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would determine to sit through the debate and bring it to a close. bk. O'CONNELL concurred in the Noble Lord's wish to bring the debate to a close to-morrow, but observed that there might be circumstances, there might 1% - ; inter ruptions, which rendered it impossible for any one at the present moment to be answerable that P.cli should be the case. The motion for adjournmert was then put and agreed to. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. _ _ Mr. ATTWOOD pestponedllis — MOtion on the distress of the country from the sth to the 14th of Mirch. Adjourned at one o'clock this morning. IRISH COERCIVE BILL. LEICESTER, MARCH 4. A pub!ic meeting was held at the New Hall, this day, in pursuance of a numerously signed requisition, inviting the inhabitants to meet to consider the propriety of peti tioning against the Bill now in progress through Parlia ment, with reference to Ireland, and "deprecating most decidedly the provisions which it contains." THOMAS PAGET, E.q., the late Member for the County, was called to the Chair; and, in opening the business of the day, entered at some length into the nature of the Bill which bad been brought forward to coerce the Irish, lamenting that men whom he had been looking up to for the last thirty years should have introduced a Bill which, for its despotic enactments, exceeded any thing known in the days of either Pitt, Castlereagh, or Sidmouth. Messrs. Browne, Berry, Stokes, Bigg., &c., then pro posed or seconded various resolutions condemnatory of the measure, which, being put to the vote, were carried with only one dissenting voice. Thanks were afterwards unanimously voted to Lord Teynham, for his opposition to the Bill in its progress through the House of Lords. A petition, founded upon the resolutions, was then adopted, and ordered to he sent to the Borough Members, request ing them to present it ; and, in case of refusal, desiring them to put it into the hariis of L. Bulwer, E.g., for that purpose. The meeting, which had been occupied in the business before it fr't three hours, then separated. IRISH COERCIVE BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-If you think the following remarks worthy of a place in your excellent Journal, I shall feel obliged by their insertion. They relate to the proposed measure of coercion for Ireland—a measure which, in my view, is fraught with the most impending danger, not only to the sister kingdom, but to the interests of freedom in Great Britain. Allow me to ask, what is the grand and per vading cause of the poverty, misery, and demoralizition of Ireland? Is it not to be found in this—the accumu. lated mass of landed property in the hands of a few indi viduals, which evil is carried to its extreme point by the circumstance that those who possess the land reside out of the kingdom, thereby draining its resources and contri buting nothing in return ? The want of poor laws is of course another auxiliary cause in promoting crime ; for as no body of men will voluntarily starve, they are neces sarily driven to rob, where there is no other mode of pro curing the means of existence. If this view of the subject be correct, it follows, that tranquillity and happiness can not be restored in Ireland by martial law. While its pres sure remains, there may certainly he some appearance of calm ; but will there be no secret conspiracies, and will not the evils break forth with increased violence when the pressure is removed ? I have only to refer to the history of Ireland, where it will be seen that the experiment has been tried over and over again, and always with the same results. Will, then, the people of England consent to be further taxed to increase and maintain a large standing army which cannot possibly effect the desired object, and which afterwards may be employed against themselves? It is really, Sir, alarming to observe the eager haste with which the Bill has passed the House of Lords, Whigs and Tories cordially uniting to lay a whole people under mili tary despotism. Surely the people of England are sleep ing on a precipice when they imagine the Whigs to be sincere in their attachment to popular principles ! I look, Sir, on the destinctions of Whig and Tory, among the aristocracy, as a political farce. I regard only the social position of the men and their actual interests ; and when I find these to resemble in all points, and alike opposed to the interests of the commonwealth—when, I say, I find the interests of the aristocracy, whether delighting in the appellation of Whig er Tory, closely connected with the wealthier clergy (who are, for the most part, their nomi nees), and that it is impossible to invade the privileges of the Church without at the same time trenching on the hitherto Tights and privileges of the aristocratic landlords, —I regard this eager baste and coalition of parties to in crease the military force of the empire with suspicion and alarm. It requires no extraordinary portion of sagacity to perceive that certain of our existing institutions which have sprung from the system of feudal tyranny, must ere long undergo considerable modifications to suit the temper and circumstances of the times. It is equally certain that the majority of those win se interests be in maintaining the present order of things will be opposed to the change; but how cm some five or six hundred individuals oppose the will of twenty-five millions? How? By the arm o the military ! If, Mr. Editor, you think the opinions expre , sed in this letter not altogether visionary, 1 trust you will not fail to sound the note of alarm wherever your valuable paper is read. I remain, Sir, _ Your obliged and humble servant, ONE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS. Devonport, Feb. 27. FRENCH PAPERS. (Front the Constitutionnel of Sunday, March 3.) PARIS, MAacu 2.