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tion of Parliament to the miens of relieving these discon tents ; but he was willing to make allowance for a Go vernment newly installed in office, and willing to allow it time to exercise its judgment ; time to consider measures of relief. He admired as much as any man the chivalrous soldier who was at the head of the Government in Ireland, and he thought, when that Nobleman came to reflect, be would regret that be had placed himself in collision with the people. He regretted that the Viceroy had thought it necessary to issue a Proclama tirn, forbidding the meeting of the Trades when they wished to congratulate the lion. Member for Waterford (Mr. O'Connell,) mho bad assiduously attended to his dir ties in that House till Christmas Eve, and who was highly honoured by his countrymen ; he did regret that the Viceroy had thought it n ecessary to issue a Proclamation forbidding the Meeting of the Trades to welcome Mr. O'Connell on his arrival at Dublin. Ile must regret that conduct. It was not unworthy of a Government, it was neither derogatory to its dignity, nor injurious to its power, to endeavour to temper its zeal, to maintain order and obedience with discretion. In conclusion, the Hon. Member declared that Ireland was not prepared nor willing to risk a civil war for the sake of severing the Union. He had lately been amongst the people of Ireland, and be was authorised, he was sure, in saying, that there was in that country a universal disclaimer of any desire to appeal to force to procure the separation of the two countries. Sir R. PEEL regretted very much that a discussion bad been brought on which would have been much better re served ; but as the necessity had been imposed on him to take part in that which he could have gladly avoided, in the absence of the Hon. Member for Waterford, whose character was involved, and whose situation was concerned in the question then agitated ; but since the time was come for discussion, it became every man who took a lead in the discussions of that House to declare that he had irrevocably made up his mind t o stand b y the Executive Government, and maintain the legislative union between the two coun tries at all hazards.—(Cheers.)—This was that domestic concern which was now of paramount importance. He should be ashamed of himself if he did not cast into utter oblivion all party political feelings which might have existed between himself and the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite ; he should be ashamed of himself if he did not cast them aside, and without hesitation express a steady determina tion, by all the means in his power, to support the King's Government in all extremities of maintaining inviolate the union with Ireland. He would support them in their con duct, and should they make any little slips, and he did not say that they had made any, he would put the best con struction on their conduct, and give them credit for their good intention, should they be driven to any harsh measures to meet the evasions and artifices of the declaration of the Honourable Member for Waterford.—(Hear, hear, hr ar.) The House could well conceive the difficulty under which the declarations of that Honouraable Member 'laced the Ministers; but it was the duty of the Government, even by risking the extremities of civil war, to prevent the dis memberment of the empire. If the Union with Ireland were severed, if the feelings of independence were en• couraged in Ireland, why not in Scotland, why not in Wales, and why not break up the empire altogether? It was to him perfectly clear, that after the Union was dis solved, the empire could not be preserved. That was ne cessary to preserve the empire. If there was a difficulty in maintaining this Union—if Government were, as it ought to be, resolved to maintain it, the Government would be to blame if it did not first employ every legal means, however severe, every authority it had received from Parliament, however they might have blamed the giving that authority. The Government, he said, would be highly blameable if it did not employ every legal and authorised means in order to avoid the necessity of employ ing more dangerous methods. If the laws were unable to stay the progress of those who desired the repeal of the Union, still the Government would be highly to blame should it afterwards dye the scaffold, or the plains of Ire land with blood, if it did not first try all the existing autho rity of the laws. The Hon. Gentleman who spoke last depre cated the Proclamation which had prevented the meeting of the trades; but that meeting must not be taken by it self. The Hon. Member must conjoin it with the declara tions made by the Hon. Member for Waterford, who bad signified Lis fixed intention to try the question of enforcing the Proclamation, and who had distinctly declared, that when the opportunity came physical force should be em ployed to sever the Union. The Government had no alternative, and it was mercy as well as good policy to re solve by law to interdict the first meeting of the people.— The Noble Lord had referred to the Constitution of Ire land between 1782 and 1800, but he called on the House not to deceive themselves by supposing that, by the repeal of the Union now, they could place the two countries in the same situation as they were in before 1800. It was not after the Union that the two countries could be placed in the same situation as if no Union bad taken place.— After a divorce the feelings were not the same as before marriage. Oh, Sir ! exclaimed the Right Hon. Baronet, let us not deceive ourselves—very different will be the feel ings—bitter animosity and hatred will succeed ; there will arise different feelings as to religion ; the country will be separated into hostile and intolerent factions,— (" No, no !" from O'Gorman Mahon.) Both he and the Hon. Member for Clare were then speaking of fu turity, and it b. came them to speak with becom ing diffidence of the fallibility of human judgment; but he certainly never held more confidence in any opinion than he did in the opinion that, if the Union were dissolved, such scenes as he mentioned would be realised. If the Union were dissolved, they would have many of those secret societies, of which he had heard for the first time last night.—(Elear, bear ! order, order.)—lie did not certainly suppose that the great body of the Catholics had been united to obtain the repeal of the Union, but to obtain their civil rights and religious freedom ; but he did know that the great body of the Catholics, who had obtained their wishes, had resolved to preserve their faith, and pre serve that tranquillity and that freedom they had obtained. It was not religious differences that now disturbed Ireland—it was not the want of any political rights ; but the had example of Paris and Brussels acting on the excitability of a generous people, which had pro duced the present unfortunate state of Ireland. He did not look to any other means for restoring tranquillity, than the gradual return of the reason of the people. He did not wish to revive religious animosities or to embody again the Orangemen. That would be a bitter sacrifice : but be relied on the re turning good sense of the great body of the Catholics. He was certain that after the lapse of a short time, when reason should have returned, that they would see the folly of their madness —and it was madness if ever a nation could be ma d—that it was madness to attempt to sever the Union. Let them only look at the depreciation it would occasion in the value of all property. Let them remember, too, that England could never, and would never, but at the last extremity, consent to the repeal of the Union. Let them remember, that if they could succeed after a twenty years' contest, what they would make of their country—a great moral wilderness, in which every bad passion and every crime would flourish and ripen. With these feelings he declared that it was the interest of both countries to remain united. His should listen with favour to any priliposals of a conciliatory na ture coming from the Noble Lord ; but they must be pro posals for doing justice to all parties ; but the Noble Lord must not attempt to patch up tranquillity and peace by giving a triumph to any party. lie considered Ireland at present to be in greater danger from the abuses of liberty than from the abusers of power, and, therefore, he, placing full confidence in the Government, should enter tain, with favour, any proposition for enforcing the law, and giving strength to the Government. If circumstances should arise to make it necessary, he should he ready to arm it, and the Government had very good ground for it, with new and greater power. He should be ready, h e could assure the Noble Lord, to support any proposition of that kind he might make.