The Sun. — London, England, 1839-02-21 00:00:00

I:IPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, FRB. 20. The SPHAKER took the Chair shortly before Po &Clock. Du PEE was introduced by Sir W. Young and ton, and took ti.e o iths, and his scat for I Mr. CRAWFORD pre7,entel a petitio3 from the W,rd of Port-oh n, against tt.e lildekv;all Extension lailxay Sir HIES KETH FLEETWOOD brought in a Bill for rghtin r the town of Preston with gas. The Hon. Biro et al :n brought i❑ the Preston and Wire Railway 3ARNEBY broug,ht in a Bill to amend the it arid De to Zouch Road Act.. IJCAS presented a petition, praying for the ext., nsion of thee fur the presentation of petitions on Private Bi s, as regarded the Central Irish Railway. , --ll4erred to the Committee on Private Bills. Mr. BAINES presented a petition for leave to bring in a Bill (as we understood) to abolish the Sake Mills at Leeds. It r SPE' RS presentc,l a petition from the trustees GI:Isgov: roads, for leave to amend their Bill. GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a peti r leave to bring in a Bill for the recovery of lats in Hal:fa-x. tai; GORDON presented a petition for leave a lii 1 for the improvement of the Harbour r. Y. BULLER moved that the time for re any petitions fur private I3tlls sorely for the re of ern dl debts, be extended from the 21st instant M irch next. WALKER seconded the motion, which was to. JOHN YARDE BULLER also moved that for the final reading of any Private Bill, solely rrcrivery of small debts bt extended from the of March next to Monday the Sth day of April ' • - un v;iti aho seconded by Mr. ``►gilder mot' NOEL presented petitions from Pitkworth .dshire, and nineteen other parishes, praying that ration be made in the Existing Corn•laws. BR A MSTONE presented petitions from se. )i,:,ees in Essex against any alteration in the Corn• CHARLES VERE presented peti ran illeclos and another place in Suffolk against , t , T. - 1 of Nttional Education unconnected with itrt!l 'Establishment ; and two other petitions in the slme county for the same put pose. .rd SHARPE pres-mted a petition praying for or the Corn laws. 11UTT presented a petition from Hull, praying total and intmed . ae ri , peal of the Corn-laws. SHAW LEFEVRE presented a petition r s,trish in the county of Southampton against any ti Corn-laws. G. LENNOX presented a petition from 179 ,Lud owners of laud iu the neighbourhood a tO OM same effect. eoted a petition to the same effect tNE Y presented a petition from `Vol r:lying for the total and immediate repea y;. i' K:\;ATC lIBULL presented a petition from against any alteration in the Corn- in Kent ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. AWES had to present a petition, which he I one of much importance. It was from a or, named David Jones, who, in 1837, was by his fellow-parishioners to the office of varden of a parish in Cacrmarthenshire, in ion with a gentleman of property. Soon a election a vestry was held, when the ttian of a Church rate was adjourned. called upon by the V-icar to provide bread and the Sacrament ; he stated to the Rev. Gentle that he had no funds, but that did not a% ail, le was cited to appear in the Ecclesiastic:A i the diocese of St. David's. The costs of the .a:.ted to SOL, for which large sum he was now with little hope of getting out. He prayed I.,:ise to abolish all Ecclesiastical Courts, and su4_ll relief as they might see fit. He (Mr. II.) the matter as one of much importance, and to give rr):ica that he would call the attention IllotLe to the petition to-morrow. BIWA DLEY presented a petition from the est Ridt:ig of Yoilshire, complaining of the operation of the, Poor-laws. Mr. caIusToPHER presented a petition in fa voor of the Cora-laws. CARTWRIGHT presented ri petition from 51)0 of the principal owners and occupiers of land in the county of Northampton against any alteration in the i w, HOLYHEAD LINE OF ROAD . : Colo nel SIBTIIORP presented a petition from Liu !/ . )!ii complaining of the unprotected state of the I ri,li Protestants and of the outrages which were it.e , l no them. The Gallant Colonel went a in s:ly he was glad a change had taken place in !(.! Governn:ent of Ireland, and that he hoped a more if}(r.!ii.f) alteration would soon be observed, when he wa3 foaled to order amidst some laughter. He then ~ •:.,1 19r a return, which he said had been assented ~' the Honourable Under Secretary for the Home 'mo.nt, of the expense of cutting through the hills, . ,iiLilar improvements on the Hol) head line of road.--(lAughter.) Mr. HUME remarked that there was an officer Who had ei - ,arge of the whale line of road, and it would !): unfit- to take a portion of the report, as to one )4t of the road only, instead of getting the general ' %!IS of C , 3larr2! SHITHORP did not wish to take the cur l by surprise. HiS reason for wishing to have u.!is that ) great expellees had be en an d were !! incurre. U :MI E'S object was not to throw any diffi y the way, but he thought, in the present state , the return would be partial. IYUNG A N NON observed that last year a roic,us outlay had taken place, far exceeding Irtier years : he, therefore, considered that the f.re essentially necessary. BARING cfluld not understand what oh onla he offered to the return. If the return wls Lid before the House, did not answer the ititonit-d, he would take care that a proper re furnis%ed. :Lira as then agreed to. J. BLACKBURN presented a petition from inst any further grant of money to the nooth. presented a petition from a parish in azrin,;t. e.ny alteration in the Corn-laws. ,Ir. 'MAHER presented a petition from Kilkenny, 1‘1,11:j.lot of the Irish 13.,ilway Comrniision. The n. Merabz!r ~.ice notice that he should on Tuesday tb subject under the consideration of the MILES presented a petition from Bris 4. complaining of the demoralizing effects of the Act. The lion. Member also presented a petition o person named henry \Yard, stating that he bad nIAI =.2,000/. in erecting premises and establishing 'Wry, and prayed that in ary act to be passed for 111.;,iration of the Beer Act, a line might be laid 3 between those wino had embarked their property, hi who had not. 7E presented a petition from Maldon g very strongly their opinion of the injury utry sustained from the Corn laws, and e 'louse to institute an inquiry with a v:ew to Ttl Lord DUNCAI\.INON presented petitions from t -His.; in Canada, complaining that the population of the province they inhabit could not join in the worship of Alrnighty God according to their consciences ; that 100,000 sonl were wholly destitute of spiritual istance, ,and praying the House to apply a tely. The Noble Lord also presented a petition on, Shropshire, to the same effect. from fll !1U td Sir G. HEATHCOTE presented a petition from inhaLitants of a place in Lincolnshire against beer as•(.!s ; and another from the same county against any i!rlti,)l in the Corn-laws. 3 Milk; OWEN said that the Hon. Member frri.ambrth lind presented a petition from a p erson ret:l m ling in C4r arthenshire, in Wales, affecting the character of the Vicar of the parish, and other indivi dmeA, and had moved for this petition to be to en into consideration to-morrow : there were se rious allegations contained in the petition against parties referred to, win) were connected in theicase in the Ecclesiastical Court ; and he put it to the Hon. Member, whether he had better not give more time, .-)n-tponing his motion. Ir. B. HAWES said the request was a perfectly noble one ; not but that the case was sufficiently He would act with e ver y p oss ibl e co urtesy .Irtie;, and had not the slightest hesitation in g with the reque3t of the Hon. Member. notoriuut to the p orlirll . . Mr. ILLICIT, juu.,' pr, , sc , nted a petition from a place in the County of Fife, principally signed by agricultural labourers, against the Curn-laws. The Hon. Member also presented three other petitions on tiro sai n t subject. TilE ROYAL EXCHANGE. Sir M. WOO7O, wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to withdraw the motion of which he had given notica, to refer the papers relating to the rebuilding of the Royal ,Exchange to the Seiect Com mittee on th e Metropolis Improvements. The Com mittee had had a numerous meeting this day, and had sent foAvery paper connected with the rebuilding of the Rol.Exchange. The motion was, therefore, quite unno,cessary. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER slid his only object was to bring the question before them. As far as he was concerned his purpose had b.ten answered, and he had no objection to withdraw the mo t.ion, on the understanding th at t h e House reserved to l fell od tsi!, nn receiving the report of the Committee, the entire power of acting as it thought proper on 2ubjlet ;•t I cover I to 7. I THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, -EVENING EDITION„-FEBRUARY 21, 1839 was not the proper body, having so many cares upon their minds, to have the control of the education of the country. Therefore on this ground last year he brought forward his motion, which was very fully discussed. At that time it was permitted to him to take any course he pleased. Now the course he intended to take was not anticipated. It appeared there was no wish to interfere with the conscien tious opinions of the people. He, however, much w:shed that such a system of education should be agreeable to the general feelings of the people, becalse e in his opinion, this country should be the last to endeavour to force any system. He merely said that his was the best system and asked the Government, who would have the distri bution of the public money to support that sx stem. He thought the mode of instruction in regard to religion should be selected by the religious ministers of the locality. He took the liberty to enter on duties of that kind, because imputations had been thrown out against him, or rather his objects had been im pugned by the Church party. A Noble Peer in the other House, who he had seen with regret had gone abroad to another country, thought that his desire had been to draw the funds out of the bands of the Church. He was gratified to find that the chief of the party who hail the interest of the Church much at heart agreed in such desire. He should take the liberty at that time of distinctly stating his opinion. He thought it right that the establishments should support the schools wherever it was practicable. He was satisfied that where an application had been made by different societies, the Government were not bound to act. He had moved for returns, and had proved the re was a majority on the part cf. one of these societies. Owing to certain cir cumstances at the commencement of the present year, he gave. a notice with the same design, but he found by the statement of the Noble Lord, that the subject had gained the attention of Minister=, who appeared now disposed to enquire into the subject. He had found that attention had been paid to what he had said, and that there was a willingness to adopt his resolutions in their fulle t exti nt, to supply the deficiency of Irish Education, which arose from the fact that they had been put forward by a simple re commendation and not by an act of the State. The time would shortly arrive when the Estimates coming before the House would give an opportunity of seeing whether or not the Government lied come to a right conclusion. Not feeling himself justified . in calling for a division or a discussion on the subject he would with- draw his motion until the estimates were brOught before the House: The SPEAKER observed that the course pursued by the Hon. Member was most inconvenient, because he had made a long speech, when there was no question before the House. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Horne Department whether it was the in tention of the Government to bring in a Bill for the general recovery of mall debts ? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it was his inten tion to bring in a Bill upon the sultect shortly. He trusted, therefore, that Hon. Members would not give any opinion or votes upon separate Bills until they had had an opportunity of considering whether the Bill he intended to introduce would not answer all purposes. , Mr. HUME moved for copies or extracts of any cor respondence received from Nova Scotia, New Bruns wick, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland, rela tive to the constitution of the Legislature and Executive Councils of the Governments of those colonies, or to their being made elective, or to any change that has been required by any branch of the Legislature of those colonies, to be made to the said Councils within the last eight years ; also to any change that has been made ;or directed to be made, in them, or in any mode of appointing new members of the said Councils.— Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for copies of the Lists of Fees recommended by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to be adopted and sanctioned by Town Councils. Return of the amount of Fees received by the Clerk of the Magistrates, the Town Clerk, and the Clerk of the Peace, in each city and borough in Eng land and Wales (except in the City of London) in each of the years 1837 and 1838.—O r d ere d. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the Public Re venue received in Upper Canada, in each of' the year's 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1838, in respect of casual and territorial Revenue ; Duties under the Im perial Act 14 Geo. 3, c. 88 ; under the Provincial Act, 33 Geo. 3 ; under the Provincial Act 35 Geo. 3 ; un der the Provincial Act 41 Geo. 3 ; under the Provin cial Act .53 and 55 Geo. 3 ; in respect of the tolls at the Burlington Bay Canal and Kettle Creek Harbour, and from other sources":—Also a Statement of the amount of the Public Debt of the Province in each year, and of what description. Alio, the expenditure of the Province of Upper Canada, during the year: 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1838, made out under the same heads of expenditure as the Estimate of Public Expenditure annually submitted to the House of Assembly of Upper Canada. Also, the Public Ex penditure of the Province of Lower Canada, during the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, and 1838, made out under the usual general heads of expenditure ; and the amount and nature of the Public Debt of the Pro. vince in each of those years.--Ordered. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the names of per sons imprisoned in Lower Canada charged with treason, or offences of a treasonable nature, since the Ist day of November, 1837, their trade or profession, the day of the commencement of their imprisonment, the date of their discharge, the amount of bail or personal security demanded and given, and if tried, by what tribunal tried, and - the sentence passed upon them, and if sentence of death passed whether executed or commuted, and it commuted the commutation of the punishment.—A si milar return for Upper Canada. Lord JOHN RUSSELL suggested that 'this mo tion should be postponed. Mr. HUME said that it was essential these docu ments should, be laid upon the table, before the dis cussion 'on the Canada question came on. Would the Noble Lord name a day. Lord JOHN RUSSELL.—Tuesday next. Mr. HUME moved for copies of the ordinances passed by the Special Council and Governor of Canada, since the 24th day of November 1838. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there were a great number of those documents already on the table. Mr. HUME said the object of his motion was to complete the ordinances, and he would insert the words except those already presented." Colonel SIBTHORP said that all the papers re lating to Canada ought to be laid before the House ; and he did not know why there should b e a di spos i t i on on the part of the Noble Lord to postpone the motion till Tuesday. He (Colonel Sibthorp) hoped the Hon. Member would persist in moving for these returns. The return waS then agreed to. Mr. HUME then moved for a return of the Report of the Commissioners appointed in Lower Canada, under an Ordinance of 1 Vic. c. 7, to inquire into the losses sus tained during the late rebellion ; also, of the names of persons who claimed compensation before the said Commissioners, and the amount of their claims. He considered this return very important. It would show the expenses incurred by the military intervention in Canada, and the necessity of a speedy return to the regular and civil Administration. Lord JOHN RUSSELL assented to the return. Mr. C. BULLER said these Commissioners were appointed by Sir J. Colborne to inquire into the losses sustained by the Loyalists during the rebellion. Surely his H onoura bl e Friend coud not have un derstood. They had made very little progress, having been inter ru pt e d i n th e i r i nqu i r i es as to the first rebel lion, by the occurrence of the second ; and the return would consist of nothing but a few cases, wholly unin telligible to the House. Mr. HUME wondered that his Hon. Friend should think that the Commissioners could have made no pro. gress since he left Canada. Mr. BULLER replied he had said no such thing, and he had expressly itated that the reason the Coin missionemhad.not made more progress was that they had been interrupted by the second rebellion, they had in fact to sit in a village occupied by armed rebels. The Return was then agreed to and the House adjourned. The paragraph stating that there had been a fall of a considerable part of the Shakspcare Cliff; near Dover, and that a skeleton had been found there, is officially contradicted. LORD DURHAM'S I t HREAT.—When Lord Durham, in reply to the Earl of Wind Uses, threatened last night in the House of Lords to bring forward a motion of inquiry into the caseofeyery individual who h rd received official employment after having been legally convicted of adultery, many of their Lordships were observed to cast at each other glances of singular sheepishness and perplexity. One Noble Lord in particular turned exceedingly pal e, and shifted about in his seat, evidently in a state of high nervous excitement. Of course, he was only apprehensive of the diastrous effects that such an inquiry would have on his sense of modesty ! The Bishops, too, appeared not a little discomposed ; but of course, the same laudable feelings were at work also in the breasts of these ghostly men. In the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, at Long Ashton, the foundation of the wall of an ancient village, about a quarter of a mile in extent, has been discovered. Numerous coins of Constantine and Severus have been dug up; and a'so numerous domestic utensils.