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The following Gentlemen are to be immediately taised to the Peerage : Lord TALBOT DE MALAFIIDE, an English Pe erage, or Baron FURNIVAL MALAIIIDE. Sir Jottx STANLEY, Bart., Baron STANLEY, Of ALDRRLET) of Alderlev Park. Right Hon. HENRY VILLIERS STUART, Baron STUART, of Deeies. • -- night Hon CHARLES r. BROWNLONV, Baron L.ARGAN, of Largan. CHANDOS LEIGH, Esq., Baron LEIGH, of Stoneleigh. PAUL BIELBY THOMSON', Esq., Baron WEN LOCK, of Wenlock. NICHOLAS RIDLEY COLBORNE, Esq., Baron COLBORNE, of Hailing. ARTHUR FRENCH, Esq., Baron de FREGNE. So far so good; but we hope this is only an earnest of something better. Had Ministers acted in this spirited manner two or three years ago, the House of Lords would not have disgusted the country by the rejection of such a number of good measures as they have done. The proverb says, " out of evil cometh good," and Lord IthnEN deserves all the credit of the prese n t creation of Peers. We hope the Noble Lord will go on in his career of factious motions until he calls up as many spirits of liberty to the House of Lords as will give the Reform Bin a fair chance of working out its destiny for the benefit of the nation at large, and not for the ad vantage of a selfish patty. There are many good men and true in the Com 410Hs well worthy of the Peerage ; but in the pre nt state o f th e Session it would be imprudent to disturb the . M) countr • ore Peers by and bye. The subdued tone of the Tory organs on the Subject of the Jamaica Bill is a plain indi • don that t h e Tories have aga i n com mitted a mistake. For them to profess any love for representation ur an d, their oosition at once as hypocritical. have them whi pp nina over the suspension of a Consti tution, pretending to have a respect for the rights ' lll d fr ee d om of the people, is like a wolf p retemi 411 g t ° Pity the lamb that it has clutched for a meal, °r a hangman, who loves his trade, weeping over the criminal he is in haste to execute. When the P eo ple of England undertook to abolish slavery, and when they subsequently, by their remonstrances and the motions they carriedin the House of Com nt°lls, Comp e ll e d the planters to put an end to the apprenticeship system, they in fact interfered so extensively and so violently with the state of so eletY in Jamaica', that th e y w ere b oun d to provide for the con sequences w hi c h m i g h t ensue . They subverted, in fact, the authority of th e Plante rs , an d su b st i tute d no other i n t place. Between the slaves and their masters there existed, in general, opposition, not to say en 11",tY ; and, ow i ng to t h e d i ff erence o f race and colour, it was not to be expected that the negroes should respect and reverence the depreciated autho rity o f their masters. They were set free by Eng itand, to England they looked for support and pro 7uaion) and England could only give it by over rng the wishes and will of the planters. Hence a rose a moral obligation on the people and Parlia ment of En g l an d to i n t er f e re, and it is that o blia a tlOll which now compels the Ministers reluctantly,, and not till the planters have been repeatedly tried, to propose the suspension in form and substance— in reality it has long been suspended—of the Con stitution of Jamaica, _ _ In another part of our paper will be found a series of observations bearirig on the bad faith with which the Legislature of Jamaica have sought to evade the conditions of the contract, which we purchased of them. They had their share of the 20,000,0001. we gave for a partial emancipation. The same subject is well treated in a well-timed pamphlet, which the Anti-Slavery Society has just published. The first act of the Colonial Legislature, it states, for carrying the Act of 1833 into effect was so full of defects as to be inoperative, but Mr. STAN LEY allowed it to stand, suggesting import ant modifications. Some of those were car tied into effect in 1834 ; but the Jamaica Legis'ature even then contrived, by a clause, to restore to the planters the horrible prac tice of flogging females—a Colonial practice which had been more peremptorily prohibited by the Im perial Act than perhaps any other. In 1834 they passed another Act, in which was a clause authorising the flogging of females ; but this Act was disal lowed by the Home Government. The Committee obtained by Mr. FOWELL BuvroN, in 1836, to inquire into the . working of the apprenticeship sys tem, brought to light the horrors of the Jamaica prisons, in which many cruelties were practise:l. The unceasing object with which the planters have acted was said to be, by an ex-Member of the Jamaica Assembly who was examined before the Committee—" to frame laws with such adroitness, that they might re-enact as much as possible of the ancient system of slavery under a new name." The Constitutional rights of the emancipated negroes are as nothing compared with this object. " Tbere was but one internal chance of redress," says the pamphlet, " remaining for the negrees, and that was, in the elective franchise : but this, then, was too important to be overlooked by the Assembly of Jamaica, who within the last two years have repeatedly passed election laws of so exclusive a character that were they sanctioned at home they must practically restore an almost absolute rule to the planters." When to these many attempts to re-enact slavery we add the determined resistance of the planters to the suggestions from England, ending at length in their virtually laying down their legislative authority, we see an absolute necessity for the Parliament to interfere, and protect the negroes from new slavery and the islands from anarchy. At present the Colonial Minister may disallow any Act of the Legislature of Jamaica he pleases, and it is not then law. Its independence, in fact, is a mere shadow, and will be as great under Commissioners as under the Colonial Minister. The • Assembly has power to do evil or to prevent good, but it has no power, because it has no incli nation to carry out the Act of Emancipation, which England purchased at the expense of 20,000,0001. The Bill proposed by the Ministers may not be the best possible way of providing for the exigency which has arisen, but no person has yet suggested a better ; and some measure which shall provide for the safety of the black population as well as for that of the whites, independently of the local Legislature, is now indispensable. The Anti- Slavery Society, we are glad to see, highly approves of the Ministerial Bill. The important announcement which we yester day made concerning the dismissal of the Duke of NEWCASTLE from the Lord-Lieutenantcy of Not tinghamshire has excited a considerable sensation. It took place in consequence, we understand, of a corres spondence between the LORD CHANCELLOR and Ile Noble Duke, which was conducted on his side in such a manner as to leave the Government no alter native but to dismiss his Grace. We have no doubt that the correspondence, when it sees the light, will convince the public of the propriety of the Ministers' conduct ; and that if they are to blame for :Any thing, it is for too much forbearance towards those who, being in fact placed under them, have never ceased to treat them with contumely. Now that they have begun effectively to demonstrate that they are in earnest and are not to be bearded by their subordinates, we hope that they will speedily regain the waning confidence of their friends. Having the Court with them, and having yet a ma jority of the Commons in itheir favour, it is not, we trust, too late to convince the Tory Lords, by an exhibition of vigour, that they are not to domineer over the two other estates of the realm. The long and tried patience of the Ministers with their oppo nents will at once convince the public that they have not had recourse to such a step till it was absolutely necessary. One of the objections made to the present system of Government, and one reason on which great changes are immediately demanded in the Legisla ture, is, that to obtain any Reform the bulk of the people must bestir themselves, leave their bread winning occupations, become politicians, and threaten revolution. Perhaps that is not a very bad condition of society, for hasty legislation is always mischievous, and to induce the bulk of the people to bestir themselves the object proposed must be good, and the grievance to be redressed mighty. But whether it be good or not, it would not be altered by the most extensive reform. At present, during a sort of ferment, Reformers choose ardent and stirring men to represent them in the Conven tion ; but had they a Parliament according to their hearts' wish they should choose quieter, steadier men, who should better represent the babitua inertia of the masses. To obtain any great change then, they would have to bestir them selves nearly as much as at present. The members of the Common Council are chosen annually, and by the bulk of die Livery, but they are hardly ever removed, and they form one of the greatest nests of jobbers in the kingdo m. To keep