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. O'BRIEN expressed his satisfaction at the manly declaration of the Noble Lord, and his admiration at the conduct of the Right Hon Baronet. Mr. HUME followed, and, in a speech of considerable length, which the lateness of the hour prevents us from giving, deprecated, in strong terms, the violent and ar bitrary conduct of the Government, so different from the language they had held, recommending conciliation, when they sat on the opposition side of the House. He denied that it was in the power of Mr. O'Connell, or any man, to agitate a great country, unless that country was filled avid' discontent from reasonable causes. Ireland had reason to be discontented—sh e had long been misruled and o ppressed. lle recommended the Ministers to abolish the Church Establishment, to do away tithes, to recall the Lord Lieutenant, and place Ireland in a similar situa tion to that of Scotland, allowin g her to haveouw h d e o r m ow or n e Church Establishme nt ; aid those things w to pac ify her, and restore tranquillity and maintain the Union, than any other measures, He denied that Mr. O'Connell's plan went to separate the two countries, but only to give a separate Legislature for Ireland for her domestic purposes, leaving the gener,l ed p L olicy of the ern _ .pire to be determined by the unit egislature. He was opposed to that Hon. Member, but did not compre hend the arbitrary and un- w The English tier which em b had been employed to put him on. Hon. Mer concluded b y en t r eating the Governm ent to derive wis dom from experience/ and now act on the maxims they had delivered when they sat on the other aide of the House. Lord PALMERSTON could not help rising to express the great satisfaction he felt on hearing the observations which had fallen from the Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel), as to his determination to support, not the present Administration or the Government, but the very Con stitution of the country itself. Such conduct was such as might have been expected from the high mind of the flight. Hon. Baronet. He (Lord Palmerston) denied that the Noble Marquis at the head of the Irish Government had acted with precipitation in his endeavours to past down the designs and machinations of evil-disposed persons in that country. He acted with the deliberate advice and full concurrence of the British Cabinet. As to the feeling in the question in Ireland, he felt bound to state to the House that all persons of propel ty, anti all those who had any stake, or anything to lose in the country, were op posed to the Repeal of the Union; and if, by maintaining he Legislative Union inviolate, the country must be leluged with blood, as the Hon. Member for Clare (O'Gor man Mahon) had stated, the guilt of the blood which would be shed, and all the disastrous consequences, must fall on the heads of those who had driven the people to acts of violence ; and the Government must, in the eyes of Heaven and man, stand exonerated from all blame. Mr. WYSE stated, that with respect to the Repeal of the Union, there existed a diversity of opinion, not only geographically but morally. There were, in fact, whole districts, in which the question had not, as yet, been mooted ; and others, in which the opinions of the in habitants were split and divided. He felt, in the fullest degree, the honest pride resulting from popularity well deserved ; but the dearest blessing which attended popu larity, was the fact of its affording means of guiding and enlightening the people ; but most strongly did he pro test against that popular chivalry—the worst species of chivalry—which carried desolation into the bosoms of families ; and which, under the sacred name of Liberty, would lead to despotism; that worst species of despotism, from which there was no haven.—(Loud cheers.) Sir C. WETHERELL was sorry that he had, by his delinquencies, put the Hon. Member for Clare out of hu mour. Now, however, as his good humour had been re established, he trusted it would last for the next two hours. —(Hear, from O'Gorman Mahon.) In the absence of the Hon. Member for Waterford, be would not commit himself by stating any argumentatives he would not ad vance in his presence, and more especially as his trial was now pending, he avoided saying any thing respecting the law under which he was arraigned. He would content himself by saying, that on this occasion he would vote for Government, and moreover tell the Hon. Member for Clare, that in the catalogue of his delinquencies he bad omitted the fact of the Member for Boroughbridge being the framer of that Act, which the Hon. Member for Middlesex, using a word for which he must have steamed to the Pigeon House, had designated as an Algerine Act. Fearless he had ever been in his conduct and the Honourable Member for Clare would see that be was equally fearless in maintaining it. He avowed himself the framer of that Act ; and when the time did come, the Member for Boroughbridge would rise in his place, and with that deference to that :House which he should always show, would defend the necessity and the preservative of Constitutional principles of that Act, with 1 a spirit equal to the Mon. Member's own. He contended that, in supporting that law, Government were support ing a law which had been called for and wanted at the time it was enacted—a law, a non-execution of which would have been as disgraceful to Loud Anglesea as its execution was honourable to the spirit, the integrity, and character of that illustrious individual. He trusted the fb.n. Member would not take it ill—he knew he would not—it was quite impossible there ever could be any ill humour between them again.—( Hear, hear, from O'Gor man Mahon.)—He trusted he (O'Gorman Mahon) would not take it ill if be expressed his regret that he had not been wrong about the Catholic Question. It was really startling to hear from that Hon. Member, that now nothing but a disunion between the two countries could save both from a civil war ; when only eighteen months before he had been told that emancipation was to be the healer of all sores, and the preventive of all evils. He hoped, however, that the measure was not so completely gone—so per fectly functus officio—so effate as the Hon. Member seemed to think. He never could admit such a mon strosity in argument as that the only means of avoiding a civil war was to be found in the repeal of the Relief Bill, and of the Union Bill—in the dissevering of England 'and Ireland. This was not a question of Whig and Tory —of those who sat on that side of the House, or those who sat on the other. It was not a question of parties in the State, but of the whole State—of the country at large, and ' the just authority of Government. He would now re sume his place, stating, that, although an occasion might by and by occur when he would not be able to give his assistance to Government upon a question which was not one respecting the Executive Administration, yet that he now most cordially tendered them his s upport, and ac knowledged that on this question the Noble Earl at the head of the Government had redeemed fully, completely, truly, and honourably, one of the pledges which be had given elsewhere, viz., that he (Lord Grey) would fully maintain the executive power in Ireland. From what had fallen front the Noble Lord opposite, he was jus tified in concluding that my Lord Anglesea had acted with the privity and advice of the British