The Sun. — London, England, 1844-02-09 00:00:00

Jacobins of France, and these fellows who attend the League meetings are great grandchildren of these bloody fellows. They want to destroy the landlord in order to pick the pocket of the 'tenant, and then send the labourer to the devil."—( Roars of laughter.) The mildest word applied to them was blasphemy. But there were some of them who wanted to put down all discussion on the subject.— ( Hear hear .) Twenty-eight petitions had been presented to the H ouse of Commons to stop these mischievous discussions. This reminded him of a benighted village, in which, whenever there was a storm at night, the clergyman used to be called up to read a chapter out of the Bible.—(Laughter.) They had no intention of being put down; they had no idea of sur rendering one jot of their principle.—( Great cheering.) Their business was simply to increase, by every means in their power, their efforts to forward the cause. The recent movement had thrown new light upon the subject, and had shown what were the real grounds upon which their enemies proceeded. The Morning Post was the faithful organ of their views ; as such it had received many agates of thanks at their meetings.—( Hear, hear.) On the day before Parliament met, that journal said, " The business of farmers is to resist, to the utmost of their power, the hypothesis that any, supply from abroad is necessary." It further said that the business of landlords was to take care of their own interests, and that the agriculturists of England had a right to the mono poly of supplying England with food ; and that the sliding scale was founded on that hypothesis. This, at least, was in telligible language.—( Hear, hear.) The same journal ridi culed improvements in agriculture, on the ground that their effect was to increase the quantity and lower the price of corn, as well as on the ground of their expense. He had lately heard of a new plan on the part of the monopo lists being started for •the maintenance of monopoly. That plan was no other than a system of exclusive dealing. It was only two days ago that this plan was suggested in the organ of the Government, the Morning Herald, If any tradesmen yen tared to condemn the present system of monopoly, all support was to be drawn from him in his business. Let the tradesmen be an honest man—let him have a large family to bring up— yet, if he dared to express his opinion in favour of free trade, he was to be marked as a person undeserving of support in his business. How could thesemonopolists have the face after this to talk of the morality of the people or of their spiritual destitu tion ? This last attemptuf the monopolists was most odious tyranny.—( Cheers.) The free trade party might, if they chose, adept the same course, but he wouldnever recommend any man, who was a friend to the cause, to pursue such an odious system. Every man had a right to his opinion.—(Cheers.) He trusted that this odious and detestable attempt at tyranny on the part of the monopolists would only encourage the free traders to fresh exertions.—( Cheers.) The monopolists, amongst other foolish arguments, had made use of one which had caused some sensation amongst parties who were inclined to be free traders. They said that if the corn-laws were re pealed, we never could meet the demands of the public cre ditor. He ventured to say. that out of all the fallacies which had been started by the monopolists, there had been none snore worthless or groundless than this one. Did not they hear repeatedly in the House of Lords, that they could not think of taxing the bread of the people for revenue?—(Hear and a laugh?) Why, how was revenue raised, but upon what the people consumed ? And if bread were cheap, as a matter of course they would have more money to lay out in those articles which were taxed for the purposes of revenue. Mr. Huskisson, in the very last speech which he made in the House of Commons said—and his words had been prophetic—that if the corn-laws were maintained, the only means of maintaining public faith would be by an income-tax. How true had his anticipations proved. To illustrate the position he had taken, he would refer to the revenue received during three years of scarcity and three years of cheapness. The years 18.35, 1836, and 1837, were cheap years, and the years 1838, 1839, and 1840, were years of scarcity. In the cheap years, the ave rage price of corn was 475. the quarter, and during the years of scarcity it was 675. being a difference of 40 per cent. It must be borne in mind that during the last three years, the population of the kingdom increased one million, and it would be reasonable to expect that in that account considerably ex ciseable articles would have been consumed. The amount of _revenue cella cted during the cheap years' was 159,800,000/ , and the amount during the dear years, when the population had increased one million, was only 159,200,0001.—( Hear, bear.) Now in what was it that this falling off was • most perceptible ? Why it was in the Castoms and Excise Departments. During the cheap years the revenue from the Customs was 117.000.000/. while, during the dear year, the amount received from tne dustoms and Ex cise was, notwithstanding the increase in the population, only 116,0QC4000/.—( Hear, hear.) During the cheap year the ri-Arefine received upon spirits, tea, and sugar, was 51,000,0001., --While during the three dear years, notwithstanding the increase in the population, it was only 47,000,000/. Now, if the same amount had continued to have been received there would have been received annually 2,300,000/. Now what was the deficit which Sir R. Peel wished to make up by his income-tax? It was 2,344,0001., being only a difference 44,000/.—(Cheers.) He mentioned this fact to show that the present income tax was merely imposed to keep up the present corn-laws. He did not knew whether this was a great or a - small fact—( Cheers)—but it seemed to him ttsbe a very important one. He recollected the present :minister, when he was bringing in his tariff, in which he proposed to reduce the duty on cattle, being warned of the results of his so doing by one of his own supporters—a county Member. This county Member read a letter, in which the Writer told him what - a trade there would be between the United States and England if the duty on cattle were reduced. --He showed that provision would be abundant and cheap in this country if this reduction took place. He (Mr. Villiers) re membered entering the House at the time, and he was asto nished to hear this good information given by a county Mem ber, he being a Monopolist ; and he was not a little surprised at hearing him say that all these benefits would certainly befal the country if the reduction in the duty on cattle were to take place.—(Laughter.) Why, the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself, only last year, said that he was free to confess that, whenever there was a good harvest, and prices of provisions were law that the receipts from the Excise were sure to increase. Mr. Gladstone had said that he had no doubt that if the trade in food were opened with other countries that the supply would be paid for by the manufactures of this country, and that it would consequently give a great increase to the employment of the people.---( Hear, hear .) Why, Sir Robert Peel himself had said that he ha d no doubt that if they lowered the price of provisions sufficiently, the people would hardly feel the income tax at all. How could they say, then, that the repeal of the corn-laws would render the country unable to keep faith with the public creditor. The people had never shown any dispos'- tiqn to cheat the public creditor.—( Loud cheer?) The Duke of Richmond had asserted at a public meeting that the advocates of free trade only wished to defraud the public creditor. He (Mr. Villiers) was there to say that there was not the slightest foundation for that calumny.—(Cheers.) He said the public creditor never would be in any danger, except from the class to which the Duke •of Richmond belonged. —( Loud cheers.) Such a charge came with a peculiarly bad grace from the Duke of Richmond, inasmuch as he was a Member of the Govern ment that proposed that there should be a duty imposed on transfer of stock.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Give it him.") Ile wished there was more to be said in their favour.— ( Hear, hear.) One . Noble Lord at Hertford had stated that if the corn-laws were repealed, it would tend to diminish the enjoyments and luxuries of persons of his class. Nobody grudged them their luxuries, only let them get them in a proper manner. Why should the corn-laws be maintained for their exclusive benefit. Just as well might the doctor or the lawyer claim to haveiaa law passed to perpetuate disease and litigation.—( Cheers. ): He. would only wish those who were not convinced of the soundness of the principlei`of free . trade, to consider the arguments of those Who were the oppo • nents of those principles. The motto of the free traders was . "no surrender."—(Cheers.) And he believed that their efforts would succeed for their cause was not like of their op ponente powerless, spiritless, and selfish.—( Loud Cheers. ) Mr. Comsat* nett rose to address the meeting, and was,,re ceired with a burst of cheering which lasted for some minutes. "He said, that since he teat lead the' pleasufe-of meeting them there, he had had the honour of addressing many large assem blies of their fellow-countrymen ; •but he assured them that he looked upon that' meeting with surprise and gratifieati-in on account of the enthusiasm even at present prevailing in the metropolis. He felt very much disposed to give something like an ABC of the question over again. He had been told that on that evening they were favoured with the attendance of many visitors who were neither very well informed nor of course convinced on the subject. He would therefore first -give the young pupils a lesson in the elementary principles of free trade, and endeavour to send them away good missionaries. Now what was free trade? Not the pulling down of all the custom-houses; but by free trade they meant the abolition of all protective duties. They did not propose to do away with istdTrect taxation, and to obtain revenue by means of direct taxation. There were a class of men who had taken possession of the Custom-house, and had installed their clerks therein to collect the Customs fer their particular benefit, and the free traders intended to remove them out of the Custom-house. He would remind his young friends, the students, that monopolies existing now were analagous to the monopolies which existed under the Tudor s a n d th e St uar t s , when the Sovereign granted monopolies to the creatures of the Court for the exclusive sale of sugar leather, salt, and other articles. One by one, those monopolies were abolished, until a law was passed by which it was enacted that no Sovereign should have the powerof granting monopolies of any sort. There was 'no difference, however, in the present monopoly which existed. It was just as much a monopoly as though Queen Victoria had granted it to any particular person. The mono poly in the sale of sugar was still as great, for our sugar came from a mere spec of the world, as compared with the South American continent, the East Indies, China, and the Indian Archipelago. He believed that many of his auditors that eight were of the agricultural interest. They would probably be curious to know why the free-traders called themsehes the Anti. Corn-law League. The reason was, they advocated the abolition of the corn monopoly, believing it to be the foster parent of all other monopolies.