—Manchoter Journal. The Anti-C orn -l a w Dele: . Tates fearing lest a re solution proposed by Mr. Baines,—" That the warmest thanks of the Delegates be presented to Lord Brougham for his admirable, unanswered, and unanswerable speech in the House of Lords, in support of hearing evidence at the bar on the injurious effects of the Umi-laws,'' might be construed into a recognition of his Lordship as the leader of the Anti-Corn-law agitation, agreed, with one dis. sentient voice, to insert the word unsolicited after unanswerable. This course does not appear to us to be dictated by absolute wisdom. They have obtained an admirable, unanswered, and unanswerable speech ; and if unsolicited, so much the more meritorious on the part of the speaker. It would almost appear as if the Delegates are afraid est they should have too much support. Surely they ought to feel that they have not a friend whom they can afford to lose.-- Morning Chronicle. It is rumoured that a literary gentleman who has made many attempts,to get into Parliament, and at last succeeded in the capital of one of the southern counties, will mart y the widow of his late colleague, as soon as the period of a year from his decease will allow of the performance of the nuptial ceremony. HINT TO CAB AND OMNIBUS DRIVERS,— In Russia, if 4 carriage it driven over any person and hurts him, whatever may be the merits of the case, the horses are forfeited to the Crown, and the driver, if a Russian peasant, is sentenced to be a so!dier. HADDING ON COUNTY MEETING: Last Friday, a public meeting of the nobility, "gentry, farmers, and others mterested in agriculture in the county of East Lothian, was held in the Assembly Rivals, Had. dington. pursuant to requisition, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament iu favour of the present system of Corn-laws, There were present Lord Maitland ; Hun Gen. P. Stewart : Sir John Hall of Dunglass, Bart. ; Sir G. Grant Suttie, Bart. ; Sir David Kinloch, Bart. ; Sir George Warrender, Bart. ; Sir Robert Houstoun, Bart. ; Captain Walker Drummond, vr. of Hawthornden ; Capt. Hay of Hopes; Mr. Burn Callender; Mr. Anderson of St. Germains ; Mr. Fletcher of Saltoun ; Captain Hay of Belton; Mr. Aitchison of Alderston ; Mr. Hamilton of Ninewalls ; Mr. Sheriff Substitute Riddell ; Rev. Mr, Cook of Haddington ; Mr. Hay Newton of Newtonhall ; Mr. Charles Stewart; Mr. Hay o f Li np l um ; Mr. Hal dane of Haddington ; Mr. Sprott of Spott, &c. Lord MAITLAND having been called to the Chair, said Mr. Villiers having given notice of a motion to hear evi dence at the bar of the House of Commons on the subject of the Corn-laws, it was thought fit that the county of East Lothian should come forward and set an example to the other counties of Scotland. As to the subject itself, it would not, perhaps, be becoming in him to enter upon the snbject at at any length, as that task would be more befit. ting those gentlemen who are to move the resolutions.— (Cheers.) Sir GEORGE WARRENDER then rose and said.:—My name was not affixed to the requisition whieli called you together, because I have had the misfortune, on many occasions, to differ from the almost unanimous opinion of the county on the important subject which has called us together; and as I was suffering from iudispesition, I was afraid I should be prevented from addressing you. But I afterwards de termined, at all hazards, to be present to-day, that I might wi•ness the triumph of these enlightened commercial principles which I learned from a lamented statesman, whose confidence and friendship I enjoyed up to the hour which caused his irreparable loss to his county. You n,ust all perceive that I allude to Mr. Huskisson. Since I have come here a series of resolutions has been put into my hands, in the concocting of which I had no share, but I am free to confess that I concur entirely in the sentiments of those resolutions; and I must also own, that if I had been at the greatest pains for several weeks together, I am sure I could have produced nothing more satisfactory to my own mind than those that have been put into rev hands •by the gentlemen who prepared them. It so happens that these resolutions concur iu and applaud that system of Corn-laws which was prepared by Mr. Huskisson, and laid before Parliament, in the year 1827, which at that time this country did not concur in. —(Cheers.) It is unnecessary for me to enter into the details of this question, especially before a meeting of agricultural men, many of whom understand the ques tion much better than I can be supposed to do ; but I may observe, that the great advantage of these laws was to afford protection to agriculture. During four, years of the period that they have been in operation, the prices of grain have been low, but that has not prevented agriculture from being eminently improved throughout the country, and nowhere more than in this county where we are now met. But all these improvements were effected under the sanc tion and by means of the command which the present laws give the agriculturists of the home market; so that though the price of grain did not exceed 465. per quarter, yet these improvements enabled the agriculturist to meet the deficiency by increasing the quantity of land brought under cnitivation. These improvements have all been effected under the present system of Corn-laws ; but if you abolish them, and admit corn duty free, these improvements will be put an end to ; and then how are you to avert the calamities which a bad harvest would bring upon the country ? ( Hear.) During the first ten years that the system has been in operation—that is from 1827 to 1837—1 find' that there had been an active, sound, progressive increase in the manufactures of the country, rising gradually from year to year till they arrived in 1837 at a sum ex6eed ing by upwards of twenty millions sterling, the exports of manufactured goods in 1827. The average exports of the three last years of this period, that is, of 1834 1835, and 1836, above that of the three first years of the operation of these laws was 10,851,1181. That in crease and prosperity has not been confined to any one branch of our manufactures. It was spread over the cotton, cotton twist, hardware, linens, woollens, &c. The cotton manufacture alone shows an increase of more than three millions in that period. I may also allude to the shipping interest ; and to give you an idea of the prosperity exist ing in that interest, the increase of the year 1836 over that of 1835, was 164,648 tons inwards ; and 241,476 tons outwards; which last item necessarily shows what a vast exportation there has been from this country in manufac tured goods. I ought not to omit to state, that these facts are all taken from Parliamentary documents, from the offi cial returns. But besides this documentary evidence, I-am able to refer to oral evidence of equally high testimony with these documents. Mr. Wood, a gentleman of high repo. taton in the commercial world, the President of the Cham ber of Commerce at Manchester, stated lately in his place in Parliament that the improvements of 1838 had exceeded the average of the preceding four years by upwards of three millions. For these reasons it is clear tome that the manufee. furors are prospering under the present system of the Corn laws ; and on that ground I at present adhere to them. Here Sir George referred to some of the speeches at Man chester as taking this view of the subject; he also referred to Mr. 111`Laren's speech in Edinburgh, as stating that one effect of the abolition of the Corn-laws would be to reduce the mica of labour to some extent. The Bon. Baronet concluded by proposing a series of resolution=, expressing the satisfaction of the meeting with the present system of Corn-laws, and deprecating the Sits mpts now making to repeal.-them. Mr. BRODIE, of Amisfield Mains, seconded the resolution. Sir GEORGE GRANT SUTTIE concurred in the resolutions to a certain extent—that was to say. in the first place. that protection was necessary to agriculture; and, in the second place, that a graduated scale of duty was best fitted for the purpose. At the-same time he did not concur inall the rea. sons advanced to aupport those principles. An argument ad vanced on behaif of protecting native agriculture WaS, that the overwhelming majority of the population were engaged in it. Now, it appeared to him that the strongest argument for protecting agricillture was the smallness of the population engaged in it, as compared with that portion of the popu lation engaged in manufactures and commerce: It ought also to be remembered, as a reason for protection, that manual labour was employed in agriculture to a far greater extent than in manuf ac t ures; th e farmer could not employ the steam-engine nearly to the same extent as the manu facturer could. But though there were portions of the resolutions which were not so distinctly expressed as he could wish, yet as he concurred in their sentiments gene rally, he would not oppose them.-4 Hear.) Captain Wat.xxe DRUMMOND, Jun ,of Hawthornden, said, on this occasion it becomes the duty of every person connected with the landed interest to come forward, to ex press his strong dissent from the attempts that are now making to disturb the existing system of the Corn-laws. After referring at some length to the operation of the pre sent system of Corn-laws, Captain Drummond proceeded —I do not mean to enter into any political argument at this meeting, where it is desirable that unanimity should prevail ; but as we arc about to present a petition to the Legieature, prayin g for protection, it is essentially neces. sary that we should look forward to see what reception we ma y me e t with from the Government ; and, locking to Lord Melbourne, I think we have not much to expect from him. The fact appears to me that almost even br.