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FVU'vr‘TG PDTTION. I N +l4- FRENCH CHAMBER of DEPUTIES. IMPOR'f ANT DEBATE. CF T:: SITTING OF APRIL 2 rte report published in The Sun of ye•.t , rday. 1:roug1 t tit • I. , rouflclin;:a clown to the s:)eecl3 of M. Gaizqt, who Lifowe,l M. Thit , is, and is whielt he gave account of Bert he had Lorne' in the re.rpective combinations, en dtmvouring to d mopstrate that he had not been a cause of their failure. 110 had even prevented the newspapers de voted to a:.d his friends from idluuing to the crisis, lest they should give off•nce. He and M. Duchatci refus.ecl to entt - r into a Coalition Cabinet, at one moment Orly completed, b:'cause it was stipulated that the elec tou of M. (Mika fla aT or, rnad,e a Cabinet tr.estion. Ile was influenced in . this deterndnit!,ion by an mpression that to nn.ke the questi , n ( M. 0•Iillon Bar; r,t' s • ection) a C tbioet one, would offend and intimidate the C 'Tnervit ivrs, while it wool r. go trio far t.,: wards binding the Government to tho gauche party, is being his can v.ction that a Cabinet fa-rned of the gaveche and centre yarirthe could not stand, and that a ,Montary taken from he df the two centres (of which he and M. Driers are the loaders) was the only one that could endure for soy I ngth of time wad carry one the public business for the advantage of the country. The Marquis of Dalmatia (son of Matshr.l Soult), in the name of his father, declared that the Marshal assumed all the responsibility belonging to the part he had performed in those negociations, and exonerated the King from all blame for all delays that had taken place. Ile contended that the Presidency of the Chamber was more than that relating to Spain the qu,stion which caused the failure of the Wan for a Government proposed by M. Thiers, and presented by Nhriltal Sault to the King. • M. Thiers de.:ied the correctness of this latter statement. M. Passy commenced by saying that the King had ac epted the programme or prospectus of the system which Thiers bad drawn up. The failure of the proposed combination was therefore owing to some other cause than that. Three weeks subsequently to the 21st March had been spent in mere gossipping, when be stated to Marshal Soult his opinion that no further time ought to be lost in reconstructing the Government. The qarslial replied. " Try what you can do, and I shall see hat can be done with it." He (M. Passy) looked upon tais as an authorization to proceed to draw up the plan of a 2abinet i and accordingly applied to several leading De :•uties, and in particular to M. Thiers, who declared his . eadiaess to enter upon office on honourable terms, that is to say, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, to which post he M. Passy) considered that gentleman to have acquired a positive right. Having obtained the consent of the indi viduals to whom he so applied, he (on Saturday last) re turned to Marshal Sault, who, to his astonishment, de clared that M. Thiers could not he allowed to have the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, but might have either the Finance Department or that of the Interior. The friends of Ai. Thiers,who had !Yin employed to act for him, declined the proposition at once, and he thought very properly. M. Pa t sy concluded in these words : —I know not how to account fel- this alteration of the Marshal's views at a moment when every thing was on the point of being concluded. It is certain, however, that this change upset everything. I de clare to the Chamber that this alteration was, on my part, wade the subject of a conversation I bad with the King, aho had given full powers—a carte blanche—to the Marshal, and religiously abstained from interfering in any shape in the discussion of the conditions of the pro gramme." . . . The Marquis of Dalmatia explainei, stating that his father's sentiments and views had undergone no change. He differed from M. Thiers on a point of foreign policy ( Spain), and could not, therefore, recommend that he should have the Foreign Department. M. Teste stated, that on Saturday last he, in conse quence of an interview with MM. Dufaure and Vivien, the two friends of M. Thiers, waited on the Marshal, and im mediately became convinced that M. Thiers and he (Marshal Soult) could not enter into the same Cabi net. The Inger told him, that if the former would accept the Finance or Home Department he could act with him, but not otherwise. " Moreover, (and this was a sine pa non), M. Guizot and M. Duchatcl must be members the Administration." These particulars he communi e,ted to M. Thiers through MM. Dufaure and Vivien, a.ld in the course of the evening received a positive refusal o his part from them, which he (M. Teste) carried to t;:e Marshal. M. Thiers next rose, and said that the Marquis of Dal matia had been in error when he stated that the question of Spain was not the principal one on which, on the 21st of .darch, the rupture of the negotiations took place. " I and my colleagues," continued M. Tillers, "discussed that questicn maturely, and at much length. I made to them concessions, and they in turn agreed with me that it was necessary that the cold limits within which the French Cabinet had hitherto confined its friendship for the Queen should be passed, and, in fine, they promised me their concurrence in affording the real signs of friendship which I proposed should be displayed for the Queen (fur the programme was drawn up by me in their presence, and I might almost say, under their dictation), provided that the King approved of them, The discussion then arose between the Crown and me. The Crown exer cised its right, and I exercised mine, but every thing dassed with that degree of respect which every good citi zenljres to the Crown." After a few words from the Marquis of Dalmatia, the debate was adjourned over to Tuesday. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, TUESDAY, APRIL 23 1 At two o'clock, M. Calmon, one of the Vice-Presidents, took the Chair, when the debate on the Ministerial crisis was resumed. M. Lamartine, the first speaker, said that he augured well for the construction of a Cabinet from the mode deration displayed in the debate of Monday. He would, however, without departing from a spirit of conciliation, offer a few observations in answer to M. Cuizot. He would not inquire into the mo ives of the Illustrious Chief of the Right Centre for seceding from his former friends; he respected them ; hut :)c (M. Guizot) had s.iid, that when consulted on the Ministerial cr:sis, he not only spoke, but even stipulatect 1 , 1 favour of the 22. M. Larnartine declared, in til.2 name a his friends, that they had girtut him no mission to that 4f,-.ct. They had invariably kept aloof, and were conse quently not to blame for the failure of the combinations at , tempted during the last six weeks. M. Lamartine con demned M. Guizet's division of the Chamber into Con servative and Parliamentary Alembers, and disclaimed the right of any collection of men in the house to assume the latter appellation to the exclusion of others, and he was I not afraid to assert that the 221 constituted the real Per i fiamentary party, for they had religiously kept within the units of ;heir - prerogatives, and refrained from encroach. ang on :horse of the other powers, whilst their ralverse.rics ;vcre formed of a Lumber of hostile fractions, whose union ha. 4 'urought about the dissolution, and placed the Crown in its pesent critical predicament. The only Ministry practicable was a neutral Ministry, based on the material sod moral interests of the country. This suggestion of M. Lamartine excited much mirth in the Assembly. M. Guizot explairted. It' he had used the appellation " Conservative and Pai':iementary" in speakitig of the tao parties into nhicit tee Chamber was divided, he had meant .:0 offence, and could not account for the susceptibility of ...I. Laaeirtitie's friends. General Bugeand blamed Al. Lamartine for taking up the expressions used by M. Guizot. The speech de- Everod by the latter, ire slid, eras extremely Coeserative, ~;Id