The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-18 00:00:00

LONDON : MONDAY, MARCH 1& 1639. In another part of The Sun will be found a cor rect list of the Peers who voted for and against Lord FITZWILLIAM'S motion. In the list of the majority we regret to see a Royal Duke, who, being indebted for his princely revenue to a generous peo ple should at least have abstained from giving a vote against, if he could not have voted for, the re solution. It was injudicious in the Duke •f CAM BRIDGE to side with one' party, and his vote will not add to his popularity. We do not regret that not a single Bishop voted for the motion. It would have been inconsistent with their usual habits, and particularly inconsistent with their continued sup port of everything that is harsh, coercive, in tolerant, uncharitable, unkinily, and absurd, to have voted for a resolution so simple, so truthful, so honest, and so tending to kindliness, and brotherly love, as that moved by Lord FITZ :WILLIAM. We should have had some doubts of its nature and character had a single Bishop voted for it. Four of them, however, the Bishops of LONDON, BATH and WELLS, BANGOR, and CHESTER, voted against the resolution, satis fying us of its correctness, truth, and goodness. Had it not been opposed by the Bishops, we should have doubted its value and its virtue. The Bishop of LONDON, with 14,0001. a year, and the three other Bishops, each with at least 4,0001. a year, deny the hungry people cheap and abundant food. They are maintained in their princely opulence by the labour of the people, and, professing the doctrines of Christianity, they vote for the Devil's laws. If they expect by that to recommend the Church of England to the people's love they will be greviously mistaken; and when they and their clergy preach its doctrines, they will . be remi n d e d o f t h e i r a d vocacy of our Moloch - In the list of the majority will be found the name of the M arqu i s o f LANSDOWNE, who, in for mer times, such as questions on opening the trade to India, which did not touch his own pocket, was the great champion of the principles of free trade. We made a mistake in placing his name in the minority on Saturday, into which we were led by recollecting his former principles. Lord IrrzwlLLlAm complimented him, too, it was said, but we have been since informed that the report on this point was not quite accurate, and that the praise of the Noble Earl was confined to the well-rounded periods of the Noble Marquis. In fact, Lord LANspowrrE's speech was under stood in the I-louse of Peers to. have been ironical, and that he meant rather to ridicule Earl FITZ.. WILLIAM'S speech than enforce his views. From Lord LANSDOWNE we had anticipated better things, for such a vote from him not only contradicts the truth—it condemns the most important and most honourable part of his previous political career. No time was lost by the Anti-Corn-law Dele gate:, in refuti ng a considerable number of th e sophisms of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and their obser vations on Saturday will be repeated we have no doubt in P ar li ament, and will serve to expose and confound the practised but not honest debater. We quite agree with Mr. COBDEN and the other Delegates, that Si r R OBERT never once referred to the principles of the great question at issue. The Corn-laws are a remarkable and stringent exception to the principles of freedom, of which we are so proud as Englishmen. They prohibit manu facturers from buying when and where they like, and of course prohibit them from selling. Such a departure from all sound principles, and such an infringement of liberty and justice, requires to be defended by the most cogent and con vincing arguments, and Sir ROBERT PEEL was contented with uttering a series of paltry clap-traps, which tickled the ears of the squires around him, but did not tend in the most remote manner to prove that the dishonest and restrictive law was in the smallest degree beneficial to the community. A more unstatesman-like speech was never de livered. J-lis comparison of the two years, 1837 and 1838, as the basis of his argument,- was positively dishonest, as Mr. SMITH showed, because it has before been men tioned, and must have been known to Sir i ROBERT, that the trade in 183 7 was n a depressed state, and that a comparison between 1838 and 1836 demonstrates the very reverse of Sir ROBERT'S inferences. We refer to our report of the proceedings of the Delegates for a refutation of several of his sophistries, and shall add cue word of our own. In one part of his speech, Sir ROBERT wished to make it appear that the cause of complaint amongst the manufacturers was the competition of large with small capitalists. " The man with a large capital," he said, " could employ enormous machinery ; and the same effect must follow to the small manufacturer as had overtaken the hand-loom weavers." According to him, there fore, the decay of small capitalists, and the absorb ing of business by large capitalists, is in the order of nature, and consistent with the or dained progress of society. According to the doctrines of his party, this absorption of small capit a li sts by large ones, and the growth of large factories, is a great evil. But if the small capit a li st had less money to pay in wages—if new inacuively Cost less uy we wages of the macrame maker being less—if 'slices g enerally were reduced to a level with those of the Continent, and competi tion amongst the buyers were increased by opening fresh markets, the small capitalist, though doomed in the end to unlergo the fate of the hand-loom weaver, would struggle under fewer disadvantages, and would keep up the contest longer. If that ab sorption of the small capitalists, which Sir ROBERT PEEL and his friends deplore, be not wholly caused, as we are inclined to think it is, by Corn-laws and other impolitic imposts, it is ob vious that it is much hastened by them ; and if Sir ROBERT had wished to save these men from ruin, or if ruin be inevitable, to make it so gradual that, like the decay of the human body, it shall not he perceived, he ought to have as sented to Mr. VILLTEas' motion, and contributed to repeal the Corn-laws. He pointed out, in fact, a new evil which had escaped the notice of the mover, and of which the means of mitigation, if hot of cure, are the repeal of the Corn-laws. The other errors of Sir ROBERT we leave to the castigation which they most deservedly received from the Dele gates. The manufacturers must now begin to find out that on the leading statesmen of the country they must not place any hope. Lord MELBOURNE mocks at their schemes of relief, calls them wild and mad, .and treats their suf ferings with disdain. Sir R. PEEL, whose fortune was made in manufactures, though now secured in ' hand, flings on them ridicule and contempt. He insists on taxing them to keep up his rent-roll. He scorns their representations, and plainly tells them that as long as they can flourish at all, as long as their ingenuity, skill, and industry enable them to totter along under the burdens which he and the other landlords lay on them, he will give them no relief. While factories continue to be in creased and population expands, while the people continue to have something to lay by, and are provident and frugal, in short till the ordained and healthy progress of society comes to a still stand, and every manufacturing town be involved in frightful poverty and decay, he will not even listen to the complaints and representations of those who would warn him in time of the coming evil. Thus flouted and scorned by statesmen of all parties, it becomes for the manufacturers a most important question—what are they to do ? This question Mr. WOLRYCHE WHITMORE answered most satisfactorily at the meeting of the Delegates. " Make of it," he said, " a great na tional question, not exclusively a question concern , ing the manufacturer but the interests of all; treat it on the high and honest principles of free trade, and enlist in its favour the hearts and heads of all." Mr. \VHITMORE'S advice was excellent, and we hope that it will be scruplously followed. The cause of the abolition of tl.e Corn-laws, is the cause of until and justice, of honesty and freedom, of peace and prosperity ; and all who are interested in the physical welfare and moral dignity of man must and will combine to ensure its success. In the discussion of the all-important question which now engrosses the mind of England, Ireland, and Scot land, it has been almost the invariable practice of the supporters of the bread-tax both in and out of Parlia ment, to depreciate foreign trade, and to exalt agricul ture at its expense. " What!" exclaims_ Mr. CAYLET, the most " forcible feeble" advocate of the Corn-laws in the House of Commons, " is it come to this, that we are to depend upon foreign traffic for our national prosperity ? Shall we put the "spawn of Man chester" in comparison with the: descendants of the heroes who fought at Cressy and Agincourt ? No let the manufacturers take themselves off as soon as they please, the broad lands of England will still remain." The :Morning Herald, a fitting representative of this gentleman's enlightened sentiments, responds to them in a kindred tune. It tells us that the twenty two millions of annual revenue raised from the customs could be raised just as well if there was no foreign trade at all, " by an excise duty to the same extent." Now, we would ask the sagacious senator who holds this language, and the wiseacre of the Press who re echoes it, whether they have ever taken the trouble to realize in their mind's eye the consequences that would follow ,thel'abolition of this, in their opinion, in sigficant branch of our commerce the foreign trade ? Whence, we demand of Mr. CAYLEY, would his tenants procure one single guinea to pay him the rent of his broad lands.' He surely knows, however he may choose to forget it, that England has neither aold nor; silver mines of its own, and that therefore, whatever of these desirable commodities it possesses, or expects to possess, it must get from abroad. How is it to do this without giving something in return, that is to say, without foreign trade? Perhaps the Honourable Gentleman, among his other currency conundrums, has a solution for this problem. We think he is bound to let the country gentlemen into his secret, for they may rely on this, that if he has net made some most impor tant discovery as to the point in question, their rents will soon be paid in kind. But the decriers of foreign trade may, perhaps, say —for to what absurdity will they not resort ?