The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-21 00:00:00

attack upon the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State. But he had made no attack upon the Government—he had said nothing that was disrespectful of the Government—( o h, oh)—but he felt himself compelled to admit, for the fact was andeniable, that the letters of the Hon. Member for Finsbury had been opened by her Majesty's Government, and the reason for so doing had not been inquired into.—( Hear, hear.) This was not merely the battle of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, but the battle of every Member of that House, and every sub ject of her Majesty was as deeply interested in it as Members of the House were—( Hear, hear)—and the Government may rely upon it, that whatever the decision of the House might be to-night, the public would look with a jealous eye upon their proceedings, and oppose every attempt to violate the public rights.—( Hear, hear. ) Lord SANDON rose amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide." He said he had merely risen for the purpose of reminding the House that the Committee had not made their report upon the question as it affected the Hon. Member for Finsbury, but its obNii,n.e to the order of the House, and to the decision of that tribunal they left it without any reference to him (Mr. Duncombe). The House should bear in mind that when first the Honourable Member for Finsbury introduced this subject to the House he made some allusion to his own letters, and yet he declined to offer any evidence to the Committee upon that part of the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Committee, however, in their report, had endeavoured to discover what number of warrants had been issued for the last twenty-two years by the different Pi ime Ministers during that period, and the result of their investigation was already before the House in the paragraph they had already heard read, and which was to this effect.—(Here the Noble Lord read the paragraph, and concluded by expressing a hope that the House would not consent to re-investigate this question by coming to another vote upon it. ) Mr. ROEBUCK would be sorry that the House should come to a vote upon this question until he had expressed his sentiments upon it, and therefore he now stood up to do so. In speaking upon this question he begged to be understood as se parating from it any consideration of a personal nature, and approaching it only upon public grounds. When first this question was submitted to the House by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, the Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) said, in answer to it, that he stood upon the responsibility of his station, and would not answer the question. The Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, was the next Member of her Majesty's Government to give an opinion upon the question (and that Hon. Baronet was an exceedingly correct barometer of the temperature of public opinion)—(Laughter)—and the Hon. Baronet said he was obliged to take up a position different from that of his colleague, and that he would meet the public feeling, and therefore appointed a Select Committee in order t• allay the public excitement. Why had that been done ? Because the suspicion of the public had been excited against the Go vernment, inasmuch as it was generally believed that the pre sent Government had exercised this power tiir the first time. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) then said, " Give us a Committee, and the whole truth shall be elicited."—( Hear.) Well, the Committe had been appointed, and made their in quiry ; and what was the result of their proceeding ?—( Hear. ) He (Mr. R.) did not impugn the honour of that Committee ; but this he would say, and he would pledge everything he held dear to support it, that the report had not given satisfaction to the publie.—( Hear. ) The Committee had two questions before it —one was as to the state of the law, and the other as to the power of the Government. One of these affected the foreign policy of the country, and the other the private question in re spect to the Hon. Member for Finsbury himself.—( Hear. ) What did the Committee do? They gave no opinion respect ing the lion. Member for Finsbury, but altogether passed over his case.— ( Hear, hear.) Did the Right Lion. Baronet think thet the public were satisfied with the report on that part of the case upon which they did express an opinion ?—( Hear, bear.) If so, why did he make that extraordinary explanation on Tuesday night, that the Chief Secretary for Foreign Affairs received a communication from the Austrian Ambassador, and thereupon he applied to the Home Secretary to send an order to the Post-office, and accordingly the warrant was issued which led to certain information being communicated to the Austrian Ambassador? But the Right Hon. Gentleman made this extraordinary additional explanation, that the Foreign Secretary, Lord Aberdeen, exercising that great discretion entrusted to him, made the communication to Austria—a private communication and, having destroyed it, he was not now able to trust his memory so as to inform the House, to which he was responsible, what the nature of the communication %N —( Mar, hear.) That was an as tounding explanation.—( Hear, hear.) It was supplemental to the report of the Committee which had been appointed to in vest:gate this great question of foreign policy, affecting the most important interests of this country.—( Hear.) The Noble Lord (Lord Sandon) whose duty, as a member of that Com mittee, it had been to carry out the inquiry, and to make the report so as to appease the anxiety and to satisfy the just cu riosity of the nation, thought proper just now to characterize the desire of Members of that house to obtain a full inquiry for the satisfaction of the house, and of their constituents, a "prurient curiosity."—(Hear.) He (Mr. R.) asked what right had the Noble Lord to use that phrase ?—( Cheers, and cries of "Oh ! oh !) The phrase was unjustifiable—( Hear) —and he ( Mr. Roebuck) —for one was impelled with indignation to repel the imputation of " prurient curiosity."—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member for Finsbury had made a direct and distinct appeal to the Committee. Now, he (Mr. Roebuck) regretted the tone and temper in which that Hon. Member made his state ment, and he thought that great injustice had been done to the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham), for he believed that the exercise of this odious power was well intended to maintain the peace of Europe.—( Hear, hear.) But that was far from sufficient. They wanted to know how that discre tionary power had been employed, that the House might know whether it was necessary to legislate upon the subject.—( Hear, hear.) He regretted the language used by the Hon. Member foe Finsbury and Liskeard, for he thought it better not to bring personal hostility into the discussion of so grave a ques tion. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham) was not to blame for the exercise of this power, but the Ministry— and if the power was improper, the Ministry was not to blame for its existence.—( Ministerial cheers.) He ( Mr. Roebuck) might say, that he had in 1837 and 1838, the same cause of complaint as the Hon. Member for Finsbury had now made.— (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) The Hon. Member for Finsbury said his letters were opened. The Noble Lord said lie had read all the warrants, but he did not say whether they applied to the Hon. Member for Finsbury. That Gentleman did not know whe ther his letters were opened under the authority of a warrant, or without it. He would assume that there was a warrant, and that the Right Hon. Secretary issued it upon his own respon sibility. NN , hat was that responsibility? Was it to this House ?—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hen. Gentleman said that it was on his ow n responsibility. What ? Was the re sponsibility to himself? which was no responsibility.— ( Cheers. )—The Right lion. Baronet was responsible to some body, and that responsibility was due to that House. The Bight Hon. Baronet said he was excluded from giving the House the information which wag demanded of him. Now, from that oath he had been relieved by her Majesty, to enable him to give evidence on the Secret Committee. But still he a refused to give the information, and the Right Hon. Baronet r at the dead of the Government excused his lion. Colleague, on the plea that it would he disclosing the secrets of his office. This was employing the name and attributes of the Sovereign in a way altogether improper, but there was no no doubt whatever but that the Right Hon. Baronet was per sonally responsible. The Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Treasury was exercising the highest functions of his office when he was refusing the information the House required. Suppose, however, they had exercised a pewee to which they had no right. One of the greatest causes of alarm out of doors was what had been stated in another place by the very highest legal authority. That this power was not conferred in the way in which it was supposed to be by Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite. " The power," said the Right Hon. Baronet, " has been conferred upon me of opening any letters which I may think fit, upon my own responsibility, and that power is re cognised by the Act of Anne, and again by the Act of Victoria." Well, the Right lion. Baronet said he had full power to open whatever letters he thought fit, upon his own responsibility. Now he denied this in toto. The statement bore il legality upon the face of it; and when his Honourable and Learned Friend opposite, the Solicitor-General, was called upon for his opinion upon it, he had no doabt he would agree with him in what he nosy stated. But there had not only been exercised an illegal power, but the nse of a power which was not granted by law. In the 40th section of the Act of Anne, there were these words:—" That no letters should be opened after the same shall have been delivered into the General Post-office, before the delivery thereof, without the express earrent in writing of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State shall have been