expressed ilia wisile of the 221. M. Lamertirie had declared that there was no mjarity in the Hausa. M. dugeaud denied it, aed b•lieverr., with M Gerizat, th,t an Administration would be formed by a fusion of both i‘entres. He thought, moreover, that the 221 had been ght in raitiag Al. Passy to the Presidency ; they had elereby giver, en tetequivecal proof of their self-denial, ;rid made the first atop in the way of conciliation. M. Oeiillon Beirut stated that tire ides of constructing , tCealition C a bi net, i n w hi ch he was to enter with Al'. e.uizet, had never been seriously enterta.'nE (I. The Pi c.si :aeacy had never been ma d e a s i ne qua 7/074 conclit'oe el .aeir praue..;e of support, and when he heard of his candi. latesirip being made a Ultinet question, he wrote a letter, ,n order antt it might be produced in case of need, dis claiming all pretension to that high past. He maintained, an eppositieh to Al. Lamartine's asse:tion, that there existed in the Chamber an imposing m'jority ; and he took the engagi met.t in his own name, and in that of the gauche, to &thee! a Cabinet chosen from the left centre a cor dial and etficii.nt supporr. Two years since, he had, -tiler the eie. Lions o: 13'37, 1 - c:con:mended that the Govcru moat should be coininitted to men who were not compro iresed by atternAs against the liberties of the c untry. Tfm: iiinisterial crisis cemmenced at that time, and not 40 days ago, as stated by Al. Thicts; it lasted two full years, but these two years would not i.e lost for the political edu cation of the ceuntry. At. Odillon Barrot then inquired into the claims of Marshal Soult to offer hire`..elf as the dis penser of portfolios. " Let us proclaim aloud," said M. Wilion Barrot, "in the presence of the country : No, there la not, it. our days, necessary and ir.dispensable men. With whatever ra . va thf glory a great man may be surrounded, it ought not to be within hii power to paralyze the action of our institutions, and condemn them to immo- Liiitv. Allow me to mention a fact that l a t e ly uccurred in a neighbouring country. I allude to a per son whose namc excites in France very little sym pathy, as it brings to our minds the most painful :ecollectionsto a man who united in himself all the glory sf his country, and wk., is, moreover, by the order of his ideas, an eminent political man. Well, that illustrious Individual understood that his glory should bow to Portia ;nentary influences. Let not this example be lost upon us. We owe to the country good laws ; we owe it, besides, good examples, and the first of those examples is self denial.gr-a-{ Loud applause at the left, and, indeed, through out the hall.). Al. Odillon Barrot, on leaving the tribune, ~ vas surrounded by his friends, and the sitting was awhile 91spendcd. M. Guizot subsequently addressed the assembly, and vindicated his party against_ the charge of illib era lity di rected against it by M. Odidon Barrot. M. eunia Gridaine was to follow M. Guizot, and AI. Alauguin to sum up the discuss:ion, which it was thought would be brought to a close in the course of the evening. THE PRINCE DI CAPUA.—His Royal High. ness lately sent a messenger to Naples, but the only mem ber of the Royal family who saw him was the Dowager Queen, and he returned unsuccessful in the object of his mission. The Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires, the Cheva lier Regins, has, however, received orders to grant the Prince a passport if he thinks proper to return to Italy, but the King, his brother, is firm in his resolution not to Pant the Prince the title and dignity of one of Royal blood. His Exc e ll ency C ount de Senfft Pilsach, Austrian ~.n . .tor at th e H ague, left Mivart's Hotel, yesterday flaorning, at an c.trly hour, to assume his diplomatic duties. i . 3 _Excellency M. Dedel, th e N et h er l an d s Minister to uourt, accompanied his brother diplomatist. EXPERIMENTAL TRlP.—Yesterday morning experimental trip was made en the Great Western Rail. ra y, on that part of the line from Maidenhead to Readin g, preparatcry to the opening f or public travelling, which it is stated will commence on the Ist May next. • nlf,ll-1E MODEL 01 THE BATTLE OF A_ WATERLOO is NOW EY HIBITED at the EGYP TIAN HALL, PICCADILLY; by brilliant Artificial Li_hi. 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Tif IS Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His Majesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis cributions of Money, which (though they are NO LOT TERIES), offer a great many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HEINE BROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any •f the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis tributions contain various portions, partly of most considerable amounts. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon adlressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,5001., and 30,000/. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING SO VERY NEAR, WE ARE AT THE EVE OF A CONSIDER• ABLE RISE IN PRICE, AND NO TIME IS TO BE LOST, FOR THOSE DESIROUS TO BECOME SHAREHOLDERS FOR THIS NEXT DISTRIBUTION. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed, that the PRESENT Al A NAGENIENT WILL TERMINATE WITH TIIIS SEASON ; The following Programme is therefore given of its final ar rangements : The Staucla.rd Plays, as brought eat at this Theatre, wil, each be performed crice mere, viz.:—. HAMLET, CORIOLANUS, lON, THE TWO FOSCAM, IVETSF.II, and VIRGINIUS. THIS EVENING, APRIL 25, Will repeated THE TEMPEST. Alonzo, Mr. Warde; Prospero, Mr. Maereaiy; Miranda, Miss Helen Faucit ; Ariel, Miss P. Horton. After o‘hich, A MUSICAL MESCOLANZA. To eertelude with THE SLAVE. To-Morrow, Rithelieu, kith Agnes Bernauer, and Sayings and Doings. THE AT R E ROYAL, LYCEUM. (Late English Opera-house.) EVERY EVENING, MILITARY PROMENADE CONCERT. By permission of HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, Aud under the Patronage of IL R. H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. The Orchestra. consisting exclusively of Wind Instruments, will bfl formed a the unrivalled Band of HER MAJESTY'S COLDSTREAM GUARDS, In Full Unif,nn. PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK. ON TIII.7I:SDAT, AND SAT UP.DAY. PART I. Overture—" Semiramide," (Rossini). Waltz—" Pattlenen," (Labioski). Scuna ed Aria—" Alfin son tua," Lucia do Lammermoor, (Donizetti). Quadrille—" La Prinecoe de Grenade," (Musard). March—(l , h.). Overture—" Le Philtre," (Aub , .r). TART Chetture— " Zarnpa," (Herold). Wahz—" Elisabethen," (Strauss). Quadrille—" L'Autbassadricv," Musard. Coro eel Aria—" Io vo in Campo," Mack Mel (Costa). Pas Rcdouble—(Bropiant). (.41op—‘• Storming of Constantine," (Lalner). ON FRILLY. PA ICI' 1. Overture--" Oberon," (Weber). \Valtz—" Aurora," (Labinslzi). Aria Fir. ale—" Fra Foe() a me,'—Lue:a de Lammermoor, (Donizetti). Quadrille—" Falst:fl," (Negri). A:arch—Austrian (Nemitz). Overture—" Guillaume Tell," (Ilossini). rAI 11. Overture Le Cormire," (lloclisa). Quadrille—" Le Laveuses du Courent," (Alusard). SrAo.l Waitz—" Absehied you Pestli,"—llunument (Lanner). Pas ltedouble—" l)u Perruquier d. 2 la ltegenee," (l3repsant). Quad?illo—" Leo Echos'," (Musar(l). Waltz—" Hounn:lge a la Heine do Crania Bretagne," (Strauss). The Solos :sill be performed by Mr. Lai arng Mr. Keating, Mr. Burton, Mr. Dean, Mr. Beale, and Mr. Handley. I Wednesday and Thursday, on the Cornet a Piston, by Mr. Handley. I Friday and Saturday, on the Clarionet by Mr. Burton. The doors open at half-pti,t Seven. The Concert will com mence at Eight and terminate by Eleven o'Clock. Admittance to the Proinenade, One Shilling. Reserved Scats Two Shillings. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea. .e."-!