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valated not to create, but to put down predial agitati Whenever the one has been at its highest, the other has been most d;minisbed. It was so in 1822. The Citho lic Association was not formed till 1624. The address 1 wrote, and of whi c h 36,000 co pi es were c i rcu l a ted by Sir John Lambert, was not published till December, 1824. Now, we will see how the agitation stood at the time. 111 the year 1823, the committals for treason were 1 06 ; . 1824, one ; in 1825, one ; in 1826, one ; in 1827, none; in 1828, none ; in 1829, none ; and that is the last year of political agitation. In 1822, the number accused of seditious practices was 492 ; in 1823, it was 424 ; in 11424, it was 121 ; in 1825, it was 17 ; and in 1826, it bad fallen to 4.—(Hear, hear.) In 1822, the number charged with robberies of arms was 64; in 1823, it w as 31 ; and it diminished down to 7in 1828. In 1822, the number charged with unlawfully appearing armed was 122, and they diminished in the course of the same period to 9. The six years, therefore, that were the most free from predial agitation, were the most excited with regard to political agitation. What, then, do I demand ? That you will not direct this measure against us, for we are not murderers —we do not delude you—we do not act by night —we appear before you by day. What is the reason-you have, that you should wish to deprive us of the freedom of English discussion ? You may insinuate that we create the disturbances—you may allege that while peace is recommended disturbance is suggested. That is a case provided for by law. Ask your legal advisers whe ther it is not. The man who so conducts himself is liable to indictment and punishment. You can get juries to convict. We complain that you pack juries. You packed a jury against me. You put off that jury Mr. Alderman MiKenna, whom you afterwards made a Baronet—you put off that jury the Chairman of the Bank of Ireland— you did this because they were liberal men, and you put 'upon it men who were known to be violently opposed to me. You are able to pack a jury again. You have un limited power to set aside the whole of the pannel if it displeases you, and to enlarge it so it to add men who are favourable to your wishes. You can have no diffi culties. These reasons are abundantly sufficient to show that you want no such measure as this. You have never tried your present means; you should try them before you ask for others. The comparison which the Right Eon. Baronet drew the other evening between the united Xrishman of former days, who was found with a paper in his pocket containing exhortation to peace, and the agita tor of the present day was an unfair one. The peace sug gested in the paper belonging to the united Irishman Was the peace of military discipline; it was the peace of the camp—it was the peace essential to the good order of an army—it was the peace absolutely necessary for mili tary organization. In faet ) what commander of a regi ment is not constantly ordering his men to be quiet, to be orderly, to shun public•hou-es, to avoid broils and quar rels? But what is the object which our suggestions to the people of Ireland to be peaceable have had in view ? To tsecure ) if possible ) the redress of our grievances. And what are those grievances? That the people of a country which ought to be one of the richest in the world are in a state of miserable poverty—that the people of a comstry which ought to be one of the freest in the world,are aleves—that the Corporations throughout Ireland are nar row, bigoted, and exclusive—that everything is done in Ireland against the people, and nothing for them—that the people are all subjected to landlord's law—that five suc• ressive Acts were passed, all giving the landlords addi tional advantage in their contracts with their tenants. That whereas formerly it cost a landlord thirteen or four teen pounds to ruin a tenant, he could now, with the as sistance of those Acts, ruin his tenants at an expense of not more than about 7s. 6d, a family. Such was the state of Ireland —such I have described it to the people of that country; and I now defy any Hon. Gentleman who hears me to say that I ever spoke to the people of Ire 'and of any pievance which did not actually exist, or that I cm' exaggerated any grievance of which I spoke. Ifittierefore, I did neither of these things, what becomes of the charge which has been preferred against me ? And now for the crimes which are imput,d to the Irish people. The Noble Lord went through a calculation of a twelve ntonth, and spoke of thirteen or fourteen murders. By rt strange difference of calculation, the Right Hon. Gen tleman, in passing through the same period, increased the number to one hundred and sixteen. lklr. STANLEY—Sixty actually committed, and a hundred and sixteen attempted. Mr. O'CONNELL—But what I complain of is, that we are to come by a hop, step, and jump, to this conclu sion. Where are the cases on which the Right Hon. Gentleman founds his calculations? Ought we not to have something tangible before us ?—(Hear, hear.) You are going to take away the Constitution, and you do not even ask for any proofs of the necessity of such a proceeding. What excess of crime is there in Ireland over England, to warrant a measure towards one country, which is not warrantable towards the other ?—(The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was proceeding to make a comparison between the number of crimes committed in England, and the number described by the Right Hon. Gentleman' as hav ing been committed in Ireland ; but Mr. Stanley observed, that it was to Leinster his calculation had been confined.) This is the way—the loose way, in which we are called Upon to legislate. How do I know the validity of the Right Hon. Gentleman's sta , ement ? How do I know how many repetitions there may be in that state ment of the same offence ? How do I know who the accusers may have been ? Take the rest of the offences in Ireland. Take the very worst of the rest, and they are not worse than the counties of England and Wales. In the county of Kerry there are only eleven prisoners. In the West riding of the county of Cork there are only ten prisoner.. Is a country to be outlawed on such state ments ? On the faith of such miserable and unfounded calumnies as those which have been uttered with reference to Ireland, are you about to trample down every right pos sessed by the Irish people—even the right to complain?— (Hear.) But the House has been told that agitation still exists in Ireland in full force; and the course pursued by Mr. Steele has been alluded to. It is very possib'e that there tray have been in that speech a good deal of ribaldry, and something at which his Majesty's Government may conceive they have a right to take exception. Mr. Steele must abide his trial. If the jury believe that he used language derogatory . to his allegiance, they 'still convict him ; if, on the contrary, the jury believe that the language which he used was for the purpose of obtaining the confi dence of the people, and securing the public peace, they will acquit him. That is his only defence.—(A laugh.) I can assure Hon. Members ti-at they are mistaken, if they think Mr. Steele a common man. He is a true enthu•iast ; and, notwithstanding the ribaldrous passage in his speech to which I have alluded, he is a man of extensive information, and a good classical scholar. By great exertions he saved many of his countrymen, some time ago, from embarking in a ruinous speculation. He expended a portion of his for tune, and fearlessly exposed his person, in chivalrous efforts in favour of the lihet ties of Spain. There is no man living of greater kindness and humanity, mixed with a strain of occasional wildness.