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Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 78 77 pm. Ditto lid. 78 79 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 78 79 pm. Ditto • lid. 78 79 pm. Ditto Small Ditto lid. rs 79 pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for April 16 l/2i , rii tin® LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1830. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign office this day, at two o'clock. The Council Was attended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the LORD PRIVY SEAL, Lord EL LENBOROUGH, Sir G.MuRRAY, the Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL, Lord MEL VILLE, Mr. HERRIES, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. The Ministers were in deliberation at the time we went to press. The following from our Paris Correspondent seems to give a correct view of the present state of affairs : " PARIS, 3IARCII 21. " If I have refrained from troubling you with any re flections on the stirring events of the last week it has not been for want of a deep conviction of their importance. The most remarkable feature in the case, and that which chiefly puzzles our political quid-nuncs, is the apparent elasticity which the public funds have assumed from the moment of the presentation of the address. The friends of the Ministry may, perhaps, be excused for the tone of triumph they at present assume as long as they are able to point to this rise in the acknowledged index of national prosperity. But I think I have observed on the Bourse of Paris, as well as at the London Stock Exchange, that the appr e h ens i on o f any pu bli c ca l am i ty i s more influen tial in depressing the national securities than the actual fulfilment of the apprehended evil. I find, accordingly, on looking back to the prices of the French funds for the last two months, that they stood considerably higher, say on the 26th of January, than they do at this moment ; and that sinc e th a t p er i o d th e f ee li ng o f i nsec urity, which arose not merely from th e e ph emera l a pp e arance of the existing Administration, but from the dreaded instability of the Monarchy on the o ne h an d, an d of the chartered liberties of the country on th e o th er , produced a fall which natu rally reached its lowest point of declension, at the moment when the struggle for supremacy took place between the Ministers of the Crown and the Representatives of the people. As it appears to me, the funds would equally have resumed their former level whatever might have been the issue of the struggle. " It has been rather quaintly observed, that there is more political foresight in a sovereign or louis d'or, than in the head of many a statesman ; but this I conceive to be true only with certain modifications. The holder of the coin, or its paper representative, is sufficiently clear. lighted in all that is necessary to the security of his pos session. He is deeply alive to any circumstance which can affect its present exchangeable value; but postpone the operating cause to a period so distant as to afford him the time and the means of realising what he possesses, and he ceases to have the power of seeing beyond the narrow circle of his own interest. Thus it is with the French funds. The fear of change,' so ominous to Kings and stockholders, is no longer an efficient cause of depression at the Stock Exchange. The evil which was lately felt to be imp en di ng , h as b een removed to such a distance as to be no longer visible, by the prorogation of the Chambers to the Ist of September. I hold it, therefore, to he ab surd to say, with the Gazette and the Quotidienne, that the recent rise has been produced by the triumph of the party in power. The present position of that party seems to me to wear the appearance rather of the flight of the Ministry from before the assembled Deputies, than of a victory over them. If victory can be claimed on any side it is not in favour of Royalty, but of the laws and insti tutions of the country. An appeal has been taken from the decision of the Chambers to that of the electoral body. The King and his Ministers have declared their resolution to adhere to the letter and the spirit of the Charter. Per haps they conscientiously believe that in this appeal they will be successful without venturing to recur, as has been so o ft en i m p u t e d t o them, to the exercise of a power beyo n d t h e l aw . If this be their belief, they are per fectly justified in trying their strength before the great tri bunal of she nation. But it is my firm conviction, as it was on the Bth of August, that they will be grievously dis appointed in the issue, and that a new Chamber will only place them in a more hopeless situation than that in which they found themselves on the 2d of March. " One remark must, I think, have occurred to you, al though strange to say it has not been made by any of the French Journalists, and that is, the disingenuous terms in which the King was advised to reply to the Address of the Deputies. His Majesty is made to say that be is grieved to hear from the Deputies that they do not concur with the Chamber of Peers in what is necessary for the public good, whereas the Deputies only spoke of a want of concur rence between the views of the King's Government and the wishes of the French people. For aught I know to the con trary this may be all allowable in political warfare, but from the personal character of Charles the Tenth, I feel per fectly satisfied that if the forms of the Constitution had permitted . him to act in thi s i ns t ance w i thout the interven tion of his Ministers, he would have given a reply not perhaps less favourable to the existing order of things, but certainly more straight-forward, more manly, and more sincere. It is with great regret that I have observed aninsinuation thrown out against the conduct of per haps the highest minded personage in the whole house of Bourbon, on the occasion of the appearance of the deputation of the Lower Chamber at the Palace of the Tuill er i es . H er R oya l Hi ghness the Dauph i ness i s said to have passed through the Salle d' la Paix, in which the Deputies, w ith t h e i r P res id ent at t h e i r h ea d , were waiting for admission in the royal presence, and that, in place of saluting the distinguished individuals of which they were comp ose d, s h e turne d round and addressed her self with marked attention to a party of military officers who were engaged in conversation on the other side of the apartment. In the public papers these facts are indicated with caution and reserve; but I need not say that in pri vate conversation they are so amplified and exaggerated as to bear perhaps a very faint resemblance to what really took place in a hall whose peaceful appellation has nothing in common with what is thus imputed to her who has been so often said to be the only man of her family.' " The following are extracts from German Papers received this morning : MUNICH, MARCH 15. This morning, at five o'clock, his Majesty left the capi tal, accompanied by the blessings of all the inhabitants, and set out for Italy. Besides Count Paumgarten, only Dr. Wenzel, physician to the staff, accompanies the King.