•i, 10.4•i,4) • I, • a „ , :jr,„, •••, *:3 3" :4 • 'at aim. LONDON : THURSDAY, APRIL 25,1839. The Peers did not meet yesterday. The Commons met an hour earlier than usual to re ceive petitions, a great number of which were presented, including several in favour of the universal penny postage plan. The Highways Act Amendment Bill was re-commit ted, and excited some discussion, chiefly amongst the 'cluntry gentlemen. There were three divisions, though the Committee did not go through the whole Bill. The rating of Tenements Bill was read a second time after some conversation, and, after a division, the House adjourned at Nine o'Clock. We learn with some astonishment that Mr. speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL on the Irish ques tion, and one of them goes so far as to say that he Hues scheme for a general penny postage is opposed by so me gent l emen , and even some IVlem- h as contradicted h i s own finalit y p r inc i p le, and al bers of Parli ament , because it would be relatively most redeemed himself from the reproaches the more advantageous to distant than near districts. profession of that principle has brought on him. To us such an apprehension seems a palpable ab- 'Die Noble Lord will find that the public is neither surdity, for all letters do not go from one spot, and indiscriminating nor unjust, and that their favour a man residing within ten miles of the metropolis able or unfavourable opinion will follow close on Imay receive as many letters from Scotland or Ire - the heels of his own conduct. To have such a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1939, land as from London itself. As many letters come from a distance as go to a distance, and being sent from all distances and received at all distances within the bounds of the empire, it is clear that the advantage of the universal penny postage must in respect of distances be equal to the inhabitants of every part of the empire. There may be persons the sum of whose correspondence may not extend beyond a dozen miles, and there may be others whose correspondence is all with very distant places, but such cases must be very rate, and the great majority of the community, with an universal penny postage, will he quite on an equality with reference to distance as to receiving and send ing letters. The complete answer, however, to such objec tions is to be found in the fact that the cost of conveying a single letter, when many are conveyed, is so small as scarcely to be appreciable. Letters, it is stated in the third Report of the Select Com mittee on Postage, could, it is undeniable, be sent from London to Edinburgh by an ordinary coach parcel, at a cost of somewhat less than one-tenth of one penny each. It results from the calculation of the actual number of letters now sent to Edin burgh by the mail that the cost of transit is not above one thirty-sixth of a penny. That is the calculation on the supposition of employing the ordinary mail coaches, but as railroads came into use as passengersand heavy goods pay the chief expense of transit, the cost of conveying each letter will dwindle down to an infinitely small proportion of a penny. - We learn from the evidence of Mr. DILLON, and the fact deserves special notice, as tending to equalize the advantages and disad vantages of densely and thinly peopled districts, that the expense of transit diminishes in the pro gress of society. In his evidence he said— " There are many analogous cases in which the mere transit of goods adds little or nothing to their price or value in the market ; a book published in London is sold at the same price in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh ; articles of wearing apparel, in the large cities, where the means of transport are many and cheap, are sold at the same prices in all the different parts of the king dom. To show how little the cost of transit some times enters into the price of goods, I may mention to the Committee, in the way of illustration, that we buy goods in Manchester ; they are conveyed to Lon don; we sell them in London very often to dealers resident in Manchester, who again carry them back to the place whence they came, and, after the cost of two transits, they will have bought them of us cheaper than they themselves could buy them in Manchester. In this instance, the cost of transit, as an element of price, has become absolutely destroyed by the force of capital and other arrangements. I mention this as showing that in an advanced state of com merce, and where the facilities of intercourse are very great and constantly increasing, the mere cost of transit enters very little into the price of the article." The actual cost of transmitting letters being very small, the chief expense of the Post-office con sists in the establishments for collecting and distri buting the letters. "It is not a matter of in ference," says the Report, " but a matter of fact, that the expense to the Post-office is practically the same, whether a letter goes from London to Barnet, or from London to Edinburgh. The difference is not expressible in the smallest coin we have.' " To resist the proposed plan on the jea lous and envious grounds we have alluded to is, therefore, extremely unjust. The cost of trans mitting letters being so exceedingly small, y and the cost of collecting and delivering them being also insignificant, wherever there are many' to be delivered, and the cost will be much lessened by Mr. HILL'S plan, it follows that all the charge above a very small one is a tax levied on the written interchange of thought. Go vernments have taxed light, and should they again be involved in expensive wars may tax spoken words, but such a tax would scarcely be more one rous or more mischievous than the tax on letters. At present it is calculated that the tax is 236 per cent. on the cost, and she tax increases in propor tion as facilities of transit, and the number of letters transmitted, increase. Now all the charge above a sum necessary to cover the actual expense of the Post-office being a tax, it follows that it should be levied not according to the distance the letter is carried, but according to the ability of the person who is to pay it. To levy a tax of that kind on a poor la bourer, for example, who comes from Cork to Lon don for employment, and on a rich Irish landowner, who comes to spend his income in luxury in Lon don, is most unequal and unjust ; the latter will not feel it, to - the former it is an actual prohibition of correspondence. It is right that individuals should pay for carrying their letters, but to tax correspon d'uce seems to answer none of the conditions which ADAM Sarin' says a• tax should fulfil. It is neither proportionate to the payer's means, ' nor does it fall on him when lie is most willing to part with his money ; but in the case of the poor, who seldom write except on extraor dinary emergencies, it takes money from them when they are least able to spare it. On the man of business it is a heavy burden, on the man of pleasure and wealth it falls lightly, and he can avoid it when he will. This would be the case though franking were not tolerated, but when we add franking, all the advantages of which belong to the opulent, we must conclude that the tax on letters is one of the least just that has yet been devised. As it weighs so heavily on the poorer classes, cutting them off, when at a distance, from habitual communication with their friends, it is not surprising that they have recourse, like their betters, to various methods of evading the tax, some of which were thus described by Mr. PRENTICE of Manchester : " There was peculiar propriety in Manchester moving for this redaction of postage ; for this town was peculiarly Si • :ttted. Probably not one in ten of the present residents of Manchester, of 45 years of age, was a native of the place. Li that coined, how many of its members were natives cf Manchester? There were in the town from 30,000 to 40,000 Irish, and 3,000 or 4,000 Scotch ; and of the great majority of these, it might be said that all intercourse with their relations was cut off by this wicked and oppressive tax.