obtained.' Now the mean ing of this was, that the warrant of the Secretary of State should be a sufficient authority to enable one of the servants of the Post-office to open letters without incurring blame or pu nishment. The authority was only implied to Olsen letters, and if the Right lion. Gentleman would just give his warrant to any one man at the Post-office, -to open any one letter of the Ilinourable Member for Finsbury, and would afterwards lay the warrant upon the table in that House, they would take the case to the Court of Queen's Bench, and try the legality of the warrant. If the Right lion. Baronet would only do that, he had no doubt that the Hon. :Member would bring an action in twenty-four hours after the warrant was on the table. The Government were bound not only by law, but by prudence, to answer the question that had been put to them. Now, he wanted the House for a moment to consider the consequences of the declaration made the other evening by the Right Hun. Baronet at. the head of the Government. lie entered into a most elaborate description of the circumstances in which the country was placed in 1842. Now, he did not know what seas the real intention of the Right Honourable Baronet, but the feeling existed in his mind that he wanted to show that England was in a dangerous state at the time. That there had been exercised every power which the Coestifution gave them to protect and secure the peace of the country. The House would remember that the Right Eon. Baronet had before told them that amongst their powers, was that of opening letters; and, further, the asser tion prevhmsly made by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, that his letters had been opened. The natural inference was, that the Government had thought it a precautionary step to procure order and peace to ofen the letters of the Hon. Member for Finsbury.—( Hear, hear.) Now, if that were so, he asked, would it not be prudent if the Right lion. Baronet would follow the dictates of honour and respect the feelings of the people, by coming forward, and admitting the act, declare that they had f..und nothing to criminate the lion. Member fur Finsbury? If they had done this, they might easily have said that they had pursued the same steps as their own im mediate predecessors; and this they had stone upon the deep feeling of responsibility which attached to their office.— (Hear, hear.) Suppose thst had been the answer of the Right Hon. Baronet, why, they would have had the public with them. They would have made this a useful instead of a dan gerous power, and the people would have been satisfied. The Right lion. Gentleman had already made two concessions. He believed that he would have to make a third, and that they would at last, hear from him the statement which it would have been wise to have made in the first instance.— (Cheers.) He would be o bliged " We thought this necessary at to say, the time ; we did it under the notion that it was essential to the peace of the community, if you think that the power has not been rightly exercised, say so; and, on the other hand —if you t hi n k that it ought to be taken away, state your would opinion." Th at w have been a frank way of dealing with this question. To e r n efer to his own case, he had no doubt that the if he had inqui re d of le Noble Lord the Member for the City of London whether or not he had o p ene d his letters to Mr. have Papineau, he would replied di st i nc tly t o t h e ques ti on ; and had there been in their ei anything wrong he would not be where he was at that moment. hether hi s l e tt ers h a d b een concerned, hlittle w e cared very As far as he himself fees opened or not. But that was not the feeling of the Hon. Gen tleman the Member for Finsbury. It was not the feeling of Hear, hear.) They said, the people of this great country.—( and said truly, that, although the exercise ofl. ea e d diseretion of t a oany evil, the Foreign Secretary might not necessarily yet there rui,eht come a time when there should be of State for Foreign Affairs who might not be discreet,Secretary who might give information to foreign nations which woud' ands in the most disastrous consequences.—( Hear.) If he (Mr.le u . e ) knew anything of the feelings of his countrymen, there was - nothing which would st: ike them with a feeling of greater humiliation and shame tha n that the p owers of their Govern ment should he employed for the base purposes of despotism in any part of the world. —( Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Baronet might, rest assured, that if he wished the power vested in him to be continued at all, he must make his declaration quickly; but if he knew anything of the feelings of his coun trymen, the v, over would not last much longer, but would be dude *way with even after the declaration of the Right Hon. Gentleman that he had done what had been laid at his door. Mr. COLLETT moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. C. BULLER explained. / /.$ _ .;~ .~-.' z The motion for the' adjournment elicits I loud cries of " Divide, divide." On the question of adjournment being put, Sir R. PEEL said he deeply regretted that it should be considered necessary again to adjourn the debate on this subject.— (Hear, hear.) He thought that, unless there were some absolute necessity for adjournment, justice to wards her Majesty's Government ought to induce the House to continue the discussion that night, for the purpose of having an opinion pronounced on the subject.—( Cheers.) This was quite clear—that it was absolutely necessary that this matter should be :disposed of before any other business was proceeded with ; and that business which must necessarily be postponed, if the adjournment took place, was business of the utmost importance to the cammercial and general interests of the country. The Hon. Gentleman who had now moved the sdj nirnment, is, I believe, the same Hon. Member who moved itjon the first night of the debate. Mr. Mr. COLLETT—No. _ Sir R. PEEL—Of this he was sure, that if the Hon. Gen tleman wished to speak he would be listened to with great at tention. It was now only twelve o'clock. If the debate were postponed, it must necessarily take the precedence of other business to-morrow. This would lead to the postponement of the motion of the Hon. Member f r Manchester on the sugar duties until Monday, and the Noble Lord's motion must also again be postponed. Looking to the great public interests concerned, he thought it was the duty of the house to make some sacrifice of its convenience. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. COLLETT reg,retted that he could not fall into the views of the Right Hon. Baronet. The House met at four o'clock, and he had for several hours been endeavouring to ca'ch the eye of the Speaker.—(Laughter.) It was impossible to gain attention at so late an hour ; and he must therefore persist in his motion of adjournment. Lord J. RUSSELL said he rose merely to say that he had expected, after the speech of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath, some Member connected with the Government—pro bably the Solicitor- Seneral—would have risen to reply to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and that the debate would have gone on to a division. He thought it was impossible to deny that an adjournment would cause great public inconvenience. He should certainly give his vote against the adjournment. Mr. BLEWITT expressed his gratitude to the Hon. Mem ber for Finsbury for having brought this subject forward. He declared that the practice of opening letters was totally contrary to law, inconsistent with the British Constitution, and a viola- tion of the rights of property. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had risen to address the House when the lion. and Learned Member for Bath re sumed his seat, but he did not succeed in catching the Speaker's eye. He had remained in the House during the whole debate, and he was necessarily very fatigued. He, however, felt it his duty to address the House on this subject, notwithstanding the lateness of the hour. He trusted the debate would be proceeded with. 11r. BROTHERTON—I would advise my Hon. Friend not to divide if you are determined to finish.—( Laughter.) Mr. AGLION BY suggested that the debate should be ad journed to Wednesday next.—( Cries of " No, no, no.") Sir R. PEEL did not think it was just to her Majesty's Mi nisters to postpone the decision on this question for several days. " I say at once," said the Right Hon. Baronet, " in the present position cf the debate, that I cer'ainly will bring on no public ' business until the division of the House has been taken on this question."—(Loud cheers. ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment Against it Majority against the adjournment On our admission to the gallery, we found The SOLICITOR-GENERAL on his legs addressing the House. He trusted that the decision that had been come to, had convinced the House that they ought to proceed with the de bate.—( Cries of " No, no," and "Go on.") He thought this course scarcely fair, if it was the intention to adjlurn the debate.—( Cries of " Adjourn," and " Go on," amidst which the Solicitor-General sat down.) After a few observations from Mr. BOUVERIE respecting the appointment of the Committee in the House of Lords, Mr. S. HERBERT explained that the Committee in the House of Lords was moved for by Lord Radnor himself. Mr. BOUVERIE said that Lord Radnor moved for the Committee, but it was the Government who appointed the Committee, and excluded Lord Radnor's name from it. Mr. BRIGHT was sorry that the House did not divide that night, but, under the circumstances, he would put it to the House whether it would not be inconsistent to continue the de bate. He should, therefore, again move the adjournment of the House. Sir ROBER T PEEL thought the House had sufficiently marked its opinion that it was an unreasonable adjournment, but as of course the Government would wish to take a division. when it did occur, in a full House, and as it was evident that at least a hundred Members had left, he would consent to adjourn the debate till this day. (An immediate rush of Members from the House took place on the announcement of the Right Hon. _ . Baronet.