The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-05 00:00:00

MORNING SUN ...- Tories,,as completely exonerating them from all .Distress has occurred betbre, employ , ment must be fluctuating., wages must vary, ow ing to changes of fashion, and their Lordships ' n 'ay therefbre sleep in peace, being nowise instrumental in causing the misery they so hu til 4:,.thanely deplore. Lord RIPON said-- lie agreed with the Noble Viscount that it would be k fateterror to hold out expectations that any measure ,;; could, hi-the complicated machinery of society which E . ng .., i'land presents—that it would be possible by any legis.la .."',ltire enactment to prevent.that occasional distress which fluctuations in trade inevitably produce.—(Hear, hear.) We were not exactly prepared to find Lord ' 1(1 1311011011 AM rtioning (t o b orrow M r. G. THo i lsow . s Metaphor) after the same "red herring." But the scent which lures Legislators away from respon sibility is s o pl eas i ngly powerful, that even Lord BROUGHAM'S far-seeing mind was not prof against the temptation, and he was led on the );. same trail. But he accompanied his remark with Just r ecommendation, which the other Noble Lords omitted. Lord BROUGHAM said— He believed that the distress was in its present extent Transitory, but lie fea r ed he must agree with his Noble r ien d that in thi s coun t r y p er iodical distress and re verse of fortune was a l most indispensible to the highly artificial •stute of society. For centuries, nay for t his count ry had been manufacturing not only for itself, but for the world, and such a country might well appre hend a gradual decline of some branches in which other nations would take to supply themselves. But that was no reason for not making every practical effort to stay the declin e of such manufactures, and to open other markets. Here in theeternaarin,ethree eminent no bl emen a ll agree i ng that our artificial and complicated state of society—as independent of legislation, and dependent on changes of taste at home and abroad —is the cause of periodical distress, which Legislation does not cause, and which Legisla _ tion cannot be expected to cure. It maybe very Presumptuous in us, humble newspaper writers, to differ from such high authorities, but, having de voted some of Our time to reflecting on social e,, Phenomena, and our cOncl us i ons b e i ng a t vari i„ v oil e renures: anc milli those of th e Noble Lords, we ' shall nesspie.ocrtfullv b ut fi rmly to state some of Perficial v i ew n t f i s tk ie in t3 g r. ,that they take a very su ,ae Pa the fact We t prominently forward that Tslators have a.strong interest in maintaining doctrine so pleasing to them. " Great fluctua- Z oZnsosCileteyrn,”tybimgrehni;'" "complicated - . the. convenient machinery artificial state of society," phrases, which serve to conceal their errors from themselves, and keep from them the knowledge that they are responsible for most of the e v il s the people suffer. Society, n sb si a le_lousntidnsg, wives of men, women, and children ; of fr iends ; , and off spr i ng ; o f re l at i ves an d iof employers and labourers ; of masters ritdifis'ma ceira s i r ants; is n o t more compl i cated nor more now, though th e i n di v id ua l s compos i ng Y he more numerous, than it was twenty eenturies.ago •; for all these classes then existed, and some more, such as s l aves an d t h e i r masters. i i s made complicated and artificial by laws g up the soil, placing fetters on industry, i ( I l i f l .P e ding . the f ree c i rculation of commodities, `men, and of money; b ut all the relations we 4vejust referred to exist at all times and places. Society is not, therefore, made more compli ,,ted and more artificial by becoming more ",a . Mero us, except as it i s ma d e art i f i c i al and com- Pnea ted by a great deal of perverse legislation. N .We must also place prominently before those bees 01 4 0 Lord s , t h e fact that visitations of dis- Suei particularly • such as cannot be clearly ed to b ad laws have becme less fre nt I^ „ Ls as society has become numerous,. .or, th e , . T h . express it, complicated and artificial. con -- „sr.' Infnates of the forests of America, 4 -4 tting, some of the most. simple and inarti ic,i;,---states of society now known, are sometimes Led with famines, which -root out whole, tribes d ilatie ns• In the earlier history of Europe, I :2 e ,a society was far less numerous than at pre ,.„ll!) famine—the greatest of all distresses 1-eiicqlically desolated _our own and every other n i ° ,, lint rY. Th e i nterested assert i on, t h ere f ore, o f se a ell noble Legislators is not warranted by any known facts. d • z.. 4 s they apply these doctrines to the present (Taistress, , may, however, discard a 4 notions of ti P r iee and fashion, and come to the plain facts, e la l t the bulk of our manufacturers, and parti 11i.Y those aMongst whom distress now pre . - . 0 rails' are engaged in preparing clothing, or aro dad as essential as clothing, for their well-being, e that they want food, which is even more tb ssen tial than clothing to subsistence. We may,_ tuZ for e) confine ourselves to consider the flue the demand for food and clothing. c~n°ale Lords talk of " employment fluctua colr '" an d 9f the uncertain demand of foreign the ntri es, uo they mean that the capacity of auetsta nta elis of th e manu f ac t ur i ng p o p u lati on of•A llat es, or that the backs of the inhabitants anon eh tner are now as large as the Andes , and le a at_ to a pea ? The appetite of man, anyesastriv d °.e e e numero us bodies of men, th se °f degree, not, to a b e b a fluctuating quantity, and . and bread peiday, _the ordinary ° I ) 411 41 - a e °t a sailor, may suffice for the average " I cloth. na°l'ind throughout all time. The want „ seas on _ i ; e ny vary with the cl , imate . and the °l inost ' as lit in general it may be described to be demand Per.inanent and little fluctuating as the. appe t i tes food. On these great all-pervading , gre at and. wants are founded by far the and ner Portion of the employment of the people, °t°l -Ay that portion which is at present de , ent, nr bec ause the Legislature leas interposed fo n d and prohibi t t h e exc h ange o f c l o thi ng or n 0,.; and fo o d f or clothing. As there is little littl e Ilactu ation - in the w an ts, so there can be si l o, _Or . no fl uctuation in employment, except the %as is caused by legislators interfering with , e uer nnd and the supply. 4 her • • we tiricinec:st,Cianldl indeed, one remarkable—fluctuation .h but—change going on, which l ink the three Noble Legislators have over ooked. °cedilla Backs in want of clothing, and hands in • axes and knives, plates . and dishes, are pitl e reasi n • g to America With unexampled ra ,- th o ; in England the power o f producing 4448. e co mmodities seems almost boundless, stomach4B it can be brought into use here, s 'kis,craving for food come also into e tn s , eite ,e. Why, the Americans are rEA allowe cipPIY themsWl,elves with clothing and cutlery, f ri- d Y °lir people are 'not allowed to obtain fro m them, i s b e st known to the legisA -- ta 'C' r % who find an exc u se for 'time didtress they in alleging that employment fluctuates. Per haPs, the a i ng l e except i on o f an agri rinit Population, living in the immediate vi al' whose a thri v i ng manufacturing population; v,llOSe Wants the ag r i cu l tur i sts are una b le to 80 1 Y, we can conceive no con di t i on of society Weil calculated never to experience any Ilevetuation, but steadily to advance in tFie. r-ending Prosperity, as the manufacturing i-ipulation of Great Britain engaged in supplying „! ever-growing wants of the rapidly-increasing I;lln:dation of Atneriea. The beautiful wisdom of „, s 7,atiaPtation of o ur great manufacturing power _tne want s o f the inhabitants of America, and Zas want o f f ood to their rude produce, seems aWholly lost on Corn-laW making legislators, as 13 rt iony is lost on one void of hearing; and they din rudely and savagely crushed what they not comp re h end. Lords MELBOURNE and Eel l 'oN hav e , on several occasions, shown them th:,es so fatu ous l y i gnorant on these high topics, biil . L_;ve do not wonder at their holding up any th at might sh ut out the light ; but it i_c a ves us to see. one of the mightiest s pi r it s o f ge following, thouh it be but a moment, 4 ' tie wak e of these two for Perhaps/ and Krel ca ble, but n o t w i se and reflecting, Peers. I t would b e preposterous in us to speculate in . oitr citirkness on the Minis ter i a l p l an for im k(l4.))r°vinv, the Corn-laws, when '%.:ille shall have all the information Sir itOBERT " \I i‘Pt on Wednesday if EL can give. But we notice in the Votes of L ' th e House ofCommtlus a tone list of complicated Ll 4, , r ecords and accounts as to the '' Various places and times, and which have been .ordered to be laid betbre that HoUse ;Sand we Twiau of corn at ,bust say at once, that the question cannot be ;.,settled.' by statistical details. They are very lkelSr to serve the Purpose of complicating the )Ilatteri and. confusing the public mind. They Itantiot throw . any light on it. What we want is the statistics of what would DIA RY KsELLES', 'ac Portrait! ..f It d A , i' so, te k Ashore , • t Grou=>lb-stree PL R OR PI S ' ED several 0,4 w hich (t b bil i t i e s of °Valli' eta. 5, ,rbree/11 ' a ' in OI L a iri, l,lr. „ J e lr Sea Dria°;i i 0 ' She l a i pa p d 'i ;elebo t ;01 a ' bawds. 