—( Hear, hear.) Ile had seen the devices of the Scotch population here to maintain communication with their friends in Scotland ; for a postage of Is. 01,-d. was a great deduction from the wages of even a skilled wotk. man. About 500 copies of his newspaper, after being read in Manchester, were sent weekly to the southern counties of Scotland. and the senders had all some agreed-on means of communication, either by some peculiarity of the address, some additional name, or some understood mark, .to imply that John is ill, or Mary better, or Jane arrived. The Post-office people never could detect all this, because the marks were known only to the parties .sending and re ceiving the papers. Others bought newspapers, and sent them off to their friends directly, without looking at them, just to let them know, by the handwriting of the address, that they had arrived in Manchester. Some of his Scotch friends did not even in cur th e ex p ense of fourpence ; for they obtained an old London paper, just to show their friends, by the writing of the address, that the sender was well. Think 'of the absurdity and wickedness of a law which c. , mpelled a man, instead of an affectionate epistle, to send his aged mother a newspaper, in order that she might have the pleasurs of seeing her own name in the writing of her son upon tie back of it." A tax which thus mocks or stifles the best affec tions of human nature—the strongest guarantees of morality, cannot, in our opinion, be too soon got rid of; and we do earnestly hope that the Ministers will not lose this golden opportunity of gaining for themselves a great reputation. If the want of a few hundred thousand pounds' revenue should stand in the way, deeply will they have to deplore every act of extravagance, every possible means of saving, the public funds which has been carelessly or wan tonly rejected, for such extravagance or neglect will now deprive them of heartfelt approbation o f a grate f u l people. The majority of country papers which have fallen under our notice give just praise to the just and enlightened critic is a great chEck au im propriety, and a great encouragement to political rectitude. Amongst all intelligent men who are not abso lutely blinded by factious Rodenism, there is, as far as we can learn, but one opinion as to the pro priety of the course he adopted. It excites asto nishment in political circles that Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the rest of the high prerogative States men, should have countenanced Lord RODEN'S proceeding. Since the time of the Commonwealth it has not been customary to submit the, exercise of the prerogative to an investigation by a Committee of either House. The Lords have already summoned Colonel SHAw KENNED Y , an d vill of course require him to produce the orders under which he acted. They must also, we presume, examine Lord Mott- PETIT, if his capacity of a representative of the people do not protect him, Mr. DRUMMOND, and all the other servants of the Crown, all the gaolers who have been ordered to release prisoners, and all the Judges who sentenced them to punishment. If the principle of Lord RonEN's proceedings be followed up, we do not see where it will stop. Lord ABERDEEN is highly displeased with some parts of our foreign policy ; why should he not get a Committee, call the Under Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs before it, order home Ambassadors and Agents, require them to produce their instructions, and so establish a case against Lord PALMERSTON? Why should not Earl STANHOPE, too, have a Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Home Secretary touching the administration of the Poor-law ? Encouraged by such good examples, Lord COLVILLE or Lord HARDWICKE may move for a similar Committee to inquire into the Navy, and require Admiral STOPPORD and Commodore DOUGLAS to explain to them why the former. has not taken possession of the Dardanelles, and why the latter did not sink Admiral BAUDIN ' S ship for taking the pilot out of the Express packet ? When Sir R. PEEL shall be reinstated in office, should that time ever arrive, and a formidable Radical-Whig opposition exist in the House of Commons, he may find that his subserviency to the poor factious spite and stupid bigotry of the most stupid and bigoted of the Orangemen, will supply his opponents with a most dangerous precedent. There is already a strong disposition in Parliament to govern the Executive by means of Committees, and that will not be weakened by the countenance given by Sir ROBERT PEEL to Lord RoDEN's Committee. If it had been appointed to investigate the causes of the unhappy condition of Ireland, and had summoned over some of Lord LottTpN's displaced tenants, some of the Catholic Priests, some of the Ribbonmen, if they can be found, and the convicts who were liberated, to tell their tale, and so hear both sides, there might have been some wisdom in the proceeding ; but a Com mittee 'to investigate the conduct of Government, formed wholly of opponents, is a most unusual and preposterous proceeding, and, in times when party contentions run high, will be found for the Tories a most dangerous precedent. We presume the in quiries will not be continued. The zeal of the friends of humanity is untiring. In another part of our Paper appears an account of the proceedings of the Anti-Slavery Delegates and friends to the cause, held on the 18th instant, and of the formation of a Society to procure the uni versal extinction of Slavery and the Slave Trade. Since some doubts have been thrown on the utility of their former exertions—for there are not wanting those who assert that the abolition of the Slave Trade by England, and her attempts to stop it when carried on by other countries, have much en hanced the sufferings and number of the persons carried off from Africa—it is incumbent on the friends of humanity to follow up their object, and endeavour, if possible, to procure the universal abo lition of Slavery. The names of the gentlemen appointed to conduct the affairs of the Society are a guarantee that nothing will be left undone which zeal, guided by discretion, can accomplish to ensure success. We call the attention of our readers to a report in another part of the Paper, of some statements made yesterday at the Mansion-house. It appears from these that the coalowners are making every exertion to diminish the supply of coals from New castle, in order to defeat the LORD MAYOR in his attempt to put down one of the most selfish and wicked combinationsthateverdisgraced a ce-mmunity. We are glad to see them reduced to such ex tremities. They have had recourse to open threats and anonymous abuse in vain, and they now try to bring his Lordship to what they, call reason, by stinting the supplies. They will also be defeated in this. Parties in different parts of the country are making preparation s to supply London with inland coal, and Lord LONDONDERRY and the monopolists in the North are un wittingly giving them every encouragement. Ac cording to Mr. BRADFIEL D the best Newcastle coals now cost 365. Gd., in consequence of this combination ; while inland coals, of nearly as good quality, will, in a short time, he had at 20s. Gd. It is amusing to see what pleas Members of Par liament put forward in defenc e of the monopoly and against any reduction of a tax on laud-borne coals. Mr. Alderman TIIoMPSON, who is returned by coal monopolists, said, no man who had any idea of jus tice could think of a repeal of the clause in question, because sums of money had been borrowed by the City of London on the tax. S o that, however op pressive and unjust a tax may be, it must remain, because some parties have speculated on its conti nuance. Returns, showing the amount of Post-horse duty paid at different periods, have been laid upon the table of the House of Commons. The first return, which was moved for by ?Ir. GILLON, states the amount of duty paid in each of the three months respectively ended the sth of January 1838 and sth of January 183 9 . For the former period this amount was 70,883/. 18s. 9d. ; for the latter, 67,5331. 