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Second Ed it i ons, containing the D e b ates i n I : tr lionient up to the hour o f post, i n t h e E ven i ng usual p , TO CORRESPONDENTS. Inter is much too long, as \sell as too personal, for in. sertion in our columns - 4 r ,;1 , Jti* _ A s - • • • • I — •;re 't Q 1 C A LONDON : F RIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1839. (EVENING EDITION.) the House of Lords, after carrying up the Address, adjourned over yesterday. T he Commons,more attentive to business, after waiting 1 ,1 14 vr Majesty, received and reported her answer last which was just as complimemtary as usual. 1 4 .2 n some petitions been presented, for Bills to esta te small debt courts, Mr. IlAwlis said such Bills re 9111!'ed looking into, for they contained very incongruous enactments. In that they have a strong family likeness , ether Bills, and Mr. HawEs should propose a °lntuit -tee to draw up all Acts of Parliament, private 44,1 Publi c . ellairrortlEtt, a gentleman who made a loud and e mpty speech at Lincolnshire, a few weeks k t P against Corn-laws, endeavoured, by a ques t!lon, to extort from the Ministers a declara kothat they meant t o op p ose Mr. VILLIEus' I ,n, on th e 19th. Mr. V ILLIERS s t a t e d that it t hat n et his i ntent i on to raise t h e genera l question on at d ay ; and L or d J OHN R USSE LL declared that at h ,,, 'eaent he felt inclined to oppose Mr. VILLIERS' motion 41 hear evidence, because it was not agreeable to pre eedeilt6. At the same time he admitted that doubts as li a k Teets minquiry tirade n ecessary. The. Noble Lord, 4 4 : Lord Mer,BouttNs in the House of Peers , w as . ° l 4l to inform the public that the Corn-law was an t4 Pe a question in the Cabinet, and for making the state he wa s c h ast i se d b y Si r R. P EEL . That a Ca t,'le sh ou l d be divided in opinion on a quest i on o f 'tel et i 11 ' expediency like that propounded the night to l °re la s t, touching the lading of tim b er-s hi ps, we can orr"Prellend, but how it should be divided on a question tibt iStieet like that of the Corn-laws, is to us inexplic - ItliNOtieWesh°' amongst the Members of the Cabinet of r ' clu ng Quee n are th e patrons of plunder ? were given of Bills Regulating the Sale of til l : 1 1 4a in Scotland, and Copyright, and for amending „t r-l aw, also of motions for various returns. f or ° : 'tar. WARD presenting a petition from Sheffield "el)ealofC l• he went on to speak on (h e the C o rn laws, ; tit - 41b itet, considering it his duty. The SPEAKER then tl, opted him, and this raised the question whether r ule not to speak on petitions should be enforced. In e T h ave elsewhere adverted to this debate, which ended ' .Or d JOH N R USSELL g i v i ng n otice that he would 11, 0 t his day that the rule of the House as laid hid u . 1 1 Mr. SPEAKER be confirmed, which it no doubt tl e. and will cont i nue th e p res ent practice. 4 14 ` . W ALLACE obtained leave to bring in two Bi lls , 'egulating the Salmon Fisheries of Scotland. The . 411146 then adjourned. is rather singular that the condition of Ireland, to h~ltune reference was made in her MAJESTY ' S Speech, :::: n 4 ""Y formed a prominent subjec t o f two discus % °tie in either House. Lord BROUGHAM alluded °test emphatically, and in a manner to excite the mo st Painful interest, in the HOLM of Lords on Tuesday ; the Earl of RODEN gave notice of his intention to ti — h t the question under their Lord shi p s considera ii'." With a view to an inquiry by a Committee. Lordship thinks that neither life nor property, Ixtrf • t eelarly if they bear the badge of Protestantism, , 11 1 ,: e in the sister kingdom. Lord BROUGHAM l o — ,, td that a murder might be purchased for 20s. i mp ? Commons, on Wednesday night, the theme was 0 11'need by allusions to the late afflicting assassina "rd Noaanay. Mr. Suaw and Colonel PER 11t,11,1' dwelt with much emphasis on the insecurity 1 4 4. " ° f Persons and property, and the former inti oiated that if Ministers had no meas ure to p roposo til e subject, something, we presume, of the character 01 an I nsurrection or Coercion Act, he should propose t e il r in 'solf. Lord JOHN RUSSELL defended Minis- I t r i a ' a l not having mentioned the social condition of ti l e ; ll l, ' in her Majesty's speech, and "declared that 1Pr e o,•: 4(1 ne intention to propose any measure fur im " 1 - 4 1 t• His Lordship then said -1.141, e(I Senaral freedom and equality,. cessation of pe o rs f e t c l u i peom,'!ication, the relief of destitution, and the employment of for e the irgt. ` r i o e usual and ordinary means adopted by other countries to it elatui vera ont of their social condition, would be also useful ward . It the Hon. and Learned Gentleman should b!•in;,for. s hy measure I shall be ready to enter into the discussion of . the . h as condition of Ireland with hire, to show how that condition 241 f b .„ n br° ,, ttlit about and why it exhibits so many pain toUld b --- res• it he ha ' s no measure by which these results volt, toe brou g h t about. he could do nothing better than to . e h ndr s . tussiorestrain t s r i aiu degas passions and bridle the temper by which us in were characterized, and which wa . s participat h i e . d much as the o her. I really think that tis 14 till be a means of making those legislative measures, which may P 0554 to this House, most extensively useful." "" we hold this to be well worthy of public attcn ,,,e"' "a much s h ou ld we desire to see a thorough and ' " rchi ng examin a ti on i n to the causes of the lamentable h ,, i °Pprobrious condition of that part of our rather foul ulcer, titan united empire. The plague spot, the ulcer, will never be cured till it be probed to the ,: tte 'tn, and th e secre t ar y organs of the poi -1;14 he laid b are . A n d let not the foul -I,37utited, howling ultra Protestant bigots, who sec's, Slidabusing other sects, to divert a ttention from crying enormities, suppose, for one moment, _th t _a o t an investigation would trace the cause or b_ . d ie up to Ahe Catholic religion. Than the Catholic the ings , go wn Os' _ Lora r tho will it I°s arr ile be in ti„ th O r. in in-- t d s ! clog" aoh. r ower 6 OOP all 1)8° O r : OP' STTN, LoNDoN, FRIDAY ii -,-,;4 -I YENING 14 1 ,111T10N 1 . 7 -"IFEBRUARY 8 1839 resolutions being pissed, they could not succeed, and the resnlotions with the petition were agreed to. We shall only notice two of the facts stated at the meeting, as samples of whit may he brought by• industry before the public to prove the im piety of the scoundrel Corn-laws, and the advantage which would be conferred on the landowners by the repeal of them. Dr. LUSHIN_TON said:—" In 1831 a merchant of the 'rower Hamlets imported consider able quantities of fortign wheat, and placed it in bond. It remained wasting and rotting for six whole years. The consequences of the keeping of that corn were, that the bonds were cancelled at the Custom-house, and the coin sunk. At that time want and distress were plentiful enough even here, but in the Western Islands their fellow-subjects were in a state of starvation." Is not that impious? Mr. MARTINEAU said be had the rages of corn for a long period, not for five or ten, but for fifty years previous to 1770. The exports of the country up to that time consisted chiefly of woollen manufactures in Yorkshire and Not folk. The great iron mines ed the country were not the❑ discovered. The average price of corn for fifty years previous to 1770 was .31s. Sd., but subsequent to 1770 the average price of corn for the fifty years following was 625. Gd., and at that time there was no bounty of ss. to support the prices. It was therefore clear that until this country became a manufacturing country, the home market for corn was a poor one ; but since its manufactures increased the corn grower had the highly remunerating price of 625. Gd." It is in fact clear that the most certain method to obtain an ever-increasing market for our agriculturists is to allow the townspeople to increase as fast as they can, let them draw their food from whatever quarter they may. The Tower Hamlets have done themselves honour, and their success will add to the regret of the defeated inhabitants of Finsbury. In another part of The Sun will be found a report of is spirited proceedings of the Corn-law Delegate!, Lich will, we apprehend, both convince and astonish the landowners. They will learn from the statements of Mr. WALmst.Ev, Mr. STuncE, and others, that to repeal the Corn-laws will proa.ote their own great ness, and they will be convinced probably by the lan guage of Mr. WEIR and others that our manufacturers will not starve to gratify their unjust whims. We hope they will relent while they may do it safely, for we have no wish, we assure them, to see any injury done them, but we Would not answer even for their lives if they persist in starving the people with a vain hope of enriching themselves. The discussion that took place in the House of Com