00v 4. / VAl l )f t he d Dale ; rdaar ; Air -Trice tO rit4 AL S - tf ilJ lsl ' )EDA ° I tY i n s to I O, g reat 0 1 ' StO e ' /If Ne ia S er Dote poi e t er , Ch ef am, 4 3: °' ling, 01;1 1, ,s °" l Che • arrfit . tie e se Eli t; ' 0 114 ', 7 se' 14V , ':1 000 1 'l l 31 1112 1 •" ( 0$' 5 .1 ivs -5- I 14 - A f.jg , iilSJv s per I ) 9a'' /b ~i _% 18 42 ' i d ollg yh arl ) 11 ,-, L v ITO st itli t as dc ore col'lc tl' distre ss ' (th e , )osi te I C oo , io !; irtals ere no, o f )11 ° deloali`jaai hold ° ,l ll o . e t ft e e t or" t • n t, an ti 5 0ed . vv o ttill - c ) o ti , l o l i t the)c o rtr tothe the bo t ase. being .) ar, h ear- .1 d 01 e 0 utt d WbigS GB an,{ at for tho " Id VIS' tributiov' ?BO' l tiers, th e l i e °' dressing aSa 11 yi VIDE' i: 713 60 st erg* LAO' 5, fil,, ACP and e . 9 I§l l° Ac" entitled 111$ morrk . Ails IC' Oh tomß E 1 OF s Pot°pll4' vs P „1,490 P be, and what would have been, bad there been no Corn-law ; what these accounts will give will be facts in subordination to that law without any test or comparison of their value. So few person's have any knowledge of the value of sta titical facts, that to throw them before the public without any such test, is like pronouncing, a sonorous passage of gibberish and calling it Greek, in the presence of those who ha ve never learnt the language. It appears very fine,and very conclusive, as to the beauty of the tongue, but they do not understand one word of it. The public must not, and we believe will not, allow themselves to be mystified by any such cunning and quackish contrivance. They have elevated the question into the region of moraLt., and demand justice not calculations. The cir cumstances of the country, they say, are now different from what they were at any former period, and they assert that no conduct then adopted, no facts then true, can now form a proper guide for the Legislature. " The CREATOR," as BLACKSTONE says in the Second Section . of his Introduction, " has so intimately connected, so inseparably interwoven the laws of eternal justice with the happiness of each indi vidual, that the latter cannot be obtained but by observing the former; and if the former be punc tually obeyed, it cannot but introduce the latter.' The public have that conviction in their hearts, and they demand that the Legislature, instead of following its own fancies, under the expectation which experience has demonstrated to be de lusive, shall follow the laws of eternal justice. Nothing can be more satisfactory than the state of the foreign relations of Great Britain, as set forth in the Speech from the Throne. The hollow rumbling of dis tant war thunders, which so disturbed the Tories when out of office, have all happily died away since they took up their abode in Downing-street. Our little wars have led to none of the great ones of which Sir Ro- BERT PEEL was so painfully apprehensive when nightly occupying the front bench on the Opposition side of the House. Her MAJESTY, speaking the language of the Premier, is made to say that she "receives from all Princes and States the continued assurance of their earnest desire to maintain the most friendly relations with this country." This . is all that the most war-abhorring Quaker, or the most Radical Reformer, can desire. The only -exception is China, but so very sanguine have our Ministers become, that they express a conviction that our differences with the "Son of Hea ven" will be brought to an early termination, and our commercial relations with that country placed• on a sa tisfactory basis—which is what they never were. Now if the Tories believe that such will be the early result of the war with the Celestial Empire, they ought to raise a statue to Captain ELLIOT, whose blundering was chiefly instrumental in provoking it. Respecting the important questions at issue between Great Britain and the United 'States, the Speech says nothing, not- Withstanding the prominent place given to them in the last Presidential message. Nor is a single allusion made to the late events in Spain, or to the disturbed state of Central Asia, in which Briti,ll interests are so deeply involved. The Royal Speech announces that measures will be submitted to Parliament for the improvement of the ju risdiction exercised by Ecclesiastical Courts in England and Wales. Why not extend the sphere of operation, and carry the improvement farther north, to a country where the violent proceedings in Ecclesiastical Courts have thrown the whole frame of society into confusion ? In Eng land and Wales these Courts may bebad enough, but they are as a drop of the bucket compared waft the usurpa tions, the violence, and the worse than Star-Chamber cruelties which have for some years now gained the Church Courts of Scotland such unenviable notoriety. No clergyman, nor layman either, unless he can pro nounce the " Shibboleth " of a dominant party, is safe. The one is excommunicated, the other is deposed as well as excommunicated; and even those who sympathise with them are threatened with the same punishments. While these things are going on, the arm of the law is paralysed, or makes such tardy movements that the sufferers doubt its efficacy . in bringing them relief. Such a . state of things is at utter-variance with good order and the prac tice of true religion—two of the main objects for which the Kirk was established, and for which its ministers are paid by express enactments of the Legislature. These rebellious priests obey or disobey the law as suits their purposes. They accept. the State money—they col lect their stipends to the uttermost farthing, not one of which they could levy but for the law which they set at defiance. A speedy and effectual remedy for these crying abuses is imperatively demanded on the part of the nume ous ministers of the Scottish Church who have borne their sufferings with such Christian patience, and who, con scious of their own rectitude, have, with unexampled submission, left their case in the bands of the Govern ment anti the Legislature. They therefore have reason to Complain, that while the small grievances of the English Church have a conspicuous place allotted to them in the QUEEN'S Speech, their cruel deprivations and persecutions are passed over without notice. In justice, then, to a respectable and useful class, Sir ROBERT PEEL and Lord ABERDEEN are bound to state explicitly and without delay, whether the Kirk or the Constitution is to rule in Scotland. Madrid journals of the 27th ult. have reached us. We regret to learn from them that the Archbishop of TOLEDO has resigned his pastoral functions rather than support the project of law submitted to the Chambers, forbidding appeals to Rome, and virtually vesting the supremacy of the Spanish Church in the Government. This Prelate was a Liberal in politics, and hitherto lent the weight of his episcopal authority to the constitutional cause. M. OLOZAGA defended the conduct of the Government on the etiquette question, but manifested much tact and de licaey in alluding to the conduct of the French Go vernment towards himself personally as the Represen tative of Spain. He assured the Chamber that all difficulties would be soon overcome, and that there was no reason to dread any further unfriendly act on the part of France. The Bourse at Madrid, on the 26th, was at 32 for cash, and 321 a for account 60 days. The Paris Journals devote their leading columns to the question of the Budget, respecting which, however, they write with an appearance of great indifference. The Ministerial organs are pleased, a s they always are, with everything done by the Cabinet ; and the Opposition papers treat the whole question with an air of lofty indifference, as if they were above the consideration of the mere details of taxation. Upon the prosecution of the Press they are more earnest, and de nounce the conduct of the Government w,ith energy and spirit. There is no news in these papers of any political inte rest. We subjoin the only interesting eNtracts found in them : A letter from Toulon, quoted by the Tempt, says that the Prince de Joinville is shortly expected in that port, to sail in the Belle Poule on a voyage round the world. His Royal Highness will visit the French East India settlements and the China seas. - ----- - The Journal de la Hage publishes an article on the respon sibility of printers, occasioned by a recent trial in Holland, It shows that the Dutch law, as fixed by the High Court, esta blishes the maxim, that the author being known, the printer cannot be considered responsible. M. Gualtier, ex-banker at Anjers, whose trial we reported the day before yesterday, has been condemned by the Correc tional Tribunal of Anjers to two years' imprisonment, a fine of 25,000 f., suspension of civil rights for ten years, and the costs. The moment the sentence was pronounced, M. Gualtier in a loud voice declared he should appeal.— Constitutionnel. The Gazette de Tribucaux says, " It is stated that a for mal motion will be made in a few days in the Chamber of De puties to revise the 24th article of the law of the 27th May, 1840, relative to printers. This motion cannot fail to be taken into serious consideration. _ . . Leopold, youngest son of Du ft i;; acco k u e n F ts er f d ro in m and Vi o e f nn s a a t a h e at c P o r b i u n r c g e , was one of the candidatesforthe hand The Pres s e sa ys on this subject , _of S ain, but n p :: of the i t Qu een of Spain. certain that one of tie first acts of the new Erulish Ministry was en propose a Prince o f C o b urg as consor t o f the young Que it is equ a ll y certa i n t h a t t h e C on tinental Pow ers rejected this plan, which tended to evinee the disappointed love. pre ponderance Spain, as it a l rea d y ex i sts i n Portugal. COrn' er . "* of England in , A Young soldier shot himself at Verdun a few nays since In H a fit of me l ancholy, brought on by e lo aded his musket s o h eav il y, t h at hi s h ea d was bl own entirely to pieces, The sno w h as b een drifted this winter, as t h e Courrier (10 Lyeg, states, t o a cons i derable depth among t h e moun t a ins . in the depay tosent of the Drome, and the cold has b een very .m.