—" it is true we are indebted to our foreign trade for what gold and silver we have ; ,but, having a considerable quantity of the precious metals, we can do very well without any more—we will take care and keep our pre sent stock, and then our agriculturists and manufac turers will have an adequate medium for exchanging commodities with each other, without any necessity for, or care about, intercourse with foreign nations." Well, let us suppose that we set seriously to work on this agricul tural principle. Our foreign trade is instantly cut off. We shall say nothing about the distress which would be occasioned by the multitude of persons thrown out of employment whom the landholders would have to provide for. We shall keep strictly to the direct con sequences on our monetary system of the want of foreign trade. In the first place, we cannot Ido without ;naval stores. If we are to exist as a nation at all, we must have masts, sails, tar, cordage, &c. &c., for all of which things, we must fork out hard cash to no trifling amount. Then, again, we are accustomed to tea, sugar, coffee, and a variety of other necessaries, we may now call them, which we can scarcely expect to get for nothing, and, must therefore, either go without—which would be unpleasant,or pay money for—which would be more unplea sant still, inasmuch as it would come out of a rapidly de creasing stock. In exactly the same way would the stoppaga of our foreign trade operate,in every case in which we required any article of consumption not the growth or produce of our own country—we must give specie in ex change for it. How long, then, would our stock of specie last according to this exhausting process, supposing no convulsion were to bring the thing to a wind up ? We have heard the hue and cry which Mr. CAYLEY and others set up about the construction of the cur rency ; we should like to know how many notes the Bank of England, or any other Bank, would be able to issue payable on demand under such a system. But it is useless to pursue the subject farther. The truth is, that were our foreign trade destroyed, a national bankruptcy would be the inevitable result. The persons employed in that trade may be compared to the working bees in a hive, which range about in every direction in search of honey, which they collect for the general good. Destroy these industrious mem bers of the community, and you stop the supply. The drones may indeed live for a short time on the stock laid up, but when that fails they must perish, for they cannot provide a supply for themselves. The difficulties of the French Ministerial question are ended. The claims of the apostle of the Doctrine, M. GUIZOT, have been set aside by the leaders of the Left and Left Centre, who have assumed the responsibility of advising the formation of a Cabinet from which he is excluded. His friends say that he relinquished bis claims at the personal request of the KING, who promised him the Presidency of the Cham ber ; but the supporters of M. ()DILLON 13AltROT contend that this statement is inaccurate, as the new Ministry will certainly vote for the election of the latter gentleman to the Presidency. The following Minis terial appointments were regarded on Saturday evening as final : SOULT War and President. TRIERS Foreign Affairs. DUPIN Justice. HUMANN Finance. PASSY lnterior. VILLEMAINE... , Public Instruction. DE:PERIM Marine. In another list M. TESTE is named for the Interior instead of PASS'S( ) but with this difference, all the lists received are alike. MM. SAIJZET and DUFAURE are also to have seats in the Cabinet, but their offices re main to be determined. Thus the arrival of M. DuPIN, in Paris, has put an end to meetings and nego tiations which threatened to become interminable. M. Durex belongs to the Left Centre ; N. GulzoT is the Oracle of the Right Centre or Doctrinaire party ; and it well known that independently of considerations arising out of political and literary vanity, there is no surplusage of good feeling subsisting between these gentlemen. had any other been a candidate for the office of Minister of the Interior but GurzoT, DUPIN would have left TIIIERS and SOULT to fight their own battle and held by the Presidency of the Chambers ; but his temper would not suffer him to see the Left Centre bowing before the Oracle of the Doctrine. In answer therefore to the Royal offer of a Porlefeuille, the hitherto uncourtly Ex-President an swered that he could refuse nothing asked of him by his SOVEREIGN. There is no other news of any interest in the French Journt.ls of Friday and Saturday. The Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the 12th says that the sth Carlist battalion Ul I , II.IViUTU untie rrlUseu tU UUVI LU VIUCI - b 111 MAROTO. BOURSE.-PARIS, SATURDAY, MARCn It First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Franai 5 per Cents(ex. div.) MS 50 103 69 ... 109 50 ... IN 16 44 per Cents lO4 59 104 50 ... 104 50 ... 101 10 4 per Cents lOO 55 100 55 ... 100 55 ... 100 55 3 per Cents 79 50 . 79 65 ... 79 50 ... 79 65 lank of France Lalfitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1053 ...10"5 ...1055 ...1055 5220 ...5220 ...5215 ...5215 Belgian 5 per Cents lOl4 ... 1014 ... 1014 ... •15C Bank, 5OO ... 6(0 ... 5t.2 50 ... 600 Sfanish Ac lye 2 1 14 21 1 4 ... 204 3 ... 204 Passive Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY ' SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, R. B 620 6:32 50 ... 62 1 ... 632 50 L.B. 2OO ... 205 ... 200 ... 200 Charleroi 453 ~455 433 ... 453 Roue❑ Orleans .. Strasburg to late . 340 ... 340 340 ... 340 Madrid Journals of the 9th inst. announce the dis missal of MM. OLOZAGA and SANCHO, merf.of the highest character for official integrity, from their judi cial functions as Members of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine, for no other offence than the ha..ing refused to prostitute the judgment seat to the com mands of the Dictator, ESPAHTERO. This step has brought the Cabinet into general contempt and odium, and it was believed would terminate in the dissolution of the Ministry. The QUEEN was perfectly recovered from her recent indisposition. RODIL remained in the Capital. The Brussels Papers received last night convey the subjoined melancholy intelligence. The mind will naturally revert to the similar closing scene in the Life of the Great Lord CHATHAM, but with this difference in the circumstances—that Belgium will display as much wisdom in following the ad vice of her dying representative as England did in rejecting the counsels of her expiring Statesman : " In the Chamber of Representatives, to-day, the sitting was interrupted by a melancholy incident. Several members having spoken for and against the project of law, M. dekaert Bacckelandt rose to speak in favour of it, but had scarcely concluded when he turned pale, fell from the bench on which he had sat down, and remained motionless on the ground ; his colleagues hastened to his assistance, and carried him into the Hall of Conferences. The sitting was immediately suspended, and the greatest anxiety prevailed in the Chamber and the galleries. Several physicians were called in, and the most powerful means applied, but it was too late. His colleagues were deeply affected by this sad event, and every eye was filled with tears. " The Chamber has lost a zealous and conscien tious Member, and the country a good citizen."