them in order, their constituents must watch over them as earnestly as if, like the Aldermen, they had seats for life. We have no notion that the most perfect system of representation, accompanied even by Annual Parliaments, would relieve the people from the necessity of continually watching over their own affairs, and bestirring themselves, if they needed any particular measure. The constituency of the United States are in a perpetual state of agitation, and are appealed to on all questions. If it may he doubted, therefore, whether the widest Re for.n would exonerate the people from the task of watching over the march of public events, and frequently interfering with them, what : what would b e t h e consequences placed in o ffi ce agreeably to were the the ~isheso Tories f many Ref o rm ers ? T o extort anything from ' the Conservatives th e y must b e threatened by a re volution. Nothing les s wou ld move and the inevitable consequence of placin g the Tories in power would be to double the urgency for appealing to the people and hold ing public meetings, which exists under the Whigs, and which is one of the principal ohjec ions to their Government, made by certain Re- With the Tories in office we should aye, and must have, agitation till they were removed, to be replaced by the very men, or by men professing similar principles, and wielding similar power to those whom some Reformers are anxious to turn out of office. In many of the com plaints made against Ministers, we fancy we hear the voices of those who think they are themselves worthy to hold office, and who blame themselves - ortners. or having, contributed to place their rivals in power. It is the voice of jealousy and envy, as much as :hat of patriotism. We have not space to advert at any length to the dinner yesterday given to Mr. HUME, and to the substantial mark of public gratitude then be stowed on him. For uprightness, disinterestedness, and an unwearied pursuit of the public good, we know no man so deserving of public approbation as Mr. H E ; and were the public alvva)s so careful and discriminating in their approbation, they would be better served than at present. We are glad to see by an advertisement in an other part of out Paper, that the Committee of the Protestant Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty has entered the field on the Jamaica question, and passed two spirited resElutions approving o f t h e Ministerial plan. Such public spirit, and such Christian feeling, as are evinced by the Society, are worthy of praise and imitation. The House of Commons last night exhibited a scene which reflects deep disgrace upon the lion. Member for Bridport, the main agent concerned in it, and two or three confederates. Nothing has occur re d within nur recollection, tending more to bring the H ouse an d it s f or ms into contempt with the public than the pertinaciously ridiculous, and ut terly foolish course pursued by these Hon. Gentlemen in regard to the Copyright Bill. Mr. Weanun- TON'S conduct can be compared only to that of a big baby who has taken it into his head to be un reasonably obstinate, and persists in being so because he is ashamed to give in. He is opposed to the Copy right Bill—so are many other Hon. Members—but does that justify him in adopting discreditable or un fair means to defeat it? Surely not. We are sorry to use such harsh terms towards any Member of Parliament, but we deliberately state our opinion that in availing himself of the forms of the House in the way he did last night to gain his point, he acted most discreditably. In the first place he objected to the consideration of the measure on a Wednesday, because, forsooth, on Wednesdays the attendance is thin, while at the very moment when he was speaking there were nearly ninety Members present, and there were never fewer than sixty at any period of the sitting, not even when the House broke up at half-past twelve. Under this disingenuous pretext, the groundlessness of which absolutely stared him in the face the whole night, and would have rebuked the effrontery of any other man, did he persevere in opposing the discussion, dividing the House upwards of twenty times, rather than surrender his point ; and after all was inconsistent enough to give it up in the teeth of his own declared determination never to yield! If the Copyright of authors, says he, is by your Bill, to be extended to sixty years beyond the present term, I never will con sent to it. I will persist in my opposition, and use my privilege of obstructing your proceedings, by everlasting divisions. Yet, behold, no sooner is the obnoxious clause agreed to than, as if glad of a loop-bole to escape from his unenviable posi tion, be declares his satisfaction at the result, because he thinks, sagacious man! it will damagethe Bill, renounces his hostile propensities and becomes perfectly recon ciled to the advancement of the measure through Com mittee ! Was there ever such self-stultification as this witnesssed within or without the walls of the House ? It will be seen from our report that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Lord HOWICY, the only Mem bers of the Government present, opposed the two most important provisions of the Bill. - Mr. SPRING RICE moved as an amendment that thirty-one years should be substituted for sixty, which was lost, but which he gave notice he would propose at a future stage ; and Lord HowicK objected to the retrospective effect given to the measure by clause fourth, on the ground that no change of the present laws, as regards works already pub lished could tend to the advancement of literature in future. Both these clauses were, however, carried. Several ethers were postponed, as they were likely to cause discussion, until Tuesday next, when the Com mittee is to sit again. We must , not omit this opportunity of impressing upon Members the necessity ofconsidering the effect sure to be produced by this measure, unless some provision be introduced to restrict the disposal of the copyright to a given number of years at a time. Under this Bill " out and-out" assignments—and publishers will take none other unless the law prohibits these—will, it is agreed, produce to the author no more than the present term, while the public will be deprived of the advantage which it now enjoys at the expiry of a copyright. The only person benefited will be the assignee or publisher, who bars out the public for sixty years or more without having given a farthing more for the author's copyright than he would have done under the operation of the present law. What benefit can an author's family derive from this Bill without some provision of the kind to which we have referred ? Let a portion, say 10 or 15 years of the term, be sold at a time, and then the author will receive something like the real value for his produc tions, and will consequently be stimulated, both on his own account and that of his descendants, to produce works of standard excellence. The Emperor of RUSSIA, it is said, has chosen the present auspicious conjuncture for the Holy Alliance to send his son, the GRAND DUPE, to the Western States of Europe. to witness the working of the Constitutional system. The Prince is to land to-morrow, at Dept ford, and Count Pozzo DI BONGO, no doubt, will take advantage of circumstances to impress on the young Autocrat the impossibility of Representa tive Government. Certainly, at no former period, could he have found so many plausible arguments in favour of the despotism of the North. IR Russia, Austria, and Prussia, the respective Ministries go on smoothly, sudden changes are almost unknown, and Cabinets are rarely broken up, except with the death of the Prime Minister. lik s , the Western States, the Cabinet machine seldom goes on for two years consecutively. In Spain a Cabinet but of yes terday, is said to be falling in pieces. In Portugal it had been worn out in twelve months, and has just been reconstructed. In England crisis !ollows crisis—the ,machine is nt a dead stand, and some new Conductor is - looked for every day. • In France there have been some twenty Cabinets in nine years ; during the last fifty days there have been two different Cabi nets—the one all but a non-entity, and the other a real non-entity--ail the leading men of the country have been trying for weeks to construct something possessing moving powers ; but no sooner is the machine put up, than the breath of the CITIZEN KING blows it to pieces. Tkere has been in fact but one continued crisis in these repre sentative states ever since the" Glorious days of July," These are the' heads of lecture for the young 'Prince, and the follisiing we add 'to" tbe eemniebiery. But for this - representative 'system, this check on the Sovereign, which the Northern Powers would turn into ridicule, Ireland would have been exposed to a civil war ; Don MIGUEL, whom even Lord ABERDEEN de nounced, would have been on the throne of Portugal ; the monster Don Cmitos would have established un mitigated despotism and persecution in Spain ; and Louis PHILIPPE would have joined the Holy Alliance, and