• tense. A young man and ; woman, on different days during the course o f l ast month, perished in the RAW 4m9ng t h e alionrot;ina• The former, overcome b y fatigue, was caught in a storm and f ro Fen to death ; the latter fell over a precipice into a snow drift, and has not singe been seen. All efforts to find her body have proved fruitless. The Mayor of Rouen having refused sortie time since to enregister the marriag e o f a S wiss with a Prussian feinales because they did not present authorißtion from the enroPe" tent persons in their own countries, an action was brought against him by th e parties ; and the Tribunal de Premiere . instance gf that city has given a decision in favour of the llaintiffs, ordering the 1114yer to make the registration forth with. The Mayor founded his refusal on a Ministerial pirt cular issued in 1831. A few days ago, says a letter from Most (in Belgium). a ypyng pal! of one of the most respectable families in that place shot an gl4 'dale servant of the family through the head. He was taken into onstody end sent to prison, but it is said that he is insane. The woman, who is not dead, hilt wlia is not expected to survive, as the wound was very serious, is th a widow of a man who was murdered a few years ago, and, on the day when she was shot, her sister died suddenly at Wetteren. Th e Gazette des Tribtaytux says that the danumie done to THE SUN, LONDQN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1842. .~~~ the workshops and manufactory of M. Pihet by the fire on Sunday evening was very considerable, but that the precise amount is not known. The accident is attributed to a beam which was in contact with one of the chimneys of a forge, and had become ignited in consequence of some flaw in the brickwork. The greatest man in the 43d regiment of the line, quartered at Bayonne, has deserted its ranks—the Tambour-major of that corps having, for some cause not yet known, abandoned his drums and crossed the Spanish frontier. The Minister of Public Instruction has confirmed the deci sion of the Rector . of the Academy of Strasburg, in suspending the lectures of M. Ferrari, Professor of Philosophy, for sup porting Socialist doctrines. - •- " The Abbe de Lamennais," says the Moniteur Parisien, " is reported to be on the point of leaving Paris, to take up his iesidenee in, the East." BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prig. Prier. Frencb! Der Cents l :9 ... :14 ... 1 9 119 4!. per Ccnts. 3 per Ccnt•.. Loan Rank of France Lalete tank MOM St area 1017 50 _1)10 _lOl7 50 ...le2o 5,0k01. S:. arcs :Alio ...50. 0 ...5030 ...503.1 Belgian 5 per Cents. S per Cent!., 1840. 11'5% ... 105 li, ... 1(.5 1 ( ... 1,54 Dutch 2N, per Cents 52 .. :2% ... :.2% ... 52% N.... 0 active :4 , 74 ... :145 ... •.*4A —. 24% Passive 5. .0 ... byi .... 5!.6 sx, geapoluan ........ ..... Aosrian ... v ... .. 101 101 ... 1(4 ... 104 - -It AIL W A Y SHAKER. R. Germain Vet - tallies, K. is 345 ... 1:45 ... 345 ... 345 LB Rouen ()rte.., . BELGIAN l• UNDs—BaussaLe, FEB. 2. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C. nt....... Loan a Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 94 3 per Cent. -- • 724i (184,1 102% Loan of City, 1':32, 4 per Cent. ........ Society el Commerce, 4 %per Cent B5 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent........ ..... 79% NationalSaciely. .. — Exchange on Londe% (short) --Brussels Papers, Feb. 2. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VieNNA, JAN.2S. five per Coats. Metalliques Fors per Cents. 99% Three p,r Cents. Bank Shares ...Allgonrine Zeirung, Jan. 29; DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTCRDAM, Faa 1. Money. Bills. Actual De! , t. '2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. A mart Syndic,4% per cent—. ............ Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 70% 76 Commercial Company, 4% per cent 15 7 ,4 r 5 7% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 9731 984 Exchange on London, One month l2 10 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 6 - t% Two months 35 433 i Dutch Papers, Feb. 2. HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, JAN. 29. Bills. Money 11814 Thirty.seven. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 160,0 __ _ A siglo-Itussian Loan llO4 1007 f, Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, C..rtiticate Inscription, IstSezias... 104% Russian 5 per Cont. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th . . Series — 91 Ditto in Certificates Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) B9 b 8 Dutch Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent .51 501 i Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New 1 icket - Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 7Bg 77% Not wegian Lean, 1831, 4 per Gout.... 1 1 ,.N 102% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. l9 • LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND SIR ROBERT PEEL. —lt was remarked on Thursday evening, that Lord John Russell spoke with unwonted fluency and boldness, as if the air of the Opposition benches had acted like a tonic, had braced his nerves and steeled his heirt. Sir Robert Peel, however, slouched into the House more ungainly than usual, looking pale, timid, and conscience stricken. He hung down his head, a characteris tic Which the Short-time Deputation noticed, and seemed afra:d to look either his friends or his op ponents in the face. His voice, too, when lie began to speak, indicated decrepitude, it was thin and small, like the voice of a man who breathes hydrogen. gas. It soon rose, indeed, nearly to its wonted fullness and pitch, but still the canker care was visible in walk, gesture, and speech. Sir Robert Peel was a happier man at the head of the Opposition, worrying and teasing his op ponents, than he is as the head of the Ministry, clothed with vast official responsibility, and made to feel that a child cannot meet with a mischance in this wide empire but he may be blamed for it. The total number of deaths in the metropolis during the week ending Jan. 29 was 1,110; being an increase of 6 as compared with the previous week. The deaths caused by diseases of the lungs are still on the increase, having been in the former week 374 and in the latter 407. The difference between the mortality in the autumn and winter is most remarkable, as regards the amount and the causes. For instance, the return for the week ending the 2d October—total deaths 857, and for the last week 1,110. The increase has taken place chiefly among old people, and those affected with diseases of the lungs. In the weekending the 2d October the deaths were— old age 52, diseases of the lungs 231; while dur ing the last week they were respectively 109 and -407, - being in the latter case somewhat less, and in the former more than doubly. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IN AND OUT.—Lord Melbourne congratulated Ministers on Thursday on . the more comfortable views which they took of atEdrs now than they did on the 24th of August last." This " comfortable " change of opinion is - very easily ac counted for. Office—to borrow a phrase from a fickle Contemporary—" has done it all!" When Ministers were " withering in the cold shade of Opposition," their views ,of things were naturally enough tinged with the gloomy and inclement character of the climate they dwelt in ; public affairs were desperate, because their own condi tion appeared so ; but now that they are inhaling the balmy air, and basking in the sweet sunshine of office, their opinions take the sunny hue of their locality ; and the Pessimists of August become the Optimists of Fe bruary! Talk of the metamorphoses recorded by Ovid ! There are no metamorphoses equal to those wrought by , Office ! One transformation alone this mighty necro mancer is unable to effect—it cannot transform Sir James Graham into an honest statesman ! . . , 1 man; is to be brougl:t under the notice of - the Ifonwon Wednesday.. . Church-Rates, Si r R o b ert . Peel said, in .reply 'to questions, he. had, no intention whatever to meddle with. The Di;isclaters must bear in patience their burdens. • • Bribery, Sir Robert . Peel. told Mr. Buncombe, he could not stop to suppress bribery; he is so eager to carry forward his great commercial reforms. - On the Corn-laws, Sir. Robert -Peel announced that he will propose his pl an on Wednesday, commence a de bate, print his prop os i t i ons, and resume the d i scuss i on on the ensuing Frid a y or W ednesday. The Report on th e Ad dress was agreed to, O'Connell: had exp resse d his serious apprehensions that the proposed. alterations • in • the. :registration would de prive Irishmen of th e i r liberty. An , Itddress to P r i nce .Al b ert on the bi rt h o f the Prince of Wales was ad o p te d. - after Mr. - A Bill to remedy an error made in the Appropriation Act, .of last. Session- was;- after obtaining leave, intro duced and read a first itne. EMIGRATION was brought under the notice of the House by Lord Stanley, who denied that the Govern ment entertained an idea of instituting a wholesale scheme, thereby knoelting - down another dclusien which the pretended filen& of the people and the. Tories have spread abroad. .There is no occasion to promote emigra tion ; the people are running away as fast as they can ; 106.000 having expatriated themselves last year. Lord Stanley, after point ing - out the rapid progress which New • South Wales -had made—and after pointing out a whole series of mischievous- blunders committed, and changes made, by former :Colonial Ministers proposed to intro duce a Bill which 'should take away the discretion of the Colonial Secretary over the waste lands of the Colony ; and substitute for it an Act of Parliament, selling