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman had exercised a sound discretion, but thought that great inconvenience was caused by these repeated adjourn ments, when in two or three hours the question might have been decided. Mr. BROTHERTON denied that any blame could attach to him, as whenever there was a disposition to come to a ter mination that evening he never interfered, but it was evident that the debate could not be closed, unless the House had sat till five or six o'clock. After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, Sir R. PEEL said he hoped a vigorous attempt would be made by the Noble Lord to prevent another adjournment of the present debate. Mr. T. DUNCOAIBE said, before a vigorous attempt was made to put down the system of adjournment, he hoped the Right Honourable Baronet would have justice on his side, before this vigorous attempt was made to stifle dis cussion in that House. It was totally impossible they could conclude the debate thus. The subject was now out of his hands and in those of the Noble Lord, and the ques tion might be called a personal one between himself and the Government, which knew, as well as he did, that they had opened his letters. Nothing could be more tyrannical than their refusing him any justification, and he would not allow any public business to go on till some satisfaction was given to the Howe and the public. The Government might have adjourned the debate to some evening when it would net have been inconvenient to them, but the High.. Ho• nourable Baronet knew that public opinion was beginning to bear against them on this question, and the public would not see injustice done to any man, even though it were to so humble an individual as he himself was. But did they think the matter should stop there? No; cer tainly not. He was determined to clear his character from the imputat'ons thrown upon it by the Hon. Members for Bute and , Pontefract, and indirectly by the Right Hon. Baronet himself, by associating his name with the violent outbreaks in the year 16.12. He would maintain that it was a base and mean act to open letters, which in their place they dare not avow to have done. Mr. S. WORTLEY assured the lion. Gentleman, in the most positive and solemn manner, that he had never accused him of giving the slightest encouragement to those disturbances —so far from it, he verily believed, that if the letters of the lion. Gentleman bad been opened, they would have been found to contain exhortations against such violence. Mr. DUNCOMBE must say, that he bad understood the lion. Gentleman to state to the House, that he (Mr. Dun combe) had been in correspondence with those evil-disposed persons who attempted with hand grenades to burn the town of Sheffield. Mr. S. WORTLEY assured the Hon. Member that he had never used such language. Mr. BRIGHT put a question to Sir Robert Peel as to the business of the House. Sir R. PEEL, after saying that he would on a future occa sion explain some phrases which the Hon. Member (Mr. Duncombe) had misrepresented, sad that regarding the busi ness of the House he could not make any other arrangements than had been made, from the circumstance which had oceurred. The debate was then adjourned. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. PA.RLIAMEIsI TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THEIZSDAY, FEB. 20. POST-OFFICE. Motion made, and Question put, " That the debate be now ad• loomed." The Muse divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 29. Illewitt, R. J. Duncomhe, T. Pattison, James Bouverie, E. P. Evans, William I'echell, Captain Rowring, Dr. Fermin', W. F. Ricardo, J. L. Bright, John Gibson, T. M. Vyvs an, Sir R. Brocklehurst, J. Thistle, Archibald Watson, W. 11. Byng, G. S. Ileathcoat, John Wawn, J. T. Christie, W. D. Holland, Robert Williams, W. Curteis, H. B. Martin, John Dawson, T. V. Morris, David TELLERS. Duncan, George lAtintz, G. F. Brotherton, J. Duncannon, Viscount Murray, Alexanier Collett, John MAJORITY-NOES, 269. THE SUN" EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESSES. THE BUDGET. We have to express our obligation to our new agent, Messrs. Johnston and Co., Eden quay, Dublin, for forward us an extraordinary edition of The Sun of Friday evening, which reached us on Monday morning, containing the entire of Sir Robeit Peel's financial statement. extending over nine columns, and published at eight o'clock on the same even ing which it was delivered. While we feel grateful to Messrs. Johnston, we cannot withhold our meed of appro - bation from our London Contemporary for his extraordi nary effort, which reflects so much credit upon the metro• politan press.—Limerich Reporter. NEWSPAPER DISPATCII.—We have to acknowledge the courtesy and great exertions made by the proprietor of The Sun, with respect to Sir Robert Peel's financial statement of Friday. In his paper of that evening an extraordinary ex press edition contained a report of about eight columns' length, with the whole of the Premier's scheme, which we received in due course of rost on Monday morning. All this vast mass of matter must have been spoken, reported in short-hand, extended in ordinary writing, set up in types, worked off by the printing machi n e, an d di s p a t c hed by the railway train, in less than four tours! It took us as much time to abridge it fbr our columns!—lnrerness Courier. Through the active agency of Messrs. Mansell, of Bir mingham, we received by mail here this morning a copy of the express edition of last night's Sun, by which means we are enabled to lay before our readers the heads of Sir Robert Peel's financial statement. —Manchester Guardian, Feb. 15 By an extraordinary edition of The Sun, for which we are indebted to our indefatigable agent, Mr. Mansell, jun., of Bir mingham, we are enabled to give t h e followin g summary of Sir Robert Peel's explanation of the budget.— Worcester Herald, Feb. 15. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. TILTS EVENING Will be revived THE CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. Lord Ogleby, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir .1 obn Melville, Mr. Howe ; Brush, Mr. Buckstene ; Canton, Mr. Webster; Fanny Sterling, Miss Julia Ben nett ; Miss Sterling, Miss P. Horton ; Mrs. Heidelberg, Mrs. Glover ; Betty, Mrs. Humby. After which, THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. To conclude with YOUNG ENGLAND. Major Martinet, Mr. Strickland ; Mr. John James Pooley, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Pooley, Mrs. Hamby ; Mrs. Smiler, Mrs. Stanley THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. TIIIS EVENING Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE GII.EEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy, Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson : Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; \luster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright; Jack Gong, Air. Paul Bedford; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Neßy O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Miami, Madame Celeste. To be followed by a New Dramatic Anecdote, entitled THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rorke, Mr. Hudson ; the Baroness Beaupre, Miss Fortescue. To conclude with THE UNFINISHED GENTLEMAN. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. THIS EVENING THE GREEN BUSHES, or A Hundred Years Ago; by the Author of " The Wreck Ashore," " Victorine,"B. Pzincipal Characters by Messrs. Hudson, Wright, 0. Small, Paul Bedford, Selby, Cul lenford, and Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Madame Celeste. After which, a New Drama, called THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish Settler. Characters by Miss Woolgar, Mr. Lambert, Mr. Selby, Mr. Hudson, and Miss Fortescuc. To con chide with THE UNFINISHED GENTLE i 1 AN. The " Green Bushes" (No. 115) is published in Webster's National Acting Drama, price Is. Together with 114 of the most popular Comedies and Farces, including " Old Heads and oung Hearts," " Thimble Rig," `l` Ccesar de Bazan," &c., to be had at the Office, 19, Suffolk-street, aid of all Booksellers. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mac beth, Mr. Forrest ; Macdulf, Mr. Graham ; Bar.quo, Mr. Remy Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Miss Cushman. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE PRISONER OF WAR. Captain Chan nell, Mr. Emery; Pallmall, Mr. Keeley; Clarina, Miss Walcott; Polly Pallmall, Mrs. Keeley. To be followed by the Comic Drama of WATCH AND WARD. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON. Principal Cha :acters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, Wigan, Collier, Turner, Kialoch, Yarnold, and Keeley ; Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, Miss Fair !2tother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss James, Miss Turner, and Mrs. Keeley. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, Will be repeated LA DAME DE SAINT-TROPEZ. George Maurice, Monsieur F. lemaitre ; Hortense D'Aubethe, Clarisse. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPH [Tar ATRE. PROPRIETOR, AIR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will be repeated THE ROYAL FOX HUNT ; latroduciug a Real Fox-chase on the Stage, by Living Fox and Real Pack of Hounds. Entire Change in the Circle.—Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To be followed by the rustic Pageant of TIIE FLITCH OF BACON. To conclude with the Spectacle of THE FORTY THIEVES ; or, he Tiger Horde of Bagdad. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be repeated a New Drama, with New Scenery and splendid Appointments, entitled MIDNIGHT ; or, the Sentinel and the Hour. A Legend idf St. Paul's. In which the entire Company will perform. After which, a Ballet, to be called THE GNOME OF THE RED itUT MOUNTAIN. To conclude with TIIE WHISTLER. ROYAL VICTORIA TUEATRE. THis EVENING Will be repeated THE LADY OF TROPEZ ; or, The Bride of Woe. George Maurice, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Antoine, Mr. H. Howard ; M. Langlois, Mr. E. Jones ; Charles D'Arbell, Mr. J. T. Johnson ; D'Aubrine, Mr W. Searle ; Jerome, Mr. J. Herbert ; Hortense (the Bride of Woe), Miss Vincent ; Madame Langlois, Miss Eliza Terrey ; Charlotte, Miss Cooper. After w.,ich, THE HOUSE DOG. Supported by Mr. C. J. niggle, J. Herbert, E. Jones, Miss E. Terrey, Miss Jefferson, &c. To conclude with JOCKO ; The Brazilian Ape. In which Monsieur Gouffee will perform the most wonderful and un-imagin-ble Feats. TIIE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, FEB. 21. rIIERMOMETER, Lowest, 25 ; Highest, 35 ; Noon, 35. - ' BA.ROXETER, 30.02.