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Y). is case, certain onged- mei - tioa eh sale ettatr, ..sts h Wag which rt was ad. no and lonour urplus eir-at. seized there Lion of !re no rt felt fled to ny of over, !nera/, ' that I why SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. ,DaaL, FEB. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived from London, t he Ellen, Johnson, for Antigua; Trinidad, Burkett, fur Tiinidad ; Lord Goderish, Dawbeny, for Grenada ; Pi es- Jefftrson;for Trieste; Mi•dora, Coward, for Jarsai It; ,V 14 4, Turf, for the Cape ; and Warblingten, Crosly, for klanritius. Arrived the Alice, from Van Diem-n's land *; El iza Jane, Leddell, from the Cape; and !sops St. Mitt's. Parr2.Wind W. S. W.—The outward-bound rem::in. PORTSMOUTH, Frs. 20 and 21.—Wind W. S. W. Arrived the Amity transport, from Demerara. FALmorrir, FEB. 19 and 20.--Sailed the Sandwich Packet, fur Lisbon ; and Lyra packet, for the Leeward Islands. Extract of a. letter from Antwerp, dated the 16th of F ebruary :__" It has been determined to establish a large club -house here with a commercial room, upon the prin 4,iple of Lloyd's, or the Halle at Hamburg ; and also ,r 4 orns for balls, concerts, &c. A house for the purpo'e 4 as been purchased for 125,000 florins, upwards of 10 ,0001. sterling; and as a proof of the increase in the l'alue of such property here, this house, six years ego, 'tight h ave be e n had for half the price. Within a f ew da Yll a subscription of 200,000 florins has been raised for c arrying the object into effect, besides a considerable a 'nount is annual subscriptions, so that we may soon ex- Peet to see an establishment worthy of Antwerp." TIL6 MARKETS.--(THIS DAY). stated )f that 'es to : tbat wart(' nd, if )(two I eon d for ount. deuce )1. the irber, hair- ;, the itiorie insti- nod a CORN-EXCHANGE. There was a short supply of Wheat last week, with a moderate arrival of other kinds of Grain, and a tolerably Dad quantity of Flour. The fresh supply of Wheat this t aorning is again inconsiderable, but there are a good many ►sisels fresh up, chiefly laden with Barley and Oats. The primest samples of Wheat have obtained 2s. to Ss. per quarter advance on the terms of this day se'nnight, and t he other qualities have risen in proportion ; but t hey do not sell quite so readily as on Friday. Barley "ntinues very dull in sale, but the prices cannot be re- Ported lower to=day. Beans of fine quality are rather ,de4trer, other qualities as last reported. Pease of both Cads continue unaltered. Oats meet a slow sale, and t he prices of this day se'nnight are barely maintained. The expectation of an advance in the top price of Flour hue not been realized to-day. rxicra ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) --s. -6. Beans, Small (near) -s. -s. .---- White (old): --s• ; Rod (1829) ... 465. 50s. - Tick (new) .... `7s 30s. •(oh() .... 35.. 375. - Harrow (new) 305. 335. (old).. 375. 40s. 225. 245. -5. -5. 18s. 235. 20a. 275. 255. 30s. 4s. 18. ,ck) 55s 604. 455. 525. itry 445. 525. 114. 12s. .ST WHET. ------ line " As. 60s. *--------- Superfine 64a. 68s. "------- White (HOW) 50s. 60s. .-----..-- Fine 6ss. Its. .1" --- ---- Superfine '74s. 785. ------ Foreign free 50s. ins. lII' , .. .. . ga115..... . 21s. 256. ----.—• Fine 2Bs. 30s. -"---- Superfine alt ..”...... -*---... I. ine ..': ... .... " 5 B B. 625. ease, Gr.," . ~,. VI Ws ".-----. IVaple 3os 35 4 . *----- White •----- Boilers Brank Oats, Feed New ... --- Poland New.. - Potatoe_ _ New - Scotch Old .. - Irish 1 Flour Town (per sa , - Seconds - North Coon Bran SE. A RRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WIC__ET. ....-________--- t 4 r, o - ::•! n =, !.. 2 F ront Whence. r 2 , ; 7 ; r ' F , 1 ' '' Hall I Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. 1, re rf Aldboraitg s 16h 217 1781 50 - 26 159 20 - - - - - Boston - in te Bridlington arna- (3, 4' • - 50 - - 300 w • Colchester 428 1161 708 40 427 192 1143 4; Harwich r one 4 Leigh SOO 607 - 73 359 76 19 141 aldon - 30 257 182 1256 romp, Giirruby - 220 - 120 - - - %set- Hastings "- kilB t; .. - - 15 -- irked ks e.i c. z. .... - 390 1005 - 156 20 1113 gree t j..,0uti;.........- 415 572 306 150 409 272 1115 Lynn ............. ". .. - 490 :3 1145 - 430 - ---- 800 eitioe nye ..... ......:.-- - _ -.... 727 - tifig• Stockton...___ --__ -__ - - - - 17° stresa Wells - - - - - Woodbridge - 25 20 100 ntrll.° Yarmouth ' -- 1070 2016 3:4i -. - 2835 ades, Aberdeen. ..,,, '• - - - 1060 - - 'ter Arbroath - - - 85 - a Banff .. - 2497 -- __ __ t e z i t t e r k , ...... , --.... ....- set ianU- -1 4 t -- -- -- bundee ..... -. -.. gb - 941 - - - other and lnirereoL 23 47 --, 24 - - - Xirkaldy - .- - 670 - - - Leith - trade Dientrose .... - ...., ..... 435 - _ ._. stein" . .-_.._..... --,..- --- —_. --- -- ,f the : • 2622 10514 5923 10568 1959 945 9697 2 nixho RIMY. t RV' be.bliss - - - 885 - - - ' y - LitneOrk nu of Newry . )ra Sligo - - - 360 - - - " . - loial ,'•264:4 1,0514 5223 15003 1859 945 9697 ....., AGGIB.ROATZ Rya, 10—Tazoe, 'lns 'Jew- pera igh t o epre— Don I 5U93 OTI the cent r the ien, soy, QUA DIM park I ere- I say Dr tat I the i. 2- 115003 1 IXR 111 Rapecee 'eds. 35. 1851) DE 01 E. C-- PULL .Brank, 'tard, SBIITIIFIELD MARKET. In our market of to-day, which was but moderately supplied throughout, the trade with each kind of meat was tolerably brisk, with Beef at an advance of from 4d. to 6d. ; Mutton and Pork 2d. to 4d. per stone ; with Veal at Thursday's quotations. The supply was of fair average quality. PUCKS PEA STONE OP SLIM TO SINK THE °nuts. a. d. to a. d. , 0 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 0 ; 4 4 4 8 54 5 8 , 2 6 4 0 4 4 415 . to 325. each. . to 18s. each. . . d.to s. d. , Inferior Beasts s 2, 6 210 Large Lambs Second quality ditto 210 3 6 Prime small ditto Prime large Oxen... 310 4 2 Large coarse Calves Prime t cots, &c..... 4 2 4 6 Prime small ditto Inferior Sheep 4l 6 2 8 Large Hogs Second quality ditto 3 2 2 6 Small Porkers Coarse-woolledditto 4 0 4 4 Suckling Calves 12s 3 sisthdOwnVVethers 4 4 4 8 Quarter old Pigs lis ... SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. Pigs, 2,443 14,140 79 190 About 1:00 of the beasts came up the different North Roads about 350 from the western and midland districts ; about 850 from Norf olk, Suffolk, Essex, anti Cambridgeshire ; about 120 from Kent and Sussex ' • and most of the remainder from the m ars h es , . in ____the neighbourhood of London. ~_ NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. Heef.., s. d. to s. 4. 8 . 4 t o s . d. Nuttou .... 2 4 3 131 Veal . ................ 2 0 3 2 Pork NP WCASTLE-UPON.TY NE MA itK ET —Feb. 20. Our farmers' supply of Wheat to-day was more mode rate than of late, which, added to a speculative thLmand, Made sales brisk at an advance of Is. per quarter. More attention has been lately paid to Oats, and all the good amides are picked up readily, at improving prices. l 3 arley cont i nues in steady demand, and our quotations are fully supported. Mali dull sale. Fine Rye, if per fectly sound, in demand. Beans, Pease, and Flour, with out alteration. berla 05. Wheat, North New. 0:d. *---- umnd --- Norfolk and Suffolk 575. 