The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-27 00:00:00

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THEATRE ROY pectfAL, COVENT GARDEN. , in The Public is resully i, that dm rRESENT AIANAGEMEN T nformed WlLL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; Pa ngeraent s The following Prl'g ramme is therefore given of its Anal ar- The Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theat re , w ill s ash be performed once ' iriore A viz. : HMLET, CORIOL ANUS, lON, THE TWO FOSCARI, WERNER, and VIRGINIUS. THIS EVENING, APRIL 27, PO a THE B ENEFIT OF MR. VANDENHOFF. Will be performed the Tragedy of B JULIUS CIESAR. Brutus Mr. Macready ; Cassius, Mr. Phelps ; Mark Antony, Mr. Vandenhoff ;Portia, Mrs. Warner. To conclude with 5' On THE MOUNTAINEERS. Monday Hamlet, w ith Agnes BE - maser, and Saying and D oi s ng ' -. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Late English Opera-house.) EVERY EVENING, MILITARY PROMENADE CONCERT. By permission HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, ud under the atronage of IL R. H.A THE DUKE P OF CAMBRIDGE. Th. Orchestra, consisting exclusively of Wind Instruments, will be formed of the unrivalled Bd HER MAJESTY'S COLDSTREAM Band of HER MAJESTY'S COLDSTREAI Gof GUARDS, In Full Uniform. PROGRAMME. 07i SATURDAY. PART I. Overture—" Semiramide," (Rossini). Walta. Paulenen," (Lalsinski). Seena-ed Aria—., Alin son tna," Luoia de Lammermoor, (Donizetti). Muadrille-0 " hr) La Prineosse de Grenade," (Musard). arch-40. Overture—" Le Philtre," (Attar). Overture—" Zampa," ,(Herold PA RT ). Elisabethen,' (Strauss). Quadrille—" L'Ambassadrice," Alward. Solo. I Coro ed Aria—" Io vo in Campo," MCA Adel (Costa). Pas Redouble—(Brepsant). Galop—.." Storming of Constantine," (Lanner). The Solos will be perferreed by Mr. Lalarus Mr. Keati ng , IMr. B urton, Mr. Dean, Mr. Beale, and Mr. Handley. Frid ay an d Saturday, on the Clarionet, by Mr. B ur t on . the doers *pen at half-past Seven. The Concert will corn- Attlee at Eight and terminate by Eleven *'Clock. Admittance to the Promenade, One Shilling. Reserved Seats Two Shillings. riiate Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea. LONDON : SATURDAY, APRIL 127,11310. the second reading of the Copyrights Design Bill p os tponed la s t n i g h t, i n the House o f L or d s, on the r equest of Lord BROUGHAM, till Monday. _ A bri e f discussion took place on the state of New foundland, on the presentation of a petition. There are Catholics and Protestants in the island, • and the cri m i nation and recrimination is a repetition of what occurs in Ireland. Why should these reli gionists, by their interminable quarrels, bri ng r e ligion colon itself into disrepute ? Th at t h ere are many a b uses i n t h e y w e can readily believe, for we see plenty at home. A discussion afterwards ensued about Lord ABINGER discharging prisoners from the Sussex gaols, and if the Noble Lord were now a Whig, we should expect to see the Rodenite Journals accuse him of hunting after popularity. In the Commons a little discussion on the absence of Members from the Committee on the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill informs the public that Hon. Members sometimes so neglect their duties, that a quorum cannot be formed in a Committee, and parties, with their soli citors and witnesses, attend the House in vain. The principal business of the evening was Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Bill on Controverted Elections, the motion for going into a Committee on which occasioned a long debate. Colonel DAVIES moved to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, which motion nobody sup- Ported, and it was negatived. Mr. C. BULLER then moved that it be an instruction to the Com tnittee to provide for the appointme n t of permanent kisessors to Election Committees, a part of his own pl an For re f orming those corrupt tr ib una l s . His proposition was supported, but not pressed to a divi sion. The Bill W as committ e d, and 22 of the clauses were got through and th e House resumed. In a Committee of Supply 13,000,0001. Exchequer were voted, and the House adjourned till Monday. We noticed in our Evening Edition of yes terday the great importance which the Bill coneernr, ino• the government of Jamaica has . acquired from the notice given in the House b °I Comm ons the night before last, by Sir D R ? BERT P EEL , o f hi s i n t en tion to oppose it on going into Committee. That inipoitance is much enhan ced by what occurred last night in that House, 4141 we are induc e d to suppose that this Bill will tw o ri se to another trial of strength between the n parties. Last night Lord JOHN ItUSSELL, de tlVertina to the Right Hon. Baronet s noticei be hi s course as the most hostile that coill ( o -e tak en• At th e same t i me h e sta t e d that the i nment having re-considered the subject, felt it be their duty to press on the House the adoption the Bilh As w e state d i n our E ven i ng Edi t i on , howe ver, the N o bl e Lord thought that the time for wi ! i ch ,iit is p roposed to suspend the Constitution ti ght be less than five years, perhaps only two or Zee) but otherwise he implied he should not make h' t ` h l i V N alterati ons in the Bill. Having stated this, i L or d put off the Committee on the Bill, Bch stood for Monday next, to Friday. I Sri ROBERT PEEL c ons id ere d t h e course of 13ierd JO HN RUSSE LL unusua l, an d that he was tp aced by it in an embarrassing position. He then °c eeded to explain th a t h e th oug h t P arliament fi r a no uld maintain the Prisons Bill, but he thought o f Ja o Pportuni ty ought to be given to the Assembly m I : li aic a to re -consider their course. He did not 13 1irs nk his own plan th e mos t h ost il e t h at could be i...............ue(1, and if he should succeed in his opposi --_—........„____ 4,/, tion, he should not withhold any necessary power from the Geverninent to meet any contingency which night arise. Mr. HUIJE be Lt gctl the Government to allow time, and said he should do all in his power to oppose the suspension of the Constitution of Jamaica. Notwi'hstanding Sir ROBERT PEEL'S decla tion that he would not make this a patty question, his followers are not acting on that declara tion, but are as zealously canvassing for sup port on the Jamaica debate as they can vassed on the Irish debate. They will be supported, it appears, by Mr. Hum s, and perhaps by some other Liberal Members, so that the con test promises to be quite as serious, while it will not be fought on such favourable grounds for the Ministers, as the contest of last week. To prepare for it is no doubt the reason why Lord JOHN RUSSELL put off the Committee on the Bill; and to prepare the public for it, who perhaps take but little interest in the Bill itself, is our present busi ness. We are by no means favourable to suspending Constitutions ; but that of Jamaica, and something more than the constitution—the whole frame of society in the slave colonies, was changed by the Act establishing the apprenticeship and the sub sequent emancipation. The bulk of the black population is now free, and as yet the whole legis lation is in the hands of their masters. As the planters will not, and cannot be expected to pro vide suitable legislation for the slaves, if the Impe rial Parliament does not interfere, there will be a contest between the old and the new powers ; and the Imperial Legislature will be disgraced should it Izot see due provision made for the success of its own Act of Emancipation. In fact the question at issue is, whether emancipation shall be com pleted, or whether it sl:all be stifled or brought into disrepute by the planters. Mr. HUME and Sir ROBERT PEEL wish to give the Assembly of Jamaica another trial ; but already that body has been tried and it has not redeemed its promise of making any provision for the new state of society. It was, in fact, the business of our Legislature to provide for that when it passed the Emancipation Act ; but it deferred to the Assembly, and the As sembly has shewn itself unworthy of this confidence. Years passed unheeded ; the termination of the ap prenticeship system, though earlier than was anti cipated, found them wholly unprepared; and though the prisons of the Island had been frequently brought under notice, our Legislature was obliged last session to pass an Act to establish them in Jamaica. Sir R. PEEL approves of that interference with the Legisla ture of the Island, and to us it appears wiser wholly to suspend the Constitution than to leave it in existence, and continually overrule its decisions by Acts passed at home. The Prisons Act is highly offensive to the Assembly, ill fact it over turns its privileges ; but that Act Sir ROBERT PEEL supports, and will force it on the Island, bitter though it be, equally with the Ministers. The only difference between him and them seems to be, that they are ready to take the re sponsibility on themselves—ready to attempt to provide for the new condition of society, while he, equally with them, overturns the authority of the House of Assembly, and then leaves that discre dited body to provide for the safety of the Island. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S opposition to the Bill seems to us, while he supports the Prisons Act, very inconsistent ; but it may embarrass the Govern ment, or even overturn it. He means to risk the responsibility of leaving Jamaica without an authorit a ti ve Legislature. Will the friends of emancipati on l ook quietly on, and see their efforts brought intodisrepute ? It is clear that the House of A ssembly will not pass a suitable Poor law or a Vagrant Act, both of which are required ; and will do what they can to destroy the efficacy of emancipation. They, and those who are interested in property in the West Indies, will probably find it their duty to support the Ministers, and not allow Jamaica to be embarrassed and emancipation to be disgraced. The Times of yesterday morning intimates that if Sir ROBERT PEEL were to defeat the Ministers he might carry on the Government without a dissolu tion, but Sir ROBERT is not likely to attempt to carry on the Government with the present Parlia ment. If he be aided by any part of the Liberals he will succeed, and if he dissolve the Parliament while the fear of the Chartists is on the electors, he may probably form such a House of Commons as would secure him a long hold of office. With a Tory House of Commons and a Tory Ministry, the only path to Reform would be through a Revolu tion. th We insert from the Chester Chronicle an account of the recent proceedings of the Rector of Al derley, concerning the tithes of that parish. The Rev. Mr. GIRDLESTONE was appointed to the living on the preferment of the late Rector to the see of Norwich, by Sir THOMAS STANLEY. He has rewarded his patron by issuing an Exchequer process against him, and, causing him to be ar rested in his own house in town. Mr. GIR DLESTONE has also caused a 'Squire DAVEN PORT to be arrested in his own house, and has issued writs against several substantial farmers. We see no reason why Mr. GIR DLESTONE should not enforce his legal rights to the utmost, since legislators of the class of Sir Trios. STANLEY and 'Squire DAVENPORT confer such rights. He stands up for his own rights and for the rights of the Church in after times, and is not to be blamed for enforcing the delightful law. If he and his co-priests were to insist on having the full tenth of the produce—if they were to exact tithes with the utmost rigour, we should not blame them ; we should like, hi fact, to see them make such a demand as that might bring their power more speedily to an end. We should like to see the gentlemen of England bearded by the priests, arrested in their houses, held up to contempt in their parishes, and exposed to all kinds of contumely from the G IRDLESTONES of the land, for then they would be sensible of the evils of that grinding ecclesiastical tyranny to which they have condemned the Dissenters, as evinced in the case of Mr. JAMES and Mr. JONES; the Catholics, as evinced in the persecutions and exact;ons in Ireland ; and the bulk of the people of England, as evinced in the restraints placed on their amusements and relaxations. When the gentlemen of England begin to feel the heavy hand of the exacting and intolerant priesthood they will become aware how severely it presses on the rest of the community, and will assist us in separating the Church from the State, and so getting rid of the chief impediment to civil and commercial freedom. The tithes, for which Sir THOMAS STANLEY will have to render to the Fleet, are the parents of the Corn-laws ; and the Church which makes him its victim, is the chief obstacle to tranquillity in Ireland, and to the ex tension of popular rights in England. PHILLPOTTS, M'GHEE, O'SULLI VA N, PUSEY, MORRIS, and their partners, have already opened the eyes of our people. Let us hope, therefore, that Mr. GIRDLE STONE and his like will completely awaken them, and restore them to their senses. We will add to this illustration of the conduct of the Clergy, an illustration of the utility of the Church. We yesterday drew attention to several facts which show that the condition of England as to crimes is not much better than the condition of Ireland, supposing it to be as bad as the Rodenite papers describe it. We have before stated, on the authority of the Constabulary Commissioners, that the num ber of criminal commitments to our gaols may be stated, in round numbers, as 100,000 annually ; and we have now to add, on the authority of the Commissioners, that a proportion only of the offences actually committed are discovered and prosecrited ; the number of commitments, therefore, gives only an inco nplete view of 'tile number of crimes committed. Th. , z great criminality of the people of Iretand is attributed to the use of the confes sional, to their belief in the real presence, and to the influence of the Catholic priesthood. In England the Catholics have little influ ence, their chapels are few, their creed is little followed, the confessional is hardly used, and yet our people are as criminal as the most exag gerated accounts describe the Irish to be. What ever other benefits, therefore, the Established Church may confer on society, it is plain and pal pable, from the Constabulary Commissioners' Re port, that it does not give us. a moral and virtuous people. It may be separated from the State, without inflicting any moral injury on the community ; if indeed, public morality would not be greatly promoted, by purifying religion from the contamination of a worldly-minded, rich, oppres sive, greedy priesthood, while by ceasing to use it _ _ as a political instrument, it would probably be re. stored to its genuine power over the heart of man The Church-rate war goes on briskly, almost at a " railroad" pace we should say, were ,we not afraid of being thought capable of punning on the sacred nick-name of that venerable Judge to whom the Dissenters owe so much, first, for deserting from their ranks, and next for his sharp practice—to use an Old Bailey expressiUn—at the late Cornwall As sizes. The good seed which the Learned Baron has sown in that corner of the vineyard is spring ing up abundantly, arid will, we have no doubt, if duly watered, produce fruit an hundred fold. The letter of our Truro Correspondent in this clay's Sun will inform our readers how matters are pro ceeding in that quarter. It will be seen that pre parations on a large scale have been made to give a triumphant reception to the victims of ecclesiastical and judicial persecution on their liberation from prison. Bands of music have been provided, and parties from various parts of the country have given notice of their intention to be present on this occasion, in order to show theirsympathy with the sufferers, as well as their detestation of the Church-rate abomina tion, and the conduct of those who countenance it at the expense of justice and Christian principle. May we ask Baron GURNEY, and his Tory asso ciates of Truro, if they calculated on such demon strations of public feeling against the Church as this, when they attempted to crush, by means which we can hardly find words to characterise, a conscientions resistance to a most iniquitous exec tion ? We trow not. We imagine they now see that their too keen archery has overshot the mark. We opine that they have, by this time, discovered , that zeal may be unscrupulous and yet unsuccessful. We have now a remark or two to make on some , late important Church-rate proceedings at Worces ter, for a report of which