The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-15 00:00:00

r~✓ iIYS I -v".. Ilarge 661 - r tut rith tv-of cr COO LIP" tll4 l4% ari l , tll Oll/- 1/ is a m": 'ONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. , Il ers was a spurt of business in the English Stocks, 11114 Consol s i mproved this afternoon to 983. to 1. The L ew Th ree - and-a-Half per Cents. rallied from 102* to • The Three per Cents. of 17.26 were done at 98. . I, i h % Stock for Account was 285 to 285 1 .. . eh . -e Foreign market, on the contrary, did not close '" lt e so good, Spanish Actives leaving off at 25 to 251, w and the Three per Cents. at 35-a to *. Brazil Bonds • t ' r done at 824, and Venezuelan at 40. Dutch Five f'... . Per ,„ - -nts. were 101! t o 102. L e . " l o addition a l t ransact i ons i n R a il way Sh ares h ave , rt n these • Meat . - -Eastern Counties, New, were 4i to 5 ; western Fifths, 7 ; Grand Junction, 131 ; Lan ' ,T alt, r end Carlisle, 2i_; Birmingham, 134 to 135 ; Ditto B e, Quart er , 25i ; Ditto New Thirds, 38. t ; North .d ritish, i ; Northern and Eastern, 124 ; and West Lon irke des Extension, I* to 1 premium. Brighton er 5 ! diecount. T 4 e re (From The Sun o f Last Night.) pst i ci l w a s i good trade demand for cotton at Liverpool ;000 h I. Speculators only took 500 bales; total sales A ee. Railways in g e ner a l were d u ll. ' 140 ete unts have be en rece i ve d f rom S y d ney t o th e 7th o f h: h e ,Tber• In some respects the se are u nf av o ura bl e a g a i n , i wop.. - "a -it does not appear that matters were getttng frsii., The usual return of the operations of the banks, .0110 number, established in New South Wales, ,„,vle thakduring the quarter ending September 30 last, the t'7341.1 liab ilities were 1,009,506/., the cir c ulation of n o te s bei ng •_ p o 1 11 ! arnout of 149,610/. The revenue return had been tted for th e th ree first quarters of 1843, and it appears • zir.4o:lie total f or S y d ney i s 217,787 / . Th e fall i ng off, although 44 e t han-some parties had anticipated, did not quite equal q e ,Zstirnate of the Governor, and so far is satisfactory. The s e - t r decline was in the duties on spirits and tobacco, l e i,,„ °a stock beyond the boundaries, the latter . ep r 'l decidedly a more serious feature than the )r e. 7 1. • For the present year the total revenue :i t Pat down in the budget at 400,000/. The markets for t i ne were very quiet. '-' .... Na 4 Rio de Janeiro mail, per Petrel, furnishes rather -a t ac count of the increase of th e s l ave t ra d e o ff th e Of Brazil ; but at this we are not surprised, havi n g hea r d ii 7 privat e sources correspon di ng statements some time ii e 4 . Th e state of bonci,fide trade at Rio was not flourishing, V e te believe the most money is made there by slaving. Th.leliang.e was firmer at 254. le l e ,:glitee from Buenos Ayres and Monte Video are not ov. ...O t t It pr ivate communications received per Hibernia steam , tai r :_l America, tend to confirm the previous advices ob icu9-4,that the rig in the Cotton-market to sustain prices 44 e re long be put hors de combat. The Southern banks tlis n re ade much larger advances to support the specul a t ion huld /r e had imagined, and the probabilities we re th a t th e y ' 4 44 be very considerable losers, unless the speculators • A Lilt " good men." ' PA„ i 7M. for assenting to the plan of the Chancellor of the cli_uequer, to the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per • 14 1 4 4 : of 1818 was issued yesterday from the Bank of Eng it, but its contents confirm merely the report previously mu d u nder this head, that holders of this especi a l st oc k F a lseat, not dissent, or they will be paid off at par. % t ire, ' continues to be a very marked - degree of quie ' t4 in th e English Stock market, and the fluctua _ is l ire consequently trivial. Prices remain steady. .to 4 fir immediate transfer have realised 984 NI. and for time 984. Exchequer Bills are k 70s. to 725. premium. The New Three-and-a- Ilak ez ' " fie Cents. have been done a shade lower, viz., 1024 to 4. . missioners have purchased Consols at 984. tlis,._ t. ..,, °Panish Bonds are better, on account of the news of r1ti ...4 , ItKof Alicant, and there have been bargains in the toatv e r n ,,uents.at 254 to 4, and in the Three per Cents. at 354 k The South American Securities have been neglected. . II 14.1eg1e,.._ keep ----- ea ll Actives up at 354 to 36, the Deferred being bu t° i. Colombian have rallied a little, viz. •IPF,A to`g„,to I. Portuguese Converted Stock has been ' , ,ciirt f 1,'1 . , • Belgian Bonds have been at 1041 to 4. Dutch , lyt i i i - a-Half per Cents. have been as high as 574, and 1: : , ;lit Ato 58 for Account, but are now rather lower. There '. s d leal of speculation in them. ' littl - 'ailway Shares , are fiat, and generally lower. The l it cabs now going on. ' 114CHILSTE1t STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 13.-There it a • `trlit. business done to-day, but the late pri c e s a r e no t ,!itta, ined, and the market closes rather flat. North thesi:l l ° 5 7 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 444 to i • Man ,, •! 7rlind Leeds, 116 ; She ffi eld and Manchester, 71 ; Do. ;t%., Shares, 8 ; Paris and Rouen, 344 ; South Western •,' ' - ' 4 4 ; North British, 3 ; Manchester Assurance, 104. - CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. tact FLeck ............. - Indian 5t0ck.......... -.- pm. $t e n ,, t • Ref..... ..... Ditto Bonds ........ ...... —.pra t e ,,`,.,nt• Cons. ....... 96% Ditto Old Annuities ... i l eWari",, _ant Red ..... .... Ditto New Annuities... .l eßt i m Per Cent. ........ 1(12% Ex. Bills, 1,0001. !M.. pm. .ies ?et Cent.......r.- Ditto 5001............- Pm enleeionniiities to expire Uitto 5ma11.... ....... .... pm. O et. 184) ........... _ Bank Stock for Acct.... 195)' Consols for Acct.......... 94 India Stock for Acct.... 295 41 altris is . FOREIGN FUNDS. ' k kei t i ah , S per Cent .. ll'ortuguese,sper Cent — ' - gailii i • L' s . o er Cent ...„».«.. "... 104% Ditto New Ditto - t" -•••• Quads . — 7 . .7: 82% Prussian , S pee Cent k 1 4 0: Ayr es s ;WFsa.: . 38 ,Russian, 5 per Cent - ' 1 ,1. ,..Per 'Cen't .. " Ditto,' Metallic — N -1 .'6 per C .a . "*".. 14% Spanish, 5 per Cent ..... 414_1824., !...:,........ Ditto, 3 per Cent SI% iiitillthiTt d o , 6 ;erCent ." . 93 Ditto, Deferred 14% tk a ' n ,„P • er Cent ........... 85) 6 French, 5 per Cent....... —f —c. '' 4 § 5 pft Cent. - Exchange ............... —f —c. 4 p e r Per Cent ......... MX - French, 3 per Cent. —f —c. • .1.11 ! .;. 6. cent, 1637 Dutch, 2}i per Cent. 57% — " l s UPS, 8 per Cent ' 'Ditto, 5 .per Cent ........102 . : • SHARES. t ' a r tte, rn Counties (23 paid) G"tto Registered (816 s Scl paid) ........... ....... .. ~.. i t Western (75 paid) o . l3 itto fritthe (i 2 paid).. ........... - ....... ........ !O , •, . sl'and Junction (100 paid) 231 - ineaatee and Carlisle L 5 paid)...............-- 7 '•, i i l : n to a nd - Brighton (50 paid) ... .............. -. 44§ • : . -..tidon and Birmingham (Stock) New _Quarters c ( a timid) 27% ~• Ina New Thirds (it • ) • - 4 O 4O le" a ...__. r th British _(_2% pai )......- • "'. 3 ' • V: ) .s, l ilern and Eastern (45 paid) 57 % .., , . Zrit in 4 Orleans •(20 paid) • "eat London Thames Extension 1 2 paid) - S , • LLOYDS SHIPPING. ~, ~- - .0) , .b • z e , , Martcn 14.—Wind this day at noon, light southerly Dana drizzling rain. . , •' d, il _MARCH 13.—Wind N N.W. to N.W., squally.- 1.....' r Robert Pe Richardson, Mani ll a. Sid. Sumatra, de ttl 4 ' 7 ~., ~..,_ a net, Willis, Demerara ; Minerva, Nassau. A 1 2 th". o de Schooner; of about 80 tons, was seen to founder ' L'A•thii'!rer'4, about 10 A.M., 11th inst., by the Hinde, arrd. '- The wreck of it vessel of from 350 to 400 • - q4 --- uh, acted, her poop and main deck visible, the en ' Ifte ko ; n v the cuddy on the larboa r d sides-was passed yesterday AV' - ' 9 9 Beachy Head being N.E. by E. half E., (per corn . 14 ten miles, by the Sir Robert Peel, arrd. in the ', MARCH 12.—1 t has blown a very heavy gale 514 ,.,Y and to-d a y . Th e s macks Matilda, Pilot, and Dis ' `,...i t midered at the mouth of the river ; crews saved. . 4 . 4 wila blows a gale with heavy squalls. Arrd. Orient, ~: LIP' b e I .'Ne ll . iv TER, ?lawn 13. Rambler, Calcutta ; John, New . arseib y, l ea k y . -"A'r,...51,-I,R, ,MARCH 13. —Wind N.W. by W.—Acrd. : ar t, 11;s, ; ,_Glifc for London, with cargo shi ft ed. Off—Aim . ' L _tsr";„___ 4 tu'en New South Wales, old. Nov. V. •.,,. - 5'. 11 ,, MARCH 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Martha, h !,,,.... s' f or Trinidad. ..", akrit gln,.. MARCH 13.—Wind N.W., moderate breezes. arsl coPse, Shields, for the Cape of Good Hope ; -...-S oti tket, Rio, aid. Jan. 28th, 30,0001. in gold and on 12. freight. ' Ji b , ' A.Ltacir 13.—Arrd. Canning, Hancock, Ichoboe, ,Y T ' MARCH 12.—Arrd. Belgique, Antwerp for Rio. leor ;Ps MARCH 12.—Arrd. Perseverance, Kertch, for a ff ahnouth, with loss of rudder, bulwarks, &c., out l 's o ,_ 00,7) 1 - It blew a severe gale yesterday from N.N.W. ' , 4o,er Margaret, drove foul of the ship Alexander, Vg ) ° l o , t bowsprit, Ac... Il ktilici. It MARCH 13.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd, Ed .,, `time; Hibernia steamer, Boston, &c. Off, Islam, i el 444441 L 0e cI N III Roar*, MARCH 12.—Arid. Hero of the Nile, lir §, London, leaky. k, I 1 14 2.. MARCH 13.—The Caroline, of and from Li . 4,,,,! Wu - ca, in. attempting Studwell Roads, yester . ot ; 2riven in the Westernmost Island, and went to c°l, _tomato _ and one manssaved; the rest of the crew sup ' viLit L L ue drowned. All last night, and throughout t 0.., .., t k ig -- 07,,,44 gale, with very heavy squalls, but is now - .7.1., littl e , 11 A.M. • '4•Mit 11.