the land periodically by auction, • 'beginning with an upset price, and allowing all the land not sold by auction to be sold at that upset price at any time afterwards. He Wishes to make the measure applicable to all the Colo nies. : Only one half the' produce of the land sales is to be devoted to purposes of emigration. These, and a greater number 'of similar details are introduced into a Bill which the Noble Lord moved for leave to bring in. Lord John Russell expressed his acquiescence in the motion and plan. Mr. Ward did the same, though it must have been a blow to his sanguine expectations. Leave to brhig, in the A llillwasgiven. The House rose at Half-past Six o'clock:_ I . PUBLIC OPINION. The principal leading articles 'of our Morning Con temporaries we have given under the head of Spirit of the Public Journals ;" we need therefore only state here that the chronicle contains a second article on the pernicious effects produced by the Corn-laws, wherein our Contemporary remarks :---" Corn does not reach the rate at which the ports are open and the warehouses un locked, but by an aicending scale of suffering. Priva tions among the poor, of graduated severity, are the steps of the ladder from whose top the approach of foreign supply is to be discerned." The Herald, in remarking on the speech of the mover of the Address in the House of Lords, takes occasion to observe that " the necessity for expanding and invigo rating the sources of income without (so long as it may be possible to avoid it) the imposition of any new fiscal burdens on the people, becomes the most sacred of prin ciples among those which should govern the policy and measures of her Majesty's servants." The Post, in an article on the subject of free trade, expresses itself to the effect that the monopoly enjoyed by the Canadian timber-trade entails no loss on this country. MONEY—TRABB7COMBIERCE. The journeymen shipwrights of Limerick, aware of the work which the late hurricane has prepared for them, struck last week, and refused to go to work at 7s. Gd. The glove trade of Worcester is reviving, and during the past week many orders have been rece i ve d b y t h e gn and home account. There manufacturers now there, at ,0 r k both in Boeiligfiourm 1,300 s t eam - eng i nes, e with a total power of 33,100 horses. A meeting of the iron trade, held on Friday at Wol verhampton, advanced the price of manufactured iron 10s. per ton. A letter from Geneva states, " our clock and watch trade is more flourishing this winter than it has been for several years past." ECCLESIASTICAL. The members of the Marylebone Tradesmen and Ope ratives Protestant Association, had addressed a memo rial against Puseyism to the Bishop of London, stating that there arc at, present, in their borough, places of wor ship and officiating clergy who follow the ceremonies of the Romish Church, and praying his Lordship to ac quaint them with the iheasures he will adopt against them, by the time of their next meeting, on the 28th inst. COURT - CIRCULAR. Her Royal Hi,ghness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Buckingham Palace at an early hour yesterday morning, and joined the Illustrious Party at breakfast. The Baron de Humboldt, Monsieur le Conseiller de Muller, le Baron M eyer i nc k , M ons. l e D octeur G r i mm, ,and Mons. Frederic, who had been s t a yi ng a t th e Ki ng of Hanover' s residence, in St. James's Palace, arrived and joined the other Noblemen and Gentlemen of the King of Prussia's Suite. His Majesty took his 'departure at half-past nine o'clock, and was conducted to his carriage by the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Queen and the Duchess of Kent accompanied the King to-the Grand Entrance, and tbere took their leave of the August Visitor. His Royal Highness Prince Al bert accompanied his Majesty, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Saxe-Cobourg also went in the same carriage and four. Their Serene Highnesses the Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of, Saxe Cobourg were in the next Royal carriage. The King of Prussia's suite, consisting of his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, Baron de Humboldt, General Natzmar, General de Neumann, Count de Stol berg, Le Conseiler de Muller, M. de B. Meyerinck, M. de Brauchitsch, Dr. Grimm, and M. Frederic ; the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting on his Majesty, Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting on the King, Captain Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting on Prince Albert, and Co lonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal High ness, also followed, in several of the Queen's carriages and four to Woolwich. A party of the Life Guards escorted his Majesty from Buckingham Palace. Their: Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George left town yesterday morning for Wool wich, to witness th e rev i ew o f th e R o y a l Artillery, and to take leave of his Prussian Majesty. On the embarkation of his Prussian Majesty at two o'clock on board the Firebrand steam-packet for the Continent, his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Woolwich Dock-yard for town, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses Prince Ferdinand, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and attended by Captain Francis Seymour and Colonel Wylde. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George also took leave of the King, and immediately left for town. His Royal Highness Prince Albert returned to Buck ingham Palace twenty minutes before four o'clock. The King of Prussia honoured Mr. Wyld yesterday, by accepting a copy of his large " Atlas of the Battles of the British Army," and expressing his approbation of the work. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, had an audience of the Queen yesterday. The Judge Advocate-General had an audience, yes terday, of her Majesty. Her Majesty gave audiences to Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, joined the Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening. Her Majesty and Prince Albert left the Palace a quar ter before ten o'clock last night, to honour Covent garden Theatre with their presence, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Cobourg, and the Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, and attended by the Royal Suite, includ ing the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Earl of Morton, Hon. Captain Duncombe, Captain Francis Seymour, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Wylde. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. • Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta So merset, honoured the British Institution with a visit yesterday. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, on a special mission, and Baron Schleinitz, Prussian Charge d'Af faires, returned to town last evening from attending their Sovereign to his embarkation at Woolwich. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. The Lords present were the Lord President, Lord Wynford, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Bush was heard on an appeal from Jersey, " Tou zel v. Filleul," part-heard at a former sitting. Their Lordships affirmed the decree of the Court below. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, were heard on an appeal, " Cameron v. Repre sentatives of Fraser," and " Cameron v. Representatives of Gelland." Mr. Turner, Queen's Counsel, commenced his address for the respondent. The Court rose at four o'clock. Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Baring had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The tendency towards improvement in the Public Securities, which we noticed last evening, became more developed to-day, and there was a larger amount of busi ness got through. We may remark, however, that nearly everything depends upon the nature of the re forms in our. commercial code which Sir Robert reel may deem it expedient to propose, as to whether Ms improvement shall be confirmed. Consols were quoted 894 to for present transfer, and 89,i. to for Account. Exchequer Bills were 17s. to 19s. premium, and East India Bonds 9s. to lls..*premium. The New Three-and a-Half per Cents. obtained 98j to 98k. Bank and India Stocks were not dealt in. The Foreign Stocks, although in some instances bet • ter, did not, upon the whole, participate in the improved tone of our own funds. Brazil Stock improved to 631, owing to late advices from Pernambuco, which make no allusion to the insurrection said to have broken out in the Northern Provinces. Mexican Stock touched 308 and 31 ; and Colombian 22 to 221. Active Spanish Bonds were flat all day at 248. Belgian continued firm at 1031. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were steady at 511 to 518. In Shares there was very little doing, but prices were fully supported. Brighton Railway were 13k, Northern and Eastern 3,1, and South Eastern 21 discount. London and Birmingham were 80, and Great Western Fifths, 5i premium. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 24. Bills on the principal Continental cities were taken upon rather more favourable terms this afternoon. On Paris at 25f. 741 to 771 e.; Frankfort 150 to 1501 ; on Harnburgh at 13 101 ; on Antwerp, at 12 4 ; on Amsterdam at 12 4 to 41 ; and on Triest at 9 51. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 3.—We have had a very good demand for Cotton to-day, and a fair business has been transacted. The sales consist of 5,000 bales, of which ex, porters have taken 600. American descriptions sold to-day chiefly 5a to s*. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, FEB. 3.