we are indebted to the Wor cestershire Chronicle. Certain parties, it appears, had been cited before the Magistrates of the city for non-payment of Church -rates, and when the Learned Gentleman whom the defendants had employed to conduct their cause, began to examine the princi pal---we believe the only—witness on whose testi mony the distress warrants were applied for, up starts a Mr. SIDEBOTTOM, a Stipendiary Magis trate forsooth, and forbids, on pain of his high displeasure, all attempts to go into the merits of the question. The moment, says this Worcestershire SOLON, that you show the slightest intention to dispute the validity of the rate, our jurisdiction is at an end, " our hands are tied up." On the an nunciation of this piece of legal profundity, a scene ensued between the two members of the legal pro fession, who seemed as unequally matched in tem per as in law. The worthy Magistrate, who is said to be a barrister, though we cannot believe it, com pletely lost all command of himself, exhibiting a most undignified and lamentable spectacle of magisterial infirmity, while his opponent was no less conspicuous for self-possession, and a cool consciousness of superiority which seems to have nearly maddened the occupant of the bench. In the course of the examination, however, which SIDEBOTTOM, with all his violence, could not altogether prevent, it came out most unfortunately that this said Magistrate, the identical SIDEBOTTOM, who here sat in judg ment on the validity of the rate, was actually, and ,n person, present at the vestry meeting at which it was laid, and took part in the proceedings ! Is it, we ask, consistent with the generally re ceived notions of justice, or calculated to impress le public with exalted notions of the integrity and impartiality of the Bench, that a Magistrate should decide a case in which he is himself a party ? Mr. SIDEBOTTOM has answered the question himself, 'or, on the fact coming out, he is stated to have said, that " he had forgotten he was present, or he would not have taken part in these (the magiste- rial) proceedings." Well, surely after this decla- ration he rose from his seat and left the Court ? Oh no, with this high-minded personage theory is one thing and practice another. There he sat, the most active member of the Court the whole day, and there did he resume his seat the next day, when he came primed with cases which the defendants' able Counsel showed, to the satisfaction of the Bench, corroborated his views. On this occasion ....,... the worthy Magistrate gave a new proof of his con sistency. The question for the decision of the Bench was whether there was a bona fide intention to dispute the rate, which none of the other Magis trates doubted; yet this Mr. SIDEBOTTOM, whose utmost exertions had been used to prevent the merits of the case from being gone into, by which this in tention was to be proved, would not coincide in the unanimous opinion of his brother Magistrates ! SIDEBOTTOM, it cannot be denied, is a pretty enough name, but we would put it to this worthy gentleman whether it might not be appropriately and advantageously exchanged for Shifffleßovr om. If anything done by LOUIS PHILIPPE could now surprise us, it would be to learn from the Paris journals of Thursday, that since the close of the debate on the Ministerial crisis in the Chamber of Deputies, his MAJESTY sent for M. GUIZOT, and seriously proposed to him the formation of a Cabinet ! M. GUIZOT, whom M. DE LANIAR TINE, in the name of the old Ministerial party, de nounced as unauthorized to stipulate for the Con servatives--whom M. ODILLON BARROT W.:posed as a drag upon the progress of liberalism —whom M. TRIERS would only admit to an office ly administrativ e —M. G UIZOT, at the head o purely administrative__..M. GUIZOT, at the head of the Doctrinaire phalanx, mustering at the best some twenty-seven or thirty votes, is the last person summoned to the Tuileries to receive the Royal commands for the nomination of a Ministry i This is carrying the political farce a little too far. But to render the scene in the Royal closet as rich as possible, who do our readers suppose the KING invited to meet M. GUIZOT in the character of a future colleague ? Why truly no other than the testy and impracticable ex-President, M. DO - who had told the Chamber that it wos his peculiar lot always to be consulted in des perate cases, and v.llO, tiroti,h admired for the versatility of his talents, c dreaded from the hard ness of his temper and the bitterness of his sarcasms, to which friends and enemies are almost equally exposed; could not command twenty votes in the Chambers. M. DUPIN at once declined the honour of being derided by the country for his pre sumption, but not so M. GUIZOT, who treated the - - 4 - 4 ; .0 • : t. . *se4k , Ziff ...4.W4441 Vie nn , • • THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1839. subject very gravely, talked.-ef-7t as a porssibility, and agreed to con: leis ;.iends 01)0W 1 We copy from the Cot& 'of cats o: Ti , u. idy that journal ' s - account of 11 . '3 ' ':i . Ot 3 :'fair Dupin di, ed esterd a: ti,e He wa , pressed in a hundred ways to to 'al a ec,aliriol with M. Guizot. Dul•in resister , all tht advarices svi•Jr the nwst honour able firmness. The ardent P-esident of the Chamber said, by w-ay of ultimatum, "My eisatiiity does not go to that poiirt." Last evening M. Guizot was invited to the chat&au, where he appears to have been the object of the greatest attentions. All the caresses, all the attentions, were for the doctrinaires. It has been said before the Chamber that the King has yielded all, men and measures ; but has the Court yielded ? Somebody said that evening at the Tuileries, in speaking of the orators of the gauche and the centre gauche, " will let them see that a Ministry is not to be taken by assault." We guarant ee t h e o b serva ti on; b ut w h at d oes it mean? Has the Chamber only been consulted for the form, and would they treat it as a Council of State ? The " somebody" here spoken of is the KING. His MAJESTY ought to bear in mind that the men who stormed a Throne arc not likely to be frightened by menaces ; and that a struggle for Portfolios may end in a contest for a Crown. The Chamber of Deputies did not meet on Wednesday or Thursday, to allow the KING time for the appointment of a popular Cabinet. M. PERsIL, a member of the MOLE Cabinet, has addressed a long letter to the Journal des Debats, on the subject of the Ministerial crisis, which he regards as imperfectly understood in France, and still more so in other countries. This document is remarkably temperate ; blames no party, while finding in their divisions the cause of the present state of things, and enumerates as dis coveries facts daily announced in the French and English Journals, since the dissolution of the Chambers. Still the letter may be productive of good, inasmuch as it recommends moderation, :and the absence on all sides of personal heats, animo sities, and distrusts. The following paragraphs are from the French Journals of Thursday : We have news from the head quarters of Don Carlos dated the 18th of this month. General Maroto has erected two batteries of heavy artil lery before Bilbao, It is supposed that his object is to compel Espartero to active measures, and to come to the assistance of the town. Letters of the 17th say that the communication with the sea is interrupted. We have al ready mentioned this fact. A letter from Durango says that Espartero has marched with 28,000 men. On the 16th he occupied Villarcayo and the environs.