The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-07 00:00:00

PA T EN NG_ EDITION. 31ETRO,POLITA.N POLITICAL SU:4IIARY. , Yr dnes of t'r:is morni ng , i n a leading' article on 41 P °F r,anada, s ugge sted by Sir F. Head's re cc" Puulica''on of the d es p a t c h es f rom t h e Colonial c'ucesay" the main recommendation of these dis i P, 2t .che'. to the general reader is th a t in which consists 4 ,4 l C'''. faalt. They are a great deal too amusing. They 4 ant the grave conventional tone of State Papers, and rather to aim at the lively style of an article in a iLJ..7ew. They are the work of a bold, clever man 11:;11g into a bu , !'mess which is new to him, detecting by :as mother I ."';t, the falseness of his position, and rapidly and shre:aaily righting it ; but too eager and too little 'sed in the way of public business to follow the best ect by the safest path, or tender wise counsel ac e')rding to official form." Speaking, in another leading article, of t h e diff erences b etween te King of Hanover sad the States, the Times remarks as follows :—" These differences, we learn, grew out of the discontents and Lictioos intrigues of a few lawyers who, in Hanover, as near home, pursue agitation for business or for pleasure. Difference as between his Majesty and his subjects j vneraliv there is none whatever." r•; T g • The Morning Chronicle, commenting on the division which occurred in the Committee of the Commons en Friday last, upon the question of an advance of Ex eacqner bills for the construction of railways in Ireland, states that the bills are issued upon the credit of the United Kingdom —not upon that of England alone. " They are converted into cash," adds our Contempo rary., " by any person who chooses to invest his money in them. The interest is paid, in the first instance, out ,:t . the Consolidated Fund ; it is then capitalised, and added to the amount of the bills ; and if the data on -inch the Commissioners' Report is founded, be cor rect, the railway itself, when executed, will repay the original ;OA, as well as the interest chargeable upon it." Ti:r: .3 , lorithlg Herald is once again, as he has fre eit%ntly been of late, in a state of exceeding panic, oc cesion.al by - Air. Wood's remark last night in the Com mans, respecting the fearful vengeance that must await kust,ia " in the event of her making . war on England. " We think," quoth our Contemporary, " that the power of England to inflict fearful vengeance on Rus s!a, for such acts of aggression as she may perpetrate at he suitable time, may be safely questioned. We grant hat at the present moment, perhaps, Russia may be no 7 , 4 tch for England. But when she quarrels with this n entry, she will not trust to her own unaided resources. Lite Emperor of Russia has long cultivated a secret anderstanding with the King of the French and the ident of the United States, and the ultimate object hat secret understanding is, beyond question : the version of the power of England. But the Northern :acrat calculates chiefly, perhaps, on the effects of :savors throughout the Colonies of England, and on spread of disaffection in Ireland. Those dissensions that disaffection are not only hailed, but actively !sited by Russia." This is as ingenious a mare's as was ever yet discovered, even by a Londonderry! i-e Morning Adveriiser contains a leading article on t Moriacth's motion far a public grant for Irish a the course of which our Contemporary ob ." As a general principle we readily admit that is infinitely better to let the wants of the community • supplied by individual or joint-stock enterprise than the interference of the Government ; but the case of ..larri is peculiar. She is like an individual possessed immense capabilities, but without means of putting ein into efficient action. Her exhausted and prostrate ..;lies need a stimulus." The Morning Post, alluding to the resolutions of the :feet Committee on the subject of the Post-office, sieves, " However absurd and inconvenient it may , that the country correspondence passing through mlori sbnuld be detained, as that part of it now is ich al.tives in London on Sunday morning, for thirty hears, the continuance of the absurdity anti incon nenee may be fairly charged upon the Committee."• another leading article, our Contemporary affects to rcastic on the Lord Chancellor, for his defence of Marriage Act. W;;ys, LATEST NEWS from PORTUGAL. (Front a Seeord Edition of the Morning Post.) LISBON, MARCH 1. Eight o'clock, A.M. The Ts:;no steamer with the London mail of the 23d ult. is jteLt ir. Tula goes per the Royal Tar, which arrived f •ont Gibrole:r on Wednesday, arid proceeds to London. • The negotiations between this country and Spain for feettr,ie regulations, trader which the navigation of the Douro river to Spanier.ls, as well as the transit of Spanish produce. for shipment at Oporto, was to be sanctioned, is coeforrnity with the treaty concluded three years since, i;..vo been suspended ; and, if I am correctly informed, it is leear.s.e the Portuguese Government have de weeded, in return, that the town and fortress of Olivene t shall be restored to Portugal. It is not there tet-e with Ene,laud alone that pending negotiations have teeetibreken off, and I should acquaint you that not only the whole of the journals, with one cr two exceptions, but even , crte of the Deputies, have called on the Minister for Fo. tern Affei-a to explain the causes which have brought about this untoward event with Great Britain. M. 111a galhaes declared in the Chamber, that Whenever the Vis (taunt Sade a:ndeira was present, he would inquire of his Excellency " in what manner he bad complied with the stipulations of the Bth Article of the Convention of 1817." Malesties gave a grand dinner last evening to the Duke and Duchess of Palmella, Duke and Duchess of Terceira, Count and Countess Villareal, and the young :rlerquis and Marchioness of Fatal, the latter of whom, h() is only 11 or 12 years of age, has likewise been named a Lady of Honour to the Quern Tee Senate has been occupied in the discussion of the !eidress. Baron de Riviera de Sabrora spoke rather He':ly against England on account of the injury which we dirt to the Portuguese character, by supposing them chiefly eneerned in the Slave Trade. In the Deputies Admiral Vasconcelles Pereyra wished • :at a paragraph should be inserted in the Address to the Crown, declaratory of the desire on the part of the Portu guese Government to enter into friendly and mercantile relations with the various South American Republics, to ehich the Minister for Foreign Affairs declared that there 'teuld be no sort of objection in acceding. The Finance Committee, M. Jose da Silva Carvalho being its President, proposed that the extra duties which were levied on Newfoundland fish, sugar, rice, &e., in conformity to the Royal Decree, 31st October, 1837, should continue in force until the 31st of March next, before which time the Cortes would determine what duty they were to pay in future. The Minister of Finance declared that he could not dispense with 360 coetos which these additional duties were calcula ted to produce per annum, and consequently the Cortes should bear it in mind. After a rather warm discussion, the same was agreed to, so that our Newfoundland trade to Portugal will continue to be saddled with this additional drawback. M. Manuel Passos made a long speech on the defective slate of our code of laws, as well as the judicial administra tion in general, stating that during 1838, althrugh only one criminal was executed, no less than 1,776 assassina. ions had taken place, 3,967 robberies, 48 forgeries, 592 desertions from the army, 73 religious crimes, 3 base coiners, 76 houses had been forcibly entered into by thieves, &e. I believe that this does not require any ob. st.rvation from me ; there are those who think that the ac coma is underrated. GERMAN PAPERS. VIZINA, FEB. 24.—Count Orloffarrived yesterday at the Hotel f the Russian Ambassador. He expects the Russian Im er al Prince will accompany him in the sequel of is travels. A courier from Paris arrived here the Cay f.l-E? yesterday with dispatches that are said 0 be vary favourable respecting Count Mole; the elections they s•y wil l l,e favourable, and the coalitions will fail in its efforts to injury King Louis Philippe in public opinion. This agreeable news has removed the fear of the public, especially of the merchants, who appreher d from the great excitement in France a repetition of he cia3 s of July, and the overthrow of the existing order of things. —,lllgcrneine Zeitung, March 1. MOH WATER Al' LONDOSi BXIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS MARCFI 4. —Count A ma d ec Vil a i n XVIII., Jttached to the Belgian Legation at Vienna, has arrived at Brussels. An order from the Minister of War authorises the Colonel of the 15th R-.?giment of the Reserve, in garrison in this city, to send to their homes twenty men from every Company. It is believed that this measure extends to all ether Regiments of the Reserve. CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 4. —The Sit t irg opened at half-past twelve. Tkere were but few per- S:MS in the gallery. The Deputies appeared, for the most part, disposed to treat in its whole extent the question submitted to them. M. Duquesne spoke in favour of the Treaty, M. Sehyven protested against the acceptance of it. M. Nothomb - read a long remarkable speech, which is listened to (fir he is still speaking) with the most profound uttention. This speech, the concise and admirable reason ieg of which forbids any site rapt to give a su mmary or analysis of :, is a kind of Cabinet declaration, and at the same time an historical account of every thing relative to the svF.t_etr cohthile,-,nd in all points of view. `' - *Ts' observed how careluffy - he Deputies of the Opposi tion take notes, to refute tha assertions a the MinistPr. The zppearanee of the Chamber is remarkable for its tran r?niility ; it might be called finite passive compared with the preceding Sittings. However, as far as we cart judge front certain indications, it appears to us that the Ministry will b , , , , surportod by a great majority. A CSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, FEE. '-'3 rive per Cents. Metalliques Fotarl:te Cents. ... 