-W IND, S. NoTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and " Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the rhertnotneter during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. THE SURPLICE QUESTION. —Yesterday the Rev. AlListon Burgh, Vicar of the united parishes of St. Lawrence Jewry and St. Mary Magdalene, Milk-street, in the City, forwarded a com munication to the deputation appointed to wait upon him With re ference to the " innovations" in the service of the church, to which they objected in vestry last Thursday. The resolutions condemna tory of the course adopted by the Vicar in preaching in his surplice, reading the prayer for the church militant, and the offertory sell tences—a practice which he had followed since the charge of his diocesan in 1842—were of a very mild and conciliatory character; but the Rev. Gentleman, in a letter addressed to the deputation, and read to them yesterday morning, together with a commnnication from the Bishop of London to him, declared his determination still to adhere to the practice, notwithstanding the intimation made to hint that such a course was contrary to the wishes of his parishioners. DEATH OF CAPTAIN BELL, R.N.—With much re gret we announce the death of Captain Bell, of her Majesty's ship Hazard. Most of em - readers are aware that this gentleman, on ac count of indispo s iti on , was a d v i se d t o remain in Auckland while the n azard proceeded with his Excellency to Port Nicholson. With the v iew of improving his health, Captain Bell availed hhnself of the op , bo n r t T h i e l t Captain 3 ;:h of ur "1" Thursday evening after the arrival of the brig at the bav g to the Bay of Islands, by the Government brig. Bell went on deck, accompanied by the steward, and a sho - ri brig, was ashore at the time. time afterwards expired. Captain Richards, the Commander of the Captain Bell was a brother of Colonel kind-hearted and generous officer, inuellbel He was a wen-informed, Bell, the Member for Northumberland. e W to e ti re by the officers under and will, we doubt not, be very much regretted by all who knew him, Captain Bell hag, with due his immediate command. Ills remains Au s . , tr w al e ta u i n A d u er a: solemnity in the churchyard of Russell. Ca stand, left a widow, but no children.—Southern Cross, 17, 1844, THE SUN, LONDON, FRiDAY EVENING,_FEBRITARY 21, 1845." NOTICE To SUBSCRIBERS. number of appiicattons hati been male to the post-office, during the last twelve months, corn.. plaining of the miscarriage of newspapers. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a Bill, allowing of Bail in Error, in cases of misdemeanor. In answer to various complaints on the subject of want of accommodation in the present house of Peers, Lord REDESDALE stated that lie had no doubt but that the new House would be ready for the accommo dation of their Lordships at the beginning of next session. zitunciatefl Llf IZoi;Lita - KA•nen i, ! thi s avowal, whilst contemplating the career of office upon which he was entering:—" Ireland is my greatest diffi culty." The truth of the averment is, on every account The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN of LAST (Thursday) EVENING contained — A Report of the Meeting of the Blackwall Railway indeed, so self-evident, that its triteness is apt to detract, we fear, from the salutary influence which it ought to exercise on the minds of public men. And yet it cannot, in justice, be denied, that our Governments of all shades of political opinions have been sensitive to the immense responsibility which has devolved upon them, with the succession to power, of finding remedies for the evils, social and political, that all of them have successively admit ted as pervading the condition of Ireland. But if this have been the fact, their convictions would appear to have paralyzed their remedial efforts to extinguish the acknowledged mischief's. They saw, they confessed, they deplored ; but, one after another, these Govern ments passed out of the portals of office as they had entered them—alive to the fearful aspects presented by that condition, but unable to announce that they had succeeded in removing them. The public have long since come to the conclusion that those Governments did not adopt any well-considered or com prehensive scheme of observation and inquiry, upon the results of which they might have devised and founded an eligible plan of treatment for the very peculiar case with which they had to deal. That treatment was never sufficiently comprehensive. It contemplated some iso lated symptom, and administered only some topical remedy. The great social disease that affected almost the entire system of Ireland was lost sight of. It was permitted to extend itself with impunity over the lower extremities, as it were ; nor was it till the dis temper began to develop isself in other regions of that system, whose positions it was fast disorganising, that the business of seriously attempting to get at the root and seat of a malady, displaying itself under so many types of morbid action, was entered upon with honesty and determination of purpose. In this view of the matter no more than their due weed of praise has been awarded to the parties who suggested the appointment of " her Majesty's Commissioners of Inquiry into the state of the law and practice in respect of the occupation of land in Ireland," of which the Earl of DEVON has acted as the able, upright, and most diligent Chairman. The long-looked-for "Report" of this Commission has just been issued in a printed form ; and we may con gratulate the country at large on the encouraging hopes to be entertained of most beneficial and permanent re sults from the adoption of the various measures it sub mits for the sanction of her MAJESTY'S approval. We subjoin a concise abstract from the columns of a Con temporary, which embodies a recital of the points to which the Commissioners have directed their la bours and framed their Report ; and of the opinions recorded at its conclusion by them. We should but weaken, at present, the force of the considerations which these opinions embody, by any remarks of our own that we may be prepared to offer. But, after having repeated from the "Blue-book" such passages as we may think best entitled to the attention of our readers, we shall return again to the recommendations (to most of which we Shall desire to offer our humble support), com prised in this interesting document : Company. The State of the Odds at Tattersall's up to Six o'clock. The Spirit of the Public Journals. Upwards of Three Columns and a Half of the Parlia mentary Intelligence of the Evening, containing the whole of the Proceedings in the House of Lords up to the Hour of Adjournment, and the Proceedings in the Commons up to a Quarter be fore Seven o'clock. Lord STRANGFORD gave notice of a motion for a return of the number of Roman Catholic students in Trinity College, Dublin ; and the Earl of DALHOUSIE said a few words deprecating any discussion for the present as to the conduct (If the Board of Trade in regard to railways; after which their Lordships adjourned. The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock. The Manchester and Carlisle Railway Bill and the London and York Railway Bill were respectively read a first time. Various petitions were presented, and notices cf motion given. Among the latter were, a notice by Sir CHARLES NAPIER, on going into Committee on the Navy Estimates, for a Commission to inquire into the state of the Navy, and of the defences to the dockyards.—One by Mr. COBDEN, for a Com mittee to inquire into the operation of the Corn-laws on the tenant-farmers.—One by Mr. WALLACE, for the Gth of March, for a Commission to inquire into the state of Railway travelling; and one by Mr. HUME, for that day fortnight, on the subject of the recal of Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion on the win dow-tar to the 27th. Mr. E. TENNENT stated that it was not at present intended to increase the facilities of steam communi cation with Bombay. Sir J. GRAHAM stated, in answer to a question, that it was his intention to bring in a Bill, to settle the law with respect to orders of magistrates in bas tardy cases. A long conversation then took place on the subject of the unfortunate Bandeiras, in the course of which Sir R. PEEL repeated the statement that he had made on a previous occasion, and added, in answer to a question of Sir C. NAPIER, that Lord SEATON had not sent a boat after them, to warn them of their danger, after he had received a communication from the Consuls. He said he had no objection to lay be fore the llouse the substance of the correspondence which had taken place on the subject, but begged Lord J. RUSSELL to defer until to-morrow a question which he put on the subject of the spy who had be trayed these unfortunate men to the Neapolitan Go vernment. In the subsequent part of the evening the Right Hon. Baronet stated that Lord SEATON had placed at the disposal of the Neapolitan Consul the means of' co.nmunicating to the Neapolitan au thorities the fact of the departure of the Bandeiras for Corfu. Mr. G. W. HOPE, the Under-Secretary to the Co lonies, said the Government had received no notice whatever of the Bandeiras being in Corfu, to which Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied—" Why it was in Ma.z- ZINI'S letters." The whole extending to nearly Four Columns and a H:►lf. Published by Mr. Colburn, Great Marlborough-street. PRINCE PUCKLER, MUSKAU'S EGYPT UNDER MEHEMET ALI," Translated by H. EVANS LLOYD, Esq. Complete in 2 vols.. with Portrait, &c., price 16s. bound, comprising the three volumes of the German Original, IS PUBLISHr D THIS DAY. Orders, which should specify "COLBURN'S EDITION," are re ceived by all Booksellers. r 'HE WEEKLY CHRONICLE, of SATURDAY and SUNDAY, 22d and 23d, will contain the Fullest Reports of the Debates on the opening of Mr. Duncombe's Letters, the exten sion of the income-tax to Ireland, and the Sugar Monopoly Duties, with Articles on the Ministry and their Measures ; the League and the Financial Statement, the various Proceedings in Parliament; Ireland since the Union ; Cotton Twist, or " Peel's Budget, a Budget a la Peel," &c. &c, with all the News of the Week. Office, 337, Strand, and all Newsmen. FINSBURY.