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THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 25, Will be rei-eatcd KING LEA R. King Lcar, Mr. Maer_sady ; Edgar, Mr. Elton ; Cordelia, Miss Helen Faucitt. To conclude with THE INVINCIBLES. To - marrow —The Tempest ; and the King and the Duke. ednesday—There will be no performance. I'llursday—Th e Lady of Lyons ; and the Invineible3. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Real Friend" at Coldstream is thanked for his communi cation. T hat, and several other matters, will be attended to shortly. Al H dsrg ,6HWA,TER AT LONDt) ti BRIDGE TO-11ORROW. 4,.... ;; ; ~ -ninutes•sf , ;:: 01 Evening l9 minutes after 1 S NIITIAWEALTH OF NATIONS. Ludgate-street, Feb. 25, 1839. „Tn. VDIVARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD having published an Advertisement, in which he states ts"' l '.e "has instructed his Solicitors, Messrs. FEW, HAMIL s('JS and FEW, to commence an action against Messrs. :ARLES KNIGHT and Co., the Publishers, of Ludgate . as.et, unless they shall immediately assent to a proposal which st . been mad e t o th em f or removing t h e i n j ur i ous and tari fa:tided imputations cast upon him in an Advertisement, b ginning Smith's Wealth of Nations :' "—Messrs. Charles Knight and Co., feel it their duty to re-publish, and to give a more extensive circulation to, the Advertisement which Mr. Wakefield has thus endeavoured to suppress. It is as follows : SMITH'S WEALTH OF NATIONS, WITH COMMENTARY, By Tthe Author of " England and America." HERE are particular occasions on which it is necessary to trouble the public with a statement of private transactions. The non-completion of this work, the publication of which commenced in 1835, is one cf these occa skins. In tha April of that year Sir. Knight agreed with Mr. E ;ward Gibbon Wakefield, the Author of " England and Ame rica," to publish an edition of Smith's " Wealth of Nations," with a Commentary, by Mr. Wakefield. The work was to be brought out in periodical volumes, and to be sold eheap. Sir. Wakefield wa.s paid in advance WO/. on account of the Commentary. The first volume appeared, and was well received by the public : the seco .d was also duly published. The third volume, after some inters:4l; was published ; but Sir. Wakefield did not e niribute single note towards it. The last volume, wnich connects the text with the end of the third volume, has been printed two years. Of the fourth volume, which was to consist entirely of original matter, Mr. Wakefield has fui•nished twenty pages only—after every mode of entreaty and of remonstrance has been resorted to in vain, during the course et the last three years. The publishers feel that they cannot any longer remain silent, under what appears to be a fraud upon Oe purchasers of the three Volumes. They, therefore, sub snit this statement of facts to the public, and beg to announce that the Volume, which completes the Text, will be published on the Ist of March. London : Charles Knight a n d Co., 22, Ludgate- s t-eet. OUTHWAItK ELECTION.—SUB SCRIPTIONS for DEFRAYING the necessary LEGAL EXPENCES of the RE-ELECTION of D. W, It All VEY, Esq., for the Borough of Southwark, will be re. ceived at tha followinss places:— Messrs. P resco tt and Co., Threadneedle-street. Mt'n'.9.. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall. •I be London and West-oinster Branch Bank, South;vark. Joseph Parkes, Esq., Treasurer, Counter-street, Southwark. And at the Central Committee-room, Bridge House Hotel. JOIfN C. BARNS, Hon. Secretary. Committee-room, Feb. 25, 1839. 14 S Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His ntjesty the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, And His Majesty the KING of PRUSSIA. having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several Dis n.juilions of Money, which (though they are NO LOT TLE IEB. oar a great many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH, and HE/NE I3ROTHERS at LUBECK, are NOW SELLING SHARES for any of the said DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY, at various prices. The Dis tributions Contain various portions, from NINE POUNDS TO TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS zind upwards. Orders for less than 101. cannot be attended to. Persons desirous to purchase may receive PREVIOUS to giving any . order, the Prospectus and Particulars, upon ad dressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. P. S. THE NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION CONTAINS PORTIONS OF 4,0001., 7,5001., and 30,0001. 4%, .7 - ♦ I14?-j) -02.47 - k.7. • r!gate ; ./4 f(11 ; attl.a4 LONDON : MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1839. EVENING EDITION. A " B itish Farmer," advocating the Corn-laws, in the Morning Pose of Saturday, makes the fol lowing statement 7.:ey who compare the increased production of our country with the increased population for the last twenty years, will find that the latter has more than kept pace with the former, nay far exceeded it. Let those men, al - o, take the growth of wheat in this country for the 14,n. four ;ears, end they will find that the surplus of the three first, user and above the demand, was more than equal to the Cedeleney of the last. But what has become of that. sue- I his? Why, from the ruinous low prices of 1835 and 1836, rho farmers were compelled (from want of the power of I:..eping it) to turn it to the best account, which was, feed i ig beasts and sheep to an amazing extent, rather than sub mit to tle price. of 355. cr .405. par qu-xter. It has been sifted from good =hority that a million and a half of qu4rters cif wheat were given to cattle in the years 183.5 nod 1636 ; which quantity being a surplus over and above the consumption of those years, might, had the farm e r s b,•ri in a condition to have kept it, been advantageously e ripleyed to meet the deficiency of 1835, which was pro duced by as unpropitious season." This is rather a remarkable statement, which, supposing it correct, as we believe it is, leads to more inferences than the " British Farmer" is aware of. At the time when the farmers of England were •obliged to give their wheat to beasts and sheep, the haiidloom weavers and other artizans in the manu facturing districts were suffering severe distress, petitions to fix a minimum rate of wages, Cont. mittees, and Commissions in 1835 and in 1836, all attest the conjunct existence under the Corn laws of distress in the manufacturing districts, and low prices, when the farmers gave corn to their hogs. On the night of the opening of Parliament the Earl of WINCIIILSEA also stated that in the years 1822 and 1823, when the price of agricultural produce was also extremely low, there was great distress in the manufacturing districts. Now, what is the cause of the co existence- of these two states ? The hand-loom weavers it is plain had nothing to give the farmers for their wheat, or they would have been as glad to purchase as the others to sell. Why had the hand-loom weavers nothing to give ? Their trade, their productive power, and the trade gene rally of the manufacturing districts, and the in crease of people there, had been checked by the Corn -laws which prohibited the manufacturers fro.n exchanging their produce with whomsoever they liked ; they could have got something to give in exchange for the farmer's corn if they had been al lowed to sell their cloth in Russia or Prussia ; but their industry having been hampered and checked by restrictions, they could get nothing, and however much they might