1(.0 . 54 Threc par Cents. Bank shares ... 1455 .....fillelnfineZeitung. March 2 DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTAnAm, Marten 4 Mrnes. BAN. Actual P:1-t, 214 per r.nt Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Ati:ert tivadie, 4% per cent "4% s 5 Ditto, ditto, 3';.', per cent 79% 79.54 Cornlnercial Company, 4 , :, per cent 17 5 ,4 176 Ditto (1532 and Iti33) 5 per Cent. Ditto 1 4 37, 5 par cent. Loan 1857, 5 ler cent.. 97% us Exchange on London, One month ll 97% Two months . .. 11 90 BELGIAN .1 UNDS—BaussEta, Marten 5 \ l l Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cont. 9 04 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent S 9 '4 3 per Cent......... 694 hat of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Bl Society of Commerce, 4 ...", per Cent Tank oi 119 Belgium 5 per Cent..................... ..... 7 National Society ' " T?russels Papers, March 5. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.--SERLIN, Fec. 2S. V , ...... 5 chri,_ ,, Ech., 4 per cent. Bills. Mon .y. 10-,N tk7i, ~: m an aec o l l e L n Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 102 101% ) — Prussian State 6 n a . x t e h tt r e ce Fey , i 7. 8 6 '2614 .....I THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, MARCH 7, Will be produced a New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Mr. Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macready, Mr. Warde, Mr. An derson, Mr. 'Vining, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben nett, Mr. Howe Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar nold, Mr. W. H. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Mr. Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur det, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Helen Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Valanduke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After which, THE INVINCIBLES. To-Morrow there will be no performance. A' • • , kae"..t, , • " zxnt aua. LONDON: THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1939 The labour of the Lords, like diamonds, is of great price, and they give us very little of it. They did not meet yesterday. About 200 hours of their inestimable time in the year, or about 24 working days, suffices with their extraordinary legislative skill to keep the country in order. The Commons must labour at least four times as much. They met yesterday at the usual hour, and after receivinr , a number of petitions proceeded to put questions and give answers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having been asked, announced that Ministers proposed to leave the salaries of the Lord President and Lord Justice Clerk as at present, and raise the salaries of the other Scotch Judges to 3,0001. a-year. Sir GEORGE CLERK was for giving the Chiefs 5,000/. a year. We have before protested, and we again protest, against this Scotch principle of considering no thing but money. The just complaint of the moralist is that our people think only of wealth, and their vice is eornecrated and hallowed by the Legislature. In rt ply to Mr. WILSON PATTEN, Mr. M. PHIL LIPS so - lit he was undetermined whether and when he should move for the abolition of the duty on raw cotton. Lord MORPETIL, without consulting Lord JOHN RUSSELL, could not inform Sir ROBERT PEEL whether the Report of the Irish Railways Committee would be brought - up on Friday ; but Lord JOHN afterwards stated that it would not be brought up on that day. Mr. ROBERT GORDON informed the Right Hon. Baronet that the papers relative to the north-west frontier of India will be laid on the table on Friday. Mr. T. DUXCOMBE charged the Ministers with hav ing used extraordinary measures to defeat the resolu tions of the House relative to the Theatres, the Lord CHAMBERLAIN having interdicted Mr. BUNN's per formance last night. Lord JOHN RESSELL denied the charge and consented to produce the correspondence on th a subject. Mr. BA RNEBY moved the Committee on the Highways Bill—Sir G. STRICKAND opposed it, and the House de cided by 196 to 23 for the Committee. Several of the clauses were got through after two more divisions. In a Committee of Supply Sir GEORGE CLERK made a long speech in reply to Mr. WOOD, which we shall to-morrow subject to examination. He was followed by Admiral ADAM, who defended the Admiralty. Sir JAMES GRAHAM defended himself. A discussion of considerable interest was the result. A Committee on the motion of Mr. ROBERT STEU ALT, was appointed to inquire into the Caledonian Canal. At One the House adjourned. However loudly the Lords of the Admiralty may complain of the unwarrantable attacks made upon the administration of the Navy, by Journalists and Flag Officers, it is evident from the complexion of the debate on the Navy, in the House of Commons last night, that these attacks will never be repeated airLi i with equal justice. They have alreadypaved the way for reforms which the leaders of every party ap pear most eager to see introduced. Of one thing the country may be certain, and that is, that whatever changes may take place in the Cabinet, our shores will never again be left exposed to the chances of an invasion by a Russian squadron. We shall not stand indebted for our lives and liberties to the merciful forbearance of the Czar of Muscovy. This is one of the effects of the outcry raised about the inefficiency of our Navy, which has so stirred the gall of Sir JOHN BARROW and his masters of the Board. The debate last night was tem perate, and is altogether calculated to make a salutary impression on the public mind throughout the country. The speech of Sir GEORGE CLERK, though a failure as regarded the justification of the conduct of Tory Boards, bore out the statement of Captain NAPIER as to the defenceless state of our own coasts. We have no space to-day to enter at length into the details of the debate, but we shall endeavour to do justice to it to-morrow. It is far too important to be passed over without an endeavour to bring its bearings before the country. It appears, from a statement made by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER last night, that the plan originally proposed for increasing the salaries of the Scottish Judges has been somewhat modified. Instead of augmenting the salaries of all these learned persons, the Government intends that the increase shall be confined to those of the Judges whose salary does not exceed 2,0001. The others, namely, the LORD PRESIDENT and the LORD JUSTICE CLERK, who, We believe, have each 4,5001., are to remain in statu quo. This, we think, is a judicious compromise on the part of Ministers. These are not times for an extravagant expenditure of the public money on functionaries already sufficiently remunerated ; which we contend the two Judges above-men tioned are. With regard to the others, the case is different. We do not think that they are overpaid if they receive three thousand pounds Per annum for their judicial labours, which have been much under-rated. It has been attempted to be shown, from certain returns laid before the House of Commons, some time ago, that the Scottish Judges are employed only about two hours every day on an average. This may be true enough if the calculation be limited to the time they actually sit on the bench. But that would be a very un fair mode of estimating their labours ; for as the business of the Court of Session is carried on by means of printed as well as oral statements, the time of the Judges is necessa rily occupied out of Court by the perusal and con sideration 'of documents which are often very vo luminous. It will be seen that Sir GEORGE CLERK, that great patron of jobs, was much dis satisfied with that part of the arrangement which prevents a needless outlay of public money on the superior .Ariclges. The manufacturer and merchants of Glasgow are resolved not to give up the idea of obtaining the repeal of the Corn-laws. They held a meeting on Monday, at which one pact of the resolutions adopted runs thus : " That, undeterred by the difficuties which have been thus interposed, this meeting pledges itself to proceed with unibated zeal and vigour in its efforts to accomplish, at the earliest period, the total repeal of the Corn-laws, as the only means of maintaining and promoting the commercial pre-eminence of this country. This is as it should be ; and a