created a new French Revolution. In the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, immedi ately after the appointment of a deputation to congratu late the KING on his birthday, M. DUPIN volunteered an explanation of the causes which led to the formation of a Cabinet. of the Left Centre, of which a list ap peared in our columns of yesterday. He began by stating that error.eaus reports had gone abroad as to the part which he bad taken in rendering this attempt to form a Liberal Government abortive. The circumstances were too grave, too deplorable, to allow him to have it thought that the solution of the difficulties de rended upon him. He however would take upon himself the responsibility of the facts which led to the breaking off of the negotiations--thus attempting to make a distinction without a difference. No blame, he alledged was attributable to the Crown. M. DUPIN proceeded to give the following account of the actual circumstances of the negotiation :—" M. PASSY was, charged with the composition of the Cabinet. A list had been prepared, but the consent of several men in scribed thereon was still wanting. MM. Teste, C. Gridaine, and Pelet de la Loiere were among those who bad not ac cepted. it was agreed at the meeting held at M. Passy's hotel on Sunday evening that the Minister of Justice should preside at the sittings of the Council, but with out bein: the real President. M. Dupin declined this mission, because it appeared too arduous for his strength. It had ever been his opinion that a Cabinet should have a real President. He disclaimed the post for himself, and expressed a belief that it should naturally devolve on a man who had been already in office. What he wished was a serious, a real President ; a mere President of the deliberations of the councils, he could not be considered as such. At the first meeting, Messrs. Sauzet, Maisosi, and Pelet de la Lozere were not present, and he (M. Dupin) had abstained front stating his objections as to the Presidency until the next day, when his proposition to that effect occasioned the rupture of the combination. The question of a majority bad been another point on which N. Dupin had strenuously insisted. lie dig not wish to enter a Cabinet doomed to only three days' ex istence. M. Cunin Gridaine had been applied to; he hesitated to accept, and said be should consult his friends. Curart Gridaine offered the guarantee of a fixed majority, but the moment he withdrew that majority was no longer certain. Ile knew that the gauche, who fol. lowed N. Odillon Barrot, and the centre gauche, would support the new Ministry ; he thought that the Cabinet, with their accession, might go on, but not with perfect security. With the two extremes, who gave strength to a coalition, but could not 113 depended upon for the sup. port of the Goverment, the Cabinet would have found itself in a very precarious situation, having against it M. Cuain Gridaine's friends, whose hostility was visible from their having refused to back even M. Passy, after naming him the President of the Chamber. M. Dupin did not wish to desert his friends ; he had offered to enter the Cabinet without a pottefeuille or a salary, determined to stay or retire with his party. The best proof he could give of his fixity in that determination was that on Monday evening ovettures were made to hint by men who differed in opinion with him, which he rejected with indignation. He declared, in concluding, that he preferred remaining a simple Deputy to entering a Cabinet having no chance of duration. M. Dufaure declared that without incriminating M. Dupin, he was warranted in saying that the ea:use of the failure of the combination was not to be ascribed to any of H. Dupin's colleagues. He admitted that all the men named to form part of the Cabinet were not present at the meeting of Sunday evening. M. Pelet was not there, but M. Palsy had pledged himself to obtain tite accept ance of that gentleman, and the future Minister autho rized him accordingly to draw up the list, on which M. Pelet's name was inscribed, and to lay it before the King. Every thing was finally agreed to, and the Mi nisters accepted by the Crown. The question of the real Presidency had been discussed on Sunday evening, and M. Dupin took a part in the debate. It was defi nitively settled on then , and M. Passy wrote at the bottom of the resolutions adopted that evening, that the Minister of Juiti..le should presile at their deliberations. It was a sacred contract entered into by all present, and ought to have been fulfilled. Why M. Dupin did not bold it in that light be would not undertake to explain, but all his other colleagues considered it binding upon them. M. Dupin the next day started the difficulty about the Presidency, and the improbability of the centre gauche Cabinet obtaining the majority in the Chamber. All his colleagues knew as well as M. Dupin that the 221 were not favourable to them ; but they were sure, that when they should see that the new Ministry only wished for the welfare of the country, unless they were determined to per s i s t i n a cul pable, systematic opposition, they would rally to their banner. M. Dupin declared that he did consider himself bound by what M. Dufaure called a sacred contract. M. Cunin Gridaine said that he would correct a few mis tn which the journals bad b ea led resveti ng, the part behad taken in the .Ministerial negotiation. M. Passy had waited upon him on Sunday mornieg,, and proposed to him to enter the Cabinet which he was charged to construct; he had taken advice only of his consience, and spontane ously declared the ofer. His motive was that Marshal Soult and M. Hurnann did not figure therein.. To make a systematical opposition, he said, had never entered his ideas, nor those of his friends. After M. Passy had left him, he (M. Curtin Gridaino) bad repaired to General Jacqueminot's, where several of his friends were to meet, to consult on the course they should pursue in the event of an address to the Crown being moved by M. Mauguin. He apprised them of the propositions made to him by M. Passy and of his refusal. They approved his conduct. .No other Member offering to explain, the discussion was closed by M. Mauguin dpositing on the table the draft of an Address to the Crown, which he requested the Pre sident to enter among the orders of the day. When the Chamber adjourned, nr.thing- was heard on all . sides but strong expressions of disapprobation of the conduct of M. Dupin, who, it was believed, declined entering the Cabinet from learning on Sunday t h a t i t wou ld h ave to sustain the hostility of te Court. M. Dupin's explanation is lame and inconcltvsive. His pretext for declining to enter a Cabinet not supported by Cunin Gridaine and his friends, or, is other words, by Count Mole and'his party, was an insult to the Coalition, and a direct and emphatic justifi cation of the conduct of the Court. Letters from Algiers of the 19:11 ult. represent Abd-el- Rader as making preparations fir renewing the war agaist the French colonists in Africa. The following extracts include the opinions of the Paris Journals respecting the dissolution of the embryo Liberal Cabinet : MINISTERIAL NEGOCIATIONS. The following list of Ministers was circulated on Tues day—Marshal Soult, Minister of War ; the Duke de Broglie, of' Foreign Affairs ; M. Passy, of the Interior ; M. Duchatel, of Finance ; M. Sauzet, of Justice ; Ad miral Dupe rre , o f M ar i ne; M. Cunin Gr i da i ne, of Com merce; and M. Tests, of Public Instruction. A last hope of a ministry lay in the Left Centre. Par liamentary force, majority, reason, the good of the state, the interests of the country pointed to it ; but the Court did not wish it. Even at the moment of signing the or. donnance, the courtiers declared that the King disliked the Ministry, did not choose it, and would not support it : undergoing it was sufficient. The situation was not merely unpleasant, but afflicting ; but let affliction fall where it would. The Court, so disinclined to the minis terial eomb:nation, did not of course seek to prevent its failing. M. Dupin took upon himself the initiative and the responsibility of the rupture by withdrawing his word, twice pledged. In the interval M. Dupin made four visits to the Chateau. On Sunday M. Dupiu's objections were against Marshal Nielson ; but these could not be very serious, since M. Dupin accepted Pelet de la L.- zero as Home Minister. Ho was proposed by M. Passy. But M. Dupin consented on Sunday night, and the Mi nistry might have been that moment formed if the King had chosen to defer the final arrangement till the next day. Ou that day (Monday) M. Dupin came to the meeting of his colleagues determined to break up the arrangement. He had good reasons for it, but he ought to have declared them sooner. M. Dupin declared the Ministry could not hold with the Court against it. Besides, it Lad no President, whilst he (M. Dupin) had all along been the advocate of a real President. M. Dupin offered to act under M. Thiers as President, but M. Passy refused. Of ibis rupture we can only say that it Was foreseen and expected. Marshal Soult's position in waiting indicated that such a combination would not succeed. As to M. Thiers and his friends, they waived and consented to every thing requisite to bring about a Ministry. We rejoice that they are liberated from the consequences, the failure being not their fault. As to the interests of the country, they may take care of themselves as they can, no one seeming to be much actuated by that motive.