—Sld. True Love, and Abraham, Davis' 1. ' s Itißcit 11 —Sld Elizabeth Atkinson, Quebec. ' i ‘ t 11 k ancit ' • • • ' l2.—Put back Miriumclu, for St. John's, tt it *aiit i : 44l l. o : i ek• ' te-t t o 4 , -7 > MAI:oil 11. =The The Active, Blaney, of and from if,ut - ,,`Lua port, is ash — ore a little tothe north of the har llk`"tele_d off next oring tide without much damage. lire sv .., .';',•'. Ma.nafll.—The EClipse, froth Glasgo7 to • t,ukti ii ,_ l4B tugged from the gongh shore 9th inst., . ' Ap t . ak , .K. the harbour and mustto dock to repair. eilA st allAxc,„ IT 11.—Arrd. British Princess, Thompson, ' vi Africa, with guano, for Dundee. I 'riei EAST INDIA SHIPPING. *;2kiti o4.4 Ann, Squire, from New South Wales, off A k `) R„,,,,, sailed Nov. 8, St. Helena, Jan. 27 ; Ram :lß "."Inson, from Bengal, off Dover, sailed Aug. C. ~ h t's. Nov.,St. Helena, Jan. 7 ; British Princess, ~, lit, l'e,from Augra Pequena, off Cork, sailed Jan. ""`" 1- AQue r T e lla, Jan. 29 ; Canning, Hancock, from 4 1 4 ‘ Bristol, sailed Jan. 12, St. Helena, Jan 26. le It t 4 . at Hobart Town.—Joanna, Lovett, Oct. 1, eiZia ; Emerald Isle, ,Curling, 12th ; Forfar , 12th ; Mandarin, Smith, 15th ; Lord . ittiC 4 eY, 15th, a ll from London. Cheviot and t:zitl.. 'whale - , 'Pr TS. • ' €1 ala ~tt Launceston.---Annie, Oct. 9, from the , . .oa f"°' Hope; Mona, Milligan, 19th, from London. . Aot it ttinot_ O ct. ' Sydney, New South Wals.—Fortitude, 4 4 . 0 - .1.14• 'J 11, from Norfolk Island; Louisa, 13th, da: l itae, 4 , 4 Town ; .Gondolier, 15th, from China; , -Is it t . 16thr from Hobart Town ; Emma, from 0 1 4 , 44 ,; Asiatic , from • Hobart Town ; Hyderabad, Ali t , ,p, Pith, ' from London, and sailed 27th to 2tw o ; Mary Lloyd and Hereford, from Liver 11b 24 1 lt' f rom tannceston, Honduras, 19th, Pales 'N. tzieu, 26th—all from London; Christina, 26th, tte' 4 l toO l r b z . t ° ll ; Pocklington, 19th, from _the South i llk i„.,trom Batavia; Vixen, 20th, from Laun `.. 4i t ' 4 0.13j"1y, from the South seas; Sultana, 25th, 04,4, t i l e; . City of Syd ne y, f ro m Bay of Islands ; \ h et : liet .go t k Waterlily and Comet, from Hobart . ttc e , Uth . ~ Nov. 2, from China ; Ratcliffe, sth, from , ' , 6, i s tli: erYthena, from Barrier Island ; Clara, t I , ' oft r London ; Mary, whaler, 6th, from Port \ N l ritrtu res _ fr e Port ` ; Sir ,1 ,_ °lll Bydney.—Triton, Oct. 10, to Hobart r . A % in B t vie to 4 roe, li ft „ „.Ypg and Wanderer, 14th ; Carolina, °ban '''''' inlay Ann, 27th ; Louisa, Nov. 2 c y .1.., t41 ; 27 i t i c lyn• Calypso, Oct. 15 ; William, 22d ; a : h, iii i kh, 1 7 : 1 :Piliull, Nov. 2—all to Launceston. • -- 4 , 43,41 , 4 . ~,, to New Zealand ; Tyrian, 23d, to St 'a Siaee n ' : 1 2 12 ., oraaa Lord, 22d, to Bay of Islands t 4pal l iVts t,-7,'A d cl, to Adelaide and Mauritius ; Fran ktit. t... e ' 24th, alparaiso ; Jean, Clarke, Oct. 19 • Mo '-eili 'm .t' ort p ,? ... Port Philip and London ; Gilmore, VI % • L t 0,.... "UT ; Lord Keane, Nov. 1, to Port livi ' 44 S e.tl t 4, to A P°4 Et•t NVITR —Palemburg Haekstre , i taH, L. " 'Tv,m4,..._lusterdarn, 26th . Jan., -let. 32, ' ion. 21 W., ' EliZ.to isi: ll4 rl arrived on the Texel. Huntcliffe, '•ky7 1 , 13 : 1 ...u t - V t l ?Oona, 29th Feb., off Ca Finisterr pee, }' th e ead gone, stanchions carried away, and ~ k :At 1 , (1 . . ~ il ,.... it age, Cockerel', arrived at Oporto. t t it d:la rtle il . ll3l ti lt 1 .0 114 .,,,t40 4 o f ~FlTeri su ffi cient ground foi the site, ` 4 at G i . 'wt., towards the erection of the new die -Nuiktigii...._sat Malvern, of which the Noble Ear laid -149111 lamt wesk, I sk,,, LITERATURE: WANDERINGS IN SPAIN. 2 Vols. Newby, London, 1844. Mr. Haverty, to wfiom we are indebted for these volumes; was, it appears, for some months last year a wanderer in Spain, and made such good use of his time, that there was scarcely any city, town, or dis trict of consequence that he left unexplored. Of Cordova, so well known in the Moorish annals of the Peninsula, and still more celebrated, perhaps, as being the birth-place of the great captain, Gonsalvo, he gives us a most graphic and eloquent description; and was never • weary of visiting its famous mosque, " the effect of whose inextricable multiplicity of graceful arcades and colonnades," he tells us, " where at every step new vistas of matchless beauty and in terest meet the eye, was that of an edifice called into existence by an enchanter's power rather than by the labour of human hands." In the course of his wan dsrings in the romantic neighbourhood of the Sierra Morena, Mr. Haverty unexpectedly encountered as old travelling companion, an artist, whom he had parted with some years before in Italy ; and this little incident gives him an opportunity of introducing an interesting anecdote respecting another artist, who had been taken prisoner by some bandits while rambling over the Sierra Morena, and only effected his escape by sticking two of the foot-pads with a knife, blowing out the brains of a third, and walking off with the daughter of a fourth, by way of guide: The anec dote is related with remarkable spirit and dramatic skill, but we take for granted that it is a little embellished in its details, for the sake of effect. Arrived in the provice of La Mancha, which no reader of Cervantes can ever think of with out interest, our author was surprised to find how ' extreme was the poverty and wretchedness under which its inhabitants laboured ; "it is the native country," he says, "of nearly all the lame and blind paupers, street-criers, and wandering musicians, who are to be met with in the capital, and in a great part of Spain besides." Of course, while stationary for a time in Madrid, Mr. Haverty did not miss the opportunity of getting a peep at the young Queen ; he was fortunate enough to see her go down in state to open the session of the Cortes, and describes her as being abrupt and petulant in her manners, and resembling her royal father—the blessed Ferdinand, who looked so like an Angola baboon—in a certain coarseness of expression about the mouth and chin, if not in the general outline of her features. Our author's sketches of the Spanish capital, of the scenery in its immediate vicinity, of the man ners and customs of its inhabitants, its public build ings and fine picture galleries—these sketches are hit off with great raciness and felicity of touch ; but in deed throughout his volumes Mr. Haverty exhibits descriptive powers of no common order; and his " Wanderings in Spain " are the most entertaining volumes we have read on this subject since thedays of Inglis. We quote a portion of his sketch of a bull-fight at Madrid :-- " A flourish of drums and trumpets now gives the sigaal for a new change in the performance.' One of the bande rilleros comes forth with a pair of light shafts armed with barbed darts at the ends, and ornamented, as I have already said, with ribands of cut paper. He approaches the bull in the centre of the arena, and while the enraged brute stoops in order to toss his rash tormentor in the air, the intrepid banderillero plants the pair of darts in the bull's neck, just behind the horns. Now the agony of the tortured animal is truly piteous. He tosses his head with rage to get rid of the shafts which cling to him ; but the barbs keep their hold, and he only increases his own torture. Thus another, and still another pair of banderilleros are planted in his bloody mane ; and along each shaft a stream of blood comes trick ling down. The picadores now leave the field, and the chubs make the final effort to harass the bull, until the sig nal is sounded for the last act of the tragedy. " All the interest which the sanguinary exhibition hitherto possessed, was nothing to what was then to come. The ma tador came forth singly from among his companions, holding in one hand a red flag, and in the other a long two-edged sword of the best tempered steel. He approached the bull, concealing for awhile the sword behind his back, and holding the flag forward to provoke the animal to the as sault. •Although wearied with the numerous desperate efforts he had made, his movements were less brisk, the fury of the bull was, nevertheless, at its highest pitch, and he prepared to meet the new enemy with fresh vigour. Recoiling a few paces, and stooping with his head to the earth, he steadily observed the matador, seeming to feel that his deadliest foe was now before him ; while the latter, leaning forward on his left foot, held the sword on a level with his head, having the point bent slightly downward. There was a moment of ter rible suspense. At length the bull lashed forward, but the matador received the charge on his red flag, and, turning on his heel, like Montes, allowed the bull to'pass him. The people were disappointed. Some called him a coward, whilst a few applauded him for the graceful style in which he evaded the charge; and as every one delivered his opinien as loudly as he could, the din of fierce voices was literally deafening. " Again the bull was brought to the attack, and the mata dor awaited him with the same firm and well poised attitude ; the poor brute dashed furiously to the assault, but this time he carried with him the sword plunged up to.the very hilt in his withers, whilst some inches of its point appeared through his chest below. " The vociferations of the people were terrible, but the word barbaro ! was the only one I could distinguish. In fact, the pass was a bad one, for the sword should have gone in another direction, so as not to have appeared on the opposite side. The appearance of the noble animal as he now moved about with the sword through him, and the barbed and bloody shafts dangling about his forehead, was truly harrow ing. The life-torrent, at length, came gushing from his chest, and formed a steaming pool beneath, in which, for a white, he dabbled with his muzzle, for