mons last night on the question of petitions, and the right of speaking on them, briefly or in detail, a s their importance or otherwise might seem to demand, was chiefly remarkable from the circumstance of Sir FttANcts B URDETf, true to his new character of renegade, taking a high Tory view of the subject, and agreeing with Sir IL INGus in the impolicy of allowivg the people's prayers to be too diligently attended to by the House of Commons. He was oil enough, he obstreed—and being a beau well-stricken in years, he must be able to carry his recollection a long way back—to remember the time " whe❑ no man ventured to do more than open his petition, state its ob;ect, and perhaps refer to the respectability of the signatures." This was of course in the palmy days of high Toryism, when a CASTLEREAGH was Lord of the ascendant in the Commons. \V hat more natural than that " Westminster's Pride and England's Glory," in alluding to such a period, should characterize it as " the good old times ?" It is in per-. feet keeping with what FIELDING calls " the fitness o thing , ," that the apostate in his dotage from every sound and liberal principle which he held sacred in his youth, and clung to from conviction in his healthy manhood, should object to the petitions of the people being treated with more ceremony than they were treated by CASTLE REAGH in the " good old times" of the Six Acts, the Gagging Bills, and the Peterloo massacre! 'We quite agree with the following remark of the Times, and re-produce it as well worthy of public at• tenfon, particularly of the attention of the aristocracy and the hierarchy : If the first evening's debate on the Queen's Speech, in the Ilou,e of Commons, bore not many marks of that formal array of party conflict, or of parade and speeci , s, which usually characterizes a political field-day, certainly no such opening was required for a Session, the natural and unavoidable business of which must force its way upon Parliamont and on the nation by its own intrinsic magni tude. The subject matter now pressing upon the heart of England, and on the resources of Statesmen, cannot find the ready utterance for which it struggles. It is too big fur words—here and there a burst of individual passion has served to indicate the overcharged fullness. aid tension of men's minds. Bat when the pent-up feeling does break loose, it will shake political society to its centre. This is very true, and with one Convention sitting. which represents the just discontent of the opulent manu facturing classes, carefully and watchfully laying their: plans to reach their end ; and with another Convention sitting which represents the equally just but greater discontent of the misses, though, like other strong pas sions, it .dictate not the best means to attain its objects, we can but think that the " overcharged fullness" of the public mind is about "to break loose," and that " it will shake political society to its centre." Let any ob serving man mark the signs of the times. The Demo cracy, after the example of the United States and of France, increasing in power, exasperated by suffer ing, fired with indignation, is imbued with the most thorough contempt for the authority of Parliament. When the democracy was much weaker, and much less enlightened than now, the utmost power of the aristo cracy was obliged to bow to it, and now when the aris tocracy has become feeble it indulges in impotent in sults to its growing antagonist. The conflict is not now to begin—it has begu❑ ; and ever since 1829, the aristocracy and the hierarchy have sulfured a succession of disas trous defeats. How will they carry on the contest in future ? Will the Corn-laws be a tower of strength to them ? Will the accusations publicly made and never denied, that these laws were contrived to enrich the landed aristocracy, and kt ep up the hierarchy—though at the expense of starving the people—give vigour to their minds, and disarm the people ? Will being pub licly branded as robbers, and unable to refute the charge, be the herald of victory ? When men are to be ruined, they arc first, it is said, by a wise provision made mad, that the coming annihilation may not be perceived ; and the certain foredoom of our aristocracy and hierarchy seems shadowed forth by their madness in waging war against the democracy encumbered by the Corn-laws. Let them be wise in time, and put off a load of iniquity weighty enough to destroy the most flourishing empire that ever existed'. • _ of keeping the river in on'er, such as cleaning or removi ig shoals, preserving the dikes arid thrice:, piling the banks, the Starling's buoys, light houses, &c. All this. 's an ex pence to the party to whom it is confided, and it is impossi ble to demand the complete liberty of a river, th t is to _ay, exempt from all duty or toll, as many persons appear to believe should be the case. A courier from Vienna arrived at Brussels to-day, end after delis &lag his dispatches at the Austrian Legation, proceeded immediately to Paris. No preparation for leaving Brussels is vet observed at the residence of the two Charge d'Affaires who base re ceived their passports ; it seems that they will wait as private individuals for the result of events. We have already many foreign observers among us. A superior officer: of the garrimm of Msyence, is mentioned as one of them.— Courier Beige, Feb. 6. The Berlin Correspondent of the Ha ndelsblad of Wed nesday has furnished that Journal with the subjoined prin cipal stipulations of' the new Commercial Treaty between Holland and Prussia, which the writer doubts not will afford unalloyed pleasure to the merchants of 1101- On the part of the Com.-nei cial League the follotdng Dutch produce shall ha\ e a dinhioution of the import duty :- 1. Butter, cheese, bulls, cows, oxen, swine, when im• pored by land, about half of the actual duty. 2. Sugar, in lumps, fin- the use of the sugar refiners in the States of the League, imported by land or by sea, about half of the actual duty fixed by the tariff, and also on any esentual modification of the tariff, shall at no time he charged with a duty of more than ten per cent. above that on raw sugar for the use of the refiners. 3. Refined sugars at 10 rix dollars per 50 kilogrammes (now 11 rix dollars per Prussian cwt.), with a promise that in case of a future reduction of the duties on raw sugar im ported for the use of refiners in the States of the League, the duty on such refined sugar shall be reduced in proportion, and shall ❑ever exceed double the duty on raw sugar. 4. Rice, 2 rix dollars per 50 kilogrammes (now 3 rix dollars per Prussian cwt. ) On the part of the Netherlands shall be allowed— A. On the importation by land and on the rivets ; 1. For lime. 2. For corn, equality with the importation by sea ; that is to say, a diminution of 10 per cent. on the import duty. 3. O. several kinds of store. A. Reduction of 50 per cent. of the general import dutits. B. On importation along the river, timbor to be on the same footing as when imported by sea. This is a di minution of 25 per cent. C. On importation, both by land and sea, the folloaing productions of the Commercial league enjoying a reduction of the import duty :- 1. Silks and linens to two florins per kilogramme. 2. Stockings, lace, and tulle, to five per cent. of the value. 3. Knives and hardware, according to the denominations of the Dutch Tarif, three per cent of the value. Another part of this treaty is in substance that it has been judged necessary, on the part of Prussia, at the same time on the treaty, though not in it, to remedy the com plaints already brought forward during the negociations fur the Treaty of Navigation of June 3, 1837, respecting the treatment of the goods in the Dutch Entrepots belong ing. the Rhine transit. We ex'ract the following highly interesting iutelli ence from Mexico from the Second Edition of a Morn ing Contemporary : " FALNIOUTII, FEB. G.