— Dr. W. is one of the most able physicians and surgeons who has attended his Majesty during the winter. Since the 12th his Majesty has appeared in public, visited the Glyptotheca and other institutions, attended the theatre on Friday, presided on Saturday in the Council of State, and yesterday (Sunday) received those who came to take leave. In the morning, at the desire of the city Magis trates, a solemn Te Deum was performed in the Metropo litan church by t h e A rc hbi s h op. In these few days his 11I jesty was every where received with the most striking testi monies of sincere attachment and loyalty, with which he was extremely gratified, and yesterday evening gave au dience to a deputation of the magistrates to express his satisfaction to them. OF SERVIA, ARCH 1. The commu n i cat i ons with FRONTIERS Constantinople M are veryac tive : it seems that important negociations are now carrying on there, the probable object of which is the final settle ment of the Greek question. The organization of the it re gular troops cont i nues to be urged by the Sultan, and is said that, after the example of the Pacha of Egypt, he intends to summon Deputies from all the pro- Yinces of the empire, in order to consult on affairs of administration. In the present situation of the I) ° , le such a step would be of great importance, as it would thereby have a more accurate knowledge of the wants and the resources of the country, and be enabled to employ this knowledge, like the civilized States of Europe, to itts own 'ad vantage, and that of its subjects. The second instalm ent of the indemnity to Ru s sian s ian sub jects is said to have been paid to Count Dicbitsch in the second half of February. It cannot, therefore, be doubted but that th e R ussian troops will r ep ass the Balkan, and that the places h e ld by them on the side of that tnountain will be given up. The Grand Vizier was still at Adrianople. It was re ported the Sultan intends to go in May to direct the pew organization of the provinces. YIRINA, MARCH 12.—Metalliques, 103 i; Four per Cents., 97 11-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,333. FRONTIERS OF WALLACHIA, MARCH 2. We bear that pressing orders have been received from St. Petersburgh, respecting the organization of the mili tary force of the principalities, in which it is laid down as a principle, that the superior officers may, in case of need, be foreigners ; but that all the other officers, from the Captain downwards, must be natives. The corps are to be formed partly by a kind of conscription, and partly by voluntary engagements, From the urgency of the orders for completing the military organization, it is thought, in consequence of the negotiations at St. Petersburgh, the Russian troops will not remain in the principalities so long as was to be expected according to the stipulations of the Treaty of Adrianople. In general, our politicians indulge in bitter prospects of our future condition. The Porte, say they, taught by the experience of last year, must be sensible that its future prosperity depends on the friendship of Russia. According to the most recent accounts from Silistria the Danube had overflowed its banks to a great extent, but as this event bad been long foreseen, it was not ap prehended that great damage would be done. Our merchants hope that they shall participate in the advantages given by the treaty of Adrianople to Russian commerce. It is said that a deputation of merchants from Jassy, Bucharest, and Gallacz will shortly go to Constanti nople to make the necessary arrangements both with the Turkish authorities and the Russian Ambassador. _ It is also said that to promote and extend the trade of he two principalities, unlimited freedom of commerce will be introduced in all our places along the Danube. The prorogation of the French Chamber of Deputies may be regarded as the acceptance by the KING of the gauntlet thrown down to him by the representatives of the people. It is now to be seen whether Royalty or Democracy will prevail in the struggle—whether the Sovereign can maintain his ground in the exercise of his prerogative in a manner directly opposed to the wishes, if not hostile to the liberties, of his peo ple ? By this first step he has taken time to prepare for action, and will be able to look about him to see how the influence of the Crown may best be exercised to procure a more subservient Chamber, in the event of a dissolution of the present one. This latter event may be looked for in the natural course of things, as continued prorogations would answer no end one way or the other; but so far from there being any pro bability of an election beim -, favourable to the Ministry, there is every reason to think it would return a Chamber even more hostile to it than the assembly that has just been prorogued. It is somewhat curious that not only is the num ber of French Deputies (430) much less abso lutely than the number of those of Great Bri tain, and relatively, than the number in any other country that is represented; but the electors bear a proportion to the population preposterously small. The number of persons who possessed the elective franchise in ISIS was 130,000 — little enough for a population of thirty millions; and M. VILLELE, taking advantage of the qua lification for an elector having been fixed by the charter at a direct contribution of taxes to the amount of three hundred francs a year, con trived, by diminishing the direct and increas ing the indirect taxation, to reduce the whole number of electors to 75,000, at about which total they may be at present reckoned. Now as this number is so in finitely below that of the electors of Great Britain, we are presented with the singular phenomena of a nation, of which a