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In order to carry out this international a Committee, consisting of 17 influential Noble :ha:its has been formed in Cologne, and half the S PI i, remarked by Sir GEORGE CLERK, during the de bate in the House of Commons on Wednesday, that the amount of naval force required at any particular time must depend entirely upon What may be considered the exigencies of the State ; so that a force extravagant for one period, might, in reality, be greatly insufficient for another. This is an ob vious, no less than an important fact; and yet it is one of which the Lords of the Admiralty do not appear to understand the full force. It is enough for them, and for their apologist Sir JOHN BARROW, that the Navy is not in a worse condi tion now than it was when the Tories were in power—unmindful of the grave consideration that other nations have not bound themselees to remain equelly stationary. The question is not " Have we as many ships and stores now as we had in 1835 or atly other year ? but, " Does our Navy bear the same proportion to -the Navies of Prance, Russia, the United States and all other Powers, that it did during the most prosperous period in our annals Has it kept pace with events—with the probabili ties of danger to the peace of the world, and the wants of our increasing commerce ?" It is in this light that the question must be viewed by those • who seek to deal honestly with it. The neglect of the Navy by the Tories— and neglect it they did—is no excuse for a neglect of it on the part of the Whigs. And yet to give the Devil his due, the Tories, during the long period of their administration, never left our own shores in the unprotected state in which they have been during the last eighteen months. Admiral ADAM, it is true, attempted to controvert this statement ; but how did he do it ? Why, by stating in reply that so me ti me d ur i ng l ast summer we had' three half-manned ships carrying Admirals' flags in our ports ; sundry ships of the line similarly equipped, constantly sailing between the Tagus and the Thames; and some vessels em ployed as troop-ships between England and Canada I It would be farcical in the extreme to regardsuch a straggling, ill-appointed force as this as a sufficient protection to England at a time when Russia had fifteen sail of the line fully manned, and provisioned for three months, within a few days' sail of our shores. But though it may serve the purposes of faction to make this a party question, we trust that the good sense of the people of England will induce them to reject every attempt on the part of Whigs or Tories so to deal with it. The Navy is an English question--a British question—a question in which every man in the empire has a vital interest. Of the Navy no national jealousy can be felt ; for the Navy, though formidable to our enemies, can never become dangerous to the liberties of the people. In this respect it is obnoxious to none of the Consti tutional objections to a large standing army in time of peace ; and hence it has happened that in every period of our history its augmentation has been popular, except during the unfortunate reign of CHARLES 1., whose attempt to levy ship-money, or rather taxes, under the name of ship-money, cost him his head. And yet the calling such taxes by the name of ship-money proves that, per se, the Navy was then quite as popular as it is now, or has been since. It may be interesting to many who take a deep interest in this question to trace its pro gress from that period, in order to-engraft thereon a few remarks on the policy which has always guided its prosperous Adininistration. In the reign of CHARLES I. ships were first distinguished by rates. At the breaking out of the Rebellion the Royal Navy consisted of 42 sail, of which 25 were ships of the line. One of time strongest arguments of the Royalists against the Remonstrance of the Commons to the people, was that the chief object of his Government was to raise a nava!, not a military force—a " project useful, honourable, nay indispensably necessary." The year following the KING was deprived by Parliament of the management of the Navy and its power turned against him. During the Protectorate the Navy Estimates were first laid before Parliament. Exclusive of 25 ships, of which Prince RUPERT robbed the country, the Navy consisted' at the death of OLI VER CROMWELL of 157 ships, of which 46 were taken from the Dutch and Danes. The number of seamen in the Royal Navy was 21,910, exclusive of crews for four ships then building. Thera were 31 ships of the line all in good condition. CROM WELL was the first Englishman who maintained that it was contrary to the true interests of the coun try to reduce the fleet in the time of peace. At the close of the war in 1G54, lie ordered the fleet to be put into good condition, new ships to he built, and alt the magazines of the kingdom to he filled with naval stores. Two years previously he increased the pay of the common sailors five shillings a month, which, by encouraging voluntary service, greatb abated the rigours of impressment. In 1677, CHARLES 11. complained to his Par liament that the Navy was in a. decaying condition, when the Parliament of that day ordered thirty new ships to be built, and granted at the outset 586,0001. for that purpose. An additional sum of 100,000/. was subsequently granted, which nearly covered the expense of building—the timber being supplied without cost from the Royal forests. At the death of this Monarch, in 1685, the fleet con sisted of 179 ships of all classes, of which 63 were ships of the line. The number of men was about 30,260. The distracted reign of JAMES 11. was unfavour able to the progress of the Navy. Still having been, like the late King, a practical sailor and for some time Lord High Admiral, JAMES was well disposed towards the Naval service. He procured 400,000/. a year to be set apart for Naval ex penses; and lie appointed a Commission to inquire into the state of the ships in ordinary, and the quantity and value of the stores in the magazines. He likewise permitted foreign timber to be im ported for shipbuilding. In consequence of the Report of this Commission several ships were condemned, and broken up, and twenty one new ones .of all sizes were added. At his abdication in 1688 the Navy consisted of 179 sail, of which 59 were ships of the line. The number of seamen and Marines was, 7,040. Immediately after WILLIAM and MARY as scended the Throne their Majesties procured an Act of Parliament for building thirty new ships to humble the maritime pretensions of France. In 1695 the House of Lords voted an Address to his MAJESTY, in which they observed, that " having spent some time in consideration of the fleet both at home and abroad, and of the great in crease of the naval force and strength of our neighbours, we conceive it to be our duty to your Mejesty and the kingdom, humbly to repre sent, that the honour and safety of this nation, under time providence of God, chiefly depends upon our strength at sea?' And they conclude with praying his MAJESTY to " give speedy and effec tual directions for the repair and increase of the Royal Navy." In the course of the war with France England lost fifty ships, while the loss of the enemy was fifty-nine. At the demise of WIL , LIAM in 1702 the fleet consisted of 272 ships, of which sixty-eight were of the line. There was an increase of ninety-nine sail during his reign, ren dered memorable in naval annals by certain boons conceded to officers. The number of seamen and marines was 40,000. ANNE had not long ascended the Throne when eleven ships were lost in a storm. This excited some alarm, and Parliament finding that steps were not taken speedily to redress the damage, the Lords in 1707 thus addressed her MAJESTY on the subject :—"lt is a most undoubted maxim, that the honour, security, and wealth of this kingdom does depend upon the protection and en couragement of trade, amid the improving and right managing its naval strength. Other -nations, who were formerly great and powerful at sea, have, by negligence and mismanagement, lost their trade, and have seen their maritime power entirely ruined. Therefore we do in the most earnest manner beseech your MAJESTY that the sea-affairs may always be your first and most peculiar care." At the QUEEN'S death in 1714, the total number of ships was only 241, but of these no fewer than 131 were of the line. The average number of sailors and marines during her reign was 40,000. GEORGE I. found the fleet in bad repair, and did much towards its improvement in various ways. But upon the whole he had no naval sympathies, and thought more of his petty Electorate of Hanover than of the intcruits of Great Britain. The fleet at his decease in 1727 consisted of 233 ships, of which 124 were of the line. The number of seamen and marines in that year was 20,000. , During the long reign of GEORGE 11. the na tion was almost constantly at war with France, Spain, and one or other of the Northern nations. I oft .