—The trs.ns , " B. at the Stock Exchange this day are as fa — Counties, 84 ; Grand Junction, 18A• w: Eastern Quarter ditto, 26/. I Is. 3d.. Half Shares, 92i; ; London and Bri e , —iverpool and Manchester, 191 ; Ther! . •-( 0, , 35 4 ; Paris and Rouen, 13j. - are no later arvivals to-day from any quarter. MAlicirEsT;;a EXCISANGE, FEB. 3.—The market contii - oeit without change, and prices firm. Some transac ticns have taken place in Manchester and Birmingham, at N and 28/, with a good inquiry ; Liverpool and Manchester, 1804 ; and Leeds Quarter Shares, at 41. Os. 6d. Tho Speech of her Majesty has given universal satisfaction in the City, and a buoyant T _to the British Secu r iti es . C onso l s have advanced to 89A for Money, and 89?, for the Account ; Three per Cents.. Reduced, 894 ; Ditto Three-and-a-Half, 991 .3 ; 7t -- ;xeliegner Bills, 17 19 prem. panish Active Stock opened at 241, ; Portuguese, Fives, 331 ; Ditto, Threes, 194 20. Brazil Bonds fell 2 per cent. yesterdO in consequence of the accounts received of an insur rection having broken out—they are now quoted at 62 64. The English securities continue firm, but there has been but little business transacted. Consols are 89i a for Money, and 893 for OW Account. Exchequer Bills 17, 19, and India Rends I Is. prem. Brazilian Bonds are heavy at 62% 63 1 ; luenos Ayres Bonds are quoted at 18%; Mexican Bonds are tirm at 30i ; Spanish Active Stock 241 4; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 51i a ; ditto Fives 101-a The following are the only quotations in the Share Market : —Birmingham and Gloucester, 62*; Great Western Fifths, ; London and Brighton, 36 3 / i ; London and Birmingham, 1701 Paris and Rouen, 16*. Consols, 89i d ; Colombian; .214 22 1 } ; . Mexican, 30a 4 ; Spanish, 244 4. '''• The points in the debate ot hat night which tabst occupy attention here are of course those relating. mere paiticularly to financial and mercantile matters. The announcement that the important question of the Corn duties is to be early brought under discussion, leads to a good deal of speculation and guess work among the city quidnuncs as to what the plan of the Premier will really be, and the announcement on the part of the Pre sident of the Board of Trade that certain measures will be submitted to the House for consolidating the fo reign trade of the country puts the commercial interest also on the qui vice. The Corn Market is in the meantime in a dull state, and the same may be said of trade in general. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. • Bank Stock. — 'lndia Stock 3 per Cent Red. 9O \ Ditto Bonds ll pm 3 per Cent Cons B4 Ditto Old Annuities ... 871 3f per Cent Red . 991 Ditto New Annuities... 871 New per Cent New 5 per Cent. Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Sniall l7 pm Jan. 1860....•..... 12a 'Bank Stock for Acct — Oct 1859......... 'tindia Stock for Acct. - ••• Jan. 1860...,,..,,, 12i Consols for Acct B9i FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 pet cent lO3l Ditto, New Ditto Braailian 80nd5.......... 631 Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres 6 percent Russian, 5 per cent....., Chilian, 6 per cent..... Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent. 24i Ditto, 1824.. ....... ..... Ditto, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent Greek, 1825,5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per rent.... 30i French, 3 per cent —*. _ c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 21 per cent. 51a Peruvian,lB2s, fjper et. Ditto, 5 per cent..., . 101 i SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 62/ Great Western Railway ( 65 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) .. •••• 91 London and Brighton ( 50 paid ).. ......... 361 London and Birmingham (90) ...... 170 Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) ........ 35 Northern and Eastern (40 paid) 36} North Midland Railway (100) ... • Ditto Thirds (15 paid) ............... 16 ..............1 South Eastern and Dover (48 p a id) . 27•• T HE QUEEN'S SPE ECH.—Thursday evening a large and most respectable public meeting was held at the King's Arms Tavern, Phillip-lane, Wood -street, A. Fairburn, E sq in the Chair, for the purpose of a public discussion on t h e Q u een's Speech, delivered on the opening of the present Session of Parliament ; when, after a long and able debate, the meeting came to a vote, by the im mense ma j o rity of at l eas t eight to one, that her Majesty's Speech merited the marked disapprobation of the meeting. A short prayer reaches heaven—a hint to those who want favours not to molest others with long letters and ud complaints, SUM , . ARY OF NE , S AND pubitt 04mitott. " Who,runs may read." FOREIGN. According to the returns laid before the French Cham bers the retention of French Africa costs France about sixty-seven millions of francs annually ! Her colonies only produce to France a direct income of six millions of francs per annum: This of course re fers only to direct income. No estimate can be formed of the commercial advantages of the colonies to the mother country. The French Minister of Marine's. budget is of consi derable importance. The war . policy of M. Thiers obliged the Minister of Marine to arm no fewer than 024 vessels. He has endeavoured, by a new organisation, to reconcile this increase with the Treasury without dimi-• nishing in any great manner the naval strength of Frallee,. He consequently divides the vessels into three cate gories :-Ist. The ships at sea ; 2dly. The vessels in the roads'; and ,idly. In commission at the . . ports. Thus there will be 140 vessels ; of which there arc eiglit 4144 of the line, 12 frigates, 8 corvettes, 2l ltrigs, 44 smaller vessels, 30 gabares, and $5 steamers, always at sea ; four - vessels of which, one of the first rank, an 4 -three of the third rank, will be in the roads fonrlectt veoels, of which six are ships of the line, three frigates, three . steamers, aro to be in- eommission at the ports. The Minister of Marine, Admiral Duperre, Poutctiq§: Ow Pits organisation presents celerity of ezfecutiqn,,;sf.cength of disciplkne. and oewton)Y, nu§ ? 4411 0 !-Igh the budget of the navy is divested of napre than thlrty, flv p ri fr ifili on§ of francs, the Minister keep* up 154 artned vessels, 4qd 22,589 sailors, and u 0,404 infantry and artille r y for the service of the ports acid colonies. The French Minister for Foreign Affairs,* in his budget, proposes - various increases its his dopartment, principally the creation of two Consuls of the first class, one at Canton, with a salary of 40,000 francs (1,0oL) ; and the (other at Port Logi% its tho Manritins, at 20,000 francs (800/.) Ten Consuls of the second Ria4s, at salaries varying from 10,000 to `.20,00Q franc, Moscow, Newcastle, 4fa4414 (MeNico) , WnteroA (capital of California), Panama, Jernsaionvjedda (lied Sea), Erzeroum, Mossul, and Janina, „ . . . . The Prefect Of PQIIOP !pore 415 permissions to hohi public balls in Paris (Wing 163 p 1 040 this numher amounted to 628 ; and in 1841 to Bso. Onritlk t11(3 pre sent year it is sai that 7013 public Claneing-places are open in the capital, The Swabian Mercury gives the following table of the increase of the population in the capitals of the German States, between 1821 and 1841 :—Vienna, from 273,242 to 357,927 ; Berlin, from 182,217 to 415,541 ; Munloll, from 60,024 to 106,351 ; Dresden, from 52,000 to 80,929 ; Hanover, from 24,000 to 29,000 ; Stuttgardt, from 27,09 to 42,217 ; Carlsruhe, f rom 16 , 021 to 23,484 Cassel, from 23,892 to 41,348 ; Darmstadt, from 15,450 to 29,007 ; and Weimar, from 8,917 to 11,435, The Archbishop of Toledo has resigned his pastoral trust, because, though a Progressista, he does no t ap prove of the Governments last projects of law submitted to the Cortex on the subject athe existing relations with the Court of Rome, F44 I 44DIZINTAILT, Lord Mounteagle gave notice last night that he would on February 17t1), move for a Committee of the Lords to inquire into the Exchequer bill fraud and forojes, Their LArdships were inforniod th4t lier Majesty would receive their address this d a y a t one o'clock, and then adjourn. _ _ In the Commons, after the presentation of petitions, several of which were directed a ga i nst the Corn-laws, M. 'Brotherton gyve ootioo of 4 motion to Prevent doubt , ful business being Wpm after 12 o'clock. In reply to Mr. O'Connell, Sir B. Peel stated, that Government meant to introduce a Bill immediately to set at rest all doubts about Presbyterian marriages in Ireland, contracted in ignorance of law but the whelp subject is to be taken into consideiation;:and suiise a comprehensive measu re i ntroduced. Lord John Russell gave noti ce o f a motion for the of some correspondence relative to the re signation of Judges in Scotland and Ireland, The Noble Lord Melio a 7 1 0)Z,Y jqb, Mr. Godson undertakes Mr, Sergeant Talfourd's task, and is to bring forward on Tuesd a y t h e Copyright question. The case of Mr. Elton, the cruelly treated midship- - LITERARY AND SCIENITTIPIC. The progress of literature in Russia may be gathered from the fact that there are at the present day Russian authors who have bought estates several square leagues in extent with the produce of their pens : there are others who receive from 5,000 to 6,000 roubles for merely giving their names to periodicals : many of theso latter circulate 20,000• copies. The largest modern un dertakin7 is the great National Encyclopedia, on which several hundred literary men are employed, at the rate of from 100 to 200 roubles a sheet. A very splendid jewel has been presented by the King of the French to Miss Costello, in token of his estimation of that lady's recent work on France, " A Summer among the Bongos and Vines." * . NAVAL AND DIILITAILY. Amongst the invalids suffering under fever, who arrived at Liverpool with Captain Tretter,is Mr: Angell, from the Horticultural