—( Cheers. ) If they destroyed that, the rest would follow.—( Hear, hear. ) When Sir R. Peel proposed the alteration in the tariff, he (Mr. Cobden) looked to see if the article of corn was there, but he could not find it, and on his asking why it was not there, Sir R. Peel said that corn was different to everything else in the tariff. They were told by the Earls and the Dukes that the corn-laws regulated wages. Now, he would ask the working people present if, when they were making a bargain for employment, any reference was ever made as to the price of corn ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Why the hackney-coach and the waternten's fares were all regulated by Act of Parliament, and yet he dare say, that when those fares were made no re gard was paid to the price of corn.—( Hear, hear.) He had heard something of women stitch, stitch, stitching for three halfpence a shirt.—( Hear.) He wished to know if the price of corn regulated their wages.—( Cheers.) When Sir R. Peel brought in his corn-law two years age, he (Mr. Cobden) - moved an amendment to the effect that before passing a Corn Bill they ought to consider how far it was practicable to raise -in proportion the wages of the labourer.' Sir R. Peel, in an swer to that amendment, said it was quite impossible that they could fix the rate of wages in this country—it could only be settled by competition with the world's market. Ile (Mr. C.) went to a division ; and Sir R. Peel and his friends went out at one door, while about twenty or thirty went with him (Mr. Cobden) out of the other 'And yet thosep arties who rejected minutes afterwards that motion, in a f ew .veenced pas sing a law b y which the y i tiegulated the price of earn. Why, spinners were in the House of Commons toa majorityfin o f cotton that they bad proposed to qx,the price of printed cottons, only, if they were to d o so, th4Ovould be hooted from th b e ad metr b ozo n lis. In the iron trade large fo r t unes some years ago iron was 151. 108. pe r t on . Now, kg. only Si. 10s,, yet no one in the House o f Commons, it psoposd was measures to protect persons engaged in thi s trade. l'o-show e the fallacy of wages being regulated by the p r i ce o f corn, he (Mr. Cobden) was paying more wages to inexperienced la bourers than the best agricultural labourer got in Dorsetshire. —(Cheers.) If they had a repeal of the corn-laws, that must increase the demand for labour, both in this country and abroad, and therefore it must benefit the labouring population. Why, if it did nothing else, it would relieve the country of the burden of two millions of paupers, who would then obtain work. So far from throwing land out of cultivation, he ap pealed to the op inions of the Earl of Ducie, confessedly at the head of the ara ble farmers of the country, and the Earl Spencer, who Was at the head of the grazing farmers of the country, and they stated it as their belief that the repeal of the corn laws would call all the poor land into cultivation. It had been said that if the cern-laws were repealed, the foreigners would send over their corn, but they would take nothing in re turn. Why this, if it said anything, said that the fo reigners were ready to give in their produce for nothing. 'Why take new the case of a tailor and a provision merchant at home. A middling person pipes between them, and be sees ' the tailor every week carying home butter and cheese from the provision merchant's, and he goes to him and sar, " You are . importing largely from the provision merchant, and yet you send no clothes in return. Ihe tailor replies that at all events he was all right.—(Laughter.) Upon this the middling in dividuals would go to the provision merchant, and say " You are sending largely to that tailor, but you get no clothes in return." And the provision merchant would answer, " No, but I get money." The middling reciprocity man would take another crotchet into his head and go back to the tailor and say, " Why this is a pretty drain of bullion—you pay in gold to the provision man, how are you to get that? that cannot last you know ?" So then the tailor replies, " Why, I get the money from the grocer and the baker, and you know my children cannot live on gold." And so the reciprocity man leaves the house. He wanted the farmers to understand what the motives and objects of the Anti-Corn-law League were. He did not choose to allow the landlords to hack their old arguments. There was not one new argument adduced—no new " young England' stood up with the cuckoo cry of protection; in fact, the term of " protection" put him in mind of that beautiful tale of the Vicar of Wakefield, where Mr. Jenkinson talks of the cos mogony of the world, and, on the strength of that word, takes in poor Moses, and eventually Dr. Primrose himself.—(Cheers and laughter.) He did not—neither, he was sure, did the meeting—like to deal in vituperation ; but still they all liked to abstract amusement from sources such as this, and their intention was to publish—he did not know whether he could call it " elegant extracts"—divers por tions of the monopolist speeches as specimens of morals, man ners, and humanity ; and he thought that there was one gen tleman who had given such a specimen of his oratorical and descriptive powers in speaking of the League, that his phy siognomy should be placed as the frontispiece of the work.— ( Loud laughter.) 'I his individual had called the League Jaco bins, Jonathan Wylds, and Jack Sheppards ; and that the Anti-Corn Jaw League were composed of a mass of ragga muffins. Those were the words of Sir Charles Knightley. Another gentlemen—a Noble Lord, too—had asked what this agitation meant. He (Mr. Cobden) did not believe before that there was so much titled ignorance or coroneted vul garity as was manifested in this " nobleman's " speech, when he asked this question. He certainly did not expect to see much of what might be called -cogent argument come from such a source, but still he thought that he might expect de cency of manner at all events.—( Hear, hear.) The League had been accused of violence ; the League was small at first, and then there was some excuse for their violence, because all bodies which were powerless were generally addicted to the use of hard words, and such was the reason for which they could excuse the epithets now applied to them by their opponents.— t Cheers.) In this state of the agitation they had such high prospects that he should not wonder if the League were com pelled not to admit any individual except they belonged to the upper classes.—(Cheers, and laughter.) For they had—let the meeting be aware—marquises and earls joining the League. —( Cheers.) But their opponents proposed to counteract the efforts of the League, by the dissemination of pro-corn-law tracts, and having lecturers to hold forth in favour of mono poly. How he should like to attend the first meeting ! ( Laughter.) Let his (Mr. Cobden's) audience faney a leoture upon starvation, and then fancy how very beautiful must be the exordium upon such a subject. The meetings which had been held had been styled the meetings of tenant-farmers, but they were nothing more than assemblages of persons, who could be called nothing else than auctioneers and valuators of land, and to whom all changes and rise of rents would be a benefit. Such a class of men as this were scarcely known in Scotland now. The Anti- Corn-law party had abstained carefully from interfering with the meetings, because they thought it unjust for any one to interfere with the meetings of others, but still this feeling on their part did not reach their opponents. He was now labour ing under a hoarseness contracted from this cause. In the town of Birmingham there were large yellow placards from Mr. F. O'Connor, calling upon the men of Birmingham to come for ward and oppose these " Mill Tyrants." He (Mr. Cobden) was glad of the challenge, in order that he might have an opportu. nity of testing the good sense of the men of Birmingham. At that large meeting four-fifths were working men, yet a body of fifty in the centre of the meeting, acting upon the signal of a notorious individual, who sat in the organ loft, and acted as fugleman, disturbed the whole meeting. He appealed to the ladies in the gallery, and asked the men present if they would allow such venal tyranny as that to be exercised over them there; and in less than five minutes after his appeal some few of the most disorderly were removed, and the rest showed themselves (in the usual manner) quite as great cow ards as they .vere bullies before, and were as quiet as mice in a church.—(Laughter.) He knew that men could be found quite ready to degrade the sacred name of liberty. Their organs of the press—even the Morning Post—(a laugh)—were trying to put down the Anti-Corn-law League; but let any man come to the Theatre, and see the order, the decorum, and the enthusiasm which pervaded the vast multitude he surveyed, and then see what the materiel was upon which the League rested.—(Cheers.) If a meeting were called to take the sense of a particular town, county, or borough, he thought it was the duty of every man to attend and state what his ideas were of the means most likely to conduce to the general welfare. He invited the monopolists to:come and meet him as his object was to Make converts by reasoning. On the 24th of this month, he in tended proceeding to Gloucester, where, and with all sincerity, he invited the monopolists to come and meet him, and then' and there discuss the point at issue. The monopolists at tempted to say that the acts of the Anti-Corn-law League were alone countenanced by the rabble of the towns ; bat was it not fifty of the rabble of Birmingham who tried to break . up the meeting then ? All that was wanting "was for the working and industrial classes to enter into the matter heart and soul, and then monopoly would be broken up. If the people of London were to speak trumpet-tongued upon the sub ject, there was no Minister of the Crown who dared to maintain office, if he supported the system of monopoly by which the people of this country were crushed to the earth. Mr. Baring had designated all those who voted against him as rabble, and be (Mr. Cobden) was very glad to say that he should be one of this rabble, for he should be registered very shortly in his right as an elector of the City of London.