The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-16 00:00:00

EV r kr \ r (4r FDTTEON ,:dual uttered a single word in its favour. near.) He hat known legislative measures of the e essi ble importance entirely defeated, solely and ex --her, on the ground of their being impolitic or im er ricarnres—aot from a distrust of the Government—bue enese ;nest had been supported by a certain Member.— ( lisar. ) V;e-s it not fair, then, to infer from the character of 1 the moo.; promineut partisan io Ireland (Eirl Roden ) the natui e I and the tendency of the motion which he had brought forward? --( Hear. hear. ) it was that, in fact, made all the difference Letween a motion for inquiry and a vote of censure.—(Hear, it certainly was open to the Members of either ?eel:au:tent to move a vott) of censure on the Govern- But it was not fair, when such a motion had been I grieved, to turn round and. say, " Oh, there is no offence, no , ;reediest in the world."—( Loud cheers.) The question at issee was of vital importance to the interests of Ireland. He ( the Chaneellor of the Exchequer) could not help observing, I that it was rather singular that this motion in the House of Lords, for a substantial vote o f censure on the Government po i hey respecting Ireland, shouldhave been deferred till Lord Nor- I manby had left the government of that part. of the empire. 1 It was not until the Marquis of Normanb y had been re p laced I by L o n' Ebrington, that any menti on of a p ractical censure I upon the former had been made in the other House. On the 1 benches opposite there were three Gallant Colonels, who I were in the habit of annnally entertaining the House upon ques tions of Trieh policy, yet they never brought forward a motion in this instance. The Right Hon. Bart. asked why did not 1 they insert the words " legislative policy," as well as " execu- I tive policy," in their motion, if they thought, as they said, that 1 the eeneral administration of her Majesty's Govornment was involved in this quet tion. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) iwould at once give the reason ; her Majesty's Ministers were re- I sponsible for their executive policy, because they had the power k of doino as they thought right ; but as for their legis- I latlee Policy they were only responsible for those measures they propounded to that House : they did the best they could to tarry those measures ; but he would base it understood, that if frein pat iv differences, or want of unanimity between the two Houses, they could not carry out those measures, they were not resnonsible for the law of the land. —(Cheers.) The Right linitiourahle Gentleman said he objected to the resolution as vague and uncertain. " Did they mean to include the Governments of Lords Wellesley, Grey, and even I his (Sir Robert Peel's) Administration ?" He (the Char.- cellor of the Exchequer) would rely that the Ministers were .I here clefeteding themselves on the issue set forth by the House $ of Lords—the house of Lords had, according to his construe :lea of the resolution, charged the present Government with . beMig the cause of the crimes that had rendered life and pro perty insecure in Ireland since 1835. It was enough for him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to argue there was nothing to justify that inference. True, the Right Honourable 1 Baronet asked them to extend the motion further back, arid Wee an able tactician, as he always proved himself to be, it) his speech, and in his amendment endeavoured to make ieends with every possible party in the House, in order to '.g - ee with such extension ; but he (the Chancellor of the Ex t ) seeine that that mode would be exceedingly pleasant , eble, to the Right Heii.Bart., ielt it hisparticalar duty ~ .—(Laughter and cheers.) The Right Honour ..-:et said that if they did not extend their motion they e euld be guity of desertion and ingratitude to Lords Welles- I lee end Cray, but he denied that, for as those Noble Lords were ti it attacked, they were not bound to argue their case. The Rigid lies'. Bart. accused them of rushing into col rsion with tin! if ruse of Lords, and at the same time he said that the Lords did net mean to censure the Government during four rase; that being the case then, he (the Chancellor of Exche r) ',eh:l - titled that the. House of Commons, in exempt- Vitiisl ere from a censure, did not rush into with the Lo . ds, for there being n 3 opposition, .u 1 to the Hon. Baronet , there could be no collision -1 thinefore, the collision existed only in the terrified imagination 1 of the Right Hon. Gentleman. As for the phrase " a prima I flick case of censure," used by his N oble Friend, and which I had l'een It id such: hold off by the lion. Baronet, he begged to say that that- phrase was a quotation, having been used by a Neble and Learned Lord in the other House.—( Hear, hear.) The Ilieht Honourable Gentleman again had said that the Noble Lied celled up, n the House to decide without evidence ; now he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) could furnish evi dence to show that the House should not receive, as facts, all the rehires of crimes that had been laid before them—the ne ceetity of this caution would be partly explained by a single fact. Under the former state of the law the Clerks of the 1 Peace and Crown in Ireland were paid not by salaries, but by I fees, under the 49;11 of George 111., which specified a certain I foe tier every criminal indicted and tried for murder or felony, I or any other crime, and then, in order to augment their fees, tie. t 04.3 employed their ingenuity in multiplying, iof went in every variety of way. Under this system lie (ate Chancellor of the Exchequer) had known the same men to have been indicted for murder, next indicted for a con spiracy to murder, next indicted for attacking a house, next in dieted for a burglary at common law, next indicted for White boy offences, next indicted for a conspiracy to take arms, next indicted for being aimed at night, and next indicted for wear ing a degger against the Whiteboy Act.—(Laughter.) New this man was made by the Clerks to plead to a variety of indict menu, fur every one of which they were paid a sep-_ rate fee, and upon the return of which the same man wae represented to be so many different offenders. Those returns were not entirely to be depended upon, as they we , a !Fawn up very ioesely. As an instance of that he recollected a ease sellich occurred while he was a Grand Juror : a man had been indicted feet murder, and the very first witness that was called was the very man who was supposed to have bees xnuniered.—(Laughter. ) A true bill was found egeinst the man for manslaughter, and in that ease there were two re: urns made, one of the murder and ano ther of the manslaughter.—( Hear, hear.) With reference to the proceedings of Lord Normanby relative to the exercise of the prerostative of mercy, it must always be borne in mind, that in the gash in Ireland the parish clergyman was made the in spector of priori's, and he had generally eound the returns they nettle were most to be depended upon. Looking at the I convictions in 1632 and 1838, no person could doubt the improved condition of Ireland ; between those years both the convictions and committals had greatly decreased. No person coold doubt that during the last four years, the laws had been muter more effectually administered .in Ireland, than they had Ibeen in revious years, and yet the House of Lords had come ; to the cieeirion that during that period, life and: pro lo tv had become insecure. Now, as a proof that Ireland was in a more tranquil state than she had been for years he need only advert to the difference 1 in the military employed in that country in the year 1807 and • at the present time. In 1807 the military force in Ireland ex -1 seeded 40,000, in 1833 it exceeded 23,000, in 1836 17,000, i end at the present time it was not more than 15,347; therefore there was a great reduction in the military strength of Ireland. He would appeal to a military Gentleman . opposite as to the present state of Ireland, and what it was in former times. In many of th , most important districts in Ireland ) crime had been almost put an end to. He could recollect the i time when, in Limerick, parties were 4.bliged to be escorted by t tine plies or the military. He could remember the period ! when the King's Judges could not go the circuit without being troteeted by a strong body of armed men ; and in the same 1 county, during the last two years, he had seen but one single I offender in centedy, aced he was impsisoned for the crime of I being drunk on a Sunday.—( Hear. ) If such was the case i l'" eet: 1 11 he conscientiously acquiesce in the vote of the [louse of Lords, which directly assumed that life and property ! hiss! been insecure for the last four years, and that it had been I rendered so by the acts of the present Government. One word i with reieeet to the prerogative of mercy—the Right Hon. I Gen. km n had touched rather lightly upon that subject—he had stated that he had objected to the remission of sentences ; without coesultation of the Judges. Now with respect to that hi- irould advert to an authority that wai higher than the Right lion Gentleman himself—one who had been a Judge, and watt therefore competent to speak upon the question. In thee discussion that had taken place upon the subject of Lord Norraanhy's exercise of the prerogative of the crown, he was charged with not having consulted the Judges, before whom the parties were tried. He would show the House that Lord Normanby had authority, and not a very inconsiderable one, for the course he had pursued :—" It was stated to me that I had tries! prisoners who were capitally convicted.—l had revised all the eircumstances of their cases, without discovering a single reeson why their sentences should be commuted, and I repre sented to the Government that I could not recommend them to mercy. Nevertheless mercy has been more than once ex tended to them, and I verily believe upon faie and just principles." Such was the statement made by Lord Loughborough when lie was Lord Chancellor, and from which it appeared that men were pardoned. or had their sentences commuted, when he re cornet against it, and that this hail not only been done, but rightly and properly done.