3s. 9d., by which it appears that a very considerable decrease in this branch of revenue has taken place. The next return, wh►ch was made on the motion of Sir ROBERT INGLIS, exhibits the annual pro duce of the Post-horse Duties for the years 1835 and 1836. The aggregate amount for the year ending Ist February 1836, was 228,4801.; that for the year ending Ist February 1837 was 231,040/. This account is divided into six teen different portions, each portion containing s district more or less extensive. There appears to have been little variation in the productiveness of the duty in anv of them, if we except No. 4, which comprehends Lancashire, Cheshire, with the City of Chester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, wit!► the City of Lichfield, and the whole of Tamworth. In this district the duty increased from 16,700/. to 20,720/. for that period produced 222,069/. ss. 9d., and for the year following—namely, from the sth January 1838, to the sth January 1839, 237,4521. 7s. sd. Then follows an account, differing in nothing from the last, except that it omits all the localities, and gives the amount of duty paid each quarter, separating the English portion ftom the Scottish. There are two or three other accounts in this Re turn, from which it appears that there has been a falling off in the amount of the duty in the London district during the six months ending the sth of January 1839, as compared with the same period of the year preceding. On the line of the Bir mingham Railroad, too, the decrease during the same comparative periods has been 1,9631.; and, dividing EiOand into three parts, viz.—Eastern, South Eastern, and Western, the decrease in each is considerable. The conclusion of Monday's debate in the French Chamber of Deputies, with its renewal on Tuesday up to the departure of the mails for London, will be found in another part of The Sun. Among the most remarkable speeches delivered was one by M. PASSY, the President of the Cham ber, who declared that since his election to that dignity he had informed the KING that too much time had been wasted in useless negociations, and that a Cabinet, including M. Tr-runs, ought forthwith to be appointed. His MAJESTY ac ceded ; but the affair came to nothing in con sequence of the refusal of SOULT to give the Foreign department to M. THIERS. The Marshal offered M. THIERS the department of Finance, or the Interior, which the friends of M. THIERS prevailed upon him to refuse, and, in the opinion of M. PASSY, very properly too. He thought that M. THIERS had a right to the Port folio of Foreign Affairs, and he would not consult his own honour, and the welfare of France, in ac cepting any other. This speech, from the new convert to the Court policy, elicited marks of ge neral surprise throughout the Chamber. The friends of the Ministry of the 14th of April, looked as if they had been duped in voting for M. PASSY, who now boldly assumed his old position, as one of the Leaders of the Coalition. The Marquis of DALMATIA, in the name of his father, Marshal SOULT, assumed all the responsibility of the rejec tion of the claims of M. THIERS. The KING was not to blame, as he had allowed the Marshal to exercise his own discretion. We cannot but regret that a man so deservedly eminent as Marshal SouLT should be thus made the scape-goat of a peddling, intriguing despot, who is ready to sacrifice him to his petty political enmi ties. Lofty and generous minds are often slow to comprehend the base purposes to which the selfish cunning of inferior natures would devote their noblest feelings, and therefore we are not so surprised as sorry to see Sovvr made the cat's-paw of Louis Pll IL IPPE. But perhaps the speech of M. ODILLON BARROT, though overlooking this circumstance altogether, will at last open the eyes of the Marshal to the obloquy to which his pre tensions expose him. That inflexible Deputy pointed out to the Chamber that the time was no more when a name could govern France. SOULT could not pretend to more influence in that assem bly than the DUKE Of WELLINGTON did in an English House of Commons, and they all knew the inefficiency of the illustrious Duke when he attempted to govern England by re• collections rather than popular ideas. Even WEL LINGTON was nothing when opposed to the popular will ; and yet his name was associated with more glorious reminiscences than those of the illustrious Marshal. The Chamber applauded these senti ments to the very echo—an . intimation which SOULT, dupe as he is of the Court, cannot pot-. sibly misunderstand. The National publishes an article respecting the Papers presented to Parliament relative to Mexico, and the evacution by France of the Island of Martin Garcia. As might be expected, that Journal is indignant that France did not persist in retaining her conquests in the Gulf, which she had as good a right to as England has to the Falkland Islands, and the Islands of Busliire and Karrack. Did the French then .buy and pay for Martin Garcia as we did for Karrack ? If so, the world has yet to learn the particulars of the bargain. Subjoined are extracts from the Paris Journals, bringing the latest news from the Spanish frontier : " Our accounts from the Spanish frontiers disclose the political views of Don Carlos, in nominating the Arch bishop of Cuba President of the Council of State. All the property of the Liberals who have emigrated from the B.Asque provinces is to be restored to them; all the rigours exercised towards persons of constitutional opinions are to be softened; everything, in fact, is to lead towards a sys tem of conciliation, with a view of putting an end to thy: war. Prioners arc to be respected, and exchanged ac cording to the stipulations of the Eliot treaty; and, in fine, a quasi liberal and progressive policy is henceforth to be followed by the C7arlist Government. The Archbishop and Maroto are desirous of showing that Dan Carlo, is not very averse to calling to his councils at a future day the author of the Estetuto Real, Martinez do la Rosa ; the moderate Carlists being of opinion that the Estatato is only a regulation adapted to circumstance; ; restoring the usages of the Cartes por .Estarnento, which Maroto thinks should in future be regularly convoked, an opinion in which, it is stated, Espartero concurs."—lllemorial Bordelais. We find a upon under the head of Saragossa, 17th in stant, in the Phare of Bayonne, that operations have no' been entirely suspended between the armies of Van Haien and Cabrera, and that a movement had taken place in the direction of Aliaja, where an engagement was said to have been fought. Besides the reported intentions of Alaroto to blockade Bilbao, the letters from the Spanish Frontier of the ISt], speak of a vast plan of operations concerted between Cabrera and Maroto, which is stated to be, to make the Royal armies of Aragon and Navarre advance simultane ously into the interior of the kingdom. It is not doubted that the enthusiasm of the provinces, and especially ol Andalusia, woull second, as in 1936, this plan, which is to be carried into effect by the great military force of the Royal party. The embarrassed and powerless situation into which the Christino Government is falling more and more—the still threatening disturbances at Madrid, Saragossa, and Va lencia—the avowed desire of the provinces to separat. themselves from the central authority, and to govern them selves by military local juntas—the extreme penury of the treasury--the struggle between the Ministerial phantom at Madrid at.d the Parliamentary party, which, with thtr name, assumes an attitude very hostile to the present state of things—all these circumstances, and many others. which it would be too tedious to enumerate, are extremely limn/able, as it seems, to the plans entertained by the two Royalist Generals. However, our private correspondence from the Royal head-quarters does not yet give us any positive information on the subject. —Gazette de France. This account is followed by another, intended to exhibit a comparative statement of the amount of duty for the two following years, but, owing to the transfer of this duty from the department of Stamps to that of Excise, it was found impossible, with out considerable delay, to class the Excise collec tions by counties, as as to correspond with the pre ceding. All, therefore, that can be gathered from it as a basis of comparison with the accounts for 1836 and 1837, is the total annual amount, and that not without an arithmetical operation ; as one , account does not embrace a whole year, but the period be tween the Ist February 1837, when the above mentioned transfer to the Excise department took place, and the sth of January 1838. The duty SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF PEACE. BRUSSELS, APRIL 22.