—(A laugh.) Hon. Gentlemen may laugh; they would not laugh if they were acquainted with him in private life; for while they would be sorry for the fault, they would highly esteem the manliness of his mind and the excellence of his character.—(Hear, hear, hear.) I know him well ; and if they knew him as well, they would esteem him as warmly. But what has Mr. Steele done ? I will tell the House what Mr. Steele did. In a midnight affray one of the Whitefeet was shot, and died of his wounds. Mr. Steele attended the inquest ; and in the presence of the man's relations, made a speech over the body where it lay, showing the folly of his conduct, and the misery which it was calculated to inflict. The place was a mountain pass. Mr. Steele stopped the weeping and wailing of these who surrounded the body, then harangued the people; and while he expressed his abhor rence of the political system under which they were suf fering, bestowed the highest praise upon the temperate conduct of Major Brown, and on the efforts made by that gentleman to maintain the peace of the neighbouring country. Yet it was by Major Brown's hand that the man before him had fallen ; or at least Major Brown coin. mended the party by whom he had been shot. Such was the conduct of Mr. Steele. There lay the dead body— there stood the afflicted wife and child ; and the man by whom the husband and the father fell was praised by this calumniated agitator. I now come (and I rejoice to find myself approaching a close) to the Right Hon. Gentle man's more direct attack on me. The Right Hon. Gen tleman read to the House a letter of mine which ap peared in the newspapers. It is Err / habit never to pub lish anything in the newspapers without my name : and to that letter, as well as to all my other communica tions of a similar nature, my name was affixed. But what was the passag e in the letter which the Right Hon, Gen tleman read, and on which he commented with so much severity ? Merely that I stated that the Member for .Athlone had voted against Ireland, and that the Members for Limerick had voted against Ireland, and that I appealed to the people of Ireland for their opinion on such public conduct. Sir, I maintain that I had a perfect and constitutional right to do what I did ; and that the Right Hon. Gentleman is quite wrong in charging it upon me as an offence. I have an undoubted right to appeal to the public against the vote of any man in this House. That I maintain to be a sound constitutional principle. I have no right to impute motives to any man for his vote ; and no motives were imputed in the case in question. I have no right to charge any Member with being influenced by dishonourable motives. But I assert .—and in a Reformed Parliament especially, I apprehend the assertion will not be contradicted—that all who ate governed by your laws, have a right to complain of those who, in making those laws, do nut act upon sound prin ciples. Formerly the publication of the votes was com plained of, and it was attempted to put it down ; but the votes are now published ; and, unquestionably, every man in the country has a right to know how every Member of that House voted, although he has no right to impute to him improper motives for his vote. I had a clear right, therefore, to state what I stated ; and I will continue to make such statements until we have ; nothcm gagging Bill. Sir, I have wearied the House, an. I have exhausted myself ; but I have far from exhausted the subject. I say that no case has been made out which any dispassionate and impartial man will lay his hand on his breas', and will say is a justification of this measure. It has been assert d that the disturbances in Ireland are attributable to agitation. On inquiry, directly the reverse will be shown to be the fact. Is not Ireland sufficiently distressed—has she not sufficient grievances to account for those disturbances? But you promise relief. Yes, you promise a measure for the regulation of some of the abuses of the Church. But are you quite sure that that Bill will pass elsewhere ? Will it not be prudent at least to delay the present measure until we see the recep tion of the measure for relief such as it is, elsewhere ? Will it not he wise to adopt my Hon. Friend's amendment, and to keep your hand on this Bill until you ascertain the fate of the other? But 1 am not making any compromise. I require relief for distressed Ireland, without adverting to any ulterior consideration. I ask you, while you propose the measure under our consideration, what is to become of the poor, of the distressed Irish people ? For their evils you appear to have no remedy. I alone offer a remedy; and that remedy is a domestic legislation.—(Hear, hear, hear.) How can you alone show that the Legislature of the United Empire is better for Ireland? By antici pating me? By proving that an Imperial Parliament can redress the grievances of Ireland ? Instead of that, you turn away from Ireland the loolj of kindness, and you assume towards her the frown of severity. You leave her to be ground to the dust, to be stretched on the rack, to be broken on the wheel. You leave every evil and grievance of which she complains unnoticed and uncured. The Irish people ask you for bread, and you give them a stone. You must be feared before you are loved. I deny all your statements. I deny that you have made out any case whatever. I deny that witnesses have been intimidated. I deny that jurors have been injured. I deny that agitation has occasioned the existing distur bances. I deny that those disturbances are other than pre dial in their character—the disturbances of the last forty year.. I will willingly trust despotic power in the hands of no man ; still less willingly will I trust it in the hands of Statesmen, who have mixed up miserable personal feel ings with their public conduct. Ii you would conciliate the people of Ireland, you would act on principles directly the reverse. But you have never conferred one single blessing on that unhappy country. You have never taken any step towards her which has not increased her woes. You have never visited her but with your anger. You have invariably waved over her the sword of desolation. You have violated the treaties which you have made with . . her. You have broken the compacts which you had entered into with her. You hive neglected to fulfil the promises that you have lavished upon her. True, you granted the Catholics' Emancipation : but you did not do so until nine-and-twenty years after you bad pledged yourselves to do it—you did not do so until five-and twenty years after the Parliament of Ireland must have done so, if you had allowed the Parliament of Ire'and to continue to exist. You are now going to pass an _ _ Act, subjecting the people of Ireland to courtsmartial, . . and depriving them of the right of Habeas Corpus ; and you tell us that it is to put down agitation and the endeavour to repeal the Union. Do what else you may ; but until you do justice, never can you expect to obtain your object. The present generation may perish. Indi viduals may be singled out and destroyed. But the soul of Ireland is indestructible. One hope lately beamed on the people of Ireland. Seeing a Reformed PaHiament— knowing that all the Members of wt ich it consisted had constituents—and believing that they would act as the ge nuine representatives of the people, we hoped that you would give us a redress of our grievances—but you have given us a Bill for their perpetuation and increase. —(The Hon. and Learned Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers.) Mr. COBBETr —I move the adjournment of the de bate.