605. s------ lierwick and Scotch-- 565. 588. p an............ IL Ye. Norfolk d Sottolic 3tSs. 40s. —s. -----b t'oreign ''',._4`rkl. Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk-205. 345. 24.5. 2ss. - 1, -- , -- Grinding and Feeding 528. 565. BuenaaltNorfolk a nd Suffolk —s. • +s Small "........, ' Tick 36s. 388. —s —8 ' e late. White ...."---- Gray Oa, .. 1 , o rthumberland, Potatoe Feed •5 2 16. 2 25 5:. 2 3 2 0 1 4 i ...... -21 -8 5. .1-i. ...4. --8. --e —B. ' ------•,,, Foreign 43a. 455. "Ur. Fine (per gack) .. - ss --s. A, .., ANTI.T RUCK M EETING IN THE STAR -.2tb6Mtau Porrmsfas.—On Monday last, the most - ,Z"e tously attended meeting that has ever taken place to Z.i,c'tt Parliament for the suppression of th e tr uc k s y s t e m, 1 --° a , held in th e spac i ous market-place at Hanley. It was ineeting of the parishioners a of Stoke-upon-Trent, con t"e4 by the Chief B a iliff o f H an l e y an d Sh e lt on , an d High Con a, ri ,„ ', - .' 4 4 l ea of S to k e an d L ane-en d , i n pursuance of a 13 -I tion sig n ed b y a b out 150 i nd i viduals, includ i ng "I " °f the highest respectability as to property, character, and influece. JOHN CARET, Esq., the High Constable of Lime-ed, presided in the absence of CircaLvs Malta', „RM.; the Chief Ballad the town, who was from home. a t ilt Lumber present present w a s, o n a mod e r a t e com p u t at i on , , some estimate it at between 25,000 and t' '' old°_'ls43°. Tile R ev . B INJAIIIN V ALI:, LL 8 ., curate of l' parish c h urch, moved the first resolution, in a wPeeehichh tldi"i4gui thed by great feeling for the sufferings I , ~`"Yttem inflicted on the poor. He was followed by t C lie liaP e er, s i ;: e F it ' a 44ga, (independent) Minister of Brunswick r Cuanicr, Minister of the Unitaria Chapel,;the il i... v. i llE" al J E . s BUCKLEY, Mr. J os ii n ini , Shelton ; -.r. All lz, "- .."LAIra, Mr. Pou.caxs.vr, ARTHUR MIN- T p7„; —Sq.' hir• MousLxr, solicitor, Mr. GREIN, Mr. munt , IILL, & e. Tile crowd was so dense that our infor eyer.t;7 a hoy of nine or tan years of age scrambling Althot; i heads of the people for a distance of some yarda. p sirite t cll7yAleting and was the most numerously attended conducted of since we he bad con na 7 th e inhabitants of the Potteries l a S embiril hi to in ts aPrell i : their op i nion on what is often designated " the lane ester Massacre," th e parish of Stoke-upon-Trent tt it :7 ; rot cimprise much more than one half of the potte kr the that it is probable if I b I. , a t ed tle ..ee.inr , la een j 011,, c,,.., whole district, there would aye been 30,000 or 40 ,vv0 Dp rson '" a present..-. Wolverhampton Chron i, lc. EAST INDIA COMMITTEE. We have already mentioned that the House of Com mons' Committee upon East India Affairs had last week altered their days of sitting from two days to three days each week for the better despatch of buiiness, and ale.o that on Thursday they entered upon the inquiry into the nature of the Canton trade, or, in plain terms, of the tea-monopoly, which is the great bone of contention on the present occasion. Several witnesses are in attend ance to give information on this subject, but the principal witness is Charles Majoribanks, Esq., a member of the factory at Canton. This gentleman was examined at great length on Thursday, and he produced a number of docu ments of the Committee. lie described the manner in which the Canton trade is conducted,—namely, through the agency- of Hong merchants, seven of whem are at this moment the sole medium of communication between the Company and the Chinese ; tl:at the Chinese being from their institutions an anti-commercial people, the trade if thrown open would be liable to constant interruption, and the very circumstance of such an opening would, in his opinion, cause the Chinese to raise the prices of their teas; that the better sort of black teas would not be so plentiful as at present, and that more of inferior qualities would be then manufactured. The Company hare at present the choice of every leaf of black tea sent to Canton, and are -without competition. In green teas, the Americans do compete to a certain extent with the Company. He gave an interesting description of the process of the manufacture, mode of inspection, &c., &e. by the agents fur Europe, and likewise furnished a full documentary statement of the American trade in China, from which it appeared that that traffic had considerably diminished of late years, and when he left in December, 1528, only twelve ships from the United States had arrived during the whole of that season. Mr. Marjoribanks was decidedly of opinion, that the Americans were great losers in their dealings with the Chinese, in proof of which, he mentioned that a Mr. Thompson, of Philadelphia, had said before Congress, that " he had employed ; capital of 800,000 dollars in the China trade, six or seven ships, and had paid duties to a larger amount than any other merchant or individual in the United States ; adding, that he was at that moment a bankrupt." He believed that Howqua, the principal Hong merchant, had been engaged in trade with America on his own account ; but he (Howqua) had informed Mr. Marjoribanks that he had given it up as totally unprofitable. He gave a detailed account of the circumstance of a Sicilian sailor being given up to a Chinese on a charge of murder by Americans, and that after a mock trial the poor man was executed—a circumstance deeply disgrace ful to American character, and which they attempted to palliate by saying that the sailor, not being a citizen of the United States, they did not think proper to interfere to protect him. That the principal American agent was so disgusted at the above as to resign his situation; that the American character, and indeed foreigners generally, had been greatly lowered in the estimation of the Chinese by the above circumstance. That there had been some inter ruption to the trade, some caused by the Chinese, and some by the Company. In 1814, a combination was entered into by sonic of the merchants in order to form a co-hong, which by the firmness of the Company was prevented. That the Company were the only party allowed by the Chinese Government to address authorities in the Chinese linguage ; indeed, the East India Company were the only power acknowledged by the Chinese authorities. That in the year 1820 a Chinese was killed on board a country ship, and that the Mandarins came on hoard Eng lish ships to inquire respecting it ; that fortunately, as it would appear, a butcher on board one of the ships had that day committed suicide, and the Mandarins, consider ing it as a sure sign that he was the murderer, went away satissed, and no more was beard respecting this circum stance. That some of the