Cabinet ; and therefore he admitted the Noble Earl had main tained his proposition, when he stated that he would support the just authority of the Crown. He also allowed that the Noble Earl had maintained another of his pledges relating to the disturbances at home, that Noble Earl had declared that he would maintain the power of the law in the disturbed districts, and the effect produced by the Special Commissions fully proved that he had succeeded in performing the task which he had so spiritedly undertaken. He had no objection to the produc tion of the papers moved for. He thought that the Hon. Member seemed to acknowledge they were only a peg to hang a speech on. He rejoiced, however, that the speech had been made, since it gave many persons, and, among the rest, the Member for Bo roughbridge, an opportunity of recording their opinions, and clearly showed that on this vital question all parties were united and ready to maintain the just prerogative of the Crown, and the constitutional exercise of them unimpaired. Sir F. BURDETT remarked, that the Government was in an awkward predicament, and that the Hon. Member near him and others, who like him professed to support them, pursued a line of conduct calculated to cause them much annoyance. If they called that backing their friends (a plague on such backing !), he would only say, the Government would find more difficulty in avoiding these side attacks than any fair and adverse motions which might be brought to bear on them by declared opponents. He compared the indiscriminate attack of the Hon. Member for Clare on all men and all parties in that House, to the conduct of one of his own countrymen at a fair, who laid about with his stick, breaking, indiscriminately, the heads of friends and foes. Long as was the speech of that Hon. Member, it was difficult to pick out any one thing which admitted or required an answer. There was simply a string of general remarks, in which he reflected on Irish men, the best friends of Ireland, and on the Whigs of England, who had fought the battles of the Catholics for half a century, and thereby precluded themselves from the enjoyment of office, and those stations which were an object of ambition to all honourable men. From what had fallen from the Hon. Member, it would appear that Dean Swift's assertion, " that what was true every where else was not so in Ireland," was well founded; and it would even seem that words bore a different signification in Ireland fro.n what they did every where else, and therefore when Roman Catholics talked of gratitude without end, they must have meant gratitude without a beginning.— (Cheers and laughter.)—He must say that he had never heard any thing with snore surprise than the tirade of the Hon. Mem ber for Clare against the Whigs, which has re-echoed from the great agitator at the other side of the water. O'GORMAN MAHON—That is not right ; it is not so. Sir F. BURDETT, after explaining to the Hon. Member, pro ceeded to contend that benefits had resulted from the Catholic Relief Bill, and that they felt it. Mr. O'Connell could not now agitate Ireland as he had before agitated it..--(Loud cheers.) He had adeeggted the claims of the Catholics to equal rights, be cause he thought their claims were just, and feeling this, he did not know if he should have waited to consider the policy of con ceding them, although he thought that policy and justice always Went hand in hand. It was to be remembered that Ireland was not All Catholic, and that the whole body of the Protestants, and the most respectable and influential portion of the Roman Ca tholics, would be found in the hour of trial ready to assist the whole of the Protestants and the whole of the Catholics of Eng land, in maintaining inviolate the Union between the kingdoms, the Constitution of the country, and the safety of the empire, ii it were invaded. The difference been us and the Irish agitators was this ; that whereas in England we had discussions before de. cision---in Ireland they had decision first, and discussion after wards --(Hear, hear.)—Like the Irish gentleman in the play, they said " Oh I a pretty sort of thing indeed to explain--no, let Us fight first, and hear the explanation afterwards."—(Laughter.) —The cry of the Repeal of the Union was general among the people of Ireland. Antong the lower classes there, the phrases ' Union," and "Repeal of union," were indifferently applied, for they did not know what was meant by either of them.— (Wear, hear.)—The people of' Ireland were suffering from dis_ tress, no doubt; and if they were told by Mr. O'Connell that the Repeal of the Union would give them food and clothing, of course they would wish to have food and clothing.—(Hear, hear.) He was SUN that what the Marquis of Anglesea had d one, had been done with the hest intentions. He hail full confidence in that nobleman, who possessed a sound understanding and liberal feelings by which to direct his conduct. To the Irish the Noble Marquis had shown himself decidedly attached—for their inte rests he had laboured with earnestness and zeal and the Irish must have short memories; indeed—(Hear, hear]—.or else they would know and remember what sacrifices he had made for them.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Marquis, s w ac h;3; fi b c u e t d a in short time ago was so much lauded among them, d ordinarysuit whatof ob j e li c e tsof considered ambition,t o be their but a advantages fripni not . on l t y h aelrtuhre friendship, to t ttirionini its length and intimacy must have been peculiarly r.. been bound in ties of early and long-continued friendship.— (Hear, s ip. , — had sacrificed the friendship of the late king, with whom f.d h h e . ' ha i t ( i l i t i a e r s , ohfear Ireland,.) lt Y‘ a .a n s d h t e o l w ri h m o t w he a' g t r h a e tit really due. The Hon. Member for Clare professed his anxiety' to real ude liberator o fthe C a of h t ol t i h c e s t t- va a s . preserve the peace and union (the moral union at least) of the two countries, and yet lie did nothing but threaten them with separation and hostility.—(Hear.) His voice might be the voice oh Jacob, but his hand was the hand of Esau—(Cheers)—he was like the rowers on the Thames, who looked one way while they rowed another. It was possible that, like them, he might get successfully to his journey's end, but it was much to be feared that in this respect the comparison between them could not be maintained.—(Cheers.)—Like the Earl of Dorset in the time of Charles 11., he might be "the best tempered man," but certainly, inuse ;,,for li w ke h il t e h e h, N pr o o b f l es e s E eyi l , , e u h e e, h h a e d ma " d t e he th w e o s r t ars r t on t i e g m es ied tierde monstration of hostility.---(Hear, hear.)—it was true, lament ably true, that Ireland now suffered under many evils ; but whit was the cause of them ? There was one authority on that sub LONDON, ;WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1881. The Debates last night in the House of Commons will be read with considerable interest. Mr. HUNT entered into a detailed account of the late riots in Wilts and Hants, and was replied to at length by Mr. BENETT, M.P. for the aunty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL also delivered his semi ments on the subject, and warmly defended the policy of the Commissions, which, he observed, had realized all the good that had been expected from them. On the subject of the Irish Proclama tions by Lord ANGLESEA a most animated discussion took place. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON, who brought forward the matter, condemned in strong terms the policy of the Proclamations, and asserted that a re peal of the Union was indispensable to the tranquil lity of Ireland. Lord ALTIIORP replied to the Honourable Member for Clare's tirade with much spirit and good sense, and observed, that dreadful as was a civil war, it was still preferable (and should be hazarded) to a repeal of the legislative Union between England and Ireland. Sir R. PEEL, with a manliness and candour that do him honour, took the same view of the case, and announced his intention of giving (on this question) his most strenuous support to Govern ment. Sir F. BuRDETT closed the discussion with some pertinent and sarcastic comments on O'Gox- MAN MAHON'S diatribe. We refer our readers to the debate itself for the particulars of an amusing squabble between O'GORMAN MAHON and Sir C. WETHERELL. The Paris Papers of Monday have been received by express, but their contents possess no particular interest, especially in the crowded state of our columns. The Funds kept up at their previous quotation. The Opposition have had a field day on one of their most important charges against the Govern ment, viz. on the Barilla question. The result has been that the fullest and clearest explanation has been given, both of the conduct of the Government in reducing the duty by their own act, and of the reasons which rendered the reduction expedient. We need only refer to Mr. Pota.Err TROMP SON'S speech, for it comprises all that can be said on the subject, and will set the question at rest with all persons of ordinary sense and candour. Mr. HENRY HUNT hit the right nail on the head, when be remarked that the singular feature in the Debate was, that the Government were censured by those who had committed similar errors when they were in office. Nothing, certainly, can be more singular than that the men who made the mi nute of the 16th November, with their staffs in their hands, on the very point of -their walking out of office, should turn round upon their successors for following so recent a precedent, in addition to the many others of the same kind. But great allowance must be made for the vexation of spirit of the outs, and for that natural mortification at defeat, which vents itself in querulous complaints, of which the cry about Barilla is one instance, and the remonstrance of Sir EDWARD SUGDEN against the LORD CHANCELLOR'S allowing the continuance of an argument whilst his Lordship signs his name, or takes a pinch of snuff,--is another. Mr. SADLER took occasion of so favourable an op portunity to abuse political economists in his usual oracular strain, and to bestow some hard words upon capitalists, the application of which to the Barilla Duty we do not perceive. The friends of this gentleman should really advise him to look to his consistency, for either he is in his dotage, or the political economists have woefully confused his intellects. He talks of " the political economists tumbling into atoms an empire of ada mant," and of Sir ROBERT PEEL, the heir of a fortune so large as to have exceeded the highest sum contemplated by the probate duty, having originated a complaint against the too great accumulation of indi vidual wealth. Surely Mr. SADLER'S wits are " tumbled into atoms," or he would have abstained from talk ing such wretched stuff in public. We should like to know also where he got the information that the reduction of the Barilla Duty has thrown thirty or forty thousand persons out of employment ? It having been admitted by Lord ALTHORP and Mr. THOMPSON, that the practice of altering duties without the sanction of Parliament was one which ought not, and would not be, continued, there is no necessity to say a word more on the subject.— The Government have acted with candour and fairness throughout the whole affair. The conduct of the Opposition in this, as in other nattere, it is unnecessary to characterize. Pet to Which the Hon. Member for Clare could flot objeet—he meant Dr. Doyle, who distinctly attributed the present evils of Ireland to the unsettled state of the people—to the evils of agi tation.—He said, as an Englishman, that there was no subject that had occupied more time, or had more interested the feelings of that House, than the interests of Ireland, and that the Go vernment were equally anxious to promote her welfare. It was a vulgar prejudice to suppose Englishmen were not interested in that subject, because, forsooth, Ireland had once been a sepa rate kingdom—he begged pardon, not one kingdom but five king doms in one---and because there might be now five Kings of that country, all with a perfect claim to the throne ; or, in other words, the claim of one was as good as the claim of the other. He had no objection to the discussion of this question ; but he did not call that discussion which was the mere stringing toge ther declamatory words and phrases.---(Hear, hear.) Yet that was the discussion given by Mr. O'Connell, who now abused the Marquis of Anglesea, though, not long ago, when the trammels were not taken off him, and when the Noble Marquis was trying to take them off; he had been the fawning encomiast of the Noble Marquis.---(Cheers.) He begged to remind the Hon. Member that Catholic Emancipation had been granted on the ground that the Union of the two countries made the measure safe and practicable---(Hear)---and he was sure that if the Irish were asked whether they would have the Union with Emanci pation, or the repeal of the Union without it, he was sure they would answer, ens sore, "Give us Emancipation and the Union." Mahon--" No 1") The Irish Agitators rendered the discussion of this question impossible, at least at the present moment; or, if not absolutely impossible, at least only possible in that House. There let them introduce the question.—(Cheers.) If it would really benefit Ireland, Englishmen hada true interest in carrying it. They had, indeed, a stronger interest than Irish Gentlemen, for these were not so heavily taxed ; and the system of subletting, which saved them from the evils under which English Gentlemen now laboured, were really the cause of the evils of Ireland.—(Hear.) That system produced misery there, and drove the peasantry of that country into this, where they overburdened the market for labour, till our own peasantry were utterly thrown out of employment. He repeated his wish for the discussion of the Union question, but declared it could never be fairly and satisfactorily discussed under circumstances of uni versal agitatiiin. O'GORMAN MAHON replied, and the motion was then carried without a division. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Four. FKICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3'per Cent. Rea. BI%O 3 per Cent. 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Mexican Bonds — , 3 per cent. —t. —c. Ditto, 182.5 — I--._ Exehange ...... —f. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (isa. at 51. pm.) £lOO Brazilian Imp. lain :Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto National l5 Ditto Cocaes 5 Protector Insurance Comp 25% 6 i I AI4 £1 8 6 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 10 minutes after 0. I Evemng...39 minutes after 0. LIVING LITERARY CHARACTERS. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE for FEBRUARY, is embellished with a beautifully engraved Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, Authoress of the " Sorrows of Rosalie," the " Undying One and other Poems." The same number comprises also a Sketch of her Life and the following original papers :—The English Bar ; No. 2—Sir Edward Sugden—The Three Days of December in Paris—Observations on the Ballot—Vicissi tudes in the Life of a Lawyer—The Legacy of a late Poet —After Dinner Chat, by the author of " Paul Pry"— My Sinecure Place, by 'l. H. Bayly, Esq.—Speeches and Speakers in Parliament; Sir J. Mackintosh, Lord John Russell, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Powlett Thompson, Mr. Robert Grant, and the Attorney-General—An Adventure on the Mer de Glace—Poems by Mrs. Hemans—Byron's last Biographer—On the Principles of Property and the Poor Laws, by John Galt, Esq.—Remarks on Dr. Nares' Life of the Great Lord 'Burghley—Mirror of the Month, or Comments on Men and Things for the Month of January —The Chancellor and Sir Edward Sugden—Daniel O'Connell and the Rationale of Dignity--Milton and Sir Humphry Davy—Public Economy—Smuggled News papers—The Recorder of Norwich—Lord Berkley—The Theatrical Monopoly, &c. &c. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. y " r r en t ; i d. ' _"AVnn THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL Irl3 0' CL 0 CK. We have no arrivals of any consequence this morning, conse quently there is no information up to the present hour. Charleston Papers to the Sth January have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Paper of the 7th January.) The ship Courisr has arrived at New York from Rio Janeiro, sailed on the 11th N ove mber . The British frigate Thetis had arrived at Rio Janeiro. The Hon. Captain Bingham, with the Chaplain of the frigate, were unfortunately drowned in the Bay of Coquimbo, the boat having upset going from the shore to the ship The Havannah Paper of the 30th December contains an official order relative to the charge of duty of flour imported into the Island of Cuba. We hear that a Leith smack has been lost, with eleven persons on board. TIIR FUNDS. The great length of the debates of last night, which are of considerable interest, entirely occupy the attention of the public this merning. The hint given in the City Article of a Morning Journal, that Talleyrand would be recalled by his Government, ha rather damped the French Funds. Consols, which left off yesterday at 80% % for the account, opened at the same price; since they are 80% sellers. To the present time we have not heard of any further informa tion from Belgium, which the public are anxiously expecting, and which will, no doubt, be of some interest. The Foreign Market is void of interest. Prices much the same as yesterday. Consols have receded to 80% 14. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 201% 2% Ditto, Reduced, 59% % India ditto, Ditto, New, 99% 3 per Cent. Cons. 80% 4 Four per Cent. (1826) 99% % Ditto, for the Acct. 80% % India Bonds, 14 15 2 per Cent. Red. 81% Exchequer Bills, 43 4 3% per Cent. ti()% HALF-PAST ONE. A private express has arrived from Paris, the contents of which have not as yet transpired, but it is said that the French Rentes are 1 per cent. lower ; such is the report at the Stock Ex change. Private information from Paris represents that great in trigues are going on there with the republican party, with which some of the Ministers are acting underhanded ; their intentions are said to be to adopt a Regency in Belgium until the Duke de Nemours comes of age, when he will be capable of acting for himself, without the sanction of the King of France. Consols remain heavy at 80% )4 for the account. In the Foreign market there is little doing, except in Spanish Bonds, which have improved. HALF-PAST TWO. The report at the Stock Exchange, of the French Rentes coming by the express 1 per cent, lower is incorrect, they are 60f. 40c. being nearly the same price as the last accounts. The ex press does not bring any news of importance. T lIREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols, 80i I. TOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols BOl f Danish... 6Ol Ditto for Account 80' 4 Greek, 1825.... Brazilian Bonds 574 Mexican, 1825. Buenos Ayres 26 Peruvian •••••••• Chilian Ditto .... Russian Columbian, 1824 18 Spanish lB COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Leopold arrived in town yesterday, from his residence at Claremont. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg will have the same apart ments in the King's Palace, St. James's, when in town, which the late Queen of Wurtemberg occupied during her visit to this country. A conference of the Ministers of the Great Powers on the affairs of Belgium was held yesterday "afternoon, at the Foreign Office. It was attended by the French, Austrian, and Russian Ambassadors, the Prussian Mininister, Baron de Weissenberg, Minister from Austria, Count Mastoushewitz, Minister from Russia, and Viscount Palmerston. The conference lasted three hours. The Danish Minister visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Lord Chancellor and Sir Henry Parnell had a conference with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at the Treasury. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, Fan. B.—Wind S.W..—Arrived the Flora transport, from the Mediterranean. Sailed his Majesty's ship Onyx for Havre. PLYMOUTH, Fan. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Juno, Mukett, from Messina. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 7.—Arrived the New England, Atkins, from Charleston. Off port, the Fame, Sharp, from Demerara; and James, Sharkford, and Marian, Yeaton, from New Orleans. BRISTOL, Fan. 7.—Arrived the Harry, Bell, from Zante. CLYDE, FEB. B—Arrived the Pocahontas, Smith, from Vir ginia; and John, Dunscombe, from Lisbon. The Surprize, Reid, from Belfast to London, was totally lost with all the crew, off Peterhead the Ist inst. The Mary and Susan, Henley, from Poole to Liverpool, struck on the Manacles on Monday morning and sunk ; crew saved, The Diamond, Crosley, from Portsmouth to Sunderland, was driven on shore at Leith the ‘... ) (1 inst. The Czar, Smith, from London to Leith, was driven on shore near Dunbar, the 4th inst., and would be totally wrecked. The master, three of the crew and 11 passengers, drowned. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. JUDGMENT. Five cases stood for judgment this morning, but when his Lordship took his seat he said there was a part-heard case ap pointed to have been gone on with at the sitting of the Court, The string of judgments, therefore, had been put at the head of the paper improperly. The inconvenience of this was two-fold— Counsel were not present to resume their arguments of yester day, and he was not ready to deliver the judgments, not having his notes with him The Court wished such mistakes not to be repeated. BLAIR is. AGAR. The LORD CHANCELLOR, recollecting the facts of this case, which stood for judgment, thought he could dispose of it without his notes, and by the time he had done so, probably the Counsel in the part-heard case might be in Court. This was a motion in the shape of an appeal from an order made by the Vice-Chancellor, dismissing the bilL Considerable doubt had arisen with respect to the conduct of the parties, how far one or other of them had m a d e a s li p, an d h ow f ar such slip made it necessary to dismiss the bill A good deal of argument had been adduced, not only upon the construction of the order in the cause, but upon the general orders. Upon looking into the cases that had been cited, attending to the practice, and after paying a good deal of attention to the case, the resolution that the Court had come to was, that there was no ground for dis missing the bill, regard being had to the conduct of both parties, that conduct operating as a bar to either party availing them selves of any technical point. The consequence was, a direction that the order of the Court below should stand discharged. BRIGHTON, FEB. 8. His Majesty gave audience yesterday to Captain Woolmore. Iftewards his Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Cumber. land, drove out in a carriage and four, with two outriders, through East-street to the West Cliff, from thence to Hove, re turning to the Palace at a quarter to four. His Majesty looked exceedingly well, and returned the salutations of the people with the greatest affability. The Queen, accompanied by Prince George of Cambridge and Prince George of Cumberland, Miss Johnstone, the Earl of Errol, the Earl of Albemarle, Sir A. Barnard, &c., rode through many parts of the town. Lieutenant-Colonel Jones, Lieutenant-Colonel Mair, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Bristol, and Lord and Lady Rendle sham, had the honour of dining with their Majesties yesterday. POLITICAL UNIONS.—The following re marks occur in a letter from Mr. WALLACE of Kelly to the Editor of the Greenock Advertiser ; they are worthy of consideration :—" Let all enquire whether Political Unions will not prove to be the safest, the cheapest, and the most respectable mode ever yet devised for enabling them to obtain ready and constant authentic informa tion of their wants being attended to, or neglected by the Parliament; with the only means ever yet afforded of obtaining the benefit of the leisure, talents, and education of those in all ranks of life, together with the advantage of keeping the actual condition of all constantly under the eyes of the Government, by means of petitioning, from time to time, for redress of their grievances. If the com munity at large, and especially the industrious and work ing classes find this a true picture of the uses and duties of Political Unions, let them confidently and generally join in these constitutional assemblages, so judiciously contrived for the safety and mutual advantage of all.