—(No, no, no.) We have heard a great deal from the other side of the House of midnight murders and as- sassinations. If this Bill pass, it will be the murder of the Constitution. If we must murder it, at least let us mur der it by daylight. The motion for adjournment was seconded by ►wo Hon. Members, but we could not see who they were. Lord ALTHORP said it was clearly understood last night, as far as such a matter could be made one of ar rangement, that the House were to sit, however late, and endeavour to finish the discussion to-night. How was it possible that his Majesty's Ministers could conduct the busi ness of the country, if, after such an understanding, the debate were to be again adjourned ? He should certainly say that after the long discussion, and after the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, the sense of the House might be advantageously taken at once. But he had no right to sand in the way of any Hon. Gentleman who wished to address the House ; and he and his friends were quite ready to perform their part of the understand ing of yesterday evening, and listen to any further argu ments that miAt be adduced on the subjeet. Mr. COBBETT said he had no wish to be obstinate. He was not present when the sort of engagement was made to which the Noble Lord had alluded; but if the seconders of his motion acquiesced in his withdrawing it, he had no objection to withdraw it. The seconders having intimated their acquiescence, the motion for adjourning the debate was withdrawn. Lord ALTHORP ►hen rose to reply, but there pre vailed at the moment much noise and confusion in the House, many Hon. Members crying out, " Hear, hear," and " Order, order." He assured the House that he should detain them only for a few minutes; that he should use his best endeavours to make himself heard, but he begged to suggest that repeated demands for silence was not the most effectual mode of obtaining it. One of the first topics to which he should endeavour to address himself, was one on which he felt no small solicitude— which arose from an anxiety to remove a suspicion that appeared to be entertained of his not being so favourable to the adoption of the present measure, and therefore not so cordial in recommending it as the other Members of his Majesty's Government. He could assure the House that, however much lie mi3ht regret the necessity for such a proceeding—and none regretted more deeply than he did the condition of society which made such a step in dispensable—none more sincerely deplored the extent of severity which had become unavoidable—but at the same time, seeing that necessity, and admitting its pressure, none more heartily or cordially united with the other Mem bers of the King's Government in framing the measure which circumstances demanded, and in laying it before Parliament—no one could more sincerely or earnestly urge its adoption.—(Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Member for Dublin, in giving an account of the state of Ireland, and in setting the number, the extent, and the atrocity of the outrages committed by the native Irish in the time of Queen Elizabeth, appeared to him to be doing nothing more than detailing an amount of crime and of suffering about equal to that which was inflicted by the lawless insurgents who now wielded an almost despotic power in Ireland—a power which rendered life and pro. perty insecure to a degree of which past history afforded scarcely a similar instance, even in Ireland. It was not to be disputed that the state of things in Ireland was such that no man dared to give an opinion adverse to the views of the dominant party—that no man ventured to utter a sentiment that might by possibility be opposed to any thing which the lawless miscreants who ruled in some parts of Ireland, adopted as the principles of their assumed govern merit. Was such a state of things to be met by mild and gentle measures, or was it not, on the contrary, to be encountered by that which, he was willing to admit, bore the character of a despotic measure? He felt that in dealing with a question of that nature involving as it did so many details, and coming to it at the end of so long a debate he could not proceed through all the details, still less could he take up the several topics in anything like a regular order; and, therefore, it only remained for him to notice them as they presented themselves to his mind, confining himself to those which appeared of the most importance and inquiry. It had been said that illegal notices had been served by persons who desired to get into the po lice, and those Members who had not paid much atten tion to the affairs of Ireland, might imagine that the ser vice of illegal notices was a matter of no such very great importance; but it was a very great mistake to suppose that they were matters of such trifling moment, or that any person, even suspected of such an offence, could, for a moment, hope to be employed upon the police establish ment. The service of illegal notices was, in Ireland, a very serious matter ; and, as must be in the recollection of many Hon. Members, notices were served upon Mr. Houston three months before the threatened murder was committed.—(Hear, hear, hear.) There had been a good derl of quotation from the charges of the Learned Judges who had presided at the several special commissions; but what said the Chief Justice at the special commission for the Queen's County, that the humble individual who served the most common process of the law was treated as a felon ; that the witness who gave testimony, from whatever motives, was treated as a common informer of the most degraded and worthless class ; and that when unprotected by actual military force, they were made the objects of the most brutal and cruel tortures to which hu man nature could be subjected. Jurors were scarcely in a heart. situation ; and in such a state of things, the House were called upon to respect the principles of the British Constitution, and not to aim at the introduction of any powers beyond the ordinary operation of the laws. The Hon. Member for Meath had charged the gentlemen of that county with great neglect, in not coming forward to resist the outrages committed in that part of the country ; but lie trusted that the House would hear in mind that things had arrived at such a pass that no inter ference on their part could arrest the progress of crime. It had been made a matter of reproach against the present Government that , they were not prepared to propose the introduction of poor laws in Ireland ; certainly the King's Government entertained no wish to intro duce into Ireland the system of poor laws which had been established in England. Many persons, of the high • est authority, had expressed a strong conviction that the introduction into Ireland of any system of poor laws could not but be attended with the worst effects ; and worst of all, the introduction of the English system. Was there any man in that House who recommended the introduc tion of the English system of poor laws ? There certainly had been no decision on the part of his Majesty's Govern ment against the introduction of poor laws into Ireland ; but at the same time