—(Cheers.) The moment that the public voile became strong and unanimous that moment must monopoly fall to the ground.—(Cheers.) General EvArrs next rose, and apologised for speaking after the eloquent gentlemen who had just addressed the meeting. When two parties are opposed to each other, that party which most continually shifts and changes its policy and tactics is most sure to be in error. At first, the Anti-Corn-law League were treated with derision, but now its opponents recommended to the agriculturists that they should, in order to compete with foreign countries; study all the various branches of agricultural chemistry ; and the First Lord of the Treasury had offered the services of one of his bulls to improve the breed of cattle.— ( Laughter.) The Anti-Corn-law League had gone into the agricultural districts, and now they heard of farmers' dinners and the like, at which were Dukes and Earls, to counteract the reasonings of the League amongst the tenant-farmers. He should not much longer trespass upon the attention of the meet ing, for they had heard from Mr. Cobden the A B C of this great question. With respect to the cry which had been raised by their opponents, that it was necessary this country should _be independent of foreign countries, he would ask was it right that any one country should be in dependent of another ? He denied most distinctly that those laws which by taxation prevented this country from trading with foreign countries afforded the slightest benefitor protection to the tenant or occupying farmer. If the agriculturists claimed the right of protective duties, why were not all other trades in the community entitled to a similar right ? Another bant phrase was very general—the " wooden walls of Eng land," but all dispassionate and thinking men must see that the source of this glory and bulwark of England lies in the com mercial navy of the country. Even if free trade were to be considered simply as a matter of mere revenue they would find that the abolition of all restrictive duties had the effect of in creasing the income. When the duty on coffee was reduced to one half the consumption was increased in three or four fold. The same was the case with respect to wool. Again, although the French Government increased the duties on English manufactures, yet when the English Government reduced the export duties the amount of duties increased from 600,000/. to nearly three _millions, or nearly five fold. In conclusion, he should say that he hoped the great mass of the people would still adhere to the firm determination which they had already manifested, and the result would be ultimate reform of those laws which pressed so heavily upon the industry and energies of the people. After the Chairman had announced that the next night of meeting was fixed for Thursday, the 15th inst., the assembly separated. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1844. BOROUGH, to Lord AUCKLAND. His remarks about the " old friends" of Sir HENRY POTTINGER, and the manner in which Sir HENRY treated his friends when he was among them, formed a strong contrast to the lamentations of Lord AsEILEY. Mr. EMERSON TEN WENT followed, and demolished all the castles built in the air by Lord ASHLEY. He treated the letter said to have been written by Sir H. POTTINGER as a for gery, and could prove it from Sir 11. POTTINGER'S own words, who had described his " old friends" as a vicious and wicked race, and ..predicted their pre sent destiny. After speeches from Sir C. NAPIER, Sir R. PEEL, and Lord J. RUSSELL, the House divided, when the motion was negatived by a majority of 134. Mr. DIVETT then made his motion for an address to her Majesty to dismiss Mr. BONHAM from his situation in the Ordnance-office, but not being se conded, it fell to the ground. The House adjourned at Five Minutes to Two. 'The last charge in the warfare has commenced, and the Solicitor-General for Ireland has begun his reply to the speeches for the defendants, and his ge neral summary of the whole case. It will require all the talent which he possesses----and that is well-known to be not a little—to bring the minds of the jury back to anything like a favourable state for the prosecu tars. Conviction, or acquittal, or no verdict at all, fortunately signifies not one single iota, for the public has decided upon the case long ago, and no finding of the jury will alter the decision of the country. But the opinion to be entertained of Irish juries, of their subserviency to official purposes, or freedom from party bias, will be greatly influenced by the result of this trial. And if the Solicitor-General succeeds in averting a verdict of direct acquittal, or in compass ing the finding of no verdict at all, he will do great things for his employers. Should he succeed so far as to give any plausible pretext for a verdict of guilty, and, should the jury avail themselves of such a pre text to carry out the purpose for which they were put into the box, great will be the laudation be stowed upon the Solicitor-General. He will not, in his attempts, use the weapon of offence, nor follow the example of his Learned Leader by producing his fire-arms in Court ; but he will aim, by slow, in sidious poison, to gain his ends, and to compass the destruction of O'CONNELL and his fellow-defendants.' Thus the pliability of an Irish jury, and the talent or jesuitry of an Irish Solicitor-General, are, in truth, the only issues about to be decided by the State prosecution of the Government of Sir R. PEEL. Did any Government, in times past—did any Ad ministration upon record, - ever" put itself into the position that the present Government has as sumed on this occasion ? Legal preparation un equalled, in more senses than one—unequalled in extent, unequalled in absurdity : trickery and artifice unknown in legal annals ; employed in the suppression of jury lists, and in the fraudulent packing of a jury : intolerance and bigotry, in making a religious test the ground, for exclusion from the panel chosen out of the mutilated list. And yet after all this preparation, this trickery, this intoler ance, all that the Government has been able to do, is to put themselves on their trial, and to place their own conduct, their own misdoings for adjudication, whilst those of whom they sought to make criminals, are comparatively free from all care as to what the final ending of these trials may be. So will it always be, when Governments suffer themselves to be dragged from the beaten road of justice into the tortuous paths which petty malignity and private malice prefer to tread. To gratify the dogged pertinacity of a WELLINGTON, the demoniac hatred of a STANLEY, and the paltry pettifogging acerbity of a GnituAm, the Government of Sir R. PEEL has been led into this maze of persecution, and has perilled its VE ry existence upon the putting down of O'CoNNELL. The cause of Repeal has been ad vanced more by the proceedings of r. the Government than by any thing that years of agitation 'could have effected. Sir P►., PEEL has nobody but himself to thank if he should find, no matter what the verdict of this fraudulently-selected, unfairly packed, and infamously concocted jury may be (a selection, a packing, and a concoction, in which the jury are no sharers, and from which, perchance, they may yet gloriously vin dicate themselves), that the cause of Repeal has gained a strength, and acquired a force, which, but for these prosecutions, it could never have attained. Repeal of the union is the child of Tory parents — it has been fostered by them, and nursed until it has gained its present stature, by their care and superin tendence ;—and if ever a repeal of the union, which we sincerely deprecate, should be found unavoidable, to Tory misgovernment, obstinacy, and imbecility alone will such an event be attributed. Though the discussion raised by Lord ASHLEY in the House of Commons on the affairs of Sinde has led to no immediate result favourable to the Ameers, it has been of great service tit the cause of truth and justice. It has dispelled the calumnies heaped on Sir CHARLES NAPIER—it has placed before the public the real position in which he stood ; and it has elicited from all parties the highest tribute to his foresight, skill, and bravery. It has done more ; for the statements made by au th or i t i es compe t ent to judge leave no doubt that if a General of less penetrating mind and less decision had been ap pointed to command the Sinde army, we should have had a repetition of the Affghanistan tragedy, the whole of the British troops and their auxiliaries would have been surprised, and every officer, soldier and follower, put to ari ignominious death. No praise, therefore, is too great for conduct which saved the nation from such a calamity, and prevented a general rising of all the discontented States adjoining the British possessions in India. Lord AsnLET's motion, to parts of - which there can be no objection, was lost by a great majority, and a mixed majority, too, consisting of Whigs, and Radicals, and Tories. Three of the leading members of the late Government voted in the majority, namely, Lord P ALMERETON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and Sir J. C. Honnousz, the late President of the Board of Control. This is fair and honourable, and removes all suspicions that Lord PALMERSTON or any of his colleagues would join in the wild cry of execrat ing a line of policy which was forced on Lord ELLEN BOROUGH and Sir C. NAPIER, and which could not be condemned without involving that of Lord Aucx- LAND and Sir JOHN KEANE in the same condemnation. Lord AsuLEr has the character of being a very humane and impartial man in all his con duct, both public and private, but it is singular that a Nobleman with such a character should waste all his commiseration and tears only on one party, the hunting and tyrannical Ameers, and would again subject to their iron dominion thousands of emancipated slaves, and tens of thousands of in dustrious Hindoos, brought down to the lowest mi sery by their exactions and oppressions. Every author, almost without exception, who has written on Sinde, has described the sufferings of the people under the late Ameers as intolerable, and their go vernment as the very worst to be found in all the East. Has his Lordship no sympathy for oppressed subjects and slaves, and is it consistent with his professed humanity to call upon the Indian Government to direct the " imme diate restoration of the Ameers to liberty and the enjoyment of their estates ?" While he laments the fate of a few chiefs, allowei 20,0001. a year, and, with one exception, comparatively at liberty, he forgets the sufferings, the civil war, and the murders which their restoration, even for six months, would entail on their unhappy victims. Let the Ameers be treated with due humanity, let everything consistent with prudence and security be done for their Comfort ; but keep them at a distance from Sinde, and leave the inhabitants to the blessings of a civilized and paternal Government. Madrid papers of the Ist inst. have .been received, and bring intelligence of vast importance. Another revolution in Spain has commenced whieb,in all pro bability, will lead to a bloody civil war. .On the 28th of last month a revolt of a formidable character broke out in the seaport town of Alicante. The provincial regiment, stationedat that place, joined in the insur• rection, and the general cries were --q Long live the Constitutional. QuEEN !" " Down -with the Ministers!" The military authorities were completely taken by surprise ; the General Commandant, snd the Political Chief were arrested by the Custom-house Car biniers, and a Junta formed. On the intelli gence reaching Madrid, a Council of Ministers was immediately summoned, the troops were all placed under arras, and orders ids y% for tk arrest of COURT CIRCULAR. WINDsou, THuusn.tv.