the purpose, perhaps, of quenching his burning thirst with the only liquid he could find—his own heart's blood." THE BATTLE OF LONCARTY. Churton, London, 1844. - • The subject of this poem is the Battle of Loncarty, which, it , appears, took place in Scotland about the end-of the tenth century, when a peasant and his two sons, who chanced to be ploughing in a field near the place of battle, stayed the flight of the Scottish army, just as it was on the point of being destroyed, and thereby saved their country from subjection to the Danish yoke. After stating this anecdote in his preface, the author of the poem before. us goes on to remark, " I saw no reason why this instance of heroic patriotism in ancient Scotland should not have a place in the rolls of fame, as well as the defence of the Pass of Thermopylae by the Greeks, or that of the bridge at Rome. by Horatius Cceles, which, considering • - the - -neglect into which the history it is recorded in has fallen, I saw no way of effecting without a touch of the pencil of poetry." It is highly creditable to the author's sense of patriotism that he should be anxious to give the " Battle of Loncarty a place in the rolls of fame ;" but we fear he has not gone the right way about it, for his poem on this celebrated battle. is likely to have " a place " nowhere bid on its pub lisher's shelves, where, if we mistake not, it is destined to be stationary, until, in due course of time, it is transferred from thence to the trunkmaker's. The " Battle of Loncarty " is, in truth, a very ordinary production; as far as mere versification• goes, it is passable enough ; the sentiments, also, are such as do the author credit ; but the poem is destitute of fresh ness and vigour, and contains not a few descriptive passages which are diffuse and languid, and provoca tive only of slumber. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A case of greater atrocity, or more revolting to every feeling of humanity, than the one disclosed in the report of the trial of the Rev. John Day, ato.Aylesbury, for maliciously maiming some sheep, which appeared in the journals of yesterday, has rarely been brought before the public. It appeared from the evidence, that seven sheep, the property of a neighbour, had strayed upon the grounds of the defendant, and had been impounded by .hini in a stable, and after they had been there for some time he had taken a knife and plunged it into the body of each of the poor animals, inflicting such serious injury that they had to be killed in consequence. If anything were wanting to excite abhorrence of such an act to the utmost, it would be supplied by the fact that the perpetrator of the act is a clergyman, upon whom it is most incumbent to - teach, 14 both precept and example, that every creature which the. Almighty has made ought to be treated with mercy and kindness. . _ The defendant was acquitted by the jury, apparently on the ground that malice against the owner of the sheep was not proved • but I do trust that the public press will not allow him to escape from the punishment of having his conduct held up to universal detestation and abhorrence.—l am, 84c., G. M. March 14, 1844. The lovers of music in Manchester, with their usual spirit, are about to erect a new music hall. At a pre liminary meeting held at tbe Wellington Rooins last week, the sum of 2,1901.' was subscribed as a commencement BALLOONING.—The Journal des Debats states that a curious experiment is about to be made on air balloons, which is likely to excite the curiosity of the public. A bal loon composed of copper is so far completed that it is now ex hibited to the public. This immense globe is formed of sheets of copper, united and soldered. The object proposed by this experiment is to resolve the problem of the employ ment of metals in the construction of balloons. It is ex pected by this experiment to advance the question of aerial navigation. When it shall have been ascertained that solid metallic envelopes may be substituted. for light silk, it is ,considered it will be a step towards the application of loco motives in the shape of balloons. SIR ROBERT AND NICHOLAS.—A few days since Sir Robert Peel dined with the merchants of the Russia Com pany. Praise of the Emperor Nicholas came, as a matter of course, with . the dessert. The buyer s o f hides, hemp, and _tallow, considered Nicholas to be the very pattern of kingly magnanimity, and their potentate, more familiarly known as Nick, would have been equally lauded had he worn the - crown of Muscovy. Praise of Nicholas, the butcher of Po land, the merciless tyrant of the Jews, was the order of the day, and the Prime Minister showed that, in the way of adulation, he could earn his dinner. Speaking of the late visit of the Grand Duke Michael, the bland Sir Robert said— "l do hope that the account which his Imperial Highness will give of us, after twenty.-five years' absence in Russia, will induce a yet more illustrious member of that house—the Emperor of Russia himself—again to visit this country— (Loud cheers)—and to receive from us, within these walls, 'the cordial demonstration we will then offer to his Majesty, _of respect for his personal character, and the elevated station he occupies, and of the desire every Englishman must entertain to cement with him the feelings and sentiments of mutual good understanding." Yes, respect for " the personal cha racter" of the Emperor Nicholas—the ruthless man, whom it is sometimes the best charity to believe mad. Yet Sir Robert Peel would gladden the eyes of Englishmen with a show of the Russian Autocrat. But he will not come--not he, We only wish he would ; then would - we' advise, - out 'of respect " for his personal character,* that he should have a guard of honour, composed of Polish refugees, and an offering from English Jews—a dinner in the Minories.—Punch. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of bu , siness. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1844. THE CITY PRIVILEGES. The following letter from Mr. C. Pearson, the City So. licitor, was read by the Clerk of the Court:— " My Lord and Gentlemen,—l have the honour to certify that I yesterday received a letter from Messrs. Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardiner, the solicitors of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, &c., of which a copy is hereto annexed, containing a subpcena from the Court of Chancery to the Corporation of London, the Town Clerk, and certain parties, relative to the City's right to the soil and bed of the river Thames ; , calling upon them seve rally to appear in the said Court, to answer to a bill filed for the purposes mentioned in Messrs. Pemberton, Crawley, and Gardiner's letter. I have ordered an appearance to be entered for the Corporation, and have bespoke a copy of the bill.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, and gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " CHARLES PEARSON, City Solicitor. " Guildhall, March 14, 1844." (Copy.) " Whitehall-place, March 12, 1844. "Sir,—The Commissioners of Woods, &c., have caused an information to be filed in the Court of Chancery against the Corporation of London, and sundry persons to whom the Corporation have granted licenses to em bank, praying that the rights of her Majesty and of the Corporation respectively in the strand or soil of the River Thames, may be ascertained and declared under the decree of the Court, and we herewith send you a subpoena, and beg the favour of your undertaking to appear for the Corporation of London and their Town clerk. " We are, Sir, yours, &c. " C. Pearson, Esq., "PE MBERTON, City Solicitor. CR A WLEY, GARDINER." Mr. RICHARD LAMBERT .TONES immediately rose and said, that in his opinion the Recorder should be ap plied to for advice as to the steps which the Corporation ought to take under the circumstances. It was important that a conference should be held with her Majesty's Mi nisters on a subject of such moment. The intimation of the proceeding came from an inferior branch of the Administration, and it would be proper, as soon as pos sible, to ascertain from the best source whether it was the intention of the Government to interfere with the vested rights of the body.—(Hear, hear.) The RECORDER admitted that the point to which the communication referred was a very important one. The course, he believed, which it would be advisable to adopt was to refer the matter to a Select Committee, and to enable that Committee, with the assistance of the law officers of the Corporation, to hold a conference with the Ministers of the Crown relative to it.—(Hear.) It appeared to him that the object of the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests was to. ascertain, before the embankment was commenced, the nature of the rights of the case, and of the rights of the Corporation, and not to interfere with the chartered rights of the citizens of Lendon.—(Hear.) The suggestion of the Chairman of the London-bridge Approaches Committee was most fit and wise. Sir P. LAURIE said he agreed in every part of the suggestion except that of applying to the Prime Mi nister on a matter which was undertaken by those in another department of the Administration. Such a course would look like slighting that department ; and he did not see what good could possibly arise out of the offence which would be thus unnecessarily in flicted.