there had been no decision in favour of any measure of that nature. They certainly hid not decided that such a measure would be improper ; but they had quite made up their minds that the English system would not do. From the supposed coincidence between their views and those of the Right Hon. Baronet (the Member for Tamworth), and upon that supposed co incidence. were founded various reports of a coalition with the Right Honourable Baronet and his frientls. Now be trusted that it was hardly necessary for him to say, that for such a report there was not the slightest foundation ; and he was sure there was no one who attended to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, but must see that there existed a very considerable difference between that Right Hon. Baronet and the Government of the King. The Hon. Member for Coventry had com plained of him and his colleagues, for saying that they would stake their situations and the permanency of the Government upon the result of the present measure; but his Noble Friend, the Paymaster of the Forces, l.ad fairly replied to that, by saying that they would be utterly dis graced if they demanded such a measure without the highest degree of necessity; and that having demanded it, they would falsify their own assertions by abandoning it. He fully agreed with tho s e Hon. Members who thought that in a Reformed House of Commons it did not become them to assume that they had lost the confidence of the Legislature on every occasion on which they might be left in a minority. The present was not a struggle between two parties, but an anxious effort on the part of the House to adopt the course which the necessities of the country required. There hid not been the slightest attempt at dictation on the part of the Ministers ; but supposing it were otherwise, had they not been out done by their opponents, who said to them, you shall carry on the Government according to our views, but you shall, though without power, be answerable for the re sult.—(Loud cheers.) It had been matter of objection against the Bill that it did not afford a sufficient remedy for the evils of Ireland. He admitted it did not, but it would go to remedy one of the evils—that of the extreme insecurity which rendered life and property almost of no value there; and as to further and other remedies, he trusted the Howe would do him the justice to believe, that there existed as sincere a desire on the part of his Majesty's Government as on that of any of their opponents to re medy as many as possible of the evils which afflicted that unhappy country. At that late hour he should not trouble the House with any further observations.—(Cheers.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the first reading of the Bill - - 466 Against it B9 Majority for Ministers -377 The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. The Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a quarter-past two o'clock. LADY STEPNEY'S NOVEL. In a few days will he published, in 3 vols., post Svo., T HE NEW ROAD TO RUIN. By LADY STEPNEY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Successor to Henry Colburn.) Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. COUR r CIRCULAR. At the celebration of the birthday of the Duchess of Cumber. land, on Saturday, at Hastings, a superb pleasure-boat was launehed, called the Prince George of Cumberland, and was christened by the Prince; Captain George Fennings, owner. The bells were rung, and standards hoisted in several parts of the town. In the evening there was a grand display of fire works on the parade. At the dinner party given by the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, Mr. T. Hart, musician to their Royal Highnesses, and the town band, were in attendance, and played several ex. cellent compositions in the course of the evening. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove and walked for some time in Hyde Park yesterday. The Princess Sophia visited the Duchess of Gloucester yes: terday, at Gloucester house. Count Pozzo di Borgo and Prince Lieven had a conference yesterday, with Earl Grey and Viscount Palmerston, at the Foreign-office. Viscount Althorp visited Earl Grey yesterday. Prince Talleyrand had an interview with Viscount Pal. merston yesterday, at the Foreign.office. • 4,17 tr V--4, 1 U1 4 `; 4 - 444. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 5. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIIE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. CITY or LONDON.—George Lyall, Citizen and Brolerer, in the room of Robert Waithman, Esq., deceased. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN PAUL, baker, Houndsditch. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. CHARLES CUE, hatter, Gloucester. THOMAS HAYNES, cabinet-maker, Great Yarmouth, ABEL 'I'IMSON, draper, Dover. BANKRUPTS. JOHN PARKER, cork.cutter, Houndsditch, to surrender March 15 and April 16, at one, at the Court of Bankrtiptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee; Robinson, Queen. street-place. ROBERT and THOMAS WILLIAMSON, flour dealers, Manchester, March 14, 15, and April 16, at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Barratt, jun., Manchester; Hume, South ampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London. .1A MES SWIFT, white-cooper, Liverpool, March 14, and April 16, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Jones and Ward, John-street, Bedford-row, London ; Foster and Lloyd, Liverpool. THOMAS ROSSETTER, miller, Greatbridge, Southamp ton, March 15, and April 16, at one, at the Dolphin Inn, Romsey. Holmes, Romsey, Hants. GEORGE BYERS, hatter, Pal'-mall, March 13, at twelve, and April 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gregory, Clement's Inn. WILLIAM KEITH, merchant, Manchester, March 29, 30, and April 16, at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Adling ton, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Coates, Manchester. WILLIAM HARRIS, brickmaker, Castle Hayes, Tutbury, Staftlirdshire, March 25, and April 16, at eleven, at the Three Queen's Inn, Burton-win-Trent. Fowler, Burton-upon-Trent; Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, London. GEORGE HESLINGTON, woollen-draper, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, March 18, and April 16, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Knaresborough. Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, London; Dewes, Knaresborough ; Gill, Knaresborough. DIVIDENDS. W. Wright, cook, Southampton.row, Queen-square, March 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. G. Fanson, woollen draper, Aldgate, March 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. Scott and J. Tomkinson, stationers, Binning. ham, March 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. H. Davy, coach wheelwright, Parker-street, Drury-lane, March 26, at halt. past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. King, jeweller, Lud gate-street, March 26, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. Mould, grocer, Chertsey, Surrey, March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Rowbotham, hat-manufacturer, Great Surrey-street, March 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy— T. Hudson, cattle-sale,man, Northbrook, Godalming, Surrey, March 27, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—S. Douthat, mer. chant, Liverpool, April 2, at twelve, at the Clarendon.rooms, Liverpool—R. Squires and R. Thompson, corn-dealers, Liver pool, April 4, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool— J. Sellers, jun., cotton-spinner, Burnley, Lancashire, April 3, at nine, at the King's Arms Inn, M anc h ester —W . F. Whit e , furnishing ironmonger, Norwich, March 2S, at twelve, at the Office of Mr. P. Day, Norwich—J. Muirhead, innkeeper, Bux. ton, Derbyshire, March 26, at eleven, at the Royal Oak Inn, Cheadle, Staffordshire—J. Harrison, cotton-spinner, Manchester, March 29, at nine, at the Pal ace I nn , M anc h es t er —J . Gl over , draper, Wigan, Lancashire, April 4, at three ? at the Buck-i'-th'- Vine Inn, Wigan—J. Paint er , innkeeper, Liverpool, March 28, at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool—E. Marshall, grocer, Liverpool, April 1, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Li verpool—W. Moore, cheese-factor, Thorpe Constantine, Staf. fordshire, March 27, at two at the Three Crowns Inn, Lei cester.