want, the farmers would not give them a grain of wheat without payment. But why did not the farmers and the landlords, who had this large increase of produce amongst tfn m, set the manufacturers to work for them ? Why, the farmers had already as much of the ma'nufac timers' goods as they wanted or could pay for. The landlords have no particular penchant for the productions of Manchester ; they prefer those of Bordeaux, or Florence, or Rome, and, if they had any surplus income they bought wines, articles of vertu, or hired opera singers and dancers. But a a great increase of agricultural produce, with a restriction on the industry of manufacturers, is pre cisely the condition of things intended to be brought about by the Corn-law s ; and the result is misery and distress to both farmers and manufacturers. We may draw two important inferences from this statement. The first is, that abundance is a curse to the farmer, unless the manufacturers be allowed free scope to their industry to obtain wherewithal tit purchase the farmer's crops. Such restrictions as the Corn-laws prevent enterprize, prevent the gra dual increase of people, and when abundaneecome s it finds no market. After prices have fallen verylow, as in 1822 and 1835, a stimulusatise,s to manufacturing enterprize, speculation becomes excessive, no cor responding production of corn can suddenly take place to keep foil up to population ; the low prices of the abundant year check cultivation, and in a year or two, as in 1826 and 1827, as in 1838 and 1839, distress, and something like famine, approach. The sec o nd i s , t h at t h e f orce d increase of agricul tnral productioe by a Corn-law,:whil e the restrictions !isept on the manufactiner'sindustr v , does trot ex tend their home market for manufactures. The far mi.rs and landlords are already supplied with all they want of the produce of our manufacturers, and till the Price s of their crops fall ruinously low, no advantage Ass and no extension of the market accrue to the menu- In another part of our Paper will be found the facturer. The corollary is, that the notion of ex- whole of the extract from Capt. MARRYAT S %tiding the home market for our manufacturers by forthcoming work, to which we alluded on Saturday. ' e ' 4 triction, like the Corn-laws, on their foreig n It is j us t now espec i a ll y d eserv i ng th e a tt en ti on o f trade, is a palp a bl e d e l us i on . Th e sa d conclusion all naval men and of ail well-wishers to the Navy. 'rom the w h o l e i s, that by the stupid or mad inter- Our aristocratic and monarchical Tories, who are Terenc e of the Legislature with the trade in perpetually vaunting the great liberality, generosity, ( ern, whi c h i s as much a part of the or- and high-mindedness of our Government in con er of nature d, as the s easons themselves, or trast with the parsitnonious Government of the tiorencos of soil and climat e . loth y ears o f United States, are respectfully requested to cast 'utticlance, which in the course of nature hying their eyes over the comparison which Captain .ade es . t o th e heart of titan, and years of scaresty, MAR itYAT draws between the pay of American •'a..it "wee Eogli•it naval offict-r5, and 'Jeri/ups they may THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY,-EVENING EDITION,-FEBRUARY 25, 1839 conclude that the gallant defenders of England are amongst the worst treated and worst paid people in existence. The Americans give no more, however, than they can help, and probably the same rule is followed here ; but here the number of Tersons offering their servi ces i s so grea t that th e liovern ment is enabled to keep down the pay of officers to a level with that of the upper servants of Noblemen. If this be so, less zeal on the part of our people to serve in the Navy will insure them greater rewards, unless it should then be resolved to press officers as well as men. bb said no Ringer to exist. More than half his troops ha d ilready abandoned him, the remainder, about 1,300 in number, not having received the pay which was promised them to-day, have committed this act of desperation. Mu nagorii is at this moment in a house on the Frencb side of the river; and must be supposed to be deeply afflicted at what is passing before hisyees.—Constitutionne/. The publication of the despatches, which the Govern ment has received from Admiral Bradin, by the Dunois, and which it has kept back for some days, is impatiently expected.—Courrier Francais. PARISH OF ST. CLEMENT DANES. A Vestry meeting of the above parish took place tl.is day, to consider the propriety of electing paid collectors of tor rates for the parish. The Chair was taken by Mr. LEWI.S. A proposition to appoint paid collectors was, after much discussion, carried by a majority of 23 to 3, and the Meet ing separated. THE MARKETS.- (THIS DAY.) , BOURSE.—PARIA, SATURDAY, FEB. '23. first Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price , French 5 per Cents 3 telr Cents 7B 5' ... 18 05 ... 75 55 ... 75 65 Bank of trance Latfitte Bar k I,ooof. Wl. 1017 50 —.1017 50 ...1017 s') ...1017 50 5,0(4f. :h.—. 5175 ...5175 _5172 50 —.5171 50 Belgian 5 per Cents lOO ... 1011 ... 100 ... 00 :3 per l ents 6B 50 ... OS 50 ... 68 LO ... 68 50 Belgian Bank 5 60 ... 560 ... 555 ... L6O Coupons S auish Ac ive 1 9% ... 19% .. . 19% ... 1 44 Passive 4% ... 4% ... 4% ... 4%, Neapolitan ..... Roman CORN EXCHANGE. In the past week the arrivals of most kinds of English Grain were small, of Irish Oats good, and of Foreign Wheat considerable. The prices of Wheat and Barley had an upward tendency during the week. This morning there has been a small fresh supply of all descriptions of Corn. There was so little fine English Wheat for sale that our millers purchased such readily at 2.5. per quarter ad. vance on last Monday's terms; other qualities, also, rather dearer, as also fine Foreign Wheat, but the middling sorts, of which the supply almost entirely consisted, sold slowly at their former value. Barley of good quality Is. per quarter higher, other kinds un varied. Beans sold slowly at last prices. Boiling Pea; very heavy ; Grey Peas find buyers on previous terms. There has been a fair d. , 2inand for Oats at the same rates as last Monday. The supply of Flour was moderate, and for ship parcels, rather more mousy was obtained. The General Assembly of the Estates of Hano ver met, pursuant to Royal convocation on the 15th inst. Hardly had the Deputies taken their seats before symptoms of an approaching struggle between King ERNEST and his loyal subjects be gan to manifest themselves. All was quiet till the Royal messages were read, when M. Meyer, Deputy for the city of Hanover, gave in his resignation, and at once quitted the Assembly. Next M. KELLER, Burgomaster and Deputy for Hameln, rose and pre sented an address from his constituents against the abrogation of the Constitution of 1833. There being but twenty-eight members pre sent, no business could be done, consequently the Chamber rose. On the following day a few Deputies met, but enough could not be got together to form a House. The Members of the Senate, being more tractable, assembled in sufficient num bers, but we are yet without any report of their pro ceedings. In the meantime it seems that the K ING is determined to carry matters with a high hand. The Hanover Ga ze ll e o f t h e 15th., th e day of the meeting of the Chambers, contains a Royal Proclamation respecting the Constitution of the kingdom, of which we subjoin an outline from the Hamburg Papers, received last night : RAILWAY SHA' E.. St. (?ermai , Versailles, It II .. 