—Gazette do France, The Memorial Bordelais of April 22, has the following article : " General Elio having resumed a command in the army of Don Carlos, has just delivered to the troops an address worthy of the conciliating policy, in which Maroto is said to participate. " It is also said that Maroto is in correspondence with Espartero for the purpose of coming to some agreement respecting the reciprocal pretensions of the two parties : it is, however, believed that the first proposals for an arrange. ment will be made ostensibly by a foreign power. e, It is asserted that the ievng h Archbishopi. o ini t o of Cuba corresponds with with Martinez de la Rosa, be best qualified to serve as the medium of communication under these circumstances." The Madrid Journals have already given a notice of the conditions, fourteen in number, proposed by the Carlists ; we, however, believe them to be apocryphal. We have heard only of certain bases for an arrangement, viz., 1. T o marry the son of Don Carlos to Isabella 11. ; 2. The gene ral disbanding of the troops, except such as should desire to remains as volunteers ; B. A general amnesty for all poli tical differences ; 4. The Cortes par Estamentos, i. e,, nearly the Estatuto of Martinet de la Rosa ; 5. The pre. servation of the Fueros of the privileged provinces ; 6. A Royal Swiss Walloon Guard as formerly. —Journal des Debats. The Duke of Orleans arrived at Lille on Monday even. ing, accompanied by General Marbot, and received in his hotel the principal military and civil authorities. Next morning the Prince received the municipality of the town, and held a grand review of the National Guards and the garrison. In the evening his Royal Highness, after having visited the military hospital, gave a grand dinner to the principal civil and military functionaries of the place. A grand general reception followed the dinner. Extract of a letter from Campeachy Bay of the 18th ult. :—" All difficulties having been removed, half of the ships which were lying here have sailed for Vera Cruz, and upwards of 30 vessels will soon be in that port. Pies tres for freight have already been brought. Two English ships of war have just anchored here, and another, from Havannab, is moored near Vittoria. The French mer chants and brokers, who were ill-treated and imprisoned at San Francisco, have been set at liberty, and an inquest is appointed to assess their indemnity. Much is said about the progress of the Federalists, not only at Merida and near Honduras, but in almost the whole province of Ta basco.—A company has been formed for extracting the colouring quality out of our dye-woods, by a chemical pro. cess, to be carried on here, and if it succeeds, the bulk carried to Europe will be reduced to 1 in 100 of what it is at present. An English brig, which ran aground on the south-east coast, having been plundered by the Mexicans, a claim for indemnity has been immediately made." BOURSE.—Pura, WICIRIDAY, APRIL 25. HALF-PART TIIRM—The home market has been very firm and brisk, and much business done in the French Stocks. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at SI f. 30c., and rose to 81f. 50c., a rise of 15 cents. The Five per Cents. from 110 f. 55c., advanced to 110 f. 90c., a rise upon yesterday of 40e. For Money the Three per Cents. are 15c , and the Five per Cents. 20c. bet ter. The Bank of France Shares have not varied. The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. and 5,000 f. Shares, are sf. lower. The Belgian Five per Cents. unaltered. The Three per Cents. for the account are 79. f. SOe , a fall of 15c. The Belgian Bank Shares have de. dined ldf. sc. The Spanish Active is better. The Railway Shares have continued weak. The St. Germain and the Versailles Left Bank are 10f. The Havre and the Orleans sf. lower. The Versailles Right Bank have however recovered. 11.2 E est Lowest Last G. it , n Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 4 per Cents 'f ... 1 , '5 ... 105 4 per Cents lOl so 101 53 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 3 per Cents SI 25 SI C.) ... Si 25 ... 81 50 Rank of France -,2•70 ,„000 Laffitte Bank I,COCF. 1075 ...ICJ —1075 -.1075 5,00Jf. Sh 5 ...r5 I _5251 ...525 . 1 Belgian 5 per Cents lol=l ... 100 f ... 101 N ...101 1 1 3 per Cents 72 C 3 C 3 ... 72 80 Bank iii .7; 71 i .. 717 C , l Coupons Ac ive '240,4 New IN felled Neapolitan Roman RAILWA SHAPES. St. Ge: main Versa - :es, R. 8... ............... 710 715 ... 0 ' LB. .................. ... 233 ... 255 ... ;170 Havre 91;5 935 ...9;'J 9r3 Orleans . ... 45 Strasburg to E;.e ......... . ... 3'5 340 475 ASPHATES ' AND * BiruAIEN " S. 342 55 Seyssel (A) TAO 3 0 , , .2 50 Yarn (Mabeily's) Galvaniz. d Iron S, apish :etters from Constantinople of the 7th inst. have been received. They breathe " war, threat enings, and slaughters," throughout the whole of Asia. A Russian agent returned from Teheran, reported that the SIIA II was preparing to clear the Gulf of the British, who had been beaten in another quarter by the Aflghans. The same per son was the bearer of letters from Russian agents, stating that the seige of Herat was about to be renewed, and that the Imperial Cabinet had re covered all its influence in Cabool and Lahore. In the meantime the Porte continues preparations for an attack upon the VICEROY of EGYPT, who on his part is not idle ; so that England is likely to have soon plenty of business on her hands. It is said that R ussia has already communicated to MEHEMET Am the conditions upon which she will be ready to espouse his side in the quarrel. These have been mentioned to us, but it would be premature yet to dwell upon them. In the mean time the Russian Ambassador at the Porte is carrying on negociations with the SULTAN of a directly opposite character. RAILWAYS IDAY.) COMMITTEE. (FR - , The First Report was brcugutup, and read, follows " Resolved —That it is thei ailroad opinion of this C omm i ttee, eld tha use be inserted in t the Chai.man do all the move t R (Arse, that the f o ll ow i ng B ills now through Parliament , viz. passing : " And be it further e nacted, that nothing herein con tained shall be deemed or construed to exempt the Railway by this or the said recited Acts authorised to be made, from the provisions of any general relating to Railways which may pass during the present or any future Session of Parliament." RAILROADS—These have alr ea d y so much af fected turnpike trusts, that some instances are known in 40/. a-year many cases nothing which mortgagees are in the r ceipt of only where they used to receive 200/. and in will be paid. o We understand Mr. Wallace has gone to Scot land to atte n d the election for the countyf Ayr an d t h e approaching assizes, and that be has provided for the pre sentations of all petitions which may arrive in his ahscrice in fav our o f M r . Hill's rimy postage plan. Mr. W a ll ace has p a i re d o ff w i t h Mr. flarri,ort. PENN Y POSTAGE. --L'etitlonS for an uniform curry p0 , ..a1 . -, , e, on Mr. Hil's plan, are in course of signa , f the county.. Our piovincial con tu-e in oyery-part and Radical, all concur in re temporaries, Tory, Whig , commending the :"lscoLti. ,- t: - nce of the I resent scandalous tax 011 th e i ii t erc han go o f thought and intelli gence. A Fe;ition, noiTrously signed by the mer chants, manufacturers, and traders of this city, praying for a removal of the toll of 4d. per ton, now demanded by the Birrnin g l ia . n C ana l Company on all goods passing the bar at Birmingham, either into or out of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, has been forwarded for pres entat i on to the House of Commons.— Worcester Chronicle, BAIL COURT.-CLUIS DAY.) TILE QUEEN V. THE cIICRCHWARDENS OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY, LAMBETH. The ATTORNE V- GENEI:AL applied for a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directed to the Churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, com manding them to make a rate for the purpose of reim bursing the Church Building Commissions. In 1819, a sum of between 5.0001. and 6,000/. was advanced to the iarish of Lambeth, and sums were regularly paid for some time in liquida'ion. It afterwards became necessary to apply for a man d a mus, which was grant e d, an d the in terest and a portion of the principal Was regularly paid for some years. There now was a change in the affairs of the parish, and they refused to anything further, in nisequence of which the pre:cat application was made. The same thing had been done not only in the pari.-h of Lambeth, but in Brighton and several other parishes...... Rule Nisi granted. THE QUEEN V. MEREDITH. Mr. Ricitaans moved for a certiorari to remove into the Court of Queen's Bench an indictment preferred at the Quarter Sessions at Worcester by Licuteiant Am herst, R.N. against the deftn lant, for an assault, arising out of the election for Guardians in the parish of Pershore. The application was made on the ground of the defen dant having stated that he could procure witnesses to swear that the plaintiff had struck the first blow, and the other was therefore anxious to remove the indictment, and have the case tried before a special jury, where the evi dence would be more likely to be thoroughly sifted than in the neighbourhood where the transaction had taken place. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS thought there was no cause for imagining that a fair trial could not be had at the Assizes, and therefore refused the application. Mr, RICHARDi trusted his Lordship would allow the eme to be mentioned in the other Court. Mr. Justice WlLLlAMS—Certainly. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, APRIL 26.—Wind N. E.—Arrived from the ' river and sailed, the Lady Clifford, Granger, from Cal cutta ' • Agenoria, H urs t, C ape o f G ood Hope ; Mina, Leask, Valparaiso ; and Iberia, steamer, Cooper, Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind variable.—Sailed the John Heming, Rose, for Madras and Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 26.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Lochiel, Pittnor, from Zante. FALMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Wind variable. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Alcyon, from St. Domingo ; George Wilkinson, Brown, Savannah ; Grace, Reid, Caledonia, Coffin, and Josephine, Brindle, New York ; Vibelia, M'Gill, St. Andrew's ; Mary Anne, Hurrell, Newfoundland ; Young Queen, Turpin, Quebec ; and Betsey, Ivey, Trieste. ItaNISCIATE, APRIL 26.—Sailed the Harmonee, for Batavia ; and Noisonheed, Hendrickson, Oporto. DOVER, APRIL 26.---Off port, the San Francisco, Rud giero, from Gallipoli ; and Alonzo, packet, Webb. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 25.—Sailed the Anne Elizabeth, Cockerel), from Quebec ; Majestic, Long, ditto ; and Celerity, Jones, Lisbon. BRISTOL, APRIL 26.—Arrived the Henry Bell, Wes ley, from the Mauritius. Sailed the Queen Adelaide, Francis, for Lisbon. CORK, APRIL 24 — Sailed Albion, Johnson, Quebec. LEITH, APRIL 25.—Arrived the Maria, from Pillau ; Orion, Muller, Griefswald ; Pomerania, Burier, Woolgast Jean, Stormont, Woolgast ; Louisa, Robertson, Nevrstadt ; Charlotte, Case, Stettin ; Emile, Hertman, Quebec ; Whitehaven, Turner, Cuba; Emanuel, Rostock ; Frederi ca Kreuse, Stettin ; Helena, Anderson, Lubeck ; Tre Sestres, Reakany, SHIELDS, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Victoria, Flindt, from Rostock ; Conmareine, Palau ; Hercules, Schoon, Wis mar ; Elisa, Ness, Tonsberg ; Victor, Dantaic; Dorothea Maria, Peterson, Nvmborg ; Frederic, Bartels, Wolgast ; Adely, Peterson, Tbornberg. Sailed the Niagara, Chap. man, for Bnnit9ay; George Gilford, Reed, Quebec. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS TiVEL VE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY,—Without provement in the demand or increase in the extent of sales, our market presents the same discouraging aspect we no. ticed in our last circular. Prices have been lets steady, with a general tendency to give way. We reduce our quotations for all kinds per lb. InEgyptian sales are being made 1 to 2d. per lb. below the highest point, and in Sea Island at least ld. Speculators seem to have abandoned the market, as nothing has been done by them this week. Exporters have taken 300 bales of American and 70 Ma ranham. The sales to. day are 1200 bales of all kinds. The north-easterly winds which have prevailed for some days past have prevented arrivals, particularly from the westward. To-day again we have only the usual French wail, and not even a single 'lip letter to notice. The wind having in the course of the night got round to the south-west we may expect numerous arrivals from all quarters of the globe on Monday. Commercial affairs during the week have been rather languid, with no change of importance in the Money Mar ket ; Bankers' Bills continue to be discounted at 31 to 4 per cent. Some sales of Exchequer Bills took place yes terday, which lowowd the price in the market ; we may also add that the exports of bullion have somewhat dimi. nished—gold in particular, There was little doing yesterday in the foreign exchanges, and the rates were much the same as on the preceding post day. THE FUND{. Both in the British and Foreign Markets there is not a feature worth noticing to the present hour, and there is a great paucity in speculation in almost every description of the Funds. Consols opened this morning at the closing quotations of yesterday, 9%1- for Money ; Account, 93j- e, since which they arc a shade higher, 93i i for Account; Money, 93}'. Exchequer Bills 41 43 ; India Bonds 44 46; Bank Stock 1961 llini ; India Stock 2.54 2.564-. In the Forei g n Ma r k et , Spanish, 20 e f ; P ortuguese, 351. i ; Three per Cents., 214 f ; Belgian, 1031 104 ; Co. lombian, 304 2- ; Mexican, 24} 25 ; Dutch Two.and-a- Half per Cents., 56e ; Five per Cents., 1021 103. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stuck 197% i ... India Stock ............... .. per Cent. Red. 9 3 1,1%4 1 Ditto Bonds 46 pro, 3 per Cent. Cons. 93% S South Sea S toc k ... 3, per Cent Ditto Red. New per 100 9944 New Ditt o ................... % per Cent 101,,; 1 3 per C en t . Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. - Exch. Rills, .£l,OOO 41 43 40 pm. Bank Long Annuities to expire Ditto ............. 500 41 43 40 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 14,4 9-16 Ditto Small 41 43 40 pm. Oct. 10, 1359 - Ditto Commercial ...... pm. Jan. 5, 1360 — Ditto Advertised . ..... pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... --- April 5, 188(1. — India Stock for Account ... Jan, 5, 1870 — Consols for Account .......W,i % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ai 3 rian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds S— t Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chinon Bonds' — Prussian Bonds I) tto Account Columbian Bonds 28% Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1894 8074, ' Spanish Bonds. Ditto Account 3'3% %% Ditto Account Danish Bonds Ditto Account —l Ditto Account. Greek s Greek Bonds —l F renc h , 5 per cent.... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —l --- 4 per cent Ditto Account - 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. ? ---- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account — , Dutch, 2,4 per cent. Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditt o Account.... ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Rea Idol Monte Mining Co., Registered 6,9/. 1 p s . 6d. Ditto Unregistered .. 9% Eastern Ceu ities Railway.... Holland Selby Railway Company Brighton Railway ................................... I ondon and Blatkwall Railway (New).— .........................................................................Y.......... 2 911 5 7 : Easter Joint Stock ai p li Q a7l k r ..... .... counsE ,.c, o l :,.. E it,22 xc .4l :i r t : .. . 43 S L: m n s d i t i ll e l E r l da. Ditto, at sight 51 B. 1: 3 : il v l l :i e e i n i i 4 a h i fl c o e .: ... .. ; .................................... ... ; .... :I:: . ................7 1 6 :1 Rotterdam Antwerp... 13 11% Naples. ................ ... ....... 40 Hamburg. Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 95 37) Palermo. ....... : ....... per oz. 119 1 4 Ditto... .. .. .......... .3 als 25 65 Lisbon .... .......................... ... 5 4 % Marseilles. 54% Bourdeaux 2,3 Frankfort on Maine, Ex,M 1 51 , Rio B Petersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 10%0 Buenos Ayres Vienna, effective f1...2 M 10 5 Philadelphia 4l) Trieste ditto f 1 ... ...... 10 3 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Madrid Cadiz 57 37 Portugal (sold, coin...a:o 0 0 % Foreign Gold, in b ars. .. 318 0 Barcelona Bilbao ..... ..... :"6% New Doubloons ...„ ..... 0 0 0 86% New Dollars Seville 36% Silver in Bars HALF-PAST 011/I. We still continue without any arrivals from New York, two or three packets are expected by Monday. Consols for Money not so good as in the morning, 93 ; for Account, 93i ; Exchequer Bills, 41 43 44, shade better ; India Bonds, 46 ; Bank Stock, 1971 ; Spanish Active, 20: i l ; Portuguese, 35i ; Three 1e . Cen II , nothing done; Belgian, nothing done; Colombian, 30i -1; Dutch Five per Cents , 102 - j-. Very little doing in the above market. We hear that the wedding nuptials of a Hebrew young lady of high distinction to a Christian gentleman of title is to be celebrated on Tuesday or Wednesday next. THE WEATHER.