—H. Wood, innkeeper, Bristol, March 27, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—V. Dove, victualler, Bath, March 26, at twelve, at the Elephant and Ca-tie Inn, Bath—W. Wrang ham, silversmith, Louth, Lincolnshire, March 22, at eleven, at the Blue Stone Tavern, Louth. CERTIFICATES.—MARCH 26. T. Taylor, tallow-chandler, Egham, Surrey—W. Hall, bobbin maker, Nottingham—H. Stephens, stone-mason, Aldersgate street—J. Wilson, linen.draper, Leeds, Yorkshire—J. Porter, cheeemonger, Carnaby.street, Regent-street—A. H. A yck bowni. surgeon, Wendover, Buckinghamshire—F. W. Davis, silk-mercer, New Windsor, Berkshire—W. G. Fearnside, agent, Hayden-street, Hayden-square—W. Buckmaster, wine merchant, Sandy End, Fulham—T. F. Lucas, stage-coach pro prietor, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire—R. Allmand, vic tualler, Wem, Shropshire—S. Smith, victualler, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. " T. B. Barclay and Co., Liverpool (so far as regards J. Jones) — M. Franklin and S. Bath, coal-merchants, Swan-yard, Bishops gate-street--G. Edwards and J. Pinnington, ca r p en ters, Tran mere, Cheshire—J. and J. 1 ebbutt, brewers, Sudborough, North amptonshire—J. Baxter and Co., woollen-cloth-manufacturers, Avening, Gloucestershire—S. Williams and Co., coal-merchants, Brecon—H. H. Williamson and Co., china-dealers, Portugal street—R. Walmsley and E. Threlfall, men's-mercers, Preston, Lancashire —R. Taylor and W. Marriott, jobbing-smiths, Bir mingham—J. Scholes and E. Lees, size -manufacturers, Man chester—lt. goad and T. Morley, tea-dealers, Huddersfield—G. and W. Thorpe, farmers, Londesborough, Yorkshire—G. Harris and Co., clothiers, Dursley, Gloucestershire—W. Ward and G. Goulding, iron-founders, Ittigley, Staffordshire—R. Fenner and Co., engravers, Long-lane, Aldersgate-street—J. Hitchen and T. Conway, clothiers, Woolwich—W. It. Deland J. Grubb, millers, Colchester—H. P. Bird and B. F. Watson, attorneys, Lincolns Inn-fields—W. Johnson and W. Jones, glove-manufacturers, Worcester—C. Nossitter and G. Bennett, builders, Yeovil, So mersetshirc—F. Potter and Co., merchants, Manchester (so far as regards W, D. Hall), LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1833. The first reading of the Irish Coercive Bill was agreed to last night in the House of Commons, by a majority, in favour• of Ministers, of 377, the ?lumbers being for the first reading 466, against it 89. Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his sentiments at full length, and with conside• rable force, on the subject of the Bill, which, in common with many other well wishers to Government, we still hope to see consi derably modified. In its present form it contains, as we have said all along, so many obnoxious features, that we cannot but be impressed with the notion that it will, to a considerable degree, fail of effect. Lord ALTUORP last night made an allusion to the application of poor laws to Ireland, which gives us some hopes that it will not be long before his Ma jesty's Government bring the subject under the consideration of Parliament. We had feared that the idea of introducing any system of poor laws into that unhappy country had been at once dis missed as against principle, which we admit them to be, but it is evident, as well from the declaration of Lord ALTIIORP last night, as that of Lord DUN CANNON the night before, that several of his Ma jesty's Ministers are favourably inclined to the adoption of some measure which shall give the mise rable beings who are driven to crime by the reck lessness of starvation, something to lose by ill con duct, something to gain by peaceful and provident conduct. We will endeavour, in a few sentences, to state the real question which now presents itself to his Majesty's Ministers for their decision upon this subject. We grant that laws which attempt to insure to any one whatever—old or young, sick or healthy, infirm or able-bodied—subsistence or la bour is against principle, because it interferes with the natural feelings of charity and hu manity which would meet ordinary cases, and tends to counteract the very checks which the immutable laws of nature have placed upon improvidence. Nevertheless, many exceptions have been admitted to this principle, and had not the exceptions been abused, as they have been in England, good rather than harm might have resulted. But how have the poor laws worked in England ? The bad principle of undertaking to find work for a man, whether it was profitable or net, which might have been corrected by making it the hardest, the most ill•paid, and most wretched that could be found, has gradually degenerated into giving a man relief without work, nay, of giving him relief in proportion to the number of his children, thus encouraging him to improvidence. The effect of this has been to make marriage at eighteen and twenty years of age common among the labouring classes, to make an unmarried labourer of forty unknown, whilst among the middling class marriage is generally deferred five or six years later, and unmarried men and women, of all ages, are to be met with, in that class, in the greatest abundance. Had there been a law in suring 4001• per annum to all the children of a man at any time having had 4001. per annum, as there has been a law insuring a subsistence to all the children born to poor labourers, who can doubt that we should have had all the restraints of prudence broken down in the middle classes as they have been broken down by the labouring population ? Unless the present system be speedily checked in England, there can be no doubt that we shall sink into a depth of wretchedness surpassed only by that of Ireland. These are the principles and undoubted facts which Mr. O'CONNELL and others oppose to the introduction of any poor law into Ireland, which shall contemplate the relief of any but the blind and maimed. Even this is against strict principle, and in a healthy state of so ciety would be needless ; but perhaps would be attended with little practical inconvenience, as men are not likely to deprive themselves of their eyes, or to maim themselves for the sake of being supported at the public expense. Agreeing thus with Mr. O'CONNELL, or even going beyond him in the principle, it may naturally be asked, how we can advocate, as we have long done, the introduction of poor laws into Ireland ? Our answer is, that all the possible evils which can result from poor laws, and which are fast gathering round the southern coun ties of England, already exist in Leland, in the most aggravated form. Prudence there is none, foresight there is none, domestic comfort there is none : reckless ignorance and misery