—The Nouvelliste contains this evening, and the official journal will, doubtless, publish to-morrow (the Ilioniteur does not contain such a docu ment), an article destined to justify the Government for having published in the Moniteur the declaration of the Duchess of Berry. We think that, in the eyes of France, the justification is entirely useless. It would not have been necessary, or more properly speaking, impossible, un less the Government, by not making this publication, had neglected its duty to the country. For the information of the Cellist journals, which may be still tempted to deny that the declaration of the Duchess of Berry is authentic and voluntary, we must tell them that this declaration is not only signed, but written throughout by the Duchess's own hand. The public has, perhaps, been surprised by en apparent contradiction in the accounts which we have given almost simultaneously of the affairs of the East, which, however, we have explained by the difference of the dates. It re sults indeed from information which we believe authentic, that the Egyptian General, perhaps in concert with his father, bad suddenly resumed the offensive, and advanced with the view of proceeding to the Bosphorus. It is added, that an understanding with some influential persons of the empire, and the formal adhesion of the Grand Vizier to his plans of invasion, gave him, in the embarrassed situation of the Porte, the greatest chances of success. The empire was threatened with total overthrow, when Euro pean policy came to its aid. The prudent Viceroy has judged it best to stop the march of his army, and to de clare more positively that he was ready to make an agree ment with his Sovereign. Then Ibrahim suspended his march, the news of which preceded by two days only the despatch announcing the present sentiments of Mehemet Ali, and his willingness to make peace with the Porte through the medium of the European Powers. (From the Quotidienne.) PARIS, MARCH 2.—We think it our duty to publish the following note which has been communicated to us : (The substance of this note, which is of some length, expresses the surprise of the writer that the declaration of the Duchess of Berry, published in the Moniteur, is signed Marie Caroline, whereas that Princess has no other Christian names than those of Caroline Ferdinanda Louisa, by which she is mentioned in all the royal alma necks up to 1831, and in the almanack of Gotha for that year.) (From the Journal du Commerce.) Yesterday evening the Countess Appony obtained a pri vate audience of the Queen, which was of considerable length. Her Majesty seemed to be very melancholy. The Austrian and English Ambassadors and the Russian Charge d'Affaires have had a conference with the Minis ters of War and Foreign Affairs. M. Lehon this morning met, at the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, with M. Werther, who has had a long conference with the Duke de Broglie. After the conference, in which it is said there was some warm alter ca ti ons , t h e D u k e d e B rog li e an d M. Lehon visited the President of the Council, with whom they remained some time. MUTUAL LOVE,--A Lady and Gentleman who had never seen each other, met by accident at Palling next the Sea, ou Saturday evening last, and after an ac quaintance of about two hours marriag e was proposed ; to this the lady had no particular objection. The following mottling (Sunday) the parties proceeded to the neighbour ing village church, for the purpose of attending the Hyme neal Altar, but (very unfortunately) the resident clergy_ man had just left home to do duty at another church ; no alternative remained but to wait, although impatiently, till Monday, when they were joined together in holy ma rimony...Norwich Mercury. GERMAN PAPERS. CORFU, FEn. Corfu Gazette says, that on the 28th of January the squadron with his Majesty the King of Greece was seen off the island of Zante, steering to the Archipelago. The Captain of the Austrian schooner Enrichette, who arrived at Corfu from Z ante, on the Ist of F e b ruary, says that the convoy with the Bavarian troops on boa r d was overta k en, near C er i go, b y a violent storm, and that part of the ships were obliged to seek re fuge in the port of Candia. (From the Munich Political Gazette.) MUNICH, FEB. 25.—The house of Eichthal, in this city, has just received by estafette the following private communication from Trieste, dated the 21st February : " We hasten to send you the agreeable intelligence that a ship has just arrived from Syra, the Captain of which states that the Royal Greek expedition arrived safe at Napoli di Romania on the 31st of January. This vessel from Syra is the Austrian schooner Aurica Dea, and was thirteen days on the voyage. "P. S. Another Austrian ship, the Senora Guiseppena, Captain Nicol° Eincorich, has just arrived from Corfu, which confirms the arrival of his Majesty's ship the King of Greece, at Napoli di Romania." VIENNA, FEB. 22.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 91 1-5 ; Four per Cent. 81; Bank Shares, 1219. A//genieine Zeitung, Feb. 27. SWITZERLA NIL-Switzerland is now endeavouring to extend its commercial relations with France. With this object a memorial was lately delivered to the Ministry by the Government of Berne. This memorial shows what injury the system of import duties hitherto followed has done to both countries, and how smugglers alone have profited by it. If the import duties in both countries were reduced, the commerce of both would be benefitted by a more extensive exchange of their productions. Braun, FEB. 23.—The report that a new law, regu lating the condition of the Jews, is to be issued from the Grand Duchy of Posen, seems to have reached Posen, and has induced the Jews there to send a deputation to Berlin to remonstrate against it. The daily complaints that come from the Grand Duchy make it necessary to revise the laws relative to the Jews. Of course religion has no con cern in this matter. It may be estimated that the Jews form a third of the population in that province. De jure they have not the rights of citizens, but they possess them de facto ; thus they have contrived to obtain the advan tages of civil rights without bearing the burdens. They are not liable to military service, but may carry on the business of money-changers, may take eight per cent. in terest, and pay but very little to the public treasury. They have found means nearly to monopolize all trade ; the retail trade in manufactures and three-fourths of the public-houses in the town of Posen are in their hands. The same may be said of the grocery and wine trade, the business of money-changers, pawnbrokers, &c. In the country and the small towns the same state of things exists, and often in a degree still more injurious. It has lately been found that a single Jew possesses several public houses in Posen, under different licenses purchased of Christians. The ignorant but good-natured peasant is often induced to give way to drinking, and to pawn the corn in the fields and the cattle in the stable. To remedy this state of things, a new ordinance relative to the Jews has been drawn up, and has been published in several pap rs. Another article from Berlin, by a different cor respondent, affirms that this new ordinance was not at all suited to the enlightened spirit of the present times, and that it was given up.