—We have to announce the ar rival this afternoon of the Express steam packet, Lieut. Croke, with mails from Mexico, bringing dates from Vera Cruz to the 15th, and Tampico to the 28th of December, and Havannah to the 1I th of January (the days of her sailing from those places. ) The intelligence received by this arrival is important, and in part confirms that brought by the Royal LYdh,am steamer, via United States. It appears, that after the capitulation entered into between Admiral Baudin and General Mogan fol lowing the taking of St. Juan d' Ulloa by the French on the 27th of November, immediately on such becoming known at the capital a strong feeling of dissatisfaction was entertained, and the Government refused to ratify the convention, ap pointinv and sending down Santa Anna to take the COM land at Vera Cruz, and displacing General Rincon. The former at once closed the gates of the city on the French, and forbade all communication with them, upon which Ad miral Baudin then requested three days fur removing the French subjects, goods, etc., which was acceded to. Sub sequently, he (the Admiral), sent a letter ashore, the an swer to which he said should be sent for the following morning, at eight o'clock. Before dawn, however, the next day, the French had already landed with a f.ace of about 2,000 men, took possession of all the forts, spiked and dislodged the guns, and made General Arista pri soner. Santa Anna narrowly escaped, but succeeded in getting together some troops in a barrack, where he bravely defended himself against the French, who being unable to carry it by assault, at last retired under the fear of reinforce ments arriving from the interior. Santa Anna, however, i❑ loading on a successful charge against the French covering party, was so severely wounded in the leg as to cause im mediate amputation of the limb necessary. The French, on retiring, to their squadron, commenced bombarding the city fLonn two of their vessels, continuing it for some hours. In cons, (pence of those events the Mexicans had aban ,Lned the city, and had ordered its complete evacuation by all the inhabitants without distinction of nation, and a law had been passed in Mexico, ordering all Frenchmen out of the count! v within sixty days. The French frigates Iphiyenia, Medea, and Creek, with three brigs, had sailed fur Havannah, to refit. _ _ " At Temple() an •attack was made on the 30th of No vember against the Federalists, by the Government troops, which terminated in the complete routing of the latter, with Geocrah Cos and Canaliso at their head. The Fe deralist Montenegro was killed in the attack, and was suc ceeded in command by Urrea, who was in possession when the Express sailed therefrom. ‘‘ At Vcra Cruz it was generally supposed that Basta mente would bo sent down to take the command of the troops, and that General Moran would act as President in his absence. Admiral Baudin had proposed to make Vera Cruz a neutral ground, but this offer was not acceded to when the packet sailed. On the capitulation of Vera Cruz being known at Havannah no less than tan ♦essels were laden and despatched for that port ; but the news of the treaty between Admiral B.triin and General Riocon not being ratified, and of the Mexicans Laving dccb,red war against France, had caused a suspension of shipments, and the merchants were waiting with the utmost anxiety for intelligence as to the fate of those which had been already made, and as to the prospect of a resumption of business. " The Express has brought on freight about 11)6,000 dollars, and 95 serous of cochineal. There was an im mense quantity of treasure in the country, waiting to be taken to the coast for shipment, the unsettled state of affairs not permitting of its being moved with security. " The Penguin packet, from this, arrived off Vera Cruz on the 11th of December, but was, in consequence of a strong norther coming on, prevented entering it before the 16th following." "Agreement between his Excellency Vice-Admiral Baudin, commanding the French squadron, and his Excellen-y Don Manuel Rincon, Commandant- General of the De partment of Vera Cruz : " Article 1. The city of Vera Cruz will remain with a garrison of only 1,000 men. All exceeding this number must leave the city in the course of too days, and retire lo a distance of 10 leagues in three days. His Excellency General Rineon will continue in command of the city, and hereby gives his word of honour that the garrison shall not exceed the above-mentioned number of 1,000 men till the differences existing between France and Mexico aro com pletely settle d. " 2. Immediately on the present agreement being settled by both parties, the port of Vera Cruz shall be opened to the flags of all nations, and the blockade will be suspended for eight months, awaiting an amicable arrangement of the differences between Fiance and Mexico. " a. The person commanding the city of Vera Cruz will take particular care that no difficulty be made to the French troops in the fortress of San Juan d'Ulloa supply ing thems •Ives with fresh provisions from Vera Cruz. "4. On the part of his Excellency Vice- Admiral Baudin, it is agreed that the fortress of San Juan d'Ulloa shall be evacuated by the French troops and restored to the Government of the Republic immediately that the differences actually existing between France and Mexico shall bo settled, as likewise all the munitions of war re ceived with the corresponding inventories. " 5 The French subjects, who, in consequence of the first hostilities were obliged to leave Vera Cruz, are at liberty to return ; their persons and property shall be respected, and any wrongs they may have suffered during their absence from the populace or the Mexican authorities shall be pro perly indemnified to them. The indemnities owed to said French subjects shall be awarded by appraisers or by the tribunals of the Republic. "The present agreement is d rawn up in two ori g i na l s , ono in French for his Excellency Vice-Admiral Baudin, and the other in Spanish for his Excellency General Rin eon, after having been duly revised by the two con, ratting parties. "CHARLEi BAITDIN. " his Majesty's ship Ner!ide, Nov. 28, 1838 "MANUEL, RINCON. .4 Vera Cruz, Nor. 28, 1833." The Paris Journals of Wednesday contain very little news of any moment. Among the means resorted to by the Government to secure the co-operation of the French Press, the Siecle tells us that 10,000 francs a-week is to be paid in hard cash to the Debuts for the services of that Journal during the election struggle ; and that 8,000 copies of the Presse have been daily subscribed for by the, Minister, during t h e game period, for gratuitous circulation. This is certainly one way, and a curious one too, of expending the public money. But this is not all. The Ministerial candi dates of limited inco mes have been empowere d to draw on the Treasury, no t onl y for absolutely necessary ex pense:, but for the means of making donati ons t o churches, hospitals, and public charities, in their respec tive departments, with a view to secure the suffrages of the electors. Contrary to the generally received opinion, the C'our rier Francais asssures us that in Prance the number of electors has increased to the number of about 30,000 within the last four yars. This, that Journal attri butes to the anxiety whic h p revails amon g all classes to qualify themselves as electors. Those wh o h ave l arge properties divide them among their children to increase the number of votes, and those whose properties are too small qualify themselves by means of trading licences. This is a good omen, but unless the franchise be extended on a more equitable basis, France will revive the exploded and corrupt sys tem, so well known in England before the passing of tine Engish Corporation Atnendnzent Bill, and in Ireland during the electoral assendancy of the forty -shilling free holders. • Cabinet CCuncils have beep held daily since the disso- luting of the Chambers. The KING uniformly presides. 'rho following extracts from tie Journals of \Ved, e,- day, contain all the news they bring of the slightest interest : We have received the Madrid Journals of the 98th— tbe mail is twenty- four bcurs beyond its time. The snow covers the roads and fills the mountain passes. The part of the mountain which extends from Camp Franc to the forges of Urdos is inaccessible. The Madrid Journals of the 27th contain nothing important. The Chamber of Deputies, in its sitting of the 25th adopted the First Ar ticle of the Project of Law on the state of siege and of war. A third Address from Espartcro to the Qaecn is spoken of. Palarca has arrived at Valladol'd, on his way to his destination ; it seems that he was greeted in that city with a charivari, or a serenada civilesca. The convoys of money and cloth lately despatched from Bayonne for the Army of the North, have arrived without accident at Logrono. The army is going to receive a part of its pay and clothing. We see by our letters from Bayonne of the 31st of January, that Esprtero, who had command of a movement towards Villareal o, has resumed his old position about Miranda, on the Ebro. The snow which blocks up the road rendered every serious oFeration impossible. —Corn- Pierce. Our letters from Bayonne of the 313 t say that the order given by Don Carlos to give no quartet to the Nlinagor ists is executed with the greatest rigour. One of these, who was made prisoner a few days ago, has been taken to Lesaca and shot, notwithstanding the earnest en treaties of the inhabitants. The Governor of the ports of Santa Barbara and Me nem has been arrested and taken to Estella, with two of his agents, by order of Maroto. He is accused of having corresponded with the Christinos. We hear from Guipuscoa that Ihirriza. the Commandant of that provi►►ce, has been dismissed. We do nut yet know the reason. Letters from Vinaroz announce that Cabrera and For cadell are on very bad terms with each other. Letters from Bucharest say that the inhabitants hate re ceived orders to lay in provisions for two or three months, because the town is to be occupied by Russian troops.