---SECRET LETTER BREAK ING and FORGERY of SEALS at the POST-OFFICE. The ELECTORS of Finsbury are assured that arrangements have been made, and that a Rcquisitim is now in course of signa ture, for calling a PUBLIC MEETING of the Borough, at White Conduit !louse, on Wednesday Evening next. It. 310011 E, Secretary Feb. 21, 1844. of the Committee appointed last night. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1845. To the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public. The following Outline of the Arrangements for the ensuing Season Is respectfully presented to the Nobility and Subscribers : ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA : Madame Grisi, Madame Anaide Castellan, . . ;Of the Imperial Theatre, St. Petersburgh—her First Appearance at this Theatre) Madile. Brambilla, Wadile. Rossetti, Madame Rita Borio, (Of the principal Theatres in Italy, and of the Royal Theatre, Madrid —her First Appearance in this Country) And Madame Rossi Caeca', _ _ . Of the Theatre Royal, Lisbon—her First Appearance in this Country.) Signo: Moriani, Signor Corelli, Signor F. Lablache, Signor Botch!, (Of La Scala, Milan—his First Appearance in this Country) and Signor Mario, Signor Fornasari, and Signur Lablache. In addition to the above combination of Talent, a conga has been obtained, and an arrangement effected by which Signor Barroilliet, :Of the Academie Royale de Paris) will be secured for a limited num. . . her of Nights. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor—Signor COSTA. The Orchestra will be on the same Scale as in the past year. The Chorusses will be numerous and effective. Chorus Master—Signor Bonconsiglio. BALLET. Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Lucile Grahn, Madile. Czrito, Madlle. Louise Weiss; Madlle. Ferdinand, • Madlle. Casson, MadUe. Demelisse, Madile. Moncelet, (Of the Academie Royale de Paris —their First Appearance at this Theatre) and Madlle. Taglioni, (tier Farewell Season.) The talent of this eminent Artiste has been secured for a few Farewell Nights, previously to her taking leave of the Stage. M. St. Leon, M. Gosseliu, M. Di Mat la (of the Theatre Royal, St. Carlos, Naples), M. Bertrand (of the Academic Royale de Paris), M. Perrot, and M. Toussaint (of the Academie Royale de Paris—his First Appearance in this Country), With a numerous and efficient Corps de Ballet. Engagement has also been effected for a few nights, with the Thirty-six Danseuses Viennoises, Who have lately appeared with extraordinary success at the Aca demic Royale de Paris, and who will appear at the Opening of the Theatre before Easter. Principal Artiste of the Theatre Mr. Marshall. Leader of the Orchestra . • • • . • Maitre de Ballet .......... • Sous Maitre de Ballet . . Reg,isseur de la . M. I3ertrand. Leader of the Ballet— ........ M. Nadaud. Composer of the Ballet Music. Sig. Pugni. Arrangements have been made for the appearance of Signor Moriani and Signor Fornasari for the Opening of the Theatre before Easter. _ The Subscription will - consist of the same number of Nights as Last Season. The Repertoire will consist of a Selection from the works of the most admired Composers. The THEATRE will OPEN • On SATURDAY, the FIRST of MARCH, When Will be produced (first time in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall, Email', Signor Morianl; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fornasari; Carlo Quinto, Signor Botelli ; and Elvira, Madame Rita Borio. To conclude with a new Ballet, by M. l'errot, entitled LA FILLE DE LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. In which will appear Diddle. Lucile Gratin, 31dlle. Louise Weiss, Mdlle. Ferdinand, Mdlle. Deniel:sse, 31.2111 e. Casson, 31dlle. Moncelet, &c. M. Toussaint, M. Gosselin, M. Di Mattia, M. Bertrand, 31. Perrot and the Danseuses Viennolses. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr. W. Harrison ; Arline, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with DER FRIESCHUTZ. Adolph, ➢lr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton : Linda, Miss Romer. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 31 minutes after 1 Evening .. 51 minutes after 1. tr7^.^ • •—• 4;:tv ' ' ,„,••1 W! ) . , 940 • = sitot . 2l o,„. " - .. a i • .14 f.tt , ..z., • m 0,4 ~......AexE r me,A iii*lnt* SECOND EDITION. elltn*C ItliL LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1845. The House of Lords met last evening at Five o'Clock. Among the petitions presented was one by Lord CAMPBELL, complaining of the abstraction by the postmasters in the receiving-houses of London, of newspapers confided to their care for transmission by the post. The Noble Lord gave notice that he would to-morrow (this day), move for a return of the Mr. MACKINNON, after some slight opposition, ob tained leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of the nuisance arising from the smoke of factories. Mr. WATSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and penalties on her MAJESTY's Roman Catholic subjects on account of their religion. Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the appointment and payment of clerks of Petty and Quarter Sessions. On the motion of Mr. WAKLEY, a return was ordered of the petition of the Council of the College of Surgeons to her MAJESTY, praying for the new Charter of last year. Mr. Humu moved for a Committee to inquire into the management of lighthouses, which was agreed to. The adjourned debate on the subject of the. Post-office espionage was then resumed by Mr. M. MILNES, who stated that he had recently travelled in the countries in which the unfortunate events referred to had occurred, and that, in consequence of them, the most painful suspicions attached to the conduct of this country. If these warrants were necessary, it would have been much better that they should have been issued by Lord ABERDEEN. It was satisfactory to know that the opening of Mazzym's letters was not connected with the unfortunate expedition of the BANDEIRA family. It was Lord ABERDEEN'S duty, under the circumstances, to have given public notice that the English Government were aware of the existence of this conspiracy and determined to defeat it, and then in all probability the unhappy ex pedition would never have taken place. With regard to the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he thought he had a right to a distinct answer as to whether a war rant had been issued for opening his letters or not, but he should not support the motion, because, by so doing, he should be giving a colour to the foul misre presentations of which his Right Hon. Friend had been the object. Mr. MACAULAY could not vote for the motion, inas much as it implied a censure upon the Secret Committee of last year, the members of which, he believed, had done their duty honestly. He thought the power of opening letters should be continued to the Secretary of State, but that every letter so opened should be for warded to the person to whom it was addressed, with a stamp upon the back of it, stating that it had been opened by the proper authorities. He thought Mr. T. DUNCOMBE had a right to know whether or not a warrant had been issued for opening his letters, and dionb."Ghenletdlemby the specious arguments Gentleman to vote last session for a o l f t h t o h u e g Right hlt e had the exclusion of Mr. Duszcoman from the Committee, yet when he looked to the constitution of the Lords' Committee on the subject, which had been appointed a few days after, he could not compliment the Right llon. Gentleman on his spirit of fair dealing. If the motion had been for inquiry simply into Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S case, he would have supported it. Mr. J. WourLux opposed the motion as one calcu lated to attach an unjust stigma on the name of the Right Hon. Baronet. He denied that the Right Hon. Baronet had used the power of opening letters unnecessarily or unjustly, and objcted to the ap pointment of a public Committee, because it would be impossible for it to elicit information. The public gratitude was due to the Right Hon. Baronet for having suppressed the disturbances in 1842 w ithout employing spies, whereas in 1839 the former Admi nistration had had recourse to their employment. Mr. WARD thought Mr. T. DUNCOMBE ought to have a Committee of Inquiry into his own case, and he would support his motion, provided it were simply for an open Committee to inquire into his own case. Lord Joint MANNERS entirely concurred in the view taken of the subject by Mr. WARD. He thought the Right Hon. Baronet should state distinctly what had been done with regard to Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S letters, for nothing could be more mischievous, if not dangerous, than to leave the matter as it was. He besought the Hon. Member for Finsbury so to word his motion, as to enable him to vote for it without casting an imputation upon the Committee of last year, or upon the Right Hon. Baronet, upon whom so many cruel and unjust aspersions had been already cast. Captain LAYARD supported the motion, which was opposed by Sir R. lucid& Mr. BERNAL thought no man could justify the course which had been pursued by the. Government with regard to the Right Hon. Member for Finsbury, who was undoubtedly entitled to an inquiry; but he thought that it ought to be limited to the case of the Right Hon. Member for Finsbury, and hoped an amendment would be moved to that effect. As the motion stood he could not support it; but if inquiry were refused, he should advise the Hon. Member to summon to the bar of the House the Post-office officials who had opened his letters. After some further discussion, the House divided upon the question of adjournment, when the numbers were, for the adjournment, 29, against it, 269. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose to address the House, but the interruption he experienced was so general, that in a short time he resumed his seat ; when, Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that as at least a hundred Members had left the House, be considered it ad• visable that the question s hould be adjourned until to-day (Friday.) The House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. It has fallen to the lot of few British statesmen to give utterance to a more profound truth than that which was - `Ve do not agree with either of these classes. We know that the best directed measures of Parliament cannot pro duce the desired cited, unless aided and enforced by the steady, as well as active exertions of the people of all ranks and conditions in their respective spheres ; but we are at the same time satisfied that a very beneficial change may be effected by the united and vigorous efforts of the Legislature and of individuals. " We cannot despair when we find a country enjoying such natural advantages as Ireland possesses, with a large extent of uncultivated or unimproved land, and a numerous popula tion, able and willing to labour if opportunities are afforded to them. On the contrary, we confidently believe, that by an examination of the facts as they actually exist, and by a close attention to details, means may be found for re moving many or most of those partial and particular obstacles, which have hitherto so greatly impeded the bene ficial employment of labour, and obstructed the enjoyment of those advantages which a country such as Ireland is calcu lated to afford. " But this desirable result cannot be looked for, unless the united and vigorous efforts of all classes in Ireland are directed towards it. " Instances are to be seen in every part of the country of estates upon which the liberal conduct and active super intendence of a resident landlord, or of a resident and judicious agent, have established a system of progressive improvement as to the land, and of increasing comfort to the people, which are, unfortunately, wanting in many other districts. " We trust that one effect, at least, of our labours will be to rouse the attention of many who have as yet thought little upon the subject, and to encourage them to follow the examples thus held out to them. " Above all, we would call upon all such persons not to rest satisfied with any vague or general notion of the state of the population with which they are connected, but care fully to examine all circumstances, in order that they may apply those remedies which shall be appropriate to the case, as well as efficient for the purpose of relief: " The voluminous evidence collected by us, in all parts of Ireland, with the numerous returns and other documents transmitted to us, present a mass of information upon the social condition of that country which must serve as a useful guide to all who desire to employ their efforts for improve ment in the right direction, and upon sound principles ; and we feel satisfied that great advantage may be derived from placing in their true light many . facts and circumstances hitherto little known, or greatly misunderstood. " Whilst we have, in various parts of this report, made observations in the nature of advice to some of those who are landlords in Ireland; we trust, at the same time, to be permitted to remark shortly upon the conduct too often pur sued by some of the class of tenants. There is frequently a readiness amongst these to attribute their own wretched con dition exclusively to the conduct of their landlords, some times with an utter disregard of truth, and almost always without admitting, perhaps without seeing, how much of it arises from their own indolence or want of skill. " The truth is, to use a familiar expression, that faults are in many cases to be found on both sides; and, considering how uninformed a large portion of the Irish population is, a heavy responsibility rests upon till those to whom the poorer classes have a right to look for information and advice. " The foundation of almost all the evils by which the social condition of Ireland is disturbed is to be traced to those feel ings of mutual distrust, which too often separate the classes of landlord and tenant, and prevent all united exertion 'for the common benefit. "It has been truly said, that confidence is a plant of slow growth. It is, however, a plant which will flourish well in Irish soil, if cultivated with patience and with care. " We say particularly with patience, because we believe that many excellent persons, having the best intentions towards improving the cultivation of the soil and the con dition of the people in Ireland, have been too easily diverted from their course by feelings of disappointment at the slow progress which is made towards the attainme n t o f th ose en d s , and the little result which is perceived from their most anxious endeavours. " We would earnestly impress upon such persons, and upon all who have the interest of Ireland at heart, not hastily to relax from those exertions which circumstances may enable them to make, in forwarding the march of improvement amongst their poorer neighbours. " Without touching upon the political or other causes which may have contributed to create a feeling of distrust, we cannot disguise from ourselves that the Irish peasant is inclined to look with suspicion upon all attempts of his land lord to inculcate new habits or to introduce new plans for the management of his lands. " Every considerate and benevolent landlord will make much allowance for this feeling. He will not suffer any exhibition of it to turn him aside from any scheme of ha provernent upon which, after deliberation, he has determined to enter. "He must be prepared for frequent disappointment. He will ocasionally meet with ingratitude and injustice ; but if he perseveres in a spirit of kindness, united with firmness of purpose, lie may confidently look to a well-merited reward, probably in the advancement of his personal interest, but certainly in the improvement of the district in which he fives, and the increasing comfort of the people around him, " All which we humbly certify to your Majesty. "DEVON. " R. A. FERGUSON. " GEORGE A. HAMILTON. " THOMAS N. REDINGTON. " JOHN WYNNE. " J. P. KENNEDY, Secretary. " February 14, 1845." Accounts have been received from Madrid to the 13th inst. On the following day it was announced that the new electoral law, and a Bill relative to the restoration of the unsold property to the clergy, would be intro duced by the Government into the Chamber of Deputies. Bourse.—Three per Cents., cash, 331 ; for account, 334. Five per Cents., for account, 244. The French Chamber of Deputies was to commence the discussion on the Secret Service Money Bill on Thursday, and from the manner in which the report on the Bill has been drawn up, Ministers are evidently re solved to stand or fall by the decision of the Chamber. M. DEBELLEYNE, chairman of the Committee, read the report on the 18th, in which it is stated that they had heard the President of the Council, the Ministers of Justice, Foreign Affairs, and the Interior, and their explanations appeared ;to be satisfactory. The Com mittee did not consider it necessary to lead the discus- The following is a list of the heads of the Report : "Course of Proceeding by Commissioners—Historical Sketch of Landed Property in Ireland—Review of former Reports—Tenure: of Landlord, of Tenant—Permanent Im provements: how generally effected, Bill to provide Com pensation for, power to Landlord to charge estates for—Con solidation of Farms : different modes of effecting, and obser vations upon them—Recovery of Rent : by Distre , s, by Ejectment, amendments of the law as to both these pro cesses, Tenants from year to year—Proposed Form of Lease in certain Cases: Stamp Duties, Registration of Leases — Agents, including Receivers under the Courts—Sale of Estates : Facilities for making out Title—Agricultural In struction— Emigration Waste Lands—Public Works— Amendment of Public Works Act—Labourers : their condi tion, con-acre—County Cess : observations upon, and sug gestions for alteration—Suggestions for amendment of Law upon several miscellaneous matters—Agrarian Outrages— , Conclusion." We subjoin " the conclusion," from which our readers will be able to form a judgment of the general character of the Report : " We have thus endeavoured to lay before your Majesty the conclusion at which we have arrived, after the extensive inquiry in which we have been engaged. We are well aware of the difficulties that surround the whole subject of that inquiry. " One class of persons have been accustomed to look ex clusively to legislative interference for a removal of the evils to which Ireland is exposed; whilst others despair en tirely of any beneficial effect upon her social condition from suchinterference. , 1" ,, 'll the dir , :tior ()! I.9ll(*y t fectly satisfied with all the main points. They also stated that the internal tranquillity and prosperity of the country had never been more real, and that the policy followed both at home and abroad during the four list years had consolidated peace, and powerfully con tributed, by the confidence and security which have been produced, to the development of the national riches. The report concludes with the following challenge : " The Ministry having maintained under this double point of view, and in its totality, the general policy sanctioned by the votes of the Chamber, the majority of the Committee has the honour of proposing to you to give a vote of confidence to the Cabinet by adopting the B:11." Most of the journals have brief comments on this re port, but they are of no interest. Everything depends on the vote of the Chamber. The Ministerial party ex pect a majority of 30, while the Opposition say 15 or 20 will be the utmost. The division was expected to take place en Saturday. The domestic affairs of France, however, are of little importance at present, compared with the revolution which has taken place in one of the Swiss cantons on her frontier, and the general commo tion throughout the whole federation. Radical reform has ben established in the extensive and poa erful can ton of Vaud, which joins France on the west, and ex tends along the foot of Mount Jura. As we stated yes terday, the Grand Council had resigned, but it appears not voluntarily, for they were in a manner compelled to take such a step by the armed citizens, who elected a new Council, and laid down a basis for a new Constitution which should be imperative on the Government, and recognised trial by jury, the re-organisation