—Frankfort Papers, Feb. 27. COUR r CIRCULAR. The birth day of the Duchess of Cumberland was celebrated on Saturday at Hastings, where her Royal Highness is at pre sent residing, with every demonstration of rejoicing. In the evening the Duke and Duchess entertained the Hanoverian Minister and a select party at dinner. __ _ The Duke of Cumberland came to town yesterday, from Has. ings. The Dutch Envoy, Baron Zuylen, and the Neapolitan and Brazilian Ministers transacted business yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Count Pozzo di Borgo visited Earl Grey and Viscount Pal merston yesterday. Sir James Graham visited Viscount Althorp yesterday at the Treasury. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ,- . . roe • *ttn ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, in Belgrave square, from Woburn Abbey ; Earl and Countess of Verulam, in Grosvenor-square, from Gorhambury ; the Earl and Countess of Falmouth, in St. James's-square, from Tregothan Castle; the Marquis and Marchioness Wellesley, in Portland-place, from Richmond ; the Hon. T. R. Keppel, at the Earl of Albe marle's, in Berkeley-square, from the East Indies; Captain and Lady Agnes Byng, in Eaton square, from Wrotham ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Kemp, in Park-crescent, from Kemptown ; W. F. Hankey, Esq., MP., in New Bond-street, from Newark; Mr. C. Russell, M.P., in Charles-street, St. James's, from Reading; Mr. H. Howard, in St. James's-street, from Aldingbourne; R. Knight, Esq., in Grosvenor-square, from Barrels, near War wick; Sir C. Morgan, Bart., in Pall-mall, from Tredegar ; Hon. John Boyle, at the Earl of Cork's, in Hamilton-place; the Earl and Countess of Craven, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from their seat near Berkhamstead ; the Earl of Arran, in Dover_ street, from his seat, Arran Lodge, Bognor, Sussex ; Sir Bour_ chier and Lady Wrey, at their seat, Tavistock, Devonshire, from Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney, and family, at Mor ley's Hotel, Trafalgar-square, from Dublin; Colonel Godwin, at ditto, from Devonshire; Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., at the British Hotel, Jerrnyn.street, from Perthshire; J. Ede, Esq., at ditto, from Southampton ; William Armstrong, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Hon. Captain Spencer, in St. James's-place, from Althorp, Northamptonshire; Major and Mrs. Foster, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Hants; Sir Thomas and Lady Ilislop, and Miss Elliott, at ditto, from Kent; Rev. Mr. Mills, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. N. Boll', and Miss Cole man, at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn_street, from Cheltenham; C. Richards, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton; Lady Helen, Capt. Basil, and Mrs. Hall, and family, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's street, from a tour; Hon. Charles Murray, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from Scotland ; A. Campbell, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; Micklethwaite, Esq., at ditto, from Norfolk ; J. H. Waddington, Esq., and family, at ditto, from Suffolk; Sir E. and Lady Morgan and family, at ditto, from a tour; Marquis de Lavalette, at ditto, from the Continent; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Miss Chauncy and Mrs. Cooke, at ditto; Col. Pitman, Mrs. Pitman, and family, at ditto; Miss Walms. ley, and Henry Brown, Esq., at ditto. HAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 1 1 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Cartbagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 3 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 1 1 France 0 0 Sweden I Guernsev &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford DEPARTURES. Earl Bathurst, from Arlington street, for Brighton ; the Mar chioness of Westmeath, from St. James's Palace, for Windsor Castle; Vice-Admiral Sir D. Milne and Mrs. Mile, from Suffolk.. place, for Coldstream, N.B. ; Sir Robert Gordon, from the Cla rendon Hotel, for Windsor; Lord James O'Brien, from St. James's street, for Windsor Castle; Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas and family, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, for the North ; Mr. and Mrs. Grant, from Morley's Hotel, Trafalgar_ square, for Scotland ; Capt. Thompson, from ditto, on a tour ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Oxendon, from ditto, for Canterbury ; Mr. and Mrs. Brembridge, from ditto, for Devonshire ; Hugh Wallace, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland ; the Hon. Henry Pierre_ point, for his seat, Conholt Park, Andover, Wiltshire; Mr. and Mrs. James, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris; W. H. Grant, Esq., from ditto, for Devizes ; J. Martendale, Esq., from ditto, for Herefordshire; Capt. Kater, from Rag gett's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton; Sir William Foulis, Bart., Lady Foulis, and family, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; John F. Schroder, Esq., Mrs. Schro der, and Miss Schroder, from ditto; Rev. J. Pennant, Mrs. Pennant, and Miss Clarke, from ditto; W. Gosling, Esq., from ditto. The Duke of SUSSEX will give his second converzatione for the season on Saturday next, in his mg-, nificent library in Kensington Palace. The Duchess of NORTHUNIBERLAND has issued cards of invitation for a grand rout on Thursday next at Northumberland House. Earl GREY has issued cards for a grand dinner on Saturday next, in Downing-street. The long talked of christening of the infant Earl of DALKEITH has at length been performed. The ceremony took place at Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh, and was quite private. Their AIM ESTIES were sponsors, by proxy, for the infant heir to the house of Buccleuch, who received the names of