members of the East India factory were conversant with the Chinese language, and spoke it fluently. That Dr. Morrison spoke it as well as he did English, and so desirous were the East India Company to diffuse a knowledge of the native tongue, that they had already expended 12,0001. upon the Doctor's Dictionary, which was popularly used by the Javanese in their coun try, the characters b e i ng th e same , a l t h oug h t h e l anguage was different. The highest praises were bestowed upon the services of Dr. Mu/risen, as a good enthusiastic in defatigable man ; that the purposes of his mission to China had failed : lie was greatly respected by all who knew him. That Chinese of high rank often visited the Company's factory, and that there had been occasion when the Com pany's agents had personally visited tile Viceroy, on which occasion it was a rule never to speak on business, such an allusion was considered highly indecorous by the Chinese in their visits of ceremony. That the son of the Viceroy had been entertained on board one of the ships. That the amount of the tonnage of the East India Company, and the country trade, was nearly equal. For some years the Company's had, however, greatly predominated. That tLe country trade was principally in opium to the amount of 14,000,000 dollars, and there was, besides, a great illicit trade in that poison. Mr. Marjoribanks gave a very detailed account of the man ner in which woollens were disposed of to the Chinese, who, upon the faith of the East India Company's seal, sent the bales unopened to the remotest parts of China, which would, he thought, cease to be the case were the trade thrown open, as then inspections, frauds, &c., would creep in. That the principal article of imports of the Company into China were from India, and that the Company, in their English consignments to China, had considered more the interests of English manufactures than their own, often sustaining considerable losses ; and that the China mer chants assured the Company that they were not gainers by their transactions. He Entered into long details upon the general mode of transacting business in China, tending to show the appa rently insurmountable difficulties there were in the way of free trade. This is the substance of the evidence already given before the Committee upon the Canton trade. A considerable number of witnesses remained to be examined upon this point clone. We are sorry to find that Lord MILTON has for the last ten days laboured under severe indisposition, but his Lordship is now approaching to convalescence, and is expected in London in the course of a few days.-- Lee Is 3fersury. DIVIDENDS.—By an account laid before the House of Commons, it appears that the number of persons to whim a half-year's Dividend on the various British Funds due on the 10th October and sth January last, was as follows : Not exceeding 5/....83,609 Not exceeding 300/....4,912 10/....42,227 ----------- 5001.-3,077 501.-97,307 lOOO/....1,555 1001.-26,316 2001....15,209 Exceeding 20001. 161 Total 274,823 M. CIiABERT.—The following note was re ceived by the Editor of the Lancet, on Monday last:— " M. Chabert requests Air. Wakley will give him that sa tisfaction which is due to a gentleman, for the recent ma. provoked, malicious, and unjust attaeks against his cha racter.—Saturday noon—Thomas-street, Waterloo-road, Lambeth." COUNTY FIRE-OFFICE.—An Annual Ge neral Meeting of the Proprietors of this Office took place on Thursday, at which Earl FERRERS presided. After the reading of the accounts had been gone through, and a return (if 20 per cent. voted to all parties insured, one of the Directors took occasion to remark that this was the twenty-third Anniversary of the establishment, and they had never vet failed to return at least 20 per cent. This was !Bore than had been done by any other Office, for a continued series of years, even when the premiums were much higher, and the means of improving them at interest better than they now were. These returns had naturally caused the public to give a preference to the County Fire office, which, as naturally, was not agreeable to the Ma nagers of the Offices which made no . returns ; and this led to an agreement among those Offices, about Live years ago, so to reduce the premiums that they should have mo profits ; when, consequently, there could be no returns. This rash expedient had completely failed in its object. No increase had taken place in the business of the Offices which had devised it. They had uselessly sacrificed some score thousands of pounds upon it, and nearly a third of the Offices had been actually ruined or broken up through it. But the County File-Office had " rode on the whirlwind" unhurt, and continued to return 20 per cent. How this was done had puzzled a great many. The secret appeared to the speaker to consist in a steady application of the principles of industry and economy. They had no jobs— no influential interests to feed:" For the first thirteen years the Board of Directors and Auditors had acted quite gratuitously, ar.d now the annual allowances for the whole, they saw by the accounts, amounted only to 2731. It this were corn! Aredwith the rate at which the Directors of some of the new Ere Offices paid themselves for their services, even from starting, some light would be thrown on the different results to the shareholders is one office and another, COURT CIRCULAR. Prince LEOPOLD came to town on Saturday, from his residence at Claremont. His Royal Highness dined with the Duchess of Kk:NT, at her apartments in the King's Palace, at Kensington. The Prince and the Duchess honoured the performance of the opera of La Cenerantola at the Italian Opera-house, in the evening. Divine service was performed yesterday morning in the private chapel attached to the apartments of the Duchess of KENT, in the King's Palace at Kensington, before the Duchess of KENT, the Princess Vicroaza, and the whole of their Royal Highness's Household. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial Office for the Earl of BELNORT, the Governor of Jamaica. The Earl of ABERDEEN gave a grand dinner on Satur day evening at Argyll House, to a large party. The Austrian Ambassador had a long conference with the Duke of WELLINGTON, on Saturday, at the Treasury. The Colombian Minister had an interview with the Earl of ABERDEEN, on Saturday, at the office of the Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Earl BATHURST, the Earl of ROSSLTN, and the Cmax crumit of the EXCHEQUER had interviews with the Duk... of WELLINGTON, on Saturday, at the Treasury. The Archbishop of CANTIREUIT has removed to the house in Richmond -terrace, recently occupied by Mr. flusrissoN, where his Grace will remain while the Palace at Lambeth is undergoing an extensive repair. The Neapolitan and Range Town Ministers transacted business on Saturday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord 'WALLACE transacted business at the Office of the Board of Trade, on Saturday. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave a grand dinner on Saturday evening at Apaley House, to a numerous party of the nobility and gentry. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Roseberry, in Piccadilly, from Dal meney Park, near Edinburgh; the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Richmond.terrace, front Surrey; G. Watson Taylor, Esq M. P. in Grafton-street, from Earlstoke Park, Wiltshire; - Thoresby, Esq. from Nottinghamshire; Mrs. Faaakerly and family, in Upper Brook-street; Colonel Udny, in Lower Grosvenor street, from Scotland; Gaily Knight, Esq.; Sir Robert Bolton, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from the country ; Mrs. O'Brien and Miss De St. Felix, at Nerot's Hotel and Baths, Clifford-street, from the country ; J. Banks, Esq. and family, at ditto, frorsi ditto ; Mrs. Farnham and family, at ditto, from ditto. REVIVAL OF lIINGERFORD MARKET. A meeting of the Proprietors of Shares in the above undertaking was held at the Company's Office, on Thursday last, WILLIAM COURTENAY, Dig., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated to the meeting, that in the spring of last year a great number of individuals of the first respectability, desirous of establishing a public market for the sale of flish, acid other articles of general consumption in the western part of the me tropolis, had come to a resolution of purchasing the freehold of the Hungerford Estate, with all its market privileges, and a Committee was then ap pointed for the purpose of negotiating for the pur chase. They had entered into negociations with the proprietor, and succeeded in obtaining the option of purchasing it for a sum of 110,0001., Mr. Wise, the present proprietor, being willing to take that sum. In addition to this, 100,000/. would be re quired for the purpose of reconstructing the market, and rebuilding the houses in Hungerford-street, and the Strand, upon a large and improved scale, which it was proposed to raise by a joint stock company in shares of 100/. The Committee had been encouraged in their proceedings by the ex pression of public opinion in favour of the project. The proprietors must be satisfied in knowing that when the purchase should have been completed, they would secure to themselves a real estate of intrinsic value, and which would yield a certain revenue, whether applied to the purposes of a market or not. The public had entertained a rea sonable dread of the objects of some companies set on foot in a season of delusion, but to pre vent the supposition that there could be any job in their transactions, the Committee had proceeded with great caution, and the total amount of the ex penses incurred, the audited account he, would read to the Meeting, which stated, that all the expenses only amounted to the trifling sum of 86/. 2s. Bd.; this included every charge of every kind : a f►ct that would serve to show the temper and spirit with which the measure had been advanced to thin point. The office they were occupying had been lent them by Government, rent free. The officers were gra tuitous, and had not run the Committee to any ex pence. If he had not had the best opinion of this un dertaking in a secure point of view, he would not himself have risked his deposit on ten shares, and it might be satisfactory to proprietors to know, that their risk could not have exceeded the amount of their deposit. He (Mr. Courtenay) had never en couraged fanciful notions of enormous profits, but he was satisfied that this security was good; and it was a question with him, whether it did not offer a prospect of considerable interest ; and such an opi nion he understood Mr. Baring had expressed at the last meeting of the Committee. To conclude, he must confess he had a strong bias i❑ favour of the proposed undertaking, and was willing to use his exertions and money to promote it, and trusted that other proprietors would concur in the same opinion, and think as he did of theadvantages that were likely to ensue. The Hon. P. BOUVERIE said, that to bring the business to a point it was necessary to raise the sum of 210,0001., and as that sum at present had not been subscribed, he conceived the Committee were right in taking the sense of the proprietors before they went to Parliament, for a Bill ; and if they should, in the present stage of the subscription, re solve on going forward, had the satisfaction of knowing that the measure would-receive the support of his Majesty's Government, although, at the pre sent moment, there was no money at its disposal that could be applied to this improvement. Mr. WYATT : was strongly. inclined, to commie the objectoind .was.very-sariguitie of-.its succes*,.. This gentleman offered some important suggestions, and strongly urged the propriety of calling a public meet-, ing, which he was satisfied would have the effect of carrying the measure forward with spirit. Mr. POSTANS observed,,,that a market of this sort, 7and on this situation,, wits very desirable, he might almost say requisite, for, the supply of the immense population westward of ;Temple Bar ; and he was quite satisfied, if the public for a moment reflected upon its importance and its value, its situation, and the respectability of the gentlemen who had under taken its management, they would have no hesitation in coming forward with. their subscriptions. Several other shareholders concurred in the senti• ments that had been delivered, and it was unani mously resolved to petition Parliament for a Bill forthwith. It was also resolved to hold a public meeting on Friday next. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting dissolved. A QUELQUE CHOSE MALHEUR EST BON. — The recent conflagration which destroyed the English Opera-house, also levelled with the ground four houses of a certain description, which have long been among the greatest nuisances of that quarter of the town. If these mansions, and the other houses of the same description in the same street, formed a part (as is generally be lieved) of the large estate of the Alarquis of Exyrzn, he must be the greatest brothel-proprietor in the me tropolis. They would bare been removed long ago but for the enormous revenue they produce, tile Noble Marquis (like VusrastAN) thinking that the value of the streams which feed his coffers is not et all affected by the impurity of the source from which they flow. In private life this Nobleman is considered to be strict, even to au. sterity; but it is easier to frown at individual deviation from virtue than to relinquish lucrative wholesale abomina tions. The lesson is instructive, because it gives us tile measure of aristocratic morality.