— ConstitutionneL BOURSE—PArtis, WILDNESDAY, FRB. 6. First Highest low st Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 51.er cents. 4 per Cents. Op r Cetus. Bank of France 9590 ...2511 —.2555 ...*)515 Latitte Bank 1,00,f. Sl' 5,000 f. Sh. 5901 ...5210 _5150 .. 5150 Belgian 5 per Cents 3 per Cents. fs ... 65 ... 64 40 ... 61 50 Ba. , k £4l ... 545 ... 510 ... 545 Coupons Acti.e - ... 19 - ... 181 i ... 19 New Deferred 714 ... 7.4 ... 76 ... *N Neapolitan ... Itoinan It , ILWAY SI-I,IIIES. St. Germain 545 ... 545 ...•545 ... 045 Ye sallies, 11.71. L.B. ASPIIALTE -I AND BITUMENS. Soyssel (A) Spanish ...f?~-0 THE GOOD OLD TIMES I" Vide Sir F. Burdett's Speea in the House of Commons lust Night. " The good old times l" 'Tis a sensible phrase, Tho' scorned by the Liberals now-a•days ; For the Peer in his borough, the King on his throne, Did then whatever they liked with their own : By which word " own," I mean, they'd the right To tax the reople, from morn to night, With churches meant for their souls' salvation, And jails for their bodies' accommodation, To trample them down, the reckless crew And if at such freaks they dared to look blur', Or question the right of the despot Few— To kill thorn like sheep at Peterloo " The good old times." Who calls them good, Stained as they are, with martyrs' blood? What mad aristocrat is he Who thus bewails dead tyranny ? And sighs, no doubt, for th' old Tory wars, And the wisdom of our ancestors— (Whose better wisdom of heart and head 'Tis clear he has not inherited) — Who thus with phiz by spleen o'ercast, Throws a longing look to the bigot past, And sheds, poor do•ard, tears like rain, Because it can never come back again? Who's he?—His name you can ne'er forget, For it lingers in freedom's memory yet, Tho' now di-honoured—that name's Burdett 'Twas once the boast of the pure and brave, The dread of the tyrant, the hope of the slave; But now, 'tis a name pronounced with glee By none but the friends of tyranny ; 'Tis fraught with a spell of grief and fear, And rings, like a knell, in the patriot's car, Whose soul is heavy, whose eyes are wet Whene'er lie whispc rs the name—Burdett I Austrians, Cathclie PrigiauF, and Catholic Silesians, there are no inore peaceable ond orderly people in Eu • op c ; no sects or classe7, no nations or tribes, amongst whom life and property are more secure. It is not the Catholic religion, but Protestant tyranny, which is 11te source of the disease. Let not, too, the strutting landlords, who, as they spend in London or Paris the wealth they extort from the law-oppressed peasantry, mincingly or bull) ingly tall; of the social evils of Ireland, fancy that inquiry would prove that all those evils arise from the multipli cation of the people ; and that the wanton and causeless manner in which they and their ancestors have shed Irish blood, have had no part in producing extensive &moralization. Obseriirs and philosophers have not to learn that the ordained multiplication of mankind is not diabolically accompanied by an increase of crime, but that as men increase civiiizatioa advances, fierce Fis sions are assuaged, and humanity is not less promoted than skill and knowledge. As in general, civilization has ad valicel as the people have inereased, it would be re quired to examine into the causes why that has not been so strikingly the case in Ireland as in other countries ; and, instead of the landlords finding - in that a justifica- tion of existing evils, it would only make their conduct appear the blacker and more malignant. In their hands has been the real government of Ireland : the laud is Protestant ; the cultivators arc Catl.olie : between the rulers and the ruled there has been a perpetua', though nrt always open war, and either Government is a thing utterly valuel( ss, or on the governing, not the governed party, must the whole responsibility of the unhappy con dition of Ireland be thrown. A philosophical and searching examination into Ireland, by a Committee composed of men of all parties and all conditions, and calling et idenee from all quarters, if honestly conducted, would unfold the sources of many evils in every State, as well as in Ireland. Hers is but an aggravated case of a general disease. One of the evils of knowledge, on account of which, no doubt, certain benevolent classes have endeavoured to check its progress, was made evident last night by the Debate in the House of Commons, on the presen t.tion of petitions. The people know too much of the proceeding - 5 of Parliament, tco much of the Acts of Government, too much of the affairs of State, too much about the mysteries of law-making, and they overwhelm Legislators, Statesmen, and Ministers with their memo rials, petitions, a..d complaints. In mercy to those, the progress of knowledge ought to be stopped. In one Session, according to Sir ROBERT INGLIS, 10,394 petitions were presented to the House. To read them all, the House must sit 800 da)s, six hours each day, without allowlog a single minute for the garniture of a speech. Time and human strength, as Sir ROBERT PEEL explained, who seemed quite alive to the impor tance of the question, would not suffice to receive the petitions of the knowing and discontented people ; and Mr. WARD'S suggestion of speaking on each petition, struck him and others with agony and horror, as tend ! ' ing to extinguish all mere orators, to put an end at once to the chief functions of the House, reducing it to be the mere recipient of the people's prayers. A keen perception of these consequences, we presume, and the quasi threats of some of the Members to stand upon their privilege, and speak in spite of the House, made the debate, as Mr. VILLIERS remarked, somewhat acri monious. One admirable and impressive conclusion it forced on the House, and will force on the country. Sir It. PEEL said, " it was notorious that there was no nation on the face of the globe of which the legislation was conducted more slovenly than that of England.' Measures are continually brought forward to amend amendments, and the whole of our legislation is a dis graceful botching and tinkering w. ich in any workshop or counting-house of the Empire would be discarded with sovereign contempt. The most important of all human works is carried on in the most negligent and un thrifty manner. Those who bully the people into obedience really know not the rules they make, nor the rules they declare they will compel others to follow by force. For the P a rliament to catch a glimpse of doubt in its own wisdom, and to entertain, for a moment, the supposition thdt it may by possibility be wrong, is one of the most healthy symptoms which have for a long time fallen under our notice. We echo, and the public will echo Sir Robert Peel's recommendation for the House " to make enactments effective," and when it has made them just, wise, and effective, it may, pos sibly be restored to public respect. The course of the debate was this. Mr. WARD MSC to present a petition from Sheffield, fur the repeal of the Corn-laws, and proceeded to speak on it, whereupon the SPEAKER interrupted him, and explained, that the ma- jority of the House had, with a view of saving the time of the House, come to an understanding that Members were not to speak on petitions. At a subsequent period he explained the practice to be this : " that in the event of any petition being offered to the House, com plaining of any grievance requiring redress, that pe tition was immediately entertained and discussed. That in the event of any Member offering a pe tition to the House relating to any matter which he wished to bring under the consideration of the House, the course was for him to give im mediate notice of his intention to present that petition on a future day, which day was named ; the petition was then printed, put upon the votes, and placed imme diately in the hands of the Member. The great propor tion of petitions referring to subjects which wore before the House in the shape of notices of motion, or other wise, were presented by Members, merely stating the places from which they came, the number of signatures attached to them, and also stating as fully as he pleased, but without reading them (which would be contrary to the rules of the House) the contents of such petitions. Those petitions were then laid on the table, referred to a Committee, either printed and classed with others of a similar import, the number of signatures ingrafted into the Report, and according to the progress of proceeding (probably within three or four days) were placed in the hands of every Member of the House." Mr. oon, however, persisted in his right to speak but made no motion, and did not present his peti tion, expecting that Lord JOHN RUSSELL would make a motion, which in the first instance the Noble Lord declined, and contended that the practice of the House as laid down by the Speaker was binding on the