Gni'dens, nt Chiswick, who went out as gardener to the Niger expedition. Mr. FraSer, the naturalist to the expedition from the Zoological Society, remains an invalid at Ascension. - LAW Axon POLICE. At the conclusion of the examination the bankrupt Hitchcock on Thursday, Commissioner Ilolroyd entered into the leadinc , points in th e case , an d said there w a s no doubt that the ' bankrupt•had been guilty of. fraud in the admitted concealment of large portions of the property of the creditors, whil e h e certainly could not commend the conduct of Messrs. Cook: and Gladstone. Their conduct, as to the - referene;es, must be diSapprove4 of by every one, particularly. in regard to Mr. Wheeler. He could not believe the bankrupt's statements when he said his concealments were all urged upon him by Cook and . Gladstone, for they had made-large payments from the proceeds of sales of goods sent from his premises in Regent-street. The case altogether was a very extra ordinary one, md under all the circumstances the final examination of the bankrupt must be adjourned sine die. The Court did not rise until a quarter after five. In the Court of Excise on Thursday, Solomon Slade Lee, keeper of a cigar and oyster shop, opposite the Surrey Theatre, Was charged on three informations with selling wines and spirits without license. Several Exciie offi cers were examined on the occasion, some of whom gave no very favourable account of the company in the house on the occasions referred to the sth and 12th of Decem ber last, The. Court fined the defendant for the first in formation lot, on the second 251., and on the third 15/. The affair of Captain Gordon and Major Verity again came 'before the sitting Magistrate at Kensington on Thursday, when the agent for the Captain said it was the intention of his client to carry the case to the Sessions, and the Major was therefore bound over to appear in his own recognizanees for 500!., and two sureties for 2501. each. • On Thursday at Merlborough-street 4 dettperAte Oa.: ratter of the name of Smith, who bqc! hggvi Tefteatedly arresttal flay &Oily, and a woman of the tomb Were eliarged with assaulting 4 pciliee-OWt4b)P 4 kttilleil two and three o'clock, in Seven DialA: Tho policeman, on seeing them lurking ctlacitit, desired them to move on, when they made an atrocious attack upon him, but were finally overpowered • with the assistance of angtt i tf tif;. : 'iceman. Sentenced to the treadmill kin nlonths t - - 001714T—.74vecion4uxqz. 4 gPvt4 41Ilim 43 1 4eeri•iiielY 004 at liarnimgh tw the' 114ti.54 {residents in that - eitY.' ill honour of the Christening of the Ppittee fif • W 414. The number of .• ciCllll l lll ftliAbi Wilii VeVy great, The Baron de Hugel (Witrtemburg Minigter at tilig ' • Court) left the Brunswick Hotel, Jerrnya-ittlTet OtnThurs, day, for his official residence, •Park.place, St, James's. 'tlie 4on• MI:, 4:iimmaed gave an elegant ddonier at , damageu n t s ofßtiloaesnt Long's Hotel, on Thursday, on the Weividon of Lord Ray_ leigh's tn4ro l yze with Mis . 4 Vickers.' •J • " Iteiltitemr.z.aavEcizrs. The Archduke Froderitt of Austria, nephow. to -the •• Emperor, a young prince ill ili4 4lst year, who chstin- gn61164 t41444de'14 he bite MIVIIi of on the coast Of .1 - Fie,, and also *ince:Leopold of Sicily, • brother to OW King a Naples, Iwo e.xpeted to visit this country in Oil 904 That famous old horse, Independence, formerly the nwrnr,icaannde i f n ou l r re o l u an t d o , f st fi a l t .e e property of the late Mr. Beards Worth, (Hod . on Sunday wo k , at Ti e d nes c or d, Nod twenty.alx• years. In the l o d a o t o e l o t h o s o f life Knipp of Ms raving career he won not less than forty races ! —The Sarah barque, the Urania, TT • • t e .rarna, totally the Vtl f r o l l i l l o tl a r i a n ce g wrecked off • Great Saltee Island, her cargo lost, and six out of 17 drowne d ; at Limerick Mr. Alton, a ship islcahnodosn e p r o l. s r i c i c ,o k i el a ot 1 . 1 a rg 0 with the vessel . 1 „ 3•at C anmel, GOO a centtly__ e atd, struck prostrate ; at Sligo, a• man named Hart, il_ 11 d . by the falling in of the gable of his , house ; at Tr!l!ee, the bodies of two• men washed ashore •tik Blennerville. t fi u n a e s te t r r , ees, swept ile a liy away tioleinluard::::::lntahatddlealgeayno2ubtn-hilearknts,Pl'illigske -..--- ... C. LISTER, Esc).—We regret to learn that abOut four o'clock on Wednesday morning last, the life of E. 0. Lister, Esq., ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE Or E. was attempted at his residence at Fairfield House. We believe the circumstances of the attack were as follow i iu r . If t ori and r n,t e e dr p h l asm ie de d irzh ,. ea n dLu e ihns h ittme t t ed d r, Mr. Lister was disturbed by some noiso, and perceived a man with some instrument about to strike him. Mr. L. immediately sprung up and said, `,`, You have no occasion the head with threw him on Mr.. Lister perceive." that he distant)°, and then let him get up. wrenched the instrument out of his li fk m , it,t3h°i s in b b e u a o t c n k t h , P r a u e n: P d: i v i t s .: s t t o o a 1 1 7;u 1 r t d t e o r s h t i r m il l ie him on again threw him down. 0 of the servants then ow in and said, "It is the butler." Mr, Likter oxolaimed, " Oh, James, what could induce you to do this ?" He replied a mau l 1 sent for, who bled him, and he then expressed his sorrow, b ut mf orated the statement about the man tempting W m, tie naa an t a :a ld s tdeellrlaPitlegdedl;imantdo do it. a surge on old and confidential servqA an has fer the last ten yeast lic,ti. ill c,onnexiou with the Wesley ans. Ile has Since been removed to the York Lunatic Asylum.— Bradford Observer. . • . HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA,— The King of Prussia has been graviously legs c. 4 to signify his MajPg.tY,', !!PKOMiq4 of 'Ole 'EhipTecked jvi s t ip t in pri, 44d At44 , ,,nefs'lictiovolent S oo iet.),-2 by a dona- The Notting ham Town Council, o n Th urs day, adopted a short and pithy petition for th e total and im mediate repeal of the Corn-laws, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT; HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 4. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack, at Half-past Three o'Clock. The Bishop of Worcester read prayers. The Duke of Argyll and Lord Coinbermere were then sworn in and took their seats. EXCHEQUER BILLS FORGERY. Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that on Monday the 17th of February, he should move for the appointment of a Select Committee to inqure into the late forgeries of the Exchequer Bills; the mode in which the preparing, making out, signing, and issuing of Exchequer Bills are, and have been heretofore conducted ; and to report whether there has been any neglect or violation of the established usages of the Exchequer, which either pro duced or facilitated forgery or other frauds. The House then adjourned during pleasure. Their Lordships met again at a few minutes after Five o'Clock. THE ADDRESS. The Lord High Steward, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, said—My Lords, I have to inform your Lordships that her Majesty has been waited on to know when she would be please.il to receive the Address of the House, and that she has been pleased to appoint to-morrow at one o'clock. On the motion of the Earl of REDESDALE the House adjourned at Ten Minutes past Five. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 4. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Mr. HOPE took the oaths and his seat for Linlithgow. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from the London and Greenwich Railway Company praying for leave to bring in a Bill to increase the funds of the Company. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Royal Infirmary of Manchester, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to improve that institution. Sir W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from the merchants and tradesmen of Drogheda, praying for an alteration in the laws with respect to duties on the necessaries of life.• Dr. BO WRING presented petitions from Kilmarnock, and several other places praying for the total repeal of the Corn-laws. The petitioners stated that nothing but a total repeal of those laws would alleviate the distresses of the people. [During the time the Honourable Member was presenting his petitions the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Dublin, (Mr. O'Connell) entered the House, wearing his gold chain of office, and was cheered from the Opposition side of the House.] 1 Mr. M. PIIILIPS presented 34 petitions from differ ent parts of Lancashire, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds, praying for the removal of all taxes on the necessaries of life. Mr. HAWES presented a petition in favour of the public improvements in the borough of Southwark. Mr. STRUT r presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of the borough of Derby, stating that great distress existed in that town, and praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. SESSIONAL ORDERS. On the motion of Sir GEO. CLERK the Sessional Orders were read and agreed to. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. BROTHERTON gave notice that on Thursday next he should bring forward a motion to the effect that no opposed motion should be brought on in the House after 12 o'clock at night, unless 100 members were pre sent.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. Mr. O'CONNELL rose and said, that he supposed the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, was apprized of a recent decision in Ireland upon the subject of marriages by Presbyterian Clergymen, between Presbyterians and members of the Established Church, which had invali dated these marriages, so that very great confusion had arisen, and some persons had availed themselves of that decision to leave their wives and families and marry again. He wished to ask the Noble Lord, whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in any measure to remedy that evil ? Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the subject to which the Right Hon. Member had alluded was one which had been already under the consideration of her Majesty's Government. Her Majesty's Government wished to apply an immediate remedy to the evil, and to bring in a Bill, without delay, to establish the validity of those marriages which had been con tracted, as it had been ruled in ignoranee of existing law. He (Sir Robert Peel) thought it expedient to provide an immediate remedy for the case of those persons who had been born, as they naturally were led to believe, in per fectly legitimate wedlock. Her Majesty's Government would consider what were the proper means to dual with the subject, but the question was one of such great and pressing importance, that they would bring in a Bill for the purpose of determining the entire subject. It was a matter which would require some consideration. The attention of the Government had of late been absorbed by many other important questions, and all that they now proposed to do was to : apply an immediate remedy for the immediate evil, and to take time to consider what would be the best means of deal hick hereafter with the whole question. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice of an humble address to her Majesty, praying that her Majc sty would be gra ciously pleased to lay before the House copies of certain Correspondence between the late Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland and the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland and the Govern ment, relative to the resignation of their judicial offices. ' (Such was the substance, as we understood it, of the notice of the Noble Lord, who spoke in a very indistinct tone.) Dlr. HAWES gave notice that ho should on Atonday next move for certain returns relative to the quantity of sugar consumed in the United Kingdom. Mr. GODSON gave notice that he should on Tuesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill for better securing the property of copyright in books. POLISH REFUGEES. Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice that he intended 'to renew his motion of last Session, relative to Polish re fugees in this country. THE CASE OF Mk ELTON. An How. MExima on the Opposition benches inquired if any Gentleman especially connected with the Admi ralty was present on the other side of the House, as it was his intention, on Wednesday next, to ask a question relative to the case of Mr. Elton, a Midshipman in her Majesty's service ; and, according to the answer h q . might receive to that question, he should con Odor whe ther it would be expedient to move an address to •!- Majesty, either on the whole or part of the "'- against that officer, r aoceedings CHURCH- 7 ' " A Sir JOHN EAST^" - " 21 : P" "."' had been observing that an intention - —pressed of proposing a measure relative-to ..e Ecclesiastical Courts, begged to ask the Right Honourable Baronet opposite, whether that intention pointed to any measure for the fulfilment of the question of compulsory Church-rates, or whether any measure was contemplated by her Majesty's Government for taking that question into consideration ? Sir‘R. PEEL begged to state: that any Bill intended to be introduced on the subject would exclusively refer to the jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts. The sub ject was. noticed agreeably to a recommendation of Commissioners appointed some years since to investi gate the matter, and it was not meant to .include any measure respecting Church -rates in the present instance. Sir J. EASTHOPE wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was in the contemplation of Govern ment to propose any measure respecting Church-rates to Parliament this Session ? Sir R. PEEL—It is not in the contemplation of Go vernment to propose such a measure... In reply to a question, similar to the preceding, from Mr. HAWES, Sir R. PEEL said that he had already given an an swer on the subject, and •he trusted the. Hon. Member 111,1 would see that any discussion. on the matter would not be attended with convenience. BRIBERY AT. ELECTIONS. A. 4. .,„ Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to knowl!i*tfter it'w" the intention of Government to introduceauy measure' to put an end to that wholesale system of bribery :to which he believed the vast majority of that House at present, were indebted for their seats?--(Laughter.) During the last Session the Right Hon. Baronet had in timated an intention of bringing in a measure of that na tnre unless the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell), who was then in office, should follow up his expressed intention .of introducing a Bill to that effect. He (Mr. T. Duncombe), had now ascertained that it was not the intention of the Noble Lord to introduce any measure of that sort, and he wishedtoknow, as thebribery was admitted, whether it was the intention of the Go , vernment to bring .in a Bill such as the Right Hon. Bart. had adverted to on the occasion alluded to? Sir R. PEEL said that he had not the opportunities of communicating with the Noble Lord so as to learn his (the Noble Lord's) intentions, as the Hon. Member had; and he (Sir It. Peel) was accordingly taken by surprise when the Hon. Member intimated that it was the Noble Lord's intention to abandon that subject. He (Sir H. Peel) thought that it would be more convenient that those measures connected with the financial and commercial policy of the country should be first brought under the, consideration of the H ou se. There could be no utility in bringing forward a measure which would be postponed from night to night, as would be the case with a Bill on the subject referred to by the Hon. Member, while measures of such importance as referred to the financial and com mercial affairs were absorbing the attention of the pub lic, and therefore demanding the immediate considera tion of the House. He trusted, therefore, that the House would excuse him in directing its attention, in the first place, to those measures which were of such immense importance. - THE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had also to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet on the same subject. He (the Noble Lord) understood that on Wednesday the Right Hon. Baronet intended to move a Committee of the whole House, to consider the duty on foreign corn. It had been the usual course for several years, in bringing forward a question of magnitude like the present, for the Member introducing it to state his plan, perhaps to bring forward some resolutions, and move, that they be printed, and then to name a day when the House, having considered them, should de liberate and decide on the subject. Now, did the Right Hon. Baronet intend to pursue this course ? And if he did, had he fixed a day on which he proposed, after having made his motion on Wednesday, to proceed with the actual discussion of the question?—(Hear, ha Sir ROBERT PEEL said that so far as he was concerned, and so far as concerned the con venience of the Government, he should IA per fectly - prepared to proceed with the discussion of the question on Wednesday. He thought it very probable that if he asked for a vote on resolutions pro posed for the first time it would be objected to, and MORNING SUN reasonably, for the Heine must know that it would not be in their power to alter a scale of duties when it had . once been determined on in a Committee. He should then adopt the course that would seem most suited to the convenience of the House; namely, to state the proposal of the Government on Wednesday next and then to move that the p roposal and its details should be printed, pro forma, and then an early day, either Friday or Mon day, as should most suit the convenience of the House, should be appointed to proceed with the discusSion. Let it then be understood that he would open his plan on Wed nesday, and probably commence the diseusSion. Then, if the House wished fur some delay—if Friday 7 should seem inconveniently soon —let it be, understood that on Wednesday he would propthle, kis plan of revision, and move the printing of the papers, and that on Wednesday they would, resume the ttohiits.—wo(unldeabr,e hear.) e ro best - course—and if discussion—perhaps die jn.oßwua said the course of the ,l t Hon. was perfectly clear and proper. It w•a t s h t e herefor after bringing forward the plan on Wednesday, most o e n s t t 1e m desirable an t ci t i i 4 t L s should be understood that Members re , . discus sion of the quest ion would be proceeded with(info nd F a r y i - d , ay r would be too soon. Let, therefore, Hon. . member that Wednesday was for the opening' of the plan, and Monday for the discussion.