5;7 59 ... 1,37 00 ... 537 51) ... 5.7 50 L.B. 143 ... 150 ... 143 ... 115 Charleroi ... 450 ... 450 ...450 ...450 Routn trasburg to Bale ASPiIALTES AND BI 1 U .:ENS. Seys,el(Eng'ish) Galvanizzd Iron PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (01d) ... s. —s. Beans, Small (new) 43, 44s White (tild) —s. —s. --Red (IS3S) 62s. (ss. --- Fine 665. 68s. •--- Superfine 70s. 745. —Wh to 68s. Fine 'Os 725. --Superfine 75s SO,. --Foreign free 66. N.R. Rye 42s 455. Barley .36,. 42, Grinding 36s nBs. Making 40, 45+. Malt .Ms. Fss. Fine New Pease, Grey, New .355. a h. Maple New . 37s. :313,. White 40s. 42s Boilers 425. 41s. ARRIVALS +31. , GRAIN IN LC V, heat. B I :1, 1 i451r5. ll, (old) 4O 48.. Tick (new) 34, 35 (old) Harrow (new) 37-.58s (old) 435. 45s Brank Oats, Feed New . 25 29:. Poland —s --s, New 25.30;. Potatee 28 30s. .30s. Scotcn 2B --- Irish ... 20 .28s. Flour Town ,per sack).... 00,65 r , seccnds 36 . North Country 54..56 . Bran l l, 12 )NDONDURING LASF WEE} , Carley. Oatb. ,705 qrs. 10,227qrs 5,557 acks 20,!55 5,160 8,874 brls. Madrid Papers of the 16th instant have reached us this morning. On the previous day the Ultras of the Cortes and their friends dined together, to the number of eighty, before returning to their re spective provinces. Several toasts were drunk in honour of the QUEEN, and Constitutio❑ of 1837 ; and, throughout the evening, the greatest harmony prevailed among the guests. The Government is i n t h e greatest want of money, while the army is clamorous for the payment of arrears due to it. Two priests were executed for treason, on the 7th instant, at Santiago ; one of them being in his 80th year ! Can any cause prosper, which sanctions the perpetration of such an atrocity ? Establish a Con stitution, by the judicial murder of a poor old Ec clesiastic, in the 80th year of his age I English lr's Forci A n Ernest Augustus, by the Grace of God, King of Han. over, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick and Luncburgh, &c. In order not to leave our faithful suljects in doubt and uncertainty, respecting the motives of our resolution, in regard to the Constitution of our kingdom, we have be..n pleased to issue the following further declaration. The legal representative Constitution of our kingdom was settled by the Royal letters patent of 7th December, 1819, and uas carried into eff, a on the 29th of that month. We have received a file of St. John's and New Brunswick Papers to the 29th of January. On tile 15th the Provincial Legislature was opened by a long speech f►om the Governor, in which his Excellency congratulates the Members on the growing tranquillity of the Canadas. The Boundary and Coast Fishery questions are noticed, but in terms which can only be understood by a reference to voluminous reports, to be laid on the table of the House of Assembly. Agreeably to notice, the House of Assembly resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, on Wednesday, when a grant of 1,0001. for the relief of the sufferers in the Ca- - nada, was passed. The scene in the Assembly in passing the vote was unprecedented. The Chairman of the Com mittee in reporting it to the House, stated that it was an nounced by three hearty, to} al, and sympathetic cheers, in which every Member of the House, as well as the spec tators in the galleries, heartily joined. The Legislative Council have unanimously and heartily concu red in the vote. A Joint Committee was ap pointed to wait upon the Lieutenant-Governor, upon which his Excellency made the following reply : " Gentlemen—With the highest satisfaction I will give immediate effect to your wishes, as respects the reso lution, so wo:thy of the high character of this loyal Pro vince, and the moral effect of which is not to be calcu lated. " .1. HARVEY, Lieutenant-Governor. `• Government-House, Jan. 24." The concluding Act of the Vienna Congress of the 15th May, 1820, an organic law of the German Confe3e ration, served as a guarantee to this Constitution, for this law enacts that the representative Constitutions actually existing and. reorganised invalid, cannot be allowed except in a constitutional manner. The Constitution of the 7th December, 1819, underwent some changes in a constitu tional manner in the course of time, and till the year 1833. But the change made on the 20,h September, 1833, was entirely destitute of the constitutional form. The pro clamation then proceeds to show that the Constittri , n of 1933, was ab nrigine invalid on the ground which has been repeatedly adduced, that it was not agreed upon in the manner prescribed by the Constitution, by the King and the Estates, but that the draft approved by the Es tates, and sent to the King for his satisfaCtion, had been changed by his Majesty's sole authority, in many essential points, and had beer. carried into effect without the con-ent the Estates to those changes having been obtained. That Constitution, therefore, had not been obtained in 1833, in the manner prescribed by the law of the German Confederation, consequently the new Consti• tution and the General Assembly of the Estates according to it did not stand on a legal foundation. This assem bly did it is true pass on the 17th Dec., 1833, a vote of thanks for the Constitution of 20th September of the same year, but the assembly had not the power to remedy a nullity in which its own powers were included. Party rights are out of the question, it does not relate to a dispute on the limits of the powers of the Crown, and the Estates. We are far from any intention to trench on the well acquired rights of the Estates. But it is our supreme duty to watch over and establish the legal relations of our kingdom. A Constitution null in its origin, could not give our faithful subjects the legal security necessary for their welfare. A return to the forms of the representative Constitution of 1819, the only one which we could consider as resting on a legal founda tion, could not but be our most urgent duty as soon as Di vine Providence had confided the government of the country in our hands. We have hereby exercised our own rights and performed our own duty. The proclamation then proceeds to show, that besides these preliminary grounds of nullity, his Majesty finds in the contents of the Constitution which he has abolished material defects, which equally authorise and justify his interference to remedy them. Oa Friday at one o'clock the Legislative Council went up to Governmeut House with their Address in answer to the Speaker, which was an echo of the Speech ; to which his Excellency was pleased to return the following answer : " Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen,— I re quest you to receive my sincere thanks for this very grati fying Address, and for the assurance which you have given me of your readiness to co-cperate with me in the ad vancement of the measures to which it has been my duty to direct the attention of the General Asstmbly of the Province." HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The House sat to day, to hear Scotch Appeals. The Peers present were—rPhe Lord Chancellor, Lord Pohl more, and Lord Falkland. GORDON AND OTHERS V. DUNNETT AND OTHERS. Their Lordships were occupied the whole day with the arguments in this appeal from the judgment of the Court of Session. The question in the case related to a debt due from Kenneth Fraser to bis partners, and the facts are totally devoid of any interest except to the parties con cerned. These were inadmissable infringements of our organic rights and violation of the principles laid down by the laws of the Confederation of the indivisibilty of the Sup - eme power of the State. The proclamation then orders a discussion of the several points alluded to. A Message to the Assembly of the Estates, likewise dated the 15th, declares that the draft of the Constitution presented last year is withdrawn, and that the Constitution of 1819 alone is to be considered in force. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY. WREATH V. RAVF.NSCROFT. -EFFINGHAM HAZARD. Mr. JAC,B, with whom was Mr. K. PARKER, applied in this case on Saturday for the dissolution of the injunction which was granted by his Honour a few days since, restrain. ing the defendant from publishing the third number of a monthly publication entitled Effingham Hazard. From the statements of the plaintiff it appeared an arrangement was entered into between him and the defendant, a printer and publisher carrying on business in Took's-court, CurAtor street, by which it was stipulated that the plaintiff should write and the defendant publish, in monthly parts, the work in question. The defendant was to have 21. a sheet for writing the work, but provided it obtained a good sale, that sum was to be increased to 41 sheet. The first and second number had been published, but the plaintiff refused to furnish the defendant with the manuscript for the third number, unless his demand of 4/. a sheet for that number was paid. The defendant refused to pay 41., alleging that the agreement was only for 21. The plaintiff refused to furnish the copy for the third number, and the result was that the defendant employed another person to write the wolk. In this state of things an application was made ex-parte to the Court for an injunction, which, having been granted, was now sought to be dissolved. Upon the case coming on, on Saturday, it was ordered to stand over till today, in consequence of the defendant attempting to read affi davits of which he had not given notice. Mr. K. BRUCE, upon the case being brought on this morning, objected to its proceeding on the gr and that the defendant having been gtsetted as a bankrupt on Friday last, his interest had passed to his assignees, and it would be unjust to proceed with the case it, their absence. His HONOUR considered he should act unjustly towards the absent if he did not hear the motion, and ordered it to proceed. Mr. JACOB and Mr. K. PARKER were then heard, in support of the dissolution of the injunction. Mr. K. BRUCE and Mr. KEENE opposed the application. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, without calling upon Mr. Jacob to reply, gave judgment. The case was one of a singular description, and upon the best consideration that he could give to it, he did not think he should be justified in continuing an injunction, which restrained them from publishing that in which it was clear the plaintiff had no copyright, and for the illustrations of which, from the whole evidence in the case, it was clear the defendant had paid. The injunction must therefore be dissolved, but, considering the obscurity of the case, the Court would re serve the consideration of the costs. The Republican horror with which the Royal Grand Master of the Orange Lodge conspirators professes to regard a violat►on or neglect of the minutest Constitutional form, is in all consc►enca sufficiently amusing. But in his excessive zeal for the independence of the Estates of his kingdom, he has overlooked one important consideration, and that is, that it is not competent for him to abolish a Constitution voluntarily accepted by his Royal predecessor and the Estates, and tacitly recognised as binding by the German Diet. To assume the functions of the Diet is sheer presumption, and as only one of the three Estates of the kingdom, he is constitutionally powerless without the consent of the others. Advices from Constantinople of the 30th of January announce that the British Ambassador, Mr. APNEIL had finally left Persia on the 3d of that month, having previously given orders to Co lonel SHEE and the other British officers in the Per sian army to proceed to Bagdad, there to await fur ther orders. Mr. M'INIELL, Sir H. BETHUNE, and Major FA RRANT, proposed travelling to Eng land by way of Georgia. It does not appear from these accounts that the prospect of a rupture with England has at all discon certed the Persian Court. The SHAH regards us as too distant to give him any uneasiness, and unless by favouring the claims of another Prince to the Musnud, our Government is not likely otherwise to trouble itself with his Adminis tration. This, however, would be a very easy matter, as ZILLEH SULTAN and the three Per sian Princes who recently visited England are now at Bagdad, watching the first favourable moment to raise the standard of rebellion. Trade was very brisk, and the purchases of English goods by Per sian merchants very extensive. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday have all been received. Being occupied with the elec tions, they are only interesting to local readers, to whom the subjects of Provincial politics are now all important. They state, in common with the Brussels Papers received to-day, that the Belgian Ministers at the Courts of Vienna and Berlin have received their passports, and that all diplomatic in tercourse with Belgium ceases for the present. The following extracts from the French Journals include the little news they contain likely to interest the public on this side of the Channel : " Messrs. Frederic de Coninck and Co., of Havre, have received from the Minister of Marine the following reply to a demand lately addressed by those gentlemen to the Ministry : . _ " Paris, Feb. 20. " Gentlemen,—l have received the letter you did me the honour to address to me on the 14th inst. " I had anticipated the recommendation of the merchants, by adopting suitable measures of precau tion, the moment I was apprised of the project of the Mexican Government (to issue letters of !barque). I issued orders for the immediate establishment of cruisers in the /neighbourhood of the Azores, outside of th e straits of Gibraltar, off Cad z and Lisbon, along the whole coast of Portugal, and near the landing places in France. " Those orders will soon be fully execute:l, and I have reason to hope that French merchant vessels on their home ward passage will not be exposed to the depredations of the privateers whose armament is announced but some of which have hitherto made their appearance anywhere. " ROSAMEL, " Vice-Admiral, Minister of Marine." and dependence on a higher power than himself, become dire curses to a people whose affairs are re gulated, not by God's, but by the Devil's laws. As the intersection of Ireland by Railways is the only scheme of national improvement ever pro posed which promises to unite in its support the exertions of all parties in that country, we are glad to find the Government well disposed to extend to it all the assistance which Parliament may judge necessary for the success of so great an undertaking. The jarring religious sects and political factions, whose feuds have for centuries retarded the internal improvement of Ireland, begin at last to perceive that poverty and persecution are the worst apostles of proselytism ; and that, had they applied them selves to industry and commerce, instead of to the handling of shilelahs and the ringing the changes on unintelligible theological dogmas, lie nation in Europe had better opportunities of becoming wealthy, tranquil, and happy. The long misgovern ment of Ireland by England has been, for many years, a subject of loud