~n ~~ ~t • LONDON : FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 18C9. use of Lords last night, after a consider : of petitions were presented, Lord inede a few observations against the Minis reelticg Railways in Ireland, and gave e will oppose it strenuously, and will move returns to show what money Great Bri -1 from Indent?, and what it did for Ireland. et II eanwicaa adverted to the observe the E.,rl of MINTO made the night be -rine, statements of the Earl of :E, tire official returns of 'e. A glee little squabble ensued, "t=oo Noble Earls, as to the exact number s end meats in the different doe l e-yards. We believe the Earl of HARDWICKE must be ofileees, isha must know better than he ; but at the same time we know nee thet el - leers can make fatse returns, ale and even falsify despatches. The Duke TON '.7:tVC both the Noble Earls a smart ;aid that the country was carrying on war a America with a peace establishment, ex aster and danger, and the two were disputing whether there were one ate teore or less in the dock-yard, while the , at force of the country was unarmed and unfit co: - .teva going forward: We were not before of hi r 4 Grac:;s just rower of satire. His obser .i; th..! subject were also distinguished_ by hi s good s ense . Th e -M arqu i s of LANSDOWNE in .l at some length tirli our peace est3bliAwnent was rior to any that we ever before had, and adequate - INyoses. No ship had been sent. from Canada, - place requiring ships, to Mexico. • The et we were at war, and that it was not a war with a peace establishment. of a petition from Mr. LAWSON, we lire. gee Timns, was not granted; end Lord LYND s', oho-plays second fiddle to that Journal, is to e subject under the consideration of the House The prayer, we believe, is to allow the of the House of Lords to. depose to some matter in the Court of Queen's Bench. The Marquis of WESTMEATH and the Marquis of i!TORMANTIr had ene of those contests about Ireland, en aveecd by a little crossing of the Duke of WELLINGTON ael the Earl of CHARLEVILLE, which may be delightful to share, but have now been so often exhibited to the public, that ais heartily tired of them. The motion of the Marquis of i'V'ESTMEATII was for an address to the Crown for a copy of any memorial addressed to the Lord Lieutenant of the Government of Ireland, forth° liberation of Thomas Cooke from the gaol of Mullingar, who had been convicted at the General Ses sions in March, 1837, and sentenced to fifteen months' . After making some observations, and :rine what could be said on the other side, the Mar. is of WESTMEATH, as usual „withdrew his motion. The House then adjourned. In the Commons, after Mr. O'CONNELL had given iotce of his intention to call the attention of the House to Mr. EI•ANCONI'S attempt to get letters of deni zatien from the Tory Administrations, and Mr. HAP.. yea: Lad given notice that he will move for a of all the persons through whose property the ~p, s ed Irish Railway is to pass, Mr. SHAW moved fir prpers relative to the state of Ireland, and drew a lugubrious picture of the condition of that country. According to him it is frightfully criminal, and for all its crimes, the ruled, enslaved, and starved peasantry are responsible, not the ruling and arrogant landlords. SHAW' S speech was little better than a re-hash of the diatribes of the Orange Tory journals. Lord MORPETH wasted an army of good facts in re plying to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. lie happily ridiculed the lamentation ofthe lion. and Learned Gentle tn an over th e ru i ned state, declaring his party had nothing to do b ut appeal to the Sovereign, and then in a sup pliant A eything rathe r than appeal to the direct verdict of the Hense, and try to dislodge Ministers. Lord Moueen t eee no objection to the granting the papers, but en the supply, so as to show the condition of Ire. t -e• Tory Governments ; and he undertook to ei , l'eteaw that it was worse then than under ii:' :37 . '3 rule; that crimes were more mi en we outrageous. The Noble Lord read .doe rs a lecture about their conduct, who for t! ti duties of property, and insist only on its They exact from the peasantry the armost earthing, and afford them no protection. On ae contrary, as was lately proved in the cese of Lord Loa:Tote, they unroof their cottages, and turn them nouseless and naked on the world. They grind rent out of their bones and marrow, and then, diseased and ::.'estie rite, they t urn t h em o ff t h e i r land to wretchedness tad death. This sorrowful and lament,blo theme was reated in the usual party style, neither of the two fac ens daring to relbr to the real cause of the misery of c Irish, but talLiree about conspiracies —the conspiracy starvation—and Ribbonism, and the Catholic 'gion, and the atrocity of letting men out of gaol, keeping them in never did any good, occupied the c whole evening. The public is weary of these ;lves about the condition of Ireland, which ate nothing except the rabidness of party spirit, and in nothing except ilia loss of temper on both sides ; e. the theme is fruitful of declamation, it allows of the ,Display of ciecnence, and therefore, the talking Mem bers of tin Hou,e of Commons, expatiate very fre quently on the state and condition of Ireland. As the motio n w. s cot oppoecel, there was no object in dispute, hut Hen. 2 , :embers talked as much as if sorno victory _ eta;tied by argument. After speectles of some length from Mr. O'CONNELL, r:RGEANT JACKSON, and other Members, Colonel eee moved the seljournment of the debate. Lord Joliet RUSSELL stated that he would not .op pose the adjournm'ent, btit he would certainly move the second reading of the- Irish Municipal Corporation Bill in the first instance, and afterwards propose the unrniite.e of Supply. The adjournment was then 11 ,, €e , h to (1 usual supe; ) it or a; rry o 0'! i `R 7. Imprisontno: t return PIMA N 11 , use eternal ere to d VE/1 4, 3 r0 e l -r the apnointruent of a Committee to inquire into Azy!u w 'ALL m, «Ild so me p a p ers 'ere laid on th e ~ the Ilacze adjourned at Two o'Clock. Tio rr:ore carefully ve examine the official state- Incnt s wi • - ~Icii have been made in and out of Payrlia ... re3prc!ing the actual condition of cur Navy, ia i e . ic•ss grcuild s do we Perceive for the vaunted ,-:,t,(:oipla(eney with which Ministers are in the " of ~......___ approac."), this q uest i on. It was well . ____ Notwithstanding immense losses, the fleet con sisted, at the accession of GEdnet HI., of 4U ettels or greatly improved build, of which 127 were ships of the line. The number of seamen and marines was then 70,000. Subsequently, the number of seamen has been often increased to 120,000, as in the years 1797; 1798, 1799, and 1800, for example. In 1801 this number *as increased to 835,000. In the be,,oinning of 180, from which period we date the Beeline of our Navy, our fleet consisted of 040 vessels of all sizes, of which 115 were ships of the line. According to the official return, published by Sir JOHN BARROW, dated December 18.38, the tish fleet at present corigiSts of 236 vessels of all elas.set, ineluding steamers, Post. Office packets, and 27 on the stocks. Of this number 90 are ships of the line ; but it is admitted on all side.: that Baldly more than one-half of them can by any process be made sea-worthy. We have thus endeavoured. to bring before our readers at a glance, the actual state of our Navy at certain fixed periods since Parliament fir s t c h arge d itself with the maintenance of our dignity as a lead ing Naval Power. Proper reflections upon it will readily suggest themselves to every man of any in formation. Has our Navy kept pace with the growth of our commerce ? Do we not actua!ly seem as if we had allowed it, from the finest in the world, to dwindle away, so as to be hardly " the shadow of a shade" of what it was ? And this, too, at a period when other nations have betaken themselves to the rearing of marine arma ments for the avowed purpose of checking our dominion on the waves. Nay, it is even worse than this; for as the Duke of WELLINGTON observed i❑ the House of Peers last night, we are going on with what our penny-wise-and-pound-foolish eco nomists call a "peace establishment," whsle