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman bad told them the principles upon which he meant to act, and he must say that he (the Chancellor of the Exche- ) titer), differed in very little from the Right Honourable Gen tleman. For instance, he had a great dislike to Orange Asso- 1 e , !a_tions, and there was an identity of principle on that point, These opinions must have been as binding upon the Right Hon. Gentleman in 1d34, as at the present moment ; and if he entertained th em he should have eschewed all eennexion vrifh members of the Orange Association. If he recollected , however, the Ri g ht H on . G en tl eman , the T r easurer o f the Ordnance, et as a member of that Association. Although he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) believed him to be an ex :remote' harmless, good-natured, and inoffensive personage, and one who was by no means likely to blow up an Administration. —(Rear, and a laugh.) He knew not whether the Noble Rid (Iladdington) had a leaning that way, but no sooner was he in Ireland than an Orange flag was seen waving over him.—(Hear, and cries of "Oh !") The Right Hon. Gen tleman might declare that be would forswear the connection, but he wauld find it much easier to make that declaration than to carry it into effect. The Right lion. Gentleman com plained that her Majesty's Government had not removed the Lefil Lieutenant of Cavan, in consequence of a speech which he had made spun a late occasion. That speech be understood was capable of explanation, but it was a speech of which he disapproved and dissented from as entirely as the Right Hon. Gentleman himself could do. Rut he asked was there no other speech made by another Lord Lieutenant ? Sit). PEEL—But a distinction ought to be drawn between grea:x: tufr.t. che abl-; C(J i lCCl:3'iili 1 . see flioni. Ti.e. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was contended that lie ought to have been removed from the household; but suppose they had done so, and kept them at the head of the Magistracy, would it not be said that. this man was too bad to be retained in her Majes' y's household ?—and yet he VC-1-6 left at the head of the Magistracy. Such would have been the charge brought against them if Lord Headfort had been removed from her Majesty's household. Hon. Members would recollect the case of Lord Oxmantown, and no act would have been better received by the popular party in Ireland than his removal from the Lord Lieutenantcy. The Government, ' however, felt that these Noblemen had duties to perform, and ' that they could not be sufficiently discharged if they did not re spect their independence. They had acted upon the same principle when the Tory party had removed the venerable Earl Fitzwilliam on account of h's political opinions, andthey held that it was disgraceful to any Government to require such political sub serviency on the part of Lords Lieutenant of counties. The same principle which might be applied to Lord Headfort's case would also hold good in the case of Lord Oxmentown. It ought to be remembered that the discussion in the House of Lords should not be considered alone hut as in con nection with theproeeedings of Ireland. It should be recollected what had been stated at the meeting of the Magistrates in Tipperary, immediately after the atrocious murder of Lord Norbury, They had relented a moment, when public opinion in that neighbourhood or elsewhere spoke loudly in condemnation of the person who had committed that hor rible crime, and instead of raising the popular sympathy in favour of the protection of the criminal they had chosen that moment for an- attack upon the whole people of Ireland, l so as to raise party animosity ; he said this with sorrow, I but he must say that there never was any feeling which doizeonitrated the absence of impartiality. In seizing the Irorfnelity of the murder of Lord Norbury, atrocious and Ho r t n ible as that offence was, to enable any party in either Ireland, the raise a try of general conspiracy among the people of ____ . I, the Right Hon. Gentleman hail stated as an argu ment, what he (the Chencellor of the Exchequer) hoped had dropped • unintentionally. He had :feted, as a reason for the appointment of i'l Committee, l ' ti .at body hadbeen 5 that one of their know by what role t h h a . rbarously murdered ; i,a did not e would govern itseif je) !rich a case, but he hoped they Route the case of the humblest individual in pursue the same rule in if the th o is realm, and not make anv distinction of rank or quality anded their int prrn=ition. But could now and then raur f l en e ce e h d2 treounted for ? i ounty Ile-recollected two cases which had occurred i l l: the county of Limerick —he meant the murder ofl4. Ti v o n sk e the murder of Mr. loss n. Mr. Hoskins had been land agent n to g andtie late Lord Coertenay. While Lord Devon hadheld the manage- mcnt of the Irish estates, the tenantries were in a state of im provement, contentment, and tranquillity. A change took place in the management, and other persons came who disre garded the contracts, and refused to perform the promises made to the peasantry, and the result was one of the most inhuman mur ders that had been committed—worse than that of Lord Norbury, because it was perpetrated with the intention of wreaking ven geance on the father for the murder of his infant son. Mr. Bowen was a Police Magistrate, was the victim of a regular conspiracy, five or six men hired from a distant part of the country had waylaid him, shot him, and left him dead on the road, 'leaving 5001., which he had with him in his porstnanteau un touched, thus showing that revenge not plu nder wastheir object. What was the cause of this ? When Mr. Bowen first came into the county, there were no Orange Lodges, but he brought a set of policemen with him, who were all Orangemen. They insti tuted an Orange Lodge unto the utter dismay of the people of the county, and on the that of July they perambulated the county, decorated with orange lillies, this murder occurred during the Government of gentlemen opposite ; and it had never been brought as a vote of censure against that Government; the Opposition did not deal with that Government as they themselves had been dealt with, they had not held the Right Hon. Gentleman responsible for every murder committed, or for the disorganization of every parish, and it was reserved for the party spirit of the present day to resort to such means of annoying political opponents. Having thus endeavoured to answer the statements of the Hon. Gen tleman, he would ask the House to support this motion, not for the sake of the Government, let them move a vote of want of eonfidenee in the Government to-morrow, but if the present Ministry went out of office, let them at least bequeath, as a legacy to their successors, the necessity of pursuing a liberal policy towards Ireland. He knew it had been said that they sought to entrap the House of Commons into a vote of general confidence. They did no such thing, the vote was a vote of approval of their Irish policy, and went no farther, and would be made no other use of, but they did not shrink from the discussion of a vote of want of confidence, if such a motion were brought forward they would not abandon any 'one principle which had guided the Government for the purpose of conciliating any opponent. But in sittting down he would describe the position in which the country would be placed, not in language of his own, nor in that of a political friend, but in the language of a political partisan of gentlemen opposite, who gave early proof of his great genius. Mr. Croker, in de scribing the state of Ireland, says that it should not be for gotten that the Irish Parliamentary factions had survived the Irish Parliament, and disturbed the Imperial Legislature by brandishing Ireland against every Minister of the day, and he cemplained not more of the neglect of the Administration, than of the hollow professions and hypocrisies of that Adminis tration, and he would put it to the Right Hon. Gent. opposite, whether,as Mr. Croker had stated, this question had not been made a weapon of party warfare, instead of looking to the improve ment of Ireland—( Opposition cheers)—he wished those cheers had been heard in the House of Lords when the motion was brought forward and he hoped that the Members of this House would have the spirit to defend themselves, and to protect the berties of their constituencies. Mr. E. TENNENT moved the adjournment of the debate 11 to-morrow. The House adjourned at Half-past Twelve. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning Chronicle of this day observes, in the 1 course of a leading article on last night's debate in the , House of Commons—" From the opening speeches on both sides, it is obvious that the Tories will reap no laurels from their present aggressive movement. Lord J. Russtll showed that he knew how to improve the advantage which his opponents had given him, by choosing Ireland as their battle ground. His speech was altogether one of the best he ever made ; while, on the other hand, Sir Robert Peel's was a lumbering, disjointed effort which betrayed a con sciousness on the part of the speaker that he was supporting a bad and a hopeless cause. The gins tiln that has been raised, and in which we have taken a decided part, whether the Government could long maintain its ground against the Tories, without assuming a more popular complexion, has evidently been of the greatest service to Ministers. We were carried back last night-in imagination to the period when Lord J. Russell denounced the evils of the nomination system, and roused throughout the country the enthusiasm which enabled Mi nisters to carry the Reform Bill. His speech was able and uncompromising, and every now and-then obscrvatior.s fell from him from which important inferences may be drawn. In short, it has been proved in this, as in many other cases, that the best friends are not always those who shrink from telling them unpalatable truths. The glimpses of great theories afforded by Lord J. Russell gave us great satisfaction. We hail them as auspicious to the cause of Reform." In another leading article our Contemporary re marks as follows :—" The amendment, or rather the ad dition, proposed by the lion. Member for Finsbury to Lord J. Russell's motion, has this peculiar recommendation, that it is absolutely essential to the efficiency of the original proposition. Those who support the motion, yet oppose the addition, will thereby nullify their own votes." The Times contains a summary of last night's debate in the House of Commons, wherein, speaking of Lord J. Russell's speech, our Contemporary says—" Be had ob viously been bestowing considerable pains on it; but he seemed to be oppressed with the hopelessness of bis cause, and fought with the air of a man who felt his life to be in his enemy's hands." In another article, on the subject of Ireland and the Ministerial policy pursued in that country, the Times makes these observations :—" The vi hole stand of the Government having been destroyed in the House of Lords by the explosion of its grounds from under it, the Ministers hit upon the device of call ing upon the other House to make their position good again. Every word of what had been said in the Lords is now to be unsaid in the Commons; the resolution at the tail of which the Whig gentlemen are to be dragged through the dirt, being, not that there is this, that, or the other palliation for the non-administra tion of the law by this Government ; but that under, and by means of, this Government the law has, in fact, been effectually administered. The resolution is either a quibble . . . . intended to catch votes by a meaning which its iuthors dare not enunciate in express terms: or it is an absolute untruth, averring in the House of Commons a state of cir cumstances which in the House of Lords has been confes sedly dispersed." The Morning Post, alluding to last night's debate in the Commons, says :—" Lord John Russell was tame, querulous, and sombre. He spoke like a man who felt that he stood upon losing ground. Sir Robert Peel was calm, argumentative, energetic, and convincing, but very cau tiously abstained from any tone of triumph, et any indica tion of eagerness to possess himself of official power. The most important part of Lord John Russell's speech, as a matter cf news, was the conclusion of it, in which he ad. verted to the p oposed amendment of M. T. Duncombe, and the probable standing or falling of the present Govern ment. It is not very distinct, and seems indeed to indicate at once an apprehension of falling, and a determination to stand." The Morning Herald comments in the following strain on Lord John Russell's speech in the House of Commons last night :—" The Noble Lord felt that he was on his trial before the country—charged with the most discredit able off•nces, and provided with no means of effective de fence. His manner was confused ; his tones were tremu lous ; his speech was worthy of his manner. It proved to he the most rambling and inconclusive effusion that was ever, perhaps, addressed to the House of Commons by a Ministerial leader placed in a position of great interest and difficulty. Vast as is the superiority to all his opponents which Sir Robert Peel invariably displays in debate, never perhaps did he more triumphantly than last night vindicate his unquestionable intellectual supremacy in the House, of Common'." The Morning Advertiter makes the following remarks on Lord John Russell's speech :—" A more masterly performance the House of Commons has rarely or ex cr wit nessed. Calm in expression, pregnant with facts, skilful in argumentation, and manly in be.aring, few speeches have ever been delivered in the House of Commons which can be compared with it on any of these points. With regard to the speech of Sir Robert Peel , the l ess we sa y for his fame, as the leader of his party, the better." IRELAND. DUBLIN, APRIL 13. ADDRESSES TO THE LORI) LIEUTENANT. This day his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant was pleased to receive addresses from the following places:—Belfast, St. Mark's, St. Anne's, Carrick-on-Suir, St. Thomas's, St. Peter's, Rathmines. To these several addresses, his Excellency was pleased to answer, in a most dignified and emphatic manner. In deed, the demeanour and quiet earnestness of the Lord Lieutenant made an impression upon the several deputa tions, which, we think, will not speedily be forgotten by those who had the advantage of being present, this day, at the Castle. We shall insert the greater part of these ad dresses and replies in our next publication.—Dublin Even ing Post. THE GREAT AGGREGATE MEETING. We have had many popular movements in Ireland—but we have had also many divisions amonst us—amongst even those who, in the main principle, were thoroughly agreed. The present movement is distinguished from all previous public manifestations, inasmuch as it is headed by the most distinguished historical names in Ireland—by Leinster, by Charlemont—inasmuch as the resident nobility, having a great stake in the land—Headfort, Listowel, Cloncurry, Miltown, ",:Southwell : by the gentry, Villiers Stuart, Ross of Rosstrevor, and we were: going to add Fortescue of Louth, who, though not present, we have reason to believe, entirely approved of the objects of the meeting. But why should we make selections of names—it is quite enough to refer to those appended to the requisition— amply sufficient to refer to the report of the speeches, which we had neither time nor room to insert in our journal of Saturday. These will satisfy the public that the movement has been general—that the Four Provinces, and particularly the North, were represented at the meet ing—that it is not only the people whose sentiments were expressed, but that utterance was given to the public feel ing by the natural leaders of the people. The truth is, and it cannot be disputed, that there is now a complete, and, from a natural instinct of common danger, we are satisfied there must be a lasting union amongst all the Liberals of Ireland. This is our strength—this is the rock against which the Tory surges may beat, and will be broken. —Aid. THE CRISIS—MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. All Ireland is in motion, and thc Reformers, from one extremity of the land to the other, are exhibiting their giant strength, and proclaiming their solemn determination never to submit to the revival of Orange domination. The Tories—if they•should ever return to power—can maintain the semblance of gvernment in Ireland by martial law alone. Like the Russians. in Circassia, their ;authority will be ac knowledged in their garrisons and fortified palaces ; but the goodwill or the affections of the Irish people they never can obtain. The Kilkenny County Meeting was held on Thursday. It was convened by the High Sheriff, Mr. St. George. The chair was filled by the Vice-Lieutenant, Mr. W. FownesTighe._ The City of Limerick assembled yesterday, Sir Richard Bourka, Bart., presiding. The Town of Drogheda Meeting was held on Sunday, James Gcrnon, Esq., of Atbcarne, presiding. The Ca tholic Primate, Most Reverend Dr. Crolly, was in at tendance. -T-he County of Galway auemblcs on Tuesday. Th e requisition is signed by Lord French, by the County Mem- bers, the Catholic Archbishop, three Catholic Bishops, a great number of Deputy Lieutenants and Magistrates. The Requisition for Mayo, in our columns Oil evening, contains nearly cue thousand names, including the Mar quis of Sligo, Lieutenant of the County, and 36 Deputy Lieutenants and Magistrates. The Roscommon Requisition for a county meeting on Thursday, is signed. by many of the great proprietors, in cluding Mr. Kelly, of Cargins, and a considerable num ber of Magistrates. The Sheriff, to whom respect for his office required that an application should be made, having refused to convene the county, the Magistrates per formed that agreeable duty. The County of Meath has been convened for Tuesday. The requisitionists include the great proprietors, and a host of Deputy Lieutenants and Magistrates. Here too the Tory Sheriff resisted the call made upon him, and the Nobility and Gentry, and Magistracy, convened the county. —lbid. feel that no public reparation having been made for this outrage against every feeling of delicacy, of justice, and of honour, I should be wanting in every impulse which ought to actuate and guide a brother, if 1 did not take the last means now left in my power of showing that it is not from the numerous chffieulties which have been thrown in the way of finding out the slanderers of my sister that her family have been prevented f ore bringing them to justice, and holding them up to the contempt and in dignation of the world, but from the manner in which they have been screened by the Court (and whilst I use the word Court I will net allow my loyalty to be ques tioned—such a supposition would ill apply to one who bears my name). I impute nothing to the Sovereign, but the misfortune of being betrayed by that baneful influence which now surrounds the throne; and it is to clear that Court of these slanderers , and to place this infamous trans action in its true light, that I now address you as the re sponsible Minister of the Crown. My Lord, you have stated that the removal of these persons would be unpre cedented. Need I say that their conduct has been unpre. cedented, and is. calculated, in the highest degree, to throw disgrace and discredit on the Court. A near relative of mine having, from a kind feeling of the painful position in - which all my family have been placed by the gar bled statements which appeared in the public prints, pnblished unknown to every one of its members an au• thentic statement of facts, 1 feel convinced that the think ing part of the community will n o l onger re q u i r e fr o m the wounded feelings of a brother a repetition of those disgusting proceedings. I once more urge upon you, my Lord, that course which you say is withoue precedent ; the occasion will justify you in making one. fly sister is daily sub jected to the bitterness that reults from the presence of those who have so basely slandered her. I should instantly have relieved her from this had I not known that by so doing I should give fresh opportunity for calumniating her, and act ungratefully to her illustrious and generous mis tress, the Duchess of Kent, whose noble conduct will ever be gratefully remembered by my family, and duly ap preciated and respected by every well-thinking person within this realm. HASTINGS. SPANISH DEFERRED DEBT. The SPANISH COMMISSIONERS are instructed by the Government to acquaint the Holders of the Bonds, that the Drawing of the Second Twelfth of its Amount, agreeably to the conditions of the Contract entered into with Mr. Ardoin, will take place publicly at Madrid. on THURSDAY, 2d Slay. London, April 15, 18:39. IS Majesty the E\-IPERORof AUSTRIA His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis• tributions of Money, which (though they are NO LOT. TERIES, offer a great many posibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES. HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis tributions contain various portions, partly of most considerable amounts. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,5001., and 30,0001. The Distributine. Day being so very near, we are on the eve of a considerable Rise in Price, and NO TIME IS TO BE LOST for those desirous to become Shareholders for this next Distribution. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE WITH THIS SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given of its tival rangements : The Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, wil each be performed once more, viz. : KING LEAR, MACHETE', OTHELLO, HAMLET, CORIOLANUS, lON, THE TWO FOSCARI, WEI,N ER, and VIRGINIUS, THIS EVENING, Aram 16, Will be performed the Tragedy of KING LEAR. After which, THE QUAKER. To-Morrow, Richelieu, with The Marriage of Figare. Donnington Park, April 8, 1839. MY LORD—I am induced thus publicly to address you as Prime Minister of the Cromi, not only from a feeling of duty to my own family, who have been insulted and wronged to the last degree by the late proceedings at Buckingham Palace, but from a sense that public justice and public opinion loudly demand my adopting such a course. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1839. solution does not, enabled him to meet the question o f the collisio❑ of the two Houses frankly and fairly. He did not say, indeed, in plain terms, as in justice he might have said, that the two Houses are al ready actually in collision, not on one, but on many points, and that his resolution, provided it have all the qualities attributed to it by Sir H. PEEL, only involves a fact which is unhappily known to the whole Empire. He said, in fact, that Lord RoDEN had carried a measure in the Lords which the Carli'ts to one of the poin:s of the Spanish coast designated by them, and leave them to joh the troops of Don Carlos. Tiv, Captain of .the Proscrpioe d-tnanded the four Carlists from Metilla, who have taken refuge there, sayinn that they were included in the capitulation; but G:Aier.7l Guepenue refused to give them up. The felucca left on the 231, to return to Metilla. The Mcdrid Gazelle of the 6th of April cont =ins .a circular, dated March 20, and sent by the Minister of Finance to the Intendant of the Provinces of Catalonia, Barcelona, Llerida, Gerona, and Tarragona. This cir cular says that the Spanish Government has not signed or concluded any convention relative to the intruduction of foreign cotton manufactures and other prohibited goods, and thus contradicts the reports that have been circulated of a treaty of commerce with England.—Le Commerce, April 14. his Tarty was afraid to bring forward in the House of Commons, hi cause they knew that they would he defeated. That Sunday Journal which has been most severe in its condemnation of Mi nisters, affirmed in substance, in its last publica tion, that the measures of the LORD ADVOCATE relative to the improvement of the constituencies of Scotland would never receive the sanction of the House of Lords. How does that Journal dare make such an assertion ? Simply because every man and every child knows that the Lords have decidedly set their faces against improvement in the representation of the people, and against every righteous improvement in the laws—the Corn-laws to wit ; and that so far as the House of Com- The correspondence between the British and French Governments relative to the removal of a Mexican pilot from on board her Majesty's packet Express in the gulf of Mexico, was last night laid before Parliament. It consists principally of three letters—one from Lieut. CROKE, the Officer commanding the Express, to Mr. GIFFAnn, the British Consul, giving an account of the outrage ; one of apology, in the name of the KING of the French, from the French Ambassador to Lord PAL MERSTON ; and his Lordship's alisiver expressive of the satisfaction of the Government with the explanation offered. Lieut. CROKE'S account of the affair h6s re peatedly appeared in our columns. The following is a translation of Count SEBASTIANI'S letter to Lord PAL MERSTON, with the ans,ver of the Noble Foreign Secre tary, wluch concludes the correspondence : mons represent the people, and is disposed to do them justice, just so far dues there exist a practical collision between the the two Houses of Parliament. Carrying out that principle, and seeking to extend it in Ireland, by passing a censure )n the policy of the Government, which has hitherto always been supported by the Commons and opposed by the Lords, and thus taking the Executive Government into their hands, the Lords adopted Lord RODEN'S motion, and by adopt ing it affirmed the grounds on which he made It. Thus the collision exists, in fact, and has been wantonly provoked in the particular case, by the House of Lords. It will recommend Lord JOHN RUSSELL to all true and honest Reformers, to find that he does not shirk this question, as imposed on him by his adversaries' amendment, but states boldly—though we must add tardily—that the House of Commons must not shrink from exerting its own privileges and powers, because the Tory Lords, for sooth, would ride rough-shod over Ireland were they put, as Sir R. PEEL recommends, into abeyance. Lord JOHN quoted several precedents in favour of the motion, as affecting the House of Lords, and we earnestly recommend that part of his speech to the attention of our readers. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S lengthened arguments about not placing the two legislative bodies in col lision, while the fact is that they are in are not worth a button. It all amounts to that mock modesty which, ridiculous in private life is contemptible in public affairs, acknowledges some great vice, but prohibits all mention of it. The whole of his arguments on this point are really knocked on, the bead by the fact, and Sir ROBERT should have discussed the question, whether or not it were proper i❑ the House to be wholly silent on a circumstance which concerns the welfare of the community, because it may not be quite consistent with etiquette. Under the mask of' prudery, however, he conceals a strong motive for not acknowledging the collision. Total silence—wholly to overlook the approbation given by the House of Lords to Lord RODEN'S motion— would at once place the Government in the hands of the Lords and the Tories. Though he has said that the chief of the Government must be in the House of Commons though he has declared that the battles of his party must be fought in the Registration Courts; though he has, when it suited his purpose, stickler] for the supremacy of the House of Commons, he is now content to forego those principles, and is even anxious to make the Commons strike their flag to the Lords, in order to recover his former place in the Administration. In our estimation, this poor tool of a desperate party becomes more and more degraded every day ; and his latest act of degradation is his attempt last night to place all the power and privileges of the Commons in abeyance, in order to gain a triumph for the COUNT SEBASTIANI TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. London, Apz it 3:,1839. My Lord,—l am expressly charged by the King, my master, to make known to the British Governmrnt the deili regret which his Majesty feels at the removal which hes taken place of a Mexican pilot from on board the Express packet. When Admiral Baudin unfortunately directed this mea sure he was not aware that the vessel belonged to the British marine. This incident, therefore, was the result of • a mistaae, and in no degree of a want of respect for the English flag. Sincerely deplored by the Government of the King, as well as by the Commander of our squadron, a similar error will not occur again; and the strictest in structions will secure henceforward the most scrupulous and vigilant attention, under similar circumstances. In conveying to the knowledge of your Excellency these explanations, I venture, in the name of my Government, to express to you its confidence that they will appear suf ficient to the British Government ; and that nothing will henceforward disturb the union which we ourselves have so much at heart to maintain unimpaired between the two countries, as well as between the two flags. Accept, my Lord, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. (Signed) SEBASTIANI. VISCOUNT PALNIERSTON 'lO COUNT SEBASTIANI. Foreign- office, April 9, 1839. Monsieur le Comte,—l have the houonr to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's letter of the 3d instant, in which your Excellency informs me that you have been ex pressly charged by the King, your master, to testify to the British Gove. nment the profound regret which him Majesty has felt at the removal which has taken place of a Mexican pilot from on board the Express packet. Your Excellency further informs me that. when Admiral Baudnn unfortunately directed this measure, he was not aware that the vessel belonged to the British marine, and that the measure therefore was the result of mistake only, and not in any way of a want:of respect for the English flag ; that being sincerely deplored by the Goverment of the King, as well as by the Commander of the French squa dron, a similar error will not occur again, and that the strictest instructions will secure henceforward the must scrupulous and vigilant attention under analogous cir cumstances. I have not failed to lay your Excellency's communication before the Queen, my mistress, and I have great satisfac tion in stating to your Excellency, by her Majesty's com mands, that the explanation of this affair on the part of his Majesty the King of the French, as conveyed in your Ex cellency's letter, is entirely satisfactory. I will only add that her Majesty's Government fully par ticipate in the friendly sentiments expressed by your Ex cellency on the part of the Government of France, and that they sincerely trust that nothing may ever arise to im pair the strength of that union which now happily subsists between the two countries.