—The Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting on the Queen, took her departure from the Castle to-day. Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting on her Majesty, and Mr. H. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting, also left the Castle this morning. To-morrow the Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks, and the Hon. Miss Frances Devereux, will, it is expected, take their departure. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal) and Colonel Wylde, remain at present at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt, arrived in town yesterday morn ing from her residence at Kew. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefelt and Baron Knesebeck, left town in the forenoon on a visit to her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, at Witley Court, Worcester shire. Their Royal Highnesses and suite travelled by the London and Birmingham Railway, and took their departure by the ten o'clock train from the Euston-square terminus. The Ecclesiastical Commission for England sat yesterday afternoon at the office in Whitehall-place. The Commis sioners present were the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of Lichfield, .the Bishop of Ripon, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salisbury, and the Dean of Westminster. The Health of Towns Commission sat yesterday at Gwy dyr House, Whitehall. The Commissioners present were the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Lincoln, Mr. Robert Ag lionby Slaney, Mr. George Graham, Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Dr. Playfair, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard Owen, llunterian Professor of the College of Surgeons, Capt. William Thomas Denison, Mr. J. R. Martin, and Mr. James Smith, of Deanston. ' The Duke of Buccleuch gave a dinner to the Cabinet Mi nisters on Wednesday evening, at his residence, Montagu House, Whitehall-gardens. Lord Granville Somerset, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster, returned to town on Wednesday afternoon, from Windsor Castle, after attending the nomination of the Sheriff for the county of Lancaster for the present year. The Earl of Dalhousie had an interview with tke Duke of Wellington yesterday. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong, and also from the Governor of Newfoundland, were received yester day at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. The Lords present w ere , L or d Brougham, Lord Camp bell, and the Chancellor of the Duchy o f Cornwall. Lord Campbell gave judgment on " The General Steam Navigation Company v. Tonkin," an app ea l f rom a d ec i s i on of the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, relative to a collision between the steamer Menai, and the schooner Friends. His Lordship, after stating that the Dean of the Arches, who had attended the hearing of the case, entirely concurred with the Lords present in their decision, gave judgment that the Court would recommend to her Majesty, that the judgment appealed against should be affirmed with costs. The Judge of the Admiralty having joined their Lordships, an appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury," Jones r. Francis Godrich," was heard, Dr. Addams and the Queen's Advocate appeared for the respective parties. An appeal from Bengal was heard, "Maharaja Tej Chund v. Sri Kauth Ghose and others." Messrs. Charles Buller, Jackson, and Forsyth, appeared for the appellant; Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. E. J. Lloyd, for the respon dents the representatives of Suroop Chund Roy. Mr.Wigram, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. E. F. Moore, for the respondents, the heirs of Ram Nedhee Ghose. Sir E. Ryan sat as a Privy Councillor during the proceed ings in this case. The Court afterwards rose, having deferred the judgment. LETTERS TO THE lONIAN ISLANDS.—The following notice was issued yesterday at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" On and from the Ist of March next, the postage on letters addressed to the lonian Islands, marked to be forwarded via Southampto n ,' may be pait in advance or not at the option of the sender. It must tic distinctly understood, that this regulation applies only to letters con veyed by packet, via Southampton. The postage on all other letters, via France, ,addressed to the lonian Idando, must be aid in advance as at present. The postage on letters, via uthampton, 744 *Mos am Is. 84," NEW WORK BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NAPIER. Just ready, in 2 vols., small Svo., with illustrations, ILDSPORTSS IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA. By Lieutenant-Colonel NAPIER. Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T HE BR 0 T HERS. By the Author of " Oliver Cromwell,"" 9farMadttke &c. " This author is destined to take a high rank among the writers of fiction. He has imagination, eloquence, a knowledge of human na ture, and the power of touching the heart deeply."—John Bull. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THEATRE. ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be performed Shakspeare's Play (as altered by Cibber) of RICH A RI) 111. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Charles Kean; Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Cooper; Duke of Norfolk, Mr. G. Horncastle; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Hudson ; Elizabeth, Mrs. Warner ; Duchess of York, Mrs. elby; Lady Ane, Mrs. Stirling. After which, will be repeated a New Grand Comic Chnstinas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING PEPIN . ; or, VALENTINE AND ORSON. Harlequin,' Mr. Howell; (olum nine. Mis' Carson; Clown, Mr. I'. Ridgway; Pantaloon, Mr. Blanchard. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-DARDEN. M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be performed (first time) A Grand Descriptive FANTASIA, selected from Roch Albert's Opera, entitled THE DESTRUC TION OF POMPEII. overture, Fidelio--Beethoven. Trio, for two Violoncellos and Double Bass, by Messrs. Crouch, Hancock, and H..well—Corelli. Selections float La Sonnambula. New Quadrille, The Irish Echoes—Jullien. Solo, Cornet-a-Piston, Herr Koenig. Solo, Flute, Mr. Richardson. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 1114. BENJAMIN WEBSTER. LESSER RE-ENGAGEMENT OF MR. JOHN PARRY. THIS EVEN !NO, FEBRUARY A, Will be repeated the Comedy of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff; Mr. Strickland; Master Slender, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Ford, Mr. Stuart ; Mr. Page, Mr. Howe; Fenton, Mr. Caulfield; Sir Hugh Evans Mr. Webster ; Mrs. Page, Madame -Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Ni:bett ; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. Glover ; Anne Page, Miss Mattley. After the Comed y John Parry will sing his New Song, entitled " A Ballad on Bitters." To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS! King Lachrymose, Mr.. J. Bland; Prince Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; queen Lucidora, Miss Julia Bennett. • THEAI RE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Unprecedented success of " The Merry Wives of Windsor," which will be acted To-night, and three times a week till further notice, thus cast :—Sir John Falstaff'. Mr Strickland ; Slender, Mr. Charles Mathews; Evans, Mr. Webster; Ford Mr. Stuart ; Page, Mr. Howe; Caius, Mr. J. Bland; Pistol, Mr. hinds'; . Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Nisbett ; Dame Quickly, Mrs. Glover. The Lessee respectfully informs the Patrons of this Esta blishment that Mr. JOHN TARRY will sing this Evening one of his Popular Songs—" A Ballad on Bitters." The New Fairy Extra. vaganza of " The Fair One with the Golden Locks" Every Evening - Graceful, Miss P. Horton ; Lucidora , Miss Julia Ben. nett. Ihe New Comic Drama of " Used Up," will be repeated , To-morrow, and three times a-week. The " Little Devil" to morrow Night. I. T. ARCHER, Box-book Keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. The Best Pantomime of the Season—Gorgeous Scenery. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—,Messrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews, Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee. After which, a New Play, in Three Acts, entitled JUDITH OF GENEVA. Principal Characters--Mesers. Lyon, Wright, 0. Smith, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Yates. - To conclude with the Grand Christmas Pantomime, called H A R.. LEQUIN BLUE BEARD; or, The Fairy of the Silver Crescent. Produced with Enormous Splendour and Wonderful Effects! Columbine, Miss Bullen ; Harlequin Quicksilver, by the inimitable Wieland; Clown, by the Grimaldi of the day, Mr. T. Matthews, from the Theatres Royal, Covent-garden and Drury-lane; Pants. loon, Mr. Johnstone. Mr. J. MADDOX.PRINCESS LESSEE, THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 0, Will be repeated an English version of DON PASQUALE. Principal Characters by Madame Eugenia Garcia, Mr. Allen, Mr. Burdini, and Paul Bedford. Atter which, the Petite Drama, called THE GREEK SLAVE. Zalda (the Greek S'ave), Madame Eugenie Prosper. To conclude with the New Musical Burlesque spectacle, entitled THE MAGIC MIRROR. Sing. Song, Mrs. H. I'. Grattan; Poo. Poo, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Sloe-Leal, Miss R. Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS. Under the Management of Mr. Batty, Proprietor. Triumphant Succcss of the Equestrian Novelties and Pantomime. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be performed the Grand National Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon Buonaparte, Mr. Gomersal, his tni gmal character. New Scenes in the Circle, and Unequalled Feats of Horsemanship. To conclude with the Pantomime of HARLEQUIN TAM O'SHANTER. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Enormous hit of " Stella Rittersdorr—more crowded than ever— Increased attraction of the best Pantomime in London, overflow. • ing with fun. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled STELLA RITTER& DORM. Supported by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Hicks, R. Honnkr. Neville, Vale, Smith, Johnson, Lewis, • estop , Mrs. R. Honner, Mrs. Daly. Mrs. Hughes, Miss Terrey, and Mrs. H. Vining. After which, A CHRISTMAS CAROL , by " Boa," with splendid Appointments. To conclude with an entirely new Grand Comic Pantomime with Splendid Scenery, Superb Dresses, Inimitable Prope rties and 'Tricks , every thing new and of the most costly descripti on, HARLE Q UIN GRAMMAR, or, Lindley Murray, and AEI 0 U. Harlequin, Mr. W. H. Harvey ; Groteslue, Mr. Stilt ; Clown Mr. Fuller • Panta. loon, Mr. Hawkins ; Columbines (alternately) Miss M . R. Fair. brother and Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, Will be produced THE GNOME OF THE GOLD MINES. supported by Messrs. Freer, Nantz, Miss Vincent. &c. After which, THE FAIRY LADY ; or, The Cabinet of Bronze. To conclude with HARLEQUIN LINCOLN LUCKY OF LAM. B ETH ; or, The Three Sisters of Witch Willow Dell.. Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Clown, Mr. Scaxbrow ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morelli; Columbine, Miss M. Schmidt. THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, FEB. 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 43; Noon, 36. BAROMETER, 29.3.—W1ND, W. NOTE.-The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning minutes after 5 Evening 25 minutes after 5. -w t (~..‘ i tt. ... ~.;',.. t'• • c 44 , . & t it . A 70: ~,,, a ' s . o o , SU I . //Ai ' j -, :e ;'• . ~., it , 11 _ ...... .01 'l i k i if If,l ll , ollfr -'2l.' ii:'' ..-., liqiilighi p + N 4 th'iTY4•llllllmi \I ,_ .., lk., ...... , -ve4h,f.or, f - - . c) Id - ' - v - mr , 11. 4 1,6 • ••• ,:-.f.:(- - , o k , .1.. DIE .., I' .M 0 K ~.,4 n '' , 4411:1"40 ' ' e SECOND EDITION.. all the leaders of the Progresista party, including, among others, CORTINA, LOPES, ALIDOZ, GARBED°, GERNICA, ORS, and BENEDICTO. These arrests have taken place, it is said, in consequence. of proofs of a conspiracy being discovered from intercepted letters. The Madrid Gazelle was published at a late hour on the Ist, and from the decrees and proclamations pub lished in it, the Government evidently . anticipate a general rising in the east of Spain. The provinces of Alicante, Murcia, Albacete, Valencia, Almeria, and Castellon de la Plana, are ordered to be forthwith declared under martial-law. The war steamer Isabella 11., brig Nervion, and a schooner of war, are ordered to proceed immediately to blockade Alicante ; and the most severe measures are contemplated with respect to the insurgents, as may be seen from the following atrocious decree issued by the Government, dated Madrid, Feb. 1, 1844 : " 1. All the chiefs, officers, and sergeants who belong to the army, provincial militia, national militia, carabiniers, or navy, who have taken part in the rebellion of Alicante, shall be shot, wherever they can be met with, upon the sole identi. tication of their persons. " 2. If, after the insurgent troops of all arms hale been invited to place themselves again under the loyal standard within a short space of time, which remains at the discretion ofyour Excellency to fix, they do not present themselves, they shall be decimated whenever they can be come at, ac cording to the regulations. " 3. All the inhabitants who have taken part in the revolt at Alicante, as leaders of the rebellion, shall be shot. "4. The captains-general and commanders remain strictly responsible for the execution of the preceding dis positions." Another journal, the Pqsdata, states : " News has been received fiom Murcia that the provincial regiment of Valencia had left Alicante disarmed, having refused to take any active part in the insurrection; and that the only force there consisted of „National Guards and Cara biniers. It says that D. Pantaleon Bonnet, formerly a Carlist chief, is President of the Junta of Alicante ; and D. Manuel Carreras, an Exaltado leader, Vice-President. " Several other deputies and other persons have been ar rested, and orders arc out to take up some sixty personS altogether ; besides which, five couriers were sent off express in different directions, last night, with similar orders to the provinces. " A circular has been sent to all the captains-general an nouncing the revolt at Alicante, and ordering them to consult with the political chiefs, and to be prepared to proclaim mar tial-law if required." The following is another account, with addition& particulars, furnished by a Madrid Correspondent : " The President of the Council was called at eleven o'clock, on the night of the 31st, by the Secretary of the Council, when a Council was immediately sum moned. After reading the official dispatches ah nouncing the insurrection at Alicante, and the inau guration of a Junta in that town, the Ministry took energetic steps to put it down. Very important correspondence was consequently stopped and seized, by order of the Government, and in consequence of discoveries then made, a great number of persons were arrested in the course of the night. Among the persons arrested are MM. MANUEL CORTJNA, PASCUEL MADOZ, GERNICA. VERDA 7 PEREZ, I. B. ALONZO, and GARREDO. All the Deputies are de tained for the present at the Caral de Corte. All the garrison is under arms, and since last night every military post is doubled. A small flying column left Madrid during the night, which is to proceed by forced marches to Valencia, to reinforce the military division of that province. The details of the affair are not published, and the only thing known here is the fact of the outbreak, and the measures taken by Government. The -Government did not wish the details to be published in the Gazette. It is said that the Commander of the Custom-house Carabiniers, named BONNET, is at the head of the movement; and that having surprised the authorities, he imprisoned the military Governor, M. LASCALA, and the political chief, M. RAMON CERATI, and the Provincial Com mandant of Valencia. " The Junta in its proclamation, and the insur gents in their demonstrations, cried out, 'Down with tyranny, down with the executioners!" Down with the Government!' Viva liberty!' Viva the Contitutional QUEEN !' The Government has given orders to prevent the spreading of this unexpected movement to Valencia, Murcia, Malaga, and the coast. It is reported that the insurgents have carried Valencia and Santander. The news here created an extraordinary degree of excitement. " P.S.--The Government has just received dis patches from Murcia. They state that some part of the Provincial Battalions of Valencia did not take part in the movement, but they were, nevertheless, disarmed by the authorities. The only troops re maining, therefore, at Alicante, were the National Guards and the Carabiniers, who, it would appear, were at the head of the insurrection. The head of the Junta is Don PANTALEON BONNET, and the Vice president the celebrated Don MANUAL CABRERA. Search has been made for M. LorEz JOAQUIM and FERNANDO MADOZ, to arrest them, but they cannot be found." The funds, in consequence of this unfavourable news, on the Ist of February, fell 1i per Cent. The Three per Cents. were done at 28 for cash, and 28i at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 201 at 60 days. By accounts from Paris of the 7th, we learn that the Government had come to a determi nation respecting the formation of railroads througheut France, and that the plan proposed by the Minister of Finance (LAPLAGNE), and supported by the KING, had been adopted. According to this plan the working and traffic upon the lines, and supplying the engines, &c.; are to be done by companies, while the State undertakes to form the embankments and cuttings, and lay the rails. No loan will be required. This had a favourable effect on the funds, for, though depressed by the news of disturbances in Spain, they soon recovered. The Three per C ents., which had fallen to 81f. 70c., closing at 81f. 80c., and the Fives at 125 f. The new elections of Deputies at Marseilles, Tou louse, Montpellier, Ploermel, and Doullens, in conse quence of the resignations of MM. BERRYER, DE VALMY, DE LARCY, IfE LAROCREJACQUELIN, and BLIN DE BOURDON, the Legitimist Deputies, are fixed for the 2d of March next. THE BOURSE—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7. First Highest Lowest Lasi Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. •• • • 124 80 . • 124 85 • • 124 85 .. 124 90 Three per Cents. •• • • 81 85 • • - 81 80 • • 81 70 81 80 Bank of Franoe• • . ....... • • 3285 • • 3285 • • 3285 • • 3285 Laffitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso7o • .5070 • .5070 —5070 Belgian Bank 670 • • 670 . • 670 • • 670 Belgian Fives . ..... • ••. • • • • 107 • • 107 • . 107 . • 107 1840 • • • • •• • • 108 .. 108 .. 108 • . 108 1842 Dutch Two-and-a-Half .• •• • 55} .. 55} • • 55} • - 55} Spanish Active .. •••••• • • • • 311 • • 314 .. 31 .. 31 Passive .• •.•••• • • • • 54 • • 54 • • 5} .. 51 Portuguese Five per Cents .• 481 .. 48} • • 48} • • 481 Neapolitan .• ••••••• • • • • • • • 10 7 • • 10 7 • • 107 .. 107 Roman lO6l • • 1061 • • .106} • • 1061 RAILWAY SHARES. 11.33.........346 .. 346 25 346 25 346 25 •••346 25 180 •• 185 .. 177 50 .. 185 Rouen 842 50 • • 842 50 .. 840 .. 840 Rouen to Havre• •• . • ..... .• 710 • • 710 • • 690 • • 701 25 Orleans ••••• • • •• ••• • • ••• • • 853 75 • • 856 25 852 50 855 —.— Strasburg to Eale• • • • • • .... 242 50 .. 243 75 .. 240 • • 242 50 Montpellier to Cet to .. 500 .. 505 .. 500 .. 505 Avignon to Marseilles. ..... 772 50 .. 776 25 • • 770 775 25 RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT. Versailles, R. 11...........•• 347 50 •• 352 50 •• 347 50 352 50 LB. 180 •• 185 .. 180 185 Rouen 845 .. 845 845 .. 845 Rouen to Havre ..... • • ••.• • 700 • • 701 25 00 - 701 2 Orleans • 855 .. 860 . 850 860 Strasburg: to Bale • 242 .. 240 .. 243 75 .• 243 75 Avignon to Marseilles• •• • 775 .• 777 50 .. 