—Scots Times. MELANCHOLY SHIPwItEcK.—The morning of the Ist of February was ushered in by the severest gale which this coast has experienced during the winter. It had continued for several hours from the S. and S. S. E. without intermission, and accompanied by frequent heavy squalls with snow. The tide served about two o'clock, and at noon, a brig was discovered off the port, and shortly afterwards was observed following a schooner belonging to Rye, making for the harbour. The imminent danger of the brig was plain to all who were anxiously watching her motions. Unfortunately, about one o'clock the wind shifted to the W. S. W. with a very thick snow storm, which lasted about a quarter of an hour. On its clearing up, the ill-fated vessel was discovered on shore, about a quarter of a mile to the eastward of the harbour's mouth, the sea making a free passage over her. The unhappy men who formed her crew, were distinguished on the weather rigging of the foremast, one above another, waving their hats for assistance to those on shore, which, however, it was impossible to render. In about two hours the brig went to pieces, and the masts falling into the water, the whole of the crew were drowned within 400 yards of the shore. Had this coast the advantages of one of the numerous means of preserv ing poor sailors from shipwreck, which all other places possess, that relief might have been afforded which, alas ! the miserable men in vain looked for. The brig proved to be the Fame, of London, FRANCIS SHANNON, Master, laden with oil, from the Mediterranean. The conduct of the Officer commanding the Coast Blockade at Camber Watch-house is deserving the highest praise. His endea vours with his men to save the poor mariners were inces sant, though ineffectual.—Brighton Guardian. It is understood that all the leading Statesmen of the (lay, and all the most influential political charac ters, are not only to be described in the forthcoming Novel " The Premi er ," b u t b roug ht forward as actors, speaking in their ow n p ersons , an d assigning their own re asons for their con d uct w i t h a s t ar tling fidelity. is Cer.. tain vulgar mysterie s o f St a t e will be ilisclosed, itsaid, in a way no less amusing than striking, enli ghtening the world upon matt ers w h ere hitherto a half r idiculous as sumption of independence has been maintained, t, e. in the connexion between cabinets and the preen. FENNER v. TAYLOR. The arguments were renewed and concluded. In the result, the Court reversed the decision of the Master of the Rolls. Sub sequently his Lordship gave two judgments, and then rose to hear in private a lunatic petition, " in re Joddrell." COURT OF KING'S BENCH. The Court was this morning crowded to excess, it being gene rally expected that the action brought against Dr. Lushington for a libel would be taken the first thing. On Lord TEN TERDEN taking his seat, however, the cause of " Doyle and another v. Dallas," which is an action on a Policy of Insurance, was called on, and was not concluded up to the time when our Reporter left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. _ . GRIM. CON.-WINTER v. HENN. Mr. 'Serjeant WILDE, Mr. Serjeant JONES, and Mr. JUS TICE appeared as Counsel in the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant TADDY and Mr. PHILLIPS appeared for the de fendant. Mr. JUSTICE opened the pleadings. Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated the case to the Jury. The pre.. sent action was brought by Thomas Winter, who keeps the Castle Tavern, Holborn, against the defendant, a hatter residing for. merly oposite the plaintiff's, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The plaintiff, the learned Counsel had no doubt, was known to many, if not all the Jury, under the name of Spring. In the early part of his life the plaintiff' had been ad dicted to pugilistic contests, but had had the good sense latterly to resign such pursuits, and had for some years past kept the Castle Tavern, in Holborn. Spring and his wife had lived in the greatest affection till lately ; they had several children, and were as happy as mortals could be. In the course, however, of the last year, the plaintiff' was taken extremely ill, and was confined to his bed by rheumatism. His business was extensive, and dur ing his illness his wife managed the business. It was during that period the defendant, who had been intimately acquainted with the plaintiff, and often visited his house as a customer, became intimate with the plaintiff's wife. Upon coming down stairs one morning unexpectedly, he found the defendant in the bar, stand ing by his wife in rather a suspicious manner, but yet not in such a way as to create the suspicion that any thing improper had oc curred. Ultimately Mrs. Winter left the house of her husband, and went with the defendant to a house at Stepney, residing there and passing as the wife of the defendant. Mr. He'll), the defen dant, had since become a bankrupt, but he trusted that the Jury by their verdict would tell him that because a man was not rich he had a licence to do what he pleased. He understood that the defendant had given notice that it was his intention to producce certain letters; what the object of them was he (Serjeant Wilde) did not know, but this he was well aware of, that when a woman abandons her duty to her husband and her children, it was very common for her and her adulterer to combine together to injure the husband, but he trusted any attempt of that sort would fail in this case. He should call his witnesses who would prove all the facts of his case, and he trusted that the verdict of the Jury would be such, as would give to the plaintiff all that he now waisted (for the de fendant being bankrupt nothing could be got from him), the ex pression of the opinion of twelve honest men on the enormity of an offence like the present. Joseph Drysdale Winter examined by Mr. Serjeant WILDE— Was the brother of the plaintiff; who was a native of Hereford. His wife's name was Elizabeth Griffiths. Plaintiff and his wife were married 26th June, 1821. Tho plaintiff and his wife were always upon very good terms with one another during the time they resided at Hereford. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant: TADDY--Had never been in the boxing line. Never recollected Mrs. Winter beiug turned out of the house of her husband Would swear that his brother had never made any remark to him that his wife had been too in timate with a gentleman at Hereford. His brother never told him that he had put a gentleman under the pump near his house. Had seen a gentleman called Dutch Sam a few nights ago, but could not tell where it was. Did not know what crosses meant. Mrs. Winter went to live with her father at the time they li 'ed at Hereford. Re-examined—Had not seen his brother for two years. Rebecca Beckett—Her husband and herself had known the plaintiff' and his wife since led!. Visited them frequently. Wit ness's husband was a green-grocer, residing in Great Russell street. Mrs. Winter always conducted herself with becoming propriety; never saw any thing which induced her to doubt they lived in affection and happiness. Was requested last week to go Greenwich, where she saw Mrs. Winter, and Mrs. Mills was in company with her at the time. Cross-examined—Was in the habit of frequently visiting the public-house.—(Laughter.) Re-examined—Witness meant visiting Mrs. Spring. Robert Hancock—Kept the Albion Tavern, Beak-street, Re gent-street. Was in the habit of visiting the plaintif and his wife. Their conduct towards each other was always extremely kind. Cross-examined—Plaintiff had never made any complaint to witness of the conduct of his wife. He supposed the gentleman was put under the pump for no good behaviour.