—The Moniteur announces in its official part, that it was yesterday. the 21st of April, that the messenger arrived at Brussels who was the bearer of the treaties, signed on the 19th of this month, betweep Belgium and the five Powers, between Belgium and Hol land, and between Belgium and the German Confedera tion, represented by MM. De Senfft and De Bulow, who were furnished with full powers from the Diet. This last treaty, which contains the accession of the German Con federation, has been negotiated since the notifteatior, of the Acts of the Conference, dated Jan. 23. We are assured that the Chamber of Representatives is to be convoked for the 2d May, in order to examine and rote some laws which do not admit of delay. This re. sumed Session cannot continue beyond the beginning of June, because half of the Members of the Legislature will have to go out on the 9th of June, according to Article 5 of the Constitution. The provinces which have to elect nevi Deputies are East Flanders, 18 Representatives, and 9 Senators ; Hainault, 13 Representatives, and 7 Senators ; Liege, 9 Representatives and 3 Senators; Limburg 9 Representatives and 4 Senators. We believe that sem, change will have to be" made in the limit of the Electoral District of Limburg. BOURSE:—Psois, TUESDAY, APRIL 23. HALP-PAST Tn REE.—The debate on the interpellations, as they are called, in the Chamber of Deputies, on the subject of the Minis. terial crisis, being to some speculators evidence of a full determina. tion he the Crown not to endanger the peace of Europe, the French Funds have advanced. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened at 31f. 35c., improved to 81f. 50c., and closed at 81f. 40c., being 15 cents. higher than yesterday. The Five per Cents. from 1 10f. 60c., rose to 110 f. 70c., declined to 110 f. 50c. and closed at 110 f. 60c., being a rise of 30 cents. For Money the Three per Cents. are 15c., and the Five per Cents. 25c. better. The Bank of France Shares are 51. higher. The Laffitte Bank of I,ooof. arc 10f. better, and those of 5,0001. 7f. 50c. lower. The Belgian Five per Cents. are unvaried. For the account the Three per Cents. 72f. 80c. The Belgian Bank 20f. higher. The Neapolitan Bonds 20c., and the Roman 1 per cent. better. The Spanish Active has been stationary at 20g. The St. Germain and both the Versailles ltailv:ay Shares have declined; the first 51. The Versailles Right Bank 21. 50c., and the Left Bank 20f. The Strasburg to Bale and the Orleans have not varied. The Havre has net been quoted nei. ther for money nor fur time. For the account the St. Germain 697 f. 50c. The Versailles Right Bank 7221. 50c., and the Left 302 f. 50c. first Highest Lowest Last LeAtilt,: Ba k 1,(00:. s!, les) ....(is.i ...1000 ...14•85 5,f10 ;f. :h 5'5 i ...525) —.5252 50 —.5'252 so Belgian :5 per (7,1 a,... ''•-•.•', 7OO ... 705 ... 7SO ... 705 45 ... 45 ... 43 75 ... 43 75 '0 : 44 ... 20', ... 2 , 4 5 . 4 ... 2 , - , k; New '. , ,l4rret Partii ti:-,•.? 3 per Cents ap.•''2. m Iteanan RAILW A V Sil A RE.-.. :1 C:ei mai i . ... ~ _ . _ . Versailles, r. B /2., ... /21 ... 72 , ) ... ';'•-2 50 L.B. 3es .. . _.O , ... 305 ... 3 6 2 51) . , ~ 0 Orleans . , tro.,lnir; to Bale Nialliousen to '1 hann ASP i'l A LTES AND Eli U ,l ENS. Feyssel (A) :230) —.2 CO ...2:3'0 . Yarn (Moberly's) .. 44olvaniz 0 lion DUTCH FUNDS.—Ama - -mmtm, Arson, 13 itloncy. 11!11.. Actual Debt, 2J4 per Cent 1/.•:to, ditto 1 pea cent. ~ •,n t : , ,,,,iic, .13.; 1 ,:o- rent...... ............ „ 94N, 95 1 4 Ditto, ditto, ',3 , ,. ; per cent 7. lh t 034 0 ,--,,ial Company, .I.' ,p, t-iit !;3!1 :z 181 1 ,4 • Ditto (1832 mid 5 , 41:',) 5 per c c,' Ditto Ho - 7. 5 peT ce11 , lAiaii 1837, 0 . er rent.. ejti I .; EXChUIiZe on I,odon, (liis month._ ....... „ ;i2) 0 Two monlis BELGIAN 1. UNDS—iiin.:lik.Ll9, APRIL 23 Actual Debt, 24;, per Cent .. R.othscliiht's Loan, 5 per Cant. l. I Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent 2 per Cent. Lean of City, 1632, 4 per Cent 94)4 Society of Commerce, 4 )...,,per Cent l2. Y, Batik of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7l National Society . —BrusselsPapers, April 23. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViewNA, APRIL 15 Five per Cents. Metallicues Foss per Cents. Three per Cents. 13. ink Shares —4lll,lemeineZeitung, April 20. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BizemN, Arnie 10. bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent 10334 le2lo Prussian_ English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102;!4, 1017, ..1 , -xchange on London, three noone4s 6 203 i —.Prussian State Gazette. Anril 19. AC Ice ....23r0 ... 460 10:V; The friends of improvement will be happy to learn, that in the Committee of the Home of Commons yesterday, the promoters of the Man chester and Birmingham Extension Railway to Rugby, have completely succeeded in carrying their Bill in spite of all opposition. Their perseverance in this case is the more praiseworthy, as they have had to contend against all the self-interested harpies of monopoly. We congratulate the public at large on this matter, for they will shortly have a much quicker and much cheaper Railway communication to the North than the Monopoly Companies are disposed at present to afford ; but, ere long, the monopolists will find it not only prudent, but expedient, to mend their ways, and diminish their charges. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY. TTT ELTE 0' CL 0 CIC. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 24.—The de mand has been limited to-day, without change in prices. The sales 2,000 bags, chiefly American, to the trade. Arrivals this morning:—French and Ostend mails, ship letters from Sierra Leone and St. Vincent's ; Cal cutta, by the Wanderer, arrived at Liverpool. The accounts received at Paris from Constantinople, to the latter end of March, state that they had not received any political news from Persia, and that the English commerce with that country, instead of falling off, was more active; the Persian merchants had made, during the week, considerable purchases, but the commerce with the interior of Turkey had been very languid for the past four months. Other accounts from Constantinople state, that Lord onsonby and the French Admiral Roussin have requested from their Governments that the English and French squa drons in the Mediterranean should be considerably aug mented, also that troops should be embarked on board of them, to act according as circumstances may require, and to make a diversion against one of the belligerents. The Sultan has recalled to Constantinople the Seraskier Hassan-Pasha, to learn from his own mouth what state' his army is in, and if he has hopes of attacking with success the Egyptian army. Advices received from Uruguay state that the Decree in Congress of the 17th of April, 1838, imposing an extraor dinary war duty of 6 per cent. on the importation of fo reign articles, has been re-enacted. The above Act was revoked on the 10th of Oct. the same year, by a Decree of General Riveira, dated from his camp near Nlonteviedo. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's date. The following is an extract : " BRUSSELS, APRIL 23.—1 t is assured that the Repre s-ntative Chambers will be convoked on the 2d of next month." A report prevails in the City that one of the daughters of the late Baron de Rothschild is going to be married to a brother of a Noble Lord who has a scat in Parliament. We understand that the young lady has a fortune of above 100,000/. Price. Price. Price. Price. French sper Cents 3 per Cents ail 40 81 45 81 40 ... 81 40 s ank of France ......... 