—Courrier Francais. The Crown has been made responsible for all the in trigues and the little passions and maumuvres that have so shamefully signalized the negniations relative to the corn position of a Ministry during the last 40 days. At the breaking up of each combination the cry was raised, " It is the fault of the Court." A refusal to enter the Cabinet on the part of any individual was immediately attributed to the instigations of the Court party. For the last six weeks, incredible as it may appear, the real authors of the difficulties have, in order to shift the responsibility from themselves, cast it upon the only personage declared by the charter to be irresponsible. In their transactions every one except the King appears to have been considered inviol. able. We have no systematic hostility towards any indi vidual ; we are qui.e ready to hail the accession to power of the c e ntre gauche, if the centre gauch e can b estow upon France all the blessings it has been for so long a time pro. raising to confer on her; we are not such enemies of our country and ourselves as.to refuse liberty, peace, glory, morality, and prosperity, if ofLred by the tiers para. All We %visit for is a strong and efficient Ministry. Let the centre gauche or the tiers parti give us that, and we shall be as centre gauche as any one can be. But it is just that the experiment should be fairly tried, and this it would not be if the centre gauche had succeeded in enlisting recruits from any party besides its own.—Journal des Debuts. Evidently the plan conceived from the first day, and pursued ever since with an infernal perseverance, was to isolate, reject, and annul M. Thiers. To insure the suc cess of this plan, recourse has been had to cunning, iu trigue, and calumny, and the sordid and blind passions of men have been called into play. Marshal Soult was the most accommodating and violent instrument of that scheme. The candidature of M. Passy, the honest intentions of M. Dupin, his legitimate distrust of the Court, and his wise precautions against real and imminent dangers, have likewise been turned to advantage,' and will have ulti mately served to attain that end. Whether through the Macbiavelian calculation of the one or the impro vidence of the others, this result has been obtained. It is our opinion that M. Thiers should from this day forth keep aloof from all Ministerial combinations. We entreat him—we call upon him, if necessary, in the name of his own dignity, in the name of his duty, for the sake of his country, and through respect for his party, who faithfully and nobly stood by him, to remain foreign to all ulterior attempts to construct a Ministry. The Court is decidedly hostile to him, and if obliged to admit him into its coml. ear', will have done everything to discourage, humble, and compromise him, to surround him with snares, and to place him at the discretion of his enemies. What could be achieved for France in such a situation? He would sink under 6e. task. He must reserve himself for better times. —Siecle. Hussein Khan, extraordinary Ambassador of the Shah of Persia, was admitted on MAiday to a privhte audience of the King and Queen of the French, at which he pre sented to their Majesties the presents he bad been charged to offer to them by the Shah, his master. Those presents consisr, Ist. of a Damascus sword, enriched with precious stones, which had succssively belonged to four of the most illustrious Soverigns of Persia, whose seals it bears ; 2d., of two rnunuscripts, adorned with miniatures; one, which is ancient, contains the " 11Qok of Kings," and the other, a modern manuscript, the works of the poet and moralist Shady ; and 3J, of thirteen India shawls. BOURSE, Bears, TUESDAY, APRIL 30. Ifar.s,-PasT TIIR ER. — To-morrow being the Ist of May, and the King's fete, the Bourse will be closed, the Post-office will be shut at an early hour, and it will be a general holiday. The breaking up of the proposed new Cabinet, which was considered as defini tively formed, has shown that the monied interest is not in favour of a Ministry pure Centre Cauche, for yesterday the French Funds had declined, and to.day they hare improved. The only rumour referring to anything like the settling of the Ministerial question, has been that Marshal Soult was expected to be placed at the head of the present one. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 81h 30c , rose to NIL 40c., declined to Cf. 20e., and closed at Slf. 40c.. a rise of '2O cents. The Five per Cents. from 110 f. 70c., declined to 110 f. 65c., and closed at 110 f. 73c.. Fur Money the Three per Cents. are 10c., and the Five per Cents. 35c. better. The Bank of Fiance Shares are 20f. higher. The Laftitte Bank Shares have not varied. The Belgian Three per Cents. for the Account 73f. 25c. The Belgian Rank Shares have advanced 1511 'Die Railway Shares have undergone but little variation. t first Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. p r i ce. French 5 per Ceott , 4!,4 per Cents lO5 .50 ... 105 50 ... Ins 50 ... los 50 2 per Cents wi 2.5 ... s i 3 ... 81 25 ... 81 80 Link or trance ... . . .1700 ....t.1720 ...210 i ...27.,m Latlitte Bank 1,Nx) . 1 . .. *********** ur;o —10 7 ) ••• 10, ;: , ...1U55 5,00.4: ,sli .s'o ..5.25 , / -.5251 ...y,..,,,,, Belgian 3 per Cents ...... 772 f:0 ... 73, ... 772 50 .. 73s -L 4 . 1, ................ -". ' ,"' 75 ... 4 3 75 ... 43 7 5 ..: 43 75 Coupons ......... S atii.3l Ac iro Passive 101 55 ... 1 01 60 ... lo t 55 ... 10 1 co Neapolitan n.m.n ......... RAILWAY SHAREs. V . ,-- c (-1 1 :1 3 ,'"1,. B - 70 3 ... 7 , 0 7 ..„„ ... 7•.,0 ~1.3 ... 710 ... 7 .20 LB Fravr,. VSS ... 9 ',,, 3 • 5 ,, ... 965 ... 165 Orleans 4 4 , . 7 0 0 , 5 0 ... ... ... 4 . 40 . ' ; ......... 4 : 7 00 1 5 0 ....... 4 4 3 7 1 . 5 4 0 qratburg to Pale 13 , r,1e,ux to I,a '1 esle Utilliau,;en to Iliann ... ASPHALTES AND BITUMENs. Seyssel (A I 2•:00 ...2g1 , 0 ....km Yarn (llabeily'.o ... :i2., ... 2'.5 ••••teM - fi,ilvv,niz.d Iron ... 40 ...... 4 1 0 _..........._ The Madrid papers received to-day are of the 23d ult. The maji,rity of the Ministers were for a dissolu tion of the Chambers, but the Premier, Prraz DE CAsTao, refused to consent to such a measure. VAN HALLS'S retreat from before Segura has weakened the Ministry, and led to a thousand disasters iu the th e provinces. LLatiuomaA, one of C anaEuA ' s Lieu tenants, entered the Alcarria within twelve leagues of Madrid, and exacted from the inhabitants money and valuables to the amount of 40,000/. sterling, besides 0 0,000 bead of cattle, which he carried off. Two divisions of the army of thu centre were in pursuit of him, but it it was believed that he would escape. OF ROOFING __The extra- THE NEW M ODE ordinary roof of the Flower Hall, at Stafford House, Chis wick, was com menced on Wed"F"l 2Y , and its construction I arc h of twenty - four feet s p an, f orme d is both singular a nd simple—it has th i t h er rafters nor bearers, but is an with three rows of common plain tile, and excites great curiosity. The arch rises seven feet and a half, and will be one hundred and fifty feet long. The Members of St. Paula Lod e , o f F ree an d Accepted Masons, it will be seen, intend to patronise the benefit of Mr. Simpson, which is announced fi,r Friday, Ah y 3. I,,,Jep windy of the great abilities of Mr. Simp. son as a performer, his obligieg conduct and indefatigable exertions as Stage- Manager, since he has been in Bir mingham, entitles him to the best support of the town, and g ives him the strongest claim to the liberal patronage of all cl,sscs of the play-going public.—Birminyhont Gazette of Monday, April 29. THE WEATHER.—Summer has commenced with the month of May in good earnest. There is scarcely a breath of wind, and the temperature is fully 10 degrees higher than it has bee n at the same season for three years. On the Ist of May, 1838, the therm ometer at the bight st, stood in the shade at 53 ; in 1837 at 59 ; in 1836, at 49 a nd y e sterday at 67. Tod a y, at noon , it ; stood at 67, and in th e course of the day will prob a bly cxced 70. The barometer has been high for some days, and is now at 30. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAY I.—Wind N. E., light airg, sta calm at times.—Arrived from the River and proceeded the Lad) Raffles, Light, for Sydney ; Codrington, Gaines, Anti .7,ua ; Margaret, Green, Shipigan ; and Nereid, Martin, Leghorn. PORTSMOUTH, MAr I.—Calm. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—Wind variable, light airs.—Ar rived the Cosrsopolite, Bradford, from Sierra Leone, FALmou'rit, APRIL 30.—Wind variable, and light. LIVERPOOL, MAY I.