—(Hear, hear.) After all the City need not care anything about the soil of the river. Mr. ANDERTON would contend for the rights of the City in every matter, however apparently trivial or insignificant. He did not think a Select Committee so eligible as the Navigation Committee to undertake the task of inquiring into such a subject. In fact any of the Committees already formed would be qualified to act on it. Mr. LAWRENCE was decidedly in favour of a Select Committee. That Committee would probably seek a conference with those who instigated the suit. They would be directed in the course they should pursue by the character of the answer they should receive. If in formation upon the subject were withheld, it might be reasonably , concluded that mischief was intended. • Mr. H. Pnimars observed that the question was very properly called a most important one. It was well known, he said, that a great many privileges had been granied to individuals by the Corporation, on the banks of the Thames, and the Corporation had, he believed a right to the soil as well as to the river itself. The Court however, could not exactly know what the object of the Government was ; when they ascertained what it was they could act accordingly. Mr. R. TAYLOR said he was informed that Mr. Pem berton had been making similar claims all over the king dom, and trying to get hold of every thing, but without the least success in many instances. Mr. R. L. JONES declared it was immaterial to him to what Committee the Court should refer the question, but he was sure that the best mode of proceeding would be by conference with her Majesty's Government.— (Hear, hear.) He could not conceive why the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests should cause a bill to be filed against the Corporation in the Court of Chancery, and he adhered to the opinion he had expressed that the Court should go to the principal Members of her Ma jesty's Government, to know whether they sanctioned such a proceeding upon the part of the Commissioners. He accordingly moved that a Select Committee be ap pointed to confer with the Ministers, &c. Mr. KING said it would be advisable to send to the Commissioners a few of the most intelligent men in the Corporation. Mr. ANDERTON moved- as an amendment that the sub ject be referred to the Navigation Committee. Ultimately Mr. E. L. Jones's motion was adopted by a large majority, and the following Select Committee was appointed to confer with her Majesty's Ministers or any other parties with full powers to act with respect to the communication, and take such measures as they should consider necessary, and report from time to time to the Court : The Lord Mayor, Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman John Johnson, Mr. R. L. Jones, Mr. Deputy Peacock, Mr. John Dixon, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. W. Lawrence, Mr. Burn, and Deputy Hicks. A letter was presented from the Charity called the City Kitchen, signed by Mr. T. Lott, thanking the Court for the liberal donation of 200/, by which the Committee were enabled to render considerable addi tional assistance to the poor.—Ordered to be inserted in the Journals. Sir PETER. LILIIRIE presented a petition from Captain Strannock and William Birch, praying for some remu neration to Captain Mays and crew, of the Charlotte smack, of Antwerp, as a testimonial for their exertions to save the petitioners and seamen on board the Elber feldt steamer, when wrecked easward of the North Fore land, on her passage from Rotterdam, on 23d February last, and for a grant towards the relief of the widows and children of the men unfortunately lost. The petition was, after some discussion, withdrawn, the majority being of opinion that if the Corporation gave rewards or remuneration upon every occasion in which the lives of people saved, their pecuniary means would be soon wholly exhausted. HOLBORN-HILL ACCLIVITY. Mr. R. TAYLOR presented a petition from Mr. Thomas Taylor, architect and surveyor, praying that, until it should be decided whether a viaduct should or should not be erected, to remedy, the acclivity at Holborn-hill, the space should not be built upon. Mr. R. ' Taylor hoped there would be no objection to the application, •particularly as the petitioner's plan was considered to be the best that had been suggested for overcoming the difficulties of Holborn-hill. He moved that the petition be referred to the London Bridge Committee. Mr. R. L. JONES said, if the Court referred the peti tion to the Committee, the consequence would be that a stop would be put to the disposal of the ground, which they were daily letting. It would hold out an idea to the inhabitants, and the public, that a viaduct was about to be built.—(Hear, hear.) Now he was ready to admit that it would be most desirable to have a viaduct, although he by no means admitted that Mr. Taylor's was the project most worthy of adoption. However, it was quite certain that the City had no funds to carry out that object. There was, at present, no likelihood of accomplishing any improvement of the kind ; and as the reception of the petition would have the effect of checking the present labours in the vicinity, the only prudent way of treating the petition would be to let it lie on the table. Mr. W. LAWRENCE said Mr. Taylor's" project WAS certainly the best, but there was no chance of carrying it into execution. Mr. GRESHAM wished to be informed whether there was a prospect that anything at all would be done to remedy the acclivity at Holborn-hill? Mr. HEPPEL begged to be informed whether it was supposed, if all the improvements already proposed by the Chairman of the London-bridge Committee were carried into execution, there would remain any balance with which to accomplish other improvements? • Mr. Jones shook his head, and laughed. Mr. GODSON said it must be most cheering to the in habitants of Farringdon-street to know that there was no chance of the formation of an improvement, which they considered to be of more importance than any that had yet been effected. He hoped the petition would be sent to a Committee for consideration. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Mr. ICING presented a petition from the Fishmongers' Company and Messrs. Jones, for a reference to the Bridge House Estates' Committee, to consider the pro priety of allowing a communication from their wharf to the stairs of London-bridge. He also presented a peti tion from several merchants and bankers for the same object. The prayer, of the petitioners: was refused, but the Committee were directed to check all encroachments on the stairs on the north-west end of London-bridge. A report was brought up, recommending a police -rate for the year. It was agreed to, and the rate was or dered to be made in the usual form.---Adjourned. BRIBERY B,Y LORD DTJEGATINON'S AGMETS, AT DIIRHAM.-Our readers are already aware, that, subsequent to the election of Lord Dungannon for the city of Durham, in April last, after the time for petitioning against his re turn would have expired, according to the old law, his Lord ship's agents, Mr. George Wilkinson and Mr. John Ward, solicitors, of Durham, paid head-money, on the Bth May, to a great number of the freemen who had voted fir his Lord ship. On this being discovered, a petition was presented, under Lord John Russell's Act (which declares head-money paid after an election to be bribery), and Lord Dungannon was unseated on the 14th July. At the recent Durham As sizes, being the earliest at which the indictments could be prepared, arid the evidence collected, separate Bills for bri • bery against Mr. Ward and Mr. Wilkinson were preferred before the grand jury, who found these bills on Wednesday last. We understand that each indictment contains alle gations of three seperate acts. The defendants immediately surrendered, and gave bail to take their trial at the next Durham (summer) Assizes. M_ Guardian. We are happy i n being a bl e t o s t a t e upon au th or it y that there is no foundation for the rumours that have been lately circulated of the intended resignation of the Lord Chancellor, and of the appointment of the Lord Cha nce ll o r of Ireland as his Lordship's successer.—Timett. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, March 14. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo: sack at Five o'Clock. Petitions in favour of protection to agriculture were presented by Lord Prudhoe, from Northumberland ; by Lord Sondes, from a number of places in Kent; and by Lord Brownlow, from Yorkshire. On the motion of Lord COTTENHAM, the Com mittee on the petition presented by the Noble and Learned Lord on a previous night, respecting Dis senters' property, was appointed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 14. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. M. MILNES presented six petitions against the Bradford and Leeds Railway. Mr. WALKER presented similar petitions from the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Wilton, and others. Lord WOR.SLEY presented petitions from York shire in favour of the Commons Inclosure Bill. _ Mr. P. BORTHAVICK presented a petition from certain persons connected with the silk trade, praying that the operation of the Factories Bill might not ex tend to their trade. Mr. ALDAINI presented a petition from Leeds against certain clauses of the Factories Bill. Lord MAHON presented a petition from Hert ford against any further tax being imposed on coal imported into the port of London. Mr. AINSWORTH presented a petition from the cotton-spinners of Bolton, praying for the abolition of the duty on cotton wool. Lord OSSULSTON presented petitions from Northumberland, in favour of protection to agri culture. Mr. HARDY presented a petition from Bradford in favour of a Ten-hours' Bill. AUSTRALIA. Mr. G. HOPE said that his Hon. Friend the Member for Roxburghshire had, last night, moved for certain papers relating to Australia. In moving for those papers, his Hon. Friend had entered into a long state ment respecting the condition of the squatters in South Australia. In the ordinary channels of in formation this statement had been given to the public, but his (Mr. Hope's) reply to it had not. He therefore now rose merely to state that, although the Government did not object to the production of the papers moved for by his Hon. Friend, yet they did not agree with the statement made by the Hon. Gentleman with respect to the-condition of the squat ters in South Australia. . . _ Yv Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from the Potteries, praying for the release of a person confined for sedition. _ _ Lord SANDON presented a petition from Liver pool against the union of the sees of Bangor and St Asaph. NOTICES OF MOTION. Lord PALMERSTON deferred till this clay fort night his motion relative to the treaties between France and England on the subject of the right of search. PENINSULAR ARMY. Col. LEITH HAY gave notice that, on 'Wednes day, the 20th instant, he should move an address to her Majesty, praying the Crown to confer some ho norary badge of distinction on the surviving officers of the Peninsular army. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. M. GIBSON postponed his motion on the deficiency of agricultural statistics, until this day fortnight. MORTMAIN. Lord J. MANNERS gave notice of a motion for a future day on the law of mortmain. CATHOLIC OATH. Mr. VERNON SMITH, owing to the absence from town of several Members, whose assistance he desired to have, postponed his motion for an altera tion of the oath taken by Roman Catholics on enter ing Parliament, and gave notice of his intention to introduce a Bill - the subject soon after Easter. 411 upon _ THE RECENT DUEL. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said that, with the per mission of the House, he begged leave to correct a mistatement which he had been led into the other evening with regard to the late duel between Lieut. Munro and Lieut.-Colonel Fawcett. He stated on that occasion he heard it reported that on the day be tween the provocation and the duel, which was a Friday, Lieut. Munro, or his second, consulted the officers of his regiment. Since then he had received the following letter from Mrs. Munro, R hich he would read to the House : " 51, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, "March 12, 1844. " Sir,—Observing in the Times of to-day a letter from yourself regarding the late melancholy duel, re flecting upon any.advice offered to my most unfor tunate husband from his brother officers, allow me to assure you that not one officer still holding a .com mission in his regiment was consulted on Friday. The truth is this, that one officer of 30 years' stand ing was consulted, likewise a gentleman of much experi ence in those affairs. This gentleman during the day consulted a general officer, and Lieut. Munro con sulted three military friends not in his own regiment, who all were of opinion that there was no other course to be adopted but the one he followed. " I still linger in England to defend my unfortunate husband's case, as far as lies in my power ; and I again beg to assure you that there is not the slightest blame to be attached to any of the officers of the Royal Horse Guards. publishing this letter, in answer to your's of this day, to do justice to the officers of the Blues in this lamentable occurrence, will greatly oblige, " Sir, your obedient Servant, " ELIZA MUNRO. _ _ " W. 0. Stanley, Esq., M.P." GREECE. Mr. B. COCHRANE --- s;iihe rose for the purpose of asking the Government what course they intended to pursue with regard to our future diplomatic re lations with Greece. Before the 15th of September Greece was suffering all the evils incident to petty disputes. The internal administration of the country was enfeebled, and its resources were destroyed. The municipal privileges of the people, which they held so dear, were destroyed, and, at the same time, foreign soldiers and mercenary troops were . employed to perpetuate this state of things. The best friends of Greece, and those who were best acquainted with the country, as the Hon. Member for Bolto n , an ti c ip a ted that this would produce a renewal of those scene s of bltedshed and violence which had f or so l ong a period devastated that country : On the 15th of September the nation rose in a mass, bpt th e y did not commit a single act of bloodsh e d or v i o lence. The -Con stitution was proclaimed, and it was accepted by the representatives of France and England ; the latter' of whom, in , this respect, anticipated the feelings of his Government ; and here the House would pardon him if he paid the tribute of his admiration to that Gallant Officer, who filled the situation of Minister of this country at the Court of Greece. He had received communications from Greece informing him that to the conciliatory policy of Sir E. Lyons, Greece was indebted for many valuable services. In any allusion that might be made to the revolu tion, he should not at all touch upon the revolution which affected the Crown at so recent a joeriod ; but at the same time he should render his meed of praise and approbation to the results of the late elections. The next point to which he should refer briefly, was, that with respect to the communication with Piscatori. In that it was asserted directly that they were most anxious to maintain all the legitimate institu tions of -the empire in their original integrity, The document concluded by exhorting King Otho to -use his influence in a moderate and temperate man ner, or he would be plunged into worse dangers than those he had escaped. (The Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from the dispatch of the Earl of Aberdeen to Sir E. Lyon,) He regretted 'to say that, since that period, the Russian p ar ty h a d use d a ll influence in opposition to the other com bi ne d par ti es . In- pursuance of the object of his motion, he could only state that one of the , articles of the Constitutioni was guaranteed by the State, and he should wish to know how far the Government intended to permit the ratification of that article. It was the 39th ar ticle, which stated, that every successor to the throne of Greece, shall be a member of the Greek Church ; this article was entirely opposed to the treaty of 1832, which placed the succession to the Greek throne in the house of Bavaria, and the next brother of King Otho was a Roman Catholic. If this article should be ratified, it must lead to great difficulties, and a complete subversion of all the objects of the revolution. Another article was the 70th, which gave the King the power of appointing officers of the State for life. There were several minor points, but the succession to the throne, and the settlement of the Civil List, were those to which he desired chiefly to direct ,the atten tion of the Government. By adopting the Constitu tion, the Greeks had placed themsel ves i n t h e posi tion in which they would have been in 1832, if the conditions of the treaty had been fulfilled by the Allied Powers. It was the duty of the two Powers, if they had the interest of Greece at heart, to interfere to prevent the ratification of the articles. He thought it would be most unwise and injudicious in the people of that country, if, with the example o f France and England before their eyes, they wer e n o t satisfied with the same amount of constitutional li berty as was enjoyed by other European countries. The King, having so cordially adopted the Constitu tion, it would be unjust if th e peop l e did not meet him with reliance and good faith. He thought that the course that had been pursued was erroneous, and that other means ought to be taken for the purpose of considering what course would be best calculated to lead to the proper govern ment of Greece. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for correspondence, or extracts of any correspondence, between her Majesty's Government and Sir Edmund Lyons, or the Courts of France and Russia, relating to recent events in Greece. Sir R. PEEL trusted the House would permit the Government to exercise a large discretion with re spect to the part of the correspondence which it should be advisable to produce. The correspondence which he (Sir R. Peel) would produce would rather refer to the general principles which this country, acting in con cert with the Government of France, had advised the National Assembly of Greece to pursue, in lay ing the foundation of their future constitutional government. He thought the House and the Hon. Gentleman would 'admit that those instructions and that advice had been influenced by the purest mo tives, and the sincerest wishes, to establish in Greece a popular representative and constitu tional government, combined, at the same time, with such institutions as should secure the existence of a limited monarchy. He thought that the corres pondence which he should lay before the House would fully prove the truth of his assertion. But he should feel exceedingly unwilling to lay before the House at present any correspondence with regard to the details which were now under consider ation. He thought that the way in which the National Assembly and the constituted authorities had acted up to the present time, showed that they were deserving of public con fidence. He thought that at present it would be very impolitic to enter into a discussion on the subject. —(Hear, hear.) As a proof of the inexpedi ency of entering into these discussions at present, he would . mention one circumstance. If the Hon. Gentleman had asked him, at four o'clock, what was the decision of the Assembly of Greece on the subject of the duration of the term of office of Ministers in that country, he could not have given him any infor mation on the subject, but, after the lapse of a few minute, he was enabled to inform him that accounts had been received from Greece during the course of the present day, with the result of the discussion of that subject in the Greek Assembly. A division had taken place on the question, and the votes had been equal on each side—ninety-eight having voted for the limitation of the time of holding office to ten years, and ninety-eight for office being held during life. h was expected that a division would take place the next day, which would decide the question. The House would therefore see, whilst these great ques tions were under discusssion in the Assembly of Greece, properly and constitutionally constituted, how extremely inconvenient it would be to have these matters discussed in the British House of Commons. He felt assured that the House would agree with him that it would be exceedingly improper to attempt any premature discussion of the subject in that House, lest they should create an unjust and improper pre judice on the subject. Every effort had been made since the commencement of these proceed ings, both by the British and by the French Governments, to give such advice only as it was fitting for them to give, and as it was also fitting for a free nation, like the nation of Greece, to receive. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the loan, he trusted that the Hon. Gentleman would excuse him if he declined giving any answer on the subject at present. Although at one time it might have been considered expedient to insist upon the repay ment of the loan, yet when they considered what had recently taken place, be thought the House would agree with him in opinion that allowances ought to be made for a people who were passing through such a crisis as the people of Greece were passing through at present. He hoped the House would feel assured that every attempt would be made, on the part of the Go vernment, to reconcile the duty which they owed to this country as the guardians of the public purse, with what they felt was due ;to a country placed in such a position as that which Greece now occupied.— (Cheers.) In about ten days he hoped to be able to lay on the table of the House all that portion of the correspondence which he should think it right to produce, and which he trusted would be found suffi cient to satisfy the lion. Member.—(Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON confessed that the answer which the Right Hon. Gentleman had given was more satisfactory, than, judging from the state of the Tieasury Bench when the Hon. Gentleman began his speech, be could have possibly expected.—(A laugh.) He thought the statement of the Right lionourable Baronet, as' !far as it regarded the ttrtion of the Hon. Gentrem . an was entirely satis factou. He was glad that the Right Honour able ;Baronet had consented to present the •pa persi and he thought that the utmost discretion ought. to be allowed to the Government in the selection of those / papers which they might think right to present. Ile'thougllt that the utmost deli cacy ought to be exhibited not to offend the feelings of independent nations.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Bridport istalalluded to what he called the late event in Greece—he would not call it a revolution, because it was the act of the Greek nation, claiming those institutions to which they were by right entitled. Their conduct during that event, in his opinion, reflected the highest honour on the people of Greece.—(Cheers.) Per sons had said that the Greeks had been so many centuries under slavery and oppression, that they were not yet fitted for a constitutional form of government. The event had proved how undeserving they were of that opinion.—(Cheers.) He believed that all nations were fitted for constitutional go vernment—(Cheers)—and if there were any nations not fitted for it, the ,only way to fit them for it was to give them constitutions—(Loud cheers)—for if they were to wait until the enemies of popular constitu tions pronounced that the people were fitted to receive them, he feared they would have to wait along time.—(Cheers and laughter.) Nothing could be more honourable to the Greek nation than the mode in , which they had brought about the establishment of their Constitution—(Cheers)—and the conduct of the King of Greece during this trying state -of ' things had been infinitely honourable to him. Now, the repugnance which he had evinced to the granting of a pop u l ar C ons tit u ti on , m i g ht h ave ren dered it probab:e that he would have endeavoured to have escaped from the necessity of submitting to that Constitution which had been forced upon him ; but he had throughout acted with the utmost sincerity and good faith, in a manner which reflected on him the highest honour. He agreed with the Right Honourable Baronet that there ' ought to be the utmost discretion exercised by the Governments of France and England in any advice which they might think it right to offer to the Greek nation at the present time.—(Loud cheers.) Although he admitted that they had a right to advise, yet the utmost for bearance ought to be shown in the exercise of that right.—(Cheers.) He agreed with the Honour able Member for Bridport that the attention of those Governments ought to be directed to that article in the Greek Constitution which provided that the Sovereign should be of the Greek religion. If the succession should fail in the line of King Otho, the Crown would descend to Leopold and his descendants, who would be Catholics. This regulation would he in compatible therefore with the rights of the succession. He trusted he should not be told that this incompati bility, might be got over by the adoption of the Greek religion by the successor to the throne of Greece, who might be a Catholic. He trusted that neither England, nor France, nor the Greek people, would expect that a person brought up in one particular . profession should change it merely to step into a foreign throne. He thought it would be in consistent with the treaties by which the succession to the throne of Greece was regulated if that article of the Constitution should be ratified. But there was another objection to this article, collateral and consti tutional ; for if all the branches of the House of BA . - varia should fail, and if that article should remain in force, where would the Greeks have to go to find a successor to the throne ? They would be driven to the Royal Family of Prussia, one of the three: par ties to the conference by which the independence of Greece was established, and it was a fundamental condition of that alliance that neither one of the three Royal Families should give a successor to the throne of that country. It was their intention to make Greece independent of these three Powers ; therefore it was another objection to this article of the Constitution that it would drive the Greeks to choose a successor from the Imperial family of one of the contracting parties to the treaty. He trusted the Governments of England and France would use the influence they were entitled to exercise to obtain a modification of this article. He was delighted to hear the tes timony that had been borne by the Hon. Member for Bridport to the conduct of that distinguished officer and diplomatist, Sir Edmund Lyons. Through out all the transactions in which he had been en- gaged in Greece,. his conduct had been equally honourable to himself and advantageous to the coun try. They had appointed him under peculiar respon sibilities. Though he was distinguished as an able officer, he had never before been engaged in diplomacy, and he was glad that the result had justified their judgment. He was glad that the Right Hon. Baronet had agreed to give the papers moved for. He thought that the Hon. Member would exer cise a•sound discretion in leaving it to the Government to make such a fair selection as they should consider might be done without detriment to the interests of the public service. Sir R. PEEL trusted that the House would not draw any inference from his silence on particular points of the Greek Constitution. The religion of the successor to the throne of that country was a point that had not escaped the attention of the Govern ment. It had occupied its full consideration, but he believed the Noble Lord would concur with him in considering it to be unwise to enter upon the discussion of that question at present. The Noble Lord took some credit to himself, and justly so, for the appointment of Sir Edmund Lyons. He hoped he would admit that the Government - were entitled to some credit for having retained in office the person appointed by their predecessors, and re- posed in him that full and entire confidence to which he was entitled. It was an honour to the profession to which he belonged that he should discharge his du ties with such discretion, fidelity, and ability. Sir H. DOUGLAS concurred entirely in some of the views thrown out by the Noble Lord, the Member for Tiverton, and especially in reference to the main spring of the revolution in Greece. It was not a revolution in the ordinary -sense of the word. It was one of those military pronun ciamentos of which they had seen so many of late. He begged to remind the House that the great object of the Greek revolution was the full and entire separation, spiritual and temporal, of the Greek Church from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. By the first article of the protocol which he held in his hand, it was provided that the Greek Church should recognise no spiritual head but our Saviour, Jesus Christ; and he thought that the Noble Lord must be well aware of the serious inconveniences that had arisen in the lonian Islands for want of this separation. When the late Government were in power, the connection with the Patriarchate of Con stantinople impeded many contemplated acts of im provement; and at length the Greeks became so im patient of dictation from that quarter, that he was obliged to order the British Ambassador positively to insist that the separation should take