we are actually at war in Canada, Persia, and we may almost add, in Spain. And with such a state of things staring them in the face our patriotic Peers indulge nightly in dock-yard squabbles about a feW spars and old sail cloths ; and our Itepicsentatives are content to listen to the bandying of abuse be tween Whig and Tor ) , Lords arne ex-Lords, Secre taries and ex-Secretaries of the Admiralty I The subject of Railways excites a great deal o public attention, and was last night alluded to ir. both Houses of Parliament. At Mr. HARVEY'S notice of a motion we can only rejoice, as we think it most desirable to have all private interests and mo tives laid bare, by which the individuals, if disposed to act unfairly, may be shamed into honesty. Lord BROUGHAM'S notice does not give us equ a l satis faction. We fi n d n o f au l t indeed with the Noble Lord, for, though we differ from him, we are so sensible of the magnitude and novelty of the ques tion—so well convinced that he agrees with what in general we consider the right principle, that of non-interference by the Government in private busi ness, that his views rather make us diffident of than confident in our own. Nevertheless, having for a considerable number of years advocated the prin ciple of Government laying down a general plan . of railways, and having b een t aug ht b y recent expe rience that the immense power and monopoly con ferred by railways cannot be safely entrusted to individuals, we have gradually extended our views, and are prepared to advocate. the principle that Government should undertake to construct as well as plan them. We purpose, as briefly as we can, to lay our ideas on this subject before our readers ; but we must 'first say, that however stron g our own convictions, we cannot join the Chio nide in attributing improper motives to the Liberal English Members who voted against Lord MORPETH'S resolution. When our Contem porary ascribes to Sir En. L. BULWER, and other Liberal Members, a disposition to deny justice to Ireland, because they are not immediately convinced of the propriety of voting money for construct ing railways, our Contemporary does an injustice to them and displays much more zeal than discre tion. We differ from Sir En. BULWER and those who voted with him, but we have observed his and their political conduct long enough to believe that on such a question their minds were honestly made up, and their votes patriotically, even if mistakenly, given. On this complicated and novel subject men may well form different opinions without being liable to any of the vulgar clap"-trap accusations of party. We call this a novel subject because railroeds, from their immense advantages compa:ed to other means of communication, and they arc not yet half known, will necessarily be the only means of com munication in the country till something, wetter be found out, and because the expense of making and keeping them up, together with the facilities one of them supplies for sending both vast quantities of goods and a great number of passengers, will render it impracticable and inadvisable in the great ma jority of cases to have competing lines. in their nature, therefore, they must be monopolies. Already the coaches have ceased to run on parallel roads where they have been established ; and the peer and the peasant, the millionnaire and the mercantile traveller, the princess, and the waiting woman going to a new service, all travel by the railroad, because it is the swiftest and the cheapest conveyance. The peer can have nothing, better, the humblest traveller is capable of pur chasing its use. On the river, on the King's high-road, ships and coaches can run, and can pass by each other ; but on the rail each carriage is fast ened, it cannot diverge from it, and it can pass by no other carriage. As the vast extension of ma chinery has made clothing cheap, we have become all nearly dressed alike, so railways are another element in the same democratic progress, and as they come into use we must all travel alike. Thus necessarily of uni.versal use, and by nature a monopoly, such as we believe has never before existed, they seem to us to require for the protec tion of the community that they should be placed in the hands of that Government which is respon sible to the community. We made a few remarks on Wednesday to show that from our Government having always been car ried on to promote the purposes of a faction, and to coerce the people not to promote their welfare, all its operations were looked on with suspicion and all power denied it which can be withheld. Being sensible of that, we ask those who contend that Government should not undertake the promo tion and management of a general system of rail ways, they being monopolies of such vast utility, what in the name of reason is the Government fit for? Its bad character must not, however, make us deny its attributes. It is a costly, even a ruinous contrivance, and if it cannot be entrusted to make railways the sooner it is got rid of the hater. For railways, to be advantageous, they must not only supersede other modes of travelling, but they must converge to a centre, and must radiate throughout all the land. They re quire to be laid down with a view to the general advantage, and the principles on which they ought to be constructed are not the common principles of profit and loss, from which their own nature ex cludes them, but the flats and levels, or engineering properties of the whole country. They require to be placed under one system of management, which shall adjust the times of arrivals and departures to one another. The power that is capable of carry. ing them into execution must be, whatever it be called, a great ruling or controuling power, and to make it a Company or Companies, is to substitute irresponsible masters for a Government, which is or ought to be, the responsible servant of the community. Long have we been convinced, that a general scheme of railways planned by Go vernment, is as much demanded in England as in Ireland, and as the Government has made a step in surveying and laving down a plan for Ireland, it ought to act on the same principle in England. Some men will undoubtedly say--a-and we will not deny that there is some foundation for the asser tion—that we oug h t fi rst to ma k e t h e G overnment completely a n d p ro p er l y respons ibl e . U n l ess that Brussels, be done, it w ill, as in past t i mes , corrup t an d per . last night. In a letter from Brussels, which appears vert, as in the case o f th e P ost - o ffi ce , th e mos t use - in a Hamburgh paper, an instance is given of the ful cont r i vance to b a d purposes . T o meet t h at v i ew, change of German, and Dutch papers were received popular opinion recently observable in the however, as we have no hope of immediately getting Belgian capital. Accordion to the writer a revolu such a Government, we should venture to suggest tionary song was loudl called for at the Park The_ that both i n I re l an d an d i n E ng l an d a genera l sys y sire, Brussels. Th e M anage r came forward and tern of railw a y s , pl anne d b y G overnment , to be infor me d t h e audience that the Government had executed lay its authority, and to be managed by it, piohibited the singing of that song, whell , strange should b e pl ace d un d er t h e exclus i ve controu l of to say, not a voice was raised in condemnation of Pailiamenta r y Commissioners, responsible t o the the prohibition. Had this occurred two months people through their representatives, and subject, ago the audience would have pulled down the build on good cause shown, to be removed by a vote of heatre. The eig, and sung the song in a body over the 1.1;11S. Parliament. To have a check on its central Oa the 25th ult. the King of PRUSSIA was so power, local superintendents might be chosen recovered as to be able to attend the T the inhabit ants o f t h e l oca li t i es , t h roug h which new law relative to mixed marriages was then ex- HANOVER, the railroad s were t o p ass , so t h at t h e w h o l e ma- pected to be published in the course of a few days, nagement and controul should be in . the hands of We subjoin the latest news from Hanover ;e -e" those who should be locally and generally responsi- FEB. 27.