—Wind variable, light airs and fine. —Arrived the Ironside, Mitchell. from Aricati, sailed on the 21st of March ; the Adelaide, from Cadia ; Dorothea, Rostock. Sailed Diadem, Walker, Trinidad ; Russel, Con nor, Sarah Sheafe, Merry, New York; Shepherdess, Hooper, and Massasort, Bartlett. Boston ; Valador, Havannab ; Adventure, Gasp ; Fisher, Sewel, Newfoundland ; Severe, Alexandria; E. Hariett, Bertram, ditto ; Caroline, Jones, Anterope, Seing, ditto. Off port Watkins, from Mauritius. lints Tot., MAY I.—Sailed the Phyllerda, Layering, fur Messina. The Mermaid ateamer, bound to Waterford, is beneaped on the Swash. CARDIFF. APRIL 30.—Sailed the Ann, Pearce, for New York ; Voluntario, Gallard, Vianna; Sarepta, field, Naples. WORKINGTON, APRIL 29.—Sailed the Ann, Blair, for Dalhousie. PADbTOW, APRIL 30.—Arrived the JAn and Mary, Harvey, from Queb.c., SIIIELDI, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Jane Wilson, Hen derson, from Cbarente; Josephine, Volkert, Gotteriburg. HULL, MAY I.—Wind W.N. W.—Arrived the Storey, from Hamburg ; Twee Soatre, Williamson, Stegt.7, : Ann Guthrie, Jackson, Rotterdam; Salus, Dawson, ditto; Elizabeth, Lundgren, Gottenburg ; Wilhelmin e Henrietta, De Jonge, Alkmaar; Newland, Jonge, Ham. burg. __ POOLE, MAY I.—Arrived the Providence, Hamburg. Laws, APRIL 30.—Arrived the Jeune Henri, from Bordeaux. Sailed the Earl Percy, Gordon, for Quebec. STOCKTON, APRIL 30. —Artived the Gravelines, Merlin, Gravalines; Esther, Caen ; Levant, Watson, Rotterdam. CONSTANTINOPLR.—The 13erwick-upon-Tweed, Steb bins, from Odessa to Falmouth, was wrecked near Cara bourns, in the Black Soa, on the Bth ult. CAhTHAGRNA.--The Stuforster, Ramsell, from Mar seilles to Cadiz, waa wrecked near this port on the 11th ult. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS► CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WILDNIDDA Y. —A little improvement has taken place in the Cotton market to-day. The sales are 2,500 bags, nearly at the following prices : Surat, 61d. to 71d. ; Pernams 10d. to 101 d. ; Egyptians 13 4 1 -(i. to 14d. ; Maranhams 9d., and Americans 7id. to 91d. Uur arrivals this morning are a French and Ostend mail, and ship letters from St. Helena, St. Übe's, and Cape of Good Hope, and New Yolk, by the Ontario. We have very few arrivals this morning, consequently no news of importance to communicate. TIE FUNDA. Consols opened at 931 for Mousy, and 931 i for the Account, with little doing at present; Exchequer Bills 40 to 42; Bank Stock 197-.}. Spanish Active heavy, aud reced e d f rom 201 i to 19 1 20 ; Portugu ese 361 1 y ; Three per Cents. 221 #; B e l. gian 1031 104 ; B razil i an 78 fi ; Datch Twu.aud.a- Half per Cents., 551 561 ; Five per Cents. 102 i i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLucK. Bank Stuck...." ......... .... 1117 , 4 71 India Stock 3 per Cent. lied. .... ........ -924 I Ditto Bonds 44 44 pin. 8 per Cent. COLIC 93 ;4 4 South Sea 5t0ck................ --.. 3e, per Cent 9.4; Old Annuities 903, Ditto Red. 109 99% New Ditto New 344 per Cent lOl 4 14 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuiti teexpire Ditt0........ ....... 500 42 411 44 KM. Jan. 5, 1860 l4 4 9-16 Ditto Small 42 40 44 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1860 14 13-151 Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, MO — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, ISM — India Stack for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 — Consols for Account.... ...! 1 8 , 1 .1; PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds 1 ,17 Peruvian Bonds 16 117 i, 184 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account ...... ... ..... —? Ditto Account J' N, 7 Buenos Ayres Bonds ..... .... —' Ditto, 3 per Cent. '22 % 1 , Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tto Account Columbian Bonds YSIr Ditto Account — Ditto Account —i Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1894 314 4 i Sponish Bonds — Ditto Account 3l 1!,,, Ditto Account-- ...... ... Danish Bonds - Ditto Bond., 1834 ...... P 1.% 20 Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Greek Bonds-. ... . ....... ..-... —, French, 5 per cent...—. —f..-.Z I)itto Bonds, 125........... - - 1 ---- 4 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Account Mexican Bowls, 5 per Cont .-.----- Exchange. —f. —c. Ditto Account --I Dutch, 9;, per cent. .....55% 6 14 Ditto, 6 per Cent 251 Ditto Account .... Ditto Account Lite, 5 per cent lt 2% ig Neapolitan -.! Ditto Aecuuut.. ... — PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per %hare. 17 Brighton Itallwav I.),ellestor and Birmingham Railway l5 a }f; 12 Lon ion and Westminster Bank 2BI ilii-x, PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, APRIL 30. 3 par Ceot. Consols - 1!.4 per Cent. Stock - Ditto Reduced - Hibeinian Bank - Ditto New, 1030 ........ 100 City of Dublin Steam Cowl,. - '.1,:,, par Cent. Debentures... 51i , i National Insurance Company - Rank Stock ... - .rand Canal stock ... - I tiallast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal stock - per cent - lIALF-PANT OA E. We have no farther arrivals to announce since our for. mer report, nor is there any news on the tapir worth no. tieing at the present hour. The next arrival from New York, which is expected, is the Great Western steamer, which we do not apprehend will take place before n'ext Tuesday or Wednesday. We have received various files of American papers by the Ontario, but they are not of so late a date as pre. vieusly received. The British Funds have improved since the morning, and may be quoted 9:11- for the Account, and for Money 931 ; Exchaquer Bills 44 prem. ; India Bonds 44 41 ; Bank Stock 197. In the Foreign Market a good deal has been doing ; Spanish 19i 20; Portuguese 36i 37 ; Three per Cents. 22 ; Colombian improved, 30i 3 ; Brazil nothing done ; Belgian 1011; Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents. 5.5 i 56 ; Five per Cents. 1021. Ihe Dutch mail has just arrived with paper of the Ist of May. Two-and•a- Half per Cents. 55i 3-16 ; Five per Cents. 101! 102. The King of Holland has honoured Amsterdam with his presence. 3,000 chests of tea, of the growth of Java, arc expected in Holland. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS Bank stock ........ ........ ION India S'..3ek P 5 3 1,;; 3 per Cent lied 3 per Cent CLUB. ...... 3% per Cent. Bed 100 Ditto New Annuities ...... .. New 3 Y.', per Cent •101% lx. Bills, 1,000/ 24 44 pm. New 5 per Cent — Ditto 51101 44 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 50111....... 44 in Jan. MO Oct. 1159 Jan. 1136‘1 FOREIGIN FUNDS. Asturian, 5 per cent 107 Portuguese flontlq, Spec sent. 745. Belgian, 5 per cent till t. 4 Ditto New Ditto Brazilian Bonds 7S3i Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayr..s, 0 per cent.... 111 Ittissiae Bond., 5 per cent Chilian, ft per cent , 5 Ditto, Metallic — Celomb‘an, 4 per cent :111 Spanish, 5 per cent 1;0 Ditto, Irtl4 :11% Ditto, Consolidated — Danish, :3 per cent ......... ..—.. French, 5 per cent. 1101. 75c. Greek Bonds, liie.3s, 5 per ct. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent — French, viper cent —r, —, Ditto, fi per cent. 1825......... :s'a Dutch, t 2 per cent. rertirian. 15'23,5 per cent...—. Is 3 Ditto, 5 per cent. lot;`i, SH. Birmingham end Glnuce.toi Gosp..at Junction 11..iilway .. London and Brighton nailer, London and Birmingham It. Manchester and Birmingbar 1! ES Railway RV ailway 8% n Hallway 11 STATE Or TRADE.—Ihe market yesterday wore even a more gloomy appearance than on any of the previous market days. There was scarcely any demand either for yarn or printing cloth ; and a further decline of id. per pound in the former, and 3d. per piece in the lat. ter, had to be submitted to, by all who were able to effect sales. Of course, under these circumstances, the working of short time is extending greatly. There are now, we believe, five mills in Manchester and the immediate neigh bourhood, entirely standing, and thirty others working on an average not more than three days a week. Many others, in different parts of the neighbourhood are taking the sam• eourse ; and it is calculated that the diminution in the consumption of cotton, from this course alone, will amount to upwards of 5,000 bags per week, besides a considerable falling.off arising from the general substitution of light for heavy fabrics. The gloom which hung over the market yesterday was in some degree increased by the rumoured suspension:of payment of one of our joint.stock banks, which, however, we are glad to say, is not calculated to produce very extensive mhtliief, as the credit of the bank had b. e for s ,ma time at a low ebb, and its business was o niequently on the most limited scale.—Manchester Guardian. BRUSSELS, APRIL 28.—There was a grand nrview of the troops of the garrison by the King yester day (the 27th inst.), out of the Louvain Gate. IfttussELs, APRIL 29.—Yesterday the King gave an audience to Count Le Hon, our Plenipotentiary at Paris. We are assured that M. Pruta is appointed Director of the Bank of Belgium. M. Ries has appealed from the sentence coademning him to two mo iths' impri sonment, and a fine of 500 francs, in consequence of the seizure in his residence of a Circular announcing the sale by lottery of the Lordship of Neudegg. ITALIAN OPERA.