lion. Member. Sir FaaNcts Bottom, determined to be a distinguished recreant in all things, said, to speak on petitions was a novelty and making an ex parte statement. Sir ROBERT INGLIS demonstrated the utter impossibility of the House allowing all petitions to be spoken to. Mr. HUME took the side of speaking, end spoke against Sir FRANCIS BURDETT. Sir ROBERT Plat. explained in a sensible speech that he was is favour of the present practice. Mr. P. THOMSON made it appear that this was the most advantageous for petitioners, and insured speedy atten tion to their petitions, which under the old practice might not be presented for weeks. Mr. VILLIERS thought it was of more importance to attend to peti tions than to transact what is called public business. Mr. BROTHERTON showed that the petitions of the people were not treated with contempt, and that the prevalent opinion in the country on the subject was an error. On Mr. WARD taunting Lord J. RUSSELL, the Noble Lord moved that the House adhere to the established practice, as laid down by the SPEAKER ; but finally withdrew that motion, and announced his intention of submitting it to the House to-day. Mr. WARD Will not succeed ; and the practice of stifling the petitions of the people, as at present, if they be stifled, will be continued. We should regret this less, were the bulk of the people represented, for they could then influence their r epresentatives. But it so happens that those who have most grievances to complain of, and whose lot in society, whether caused by the laws, as they believe, or not, is the most irksome, are unrepresented, and the only mode by which they can reach the Legislature is by petitions. When they perceive that their petitions are unnoticed, and are thrust c ontemptuously aside into a bag, they see no prospect of redress from the Legislature, except as they can help themselves, and feel despair and indig nation. For the unrepresented, who may hope by po tions to have some weight with the Parliament and the public, the probable decision of the House is to be de precated. It is adding to the injustice suffered by th e disfranchised. Bat circumstances have so altered, bu siness has become so oppressive, and the people justly petition against so many things that the House of Commons is quite inadequate to perform, unless in the most slovenly and imperfect manner, the many duties which have devolved on it. To put the petitions into a bag is an easy method of getting rid of the most troublesome, and the least satisfactory part of its labours. An excellent Anti-Corn meeting was held yesterday in the Tower Hamlets, and though some foolish Chartists and half madmen essayed to prevent the Brussels and German Papers, the former of the 6 inst., have reached us this morning. The German Journals publish advices from Constantinople, announc ing the second rupture between the English Ambas sador, Mr. M‘Nut., and the Shah of PERSIA ; ac companied with details of the siege of Herat, already familiar to such of our readers as take any interest in foreign politics. The following extracts from the Brus sels Journals are, however, of more importance, inas much as every thing from Belgium derives an interest from the present conflict of opinions, con ►ictions, and resolutions on the Hollando-Belgic question : The Emancipation publishes the note which it thinks has been addressed by the Belgian Government to the Conference in answer to its recent resolutions. This note proposes a plan of which we have already spoken, vit. : To exclude from the neutrality guaranteed to Belgium the disputed territory, an arrangement which, in a military view, would separate those territories from the rest of the Kingdom, and would authorise the formation of a special and local corps of two or three thousand men, to form a contingent to the army of the Confedera tion, which the Diet should have under its control and command. The King of the Belgians, however, would not be con nected in any other manner with the German Confedera tion. This mixed State would pri serve for the inhabitants the civil relations which have existed for ages, and which even the treaties of 1813 did not put an end to. Notwithstanding the many reasons which induce the Emancipation to believe the above authentic, we, (i. e., the Courrier Beige) cannot but consider it as an old plan already examined, and which cannot serve as the ground work of an answer to the Conference. We shall wait for further information. The prorogation of the Chambers was so suddenly re sol% ed on, that M. Raikem, who - arrived from Leigo on Monday evening to preside at the sitting fixed for Wednes day, had not had the sl►ghtest intimation of it. Yesterday, the King transacted business with the Mi nister of War, his Majesty received General Hurel and General Buzen, Military Governor of Brussels. A letter from the Hague, of February 3, in the Avondbode, nays—" The evening before yesterday, his Excellency, M. Verstolk Van Soelen, Minister of Foreign Affairs, received the Ambassadors of the Five Great Powers, and communicated to them the intention of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands to accede to the last proposals of the Conference." It is said the tonnage duty imposed on the Scheldt is to be levied only o s the actual cargo, and not uniformly on the capacity of every vessel, whether full or empty. This duty is 1 florin 0 cents. per ton on the Meuse to Rotterdam, and will be 1 florin 50 cents. on the Scheldt. It is a rent barrier duty, serving to defray the expenses LLOYD'S SHIPPING- (THIS DAY. DIAL, FEB. 7.—Wind S.S.W.Tmederatc.—Came down from the River and remains the Pomona, Senior, Rio Janeiro; Coquette, Murray, Rio Grande; Lord Ogilby, Mon is, Odessa ; Neptunus, Lisbon. Arrived and remain the Albatross, Westmoreland, Sydney; Minerva, Ireland, India; Montrose, New York. A steamer, name unknown, is an the Goodwin Sands. Beats have proceeded to her assistance. POILTSMOUTII, FEB. 7.—Wind W.S.W. to S.S.W., fine.—Ar. rived the Tracian, Brown, Rotterdam ; Commodore, Richards, Bristol ; Si!ura, Walls, St. Michael's ; Macassar, Strubery, London. PLYMOUTH, CSII. o.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Lady Newman, London ; Caroline, St. Gilles. F....downs, Faa, 6.— Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes anal rain, with thick weather.—Arrived the Express Packet, Lieut. Croke, Vera Cruz—sailed on the 15th December, Tampico, 28th ditto, and Havannah on the 1 lth Jan.; on freight 106,000 dollars and 95 sirens of cochineal ; La Prudence, Merret, Lucon ; Georgina, Evans, London ; Falmouth, Farwell, do.; her Majesty's steamer Lieut. Pt itehard, Plymouth, and sailed again for thence. Arrived sir port the Atlas, Schmidt, Antwerp. Sailed Rambler, Gilbert, Liver. pool ; Cornwall, London. LIYEEPOOL, Fan. 7. —Wind S.E. to S.W.. light breezes.— Arrived the Itimac, Dixon, front Rio Janeiro; Rowena, Paraiba; Wm. Goddard, Mobile; Clelane.lodge, Mann, Charleston ; Enlar Allen, do,; Montinello, St. John's, N. 8.; Orbet, do.; St. Patrick, Newfoundland; Lucy Sharpe, Bordeaux; James Cook, do.; Wil. helmina, Rotterdam. Off port the Limena, from Nassau; Collin. tution, New Orleans. Sailed the North America, for New York ; Racer, Curtis, St. Michael's; D a ta , Walters, Malaga ; Waterlilly, Legget, Lisbon. COWES, Fen. 7.—Wind S.W. Arrived the Falcon, Macbeth, from China. _ _ _ _ . V II ANISGITS, Fes. 7.—Arrived the Minerva, from Ireland; Emelie, Bordeaux. SMEERNUSS, FEe. 7.—Arrived, the Regina, from London. HASTINGS, Fun. 7.—Arrived off, the Anna Robertion, Hamilton, from Canton, sai!ed from the Cape of Good Hope Dec. 8. SWANSIZA, Fee. 6.—Sailed Charles Clarke, St. Jago da Cuba. ALDBOROUGN, Fun. 7.—Arrivcd the Caroline, Caspusvn, Kiel. DovElt, Fr.e. 7.—Arrived off, the Superior, Cowley, Demerara. MILFOR F.e. 6.—Arriv d e Prospee',Brown, from a o leaky, and with pumps choked. . _ HULL, FES. 7.—Wind S W.—Arrived, the Anna Maria, Cux. haven ; Princess Victoria (steamer), Antwerp. SHIELDS, nia. 6.—Arrived the Mathelda, Ehleliar, from Feh. mun ; Cato, Christie, Rochefort ; Swamn, Melt; Nyborez; Emma, WeAs, Rotterdam; Caroline, Storm, Kiel; Trindre Produ, ditto ; Rachel, Riis, Copenhagen ; Juno, Dodd, Boulogne; Pro metheus, Payne, ditto; Hero, Matthews, Hull; Betsy, White, ditto ; Amelia, Nicudez. DUBLIS, FEB. 6.—Arrived the Royal Victoria, Bc'l, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Dublin Lass, Silk, London ; Royal Ade laide steamer, ditto. DUBLIN BAY, FEB. 6.—Arrived 013 Demerara, Mire; from Demerara. . KINGSTOWN, Fan. 6.—Arrived the Traveller, Sutherland, from Liverpool. ATzg w roßn, F.D. 4.—Arrived the Queen Victoria, Bellow, from London COCK, FED. 5. Arrived the Harmony, front Smyrna. LONDONDERRY, Fan. s.—Arrived the Amity, Warner, from Riga SCILLY, Fan. s.—Arrived the Ada, Tre;zarther, from London. Sailed the Herald, Gibson, for . St. Michael's; Lord of the Isles, Tr:garther, dittc. DEAL, Fan. 7.