--I have, &c. (Signed) PALMERSTON. Tories. We have neither space nor time to enter into the other parts of either Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S or Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speeches. We shall to morrow resume the subject. Lord JOHN was fol lowed last night by Sir ROBERT, and Sir ROBERT was followed by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT then moved the adjournment of the debate, which will be re sumed this day. We publish a correspondence which has taken place between the Marchioness of HASTINGS and Lord MELBOURNE relative to Lady FLORA HASTINGS. Wet ope that no political object dictates the sending!. his correspondence to the Tory papers for publication ; but if there he we shall doubly pity the poor lady in question, who will thus be made twice a victim. Her honour required, first, a distinct and positive recognition on the part of her calumniators of her innocence. That ob tained, a careful brother would, we think, have certainly withdrawn her from what he must regard as very improper company ; and, when she was withdrawn, he would have endea voured above all things also to withdraw her name from before the public. A maiden's name, which should not be mentioned, is now, however, given as a prize to the public tongue. We think Lord HAST INGS, and with all deference, Lady HASTINGS, most amazingly ill-advised in having allowed Ls.dy FLORA to remain at Court, and i•: having made published attacks on the Court through her. But perhaps the petty pittance her Ladyship receives is to them of mote consequence than honour; and deli cacy is sold for a few hundreds a-year. The starviAg Glasgow hand-loom weavers set the Lords and Ladies of the land a far nobler example. We shall say one word on Lord MELBOURNE'S share of the trinsaction. It has been small, and we know not that it has been in any way improper. Nevertheless, we are bound and we are free to say that we think the time of the head of the Ministry—the political chief, in fact— of this vast empire, might.be, just at this season, better employed than in. mingling with the quar rels of chamber-women, and regulating the ap pointments of the Court. We understand that the LORD ADVOCATE is to be the new Judge on the Scotch Bench. Mr. RUTHER FORD, the present Solicitor-General, supplies his place as Lord-Advocate, and will also come into Parliament for Leith. The talents of Mr. RUTHERFORD are of the first order, and his political principles those of a sincere Reformer. We trust that every Liberal Member of the House of Commons will be in his place this evening, be tween three and four o'clock, on the Wigan Election Petition Ballot. The zealous and disinterested exer tions of the constituency of that borough, no less than the steady course of Mr. Ewatur in the cluse of Reform, call upon every Member of Parli talent to do his duty in attending tits ballot. The crowd of Tories assembled in Parliament against the policy of the Irish Govern ment further especially calls for the fullest attendance of Liberals on the question, whether such a consti tuency as Wigan is or not to be Liberally represented. CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY We have received the whole of the French Journals of Sunday, but they are without any political news of interest. On Saturday,the Chamber of Deputies re jected the return of M. EMILE GIRARDIN, a staunch Nliuisterialist, and a friend of the KING, on the plea that he was not duly qualified as a citizen of France. This decision marks the overwhelming influence of the Opposition, as the rejected candidate had a vote in the Chamber in 1837 in his favour upon this very point, which no person before ever dreamt of disputing. In fact every day but manifests the decline of the Royal influence in whatever form it comes to be tested by a vote of the Chamber. Marshal SouLT had a long interview with the KING on Sunday. It was supposed that he had not altoge ther abandoned the hope of being able to form a Ca binet. The Madrid Journals received are of the 7th inst. General VAN lIALEN had addressed a letter to the Government, stating that he had appeared before Se gura, and that CABRERA had not marched out to en gage him in the open field as he expected. He was making preparations for an attack on the fortress. PARIS, APRIL 14.—The Sentinel& des Pyrenees of the 11th has the following paragraph : " Espartero was on Sunday last at Alcardia, with 14 battalions of infantry, 1,000 cavalry, and 2 batteries. This news is certain." General Ribero is at Logrono with his divisions. The commencement of operations is impatiently' expected. Cabrera continues to make great preparations for the defence of Segura. According to the Phare de Bayonne of the 11th, th• operations against Segura were began on the 6th of this month. A letter from Oran of March 24, give us the follow ing details of the capture of Metilla, which has already been announced by the Madrid Journals : The Spanish felucca Proserpine arrived on the 18th from Melilla, with despatches from the Spanish Consul sent by the commander of the blockade. We learnt by this opportunity that Metilla had capitulated on condition that the ships of the blockadtng squadron should convey OLD COURT. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice IXILLIANIS ) TILE QUEEN V. FOSTER AND OTHERS. NATIONAL CHURCH :STAB• LISHMENTS. , ALARMING FlRE.—Last n i g h t, shortly after e ight o'clock, an alarming fire broke o u t i n a b uilding, situated in the rear of the houses in South -street, Penton ville, used for the manufacture of !tidier matelies The flames raged for some time, and several loud explosions occurred. Engines of the fire brigade soon arrived with firemen, and the fire was got under. The damage is ex tensive, and neither the building nor the contents are insured. The manner iu which this very serious affair has terminated is highly satisfactory. The voluntary apo logy offered by the French Government is the only reparation that France had it in her power to offer, and our Government acted with great prudence in promptly and frankly accepting it. We must not, however, be supposed to acquit Ministers of blame in not having a squadron earlier in the Gulf for the prompt and effi cacious protection of British honour and interests. The presence of a few ships of war would have effectually prevented the insult, whether intentional or otnersiFe, offs red to the Express. Had an English squadron been within gun-shot neither the Gallant Commanders of the Neircide nor the Corvette would have made any such blunder as to mistake a Packet for a merchant vessel. But under the circumstances the King of the FRENCH has behaved very handsomely, and we have every reason to be well satisfied. In conclusion, though the observation may appear harsh, we cannot acquit Lieut. CROKE ot having acted with a coolness bordering on downright pusillanimity in giving up the pilot without some overt ,:ct of resistance. For the honour of the service we trust that there are few commanders in the Navy who would have acted as he reports himself to have done on this occasion. There arc hundreds of British officers who would have fought while they had a plank to stand upon, before allowing such an indignity to be offered to the national flag. It is in the hands of such men we de sire to see our Naval dignity entrusted. Francis John Nick, Us , who was on Friday tried for the commission of an unnatural off,nce and acquitted, was this morning again placed at the Imr on a similar charge, and the trial had not concluded when we went to press. The evidence, of coursP, is tv:fit for publication. Richard Whiting was yesterday afternoon convicted of feloniously and matieiou,ly cutting and wounding Eiizal , eth Whiting, his wife, with intent to murder her, and sentenced to fifteen yours' transportation. There were no cases of public importance tried in the New Court up to the time our Reporter left. Mr. KELLY moved for a rule to show cause why a man damus should not issue directed to certain Justices of the borough of Cambridge, commanding them to issue a dis tress warrant to levy certain poor -rates upon Thomas Parker, the elder.-11a1P grinted. THE QUEEN V. GORE. Mr. HUMPHREY moved LO set aside an award in this case, which was tried befo,c Lord Denman. The indict ment was for a nuisance at the laystall in Puddle Deck, and the arbitrator was directed to state how the laystall should be conducted, and the business carried on in future. He ordered that from and after the Ist of April the defendant should not bring or deposit any animal or vegetable matter, tie., from any place without the City of London, or the liberties thereof. This was in direr• con travention of one of the clauses in the lease, which pro vided that every person should be at liberty to lay anything on the laystall, and if they were prevented from doll.; so the lease would be forfeited.