--Her INlalesty'S Theatre was cross ded yesterday morning at the full band rehearsal of Don Giovanni. Rubini, Lablache, Tamburini, and Madame Persiani, were at their posts ; but Madame Grisi was not present at the first act, and Mlle. Monnani was unable to attend in consequence of indispcsition. On Saturday, at the Croydon Petty Sessions, Mr. Turner, the proprietor of the Britannia public house, Surrey street, Croydon, as also his wife, were fully coin witted to Horsemonger-lane Gaol, for purchasing twa 10/. Bank of England notes fur 125., knowing them to have been stolen. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH OF A GENTLE mAN.—On Thursday last, ---- Clay, Esq., residing at Brid Lodge, Croydon, went to London, and returned in the afternoon by the coach ; shortly afterwards be took a walk along the Brighton line of railway, when be suddenly fell down. lie was conveyed to his res id ence an d a surgeon sent for, but he expired in half an hour. The unfortunate getleman was one of the Directors of the C ro yd on Rail road, and was present a few days since on the o ccas i on o f the experimental trip. His remains were yesterday interred at Norwood. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and their family purpose removing from Wyn)ard Park, in the course of the week, to Seaham Ilall, their delightful roidenee on the coast of Durham, where the Noble Mar quis ani his amiable Marchioness intend staying a short time, and then removing to Holdernesse House. Her Lady ship's health is nearly re- established. • . .. • lualT e t • el. • : I k . 10 11 1 4 .411t 7 frZottifeb . `j r Zar * ‘ • - r.„2 Zb i e HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY•) ILWGMENT.-TIIE EARL OF KINSOUL V. THE PRESIWITRY OF ACCIITERAIiDEit. Their Lordships having appointed this morning for giv ng judgment in this important case, the bar was more than usually crowded by members of the Church of Scot lend, anxious to hear a judgment so deeply affecting the Church and the people of Scotland. Counsel having been called in, Lord BROUGHAM then proceeded to address theie Lord ships. He said the case on which the House was now about to give judgment was one of great importalee, and had excited great interest in Scotland. The case had come before their Lordships upon appeal ft om the judgment of the Court of Session, by which the tight of the Earl of Kin itoul to the living of Auchterarder was established. That decision had been pronounced by very little more than a bare majority of that Court, pronounced after very elabo rate arguments at the bar, accompanied also by very ela borate arguments from the Bench, and dissented from by no less than five of the learned persona who were among the mast d;stinguished Scotch Judge,. A eircuen !Aancc had occurred which he might at the outset state, as it relieved his mind of 53310 part of the anxiety which he had felt—a cir cums t ance common to hi mse lf an d hi s N o bl e Friend who was about to give his opinion upon the case, after an unremitting attention of five days to the subject ; that circumstance was, what difficulty the Learned Judges in Scotland could have found in giving their judgment in the present instance, because to himself and his Noble Friend the case seemed as clear as the sun at noon day. He had carefully read the whole of the reasons of the Learned Judges, occupying a volume of nearly 500 pages, closely printed ; and from that he Gould entertain no doubt that all the learning and ingenuity of those Learned Judges had been displayed in arguing die case; but 'he could not, with the utmost diligence, neither could his Learned Friend, discover the very great diffi culty that was embodied in the case. He bad Coale to the decision which he was about to pronounce without any sort of doubt whatever; and it was a source of great satisfaction for him to know that his Noble Friend on the Woelseck, without any communication whatever upon the subject with him, from the time of the arguments, bad come to the same conclusion. lie made these statements without in the slightest degree attempt ing to disparage the learned tribunal who had given the judgment which had been brought on appeal before their Lordships. Having said thus much, he would now pro ceed to state the grounds upon which, in his humble judgment, there could be no doubt whatever that the Court below had come to a right conclusion, and that their judgment therefore should be affirmed by their Lordships. Much had been said in the course of the arguments of the public feelings that might be excited if the judgment of the Court below was affirmed—the feelings of the flock and the feelings of the Pastor. For himself he had no doubt whatever that both would render respectful obedience to the constituted law of the land. lie would not believe ,that the Church of Scotland or any of its assemblies would not render a willing, as well as a respectful obedience to the lawful decision of the highest Court of Judicature in the realm. His reasons for coming to the decision which he had done were founded upon the statute-law of the country. When he went into the history of the case, it would be necessary fur him to look at what was the position of the people upon the question of presentment, and ad missions, and inductions into benefices, and when he came to look to that, it would be found that at no time or in any age or country did it bear the least resemblance to what was contended for in the present case. The facts of the case now before the House were not in dispute—it was not disputed that the Earl of Kinnoul was entitled to the patronage—it was not disputed that he had presented Mr. Young—it was not disputed that he was presented in due time, and it was admitted that he had been properly sus tained. It was not disputed that the Presbytery had refused to ordain Mr. Young, and the ground of that refusal was not denied, that ground was exclusively the veto or dissent exorcised by a large majority of the heads of families or parishioners of Auchterarder. It was clear, therefore, there was this case before their Lordships, that the majority of the heads of families were against the admission of Mr. Young. But then came the question whether the herds of fatuities hada right to exercise a veto and diisent ; and had the Presbytery a right to entertain that dissent, unaceompanied with reasons or inquiries on their part, as to the validity of the cause of dissent; and were the Presbytery by law entitled to reject the presentee of the lawful lawful patron of the living ?' Iu other words, was the right of patronage in the patron solely, or was it in him jointly with the parishioners? He would now state to their Lordships what had been at different times the right of communicants, arid also of patrons. It was to be observed that before endowments were numerous—when the patrons were very few—when the priests were paid by casual offerings, the right of patronage was hardly known, and the prii,St was generally chosen by the body of the clergy. According to the canon of 1493 he was to be chosen by the clergy with the aseentof the flock, and afterwards that choice was extended to the Bishop. Cyprion had stated, in his address to the Spanish people, that the priest should only be ordained in their presence, because then the demerits of the bad would be disclosed, and the merits of the good shown. The sta tute law of Scotland, upon which the whole question in the present case turned, was to be found in the Statute of 1592, regulating the Presbyterian Church in that coun try. By that statute, it was ordained that all presenta tions to benifices were to be directed to the particular Presbyters, provided the aforesaid Presbyters be bound and adatricted to admit whoseever was qualified when presented by his Majesty ur the lay patrons. At different times it had been doubted whether this ought to be con sidered as forming the statut a law of the country, and in 1659 alterations were made in the law, by which prcsen tetions were entirely taken from the patron and given to the heritors and elders, who were to present to the people, who were to give their reasons if they dissented to the presentation, in order that it might be determined upon by the Presbytery, and if the Presbytery found, on judicial inquiry that the reasons for objection were not well founded, then they were ordained by this statute to admit and in. duct, and give full possession of the benefice to the cler gyman. So that, by that statute, a new form of presen tation was given—the right of patronage was abolished, and that right was transferred to the heritors and elders, end all these parties combining, the operation of induction was thus completed. What next took place? If the statute that he had adverted to had continued the law el the laud, ' if that S,atute had remained unrepealed, no man then would say that Lord Kinnoul w,)uld have the right of pa. tronage. Admitting that statute to be