and just complaint. That misgovernment - is now condemned by all men of any political reflection, as equally cruel, barbarous, and impolitic. But we must here observe that Ireland always found in her own bosom the vile instruments of her oppresion. The clannish and religious feuds among her people, which her chiefs lacked patriotism to remove as the root of her weakness, kept her in chains at the feet of this country. Had her people, instead of stray ing themselves under hostile banners as Catholics and Protestants, Orangemen and Ribbonmen, Peep-o'-day-boys and Defenders, remembered only that they were Irishmen, and that in their party divisions they were but mere tools in the hands of English courtiers, who cared not a straw for their political and religious squabbles—except in so far as they kept their country in a state of bondage—it would have been impossible to reduce Ireland to the state of civil and social degradation in which she continued, with a momentary intermission, for the two centuries preceding the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act. The union of all parties is then essential to the regeneration of Ireland ; and to render this union lasting, nothing is more requisite than a plain junction of interests, such as the establishment of an extensive system of railways must universally hold out. Of this union we have the first evidence in the appointment in Dublin, in November last, of a General Railway Committee, composed of men the most opposite in politics and religion, ostensibly for the laudable and patriotic purpose of " rromoting an union of parties, and suggesting the most judicious system of Railways for Ireland." The first Report of this Committee, presented to Lord MORPETLI early in December, is now before us; and it is but a stinted meed of justice to the members of the Committee to say that it well deserves the attention of the British Le gislature. The Report states that after fully and impartially investigating the plans and reports of the several Irish Railway Companies sanctioned by Parliiament, as well as those projected by private enterprise ; and after carefully examining the Re port and plans of the Irish Railway Commissioners, the Committee have come to the conclusion that where the Companies at present established are competent to carry . out the lines undertaken by them, such Companies should have every encouragement compatible with the public in terest, and the prompt performance of the contem plated works. They offer no objection to the Report of the Commissieners, except that, where it suggests the sacrifice of local to national interests, they re gard existing and prospective advantages as generally reconcileable, and so far disapprove of a sweeping adoption of such suggestions. The Committee enumerate the lines already in a state of forwardness, the interests and management of which they recommend to be vested in the present proprietors. They, however, tack to their account of each, the qualifying notice that a loan guaranteed by the Government, would materially assist in facilitating their completion. For the correctness of the following particu!ars respecting these hnes the Committee must be held re sponsible : The Ulster Line, from Belfast to Armagh,:is in a state of rapid progress. The proprietary, and the amount of subscribed capital, are stated to be re spectable. Reasonable assistance from the State is nevertheless wanting to enable the Proprietors to complete the work within a reasonably short time. The line between Dublin and Drogheda, is likewise well advanced. The proprietary and sub scribed capital respectable. Six miles and a-half of the line are contracted for. An adequate loan wanted. The line from Dublin to Kilkenny, with ex tension to Limerick and Cork, is in a fair way of succeeding. Capital and proprietary as above, viz., respectable. The Company is ready to proceed with the works as soon as the Govern ment declare their decision upon the general ques tion of railways in Ireland. A loan proportioned to the amount of subscribed capital deemed neces saryby the Committee. The Great Central Irish Railway from Dublin by Mulingar to Athlone, and thence by b►anches to the noble harbours of Mayo and Galway. For this line ►►o Act has yet been obtained, but the requisite notices fur a Bill have been given, and a large capital subscribed. This line, if completed, would open a large trade between Ireland and the whole of North America. As regards the internal improvement of the country its advantages would be incalculable. The Limerick and Waterford Railway is likewise in a state of great advancement. In the instance of this Company, as of those whose lines are al ready enumerated, money on Government security is required to facilitate the completion of the under taking. Here is a goodly list of Irish Railways, all in a state of considerable forwardness. The only objec tion which we see to their being continued in the hands, and under the control of the present proprie tors, is supplied by the presumable certainty, from the examples found in England, that the Roads will become monopolies under the management of irresponsible individuals. It must not be forgotten that the magnitude of Railways destroys the effi cient check of transit competition ; and there fore without the vigilance of the Government, or rather unless Railway traffic is conducted according to certain fixed and unalterable prin ciples—as if the Railways themselves were national and riot private property—th e y will be p ro d uc ti ve of evil rather than good. Give us security upon this heatli; convince Parliament that the interests of the nation will not suffer by leaving the several lines to be managed by:private Companies, and we wall readily support the claims of existing proprietors. But there must be no imitation of the arbitrary and anti-commercial freaks of some of our established English Railway Companies. The Committee anticipate the most important national benefits from the extensive promotion of Railway undertakings in Ireland. That the es tablishment of Railways will stimulate industry—im prove the condition, by offering, constant employ ment to the labouring classes—facilitate the intro duction, by decreasing the taxation entailed by the Irish Poor-law—incalculably increase commerce— open fresh sources of revenue to the Government, and new channels of physical improvement to the people—diffuse on all sides the blessings of plenty, with those habits of steady industry and economy which an immediate and extended intercourse with England and the United States cannot fail to inculcate. That railways will do all this for Ire land has been the language of The Sun ever since it was first proposed to try the experiment of a line between Kingstown and Dublin. We are glad, however, to find that the Committee entirely concur with us in the rea sonableness of such anticipations ; and as the question is to come before the House of Commons on Friday next we trust that the many useful sug gestions which they have thrown out, will meet with due consideration. In the interim, we shall pro bably recur to the question, as we look upon it as of the last importance to Ireland. We have the following letter from Toulun, dated 19th February :--" It is more positively affirmed than ever, that some regiments will bo sent to Mexico. The squadron will sail from the ports on the Ocean, but Toulon will fur nish its quota of vessels. Yesterday, in consequence of the arrival of a telegraphic despatch, orders were given to the Eglee corvette, Capt. Caussec, to