—An Ppproaching ilissohatia4 of ble to thq people. We do net say that such a scheme is the only one or the best which can he ee:ised, but we are clear, from the nature of railways, that they cannot be placed in the hands rf vi duals or Companies ; and we are equally clear that to affirm of Government .that it cannot be en trusted to accomplish ad object of such general b riajOrl as d cortiplete 0 . /stet/1 df failtfatsi is tb bow: tfeitiii it d 8 a ihnig uttetly Useless. We are not of opinion that the railway pro prietors who have already secured local Acts of Parliament would hay: any reason to complain of a rreneral plan tthiCh firight eVen stipetsecle their road•;. Whey would be left undisturbed in the possession of what they have constructed, but the privileges nranted to them do not and cannot bar out the community frtlm clecirting hey scheme, demon strated to be useful, of general national improve- At the breaking out of a war individuals secure letters of marque, and arelat great expense, in the hopes of mak;ng caphires of forei : in vessds, and we have never heard that it was for them a good ground of complaint tl A the national fleets swept the teas of its enemies, and made the:r pa triotic speculation one of considerable losv. So the Legislature has sanction e d private individuals con structing Railways, in gross ignorance, we believe, of the numerous economical bearings of the novel invention ; and if it should at length become wise, and do that for England which it has done for Ireland, and lay down and ex -cute a general plan of Rail %Nays extending over the whole empire,- those Corn- ' panics which have speculated in Private Acts of Parliament, would have no just cause to complain of its decisioa. [bent. When the important — question relative to the plan for Railroads in Leland comes on for discus sion, we recommend to all parties the advice given by Sir JAMES GRAHAM on Wednesday touching the Navy : " Let them reduce the matter in dispute within those narrow bouath, and, instead of indulging in erimination and recrimination, and invidious comparisons between Tory Governments and Whig Governments. let them put the case in a right point of view before the werld, and show that they were all united in the determination to do all that the case required." This subject has, unfortunately, hitherto been treated by one portion of the Conservatives as a party question, tha! portion, namely, which plays such fantastic tricks when left to their own guidance, but to this we attach little importance. The question must be decided by mcn of a different stamp. The Duke of WELLINGTON, Sir RODERT PEEL, and the more rational of the Tories, have either refrained from giving a decided opinion, or given one in favour of the plan ; certain of the supporters of Government have voted against them, and we may there fore anticipate that an Irish' question for once will he approached with something like impartiality. The Orangemen object to it because it will give patronage to Mr. O'CONNELL and the Irish priests, but if there is any real ground for this fear, why not adopt the title laid down with regard to ap-, pointments under the New Poor-law, and make it a great national question without distinction of parties ‘? Great Britain is as much inter ested in the queftion . as Ireland. The one cannot suffer or prosper without the other. If the Legislature can find employment for the superabundant population of the ;sister country, in constructing a work which, on calcula tion, hardly disputed, will at least pay ordinary in terest, and in the end give an impulse to industry, is this not infinitely preferable to grants for encou raging emigration, or even to Poor-law s ? The New Poor-law for Ireland will entail more expense On that country in four years than the whole cost of the proposed and 2,500,000/. expended on emigration would, in the end, leave Ireland exactly where she was. Are not these points which interest Orangemen as well as Catho lics ; and independent of this, is it a matter of no importance to ascertain by experiment whether the gross abuses, the needless expense, and the monopoly which Railway Companies in this country are daily acquiring, may not be ob viated by giving the Government, under the controul of the Legislature,- power to construct and maintain them at the expense of the nation ? No man has been more alive to this subject than the Duke of WELLINGTON, and as his great object can only be the good of the country, we confi dently anticipate that he will take the independent course which he did with regard to the New Poor law Bill. This is an Irish question, too, which can not affect the Established Church ; and if it is to be rejected from the foolish dreld that it may give pa tronage to Mr. O ' CONNELL, we may as well leave off legislating for Ireland, and grant him at once Repeal. We adverted yesterday to the fact well know but not enough remembered, that the Nobility and Gentry of this empire have enjoyed an unexampled immunity from violence and wrong, either legal or individual, for a great many years. Moreover, they have enjoyed their large incomes undisturbed, though they have done little or nothing to earn them. For these blessings they are most ungrate ful, as well as most unjust, when they continue to tax the people's bread. By such a proceeding they forfeit all claim to regard or respect, and deservedly acquire the public hatred and scorn. We envy them not their security nor their possessions, but when they insist on enlarging their incomes by taxing the peopl e ' s b rea d, t h e i r scan d a l ous avarice. endangers both their possessions and their safety. We beg the attention of our readers to the re port of the proceeding s at a public dinner at Bath, given to Mr. HOBBS, the printer whom the saints of Bath have deprived of his situation in a News paper office on • account of his religious opinions. Much credit is clue to those gentlemen who have thus come forward to bear their testimony in favour of religious liberty, and to stigmatize the unchristian conduct of this conscientious man's cruel persecutors. He has suffered the penalty of asserting, in the nineteenth century, the great principle on which our fathers in the sixteenth founded the glorious Reformation—the right of private judgment in matters of religion ; we trust, however, that sufferings for conscience' sake, will in this, as in other cases, raise up friends for the victim of persecution, not merely among persons of his own persuasion, but among those who may differ from him in religious opinion. We are sure that the orthodox Dissenters in parti cular, who are so zealous in the cause of religious freedom, and who justly regard all persecution as directly opposed to the spirit of Christianity, will readily embrace this opportunity of showing to the world the sincerity of their professions by taking Mr. HOBBS under their especial patronage. The reports from the Corn-law Delegates continue to be satisfactory. The statving fishermen of Orkney and Zetland appeal to be allowed to ex change their fish fur foreign corn. - Must they starve because they cannot eat cod, ling, and hali but, without bread, every day ? The folly of the agriculturists in supposing that a law t o en h ance t h e pr i ce o f w h at t h ey pro d uce, and thus limit its consumpti o n, when tea, cofKe, sugar, foreign f ru i t , etc. etc., come into competition with their produce, surpasses anything we recollect in mo dern tunes. To produce corn at the Cheapest possible rate is clearly the only means by which beer and home-made spirits can be preferred to foreign produe . - lions, an d b y w hi c h t h e consump ti on o f the farmers produce can be extended. They slaughter their own prosp er ity by i ns i st i ng on gro wing beat corn. • W e add with pleasure that our private accounts from Manchester tend t o mak e It s believe that the feelin g i n t h at town amongst t h e working classes is healthier than we supposed it to be. The post ponement of Mr. STEPHENS' trial may not have been without its influence, ~ and if it were at once given up no injury would accrue. To indulge rancour and hostility ne ver beneficial. the Chambers is talked of to-day, there being, it is said, euly twenty-six Members present. It is stated that Mc have resigned, and twenty-seven others protested and sent an address to the Diet, in which they declare that they cannot acknowledge the resolutions of the present As sembly, and will not return to it till either the Diet declares that. the country has lost its right to the Constitution, or the Chamber shall assemble ;n sufficient numbers without the signal of the address in the first case they would de ttaind the *hole ConMithtiCin of 1819, in the latter eacrt all the powers and.faculties that God has giten them to ,maintain the rights of the country. HANOVER, FEB, 28.