place. All the struggles of Greece would be unavailing, all her blood had been shed for nothing, if she was still to continue in spiritual subjection to the Patriarchate of - Constantinople. The Noble Lord had truly stated upon what family the election was likely to fall if the monarchy became elective. These were the great objects for which the Greek people were struggling, and with which the people of Europe; and the whole civilised world would sympa thise and agree with them. Sir R. H. INGLIS thought that the proposition of the Noble Lord would come under the term of what might be denominated ultra-liberal. He thought th• conduct of Sir Edmund Lypns was quite free from the slightest imputation of blame, and that no appointment had ever been made by the Noble Lord which was so unobjectionable as that one. In his opinion, that gentleman was entitled to repre sent England and its interests, not only on account of his uniting the high character of an English gentleman with that of an eminent officer, The Noble Lord had said that the three protective Powers were entitled to claim a Constitution for Greece. More than that, the King himself had ten years ago promised to give a Constitution, and it was by virtue of that pledge he continued to govern that tine and glorious country. He believed that a grosser system of tyranny was exercised in that country during those ten years, than in any other country in Europe for a century. He would not stop to inquire whether what had happened on the 15th September was worthy of the name of a revolution ; but it was of such a. nature as to recommend anything even bear ing that name to him. He should not go along with his Gallant Friend in saying that it was a military movement. He believed the revolution was prepared by the scarcely endurable despotism of the King— (Hear, hear)—and that the soldiers shared, but did not lead, the feeling of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Sir H. DOUGLAS explained. Mr. B. COCHRANE replied. The motion was then agreed to. THE PORTE. Mr. M. MILNES, in rising, according to notice, " to call the attention of the House to the present state of criminal jurisdiction over British subjects within the dominions of the Porte," said he must found his justification for bringing forward his mo tion on the enormous practical importance of the question. He knew how very few Members took any interest in what were called foreign affairs, proceed ing from circumstances on which he would not then dilate ; and when to these circumstances was added the one that there was no representative of the foreign department of the Government in that House, and that any one wishing to bring forward such a motion could not do so without great trouble to the Right H. Baronet at the head of the Government (Sir Robert Peel), he should not have felt himself authorised in his present course were not his object one of great acknowledged importance. The inhabitants of Malta were an industrious popu lation, and so were the inhabitants of the lonian Islands; and could it be expected that they would not do all in their power to obtain the regeneration they looked for ? He traced the treaties that had been made between eastern countries and the nations of Europe, from the time of Charlemagne to the days of Henry IV. of France, showing that the jurisdiction over delinquents was exclusively vested in the Consuls of the nation to which the culprit belonged. Having obtained these stipulations from the Porte, ought they not to have submitted them to some competent autho rities of their own. He was astonished that nei- ther the Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston) nor any other person in office, had proposed a remedy for these evils. He begged to remind the House of the case of a Dutchwoman who was killed by a Burmese in Malta. In that case there was no means of adjudication except by sending the prisoners to England for trial, and he was informed that all the expenses of the witnesses were paid, and that they received two dollars a day as compensation for their loss of time.—(Hear, hear.) In another case an injury had been inflicted by an Englishman upon a Turkish subject. Although, ac cording to the letter of the capitulation, that prisoner might be given up to be judged by the Ottoman Porte, the practice was completely the other way. He was sure the Government would say they directed their attention to the subject immediately after they came into office, and that they passed the Foreign Jurisdiction Bill. He thought the Government might establish a Court in Malta for the trial of those offences, as one was established in Trieste. The subject had continually been brought before the Government at one time or another—they had acknowledged the evil, but took no means to remedy it. He now hoped they would show a determination to correct so great an abuse, and with this view he begged to move an address to the Crown in accord ance with the words of his motion.—(Hear.) Mr. HOPE said, as he understood the Hon. Gen- tleman who had :just addressed the House, his com plaint was, that the Bill which had passed last session gave powers to the Government, but they had failed to bring them into sufficient operation. He had re ferred to documents—amongst others to an Order in Council, and certainly Orders in Council were no thing unless they were made to apply to cases. But this he (Mr. Hope) maintained had been done. Under all the circumstances of the case he thought the Government were not justified in interfering in this matter. Dr. BOWRING thought the authority which might with propriety be exercised in one place, might not he applicable in another, and, therefore, this matter was involved in no ordinary difficulties. In some parts of the East the British Consuls exer cised almost supreme influence over the Sovereigns, whilst in others no grievances could be redressed. He thought that the chief thing which was wanting in this matter was to establish some code which would lay down the great outlines of legislation, and which would give the British Consul certain definite powers. He hoped that such a consular code would be speedily formed, and a good means of work ing it adopted. Sir R. PEEL agreed with the Hon. Member that there were many difficulties surrounding the question of providing a remedy for those evils. One of the chief difficulties would he felt in carrying out the decisions of those tribunals. He felt aware that the spirit of the present age was against the infliction of the punishment of death, except in cases when it was required as an example against great crimes, and such was also the feeling of the present Government. He thought this measure might have a tendency to lessen in the eyes of foreign nations that estimation of the principle which above all others was most prized by England, that any person accused of a crime should have every means of defending himself. Her Majesty's Government had considered this matter deeply, and were sensible of the evils which at present prevailed, and when such a code as would be likely to remedy them could be established as one fit to be adopted by this great country, both the Hon. Member for Pon tefractand Hon. Members opposite might depend upon it no time would be lost in its application. Lord PALMERSTON said if a satisfactory ar rangement had been made with respect to this matter, it was not because . it had not occupied the serious attention of her Majesty's late:Government. With re spect to what the Right Hon. Baronet had said on the subject of capital punishments, he (Lord Palmerston) acknowledged that it was a subject which was in volved in great difficulties, because it would be almost impossible sometimes to establish that form of trial upon the spot, which would be satisfactory, or which would convey an impression of fairness to all parties, because the criminal would be, in many cases, de prived of the advantages of hearing riva nice evidence and of cross-examining the several witnesses. He felt bound to admit that the Government had taken the right course, and that they had adopted the most satisfactory and judicious mode of arrangement that was possible, when all the circumstances were considered. He was glad the subject bad been brought before the House, and he hoped that no delay would take place, but that that circumspect course would be adopted, which should be suited to the magnitude of the subject, and that they would be able to snake some more satisfactory arrangements.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. MILNES said this was a matter which re quired to be considered-with the most serious attention. He did not think it was at all necessary to have a Consul at home. Austria had not one at home nor, be believed, Russia. Let them follow the French system. The Ri g ht H on . B arone t at t h e h ea d o f t h e Government, had satisfactorily explained the cause of the delay of the Consular returns, and he would not further detain the House, but sit down, thanking them for the kindness with which they heard him. After a few words from Sir R. PEEL the motion was withdrawn. DUELLING. Mr. TURNER then rose to move a resolution , " That duelling is immoral in its tendency, that it brings into contempt the laws of the country, is contrary to Divine command, and ought to b e abo lished." The Hon. Gentleman said he regretted very much that after the declaration that had been made in her Majesty's speech the Government had not tal en some step, or introduced some measur e , to put down this disgraceful p rac ti ce . A Bill had been brought into that House in the year 1713, after the duel between Lord Hamilton and Lord Mohun, and in which both lost their lives, in order to suppress duelling, but that Bill did not pas . s a se cond reading. He thought the practice of duelling should be as rigidly discountenanced among civilians as in the army. It was not so difficult to make the law understood, and if once understood it would be followed. He had in vain searched in many works of eminence, and in every statute, for any countenance to duelling—whenever it was practised it was men tioned in condemnation. The Hon. Member for Salford said a few nights ago that duelling had been created by public opinion, and by public opinion it would be suppressed. But why should the evil be allowed to remain so long unremedieel ? If the pre sent Government brought in a Bill for its suppression, brief in its nature and peremptory in its provisions, duelling would at once cease, and the Right. Hon. Gentleman would have conferred a great benefit on the country. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted the observations of Paley, who stated that duelling was murder, and should be dealt with as such. No man had a right to take away the life of another, except by public authority and for the public good. Some years ago Colonel Thomas, of the Guards, was shot in a duel, and in his pocket after his death was found a document, written the very evening before the duel, of which the following was an extract :—" J am mo rally and religiously oppo=ed to duelling.- It does not prove that one is a gentleman, nor that he is brave, nor does it afford satisfaction for an insult. Almost any man has physical courage enough to fight a duel, but few, alas, may have courage enough to stem the tide of public acorn." Few there were, indeed, said the Hon. Gentleman, that would attempt to face public scorn. In a church-yard, near the village of Chard, in Dorsotshire, an officer was buried, who had fought for his country in eighteen -engage ments and died in a duel. Ile was glad to say, and the country would be glad to learn, that there was a society established for the discountenancing of duelling, consisting of 349 members, 13 of whom were ad mirals, 67 field-officers, 36 captains in the army, 4 lieutenants, 32 captains in the navy, 17 lieutenants in the navy, 30 noblemen, 14 Members of Parliament, and 141 civilians • but he regretted t o say t h ere was but 1 clergyman Of the Church of England a member. Viscount EBRINGTON—That is owing to a particular reason. Mr. TURNER was glad to hear the Noble Lord say so. He was well aware that the authorities that might be brought forward would be of that character that might require more able advocates than himself ; but, in all he had said, he strictly adhered to the facts that had been brought before him.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that it was not difficult to abate the nuisance ; means had been adopted in other countries, which, he believed, would soon put an end to it. In his opinion, the punishment was far too great, and the consequence of that was that juries often gave verdicts which they would not have done, and that many persons were acquitted who were guilty of duelling. He thought that the law ought to be so framed, that parties ought to be pu nished not only for fighting a duel, but for exciting others to do so. He believed that that House would not do its duty until it enacted some law to do away with duelling. He would read them a letter from a constituent of his, who did not n t give him his name, but, if he knew him, he believed him to be as brave an officer as any in her Majesty's navy. He said that he (Mr. Turner) ought to push the government on, if it was sincere in its desire to abolish duelling. They ought to issue a public notice to the army and navy, that any officer taking part in a doe] hereafter, either as principal or second, should be removed from her Majesty'S service, and that no pension should be granted to the widow of any officer losing his life in a duel. Such an order would put an end to this foolish practice. He would say nothing about the pension to Mrs. Fawcett; he decidedly agreed, with regard to it, with the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland. He thought they would be justified in refusing that pension, provided they brought in a law prohibiting the practice. He did hope that some means would be devised, not only with regard to that unfortunate lady, but that some mitigating circumstances with regard to the conduct of Lieut. Munro would be taken into the consideration of the Government. The remarks of the Hon. and Gallant Secretary of War applied only to officers of the army ; but he had from the cor respondent he had before cited received a letter asking why the order should not be applied also to the. navy, and all the civil departments of the Queen's service, including the Privy Council.—(Hear, hear.) 'Who were those who sanctioned this practice with their high example ? They were not officers of the army or navy ; there were names who sanctioned the prac tice not belonging to either. There were many Mi nisters of the Crown who had been parties to duels. He had long thought that the public press ought to ad vocate the abolition of this practice. He held in his hand a rather singular document respecting the public press and this question. It had been said that the practice was fast drawing to a close ; but he found that it was not so. He must go back for his - purpose to the whole reign of George the Third. During that reign there were 172 duels, in which 69 persons were killed, the whole number of peisons punished were two, who were executed. The state' of the law was actu ally a premium on the practice ; its severity pre vented it from being put in force. They tried for the crime, but they never convicted f or it. It had been stated that duelling was lessening in frequency. During the last twenty years there had been on an average more duels than during the reign of George lll.—(The Hon. Member here read a long extract from the Standard, of the year 1858, on the subject of duelling, amid loud cries of " Move, move.") He then alluded to what had been done by Lord Fortescue, when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He issued an order, threatening with dis missal any officer who should give or accept a chal lenge, or be directly or indirectly concerned in a duel. It was impossible such a system could be tolerated. This document showed that Earl Fortescue was de termined to shut out from employment any officer who should send or accept any challenge. He thought that some Act might be devised by which comfort might be given both to Mrs. Fawcett and Mrs. Munro. He would, as in a recent instance, pass an Act of Oblivion up to the date o f th e l a t e duel. He would give Mrs. Fawcett a pension as an act of grace, not as one of right, and he would then pass an Act which would render the punishment for duelling more certain and more expeditious. He had every hope that such an Act might be devised, and the Govern ment which would bring such an Act forward would do themselves great honour, as would the House if it passed such an Act. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That duelling *is immoral in its tendency, that it brings into con tempt the laws of the country, is contrary to Divine command, and ought to be abolished." Mr. EIVART said it appeared to him that what they wanted upon this subject was _practice legisla tion. He thought no person would be_ disposed to dispute the general maxims of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. The practice was now uni versally condemned. As far as he could gather from the observations of the Hon. Gentleman he would inflict a punishment, probably transportation, on those who were guilty of duelling, but he would retain capital punishment for those who fought with out seconds. He (Mr. Ewart) was averse to all capital punishment, and least of all ought it to be re tained as a punishment where it appeared that the par ties fought under excitement. Those were more guilty, even in the eye of law, who went out to fight with premeditation, and with seconds. The remedy proposed by the Hon. Gentleman would not come up to the public opinion upon the subject. It was the premeditation which constituted the murder. He believed that the last instance of a person being exe cuted for the slaying of another in a duel, was that of Colonel Campbell, which occurred in 1808. H e thought that a punishment might be devised to put an end to the practice of duelling without having re course to capital punishment. The state of the law fluctuated between two extremes, that of a possibility of an execution by the law against murder, and that of the parties escaping with total impunity though guilty of a premeditated attempt to take away life.— (Hear, hear.) He thought that there was a resting place between the two extremes, and that a punish ment varying between an imprisonment for two years and transportation for fourteen years, according to the discretion of the judge, would be adequate to sup press the practice of duelling. At all events he thought that some punishment short of capital punish ment might be devised. He would propose that the Right Hon. Gentleman, or some other Member of the Government, should give them that practical informa tion on the subject, without which it - would be im- possible for them to take any practical steps in legis tion. Mr. COWPER said he proposed to consider the subject in a practical point of view. The two Hon. Members who spoke on this subject seemed only to consider what the Legislature could do to suppress the practice of duelling by means of punishment. Now he could not help thinking that the continuance of the absurd practice of duelling was to be attributed to the deficiency of the law. The practice originated in barbarous times, when persons, being ignorant of the rules of evidence, had recourse to it under the be lief that a supernatural agency would intervene to % I