fraction only is represented, opposing successfully an ob noxious Ministry ; while its neighbour, whose electors are numerous, and whose representatives are in the ratio of one to every 35,000 inha bitants (those of France being as one to 74,000), must bear with content any Ministry, or any measures, good or bad, which the united power of the Crown and Aristocracy may bestow upon it. In France there is neither any Aristocracy to interfere with the representation, nor could it be interfered with successfully by such an Aris tocracy, if there were one ; and for this plain reason—the elections are made by ballot. The people, therefore, or such portion of it as is for tunate enough to possess the elective franchise, choose freely, and will continue to choose, those men who will represent their constituents, not themselves, nor the vendors of their seats, and will watch with disinterested zeal over the laws and liberties of their country at large. Those who look with horror on the march of Democracy, may well regard with alarm its progress in France. " Messieurs," said M. ROYER-COLLARD from the President's chair, " la democratic coule a pleins Lords—oui a pleins Lords ;" and, truly, when the people have got the real power in their hands, and that power is obstructed by hostile forces, it rushes forth like a torrent, which becomes the more impetuous the more it is interrupted in its course. If the French Chamber of Peers were the sub- stance, instead of the shadow of Democracy, it might assist the Throne by throwing its weight into the same scale ; but as it is, the Upper Chamber is " Vox et preeterea nihil," and the struggle is a pitched battle between the Royal prerogative and the popular rights. The absence of an Aristocracy, and of the immediate influence of the Crown upon the representation, is the reason why no parallel can be drawn between France as at present situated, and England under cir cumstances externally similar. It is true that Mr. PITT, in the face of a vote of the House of Commons, " that whoever should advise his " MAJESTY to proceed to a dissolution, was " an enemy to his country," dissolved the Par liament, and assembled a new one favourable to himself; but, at that time, Mr. PITT knew full well that he had with him the influence of the Crown, the whole of the commercial and monied interests, a portion of the landed aristocracy, and, decidedly, the people. He did not, how ever, reckon without his host, and defeated the adherents of the coalition Ministry, though backed by the Whig nobility, and a phalanx of orators of brilliant talents. But how different is the position of Prince POLIGNAC ! where are the Treasury Boroughs of which'he can nomi nate the members ; where are the Merchants and trading Corporations addressing the Throne, expressing their confidence in the Prime Minister; where is the popular voice crying, " God save the King ?" These were the signs of the times in which Mr. PITT dissolved the British Parlia ment ; but Prince PP)LIGNAC has no such en couragement. He has against him a Parliament which represents. he sense of the country—which is elected by the people. Whereas our House of Commons contains representatives not only of the people but of the Crown, and more, far 'more, of the aristocracy, so that it actually re flects the three estates of the realm, of which two shine also in other places with their intrinsic lustre. The conclusion is, that in England the Monarchy and Aristocracy combined are too strong for the people, but that in France the Democracy is more powerful than the Monarchy, which fights single-handed. If the BOURBON Dynasty be destined to be short-lived, as some think, its fall will be owing to the same causes which brought Louts XVI. to the scaffold. Kings learn wisdom by the experience either of others or of themselves ; if they will not profit by the lessons of the past, they are destined occasionally to be taught their duty in a more practical manner. The advices from St. John's, New Bruns wick, contain an important address of the Council and Assembly: of that Province to his MAJESTY, against rescinding the Order in Council issued, by which the ships of the United States are excluded from the West India Colo nies. They state that it was generally hoped this measure was a permanent one, and that in consequence large and expensive establishments had been formed with most satisfactory results, for the constant supply of lumber to the West Indies. They state that the West Indies can be supplied as cheap from the North American provinces as from the United States, and that the trade as now prosecuted has become one of the most impor tant markets for the productions of the West Indies, on principles of reciprocity. It asserts, that the cargoes of the United States' vessels were almost invariably made for cash, and few goods taken in return ; and the Council and As sembly, in very forcible language, implore that no deviation from the restrictive measure will be permitted. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—A new me thod and arrangement for conducting gene rally the business of his MAJESTY'S Naval yards, as proposed by Commissioner Moss and Mr. SMITH, Secretary of the Navy, has been carried into effect at Plymouth, and so much approved, in point of economy, that the Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the plan to be generally adopted at all the arsenals. Mr. SMITH is now here, assisting the Commissioner to effect a similar retrenchment in this yard_ SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE --(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Mallen 22.—Wind W.S.W.—The Thomas and Alfred did not put back as reported. The Apollo and Atalanta were among those, and remain with the Wood ford, the Loudon, the Castle Huntly, and the outward bound reported yesterday. ELSINORE, MAacu 9.