similar resolution will no doubt be adopted in all the manufacturing towns. Nine gentlemen were deputed to attend the meetino. at Manchester, which is to take place this day, and at which no doubt wise and energetic reso lutions will be adopted. For this country, the great ness of which depends on commerce, the prosperity of whi c h springs from its hitherto unrivalled skill in manufactures, - which derives even its means of sustaining twenty-four millions of people from its trade and manufactures—freedom of industry and free access to all markets are indispensible. They are like the air to animal life. If trade have not freedom it chokes and dies. The manufacturer must, therefore, for the sake of the poor enthralled agriculturists, and the besotted landlords, as well as for their own sakes, continue to labour persever ingly and incessantly to procure the repeal of the Corn-laws. To what a state of degradation a mere agricultural population, such as the Herald, Post, and the landlords desiderate, will fall, may be known by the present condition of Ireland and Poland. In both those countries, especially the former, which is the beau ideal of a country unconta minated by the vices of the factory system and by a dense town population, the people live in all the sweet innocency of rural life ; there are few or no merchants, or manufacturers, no great mo nied capitalists, nothing but the virtuous owners of the soil, their kind tenants, and their moral peasantry, with two sets of clergymen sprinkled amongst them, and certainly a nation more de graded in the scale of civilization, more impo verished, unskilful, and miserable, is not to be found in Europe. Three centuries ago, Eng land was not much better, and all tire arts that have since adorned her, all the sciences, and ail the literature which have made her eminent amongst nations, all her wondrous mechanical skill, which has so multiplied the conveniences and enjoy ments of life, even the life of the a„,,,ri culturists, have all sprung up among her new and her town population, the growth ,of which the Corn-law advocates seek anxi ously to restrict and suppress. Their princi ples, properly followed out, would reduce England to the condition of Ireland, and fill it only with the same sort of clearing landlords and insurrectionary peasantry as exist in Tipperary. To enable England to continue her progress and prevent her from be coming filled like Ireland, with a mere agricultural population, the manufacturers must continue to de mand the unrestricted growth. of their skill and their own people. The Glasgow Meeting, of which an acceount ap pears elsewhere, does not, happily, stand alone. A meeting took place on Monday at Manchester which the Chartists were unable to disturb, and which passed resolutions worthy of the cause. Already, according to the sixth Report of the Petition Com mittee of the House of Commons the number of signatures to petitions for the abolition of Corn-laws amounts to 385,436, while the opponents' petitions, notwithstanding the exertions of the landowners, of agricultural societies, and parsons, is only 121,963. Fortified by such support, and by the proceed ings of such towns as Manchester, Glasgow, and many others, Mr. VILLIERS will bring forward his motion on the 12th with a considerableAanceof suc cess. We do not see how the Ministers, who, as one of the Glasgow resolutions say, professedly act on Liberal principles, and trust for their support to public opinion, can refuse to support his motion. At least, as we have said before, we cannot com prehend how Mr. P. THOMSON, Who regards this as a vital question, can lend his support to a Ca binet which opposes him on this point. A free trade in corn is the basis of his policy, and if it be not the policy of the Cabinet, he cannot with con sistency remain in it. He is the Minister of Trade, and he will be disgraced if he remain res ponsible for the trade policy of the Cabinet, and it be different from his. Looking then at the influence which the towns can exercise over the Ministry, if they follow up their late and present demonstrations, by an intimation that sup port must be mutual—that no one of their repre sentatives shall vote for a Ministry which supp orts the Corn-laws, we are inclined , to hope for a large minority on IVINVILLIEns' motion. And let us once more remind the Ministers and the Legis lature, and the county gentlemen, of the awful re sponsibility they incur, and the danger they run by upholding the Devil's laws. They are weakening everywher e the attachment of the people to the Constitution, till, if justice be denied them, the cry that went up at the Glasgow meeting, " Down with both Houses of Parliament," will be universal in the land. Late changes in the constitution of the country have destroyed all the hold which prescription had on the mind ; the con tinual condemnation by the Press of almost every part of our institutions has weakened the public respect for them as a whole, and there is no longer the least chance of the Legislature preserving its authority, or of the law being much longer obeyed, unless justice, not extortion , be embraced and held fast by Parliament. The Corn-law Delegates inform us last night - -that a German agent is gathering numerous orders in our country for German and Belgian woollens. They also state that the farmers in Northumberland are beginning to demand a repeal of the Corn laws. Both these are important facts. The agri culturists are the greatest employers of labourers in the kingdom, and the greatest sufferers by the high price of food. Of them there is one parti cular class whose interest we must protect. The market-gardeners and the fruit-growers of Kent are exposed to a very severe competition since the duties on foreign fruits were lowered. They are still ex posed, however, to pay high prices for their food. It will not be practicable, we apprehend, to re-enact the restrictions on the importation of foreign fruits. Raisins and currants can scarcely be re-taxed, and in behalf, therefore, of the fruit-growers of the country, we demand the repeal of the taxes on their bread. A letter from Mansfield, headed " Movements of the Police," inserted in another place, excites some painful apprehensions. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, it appears, lives in a fortified and garrisoned palace, and yet he cannot sleep in peace. Are other Dukes equally apprehensive ? Are some counties of England already approaching the condition of Tipperary ? Who can doubt or deny it, recollect ing the scenes of 1830, and recollecting the re ports we continually insert from the agricultural districts ? For upwards of a century, we believe, no nobleman, and scarcely a gentleman has perished by violence in England. Numerous as were formerly, that is, down to the Revolution, the executions of the upper classes on the scaffold, within nearly a century not one has so been put to death. It is almost a hundred years since the au thors of the rebellion in 1745 expiated their failure by their death. Such an unexampled exemption from violence, both legal and personal, seems to have ex cited in noblemen and gentlemen too great a confidence in their continued safety. The Duke of NEWCASTLE being more sensitive than the gener ality of his fiicnds begins to feel alarmed, and he will provoke danger by displaying precautions. Ano ther Duke in the House of Peers the night before last referred to the people arming: does he too begin to feel alarmed ? What is the meaning of these questions, and these preparations ? The Chartists, too, at their meetings talk of arming. One of the persons at Manchester brandished a dagger at the late public meeting. According to what trans pired at the meeting of the National Convention yesterday, some of the people are arming privately, as the Duke of NEWCASTLE and some others are publicly. W hat, we ask with our Correspondent, do these things mean ? The Journal des Debuts, in announcing the hearty welcome which awaited the Prince DE JOINVILLE on his return to France, after his late chivalrous expedition against Mexico, is pleased to give the world a new version of the circumsta nces attending the insult offered by his Royal Highness to the British flag. As these circumstances are not of an extenuatory tendency, and but little calcu lated, whether true or false, to mollify the irrita- tion upon the subject felt in this country, wn should confine ourselves simpl) to their •4„( I: not for some remarks which our Gallic Contem porary makes upon the motives by which Parlia ment was. actuated in pressing the Admiralty for explanations upon the subject. The following is the L)ebats version of the story, which, it will be remarked, throws the whole weight of the respon sibility on the French Admiral who commanded the seizure of the pilots. The distinction attempted to be drawn between English merchant vessels and ships of the line is clearly inadmissible : " When the French frigates were laid in front of St. Juan d' Ulloa, all the merchantmen in the harbour of Vera Cruz were compelled to sail away. The Prince tie Join vine received orders to take their pilots for the service of the squadron. This was a delicate, difficult task. 