—The weather hereabouts (in Edinburgh) which has been for some time cold and un genial in the extreme, has improved considerably of late. The sowing has been going on prosperously ; for, although the days were cold and the nights frequently frosty, little rain has fallen until within these few d.iys. During. the week we have had occasional showers, especially on Mon day night, i‘hich seem gradually to have softened the at mosphere, and bid fair to introduce genial spring weather. —Scottish Pilot. POISONING.—We are glad to hear that Mr. and Mrs. Bull, of Hilton, whose lives were placed in great danger by a malicious attempt to poison them, as stated by us last week, aro fist recovering their usual health. The poison appears to have been put into the water in an earthern vessel placed at the door for convenience, their pump being dry, which was used for brcakfa-A. They had used water out of the same vessel over night. Nothing has transpired to lead to the detection of the perpetrator of this 'iiabolical act. —Derby Rrporter. It is said to be the intention of the directors of the London and Bit t - ningham and Grand Junction Railway Compalies to increase the speed of the mail trains on their 1;11,.s of railway, so that the distance between Manchester and London end Liverpool and London shall be accom plished in nine hoe-a. MELANCITOLY ACCID2NT BY FlRE.—Thurs. day morning, between nine and ten o'clock, Mrs. Caith no -F, a lady sixty )cars of age, residing in York.street, Bryanston square, as she was sitting at her breakfast, fell in a fit into the fire, and was burnt in so shocking a manner that no hopes are entertained of her recovery. Tire total amount of silver coined and delivered into the Mint from the sth April, 1837 to 31st January, 1839, was ::40,140/., and of copper fur the same period, 7,0101. M. ()DILLON BARROT'S SPEECH. rm The following is the speech of M. Odillon Barrot, which made such an impression on the Chamber of Deputies.. Press of matter has prevented us from giving it earlier : " Gentlemen,—lt is not for the sake of any advan tage to my political position, or to the party to which I belong, that I rise to take part in this debate ; and the Chamber will understand Inc easily, for our political party acts on the principle of pure abnegation. They niter have claimed nor now claim any share in power. Those who talked of a great Coalition Ministry could not have been serious—at least for myself I can say, I have never looked upon it as a subject for serious con sideration. With regard to a mixed coalition, I had the honour to be consulted on that point, and I an swered according to my individual impressions. I openly declare that I never attached myself to such a coalition under any condition , . It is not correct to say, and in the name of all my friends I will repel the charge, that after the public feeling e' iuced at the elections, there was a sort of division of high political places that stipulations were made for my party—for my opinions. No, never—we made neither conditions, demands, nor arrangements— nay, more, the Presidency of the Chamber, which has been so often regarded either as an obstable, or as a cau,si of dissolution, has never been thought of by us, either as a condition or as a means of facilitating the formation of this or that Ministerial coalition. Never have we claimed it as our port i on in the political distributions which were to follow the late election. The Hon. Gentle man, M. Tillers, has on this point rendered me complete justice, and I thank him for it. Again, when the Pre sidency of the Chambers was considered as a ground of embarrassment to the formation of a Left Centre Mi nistry, I, at once, and decidedly, declared, without fear of having my conduct disavowed by one of my friends, that this subject could not be any serious embarrass ment, since at the very moment a renunciation the most complete and absolute of all claims on that score, obviated any thing like embarrassment, and took away all pretext for a dissolution of the coalition. What I have spoken I have written. I was informed that such a Ministerial combination was held in check by my claims to the P res id ency, an d I cons id ered to the same effect that I have done now. This, Gentlemen, is the part which the Opposition has played—it is asked for nothing. It has not even taken the initiative in the position created, for it has never made an en gagement—it has constantly refused to create any em barrassment or throw any obstacle in the way of a Mi nisterial arrangement. The Opposition shares none of the responsibility that attaches to the lengthened crisis which desolates and ruins the country.—(Cheers.) It has a right, to proclaim this aloud. Like the country the Opposition waits in patience, and suffers. Yet graver reproaches have been heaped on us. We have been described as a party hostile to Government—to Conser vative principles, exclusive in our nature, narrow minded in our conditions of Government, and alarming the country for its security, peace, and best interests. I confess, Gentlemen, when I heard these attacks, and saw this old system of warfare revived, I was not sur prised. A reconciliation between two parties of the Chamber was to take place, and it was natural, according to the old practice, that it should be at the expense —nay, the sacrifice of the Left. I will not now speak of the conservative and Parliamentary party, of those conventional principles which at best have little reality. I will now speak of the party that gathered round the Ministry of the 15th of April, and which sustained it during a struggle of two years ; and whence do you draw your claims to be the representatives of that party ? If I analyse it, not according to arbitrary conventional doctrines, but according to things as they are in reality, I will tell you that there was a consider able fraction of. that party that grouped round the Mi. nistry only because it was an amnesty Ministry.— (Loud cheers.) When that party wished to justify in the eyes of the country its efforts and its fidelity in be half of the Ministry of the 13th of April, what did they say ? We wish to prevent the return of the system of the men that preceded the formation of that Cabinet. And as to the other faction which formed the Ministerial party, and who declared in the most distinct terms their political faith, do you to the same extent represent their sentiments. You will not be so far wanting to your own interests and character as to assert this. Here then was the tacit compact. It has vanished. Its elements are dispersed, and I venture to say, with out any personal or injurious allusion, that this compact was a political falsity (ntesonge), and not a reality. Was it necessary, then, for the sake of such a political position and reconstituting a political party, to awaken painfully all the old prejudices and imputations against the Left ?—(Loud cheers)--to represent it as blindly, and servilely submitting to the dictates of the press—to represent it as opposed to Government, or as disposed to lead the Government by its support into danger, and as inspiring the country with fears and dread for the preservation of peace and order? (M. Guizot, on this said," I claim the right to speak.") You would, indeed, be very guilty, if these reproaches against the Left had any real foundation—highly reprehensible would be your conduct. You, who have united with It to make Parliamentary principle triumplafor it was on that ground that we admitted your accession, and that we will admit at all times, in order to make Constitutional principles triumph. It was you that joined yourselves to the Left —you aided its triumph—the increase of its ranks, now so thronged on their benches, is the inevitable result of that great Parliamentary debate ; and it is on that party, thus united, and fortified by all the sympathies of the country, that you cast the reproach of being opposed to any Government, and of being an object of terror to the country.