- portant question is made open, except one—the question of retaining their places ; and God knows that is close enough. 5.2: GEORGE GRANT SUTTIE rose to order. If Mr. Drummond was allowed to introduce politics into the dis elusion, he must beg to be heard in reply. The resolutions were then unanimously agreed to. Mr. B. CALLENDER moved that a petition, fitunded on the resolutions, should be prepared, and, after receiving signatures, be presented to the House of Lords by the Marquis of Tweeddale, and to the House of Commons 134 Sir J. Buchan Hepburn. On the motion of Sir DAVID KINLOCH thanks were voted to Lord Maitland for his Conduct iu the chair, after which :he meeting separated. NEW WORK BY THE HON. MRS. SAYERS.- We are requested to itate that the New Work by the lion. Mrs, Sayers, entitled " Henry Acton," and other Tales, is this day pub lished by _Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Public Library, Conduit street. Also, " Waking Dreams," a series of Iridi Tales, by C. M. J., with Illustrations by the Author. Mrs. Jameson's " Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada." 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All the Assessed Taxes, Stamp Duties, with Instructions as to Appeals, Abstracts of New Acts, &c., Is. 6d.-7. The Family Law Adviser and Useful Manual, comprising all the above, 7s. STRANGERS' FRIEND'S SOCIETY.—On Sun day last a Sermon was preached for the benefit of this Institution, at the Church of St. Sepulchre, Skinner.street, by the Rev. a Melvill, BD. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Sheriff's and Under Sheriff's, attended on the occasion. After service a liberal collection was made, the result of which showed that t the f o rcibl e a ppe a l made to the congregation present in aid of this useful charity was not in vain. Among the numerous insti tutiona which adorn our country, there are none which are mare allow, At to the patronage and liberal support of humanity and t rue Christian philanthropy than the " Strang ers ' Friend Society," Which has b een i n ac ti v e o p e ration for the last 53 years. Upwards of 500 gr a t u it ous agen ts ar e constantly employed in searching out misery in the g a r r e t, and starvation in the cellar ; administering c onsolation :rid support according as the funds of the so ciety will At any time, but especially at this season of the year, would we recommend the claims of this institution to the benevolent public, F l iI t 9 An old woman of the . well . acquainted with this o name odtrad e lf man : sy Christianwho o predeceased su Pl'osed to be nearly 90 years of age, died at Cample Mill, parish of Closeburn, on the 4th instant. Her illation name was Kilpatrick; but when in the bloom of youth she married a mason of the name of Fri„ t, her many a y m ea a r lof iTndheustproyetanßduarngs was female, and frequently expressed his admiration of her powers as a vocalist. Her voice was at once powerful and sweet, arid the poet u" , 3 so much delighted with her " wood.notes wild," that he very rarely visited Closeburn without calling at the High Tree, where the deceased and her husband then resided. With ballad literature she was extensively acquainted ; her memory, too, was strong, and her conversation generally inteligent. Burns sent her copies of nearly all his own songs, and these she either chaunted to him or drew from her own exhaustless stores of melody. " Highland Mary" and " Allan Water" were at all times favourites with the bard, and he frequently said to friends and neighbours, that no one could do there greater justice, not even" bonny Jean" herself, than Christian Kil patrick.—Dumfries Courier. The police officers of Ireland are composed of 64 sti • pendiary magistrates, 25ft chief constables, and 18 paymasters The Irish coast guar d musters 42 inspectors and commanders, and. 1 69 chief offic e r s . The Irish revenue police is increased to 24 inspectors and sub-inspectors, and 71 lieutenants and sub-officers. IM: ORTANTT 0 PUBLISHERS. Between three and four months ago, several news .venders and others in the Worship -street district were summoned before the Magistrates upon information laid against ihcm by a common informer named Stow,ll, for soil u' onn:hcrs of a periodical public:Aion called Clf , " Cabicet," which had not the /minter's ra we an.i ..d -dress printed upon the first page, as well as the las: page, as required by a clause in the Printers Act. The Magistrates bad evinced mach reluctance to receive th , informations, but a case had been submitted to the At torney-General, whose written opinion was produced, to the effect that he could not advise Magistrates to dismiss such informations as were clearly made out, al though he considered them " most scandalous." All the defendants, therefore, against whom the publica tion was proved, were convicted in the lowest penalty of five pounds. One of the defendants who paid the penalty under warrant of distress, was Mr. Fielding, a newsvender in Old-street-road : but he afterwards attended at IVor ship-street,. and proved that although he had paid the W. and costs to avoid a seizure of his goods, he had previously paid 11. 13s. to the informer to compromise the case. He asserted that the Magistrate himself ( Mr. Codd) had sanctioned that 'proceeding ; notwith standing which, however, a distress warrant was after wards issued against him. Mr. Codd said that he had been 'misunderstood. He had told the informer when he spoke of having a very large number of such informa tions ready that he ought to be satisfied with his costs ; but where convictions took place it was. not in his power to prevent the law from taking its course. The in former afterwards refunded the 11. 13s. at Worship street. In the meantime Mr. Fielding applied to the Secretary of State on the subject, and has since re ceived the following letter in answer to his applica- After a few observations from Mr. PRAED, the motion was withdrawn. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. M'KINNON wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question relative to the new Houses of Parliament. If he understood rightly, the dun was to be finished in May, 1838, and the sea wall in 1839. That bad not been done, and he wished to know whether the delay had originated from quick-sands, or what other cause. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, as we understood, stated that he would made inquiry at the Board of Works, and let the Hpn. Member know. RIVER SHANNON. Mr. FRENCH enquired when .the report of the Committee of the River Shannon Navigation would be laid before the House? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re plied, very shortly ; and in answer to a question from Mr. O'Brien, was understood to say that the Govern ment would before long introduce a Bill on the subject. RAILWAYS. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET wished to ask ' of the President of the Board of Tr ide whether it was his intention to move fora Select Committee, or to in troduce a measure, as to conveyance by railways ? It was quite necessary before the House proceeded with any Railway Acts, that the mind of the House should be made up as to the propriety of enacting any new etringento measures for rendering the Railway Com panies more responsible for injuries occasioned by the neglect and carelessness of their servants.—(Hear.) Mr. P. THOMSON answered that he could not positively say what his intentions were as to this subject, but he was quite willing to say it was worthy the con sideration of the House—(Hear, hear)—and that circumstances had lately been brought to Lis know ledge, convincing him that it was important, either by the appointment of a Select Committee, or by the introduction of a Government measure, to discuss the propriety of making some regulations, which were for merly neglected—(hear, hear)—not through any fault of-Lis (Mr Thomson's), but through the current of public feeling being then against such regulations ; he would certainly give the question the best consideration in his power. He thought it would be impossible in the Committees on Private Bills, to introduce the ne nessary additional regulations : for those Committees were in general occupied by private interests, and the public interests were too much neglected.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was therefore essential that the House itself should consider the subject : and on any fresh applications, or applications for enlarged powers, by the promoters of railway schemes, to effect such alterations as would save the public from the great inconveniences to which they hid been subjected by the Railway Companies.