'The Prince, however, executed it. He launched all his boats, and, in a short time, seized nine pilots, and had them on board his ship. What the Prince did was within the laws of war. It should not be forgotten that a part of our squadron was at th;s time engaged in effecting a difficult and bold operation, in bringing to upon spring cables, within gun-shot of the Mexican fortress; and the Prince was forced to act with the utmost energy and promptitude. In his eagerness it seems that he mistook for a merchant man an English packet, which neither belonged to the navy nor to the merchant-service, and which, according to all ap pearance,was merely a carrier of letters. '1 his is the height of his offence. We should have been glad to tell those Members of the British Parliament, who spoke with so much acri mony and rage about the pretended inadvertence of the Prince de Joinville, that they only sought an opportunity for attaching France, decrying her Navy, of holding ttp to the mistrust of the world her _Revolution and her King—in a word of giving a check to the Ministries of Lord Mel bourne and Count Mole. But the English Government, through Lord Minto, has in this affair given to France toJ many pledges of its good intentions, loyalty, and courtesy, for us to resent those violent tirades to which every man of good sense has already done justice. As to cur adversaries in France, we have a repugnance to defend against their attacks one of the sons of our King, an ,fficer of our Navy, a young Prince who has conducted himself with honour, who has fought with courage, and who, throughout the Mexican Expedition never solicited but one privilege, that of being in the fr:.nt rank to meet the fire of the enemy." We have marked the words in italics which we olject to as conveying au impression as erroneous as it possible to conceive. Neither jealousy of the greatness of the French Navy, dislike of the King, nor hatred of the Revolution of July had one iota to do with the excitement occasioned in Eng land by a report that an insult bad been wan only offered to a flag th e h onour o f w hi c h i s in rerwovcn with the independence of England. Neither in Parliament nor out of it, did the idea of France in any shape, but as the insulter of our flag, present itself to the minds of Englishmen. We were roused by the sense of .supposed injury—of injury the most heinous that could be offered us; not sti mulated by envy or jealousy of the Power by whom we fancied ourselves injured. As previous habits of intimacy aggravate the guilt of seduction, so in like manner the zeal with which we supported the Revolution of July ; the cordiality with which we hailed the accession of the King ; the sympathy which we manifested on the triumph of the French arms in Africa, though in violation of a treaty with England ; the readiness with which our Govern ment, to the great satisfaction of all parties here, acted as a mediator between France and the United States--are all so many aggravations of any insult offered to our flag, having the semblance of a premeditated act. We have no doubt that the affair will be satisfactorily cleared up ; and we shall re joice as sincerely as the Debuts when it is settled ; but while the shadow of a doubt exists about it we cannot regard it in the light of an accident, about which it would be a waste of time to institute a regular inquiry. We last night received Dutch Papers to the sth. The section of the second Chamber of the States General met on the Ist., but their recorded doings are of no importance. The Avondbode has a letter from Brussels of the Ist., announcing the reduction of the Belgian army to the extent of 15,000 or 18,000 men. On the 4th the Minister of Foreign Affairs communicated to the Chamber the notes and treaties relating to the affairs of Belgium, already pubished, and accompanied the communication by a flourish ing eulogium on the publicity now required in the affairs of nations, particularly their negotiations. The Chambers adjourned to the 7th. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all been received. By four o'clock in the afternoon the tele graph had made known to the Government the re turn of 442 Deputies, of which number 219 be longed to the opposition—thus giving Ministers only a doubtful majority of four. Very few new candidates have been returned ; so that on the meeting of the Chambers, it will look rather like assembling after a prorogation than a dissolution. The Ministers will certainly be defeated, though the Journal des Deba!s affects to regard their triumph as no longer doubtful. Still they will be at the head of a strong opposition, and supported by the sympathies of the Court, they will be able to modify every measure which their successors may bring forward. The fol lowing article which we copy from the Debats, shows the impression which the recent Carlist butchery at Estella has made upon the French Government : The news from the Carlist head-quarters, brings the denouement of the bloody drama of Estella. Don Carlos approves the executions of Maroto: he revokes the pro clamation in which he proscribed that general ; orders it to be burned publicly, wherever it has been published ; and substitutes for it the expression of his royal satisfaction at the conduct of Maroto. This croclamation is an incredi ble monument of cowardice. Several generals and chiefs who bad bravely served Don Carlos, were shot withotit form of trial by Maroto. The Pretender first utters a cry of reprobation against the rigorous act which his despot ism secretly approved, trembling to see the count.) , rise against the sanguinary deed. But Maroto appears the master, and full of fearful energy. Straight the Pretender bows before him, declares that he was right, changes his Ministry, and issues whatever decrees Maroto pleases to dictate. Maroto henceforth reigns over the faction--Carlos is but a well-born piece of baggage. Maroto had announed to Don Carlos, on quitting him to go to Estella, that he would deliver him from a factious opposition, and consolidate his royal power for ever. Since the blow was struck, Don Carlos feared a reaction, and sa crificed Maroto to his fears. He reckoned on at once pro fitting by the bloody deed, and at the Name time getting rid of the executioner. By this means the absolution of Carlos, and the subaltern tyranny of his nominal court, would have been founded on a solid basis. But Maroto sax through and defeated the machiavelian combination. Forced to make his own position sure, he was obliged to go further, and punish his master's duplicity by imposing on him the most humiliating retraction—the dismissal of his friend and Minister, and the proscription of all his ( 'Maroto's) enemies. The Pretender has paid the just pe. unity of his 111 pocritical cruelty to his victims, and of his bad faith to the instrument of his secret wishes. The Carlist journals raise doubts and give denials—deny the authenticity of documents—and cannot credit that their worthy King could be so vile. But is it not notorious that most of his generals had long since been condemned to death by the influence of Carlos, the mutiny of the troops alone preventing the execution ? Have they not remained confined in the dungeons of Guevara? If the late execu tions were not done by order of Carlos, his approbation of them is the very acme of all that is vile, opproJrious, and cowardly. What man of honour could ever devote himself to such a Prince ? The insurrection now seeks out other interests than Carlos's, and will end, we repeat, by treating for peace without him. Colonel Beshowski, whose arrival at Paris we an nounced, was attacked on the road to Saragossa by eight Aragonese horsemen b?.longing to Cabrera, who were car rying despatches from that chief to Don Carlos. The two Christino postilions and the Colonel's baggage were taken. He himself owed his sa f e ty on l y to the fletness of his horse, and to his good fortune ;in dismounting, lay a pistol shot, the Aragonese horseman who was nearest to him. The Regiment of Polish Lancers which has rendered such service to Spain has experienced the same fate as the Foreign Legion ; it is disorganizA and dissolved. The mounted horsemen have been incorporated with the Guides of Espartero. The greater part of these breve men are preparing to return to France, The Commander, Krage %iski' has been appointed sup ernumerary Colonel, and at t ached as Aide-de- Camp to Leon el Conde. A letter from Madrid of the 25th announces that hews had been received there, that Cabrera, having discovered at Morella a conspiracy the object of which was to deliver that place to General Van Halen, had caused 450 persons to be shot. Among the victims are officers and privates, and citizens of Morella. This news requires confirmation. --Le Constitutionnel. BOURSE.—PARts, TUESDLT, MARCH 5. I irst Highest Lowest Lest. Price. Trice. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents lll 5 ... 111 5 ... 1i 0 b 0... 110 96 4 per Cents lO2 50 ... 102 50 10::.0 ... 102 3 per Cents 79 10 ... 79 10 ... 79 5 ... 79 5 Bank of r ranee Latlitte 13Jthk 11,00 f. SO lO2O ...'022 5) ...10.0 _ . • 5,0011 :h 5 95 ...5195 ...: , 125 ...5195 Belgian 5 per Cents lOl ... 101 % ... 101 ... 101 1 1 3 per c ents . CO 35 ... 69 45 ... 6:1 35 ... ((9 45 Bank S . a:.ish Ac ive : 0 ,4 ... 21% ... 20% ... 20% Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 43, Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY Sl-IAItE-. St. (;ermai , Versailles, R. B .. 