WILLIAM WALTER. On the same occasion the Duke's youngest son, an infant of three months old, was christened, the sponsors being Lord MONTAGUE, uncle to his Grace, and Lord JOHN SCOTT, from whom he received the names of HENRY JOHN. The family of Sir AUGUSTUS CLIFFORD, Usher of the Black Rod, has been placed in mourning by tie death of Lord JOHN TOWNSHEND, Lady CLIFFORD being a daughter of the decessed Nobleman. The obse quies of Lord !mix were performed yesterday at Balls End, in Hertfordshire. S. HIRSCHEL, the Chief Rabbi of the Jews, has written a letter to Mr. GOLDSMID, which has been published, denying the truths of the assertions made by Mr. Couaarr in the House of Commons, respecting the insults offered to the Christian religion in the Jewish ritual. A second circular has been received by the different Corporate bodies, containing two queries ; the first of which requires a return of the names of the Magis trates who have acted for a certain number of years, their professions, trades, &c. ; and the second, an account of what sums are at the disposal of the Carporation, distin guishing between those which are applied to charitable or specific objects, :and those for the general purposes of the Corporate body. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1833. The speech of Mr. BAYNTUN, of York, who, we can readily believe, speaks the language of nine•tenths of his constituents, is one of the best that has yet been delivered on the subject of the Irish Coercive Bill. It is convincing, not so much by force of eloquence, as by strength of argument. If it do not touch the heart, it at least exercises despotic sway over the reason. It is remarkable for the absence of all passion, and the constant presence of good sense. Mr. BAYNTUN objects to the Bill—deliberately, advisedly objects to it—in the Est place, because Ministers have failed in making out their case; secondly, because the measure will not reach the heart of the evil, which is, misgovernment ; thirdly, because coercion, instead of going hand n hand with conciliation, shoots afar ahead o it ; and, lastly, because the measure not only violates, but is notoriously abhorrent to, every known principle of the Constitution. Mr. BAYN. TUN detailed these several objections at length, and with a succinctness of argument that will have due weight with the country. How, said the Honourable Gentleman, had Ministers attempted to prove the necessity for the Coercive Bill ? "By detailing any overt acts of treason, or civil conspiracies or rebellion in Ireland, levelled against the dominion and sovereignty of Government ? No, but by ex hibiting a long catalogue of offences and crimes, midnight burglaries, burnings, and illegal no tices, which unquestionably have been perpe trated, but which the regularly-constituted tri bunals, with the real assistance of the gen- tlemen of Ireland, he believed to be suf ficient to quell. That crimes existed in Ireland to a tremendous extent—that bur glaries and midnight assassinations were mightily on the increase was, perhaps, unhappily true ; but let him ask every thinking man to what were these horrors to be attributed ? Why, the Noble Mover of the Address to his MAJESTY, on the first night of the Session, had anticipated one answer. He said, Ireland had been oppressed by centuries of misgovern ment, and this assertion was not more borne out in fact than by the circumstance of that sort of tardiness which had been observed and acted upon by all succeeding Governments to propose any measure having a tendency to allay the grievances, and remove the acknowledged un heard deprivation and misery, existing to such an extent in that unfortunate country." It is here the shoe pinches. Misgovernment is the first—misgovernment the second—misgo vernment the third cause of Irish disturbance. Add to this a fourth cause, absenteeism, and you have the whole secret of almost every out break in the sister country from the days of the Union downwards. Yet the Ministerial remedy for misgovernment, is to increase misgovern ment ! For absenteeism, to reduce Ireland to such a state of distraction, by coercion, as to increase the evil ten-fold ! Who would not be justified in continuing an absentee from a country, where martial law is proclaimed, the Constitution suspended, and freedom a blessing known only by name ? Well might Mr. BAYNTUN express his astonishment at Ministers proposing such extreme measures. Well might he be "hardly able to persuade him self that these were the men who, but a few months since, had advocated so eloquently the cause of popular Reform !" An interesting discussion took place yesterday in the House of Commons, in consequence of the presentation, by Lord GROSVENOR, of a petition praying for an inquiry into the state of the Church in Wales. " The minds of the Welch people," said his Lordship, " had been much alienated from the Established Church, entirely by the abuses which prevailed in it. When he stated that out of 2,200 places of worship in Wales, little more than one third belonged to the Established Church, the well wishers of that Church would see that it was high time to check the abuses which prevailed in it." Any one at all acquainted with Wales— who has witnessed the extraordinary spread of dissent throughout its entire breadth and length, and the affection, we might almost say, the re verence, with which the ministers of that per suasion are held by the people—who has wit nessed the unprecedented circulation of their tracts, which are to be met with beneath every farmer's, every peasant's roof—above all, who has witnessed one of the triennial gatherings or visitations of the Dissenting Clergymen, which collects thousands from all quarters ;—any one who has seen and felt all this, will at once admit that the Noble Lord's picture is not overcharged. In fact, his Lordship has paint ed it, not in oils, but in water-colours. He might have substituted a stronger word than mere " alienation," when alluding to the feel ings with which the majority of the Welch people regard the Established Church, which they know only by its oppressions, and whose higher ministers they come in contact with only in their capacity of creditors. Few Englishmen are aware that the Esta blished Church is at its lowest possible ebb in Wales, and that its hold over the minds of the people is loosening in exact proportion as that of the Dissenters is strengthening. Mr. WILBRAHAM has partly accounted for this decline : " It was most important," said he, " that the House should thoroughly understand that the Welch Bishops did not understand the language of the country over which they presided ; and it was impossible they could perform their duties without a knowledge of such language. There had also been an exclusive system of appointing English men to be Welch Bishops. There had not been an instance of a native Welchwan being appointed to be a Bishop since the reign of the Hanoverian family.