thrown into a state of alarm by a noise uimilar to the firing of a large cannon, which occurred in one of the outer apartments. A number of the nobility rushed to the place from whence the noise proceeded, and found several ladies in a state of the greatest alarm. The account they gave of the circumstances was, that they were standing near the fireplace in one of the anti-rooms near the Ambassadors' entrance, when an explosion took place under the fireplace. The hearth was blown out of its place and smashed to pieces. One gentleman who was present was slightly injured in the face, but all the rest escaped unhurt, with the exception of the fright. On examination it was supposed that the explosion took place from an accumulation of foul air, which had ignited in a hollow place under the fireplace. LONDON UNIVERSITY. A numerous meeting of the proprietors of this Univer sity, was held yesterday in the Theatre of the University, to take into considerwi , tl the 314 , 1'1 I -eport of the Council of Management. \V. Aherer.mhie, M. P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that he woold not detain the meet ing by any observations of his owp, but would call upon the Secretary to read the report. After a short discussion upon matters of no public in terest, the Secretary proceeded to read the report of the Council of Management, which stated that the Council congratulated the meeting upon the improvements which had taken place in the state of the University, and upon the fact that the number of students was such as, upon the reduced scale of expenditure, to enable the University to meet the annual ordinary exrenses. Soon after the last general meeting the professors unanimously proposed to the Council to guarantee to the University during this session an income of 3,1811., provided the ordinary expenditure were restrained within certain limits, by means of re ductions which the professors pointed out. The Council accepted the offer of the professors—and although the increase in the income of the University rendered it un necessary to resort to this guarantee, yet it was gratifying to the council to report this proof of the liberality and zeal of the professors, and of their confidence in the ultimate prosperity of the institution. The council had the highest satisfaction in reporting the munificent donation of 1,0007. to the University, by an unknown friend, under the name of " A Patriot." This sum remained invested in the Exchequer bill presented to the University, and the council were considering the expediency of appropriating it in same way which would be useful to the University, and serve to perpetuate the memory of the gift. A heavy ex pense had been incurred by the necessity of providing ad ditional accommodation far the school the management of which was much impeded by the dispersion of the classes in distant and inconvenient rooms. The ball and the rooms beneath it were now devoted to this part of the establishment, and the space thus provided was so ample as to afford accommodation not only for the present large number of boys attending the school, but also to admit of a considerable accession to the number. In order to meet the expense of flooring the hall and fitting up that part of the building, and of some alterations required by the removal of the school (viz. 7391.), the ten proprie tors who had already advanced 1001. each, agreed to re ceive only one-half of their loins for the present, leaving the remainder in the hands of the council, without inte rest. Tne loan of 4,0001. upon mortgage was effected upon terms approved of by the proprietors at the special general meeting in August last ; and all the debts of the University were discharged, with the exception of the moiety of the loan of 1,000/. already mentioned. Toe subscriptions entered into pursuant to the resolution of the last general meeting, amounted to the sum of 1731. in donations, and 180/. in annual subscriptions. The con tinuance of the latter for a few years might be necessary to meet the interest of the mortgage debt ; but there was every reason to hope that the increase of the funds of the University, derived from students, would shortly be such as to enable it not only to discharge the ordinary annual expenses of the institution, but also to keep down the in terest of the debt, and to provide a fund to accumulate for its liquidation. The pecuniary capital might be thus stated :- 1,487 shares paid 115 shares unpaid and due Forfeited shares Subscriptions Donations 2,842 Donation of " A Patriot" Donations to Ricardo Fund Legacy of Mr. Clark 45 Making a total of cash received, or real -- capital, to the amount of £161,057 The mortgage amounting to 4,0001., and the school debt to 500/., made a grand total of The expenditure of the institution, from the commence ment to the present time, might be stated thus : Land Buildings 96,240 Furniture and Fixtures 3,526 Philosophical and chymical apparatus 3,413 Museums 5,706 Expenses of Di.pensary 1,023 Libraries 2,886 Guarantees to Professors 6,298 Expenses of management 12,107 House carpenter's stores 243 School and play ground Invested in Government Securities 1,545 Cash at bankers Making a grand total of It was gratifying to the council to observe that with one or two trivial exceptions, the reduced estimate of ordinary ex?enditure had been precisely verified. The following was the statement of the number of stu dents in the University en the 22d of February, 1833, and on the same day, 1834: 1833. 