—The Sound continues closed with ice, and die prevalence of Easterly winds hold out but little hope of an immediate change. The Bridghohn, Spenely, beset with ice since the middle of January, is now laying in a dangerous situation—an agreement has been entered for cutting the vessel to some place of safety. REBUILDING OF THE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE A meeting of the friends of Mr. Arnold, and patrons of the musical drama, was held yesterday, in the Concert Room of the King's Theatre, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best method of assisting in rebuild ing the . English Opera-house, and re-establishing English Operas. At two o'clock about 200 gentlemen had assembled ; among them were the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl of Clarendon, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Castlereagh, Lord Saltoun, Sir George Clerk, Sir Andrew Barnard, General Wynyard, Sir George Smart, Sir W. Freemantle, and a number of persons well known in the musical and theatrical world, including Messrs. Mathews, Yates, H. Phillips, Bartley, Fitzwilliam, &c. The Marquis of AILESBURY was called to the Chair. The Noble CHAIR3[Ax having informed the meeting of the object for which it had been convened, namely, to take into consideration a plan for rebuilding and re-esta blishing the English Opera, stated that he felt anxious that the theatre should be rebuilt as soon as possible, and was prepared to do every thing in his power to promote the accomplishment of that object. Mr. INIAvuEw, the solicitor of Mr. Arnold, then read the following report : " It may, perhaps, be desirable to put the meeting in possession of the preliminary measures the committee have thought it ne cessary to adopt. Learning with pain that in consequence of the omission of Mr. Arnold to insure the property for 8,0001., which by his lease he was bound to have done, a forfeiture had been in curred, they took the earliest opportunity of seeking a conference with the solicitors of the Marquis of Exeter, Mr. Arnold's ground landlord, the result of which was a proposition made on the part of the committee, and communicated by the solicitors to his Lord ship. In reply to which proposition, the Marquis, although de clining to waive his right of re-entry, is pleased to express his re gret at Mr. Arnold's misfortune, and his Lordship's strong inclina tion to assist him by granting a new lease, should Mr. Arnold find himself in a condition to rebuild the theatre. In a just confidence that the expectation thus held out by his Lordship will be eventu ally realized, the committee did not hesitate a moment in taking such steps as seemed to them best calculated to promote this object. A meeting was accordingly convened of the old renters for the ad justment cf their claims, and the committee are gratified in being able to state that a large majority of them most liberally con sented at once to abandon a great proportion of their annui ties, to postpone even their remaining claims, in favour of the new relaters ' and to relinquish their Tree admissions, which were secured to them under the debentures. The committee also lost no time in causing plans and estimates to be made for a new theatre, and it is found that on the most moderate calculation it will be impossible to rebuild the theatre, with its indispensable appendages of machinery, scenery, wardrobes, musical and dra. matic libraries, furniture ' and all the expensive department de nominated properties, under the sum of 411,000/. The plans are now submitted to the meeting, and from the novelty of its con. struction, affording security against a recurrence of a similar catastrophe, they trust will in the highest degree prove satisf.ac factory. It is proposed that the theatre should be insulated— should be so contrived that by aid of party walls the greater por tion of the property shall be insurable at nearly the common rate of insurance. The wardrobes, the music, and library—all the various and expensive articles denominated properties—being placed apart in buildings absolutely detached from the main edi fice, and under separate roofs communicating by bricked arched passages only, and separated by unperforated party walls. " In the construction of the new building the Committee re commend to the trustees (to whom the property is to be assigned for the benefit of the new renters)stone and iron lobe used where ever they can be applied judiciously ; the best supply of water ob tained, the most approved apparatus for extinguishing fire pro_ vided, and an effective and vigilant system of watching adopted to afford additional security to those whose property may be em barked in the theatre. To carry these plans into effect the Com mittee propose that the sum of 30,000/. should be raised by de bentures, viz. 120 to 250/. each, entitling the holder to an annuity of 121. 10s. for sixty years, with a free admission, transferable an. nuatly to all performances under the English-opera license. The purchase-money to be paid by instalments of 50/., and only to be called for as the work proceeds ; and no greater number of deben tures or rent charges will be issued than what is now specified.— On the subject of securities, the Committee, in conclusion, beg to call your attention to these further considerations, that the old relaters having abandoned their claims, as before stated, the new renters will, when the theatre is erected, rest them entirely upon an unencumbered property (the landlord's claim exceptcal), upon a very valuable leasehold property, which will be more amply se cured by the insurance to be regularly effected on the buildings, and on all that part of the daily-accumulating property which will be separated from the body of the theatre itself, as also by the value of the adjoining extensive premises, and by the licenses at tached to the theatre, viz., the English Opera license, the Lord Chamberlain's winter license for musical performances and recita tions • the proprietor's share of the license of the French pl a y s ; and die Magistrates' license for music and dancing, and other en. tertainments of the like kind. Such are the plans for the new theatre, and the proposals for carrying them into execution, which the Committee have, on a due consideration of the sub ject, thought expedient to lay before the public." The Earl of CLARENDON said be had been most unex pectedly called upon to propose the first resolution. He was persuaded that the resolution would receive the unani mous assent of the meeting. Mr. Arnold was a greatly, and, he would add, justly favoured servant of the public— he had contributed infinitely to the public gratification, and had been instrumental in bringing about extraordinary improvements in one of the most charming and liberal of the fine arts. This circumstance gave him a sort of claim upon national gratitude, which he trusted would now be acknowledged. The Noble Earl concluded by moving the following resolution : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that Mr. Arnold, from his public spirited and successful exertions, particularly during the last six years, to improve the dramatic music of the country by the production of some of the finest compositions of modern science, is justly entitled to the support and patronage of every admirer of this-delightful branch of the fine arts." Sir A. BA RN ARD seconded the resolution. The resolution was agreed to unanimously. The Marquis of SALISBURY said it was most gratifying to him to have it in his power to lay before the meeting a very promising financial statement.