—(Hear, hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said a Committee had been appointed with respect to the arrangements on private bills ; and there had been a great number of applications for such Bills. Now it was important to know whether the Right Hon. - President of th e B oar d o f T ra d e con templated the possibility of any new arrangements with respect to the conduct of private business being made at so early a period of the present Session, as to apply to Bills in progress during the present Session? And might it not be necessary to postpone the period for the consideration of some private bills which stood first for discussion. If any alteration were contemplated as to the selection of Committees on private bills, it would be impossible to apply it during the present Session ; and might it not be necessary to extend the time, or to give facilities for the mature consideration of the subject? Mr. P. THOMPSON said Lis object in moving for a Committee on private business was to follow out the recommendation of the Select Committee of last year ; via. that a Committee be appointed on the opening of each Session, with the view of considering certain points, either mentioned in the Report, or which were considered subjects for further deliberation in Committee. One of those points related to the Com mittee lists that might be speedily disposed , of, but he agreed that, if necessary, it would be desirable to defer for a week or a fortnight, any proceeding on private Bills. RAW COTTON Mr. PHILLIP HOWARD„ wished to suggest to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, seeing the &cling evinced by the division of yesterday, whether it would not be well. in order to secure our manufacturers cganst foreign competition in order to relieve the country from the heavy duty on raw cotton. He could not expect an immediate answer from the Right Hon. Gentlenan, but he would beg leave to draw attention to that im portant subject in making his financial arrangements. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Hon. Friend had told the House he did not ex pect an immediate answer, and it certainly would be improper in him not to reserve such a subject for his financial statement. Mr. BLEW ITT gave notice that be should, on an early day, move an humble Address to her Majesty for copies of, or extracts from, all letters from foreign Go vernments or Ambassadors, between the years 1815 and 1838, containing any complaint with reference to the duty on the importation of foreign grain or flour, or any proposal for interchanging mercantile productions founded on the abolition or reduction of such duties. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a return of the number of Licensed Vic tuallers, and the number of keepers of Beer Shops Licensed to sell beer, who had been charged with breaches of the revenue laws in England and Wales" for the years 1836, 37, and 38, stating the number of each who had been convicted. Mr. HAWES gave notice that he should on Friday week call the attention of the House to the petition he had that day presented from David Jones, at present confined in Carnarvon Castle. IRISH RAILWAYS. An HON. MEMBER gave notice that on the 10th of March he should call the attention of the House to the Report of the Commissioners on Irish Railways, and point out the injurious effects of that Report upon the enterprise and capital of that country. SUPPLY. Tke CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHE QUER moved the order of the day for the House going into a Committee of Supply, for tl.e purpose of postponing it. PUBLIC CREDIT—DEFICIENCY BILLS. Mr. PATTESON would take that opportunity of asking a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he thought it of the highest importance to the public credit that the state ment made in a paper of that day should be contradicted if it was not founded on fact. The statement to which he alluded was to the effect that no portion of the de ficiency bills had been paid off since the Ist of January. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had not seen the paragraph in question, but in the course of that day he had received a communication from his Right Honourable Friend the Comptroller of the Exchequer, calling his attention to the ex traordinary statement which had appeared relative to the matter to which the Honourable Member had alluded. It was not because he thought such statements should be put a stop to, or refuted, that he replied to the question, because he thought that the more free and unrestricted discussion was out of doors, the better it was for the community at large. But if the statement made had a tendency to affect the public credit, and if it admitted of an immediate direct contradiction, he thought it justifiable for any Hon. Member to ask the question, and the duty of any Member of the Go.. vermnent who could do so to aniwer the question. His attention had been cared to it by his Right Hon. Friend the Comptroller of the Exchequer, and the hest answer that he could give to the question which had been put, was to read the letter from his Right Ho nourable Friend, in which he stated, that although he had always disregarded statements which ap peared in the public press respecting the conduct of business in that office, and if he now deviated from that course, it was because he considered an article which had appeared in that day's City intelligence as vitally affect ing the public credit, and that it became necessary for him to declare the statement totally unfounded and at complete variance with the existing state of the financial department. (Loud cheers.) His Right Hon. Friend then referred to the fact, which the House he was satisfied would have great pleasure in bearing, that so far from no amount of any deficiency bills hav ing been paid off since the Ist of January, that a larger amount had been paid off in the present year, than for any similar period in former years.—(Hear, hear.) It was not for the purpose of contradicting a paragraph of that description that he had made the statement, because such paragraphs were generally written without any knowledge of the official facts, but the House would feel that in a matter so deeply affecting the public credit, his Right Hon. Friend the Comptroller of the Exchequer, had only done his duty in enabling him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to give that complete refutation to it. The Committee of Supply was then postponed to Friday neat. EDUCATION. Mr. WYSE then rose to move an address to her Majecty that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Board of Commission of Education in England, with the view especially of providing for the wise, equitabi', and efficient application of sums granted, or to be granted, for the advancement of education by Par liament ; and for the immediate establishment of schools' for th ,, , education of teachers in ac cord with the intention already expressed by the Legislature." The motion which he had given no tice of on the Ist day of the Session was in the same wor:ls as that whi c h h e h a d brought under the notice of the House during the last session, and therefore it would not be his duty to detain the House at any great length. In 1833 and every year since the House had granted a sum of 20,0001. for the purpose of educa tion, which had been divided between two bodies, but as they were comparatively private bodies, and as they ' bad no system of inspection, they were totally inade quate to the necessities of the country, By their sys tem they excluded Roman Catholics from their schools, and therefore it excluded a large portion of the popula tion most requiring education. Much dissatisfaction also existed with respect to the body through whom the sums came. It was objected that the Treasury Lion : " Whitehall, 23&1 Jan. 1839. " SIR,—I am directed by Lord John Russell to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant relative to the proceedings taken against you for selling a pamphlet without the printer's name both in the front and last pages ; and I am to inform you that Lord John Russell regrets the law on this subject is so vague ; hut his Lordship has no power to interfere in its execution. " I am, Sir, &c. " F. MAULE." In answer to a subsequent application Mr Fielding received the following on Monday last : " Treasury Chambers, 18th Feb., 1839. SIR,—I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea,ury to acquaint you, in answer to your application of the 30th ult., that the Secretary of State for the Home Department has been requested to give directions for returning to you her Majesty's moiety of the penalty of 54 imposed on you, under the Printers Act. " I am further to state that the 1/. 13s. referred to in your application is in the hands of 'the Chief Clerk at the Worship-street Poliee•office, ready to be delivered to you. (Signed) " G. J. PENINGTON." Mr. Fielding accordingly received back the moiety of the penalty and the 1/. 135., from Mr. Hentage, the Chief Clerk at Worship-street, and nu doubt whatever is now entertained that in the present Session of Par liament Lord John Russell will, as he is said to have promised to n deputation some time since, cause an altera tion of the above-mentioned enactment, LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, FRB. 20 WOOD AND °VIERS V. GOODLAKE AND OTHERS.-JUDGMENT , The Judge delivered his judgment to-day in this case, which respects the valicLty of the will of the late Mr. Janes Wood, of Gloucester, Banker, who died worth a sterling. The prin4al facts are well known. The Learned Judge took several hours in delivering his decision. He pronounced against the validity of the instructions, but in favour of Paper B. The effect of this dechion is, as the executors, Sir M. Wood and others, are not inserted in it, it tantamount to an intestacy. The Court pro nounced against the anonymous codicil, granted the costs of Mr. Helps, and his party, and condemned the executors in Mr. Hitchen's costs. An appeal was alleged. POLICE IN 'FEW GENC E. BOW-STREET. A middle-aged marinamed Wm. _Barges, of King-street, Old-street road, who described himself as a foreman in the London Docks, was brought before Sir F. Roe and Mr. Thiselion, a county magistrate, on a charge of defrauding the Post•orfice authorities by illegally obtaining 2d., as the postage of a letter which bad been delivered by him. Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, conducted the proceedings. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant was Secretary to the " Liberal Benefit Society," and in that capacity he had delivered a letter at No. 78, High-street, Can:den-town, which he admitted was wrong, but he hoped the Post-office would deal leniently with him. Sir F. Roe said there could no doubt the defendant Lad been guilty of a fraud, and ordered him to find two se curities in 25/. each for his appearance in a week in case the Post-office should consider it expedient to prosecute. Mr. W. Burton Ford, bootmaker, of Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, was summoned under the 32d a Geo. 3d, c. 56, by Mr. Hen. Geo. Bohn, bookseller ; Henrietta street, Covent-garden, for . wilfully and deliberately giving 3 false character to a young man named William Rice, fur the purpose of enabling him to enter into his service as a porter, thereby rendering himself liable to a penalty of twenty pounds. It appeared that on the 27th of January the complain ant had occasion to advertise for a porter, and the young man in question, whO was one of the earliest applicantQ, referred him to the defendant, with whom he said he had lived fey three years in such capacity. The complainant accordingly waited upon the defendant to ascertain the truth of such a representation, and he was informed by him that the youth's father had worked for him for three years, and that the lad, who bore an honest i x t v h e e h k i m ; at w t h h i e c h s a h m e e d t i l d m e r assigningeluc tae and industrio us c h aracter , was a l so i n h i s service at 15s. tiy . a s h a g r e h a a s N o i o fe a r ta parting with him, which he did reluctautly. hs having a quarrel with one of the men in the shop. Mr. Bohn considering, ' such a person very eli g ibl e , agree d to pay the same wages, and he subsequently took the lad into his service, but he had not been with him more than a few days, when he robbed him of some books, and absconded, and ox .having an interview with the defendant upon the subject, he admitted he was wrong in giving the character, adding that Rice was in the habit of doing only occasional jobs for him, and request ing that proceedings might not be taken against him. Sir F. ROE, after conferring with the other Magistrates, said, the case had been fully proved against the defendant, and he should pay a fine of 201., with 10s. costs, with power to appeal. The defendant said he would appeal, but returned in a short time and paid the full amount. MARY LEB ONE. AN ARISTOCRATIC HACKNEY COACHMAN.-011 Tu:sday William Janes, a plump, rosy-faced hackney-coach driver, was brought up in custody_ by Parnell, one of the mounted patrol, charged with being drunk under the follosing curious circumstances : The patrol stated that he was on duty, about seven o'clock on the preceding evening, in the Harrow-road, when he perceived the prisoner's coach and horses standing in a pool of water by the road side, while the 'prisoner himself was slumbering on the box, perfectly unconscious of his situation. On arousing him he perceived that he was very drunk and incapable of taking care of himself or the coach; he (the patrol) therefore conveyed the former to the station-house and the coach to the green-yard. Mr. RAWLINSON—How came you in this predicament? Prisoner—l'll tell your 'Worship all about it. I was en gaged yesterday morning to bring up a party from Harrow to wote for the crownership, at Clerkenwell- green ; veil, arter the party had given their wotes, I takes them back to Harrow in my wehicle, yen, like reglar trumps, they fills my pocket with money and my hinside with grog, and sends are home as jolly as a sandboy ; ven, unfortunately, from the effects of the air, I lost my senses and my way too. Mr. Rawlinson.—What party were you engaged by ? Prisoner (proudly).—Vy the harrystockracy, to be sure. Do you think the Radicals would have gone to the expense of making me drunk ? No, no. _ _ Mr. Riwlinson.—The party voted for Mr. Adey then, and not for Mr Wakley? Prisoner.--Sartenly they did. Mr Rawlinson.—How came the horses in the pond ? Prisoner.—Vy I don't know, unless they vere dry like myself, and vent to get a drop. The patrol here said that the prisoner had nearly furnished a subject for the Coroner himself, for, had he fallen off the box into the quagmire, so intoxicated was he that he must have been smothered. Prisoner.—l hopes no Radical Coroner will hever have the honour to set on my body; give me a hamstocratiek gentleman arter my own vay of thinking. Jarvey was fined five shillings, and hope was expressed that it would operate as a "radical" cure against drunken ness. He paid the money, and left the office with an important stride, DAYTON-GARDEN. THE PUBLIC SAFETY.—Richard George, a well-known thief, was brought up by Piper, No. 75, E division, charged with having loitered about his beat, yesterday morning, at about two o'clock, with intention to commit felony, and also with having assaulted him in the exe cution of his duty. Piper being sworn stated, that at the :.hove hour he saw the prisoner and two other thieves loitering about his beat, and knowing th;:m tobe thieves,and having no doubt but their intention was to commit felony, he ordered them on, and on attempting to take them into custody the y made an attack upon him. The iprisonor was most furious, and struck witness several tmes in the ince, saying that he could only get three months' imprisonment for it, and he would have a spree for it ; and he tore off the skirt of wit ness's coat and kicked him. Mr. BENETT—Pray what was he doing when you in terfered ? Piper—lie was loitering about my beat. Mr. BENETT said that he had often told the police that they were not justified in taking persons in c h arge un l ess they saw the party do something. (To Piper) —Did you see him attempting any thing ?. Piper—l did not ; but, seeing them a t suc h an h our i n the morning, and knowing them to ba notorious thieves who had been convicted, I ordered them away ; and on re fusing to do so I thought it my duty to take them to the Station-house. I have no doubt they were there for the purpose of committing felony. Mr. 13rtNETT said that he had 1,0 right to bring b,d cha racters there unless he saw them do something. Ile might as %lel brill , ' all the hal cb3rac!ers is London Lefore him. lie would discharge the prisoner. Piper—But he has as,uultcd me, your Lordship. Mr. BENETT would not entertain the charge, and the prisoner was liberated, on which he seemed to congratulate himself. James Howell, a n:.tc.r•.ous breuet up by [ 3 4)! ice Con ,;ta about his t.: eat ytsserday incilling at half past on , ! with intention to commit f , lony. The Constable stated that at the above hour the prisoner was lurking about hi:; beat, watching the police, at.d knowing him to be a noto rious thief, he took him into custody, as lie bad no doubt but his intention was t‘i commit felony. Mr. BENETT caked this witness whether he saw the prisoner do an) thing. The Constable replied-o,ly ing ;,bout my boat. Every night he is out a robbery is• sure to b.!! committed. Prisoner.__He came and shoved h;s " (!anthem) into my face. Sergeant Pagan —He is a most notlriou , "charaettr, you Worship. Coostable—Two robberies wore committed the othe night when be was out, just on the same spot where took him. ;.eye Mr. BEN ETT—Did be commit a robbery this morning? Constable—No I took bim into custody. Primer—What he is saying is all false. Duke—Ab, I dare say it i 3 all true. Mr. BENETT discharged the prisoner, advising him to be cautious in future. QUEEN- S QUARE. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. —Mr. C.lo:7ti Dennis, a gentleman residing in Great Queen-street, Wes!minster (who de seribed himself as a Bachelor of As ts of the Universit, of Oxford), as the sitting Magistrate, Mr. White, was about to retire, was placed at the bar, charged with assault ing one of the choristers in Westminster Abbey. Abraham Ball, a boy about 12 years of age, stated th , ,t he was one of the choristers at the. Abbey, and was in at. tendance there yesterday att , :reoun, a!:d defendant was there also, attending prayers, and seated in one of the stalls. Soon after the first lesson, defendant laughed, and com plainant and some of the other choristers did the same. At the conclusion of the service, as they were about to leave, defendant came up to complainant, declared he had been insulted, and pulled complainant's hair, and slapped his face twice. Mr. John Hobbs, the organist, stated that his attention was called to the affair, by hearing the boy cry out when he saw the defendant slap his face, and he then gave bun into custody. Defendant stated that since he had attended divine ser vice at the Cathedral, he bad been subjected to the inso lence of the boys engaged as chcritters, and the annoyance became s great that he was compelled to take notice of it last Friday, when he complained to the master of the one whom be deemed most. ill-conducted. And tlis reason for chastising the complainant was because nu notice been taken of his complaint on Friday. The Magistrate ordered the defendant to pay a fine 01 20s. WORSHIP-STREET. SABBATICAL DOINGS IN THE EAST —Mr. Smith, Cletk to the Board