1834. _ _ Faculty of arts B6 Of law 64 Of medicine 288 Pupils in the junior school... 229 The number of pupils entered between the Ist of Oc tober, 1832, and the 20th of February, 1633, was 250. The number entered in the corresponding period of this ses sion was 318. The amount received for fees in 1833 was 6,1581. ; and this session it was 7,3431., leaving an in crease of 1,1851. The diminution of the number of law .students might be attributed p to the fact of the Pro fessor of Jurisprudence having abstained from lecturing during this session, and partly to the establishment of lec tures in the Inner Temple and at the law institution, the immediate neighbourhood of •which places to the law offices had tended to withdraw students from the class of English law in the University. Professor Amos had given notice of his intention to retire at the end of the present session, and the council were about to take steps to fill up the chair. The council stated their opinion of the benefits accruing from the study of the law, and stated that they looked forward to the time when a complete school of law might be established, by filing the chair of civil law, and of instituting professorships of the law of real property, and of the doctrine and practice of courts of equity. After adverting to the professorships of geography, arts of design, and mineralogy, it proceeded to state with reference to the hospital, that the expenses of build ing, already incurred, amounted to 4,0171. The sum rquired to complete it was estimated at 2,000/, and to furnish it 1,0001., making, with the expenses of manage ment, a total of 7,5561. The subscriptions and donations, with Queen Caroline's Fund, amounted to 5,1831., so that there was required to complete the building, 2,3971. This sum was so small compared with the object to be attained, that the council did not doubt that the North London Hospital would be speedily opened. The establishment of the hospital would save to the University an annual sum of 150/, now expended in the Dispensary. The scheme of management mentioned at the last meeting, continued to answer the expectations of the Council. The Council had t aken means to bring the objections of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge to their having a charter before the Privy Council, and they trusted that before long their just claims to a charter would be allowed., In the mean time it was gratifying to the Council to mention that the United Associate Synod of Scottish Ministers, in Septem ber last, resolved, at the instance of the Presbytery ta, London, that the Synod would recognise attendance at this University the same as at the Scotch Universities.— (Cheers.) The architect's report of the state of the building was most satisfactory. In conclusion the report stated that the Council and the other officers of the Uni versity were full of zeal for the advancement of the inte rests of the University, and they congratulated the cro prietors upon the state and prospects of the establishment. The report upon the motion of the Duke of Somerset, seconded by Lord Ebrington, was received unanimously, and ordered to be printed. Mr. FRIEND, after congratulating the meeting upon the very favourable report they had just heard, said that be had an object to propose, or lather a suggestion to make, which he hoped would meet with a favourable re eption from the meeting. He wished that they would establish a sort of scholarship, and as a beginning he would propose that there should be two Hebrew pre miums, which might be raised by subscriptions to the amount of 50/. He was sure that more than fifty gen tlemen would willingly give a contribution of 11. each, to support such an object. This would be a very slight demand upon their purses, and one which he would moat gladly bear. Mr. TOOKE said that the council would give the sug• gestion a speedy consideration, and they should be glad to receive any suggestions of this nature. Dr. Cox said he need not inform the meeting that no one was more hostile to the introduction of any subject that was likely to excite the odium theologicum than be was. There was, however, one subject upon which all were agreed, he meant natural theology, and he thought it would be of the greatest use, if a professorship of na tural philosophy were instituted. The CHAIRMAN said that a motion