2695 ...2700 ...2700 THE FUNDS. Yesterday we had a great scarcity of arrivals and intel ligence, to-day we have still less from all quarters, conae. quently there is no speculations in the British or Foreign Funds to the present hour. _ _ _ Consols may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yesterday, 93f buyers for the Account ; Money 92; 93 ; Exclicqu,r Bills 44 46 ; India Bonds 46 48 ; Bank Stock 1961 1971 ; India Stock 255 256. The Foreign Market is inactive to the present time, and :he prices nominal, and may be quoted as they closed. Spanish Active, 204 ; Portuguese, 351 ; Three per Cents., Eli 4 ; Belgian looking up, '10:-1. 1 ,- 104; Brazilian, 71- 781 ; Colombian, 29} 30 ; Mexican 241 2 ; Dutch o. and-a- Half per Cents., obi 561- ; Five per Cents., 102 4. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Hank Stack 19714 I India Stock .. 256 I per Cent. Red. P2l..i I A : Ditto Bonds 45 pins. 3 pzr Cent. Cons ! 4 -24 3 . South Sea Stock - 3 , 4 per Cent — Old Annuities — Ditte !la. q9: 1 4 7, 1 ; 1 New Ditto ... ..,... __ New 514 per Cent lOl 10b!;, New 5 per Cent. - I sank Long A nnuitic* to expire Jan. 5, IWO 1.04 1/-10 Oct. 10, 183 S .14. 5-16 " Jan. 5, 15 , 60 Jan. 5, 1830 - April 5, MO 5 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch.lls, Xl,OOO 43 45 pin. Ditto 500 43 45 pin. Ditto Small 43 45 pin Ditto Commercial — rot. Ditto Advertised lank Stock for Account ... India Stock for Account 5. IVO. Conso:s fur Account s'2 4 l PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE. O'CLOCK, kuKtrian Builds Peruvian tends idelgian Bonds Ditto Account ...... ......... Portuguese ponds . — Brazilian Bonds 78;4% Ditto New lionsts Ditto Account nuenos Ayres Bends Ditto Account Chilian Bonds' — ' Prussian Bonds I) tte Account CclilmLian Rends Ditto Account Columbia.) Bonds, 1624 Ditto Account Danin Bonds —' Russian Bonds, Ist - Ditto Account - Ditto Aistallic - Spanish Bonds .I)iita , Account - Ditto Bonds, Is3l Ditto Account ';reek Bonds Ditt- , Bonds, ...... Ditto Account ‘lexican Bonds, 5 per Cont Ditto Account. Ditto, 13 per Cetst Ditto Account Ne.,yolitan , ' Ditto Accouut. 00 t/ i' ft i , French, i per Lien, —ll —t... 4 Kt cent. 3 per cent. i Exchange. —f. --c, ! Dutch, 2Y,', per cent. ..._! Ditto Accoun. ir.9.N ; Ditto, 5 per cent — Ti, _ 1 Ditto Account — PRICILS OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 0 - 2;11: O'CLOCK. P 41 ,1 _ ' Per Shai.e. _ _ . .riatal And Exeter Railway Compr.ny 25 --•--- 15 , 3reAt We-tern gailway Company Orlghten Mulvfx! , . . 17 8 % 34' . 'i - `B 3 -‘4 Loction arid 111.ickw411 Railway .. i .no.!:indltinnimghara Itai: , ray C0,,,,,y..„ vo 7: Ditto !_Shares Northern and Eastern Railway Company kustralasia Bank Ditto British North American Bank PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DU:tLIN, APRIL 23. - per .tent. Consols - ;IA per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced Ditto New, 141 , 1 99 4 A 1 City of Dublin Steam Comp. 3V, par Cent. Debenturer.., Isl .. ation.d Insurance Company 'Sank stock arand Canal Stock Royal Canal Stock HALEPAST ONE. Up to the present time we have no informntion of the arrival of the New York packet of the Ist inst. Consols continue as in the ear!y pact of the morning-, 921 93 for Money, and for the Acc oun t 93k, with little doing; Exhequer Bills rather lower, 43 45 ; India Bonds also lower, 45 ; Bank Stock 1974 ; India Stock, 256. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargAin doing. Spanish Active, 20,1 1 ; Portuguese, 211 s ; nothing done in the Five per Cents. ; Belgian, 103 ; Brazilian, 781 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 56- ; Five per Cents, 1021. MANCHESTER AND BIRMISG HA 14 EXTENSION RAILWAY. HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY, Aram 94, 1839—Foca o'CLoes P. M. The Standing Orders Committee have just de cided in favour of the promoters of this Bill, and the opponents have therefore failed in their unscru pulous and unwarrantable attempts to " Burke" it on Standing Orders. The Bill is forthwith to proceed. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ESSEL—The death of this 11:011y-respected noblemen took place rather suddenly on Tuesday morning, at half-past ton o'cicek. We arc informed that shortly before the decease of the Noble Earl he complained of a difficulty in breathing, when a Medical Gentleman was immediately sent for, but before his arrival the Earl breathed his last in the arms of his Countess. The late George Capel Coningshy, Earl of Essex, Viscount ;Mahlon, in the County of Essex, and Bari , n C , pel, of Hadham, in the County of Hertford, in the Peerage of England, was born the 13th of November, 1757, and succeeded to the title the sth of March, 1799. His Lordship had been married twice ; first, in June, 1786, to Mrs. Sarah Stevenson, widow of Mr. Edward Steven- son, and daughter of Mr. Henry 13.3zett, who died early in the past year. A few months after the death of the above lady, from whom the late Earl had been separated some years on account of incompatibility of temper, the Noble Earl married Miss Stephens, the distinguished vocalist, who survives her Lord. The late Earl was a Commis sioner of the Metropolitan roads, Recorder and high Steward of Leominster, a D. C. L., and F. S. A. He is succeeded is his titles and estates by his nephew, Mr. Algernon Capel (now Earl of Essex), who was bout the 28th of February, 1503, and married the 14th of July, 1825, the Lady Caroline Beauclerk, daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Duke of St. Alban's, by whom he has a numerous family. MIDDLE TEMPLE. -On Saturday last the un derm,ntioned gentlemen were callod to tile Bar by the Ho nourable Society of the Miidle Temple, viz., J. M ini ., te 4 n :' , Esq., Francis Henry Ridddl, Esq , Steuart MacNa g l a Esq., and Martin Archer Shee, Esq. EVENT NG EDITION. FINE ARTS. THE DIORAMA THIS DA ) We Were favoured this morning with a private view of the Diorama in the Regent's Park, tvhich contains two pictures painted by the Chevalier Bouton—one; the Coroaa - Eou of her Majesty, Queen Victoria; and the other, the Interior of the Church of Santa Croce, at Florence. The former of these, which has never before been exhibited, was taken from the gallery appointed for the Members of the House of Commons, and represents the interior of West minster Abbey, just as it appeared during the ceremony. The moment selected is that when the Crown was place d on the Queen's head. In the foreground, but removed at some distance from the spectators, sits her Maj esty, on a chair of State, holding the sceptre in he r hand, while the Archbishop of Canterbury, who sta nds neat her, is stretching, forth his hands to place the sP llll°l of monarchy on her head. Beside his Grace , are the Bishops, all of whom, we believe, assisted at the cere mony ; and on the opposite side of her M,josty, are th thoFe Peers who also had parts to perform in e the proceedings of the day. The box on ground floor which instantly caches the sPee ta ; tor's eye, contains the Royal Family ; and in the g"'" lery near the pulpit to the right, are the Foreign An'' bassadors with their Ladies and suites. Foremost among these is the veteran Marshal Soult, who may easily be recognized by his red sash. In the gallery opposit, are persons of distinction attached to the Que en ant Royal Family ; and in the north choir, on the ground floor to the right, are the Judges, the Lord Mayor,. She riffs, &c. The.numerous figures that stand nearest to the spectator, in the long galleries on either side the AhheYi are drawn with remarkable skill and distinctness, an. stand out in a manner so like reality, that one has CO's i " de rabic difficulty in believing that they are mere delusions. The light which is thrown along the floor, especially, that portion of it immediately in front of the chair of state, shifts occasionally, so as to produ ce the most striking effects. But what most ast onishes the spectator, is the triumphant mastery over s p ace that is exhibited in the painting. The Abbey er pears quite as large as reality ; and the p ersre ; tive is managed with a degree of tact t a s te we never yet saw surpassed. There is no t g r ul bt so much gorgeous colouring in the picture as 1 " have been anticipated from the nature of the subject t; but then the spectator is supposed to he, some • distance from the pageant, so that its 131,e"; dour would naturally be somewhat subdued. 