375 ... 575 ... 572 50 ... 575 L. 8.165 ... liis ... 162 56 ... 105 Orleans .. 435 ...43.E ... 435 ...435 Strasburg to Bale 327 5) ... 327 50 ... 325 ... 32711.0 We recognise in a leader on the affairs of Hano over, in the Times of this morning, the hand of one of Prince ERNEST'S most obsequious adherents; we recognise him, if by no other sign, by the sove reign contempt for truth, which his statements be tray. If, with all the aid which the father of lies can render his followers, this be the best case that can be made out for Prince ERNEST, then we may congratulate his ontrad subjects on the prospect of a speedy attainment of t!eir object. The Times, or rather Prince ERNEST'S Aide de Plume, says— " These differences," alluding to the refusal of the Hanoverians to recognise the abrogated Constituti on of 18 a l c 9 t , io ‘ u , s i we n i t e r a ig n u i, eso grew f aouftev,o lawyers, who, inf the discontents and Hanover, as nearer home, pursue agitation for business or pleasure." Now, till we read this, we did not think it pos sible th a t th e Ti mes cou ld l en d its columns, for we acquit it o f h av i ng compose d the article, to the perp e t ra ti on o f suc h a b are f ace d falsehood. Th e differences b e t ween P r i nce ERNEST and the Flenoverians are of vital importance not only to the l a tt er , b ut to a ll G ermans , as this miserabl e scribbler m us t k now , f or h e cannot have failed to read th e P rotoco l o f t h e Di et a t Frankfort on thi s subject, an d i nstea d o f b e i ng confined to a few fac tious a nd i ntr i gu i ng l awyers , they are widely spre a d among a ll c l asses ; and the lawyers are only more conspicuou s t h ere , as e l sew here on similar occa sions, because - they are the mouthpiece of the great body of th e p eop l e , an d g i v e words to the public feeling ; which is unfortunately more necessary there ', than here, as the people want the more cffectivt organ of their opinions and complaints—a free press. Let us look at the ease of the Hanoverians, The Constitution gtanted by King WILLIAM IV., in 1833, had been loudly called for—the people had felt themselves aggrieved, and demanded the redress which this new Constitution was calculated to give it was not thrust upon them, it was a - boon which they obtained after hav ing struggled for it, and they excepted to reap, as the fruit of their past trouble and agitqtion, a long series of peaceable and prosperous years in the enjoyment of this Constitution. Under such circumstances Prince ERNEST succeeded his bro ther, and his first act was to overthrow, as far as he - had the power, this Constitution, and to do all that in him lay to refix on the people those shackles from which they had freed themselves by its means. This he attempted to do ; and bow when, after having tried all gentle means to secure their rights, the people begin to rouse themselves—when they refuse tamely to submit to the tyranny of ERNEST, and HERR VON SCIIELE, who is one of the intriguing lawyers of the Times—when they call upon those whom the Constitution of Germany has appointed protectors of the people against the oppression of their Sove reigns—when their representatives refuse to meet, and thus to sanction Prince ERNEST'S inroads upon his people's rights, now forsooth the Times, or rather Prince ERNEST'S scribe, says that " a few lawyers pursue agitation for business or plea sure, and create by factious discontent and in trigues the dfferences' between King ER .NEST and his people, of which, in the next sentence, he denies the existence I We are aware that many of the representatives of the Hanoverians in the Lower Chamber, regretted having met at all in the beginning of the last ses sion, a step which would not have been taken, had they had more time for deliberation. As it was, they met under a formal protest, and confined their labours to the indispensible business of the country. We might say much more on the subject, but we must conclude by expressing our satisfac tion at seeing the anger and abuse of 'Prin ce ERNEST'S man, which is a sure indication of his master's alarm. He calls the Deputies who refuse to minister to the ruin of their country, traitors ; but Prince ERNEST will find, whenever he makes an appeal to . the Hanoverian's, that the approbation of the constituencies of Messrs. CHRIsTIANI, DEBMOLD, and the others, will stamp their conduct as fearless and high-minded patriotism. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Li V KRFCOL COTTON MARKET, NV EDNESDAY, —WC have had a most extensive speculation. The demand for cotton to-day reached not less than 30,000 bags, 20,000 of which have been taken on speculation, and very full prices have been obtained. By accounts from Manchester this morn iag, it appears that the improved demand which has recently manifested itself on the Liverpool Cotton Market has caused a decided increase of demand at Manchester, both for goods and yarn; and a very considerable business was cone in the course of yesterday, at advanced prices on almost every article in the market ; notwithstanding the improvement, the spinners and manufacturers are placed by the advance of cottons in about the same position as that in which they stood last week; the business of both is still unremunerating, and without a further improvement in goods and yarn ; there will be no temptation to recom mence working full time. Accounts from Amsterdam, this morning, state that the subscriptions to the New Loan of 14 millions Florins Eve per cent Stock, have considerably exceeded that sum. We have received the Journal of Antwerp, of yester day's date. It states that an action has been brought against the Directors of the Belgian Bank for nineteen millions of francs, for mismanagement, and as having ex ceeded their powers. The great sale of Cotton yesterday at Liverpool, of thirty thousand bags, twenty thousand of which were taken on speculation, has caused some excitement and observation among the merchants in the City trading with the United States. There is no doubt that the crop of cotton has fallen short in America this season, and it is expected that on learnir ' i the loss of their three packet ships, which h a d on bo ar d about 1,000 tons of • dry goods, that the Great Western steamer, which is expected by next week, will bring very extensive orders to replace the goods which they expected by the three packets. This is generally supposed to be the cause of the speculation at Liverpool yesterday. It also may be added, that the great speculators in cotton at Liverpool, may have some fear that the Boun dary question which is still in dispute, may lead to un favourable measures, on the part of the United States. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 92i 93 for the Account ; Money, 92:i with scarce anything doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 63 65.; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Bank Stock, at the opening, 205 k 2061 ; India Stock, 256, 257. In the Foreign Market there is no alteration in the price', and they remain at present at the leaving l.ff prices, with_the exception of Spanish Active, which is rather better, closed at 194 20, at present 204 ; Portuguese 34i 35; Three per Cents., 21i 22 ; Belgian, 101 Brazilian, 80i ; Scrip premium ; Colombian, 29} Mexican, 23t 24i; Dutch Two-and-.a-Half per Cents .5524 ; Five per Cents., 103 k No arrivals of importarce. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock 3 per Cent. Red.. . i Ditto Bonds 64 pm 3 per Cent. Conk,.. .. .... . ... .92% ii South Sea Stock — J!, per CenL —l Old Annuities T".. Ditto Red. — i New Ditto New 3 per Cent ..........10o)4% 3 per Cent. Annuiti es , 1751 New 5 per Cent - Exch. Bills, £l,OOO ... 63 f , e pm. Bask Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 03 63 pin. Jan. 5, 1560 .. Ditto Small 63 60 pm. Oct. 10, 1159 — Ditto Commercial — pm. .17.11. 5, 1860 . — Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, IMO — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 — Consols for Account 9 2 7i PftICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK- Austrian Bonds : Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account -1 Portuguese Bonds ...... ...... Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account —; Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tto Account Columbian Bonds 27 Ditto Account — Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic... — Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Spanish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account _ Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account •ofi ko Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. _f Ditto Bonds, 1825 — i 4 . per cent. Ditto Account -- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. ' ----- Exchange. —f. —a.. Ditto Account — ' Dutch, 2 , ,,, per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent — ! Ditto Account 55 Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Acc0unt......... 10 0%!4 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. rer Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow I;.lghton Railway U.n :on and Birmingham Railway Company... 