—(Great cheering.) I do not speak of the decisive negative which the country has pronounced against you, I speak only of your line of policy. I do not take up the question in a point of view as to the reality of the supposed facts. Every one sees facts through the prism of his passions and his political interests. I speak only of your political baseness. Is it fit for a man who has not renounced the idea of ruling the destinies of his country ; for a man who believes himself called, and who in effect is called, by his high capacity to hold always a distinguished rank in the Parliament, and in the repre sentation of his country—is it fit to come to a systema tic conclusion on one class of political opinions —to strike that class with a political interdict, without considering either time, individuals, or circumstances, or paying the slightest regard to the tendency of parties to ap proach and mix with each other? Is it proper that this political system, which is so eminently cheering for 4 the future destiny of the countly:should be held up to us as"full of danger and terror'—(Cheers from the Left.) The country has not thought so. Tito country, on the contrary, has considered the fusion of these different opinions into one system of moderate progressive re form as the most powerful element of strength, and as the surest guarantee for its duration. It is this fusion of parties—this u n i on o f progressive liberal opinions, from which, in my o pi n i on , th e Constitutional Govern ' of the country ought chic fly to demo .s elements of strength. And here, Gentlemen, i ought to state one of my impressions. In all the Ministerial combinations we have been reproached as an exclusive party, while the accusers better merited such a reproach. We do not deserve such an imputa tion. We have explained ourselves sufficiently on the accession of certain men of the accusing party' to power. We have said, and I repeat it without fear, and on my own responsibility, from the Tribune, we do not wish to revive old quarrels about the past —we do not wish to recall the battles which we have fought together for the truth and sincerity of our opinions on the institutions of the country—we do not wish to accuse of systematic i exclusion men of indisputable and ndisputed merit, men of great P ar li amen t ary , talent—we do not wish to de prive the country of their services, so necessary for the government of the country. But when we have made this concession, do not demand more from us. You wish to enter into office as a party with colours displayed, and you compel us to remember that on these colours are inscribed all the acts and all the laws that we have most strenuously opposed, and that have compromised past remedy the Government of our country.— (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, these explanations would not in any way be satisfactory to me, if they had not for their object the wiping off the re proaches cast upon us; that is only one of the secondary points in the question, and I should reproach myself aff my life for having taken part —any part—in this debate, if even this vindication of our conduct should add to the uncertainty of political positions. I believe that this idea of uncertainty is founded only on vain and false assurances. I believe that, in reality, there is in this Chamber a large and imposing majority. All that is wanting is to) seek for it—to consult it candidly and in good faith. Yes, there is in this Chamber a great and imposing majority ; but when the Hon. Member, M. Guizot, stipulated for a Conservative party, it was disavowed. The illustrious orator, the organ of that party, declared that in this Chamber there is not a ma jority—that there are two equal parties, systematically arranged under two different flags, bound by political engagements and destinies, calculated to come in con stant collision during the whole existence of the Cham ber. No ; that would indeed be an afflicting circum stance—a miserable weakness of our institutions proclaimed to :the world—if such a result should be announced and sanctioned front the tribune after two success i ve dissolutions, and after such a decided mani festation of public opinion at the last election. If such be the fact, where for the future can we expect to find a majority ? I base told you that a large fraction of that conservative party rallied round the Ministry of the 15th of April, only front the fear of seeing brought back the 011 system of intimidation, and of violent political contests. Well, is it to be innagiaed that this large fraction that rallied round the Cabinet of the 13th of April will remain systemati ca ll y opposed to a Left Centre Ministry, which will remind it o f i ts or i g i n an d of its politics! faith ? Count the votes, and tell me how many Members of this Chamber will reject the pro gramme which constitutes the political faith, the prin ciples, and the political tendencies of the Left Centre. No doubt faults have been committed—the re sult, perhaps inevitable, of a contest too long protracted resentments have arisen, and irn• prudent words have been csed ; but what signify men FWENING E all these compared with the coin.. and tendency of cur principles, and 7 the country and the ptiblic good :;' , --s c have no fear of these expressions beiiwesensisyervety that party t o w hi c h I have not the !Saran.. lettiistsige but whose loyalty of heart and honourable feelings as good citizens I can estimate, and also describe perhaps better than any one who comes forward as their organ and representative. There cannot be any systematic obstacle on the part of this fraction of the conservative party to a Left Centre Ministry. They would, on the con -1 trary, give it their active, energetic, and impartial support for the sake of the best interests of the country.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, allow me to tell you that in all I have said I but reiterate the sentiments which for two years I have expressed from this tribune. I then de manded that power should be placed in the hands of men that had rot been compromised by measures which the Chamber had rejected, and that the system of leaving the Ministry to go on for the time, could only in the end lead to a great ministerial criris. I said so, and I was not listened to. The crisis came and now exists-- a crisis which is not of forty days but of two years du ration—it began on the day when the system of repre sentative Government was set aside. Two years, it is true, have been lost, but perhaps they have not alto ther been lost as regards the political edbcation o the country.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we are readd er a ersat experiment : the Governments which ere modinee without revolutions, without dangerous con cessions, and by legal and Parliamentary means, are the Governments which are in possession of the greatest benefits from the representative system. We are mak ing an experiment, and it is now evident that we are conic to a period in our Parliamentary history, when the old doctrine of resistance and intimidation must give way to a new and different policy. At this moment it is necessary for every man to take his part—it is neces sary to submit in earnest and good faith to the neces sary and free working of the institutions of the country. That has not hitherto been done—resistance has still been prolonged —we have had two dissolutions—all the springs of representative Gcvernment have been strained to the utmost—the Crown itself has been thrown into the game, and after all the parties re sisting must again yield. It was with great pleasure I beard all those who were parties in these important negociations declare that the Crown had con ceded everything, both as regarded men and measures. Thus institution! have not failed the country ; but when the Crown had yielded all, both with respect to men and things, with deep regret it must be spoken, men have failed the institutions, and are divided.—(Cheers.) 'Differences of opinion which I cannot define, differences which cannot be explained on any serious principle, ' because there is but one opinion with regard to things, have kept in check the destinies of our country. Why is this ? It is, Gentlemen, be cause, if we sometimes depreciate political men too much, at other times we exalt them too highly. It is because their is an evil in our modern society, I mean human pride, which is indomitable.