of Trustees of the parish of St. Luke, came down to the office vkith a posse of beadles, inspectors of nuisances, and other parish potentates, to sustain sum monses against several parishioners for exercising their worldly calling on the Lord's• day. The first case called on was that of Mr. Henry *Wil liams, a newsvender, who was charged with having sold copy of the Weekly Dispatch Newspaper, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday the 10th inst. The defendant was caught ftagrante delicta by a con stable appointed "to exerci,,e his worldly calling" by keeping watch for the commission of the same act on the part of others, and who saw the defendant profanely hand the Paper to another sinner, who paid him sixpence for it, and carried aw 4 the ungodly publication. In his defence, Mr. Williams admitted having sold the Paper, but pleaded that he had no other means of sub sistence, and if he were debarred from vending Papers on the day on which, from the transitory nature of their ban tents, they were alone saleable, he would very speedily be obliged to shut up shop on the week day as well as Sun day, by the ruin that would be brought upon himself and family. Mr. CODD said that he had no discretion in the matter, but was bound to administer the law as he found it, and he was reluctantly compelled to convict the defendant, who was fined ss, and costs. The next case was that of a poor woman named Baiste, a small fruiterer, who, with a husband out of work and seven children entirely dependent on her exertions, had impiously sold a pennyworth of nuts at a quarter before six o'clock on Sunday evening. The deftindant, it appeared, on being first cautioned, ent before the Board, who she said told her that if she would keep up her shutters, and thereby preserve outward appearances, they would not too closely scrutinize her doings inside. This. charitable arrangement she had faith fully obse; - ved to the letter ; but to elude the sprit of it she had resorted to the " ingenious device" of cutting holes in the bottom of the said shutters, through which her fruit was seen, to the grievous scandal of the pa,sing saints, whose devout abstractions such a goodly array of eteature comforts tended greatly to disorder and disturb. The sinful sale of the pennyworth of nuts having been proved, the defendant was asked what she had to say, upon which the poor woman burst into tears, an 4 declared, that for 12 years she had been struggling hard to keep her fa mily from the workhouse. and she thought the pari s h authorities were equally uojust and cm , ' in their'proceed logs, for at the time of her committir.g the alleged offenc,, a crowd of hawkers were selling the very same articles round her door unmolested and unnoticed. Mr. Smith observed that if she had applied to the street keeper, he would have driven them away. Mr. CnDD—I must say, I think this is a very bard case, and one that ought not to be proceeded with. Mr Smith said that he considered the Board hal been unfairly treated by the defendant, touching the before rno r ,_ tioned stratag,m, anent the shutters, and he appeared very reluctant to forego the prosecution, but at the urgent re commendation of Mr. Codd, he eventually consented to do so, on the poor woman's .payin , ; the cotis, which were 3a., and promising to "sin no more." r a ving' Lertimard, a,;(1. the forces or oeral - S.,ata Cruz entered on the 10th, th e cumniulicati,:ti b etwee n this citf . and Callao h as b een ni , enc ,i, en d t h e l atter is consequ ent!) now again the ort of Lima. f " The Chilian forces are now occtipving toe proi nco the Libertad, to the narth4ard of this, and, the Chilir i r vernment have d,c!nr-'d the port of Clan ports to be uader Lioel,a(!e, to after N a val F o rc m ;t., but the co urn:7 nd ers o f t h e F ore ig n N have refused to recognize thi s bl oc k a d e , and the C hili° vessels have not atbmptcd to enforce it. t he v. Overtures - cre mode by General Santa Cruz to Chilian Ccrnmar.der, thr o u g h th e m edium of the -r t f o Minister here, but w ere refused by the latter, who has de, dared his .Ltermination not to treat on any termi• Sir, &c. &c. " S WAYNE, REID, and CO., Agents for Lloyd ' '' " Wm. Dobson, Esq , Lloyd's, London." ARY LEBONE It EFORM ASS' CIA TIO N. TO THE RIGHT 110 N. LORD TEIGNMOUTIL, My LORD,—I am directed by the Managing CorniiiitV of the Maryhhone Reform As so ciation to call Y°l Lordship's attention to the fa c t th a t a petition, Pri . ” l 7 ; for the total repeal of th e C orn -l a w s , and tha t c ` dente and Counsel b e h ear d a t t h e B ar of the 14°use d of Commons in favour of that repeal, has receiv e 20,000 signatures in the borough of Marylebone. , ~e Two other petitions, with a similar p r eler, : o n •a been pre=pared by the Vestries of' St. Maryt.hone , e St. Pancras, and your Lordship, upon in,pecting:tbe., retitiorn,, will find tlytt they have been signed by _ 103 . n .', I : :..h;tants of the borough professing Consorvai% opinions. t•tical I.),tfering entirely fro m y our L or d s hip's Pe' l " principles, and %tell aware, from your public declaration of the vii.'"wssou entertain reipeetine: the present C°. 11 ., lawn, tine sh,•til not troubl e y ou w i t h this COVTIUDIC; :ion if that question we re a b ou t to b e discussed ttn di:A(4 ; but thu motion intended to be submitted 1, Mr. Villiers on Tue s d a y nex t, w ill be limited to bo , quiry, and, will merely ask permisison for those' ° the believing the present Corn-laws injurious alike w il be inanufactwer, the landed proprietor, the farmer, a n d to iabourer, to establish their case by evidence, ag go prove their statement s t t h e B ar o f t h e H o use of us' mons, us the grand inquest of the nation. .„ We, therefore, trust that your Lordship win lte A duced to give your support to a proposition Wh ieb j e tl in no degree compromise you wh en subsequently oasd upon to vote upon the merits of the quest ic '',o l which, while it c h a ll enges re f utat i on b y t h e noPP°r to of the present C o r n -l aws , see k s not hi ng mo re thau establish truth by a public and impartial inquiry. I have the honour to remain, Your obedient servant, BENJAMIN WALL, Hon' 28, Norton- street, Portland-place, January 18, 1839. P.S.—As this letter relates to the public iet e f , or d• or the Borough, it w ill b e pu bli s h e d w i t h Your ship's answer. _ Sir,—l have just received your letter, ajdresTone. me by the Managing Committee of the MarY i , e ., o , , Reform Association, inforluing me that some pet i di t - i o praying for a total repeal of the Corn Laws, A n ti ° , t ne evidence and Counsel be beard at the Bar of the . ",iveLl of Commons in favour of that repeal, had r ! e a c h - o pei numerous signatures in the Borough of Alar,Yr o ' il itP requesting my support of the proposed I ", f on It is with sincere regret that I differ, as you are a' for as you stat e , f rom my pu bli c d ec l arat i ons , on ° e on) portant subject to which the above petitions refer; bolt Many of the inhabitants of the Borough which / ,,cife the honour t o re p resent . A n d as I cann ot I ) ,e'. - p or that any benefit i s lik e l y to resu l t f rom t h e adtt° s ', evidence at the Bar of the House of Common* if now contemplated, 1 feel myself _precluded fr° l lll o o ceding to your req ues t i n regar d to t hi s po int, t' fib, as you justly state, such a course would by 11 ° pledge me to ulteior measures. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, ,0. TEIGNA IOO Portland-place, Feb. 16, 1839. THE MARKETS. COAL AI AEU Per Tort. s. Actair's `.!arr's Hartley 2l 6 Halywell Matn .. Leaze's Alain Pontop Windsor :2l 6 Sotitn Hartley 2l 6 VVyhM.: ........ ........ Walls. Encl Chirton lll 0 'nails Etio Hilda .. ...... Falls lind Hotspur .. Wall , Et,d liiihngwrth Wllls End Ntwiaarch W,li, End Pear.- th Wall, End Walker 2' 0 Walls Entl illraddyil',Hetton 23 8 S).i arrived sin, CET—Feb. 9.0. " :t - °. -9 1 ' 4 0 Walls End ffetton ••••••' "24 , 0 Walls En n i I.anibton ...." 9. 4 0 Walls End Steivar's . ; '''' 0., 0 Wall , Ensl Hartloro °l '....‘ I ,' :1 Walls End Barrett... '' •,','. '.O r • Wals End Barrington :L e , .21 Walls End Brown Deaner, , Walls End Sevm"u t l's e ' s It i '' Walls End St. lielen's I , e .::. f, Walls End Te,s Tanfiel"" 0 , Walls End Victoria Tee''' . 0 0 Walls End West Dettoo .. .10 Walls End West 'rota ''''''' .11 Walls End Devonshire ..... ;ast tisarset-day. IV I)UNTRY CORN MARK ! Whe4. ; Barley. , 11/0 5 'TS DUREN' ro pe , Oa: s. • 11. t'co- Quart,:r s to s. ; ti to S. S. to a. 04 80 ;30 74 122 30: Andover--..- !74 S 2 • 1.9 31 25 lirmingharft !63 80 30 10 116 22 Bridport--- 73 60 132 36 26 '3O. Cirencester 61 SI I 32 120 25 Faringtlon;,-, 05 SO ! ?f, 30 26 30 Guildford 68 8 , 129 35 120 30 Henley '72 7S 26 32 23 26 SS 32 22 29 1-lightv,)rlh - 61 70 :32 42 2B 34 naidenhead- 03 75 24 :36 20 20 ;Tonrnoutli -! 64 74 32 34 122 29' neading---. 164 75 25 35 20 27 Salisbury ;61 71 30 24 !20 28 Southampton Si 7i :33 4i) 28 32 Stroud !63 71 ,! 28 36 ;20 24 Tewkesbury.- I 8 -- I 35 --22 32 Uxbridge-- 70 74 23 32 'l7 28 W , ntage ;63 72 21 34 20 25 67 70 127 34 22 26 Windsor 76 21 22 W - rcester,—, 65 70 132 36 30 22 L.VERPOOL CORN MARKET WHEAT, English, White, per 7011,. ---- Scotch, ‘Vr!ch, and Manx `White Beanj• a. to 3f 4 """ 43 _ 33 32 40 40 734 44 31 40 13 42 41 46 - 40 36 40 -------- Foreign OATS, English,. Welsh, awl Scotch, per 4Mb...... ---- Irish Foreign A ?MEV, Digt,!), Malting, p. quarter ----.. Scotch apitl Irish, per / , ... / .... 