—(Hear.) This was a state of things that ought not to have so long existed. It could not be said that the reason was that the Welch were not capable of being appointed to the Bishops' Bench because there had been several instances of Welchmen having tr.nslated the Bible into their native language, and of having shown acquirements calculated to entitle them to any situation, however high. If a knowledge of the language was not to be required of the Bishops, at all events nn man could deny that the clergy at large ought to pos'ess it.—(Hear, hear.) It had been declared by one of them that it was repugnant to the will of God that any person should presume to preach to the people in a language not known to them. The cure of souls was unintelligible to him. According to the system that had been pursued, be knew not what was meant by it. This important fact be knew, that one gentleman in North Wales was in possession of no less than eleven pieces of preferment—nine livings and two sinecures. There were, he was sorry to say, two re • ligions—one for the rich, and another for the poor—one for the aristocracy, and another for the natives of the country—one for the Cambro Briton, the other for their Saxton masters. Such a Church, he did not hesitate to say, drove from its bosom a vast body of people, who would otherwise feel in no way disinclined to adopt its tenets." One of the main causes of the spread o dissent throughout the principality, is the cir• cumstance of the ministers addressing their flocks in the language to which they are most habituated. They belong to the people, and mix themselves up in all their little pursuits, and interest themselves in all their little peculiarities. They are literally the watchful shepherds of a faithful flock. The Established Church, on the other hand, keeps itself coldly aloof. It is known by its curates, it is true, but these are only looked on as so many living proofs of its stern avarice, and unblushing favouritism. Who knows not the Welch curate ! From the days of SWIFT downwards, he has been recog nised as the victim of a system which, in his person, degrades the character of Christianity. Of the higher class of Welch Church dignita- ries, scarce one in twenty understands a word of the language. Is it to be wondered at then that his flock repudiate him as a stranger and a foreigner ? What Missionary would even dream that he could be of service to Christianity, till he had first made himself ac•• quainted with the language of the people whom he came to convert ? The High Church (through its organ the Bible Society) sends missionaries to make good orthodox Protestants of the New Zealanders, little dreaming that such apostles are quite as much wanted in Wales. Religion, like charity, ought to begin at home. The British Museum estimates, now before us, present some curious facts, which we have extracted for the gratification of our readers. It appears that the number of visiters has been gradually increasing since 1827 (with the excep tion of 1829 and 1830, when there was a fall- ing off) from 79,131 to 147,896 persons. In the year 1831 the numbers were 99,112, which shows an augmentation for the last year of nearly 50,000 persons—an augmentation greater than has ever before taken place in one year, and which may be fairly attributed to the number of cheap publications, which have drawn the at- t e ntion of the more respectable classes of artisans and the lower order of tradesmen to this rational source of cheap amusement and instruction. The total expenses, including purchases of M.SS., coins, medals, &c., repairs and mainte nance of the building, &c., amount to 16,8441., a sum we are not in the slightest degree disposed to quarrel with. There is, however, an abuse connected with the management of this Na tional Repository, which has been long com plained of, but not, we are sorry to say, so loudly as might have been, by the advocates of the rights of the public. It is the enormous number of holydays allowed to the officers and attendants of the Museum. The following me morandum at the bottom of the estimate will explain the grounds of our charge :—" The days of public admission to view the Museum are the Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in every week, between the hours of ten and four— excepting the months of August and September, the Christmas, Easter, and Whitsun weeks, the "ICE 4 OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 198 % New 5 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Red. BB% % India Stock 3 per Cent Cons. 8 73 8 Ditto Bonds 35 33 pm. 3% per Cent. South Sea Stock 9 8 1%, Ditto Red ... 95 5 4% Old Annuities B7 New 3% per Cent. - 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 -- 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto 500 47 48 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 17 5-16 14 Ditto Small 47 48 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 l7 1-16 , Ditto Commercial ...... ... pm. Jan. 5, 1860 16 15-16 , Ditto Advertised — em. Jan. 5, 1880 Bank for Account 19 8 1,E Aprils, 1880 lndia for Account Jan. 5. 1879...... ......... Cons. for April 1 0 BS li PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds .931, 3 Belgian Bonds 86% 7'4 Ditto Account 86% 754', Brazilian Bonds 59%.11 Ditto Acc0unt......... 59% 60 Buenos Ayres Bonds 25 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ....... ........ 21% 2 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds l4 Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 '5•/ Ditto Account Danish Bonds -3 14, Ditto Account Greek Bonds 26 1 4 Ditto Bonds, 1825 35 4% Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 29% Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. 