—(Hear.)—They had heard, in the report, that a sum of 40,0001. would be ne cessary to re-establish the theatre, and that it was pro posed to raise 30,000/. by debentures, for the purpose of enabling Mr. Arnold to restore the English Opera-house, the destruction of which was a heavy calamity not only to him but to the public, The Noble Marquis here read and commented on the resolution, observing that it offered terms sufficiently advantageous to induce persons to invest their property in the speculation. It was— " That in order to effect so desirable an object as the re-esta blishment of the English Opera-house, it is the opinion of this meeting that the sum of 30 , 000 /. should be raised by rent charges of 250/., entitling the holder to an annuity of 12/. 10s. each for 60 years, with an annually transferrable free admission, accord ing to the terms stated in the report of the Committee." Mr. GEORGE ROBINS seconded the resolution. What was the plain fact of the case? His friend, Mr. Arnold invited his friends to subscribe for 120 debentures of 2501. each, in order to raise a sum of 30,0001., to enable him to re-build his theatre, and offered them excellent security for their advances. Let gentlemen go into the city who wanted to invest 10,0001., and they would find, unless they locked up their money in the funds, at the risk of in curring considerable loss in selling out, that they could not get above 21- per cent., on their property ; but here Mr. Arnold offered 5 per cent. and a free admission to what there could be no doubt would be a splendid little theatre. Under all the circumstances of the case, be thought Mr. Arnold did not ask too much when he asked them to lend a helping hand on the present occasion. The resolution having been agreed to— Lord CASTLEREAGH thought the best thing he could do would be to set an example, which he hoped many would follow. He should take a share—(Hear)—and trusted that many of those around him would do the same. Sir W. FREEMANTLE concurred in the sentiments ex pressed by the Noble Lord (Castlereagh). He came there with the intention of supporting Mr. Arnold, though per sonally unacquainted with that gentleman, on the ground of public advantage no less than private benefit. Having heard the able explanations which had been given, he should follow the example of the Noble Lord, and put his name down for a share. —(Hear.)—He did think the pre sent a very great national object—( Hear)—and he hoped to recommend the undertaking still further, from the sup port which it was understood to have received from Lord Lowther, that, in completing the project, the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests would lend their assistance to removing the establishment to a situation more advan tageous than the former site, an alteration that must add to the prospects of success.—( Hear.) _ . Sir GEORGE CLERK said it was unnecessary to add much to what had been already stated ; but having been on Mr. Arnold's committee, and having looked into the security for the proposed investment, he should say, that he thought persons might embark their property in the undertaking with much safety.—(Hear.)—The old renters bad relinquished or postponed the claims, so as to leave the new subscribers a perfectly unincumbered security for their advances. He should put his name down for a share.—(Hear.) The Noble CHAIRMAN stated, that the Duke of Devon shire had written to him to say he should take a share. The Noble Duke, when he made this communication, was, of course, not aware of what had taken place to-day, or probably he would have taken more shares than one. Mr. SWEET was so satisfied with the security offered. that he would make this public declaration, that he thought individuals might freely invest their money in the undertaking—(Hear)—for his own part he should take a share.—(Hear.)—lt would be satisfactory to the meeting to know that in addition to the 30,0001. to be raised by rent charges, there was likewise a sum of 10,000/. to be a pplied from other sources, which would afford an addi tional security to the renters. He hoped a new site might be fixed en. The present occasion offered an opportunity for one of the grandest improvements that it was possible to effect in the metropolis—be alluded to the prsject of opening a new street from Waterloo--bridge northwards. He hoped the opportunity would be seized—the hope strongly influenced him in coming forward, connected as he was with Waterloo-bridge, the property of which must be greatly improved by such a measure.—(Hear.) The Earl of CLARENDON was much obliged to Mr. Sweet for his conduct on this occasion, particularly for his last remark, which showed that whoever was interested in Waterloo-bridge was in reality deeply interested in the present scheme; for if a sufficient sum could be pro , cured to enable Mr. Arnold to remove the theatre from its present site to one more desirable, or if t'iat object could be effected in any other way, and a new opening made northward, it would most materially advance the prospe rity of the bridge proprietors. Mr. G. Ilouncs said, he would feel great happiness in taking a share himself. He had (as was well known) a great many shares in other theatrical properties; otherwise he should be disposed to subscribe much more largely in the present case. However, he had been authorized by an anonymous friend of his, who was a well-wisher to the drama, and desired to see Mr. Arnold's theatre reinstated, to subscribe for eight shares.—( Hear.) The Marquis of SALISBURY had just been informed of a fact, with which he was previously unacquainted, and which involved a❑ additional security The subscribers would have the additional security of certain property now producing a rent of 1,0001. a year, wholly detached from the theatre.—(Hear.) Mr. BEAZLY had been desired by an old and faithful servanc of Mr. Arnold—Mr. Grove, who had long acted as prompter at the English Opera House—to put down his name for a share.