---(Laughter.) Plaintiff said the gentleman was very fond of his wife, and so he had him put under the pump. Plaintiff had never told wit ness he had given the gentleman black eyes before he put him under the pump. Ann Winter was the wife of one of the plaintiff's brothers. Resided in London, nearly opposite the plaintiff: Was in the habit of visiting there. Plaintiff's conduct towards his wife was always extremely affectionate. William Davis had known the plaintiff upwards of nine years. When the plaintiff kept the Weymouth Arms, witness lodged with them for some time. Had been in the habit or visiting them since. Always considered them to live very af fectionately with each other. Sarah Mills—Was the wife of Mr. Mills, the landlord of the Mulberry Tree public-house at Stepney. Had seen the man she saw in the hall, and the woman she saw at Greenwich, at her house on the 27th of August last. She came between ten and eleven o'clock ; Mr. Henn came first, and wished to know if he could have a beefsteak cooked ; the lady came afterwards in the gig. After taking refreshment they went out together and re turned in the evening, when it rained very hard. Mr. Henn said his friend's house was so full:that they could not stop there, and requested to be accommodated with a bed. They slept there and occupied the bed which was usually occupied by her and her husband, witness believing them to be man and wife ; breakfasted at [the house of witness, and went away shortly afterwards, Mr. Henn tellindwitness it was probable she would see them again in the course of the day; both returned in the course of the day; Henn said he should not be able to settle his business, and that the lady would sleep there that night, but he could not. Mrs. Winter stopped at the house of witness from 28th of Aug. to the 7th of Sept. Henn came twice a day to see Mrs. Winter. and upon every occasion they retired to the bed-room. Witness all this time believing they were man and wife. Three days before theylleft a Mr. Bluck, a painter and glazier, informed witness who they were. Cross-examined—Winter came the day before they went away to witness's house, saw his wife, but would not speak to her. Witness was quite sure both Mrs. Winter and Henn went into the bed-room together on the 27th of August. Witness wished them good night, and heard them lock the door. William Bluck knew the defendant well, who was a hatter in Holborn. Saw him in company with Mrs. Winter at the Mul. berry-tree public-house This was the case on the part of the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant TADDY then addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant. They were assembled here for the purpose of giving compensation to the plaintiff for that which he had lost, and if he had lost nothing he could not ask anything at the hands of a Jury. He could not take a better account of what Mrs. Winter's previous conduct had been, than that which Mr. Winter himself gave; and if from that he shewed that the conduct of the plaintiff's wife had been improper, the plaintiff knowing of it, he, and not his friend Mr. Sergeant Wilde , would be entitled to the verdict of the Jury. He s ho u ld read a letter from the `;- , 6 d t h knownof his wife's misc on _ July, lB3r), by whi c h it duct for upwards of five years. The Learned Se geant then read the ld letter ;• in parts of which the pla in tiff stated, that it was more w pl o a u i b ' e ff t o seen to that than five years since he had found his wife out at Hereford, an d is that he now knew of many more cases of her impropriety. The the w fe pla o i f n had Plaintiff also in the same letter, said that the big house in Soho_ square was much more adapted to her purposes than the house of his friend—he supposed she was as fond of hackney,coach friends as she formerly had been of stage-coach ones, the only diffe r ence being, that now she went to visit them, while formerly they came to visit her. The Learned Serjeant would rest his case upon this letter, and he trusted, after the Jury had care fully perused it, they would come to the determination that the plaintiff was not entitled to any damages. Mr. Sergeant WILDE replied, contending that the letter must be taken as the ravings of an injured man, whose feelings had been irritated by what had been stated to lin ' n by friends and neighbours, who were always anxi ous w h en a wife had acted as Mrs. Winter had done, to bring forward • every circumstance that would decrease the value of the wife in the eyes of the hus band, and by that means, in some d egree, console him for his loss. He trusted the Jury would mark their sense of the conduct of Mr. Henn by appropriate damages. Mr .Justice ALDERSON summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff---Damages 1501. The case of BLUNDY V. DUFFIELD did not come on for trial to-day. L iee lST E that has C i gv V e l n L not PENSIONERS.—Mr. Select 05rhEiRoast:TeMwirli. move GU for Committee, " to whom shall be referred the account of all pensions payable out of the Civil List, with a view to the continuance of such pensions only as shall have been granted for services performed, or for which satis factory special grounds shall be stated." The Noble and Hon. Lords and Ladies will consider this gentleman an " unwolcenne GUEST." We understand that a very good imitation of the one-pound note of the Glasgow Bank is now circulat ing in Greenock, as well as a good deal of base coin...-. Glasgow Free Fresh. FrE.R.L. FROM I:LLEinodNYODs:EB—(THIS DAY.) ly..—Arrived the Flora -•-- 1:.. I had delivered when they sat on the other side of the Jed to *filch the Hon. Member for Clare could not objeet—he of an argument whilst his Lordship signs his name,' SHIPPING INT meant Dr. Doyle, who distinctly attributed the present evils of Ireland to the unsettled state of the people—to the evils of agi- Or takes a pinch of snuff,--is another. transport, from the Mediterranean. Sailed his Majest's shipin t? . 1.......rnw some hard words u avre. _ PLYMOUTH, Fes. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Juno, .._ upon Mukett, from Messina. -- r ivERPOOL, Fen. 7.—Arrived the New England, Atkins, Ili• ,••.--. tho Fame. Sharp, from Demerara; - Ales . • THE MARKETS.—(THDI DAY.) . 04 Majority for Mr. Scale 4 • . . 1 1E I,, tee Poled 4 41 . 4 1 ;: u5t sr Piet d tri:fikeine. CORN EXCHANGE. of There are very small supplies thi s wee k o f a ll kinds and very little Flour. The weather being warm, has 0.^7 1 01 , derable dullness on the trade. Wheat met very few hilo e sit hardly maintains Monday's terms. Barley, Beans, and,tow main as last quoted. Oats find a few buyers, and with a l ' j support last quotations. In Flour no alteration. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. I 800 qrs. 1,310 qrs. at th e -de , Oats. I , . m oat / ,360 qrs. I nven t 1,270 sthh i v .% o f kiZe aba ue A 'ad tl Ittl Y fin Prettvit Capital t i c mu of ill t hat fri English Irish Foreign [E ;TS DURING T. Barley. Oats. 12; 8. to a. a. to s. 34 2,4 40 42 24 36 46 26 32 38 28 42 18 26 25 33 15 20 "" 40 46 20 28 42 3 4 42 22 26 36 38 44 21 27 36 32 35 22 29 Tros t Prin e i Da . The it ht to r ,, o Z t a i t d I kt i ot ag ! l 13 4 ti kied etude, „At p o t 6 Pt iVerty rtra l t; I 7m t i , c _ Pet o o k r io 7 t rA, L yh e 1 :4 e: 9111 1, of 41 ° Tile 147 1 t . t ot , tut 410fitot, ttr o i ees ri il re in a I I us /k b 1P4441 e t totim et °l ll • h o 0, 34 1 3 htir( 0 d -4 41* 4 , 4 - "1 h it l !ea COUNTRY :OHN MARKE' Wheat. Per Quarter. a. to a. Boston Gainsborough 73 Grantham 70 86 70 79 b 4 76 Lincoln 68 74 Spilsby • 68 78 Stamford 67 83 York .. 68 82 LEWES MARKET.—Feb. , White Wheat (per.quarter).............X3 18 oto £ 4 0 , Red ditto 3lO 0 31 6 0 Barley 6 116 0 2 0 Oats, New 1 3 6 1 a 0 Beans. - ll4 0 1 3,01 , , ,. Oil Cake, 12 0 0 per tho-- NORWICH, Feb. 5. Wheat (per qr.) '7os. 808. 84s. I Beans (per qr.) 38s. 445. 465. Pease, Oats 2Bs. 325. 345. Flour, fine (per sack_22,°-.. CANTERBURY, Feb. 5. 745. to 82s. 565. to 778. Old. — 4 . 375. to 475. —..... Grinding.. 301. '" 20s. to 82s. 30s. to 38s. 366 * 38s. to 50s. 355.." Wheat, wyitQ Barley, Malting - Oats Beans Pease Me •••••• EXETER MAP Beef (score)—..Bs. Od. Bs. 6d. Mutton 5 0 6 Veal and Lamb-0 7 0 0 Pork _ - _ 4 0 6 Geese (each) 0 4 6 Ducks (c0up1e).....