90 101 7 HALF.PAST ONE O'CLOCK In the Antwerp Papers, received this morning, there is an official communication from the Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, respecting the Anglo-Belgian Bank, to the following effect:— " Gentlemen—After a strict examination of the pro. ject of the Society that you submitted for the approbation of Government, under the title:Anglo- Belgian Bank, and after having consulted the Finance Department, as well as the Chamber of Commerce of Antwerp and Brussels, on its object, I have the honour to inform you that I cannot agree to it ; as dprincipal motive, that I cannot consider by its creation, it is in harmony with the wants and interests of the country. " In making to you this communication I must express, gentiemen, my regret that it did not take place sooner, and that this affair was kept until the present time in suspense." Consols may be quoted at present 92; 93 for the Ac count ; Money 921 i; Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, 64 66; Bank Stock Shut; India also. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active continues at 2(4; Portuguese, 341 35 ; Three per Cents., 214 22 ; Belgian, 1014 ; Brazilian, 801 ; Colombian, 201; can, 231 244 ; Dutch Two-and- Half per Cents. 55 3 ,1 ; Five per Cents. 1031 We have no further arrivals, or any reports afloat. Shares are heavy. The petition against the return of Mr. I3ruen, for Carlow, has been forwarded to London for presentation. General Sir R. L. Dundas has come forward as the Reform candidata in Richmond. Miles Stapleton, Esq., has also announced himself as a candidate. Both are Reformers. The Countess of Clontnel was safely delivered of a son and heir, at the seat of her father, Viscount Down►, Bert House, Ireland, on Saturday last. The Noble mo ther and her infant son were going on favourably when the last accounts left for town. The Dowager Countess of Montalembert died on Monday last at rather an advanced age. The Dowager Countess of Aldborough, who has been passing the autumnal months in Italy, has arrived in the French capital. THE THEATRES AND THE LORD CHAMBER LA IN.—lt was expected, after the result of Mr. Duncombe's motion last week, that the Westminster Theatres would be allowed to give entertainments on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lcnt, as well as those situated without the jurisdiction of the Chamberlain. Indeed Mr. Bunn hsd announced performances for last night at Drury-lane, but he is obliged to withdraw them, having beer► unexpectedly in terdicted by authority. It is not unlikely that some ex planation of the matter will be given in the theatre to night, on the occasion of that gentleman's benefit. THE STUARTs:—On Tuesday week se'nnigltt, two strangers alighted at the Star Hotel, in company with Lord Lovat, from the top of the Inverness mail. They were completely attired in the Highland costume, and richly accoutred. They were of handsome stature, and apparently athletic frame, with thick bushy mustachios and whiskers. Both are scions of the unfortunate royal race of Stuart—Charles Edward Stuart and Soheiski Stuart —grandsons of the last Pretender of that line to the crown of these realms. After dining here they proceeded to Edinburgh, by the Defiance coach. They seem well inured to our Scottish climate—for, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the philablsg and hose were the only shield from the .‘ Norlan blast." The strangers at tracted much attention.—Perth Paper. SPECTATOR and STA MPED SUPPLE MENT GRATIS. In the next SPECTATOR will be presented a SUPPLE MENT of 24 folio Pages, containing the FINAL REPORT of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on PENNY POSTAGE—a document of great interest and imps. tance. Price of the SPECTATOR and SUPPLEMENT only 9d. Orders received by all News Agents; and at the Office, 9, Wellington-street, Strand. IS Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis ribution% of Money, which (though they are NO LOT TERIES, offer a great many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGII, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis tributions contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS and upwards. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,500/., and 30,0001. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1,39. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Marten 6.—Wind E.N.E. strong breezes with snow.—Catot down from the river and proceeded, the City of London, Martin, for the Care of good Hope; Claremont, Bayley, Derrerara ; Greece, Penton, Leghern Edward Barnett, Steward, Cadiz; Pekoe, Gilles, Canton. PORTSMOCH, MARCH 6 —Wind N.E.—Arrived the Pekoe, Gino, from London and Aratateo, —, New haven, towed in to repair. PLYSIOCTH. MARCH s.—Wind N. N. E.—Arrived the Royalist, Cuming, Charente; Jean Wilson, Henderson, do. ; Madeliene Cherie, —, Naives ; John Mener, do; Le. Marble Josephine, —, do. ; Delmine, Chamvis, do. ; Leon, ['tiller, do. ; Ladelle Vanias, —, do. ; St. John the Baptist, —, do. ; Jean, Bart, do. ; Mane, Viant, do. ; Bretenie, Daniel ; Troubadour, Magan, Nantes; and Ida Pauline, —, do. S a iled the elen, --, for Lon don; and Mary Walker, —, London. FALMOUTH, MARCH 5 —Wind E. to N. E. Moderate. Breezes and cloudy.—Arrived her Majesty': steamer Meteor, Lieut. Pritchard, from Liverpool ; l'Etoile, Nantes ; Victorine, ditto ; Jean Joseph, ditto ; Lady Basset, London. Sailed the Active, Snell, for Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Pauline, from Leghorn. Sailed the William Salthout-e, Stanton, for Trinidad ; Henry, Pearce, New Orleans ; Alexander Grant; Thompson, ditto ; Virginia, Hussey, Mobile; Parthenon, Woodbury, Philadelphia; Hannah Keiz, Baron, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Damsel, Abbot, St. Michael's; Norfolk Hero, Garnrood, Odessa; Mauritienne, Latievre, Rochfort. Off port, the Abo, for Leghorn ; Charles, Antwerp, Augusta, Ostend; Per severance, ditto. MARGATE, MARCH 6.—Arrived The Jules Azle, Gille man, from London. RAMSGATE, MARCH 6.—S4iled the City of Genoa, Perrene, for &Alia. Off port—the Forsget, Dake, from Bcrveq. COWES, MARCH 6. —Wind E. N. E.—Sailed the Henry Thompson, Watkins, for London. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH s.—Sailed the Caledonia, It rvey, for Beyrout. Poot.a, MARCH 6.—Sailed the Vulture, Gilvut, for Newfoundland. OFF THE WlGHT.—Arrived the Dart, Davis, Madeira, KINGROAD, MARCH 6. —Arrived the Edward, Stiles, from A ntwerp. NEWPORT, MARCH 15. —Sailed the Convivial, I-lamp. ton, for Lisbon ; Jeune, Barthelda, Marseilles ; Emetic ditto. WATERFORD, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Martha, Howlan, from London; Joseph and Ann, Howe, ditto. KINSALE, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Margaret, Hunlu, from Port-au-Prince. GOOLE, Mama s.—Arrived the Jane and Maria, Al. dridge, from Hamburg ; Emanuel, Dohr, Altona ; Anna Maria, Freman, ditto; Catherina, Margaretha, ditto. PENZANCE, Marten 6.—Sailed the Odessa, Marseilles, CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 6. ENTERED INWARDS.-The Brilliant, White, from St. Mi chael's; Immanuel, Onnen, Emden; Creswell, Willson, Ostend ; Queen of the Isles, Turner, Hamburgh : Nelson, Chadd, do. ; Fanny, Deward, Rotterdam ; Earl St. Vineent, Burcham, Ham burgh ; Christian Benjamin, Krause, Dantzic ; Albrecht, West phal, Rostoek ; Sieben Gebroders, Brackms, Leer ; Industrie, Samme, Bremen; Anna Maria, Haak, Carolineziel ; Eliza beth, Frers, Hamburgh ; Venus, Popp, do. ; Vrow Johanna, Admiral, Rotterdam ; Frau Catherina, Haack, Altona ; Nep tut-is, Lendeman, do. ; Anna Maria, Baekhans, do. ; Onder neeming, Hoatzaager, Rotterdam ; Fenna Jerina, Bahr, Em den; Vrow Margaretha, Berg, Rotterdam ; Johanna, Classen, Altona ; Annine N.ilsine, Brandt, do. ; Vrow Abda, Timme ran, Groningen; Kerstine and Maria, Fisher, Altona; Dree Gebroders, Offen, Emden; Concordia, Gowers, Ditzum ; Gute Hoffnung, Sanders, Hamburgh ; Gebrode. s, Wriede, do. ; Vanguard, Walkers, do. ; Lady Raffels, Biles, Calcutta; Eolus, Cock, Hamburg ; Phcenix, Lefort, Havre ; Espoir, Lavatte, Gravelines. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Catherine, Schuyd, for Antwerp; Menai, Phillips, Antwerp ; Fox, Fox, Newfoundland ; Gary one, Broben, Rio Janeiro ; Berth I, Young, Azores ; Co lumbine, Norwood, Rotterdam ; Catherine Elizabeth, Merritt, St. Vineents ; John Bull, Corben, Hamburgh. CLEARED OUT CA RGO.—lllenai, Phillips, for Antwerp ; Ramona, Middleton, Calais; Harlequin, Strannack, Boulogne; Mary Mallaby, Grey, Mauritius ; Maas, Blake, Rotterdam ; Fingalton. Primrose, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Tropic, Phillips, Barbadoes Renown, Gordon, Sydney; Emilie, Pc trovvsky, Elsinore ; Stratheden, Cheap, Madras ; Coral, Paine, Lisbon. IN BALLAST.—Factor, Hart, for Seville. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—The Sunda, Greig, from Bengal, off the Isle of Wight—sailed from Calcutta Nov. 7, Saugor 14, St. Helena Jan. 13; Sir John Rae Reed, Cumming. from Mauritius, off the Isle of Wight—sailed Nov. 23, and Si. Helena Jan. 10. Arrival at Samarang—The Lord Goderich, Smith, in October, from Batavia. Arrival at St. Helena—The Favourite, Robinson, Jan. 15 ; from Calcutta and the Cape, for London. Arrivals at Mauritius—Jeune Evenot, Banier, NIISv. 