—The Fadernislandet, Enguist, from Shields to Messina, was on shore this morning near Saint Michael's Bay, but assisted off with loss of anchor and cable, and part of the false keel, &c., and rem .ins. Doves, FEB 7.—The Ocean, Farro, ran on shore this morning, two miles to the westward, but is expected to be got oft LivEarool., Fria. 7.—The Louisa, Newall, from Mobile, arrived here with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c , having been in contact with the Liverpool_ steamer, for New York, yesterday at 7, 30 p.m., about eight miles to the eastward of Point Lynes. The Liverpool proceeded without apparent injury. HASTINGS, FEB. 7.—The Dunlop, from Liverpool to Sydney, was wrecked in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 728th Nov.—clew and passengers saved. SIIIBLDS FEB. 6.—The Carlow, Wilson, which sailed hence to Londcn, last week, very leaky, proceeded as far as Scarborough, when she made so tnuch water, that she was ohliged to put back on the 4th. NEWPORT, FED. 6.—The Plinty, Gray, bound to Newcastle, in beatlug down the River last evening, took the ground and lay on her beam ends, but righted the following tide after being lightenen— she makes a considerable quantity of water, and must discharge part of her cargo to repair. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY CORN-EXCHANGE. There are this week small supplies of English Wheat and Flour, considerable of Barley, Oats, and Foreign Wheat. The trade for Wheat is still dull, but Monday's prices are firmly maintained for the sales that:have been effected. Barley, Beans, and:Pease are heavy, but not cheaper. Oats, except of goad quality, are rather lower, with a slack sale. Flour retains its dulness, and ship parcels are offering at 535. to 545. per sack. The weather continues very ITC - which makes our buyers hesitate to purchase, RRIVALS. Wheat. 1 Barley. English Irish Foreign Oats. Fleur 4,730 irs 1;11.- 26,460 6,960 brls. SMITHFIELD. The cattle at market were chiefly the remains of last Monday. Prime Beef and Mutton, though in good demand, declined a little on Monday's prices. Pork and Veal were dull, and declined 4d. to 6d. per stone Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Mutton, 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d. Veal, 4s. Bd. to ss. 6d. Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. Beasts, 525. Sheep, 2,640. rigs, COO. Calves, 130. COLONIAL MARKETS. There were publi2, sales of 5,000 bags Bengal Sugar. and prices, where altered, were against the seller. B.P. Sugar continues steady and firm, but little business done; 800 bags Mauritius fetched from 60s. good middling, up to 645. for fine. Two small parcels of Gin. ger and Pepper realized their former value. [ln the other Markets there was no variation from last quoted prices.] Lord Dunean has paired off with Lord Charles Manners till the 15th of February. The Finsbury Reform Club will hold their anni versary dinner on Monday next. Both the Members—Mr. Wakley and Mr. Duncombe—have been invited, and will attend. MEDICAL COURTESY. —Sir Henry Halford prescribed ice-cream to some old Dowager, who complaine.l of her stomach. " Ohl Sir Henry," she said, "it is too cold—my stomach won't bear it." " Then, my lady," answered the obliging Baronet, " you may have your ice warmed."—Gentleman's Magazine. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning, French and Ostend mails, also a mail from Vern Cruz, by the Express, sailed on the 15th of December, and Havanah, Jan. 11. Ship letters from Van I)iemen's Land, 25th September, Demerara and Ma dras sth October, and Cape December 9. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. . _ _ BRUB6ELIS, FFISRUARY 6.—On Monday Gencril r neeki dined at Count de Merodv's with the Minister of War and Prince de Ligne. It has been observed to day that great movements have taken ?lace in the different bureaux and Legations. In the afternoon a Cabinet courier arrived from Vienna to the Austrian Ambassador. Half an hour after his arrival he set off for Paris. We learn from a good quarter that no preparations have taken place or been ordered for the departure of the Prussian or Austrian Envoys. The following is another statement : `' We announce in the most positive manner that the envoys of Austria and Russia will leave to-morrow; they have made their visit of conge at the hot ses they frequent. Baron de Handel, Secretary of the Austrian Legation, sets off to-day for London, with dispatches. They take with them the archives, which denotes a rupture. A report prevails that the French Generals have been recalled, as well as th© Charge d'Affaires of France. DUTCH FUNDS, Fan. s.—Two-and-a-Half per Cents., ; Five per Cents., 101 i. From Canton Papers received to the 26th of Sop- fern[ e!' TIIE . PROVINCT AL CITY.—The Cheheen, of Henentil, Wei Chang, on account of his skill in military exercises, was sent by the Governor, on the 17th inst., to Whampoa, to search for, and seize, opium. • He was opposed and wounded by the villagers. The steersman of a boat was killed, and several of the troops wounded in the affray. Another detachment of troops was sent to \Vhampoa, to apprehend the rioters. On the 17th, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the schooner Black Joke having thirty chests of opium on board, when passing through the Bogue, we. boarded by two Government schooners, each con taining women. The officer in command behaved in a bold manner. \Vnen alongside, under the muzzle of a swivel, he struck his breast and dared the foreigners to fire. The boat grappled the schooner, and some severe blows were exchanged, but those on board prevented the Chinese officers from going below to search the cabin. While the cruisers were fast to the schooner, they lay un der the guns of the fort, but no demonstration to use the guns were observed. It appears there were a great num ber of passengers on board the Black Joke who were con sidered as a protection of the property on board. COMMERCIAL REMARKS.—Catulets very dull. COTTON.—About2,ovo bales of middling qualities Bom bay have been sold, but the market is without animation, though the dealers have only moderate stocks on hand. In Bengal and Madras staples there is nothing doing. COTTON YARN. —A sale of 200 to 300 bales is reported ; inferior qualities are dull, and difficult to sell. OPIUNL —Most of the brokers are still absent, and no transactions in the regular trade have taken place during the week ; sales for Chinese to foreigners have bee• made of Nlalwa at 555 dollars ; and Patna 560 dollars ; Be nares 520. Exchange on London—no alteration to notice. Cape of Good Papers to the 9th December have been reccivcd • (From the Frontier.) This week's post did not arrive until late on Thursday evening. The horse sickness prevails throughout the colony. Fatal intelligence, we hear, has been received from the emigrant farmers. It is reported twat the camp has been surprised by Dingaan's forces in the absence of the army, and the women and children massacred I Thus the horrors of this disastrous expedition thicken towards its final ter mination. Hobart Town Papers have been received to the 22d September. These Papers arc mostly filled with English news. We have received Launceston Papers to the 21st of September. It is stated in a Sydney Journal that intelligence has reached New South Wales of the intention of Ministers to postpone for three years the introduction into Parliament of any new measure for the future governance of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. We cannot say that we are at all pleased with this pi ojectel enlargement of the Council. _ LIVERTJOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—The demand for cotton to-day has been limiitcd, without alteration in the prices. Sale 3,000 bags to the trade in American descriptions. The newa received this morning by the Mexican mail, in part confirm what the Royal William steamer brought. It appears that after the capitulation entered into between the French Admiral and General Rincon, the Government refused to ratify the convention, and sent down General Santa Anna to take the command at Vera Cruz, who closed the gates of the city on the French, upon which the French Admiral requested three days for the re moving of the French subjectegoods,&c., which was acceded to. Before dawn next day, the French had landed about 2,000 men, took possession of the forts, spiked and dislodged the guns, Santa Anna narrowly escaped being made prisoner, who, afterwards succeeded in getting some troops in a barrack, where he bravely defended himself against the French. The French, or, retiring to their squadron, com menced bombarding the city. In consequence of these events the Mexicans abandoned the city as well as the inhabitants. A law had been:passed in Mexico, ordering all Frenchmen out of the cour.try within sixty days. TIM FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices er yesterday, 91i 92 for Money, 9'.4 for the Account, witl little doing as yet; Exchequer Bills 64 66; India Bonds 62 64; Bank Stock 2021 203. Spanish Active 181 19; Portuguese 364 37 ; Belgian 98i; Bri , zilian 77 1 4; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. 