33% Ditto Account 34 3 Neapolitan THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. JPeruvian 80nd5............15 IA Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 52 Regency Scrip 4q dis. Ditto Account Prussian Bonds _ 103 Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO2 Russian Bonds, 1822... 103 2 3 4 Ditto Account New Loan 9644 Spanish Bonds, 1821 174 Ditto Account 174% Ditto Bonds, :823 1 5 14 Ditto Account 15% French Rentes, sp. c. —1 .—c. ----- Exchange —f. —e. —5 per cent —f —.e. -- Exchange —f —c. Dutch, 28 p. c .......... 45% 54% Ditto Account 45N 6% 6 q Ditto; 5 p. c 87 .10 i % Ditto Account 874 8 French Scrip 4li pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. 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 £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51.7 n.) 49% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association l2 Mexican Mining-Co. £4t Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — Tlalptixahua Mining Co 330 United Mex. Min. Lo. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Sct ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l'rovincial Bank of Ireland 25 140 60% 60 7% 158. 184 8 26 8 15% 10 £1 7 0 714 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 32 minutes after 2. I Evening....S6 minutes after 2. LOSS OF TEETH. MR. HOWARD, DENTIST, 52, Fleet street, continues to supply deficiencies of the TEETH on his improved principle, at the same moderate terms, whether arising from neglect, disease of the gums, or age, from a single Tooth to a Complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain whatever, and in every case, however difficult, restoring perfect articulation and mastication. An inspection of Mr. Howard's method will immediately convince those at all acquainted with the subject of its superiority. Tender and decayed teeth cured and effectually preserved from further decay. At home from 10 till 5. 30th of January, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, the sth of November, and any Fast or Thanks giving Days ;"—a list of exceptions, including Sundays, amounting to about 150 days, or five months. This it must be observed is independent of the half of every week, consisting of the Tues days, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, of which the public is deprived under the pretence of its being wanted to dust and clean the cases, &c., a work which Mr. HUME, we think it was, observed once, might very well be performed every morn ing before 10 o'clock ; or supposing that on the alternate clays, the Museum were only opened at 11 o'clock, that would be better than total exclusion, to the disappointment of thousands who come from the country with only one day to spare. But putting these three days aside, although it is evident that the officers have in turn the benefit of them as holydays, there are still nearly five months, or, without Sundays, three months, during which they have nothing to do but to amuse themselves. This is an amount of vacation enjoyed by no other public officers ; and the duties of those attached to the Museum are certainly not so onerous as to justify such an indulgence at the expense of the public convenience. It so happens, too, that the months of August and September are precisely those (with the ex ception of July) in which the greatest numbers would probably visit the Museum. It appears by the returns that the 147,896 visiters of last year were thus distributed : January 9,179 June February March April 12,498 November May ....... . 18,158 December The proportions in the respective months in ,he two preceding years are much the same ; and if we calculate that so few as 20,000 per month would visit the Museum in the months now closed to 'the public, there are still 40,000 disappointments to be laid to the charge of the Museum officers. We would strike off' one of the months altogether, and give the other at Christmas instead of the week now allowed, as at that period the smallest possible number of those who pay these officers would then be inconvenienced. The salaries of the officers and attendants of the Museum, we see, amount to 9,9281. out of the total 16,0001., and we are not at all wishing to lower that sum, for, although some of them are upon rather a high scale, and the duties, as we said before, are not very onerous, yet the em ployees even of the humblest class, must, upon such an establishment, be of a superior de scription. But, while willing to pay for the proper maintenance of this interesting part of the national property, we have a right to insist that it is made to contribute as largely as pos sible to the national instruction and amuse ment. This it at present does not, and we trust that some public spirited Member of Par liament will take the matter up in a decided manner, and not let the vote pass almost sub silentio as has been hitherto the case. Accounts have been received from the Hague of the proceedings of the Second Chamber of the States General on the Ist of March. One of the Dutch Ministers read the diplomatic note which had been framed by the Government in answer to that of Lord PALMERSTON and Prince TALLEYRAND Of the 14th of Feb ruary, published in The Sun some time back. It is utterly without interest, being merely an attempt to mystify still further the course pur sued of late by the Dutch Government. It is a fine sample, " upon the whole, "Of rhetoric, that the learned call rigmarole." The upshot of the matter is that the Dutch Ambassador, Baron VAN ZUYLEN VAN NYE VELT, at his own request, of course, is to be recalled, and that another Plenipotentiary is to be sent to London " to negotiate a preliminary con vention with the Plenipotentiaries of France and Great Britain, and to establish the relations with those Powers on their former footing, in order to pave the way for the subsequent conclusion of a definitive treaty of separation between Belgium and Holland, with the participation of the other three Powers, parties to the treaty of the 15th of November," all which, in plain English, amounts to saying that we are not much further advanced than we were two years back, in the attain ment of the object France and England have in view, viz., the establishment of peace on a solid foundation. TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Halifax Papers, to the 25th of January, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. The Legislature of this island assembled on the 3d