still in existence, nothin g like the present state of things would have arisen. Fur the present state of things as that there is no presenta tion by the heritors —there is no refusal by the congrega• Lion, but there is a refusal cn the part of the Presbytery. But what was done in the 10th year of Anne, 1711 ? Why the statute of 1659 was completely repealed, and was at the present moment, as if it had never been enacted. By that statute it was enacted that the right of all and every pa tron should be restored, settled, and confirmed to them —that the Presbytery should. adroit their presentation of a qualified person ; provided, nevertheless, that such qua lified person as shall be presented shall be presented as per sons or ministers were presented before the making of this Act ought to havebeen admitted. The Act, therefore, of 1659 was altogether repealed. But then one great argu ment at the bar was, what was the meaning in that Act of the word qualified. Now he could entertain no doubt et all, that the word qualification, used in that Act, was In be looked upon in a technical sense. According to some of the old authors, such as Balfeur and Banton, the word quali lied meant qualified in literary life, morals and manners, and such there could be no doubt was the qualification of any clergyasan to be presented to a living. Having disposed of the question of qualifica tion, he would now say a few words as to the argutnent that had been put forth, that the statute of Queen Ann!? i had left the statute of 1699 exactly where t was. If it was even to be admitted that part of that Act was not re pealed, he thought it would go but little way to sustain the case of the appellants, but there could be no doubt, lookime at the terms in which the latter provisions of the Act were couched, that the Act of 1689 had been repealed, and the right of patronage was left in exactly the same ' position as if that Act had never passed. With respect now to the general view of the case, it was admitted on all bands that the General Assembly was an ecclesiastical body—that it had ne right to adjudi cate upon civil rights. It was admitted, that in spiritual matters, they had a right to interfere, but in the present instance they had taken upon themselves a character which they were not entitled to fill. There could be no doubt that they bad no power under the statute to interfere with the right of the patron, still less had th e y th e p ower to a d o pt the sweeping course which they had pursued in the prevent case. We will give the conclusion in a Second Edition. THE LAW OF LUNACY.—On Tuesday, a lecture " upon the state of the law respecting the seizure and confinement of persons deemed of unsound mind," was delivered by Mr. John Perceval, son of the Right Honourable Spencer Perceval, in the lecture room of the King's Arms Tavern, High-street, Kensington. The lecture was but thinly attended, a circuinstanee which was much regretted by the lecturer in the opening of his ad dress, and who then proceeded to read the Clauses of the 21 and 3d of Wm. IV., cap. 107, and the Act amending it, the 31 and 4th Wm. IV., c,p. 64, commenting on each section as he proceeded, and said that the wording of those Acts, which were the only ones bearing on the subject, was excessively loose and improper. Under their provisions lie showed that any person for po litical or religious reasons, or for the purpose of un. justly obtaining possession of property, might incarcerate for life a relative or any other person who might be the object of their machinations, the Aet :only requiring that notice should be given to the keeper of any lunatic asylum of the person's intention to send a patient, and that such patient should be accompanied by a certificate from a doc tor, to the effect that he had examined the patient, and had found him to be insane or of unsound mind, and a proper object to be confined. That was all that was required to sign away a man's safety, his honour, his reputation, his liberty, nay, even his life, and that certificate was not even to be given on oath. Mr. Perceval cited various cases in support of his views. It was stated in the room that it is contemplated shortly to call a public meeting at Exeter 11611 on the subject. The Reformers of St. Martin-in-the-Fields have announced their intention of celebrating the triumph of Reform principles in that aristocratic parish, by a public dinner, to take place at the Artichoke Tavern, Blackwall, on Tuesday, the 14th of May. General Evans will preside, supported by Mr. Leader, and other influential members of the House of Commons. Among the stewards arc the names of Berkley, M. P. , Ewart, M. P., Gorden, Esq , Jervis, M. P., Raymond, Esq., Tulk, Esq., Simpson, Bain bridge, Pouncey, Addington, Aveline, and the most re spectable of the Liberal parties in tho parish. A YRSII IRE EL ECT /ON.—The Dumfries Times, in a second edition, issued at three o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, says :—" We stop the press to announce the following result of the contest, up till Tuesday morning (second day) at nine o'clock :—Kelburne, (Tory), 1,b60; Campbell, ( Whig), 1,114 ; Craig, (CliartLt), 78. Ma ority fur Keiburne, 446. EVENING EDITION. PARLIANIENTARY DIVISIONS. (Fro.n the l'ote,s end Pr oce,:dings of llo.• flout, of Comnto-ra.,) NVEDNESD)Y, MAY 1, 1639. COPY-RIGHT BILL. Orler for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question p ro . pot.:od—" That Mr. Speaker do now baVe the Chair •" An - leuirnent }nursed, to I, a.,e out from the sNOEII " That" Su the end of tike Question, in order to add the words, " this House will to-morrow revolve itself ir.to the said Committee," instead thereof :—Question put. "'Flint the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House (rivaled: MAJORITY—AYES, 197. Alreceromby, G. K. rer g usau, Sir Ronald m a d,i nnon. W. A '''. A in,,,irth, Peter Ferguson, Rotrt mi,N,3ra W. Mann - , Rickard Filiner, Sr Li Mahon, Loot Arbuthnot, pi„,. 1-1 Fitzroy, Lord C. Manners, Lord C. A ict.134211, Robert Fleetwood, H. Mc-4;nm', L ord Bailey, „Ti.sepli Fremantle, Sir T. Miles, P. S. ,•- Rail:ey, Joseph, jun. Frenell, F. Milne,,, R. M. Barnard, E G. Freaditield, J. W. Mortlaunt, Sir J. Earington, Lord G:adstone, W. I Murray, A. Barry, G. S. Godson, Riellard O'Brien, W. smith Benet t, John Grirdim. Hon. VC. OTeri:ail. Yore , liewes, T. Grant, F. W. I Palmer, C. Fy•be Blair, James Grattan, Henry Parker, 1,1 T. Bodkin, John James Grcelie, T. G. Pattea, John Wiisrin Boldeio, Henry G. Grinbrlitoh, ThGnias P.lttison, J. Bowes, ".I'. Haltort, H. Pwse, .1,4,0 liralliA.l, T. W. Harilinge, Sir 11. Piaata, J. Broad ley, li. Harland, W. C. Powe-_, James Brodie, W. IL I Instiv, A. Praisk, A. Brownrigg, J. S. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Pusey, P. Buller, Sir J. T. Hodges, T. 1.. Rae, sir William hu rr, Higford Ilortg,n, Hiehard Rolleston, Criloael Calcraft, J. H. i - .011110 , , IV. A'Court ROU,d, C. G. Campbell, Sir J. Hop, Churies Round, John Canning, Sir S. Hope, G. W. Shoil, U. L. Cavendish, Hon. 0. HugheA. W. B. Siietipard, istannas Clive, 11. H. Ingestrie, Lord Smith Abel Clive, Visa. Irton, Samuel Smyth,' Sir CI. 1.1 Cresswell, C. Jackson, Se-rjeant Stanley, Edward Curry, W. Jose,, John - Stankietal, W. R. C. Darby, fleorge Knatchbull, Sir 1. Stewart, Jame Davies, Co:onel Knight, Henry Gaily Stricklan4l, Sir El. Denison, W. J. Lambton, li. S:urt, H. C. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Langdale, Hon. C. Turner, William Douglas, Sir C. t Lasee'les, W. S WaalAntton. lii. Si Duti:ouibe, W. Law, Hon. C. K Wi brairarm, R. B. Dunroinne, A. Lefecre, C. S. Winningtoa, T. .V. Dungannon, Lord Lennox, Lard A. Wilmington, U. Eastnor, Viscount Lister, E .C. Wood, Colone IT. Egerton, Sir l'. fll. Loivther, Colonel Wood, 0. W. Ellice, it'. Hon. F... Lygon. o , lunel TELLY:its. Farnham, E. B. Mackenzie, ThomasTall:runt T. Is'ocin Fazakeiley, J. N. M acset:z . e, W. r. liolfe, Sir R. :AL Brothertnn, J. Butler, Hon. P. Courtenav, Philip Divett, Edward Dundas, C. W. D. Evans, W. Finch, Francis Goddard, Ambrese Grote, G. :NORITY—NOEC, '24. Hawes, B. Sandi, Benjamin saector, C. J. Start(, E. Leader, J. T. SI Ile, Sir B. C Luskin:o'on, C. Villiers, Chart ?. Marsland, H. Ward, H. G. Xluskett, Gecage A. White, A. Parrott, J. TELLERS. Pecheli, Captain Waklev, Thom% l'hilipi, M. WarlAirtan, H. Question again Chair :"—Atterwari this House do now woposed, " That Mr. Speak.q. to Li motion made, and Question put, " That Ldjoora House divided : INORITY—AYDE, 9. Hector, e J. Villiers, Charles Moleswortli, Sii NV. TELLERS. MUSkett, EL A. Wakley, Thomas Pechell, Cuptain NV:al:Luton, If. Butler, Colonel Dumb., W. I) . Finch, Francis Hawes, B. Acland, 'I". D. A dare, Lord Ainaµ•nrth, Peer AlsatNr, Richard Arbuthnot, lion. I 1 8.17ge, Wm. Bailey, J. Bailey, Joseph, sun. Barnard, E. G. Barrington, Viscount ✓arry, G. S. Benett, John Bewes, T. Bolden), H. G. Bowes, J. Bram , ten, •l'. \V. Broaal,v, Henry Brocklehurst, J. Brodie, W. 1). 