of the courts of justice, and the making of the civil and penal laws more democratic. The following account, •vhich appears in a letter, dated Geneva, Feb. 16, appears to furnish a correct view of the state of the Canton :—" The affair of the Jesuits has produced in the Canton de Vaud a complete and radical revolution. The resolution upon that question adopted by the Council of State of the Canton de Vaud, on the 13th, not being in conformity with the wish ex pressed by 32,000 petitioners, popular assemblies have been held in all parts of the canton. About 15,000 of the inhabitants of the neighbouring country arrived in Lausanne on the 14th, and the consequent excitement is very great. The Council of State immediately called the inhahitants to arms, but very few attended to the call. The soldiers joined the people, and cried out, Down with the Council of State, down with the Jesuits.' Three hundred soldiers, who had hitherto remained faithful to the Council of State, having refused to receive am munition or to take part against the people. the Couac 1 found itself deprived of all support, and having no means of resisting, the members resigned en masse. On the 14th, at half-past two in the afternoon, the people held a general meeting in the Place de Montbenon, when several resolutions were adopted, calling upon the Coun cil of State to yield to the wishes of the petitioners, and afterwards to dissolve itself, in order that a constituent assembly might be elected in its stead. The meeting afterwards proceeded to the election of a provisional government, of which HENRY DRUEZ, Councillor of State, was appointed President. The Provisional Government immediately published a proclamation an nouncing the change which bad been made and the re solutions of the meeting. In the evening of the 14th an immense number of people from the country round Lausanne arrived in the town, and on the moruing of the 15th another meeting of the people was held, which was attetaled by more their 15,000 persons, most of whom were armed. This meeting declared the Grand Council dissolved, and immediately called on the people of the canton to meet and elect a new Grand Council ; and it also passed a resolution to the effect, that all citizens, without exception, were entitled to vote at the elections. The meeting also resolved that the new Grand Council should be entrusted with the reform of the Constitution, and laid down as a basis of that Constitution,whieh would be imperative on the Council of State, the establishm , nt of trial by jury, the re-organization of the tribunals of justice, and the making of the civil and penal laws more democratic. The meeting afterwards adopted instructions to be given to the De puties of the Canton de Vaud to the Diet. These instructions are the same as those proposed by the minority of the ex-Council of State. Messrs. DRUEZ and BRIATTE were elected Deputies to the Diet. The meeting finished by resolving that those occupying public employments should be dismissed, but that they should continue in their functions till their successors should be appointed, provided they adhered to the prin ciples of the revolution. The new Provisional Govern ment was afterwards installed at the Castle, amidst the acclamations of the people. These events have created immense sensation in Geneva and the neighbouring can tons. The Genovese Government, fearing the conse quences of the agitation of the people, has called out the militia ; but that step has only added to the excitement, , and it is difficult to foresee the result." This demonstration against the Jesuits is spreading through the Republic. The Grand Council of the Gri sons, and also that of Glaris, have declared against them, and demanded their expulsion. Geneva will imitate the example; and these pests of society will, in a short period, have the satisfaction of seeing the whole country thrown into confusion, which will to a certainty lead to the interference of France, Austria, and Prussia. The next intelligence from Paris will probably announce the movement of troops towards the Swiss frontier. Some agitation was produced on the Paris Bourse, on Wednesday, by the introduction of two railway Bills into the Chamber of Deputies. The one is a Bill for the construction of the Great Northern Railway, with branches to Calais and Dunkirk ; and the other for a line from Criel to St. Quentin, with the following con ditions.—that the period for which the first line shall be conceded is not to exceed forty-five years, nor for the second more than seventy-five years, and no party to be entitled to bid for the great line who shall not have pre viously lodged in the Caisse des Depots de Consigna tions a sum of 30,000,000 f., nor for the St. Quentin line who shall not have similarly paid in 6,000,000 f. The successful Company shall not be allowed to issue shares or negotiable promises of shares until it shall have con stituted itself into an " anonymous society," duly authorised, agreeably to the 37th article of the Code of Commerce. The Three per Cents. closed on Wednesday al 85f. 5c.; the New Loan at 86f. 5c.; the Five per Cents. at 122 E 75c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,187 E 50e.; Rouen, 1,115 E ; Havre, 903 E 75c. ; Belgian Two•and a-Half per Ceris., 61f. 75c. ; Spanish Actives, 384 ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 418 ; Ditto, PassiVes, 64 ; Ditto ; Domestic Debt, 34. THIS DA 'Co NEWS HOUSE OF LORDS--(THIS DAY The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. Their Lord ships were occupied the whole morning with a Scotch appeal, involv ing points of Scotch law of no Interest except to the parties concerned. CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Upon his Lordship taking his seat, Mr. Lee, Mr. Wood (the son of the late Sir M. Wood), and Mr. Parry, were called within the bar, having been appointed Queen's Counsel; as was also Mr. Sergeant Manning, in consequence of having been granted a patent of pre cedence. His Lordship, having disposed of the unopposed cause and lunatic petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments in the case of the Ludlow Charities, which occupied the Court the re mainder of the morning. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Lordship the Master of the Rolls took motions and causes to. day, none of which possessed any point of the least public interest. In the course of the day, Messrs. Lee, Wood, Parry, and Ser geant Manning, were called within the bar, having received appoint ments as Queen's Counsel. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) His Honour was occupied the whole morning with short causes and unopposed petitions. During the morning Mr. Lee, Mr. Wood, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Sergeant Manning appeared in Court, and were called within the bar, having been appointed Counsel to her Majesty. No case of any importance occurred either in the Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce or Wigram's Courts, in the course of the morning. The new Equity Queen's Counsel were called within the bar by their Honours in the course of the day. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall.) BOWLES V. MILLBOURNE. _ . This was an action brought against the defendant as a stakeholder. The plaintiff and another person agreed to trot their horses, one against the other, for 501. There was an agreement drawn up be tween the garties that in case one of the parties made default the bet should be paid to the other. The money having been lodged with the defendant, the plaintiff, the day before the race was to be run, demanded back his money, but it was refused. There was no dispute as to the facts of the Case ; but Mr. Lee, on the part of the plaintiff, submitted that, as this was a bet on a trotting match for more than 101., it came within the statute of Queen Anne. On the part of the defendant, it was con.ended, by Mr. Hill, that, as the bets had been deposited, as it was, under contract, the plaintiff was not entitled. to recover.—Verdict for the defendant, with liberty to move. EXCHEQUER.-(T HIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) Before the Loan CUM , BARON. The cases which came before the Court to-day were of an unin terestiug character, except to the parties immediately concerned. COMMON PLEAS..-('PHIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) The Court disposed of two or three cases this morning, which were devoid of any general interest. DEATH OF GENERAL SHARPE.—This gallant and venerable officer died at Leamington Spa on the 12th inst., at an advanced age The deceased had seen a great deal of service. Ills commission as General was dated January, 1837. The — Reverend Sidney Smith remains, we regret to learn, in a very weak state. Dr. Chambers and Dr. Holland are in daily attendance on the Rev. Gentlemen, vtliose continued indisposi tion at his advanced age (nearly sevelity-four) is naturally a subject of great anxiety to his family. The calls of the nobility and gentry at the Rev. Prebendary's residence in Green-street are exceedingly numerous. CITY. QUARTET? 7'O 7'HBEE. 1 There was rather a quiet market for Cotton at Liverpo°: yesterday. Sales, 3,000 bales, without change in prwek though the market was not quite so firm. Speculators took about 1,000 bags.--There was less inquiry for 811,1r,7, Shares. Caledonian, 7% % ; Chester and Holyhead, BVs 1 , Dublin and Belfast, 6 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 17s. 6d. I'' ;,' Glasgow and Greenock, Preference, 425. ; Grand June ll ° ', 226 ; Ditto, Halves, 113 ; Great Western, Fifths, 39746: London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 43; Ditto, Quar t _ e , t b ,. 