—(Hear.) THE ADDRESS. The Earl I‘fARCII brought up the Report on the Address. The Address .having been read from theol,4o, Mr. O'CONNELL sa id h e did not rise for the purpose of opposing the reception of the report. The speech was sufficiently comprehensive to in clude his assent to a considerable extent, and they would all know on Wednesday • next what plans would be proposed by her Majesty's Government. But he had found one paragraph in the Address which gave him some alarm, namely, that which relates to the registration of voters. It seemed to be brought in with some very strong design, otherwise he did not know how that subject could have found its way into a speech which the Right Honourable Gentleman had himself characterised as relating to matters of awful importance in the present state of the country. The introduction of that topic created an alarm which he would not have felt with respect to a Speech which did not involve matters of such high importance. He was sorry to perceive that there was no intention to facilitate, in the way in which in his judgment it ought to be facilitated, registration of voters, either by defining the nature of the franchise when it was doubtf u l, or by making it co extensive in both countries. Either of those plans would be quite consistent with the finality of the Reform Bill, which he presumed to be the doctrine of the Right Hon. Gentleman and his Government. To equalise the franchise in the two c oun t r i es wou ld be quite consistent with the Reform Bill—t o d e fi ne i t when it was doubtful would be quite consistent with the Bill, so that without violating their principles, either mode of relief might be adopted by the Government. He could not but express strong apprehension in consequence of finding the phrase single, and by itself, without any of the means being pointed out by which a salutary registration might be effected. He (Mr. O'Connell) never recollected an instance when the Tory party had the power, that they did not diminish the rights of the Irish people. If they had the power now, they might exercise it.—(Hear, hear.) This might be the subject of angry discussion hereafter, and he would not now say anything further on the subject. With every other part of the Speech he cordially agree& • The Address was then agreed to, and Sir ROBERT PEEL intimated tht her Majesty would receive it at, one o'clock to-morrow. The Right Honourable Baronet stated that he had to ask the House to agree to another Address, in which lie was sure every Member present would most cordially join, it was an address of congratulation to his Royal Highness Prince Albert upon the auspicious event of the birth of a Prince of Wales. He felt convinced that that ilk lustrious Prince had, by the course he had pursued since he became connected with this country, entitled himself to s and obtained, the highest respect of every Englishman-- (Hear, hear)—and he felt, therefore, no doubt that the House would adopt the Address of Congratulation ha now proposed to his Royal Highness with the same unanimity as they had agreed to that to her Majesty. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving that a loyal address be presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that in seconding this motion he should say nothing more than what he always did say on similar occasions, viz.—that he felt the grt,atest pleasure in seconding the motion.—(Hear, hear.) The address was then agreed to, and certain Me m b ers ap pointed to wait upo n hi s Royal Highness with it to morrow, at one o'clock. BILL FOR THE APPLICATION bF FORMER. GRANTS. The CHANCELLOR of *. i .oe EXCHEQUER, rose to move the first readiuw i;t* a Bill for the application to the service of the 18 1 1 o f th e the two slims granted in. eith er o f Sessions of Parliament: 116 :said the Bill whi':!zi he wished to present for the ikdOption' of . tho House was of such a nature, that WI shotild ndt` detain• them with many observations utiOil tst.' It NM arisen from the following circumstances the' course of the year 1841, the Ways and Means were: Voted" in two separate. accounts, 111 the title of whiehitheyweit stated to be for the year :1841- but in .the body Ways and Means were appropriated. in twp different manners for two different • services ; the consequence was, that it became necessary to apply different sums to dif ferent portions of the same service, and this gave rise not only to great inconvenience in the public ,depart ment, but some loss to the public revenue ; for as those. votes that were voted:in the first session could not he made to apply to thel SeePtal session, it was impossible that the Exchequer bills reserved for those services cottlet be paid off with the rapidity which was desirable. With regard to this Bill, lie had only further to Add, that, in introducing it, he had only followed the precedent of the year 1831. The ditliculty having been discovered, he thought it should be set rii;:it as early as possible. Mr. BARING truste d t h at, at as early a period of the Seasin a* might be consistent with the public service h., would be able to lay on the table the details eon- 1 fleeted with that m easure. would fo reh at bike te c m a p r t e e t d o t g o iT n e la t k h e e a l n i y ou p s rom e ever lnftrmation bee fore CHANCELLOR o f th e EXCHEQUX: said he in the measum. EMIGRATION'. Lord STANLEY said, 41ttiough, on the part of her Majesty's Goverument, hz could give no sanction to the reports alluded to t y t h e N o bl e L or d w h o h ad preceded lA4a In the Co';onial Department, as to an extensive scheme of e n '' . " - gration, with regard to which he had already received from various quarters many suggestions and schemes of the most comprehensive character, yet he thought the House would only consider that he was dis charging the duty he owed to the public at large, and to the situation he had the honour to fill, if he took a very early opportunity in the session to direct the attention of the House to a subject of the greatest importance to all classes of emigrants; who year after year, without any interposition on the part of the Government were proceeding to distant countries, at once relieving the mother country from a superabundance of labour, and by transferring their la bour to other quarters, both by their labour and capital augmenting the resources at the same time of the mother country and of the colonies. There were two subjects of the highest importance to the two classes concerned in emigration; that is, to the poorer emigrants and to the capitalists who were en gaged in promoting emigration and colonisation. The object of one measure which he intended to bring be fore the House was to protect the poorer emigrants from fraud and oppression, to which, in the present. state of things, they were too much subjected.—(Hear.) The other related to the inconvenience which was sus tained by capitalists desirous of purchasing land in the colonies, from the fluctuations in price, especially in the Australian colonies, and the different systems of govern ment and colonisation in those colonies,' lip was sure that the House was not aware---ces.taTt;,country was not aware—of ,the extent ~,vithout Assistance from ithe „ ;elm) fr tipp was proceeding ; and he was sure' that the'peri;d 4y r ho had •Oloni - b ation"had . ofbilookect undertaken mid in t 1 instances which etinie. 14 thder" obhil r vation, matters which vitally tiliVcied thB iiitbretedf those ho emi rate.—(lleac.) Frotel she . rita•tisfof 04/Mgr:tut9 from the United Kingdom for the laseAkn , years, he. found'tllat with the exception of 1.838,' when there was . no .interruption to the emigration to Canada, the average number of emigrants was 75,180 per annum. In the year 1840, the number was 90,700, and, in 1841, it reached. the amount of 106,475. Now, it was wise and exp e di, ent to attempt to regulate .this large emigration, and to. assist in conducting it. But to attempt to force it be yond the amount which it had reached would 1;e impo litic, and in reality would be injurious to those whom it was desirous to serve. At one time it was the opinion of the House, as regarded the vessels carrying passengers to the colonies, that the emigrants would take care of themselves, and that any legislative regulations were im politic, as they served to increase the expense to the passengers ; whereas, the owners of those vessels, like all other trades, if not interfered with, would rest upon their characters, on which their success must depend. Now the Passengers' Act had been in force for several years before 1825, when an amended Act was passed. But in 1827 the doctrine which he had just spoken of prevailed, and the Act was repealed. As soon as that was done, and the restrictions that used to be enforced were taken off; the frauds became so numer ous, the abuses so outrageous, the cases of cruelty so glaring, and the clamours so loud, that in six months afterwards an Act of greate r s t r i ngency than the former Passengers' Act was passed.—(Hear.) In the year 1833, when he (Lord Stanley) had the ho nour of last holding the seals of the Colonial De partment, a system was introduced by Government. There were established at the different principle ports of the country emigration agents on the part of the Government, for the purpose of providing and assisting parties desirous of emigrating, and.for this purpose of checking the frauds and abuses whic!i prevailed, and of giving the emigrants advice um! . counsel. He (Lord Stanley) believed that notwith t standing all the imperfections of the t pree a n .. system, the appointment of those baagtelncsheckhel been productive of great improvement, te _ d the poorer' great abuses, and had materially protencow the advan tage of emigrants. But they had t of an experience tage in. legislating on the subjec • ports of those differ: Of eight or nine years, and of the had now a know eat emigration agents. Those ag ents Which still prevail, amt._ ledge of the principal abuses by which their vigilance; of the ,principal modes co uld 'my what wore tau) was evaded ; and t he y existing law was dft • which the e eitnt. points uPvn the Land and Emigration equ i p! . their Report to ears ago whttn 41, $;.. 4 1 sslon appointed tvvo or threes , . b'n opet was: taken b y the Noble Lord who had'pre int h eded • (Lord Stanley), and which was addresses. to that .ford, they had developed their yiews. 4 subsequent Re- - - port had been addressed to him upen - the s ubject, and that Report wits acc o mpanied' with th eC commendation of various provisions - th ey