—Rule granted. His Lordship then disposed of a great number of unde fended cases. Dr. WARDLAW delivered his third Lecture on National Church Establishments on Monday, at the Freemasons' Hall. The press of Parliamentary matter compels us to give but a very brief outline of it. The subject of the Lecture was the proving that " all imitation of the ancient Jewish Constitution, in regard to Church Establishments, was impossible - and that if possibl e , i t wou ld not b e warrantable. And the Rcv Doctor, in order to demonstrate this, laid down three positions :—that the Jewish Establish ment, or theocracy, was one which from its very nature could not be imitated ; that in the prophets the New Tes• tarnent dispensation was predicted -as effecting an entire change of system in this respect ; and that under that dis pensation the change actually took place. Dr. Chalmers admitted that he had no authority in the New Testament for Church Establishments, but relied on the Old Testament. Dr. Wardlaw then entered at great length into the Scrip ture argument on this point. ANECDOTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER.—DanieI Webster was a farmer's boy, in the Stale of New Hamp shire, thom his father had to rebuke, for his absent mindedness, so much like a scholar, and scold him to his task in the field. Whereupon Daniel said, " Father, my scythe hangs badly." His father endeavoured to fix it, but still the boy complained that it was not right. " Hang it yourself, then," said the father. Daniel smiled, walked off with an arch look directed to his father, hung his scythe on a tree, and said, " There, father, it hangs to suit me now." And the father sent Daniel to Exeter Academy. and next to Dartmouth University. What Daniel Webster is now the world is sufficiently advised.— A Voice from America to England. _ . CONSTANTINOPLE, MA RC II 20. —Tapir Pacha arrived here on the 14th, on board the Austrian steam-boat Count Kolourat. On the 17th, being the Ist of the month Muharrem (the Turkish new year's day) the usual visits of congratulations were plid to the Porte. The ratiflea l!on of the commercial treaty concluded between the Porte and France were exchanged to-day by Admiral Roussin, the French Ambassador. The health of the capital and environs is good. BRUNSWICK, APRIL 6.—For more than this fortnight past his Serene Highness visits the Theatre, 2s well as his country seat ( Williamsburg), and it is he will shortly set out on a journey to Italy .—Magdeburg Journal. THE LADY FLORA HASTINGS. The following correspondence between the Queen, the Dowager Marchioness of Hastings. and Lord Melbourne, is published in the Morning Post of to-day : TO THE EDITOR ON THE MORNING POST. Stu—Being unable to reach the original calumniators of my daughter, Lady Flora Hastings, and having received no marks of public reparation from her Majesty's respon sible advisers, I consider it due to my personal and family honour to show that I have sought it. lam reluctantly obliged to have recourse to the publication of the following letters. The first letter in this correspondence, addressed to her Majesty, would have been very incorrectly placed here, had it not been for its official answer, and the report which is in circulation that I had been guilty of writing an impro per letter, culled 66 An impertinent letter to the Queen." With whom such an imputation originated (aso2o copy of it has been given beyond my own family), may appear ex traordinary, but it is to me quite immaterial ; not so the re futation of a charge so serious. Some other letters, received from and addressed to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, arc not inserted, although connected with the same dreadful subject, from a wish to withhold, as far as possible, everything that would unnecessarily associate her Royal Highnoss'a name with these occurrences ; except the expression of my unalterable respect and gratitude for her Royal Highness's conduct towards my daughter, and her feeling towards myself. E. HASTINGS and (Mure) LOUDOUN. Loudoun Castle, April 8, 1839. (COPIES.) THE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS, COUNTESS OF LOUDOUN, TO HER MAJESTY. Loudoun Castle, March 7, 1839. Madam,—lt is hardly to be imagined that your Majesty should feel any surprise in receiving the present letter. The anguish of E 1 mother's heart, under circumstances such as mine, can only be understood by a mother. But no one can be at a loss to know that loyalty to your Majesty, and justice to my innocent child, demand from me an explicit reference to your Majesty on the atrocious calumnies and unblushing falsehoods against my daughter's reputation, which the perpetrators have dared to circulate, even in the Palace of the Sove:eign. I have had the honour of remembering your . Majesty in childhood; I am deeply and gratefully attached to your admirable mother ; and I have cherished, in distance, ab sence, bad health, and many sorrows, a deep interest in the real honour and glory of your reign. My husband served his country honourably, and with devoted zeal, and was particularly known to your Royal race ; and my own family, during a long line, have been distinzuished as faithful servants of their Kings. My grandfather lost 11;s life iii the service of his Sovereign. With so many claiims on my feelings of old—although now unfa shionable—aristocracy, it is impossible to suppose me capable of disrespect or want of loyalty towards your Majesty—a feeling, Madam, not less unbecoming towards you than repugnant to what I feel suitable in my self. But, I trust, a sense of morality, is not yet so callous a thing as not to be held in some due respect even in the sight of a thoughtless world, and to justify my appealing directly to your Majesty to refute, by some act, calculated to mark year indignant sense of the slan der which some person or persons have ventured to cast in your Majesty's presence upon my daughter, and betrayed your Majesty to follow up by a course of proceeding, such as was, no doubt, done on their part with a wish to try to degrade the victim of their persecution. It is my duty respectfully to call your Ma jesty's attention to its being not more important for my daughter, than essentially consonant to your Majesty's honour and justice, not to suffer the criminal inventor of such falsehoods to remain witt•out discovery. To a fem'ale Sovereign especially women of all ranks in Britain look, with confidence, for protection, and (notwithstanding the difference of their rank) for sympathy. To such honest feelings of respect (for they take their origin in that), I ought not to suppose your Majesty indifferent—far less can I imagine that, as your Majesty increases in years, you will not feel, Madam, more and more the value of that estimate of your high place, which would make no one doubt your commanding reparation (as far as reparation can be made) for an infamous calumny, as not less incumbent as an act of necessary morality in the case of the public, as it as suredly is to the individual who so severely suffers fro I. such do"amation. This is not a matter that can or will be hushed up, and it is all-important that no time should be lost in calling the culpable to account- With this appeal to your Majesty's upright feelings, I have the honour to be, Madam, your Majesty's dutiful subject and servant, (Signed) F. HASTINGS and (More) LOUDOUN. Loudoun Castle, March 8, 1839. My Lord—l trouble your Lordship tNith the enclosed letter, in order to ensure its immediate and safe delivery., and I have to request yeu will present it yourself to her Majesty.—l have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) F. HASTINGS and (More) LOUDOUN. To Viscount Melbourne, &c. South -street, March 11, 1839, Madam—l have this morning received your Ladyship's letter of 'the Bth instant, together with a letter addressed to the Queeu, which letter I will lose no time in laying before her Majesty; and I remain, Madam, your Lady ship's faithful and obedient servant, (Signed) MELBOURNE. The Marchioness of Hastings, &c. Downing-street, March 12, 1839. Madam—According to your Ladyship's desire, I have delivered to her Majesty your letter of the 7th instant. The allowance which her_Majesty is anxious to make for the natUral feelings of a mother upon such an occasion tended to diminish that surprise which could not be other wise than excited by the tone and substance of your Lady ship's letter. ller Majesty commands me to convey to your Ladyship the expression of her deep concern at the unfortunate cir cum3tances which have recently taken place. Her Ma jesty hastened to seize the first opportunity of testifying to Lady Flora Hastings her conviction of the error of the impression which had prevailed; and her Majesty is still most desirous to do everything in her power to soothe the feelings of Lady Flora and ' her family, which must have been painfully affected by the events which have occurred. 1 have the honour to remain, Madam, your Ladysh;p's obedient and humble servant, (Signed). MELBOURNE. The Marchioness Dowager of Hast in 'l g E s, L a ß e o . &c. URNE Loudoun Castle, March 10, 1839. My Lord—When I observe that no steps are taken to repair, as far as reparation is possible, the indignity offered,. three weeks ago, to my d a ught er , w ithi n th e p rec incts of her ,Majesty's Palace, your Lordship cannot be surprised at receiving this letter from me. I am told that, as the responsible adviser of the Sovereign, your Lordship con siders it as your constitutional right to appoint and to dismiss her Majesty's Household. As it is known to be your Lordship's principle, I address myself to you, on whom the sacred trust and heavy responsibility rest, of marking respect for good order, and punish ing abuse. The nature and the manner of the course pursued in this atrocious conspiracy (for it admits of no other name) were unexampled, and yet Sir James Clark remains her Majesty's Physician. I claim at your hands, my Lord, as a mark of public justice, the removal of Sir James Clark. I am, my Lord, your Lordship's most humble servant, (Signed) F. fIASTINGS and (lure) LOUDOUN. To the Right lion. Lord Viscount Melbourne. South.strect, March 17, 1839, Madam,—Late yesterday evening, the 16th inst., I had the honour of reccivir g your Ladyship's letter of the 10th inst. from Loudoun Castle. I n-ark these dates in order to acquit myself of any delay or neglect in replying to your Ladyship's communication. The demand which your Ladyship's letter makes upon me is so unprecedented and objectionable that even the re. spect due to your Ladyship's sex, rank, family, and cha racter would not justify me in more, if, indeed, it authorises so much, than acknowledging that letter for the sole par: pose of acquainting your Ladyship that I have received it.