—( Hear.) It was stated by Mr. ROBINS that the payments on the shares were to be made in five equal instalments, as tho work proceeded—the first instalment of 50/. a-share not to be called for till the lease was signed, and' the last to he re quired when the work was completed. Mr. MAYHEW wished to add to what had been already stated on the subject of security, that the ground-rent of the theatre, if erected on the old site, would be alum dandy secured by houses, the rental of which amounted to nearly 1,200/. a-year. The names of - subscribers for shares were read. The following were among the number :---The Marquis of Ailesbury, two; the Marquis of Salisbury, two ; the Earl of Clarendon, one ; Lord Saltoun, one; Sir W. Free mantle, one ; Lord Castlereagh, one; Sir G. Clerk, one; Sir A. Barnard, one ; General Wynyard, one ; Mr. H. Phillips (the vocalist), one. In'all 41 shares were taken, making an amount of 10,250/. subscribed of the 30,0001. required for the completion of the plan. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, seconded by Mr. G. ROBINS, it was resolved that the payments on the shares be made in five equal instalments—the first to be paid on the ground lease being signed, amd-the subs?quent instalments td be called for progressively as the work ad vanced—the last instalment not to be paid till the work be completed. It was moved by Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, and seconded by the Marquis of SALISBURY, that Farquhar and Co., Cockburns and Co., Ransom and Co., and Sir J. Lub bock and Co., be appointed bankers, and that the bankers and Committee do receive any sums that may besubscribed towards enabling Mr. Arnold to re-build his theatre.— Agreed to. Thanks were voted to Mr. Laporte for having given the use of his concert-room. The Earl of CLARENDON moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the 111.trquis of Ailesbury for his kind ness in taking, and conduct in the Chair on this occasion. The motion having been agreed to, The Noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks. It was stated by some gentlemen present that they ex pected the subscription would be filled within a fortnight. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. LIST OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY ON THE DUKE OF RICHMOND'S MOTION For a Select Committee to inquire into the condition of the Labouring Classes, and the Effect of Taxation upon produc tive Industry." CONTENTS. PRESENT. EARLS. Tankerville Stanhope Radnor Digby Mansfield Carnarvon Romney Eldon Falmouth Stradbroke Kinnoul VISCOUNTS. Granville Goderich DUKES. Cumberland Gloucester Richmond Argyll AIARQUISSES. Lansdowne Salisbury Clanricarde Sligo Ailesbury EARLS. Carlisle Winchilsea Ferrers Cowper DUKES. Newcastle Grafton Devonshire Marlborough MARQUIS. Anglesea EARLS. Guilford Orford Lord Chancellor ARCHBISHOPS. Canterbury York nuttEs. St. A lban's Buckingham Gordon Wellington mArtQO[39El. Bute Bath Conyngham Hertford Camden Cholmondeley PROXIES. EARLS. !Sheffield Bradford Danvers EARLS. Bathurst; Rosslyn Shaftesbury Pomfret Malmesbury Charleville Jersey Delawarr Dudley LORDS. Walsingh am Wodehouse Stowell Kenyon NOT-CONTENTS. PRESENT. EARLS. Wicklow Hardwicke Verularn Glengall Westmoreland Cornwallis Chesterfield ,Iluntingdon' Amherst ,Aberdeen Gower Cassilis Darney Clare Clanwilliam Fife VISCOUNTS. Arbuthnot Hereford Melville LORDS. 'Arden Bayning Cllifden Clifford PROXIES. EARLS. Caledon Cardigan Cathc,rti Chatham Courtown Elgin Errol Glasgow Harcourt Hopetouni Howe Lauderdale Macclesfield Morton Ponlctt Scarborough Somers St. Germains Waldegrave Warwick Wilton VISCOUNTS. Beresford Exmouth Gort Northland Melbourne May nard - LORDS. Teynham King Holland Vernon Calthorpe Lilford Redesdale Rivers Seaford BISHOPS. 1 1 Bath and 'Wells ILlandaff LORDS. Churchill Northwick Lorton Haddington Howard de Walden Yarborough Feversham Duncan LORDS. Colville De Dunstanville Dunally El rtnborough Farnborough Forrester Glenlyon Harris Hill Manners Maryborough Montagu Prudhoe Saltoun Stourton Wallace Wharncli Willoughby d'Eresb), Clarence Beaufort Bedford Buccleuch cells Manchester Montrose' Northumberland Rutland BISHOPS. Bristol Rochester Chester London Winchester Oxford NTSCOUNT. Sidney -. LORDS.: Abercrombie Bagot Clinton Dormer Douglas (of Douglas) Dufferin and Clane boye Le Despencer Monson Plunkett Ravensworth Rolle Se .rsdale Selsev Skelmersdale Stafford: St. Helen's Stuart de Rothsay MA RQUISSES. Cleveland Donegall Downshire Lothian Stafford Thomoud Tweeddale Winchester EARLS. Abingdon Aboyne Ashburnham Palcarras Behnore Breadalbane Brownlow BISHOPS. Carlisle Chichester Hereford Lichfieldi St. David's SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOUUNALS. The Crown of France has now entered on A series of measures of which it is difficult to see the issue, or to calculate the results. It has declared, in the face of the world, that it relies more on the opinion of its own servants than on that of the na tional representatives, and that when called upon to decide between the country and the Court, it has taken up the challenge and sided with the latter. Such acourse, however hazardous, was to he ex- pected from the previous professions and avowed principles of the Ministry. The crisis is one which they must have anticipated, and for which they ought te have been prepared. They had been in vited (in the phraseology of their journals) to save the monarchy by resisting all concessions to demo cratic encroachment, and it would have manifested an absurd unfitness for the duties of champions to have retired at the very moment when a signal was given for the struggle. Louis XVIII. had several times dismissed his servants when he found them opposed by the legislature or the nation ; and in 1827, the alarm felt by his present Most Christian Majesty at the very idea of resistance from the Chamber of Deputies caused him to part with the most dexterous and successful Minister whom France has seen since the restora tion. But none of these cases resembled the present. In none of them was involved, according to the creed of the Court, the prin ciple of the Royal prerogative, the essence of mo narchy. In none of them had the Royal choice been made solely with a view to the preservation of the dynasty, or the maintenance of the rights of the throne. In none of them had the line been ,o dis- tinetly drawn between the antagonist parties of the Court and the Constitutionalists. In none of them had such mutual provocations been given, by en gaging as allies the force of authority or the passions of the multitude. In none of them were the prece dents of history so constantly appealed to—on 'the one side, to show the instability of bigotted or pre judiced power—and on the other, the danger of yielding to popular pretensions. 