541 4 ; Five per Cents. 102 k i. gItICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 202% 3 ; India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ... ......... -92% 3 ; Ditto Bonds pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. .92 11 , N, 4 i South Sea Stock 3 1 / 4 , per Cent IOWA I Old Annuities 93% Ditto Red New Sic ? per Cent 99%%% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 60 64 pin. Jan. 5, 1960 l4 15-16 15 Ditto Small 66 C 4 pin. Oct. 1.1, 1851 II 13-Itiz6 Ditto Commercial 9 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised 7an. 5, 1380 Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, MO lndia Stock for Account ... ..53 Jan. 5. 1570 1 Consols for Account... 92% '2% % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — i Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres 11. aids Ditto Account Chilian Bonds atto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1594 .5 8 14 9 Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds French, 5 per cent. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — 4 per cent. Ditto Account - c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent ' Ditto Account 54% Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Acc0unt..............Acc0unt...,.......... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per ShaT e Candona Mining Company 7% 5% Ditto Registered 7% 3 1 4 Rhymney Iron Mining Company 4O 3614 United Mexican (issued at 1:t. Inn.) Ditto Sci ip ... Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 29 10 Eastern Counties Railway l3 II 1 / 4 Brighton Railway London and lilarkwall Railway L n.4:41 anti Birmingham Itaiiway Company -• IN' 171 4"" Lot lon and Southampton Railway Company 38/. 17s. 9d. 43% 4 London and Croydon Railway Con, parry l6l. 83. Ditto New Scrip London Joint Stock Bank 0 13% 1 National Provincial Bank of England 35 36 HALF- PA ST- ONE. The Mexican Packet Express has brought a frieght of 106,000 dollars. The information received this morning from Br . ussols of moat importance is that tho Charge d'Affaires, M. Serrunier, Lcuis Philippe's agent there, was reported to be recalled. We hear that an official bulletin of General Santa Anna has been received. In general it agrees with the details given by the Mexican mail, re ceived this morn ing; in addition that in the retreat of the French they lost a cannon, 12 pounder, and a great number of the French were obliged to throw themselves into t he sea, fearing to be taken prisoners, and rmong them the Admiral of the French squadron, Axlio headed the troops in the attack. T boy left 100 dead bodies in the streets of Vera Cruz. Consols appear rather firmer than for several days past, as the alarm of Russian movements and Belgian hostilities has greatly subsided. Consols at present may be quoted, 021 for Money —same for the Account. The Government broker has purchased largely this morning, 17 thousand New Three-and. a- Half per Cents. ; Exchequer Bills, 66 64; India Bonds, nothing done; Bank Stock, 2021 203 ; India Stock, 2521 252. In the Fix,ign Market Spanish Active, 181- 19 ; Portu guese, 374 4, higher; Three par Cents., 231 i, also higher; Brlgiar„ 97 98} ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54.1 -13- ; Five per Cents., 1021 i; Brazilian, 79} ; Mexican, 231 24 ; 'Colombian, 281 294. In Shares very little doing. Prices about the same as yesterday. -- VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied with hearing unopposed petitions on the paper up to the time of our Reporter leaving. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY. The Lord Chancellor sat for the first time to-day since the last day of Hilary Term. CODRINGTOM V. Jonw.oN. The arguments in this appeal, which were part-heard on the last day of his Lordship's sitting, were resumed to day, but had not concluded when our reporter left. ST. JAMES'S TIIEA TR E.—This elegant hose, situated in the centre of the fashionab le world, has a company u that must command success. We have there, amongst other favourites, Dowton and Wrench, whose names alone suggest a sufficing eulo. glum ; for with their reputation as first rate comedians all are fami liar. Hooper himself (he lessee) is a very reapectable actor, and looks his character admirably, whilst Mr. Matthews and the male strength of the company generally arc far above mediocrity. But, the ladies, whom we ought to have noticed before, are respectively pearls and diamond s of the first water. Mrs. Glover is lterselfa brilliant of inappreciable value. Then there is Miss Turpin and Miss Mordaunt, than whom the town, we were going to say the world, contains not two more exquisite histrionic specimens,eachdif. fering In style of beauty, as well as in playing ; and they are both, the rose no less than the lilly, actresses that deservedly draw t, house" wherever they appear. It is seldom that any theatre boasts such a combination of beauty and talent as we witnessed at the St. James's Theatre last night, and we have no doubt that the lessee will be adequately str ot- the public. The season pre ceeding the present was sadly i t r n ' a d rre b tl y by Braham's mismanagement , but Mr. Heoptr,avoidinghie predecessor's faults cannot fail to insure success. COURT CIR CULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at the New Palace, for the reception of the Address from the House of Lords. Shortly before two o'clock the Lord Chancellor arrived in his state coach, atended by his Purse-bearer and the Sergeant-at-Arms, and accompanied by the Bishops of Ely and Norwich, the Duke of Norfolk, Earls of Shaftes bury and Lovelace, and Lord Vernon. Mr. Pulman, Yeo man Usher, attended their Lordships. The Deiiutation was ushered by Sir Frederick Smith and Mr. Martin, the Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, from the Green Drawing-room to the presence of the Queen. Ile' Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms liree the Throne Room, headed by their Standard-bearer, Sir Thomas Rt eve. The Lord Chancellor, who wore his State robes, was supported on his right by the Earl of Lovelace, mover of the Address ; and on his left by Lord Vernon, st couder of the Address. His Lordship read the Address, to which the Queen returned a most gracious answer. The Deputation then retired. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Portman, Lady in Waiting ; the Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady of the Bed- , chamber; the Lord President of the Council ; the First Lord of the Treasury ; the Lord Privy Seal ; the Lord Steward ; the Lord Chamberlain ; the Master of the Horse; Earl of Fingal, Lord in \Vaiting ; Lord Hill, Gold Stick, in Waiting ; the Master of the Buck Hounds ; the Captain of the lion. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; the Comptroll: rof the Household ; Colonel Cavendish, Clerk Marshal Silver Stick in Waiting ; Hun. Major Koppel, Groom in Wait ing ; Colonel \Vemyss, Equerry in Waiting ; Lord Kilmar. flock and Master Cavendish, Pages of Honour. Her Majesty afterwards received the Address from the House of Commons. The Speaker arrived in Suite at half-past two o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Edward Buller, Mover of the Address, Mr. G. W4aoud, Seconder of the Address, Viscount flowick, Sir De Lacy Evans; Sir John Hubhouse, Hon. Fox Mettle, Captain Pechel!, R. N , Mr. Shaw Li:levre Mr. Q. Dick, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. R. Stewart, and the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thom. son, and upwards of forty Members. The Members were ushered to the Tyrone Room, and advanced to the foot of the Throne, the Speaker read the Address, her Majesty returned a most gracious answer, and the Members then retired. lier Majesty gave audiences to Viscount Melbourne and Lord Foley. _ _ _ Mr. J. f. 3. Curling, Clerk of the Cheque of the Gentle. men at Arms, Mr. Samuel Hancock, Exon in Waiting of the Yeoman Guard, Sir Benjamin Smith, and Colonel Lumhert, Field Officer in Waiting, attended the Court. The Yeomen Guard lined the Marble Hall. The Queen's Guard (of the FoLt Guards) were on duty with their hand on the lawn in front of the Palace. The Royal Dinner party last evening included the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Melbourne, and the Right lion. George Stevens Byng. M; baud of the First Life Guards was in attendance at the Pslace during the evening. After the Grand dinner given by the Duke sad Duchess of Cambridge on Wednesday, the Duchess of Cambridge had an evening party at Cambridge House. The suite of front drawing-rooms was opened for the company, and the band of the Coldstream Guards attended, and performed a number of marches and selections from favourite operas in the course of the night. In the dining-rooms refreth ments were served to the visitors during the