14, from Vohemar Bay ; Nymphe, Labal, 14, fi om Bourbon ; Lancier, Chapoy, 10, from Bourbon. __.. . _ , Departure from Alauritins—The Arab, Lowe, Nov. 8, for Grand Port. Departures from the Cape of Good Hope.—The Mary Gray Boyd, Jan. 5, for Mauritius; her Majesty's•ship Jupiter, Ful• ton, 5, for Colombo; Harmonic. (F. ), 5, and Messenger, ( A.) 5, for whaling ; Hope, (S.), Findlay, 7, for Algoa ; andlulius,Edward Hedenburg, 9, for Batavia. Vessels Spoken With.—The Otterspool, from Liverpool to Batavia; Richard, Cunningham, Calcutta to Bristol; and Tury, by the Amelia, Thompson, arrived in the Downs. The Duchess of Kent, Newby, London to New South Wales, Dec. 31,1 at. 21. 10. S., long. 35. 30. W., by the Betsy Hall, arrived at Cork. CORN AVERAGES. OENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, e'er the Week ended March I, Ia:SS), made ip tram the Returns of the Inspectors in the ditlerent Cities and 'Pawns in Englari4 and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat. f 72;. lOci. Oats garley.. - 37 s. Fd. f Rye .. 21s. R. 9 1 Bean. 38.. 42.. at. Pease ......395. Id, IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE t':X WE: Es PRECEDING. Wheat l74s srl. Oats , 1 Barley 39s Sd Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat I Barley 2s. 4d. Bye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. Supplies of Hay and Clover moderate ; Straw in short supply. Hay, 70s. to 95s , 100 s. ana 105 s. ; Clover, 80s. to 100 s., 1 10 s. and 112 s. ; Straw, 345. to 428. and 445. FISH MARKETS. Fish no: so plentiful and rather dearer. Turbot, ss. and 7s. to 10s., 155., 205., and 225.; Cod, 2s. 6d. to ss. and 10s.; Soles, 9d. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Whiting, 4d. to Bd. each ; Haddock, 6d. to Is. 2d. each. COLONIAL MARKET. British Plantation Sugar, so'd slowly, at former quotations ; 100 bags Pimento, sold at 34d. to 4d.-3000 bags Bengal Ginger, part sold at 19s. 6d. to 245. —l3O casks, 60 barrels, and 176 bags British Plantation Coffee,sold much as before, say 108s,,for middling Jamaica. COUNTRY CORN 11 iIARKE' Wheat. Barley. Per Quarter. And0ver:.,......, dirmingham BTSdport Cirencester Guildford..... Hentey Hereford.... Highworth;.. 'Maidenhead., Monmouth Salisbury ..... Southampton Stroud --- Tewkesbury., Wantage Warminster.... Windsor ...... Worcester... 8. to 8. 64 80 74 82 t 3 80 73 SO 61 81 65 80 68 8') 72 78 63 88 64 70 63 75 64 74 64 75 64 74 63 75 63 71 S. to s. 20 34 '9 3 30 40 32 36 .7 32 26 30 23 35 26 32 26 32 32 42 24 36 32 34 25 35 30 34 33 40 28 36 70 74 63 72 67 70 28 32 24 34 27 34 70132 36 VERPOOL CORN N sh, White, per 701 b Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White lied S. to S. 22 30 3. tO 3. 38 - 43 - 16 22 26 30 20 25 26 30 20 30 23 26 22 29 28 34 20 28 22 29 20 27 20 28 28 32 20 24 22 32 17 28 20 25 22 26 21 22 30 3 -2 ARKET.- - 33 32 40 WHEAT. Eng Forei g n 34 44 '33 42 41 ift 33 42 36 40 March 5. OATS, English, - Welsh, and Scotch, per - Irish - Foreign BertLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter , - Scotch and Irish, per 60114.. - Feeding BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter - Irish, &c. - Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter - Foreign FLOUR, English, per tretl:b. , . . . - Irish Or.rmrtAL, English and Irish, per 9.401bs , IN;- AN Cana, p( r 44111 b. ..... RYE, per I miler al quarter NIALT, per Imperial quarter S. to S. - 4^ 34 38 35 - - 42 33 48 46 48 Ile, ticf t, 12L Od. 10 9 if ~... 10 0 1 o o ~... 10 o 10 3 8 9 10 3 ..... 8 6 11 9 40 4 2 .... 3 9 4 0 .... 0 0 0 0 43 0 47 0 .... 5 6 6 0 .... 5 3 5 6 • 50 0 54 0 .... 44 0 47 0 .... 48 0 52 u ▪ 52 0 58 0 .... 48 0 52 0 60 0 71 0 52 0 53 0 32 6 34 0 • 44 0 48 0 ▪ 40 0 45 0 51. 0 71 0 MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM EXTEN sioN RAILWAY.-This national undertaking is now before a Committee of the House of Commons upon Standing Orders, where the petition for the Bill is opposed by the Trent and Mersey Canal Company, the London and Bir mingham, the Midland Counties, and the Grand Junction Railways, and by some landowners. The Committee has to decide upon no less than 384 technical objections which are raised against the Bill, not one of which at all goes to the merits of the case. The greater part of one day was occupied in the examination and discussing a case arising near Lichfield, where an estate is entered as belonging to the father, when, in fact, it appears that some years since the father conveyed one field to his son, to give a vote. The Committee decided that this Stand ing Order had been complied with, inasmuch as the promoters of the Bill had inserted the name of the " owner or reputed owner." Another day has been occupied with examining into the accuracy of en tries on the Book of Reference, which appear as " Stowe, with Colwich intermixed," and " Colwich, with Stowe in termixed.' The overseers of both parishes were called by the opponents of the Bill, but they proved that it is almost impossible to describe the boundaries of these parishes, and in this case the Committee decided, " Standing order complied with." These are the nature of the objections. Such of them as are found against the Bill will go to the Appeal Committee, who will determine upon the intention of the promoters, whether or not they have done all which can " reasonably" be required, and whether there has been any "intention to deceive." The promoters of the measure arc very sanguine in obtaining their object " this" Session ; but it is admitted on all hands, that the line of the Trent is the best adapted for the convenience of the public, and one of the best engineering lines in the king dom, and that the Rill " must ultimately pass is placed be yond all doubt."—Stafferdshire Gazette. NAPLES, FEB. IG.—Last night a part of our Foundling Hospital was destroyed by fire. The flames spread so rapidly that 23 children perished. One of the nurses in her despair threw herself out of the window with two children in her arms ; all three were found dashed to pieces and quite dead in the street. The firemen distin guished themselves by their effirts ; three of three of th em were killed, having fallen from the upper story to the lower, where they were buried under the ruins. S DURING THE WEEK Oats. ) Beans. ) Pease. EVENIN'G PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION- (grern the Votes and Proceedings of the House of CommoS) TIIVMAY, MARCH 5, 1839. • INNKEEPE R S. Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be g iven to bring in a Bill be for the more effectual protection of Ira. keopert :"....The House divided:— Aglionby, H. A. Blandford,, Marquis of 13rocklehurst, J. Collins, William Divert, Edward Dundas, C. W. D. Goring, H D. Humphery, J. MA. Abereromby, G. R. Aglionby, Major Ainsworth, Peer Alsager, Richard. Alston, R. Archbold, Hobert &radar% General Bagge, Wm. Bailey, Joseph, jun. Baines, E. Barington, Lord B.tesott, S , r Robert Beamish, F. B. Bellew, R. M. Berkeley, F. H. Hewes, T. Blackstone, W. S. Blur, James Illcike, W. J. Bodkin, John James Broadley, H. B-otherton, J. Bruce, Lord E. Bruges, W. H. L Bryan, George Pusreilti, William Campbell, Sir J. Chute, W. L. W. Clive, E. B. Clive, Robert Courtenay, Philip Crawley, S. Compton, S. Curry, W. Disk, Q.' Duncoinhe. A. Du Pre, George Egerton, N. •I'. Eitcouit, T. G. B. Etwail, R. Evan., W. Eector, J. M Ferguson, Sir R. A. Fitzroy, Lold Charle, Flirt, John Gaskell, J. M. Glynne, Sir S. Gordon, R. Grant, F. W. Grattan, H. Halfor:4, H. Hall, B. Hawes, B. NORITY—AYES, 20. bacclos. W. S. Wakley, Thomas O'Connell, Morgan Walker, It. Paget, F. Worsley, Lord Protheree, Edward Yates, John A. I'ryme, G. Iteddington, T. N Salwey, Co',mei Turner, Edmund TELLERS. Pechell, Captain Darby, George JORITY-NGES, Heathcoat, John Hector, - J. Hepburn, Sir 'l'. B. Hill, Lord A. M. C. Hindley, Chailee Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, I'. B. Hodgson, Richard Hope, Charles Howard, I'. H. Howard, Sir If. Hughes, W. B. Hume, Joseph James, Sir W. Jervis, Swynfin Jones, John' Kemble, Henry Ki naird, Hon. A Knight, Henry Gaily Labouehere, H. Langdale, Hon. C. Leader, J. F. Le&oy, Itt. Hon. T. Lemon, Sir C. Liddell, H. Lushington, Charles Lushingtnii, Dr. LygOn, Colonel Lynch, A. H. Mackenzie, Thomas MarKelllie, W. F. Maher, John : , larshall, W. Master, Colonel Maule, Hon F. x Maxwell, H. Miles, I'. W. S. Monypenny, Capt. Mordaunt, Sir J. Morris, David Norreys, Sir D J. O'Brien, W. Smith O'Ferrall, More ti'Ned, J. B. R. Paget, Lord Alfred Pakington, J. S. Palmer, C. Fy.he Palmer, R. Paloier_tone, Visct. Parker, John Parker, It. T. Parnell, Sir H. 15(1. Pcrceval, Colonel J. Perceval, Hon. G. Phillips, G. Phillpotts, J. Pigot, Robert Plumptre, J Prae t, W. T. Jct., T. S. Rice, Edward Rrchc, W. Rolleston, Round, C. G. _ Rushout, liowteo_ sßis shn aanslrfseiee:ltticti,:oLJlEo.o.nrl,:di .J Shell, It. Shirley, J. Smith, Iteni-o n "' Smith, Vei n ru. Smyth, Sir Stanley, W. a Stansfield, W• Staunton Steuart, Staunton, Stewart, Jame . Stock, Dr. S tr i c kland, c9 r Struts, E.ord cows uart, L ss S tt t yle, .Sir Charles Thomson, coraas • ThornelY, . 111 T h rnhill, , Vivian, jam $ W a ld ington._p L W ar b u rton, H. Ward, G H. White, A Wilbraham , %Villains, IL E. Winiiington, H . J. Young, Sir W TELLERS• Seymour, Lord Philips, M. ARMING OF THE CHARTISTS.