produce and re produce each other; and even those of the peasantry who see and feel that where food is difficult to be got for one month, it will be more difficult to be got for two, three, or four months, and who would in quiet times, when the future can be calculated upon, act upon this conviction, are now driven into mar riage as offering them the only alleviation of their wretchedness. The difficult procurement of food, then, the absolute deprivation of all that are usually considered the comforts, nay necessaries, of life in this country, being no check upon marriage (evi dently because marriage cannot make the condition of the man who enters into that state worse), no check upon improvidence of any kind, we do not see what are the evils which can possibly result from the introduction of poor laws into a society reduced to the state we have described. Let us on the other. hand, see the benefits that would result from them. In the first place, they would at once put a stop to all outrages that really originate in starvation, and, in the next, they would give time for the introduc tion, by means of education, of the knowledge of the true foundation on which the welfare of the labouring classes must rest, viz., their own providence. If there be only a chance of accomplishing these two objects, we should say that that chance would justify, in the present state of Ireland, the introduction of a poor law into that country. We know that, if left to itself, the ex freme wretchedness of Ireland must work its own cure, that men will be taught prudence and foresight by continued suffering, or at some season of greater scarcity than usual be carried off by famine. So in the same way every war carries with it the seeds of its own termination, but that is no reason why we should not endeavour to prevent war. At the same time, knowing as we do, that poor laws are in them selves evils, acknowledging to the fullest extent the principle that the labour market should not be meddled with, dreading the consequences which will ensue irr England, from our having violated that principle, we are far from wishing to sow in Ireland the seeds of future embarrassment and misery. With a view, then, to meet the pressing necessity of the case before us, we would insure work and subsistence to the population of Ireland, but it should be only temporarily. We would make all who marry after the passi►►g of the poor law forfeit all claim to work and relief, as well as all children born of such marriages. By this means time would be given for the introduction of provident habits, the temptations of want would be removed, and the poor law would of itself gra dually expire with the existing generation. The relief we propose to afford might be so regulated as to prove a pecuniary advantage to the landlords of Ireland instead of a loss. What is to prevent the whole of the labour employed at the parish or county expense, being applied to the draining of bogs, digging canals, and forming roads,--railroads where practicable ? All experience proves the im mense advantages which the formation of roads has produced to the countries which have encouraged them. The evidence of Mr. TEL• FORD, given before the Select, Committee, obtained by Mr. SPRING RICE, some three years back, to inquire into the means of employing the poor in Ireland, completely establisha this fact. Our mai►► object at present, however, is to impress upon those who object to the introduction of poor laws into Ireland, on the ground of principle, that the tempo rary violation of principle can do no harm, cannot make the condition of that country worse, but, to say the least, may do good, and may improve its condition. M. Pozzo DI BORGO had his last conference yes terday with Lord PALMERSTON, preparatory to his departure for Paris. It is generally understood that the subject of the conference was principally the Belgian question. On this point M. Pozzo DI BORGO professes to have great desire for a set tlement, and declares that the EMPEROR'S inten tions are decidedly pacific. It is indeed thought by the French Cabinet that the Emperor of RUSSIA is more anxious for the arrangement of the Belgian question than he was; but the change is attributed to the singular position of affairs in the East, which have opened a new prospect to Russia—ambition and spoliation. NICHOLAS would, we doubt not, gladly abandon his ally, the King of HOLLAND, if the con sequence of his doing so were to be, permission from Great Britain and France to interfere in any way he might please between Turkey and Egypt. It cannot, however, be agreeable, either to this country or Fiance, to see the Autocrat of the RUSSIAS extending his influence in a quarter so im portant to the mercantile interests of France, and to similar interests as regards this country, as also to our political greatness. It is asserted by M. Pozzo DI BORGO, that M. DEDEL, the new Dutch Ambassador, will be more tractable than M. VON LUYLEN• We have reason to believe, however, that his instructions are not at all more favourable to the Belgians than those of his predecessors. There are accounts in town from the vicinity of Oporto, to the 9th of February. They are, on the whole, rather favourable to the Constitutional cause, but we are sorry to say,great sickness prevailed in the Pedroite army as well as in that of the Miguelites. The complaint is not cholera, but a malignant fever, caused chiefly by the bad quality of the provisions. Among the Miguelites the fever rages still more violently, and the mortality is much greater than in Oporto. There was a report current that the Mi guelites were about to retire upon Coimbra; and as Don IVItauEL had ordered 2,000 mules to be sent to head-quarters, for the purpose of transporting stores and baggage, the report was probably well founded. A few reinforcements had arrived at Oporto, and others of a more extensive character were hourly expected. Marshal SOUGNAC had announced his intention to move forward early in April, but there had been some difference between him and the EMPEROR as to the course of operations which DOVER, MARCH 5. The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy occasioned in the representation of this town, by Mr. Poulett Thomson having declared for Manchester, took place this day. The only two candidates are Captain R. H. Stanhope and Mr. Halcomb. A very severe contest is expected, but it is supposed Captain Stanhope will be successful. Should such be the result, Mr. Halcomb will have lost five contested elections here. The polling is fixed for to-morrow and Thursday. PRICI OF STOCKS THI! Rank Stock - I 3 par Cant. Red. 884.it9 3 per Cent Cons. ' BV,ilB 3!4 par Cent. 96 Ditto Red. ..... .96% 5% 6% 5% New 334 per Cent. 9 5 %34 1 3 per Cent. Ann. 17'26 -1 1 per Cent. 1826 .... - Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 17 5-16 1 4 Oct. 10, 1859 l7 1-16 Jan. 5, 1860 16 15-16 Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprils, 1880 - Jan. 5. 1870 - DAY AT ONF O'CLOCK. - _ New 5 per Cent. l2l India Stock Ditto Bonds 33 35 pm. South Sea Stock 9814 Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £1,000..... 48 49 pm. Ditt0...... sol` 4B 49 pm. Ditto Small r Ditto C0mmercia1........: pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account . India for Account Cons. for April ..... 