13-otiterton, J. Brownrig,7, J. S. Bruce, Lord E. 111:11er, Sir J. B. Y. JOIZITY—NOES, Egerton, Sir P. Farnham, E. IL Fazakerley, N. Filiner, Sir E. Fleetwood, H. Fremantle, Sir T. Gladstone, NV. E. Goddard, Ambros.c Gedson, R. Gordon, lion. W. Grant, F. W. Greene, T. Harland, V. Heatheote, Sir W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Hodges, T L. Hodgson, R. Hohoes, \V. A'Cuurt :fop, Hon. C. Hope, G. \V. Hughes, W. B. Ingstre, Lnrd hig:tam, Robert J ickson, .1. D. Jones, John Knatchbuil, Sir E, Knight, H. G, Lambton, H. Langdale., Hon C. Law, Hun. C. E. Leferze, C. Shaw Lennox, Lord A. Li,ter, E C. l.owth r, Colonel Merketi?ie, W. F. Mackinnon, NV. A. Mactiamai:t, W. Mahon, Lord Manners, lArd C. Valgu • d, Lord Miles, I'. W. S. Milne., Richard Mnrdaunt, Sir J. Moreeth, Vitwount Murray, A. 131. Neel, Jo , eph Neeld, John Nor reys, Sir D. J. O'Brien, W. Plcke, C. W. Palmer, C. F. Pidnicr, Geor ge Parker, R. T. Pa!tcn, Wilscn r'atti.ion, J. Pease, Joseph Rgot, D. It. Planta, J. Pringlo, A. Puscv, diii Rolff.,, Sir It. M. Itolleston, L. Round, J. Rushbrooke, Colon•e1 Scrnour, Lord ST:cl;pard, Sliii ley, E. ,1, Smith, .1. A. IL A'ex,nder Stanley, E. J. Stanley, K Stansfield, W. R. C. Stewart, James Strickland, Sir (J strutt, Edward Stuit, IL C. Vernon, Granville NVaddington, 11. s. Wall, C. Walsh, Sir Jelin Ward, O Li. White, Andrew 'Wilbraham, lieu. R. Wilmington, '4 Witinington, H. ‘Vood, W Wrightson, W. 14. Burr, - Higford Campbell, Sir John Canning. Sir S. CAvend:sh, G. H. Cayley, E. S. C,urtenav, T. P. Craig, \V Cre,.vell, C. Dalrymple, Sir A. Darby, George Davies, Colonel Durii,on, \V J. Dick, ()ninth] Benjamin Divett, Donkin, Sir R. Douglas, Sir C. E. Duncrnnbe, W. Duneornbe . , A. Dungannon,Viscount 1)u le, George Edwards, Sir J. Egerton, W. T. ELLBIIB. T.‘Vouri, I'. N. (4rote, G. The names were nearly the same in the other Twelve Diviiions ISLE OF WIGPIT. (rnom orn OWN CORRESPONPENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE, LACNCLI OF' TILE KESTEEL. 'IIIE ELISABETH, THE tali, AND THE TANNY. Cov-izs, MAT I.—The Earl of Yarhorough's yacht, li.,strel, of 202 tons, old measurement, 1211 tons new was this fitly launched from Mr. Joseph White's blip. She is to be fitted with all possible dispatch, She has alroldy got her mast in, and is dreidedly improved its her appear ance. The Noble Commodore is at present is Liaculnrhirp. Sir Joseph Copley's yacht, Witch, 70 toss, was laanohei from the same yard yesterday, and T. I'. Halsey's, Esq , yacht Fanny, of 5 tons, ow Monday. The Hon. Augustus Morton's yacht, Elizabeth, of' 65 tons, was launched from Mr. Michael Ratsey 'a yard, on Monday; to-morrow will be launched from the same yard the Hou. Lindsey liurrell's yacht, Qucou, and a felucca for Beardmore. Esq. Mr. Rstsey has sold the Phobe, luggf‘r, to J. L. Gower, Esq., but there is no truth in his having sold the Albatross, The Menai, brigantine, arrived here on Monday, from Malta, Naples, and Cadiz, and this day the Rev Davis George arrived in his yacht, the NS'avo, from Ireland. Mr. Almon Hill's new schooner yacht, Ariel, of lIS tons old measurement, will be launched from Mr. Jos.epb White's yard, in about a fortnight. The Secretary of the squArott has sold Mr. De Hor sey's yacht, Union, to Mr. Oliver Lloyd, of Cardigan. The statement in the Portsmouth and SonAarnpiton papers of the 22.1 ult., of G. Acker, Esq., having sold his schooner yacht, Dolphin, is totally devoid of foundation as was the story of the Witch being launched at that time. Mr. A's new yacht is in a very forward state. At the annual general meeting of the nienabers of the Squadron in Loudon, on Saturday, the 11th lust., there are nine c-andidatcs to be ballotted for as members, otd sin as honorary members, burg a greater number of members than ever before known at one meeting. The next mee.ting will take place at the R. Y. S. Ilouse, Cowes, iu July. The Marquis of Anglesey is expected at Cowes Castle in June. There have bean numerous applications for houses during the Week, uhi,ll has led to it rop:4 - t that a number wcre taken, which is not the care, RS Gothic Hall, Bowen Lodge, and Rosemount, are the only houses actu ally engaged. GoETur.'s " FAUST."—BELILIN, APRIL 2-0 —This celebrated dramatic poem has beta performed at our Royal Theatre, although the illustrious author himsel declared that the personages figuring in his work were creatures of the brain that could scarcely he embodied on the stage. Two circumstances have, however, cnntriihute.d ton ards favouring the c x perimitnt—the beautiful music 'When this which the late Prince Rldz)trill composed for the I 'tic parts of the poem, and the great fame u hich Saycielm3ani has obtained on various stages in Germany by hii, inastr.sl performance of the character of Mrsphistopbiles. w be it i b u i rc ov a erfl u '. olw l ... t distinguished actor was engaged at the Ittryal Theatre w p a i s ec y e es w te a r s day pe r r e fu s rz e d d it was the general wish that Fall Si should lit )erforn ingLast osuusneism, and d tl i i t e numerous audience, the part of Margaret being Madlle Clara Stich. The applause was enacted by Different views may be taken of the manner in which of Mephistophiles is rendered by Si,i N w de : , ch Are because, while some consider Mephistophiles as au & ula' I symbol of the intellect, others S‘ ill have it to be but afar-' sonification of human pwsiou abusing the power a"r oi knowledge. Sydelmann has taken it in the latierse , and both parties agree as to the superior manner in which he delineates the minutest details of the character. - Clara Stich is worthy of his masterly performance, exhibiting vrith great truth, candid innocence combined with deep feeling. In the last scene she soars to tragic sal-dimity, and horacting is equal to anything we hove beheld on our stage. An inquiry took plane before Mr. W i nkle). y es _ terda y at the Swan, George-street, Foley-place, on the body of a stable-keeper, named Scutt, who was Bauch ad dicted to drinking " any thing he could bet," and wl:o eas found dead under singular circumstances about ono o'clock on Monday. 'rise deceased had a halter round his neck, which was saspeuded to the tester of a bed cot • so high as he was when standing upright, and his feet were consequently on the ground; one hand Seemed to have been raised in an endeavour to release himself. The Coroner, in the coarse of the inquiry, said it ITLIS astonish.• ing the quantity of gin and beer which was drunk in the metropolis, containing the most deleterious ingredients. Insanity was the most frequent result of a course of bard drinking, and often came on at the expiration of twenty rears in the most sudden manner, generallv aommencing with a pain at the back and front of the !re nd, such as the deceased complained of ; persons who were habitual drinkers, though in their sober moments sensible men, were bereaved of their intellects almost momentarily. Delirium tremens, which was now so common, was the re. cult of hard drinking, and was of itself a species of i n . sanity, most sudden in its a ttack. It was astoLisbiugi after the daily examples before the public, that people did not become more prudent, fur he believed if they were pru dent there would be an end to Coroncra. It was singular was alluding had decreased how much the vice to e hich he amour , the educated classes during the last twenty years. Such was tho fact, however, and be wished he could see all other classes pursuing the came course. A Juror said he was glad the upper classes were gettng better in any. thing.—(A laugh.) Mr. Wakley—l assure you it is a s I have stated among the educated classes. The Jury re. turned a verdict of Temporary Insanity. A RECENT AIARKIAGE.—The following is the bruit in the beau wade as to the recent marriage o f the highly-accomplished daughter of one of the groat financiers of our age with the brother of a Noble Lord and - owt travelling in the &minim fl, Lady who arc ra - the is o Aare met Ali. It is 'rumoured that young lady, w h o has been for some years one of the distinguished b e y" a fashionable soc iet y , had long entertained for bar be' " an attachment to which her relations had an invin cible object on, founded on the difference of creed. It is likewise said, that the fair lady, a shert time since, waited upon a venera ble Prelate to con sult him on the change of her faith, and that h is Grace having objected to a change of religion, grounded on an alraire de caur, the fair Jewess convinced him that from her curliest youth he hat been longiog for the hour whets sheadopt Oh ' ' ^ 4 Morning Post, might rastia...ty.— . Every exertion is making to start the 13ritisil Queen steam-ship fur New York on the Ist o f June. • DEDICATED to GEN. LORD HILL, G.C.13., Sc. Now Embellishedready, Part IL, price Embelli s h e d with an En of the Storming of Seringapa• LIF tam, by Land,eer, of The DE of FIELD-MARSHAL HIS GRACE THE UKE OF WELLINGTON. Eed by gir JAMES E. ALEXANDER, K.L. S., &e., 424 i Higblaaders. To be completed in Twelve Monthly Parts. NeAr Orders r ece i ve d b y a ll B oo k se ll ers . Colburn, Publisher,. 13, Great Marlborough-street. i 1 ,my UCeS 1 the 1 the %pH sael lion , Id 86 went to boo ~c ‘QT` 111