—The twenty.seven Deputies have sent to the German Diet a refutation of the Royal Pro clamation of Feb. 16, this year, which they have addressed to the aarnbor; ail(' call oh the Diet to interfere before the existing order is disturbed. The Cabinet will now doubtless prorogue the Estates, and issue new writs, in the room of the Mt-mbers who have resigned. Such a one hits dlreAy been stnt to this city ; but it is thought un- I.kely that the city will proceed to elect a deputy..•-flam burgh Borseuhalle. The Government received last night despatches from Madrid of the 27th ult. They were from Lord CLARENDON, in answer to letters ad dre3sed to him by the Government here. His Lordship 18 to return immediately to England, and it, is rumoured, is to have a seat in the Cabinet. The REGENT was seriously indisposed. Don CARLOS has driven 23 of his principal adlterents into exile. The Paris Papers of Wednesday have all been received. The defeat of the Ministry was no longer doubtful, The Debats acknowledges that out of 403 returns, 206 were avowed Coalitionists, and three had declined to avow themselves of any party. There remained only 56 Deputies to be re turned. Lists of a new Cabinet were handed about on Wednesday, most of them including SO LT, TiiiEßs, GUIZoT, DUCHATEL, and SAUZET. The The general impression is that the new Ministry will cordially enter into the most friendly relations with Great 13ritain. M. PAPINEAU of Canadian notoriety, arrived at Havre, from New York, on Tuesday. We sub join extracts from the French Papers : The Sylvie de Grasse, which has arrived at Havre, from New York. brings the following bewa from Mexico t-- •• The Eliza Ann, schooner, which arrived at New Orleans on the 28th January, from the Mauritius, which it left on the 12th of that month, brought a number of French residents in Mexico, among whom was the French Cunsul at Matarnoram." We have received the following news by this channel GeLeral Filisola, with about 1,000 men under his command, was shut up at Matamcras, by the Federalists, under the command of Colonel gleuterio, Mensez, and Cameles, who hindered the provisions coming from the in terior, from entering the place. " Oa the 56, the Federalists who had approached within a league of the town, were attacked by the troops General Filisola, and the result of the engagement was not de&sive,l.ach party having lost about forty killed and wounded. The GA , ernment troops had several officers among the killed, and the Liberals lost two pieces of can non. General Canaligu, who was retreating from Tam ):ico to Matamoras, had been attacked near Santa Theresa, by the Federalists, under the command of Ge or ral Vital Fernandez, and had entered Malarnoras in the night in d:sordcr, with three 'hundred men. A decisive attack on Matamoras by the Federalists was daily ex pected. " The decree of the Mexican Governmrnt for the ex puhion of the French had been strictly enforced r.t Mata moros, by the Prefect Feo Logero. He refused to allow the French mwe than the fortnight, fixed by the laws, to settle their nffslirs. " A Major-Gtneral in the Mexican army, a French. man, has thrown up his commission, that he migh. not be obliged to serve against the troops of his own coon• try."—Le Commerce. BOURSE.-PARIS,WEDNESDAY, MARCh 6, first lii;;liest Lowest Last. Pi ice. Price. Price. Price!. lin 90 5 ... 1;0 5 78 90 . 79 5 ... 78 90 ... 79 5 ;2(1 —.V 1) French sper Cents 3 per Cents Bank of ranee Lattitte Ba k •1; , 00f. Sn 1025 ... 025 ...1 , 1 5 :::i: 2, . - ',OO _f. : - 1) 5 90 ...3!9 I ...al9 , ...51J0 Belgian 5 per Cents 10 ;1 ,4 ... 10174 ... 10114 ... 014 i, :i p,r , ents ...... Bank 555 ... 5 5 ... 551 ... 555 :4 a i-h Ac ice tlni ... 2(4i ... 2014• ... :a t; Pcrtu;uesa 3 per Cents Neapolit ,n Roman RAILWAY ScIA HE-. St P . ermai . ..... ,....... 6 , 0 _. 63 ... f 29 ... r 2 Versailles, it B .. 575 ... ~60... ;075 ... 577 50 L.B It.outm ()dean, .. Charleroi ... 451 ... 41(1 ... 450 ... 4::0 itra4burg to Bale ... 322 51 ... 32.2 50 ...:1.2 50 ... 322 50 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, 7' WELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, ntecii 7 —The derna for Co ton continues to be extensive, and prices fully ma;n• ,aincd. To-day's transactions are upwards of 10,000 bags We have a very great scarcity of arrivals this morning ; one of most impjrtince is the Express from Paris, bringing she defeat of the French Ministry in the elections, which is decisive. At Liverpool the speculation in Cotton continues ; nut less than 10,000 bags were sold yesterday. On the arrival of the Great Western, perhaps the cause of these extensive operations may be ascertained. There is a general complaint in the City of the supine ness which prevails in rebuilding the Royal Exchange. Even the rubbish on the site from the conflagration is not yet cleared off. It is surprising that this great and wealthy city does cot adopt sortie measure to advance the rebuilding, so much needed by the merchants—plenty of money can be obtained for railroads, and other speculations of less importance. TUE FUNDS. The British Funds this morning have not experienced any effect from the defeat of the French Ministry in the elections. Consols opened at the closing prices of yes terday, 92-i- 93 for the Account; Money 921 -; Exche quer Bills, 64 66 ; India Bonds, 64 66; Bank Stock shut, for the opening 2051 2064 ; India Stock 256, 257. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. Spanish Active 20,k ; Portuguese 341 35:1 ; Three per Cent!. 211. 22 ; Belgian 1014 i ; Brazilian 801 ; Scrip 1 to 11 ; Colombian 29i.; Mexican 231 24; Dutch Two-and. a- Half per Cents. 551- II ; Five per Cents. 1034 1. The Ostend mail has not yet arrived. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — India Stock .• .1 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 9.21;4 %.74 • South Sea Stock -3; per Cent - Old Annuities 7--- Ditto Red. - ' New Ditto New :ti per Cent ton% ,:, ; 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17,1 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire i Ditto 500 ... 66 6t pin. Jan. 5, ISM ... ' Ditto Small • 66 61 pm. Oct. 10, 1359 -! Ditto Commercial — p/r. .Isti. 5, 186:1 .. Jan. 5, MO — : t Bank Stock for Account ... 1 April 5, 18.911 — , India Stock far Account ... Jan. 5. 1970. —' Consols for Account 92% 3 PJUCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — ( Peruvian Bonds —. Belgian Bonds Ditto Account' -. ; Portitzuese Bonds Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto, 3 per Cent. - Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Columbian Bonds . Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic... Columbian Bonds, 1804 Ditto Account Danish Bonds 'Ditto Account Ditto Account. ;reek Bonds French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1805 ---- 4 per cent ....... —f. —it. Ditto Account - 3 per cent —f. —e. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. , --- Exchange. -r. —e. Ditto Account — Dutch, 2;4 per cent.......... 5554 Ditto, 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto .Iceount Neapolitan ; Ditto Acc0unt.............. VIR CES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT O . NE O'CLOCK. P.,id. Per Shale. Bristol and Exeter Railway Company 24 7 S F. , ern i onto'', itailway.. Anil and Selby Railway Company 25 IS Blghton 1YallV1:11, -,,........ ........... Lo idol and Black wall Railway Union and Birmingham Railway Company !pi 107 :.nchestar and Birmingham Railway l5 121,i Do. Do. E x t ens i on National Provincial Bank of England . 35 38, 4 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols have remained steady during the morning, at .he opening price of 92i 93 for the Account, and 921 I f for Money, with scarcely anything doing ; and we do not hear of a feature in the market worth mentioning, to the present hour. Exchequer Bilk 64 66; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Brik Stock shut ; India Stock ditto. In the Foreign Market the prices arc much the same as in the early part of the morning. Spanish Active 20 i , 1 4 , I Portugucs: - .., 34i 35 ; Three per 'Ceuta., 21J 22 lietgian, 101+ i ; Brazilian, 80; Colombian, 291; Alexi_ can, 231 , 24 ; Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents. 54 -a ; Five per C en t s . 