770 •• 776 25 Fix or THE MINT.—The trial of the Pix of the Royal Mint took place this morning in the Comptroller of th e Exchequer's Office, Whitehall, before the Lord Chancel lor,P3ir coinoin Ihrathyt n t , gahshrec:tteghooscaeCei Councillors. nehos a ceetu n ipuntt c jahho e utnree l lryosyfw. Comptroller o l Tsi egt f oohrhmt t ee. r h t, opeaat summoned, hfnlreu E i endmont x tfc:fiim e ni tenpo h hgorea e endnEl q oe e u mnxpdcs e :seith r hxhmo , aeaern t bcini h tclenudha e ererels Irm M g eo,o Chancellor p r oc eed e d ' havinga a s rt etmhn coin a ge,h de r o, uG o lb f Btoateh4 t l ne h 2ode ndr e et a : oo win ls: the gold coinage exceeding twelve millions, and also a large amount of silver coinage. His Lordship explained the different standards of gold and silver, the allowance to the officers of the Mint, both as to weight and fine ness ; the manner in which the specimens in the Pix were selected from each quantity of bullion coined in the Mint ; and directed them to compare these specimens with the " Trial Plates" of sold and silver kept in West minster Abbey. His Lordship gave permission to the jury to proceed to Goldsmiths' Hall there to assay the coinage, and intimated that he should be at the House of Lords from five to half-past six o'clock to . receive their return, and after that hour, should the jury not have completed their return, his Lordship would receive them at his private residence in George-street. The usual invitations to dinner at Goldsmiths' Hall having been made by the foreman of the jury to the Lord Chancellor and the other Privy Councillors present, the proceedings were adjourned. EARL OF CARLISLE. —The account of his Lordship's health received in town this day is favourable, viz., that " The Noble Earl is rather better." _ ----- - The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, will be made up on Thursday morning, the 15th inst., and for Egypt, India, Hong-Kong, and Chi na, on the morning of the Ist of March, via Southampton. The. overland closed mail to India, via Marseilles, on the evening of the 4th of March, if not detained. The West Indies, Ma deira, Bermuda, St. Jago de Cuba, and Venezuela, on the morning of the lith instant, to be forwarded iby the Clyde steamer, ria Southampton. Sydney, New South Wales, on the morning of the 29th inst., to be forwarded by the Supe rior, via Gravesend. British North America, Bermuda, And the United States, on the.eYoning of the 4th of March, to be forwarded by the Caledonia steamer, via Li vespool, Halifax, and 131Aton, . SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ilttbltr Optatten. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The accounts from Spain arc very alarming. Alicante and it is said several other places had revolted against the. Go- vernment, arrested the civil and military authorities, iihd- 1 formed juntas. The Gazette is full of the most severe decrees directed against the insurgents. The provinces of Alicante, Murcia, and Castellon de la Plana, are placed: under martial-law. The examination of the Budget continued in the bureanx of the French Chamber of Deputies. The seventh -and eighth bureaux terminated the discussion on the Estimates of the War and Finance departments, and then commenced the Budget of Receipts. The other seven bureaux would not terminate their labours until Thursday, or perhaps later. In the eighth, a strong opinion was given in favour of the con version of the Five per Cents. A late letter from Philippeville (Algeria) announces the arrival there of 200 military convicts, who are to be em ployed on the projected works at Stora. It states that the spring, which in ancient times supplied Stora with water, has been diScovered, with parts of the Roman aqueducts and conduits, many of which are still in remarkably fine preserva tion. The letter states that they are to be restored, and the water brought down again to the village. "Foreign commerce," says the Echo de la Frontiere, " be gins to take advantage-of the Valenciennes railroad. A por tipn of the merchandise sent to France, either for consumption or transit, and which formerly was. sent by Forbacb, now comes in by:Valenciennes, and the commission agents of this town begin to enjoy the profit arising from the opening 'of this new way of communication with Germany. The Seine has risen in consequence of the snow which has lately fallen. Its level is now upwards of three feet higher than what it was a few days back. A few days ago, as M. Ouichard, mayor of the commune of Villediere in the Cote d'Or, owner of the mill of Beaulieu, was seated ;bout eight in the evening by the kitehen fire side, surrounded by his wife 'and three servants, he was 'fired at through the window, which had neither shutters nor cur tains,.and two bullets were lodged in his back, by which the, spine was broken. He lingered several days in great agony, and..then expired. _ _ _ _ . The execution. of Poulmann, condemned a few days back Tor the murder of. the innkeeper of Nangis, took place on Tuesday morning, about eight .o'clock, at the Barriere St. Jacques. From the time of his condemnation the prisoner testified an anxious wish to have it all over. Dr. Marel LavaHee, in a communication to the Presse, on the state of anatotomy in China, says :- -" The Chinese fre quently boast, and with justice, of their great advancement civilisation, - but their medical men scarcely know as much of anatomy as every unprofessional man in Europe. They never inspect the internal organs, but leave all to the imagi nation. - As a proof of this, they conceive that there is a long vessel descending from the heart through the perineum, which directs the moral functions of the heart." LAW AND POLICE . The case of Mr. Charles Mathews, comedian, came before the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday. He returns his pro perty as nil, and his debts at 8,111/. He proposes to set aside half his income, for the benefit of his creditors. The case was adjourned. At the Central Criminal Court, Elizabeth Todd, 55, spin ster, and Sarah Trussler, 36, spinster, were indicted, the former for forging and uttering a receipt for the sum of 116/. 9s. 7d., with intent to defraud the Rev. J. H. Spry and others, thetrustees of the Marylebone Savings' Bank, and the latter prisoner was charged with aiding and assisting in the com mission of the felony. They were found guilty, but recom mended to mercy, the act having been committed more from ignorance than with a felonious intent. They were sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. At the Surrey adjourned Sessions, William Hortsman Richardson, a chemist and druggist, Maria Richardson (wife of defendant), and Sarah Lee, sister of Mrs. Richardson, sur rendered to take their trial, charged with cruelly ill-treating an orphan child of three years of age, at St. Paul's, Dept ford. They , were convicted only of a common assault, and Mr. Richardson was fined 5/. and discharged. . _ _ Henry Bailey, a constable, No. 7, in the employ of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, was charged at Marylebone with having been drunk whilst upon duty. An important office was assigned to the prisoner, which was - to turn the " points " at the Camden station, to direct ;the en gines in their proper line. He was, however, found drunk in his box, and had a train approached in the meantime it:is -impossible to - calculate the disastrous consequences which inlet have occurred. He was committed to hard labour for two months. John Stevens, a silversmith, of John-street, Islington, was .charged. at Union-Hall with fraudulently obtaining money of Mr. Folkard, a pawnbroker, in the London-road, by means -of spurious ingots of silver. The investigation excited considerable interest. Prisoner was remanded. William M'Gregor and Charles Lambert were charged, at Thames-street, with piracy and attempting to, create a revolt on board the whaling ship Hester, belonging to Mr. Thomas Sturge, whilst on an outward-bound voyage from London to Desolation Island, in the South Pacific. The offence was alleged to have occurred on the 30th of September last, the vessel being at that time in the latitude of Rio Janeiro. The case was remanded. MISCELLANEOUS. The fiftieth anniversaiFOFtii(; foundation of the Licensed :Victuallers' Society was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Bishopgate-street. The chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Beasley; who is the Governor of the Society, and shortly after three about - .700 persons sat down to the excellent dinner which had been provided by the proprietor of the establishnient. The festivities were prolonged until a late hour in the evening, and everything went off to the, sa tisfaction of the assembled company. In the Marylebone Savings' Bank 14,130 deposit accounts remained open on the 20th of November last, of which no less than 6,819 held balances averaging less than 41. Bs. 10d. each. Upwards of 319,4961. was invested with the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt; this amount has since risen to 327,096/. 3s. 10d., and is rapidly on the advance. Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of the Proprie tors of the Northern and Eastern Railway, was held at the Shoreditch terminus, Mr. W. Marshall, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presiding, supported by Mr. Ward, M.P. for Sheffield ; Mr. Routh ; Mr. Masterintin, banker ; Captain Mangles, R.N. ; Mr. Vizard ;. Mr. Kinnairdi Mr. Mills, deputy-chairman ; Mr. Gilbertson, mayor of Hert ford ; Mr. Levy, and others. The Report announced 'that the traffic in passengers, during the past half-year, had amounted to 38,6841., and for parcels and goods to 5,1821., making a total of 43,767/. ; and being an increase on the cor responding, period of the previous year of 8,0211., or 224 per cent. The Directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 44 per cent. on the share capital of the Company. The Re port., after some discussion, was receive& and adopted, with an amendment substituting a dividend of. 5 per cent. instead of 44. A gratuity of 4,0001. was then voted to the Directors for their past services in the management of the railway; and the vote having been acknowledged, the meeting adjourned., On Thursday evening the officers of the Ist Life Guards' and Grenadier Guards gave an amateur performance at the Windsor Theatre, the proceeds of which, after defraying ne cessary expenses, will be appropiated to the charitable insti-" tutions of the town. The unhappy woman, Dickenson, who murdered her two children, and afterwards attempted self-destruction, is suffi ciently recovered to be removed to Newgate, and is to be re moved there as soon as the Grand Jury is discharged, so as to allow her time to gain strength to meet her trial at the next session. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, FEB. 9.:—Wind, moderate, westerly breezes, and fine. DEAL, FEB. B.—Wind W.N.W. fresh.—Arrd. Crocus, Rio Janeiro. Put back, Woodhouse, for St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. B.—Wind W.N.W., blowing hard.—Acrd. Paragon, London, for Barbadoes ; Alliance, do., for Cape Coast Castle. Off, Helena, Leavitt, Sing a p ore , an d C ape of ood Hope. OFF DOVER, FEB. B.—Ganges, Gibson, Mauritius. BRISTOL, FEB. B.—Acrd. Anna, Jones, Demerara, with loss of boats, &c. CARDIFF, FEB. 7.—Sld. Anna Louisa, New York. BODE, FEB. B.—The Velocity, from Llanelly, in coming into the harbour got ashore inside the breakwater, and it is expected she has injured her bottom. • DARTMOUTH, FEB. 7.—The Lady Alice Lamhton, Ilosken, from Shields to Constantinople, which put in here 3d inst., is discharging her cargo to repair. YARMOUTH, FEB. 7.—The Catherine, Williams, fitm London to Lerwick, put in here yesterday leaky, and is discharging her cargo. LIVERPOOL, FEB. B.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Paragon, Coleman, Calcutta; Mahaica, Junup, and Standard, Fawcett, Deme rara (29th Dec.) ; Robert Lyers, Atkins, Porto Cabello ; Maracaibo ; Victory, White, and Yarmouth, New Orleans ; Good will, Davis, Mobile ; Washington, Wilkie, and Rosalama, Buckley, Savannah. Off, Laurence, —. The flats, Seaforth, of Pres ton, and Eagle, of Fleetwood, are ashore near Formby. BOULOGNE, FEB. 7.—A boat, marked Jane of Sunderland on her stern, and J. S. on her bow, painted black, with a varnish streak, has been picked up and landed here. CoNirraNwirmpLE, JAN. 17.—The Greek schooner Penelope, and the Russian brig Peddocrata, are wrecked in the. Dardanelles. It Is reported that the port of Odessa is frozen up. Reports are also cur rent of several losses having occtured in the Black Sea. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. We have had but few arrivals of English Wheat up to our market this week, while the show of samples of that article was small. All kinds met a steady sale at fully the prices of Monday. The trade with Foreign Wheat was firm, at pre vious rates. There was a good display of Barley samples: Superfine malting qualities sold freely ; other kinds slowly, at late currencies. fhe Malt trade was comparatively steady, at full prices. All other kinds of Grain were quite as dear. ARRIVALS. Barley. . Oats. Flour 6,390 qrs. 4,330 qrs. 1 8,950 sacks. 380 1,470 I Wheat. English I 9,010 qrs. Irish Foreign Malt, 5,250 qrs. SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts was but moderate as to numbers, and for the most part of middling and inferior quality. For all kinds of beef, hors Ever, the demand was in a very depressed state, and Monday's prices were with difficulty supported. There was a very small number of sheep in the pens, owing to which the mutton trade was active at very f u l l rates , and tt which a clearance was readily effected. Calves were in full average supply and heavy demand, at a depression of from 2d to quite 4d per 81bs. In pigs little was doing at our quotations. Milch cows moved off slowly at from 161 to 191 ss-each. Per Slbs, to sink the offal. • s. d. to 3.441 I. d. to s. d. inferior Beasts.... 2 8 2.10 ( Inferior 5heep......... 210 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 ( Second quality ditto... 3 2 3 6 Prime large Oxen 4 6 3 8 ; Coarsv-woolled ditto.. 3 8 4 0 prime Scots. &c 3 10 4 0; Southdown Wether 4 2 4 6 . Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 6/ Large Hogs ...« ...... 3 0 9 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 4 10: Small Porkers ...... 3 8 . 4 0 Suckling Calves, each 18 0 28 0 1 Quarter old Pigs, eachl6 0 21 0 _ . __ SUPPLY AT MARKET. Be I 638 asts. Sheep. f Calves. 1 Pigs 2,600 I 164 280 NEVXGATE AND LEADENNALL. Prime qualities of meat sold freely, other kinds slowly at the following prices : At per stone, by the Carcase a. d. to s. d.l s. d. to s. d Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 e -- middling ........ 2 6 28 1 middling 2lO 3 3 -- prime large ...... 210 S (4 prime 3 4 3 8 prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large 2 S 2 6 Veal .. ...... ........ ....... 3 6 4 -8 1 —small 3 4 4 0 BOROUGH HOP 'HAMLET. The supply of new Hops continuing unusually small, and most of the large brewers being short of stock, the demand for such is active, at very full prices ; indeed, in some instances, Weald of Kents, in pockets, have commanded 2s per cwt more money. In old Hops a good business is doing, at the late improvement in their currencies. The rates paid for new Hops were as under :—Weald of Kent, pockets, 6/ 4s to 6l 14s ; Mid Kent ditto, 6/ 12s to 9/ lOs ; East Kent ditto, 61 15s to 9l; Choice ditto, 10/ to 11/ Ils ; Sussex ditto, 6/ to 6/ 12s ; Farnhams, 8/ 15s to 11l 15s ; Mid Kent, bags, 6/ 124 to 8/ 10,:. C OLONX.I3 to. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation has been very firm. The quantity on show has not been large. The sales belie amounted to about 2,000 hhds, and in many instances at the advanced rates of 6d per cwt. Refined has been very firm, and also rather dearer ; Standard Lumps about ,766 Bengal.—The public sales have been very limitcd, viz. about 1,675 bags, which sold at 62s to 68s for mid to fine strong grainy yellow, at 70s 6d for fine white, and at 56s 6d to 57s for brown. Madras-497 bags realised 54s to 61s for good brown' to fine yellow. Mauritius.—A fair private businese has been doing at steady rates, but there have ..been no public sales. Foreign.—The market has been very quieb.fot these descriptions. COFFEE.—British Plantation sorts have not attracted nAllell attention. In Ceylon, there has been a moderate business. doing, 1,700 bags only partly 'sold, good ordinary Pak at 65s'to 665, and Plantation as high as 100 a. In Mocha,,47s -4iiks went mostly. at 465, and 57s to 77s 'for low to good cleaned garbled. The transactions in Foreign have 'com prised 511 'bags_ Company's Java, which were takenkin at 48s to 525, for good and fine yellow, and 54 packages African 'ltt-64.s . per cwt. • SricEsi-823 bags Black Pepper, partly gold at 3d to'3Ad per lb. Rum.,-The market is steady for this article, but the busi ness doing is not extensive. RICE.-738 bags Madras sold at 8s 6d to 9s for low white' COTTON.—There has been rather a large business doing in this article, ay . ' privately between 7,000 and 8,000 bales have been disposed of at id per lb. advance. At auction, howeve, r ' 2,000 bales Surat, and 800 bales Madras, were bought in' though at full rates. 200 bales American sold at sid to 5s in bond. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 41s per cwt. on the spot; and 42s for the last three months. ;1 4 • h alto TEA.—The market is steady for this article, with • business for consumtipn.ince the ub sales ices 0 ° ruled much - the same p . The accounts from China state th° 4 9,000,0001bs were afloat, and which will be received her ° from time to time, as arrivals are occurring daily. Tiler! Li' public sales again next Tuesday. .• &lONE 1r AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREN. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was quie te ': but at previous rates, 6,000 bales finding buyers, inclacnne 2,000 on speculation, and the sales comprised 200 Peon; buco at - 64d. to 7d; 100 Bahia, at 64d. to 64d. ; 600 Surety 30. to 44d.; and the rest American , at 54d. to 7d. for-tic - leans: Though the Share Market was dot- animated, , !t l business, was done.—Eastern Counties were 104_; Du" - burgh and Glasgow, 594 ; Grand Junction, 228 ; 'Birmior ham, Quarter, 284 ; Manchester and Birmingham; 39 1 Midland Counties, 92 ; Paris and Orleans, 33 ; Ditto -Au Rotten, 32* ; and South Eastern, Scrip, 354. , " wter There are no later accounts of interest from any to-day, the Mauritius advices of the 11th o f /Sovetau being as usual rather barren. Coolie , immigration wa's ceeding, but complaints were made of the Colonial Govern' went not rendering some pecuniary assistance to favour I seeing the large amount of mone y lying idle in the Treasi tt l' and'atistracted from the general circulation. a at The Funds have been t o l era bl e Ste a dy this morning -, 97i for the Account, and at 94 4 for Money. The C° l l, missioners bought 20,0001. Red uce d Th r e e p e r Cents. at 9.. There were two other purchases of importance, but still tiri. market is scarcely so high as it was. The disorganised state; affairs. in Spain has induced a few sales in our own There is an opinion entertained in many quarters that F.Sr.„ tero may be requested to retrace his steps to Madrid 11277; hence; and that something like a liberal reception wol l " h is given to him is not doubted. How France would like a is another question. The h eav y sto c k s ar e firm to-AaY• „ c h value of Exchequer Bill s an d I n di a B on d s re main very ill — . the same as yesterday. Bank Stock is at 193. The Foreign Market was thrown this morning into 0 0 0, t , thing like a panic, on a small scale, by the important int el i l gence of "another revolution having broken out in Soto .since during the last few days, a ll the leading epecTl l 47i 6 have been operating confidently for an advance, urn The ground' of the " great " financial plans that were to brought for Ward. From the quotations of 241) ° 0 ,, for the Active 6; and 334 to 4 for the Three per l' e ,t l „ k; there has been a reaction to-day to - 224 to 23, and 32 i t . Whether the revolt extends or not, it could hardly s e ei ng pected that the effect on the Stock could - be otherwise,o the tickelish position of everything Spanish, and the mo ils voidable and heavy outlay which these constant political br e( ' must inevitably occasion to any Government. It is itt, d o considered by Spaniards in the City, among whom EsPwi r r numbers many friends, that the arrest of the factious beir gresistas is a just retribution against theta for. :4 0 4 conduct towards the late Regent, who, had he rent at the head of affairs, might, ere this, have done e7 t it, thing effectual partially to restore his country's a te Passive Spanish Stock has been 54 to 4, and the Doe' i ts 134 to 4. The tide now, as the glut of money must for e Are way into some channel, turns towards Peruvian, whi° h " h ot been run up to 254 and 26* for time. Mexican Stoc k ", ftel quite so good,-being 344 to 4; but Columbian are suPP I-7 rte d, at 124 to 4. Brazil are 79 to 784. Portuguese Conv i ! hitc tt have been 47 to 474. Belgian Bonds are at 106 ; and v " Two-and-a-Half per Cents, at 554 to 4. the Not a great deal of business has been transacted ltia. to Railway Shares this morning, nor have the prices - vel e . s r , any extent worth special notice. The latest values annexed: — BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE OTLoCA (Front the Official List.) Bank Stock 19214 193 11 95 1 / 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 97 3% per Cent. Reduced Annuities IO3S, ifa New 3% per Cent. Annuities lO2 8 7 1 . 