evening. on the grand staircase a beautiful specimen of necaleviork was exhibited. It was a carpet, the work of forty ladies, of Hanover, sent to this country last year, and presented to the Duke of Cambridge on his birth. day. In the middle are embroidered the arms of- the Duke and Duchess, surmounted by a coronet, and encircled by broad wreath of laurel, views in Hanover, and groups of flowers are introduced with great taste, and round tl e border a suitable ihscription is worked. Among the com pany were the Russian Ambassador, the French Ambas sador, and Countess Sebastiani, the Prussian, Wurtemberg, Netherlands, Sa►dinian, Hanoverian, and Saxon Ministers ; the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Ceao, Baroness Blome (Lady of the Danish Minister), Mrs. Stevenson (Lady of the American .Minister), the Austrian Charge d'Affaires; the Dukes of Rutland, Beaufort, Somerset ; Duchess of Somerset ; Marquises of Granby, London derry, Salihbury, Exeter; Earls Minto, Wil•ow ; Coun tesses Tankerville, Minto, De Saila, Pezzo di Borgo, za vadowsky; Viscounts Palmerston, Howick ; Viscountesses Falkland, Howick ; I2rds Brougham, Forester, Rcdes dale, Mahon, Mark Kerr, Abinger ; Ladies Peel, Shelley, Brougham, Rivers, Fanny Elliott, Gomm, Mahon, (2) Kerr, Emily Hardinge, Laura \Valdegrave; the Speaker ; Right Honourables Sir Robert Peel, Sir Wil liam Fremantle, Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert Gordon; Honoursbles Charl•s A. Murray, Miss Cavendish, Colonel Cavendish, Mrs. Aboreromby ; Sirs John Shelley, Henry ['afford; Counts Senlfr., Fishaut, Revel, Thun, Woron zow, Rohan, Charles Pczzo di Borgo ; Barons de Bour fluency, Werther, Bertouch, LehLAtern, Ostini ; Colonels Kest°, Jones, Bentinck, Armitage, Lambert, Broadhead, Acheson ; NLjor Stephens; Captain Seymour; Messrs. Mellish. Charles de Salis, Murray, Regina, Culling Smith, Kisseleff; Misses Shelley, Peel, D'Este, hope, John, stone, Somerset, Hervey, Hervey Bathurst. Mr. a'Beekett, Messrs. Pike,; Fuller,. 1V .ilrrnyi,ngCio:ults.eess, Stock, Branscombe, Lambert, and Mr. Buzzird, clerk, a deputation from the Vestry of St. J ames, w e , t ,.. nainster, to present a Memorial respecting G l ,l bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at th e * home-otBce. Mr. French had an interview yesterday, with Viscount Melbourne. - The Ministers of Austria, France, Russia, and Prussia, assembled yesterday afternoon► at the Foreign-office. Lord and Lady Sidmouth arrived at Farrance's lintel yesterd.iy from Richmond Park. FASHIONABLE ANTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS, Viscount Grimaton, in Grosvenor-square, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey, Beds ; Lord Granville Somerset, M. P., in Clarge s ., street. from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beau fort, at Badminton; the lion. George and Lady Carhe rine Cavendish, in Belgrave-street, now tht.ir seat, Arle_ ford hall, Derbyshire ; the Marquis of Granby, in Bolton street, from Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Lord and. Lady Jcmiina Eliot, in Dover. street, from their seat, Port Eliot, Cornwall ; the Hon. General Lygon, hf P,, ;„ Grosvenor-place, from the Continent ; the Hon. H. LT . dell, at Percy's Cross, Fulham, from Ravensworth Castle, the scat of Lord Ravenstvorth, in Northumberland ; Vi s: count Villiers, M. P., at the Earl of Jersey's, in Belg-4,.,_ square, from a tour of visits ; Lord end Lady Charles Rus sell, in Belgrave-square, from Woburn Ab bey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford ; Viscount Milton, M. P., in Grosvenor-square, from the family seat in Northamptonshire; Sir Charles Douglas, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of 'Warwick, at Warwick Castle ; Lt rd Duncan, in Seymour-place, from B a th ; L ord and Lady Henniker, in Great Stanhope -street, f rom t h e i r sect in Suffolk ; Colonel Hugh Willie, M. P. end M rs . Baillie, in Mortimer-street, from Brighton ; Viscount and Lady Sarah Ingestrie, from Ingestrie Hall, Staffordshire; Viscount Eastuor, M.P., in Hill-street, froni ‘ietoriis, Cottage, Leamington Spa ; the Dowager Countess of Strathmore, and Mr. W. Hutt, M.P., in Conduit-street, f . . , from their residence, Gibside, near Gateshead; Vi'!.coutin Alford, in Belgrave-square, from a visit to the Marqui s o f Northampton, at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire ; the Hon. Grantley Becarcley, NI. P., and the Hon. C raven Berkeley, M. P., in Spring Gardens, from Berkeley Castle, • the scat of Lord Segrave, Gloucestershire; the Hon. w . Noel, M. P., from his seat in Rutlandshire ; Sir St e ph en Glynne, Bart., M.P., in Berkeley-square, from a tour in Italy; Lord George Lennox , in Wilton-cr escent, from Lennox Lodge, Bognor , litzissex ; Lord B urghersh, ' in Harley-street, from the family Seat, Apcthorpe, Oundl e Lord Sandys, in Curzon-street, from Ombersl ey C ourt ' , his scat in Worcestershire ; Lord and Lady Seymour St. .1 ,mes's-street, from Abingdon Abbey, Northampton ' "I n • the Earl and Countess of Cawdor an the Ladies C am D ' bell, in South Audley-street, from their scat in Wales ;ee Earl and Countess of Somers, in Berkeley -square, from, Brighton; Lord Osstiston, M. P., at the Earl. of Tanker_ ville's, in Grosvenor-square, from Wilton House, the seat.- of the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, near Salisbury ; the Duke of Rutland, at Sir Frederick Trench's, i u 1 3;1 - ton-street; Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobus, an the Terrace, Piccadilly, for the season ; Lard Sufikid, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Melton ; Captain Hannie r , Royal Horse Guards (blue) from Windso r; L cr a Li sm orc, in Belgravc-square, from Paris ; the Hon. Mr. sv:,ll, M. P. in Berkeley. square; E. R. Rice, Esq., M. P.„, from Dover; Sir \Vm. and Lady GoAetr, in New-street, Sp:ing. gardens, from a visiting tour; Capt. Fremantle, R. N. i n , Eaton-square, from Woodstock, Oxfordshire ; L o; d Li m _ niker, in Hertford-street, from Suffolk ; Sir James Gra ham, Bart., M P., in Grosvenor-place, from his seat, N e _ tberbr, Cumberland ; Lord Euston, in Grcsvcnur-0,,,, ; the Right gon. George Dawson and Mrs. Dawson, i n Upper Grosvenor street, from Pais ; the Countess de Cboiscuil and family, at the Green Park Hotel, Piccadilly, from a visit to the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, at Mr. Miles, M. P., in Harn st i r l e to e zpl i a i c a e n , o from WiltonV ristol ; House m r. ; m - iri - ek, the Auberrieers square, from the seat of Colonel ) Wombwell, in 1 G George ine Northern ; Mr " Provinces of F e Suffolk ctor, ; Ni t . h p e . ,Hon from . A a l rs. tour i Gore, as* Ath Upper Grosvenor s ; Mr., Mrs , and Miss street, from Knoyle H Spain ; Henry House, Wilts Cheltenham. Pawson, at Grove's Hotel, Seymour,ouse A. Waldegrave, from lleuri-itt The Dowager Countess d C Cowper, f rom 11.* Earl and r,uatcss owper, 'rum for Brighton; the .. DEPARTURES. street, for Pans Anger, Hefts; the Earl Great Stanhope-street, the Hon. Lady __. and 'Middleton, f rom and Countess o f Clanwillitm, fru.n Grafton-street, for Wilt s; Sir William for . Bath • Baron Reitzenstein, from ii -l a ce, - , -1' t for Brighton ; the Lady Massey and family, from Albemarle-street, for Bath ; mi - s ; NJ N l V eirs h rns i t y e ßGn h ir a vosetvrtcscise f‘rYTite, from ditto, for ditto ; Sir Henry, Lady, an d the from ditto, for Martyr Worthy, Hants ; Sir John Tyrell, Batt., from ditto, for B9rharn House, Clients. ford ; Juliffe Tufnell, Esq., and Mrs. Tufncl, from di tto, for Bishups Stortford, Essex ; the Rev. G. 13. noon, from ditto, for Tunstall, Rent. The Countess of Tankerville ' s p artie s are for Saturdays, the 9th and 16th, and Wedneulay, th e 20 th inst. axed The Countess of Minto entertained a f as hi onable circle last evening at the Admiralty. Lord Brougham ente rtained Viscount „Trn eoie. town and a select party at din ner, at hie new res idence in GGrafton. street, late the abode of the Marquis and Marchioness r o • Sali,b ury. Sir Robert Pe el, Bart., will give a grit digger on Saturday next to a distinguished party of his Parliamen t; ry . friends a his residence in Whitehall-gardce . s. General Count Flahault arrived at p entows t erset, Hotel, St. James's, on Tuesday, from Paris. The report „ of t o Count having bun selected to succeed Count Sebastrant has subsided. His ltoyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Count Pozzo di Berge, Count Sebastiani, Lord Fitzroy y at dinner, General Murray, and a long list of the nobility, visite 1 Coo Countess Woronzow yesterday, at the Green Park ]hotel His and Excellency entertained Lord Dunmore and a select arid afterwards went to Djury.lane Theatre to see the GuillautneTell. opera of ~` ~:~~ac . • -.--....._ . 1 , - - 4,_, .r) (;t-" ~,,,., . _/ ‘ ta li4er.? •• IN i' - --'. ' co V ',- ~. '• c— i, ...........) t • 'el* ''' 0 Z‘ :ii SI tive [fer ian. 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