the Surprit , e;brig, Capt Chaigneau, and to the Styx steamer, Lieut. Chumneau x , to get ready for sea as soon as possible. These vessels will sail to-morrow. Their destination is not known, but it is generally supposed that they are going to Brest, to join the squadron which is to convey troops to Mexico." The Armoricain (a Brest journal), of the 19th, has tle following news : " Orders from the Minister of Marine were received for the immediate equipment of the Plussard brig, and of a corvette, probably the Blonde or the Embuscade. " The Genereux, of the line, now fitting out at Cher.. bourg, is going t o b e s e nt t o Brest to wait for furt her orders. " The Naiade corvette is to be got ready as soon as possible. " The Dunois brig, which arrived from the Havannah the day before yesterday, has not performed quarantine. It brings word that the Prince de Joinville will be here ;ri a few days. The Creole corvette was to sail for France about the same time as the Dunois. " The Isere corvette will probably sail to-marow for Bourbon, if the wind is favourable. " The Aube corvette is in the roads, since yesterday." BEBOBIE, FEB. 17, Six P. M.—The great magazine and the other bat racks which Munagorri had caused to be erected in his camp of deal planks with so much care and uxpenee, arc at this immune: in flames, and, in fact, may QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY. r e i e T 3 T - O G N e n A e N r o a OTHERS and m V. M. Mr. R i T c a h T a t r t d a s were for the The Atte; plaintiff, who are stock-brokers ; and Sir F. Po lloc k ap peared for the defendant, who is an attorney. The action was brought to recover the sum of 2091., under the following circumstances : --O n th e 28th Mo. , last, the defendant called on the plaintiffs, and left a aritten order, authorising them to dispose of 250 shares in the South Australian Company. On the 29th, 109 shares were sold to Messrs. Wells and Sons, of which the defendant was advised; and on the following day 100 more were sold to the same parties. In the course of chat afternoon the defendant called, and said that some mistake had arisen, as he only meant to sell 50 shares, and he altered the written order to that effect; and desired the plaintiffs to do the best they could in the matter. Messrs. Wells and Son refused to give up their bar gain, and as the shares were not transferred, others were bought on the 3d July, at an advance in price, the shares having then risen. The differ. ence in price between the two purchases was (including a iecond commission) 1821. 173. 6d., which the plaintiff paid to Messrs. Wells, and which they now sought to recover from the defendant, together with 261.25. 6d. for commission. Sir F. PoLLock said there could be no doubt that the defendant was liable for the mistake which he had com mitted, but the proper remedy would have been an action for damages, to recover the difference between the price :f shares when the sale took place, and the time when they ought to have been delivered. Lord DENMAN left it to the Jury to say whether the se cond sale was effected within a reasonable time from the failure of the contract. If so, they would find for the full , mount. If not for the two commissions. The Jury found for the plaintiffs, for the amount of the two commissions 521. ss. THE LORD MAYOR AND THE COAL TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—ln answer to your co rrespondent, signing him• self " An Enemy to Monopoly," I beg, through the medium of your paper to inform him, that the penny sub icription for a piece of plate to be presented to the ord Mayor, for his exertions in removing the abuses of the Cad Trade, emanated from the gentlemen fre quenting the parlour of the Prin ce Re g ent, in Liver- Pool•ro a d, Islington ; and whic h has been res p o nded to i b t : t m he an l y lands subscriptions ofourghi h b irrespectable landlord, Mr.aving been entered into in va rious part s o f th e town. The amoun t collected here is Kemp, to whom your correspondent may pay over the amount he has c ollected, or hold it until a Committee is appointed, which will be on Thursday next, when the several amounts subscribed will be brought into one general fund. Your obedient Servant, JOHN WALKER, Chairman. Prince Regent, Liverpool-road, Feb. 5, 1839. By the death of the Lady of Sir Wm, Rae, Bart., formerly Lord Advocate, a pension of 6601, granted to her by the Duke of Wellington out of the Civil List, falls in. Another Borough rate of ls. in the pound has just been levied on the people of Bs:b. They at least pay dearly fur their whistle—Municipal Reform, as such a thing was never heard of previously to the Corporation being remodelled. The Leeds Mercury, of Saturday, mentions that the commercial state of Manchester is very alarming ; and its correspondent, who writes from Manchester, under the date of Friday, the 22d instant, "expresses an' expectation that no fewer than 60 or 70 mills, in that town alone, will commence working short time next week. This will be a serious measure indeed to the working classes, and the cause is greatly to be deplored." Hitherto the working classes in the manufacturing dis tricts have felt the high pr'.ce of bread less than they will now do, by the providential circumstance of having full employment. It required only the " short time" to make the measure of their distress overflow. The Chartists will, unfortunately, have but too practical a refutation of their theory, that a high price of corn necessarily leads to high wages.-11forning Chronicle. SMITHFIELD MARKET. The supply of Beasts and Sheep was short, the graziers being un willing to bring their stock to market at the late depressed prices. Trade in Beef was brisk, however, and an advance of 4d. per stone on all qualities was obtained. Mutton was in brisk demand, but the quotations were stationary, except for interior sorts, which rose 2d. to 4d. per stone. Veal not much inquired for, and prices tag altered. Pork was in dull sale, at a decline of 2d. per stone r all sorts but the very choicest. Beef, 3s. ltd. to 4s. 6d, ; Mutton, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. ; Veal, 4s. 6il. to 3s 4d.; Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 2d. Beasts, 2,462 ; Sheep, 19,050 ; Pigs, 249 ; Calves, 70. CITY FISH MARKET. The supplies of most descriptions were good, and so was the de. wand ; prices much as quoted on Saturday. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The trade have bought about 2,000 bags to-day ; some offers have been made by speculators, but as yet we only bear of 500 bales done ; prices are without change. We have received Cape of Good Hope papers to the 27th December —" On Monday there were forty. six vee sels at anchor in Table Bay, and one standing in. We regret to have to announce the death of Mr John Ross Hutchinson, one of the Judges, of the Sudder Derwanncy." Extract of a letter from Swellendam, dated Dec. 4: " The day of final emancipation passed here with the greatest quietness and good order, it had in fact much the appearance of a Sabbath; labour and business seemed to have made a temporary pause ; the church was numerously attended on Saturday evening." BRUSSELS, FEII 23 —Received this morning by the Antwerp papers :—" The demand made to authoriz...! the Anglo-Belgian Bank has been refused." TIIE FUNDS. Consols, which closed on Saturday at 924 H, both for Account and Money, opened this morning at the same quotations. The market at present is inactive. Exchequer Bills, 61 63 ; India Bonds, 62 64 ; Bank Stock, 2051 206 ; India Stock, 256 A. 2571. In the Foreign Market most of the prices may he quoted as they closed, with the exception of Spanish, which closed 19 k, at present 19,4 ; Portuguese as they left off, 351; Three per Cents., 212 22. This moment an alteration has taken place in the above prices, Spanish Active re ceded to 181 Portuguese receded to 34i 35 ; Three per Cents., 211- 1; Brazil Scrip, 11 2+ prem. : Brazil Stock, 801 814; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54.11; Five per Cents., 1031. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS flank Stock 2,16 54 3 per Cent. Red.... 93 5 1 (4 , 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 34 '', N , U e per Cent. Ditto Red. New 3!•4 per Cent IO O I, ' New 5 per Cent. - Rank Long Annuities toexpire . ._ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bornic South Sea Stock. Old Annuities 9 l l, New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17,1 Exch. 13111 s, Xl,OOO 6:3 62 6-1 pm. Ditto 500 ... -- pm. Jan. 3, - 1861 ls', 1-16 Oct. 1), 1839. JT.n. 5, 160) .14 13-16 Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Ditto Small — 62 pin, Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account ... :05 India Stock for Account ... Consols for Account 972 X 3 4 'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds ...10diA 99 7 4 4 lON Ditto Account Ditto Account.., Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds I) tto Account Colombian Bonds — I Ditto Account Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 1824 — Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account 27IX 9 , ,y 1 litto Acc0unt.............. Danish Bonds Ditto Account — • Ditto Account. ...119!,i, IS 'o'. Greek Bonds... Ditto Bonds, 1825 - -- 4 per cent. Ditto Account -. 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —' -- Exchange. Ditto Account —l Dutch, 2 1 , per cent. 55% 5 Ditto, 6 per Cent —l Ditto Account _ Ditto Account Neapolitan — i Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per stinie Brazilian lniperLlMining:Co. (Issued at 5/. pm ) 20 16 Ditto !Vacant:as Cocacs 25 16 Id United Mexican (issued at 2/. pin.) Ditto Scrip — 2 li Hull and Selby Railway Company 25 ... 15 '. Brighton Raihear National Bank of Ireland _ l'7 Provincial Bank of Ireland. Mexican and South American 6 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUMAN, FEB. 23. 3 per cent. Consols 3‘ per Cetr. Stock Ditto Reduced -4 i Hibernian Bank - Ditto New, 1830 314 per Cent. Debentures... 9311 National InsurAnceCompany - Bank Stock ... - 'rand Canal Stock - Royal Canal Stock - per cent .. - HA LF-PA ST ONE. Consols at present may be quoted a shade lower than in the carly part of the morning-921 fo: the Account, the same for Money. The chief business doing is preparing and carrying over accounts against to-morrow, which is settling day in the British Funds. A report prevailed on the Stock Exchange of some dis turbances at Newcastle, and that some of the police had been sent down. We cannot at present trace the above re port to any authentic source. It had not any effect on the funds. Exchequer Bills, 6:3 62 64; India Bonds, 65 ; Bank Stock, 206 205 A ; India Stock, 2571 257. In the Foreign Market, Spanish and Portuguese Stocks have receded, the former from 191- to 184 19, the latter from 351 to 34:1 351. Belgian, 994 1001 ; Brazilian, 80:f 811 ; Colombian, 284 1291 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55 i i ; Five per Cents., 1031. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 92i. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUN DS. Bank Stock 20516 India Stack 257 3 per Cent. Red 93% Ditto Bonds fa per Cent. Ccii5......... ...... ... 92% Uitto Old Annuities , ;15.fi :1y.4 per Ccnt. Bed 101 1 ,,i Ditto New Annuities New 3y4 per Cent 1 0 Ex. Bills, 1,0001 24(1....61 pin. New 5 per Cent Ditto 50 0 1 65 on Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ 65 pm. Jan. ISO , Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS Asturian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent lON Brazilian Bonds Bl Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent — Chillan, 6 per cent Colomb.an, 6 per cent Ditto, 1624 2S Danish, 3 per cent Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, Ii per cent., 1825 L7ruvian, 1825,6 per cent — Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. Ditto New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto, Metallic S at Ditto, o i : h t s n l s ) Zae e t "t 19% d French, 5 per cent. —l —c. Exchange —f c French, :3 per cent — f. —c. Dutch, 2% per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. 10314 THE POST-OFFICE DI It EC TO It.—A supple ment to this very useful work has just been published by Simpkin and Marshall. Its principal feature is a list of Members of both Houses of Parliament, with their town residences for the present Session, compiled, so far as a cursory examination has enabled us to judge, with great care and accuracy. Considenble industry and labour must have been devoted to the accomplishment of this task, so soon after the return of the Members to town. In addition to the large quantity of Parliamentary information there is a list of Members of the Common Council, and a variety of PoSt-ofliee and other miscellaneous matter. If the statement relative to the regiment of Blues given in the Observer be correct, the authority of the Com mander-in-Chief mutt be at a low ebb. LORD ST. HELENS.—Lord St. Helens, whose death, at the advanced age of 85, appeared in last week's obituary, was the fourth son of William Fitzherbert, Esq., of Tissington, in the county of Derby. He united the qualities of a man of the world, a man of business, a scholar, and a philosopher, in a remarkable degree. He enjoyed the confidence and favour of kings, but preserved his independence. He had the welfare of his country at heart, and in that profession to which the more active portion of his life was devoted he was not surpassed b) any of his contemporaries, whether as regards ability, good faith, or success. Mr. Charles Kean is now fulfilling his third engagement this season at the Bath Theatre with uridi. minished success. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. FROM THE RETURN Tel AN onnr,r. or THE HOUSE OF COM MONS, DATED FEB. 3, 153.9 (We have loom only for the returns relating to the Lon. don Daily Morning and Evening Papers.) Quarter ending June, 1838 101,000 Courier ..=-. .... Sept. 94 000 Dec. 98,000 June 234,000 G.'of)e ...... Sept, 216,000 - Dec. 216,008 June 523 000 Morning Chronicle - - Dec. 491,000 June 239,000 Morning Post — Sept. 221,000 Dec. 199,000 June 340,000 Morning Herald Dec. 455 000 June 390,000 Morning Ado•rtisir _ Sept. 390.000 Dec. 390,000 June (15,000 Standard - Dec. 255,000 June 402,000 The Sun j Sept. 443,000 Dec. 276,000 June The Times - Sept. — 98 7 0 0 , ,0 0 0 0 0 0 _ _ Dec. 920,000 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FFB. 21—Wind N.N. W. moderate.-24, W. fine.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Hooghly, Bailey, for South Australia ; Chieftain, —, Cape of Good Hope ; Glasgow, Thompson, ditto ; Marshal, Benett, Hunter, South Seas ; St. James, Sebor, New York ; Juno, Lind, St. Übes ; Baily, —, Malta ; Ida, —, Liver pool; Columbus, Sainthill, Jamaica; Richmond Hill, Young, Rotterdam. Ditto, and remain—Henry Turner, Bisset, Jamaica ; Royal Sovereign, —, St. Helena. Ar rived and remain—Courier, James, from the Cape of Good Hope; Mediator, Champion, New York. FEB. 24. Arrived and proceeded for the River, Emma, Skel.on, from Ceylon ; Rose, Baillie, Demerara; Shamrock, Richards, Bridgewater. Came down from the river and sailed, Vi belia, Terry, for Hobart Town ; North Star, —, Phila chl,,hia; Andrew M'Kean, —, Bahia; Regatta, Water son, Belfast. Ditto, and remain, Juno, Forrest, Jamaica. PORTSNIOUTII, FEB. 23. —Wind W. S. W. to W. N. W. squally. 