—Morning Paver. As soon as the sentence of separation between Lord ELLIENBOUOUCII and his Lady was pronounced in the Consistorial Court, proceedings were immediately adopted to carry the cause to the House of Lords, where it is fully expected that the Divorce Bill will pass without the least interruption from the learned civilians engaged on behalf of her Ladyship. The document signed by Dr. LUSIIINGTON fur the separation was, on the sentence being given, forwarded to the proper Mficer at the House of Lords. As the evidence on the part of the promoter of the cause was not gone into, on account of assurance made by the King's Advocate that no opposition would be off,red, the details of the facts exhibited in the libel were DEPARTURES. The Rev. Mr. Brookes and ladies, from Nerot's Hotel and Baths, Clifford-street ; Mrs. Chapman and family, from ditto ; William Hilyer, Esq. Mrs. Hilyer, and family, from Blake's Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-square, for Coker-couit, near Yeovil; the Bev. C. Vivian, Mrs. Vernon, and family, from ditto, for the country. ARMY ESTIMATES. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF NINETY-THREE ON COLONEL DAYIES, A?dIiNIMENT ON TOE ARMY Althorp, Viscount Attwood, M. Paring, F. Baring, W. B. Blake, Sir F. Burdett, Sir F. ESTIMATIiV. Graham, Sir J. Guise, Sir W. Gordon ' It. Ilume, Joseph Howiek, Lord llobhouse, J. C. Robarts, A. W. Bickford, W. Rumbold, C. C. Rice, 'l'. S. Sibthorpe, C. I). Smith, W. - . Bernal, , R. Heathcote . , Sir W. Smith, Hon. R. Bentinck, Lord G. Ingilby, Sir W. Stanley, Lord Bright, H. Jephson, C. D. Stanley, Hon. E. G. Brownlow, C. Knatchbull, Sir E. Sefton, Earl of Birch, J. Labouchere, 11. Shirley, E. J. Burrell, Sir C. Lunhert, J. S. Townshend, Lord C. Blandford, Marquis Lamh, Hon. G. Thomson, C. P. Buxton, I'. F. Mildmay, I'. St. John Vyvyan, Sir R. Buck, L. W. Monek, J. B. West, F. Benett, John Marjoribanks, S. Webb, E. Calvert, C. Marshall, W. 'Western, C. C. Cavendish, W. Macauley, T. B. Warburton, H. Carter, J. Bonham Morpeth, Viscount Whitmore, W. W. Clive, E. B. Macdonald, Sir J. Wilson, Sir It. Cholmeley, M. Martin, J. Willoughby, H. Denison, W. J. Nugent, Lord Wrottesley, Sir J. Davenport, E. Ord, W. _ • \Vaithman, Ald. Dick, Quintin O'Connell,' 1). - Wood, C. Duncombe, Horv. W. Palmer, C. F. Wood, John Duncombe, T. Pallmer, C.,N. zWood, .44}erinan Dawson, A. I'oyntz, W. S. WyVIII, M.' - Encombe, Lord Protherne; Ed. •:.' ''. --, ',,. :'''' Fitzgibbon ' Hon. R. Ponsontly, Hon. G., ~s ~,TELLRI. .. Ferguson, R. C. Pendarves, E. W. 7" flasks, Cot Fane, J. - Philips, G. It: ':s - 1 - zi;s3psitual.'olise. 7 - . Fa zaker ley; J. N. Parnell,. Sir H.. .. ..-S7kes„D. ...6, Fortescue, Hon. G. Robinson, Si. , G; ' ' Guest; J. J.: ' On Saturday .the ties itches w e re at the East Indio. House, denier:id to the iiiiiiersof the following ships, viz.,--gilinbiirgiA'Captain Hartßyl3,qj• • Berwickshire, Captain 'FILXDRALCIC MADAN, Bornbay and China. • LORD BygoN„ MR. MURRAY, . AND MISSRS. ♦ND Baxmxy.—The Copyright of Lord 13raoN's " HOurs of Idleness," and all his minor Poems published by fluter and CLARIL and others, with the exception" of a certain number of Cantos of " Don Juan," were sold by order of his Lordship's executors in a. Trade Sale, at the Albion Tavern, last Friday. The only mi.npetitors for this lot were Mr. Mußaas- and Messrs• COLMIAN and BENTLIT. The former was the first bidder at 500 guineas, and the battle continued until the advance amounted to three thousand ■even hundred guineas, when it wag knocked down to Mr. Muaaay, al though Messrs. CoLousx and BINTLIT declared they had given the auctioneer unlimited authority to continue the biddings until they desired him to stop, which he did not attempt to deny. In consequence of which some con fusion was created in the room, when Messrs. COLBDRW and 131twruty handsomely relinquished the purchase to Mr. Munawy, which occasioned a general acclamation. The copyright of the " Cantos of Don Juan" was the next lot; it was bought in by the executors for 310 guineas. It is, however, supposed this lot will be transferred to Mr. MURRAY, who will now be enabled to publish, for the first time, a complete edition of Lord IlvuoN's works. It is said that his Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND is making preparations to remove from the low and unwholesome atmosphere of Kew ; and the extent of the packing up would intimate a distant journey, and a very prolonged absence. Letters from Paris, re ceived during the week, report that a house has been en gaged for his Royal Highness's residence, and that the time named for occupation is, at present, twelve months. W e are informed, indeed, that his Royal Highness is so much disgusted with the publication of some recent transactions, that he meditates a permanent retirement from English so. ciety. In that event a curious question will immediately arise respecting the education of the young Prince Gxoacx. 'We remember well, that Mr. CANNING, at the time he succeeded, after several previous defeats, in obtaining the consent of the House of Commons to an allowance for the Duke of CUMBERLAND of the same amount as that granted to his Royal brothers, expressly pledged himself that the young Prince who stood in such close succession to the throne, should be preserved from the debasing influence of continental society, and reared in a knowledge of the lan guage, customs, and institutions of the country with which be might, in the event of an accident to the Princess VICTO RIA, become so closely connected.— Observer. . ..,.... THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—A Sunu say not stated inCourt. Lady ELLENBO ROUGII i s th e d aug ht er Paper (the Observer) contains the following paragraph : of Admiral DIG B T , and u p t o t h e per i o d when Lord ELLENBOROUG II was informed of his wif e ' s c o n d uc t, ev i nce d As the Duke is remarkable for his attention to the cour- great affection for his Lordship. Prince Sanwa ETZENBURG, 1 tesies of life, we are convinced that what is supposed to the party alleged to have been guilty of adultery with Lady have been rudeness was either the effect of accident, or that ELLYN BOBOUQII, it will be remembered, was in the suite some business called him out of the House at the mo of Prince ESTEIIIAZT last summer, and visited with his ment :—" The manner in which he (the Duke) con- master at Lord ELLENBOROUG lei. 011 these occasions, it ducted himself towards Lord MELBOURNE, on Thursday is believed, the intimacy was commenced between the evening, in the debate on the state of Portugal, was a Prince and Lady ELLENBOROUGII, which was carried on curious illustration of that course of thought and action f or a short time, his Lordship being wholly ignorant of we have attempted to describe. His Grace spoke to the the transaction. On the day his Lord s hip was i n f orme d various points urged by the Noble Lords who supported of the fast, Lady ELLENBOROUGII met him on his return the motion, and resumed his teat. Contrary, we sup- home, with every apparent affection, but was soon in pose, to his expectation,—for we are willing to find the formed by his Lordship of what he had heard ; and shortly shadow of a pretence for boorish rudeness,—Lord