inst., when the session was opened by Governor Young. We copy the only paragraphs of his speech which are worth extracting : " You will be gratified to perceive that our exports and im ports are steady and on the increase. " Contrasting your population, and exports and imports with those of British North America, it will be found that your importations or wants are less by 4,0001., and your ex. ports greater by 6,0001., than the proportion which justly falls to your share." His Majesty's brig Victor, Captain Russell, captured lately near Tobago a Spanish brig, having 500 slaves on board, and sent her to the Havannah. The accounts received by the French mail this morning state that the King of Holland consents to give up forts Lillo and Lief kenshoek, for which the embargo on the Dutch ports is to be taken off, and the captured vessels returned to Hol land, as well as the Dutch prisoners. Letters from Antwerp mention that the Burgomaster, of Lillo, captured by the Belgians, has been released. From Bordeaux they state that the Duchess of Berry was in high spirits, and constantly at work in making tapestry, after her breakfast. She occupies herself in reading the various French Journals from Paris and the departments. THE FUNDS. The official information, received by the Dutch' mail, states that the new Dutch Ambassador is daily expected here to nego. tiate with this country and France. A preliminary Conven tion, previous to the signing of a definitive treaty of peace has caused an improvement in the Funds. Consols, which left off yesterday at 871 88 for the Account, opened at 88, and at pre. sent they are 88i, with a firm market. Dutch Stock is also on the improvement. No news as yet from Portugal. HALF-PAST ONE. The speculators and city politicians peruse with great atten_ ion the Dutch official document, which at present is the gene. ral topic of conversation on 'Change, and generally looked upon as a preliminary step towards the settlement of the Dutch affairs, and in consequence of which large amounts of Dutch and Belgian Stocks have been purchased. The public are anxious for this night's debate on the Irish f u o nds continue very firm, and Consols have been done affairs, as r i t t i h s eA ee generally eu, e a x t p w ec h t i e c d h that prie e the they Housear are a twpi present. e o n :: to Thedivision. Funds Foreign Funds are also on the rise ; Dutch Stock No news as yet from Portugal. may at aBBTAy hlblue quoted at 461. THREE 0' CL OCS Consols for the Account, 8814. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (THIS Nl') ___........---- FROM LLOYD'S. O eitbi DEAL, MARCO 4.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.--' four Indiamen and rest of the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind E.S.E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Wind S.W. GUERNSEY,Fk L MOUTH , MARCH S,IARci : 3 3 : _.... AWri:vde: S. Wt the A PO o br e gpi Humphrey, from Rio Janeiro. DIA fitl JERSEY, MARCII ‘2.—Arrived the Magdalen, ...101 Teneriffe. The Venus, Starling, from Newcastle, in _:;0 the harbour, on the 27th ult., ran aground, but Was ww.4 the following day, leaky, and with the loss of to_r3;7o and chains. The Quatre, Freres, from Haile t o t' has put in here, with loss of anchors and cables. 4,,,,s LIVERPOOL, MARc!! 4—Arrived the Diana , ', - 0 00 Cape of Good Hope; Calumel, Chase, frorn Ilevt t' n 0 Carolina Augusta, Libly, from Charleston ; 40 An, : # O S foi PENZANCE, E Bideford, f N rl N N c e : E a v James Brunswick. ~,,,1 li# BELFAST, MARC!! 3.—Arrived the Alert, ; ,,,,,1 BELFAST, ,Ire CO. A RAMSGATE, MARCO 4.—The Phoenix, Va n— r pror i from Ostend to Liverpool, has been brought into the . so i ELSINORE, F e B. Walters, hence hood, n e and th is othersinorni morning have for bteheon purpose washed o i f n a very leaky state, having been assisted off the Gon d OA MILFORD, MARCH 4. A boat markal pfa r ,Y, APO York; Orion, Grayson, from 5t...10101 f Head. been s.ev 3. —ahhlaeSome ei Trindelen d : C po e o gi l cevskoeesofdlingun:Pl 1 1 :::1 ng 2 5 ; :; k ti l.. 0 ri i t port. Some fragments of wreck have also been O u v u Lt isi Trindelen Rock re: the : d : ehaecrhAl Arrived off' Dover, the Harvey, Cook, from Terceira' i # Downs the St. Catharina, Nichols, from Plymouth. SPORTING INTELLIGENCIL TATTERSALL'S. t o The three first favourites for the Derby ar e qu ir t ishlooo venge appearing to have the call. The odds abhegoel' too indefinite to be quoted ; 3 t o l was betted that to Newmarket or Epsom in the spring. DERBY • 9 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge 9 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus 9 to 1 agst Mr. --'s Prince Llewehr e ' d , 10 to 1 agst Mr. Hunter's Forester (offer , OA' IS to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Moses's dan!..„o) 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Emmeline colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Tavistock's Anglesea 25 to 1 agst Lord Graham's Twatty colt 00110 0 3.9 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's Br. to Margraulo) 33 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Mounteag ie ( 0 ) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Blank t o to 1 agst Twatty a nd Mounteagle (ta ken '. OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Duke of G ra ft o n's Octave 6- - 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Weeper 15 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Fanny Grel s pt e 16 to 1 agst Lord E xe t er ' s Si s ter to Augu st ST. LEGER. II to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Belshazzar (takel)oken) 1144 to to agst Lo agt Mrt.diard Vansittart'scievo.a m Ro o c i k o i y ng halo (take n ' Moloe 15 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Frankenstein st itinritEswoanl. 2to 1 offbred agst Anglesea. Offer sto taKe d'S Wilson's Silvertail colt. The Duke of Richmonh. colt and Blank, were also s p o k en o f a t 7orB to _,, 0,0 TLohredsCr.onyinbftganha,sms'steßepalsesectlhawacediteadts ee two or thr ee dal' 00 4 Newmarke A t, aer one hour's illness. ke . 5 dal; twelve horses are expected t o s t ar t, including grel Mr. C. KEMEYS T YNTE vo ted in th e isivoto7 on the second division o n F r id a y n i g ht, on the g oes adjournment. IVir. We are authorized t o s t a t e that , WALL is in London, and that it is his deter meet the charge made against him at the earl i ": t me te period. He has called his friends together, W": i isf, his house this morning, and to avoid all risk s : mt ialn strucCon, he will be guided entirely by their ad/I— the interval before his trial. RAILROADS...