— Moniteur. The following is the account of this sad catas trophe given by the Cortrier Beige : " He had observed with what an expression of profound consideration he had supported his vote in favour of the project of law. Every body could judge of the sincerity of the regret which he testified for his brethren of Limburg and Luxem burg. It was with the expression of the most profound emotion that he made the Chamber ac quainted with the conflict in his heart between the desire to avoid the dismemberment of the kingdom and that to save the country. Appreciating the painfulness of their position to those who looked at it constitutionally, he had energetically expressed his hope that the inhabitants of Limburg and Luxembugh would gratefully acknowledge the efforts that had been made to save them from the separation. But after having addressed to them a fraternal adieu, the Honourable Deputy too weak, doubtless, to bear such violent emotions—too sensible, perhaps, to the warm ap probation which the Chamber gave to his deeply moving words, M. Bekaert fell down insensible on his seat. His colleagues hastened to him, and conveyed him to an adjoining apartment, when a physician happened to be in the reserved seats, and hastened to give assistance, but soon perceived that his efforts were vain, and five minutes after con cluding his speech M. Bekaert was no more. The heart of the Honourable Deputy is hardly cold, and already the most strange and fanatical reports on the cause of his death are circulated. We shall not re-echo them." BRUSSELS, MAncll 15.—" In the sitting of the Chamber to day, Count Merode proposed that the Chamber should manifest its regret for the afflicting loss of M. Bekaret, by a public funeral ; some Members thought the family should first be consulted. "M. Desmaigieres then delivered a long, speech, in which he, having stated his great repug nance to the treaty, declared that after the signa ture of treaty by the French Plenipotentiary, he was sensible that the only rational step they could take, was to accept the treaty, an opinion which reason obliged him to give, while it deeply wounded his heart. The Chamber is still sitting." On Thursday Baron O'SULLIVAN DE GRASS, late Belgian` Minister at the Court of Vienna ar rived in Brussels, and had the honour to dine with the KING. The/ndustrie, a Liege journal, states that on the 2d inst. forty of the most influential of the inhabi tants of Luxemburg were deputed to represent the willingness of their fellow-citizens to acknowledge the authority of the KING of Holland as GRAND DUKE. They professed themselves wearied and disgusted with the conduct and harangues of the emissaries sent among them by the revolutionary clubs at Brussels. The Hamburgh and German Journals, which arrived 'last night, do not bring much news of im portance. Letters from Brunswick of the 6th inst. announce that Duke WILLIAM had severely hurt his knee by a fall on the stairs of the Palace. He was confined to his bed. By advices from St. Petersburgh of the 2d, we also learn that the Im perial President of the Department of Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs, M. KOSCHINIKOFF, died on the 26th ult., greatly regretted by his colleagues. Privy Councillor SPERANSKY, who was lately raised by the Emperor to the rank of Count, died of an apopletic attack on the 2d ',inst. He is the eighth Member that the Council of the Empire has lost by death in one year. DANTZIC, JANUARY, 1839.—"0ur Corn Merchants have not had such a profitable trade since the year 1830, as in 1838. The large stock which they had on hand, the ex tensive orders which they received from the northern states of Europe, and more especially from England and France, and the high prices that ensued, rendered the trade very brisk, and proved very profitable to the merchants and ship owners. The second great branch of our commerce, namely, the timber trade, has not been so very profitable ; however, very large orders hare lately been given by the British Government, which are not yet executed." THE HAGUE, MARCH 12.—" His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange left the Hague yesterday morning, to return to North Brabant." " PROVINCE OF ZEALAND, MARCH 12.—The Amphritite corvette and the brig Snelheed and Merkur are stationed off Neuzen, and gun-boats are posted before Bath, Lills, Kapitalen, Dan, and Maurifort. Not the slightest mili tary movement has taken place in the 4th and sth districts everything perfectly tranquil, but the strictest vigilance i' exercised. The second Chamber in its sitting to-day ap proved of the project of law for improving the currency, by a majority of 34 to 15. VIENNA, MARCH 5.--Prince Ghika, Hospodar of Wal lachia, left Vienna yesterday on board the steamer for Bu charest. Our English Courier has arrived from London on his way to Constantinople where important negotiations are said to be carryinf , on. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEIDASI, MARCH 15. Money, Bills. Actual Debt, 2}4 per (.'ent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A inert Syndic, 444 per cent 9 4 IA 9454 Ditto, ditto, 33 per cent. 7!)4 '7954 Commercial Company, 4 1 , per cent. 177 177 X Ditto (1632 and 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 1337, 5 per cent. lOO3l 101 Loan 1837, 5 per cent. -i,e 97% Exchange on London, One month ll 95 Two months BELGIAN I , UNDS-13auesuLe, MARCH 16 Actual Deft, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Lean, 5 per Cont. 9.i•Ni Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 3pe Cent. ..... ... 60% Loan of City, 1132, 4 per Cent bosi 119}i 55 IUO National Society . Society foßfeClgoimumm,erScpee,r4 Cent y per Ce n t —Brussels Papers, March 16. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Mitten 12. Bills. Money, Austrian Metanques, 5 per rent. Di.' o ditto 3 per cent. — Ditto ditto 2I per cent. — 1480 1177 Ditto Bank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan 107% 1 , - , 7% 10`.”i 1113 1 A Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, 6 per cent. lO4 Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto 3 per cent. Dutch 2 , ,, per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents ggq 41 '4 Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 156% 156 4 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 72 71% Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents, Spanish, in piastres,3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cen' Greek 4 per cents. 110.'33, guaranteed by France -- "'"' EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Maiten 12.-13 6 ; two months, 13 4 34. ST. PETERSBURCH, MARCH I.—Three months, 11 15- 32 . —Hamburg Papers, March 12. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, MARCH 11. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent IW% 102% Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 10 2 % 101% Exchange on London, three monns 6 21' —Prussian State Gazette, March 12. Five perCe AUSTRIAN nta. Mct U allFiqueNs Four per Cents. D5...-VIENNA, MARCH 10714 7. 81 Three per Cents. bank .....barus l4BO —AligemeineZeitfing, March 13. The following is the gross amount of the first day's poll: . Buck Buller Majority for Mr. Buck --480 SECOND DAY. PROVIDENT INSTITUTION for the Relief of the Necessitous and Aged Members, Cooks, and Waiters. A GENERAL MEETING of Members wilLbe held at the London Coffee-House on Monday next, the 25th day of March, instant, at Twelve o'Cloek, for the purpose of electing Officers, and confirming and adopting the Rules and Regulations of the Institution. All persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Institu tion are respectfully informed that Books for Subscriptions are opened at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill, and Fei.ton'3 Hotel, St. James's-street. WILSON, MAYOR. A COURT of MAYOR and ALDERMEN, .LA. held in the Inner Chamber of the Guildhall of the City of London, oa the 12th day of March, 1839, and in the second year of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c. Resolved—That this Court has observed with the deepest feelings of regret the Bill brought into Parliament by the ad visers of the Crown, intituled " Bill for further improving the Police in and near the Aletropolis," whereby it is proposed to inclade the City of London in the Metropolitan Police district, and thereby put this ancient and renowned city under the con trol of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police. Resolved—That the citizens of London, from the earliest pe riod, have exercised and enjoyed the right of electing their Maoistratcs, and of making and carrying into execution all neltiNry regulations for their internal government, protection, an_ e enee. Resolved—That the rights of the Citizens of London, exist ing from time immemorial, have been guaranteed, strengthened, and confirmed to them by the Charters of successive Monarch from the reign of William the Conqueror, and by divers sta tutes of all estates of the realm in Parliament assembled. Resolved—That these rights, liberties, and privileges have ever been exercised by the Citizens of London for the good of the community, the preservation of the peace and order of this ancient City, and for the prosperity, security, and welfare of the Empire. _Resolved—That by the Bill now before Parliament the Com raissioners of the Metropolitan Police are appointed justices of the peace for this City and the liberties thereof, in direct sub version of their ancient rights and privileges, and in opposition to all principles of local or self-government by the people. Jilt-solved—That the Corporation of London having esta b 'shed an effective Police force fully adequate to the wants, and z:ialited in all respects to the peculiar localities of the City of London, and at the same sime relieving the citizens from the onerous burden and duties of ward constable : such Police also being based upon the principles and in effectual co-operation with the Metropolitan Police Establishment, no reason or pre tett whatever exists for the assumption of the extraordinary power contained in the Bill for placing the City of London un der the co•trol of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police. Resolved—That this Court, therefore, confidently calls upon all classes of its fellow-citizens, who are bound by their oaths to defend the rights and privileges of this City, to unite with them in every legal and Constitutional measure to oppose this Pill passing iu a law. WOODTHORPE. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, MARCH lel, Will he performed the New Play, in Five Acts, called RICHELIEU, OR THE CONSPIRACY, Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart. The Characters by Mr. Elton, Mr. Diddear, Mr. Macrcady, Mr. Warde, Mr. An derson, Mr. Vining, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelpv, Mr. G. Ben. nett, Mr. Howe, Miss E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar nold, Mr. W. L. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender, Paulo, Mr. Gov't, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur det, 3lr. Smith, Mr. Klrke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal dron, Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss Helen Faucit, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee, Valandulte, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan. After which, THE PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES. To conclude with CHAOS IS COME AGAIN. To-Morrow, King T ear, with Rob Roy. On Wednesday there will be no performance. TO CORRFSPONDENTS. e cannot,. while Parliament is sitting, find room for such communications as that of S. J. 8., however valuable. • e aaM o Buck Buller FINAL CLOSE OF TUE POLL. 285 285 Buck Buller Majority for Buck PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table shc,ving the ex-duty price of West India-Subar in Hine. ing.lane, and comparing the same against fcreign sugars : London, March 16, 11;39. The last Gazelle quotes the average price of British Per cwt. plantation 'Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at ... 355. 81d Muscovado Sugars raised by free labour in foreign plan tations, are worth this week from 225. to 255. per cwt., being about 14s. per cwt. less than the average price of West India Sugar. In this state of markets no exportation of IlAned Sugar can take place. COFFEE.—The duty protecting West India Cot Tee against the competition of Foreign, is equivalent to 230 per cent. ad valorem. We have already stated the figures demonstrating that the loss to the nation by the West Indian monopoly.amounts to 4,210,000/. per annum, so that in addition to the 20,0 . 00,000/. compensation money, and the interest thereon, the nation will have paid, since 1533, ancaer 20,0Q0,000/. to the quondam stare mners. LLOYDS' SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, 111Ancll 16.—Wind S.W. fine.—Came down from the river and remain, the Governor M'Lean, Morley, for Cape Coast Castle ; Lord Saumarez, Symon, Cape of Good Hope, and several others, names unknown. Arrived and pro ceeded for the river, the Trident, Lachlan, from the Mauritius; Onyx, South Seas; Anne, Jamaica, and several others, names unknown. 17.—Windl N.N.E., fresh breezes and cloudy. Arrived and proceeded for the river, the Apprentice from the Mauritius, and several others, names unknown. Came down from the river and proceeded, the Larkins, for Madras ; Sand wich, Jameson, St. Michael's ; Albion, Huggins, St. John's, N. 8.; Edwin, Constantinople ; Wm. Morris, Halifax ; Kara, Constantinople; Guess, Young, Smyrna; Vanguard, Jamaica. ILTS)10 UT MA RC H 16.—Wind W . N . W. 17. —Wind N. W. to N.N.E., fine weather.—Arrived the; Prise, from Smyrna ; Wellington, Chadwick, from New York, sailed on the 12th ult., her Majesty's ship Barham, from Malta, sailed 7th January, Gibraltar 23tb, Lisbon 10th inst. ; Sleepless, Cole man ; Eclipse (steamer), Russell, Dartmouth ; Surprise (steamer), Cadiz; Dolphin, Liverpool. Sailed the Jane Erskine, Mitchell, for Hamburgh ; Iris, Gibson, Belfast ; ling on, Chadwick, London ; Fame, Kinnaird, Jersey • Eliza. both and A nn , J en kins, Co r k ; E c li pse ( steamer), Russell, Lon don ; her Majesty's ship Zebra, Mediterranean ; Sleepless, Coleman, Topsham ; Marquis of Hastings, Naylor, Hobart Town ; and George and Mary, Golightly, Amsterdam. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Wind N.N.W. Ma itcll 17. N• - N.F..—Arrivecl the Darmelia, from Sierra L eone ; Cl oc k, --, Rotterdam, for Batavia, with dam: e, having been in contact off the Eddystone; her Majesty's ship Scylla, Lisbon; Felix, Stevenson, Smyrna ; Anna Maria, Rotterdam ; Broderick, Edmonds, Lisbon') Dilegente, Trieste; Galliano, Elivo, ditto. Sailed the Boreas, for Holland; Vigilant, Wal ton, London. LIVERPOOL, MAacir 16.—Wind W.N.W. tL nen 17. Wind N. E. fresh.—Arrived the Elona, Simpson, from Cal cutta; Lintin, Gillman, Bombay ; Thoma 3 Worthington, Arica ; Wil3ons, Demerara; Harriet Scott, Beynon, New Orleans ; Jane Ross, Mackinteah, ditto ; Superior, Mobile ; Birmingham, Robinson, ditto. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, T I , EL VE O'CLOCK. LIVERFOOL COTTON MARKET OF SATURDAY.—The Cot ton Market has been quiet to-day, and the sales amount to about 2,300 bags, of which 600 are on speculation at prices rather in favour of the buyers, though Re see no anxiety to press sales. Arrivals this mcrning—two French, one Ostend, one Dutch, and one Hamburgh mail; also a mail from Lisbon, by the Tagus, sailed the 11th March, Gibraltar the Bth, Cadiz the Bth, and Oporto the 12th. Ship-letters from Demerara, Barbadoes, Valparaiso, Trinidad, St. Mary's, Bahia, St. Kitt's, Jamaica, Antigua, New York, Mauritius, Bombay, and Calcutta, have been received. We have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the 7th of March. " At a meeting of the Protestant inhabitants of Malta, convened by public advertisement, held in the Government Library, on Tuesday, the oth instant, an address to the Queen Dowager was unanimously adopted. To the above address her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious reply." The English fleet is in port at Malta. The journals of Smyrna to the 10th Feb. have been re ceived, but they do not contain any news of importance. We have numerous arrivals this morning, but more par ticularly of ship letters, most of them of old dates ; and American packets from New York have also arrived—the Wellington and Garrick—but they are of an anterior date to the Great Western steamer. The intelligence received by the Lisbon mail is not of much importance, the contents of which will be found in another part of the Paper. The Ostend mail, due this day, has not as yet arrived. Consols opened this morning at the leaving-off prices of Saturday, 931 for Money, and 93-, 1 ,- + for the Account, with little doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 60 62; India Bonds, 64 66 ; Bank Stock, for opening, 200 201 ; India Stock, for ditto, 255 256. In the Foreign Market, the only business doing at pre rent is in Spanish Active, which is not so good as on Saturday, when it closed at 204 21—at present 201 / ; Portuguese, as they closed, 341 35 ; Three per Cents., 211 i; Be!gian, 101 - 102 ; Brazilian, 791 80 ; Scrip, par to 1 prem. ; Colombian, 214 ; Mexican, 23% 24 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 554 4. ; Five per Cents., 1034 i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stack -- India Stock — 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cans. .... .... .53%, 3% IA , South Sea Stock — 3Y4 per Cent —. Old Annuitiei — Ditto Red. — New Ditto New 3t4 per Cent lOl 100% 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire 1 Ditto LOO ... 60 62 ri . Jan. 5, IP6O .., —I Ditto Small 6O 60 pm. Oct. In, 1659 — 1 Ditto Commercial lO 10 pm Jars. 5, IS6O — Ditto Advertised Jan. i, 18• CO — Bank Stock for Account... 200 1 April 5, IMO — India Stock fur Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 — Consols for Account ...... .. .931 1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds llO 9ysi I Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds — I Ditto Account _ Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic.. Columbian Bonds, 1624 — Spanish Bonds. Ditto Account - Danish Bonds Ditto Account ' Ditte Account. 2ON 7 1 %% Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bands, 1625 i , --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account - 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. _ .-_____ Exchange. Ditto Account ...... .... — i Dutch, 2;,i per cL•nt.........55%54 Ditto, 6 per Cent 1 Ditto Account 55 Y 4 Ditto Account Neapolitan Ditto Account — tRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Eistern Counties Railway l3 Great North of England Railway Company 3O Great Western Railway Company 65 B:ighton Railway 1 ondon and Birmingham Railway Company , !gin LOll , lOll and Croydon Railway Company l6l. 83. Manchester and Birmingham Railway l5 Do. Do. Extension South Eastern and Dover Railway Company.., 9 Australasia Bank Ditto 40 65 Assam Company 5 5 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUMAN, MARCH lg. 3 per Cent. Consols 314 per Cen'. Stock 6,5 i )itte Reduced Ditto New, MO - City of Dublin Steam Comp, _ 34 per Cent. Debentures 92% National Insurance Company Bank Stock grand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock - per cent — ONE O'CLOCK. We have just received the Ostend mail with the Ant werp papers of yesterday's date. The Representatives again met on the 15th of March, and, after some discus sion on the Treaty of the 24 Articles, broke up at Half past Four o'Clock, and adjourned until the following evening. The above paper is very barren of news. Prices at Amsterdam the Isth :—Two-and-a- Half per Cents., Five per Cents., 100 7-16 ; Sp an i s h, 17 15-16. Venezuela papers tothel4 with ho h the of Janu arysNVlKingle -1 6 have; ;of p they received m only n a ri c. Per Xl , are. 9 8i 17 74 10 Y,11% 1616 11' /144 5Y4 01 1 HALF-PAST ONE. Consols have been done at 93i in the course of the morning, and have a firm appearance at present, owing to the Money Market being good; Consols 93-k : 1 ,-; Exche quer Bills, 60 62; India Bonds, 64 66; Bank Stock, 200 201. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 20a-1; Portu guese, 34 35 ; Three per Cents., 2* a ; Belgian, 1011 102 ; Brazilian, 79: 1 ; 80 ; Colombian, 20i; Mexican, 23;} 24; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents., 55' 8 1 ; Five per Cents., 1031 No further arrivals. Money very plentiful in the Stock Exchange to-day. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to signify to the Committee of the Covent-garden Fund, through Mr. Bartley, the Honorary Treasurer, his inten tion of being at the Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday next, at a quarter b before six, and to take the Chair at Six o'clock precisely. THE O'CONNELL DINNER AT T t FREEMA sort's T AVERN T o - MORROW —There can b‘ but one opi nionli am ong patr i ot i c I r i s h men o f t h e c l a ims of Mr. O'Con nell up on t h e i r grat i tude. Wh atev er reason the people o f E ng l and or Scotlan d may have, or fancy they h ave , to dou b t the purity of his patriotism, the long and well-sustained strugglesthe Emancipation of of Mr. O'Connell are too cl ose l y interwot en w its Ireland f rom a thraldom the most d egra ding and de moralizing, to allow it to be supposed that an y Irish - Than can be insensible to the vast services which he has renfiered to his native country. We have therefore plea sure in ob‘.crving that it is proposed by a number of Irish gentlemen, resident in London, to entertain Mr. O'Con nell at a public dinner at the Freemason's Tavern to morrow. The anniversary of the feast of St. Patrick fal ling on Sunday prevented the dinner from being given on that day, as was or i ginally propose d . I n the absence of the Patron Saint, we know of no Irishman worthier of a national banquet. A few days s i nce, a fi ne ewe, belonging to Mr. Hatherley, a farmer of the parish of St. Budeaux, in the county of Devon, yeaned, and had an extraordinary fall of five lambs, a ll li v i ng and likely to do we ll, two of whi c h will be reared by hand, and the other three will be suckled by their dam.—Devonport Independent. TWEED FISIIING.—For some days past the river has been in excellent order for rod fishing ; and seve ral gentlemen were succ es s f ul in their piscatory sports.._ Kelso Chronicle. (Vide Times of this Morning.) (A DISAPPOINTED TORY loquitur.) Yes, shabby they are I nay, I'll venture to bet You never yet saw so shabby a set, For their measures all savour of Joe Hume.ism, And are fraught with ruin to Toryism ; They aid, and abet, and encourage the nation In its vulgar impatience of taxation ; They abolish the jobs —say, six a year— We Tories have always held so dear; Leave half our pensioners in the lurch, And plunder, like prigs, poor Mother Church, Dosing and bleeding the dear old dame, Till you'd scarcely know her again for the same Fine, portly matron who looked so bold, And throve so well in the days of old Shabby ? Yes, shabby enough, by the Powers ! Is this notable Ministry of ours, For tho' well aware of our sad condition, For they see us freezing in Opposition, And exposed each night to the pitiless storm Raised by that cursed imp, Reform, They never once ask us, woe betide 'cm, To come over, and take a warm seat beside 'cm 1 Not they ! they're a shabby set, great and small, Mean, selfish, and grasping—so damn them all SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. CHESTER TRADES' CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway—taken 12 to 6 agst Caravan—taken 12 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff 12 to 1 agst Captain Healey's Van Buren.—taken 100 to 6 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy 100 to 6 agst Chit Chat 50 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's lon 20 to 1 agst Air. T. Walter's Vertumnus—taken 25 to 1 agst Zillah DERBY BETTING. 8 to 1 on the field—offered 10 to l agst Ld Jersey's Bro. to Ray Middleton 14 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Flambeau—taken 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers 20 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Tros 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Bragh—taken 9 to I agst Tros and the Dey of Algiers--taken MAIDSTONE STEEPLE CHASES These races, which had been postponed on account of the weather, took place this day over about three miles of an ad mirably-chosen line of country, a short distance from the town. For the Grand Steeple Chase Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 forfeit, with 100 sovs. added from the Fund, open to all England, 11st. 71b. each ; winners of a steeple chase 71b. extra; the second to save his stake; six horses started, and came in as follows : Mr. Elmore's Lottery (Mason) 1 Mr. Barker's Weathercock Mr. Rothschild's Orion . Mr. Rothschild's gr. g. Mr. Bunce's Paddy Carey 5 Mr. Duppa's Memento At the start, which took place in a pretty piece of meadow land at the back of Mr. Bridgland's house, Orion went away with the lead at as good a pace as the heavy state of the ground would allow, occasionally changing places with Memento for the first mile. Lottery, W athercock, Paddy, and the Grey, quietly following them. On nearing the brook, which was from 16 to 18 feet wide, Lottery went in front, cleared it beau tifully, as did Orion. Memento went on the wrong side of a flag, and was declared distanced. Lottery having left Weather cock and Paddy Carey in the brook, where th •y remained some time, ran home an easy winner. Second Chase.—The County Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, p. p., with 50 sovs. added from the fund, for horses thatihave been hunted ten times with any pack of hounds in the county of Kent this season, &c. ; llst. 71b. each, over the same line Winners 71b. extra. Second to save his stake. Four SO scribers. Mr. Armstrong's Flecknoa Mr. Hodge's Cantab ........ Mr. Hodge's Laurel A slow race through a heavy shower of rain—won easily (Owner) 1 (Mason) 2 COVENTRY RACES-WEDNESDAY. The Caven Trial Stakes of 10 sovs, each, with 50 added from the fund, for two and three years old. Once round and a dis tance. Nine Subscribers. Mr. T. Water's gr. h. Vertumnus, 3 yrs, Set. 71b (Marlow) Mr. E. Peel's b. c. Alzdorf 2 yrs, 7st Mr. Corbett's hr. f. Jenny Jones, 2 yrs, 6st. 111 b. Capt. Lamb's br. c. Speed, 2 yrs, 7st Two others :tarted. Won cleverly. Handicap Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., free for all horses, with 30 sovs. added fron the Fund. Mile and a half. Seven Subscribers. Mr. Tome's gr. g. Isaac, aged, 9st. Mr. W. Walters's b. c. Goldhurst, 4 yrs, Bst. Mr. T. Walters's ch. m. The Fairy, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b 3 Five started. Won very easily. The City Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added from the Fund, for horses not thorough bred. Mile and a half. Gentlemen riders. Nine Subscribers. Mr. T. S. Morris's b. g. Pawick, 4 yrs. (Mr. Sadler) 1 Mr. B. Collett's d. m. Duenna, aged, list. 111 b. Captain Lamb's br. c. Goldicote, 4 yrs, 10st. 71b. Mr. Chapman's bl. g. St. John, 5 yrs, list. Ilb 4 Won by a length., A Silver Cup, with 10 sovs. for the second, added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Two-mile heats. Seven Subscribers. Mr. J. R. Wyatt named br.f. Tale-bearer, 4 yrs, Bst 3 1 1 The Earl of Craven named b. c. Exorable, 5 yrs, 9st 1 2 1 Mr. B. Collett's ch. c. Bath, 3 yrs, Bst ... 2 3 dr First heat won with difficulty ; second, a good race ; the third won easy. The Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. Two miles, with six leaps. Gentlemen riders. Six Sub scribers. Mr. Robertson's gr. g. Cigar, aged, list 111 b (Mr. Patrick 1 Mr. Little's gr. g. Sponge, aged, l Ist 111 b Mr. Chapman's bl. g. Little John, 4 yrs, list I llb A good race, and won very cleverly. . 3 THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supply of Corn coastwise was short, but there ii a considerable quantity of Foreign Wheat. The scarcity of flue English Wheat occasioned the factors to obtain rather higher prices ; in other qualities there was no alteration, and some extent of business was transacted in good Foreign at last quotations. Barley has receded Is. per quarter since last Mon day, but a better sale. Beans and Peas are unvaried. Oats have advanced Is. per quarter. The Flour trade was extremely heavy at former quotations. PRICES ON BOA RD OF SHIP Wheat, Red (old) .........—s. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43s 41s —White (old) —a —a (old) 46..481. —Red ;1838) 6os. 625. ----- Tick (new) 34s 35, -- Fine 645. Ms. .. Superfine 66s 723 Harrow (new) 37..38s ls —W,te (1838) ....635. fss. Fine 688. 