4, S 4 i / / 4! gs 41 48 —F ub ' 2 . ) ; t• ... ll'• i " - 11 10 9 jt id 0 jo ''" .10 0 10 .. 3 9 ji . .... 8 4 4 0 4 .... 3 0 0 0 41 . 43 6 ▪ sc! 5. 44 48 0 10! "" L - 2 bg ..45 e 11' 60 ‘ l ▪ 1 44 44 48 11 51 ° Bckr,i, English, per Imperial quarter Irish, &c. Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per 1 inpurial quarter Ecncign FLoun, Engligh, per .2301 b. Irish OATmEAL, Engliwi and Iri6h, per 2.inlhstv . • tax CORM, par 14011. IRE, per I inper.al quartet 11ALT, pc; imperial quarter IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the WEEK S 5 0 g 15 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S. I CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEB. 20. VESSELS ENTERED INWASDS.—The IW:ttly, Ridley, Tarragona ; Adele, 13rebion, Calais ; Queen Char lotte, 'Feiner, Ostend ; Nancy, Farmer, Ostend ; Bombay, Waugh, Calcutta ; St. Leonard, R,edwood, Dunkirk ; Zoraide, 1 aumone, Havre ; Sir Liourchier Wrey, \Vokeham, Bordeaux ; City of Ex, ter, Denia, Margaretha, Bartham, Sourabaya and Kat ; City of Lon donderry, Donald, Gibraltar and Lisbon ; Mary, Stewart, Guernsey; Letitia.Cauzar, Batavia and Demerara; Creswell, Willson, Ostend ; Victoria. May, Belize and Honduras ; Rose, Avery, Guernsey ; Fairie Queen, Hughes, Canton; Swartwick, Hjarne, Swartwick; Lord Nelson, Fust, Nas sau; Belemy Luisa, -Gre,belands, Santander ; Lion, Norie, Montserrat ; Montrose, 131inkinsop, Belize and Honduras, ENTERED OUTWARDS. —The Asecola, Milliken, for New York ; Treviso, Forth, Els.ineur; Glasgow, Thomson, Cape of Good Hop'; Phillips, Ostend; Albion, Huggins, St. John's, N w Brunswick; Harlcquin, Stra nack, Boulogne; John Bull, Corhen, Hamburg; LyiAer, Browse, Algoa Boy ; Attwood, Major, Rctterdam ; Mlr quis of Hastings, Nayth, Hobart. Town ; Gorge Ro binson, Hallett, Newfoundland. CLEARED Our WITH CARGO.—The Harlequin, Stra nack, for Intterdam; Rnrnana, Middleton, Calais ; Sally, Boulogne; Morgera, Boer, Rotterdam ; Glasgow, Thomson, Simoti's Bay and Cape of Good Hope ; Menai, Phillips, Antwerp; Leonil . .s, Cacaci, Naplei; Androw M Kran, Jevalkie, Bahia; Caesar, James, B2rbadoes; Ide, Alexandrett.a. CLEARED OUT IN BALLAST.—The Hightlyer, Newtons, for St. Michael's; Jonge Margaretta, Wykrneyr, Rotter• dam; Emeli, Bojo, Dunkirk. GRAVESRND, FEB. 18.—Arrived the Nancy, from Ostend ; Queen Charlotte, ditto ; Margaretta, Batavia, Bombay, and Calcutta ; Victoria, Honduras; Protec tor, St. Domingo ; Janet, Willis, Demerara; Lord Nelson, Naviau; City of Exeter, Denia; Bella Lou;sa, Santander ; City of Londonderry, Lisbon ; Swartoist, Gottenburg ; St. Leonard, Dunkirk ; Britannia (st,amer), Hamburg. Sailed the Trinidad, for iftrbadoes ; Garonne, New York ; Royal Sovereign, St. Helena ; Rhoda, and William and Alfred, Antigua. STROMNEES, FEB. 14.—1 t blew a strong gale from N. to N. E. 30th ult., during which the Childers, Wve nue cutter, drove foul of the J hns, Tullock, awl carried away topmast and bowsprit. It is blowing a strong g•de at S. W. YARMOUTH, FEB. 18. —The Venus, Dalbey, of Brix ham, was abandoned in a sinking state, 14th inst., having been run foul of on the pry vious night • off Ft - A - thorough Head—Crew saved and arrived in these roads. HAMBURG, FEB 12.—The Iris,l , I .s r .. , c..e, .rom this port to London, has been condemned at Fanoe, and part of the cargo sold. BOULOGNE, Fns. 18.—The Jane and Mary Ann, Alley, from Glandorc to London, went on shore last night near Berck, but it is expected will be got off after discharging. —Crew saved. FEB. 15.—The report of the Alectrion, Lubbard, bound to London, putting into Rochelle, leaky, &c., is incorrect; she has put back owing to contrary winds, and without any damage SkIYRNA, JAN. 31.—The Hector, Cri-p, from London to Constantinople, was at anchor off Tenedos, 29th inst. TEPIC. Nov. 12.—During the severe gale experienced at Mazatlan, let inst., the following vessels were wrecked, viz., the Griffin, from Canton, master drowned ; Mary, from New York, three of the crew drowned; Splendid, from Guayaquil, Paquita, master, two of the crew, and three passengers drowned; Abispa and Venus. The On dus, from Valoeraiso, went on the rocks, but was got off with considerable damage. The Griffin had about 100,100 dollars on board, some of which have been saved. \TessEts SPr)KEN Wrrn.—The Carron, from Marseilles 27th ult., off Cape Trafalgar, by the Ardgowan, arrived in the Clyde; Ann and Jane, of Liverpool, bcund to W-rbiee, sth i❑st , lat. 36, N. lon. 17; Dexterity, London to Palermo, 11th inst., lat. 44. lon. 11 ; Thomas Young,' Newcastle to Marseilles, 14th, lat. 46, lon. 10, by the Ana, arrived at Falmouth ; Eliza, of Whitby, bound to Savannah, lon. 53 ; Faith, of Dublin, bound to St. Michael's, lat. 48, lon, 12, by the Lion, arrived in the River. The Fame, Reeve:, from Ancona to Liverpool, is wrecked on the coast of 1%1,0(3A —crew saved. The Betsey and Sar. - rii, Bloom, from London to Genoa, put into Cagliario Bay about the 16th ult., with los s o f boats, bulwarks, staneheons, &C., having experienced severe gales. RE-OPENING OF THE PORT OF CALLAO . The following has been received at Lloyd's horn their agents at Lima : " Lima, 28th Nov., 1833. SIR,—We have the honour to inform you that in conse quence cf the Chiliad fore! s having evrtettat-t4t4-is—eity--cm the Bth lila., retreating to their veisels, and in these to the Of Ila 'YU. txO 014 LOt,(lon Pr;lited and Pu'olished liv i IP. - No. 112, St ran d, at M e S un (ifli c e. 1 „ 1 2/• the ,ouL;ly "r Februl.; NDIS G I° 43 6 9.1 '7 6 0 I From 173 ‘Vheat, per barrQl 20 stone 33 6 0 Bere l6 stone 0 0 41 Parley l!'3 Oats 0 Flour, per cwt ... 8 st..,or — 0 0 Oatmeal ---- 8 stone — 0 4 5 I k gl A i, ' Sold to Bakers only. IS 251 Cwt. Fleur - jsiC - ,',4,1 • v; . Aver:.:ge price of Wheat and Flour 63.. 4 ~., Pl,i i. go -;;;;;,. Pi: firsts from 2 -"' to -- Receipts of Floni - , 11,713 1 ..." . . in, 0 ,1 .12. 1 • Seconds ' from • • 0 S " I " of "°' I" ' °°3 Tnitds .. ' t rout 10' 01 t PRICE OF BREAD. % 4 Quartern Loaf 103(4. I flalf Quartern ...... .. 0 fd• 0 CORK MA RKFTS.—F c b. 16 o.lYgi When (per .20. t. )'2ls ed. toils. 0 I. Oats (per l4st.) •••, 5 6 - (.1 I -arley per iCst.)l2 0 21 0 Flour (per cwt 1.. 0 , 4 1 _, Oatmeal (per cwt.) li s . ed. to 16 '. -- t - Oa* Beef, 4d. to 7sl.—Mutton, 3d. t o (M.—Veal, 4. ~1 0. Pork, 40. to sd.—Fresh Butt er , 10d. to Ild. P" P T RICE CF BUTTER. T O the ‘ ta the Merchants. .... o'' S-1 , . ........................... 82 ............................. 74 ..................... '' (1 - w oe ,1r First Quality Second . . Third ............... Fourth , ............. ' ... •": 6'l .......................... .. 15 48 ................. • .... 6 CLONMELL MA lIKETS . Feb. 11C P 0 Per Cwt. d. 0 0 s. (1. s. ,I. '' otolo 0 NeW Putter 84 ti t., 1 , 0 it Hides (raw) .........• ~,,, 0 .• Oatmeal P. 2 0 72 3 Bacon Pigs ........... !:,, 0 1 ittiikzed Lard 0 52 0 H eads.. ................ z° 3 ,1 6 1 0 ~ Per Bag. eltitir,:4entiii ....„,- --- , 44 0 I Flour, Thirds - ..... ;2 . 1 4 , , 6 lw i --liciischold 0 42 0 .: Fourths_..••• 0 0 Per Barrel. ~I 3 0 V 1;4• 0 , , ,,,,, i 2O 0 0 I Parley ............. -• . ... 6 ,re 8 4 10 0 i Coals ..... ...- ........ ~ , Pet S!crie. 4 ' . " •,\ heat 1 8 110 I 'Tallow (rough) •'••'.. 0 5 00 0 8 I 0 I • Potatoes .............. . 0,0 . 6 KILKENNY MARKETS. . 05. 4 " 0 5 " heat ,pet barrel )k8: 0.1. to :4s, 141 • B ee f (p c , 19.. 5 .• ' o 0 0 •sariey '4 0 16 Mutton .............. 0 • 4 0 0 o.:ts r !our ,per bag) -5 0 44 0 Veal . ....... .. ....... Xll . 0 0 Butter(per cwt.) 90 0 92 0 Fresh nutter ...... 't; 0; 0 Bacon Pigs ,i) 0 41 0 salt Ditto ......... 0 :1 • ~,...,,, Coals 1 0 I 2 Potatoes (tier '''' LADIES' GOLD WAT •I' Se ills A variety of excellent and carefully finished 1 . 1 1 1 ,, eri l , o lec,; hand Gold Watches., many of them in ace°rd( l 4lfr 6 : l° latest taste, with Gold Dials, Jewelled, &C.; a re o'er or Wi t h iVst-ili; tion, price, with Enamel Dial, Seven Guineasiy , S, / sole Dial, Eight Guineas each, at T. COX SAV I) , ~,doci ' maker, Gold and Silvetstnith, 47, Cornbill, 1 -" -. Dow $ from Gracechurchstreet. e%c ba''%., N.B.—Second-hand Watc ) hes purchased ;n _......-- - - Fifth Sixth B THS. On the 14th inst., a t the Rectory, Rugby, th e 114 ° f the P C' J. Moultrie, of a daughter.'s, ikll l On the 17th in s t., i n Charles -street, St. Jam es t he ey Smith, of a dghtertill-born . .... 4 , 0 r On the 18th inst., s in Judistreet, Brunsw ck 0 P wife of Mr. Stevens, surveyor, of a daughter. 04'' On the 18th inst., the lady of Robert Hawthorn, e, the son. n Aqua On the 18th nisi's, in Som erse t- s t ree t, Portma n lady of Dr, Ilorris Duniford, of a daughter. Jan e MA ItRIE .1).• es , 4 r ocbon fr . r On the 19th inst., at Christ Church, iu i a ,"," ric, Bret Paterson, Esq., of Metryfatts, county of 7, 4 q., °' Fraser, eldest (laughter of Duncan Campbell, 4 Glocester-place. lo O n n . the 19th i H ns e t l . e . n ti s t , aligise,llll)Bolu6l4-17-----in. Grafton - Sh eet ' ibe .11i 'e 1 : : W ll ' c l On the 17th inst , at - Edinburgh, the Bight 11° 7 • Sc °t1°P ' Adam, Lor Chief Commissioner of the '''Jury C" ft ° for . aged 89. l oto ll 9 On the 17th inst., Thomas Richards, Esq'' 4 f .1 . _ i f, o , merly of Nottingham, Learn . D e, ' 10'" On the 17th inst., at ngton Spa, Catha r t ' o f the B. Menton, Esq., Judge ot the Su • e C" 1. del' pent D3 ll of Newleundla.nd, aged 74, John On the 18th inst., et Charlton, Blackheath, Esq., of Gray's Inn. ti *°44 t. lot .K~ In * y z r '~~ ~~