'After the liberal journals had described the conduct of the Stuarts as a parallel to the incorrigible bigotry of the Bour bons, and the royalists had urged Charles X. to re sist concession►, by pointing to the scaffold, to which the alleged submission to popular demands had led his brother, no honourable alternative seemed to remain but an attempt to resist the majority of the Lower Chamber, or to appeal from its judg ment to that of the country. But though, in the opinion of the King and his chief Minister, this was the only safe course to pursue, was It right to resort so immediately to the measure of a prorogation ? Would not the temper and the judgment of the Court have been more conspicu ously manifested by presenting to the Chambers some projects of law of a popular character, the adoption of which must have turned to the advant age of Ministers, or the rejection of which would have placed the Deputies in the wrong ? Ought not the usual sessional measures to have been brought forward, and defended in a manner which would have convinced the nation that Ministerial intentions and views had been calumniated in the Address of the Deputies ? Some of the more moderate Members of the majority might have been ashamed to join in an unreasonable vote, though they had agreed to a severe censure;—others might have repented of their original declaration of hos tility;—the phalanx of opposition being broken, some captives might have been brought into the Ministerial camp. Such, at least, appears a proba bility to foreigners, though of course Prince Polignac must have acted on a knowledge of facts which rendered such a course unadvisable. Whatever may be said against the policy of the decisive step which the French Ministry have taken, it must be allowed, even by their antagonists themselves, that their conduct has been quite legal and constitu tional. The Chamber declares, in its address, that it does not concur in the views of the King's Ministers, and asks his Majesty to choose between his servants mid the delegates of his people. His Majesty expresses regret at the disagreement, and, having made his option to retain his Ministers, is about to appeal to the country to decide between himself and the Chamber. This must be the ultimate result, though the distant term to which the Legislature is prorogued allowea the Cabinet leisure to take advantage of the numerous favourable accidents which may occur during the long interval. In the course of five months, the expedi tion against Algiers may sail, and succeed. In the course of five months some Deputies may be gained over by the bribes of power or the prospects of office. In the course of five months the hostile ardour of some may cool, and faction may commit follies which will disgust others. And within the same space of time public opinion may somewhat change, or be conciliated by some partial changes in the Cabinet.—No very promising prospect of such a result, however, is nOW presented in the conduct of political parties, or in the spirit of the Journals which profess to be their organs. If we can rely upon the truth of their expressions, the irritation is extreme. On the one side the majority of the Chamber of Deputies is insulted as a collection of Jacobins and Buonapartists— " Cowering and quaking at a conqueror's sword, " But lofty to a lawful prince restored ;" while, on the other, the most treacherous conduct and designs are ascribed to the Court. In the midst of this agitation, it is gratifying to be assured from the official organ of the Cabinet, that the Adminis tration is determined to proceed in the constitutional course which it has hitherto pursued, and has re nounced all idea of that easy but dangerous victory which they might obtain over the Press by the esta bl shment of a censorship.—Times. We refer our readers to the letter of our Parisian Correspondent for a much more ample and satis factory account of the important events which have just taken place in Paris than are furnished at this critical period by the French Journals. Our Cor respondent's predictions, repeatedly and Confidently made, have hitherto been amply verified. It does, indeed, appear that the French are not in possession of a Government suited to their wants. " The people (observes our Correspondent) say that ' the end of all government is, or should be, the happiness of the many. To make us happy,' they say, let us have peace, liberty, and wealth. To secure these blessings, let us have wise laws, good rulers, responsible• Ministers, and a prudent and economical Govern ment. We have tried the Monarchy—we-have tried a Revolution—we have tried a Consular Govern ment—we have tried an Empire—and, lastly, we have tried a limited Monarchy and representative in stitutions—but we find all unsuited to us. The Monarchy of the Charter interferes with the Demo cracy, and vice versa ; let us now try a Republic.' Perhaps you think it will not come to this—that the matter will be arranged—difficulties met---Topinions stifled—and the old order of things once-more re turn. If you do, depend on it you are mistaken. There is no tempest to blow down buildings, but there is a little stream, quiet, and only quietly murmuring at present ; but it is sapping the foundations—and it will, ere long, not take a hur ricane, but merely a zephyr, to prostrate the super structure." The King and the people are now fairly at issue, and another problem is also about to he solved, namely, whether Monarchy is compatible with a popular Representation, not a virtual Repre sentation, chosen by an Aristocracy. In England, as vie have more than once observed, political power is in the hands of an open Aristocracy —open to strengthen itself by constant accessions of force from the Democracy. Ever since the Revolution of 1688, the King of this country has merely been a sort of President of the Aristocracy, with which body he is closely identified. There can never, therefore, in England, so long as the present state of things lusts, be that collision which we now wit neis in France. In France there is no Aristocracy, or at least the Aristocracy possesses little political power. The Chamber of Peers bears no resem blance whatever to the English House of Peers, having no substantive power. The nation is repre THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. LtvxnPoor., MARCH 2I.