—(Movement.) There is in our modern society an evil which calls for all your attention, all your severity. It is that individualism, that personal pride, which decks itself with fine sounding titles, and calls itself personal dignity, vs if true dignity con sisted not rather in self-denial than in the assumption of exaggerated pretension. On no other principle can I explain the invincible obstacles which (it being agreed that there is nc difference as to things) neither the ne cessities of the country, nor the deplorable situation in which it is placed have been able to surmount. I will say no more on this subject. Heavy is the responsi bility of those who have thus sacrificed the interests del country which has made them so great,so illustrious; which has raised them to so great an elevation that they might at the proper time, sacrifice its welfare to such preten sions.—(Very well, very well.) Thank God, Gentle men, there is no man necessary in our F rance . —( V ery well, very well.) All grea t individualities, however great they be, with whatever rays of glory they may be crowned, are as nothing; it is not given to them to interdict or paralyze our institutions, much less to condemn them to immutability.—(New signs of approbation.) Permit me to cite to you the example of a man who inspires this country with but little sympathy, whose very name awakens sentiments of deep sorrow in every heart. He personified in himself the glory of his country ;, he was, besides, an eminent statesman. He feared not, when the occasion arrived, to submit his glory, and his high political station, to the necessi ties of his party and of his country—to the Parliamen tary influences by which that country ought to be go verned. Gentlemen, let not this example be lost ; for, if we owe our country good laws, we owe it, perhaps, still more good examples. It is by the se exam pl es th a t we f orm i ts political morality,- and it is, therefore, our duty to set an example of self denial in everything and everywhere.—(Prolonged sen tation.) Gentlemen, I have not, I confess, seen, without a certain degree of anxiety, these explanations respecting the Ministerial negociations, which were not yet termi nated. It is a political precedent which may serve to ex plain the anomalous situation in which the Parliament, and the Chamber, have becu placed; but it is a precedent which has its dangers. Before forming a Ministry, the Crown wished to put off the Chamber ; it even pro rogued it ; then it wished to put off the formation • of a bureau, and then it put off the explanations which we at this moment hear exchanged in the tribune. What will it put °X next ? Let tho Ministers themselves at least be subjected to a scrutiny. There is self-denial enough in that respect. —(Very well.) It is time that such a state of things should end. The Crown is sufficiently warned,fur the Chamber could not wa rn it ot h erw i se w i thout a usurpa tion, which it no mo re w i s h es than it wishes the usurpation of oth er powers.—( Very well.) Gentlemen, in conclusion I hope these explanations will be speedily followed by the formation of a Ministry ac cording with the opinions of the majority of the Chamber. 1 hope that all the difficulties arising from personal pre tensions will vanish, for the responsibility of such pre tensions will become every day greater, and if new ob stacles and new delays should arise, lam sure I do not m'stake your opinions, when I declare that you will not be wanting at such a conjuncture, and that you will speak out in a language respectful, but at the same tim e strong and energetic.—(Loud and continued cheering.) 44:" 44:1, r~ }(~~~ L A $'~:; ~~~ THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies were good, and trade generally brisk - . Plants, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 61, per doz. ; Asparagus, 10s. lo 125. per bundle; Celery, ls. to 2s. per bundle ; Onions, Is. to Is. 6d. per sieve ; Carrots, ss. to 7s. per doz. bundles ; Brocoli, Lid. to Is. 3d. per bundle ; Turnips, 3d. per bunch ; Oranges, 3s. 6d. to 12s. per 100 ; Lemons, 7s. to 10s. per 100; Apples, 43. to Its. per bushel : Rhubarb, 63. to 10d. per bundle; Strawberries, 23. to 23. 63. per oz. ; Cher ries, 403. per lb. ; Cabbages, Is. to Is. 6d. per doz. ; Spinach, Is. per sieve ; French Beans, 4s. to ss. per 100; New Potatoes, 93. to Is. 3d. per lb. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat of all kinds a good supply. The demand was good, and prices remain much as they were. Beef 2s. Bd. to 3s. 83. ; Mutton 2s. 10d. to 3s. Si. ; Veal 3s. 83. to 4s. 103.; Lamb 6s. to 7d. ; Pork 3s. 101. to 4s. 103. ; Irish 3s. to 3s. 6d. Poultry and Game in good supply, and the demand good-prices much as before. HUNGERFORD AND CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies good, and there was every appearance of a fair business being done. Turbot ss. to Is. ; Cod 2s. 6tl. to Bs. ; good Salmon 2s. 61, per lb. ; Lobsters Is. to 4g. COAL MANNEL-April s. cl Adairs l3 U' Ftur. 21 0 Hold well 11: in 2p 6 Le:zn's 1‘11;n l6 ( Ord's lleellugh Winepor's Pontop 20 el South Hartley lB ritith Ts ,- :fie , I l9 Tanfield Moor ......... 21 ( Walls End Be sicke and 3.3 Walls End Ga..forth r• 2 Walls End K;liins - w0::1.... Wa';l Er l Z.ewr,rch..... 21 s End N 0.1.11 ,mteziand 21 • Wa Is End 19 :3 Walls End Pc.. - kins Walls Did IlleAle . "s Wa . :ls End %,c, Leachn.n 19 U Walls End WaTher 21 0 !lips Pnivcd since Inieu Main 24. 1 id. 0 Wrlls End Belmont Wags End llaswell 622 6 d'al'e ''id 'Jetfoil Walls End Larnbten 3 6 Walls End Lyons 2O 0 W. I North llctton Lyons 2l 3 %Valli End Pemberton Walls End Stewart's ...... 24 0 Walls end NVfinwell Walls End Hartlepool 24 0 Wills End Barrington Tees 24 0 Walls End Clarence Tees 2l 0 Walls L' id Preston 2l 0 ‘Valis End South Durham 2l 6 Flockton l9 0 Llangennech Coal 27 0 I , \Valli End Devonshire :e last market-11y, 1.3. SUPPOSED CIILLD MURDER.—On Thutsday , morning a coroner's inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the Buffalo's Head, New-road, St. Marylebone, on view of the body of a male infant, which was found in the interior of Cavendish-square, wrapped up in a blanket. The Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased infant was found in the garden of Cavendish square, but in what manner it came by its death, or to whom it belonged, there was no evidence to prove." There is no truth in the reported death of the Rev. Dr. Tripp, incumbent of Silverton, and of Same ' ford Brett, Somersetshire. The Reverend Gentleman as in good health. The death appeared in a country paper. We have received much pleasure from the pe rusal of a delightful little volume, called the " H ours of Sadness, or Instruction and Comfort for the Mourner." It is executed with singular ability and judgment, and in it the richest treasures of piety and wisdom are made acces sible to all. The compiler possesses an elegant taste, a tender sympathising heart, and great depth of religious feeling. It is well calculated in the dark hours of bereave ment to soath the mourner's spirit, and we are sure we are doing an acceptable service in recommending this aurae. tire little work to our readers. HISTORY OF TILE FRENCH ARMY. Th e French Government is about to order a history of every regiment of the army to be drawn up and continued from year to year. These annals are to be deposited in the archives of the respective corps. The will of Mr. Henry Colliugwood Selby, late Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex, has beenrecently proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Ilis personal g aperty, which is sworn under 35,0001., is charged w i t h a number of annuities and legacies to his relatives, friends and servants, including leg acies o f 2501 . to each of hi s six execu t o rs, and the residue is left to his nephews, Mr. deaum Selby and Mr. J. S . Donaldson, as tenant s it . corn.. - mon . In the year 1770 Mr. Selby was admitted a mem ber of Gray's Inn, was called to the bar on the 6th of May, 1777, and to the bench on the 22d of November, and he twice served the office of trea surer to the Society''7 lnS , he was appointed to the import a nt an d lucrative office Clerk of the Peace for Middl esex on t h e 16th of 1777, which he held upwards of sixty years, he not having resigned till within a few months of his death, which took place in the early part of February last, in his 91st year. N \O \ ).ti