88;43.4% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 934, 3 Belgian Bonds 88 714 Ditto Account BB IA 7r s Brazilian Bonds 6413Q Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds 25 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ' ••• 211.6 2 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds l4 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 18.24 • 5 74 Ditto Account Danish Bonds 74 Ditto Account Greek Bonds .21 3 14 Ditto Bonds, 1825 35 4% Ditto Account rifo , xican Bonds, 5 per cent 29% Ditto Account Ditto, fi per cent. .33N Ditto Account 34 34% Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5!. pm.) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto National 17% Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 British Iron Mining Company £so Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 49% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining Co. £46 Heal del Monte Mining C 0...., Tlalpuxahua Mining Co 330 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2!. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip Alliance lire Insurance Comp.., Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co Provincial Bank of Ireland 140 6034 60 17 1 2 4 4 3 /, 15s. 27.3 8 I 1 12 15% 16 10 X 1 7 0 714 lo £2 2M4 17 13 25 COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam Ct , 12 If Ditto, at sight '1 19 Rotterdam 2 U 12 2 Antwerp 12 74 Hamburg M.B. 13 154 Altona l3 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto 2 U. 26 15 Bordeaux 26 20 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 c'etersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 0. 2M. 10 9 Trieste do Madrid 36% Cadiz 36% Bilboa '341 Barcelona 36 Seville 36% Gibraltar 474 NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 464 Genoa 0 6 15 Venice 46% Nlalta Naples 29% Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 48% Rio Janeiro Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l3 Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. a. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 /New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver hars, tandard 0 4 101 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 2. Bank Stock 2OO St. Patrick Insur.(perShare) Consols, 3 Der cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 93% !National Ditto 25 Ditto, New 93% Patriotic Ditto I per Cent —! Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 87% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stool( ..... .... I Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent,...... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4D. c. 'Commercial Buildings — rnis DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 52 Regency Scrip 43 -; dis. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds lO2 ...... Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO2 Russian Bonds, 1822 103 }6 Ditto Account New Loan 9614 Spanish Bonds, 1821 17%.,4 Ditto Account 17a' Ditto Bonds, 1823 15 4. Ditto Account 15% ,French Itentes, sp. G —f —c. !-- Exchange —f. —c. 1.--3 per cent. —f —c. 1 Exchange —f —c. Dutch, 28 p. c 4 N%% Ditto Account 46W6 Ditto, 5 p. c. Ditto Account 88 k 8 Frznch Scrip 4 pm. ' should be adopted. Everything, howi vel i t ikt. likely to be arranged to the satisfaction of th" - to stud. The Pedroite troops, notwithstandiog °i , prevailing sickness, were in g ood spirits at thil' of these accJunts. h .tkaT tz ►V 4 Elit 0 i ft TRI), Nrter b l .4 .4.4Lui T hat 11 11141,1 4 LW ` Pro ele ction v, •P. e ictoto e , , nth * , Inal qat k , t g .v til t s elete l" th i tr 44i, n'e The : ', ,‘, tiro of th id I,__ In ia th e th e "May, Nth 14 Co ' b th v i n i ti rk ill il bei , er : i l .• lt , d . .o r ir cti. '',,,,,.......... ---..ip.---- ortbi II The following are the only extracts vi . 0 1 p a pers le cel notice in the German and Br ussels ..1 this morning : niteter._4 MUNICH, FEB. 23.—According to a Ns -- o ton , script of the 10th of this month, the Polish fugitives, it so from France are not to be permitted topass thrOtlV;poo unless they have legal passports from the itoP er Litiol! Legation in Paris, countersigned by the Bavarian 4 '7: t e that city ; and unless they have means shortest defray their . : mmf,i‘ l r i ao a aad s nur etng e i aeetotorrmes in 0, commenced a,yern,e,n,dshi Ministers, inie e negotiationd cironiditiash a rytree.orms, bo u stt et hn e . with Belgian ling expenses, and intend to travel by the road. BRUSSELS, FEB. 23.—The Belgian General:7o*P order to make arrangements by which there will Dunkl° weekly to and from England, instead of two. Irl S i the two additional mails will be transmitted from 0 Queen BRUSSELS, Mulct' 2.—Her Majesty the French will arrive here on the Sth. oeil l' A ri Count de Latour Maubour is one to PariS, b ut CO. few days, on private business. g M. Tallenay will a t as d'Affaires during his absence. ' Ikea WYE° M. Verganweir, Burgomaster of Lillo, W 35 t a--" 0 The Journal of the Province of Liege says' tiny many persons who rejoice when they hear of the . wa li s e tre s a p t o ed ke by in G t e h n eerhailg some rich Dutch ships, but they do not know Ina% pretended Dutch ships are in reality Belgian ves'e, name a iglu , under the Dutch flag. We could, it says, franc not the only one, that has goods to the value of 90 ,' ancs spoiling in the English ports. RepresentationS English Pe r,-, ad heard of such things, and, besides, it can do n othigt 00 The debate on the distilleries is not yet concluded!' Papers, March 3. Governraeat nheusrtente. rat th' deten! ) t bo lg. - - ELECTION PETITIONS. FROM THE VOTES AND FROCEEDI HOUSE OF COMMONS. Martis 5 ° die Martii, 1833. Petersfield Borough Election—House inforro, Select Committee, appointed to try and deternii the petition of Hylton Jollitfe, Esq., John Meeres, Chitty, complaining of an undue election and borough of Petersfield in the county of South: termined, That John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq., is n' Burgess to serve in the present Parliament fol Peters field. That Hylton Jolliffe, Esq., is duly elected, a nd been returned a Burgess to serve in this preset the said borough. That the petition of the said Hylton Joni; and Thomas Chitty, does not appear to the sai d be frivolous or vexatious. eE1)1,;... to - I :7Zl7,rket) .414-I;4ivi That the opposition to the said petition did ni- 1/ edi ti „4 teS said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. ,_, That the said Committee have also to inform w e -- t :;i 0 41 they have altered the poll taken at such election, l i ," tif fr.ak i - Xittl,:‘4 John Robson, William Boustead, William t s ' PP' id ii: -.°4 lbi• d ' Southen, William Garthorn, George Golding, 3.3 ,7, - o ptss'" Charles Edward Twyford, William AyliDg, an d '-- Ai' C 'ell, as not having any right to vote. , the Cr° 4,,„, To be entered in the Journals—Deputy Clerk °I .1 F., ~I. M I 11 - "' ordered to attend to-morrow to amend the return- „ ti alls'ot 1 4104, ." 0 :1111 Carnarvon Borough Election—Parties being nee do c. , „ ~, 'Ol g, an d the b ot9t uth" , 41 -‘ the Bar, the reduced List was delivered in, called over, as follows :—Sir George Staunton, gr• ° t ll ifiren . ., , of F.Zet • Robert Palmer, Mr. Brocklehurst, Mr. Edward 1 1 %,0 t , NZ • Viscount Cole, Sir Robert Frankland, Sir gat 13 fr ° 41411‘ . Ridley, Mr. Charles Russell, Mr. Cartwright, M r ' ' -11 0 ' 4 til tl —Committee sworn. e d tei i t) Bedford Borough Election—Parties being Bar, the reduced List was delivered in, and the se . ,'"" AS 01 0,' Ilp , Cif ih r li elii over, as follows :—Mr. Heise, Mr. Gaskell, I r. .', 1 40i e1i N t44 14, 4 ,... t 1e rettr i f o s4 , ch l t h e 1.1 tl Sanfard, Mr. William Ewart Gladstone, '''''; 1 ^:01 V ZattZ e tt —Committee Mr. George Wood, 11 1,11% " ' o' ! 