—We denotinceil with all the force of which we are masters—and we c a d upon our contemporaries, and ail who desire to b e eankf l in the class of good citizens, to join us in denounci n g —e ? traitorous proceedings which are now going on in this eq.; The enactors of those proceedings are unimv or t a nt in ell; , of number, and more insignificant in character and inte' n „ gence ; but they are yet sufficient to produce for a time a ° K . siderable interruption of the peace and order of the SC 84 One of the instruments referred to has been shown to tie City Magistrates ; two. others have been seen by one of ~Wr Mayor's officers, in the possession of a boy, w hose fatw' r , makes them ; and, in short, we are assured that the apPel e ance of these weapons is becoming rather common. S ew , of them are formed like a common halbert, others hall, crescent at the bottom of the blade, pointing fo rwil „s with a sharp edge, supposed to be designed for ant l % the reins or girths of horses. They are of stea and there is a hole in the shank for fastening into the handle. It is believed that about th r o i hundred men are now armed with them in this city' so that they are fast making their way into the country 'Binge r ) It is further stated that about sixty men will leave Noro,l this week armed with these weapons, and some of with pistols also, for the north of England, where t 7 , 1% are to join.other strangers in acts of disturbance, it calculated that as strangers they will be more acc; r e, against identification. In order to intimidate such V,,,4 sons as have attempted to thwart their procee dinr : the poor fellow, named Purland, who had the h oursr to oppose the object of the Chartists at the C mon-hall, and to advocate the repeal of the Corn -11 ") was afterwards knocked down and kicked with so to He violence, that he has been unable to work ever since• summoned his assailant, but his house being beset, vi the persuasion of his wife, and fearing for his ovrn s apt he did not appear in support of the charge. We d desire to alarm the peaceable inhabitants of our eitl these statements; neither do we expect that theLP- e e s sons who have actually embarked in these guilty enter's , will be induced by anything that we can say to ° ball don their intentions. But we do think that it is neceonll for persons in authority, or having influence over i tr o ,, uninformed part of the community, to make them,' y tinctly acquainted with the law on this subject. ' t t o perfectly true the Bill of Rights allows every m a ntli have arms for his own defence ; but it is distin c o laid down by the highest authorities that to' take rc , arms under pretence of reforming the laws, or °I . dressing grievances, is high treason—and that the coil?, selling or abetting of such acts is ,a high crime and t n h i s i t demeanor. The condition of the Bill of Rights is men shall have arms for their own defence, suitable to fl' e c r t , condition and degree, and such is are allowed by I' „, Bat can this description be alleged of instruments such A, those to which we have al:uded ? The common ,s v which is before and over all statute law, will put the „i common-sense construction upon the intention ei tY arming, and will pronounce it to be an act of heel° against the peace of the country —Bury Post. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE DE JOINVILL; o f " As soon," says the Debats, in describing the arrival :, the Prince de Joinville at Brest, " as the boat with A d rat Gruel and M. Trogn o n, came within h a il of the. Cr e°-e ( 1 the Prince cried out, Are all the family well?' A dreg:, silence was preserved on board the boat, the Prince still ignorant of the severe loss the Royal famiiY "," 0 sustained. On going on board the Creole, M. Treg n i : rt immediately delivered to his Roy a l Hi g h ness a p a ,r c l,e of letters from the Roy a l f em ily e sea l e d w i t h bl ac k. `,„ Prince anticipated some d rea df u l m i s f ortune , an d, in ti seconds was fully acquainted with all that had hapeell ee ' In the evening the Creole was admitted to libre prat i n , but the Pri nce p re f erre d rema i n i ng f or t h e n i g ht on ht r e his ship. Next morning, his Royal Highness he w° given up th e comman d o f t h e C reo l e to Li eutena nt Fon . se n ) i i his aide-de. cam p, too k l eave o f th e crew . The Par i ',. e . scene was very affecting. On landing the Prince wa s :„iy ceived g by all the civil authorities ; the uay was cornple''' crowded, and hi s R o y a l Hi g h ness w as greeted with an ef ;f thusiastic welcome, the more remarkable as the peeP e Brest are not i n g e n e r al prodig a l of th e se dernostratul);, The Prince is evidently worn by the severe duty he gone through with so much honour. When the King 'ai pointed him to the command of the Creole, it ', 5 Ty predicted that the inexperience of a Captain c twenty years of age would infallibly cumpr ° "" t h e the lives of the men and the safety of of ship intrusted to his command. But what has ee l ' s .", e , been the case? Engaged during six months in scarf privations, and trials of every description, the Cree l° et not had on board a single man on the sick list, so cons Ai, and judicious has been the care taken of the crew I, is though the ship's company had been constantly expo! e s he the northern gales which blow without interruption 1 ", te r Gulf of Mexico, as well as all the other chances of o n „' e , navigation, the Creole has not sustained the least de n te , , ,Sbe came back to Brest as she left it, light and' swift; L o ,' markable for the precision and boldness of her mancetly'.; and without having received any injury except thea c c :" g o flicted by the guns of the Mexicans, which have i t '' many glorious scars on her sides." MUNICIPAL INCORPORATION OF BOROUGH OF MARYLERONE.—Yesterday, a special fn e , e o ing of the Vestrymen of Marylebone was convened st o op Court House for the purpose of discussing, in conjun c 4of with deputations which were to be appointed on beb a ' the Vestries of St. Pancras and Paddington, the P;to priety of at once applying to her Majesty's Minist °r 4li grant a Municipal Charter of Incorporation for the Bort) De of Marylebone, and to take such measures as migh t es s deemed expedient with respect to it. Lord Nugent in the chair, and after a lengthened discussion, a dePutlie tion was appointed to wait on the Home Secretary ft )l. purpose of ascertaining, in the event of the borough app ing for a Charter, " what power and privileges t" ool ,. ofe conceded to them." If they insist on having the 7, 0 0 trol of the police as one of their privileges, the deput s ,be may save themselves the trouble of waiting on Lord •"" Russell. Win IRELAND.—We have received the D ii- e be Papers of Tuesday. They are destitute of interest t° ;b public. The Dublin Evening Post announces the 'Poi poinement of Lord Fortescue's nephew to the offieetbe State Steward : and states that Captain Romilly, of Guards, son of the late Sir Samuel Romilly, is spo":""nra as likely to fill the office of Private Secretary to the 4."' Lieutenant. le We learn iroin good authority, that the a P P ° O and pear trees give good promise of plentiful 1 055- • throughout the country.—Hereford Times. ors . In a case heard before the Insolvent Eleu L t : Court, a detaining creditor who had discounted a dig• exchange for the insolvent, said he was not a rega lar ' , counter, and never took more than 30 per cent. I 0 . ARMED CHARTISTS.—Some of our ContenlPot rarics have copied from a Bury paper a paragraph, statitcol t it the Chartists of Norwich are gererally arming ; tha tg 'o o 300 are already armed with pikes, of which the dese r '4 o l te is given ; that these pikes are fast making their waY i the country villages; and that about sixty men will ," 0 1 151 Norwich this week so armed, and some also with I),' s ", - 0.• for the north of England I The Norwich papers of ' A g i e r• day—the Conservative Chro n i c l e and the Whig curt'—do not allude to this arming. Ten" Lord Errol arrived at Sladeland on Tuesday e belt ing (Wednesday) the hounds threw off at the kennel ' c has e a numerous field met to enj o y th e pl easu re of the with his Lordship. i n a Lord Francis Egerton, w h o h as been suffer ,„ bii from a violent attack o f gout w hi c h h a d con fi ne d hit t bed for several days, is now considerably better. a re It is calculated that t en m illi ons o f volu illes r of 50,000 ds annu allyparuinttheodrs of oneinGer or ma more books. n,andthat there are u P wa 0 1 01 THE WEAT HER .—T o t h e f a ll o f vie w :a cl ti t visited London a n d it s env i rons yester d a y, sue e — e t his night a very sharp frost. Our glass in doors stands ire morning at 371. The wind, which blew strongly fr °ffi but North East ye s t er d a y , cont i nues i n t h e same quarter' has now subsided. We are happy to be able to contradict thesrili moors respecti ng the dangerous nature of th e illnersopuet Sir William Ingilhy, at Weisbaden. The worthy 1303legra was slightly i n di spose d ; hi s f r i en d s w ill be glad t that he is now recovering. - , L E EXTRAORD INARY DIFFERENCE IN TIIk. tb, PERATURE.—The highest point of my thermomete!.l,:t ip shade was yesterday 52 degrees of Fahrenheit, .W o ,h." san k the sun the me , cury rose to 91, and during the nle,,n e `:, re s.. to 34, making the extraordinary difference of 5 7 ',b ro ad, —Correspondent if the Times, P,:ragon, New Ken'