70s. Brank Superfine 71s 78s. Oats, Feed --Foreign free 601. 78,. New 235. 270 i Rye 425. 455. Poland —S. --s, Barley 345. 40s. New ?4s 28s Grinding 343 36s Potatee kits. 30 ~ Malting .............40i. 42s Malt 56s Css Scotch 2Bl.3i's. ~.- Fine New 66s 68s. -- Irish 22'....24265. Pease, Grey, New 35c 365. Flour Town (per sack).... 60..63e. ... Maple New 375. 335, -- seconds 565.5 if . .---- White 40s. 42s .—...,.. North Country..., 521.54,. —.... Boilers 425, 445. Bran l24 13., ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. I Barley. I oat.. nour English 2,001 qrs. 4,278 sirs. 717 q r s . i 3,443.a0ks Irish — ---- 514 Foreign SMITHFIELD MARKET. The Supply of Beasts was considerable, a n d th e w h o l e was sold at last lUonday's prices. Mutton in better demand, arid rather better prices were obtained. Fine Veal was rather scarce, and prices advanced 2d. per stone. Not much doing in Pork, and prices unvaried. CITY FISH MARKET. 2,514 brit Supplies fair, and trade:good, prices much the same as on Saturday. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.—The transactions of this week have been extremely limited, but full prices at our last quotations have been obtained. The importers are very firm, especially as the latest accounts from Ja maica (21st January, brought by the Great Western from New York, state the continued refusal of the labourers to afford that regular work which is absolutely necessary, during the season of crop time particularly ; and fears were entertained that the crop, though limited, would not be taken off in due time. The packet now due will bring a few days later date, and is anxionsly looked for by all par ties. No arrival this week, either from the West Indies or. Mauritius, and the stock in hand of importers and grocers is very small, on other articles of colonial produce we have no sales to report, the market being quite bare of samples.. —Bristol Mirror, March 15. HINT TO RAILWAY DIRECTORS.--The dis tance from Paris to St. Germain by the Railway is about twelve miles, and the fare by the lolvest class carriages, up to the commencement of the present year, was one franc (10d.) The Directors, finding that three-fourths of the passengers went by this class of carriages, have reduced the fare from 10d. to 7frd., and during the last two months the receipts have increased 8,005 francs (3201.) VAN DIEMEN S LAND.—This morning the deputation of the public meeting held to petition the Queen for a Legislative Assembly, carried up the petition to his Excellency Sir John Franklin, in as much state as the condition of the colony would permit. It was composed of Mr. Stephen, Captain Swanston, Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Gregson, and several other gentlemen, whose carriages formed a handsome procession. His Ex. cellency, surrounded by the officers of his family, the Mem bers of both Councils, and the chief public officers, re ceived the deputation in the most courteous manner. The petition was several yards in length, signed by many Mem tiers of Council, by upwards of one hundred Magistrates, and four thousand h ouseholders.—Australasiati c Review, I Oct. 30. STRIKES.—Monday last, the operative masons in this town, struck work for an advance of wages. Their claim at first, was 275. 6d. per week: but, we believe, a desire exists among them to resume work at 255. No con ference, we believe, has yet taken place between the em. ployers and operatives. -_Paisley Advertiser. A dispute, respecting prices, has arisen between the cotton spinners employed in the new mill, lately erected in Johnstone, by Sir W. M. Napier, and their employers. We have not heal:cl the nature of the dispute ; but we un derstand some reduction of price was proposed, to which the spinners would not submit. Some symptoms of rioting having been exhibited, a party of constables was dispatched from Paisley yesterday morning to preserve the peace ; and last night an additional force was sent off.—Paisley Advertiser. tWIONSTONE COLLIERY.—We understand that the whole of the sufferers who were so providentially resued from a lingering death on Sunday mcrning last, were on Tuesday ready to resume work, with the exception of the oldest woman, the wife of George Campbell, who was in rather a feeble state previous to the catastrophe, but who is now greatly recovered, although not as yet able to descend the pit. On Monday last the Messrs. Sten house again visited them all, and generously gave 1/. to each.—Scotsmah. MANUFACTURES IN. BELGIUM AND CORN. LAWS. Though a check has been given to trade and manufac tures in Belgium by one of those periodical panics which visit every commercial country, every circumstance leads to the inference that it can b• only of a temporary na ture. The population of Belgium exceeds four millions —the oil is rich—the country abounds in mines of iron and coal, indispensable for a manufacturing nation—food is cheap, and combined with these advantages, the me chanical skill of the people is such, that at no distant period England must find Belgium her most formi dable rival. Since her separation from Holland, and the establishment of Railroads, the progress she has made in raising articles of commerce, till lately almost peculiar to England, is quite astonishing. The latest account we have seen of the state of that country, is to be found in Chambers Journal, a publication of modest pretensions, but containing at times articles of great importance in what relates to the moral character, in dustry, and happiness of the lower classes. The author visited the country towards the close of last year, and from personal observation, as well as from authentic documents, has furnished some facts which would con vince, if any thing could convince, our Aristocracy, of the dangerous game they are playing in upholding the Corn-laws. As few of them may see this publication, we take the liberty of extracting from it a few state ments for their admonition COTTON.—The manufacture of Cotton goods is in creasing rapidly in consequence of the general introduc tion of the best kinds of machinery and of steam power. It already gives employment to 122,000 workmen, and the total annual value amounts to more than three mil lion sterling. FLAX.-1n the year 1836, the total value of linen sold in the Belgian Markets amounted to four millions sterling, and at present there are upwards of 400,000 persons employed in the manufacture of this article alone. Woot.—The Woollen cloths are preferred to the French, and those of the black dye are in colour supe rior to the English. In Vervier alone in 1833, 40,000 workmen were employed, and the products of their labour amounted to one million sterling ; but Vervier is only one town out of eight that carry on this manufac ture of woollen cloths on a large scale. IRON AND LEAD.—In Liege and its environs, inclu ding- Namur, there cannot be fewer than 20,000 men employed in the iron trade. Locomotive machinery, power looms, and, indeed, machinery of every sort, are manufactured to a great extent there and at seven other towns. Iron mines abound in the Southern provinces in conjunction with coal, and Hainault alone produces more coal than the whole of France. SUM TOTAL.—A satisfactory proof of the increase of manufacturing establishments in Belgium is afforded by the number of licences which were issued between 1830 and 1838. In the province of Antwerp, the number was 171, in Brabant -259, in West Flanders, 209, in East Flanders 159, in Hainault 698, in Liege 260, in Namur 57, in Limburg 129, and in Luxemburg 20 ; making a total of 1,962 new manufactories, in which are constantly to be found in operation 400 steam engines. CONCLUSlON.—lndependency of any advantage which Belgium may derive from this anticipated trade with the upper regions of Germany—laying its railways entirely out of the question—it is indisputable that it will speedily prove, if it is not already, a formidable rival to England both in manufactures and commerce. In the manufacture of many articles, it has already at tained an equal skill ; in returns from this source it must already be not far behind Great Britain, in propor tion to its size and population. Taking its efforts in conjunction with those of its Prussian neighbours, we may be perfectly assured of the fact, that the long boasted supremacy of England in all kinds of industrial operations is about to pass away, or at least to be di vided with other countries. , CORN-LAWS. DIVISION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON THURSDAY. MINORITY PRESENT-14. EARL. • Radnor MARQUIS, DI eadalbane LORDS, Hatherton Holland Langdale Seaford Vernon EARLS. Albemarle Durham Loans. Brougharn and Vaux Calthorpee Kinnaird Fitzwilliam Dlinto mmns, Bedford PROXIES —lO. EARLS. Carlisle Derby Leicester Suftblk LORDS. Clonrurry Denman Godolphin Grafton MARQUIS. Westminsta• MAJORITY PR ESENT-111, EA RLS. Tan kery il le Cowper Stanhope Harrington `Warwick Hardwicke Delawarr Bathurst Digby Meat h Mountcash el Longford Wicklow Clare Rosslyn Wilt m Gosford Harrowby Verul am Bradford Beauchamp Eldon Falmouth St raclim Ate Cawdor Lichfield Ripon Yarborough Brecknock VISCOUNTS. Beresford Falkland Hereford Gage Hawarden Lismore Melbourne Melville • PR. MILS-113. Middleton, Sidney Strang ford BISHOPS. Bath and Wells Bangor Chester Lol.don