5.11 , Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860 I2A. Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. IF6O India Bonds, 1,000 Ditto under 1,000 Consols for Account • B7O Exchequer Bills, lAd. 154 d. - ' 1,0001. 5001. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOar. Belgian Ponds, Is per Cent lO6 ....1 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Columbian Bonds. i Mexican:Bonds, 1537, 5 per Cent. ....... ..... -----• • _,. Ditto for the Account •34 ' 4 ' -• Ditto Deferred Stock.. ll PertiVian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 251 OA Ditto for the Account ~.... ............ ... 20 25% 6 . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ... 7 6 ,4 Ditto Converted 47 Ditto for the Account Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent Ditto for the Account 23 x2,v Ditto Passive Bonds. Ditto Deferred ......„,... .... . .... ...... .... , 13 N iL Ditto Three _per Cent .............. .....- 4 -- ,- 321 3910 Ditto for the Account .., ............ ................ ..39 3 , 5 Dutch 2% per Cents lot,th!i • Dutch 5 per Cents New Loan 1837, 6 per Cents. ..« PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAXS. . - PAID. Pelt &Magi . ..... Birmingham and Gloucester lOO — ......... ...., . to ' - Ditto New .... Bristol and Exeter 7O 64( ...... is .4A Eastern Counties ' Ditto Extension 133 - 4 „ 11 1,0 t :: : ::: I.: rlis Great Western ......... ...to ...--. Harwich Extension . London and Brighton London and Guildford Junction 5 to ."'" London and South Western ' Ditto Eighths ''' 2% .•••••• i o .;-= Manchester and Leeds Ditto r j Shares 2 9% ..... ' to - Manchester and Birmingham ... 40 . to Northern and Eastern ....... ........ 45 Ditto_ % Shares North Midland - .... 100 ~.. . to Ditto Thirds 2l . 13s. 4d 3 ,4 .... ,to •-• Paris and Orleans •'. to ..." Paris and Rouen Rouen and Havre. 20 l. to 14P 8 14% .. ... .. te ' South Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip York and North Midland Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% ...... 21 .......• ''hare ; 3.I.ANCHESTER STOCK EXCHAIIGE, Frs. 8..--We IIS flee good market to-day and a fair amount of busine ss b 'transacted at the following quotations :—Bolton a na I i de 01; ton, 294 ; Chester and Birkenhead, Half Sbar eg 'i P i Eastern Counties, new registered, 12i ; Edinburgh 11 ;iglis ilk gow, Quarter Shares, 141 ; Manchester and lt,i ll !; c at er ' 391 ; North Union, 98 ex. all. ; Sheffield and ,En'''' 62 ; South Western, One-eighth Shares, 31.95. , . , DilL e l C°‘ Sr. DIARYLETIONE BANK FOR SAVINGS, STREET, CAVENDISR.SQU&RE.—The fourteenth annual .„ope ef „ ing of this institution w a s held on Thursday, the Bth 01 t t he l t o i at the office, No. 75, Welbeck-street, Cavendish- 8 0 110 %e 010, J. H. Spry, D,D., in the chair. It appeared, from a nk Ct?Sof Reports read to the meeting, that the progress of th 0,1 ;455. 1- 0 nites_to be of a very favourable description, no less O ,AP j oice o n deposits having been made in the last year; 14,130 cleiv: h no : Jr remained open on the 20th of November last, of w „, b ,: c e sch• , fog than 8,819 held balances averaging less than 41. 88. go ner' et , wards of 319,496/. was then invested with the Con n° t oe f t ,!o. the Reduction of the National Debt. This amount h 0 4, t0 , cu'' ,loo to 327,096/. 3s. 10d., and is rapidly on the advance: nued evidence thus afforded of the strong and grow l°s o f lire' of of the working classes to provide against the casualties and prove a source of gratification to all reflecting Inind!,!,ante.r • el• be hoped that this provident disposition will have th e is 't j ot ence on the character and conduct of the careful artisan' t he dently has on his comfort; this class of workmen b ein i anea r r to be discharged, whenever establishments are reduced fr° ht of work. st ri te FIRE IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. ojenocl a fire was discovered to have broken out en t i lie dston e ',,usid premises in the occupation of Messrs. Cook, Gi a 01 8 Co., calico printers and Manchester warehouseilili.o'leg se d on the south-side of St. Paul's Church-Y'a ru, ;, st ipte. south entrance to the Cathedral. The wareho use to be the largest of the description in the n iet e rr - o ix T or prising no fewer than ten spacious houses, nali l . n ! c 'tore' ro per Paul's Church-yard and four in Carter -lane, to 01 )- 0 1 . mons. The fire was caused in consequence of 01 , W A.. construction of a common fire-place chimneygenilriti large furnace, used for heating water to Warr" t he co t 1 30 FAIRLY CAUGHT.—Mr. Newton, of thcered tiolibot Jockey public-house, Mansfield, having disc°l4oestlited ale went out of the barrels more quickly tha n `i i ight• the two policemen secreted in the cellar on MehdaYilar cal pole waiting till six in the morning, into the c e an ha servant man (having a companion in attendane, Wh e menced "helping himself " had v, and his friend were secured. The servant with ale into a,. d a joy , Tal so as to fit the cellar door.—Doncaster Ger-„e tte f : vi lana_.,, On this day, in the year 1555, Dr. ' f i r st 0 704 1 lor, vicar of Hadleigh, in Suffolk, one of the __ ge ed, bo England that entertained the Reformation, su-rso there for resisting the establishment of PePta IP( church. moillPS S : 4 10 1 INDISPOSITION OF THE EARL or the tw oor don His Lordship has been much indisposed durinS r.or . at Ail yll.house, from the effects of a cold and fet tle ., his arrived in town on Tuesday from St. LEODUCT, _ w oe win„, 5. ... , ship's sister, Lady Alicia Gordon, has been pas i r ns ico,FA: nw er• DEATH OF SIR JOHN POWER, ° cir John Died, on Saturday last, at Kilfane,in his 76th Te°,o%;-'hi, many Bart., highly esteemed and sincerely rigretto i l der ° nent social and domestic virtues. His rernae" the family vault at Kilfane, on Wednesday m or ni ng aro D , Eg ico BIRTHS. A O f ' the ° Es O ri u , t o h f e a 2 d d ai i l n g s h t. t , er. at York, the lady On the 4th inst., at Cavendish-square, Marjoribanks, jun., Esq., of a Ben- nara nt, On the 4th inst. , the wife of W. D. wife of tjw brook, of a daughter. ci th . n er t : the Fo O rs n yt t h h , e E s s barrister, P o f ar a k d - caruaghcet MARRIED. (1 hone , On the Ist. inst. , a t the Church of St. AlarPo- choral/ afterwards according to the rites of the Catholic seopd Thomas Havers, Esq., of Norwood, Surrey, daughter of Rogers Reding, gag., of Nottingloan'i Regent's-Park. to Ellen' nisce, DIED. A uked..steer' On the sth inst., at his residence, SO. 10, xi-- Bedford -square, Thomas Simpter, Esq., aged 7 3 - __,..,,, PO On the 30th tilt., at Camden Cottages, Cam Addison, musician and composer, aged 79. On the 2d inst., in Paris, Dr. Charles Loudon. 00 , , On the 3d inst. , Mr . James Piggot, jun. of Ficnif„er L 947 On the 4 th inst ., at Bryanston-street, 'the Dowse Young, aged 58. o r , London : Printed andPuilished by 11 MU RDO 1 0 % i s tit/ No. 112, ,at Sun Office, N 0.2, Stoma, County oStrand f Middlesex, The Friday, February 9' 1844' .• 14' twining .11,1 A; LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1844. In the House of Lords, in the absence of the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of a Bill, with the following long title :—" The Actions for Penalties'on Gaming Dis continuance Bill." The object of the Bill is to put a stop to a number of qui tam actions, brought by ruined gamblers, or persons who will not pay their bets, against several gentlemen on the turf, the pe nalties for which, if enforced, would amount to 300,0001. The law has been obsolete for the last fifty years, and the Duke of RICHMOND proposes, not the repeal of the old Act, but some of its enactments, and also an application to the Judges in Chambers, to stop the pending actions, on payment of costs out of the pockets of the parties bringing the actions, and to add a clause, on the third reading, suspending future actions. Lord CAMPBELL concurred in the provisions of the Bill. The Bishop of LONDON and the Bishop of EXETER made brief speeches on the occasion, but we cannot discover their object. The first Bishop could not - see anything bad in betting, provided a man had plenty of money, but he would allow no betting among the poor, because he wished to protect them. Is his Lordship not aware that more rich men than poor men have been ruined by betting, and that the poor have as much right as the rich to do what they like with their own? The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time this day. This was the only busi ness of the evening, and the House adjourned at an early hour. In the Commons, after the presentation of peti tions, Sir H. HARDINGL gave notice that he would bring forward the Army Estimates on Friday, the 16th of February. Mr. LABOUCIIERE gave notice that, on the 22d of the same month, he would bring forward a motion respecting the relations between this country and the Brazils. Mr. WALLACE, on the same evening, will move for a Select• Committee on the criminal law of Scotland. Lord PALMERSTON postponed his motion on the slave trade for a fortnight. Lord ASHLEY then brought forward his motion for an address to the Crown, praying that her MA JESTY will take into her consideration the situation and treatment of the, Ameers of Sinde, and direct their immediate restoration to liberty and the en joyment of their estates. It would be difficult to give an outline of his Lordship's speech. He described the Ameers as aid - lost perfect beings, anxious to co-operate with the British Government, affording a free transit to the British troops on their march to Caubul, and in every respect fulfilling their engagements. Any one acquainted with the history of that country, for the last five years, knows that his Lordship has not read history care fully, or that he has been imposed upon by interested parties, as Mr. RoEsuck afterwards told him. Could any man who knew anything of the question before the House say, as Lud ASHLEY did, that detach ments of our army were marched through their country, not only without opposition, but with their free concurrence and cordial ce-operation ? All writers agree in stating that the Ameers did nothing except on compulsion, and that every obstacle was thrown in the way of the British troops. Mr. ROEBUCK followed; and, according to his notice of motion, ; imputed all the blame, which Lord Asarzx would throw on Lord ELLEx- I • .14 'a` In a few days, In 3 vols. Bvo., CIH A T SWORT'II; OR, THE ROMANCE OF A WEEK.' Edited by R. PLUMER WARD, Egg. Author of" Tremaine," " De Vere," Esc. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street.