103+ i. • The Ostend Mail still remains due. ' There is a great dearth of intelligence In the City. • In the Share Market there is rather more brskness-- Birmingham 87 prem. ; Brighton 5',1 discount. _____ A Court of Col - ninon Council was held yester.. day, specially for the purpose of considering the Metropo litan Police Bill. The Lord Mayor took the chair at eleven o'clock. A petition from the inhabitants of the ward of Castle Pavnard, praying the Court to adopt all possible means in their power to prevent the Bill passing into a law, as it stands, was presented to the Court by Mr. Deputy Flicks. Mr. Alderman Venables then brought up the Watch Committee Report, recommending the Court to make a most strenuous opposition to the measure, and to request an immediate conference with Lord John Russell, and urge his Lordship to exempt the City from the provi sions of the Bill. The report was unanimously agreed t.l, ' and the Court appointed a deputation to wait upon his Lordship accordingly. The Committee were instructed to prepare a petition to Parliament against the Bill, and the Court requested the City Members and such of the Court as had seats in Parliament, strongly to oppose tho Bill in ever) stage. Various resolutions were also adopted by the Court upon the subject, which were ordered to be advertised. The Court sat in deliberation upon this highly important question nearly five hours. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury give a sumptuous entertainment to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Friday, the 15th instant. The petition against the return of Mr. Bruen, IrCarl.ow, has been forwarded to London for presentation. We arc sorry to state that her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta was not considered so well on Monday :is she was the preceding week. Her Royal Highness is euffering fcom an attack of gout, to which she is occa pionally subject. The Marchioness Cornwallis and Lady Langliem an, unremitting in their attentions to the illus trious invalid. COURT C RCU LAR. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The recent debate§ in the House of Commons on the efftirs of the Navy, form the stthjett Gr a leading article is the Tines of this morning, who epealia thus, justly and pointedly, aboet the inadequacy of the retiring pensions allowed to naval and relliteey men :—" With regard to the retiring pay or pensions allotted to naval men, as well as to military officers, they are, in the estimation of all honour- able minds, cruelly and scandalously narrow. What, an Ad miral, after siity years hard service, and oftentimes respofiii bl, for the safety of half the British empire, screwed down to ss than 7701. a year; and tt Cietietal without a regiment, after an equal period of exposure to all sate of easualties ; and sftcr laying out 6,000/. on his commissions, roughipg, it in the evening of life on 4001. per annum ! an Mite late clerk, who hat borne no exposures of any kind, and possesses no knowledge of any bind, twit of the mechanism of a copying machine, or the balancing power of a stool en four legs—a personage who has been fingering fees and playing j,ek-in-eflice for a score of years or so, retires with 1,000/. a year 1 There is no equelity in this, and no integrity; and with all deference to the one-sided sagacity of Mr. JOSEPH HUME, the nation must 110 t, suffer it to en dure much longer." Speaking of the late discussion in the Commons on the Irish Railway question, the Morning Chronicle ob§crves : " The question is, after all, very simple. Shall Ireland be left, as it is, a disgrace to the empire, and a constant source of aprehension and expense; of shell we fairly grapple with the disease, by making those eMiftioils by which alone we can hope to effect a radical cure ?" The Morning Herald h again full of all sorts of appre hensions respecting Ireland, and the Integrity of the Bri tish Empire. Alluding to last night's discussions in the Commons on the subject of the sister country, our Con temporary observes as follows :—" The general result of the discussion must be, to strengthen and diffuse the im pression that the state of Ireland is beeoming more alaim ing every day; that there exists in that country a widely spread and deeply-rooted conspiracy agair:st Rotes tent life and property ; that of that conspiracy the Queen's confidential advisers are virtually the head ; that the conspiracy in question is prosecuted by mesas which . . deprive kela - nd of claim to nnl: among civilized cour.• tries ; and that unless the reign of law shall be apeedil,3 restored, he'and must inevitably, and at no distant period . cease to render allegiance to the Crown of England." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS lIER ALD.—T he revived and daily increasing specula tion which is now carried on in cotton of the United States staple in the Liverpool market, for the account of our Lan cashirc mmufaCturers, commands gencial attention, Of the sales effected yesterday, which amounted to 30,000 bales, it appears that 18,000 bales were taken on mere spe culation, and the diff. rence tor absolute consumption. This LOW tide of speculation . ' is justified on the ground that the supplies of raw cotton front the United States, up to the Ist of last January, were more than wttally short. This circumstance, however, is no proof that the cotton crops of the last year iu the United States were by any means a failure, or that such a rcsult is truly anticipated with re gard to the conning crop. It, however, eppears that the gloater p%rt of the sales effected yesterday in Cotton at Liverpool were for the account of Messrs. Humphreys and Biddle, the agents of the Bank of the United States, which establisbetent, in consequence of the large amounts of the, Cotton staple from the Southern and Western States that has then hypothecated with them by the cul tivators during the last autumn, and, in fact, during the who!, of the past year, have had it in their power to govern the supplies of tint material to Brtish and other European markets with a nicety that for a time must ensure them large profits at the exi,ence of our manufacturers. This, we believe; is the true cause of the present specu lation and the advance in the prices of raw cotton, whilst policy has directed the present, and, we may say, coming sales of the staple on account of t'ne United States Bank, since it is well know n that the rival monetary establish meats of that powerful institution have lately been follow hug precisely in its wake, and that they must; of course, also resort to European markets to realise their advf:noes. Should it turn out, however, that our manufacturers arc justified in fully increasing their stocks, and in buying raw cotton at the advanced rates, it will prove one thing, if nothing else—viz., that they have been crying out " Wolf, wolf," against tine Corn-laws, without just cause. In therefore may be argued, if that cry is again repeated, that. it will neither merit nor acquire much attention from the other prtions of the community. Asturian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent • 101 i 4 Brazilian Bonds /id% Buenos Ayr_ s o 6 per cent — Chihan, 6 per cent — Columbtan, 6 per cent. — ditto, i 824 Danish,l 3 per cent — tireek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 — Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent-- SHA i 3ristol and Exeter Railway Cheltenhan• and treat Western Raiway ' 1 Edinburgh and Glaszow Railway lO% Hull anti Selby Londo, and Brighton lttilway .., lO%, London and Blackwall Railway... L neon and Birmingham Railway Ifki, v Ditto S2ti irter Shares London itntl South.impton Railway 43 London and Croydon rtaiiway (New Scrip) .. ii ti Manche Aer and Birmingham Railway ..... . l, p , 1 Ditto to _dit Extension The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday evening, included the Earl of Mulgrave, Vis count Melbourne, Lord Byron, Lord Barham, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey. Her Majesty honoured Mr. W. C. Ros!=, A. R. A., with a siting yesterday, for a large miniature picture. The Right Hon. George Stevens Byng joined the Royal circle at dinner last evening. A D,Tutation on the subject of Australia, consisting of Mr. Mn Abel, Smith, M. P., Mr. T. F. Hodges, M. P., Mr. R. Haft Davis, Major M'Arthur, Mr. J. W. Buckle, arid Mr. W. Walker had an interviz:w with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Colonial-office. A Deputation composed of the Lord rtdvocatn of Scot land, Loid WLarncliffe, Lord Stormont, Sir William Rae, Sir George Clerk, and Mr. Colquhoun bad an interview with Lord J. Russell on Wednesday, t the Home Office. Mr. Lccesne and Mr. Russell had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Colonial office. iscoutt Melbourne was indPsposed yesterday. Dr. LuThington and Mr. G. Nicholls had interviews with Lord John Russell on Wednesday at the Home Office. Mr. Justice lialiherton (of N-rva Scotia), the Ag: nt for Jamaica, Colonel Angelo, Rev. R. Taylor, Mr. Lavergne, and Captain Pringle, had interviews yesterday at the Co lonial Office with th. Marquis of Normanby. The Right Hen. T. Grenville entertained on Wednes day the following select party at dinr.er Clare, Lord and Lady Mahon, Lord and Lady Bray brooke, Hon. J. and Lady Oco;giana Stuart Wortley and Mr. Rogers. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY, DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind N. W., squally, with snow.— Came down from the river and remain the Highbury, Fal coner, for Grenada ; Alarm, Riddlesdale, Madeira ; Sep pings, Rawlings, South Australia; Minerva, Wandsworth, Charleston ; Superior, Cede, Demerara ; and Coronation, St. John's, New Brunswick. Arrived and remain the Herefordshire, Isaacson, from Calcutta; Dart, Davis, Ma deira; and Sinder, Greiff,•, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the William, Adams, from St. Michael's. Sailed the Pekoe, Gillies, for Canton. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N. E.—Arrived the Aga tha, Ralpedock, from Rotterdam ; and Societe, Olivier, Nantes. Sailed the Hope, Lambert. for London. FALMOUTH, MARCH 6.—Wind N. E. to E., fresh breezes. —Arrived the Saucy Jack, ThMnpson, from Cephalonia ; Cygnet, Chausse, Marstilles ; Foraoguel, Duke, Long sound; and Riechstadt, Wright, rFtto. Sailed the Marys, Leslie, for London. Off port the Ganges, Anderson, from Bordeaux. LIVERYOOI„ MARCH 7.—Wind N. N. E., fresh.—Arrived the Charles, from Antwerp ; Antonius, ditto; Louisa, ditto ; Augusta, 0 'tend ; Perseverance, ditto ; Jacobo, Rotterdam ; Bruxellois, ditto; Herald, ditto ; Flora, Em den ; Hannah, Hamburg ; Royal William steamer ; Coun 'ess of Galloway steamer, Kirkcubdright, alter 13,:i0g on Sailed the Agnes, Butler, for Valparaiso; Sultan, _sarron, Harbadoes; Rapid, Demerara; Colossus, Wylie, Philadelphia ; Spring, Viven, St. Mark's; E. Perkins, Ingersolt, New Orleans; Ed. Thorme, Duncanson, New York ; John Bolton, Hutchinson, ditto ; Beverley, Bfown, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Highfield. Brown, Africa ; Maria Theresa, Trieste; Henry Bay le, Chapman, Oporto. Off port, the John Cumming, from Savannah. SHEERNESS, MARCH 7.—Sailed her Majesty's ship Powerful, for Portsmouth. LEITH, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Jonge Senior, Fouck, from Hamburg; Johannes, Altona; Caroline Margaretta, Stege. shore. HARWICH, MARCH 7.—Arrived the City of Edinburgh steamer, Collins, from London. Sailed the Two Sisters, Symonds, for London. - LYNN, MARCH 7.—Arrived the Diana, Muves, from Flinsburg; Engheden, Hiels, Rotterdam. DUBLIN, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Devonshire steamer, from London. KINGSTOWN, MARCH 6.—Arrived the Atlas, Pearce, From London. MILFORD, MARCH 6 —Sailed the NereuQ, Fox, London. WATERFORD, MARCH s.—Arrived the Harmony, Shad dock, from London. LONDONDERRY, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Thomas Mac taggart, from Riga ; and Gratitude, Canning, from Riga. SCILLY, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Wave, Edwards, from St. Michael's ; and Vol-a-Vent, Vaut, from Harnburgh. Sailed the Kate, Phillips, for Syra and Constantinople ; and Emma, Perceval, for Genoa. POOLE, MARCH 7.—Sailed the Superb, Barber, for Nets foundland. SALCOMBR, MARCII 7.—Arrived off port the Renova tion, Bill, from Lisbon. Sailed Speedy. W e ll s , L on d on. MILFORD MARCII 6. A small smack ; with porter casks on deck, struck on a rock off this port on the Ist, and capsized—crew drowned. The vessel afterwards floated off, showing her bowsprit only above water. Some fresh staves lately containing 'port wine, were washed on shore at West Dale. DUBLIN, MARCH 6. —The Salus, of Drogheda, bound to Pr: , ston, has put into Kingstown, with loss of mainmast. MARYPORT, MARCH 6.—The Union (steamer), from Liverpool to this port, in entering too late on the tide, grounded at the mouth Of the harbour, but floated off with out damage, after discharging her cargo. CLOSINC 3 PRICES. FUNDS. ,India Stack Ditto Bonds -- Sank Sock p.er ea. licri • ail. , ......... - Beer Cent. Cc ..-- - .is 9:171, Ditto Old Annuities ..;• 2 per Cent. Red 101"., Ditto New Annuities Nen , 4 2 per Cent 1..,0% ex. Bills, 1,41./U1.......2d '4 p m . Ncw 5 per Cent — Ditto 50u/ tit pm, Mug Annuities to expire 14 15-16 Ditto 50G1 64 i,ni. Jan Ititi . Oct. Ida Jan. !Oki() i Consols for Act (.3 FOREltiz s i FUNDS • !Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent 751 , Ditto NeW Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent II2B Ditto, Metallic S j ' i, zi tt n o ish eolio bj s? e l r ic i l: e tt l e t il — French, 5 per cent. —f —c. Exchange —t: —c French, 3 per cent --P. —4. n.itcli,•2% per cent. Ditto, - 5 per cent....., 103% RES. SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE. TATTERSALL'S, MARCH 7. That the bzttitig, if dull, was effective, may be from the positions of several horses which have for some tiTe been in considerable force. To begin with the leader -- " e find brother to Bay Middleton at 9 to 1, offered repeatedlY, with no offers to back him under 10 to "1 ; passing over 1 10 '. beau and the Dey of Algiers, who were equal favourites each 16 to 1, and Tros and Kremlin. who were at 20 to (offered), we come to the 23 to 1 division, in which Mounter and Erin-go-Bragh will now he found; to which they reced_ from 20 to 1, the prices respectively quoted against them t ° 4 s ; notice of Monday s transactions. From this same '25 to I class Zimmerman was ejected, 30 to 1 having been his closing Pe e : Bulwark was backed at. '2B to 1, and there was some talk abed Westonian and Epidaurus, but no business done. Valaincoor,' rose another five points. On the other hand Lord Jerseys Cain colt ; said to be lame, went quite to the outside. The fol lowing is a list of prices at the close :- 400 to 100 agst John Scott's lot—taken 13 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's lot—taken gathered 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's - Brother toßayMiddleton ---0 16 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dev of Algiers 20 to 1 a •st Lord Albemarle's Tros 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Kremlin—taken 25 to 1 ais4 Dulr, , of Richmonn's Meunier—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh—taken 25 to 1 apt Lord Jersey's Ilderim 28 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Bulwark—taken 30 to I agst Col. Anson's Zimmerman—taken 35 to I agst Duke of Gratton's Xther—taken . 40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Validneourt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Cammellino 50 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Brother to Plenipo—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Wrefotd's Wapiti—taken 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Clark's Dragsman—taken 1000 to 10 agst Sir G. Ileathcote's Oronooko 1000 to 10 agst Lord Jersey's Cain colt—taken 2000 to 20 agst Captain Williamson's Melbourne—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. Worrall's Peon—taken 1090 to 10 agst Mr. Sidler's Deception—taken 36 to I agst Mr. Thornhill's three:—taken 12 to 1 agst Erin-go-Bragh and Zi mmer man—taken, 12 to 1 agst Erin-go-B rag h an d th e L or d Mayor—'ta ken 12 to 1 agst Erin-go-Bragh and Kremlin—taken 12 to 1 agst Kremlin and Westonian—taken 0 ?V II ' .NDEPENDENCE OF THE S CO TTIS H the /0 1- SANTRY.—WC have much pleasure in recording wee d lowing circumstance :—The petition from the fe r :Corn' county of Berwick, for a continuance of the prnsen' a ., t the aws, after being hawked about for signatures tilne u i'' e - r alli farmers and their labourers, has been very g en er ves treated by the latter with the contempt which it deging of and, notwithstanding all the cajoling and thrcateno their employers, have had the independence, in s(T i s i g ns; ticular districts of the county, to refuse to affix the l f, ien ( ; tares, almost to a man, thereby resolving not w . 5 a nd their influence tc perpetuate one of the most odio.ut of unjust monopolies that ever existed for the benr sta ndf proud aristocracy. The village of Hume, we enders hay' has shown a noble example, not one of the village r ' ing signed the petition. —Scottish Pilot. Ootis eg IRISH AFFAIRS.--L as t night both tie deveted their attentio n t o Ireland.