MET.. afterwards her Ladyship proceeded in the carriage to her BOURNE rose to reply. The Duke of WELLINGTON almost mother's residence, and steps were taken by his Lord but actually a non retiring bod the House to tathe witnesses, in proof of th e a r ti c l es c o n t a i ne d i n t h e l ib el, passage which leads to the lobby, remained th ere , i n con- goes to the full proof of the ofl' with the al versation with a gentleman who stood near him, until he hided to, and who, as soon as Prince ence ESTERHAZY party learned was compelled to return and vote in that division which the fact, was dismissed from all connexion with the Em- Lord MELBOURNE took on his motion. This is no soli- b a s t) , from Austria. The greatest difficulty has been e- perienced in obtainin g the evidence to r en d er tint e - ase fall tary instance of the s ame disrespect to th e arguments of and complete, the witn e sses ha t i ng b een distributed in his opponents, and the same disregard t o th e courtesies of the House, and the habits of the so c i e ty i n w hi c h h e i s various pieces. Th ere are 17 w i tnesses i n the whole, placed, but it is a recent and a mark e d one . We noticed though but 13 a re a ll u d e d t o i n th e procee di ngs of the pression of the countenance of the abl e an d di s ti ngu i s h e d the effect it produced. We saw th e c h ange i n th e ex - Consistorial Cou r t. Th e ev id ence pro d uce d i s stated to be Nobleman whose opinions were th e n s ti gma ti ze d as un - u n ique of the kind. S oon a f ter t h e i n f ormat i on had been worthy of attention : we observed th e e ff ec t it g iven to his L or d s hi p b y two f r i en d s of the conduct of produced Lady V4LENnostoucir, and after Prince S 11NVA RTEZN on those Nobl e F r i en d s w h o sat near hi m ." Itali a had left the country, Lady Eaaliaeoeougar also GALES IN THE NORTH.—The weather has proceeded to the Continent, taking her passage in the been very stormy during the month of January, in Ork- Earl of Liverpo o l steatn-packet to Ostend. F,lie was ney and Shetland. At th e P ent l an d Sk err i es, s i tuated joined not long afterw ar d s by P r i nce 6 CHWARTZENBUIG. in the Pentland Frith, the sprays of the sea for days to- An expectation was at first entertained that her Lady gether drifted across the island, forming great balls o ship would have defended the cause, in the hope of bay froth. Immense flocks of sea fowl having been observed ing the alimony (1,0001. a-year, i t i s understood) conti during the gales hovering about one of th e roes , or excava - nued. The proceedings in the Consistory Court,hovaeyer, a ti a ns made in the rock by th e f orce o f t h e sea, t h e li g h t- o n Saturday morning, did not occupy more than ny e mimates ; elq alth ous h t h e w h o l e of the witnesses are keepers, on visiting the spot, picked up fi ve b a ll s o f ma t- nunation a. in , addition to the evidence ter , resembling in appearance and flavour the fi nes t sperm, i retained , !h° ,11 (1 the 'House of Lords demand th e i r eaa _ la before it, it is not expected that one will be each piece weighing' oboe!: twelve pounds. Conaiderable documentary which quantities of pork have also been washed ashore upon the will be 1. c island, but having been long in the water it w a s in a called. At the w es t en d o f t h e town t h e cause has been putrid state..—Edinburgh Evening Courant. i i the subject of much conyersatiou;r• (Miner: SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. lOn considering the amount of reductions in the ; - .l,Llic expenditure proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the year 1839, we must set out with stating our full acquiescence in the opinion pro ' nounced by many Members of the House of Com mons, namely, that their attempt (for it is no more) at reduction, speaks well for the willingness of his Majesty's Ministers to effect for the country as ex tensive a relief as they dare to propose on their own responsibility, while uncompelled by the people and by Parliament. Compulsion by Parliament, indeed, may sound but oddly to those who are aware—and who is not aware ?—that a Parliamentary majority has, within a Session or two, defeated the effort of the Ministers to carry a measure of economical reform. The measure, indeed, may not have been one which, taken as a solitary expedient of economy, deserved a very high tone of approbation, because it was one which, under the title of a superannua tion act, pressed hard upon poor clerks in oflie, and left the Leviathans with thousands a year untouched. But if Parliament had done its duty, the bill, instead of being rejected, would have been so enlarged in its operation, as to embrace the mighty office-holders,and to set an example of equal justice to all functionaries, not of indulgence to the strong, and harshness towards the feeble. There is, however, little doubt that the vultures which prey habitually on the taxes, and in hovering round the skirts of Government look only to devour the patronage of which it is the dispenser, —there is no doubt that such foul followers of the camp will endeavour, by their loud and hungry screams, to frighten even those whom they pretend to fawn upon, should they undertake or counte nance any means of diminishing the daily mass of offal. Against these monopolists of the fruit of taxation Ministers must be powerfully protected. The people out of doers, and the honest men within, must join in earnest and persevering demands upon the official servants of the State, to spare the dis tresses of their countrymen, and, by revising the principles of our taxation and greatly reducing its amount, to let the resources of the empire, uncon• troulled by the tax-gatherer, fructify in the hands of the industrious and skilful against times of public emergency. It is right to avow that the reductions now proffered are not equal, by many degrees, to the actual wants, or just expectations, of the people; 1,032,0001. does not exceed by a single shilling, but rather falls short of, the sums added to the yearly expel di arc since 1822. It actually does not cover the detieit of the last year's revenue as compared with that of 1828. It does not equal the sum which Sir Henry Parnell, in his invaluable work on the Finances just published, proves to be a necessary and practicable reduction in that single article of ex pense, entitled " Collection" of the public revenue. It is little more than a shilling in the pound on that sum by which the national expenditure exceeds the interest of the public debt. Having alluded inci• dentally to the book by Sir Henry Parnell, we must add, that as a manual of financial knowledge, it is beyond all praise. The Hon. Baronet has collected such a body of detailed and useful information, drawn it from such unquestionable sources, and ar ranged it with such lucid order and simplicity, that every one who reads can fully understand the sub ject; whilst all who are desirous to ascertain by what fiscal causes their own particular condition and that of their several families are affected, whe ther for good or evil, need go but little further for a temperate and sagacious instructor. In speaking of economical' reductions a few days ago, we had much understated the waste and impro vidence exhibited in.the charge for collecting the public. revenue. Our calculation on that point was, , thattlie collection cost the country about six per. -6sisia-gn a ts income.. Sir Henry Parnell co r r e cts - '' Mir, estimate as follows :—" In the year 1806 a war 'fevenue (in round numbers) of 58,000,0001. was Collected for about 2,800,0001. per annum. This was atJl'fr. Piles death. In 1826, only 20 years afterwards, a period dining which the Government had (with the exception of about two years) been administered by men professing to walk in Mr. Pitt's footsteps, the peace revenue amounted to 54,900,0001., and the charge of collection to 4,030,0001.