—l have the honour to remain, Madam, with the highest respect, yonr Ladyship's obedient and humble servant, k Signed) MELBOURNE. The Marchioness Dowager of Hastings, &c. Loudoun Castle, March lb, 1839. My Lord,—Any expression of her Majesty's sorrow for the late occurrences is consolatory to me. If the Queen wishes any explanation of any part of my letter, which, from a dubious expression in your Lordship's I am uncertain ot, I am quite ready to give it. If her Majesty had been thoroughly aware of all the cir cumstances of the case, "the tone and substance" o f my letter could not have excited any surprise. Although a woman, the oath of allegiance, which I have taken to her Majesty, is as dear to me as to any man ; Ad to that, and the true circumstances of the late transactions, I refer your Lordship.—l am, my Lord, your Lordship's most humble servant, (Signed) F. HASTINGS and (Nlure) LOUDOUN. The Right Hon. Lord Visct. Melbourne &c. South-street, March 18, 1839. Madam—l have the honour of acknowledging your La dyship's letter of the 15th instant, which I received yester day morning. I neither had, nor have, it in command to express a wish for any explanation of your Ladyship's letter addressed to her 'Majesty, nor any part of it. I have the honour to remain, Madam, With high respect, Your Ladyship's bumble and obedient servant, ( Signed) MELBOURNE. The Most Noble the Marchioness Dowager of Hastings. TO SUBSCRIBERS. `We must beg the indulgence of some of our readers for being disappointed in receiving their papers at the usual time, in consequence of a sud den and serious accident to our machinery. We Ire happy, however, to state that the difficulty is now overcome, and the publication will go on with its usual regularity. The news-agents are entirely blameless. 4 4 7. 15 f.,„ t • .3f'_ _ _ Zbt LONDON: TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1639. In the House of Lords yesterday, petitions were presented by the Bishop of HEREFORD and the Duke of CLEVELAND, from the Mayor and Corporation of Here ford, from the inhabitants of Stockton-on-Tees, and from Worthington, in favour of Mr. Roweeen HILL'S plan of Penny Postage. We are glad to find the people every. where beginning to stir upon this question. The present rate of postage is so enormously high, as to operate as a check upon commerce, and as a complete preventive of the interchange of kindly feelings among the humbler classes of society. Were an attempt made to explain the com parative high rate at which the conveyance of letters, more than any other commodity, is charged in this country to an inhabitant of China, he would at once con clude that writing was a crime among us, which the Government, unable to eradicate, took this mode of checking. ' The Earl of RODEN presented a number of petitions, praying that soldiers in India might be relieved from at t,indance on Idolatrous worship. We believe that soldiers are only required to assist in maintaining the peace at the religious festivals in India, and therefore their attendance is a civil duty. The same Noble Earl presented petitions against the Government system of Education in Ireland. Earl Da GREY presented a pe'ition from Bedford against the eppointrnent of Catholic and other Chaplains in gaols. Not having heard the prayer of this petition we are unable to state on what grounds the petitioners seek to exclude criminals from the benefit of the Clergy. Lord Peuelion presented thirteen petitions in favour of the Corn-laws. Petitions were also presented by the Earl of ABERDEEN and the Archbishop of CANTER BURY, against any system of education opposed to the prin. ciples of tile Established Church ; and the by Bishop of CHESTER a;ainst the Beer Bill, and infavour of Episco pacy in Canada. After reading the Mutiny Bills a second time, and receiving a Report from the Ecclesias tical Commission for Irel an d , b rought up by Lord DUN CANNON, their Lordships adjourned. The a journed. The business in the Commons commenced ckndand with the P second reading of the Bishop Auckland Weardale Railway Bill. Sir E . Wiestoepresente ' d a petition from the agent of the London, Birmingham, and Manchester Railway Company, co m pl a i n i ng of and denying allegations in petitions presented to that House by Lord LICHFIELD and others, of unnecessary detenti on o f th e snails on these lines. The Hon. Baronet intimated that he would again bring the subject before the House. The Aberdeen Harbour Bill was read a second time. Mr. B. D'ISRAELI and Sir R. DONKIN presented peti tions against the South Eastern Railway Bill. After the presentation of a few other petitions in favour of penny postage, those relating to the real business of the evening—the question of the expediency of continuing to govern Ireland according to the principles of justice, of lenity, of impartiality, and of conciliation, which guided the popular Administration of Lord Normanb , „ began to be poured upon the table. The petitions in favour of the only just and impartial system of Government which Ireland has experienced for upwards of three centuries, were presented by Mr. SOMERS, from parishes in Sligo; b y Mr. G. Epees, from Dublin, Coleraine, and Queen's County ; by Mr. BODKIN, from Galway ; by Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, from Kerry ; by Mr. CURRY, from Armagh ; by Mr. JEPIISON, from Kildare ; by Sir CHARLES STYLE, from Donegal; by Sir \VILLI.saI SOSIERVILLE, from Meath ; by Mr. D. BIROWNE, from Mayo ; by Mr. VIGORS and Mr. ASHTON YATES, from Cerlow ; by Mr. BELLEW, from Devon ;. by Mr. I-1 GRATTAN, from Down, Monaghan, Fermanagh,Armagh, and Dundalk ; by Major 'MACNAMARA, from Clare; and by Mr. POWER, Mr. BARRY, Mr. REDDINGTON, Mr. WALE En, sir. FITZSIMON, Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, Mr. SHEIL, Mr. ROCHE, the O'CONoR DoN, and by Mr. O'CONNELL, from all parts of Ireland. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman who entered the House, literally bent under the weight of the prayers of the Irish people, in favour of the policy adopted by her Majesty's Ministers in that country, had a brush with Mr. LUCAS, whose extreme sensitiveness whenever any allu- S i" is made to the crimes of the Orrange conspirators, is often a subject of merriment in the House. The Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin is, however, not a person to be rashly meddled with, and the rebuke which he admi nistered to Mr. LUCAS, will ring in his ears for a month to come. The petitions got up by the Orange faction were presented by Colonel VERNER, Mr. DUNBAR, Sir ROBERT BATESON, Mr. LYTTON, Mr. BLACKBURN, and Lord STANLEY, most of them merely calling upon the House to come to no resolution abridging, or condemning b y implication, the conduct and jurisdiction of tha House of Lords. While these petitions were in the course of presenta tion, Mr. CRAWFORD complained of a breach of p rivile g e on the part of the Sergeant-at-Arms, who had forcibly prevented himself and two other Members from voting on a division on Friday last. The SPEAKER said that officer acted by his orders, as the Hon. Gentlemen were not in the House when he put the question. After a f ew words from Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. HUMPHERY, Mr. STEUART, Sir R. Noels, and Mr. GODSON, the matter dropped, with an implied understanding that it might b e again brought before the House. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then rose and brought forward the motion of which he had given notice. After a debate which is elsewhere referred to, the subject was adjourned. Lord JorrN RUSSELL brought forward last night his motion for a resolution declaratory of the con tinued confidence of the House of Commons in the policy pursued by the Government as to Ireland of late years. In introducing it, the announced amendment of Sir ROBERT PEEL, referring to the conduct of the House of Lords, which his own re- 14:NENT NO EDITION. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. liis a D A V.) BEATH V. NOLDURY. Mr. JERVIi V.loVed in this case for a rule to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiffs should not be set aside, a 7 - : , !. a new trial had on the ground of the verdict being egamst evidence. It was an action of assunwsit tried before Justice ColerPge. The plaintiffs were silk merchants of London, and the defendants silk throw sters at Maccles field; the broker of the latter purchased a quantity o f silk from the plaintiffs, amounting to 1,600/. The goods were purchased by sample, and forwarded to Macclesfield, where four bales were re-sold by the defendants. The parties to whom they were sold claimed an allowance, on the grou nd that the bulk was inferior to the sample, and an allowance was made them according to the custom of the trade by the defendants. All the bales were found inferior to the sample, and the defendants claimed from the plaintiffs an allowance amounting to 29/. The plairviffs refused to make any aliowat,ce, and brought their action to recover that balance,. After hearing the arguments of Counsel, The Corar was of opinion that there was no g rond or diAurbing the verdict. HARRISON V. ASHBY. The question in this case was, whetter the defendant was jo,tilif.d in seizing for arrears of rent a stocking frame' it b,,ing alleged that the frame was protected by being in ac; nal use. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and tr• BALGUY Dow appoared to ask for a rule to show cause mrhY the verdict should not be set asiie on the ground that the an,e was not " in actual use" at the time of the seizure. Or the trial it was found that the plaintiff had been at work at the frame a short time previously, and bad O,OY gone out on some noecs2ary business, and The COURT, on this ground, refused the rule. THE QUEEN V. THE THAMES AND ISIS NAVIGATION COM' MISSION ERS. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause why a ‘+rit of mandamus should not issue, directed to the defendants, and commanding them to hear and de termine a certain claim for compensatioa made by Lord Boston. The Commissioners had made a sew cut by which a towing path from which Lord Boston derived a revenue of 40 1 per min= was rendered wholly useless, and the defeo' d,nts refused to asses the damages as required by the Act of Incorporation. COURT—Take a rule. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS lAA DEAL, APRIL, 15. —Wind W. S. W. Arrived from t" river and rtmain the Calcutta, Ross, from Sydney; Marl Ann, Moody, Quebec ; Hope, Smith, Shippigan. Ponrssiourn, APRIL 15. —Wind S.W. to S.S. I OC - " - S.iled the Equivalent, Millar, for Quebec. Pt.vsn,t , rn, APRIL s.s.—Wind variable.—Arrive d t :1 Nl,,ry, from Dublin; Thames (steamer), London. Sa :l the Elbe, Robson, for London; Ashburton Goss, ditto. FALMOUTH, APRIL 14 —Wind N. E. to N. LivEnPoot,, APRIL 15.—Wind variable. Arrived the Adventure, from Cadiz ; Four Brothers, Douseke, Da n ! . zic ; Frederick', Brandt, ditto. Sailed the Rapid, B ober ''' . son, Rio Janiero ; Tamerlane, Theobald, Savan na/I , a ! Powhattati, Briggs, New York; New York, Niven, dpi c Samuel, Jameson, St. John's, New Brunswick; Ann Hattori, Gall, Pictou ; Christina, Simpson, :',. r ; - ; mielti ; topher Columbus, HuelKenin, Bay Chale ll ;' Ludy. Harvey, Alexander, ditto Leo, dall, Montrem; George, Lunnun, Prince Edward's Island; Ainer i , e „ a : Mackie, Quebec; Corsair, Cumming, Constantin o p le; Renard, Wetherall, Messina; Caesar Augustus, Gene v e,' Aibo, Lindguist, Cadiz ; Dart, Grace, Lisbon; Fa rieli Titchner, ditto. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW' CITY, TWELVE O'CLOC% e LIVERI.OOI. COTTON MARKET, AIONDAY. hs l l had a fair demand for cotton to-day, without nutt ejl it change in the market. The sales, 2,500 bags, c hic American to the trade. Itb We have no arrivals this morning of any descriptions w,_. p h the exception of the French mail, in consequence of issl" there is a very great dearth of intelligence in the cal; C C' Accounts have been received by the Committee of lornhian Bondholders, from their agents in La Gusi fo ; stating that the Government had only remitted bills about 11,000/. towards paying the dividends, but tu agents were informed by the Minister of Finance, thacei intention was, before the close of the financial year, eta 30th June, to complete the 160,000 dollars, making 11 " - 82,000/. set apart by the law of public credit. THE FUNDS. _ ;t1 $ During the course of yesterday, the Funds were n w e y, buoyant state, and Consols closed firm at 92f - for 7, ° .„ O - 4 and 92:11 for the May Account, but money was in c'r in the House, for which a good premium was offere d ' t of The Commissioners purchased yesterday on seee n d. the Savings Banks about 20,0001. in the new Thre e ' s ed a-Half per Cents. and a smaller sum in Consols; this esti an impulse in the market. yesterday The settlement of the Foreign Account Y este passed of Con well. sols opened this morning at the same quota t i i i ° o ll l: they closed at, 923- Money ; 924- f Account, wit h doing yet. Mon as ey appears to be obtained this morning at e n ealier rate since the' Foreign Account has been adjusted. 1 at P re ' In the Foreign Market, the prices arc n omina nrtuff ilese , I sent, the same as they closed ; Spanish, 204- I ; P-1621 a' 35:1- 361 ; Three per Cents., 21-. I ‘ ")9• Colombian, 291- 301; Brazilian, '77 ; Mexican, 2 v 4 4 ei Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 55i- i; r Ive n ji; Cet.ts., 1011 102 ; Danish, 741-; Spanish Deferred, ' 4 Passive, 41. PitlCE.a OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE (PCLOCI‘' S 6 :'ank Sauk 196 .4 - 7 India Stock .. ..... oemni elgian, ,51 3 per Cent. Bed. ... ..... 91 3 4 2 1z , ,, 1 Ditto Bonds . ......... 3 per Cent. Cons. 92!“.i% South Sea Stock ......... o ..... ...' -1-.. per Cent l/9% i Old Annuities......... ..• .... o"'" . Ditto Red. ...... New :y,, per Cent......... 1001, 1 43 i, 3 per Cent. Annuities, 176 4710' New 5 per Cent. --Exch. Bills, Xl,OOO ... 4 ! 4 7 01 , - itank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 5•8 .. 4 :', 47 Pat Jan. Jan. 5, Ig(iii l ,l 7-10!!, Ditto Small ............... .., ...„ eit Oct. 10, 1559 - j or. Jzit. 5, Iscri —l4 11-!S Ditto Advertised ..•••• -- ----"" lin. 5, 1585 Bank Stock for Account o. „..., April 5 ifSSO — India Stock Mr Account .. 0 Jan, 5, 1570 Consols for Account .....• • c o PR ICES OF COREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O' CL Austrian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds ............••• ~ Belgian Bonds Ditto Acc:_aint. Brazilian anuts Ditto Account .... ..... Buenos Aytes Bonds Ditto Account Gillian Bonds r Di st Dittoi t a o n , A 3 Bc p oc e on r ud C : t e . n . ................................ :.., 1) tto Account Columbian P,onds 21 3% Ditto Account ..... ..o.'"" Ditto Account —l Ditto 11 , I,tallic ............... ~, Columbian Bonds, 18:430 Spanish Bands.. ............... 'l', Ditto Account Danish Bonds -"4.: ....... : ...... Ditto Account .. ,t irce!, Bonds —l French, 5 per cent.. oo• J. _. r ...-- Ditto Mods, 1825 — Ditto Account Rl,xican Bonds, 5 per Cent, Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account N eapol ita“ PRICES OF SHARES THI: 4 per cent ...... 3 nee cent. .....• Exclynge. ...... Dutch, per cent. •••••• . .01 Ditto Account .........••• ati ji Ditto, 5 per cent ............. P Ditto Aocount...**, ..... ciC• pit DAY AT ONE O'Cl erk Paid. r ....150 80l 'nos Mining Company... 4 Ditto Scrip .. ca 94 4 Brazillan imperial mining Co (issucd at Si. pm.) (1 Ditt , St. John del Rey Real dei 'bete Mining Co., Registered 631. 10s. 6d. Ditto Unregistered — 74., Eastern Cdunties Railway l3 Shillj Brighton Railway London an 1 lltackwall Railway . nylon an ; ,reenwich , Nailway Company 2O 43, 4 5 London an 1 Southampton M ... Manchester aim Leeds Railway Company 5O ...nchester a id Birmingham Railway l5 OF' ,d HALF-PAST - „ ri p/- The public and City politi c i an s are in general ° " - p igb 6 with the long debates in th e H ouse o f C omm ons las t su b. to but few of the Members h a ving as yet s poken a the the ject, it is difficult to form an opinion In respec t _ result, which the public are very anxious to ascertsk"of the Consols have beet, buoyant during the early par t o dt ° nymning, and reached 92i Buyers for the AccolAtv C 01" the present time the market has a lively appearance' 1p or, sob fur Money 92 a ; Exchequer Bills, 45, 4 ' ; oil' 13:inds, 47 ; Bank Stock, 197 ; India stoc k, rce ill Spanish Active, 20, 20i I ; Portuguese 36; 'rb d .,..r. Cent. 21i 22 ; Colombian, 304 ; Dutch Twirl° per Cents. 55f ; Five per Cents. 1011 102. it Et PRIZE CUPS.—New and Second-hand S r - g - sdP - A PRIZE CUPS are offered at very REDUCED P 11 ,!`41 - 00 selection may be made from a great variety, both 0 1 OW' Patterns, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith , o "..„hurc it : maker, 47, Cornhill, London.( Seven Doors from GraC7,, r 0 - ,treet).—Drawings of Cups will be forwarded in aus"" post-paid application. cat iott N.B. It is desirable Letters for Drawings should t at 00 either the size or abo u t th e p r i ce o f th e C u p or Cups t " Le required. MARRIED. On th e 11th i nst., at S t. P ancras Nevi Churcht oo lf Dvn. :er, Esq., of the Royal Marines, to Mary Mitil:treett daughter of the late A. Tonhnin, Esq., Southavell— Illoomsbury. DIED. 1 1► 1"f' to In Brook -street, on Saturday last, the 13th, of APr'' the wife of D. William Frederic. Chambers, I o°P e ' On the 11th inst., at Braintree, Essex, '3liss Luc y aged 36. , Co lonel On the 11th inst., at Winchest'lr, Lieutenan" ohs Thomas le Breton Pipit, of the RO.; al Militia ArtillerY ° island of Jersey. Coli er ' On the II th inst., at Farni'..,gham, Kent, Jan* -- , Esq., aged 57. London : Printed and P üblished by I%IURDO Yu — ad, ' l3 No. 112, Strand, at. The Sun Office. No. 112, Strs the county of Aliddhwea.—Tueselay. April 16,1839' uc rcipureti. _-----", Or lkj a • C PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS p oo t .r (ec c gp facturing Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London A ITTP - li g the Bank of England ). The best wrought FIDDLE r,_ - fo ilovi,.. l " a SPOONS and FOIIKS, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. Tn e ., be P are the weights recommended, but the articles ma y d lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce. , A 5 4„ ~z . S. ~. J o . v !2 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 ,1* •• 1 A 0 1.. 0 ~ , - , i Dessert ditto._ ........ 2O 7 -.•. .10 'lt 1 12 itto 'I able Forks ... 20 7 2. '" a li 0 12 citio De,sert ditto 10 7 .. 5 i ij i' 2 ditto Gravy Spoons 1 ditto Soup Ladle 10 7 2 . . p:: 3 1 0 o 4 ditto Sauce ditto lO 7 ' 1 j 0 0 4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) ................ : . 0 1 ditto Fish Slice ............................... ... 5 i ; 12 ditto Tea Spoons w 7 • 0 0 1 pair ditto Sugar Tongs (strong) ............... i r i c ei 7 ,4 A Pamphlet containing detailed Lists of 0 . 10 Tea Stlver ted Wse e : various Patterns of Silver Spoons and Forks, Coffee Ser- vices, and of the different of Plc c on_lli f ,', may be had on application, or will be sent into thews Ito in answer to a paid letter ; the Plate Rooms of t &site re 4 blishmeut contain a large selection of every article complete a service. be lli BIRTHS 110 Lady '— On the 14th i ns t., . Lin BryanSton- squ are , 3 of 3 Dr O ummond, of a n the 14th inst., at Piccadill, Lady t S 0 Louisa We - • daughter. y On the 10th i ns t., at Il e d en, Bar h am Dovrns, the ladY ° llieliard Plack e t, o f a d aughter. tt, 9 On the 10th inst., at the Vicarage, Milton Abbo 9loo' the lady o f th e Rev. St. Vincent Hammiek, of A ,°r2.-