-3 0 4 6 Fowls 0 3 0 .KETS.—Feb. 4. I Wheat (bushel)...9s.o .A Pi Barley: 4 6 ', Oats _ 9 9 0 Beans 1i 1 : Butter (lb) .............,1 0 1 Eggs (11) —.......-0 „/ ' Potatoes (peck) ...0 .0 IRISH KET eat A A e , e 4 a b c ci A! / i t . R t :' %the ' DEATH OF MR. RITCHIE.—Wa' :tio4, Lr e A RITCHIE, DTI. one of the founders of the Scots o6 e 7( " A t h 'rh a writer in it from the first days of its existence, d' f l et! r 6 oli L 1 ' 43 1, terday morning, at his house in George-square, $ l , .kt 4L uuld severe illness of fifteen weelm' duration. This earlY„li i thi,` f° re fication of the melancholy event, which has tlePr if jrit' tl u of an invaluable friend and coadjutor, and the e ott'V, 1 41, ,je tt ttt4. " to one of the best of its citizens, is published for the ( Tae ga llt iPer mation of numerous friends, whose en uiries have i Ce ,: cl us from distant parts of the country, 'l and with t ".ot °' 4 4 „,'' are unable to communicate more directly.—Sco W " I LT`tl Saturday. ki til Atri 4 h 4 ; EDINBURGH, SATURDAY, 3 o'CLocic.,ti Mo t t %Ind, No snails from London later than Monday have k t lbt 4 - t 84 01. rived, and neither papers nor letters of a more O ceS o lg have reached town. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Th ° rc pt th mails are all now due.—Scotsman of Saturday ly the Is p4' 4 p it 4 f i GLASGOW,FRIDAY 0 8 1 - , NINE. —At this hour two London, three It; t 'li gt es North, and several other Mails are due; and, as t'f, o rt tti "e of . arrival is quite uncertain, we feel that we altai,pl";ii. b y T ° fore justified in waiting upon them.— Glasgow free ' t uy 4p ; j j t t T4l P RUMOURED LOSS Or A GUANO ' 4 10; t , tbe l' qit z't°, COACHMAN 1)1 THE SNOW.—II is feared that 0 1 4 , k4 tar, a and coachman of the Dumfries and Edinburgh ni " (I I :I tt 144 4 perished in the snow. On Wednesday it was loo n r h, ON . ' l !' practicable to get through the snow in the neigb licill t o" .k ; of Moffat, when the guard and coachman left th e ifi r and each taking a hor se , se t out t o en d eav our t° t p 44 aa their way with the letter bags.— Carlisle Patri °l ' 11 0 1 ' The late rapid s now an d th e h e avy d °fr e Ph, that accompani e d it, h ave i nun d a t e d l arge t ra cts oil v M 55 land adjoinin g th e r i vers , an d we h ear that grebe ott' pensions ure entertained for the side)! of the ban d o ~lle_ t Bedford Level. i kd . e ay "' b 5 er. - We hear that the suspension bridge o od by Captain BROWN, a few years since, over th e , bt Witney, in Norfolk, h as sus t a i ne d ser i ous iriju r ye bursting of one o f th e c h a i ns yester d ay morn ing, sli e d 00 14, klO r k. tt' i tttiti o uld to 4 'thu ro. sae rendered the bridge impassable. lt was t- ,/ O r ' model of the M ena i b r id ge , an d was muc h a dinif`" elegance of the structure. 0/ 111 IRELAND.—COURT OF KING'-- s DUBLIN, SATURDAY.-The following is the a c t i o the Court on the application of Mr. O'CoNtai l td) draw hi s d emurrer . Th e C ourt u l t i ma t e ly following rule :—" Let the demurrers be withal.; the plea of Not G u ilty b e entere d —t h e traverae 0 0 1 taking to acc e pt no ti ce , an d go to tr i a l in t v u es do:o 4 after term, and co n diti on i ng, i n case o f a a t to i l Guilty, to submit t o a j u d gment i nstante r -- n ° in arrest of judgment, nor for a new trial ; P ° A; at the same ti me b e i ng b oua d to appear pers9%Y. BRISTOL PETITION FOR REFO O , O I earnestness evinced by our fellow-citizens, of A ll ig ooe9 affix their names t o t h e or i g i na l pet i t i on f o r Pa t h cot Relorni, is almost w ith ou t a para ll e l . Up wt o time, no l ess th an 16,55 0 s i gnatures h ave he e :i fi liq to it. The estimation, too, in which the bal ic ;,",o4fie, the people of Bristol, has been clearly chnooal' a s skins appropriated for the names of persons des4,:n olli form, but opposed to this measure, containing , ' t o/ twenty-two names.—The counter-petition, clo a° o - , tb li e the Tories, presents a vast disparity of nual, e , it has been carried into most of the surrouo l h 7cittor and subscribers have been canvassed through t " b - g ok f r house to house, it has not received :as manYofift /i the real one has received thousands.--Brisi& /00V The Railway carriages, on Thur sd .,, 3/ $ 0 ing, travelled from Manch es t e r to Liverpod l and a quarter.—Liverpool BIRTHS. 1 r.'119, °lll William-- On the Pith inst. at Durham, Mr s . WiWilliam 01 ,4 On the 9th inst. the l a dy o f R. R o b e rtson,'F •r•d street, of a daughter. de lent C ljir On the:4th inst. at Tunstal Lodge, near Sun- I 'd ' the wife (ON. 0. Robinson, Esq., and daughte r pher, Esq., of Great Ormond-street, of a son. f e l (/' MARRIED. ~,opottlimal, On the Bth inst. at Brixton, the Rev. T. s'"tteor P King's College, Cambridge, only son of J. ru . ,,tru s te .". A to Mary Emma Penelope, only daughter of ''"' le Esq., of Grovesend, Glamorganshire. t ke /4 1 0 DIED. ~ ii e B ois: - j$ On the sth inst. at Hull, in the 67th year ",„"r b of ry 'eV d w il' George King, M.A. Prebendary of Ely, Bee" - calo - 1 1 . ci p o lo Derbyshire, and late Fellow of Trinity Colleg e / 40050,1 On the 6th inst. at the residence of LaflY„ te in„l'Arl jo Lodge, Andover, Fanny Caroline, wife of L ' a ii - t. e . A . ~ JP drington, 53d Regiment, and daughter of the - vs, Esq. of Kendal. w ife vi On the the 7th inst. at Hastings, Elizabeth, the - s , he r, Serjeantson, Esq., of Camphill, Yorlahire' • ag ed ...41 0 Mary, wife of Godfrey J. Kneller, late On the 3d inst. in the Rue de Itivoli, E.sq., paris, of j ,,... 0, 0 4 Wiltshire. ..,.., Trait, $OO, On the 3d inst. at Bath, the Rev. Dr. v"'"' c ',, thpireet' At Florence, on the 2bth ult. Saxon Jank e a;igto - of the late Barnard Cocker, Esq., of square, aged 24. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AY MURDO 0;,. SUN O FF I CE , 112, BTuriP, 11214 P IRISH MARKETS. - ' I t o h ou , DUBLIN MARKET NOTE.....FRIDAY i Feb. 4 'o. 1 ' ito - ",,:elw n ., From To 0 v h . 144.41,. 300 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 37 0 41 0 017 k n .:: 1 184 Bete l7 stone 17 0 0 opt — .Us ( 1 tq 194 8ar1ey...................... 16 stone 17 0 19 0 , i d, all ~. 735 Oats l2 stone 15 0 17 0 . "'-‘ h s ... • `ll 9,652 Cwt. F10ur............ 9 stone 8 0 27 0 "0 ' The --. 114 942 Oatmeal 8 stone 15 0 18 0 AO greftt e Sold to 'takers only. i_ 4 17,078 Cwt. Flour - 21 0 27 0 1 OkNy I: a nd _ Average price of Wheat and Flour 595. 4d. per swig*. h_ _titib 1 Firsts, ........... from 255. Od. t n ioift,; ) , - 4,14 t h Receipts of Flour, 9,652 Seconds, from 21s. Od. t n Olr_ ~, - "t Sales of Do. 18,410 "``' Thirds, from Bs. Od. No . t ot ' 4 POs PRICE Or EREA D. ih. l. Til t Quartern Loaf ...10%d. I Half Quartern 8,711t E] re' -"* IA • Wheat, Barley. Oats. Flour, pe- 11 ‘ 1,"elai per barrel per barrel per barrel 0- lapel 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. o , ko '4441 —.. J. , D ,,,, of s. d. as.d.s.d.as.d.s.d. a s. d. s. d. as. d. s;,"0 , tOt; in i Cork .......... 32 0 37 611 0 159 90 14 921 0 24 0 I n u 0 ." C htlre Limerick 133 0 384 146 15 811 9 150 18 0 22 0 `',, 0. w it 1, , , Waterfordl34 0 37 014 0 16 013 0 14 017 0 Dole 0 , "tal k eul Clonmel : , i2 6 38 011 6 15 610 ti 12 620 0 22 0 I / „ 0 ' , L i " 2'70 Car10w.,,... 260 3O 012019010013 0 20 6 21 0 u (v. - ''. 2. T i kg n Beet; slutton, Pork, Butter: Z iii ,_, and per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 29. 3d. . 7Q4o t to --- 1 11. It 'tat Or Id. ad.d..ld.s.d. a s. d. s. sl. s. d d• ' ,% I a .s. ,t,g t n . Cork 30 6 3 62102890087 0 82 0 5, 1 114 ~‘*llB.b Limerick., 3 4 3 432 0 35 0,90 084078 0 :i It t titlp eri, Waterford 2J 4 3 528 0 31 0940900 78 (1 e' - ' ,4 t m Clonmel ... 3 53 • 428 0 30 099 096 0— 942 . 4 lotto l isit Carlow...—. 4 51 0 0 0 0 0 098 13 92 082 u 0 41 KILKENNY.—Butter 80s.i to 86s. per cwt. ; Wheat 346 et: .0: per barrel ; Flour 245. to 425. per bag; Oats 12s. to /.. 3 fl• 1 / 1 4,a11t) rel; Barley 14s. to 16s. ; Beef 2d. to del. per lb. ; rl u . ,4: tt„ AD , , to 434 d. ; Potatoes 4d. per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cW , •• , •. 4 C7114 4 "` 4 Pigs 325. to 335. per cwt. 41 nili 160