of this kind could not be brought forward without some previous notice. He thought, therefore, that the hon. proprietor ought to withdraw it. The motion w as accor di n gly w ithdrawn, and aft er a vote of thanks to the chairwan and to Lord Ebrington, the meeting separated. ars OPENING OF THE CHINA TRADE. A very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the 10 tea trade was held at the London Tavern yesterday, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Committee ap pointed by the trade to watch the proceedings in Parlia ment relative to the tea duties, and other matters. Mr. CRAWFORD, M.P., in the Chair. _ Mr. W. I. Fay, secretary, read the report of the com :nit•ee, which went into a lengthened detail of the pro ceedings of the committee to obtain from government the fixing of duties to be laid on teas on the opening of the trade. The report deprecated the laying of duties on low teas equal to those on the finer qualities. The committee )ad been received by Lord Althorp with much kindness, but he had expressed his determination to adhere to the committee e s d c u a e l eese oserio us propo sed fse I: by uee consequences, themselvesaccets passed,saatni fi b e y d foresnu encouraging u h a r a a t scalegn g wt purpose. hoeuii do wp T or h or d cation of low tear, injure the trade and the revenue. The committee therefore recommended a petition toParliament, playing that one uniform duty might be laid on teas. Mr. TWINING rose to move the adoption of the report, and said, as the tea trade had, since the Commutation Act passed fifty years ago, increa.ed from three to eight millions of pounds quarterly, it ought to be left without change. He proceeded to state it was made a point of pre-eminent importance with government that cheap tea should be provided for the poor ; but the trade were fully satisfied that they were not consulted by the new scale of duties, and he hoped ministers would be induced again to consider the subject. He concluded by moving the first resolution, which was to the effect that the report be re ceived and adopted. Mr. DELAFOSSE seconded the motion. Mr. Nice°Lsow .ould not concur in the last paragraph inserted in the report. All former law-makers bad not c , nsidered it just to lay a tax upon a low commodity equal to that imposed upon a superior article. The consump tion of the poor consisted chiefly of Boheas.—(No. no.) It amounted to full 6,000,000 lbs. a year. He concluded with proposing two resolutions as an amendment to those to be submitted. They were to the effect that the system hitherto acted upon by the East India Company has in.. creased the consumption of tea, and maintained the reve nue; that to sustain that system the trade should be con ducted on the same principle, in order to prevent fraud ; that all teas should be sold by public sale, notice being given in the Gazette ; that an ad valorem duty be levied on all teas, as the only equitable principle to the merchant and the consumer; and that this will be the best plan to carry the objects of Government into operation. He (Mr. Nicholson) said the machinery under the new act would give the Whigs an opportunity of appointing numberhas commissioners, inspectors, &c., at the expense of the nation, and the probability was that the nation would be half poisoned by the introduction of low trashy teas. Mr. HOOPER seconded the amendment. He felt confi dent a fixed rate of duty would be injurious to the poorer classes by increasing the price of teas. He thought an ad valorem duty would prevent smuggling. The amendment was put and negatived, and the report was adopted. Mr. SANDERSON considered if teas were introduced at an ad valorem duty it would be impossible to carry on the trade. The bill passed last session would be injurious to the trade and the revenue. The article of tea bad become of great importance to the country, whether the shipping or mercantile interests were concerned. The price of low teas here would regulate the price in China, and the British public would not be gainers, but the Chi nese, by the low duty levied. Besides, the impossibility of discriminating the grades of teas would afford ample room for fraud and bribery. A cargo of Boheas coming in might be considered to be Congous by the inspector, and the extra duty would make a difference of 50,0001, to the importer, who would not hesitate to give a bribe of from 10,0001. to 20,0001. to obtain a declaration that the teas were Boheas. In fact, the grades were so nice that great difficulties would exist in detecting the various qualities. The Ministers had done some things well for the country, but they had not attended to the welfare of commerce. He concluded by proposing the second reso lution, declaring the scale of duties alike injurious to the trade and the country at large, and that the act hail passed without due deliberation. Mr. F. TRADERS seconded the resolution. The prin ciples of