147Pe the ceremony is supposed to be at an end, the 0110,1, strikes up the national anthem, " God save the Ottee l. On the whole, we consider this the most attracti ve P lc ' ture yet produced at the Diorama. BAIL COU11.1%—(111IS DAY.) aed After two or three motions, of course, had been disP — , e i of this morning, Mr. Justice WILLI/an inquired if C° llll. ly were ready in any other case ? Having received * re S i i in the negative, his Lordship gave notice that on MI I „d, next, the peremptory paper would be peremptorily Ca ea t and that all the cases in which Counsel did not ar p uo. would be struck out of the list, and not restored• the less this course was taken, he saw very clearly tha t ! o s business would stand over until the last day, most inconvenient. COURT OF EXCHEQUER• (THIS DAY.) IN RE THE CANADIAN PRISONERS. the The four prisoners whcse cases were brought unu e- „,bt notice of this Court, during last term, were again br ° 7 o , up this morning in the custody of the Gaoler of Nevigle. They appeared improved in looks since they were last fore the Court, and were very respectably dressed. a si t The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, e n d. w Frederick Pollock, were heard on the part of the °- last Term. Ke Mr. WIGHTMAN now followed on the same side4abos said he appeared to support the return to a Writ of if ull o oe bringof made by Mr. Batchelor, the Keeper of the Ong of Correction at Liverpool, commanding him to iglo o up John Goldsworthy Parker, William Alves , j eta le Brown, and Robert Walker. The return set out,. f e b statutes of the Legislature of Upper Canada, by %I c op. one arraigned for high treason might by petition an c ot $ fession of his guilt to the Lieutenant-Governor, re c eta pardon, upon condition that the prisoners be trse s Pd for for life. That the prisoners had been so a rraign e by ,s high treason, that they had confessed their gui lt an is petition to Sir G. Arthur, and there b e i n g no Me a ut iore Upper Canada for carrying_ the sentence into wee d t he they were sent to Lower Canada for that purpose , a - „ ,ere same reason operating in the Lower Province, th e o f t he sent to England, and were then in the keeping ° , l for gaoler for safe custody, while means were provide The transporting them in execution of their sen tence. id ae• Learned Gentleman went at great length into the ° 004 thorities to show that the prisoners were in legal ee.enee in England in order to carry out what was a legal sentarcd in Upper Canada. His Learned Friends who APP e e n t to for the prisoners, contended they had given no ase.ated, their own transportation after the pardon had been ge h a o sh and that they might have refused that assent evell,it t' tbe they had petitioned, and in that p e titi on h a d assented t he conditions *imposed upon the pardon by the Act ° Alen Legislature. He would contend that they having their assent could not afterwards revoke it without ing back to their former condition, and taking thei r -l Of for high treason. But this was not a pardon by virttie w the prerogative of the Crdwn, but under a Par! icu of Act of the Provincial Legislature to the provision: t which he would hereafter call the att e nti o n of the Cu t he He contended that the pard o n b oun d th e Crown °ll . sr dO O one hand, and that th e p a rty cou ld no t, a fter the p be tried for high treason, but o n th e o th e r hand t h ► e Ind soncr was bound by th e co nditi ons o f the I.)rd °° , the could not revoke the accept ance o f suc h co nditions tog pardon contained. Such being the case, the contnt, being recognised by the Act of r the Provincial Parlia or w t he there must be a p ower o f carr yi ng t h em i nto effect , ghee Act of Parliament would be perfectly nugator)c, got was the revocation to take place. He was no"' ' 11 . 45 0 laud, in execution of his sentence—but suppose be o f it , his destinati on i n V an Dienien's Land, and got titeu d go was he then to re vo k e hi s assen t t o t h e con ditions , a ll to any part of the world he pleased. oke Mr. Baron ALDERSON —lf the one party can re: the surely can the other. If the party can revoke 0 41 2 ;0 4 , Crown. If prison e r c a n revo k e , to escape pea ls OR so can the Crown, and punish him for high treason. is a state of things that can be contended for. ntr °d Mr. WIGIITMAN — That . was exactly his argerll-earee he thought he need p ursue it no further. His v ess eig li Friend had assumed that Upp er C ana d a was 3 [ o o o ' country, and then contended th a t th e C our t s in th' 4 , I s e+ try could not give effect to or aid any foreign pena l ' eo9 lll Lcrd A BlNGER—Suppose th a t some prisoners 1(17,00 convicted in the Courts in Franc e , an d wer e shiPP e o utln Calais for Brest, and on the voyage put into Por lsra hsre would the Courts here grant a habeas corpus to di 6c those legally convicted prisoners? be coo` Mr Wieturmas apprehended not, and further (4 ,0 tended that our colonies, all owing all eg i anc e to the ` l. o ll' could not be called fore , gn countri es . B u t take t he y t he verse of the points made by his Learned Friend. 9 ider' Courts here were not to take Canadian laws into e'riple , alien, so the Ca na dia n C our t s , on t h e sa me Pri ns tot ~could not be bound to take any notice of English la a ' s ;jot e would they cont en d th a t if a conv i ct shit) were to 0 1 , 0 0, a Canadian port, would theCahadian Courts g rant corpus. and discharge th e p r i soners ? H e aPPreA"er the not. The Learned G e ntl eman th en b roug ht ueui n tiel l i notice of the Court the statu e re gu l at i ng traile r and was left speaking. eam aia.IIO.IO.O.7...IP.Ww•PINFP COMMERCIAL (BLACK-WAL L') RAILWAY • .—(THIS DAY.) t tar► The Committee on thi s B i ll met t hi s morn ing A" fry° le , o'clock, and the Members present were :—Mrs't Ices' (Chairman), Mr. Harvey, Mr. C raw f or d, Mr. I ," ls oar' Mr. Hodson, Sir B. Hall, L or d T e i gnmou th. Kir, 0 ' nard, Mr. Pattison, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Leader , ' to Palmer, Lord Castlereagh, and Mr. Clay. ittee Mr Sergeant ANDRENVi addressed the Come' On Opposition to the Bill, on behalf of the inhabitants ° te ed' part of the city of London through which it nO r ig o oni t ; the railway should pass.. They trusted that th" ope r h ti e tee would not sanction the destruction of the"' 'nod I 'l9 without some great public object being gained , he g b question was whether the promoters of t a h : had shown that a great public object t `r i so iff_•ce d by this line. The property s" 4av a 4 T, attached by that Bill excectltd in value 950,0 001 ", 2° 0 4 / persons with their fon:lies would b • driven front t' l . e , h eeel; I,Jui hood, ine.ny of them depending on that Pet, to liC hood for their subsistence. The whole district n e , disturbed by one of the ereateat nuisances the raL'area t o had ever invented. W ere th e C omm ittee pr'i: t ovej. o heC 0 break through that great principia, which had h itt) h r always observed by the House of Commons, th id no t t useful or beneficial railroads may be, they *be ° t he ge e brought ought into the heart of the City of:London, to danger and inconvenience of the public ? 8 riOv el RATING 01' TENEMENTS BILL.- -111 1 - a nd n 9; and unconstitutional measure for enforcing a party“ , . a ye! just property tax upon landlords of houses under ens b) ; rantal, was can last night in th e H o use of Corn er ' n Et . rity c,£f four, from which d duct the three parents o f 0 01 / 0 names arc endorsed on the Bill, leaves a Ins.l a W s one I! ! As the Bill is not set passed into a Latvia at the that it will be strongly and successfully oPP° se third reading. essres , e SECOND-HAND PLATE PURCII, coot° A. B. 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