—that is to say, the agency upon collecting an income of 54,000,0001. exceeded that on an income of 58,000,000/. by 1,230,0001. If then," adds Sir Henry Parnell, " the present ' charge of ii per cent. were reduced to even the liberal (and indeed extravagant) allowance of 5 per cent., the saving under this single head of collection would be 1,300,000/., or more than the whole amount which Mr. Goulburn announces as a sub ject of congratulation when saved on every branch of the expenditure !" This particular subject of economy in the collection has, it appears, been exa mined into by three Committees of Finance. Yet the result has been, as we are told in this admirable work, " an increase in the charge of collection, which shows that the spirit of profusion still holds a master hand." The fact is, that the duty of econo mical reform must be discharged on a much broader and holder scale than any Minister has yet ventured to insist on—or than the English aristocracy, with their pauper dependents and relations, have ever ' dreamed of permitting. The colonies, for instance, are sinks of the most corrupt and prodigal waste. Which of them remunerates this unfortunate coun try for the burdens entailed upon us by its military defence, and its jobbing military administra tion ? Where our colonial possessions are insu lar, their internal tranquillity ought to be main tained by a militia force, and the protection of their coasts by sloops of war or frigates. We do not un derstand what benefit can be extracted from the Seven Islands to Great Britain in the present ex tent and situation of that acquisition. Corfu, again, like the Maritius and Malta, is a " post," and may be worth a garrison of 2,000 or 3,000 men; but the other islands undoubtedly had better be turned over to the new State of Greece, and British ships, and money, released from the office of defending them. We have left untouched an immense field of re trenchment in the civil departments at home, in the colonies, and in foreign countries. The court,—the juilicature,--the diplomatic expenditure,—which last Sir Henry Parnell, so far as ive can find, has overlooked,—well merit repeated considevation. Sure we are, that four millions a year, instead of one, might well be spared from she frightful out goings of the nation ; which, if they continue at fifty-five millions a year, may well be pronounced by the Hon. Baronet above mentioned, the sure forerunner of bankruptcy, in case of a foreign war. The subject of taxation, in its manner of affecting industry, according to the nature of the tax im• posed, we may recur to on another occasion. But we must now subjoin, that it is impossible for Lug- i land to go on under her existing weight of taxes.— Times. There are occasions on which a public Journalist may take an honest satisfaction, from contemplating the . effects produced by the force of public opinion, in directing and sustaining which the Press exercises so potent an influence, Such a satisfaction we de rive from the tolerably correct notiona now generally prevalent with respect to the character and functions of an unpaid Magistracy, once the theme of st;-: cinch extravagant eulogy, and we may be permitted to in dulge a like grateful sent T imcnt with reference to the measures of Legal Reform at this moment nor ding. Our readers will bear witness how frequently and how zealously, often to the exclusion of' themes of party politics, or other topica of temporary interest, the columns of the Morning Chronicle have been devoted to excite and enlighten the public mic,d upon the grave and momentous subject of our Juridical Instit ut i ons; an d the desp and general a c n on d c a er d n ap t t v a h t i i c o l ll th :: te he nation present s iP their s reformation society;foi•matiot no: c,re we conscious of an exaggerated E...pprciation of our own humble labours w 11.4. we claim f or our selves some portion of ttieiperit of - havi ng procured for those objects the attention of p u bli c men. The l exigezicie discussionwhich took place in th e H ouse of Commons On Thursday night is, we think, t o b e regarded. IP; all the friends of Legal Ref orm w i th great satisfaction.On that occasion 01 lionouratj e An d Le .fined Geri tleman, to whom the country. is ituiebted for the Commissions of Legal Inquiry now at work, in re ference to the abolition of the Welsh Judicature, affirmed that, although in the appointment of the Petty Judges of the Principality the influence of party might be discernible, no Minister would have the hardihood to meet Parhament after nominating a Judge in Westminster-hall from other recom mendations than those of his superior professional endowments. Is it possible that, to a man of Mr. Brougham's sagacity, all the judicial appointments the in epii his rei influence ee appeared we ha o v fpersona personal merits em its? an l a s te from it tnot notorious that many appointments to the Bench have in all times been obtained by powerful con nection and political subserviency ? Again, did the Learned Gentleman mean to cast discredit on the proposed plan of opening the Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer, when he said that "he thought Mr. Peel deceived himself if he fancied the addition of one Judge to each of the Courts in West minster-hall, or the destruction of the monopoly of Ilarristets in one Court, or of Solicitors in another, or the improvement of enabling all sorts of business to be originated in all the three Courts, would have the effect of creating an equal division of business between the different Courts"--or, does not the Honourable and Learned Gentleman confound con sequences with causes when he assigns such reasons as the following for the opinion above expressed " The King's Bench was in possession ; it was the favourite Court ; the suitors thronged into it ; the best Practitioners and the best Judges were conse quently to be found there ?"