—. Messrs. BADNiit o prei GILL, of Manchester, are exhibiting a supP ssu ,tiOl went in this important feature in modern ll4l 4 10 ' the National Gallery of Practical Seience 1 00 to substitute an undul a ti ng ra il way for s le hf ad d A founded on a belief that th e momentum obtains" • esr; riage in descending a bill of given inclinat isS 'e rs than equal to its imp u l s i on up anot h er of OR et inclination and a ltit u d e; an d t h at , conseq uently' s a es' carriage of a c er t a i n power will run a mile, t pill pdis flies," on the undulating road, in less time than ow: a level road,—or, in other words, that it will g° t 9 Ora undulating surface with more facility and y ew— f over a perfect level. We have seen 84 5 13 , e be ~ experiments, but do not c o ns id er them fr s t , be ;-,/ m nierat:ve of the fact ; n o r will ou r scePti c ' s ,;•ted_ . s ° moved before the pl an h as b een sat i s f ac t rib: r ijon - 0 we understand it ver y s h ort l y w il l ) , on a 1 .7 e over a sufficient li ne o f roa d . A s the inventor s s : ails& to publish the th eory on w hi c h t l ey groun d improv e m en t, w e s h a ll d e f er f urther remar k 0 0 t" until a copy of the work is before us. Th.--- ' b e fore 1.0 Aere is preparing to be laid be w ii House of Commons a statement or abstract of al l ", t , now in force in Jamaica relating to churches, pl'm other places for religious worship; relating W il d eet: sons resorting to or assembling thereat ; and to P e h . e rst: holy orders ; and to ministers , missionaries, Pre Sc ht olv i , teachers of religion; and to schools and achri r ot d r and to persons attending at any schools or u es attend and obtain instruction therein, disting " slaves" from other persons. ELECTION RIOTS.—The trials of the,P i , concerned in the lat e e l ec ti on r i ots i n t hi s town de; on Thursday, at the New Bailey. Evidence 11 ",,, only against JOHN M'Clotex and seven others , I ; supposed to be the ringl ea d ers , w h o were f ou nd gn" . ', l o . ocr w others were consequently ac qu itt e d. Th e Court se ato r the prisoners to four months' imprisonment, kept to hard labour. —Bolton Chronicle. fto SP Extract of a letter of the 25th ult., ir . 0 , ° ,00:,, Remy :—" A serious disturbance took place at E 9 0 - 1 the 19th instant. At ten at night about It Ore:, met at a butcher's, and soon after appeared in t " reP"i with torches, and dressed in white. A wonla°,4eetio; senting the Duchess of BERRY, and a youth, r e P r ' fh ic a' HENRY V., walked in the midst of the cortege, perambulated the town amidst shouts of V iye , s e P, 4 V. ! Vive la D uc h esse d e B err i ! A b as l a draP"obP colore !' On arriving before the Hotel de Vi lle !,v there was a milit ar y p os t, t h e r i oters redoubled 0-001 ciferations. O ne o f t h e par t y struc k t h e se ntinel ,; 11 iron bar, an d seriously wounded him on the he a " :c ael: attempt was made to disarm the soldiers, but quence of strong resi s t ance th e aggressors were r' tiji i e e withdraw. They continued, however, to Pa ta re ocr streets during the greater part of the night.'''' Paper. ; g cOP I ANDREW WILSON.—The following literally from the burial yard r eg i s t er of Pa tb ' l, e es Pit S. " The corps of ANDREW W ILLSON , b a k er , son colt- i • of: WlLLsost, baker, and inn-dweller in Dunnikeer AP r tuet Gallefocio Edinburgum), was i n t erre d the i ., ls , r eet 1736 years, lying in the gra ve o f WILLIAM and EUPHAN BEVERIDGE—the grave 2 foot an".,' o 7 foot long." This is the ANDREW WILSON Wh ° cuted at Edinburgh at the time of Poazzoos s , s described by Sir W. SCOTT in his tale of the "-eh'istv sb :A Mid Lothian," and who, when he was conducted t°- the Sunday p;evious to his execution, guarded J. 0 other sbjr• soldiers, held them all three fast, one in each ,",:j . O other by his teeth, till his fellow-prisoner designs " d i e fide n ;r o acni v ra e epn : eet b .: y aot t fA h thhn e eesoi n ral a dwt m eixlyn e thul o arLeb f saiotn G aNdn E ,ut: o nbo n, : n ommp i es E amt: R o nihs o eis zi ndi z e dtee n .rw T .i s ea o dss rr hoc , eoo....,a rn forocco a d2 : of the grave being reopened, and could not but re L Pr) nnliewttihhaEseerd2: 4 ll. : BIRTHS. i , ,t beo of William Ryves, of Ryves Castle, county of Li nl ' „pi h i : n ifi s rn t o. . s , yLsd i o i : i ntE. Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-1 0 ,;telo of a son. d o e fo v O Ed i Ocer l o. 4 On the 3d inst., at Willesden, the lady of James On the 3d inst., in Guildford-street, Russell-se i - r t of ~ P' ruptcy, of a son. Park -place, Brixton, of a daughter. .01; MARRIED. of st, o o Oil the 27th ult., at Coleshill, Mr. John Wend' ~ H ue 1 * street, to Mary Anne, fourth daughter of the late r" v eils Esq., of Kingshurst-liall, in the county of Warwies" lisa„,o l . - hi' t ° Ir'' On the 2rl inst., Mr. J. Cato, of Holborn- i ' roe, youngest daughter of Thomas Ensor, Esq., bherbo f" DIED. tild e h'eq'ladCyomomf Commissioner Vfo:th eD:telts:e..tho 13:n;r tavie, the wife of Pierre Francois Laporte, Less ee eO O of the Italian Opera and Coventt-garden Theatre. web he .i On the 2d inst , after a long and painful illness,anClSpite° In July list, at sea, on board the ship Eanwn t ' vir , as h r. manded, Lieut. James Walmesley, un gest O, On the Ist inst., at Tunbridge Wells, Mary, Ye _ ins ter k iv of the late James Esdaile Esq of New-place, VP." o f Sir se' ,„01 4 90 ander Ramsay, of Balmain, Bart. Charlotte tDe On the 2d inst., at Camberwell-green, - of ksq. , Ol e cond daughter of the late Nathaniel Basnett, ~ A On the 2d inst., in Loi'idon,' Thomas, fourth son India House. Sarnife ReY al . - d' wife of Edward Coleman, Esq., Professor of the On the 2d inst., in the King's-road, St. 1 0 College. infu long and pa ceod On the 3d inst., at Brighton, after a Maria, the wife of T. W. Muskett, Esq. AshleY On the 3d inst., aged 3 years and J m0nth5 , ,..,.,. A 9 4. Pancras', ve te, Warre, third son of John A. 'CharlesWarre W an t, age" On the 4th inst., at Hackney, Mr. ---------- , qOI PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU UD 0 IN:WWII° SUN Orsics, 112, STRAND, LONDON. M p 1 TH]