LORDS. Willoughbyd'Eresby Vaux St. John of Bletso Saye and Seie Teynham Colville Sondes Foley Grantley Montagu Kenyon Carrington Li ford Cionbrock Ro,smore ltedesdale Ellenborough S tndys Hill Colchester Maryborough Forrester Rayleigh Bexley Wharncliffe owley Stuart de Rothsay Poltimore De Lisle Sudely EARLS. Malmesbury Shannon Charlemont Lucan Belmore Bandon Donoughmore Celedon Cray, n Clancarty Powis Charleville Orford Lonsdale liarewood Brownlow St. Germain's Morley (Bengali Sheffield Grey Somers Munster Granville VISCOUNTS Arbuthnot Strathallan De Vesci Doneraile Ferrard St. Vincent Sidmouth Exmouth Gort Combermere Canterbury LORDS. Forbes Saltoun Sinclair Reay Boston Dynevor Walsingham Bagot Southampton Rodney Braybrooke Douglas of Douglas Thurlow Rolle Bayning Wodehouse Arden Dunally Alvanley Rivers Lynedoch Churchill Harris Glenlyon Ravensworth Delamere Feverstam Fitzgerald Heytesbury Skelmersdale Wallace Wynford Segrave De Saumarez Western Abinger Ashburton Carew LORDS. Clinton Willoughbyde Brok e Lord Chancellor DUKES. Camloidge Argyll Buckingham Clevel-nd Dorset Norfolk Montrose Richmond Rutland Wellington MARQuissEs. Aylesbury Bute Cholmondeley Conyngham Exeter• Downshire Lansdowne • ortlia.mpton Ormonde Sligo Thomond Tweixidale Salisbury Westmeath EARLS. Huntingdon Lindsay Sandwich Cardigan Shaftesbury Abingdon . Hadclington Kinnoul Aberdeen Orkney Oxford DUKES. Beaufort Buccleuch Hamilton Marlborough Northumberland Roxburgh MARQUISES. Winchester Huntle} L ,thian Hertford Waterford Ely Camden Londonderry Hastings Clanricarde EARLS. Devon ----- Stamford Winchilsea Essex Plymouth Jersey Pomfret Moreton Eglintoun Moray Home Elgin Airlie Leven and Melville Selkirk Balearres Kintore Dunmore Nlacclesfield falbot Mount Edgcumbe METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Morning Herald of this day contains a leading article which has been suggested by General Johnson's notice of motion on the working of the new Poor-law. In this article our Contemporary says:—" The new Poor law has operated most severely and unjustly on the labour ing poor; while it has not remedied the injustice that has so long been inflicted on landowners and farmers. These classes still pay nearly the %hole amount of Poor. rate, whilst the owners of machinery—th e men w h o create nearly the whole mass of English pauperism —still pay not one farthing towards the maintenance of the unemployed poor The amount of poor-rate has, it is true, been lowered; but it is rising in every quarter ; and even if the amount could be permanently kept down, still all that the farmer might, under such a system, save in poor-rate, he would assuredly lose tenfold, in the lowered price of his produce ; since every cause that lowers wages must ne cessarily lower the price of agricuAural produce." The Times, commenting on the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bills, observes as follows :—" The Eccle. siastical Commissioners are empowered to receive fines ;' but fines can only arise from the renewal of leases, which they have not the power to effect I If this omission be accidental, it is another specimen of Whig legislation, and of the care and attention of the sponsors of the Bill, Lord John and Mr. S. Rice. But if it has been intentional, it is a dastardly attempt on, the part of Ministers at doing, in a sneaking, underhand manner—an attempt in every way characteristic of the shabby Ministry what they dare not propose openly, what they know Parliament would never sanction, if the object of the dirty trick were understood." The Morning Chronicle remarks, in reference to Sir R. Peel's Anti-Corn-law speech on Friday night :—" Why is he anxious to protect the farmers now against change? For the same reason that ladies of a certain description are, in the proverb, represented as peculiarly grave at a chris tening. The name of Peel is synonimous throughout the country, with wholesale ruin to the farmers by the change introduced into the currency by his famous Bill. He is anxious to escape from the odour in which he is held by one of the few honest things he ever did as a Statesmen." The Morning Post lauds Sir Robert Peel's speech against the repeal of the Corn-laws in a strain of the most humorous exaggeration, observing of this notable effusion : Never was there a nobler triumph of eloquent reason. ing and conclusive information. By this time it has carried conviction with it to every corner of the kingdom." The Morning Advertiser states, of the Bill for further improving the Police in and near the Metropolis, that " It is illegal and unconstitutional in principle, and pregnant with tyranny and injustice in action." ARTIST'S GENERAL BENEVOLENT INTSTITU• TION.—The twenty-fourth anniversary dinner of this excel lent charity, instituted for the relief of decayed artists, their widows, and orphans, is fixed for Saturday next, and from the rank 'and number of the gentlemen who have sig nified their intention to act as stewards, a numerous at tendance is anticipated. TEETOLALISM. The professors of this crotchety doctrine represent their pet" principle," as pro gressing rapidly throughout the kingdom. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and her august Mother attended Divine Service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Bi,hop of Oxford, who took his text from the 4th chapter of the Gospel of St. Johr, verse 1.0. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Haden; the Lessons and Litany were read by the Rev. Mr. Povah ; and the Altar Service was read by the Sub-Dean, and the Rev. Messrs. Haden and Povah. The Chaunt was Dr. Dupuis : the Musical Service was Aldrich in A : the Sanctus and Commandments, Horncastle • and the Anthem " Giv e the King thy judgment, 0 God " (Boyce), Was sung by Messrs. Bradbury, Salmon, and Wylde. Mr. J. B. Sale presided at the organ. The Dean of Chester was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in wait ing. Her I4Ljesty was attended by Lady Barham, Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Viscountess Forbes, Viscount Falkland, Hon. C. A. Murray. Hon. William Cowper, and the Hon. Col. Cavendish. Lady Flora Hastings was in waiting on the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty and suite returned in three of the Royal carriages to Buck ingham Palace after the service. Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday evening. The com pany were :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, the Archbishop o f York, Dukes of Leeds and Argyll, Marquises of Ailesbury and Conyng ham, Marchioness of Ailesbury, Earl of Gosford, Viscounts Pal merston and Duncan, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Mr. E. Stanley and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley, Miss Vernon Harcourt, Lady Barbara, Lady Flora Hastings,.Lady Georgians Bathurst, Hon. bliss Cocks, Hon. Miss Cavendish, Viscountess Forbes, Miss Davys, Ba roness Lehzen, Viscount Falkland, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Liam Cowper, and the Hon.:Col. Cavendish. The Band of the let Life Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. The Queen honoured Sir Francis Chantrey with a sitting for her Bust on Saturday. Viscount Melbourne had au audience of her Majesty on Saturday. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Mr. Alderman Johnson and Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood, accompanied by the City Ite rnenibrancer, had an audience of the Queen on Saturday, to receive her Majesty's commands with respect to the reception of the Ad dress from the City of London; relative to the Metropolitan Police Bill. Her Majesty was graciously p:eased to appoint Thursday next, at two o'clock, for the reception of the Address. Her Ma jesty was attended by Lady. Barham, Larly.in-Waiting, Viscount Falkland, Lord-in Waiting, Hon. William Cowper, Groom-in - Waiting, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in- Waiting. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited her Majesty yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday morning in Gros venor Chapel. Baroness Ahlefeldt, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Stephens were in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday ayterneon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Viscount Palmerston, the Mar quis of Normanby, the Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Viscount Howick, and Lord Morpeth. The Council sat two hours and a half. .sa•••• Despatches from Sir William Wico'ay, Governor of the Mauri tius, and from Sir Howard Douglas, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. The French Ambassadot transacted business on Saturday at the Foreign Office. Viscount Melbourne gave a Parliamentary dinner on Caturdel , at; his residence in South -street. Among the company were the Earls of Ilosebery and Fingall, Sir James Duke, Mr. Sergeant Wilde, Alderman Humphery, Honourable J. F. Strangways, Cal - tain H. Winnington, Mr. Winnington, Messrs. C. O'Brien, C Baines, Gillon, Robert Stewart, Warburton, A. H. Moreton, William Curry, R. More, O'Ferrall, and Major Chetwynd. PORTUGAL. By the Tagus steamer, Burney Commander, which arrived at Falmouth on Saturday .evening, having left Gibraltar and Cadiz on the Bth, Lisbon 11th, Oporto 12th, and Vigo on the 13th inst., we have received the following communication, dated LISBON, MARCH 