—Morning Chronicle. lord Torrington, on Thursday night, on present ing a petition from Tonbridge, stated, " that there wits great and almost incredible distress in that part of Kent in which he resides, and which is called the Garden of Kent ;" that in the parish of Mereworth, in which he resided, " there were 2,200 acres, of which about 1,000 were wood land and land of little value; the rental was 1,6681.; the poor-ratts,high way rates, &c. were 1,2511., and the poor-rates on the tithes were 3721., making a total of 1,6234, being within 451. of the rent. The whole population of the parish was 755, and the number of persons re siding within the parish who received relief was 323, residing out of the parish 138, making a total of 458 persons who received relief." He added, that "he hoped this statement would receive the attention of his Majesty's Ministers." In observing that in general the object of those who come forward with these cases of distress is to mislead the public, we do not wish to impute any each object to his Lordship ; but this we know, that his Lordship would have better enabled his Majesty's Minis ters and the country to form a correct judgment respecting Mereworth, had he stated, that though it be in the Garden of Kent, the population has for some generations been in a most wretched condi don. In order to show the spirit with which these statements are made, we have looked into several of the Parliamentary Returns. The Poor,' rates of Mereworth, for the year ending Easter, 1814, during the glorious period of high priced corn, were 1,0791. The population in 1801 was 1597; in 1811 it was 602; in 1821 it was 711; and now in 1830, according to Lord Tor rington, it is 755. In 1814, the number of poor was greater that the whole number of inhabitants ought to have been. If the poor-rates for England, caleu. lating according to the population of 1811, had been at the rate of the population of Mereworth, we should have had the enormous amount of nearly nineteen millions per annum. The fact stares any one in the face; the population in 1814, when all sorts of land were in tillage, was so redundant as to require a rate of /ten shillings in the pound. Since that time 150 hays been added to the population. It is because men like Lord Torrington have grorssly neglected their duty, that the people of Mereworth are in this wretched state. Why do they allow the growth of this redundant population ? Look at the other extremity of England, Northumber land. For instance,the township of Easington-grange was rented in 1815 at 1,7721.; the township of El wick, 2,3891.; the township of Middleton, 1,5784, each nearly the rent of Mereworth. The population of the first, in 1811, was 57 ; the second, 78; and the third, 57. The Poor Rates in the first, in 1814, .vere 321.; in the second, 621.; and in the third, 871. If the population of these three townships, instead of 192, had been, at the rate of Mereworth, 1,800, these 1,800 would, in like manner, have all been beggars. In another twenty years, with their admirable system of management, the population of Nlereworth will probably have added another 1.50 to their number; and then, a; every addition of this sort throws people dawn from the class of payers to that of receivers of rates, the land will probably he given up altogether to the inhabitants, —Aid. The Speech of Sir James Scarlett, on Thursday night, in vindication of his conduct in instituting the late prosecutions, requires some notice. It was less arrogant in tone than his speeches in his own Court, because from the manner in which the House cheered the observations directed aga'nst hint by Sir Francis Burdett that night, and Sir James Graham on a former evening, end the coldness of his own reception, he could not fail to have some misgivings with respect to the policy of the course he had pursued. But though the tone was some what subdued, there was no symptom of approach towards juster and more rational views on the sub ject of the Press. It is latneetehie to think that the Press should be so Inuelt at the mercy of a man who, however dexterous as an advocate, especially when addressing a Jury, is one of the worst rea soners that ever addressed a deliberative assembly, " Be was not ashamed (he observed) to say in public-- what all men were ready enough to say in private—that no single individual could now resist the tyranny of the Neal; so that we were came to that condition so well described by the Roman historian, in which " nee male nec remedia pati pooautnus." Again, "he thought that the Press of thia country ought to enjoy full liberty, shackled by any previous cesscre, but at the Caine time he thought that the Preto would not lon g enjoy that moral influence, which it ought to po.. aege if ev er y opi. nion or falsehood which it promulgated were treated with indifferenoe,,if its rhapsodies in praise of some men and its calamities in depreciation of others, were both to be considered as idle words, full of wood, but meaning no-. thing." It has never yet been contended by any one, that the Press ought to have the power to publish false hoods calculated to injure individuals; and though there may be differences of opinion as to the mode in which reparation should be sought, there can be no doubt as to reparation being due to the injured party. Let us, therefore, separate the private from the pvihhe part of the question, The public part of the question is —ought writers, publishing what tends to bring Parlitarient and Ministers into con.. tempt, to be punished ? Sir James has two oppo site sets of Arguments to prove that the Press ought not to be allowed to bring Parliament and Ministers into, contempt; first, no single individ ua l could now withstand the tyranny of the Press, and the " i unless 3rese his Honourabl e Fsiend meant that the Lib e rty o f the Press sh ou ld b ecome t h e Tyranny or a h t i i s d p t r lt iv et at n e o 4i m )c a l s h h i o s uld pteert is right he must privateu t ad mit judgment ex ce p t un d er t h e per il o f being attacked iu by the most wi c k e d an d v i ru l en t falsehood, both in that ther e were occasions align whichcitY some cu. , tigation must be adtninisteertv::::sQvidetrbe:teruotff:,nitd‘eise odfectihae. Press"—that is, that the Preas being perfectly free, decla mations or rhapsodies over argument, vague allega the Press is all triaeinho7erdp‘rvoilolf.alwo"ns prevailth powerful—it is tyrantlicat; on the good side it is impotent. But the second set of arguments is curiously at "irariance with the first. In the first the Press Is an overpnwerieg tyrant. In the second he says, come let us advance to the aid of the poor Press--,if we treat its opinion with indifference —if we consider its rhapsodies in praise of some and its calumnies in depreciation of others as idle words, full of aonnd and meaning nothing, it will lose all its moral influence. The Press it but a ricketty child, which cannot exist 'rztikout the fostering care of the Attorney-General. We must punish it for being a tyrant sehn.th cannot be WithStQed ; and wt