—A destructive fire broke out at ten o'clock this morning, in the extensive sugar-house belonging to Messrs. Doward and Ca., the premises were entirely consumed; the loss is estimated at 25,000/. ; the property is ensured. THE FUNDS. The Paris Papers atate, that the Deputies who used to meet in the Rue Richelieu had their third and last meet ing en Friday evening before their departure for the pro vinces, and they expressed a solemn resolution to remain firm to their legal rights, and to engage their eoncitoyeas to act with prudence, and not to be bribed. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, 921 4 for the A c count, for Money 92 Nothing doing as yet. We have no arrivals of consequ e n ce . The Foreign Market is inactive ; prices nominal as yesterday. FuNDs. 3 per Cent. N ew 4 per Cent., 1023- 4 per Cent. 1826, India Bonds, 78 79 Exchequer Bills, 78 79 FUNDS. Greek, 394 40-? ; Mexican, 301 t Peruvian, 20 Portuguese, 59 60 Prussian, Russian, 110 Spanish, TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock, India Stock, 3 per Cent. Cuns. 921 Do. for Account, Ditto Reduced, FOREIG Brazilian, 711 2 Buenos Ayres, SO 32 Chilian, Colombian, 201 21 Danish, 75/ French, 5 per Cent. 106 7 Ditto, 3 per Cent. 83A 41 Since the early part of the morning the Consol Market has become very heavy ; they fell from 924 to 924. At present they are 9211 for the Account, and for money 92it04. Several stock jobbing reports are in circulation, such as the King of France had been fired at, to which no credit is attached. Had that been the case, we should have had several Expresses with the information from Paris. The above heaviness of the market is owing no doubt to a jobber having sold largely. There is a late arrival from Valparaiso, but we: do not hear that it brings any news of importance. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing. Price, much the same as yesterday. HREE 0' CL 0 CIC. Consols for Account, 924. CORK ELECTION. SIXTH DA V_ —(FRIDAY.) Freemen. Freeholders. For Mr. Callaghan.... 64 Mr. Newenham... 52 Out of which four were deducted, disputed votes againsi Mr. Callaghan, which gives the state of the Poll thus : GROSS POLL For Mr. Callaghan Mr. Newenham Majority for Mr. Callaghan —B7 SEVENTH DAY-SATURDAY.) The different booths were opened this morning at the usual hour, but the polling continued very tardy during the day. At three o'clock the numbers were— Freemcfl. Freeholders. For Mr. Newenham... 38 Mr. Callaghan.... 35 Leaving a majority in favour of Mr. Newenham on this day's polling, up to this hour, of 24, which, deducted from 87, leaves a majority in favour of Mr. Callaghan, on the gross poll, of 63. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.-Mr. KEAN made his appearance here last night as Hamlet, and was rec eived with much applause. He performed the part carefully and with success, though it is not altogether suitable to his genius, inasmuch as there is too much in tellect and too little animal passion about it, to enable him adequately to develope his peculiar excellencies. We were glad to perceive that his health was partially re established. - We have just seen a plan for a Grand Nati onal Cemetery, similar to, but on a more magnificent scale than, the well known Pere La Chaise at Paris, which is proposed to be erected in the neighbourhood of the Metropolis,—under the foot of Primrose-hill, we understand, from designs furnished by Mr. GooDwiti, Architect. As an elegant improvement to the environs of London the plan is certainly commendable, and we wish that it may meet with due encouragement. ENGLIS: TREASURER OF THE NAVY. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF NINETY, WHO VOTED FOR MR. HUME'S MOTION TO REDUCE THE OFFICE OF PAYMASTER OF MARINES, AND CONSOLIDATE IT WITH TILE NAYS' PAY-OFFICE. Althorp, Viscount Anson, Hon. G. Brownlow, C. Blake, Sir F. Bright, H. Baring, Sir T. Baring, F. Buck, L. W. Bankes, H. Buxton, J. J. Benett, John Bernal, R. Bentinck, Lord G. Blandford, Marquis Calthorpe, Hon. A. Carter, J. Cavendish, H. Cavendish, W. Clive, E. B. Chohneley, Dickinson, W. Denison, J. E. Davies, Col. Dick, Hugh Duncombe, I'. Dundas, Hon. Sir R. Dundas, Hon. T. Euston, Earl of Fane, J. Fyler, T. B. Fazakerley, J. N. Guest, J. J. ;ordon, Guise, Sir W. Heron, Sir It. Heneage, G. F. Howick, Lord Hobbouse, J. C. Harvey, D. W. lephson, C. D. Killeen, Lord Lennard, I'. B. Lumley, J. S. Lloyd, Sir E. P. Lambert, J. S. Lester, B. Labouchere, H. Martin, John Mildmay, P. St. John Moberly, J. Monck, J. B. Marjoribanks, S. Macdonald, Sir J. Nugent, Lord O'Grady, Col. O'Connell, D. Osborne, Lord F. Ord, W. Protheroe, E. Parnell, Sir H. Power, It. Phillimore, Dr. Peachy, General Philips, 0. R. Pertman, E. B. Pryse, Pryse Price, Sir R. Ponsonby, Hon. G. Ponsonby, Hon. F. Robinson, G. R. Ramsden, J. C. Russell, Lord John Smith; R. V. Scott, Hon. W. Stanley, Lord Seymour, Henry Sibthorpe, C. D. Trant, W. H. Townshend, Lord C. Vyvyan, Sir R. Webb, E. Wilson, Sir R. Warburton, H, Whitbread, W. H. Waithman, Ald. Wood, C. Winnington, Sir T. Whitmore, W. W. Wells, J. TELLES. Hume, Joseph MARINES. PAYMAS' LIS' OF FIFTY-FINE, WHO Althorp, Viscount Beaumont, T. W. Bright, H Benett, John Blandford, Marquis Baring, F Blake, Sir F. Buck, L. W. Cavendish, W. Cavendish, H. Carter, J. Cholmeley, M. Calvert, C. Dick, Hugh Davies, Col. Dundas, Hon. Sir E. Dundas, Hon. T.: Denison, J. E. Dickinson, W. Euston, Earl of 'ER OF THE T OF THE MIND! VOTED AGAINST THE SURFR OF THEINAVY. Fyler, 'l'. B. Gordon, R. Guest, J. J. Hobhouse, J. C. Heneage, G. F. Harvey, D. W. Howick, Lord Jephson, C. D. Kerr, T. R. Lam!), Hon. G. Lloyd, Sir G. Lennard, T. B. Lambert. J. S. Martin, J. Monck, J. B. . Maberly, J. ppp M aeo a irri b nid e m l ,, ;, eli V s j En . 8.L...; OTE FOR THE TRU. Poyntz, W. S, Ramsden, J. C. RGl , inson, Sir G. Rumbold, C. E. Robarts, A. W Rowley, Sir W. Stanley, L' rd Scott, Hon. W. Smith, Vernon Smith, Hon. R. Sibthorpe, C. D. Townshend, Lord C. Uxbridge, Earl of Whitbread, W. H. Warburton, H. Winnington, Sir I'. Waithman, Ald. Wood, C. TELLER. Hume, Joseph It Ctlex c i sEjit;r„duagm:,sopußtsrsied that liinfgoritnhteo i n aap p t o he lacy, n ni event ltetis at)ti of .r aany t gi the L add fdoirt oß i oivni Loin .1 Equity BICKERSTETH to be the new Judge. There certainly c annot be a fitter man, as regards either talents, knowledge, or u prightness of character.