29'!8 ; London and Brighton, 58% 59 ; London and Si an ' . Western, New, 12% ; London and York, 6Y4 X ; 3 ,/ . cliester and Leeds, Ualves, 601 Z. ; Midland Counties, 12775: Newcastle and Berwick, 14 15; - North British, 13 ; Shre . o tt s o, bury :ad Grand Junction, 5%;_ South-Eastern, 411 A ; 13 ' No. 2, 10%; Trent Valley, 19% %. There have not been any arrivals from the British colo nies to-clay. A remarkable degree of consternation has been produe....ed in the wine trade by the failure of an old established firm . that of Reay, sen., and Co. It is feared, that under the,ltee culiar position in which the trade has for a long tiro been placed, as respects the negotiation for a more 11°_e_':, tariff being concluded with Portugal, &c., that other slope pages may occur. With respect to the firm in question, i'rt, not necessary, at the present moment, to notice the reps' that are in circulation connected with this unfortunate s ub j ec The determination of Mr. T. Dunconabe to have a 31 : oli ilI rigid inquiry into the conduct of the Home Departraen _., directing letters addressed to him to be opened, meets with ve,i . general concurrence in the City. Among many of our 0 1 :_. chants some apprehension is entertained that if the ter pursued by Government is tolerated, the time may not 'Los distant when similar irruptions may be made into the priv correspondence of commercial men. Co ll - 431. There has been searcely a shade of variation in the market this morning. The price for the Account is at V 7 t a r t and for Money at 99% %; the New Three-and - a - 4 ° o. pr Cents. have advanced to 4 per cent. above par; •O r ' ito o quer-bills, 575. 595. prem. ; and sank Stock is very at 212 1 ,4. Russian Bonds have reached this morning 2 0 per F our above par; Four-and-a-Half are at 1013. The Dutch! 0 per Cents. are at 98% ; 7 8 ; the Portuguese Converted at 60, Brazilian at 90%; and Mexican at:35%. Not a single q tation has been made for Spanish Stock to-day. ket• There has been a re-action in the Railway Share Mar got The principal alterations have been in the Birmingh ll° t era Gloucester, in the Cambridge and Lincoln, in the D''''' ce d. Counties, &c. The Great North of England have adv 3 . l 2,_ The British North American Bank Shares are at 4 % "'''' „ i • K BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLvv.- . (From the Official List.) 21 Bank Stock 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1044 i 3 per Cent. Consols Anus 99 , I N New 3q per Cent. Annuties Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 12% l'''' South Sea Stock -- Ditto New Annuities Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. I%d• 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small — ...... _57 ..... 59 1 1 3 ) : PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOO Brazilian Bonds. 5 per Cent goli Ditto New iionds, 1829 and 1839 88 • Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl Columbian Bonds. l4 Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 8 9% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent - -tz Ditto for the Account .. . ..... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent '-' Ditto Converted Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent l2O -- Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 20 -- Ditto Deferred Belgian Scrip, 4 1 ,4 per Cent. Dutch 2 1 / per Cents -63 sh lii Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. og , Ditto for the Account 98 ° Ditto 5 per Cent. PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCS' a I. RAILWAYS. PAID. PO , ° P.-- Birmingham and Gloucester 100 Ditto, Hair' Shares ........3 130% ...... to 4 ...... to '' Bristol and Exeter Bristol and Gloucester Caledonian to n ' Ca nbridge arid Lincoln . eAmurnet Valley l'irect Northern 141. 165.... 17%14-74/a Eastern Counties to Edinburgh and:Glasgow Ditto New IA Shares 2% 5 ••••"._ ..,,,, Great South and %V. (Irish)... 5 - Ditto Extension to 1" „s ''''' Great North of England ..... .100 lB7 ...... to - Ditto New to - Great Western Ditto Fifths Lancaster and Carlisle... Lancaster 2:11 London and Birmingham ...100 232 • ..... to 491 Ditto New Thirds London and Blackwall 16% 7 ra'''''' to London and 8right0n.......... 50 Ditto Consolidated Bths London and South Western.. 41% BO ...... 0 Ditto New 2% l 23 lez• '. to ••'" London and Croydon - to " Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 4 London and Y0rk........ 2 l /2 7179 .•• to p it dland lOO 126 ...... ..., Ditto New ....................2 8 ...... t o ..., . t° 6 Newcastle & Darlington ..i . unc. •24 49 A• ..... to I Newcastle and Berwick . to 'fij - Newark and Sheffield North British Ditto New 1 •••••• 31 i4 ..... to Richmond and West End June. 1 Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1 Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 214 6 A Q /9 4.0' .. t0 99 South Eastern and Dover ... 33 1 /8"...40 1 A 3- - to " Ditto New, No. 1 8 Ditto New, N 0.2 2 .. ... 10%••••" to Ditto New, No. 3 2 l/ .. ~ , .., 9 % ...... to ,• South Wales Trent Valley '2 Waterford and Kilkenny 1 York and North Midland ... 50 lO5 ..... to Ditto Half Shares Ditto Scarboro' Branch Ditto Selby ..... to Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS. to Boulogne and Amiens *s Bordeaux and Toulouse - Great Northern of France ... 4 (Moans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2 v.. as Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 45% A ' to bo i, Paris and Rouen MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 20% - li t holl / d Of lif to-day has been moderate, and prices remain you 0590 change :—Bristol and Gloucester, 58%; T A „ tl ,.lizlit'.?' ming,ham, 321. Shares, 43 1 A ; London and - , "'"6ol; g barvZ, new and -x . div. ; k•nciiester and. Birminglia, 4 0/ „01 ,- chester, Bury, and Rossendale, 10%; Midlana,o4s; poi , 8% 9-16 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 105 1 / 4 , 1 Sao c . ,,A A r Eastern, 41%; Ditto, No. 3, 9 7 / 8 ; Birkenhead l e y , n t - o l' il and Cheshire Junction, 7%; Blackburn, Bu r° , 4 ;,1;e crington, 5 1 % ; Blackburn, Darwen, and 13 0 1 0 abrIV Wigan, and Liverpool, 7%; Caledonian, 7 1 A ; Gre at G ot fit Lincoln, 3% 1 / 8 ; Churnet Valley, 7 3 A is ; kirkt izn itOb 4 and Sheffield Junction, 2% ; Liverpool, 011 71 s o od _ t ott , ' ton, 3%; London and Worcester, Oxford r 0 00 3 15-16 ; London and York, 7% ; manchestolosoi, __,,, 31A • Scottish Central, 4 1 / 8 4 ; Shrewsbury, ‘ , l " v=ent f'W Dudley, &c., 6% ; Southport and Euxton, 0 ,,,; 110 0 ^ 19 1 / 2 ; Boulogne and Amiens, (English), 5 78 ; Glass, 12 13. •e 3 Mr, Wyld's Railway ---- ---------- ------------------ OrPt:el,' and rejected lines, which we noticed yesterdaP " l' H 4 Oi -A It r t e j the cheapest work of the ' i ever publishew , i l , c°, 4 0 3 , M ap giv i n g the_ ,o iti bo o 18 inches by 15 inch executed in the best nv r e o gre'; , not only the in ientioned, but also those in P i ot t projected, and costs only Is. It can be sent bf r part of the kingdom for 12. 3d. sl PA Y.) MARKET NEWS.—(TIII B r, ' zlPl e * 06 ' CORN-EXCHAN GE.—F I- , „ o nio V irir; Although the supply of English Wheat here wa s b ifolid<e. d lli, the demand for that article was heavy, at ber el ;',;; in '?.., fi',AeP Foreign Wheat was a mere drug, and almost nollu n u a ltliw, sci, smile may be said of Grain under lock. The best 4 51 t. vi7 D eti ,, was quite as dear ; but other kinds were heavy' ,4„,, ife r sale, but not cheaper. Owing to the large arrivals, '- at reduced rates. Other articles as last quoted. l'i l !, 1 0 ARRIVALS. 6,5.. Ostt; 1 / I Wheat. Barley. 8, 48 0 ....,/ 6,810 qrs. 6, 160 qrs . 8 10 29, 960 1,240 470 0 1 ' Y'i t Malt, 7,230 qrs. of ° e1 1. 14'9 4 smatTurxml.D. um be r le , to Jo For the time of year we had a fair average n t .. : 021 13 ,, , 0 1 0 ).1. sale In our market. Although the weather Was 4 000 ticni; 001 l , e s trade was in a very sluggish state, and Monday's,ficep fro' s 0 ;e supported. There were on offer GO Beasts and 25 z' e ",..,.. ere,. s o il of SIT.,. C• P _ o vO l .ti, and 100 Scots from Scotland. The numbers the inquiry tbr them was heavy, at barely' late b r s L 'ogs ' v ote very dull at a decline of from 2d to 4d per 81 0 10 1 61t° steadily at our quotations. Milch Cows sold at fr including their small calf. 0 2 , 0 0. SUPPLY AT MAREF,T. Beasts. I Sheep. Calve'' 10 3 y r ' iit I, - otif 794 3,130 30 01 3 • - bere , lc zuroaT23 aux, tomes , doiai There was a fair ave rage amount of b usiness quotations. English •• . • Irish .. • • Foreign , a tO ' 0 At per stone, by the Carcase. 0. ' 3 s. d. to s. d.. 6 5 4 inferior • 2 5 2 4 2 8 Mutton, mid-i" 2•, 3 6 f 0 210 3 0 ---- 3 - 31 4 3 0 3 2 ----• prime 2 6 „ 4 3 4 3 6 Pork, large •"•' • ~ 4 `' , very full —dl. " doing, For pockets of last year's growth we have an lonfr ° . t icely ~ prices r:ROUGIE I/OP 1020/....--1001:re'd dew-4c 0 at late rate ?: in all other kinds of Hops colupar.. Beef, inferior - middling .. • • - prime large • • - prime small • • Veal • • . Bernard virc 0 0 h an n ut t eh h ye e s, 15 t h BERTHS. inst., at Ware- park, Sate, Parker E sq., of a son a o u f g a h s t o e n r.. On the ' t's-P11.14 16th inst., at Church House, Begen Smith, of the wife 49111-111°. On the 17th inst., at the Grange, "'lavers 44 Bartrum, tock-hill, • ; f 110°1 ElBstqh.,mofsta.,soant .Leytonstone, the • _A sonOonf.ll.4lllil.ED. the the 22d 1ate S.ulti., LatiiSiet;,..llElsagry:so,f pLerkbbeativi3h, tToirizr zleil'' ,- undee• Tel' eldest daughter of William Howe, Esq '°' Joseph i' l ~.g. , On the 31st ult., at Steke Pamerel, Devon; __ ot d srr o o 'Esq., of Peckham, Surrey'. to Emily 11,olle!,bo°rutld.te ° ter of Commander J. F. Wharton, R.IN, 0 l ' Stoke. DIE.D. 11 61 d On the 3d inst., at Belle Vue-place, SouthaelPt°l4 ..i. Franklin Fole, sq., M.D. -.Gietn St°zX.a.' On the 9th inst., at Glasgow, Lieutenant Ai.— 6 , Kirkes, R.N., aged 31. ofC z ini tor On the 12th inst.., the Rev. Charles Rose, .uez 01 0 lingson, Buckinghatnshire. ;neon , M il ' On the 13th inst., in Fosly-road, Kettlii - o jae of Thomas Hood, aged 74. bridg e, On the 16th inst., at Broughton, near Stock relict of John Brewer, Esq., o f - Wallop, Hants. be dati On the 16th inst., in London, Elizabeth Ads, t °iv% of Captain Helliard. - ii i gt , of P' t°°. On the 16th inst., Thomas Brock Yates, .---." square, aged 65 . • ag ed L 6., On the 17th inst., at Hertford, Mr. S. Au5ta 1 .,, , ,.. a be On the 18th inst., at Blackheath -hill, Mrs. wi z bott, relict of the late H Abbott Esq aged 91. - o f ______,L.-2 ~ __. _ _____- os o l am Loudon: Printed and P ublished by MVRD , c ;, - ;0. , d Office' No. tl2, Strand, Pri nter. at The Sul+ a ti e c* C 0 0 1", joo, Strand. in the Precinct the S a voy, in AliddleoeX, Friday, February 21, 18,0. - --- . \ f i V IV' Pro, e4 the ()Mc, 3G, Colon P A The Pr Pally I, 1) 1 3' to nn ' , Y044 is tliis C oui teuilyr. 1 consi;le; Pun he, will 62, H C lout L .4 2 v . don) . 1.4 -1 if, At, 11 r"t11 11 ()N 4 1 41 Or ~~~ i~.'_ ~" 1 NM MAY ~.