'tPti 1 Ofi Lister, ,; is e k .b e , - Lennox, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Mr. • Pe a ki l i t 4 ll ' I .„,usin dot b, l at d Borough Election—Mr. Speaker '''lobe 5i i . " 4 Ilk m es,. House, that David Howell, Esq , Nathaniel Sprh " e n v i ol s 'o. tith ~, e ,, 11 dhaaym:thanedlosttlhlerds,ayvootferFs,ebwrhuoarpyetiatiszncedunthpiisaiHngrobfosic:o3 i slith p wal ls -ee l Je tu i , ik al election and return for the borough of Launceston, i' kieli kt lei* tered into a recognizance in respect of such Pet tti to f tiel 114 . 4, 14 11 n al % s-r„ to the directions of the Act (9 Geo. 4, c. 22) "to c° _,, -- Ps, N., tO ~. amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Contror''" Ore:1 tii, 'n . 1 0 4 ,0 0 or Returns of Members to serve in Parliartlen t? L‘ P ' Ptb' Ikl . 11 P considering petition on Tuesday,l4th day of this in '-- it Mt ‘li4 • tedi tti et. P Otic k i., read, and discharged. stn li kia .. t , York City Election—Mr. Speaker also arliose to il ki PtiO 4 " nO /i House, that Samuel Judd, who petitioned this f i in /I e lleti tt O Monday, the 18th of February last, compl "ning o f yd V -11 44 44 : 1e a' , t it o) election and return for the city of York, had 110- _ ff te ." 1 '; n V itt._ (1144 14 t recognizance in respect of such petition, accordi"etittOl 44 a: t 't tli,, rections of the said Act.—Order for consideringArdisch i tai tta s , km I V Tuesday, 19th day of this instant, March, read, 89 ` .- ' '.41 A lt 14 . tl4 4 , t -- -, i s D ttqu, l' i .._ 1 'll- ht. ° tat .041 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (' 4::t e to to , h, 4 4 14 d el eli top OtNi4 e4 i LI kstlittte"l" NO •ltell htll, . h 9 l ik r ?,, t of to t c. A I Pif t : t __lt )1.1 hr (7 4 t4 h .'"4, rilt Y ll P i r lt C P io l L it ke t t e ttelv eli nd en and Ab t „-,,,.! am -kii,,, -- -, uTt t 44 4 ti &p.j ,‘ 1° ..i. _ At t , 1‘w :41 4 kkik t lOr 1' 4 , .. ti r A,. .„ ~NV ii i ,g,, , pi 0 4.,,, ~; _, ii,i."6.ithe ,N, CITY EE O'‘' me gr7l h l r, * CL _,A CkYI al:o eXt t * It • Ifkl We have arrivals this m or ni ng from China, of ti of lobes, by the Canning and George the Fourth. ' it 0 1 0 i L., ~ 10 ..,,,, able and quiet there. S til Ce r 't li By the above conveyance, Canton papers to the 1 . 0 0 let tl 2111 have been received at the North and South Are ell house. al t tli , (From the Canton Papers.) THE HONG MERCHANTE.—We are glad to hae e 0.• i li power to announce, that the attempt made by t t e u ipt i ,, i le i , the four Hongs established in 1830, has been F" co asw" ..A 6 ti th . 4 13 hr effectually put a stop to, by the President and Sel ect o , e b A : IV 5 4 Le, the Port-Admiral, has returned from r e- tn 'j vitio e ... 40th„, 1 . 1 sinned his station. There is an Imperial order in .- n o i i ' •li tt .._.3% Pekin, 15th September, in which Le's degra o- , faced by charges brought against him. l' 4. , 1i COMMERCIAL REMARKS . ~,,,tbe i ;No b " filsi b . CorroN.—Considerable activity prevailed c lol 4 — ot 0 „" t eto' dam,•l. part of this month, and extensive sales were effe ct- otli ••11 111 4 ; , el •4 advance. re di h ilt tttt OPIUM.—The clearances from the Ist to the Stb ° l o co a h e e ta 6. 0 ui ll op i n y pe dl 3: 7h considerableas b chests thoeeep l vac u etr t ya4ic t slg h t irs e vepi a aat rtynrti;i this hiasl Patnads e f al l season. andrOnsE so me e B. jun t a e n arg 1 3 : :. 1 0 0 : 10:1 ttc4 %: d4tit:4..it,tt:ttiat::ihp P .hfe l t a being pressed on the market at reduced rates. e dull' e c,l l ."‘ d e 44 I t 4 0 tl Our market for piece-goods has again bee cta- r (i' ' i ltt In Cotton Yarn some private sales have be en P bo'N e-I titt s n t u a T e h b d e e t r h O s a r 2o t ee t n Teas are not yet arrived ' front C g ," A L -1 4 t . -4•1 ,.. , sp ore' t ti ! t t fli; th.: Ptyf . overloaded with piece- THE FUNDS. e o reV, ~ s 1 Nk ,t jarnorrroaTi affairs rsy h s e ooon i nf , u tHt i hi l ioe d el a lsali a rndi r dse e ha l o o rßre o 3.i k dli i i ri, o na g s ,Ta si s tiunewprg,seitillonaasactsonsnaeisgtetghqieettnn3iieennernact o o p f si t coo l i t oso e t o i,r i a ii f l eo l tts tittititrittii,; ; :.i present 88)4 %. for Account. ,/. 0 1 7•0, ° kr. I t W iro t44 , Up to the present hour we have no polif ica r l i 1" v as ° t lll6° A , -: HALF - P A 'fTO r '''..... )11 1%,:' communicate of the least importance. Our er -- r ' It 0 14 ing have been very scanty. ~, roi ng S. Consols have been done in the course of the ..--° 1 . IN Q Rci c and 88% for the Account. nl o°' In the Foreign Market yesterday's prices are i P e tit!, Iht PP toy, etl No news as yet from Portugal. o'o °' l'uo r3 "ro! "1 THRE'' te ll a ° th t -1 Consols for the Account, ~c1,00 ‘4 4 l i e t "ed o s t l CLOSING PRICES,—FOUR ~, .. . , 1 , .ts 4-.4 1 Consols ; , vii ip al Ditto for Account 881 i Greek ••••• .• • 1 /A a 4 t o I e l Brazilian Bonds 60i Mexican ••" .. .• 1 0• 11 A te 4 th e * It Peruvian ...,••• . , 19 c , 41 th e , lig, Buenos Ayres — Chili= Ditto — Russian.....•. ...... , ' Qyro millp ltt Columbian 1824 fo r if P io td th e ehi id COpv7VP ii s i n 44:1 :14 4% emi ne iplei L Bil l4 s.othin fo , i ,, . v r j 0 ,,, _ s_ud to 4-1 .... 1 `ii F A ,.. •iuti c , -.4inp r i,, e ° l 4 the reel Spanish ........... FROM LLOYD'S. e d P v- 11 1 5 DEAL, MARCH s.—Wind S., light.—Mr,.,.. T he 1 . :1 river and remains the Ethelred, Hood, for Jatna! C f - S t O w- I vey, from Terceira, having refitted, will prosee' PORTSMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind N.WVI. ,cliO ° PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind N. to r - NT * a o Pa / the Lowther Castle, Harris, for St. Helena, Ba o lo v iOl FALMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind N. W. to 14 •; sink P .01 DARTMOUTH, Maacn 4.—Passed by the Can A; from China, sailed the 25th October, and St. H a le 15 1 el ° January, encountered a heavy gale off the wester; hea2 the 24th, 25th, and 26th ult., and was oblige d All was peaceable, and the factories going on Well „., ga w- g! the 13th January, near St. Helena, the Janet, fr a c Tabet LIVERPOOL, MARCH 4.—Sailed Emantes , the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived the Cleopatra' s . Buenos Ayres; Fenwick, Keeling, from St. Helen milla, Shaw, from Demerara, with damage. CORK, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Paris, Lea ea; don, dismasted, bound to New York. • f ho from tlai° STROMNESS, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Seta 3 1,3 from London, with considerable damage and l eaky' 1. Christiana. „Tin to RAMSGATE, MSGATE, MAR CH 5.—A boat, mark.' A•tbe Rochester, Robert Francis," was picked up to -day Foreland. 0 41 Off the Land's End the George the Fourth, kph China. 111 Arrived at St. Helena previous to the 25th Jan ° so d- g Taylor, Melas, and John Ad a ms, from Bengal; - dras, Beach, from Madras. THE FUNDS.-(THIS D 1 gips Lady STEPNEY has selecte d a yerY title for her forthcoming Novel , ' 6 The ies° Ruin," which is said to be founded on fact. BIRTH. On the Ist inst., at Aldborough Lodge, Boou°".gh hire, 'the lady of Andrew Law son, ' 0, 41 1 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO y SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, UNDO* ;nraen t " othiag• p os ,„ 1 4, P141%/1144eludi ::ici;liSniCed.s6l6l.o;ll:;l :blllit*ibeleLlH4l4l:4lll44lll4:4l, e i ):dera:lntestrPheitte:::::‘: r°l4"7":c (1 o . "' 112:14.... j !k . Y:l4' 1 : 14 R t 4.44 (141 and nutLaso ent Para.- i n Se ) or e , —lto 1 , 1 • beid tt aid C° w°l '4l4 4 4 4 Ri tits , ket) not aPPeI" 14,1,11:n0id b