— The Comni n ; a nd ba f t i e i d t wthheesretatiet o v f .a t s l:e v, c i o th un a t n ry u f n o d r e e r i s e ta h n t d o i r u: ine h eur ''nueS" ie t hat lir q. tion is to be renew e d t hi s evening, when Lent 1-11rvey has anmher motio n on I r i s h Railroads. and prins Roden another on the Marquis of Normanby's Gnve r lash . of Ireland, and Lord .1..)1m Russell another eU ci Cor: Corporations. We s h a ll h ave I r i sh R a il r oads nn ide stso porations again ne x t wee k ; and w i th t h ese , and ac efoals' discussions on Irish affairs, what time will Le left the cussing English quest i ons? Canada, t h e Corn-i m por' claims of the Ch art i sts, and other su bj ects of equa l tance, are sacrificed to party squabbles. ;„ ___There .ro l ( 3 00 no REPRESENTATION OF HULL. truth in the rumour that Mr. Hutt was about to r Gates the representation of this town, and offer himself for the P r°ll3°l. head. Th e T or i es had given their best aid in gation of th ese unfounded reports. LEICESTER, MARCH 2.—The staten:nftouthiley country b_ comes every day more fearfully and 0 1 9 c. _0 . 6 12 ° interesting. The deep-seated discontent iieuntlyatlfr._ extensively prevails arises not merely from the . ci c t i reStil g ' of political rights, but from the dreadful practl .. fireu ry. to which that deprivation has led.—LeicestersMre •tm THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY•, There are small arriv CO als ßN this week of Engl E ish Grain, and large again of Foreign Wheat, with a moderat e re t urn o f Flour. coa3tW,",. The trade for Wheat has become so exc ess i ve ly h eav y, that altbonstP. English parcels are offered at 25., and Foreign at 3s. to 4s. per q u i e / et less than on Monday, scarcely any sales c a n b e e ffected. 13 h ai th e is dull, but not cheaper. The arrival of Foreign Oats, on Wh ie " dury will probably be paid, has affected this trade, which is I L Pet i t quarter cheaper than last reported. Flour continues very hea " in sale. ARRIVALS Wheat. • 1 Barley. 1 oßtg. F 1 :101 1 2,5004ra 1 6,010 qrs. I 4,950qr5. 10" - !,5 ...--- 90 brl& 10,910 .....•-• English 1r s,i Vorei:fm 35,3 I 0 5,100 SMITHFIELD. orate' Cattle, a short supply, other descriptions about an a to t Trade was lively, and no alteration in prices took place, exc e P t rie, Beef was 2d. per stone cheaper.—Beasts, 445 ; Sheep, 1,9 50 340 ; Calves, 131. The supplice good, CITY FISH MARKET. art"' It will be seen froma report in another P tap s this day's paper, that a most numerous and irn tc e , meeting of a large and influential body of her Me.lesAor subj e cts was held yesterday, at the Crown and An that Tavern, for the pu'oose of obtaining a repeal ° l O. clause in the Beer Act, which permits beer to be i • re . sunied on the premigen A more numerous so" n et spectable meeting. of Licensed Victuallers has n co o been held, to the best of our recollection, and we co d fearlessly add, none so unanimous, although of elements not unlikely to jar. There were preseTemir, less than from eight to nine hundred persons, all ob ing the most respectable character—all persons of f re o f and influence in the community—and all deserei o es the attention of the _Legislature. We will not an uio tt any arguments or observations against this Act, °Poo, has been found to work injuriously. To do so 01.41,4 in fact, be only to repeat what has appeared time r oo .. t i me in the c o lumns o f thi s journal. We have, " r be ever, great pleasure in laying before our reade rs //), comments of a Contemporary (the Morning lie fil op os which appeared in that paper a few years eV , e aef the probable effects of this Bill, should it 6 0% become the l ivy of the country ; and which, 011 10 4 e from a quarter which - cannot, by any possibility, be Poi, petted of being influenced by interested motives, W o o titled to attention. Whatever opini on might haye i.. .- c oll entertained of them at that time, it is now proved tu - ged the pernicious consequences which h a v e ac tually res ti b ish from the measure were then foretold. Th e articles vI of appeared in this paper at the same period were to the ° , lOl , effect, as our readers may remember; but the w arning , / sp neglected. It is not, however , too late to retract , en''' led restore tl-.e wholesome condition of the trade which ex. previous to the passing of the Bill.—Morning Advert Op MILITARY TORTURE AT DOVEO" -- Monday morning last, the 43d Monmouthshire_ Lig"' „ oe. fantry, stationed in the Western Heights here, were.: o o toyed at half-past seven o'clock, to witness the punish 011 of one of their comrades, named Ja me s Edd s , a youth I o I fourteen months in the service, whose crime was, stri ki ,jt corporal, for which he was sentenced by a court-mar t "" t lic receive 100 lashes or 900 stripes. " Attention," ° s o e word to direct all eyes on the miserable being. The r e tilators commenced their bloody servic e , and jot became weary, according to rule another relieved ha d in his loathsome work, until the wretched sufferer : o f paid the full per.alty imposed. The bursting .i,g2 as the tortured being threatened the departure of !""of he courageously strove to suppress ail indicatio n j, the agonizing pangs he but too evidently ench l ,,, e t e The poor fellow's back was mangled with rnen st ';fr rashes, each appearing a death to nature; and it wa g fte - olt solutely heart-sickening to look upon the quiverinc", - ,,0s tl he d across opening oeas aid black the bb u yap spine. et a kh ye furrows bo w rudbri rrestri n e)doeoat: i itx n :kodi g hti .laaaeithe c nesrubel h otdsos, tutte s twetwrid m es: hee,de , owehol a norat%n• s vef fine: dc e nphca si v euepri t , eremowsarssnybenahrideseo,situutpcuhicoaodroecnn: shoulder conducted rdiuwt s eho : eaa sedd l qf r(g a e ; g i rs, 100 : oor obbo i tvi t 4 : o h et ti ' ) e v ts t , e ep i :h rn a) i ja u t al ano l s y b l i , Y e td T r oit tl h h i s b : c ee l ui r y p rs c e l t o : ) ast sc w en h e ic , — bu a tch r e e r p l look upon. Five of the soldiers were take h n co o mu ff lad t n h yn e o g str:;° ,7s 4 e ° in a fainting state. Ought not such barbarities to lij ° o lo the indignation of the people, and make them with' t his voice dnrnand of the Legislature to put a stop t° t he brutalizing practice, which must go far to destroy ne a morale of th e p oor f e ll ows w h o are un f ortunate ly coteP e to witness it. —Dover Chronicle. ser Our Member, Lord Powerscourt, has been j o journing among us for the last few days. On g en et s , evening his L or d s hip was p resent a t t h e b a ll a t the As s bly Rooms, a nd on T ues d a y h e a tt en d e d th e Bath eon Assembly, as mentioned by us i n a p ar a gra ph else/ 1 ) 3 0h His Lordship returned to London last Wednesday. --- Chronicle. The great Glasgow petition against enclos,r: l l .„ closed on Tuesday night, having upwards of forty tio o signatures appended to it. These signatures we re t hat tamed in the short space of eleven days, w hich ShO s ialf• the feeling against endowments is gaining ground "l How TO CARRY ON A LITTLE W it ," a' ' re' Lord Hardwicke, on a late occasion, d e scribed certa'f,j o to turns supplied by the Admiralty es f a l se . Lord' 1.." do' made inquiry on the subject, came to the House Wil i y o re cuments, and made an explanation, but jo ke Hardwicke was absent. Last night Lord Har li Z o t o e, reiterated the charge, withdrawing the word but, unfortunately, Lord Miro° h a d come `7 l O. to the House without the documents. The the therefore,; remains'. in what the Belgians C7ios status quo ; and what is this important question, b e tesee to the Duke of Wellington, which has occupied had Noble Earls for ten days ?—" Whether the Reveng e o p three masts, or whether there wasa sufEcient store nfl Of' in our dock yards." The N o bl e D u k e might we l " They were on a wrong scent." eell e IRISH PAPERS.—The Mail is of c "for mightily irate at having a Liberal Lord Lietitee l li s v Ireland, and assures the Protestants that what ele _ 4 OO quis of Normanby was t o th em , suc h w ill Lord -Fort''l,ot be—a curse! "Ye Protestants of Ireland" must P r° oll against his appointment—" you must remonstrateddro Ministers—petition both Houses of Parliament- 4 with the Queen on the throne—you must do So (and that, t he out loss of time), lest you be thought to acquiesce that,: insult offered, and the ruin prepared for you" I ov en amusingly then does the organ of the Irish Orang e orf " call upon every city, town, and village—upon 0 of county, barony, and parish in Ireland, where even t for' three Protestants may be assembled together, to eos i n the ward and petition immediately against this outrage ° ne e° Protestant and British connection." " Ireland ' cx . r eof e , every man to do his duty"! The Pilot takes th e , - I r ish' decittrw ion as a foundation for an urgent appeal L t, 0 0 j men, the object of which is an augmentation of t"'",. how ber of Precursors. No Irishman should any long' 11 14 back but every son of Erin should join the ranks Precursors. s IN, t ,T FRI! L-k MARCH 8, HA. PVENIN(I EDITION.