11. M. Fernandes Coelho has resigned the portfolio of the Inte rior, and it is anticipated that his example will be followed by the other 'Ministers, owing to the want of a majority upon whitn they can rely in the Cortes. Overtures have been made to Julio Sanches, nerramado, and Soure, to fill the now-vacated department, and the other two, which have been hitherto held ad interim by other Ministers; but they have, one and all, re fused to fOrm part of a Coalition Cabinet, as such an arrange ment would be. It is the opinion of many, however, that in stead of throwing up office, the Government will dissolve the Chamber, and try their chance with a new Cortes. A deputation from the Cortes, headed by the Speaker, waited on her Majesty the Queen on Thursday with the Answer to the Speech from the Throne, which met with a most gracious reception. The Minister at War asked for an authorisation to enable him to dispose of lands to the amount of 60 contos ds reis, about 13,7601. sterling, or an equal sum in money for the fulfilment of the contract, entered into on the first of January, 1834, by the British subjects (Militaires Ingleses), who formed a com ponent part o, the liberating army, and who, to use his Li cellency's own words, so materially assisted with their blood in the restoration of the throne and liberty. The Senators are still occupied in the discussion of the An swer to the Speech from the Throne. The Guerillas continue through the various provinces their customary marauding practices. After the expiration of nearly two years, the thirty-eight individuals who were arrested in the Miguelite emuete at Mornota, near Soires, two leagues he:►ce, have, after a trial 'of five days, received judgment. Twenty one were liberated, sixteen of whom were subsequently impri soned for desertion; and upon the remaining seventeen the sen tence or death was passed. 'J UItKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 20.—The Captain Pasha is petted in town to-day, on his return from the Dardanelles , ' whore he has been for the last ten days, providing for the better: defence of these straits. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ord nance, Hadjee Ali Pasha, is to remain governor of the fortresses' He owes his appointment to the high opinion of his capacity as an artilleryman he inspired in the Sultan by mounting on a ear' riage one of the enormous guns which, since the day when they served Sultan Amur* th in reducing Bagdad, were laid up s s monuments of Osmanli prowess in the storehouses of the Se-, raglio. The ball s o f th ese cannons we i gh 6751 b., and 70 1 b. powder is required for the charge. The few whose opinions ar e entitled to some consideration, and who look upon a war ,be tween the Sultan an d M e h emet Ali as i nevitable shouto_. Redschid Pasha's mission in England prove abortive, attribute the strengthening of the Dardanelles to the Porte's apprehe n " sion of the Pasha's fleet, attempting to force its way to the capital. -It appears certain that the equipment of the whole 0 1 the Ottoman fleet is to take place immediately after the cele bration of the Coorban 13eiram, which occurs on the 24th jest. On Sunday last the inauguration of the medical school, erected at Galata Sely, at the Sultan's expense, took p l a ce, and the last Gazette contained an imperial order for the esta blishment of an university at Constantinople, after the model of Europe, where on leaving the elementary schools, the_Ma homedan youth will in future have to go through a regula r course of studies, and be maintained at the public expense during a cer t a i n num b er of years. None except those wo° shall have received education at this University, and under" gone examination satisfactorily, will in future be received In' the employ of Government. The envoy of the Kahkan of Kokan had on the 18th inst. e audience of the Sultan, and laid at his feet the letter from 10 master and the numerous presents of which he was the bearer' The object of his mission is not merely that of paying homag e to the Sultan as Caliph and first Imam of Islamism, but to re fer to his ar bi trat i on the settlement of the feuds existing, for many y ears b etween the state of Bokharah and that ol Kokan. The singularity of the dress of the individua ls composing the Ambassador's retinue, and which, with th e exception o f t h e tur b an, i s very similar to that of theCl'j" nese, had attracted a vast concourse of spectators on both side s , of the road b y w hi c h the many-coloured- cortege was to pass. on its way to the palace. The procession was opened 101 a body of Tsharoosh carrying silver rods, and wearing be lts covered with very small bells of the Caine metal, which emitted as they stately moved along a most singular, but by no nae ol. ' disagreeable, harmony. Close behind them was the Irehrolterl or chief Equerry of the Kahkan, and the fourteen s plendw• horse. of th a t prov i nce ' s b reed, which he was to offer to the Sultan. The bearers of the shawls, gold and silk brocades , muslins, and other articles of their country's manuf ac ture , came next, and a f ter t h em t h e Amba,sador on a line stee d, ld b two rooms, olding in both hands te utograp letter from his So g vereign h to the Sultan enclosed in a a wreath richlY studded with precious stones. The march was doled by i r y, dividuals wh o l e d t h e h orses and carried the presents whir. the Ambassador intended offering on his own account to his Highness. Colonel Sheil had arrived with the whole of the persons be longing to the British Legation in Persia, at Erzeronm. EGYPT. CAIRO, Fee. 10.—Reschid Pacha, after sending the Friel of Nescbeb and his f am ily pr i soners to Cairo, marched against Cosseir, which he t oo k, an d i s now teasdays' marc h from Bassorah. That country is inhabited by warlike tribes' who will give the E g y p ti ans f urther trouble. It is n ° known sshether it is a part of Mehemet Ali's plan to get poi; session of Bassorah. K ursc h e d , formerly his slave, is d e vote to him, and should he be so fortunate as to make self master of the mouths of the rivers Tigris ar i a Euphrates, the fall of Bassorah would create a gr es sensation, net only in Asia, but in Europe, and increase the difficulties of th e O r i en t a l quest i on. E i ther the Pacha of B , g, dad, or the E ng li s h, wou ld b e o b l i ged to drive the EgyPtiant from Bas;orah; the Pacha, because he will be convinced tha an attack on Bagdad itself i s i n t en d e d, t h e E ng li s h, beans e they will not give up the navigation of the Euphrates, n ot low the d om i n i on of Mehemet Ali to extend the P ers i a n Gll l ':,_ If the Pacha of Ba g d a d a tt ac k s, Ib ra hi m w ill not be inactlif on the frontier of• A na l o ti a , an d t h e peace, ma i ntaine d with so much trouble, is at an end. We see that the events of Arabia are of great importanc e ' and their consequences may extend to Europe. DEATII OF S IR C HARLES P A GET.—It 1S with great regr e t we h ave to announce the death of Vice" Admiral the Hon. Sir Charles Paget, K. C. H the 27th of January l as t, at t h e I s l and of St. Thomas, 1- the West Indies. We gain this intelligence by ; the Harpy packet. Si r Ch ar l es had left Jamaica about ei ght days previously, in the Tartarus steamer, with the inten tion of joining his family at Bermuda, but we presuP 3a t his debility increased on the voyage, and that those abe d him, including his son , t h e R ev. Ed ward Paget, deemed d , it advisable t o run to St. Tho mas ' s f or a ddi t i ona l a vice ; when th e h an d o f d eat h d eprived the country of th e talented energy of our naval Commander-in-Chief id t h West Indies, and th e p ro f ess i on, i n which he ha d bee „ ,; bred, of a high-born, yet urbane gentleman, a first-ra te officer, and a thorou g h seaman. Sir Charles Paget 011 s the fifth son of the l a t e E ar l of Uxbridge, and brothe r t 0 , the Marquis of Angles e y, an d was in the 61st year of 11 age. In Duncan's acti on , i n t h e year 1797, he commanue the Martin sloop of war, an d successively the Brillig?t, Hydra, Endymion, and Egyptienne frigates ; and thoug h I !, e .. had never, in those ship s , t h e good fortune to partak e 1 ' any frigate action, yet no officer of his day was more ac i : tive, zealous, and enterprising. He captured several P r o the breaking out of the Spanish war, he, to vateers, and on one time, brought thirteen captured Rio Plate shiPs,„, Spithead. In the Revenge and the Superb, he was i r r - t , riously employed blockade of Cherbourg, Roeh'f'., and Brest ; and in the latter ship, served in the Ame r L e .„ - , war; and in the neighbourhood of Boston, at Wareham' captured 2,500 tons of shipping. Sir Charles was I '7 l ll o qucutly Yacht Captain to George the Fourth, in a " marine excursions ; an d w a s knighted at Brighton, i n 18 19 being promoted to a flag iu 1823. He has since been em ployed, first, in attending his then Majesty; secondlhoo. Commander-in -Chief at Cotk ; thirdly, in an ExPe ria t he tal Squadron ; and lastly, as Commander-in-Chief in _„a West Indies and North America. The gallant deceased has left a !arge family, having been married, 180 3 ! '. Elizabeth Araminta, daughter of Henry (and Lady El : eu t beth) Monck, Esq. ; his eldest son, Charles„,a t P re i iire commands the Howe, 120, at Sheerness. ---iia m P s Telegraph. --~y