free trade would not, he contended, admit of high duties ; be.idea, the poorer classes would not drink the low teas if they could get better. The classification of the teas would lead to perjury, to a defalcation in the revenue, and disappointment to all classes. No parties would be benefitted by the change. The resolution was carried. Mr. COUSINS proposed the next resolution, which stated that the consumption of tea depended on the qua lity; but the scale of duties would tend to encourage the growth and importation of low teas, to bring the article into discredit, and to affect the revenue. The scale of duties as no,v adopted would increase smuggling. The schedule of duties was deprecated' by the trade, and he might say, by the Eist India Company.—(llear, hear.) Mr. Hovaxinsorr, in seconding the motion, referred to dettils to show ibat the Interests of the poorer classes would be compromised by the new scale of duties. The resolution was passed. Air. BUTLER proposed the next resolution, and said, to show the pour did not use Boheas extensively, he might state that while he exported to Ireland one chest of Buhea he sent eight chests of Cungou. Mr. STYAN seconded tt.eresolution, and described the scale as a complete delusion. The resolution was adopted. ➢lr. EDWARDS moved the fifth resolution, which stated that the high rate of duties on fine teas would encourage smoggling,&c. The resolution was seconded by Mr. WILLIAMS, and adopted. The next resolution was proposed by Mr. VARNHAM, and expressed the opinion of the meeting that the ma chinery of the plan would be inef f icient, leading to dis putes, &c., and to increase greatly the number of officers, so that the surplus of the high duties would pay the ex penses of collection. - The resolution was seconded by Mr. MILLER, and adopted. Mr. Tllomesox proposed the next resolution, to the effect that a uniform duty on all teas would be the best mode of insuring to the public good tea, to protect the revenue, and act as a safeguard to the fair trader ; and that a petition be presented to Parliament stating the convic tions of the trade. The resolution was seconded by Mr. HittHousr, and adept. d. A petition to Parliament was then agreed to, after which thanks were returned to the Committee and Chair.. man, and the meeting adjourned. A meeting of upwards of 200 proprietors and occupiers of land of the eastern division of Cornwall was held at the Town Hall, St. Germain's, on the 14th inst., when a petition against the abolition of the corn laws was carried unanimously. C. Roberts, Eyq., of Trevat, said, if these laws were abolished a great part of the 600,000 agricultural labourers of the kingdom would be reduced to destitution. TORRINGTON.—A meeting, convened by the Worshipful the Mayor of this town, C. W. Johnson, Esq., in compliance with a requisition signed by several highly_respectable inhabitants, took place at the Guildhall on Saturday last, for the purpose of adopting a declaration to his Majesty on the subject of the Established Church. It was proposed by Captain Cutcliffe, and seconded by E. H. CAddy, Esq., that the declaration already in circu lation be adopted as the sentiments of the present meet ing. This was unanimously agreed to. WESTALL'S AND MARTIN'S ILLUSTRA TIONS OF THE BIBLE, in Monthly Parts of 'Eight En gravings, in Bvo., for Is., royal quarto, 2s. 6d. The spe cimens and show boards, we are requested to state, will be issued on the Ist March, but Part I. will not be delivered before the old of the month, to allow time for supplyi ng the demands th roug h ou t th e kingdom simultaneously. All orders should therefore be cent at latest by the 20th of March. Published by Bull and Churton, Hulles.stre e t, London. Agents are established in all the principal towns of England and Wales. For Scotland, Bell and Bradtute, h.dinburgh ; Ireland, Wakeman, Dublin, of whom spe citnens and show-boards can be had by the trade. A FIRE OCCASIONED BY A MAD DOG.-- Friday a dog belonging to a shepherd, in the employ of Mr. Snazell, of Woodditton, which had been tie 1 up from a supposition of its being mad, broke loose and ran In the course of its progress it bit several dogs. It was pursued by many persona for the purpose of destroy ing it, but it managed to escape, and was not heard of till the following morning, when it entered the stable of Mrs, 'l'utsall, of Woliditton. On its entrance, a man, em. ;;toyed looking after the horses, ran out, leaving a candle nd lantern behind him, which was upset either by the iorses or dog amongst the straw. Toe straw immeili at, ly caught fire, by which the horses' tails and other parts 61 their bodies were singed. Some harness which had been fresh oiled was burnt to a crisp. Fortunately, the lire was soon got under without doing the damage on_ :;finally anticipated. The dog also was killed in the course “f the day without his having inflicted any further ha. jury,—Bury .14erald. a