24.—Wind N. W. to W.—Arrived the Indus, Juling, from Sunderland, leaky. Off port the Sophia, Kettels, from Batavia ; Childe Haroide, Willis, from Ihmbay, sailed 6th October, Cape of Good Hope 24th December, St. Helena, Bth ult. ; Henry Simpson, Wat kins, from New York. Sailed the Ocean Queen, Carner, for Amsterdam; Balticum, Johnson, Flamburg,h. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 23.—Wind, N. W.—Arrived the Beeswing, Chancellor, from London ; John Denniston, Barker, ditto, with loss of bowsprit ; Galway packet, Galway; Friendship, Portsmouth. FAL,MOCITII, FEB. 22.—Wind W. S. W. Fresh gales and squally. Feb. 23.—Wind W. S. W. to W. N. W.--- Arrived the Celt, Clarke, from Jacmel; Prunier, Keith, London ; Joseph Fenton, Cork, ditto ; Adder, Wills, Portsmouth. Off port the Empress, from Sicily ; Plant, Hull, London. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 23 and 24.—Wind N. W.—Arrived the Mozart, Welsh ; Mars, Raper ; and Byron, Pearson, from New Orleans ; Powhattan, M• Curran, Natchez ; Vir ginia, Hussey, Mobile ; St. Clair, New York ; Silas, Richards, Mobile ; Monongahela, Philadelphia; Caroline, Jones, St. Michael's; Mischief, Jones, Lisbon; George 4, Legg - at, Charente; Hugo, Bender, Stettin; Magdalene, Dorubber, Revel_ Sailed the William, Goddard, Potter, for Mobile. Put back the Queen Victoria, Mobile, with loss of main-yard. RAMSGATE, FEB. 24 —Arrived the Johan Frederick, Hederick, from Berim for Brazil, with stern and cutwater damaged, and jib-boom carried away, having been in con tact with the Danish Brig, Delos, the latter immediately sunk—crew saved. COVVEs, FEB. 24.—Sailed Ocean Queen, Amsterdam. DOVER, FEB. 24.—Arrived off port, the Johr.nnes, Gagge, from Rio Janeiro. HASTINGS, FE:;. 24.—Arrived off port, the Trident ; Smit, from St Thomas's. SALCOMBE, Fan. 22.—Arrived the Myrtle, from Dublin. METROPOLITAN POLITIC AL SUMMARY. In allusion to Thursday night's debate on Mr. Giron's motion respecting the taxes on internal communication, the Times says, " it requires only the continuance of the present taxes for a few months to insure the total abolition of post-horses and coaches upon every road, competing even remotely with any rail-Vlay. The principal inns must then be closed, and the public will be left to such mercy and accommodation as the Railway Companies can afford them." The Times has another spirited and elaborate article on the subject of the Navy. The Morning Post, speaking of the debate in the House of Lords on Friday night, on the subject of the Navy, says. " the debate was, in our humble judgment, ex tremely to the credit of that house. It was, upon the whole, a dispassionate discussion, of which the most pro minent characteristics were earnestness and honesty." As if this, however, were too frank and liberal an ad•.nission fot a Tory journal to make, our Contemporary instantly proceeds to neutralize its effect, by objecting in no very measured terms, to the speech of Lord iVlinto, which, he tells us, was "an harangue pitched in a ♦ery low key of mere party disputation." And yet the speech thus sneer ingly talked of, aas one which gave satisfaction even to , the opponents of the Noble Lord. So much fur the fair dealing of a high Tory journal I The Morning Herald has a lengthy and elaborate lead. ing article upon that very novel and undebated question, the Cern-laws ; alluding to which our Contemporary ha zards the following sombre and ominous assertions, in which nothing is so remarkable as the presence of a jaun. diced and apprehensive imagination :—" The mill-owners have begun to close their factories. They have hitherto tried in vain to induce the manufacturing operatives to join in the clamour against the Corn• laws. The manu facturing operatives have understood their interests better. They have refused to agitate. The factory owners have therefore determined on closing their factories, and on throwing out of employment large masses of men. By this movement, they hope to goad the suf fering operatives into a course of Anti Corn•law agita tion, and so frighten Parliament into a surrender of the Corn-laws." The Herald has another leading article, in which, with a fine eye to the dismal, he conjures up all sorts of horrid anticipations respecting the progress of po pery in England. The Morning Chronicle, in an article on the Corn laws, observes—" Evidence of the mischievous influence of these laws, in undermining our manufactures, continues to accumulate. In Berlin, it is said, factories are spring ing up like mushrooms, under the protection given by our Corn-laws." This obiervation is as just as it is pointed. In another article on the subject of the Navy our Con temporary has the following pithy, aphoristic remark : " Toryism is never in earnest when it preaches economy." In an article on the Navy the Morning Advertiser says : —" England should be prepared on all points to meet aggression from any quarter; and above all thinrrs, she should have at her command a numerous and efficient Naval force, manned by trained and able seamen, which can only be effected by raising the pay of the British sailor." SUNDAY PAPERS. The Examiner, in a leading article on the Corn.laws, and the recent debates thereon, says, " The Legislature has refused to listen to the evidence tendered against the Corn_ laws. This resolve will produce great exasperation, and aggravate the sense of injury and wrong. The general impression will be, that if the case had been heard, the truths of it would have been made so manifest to the public as to have raised an irresistible demand for the redress of the grievance. We have doubts as to this effect. We distrust the attention of the public to a mass of evidence, perplexed by either pointless or artfully misleading exami nation." Our Contemporary then proceeds to comment on Lord Brougham's speech in the House of Lords, which, he observes, "rather disappointed expectation." How so ? It was nervous, argumentative, straightforward, so much so as to extort the unqualified approbation of those most inti mate with the question, and who have publicly recorded their opinion that it was "unanswerable." The small, pert cavils of the Examiner will weigh but little against this testimony. The Spectator, in its notice of the late debate on the Corn-laws in the Commons, observes—" the most ela borate opposition to the motion came from Sir Robert Peel ; who had fortified himself with many figures. He argued on this ground, that it was absurd to attribute de cline of foreign commerce to the Corn-laws, for there was no decline. He stopped there ;he ventured not to assert that there was no prospect—no certainty of a decline. But the certainty of this result, under the existing system of prohibition, Mr. Villiers desired to demonstrate by evidence." The Weekly True Sun has an excellent leading article on the subject of the late Corn-law debates in Parliament, from which we quote the following effective passage : " The Corn-law question has been thrown aback, and its delegates may carry home the information which they brought to the metropolis for the instruction of their rulers. The discursive eloquence, and varied knowledge, and powerful reasoning of Lord Brougham, in the House of Lords ; and the clear statements and simple earnestness of Mr. Vil liers, in the House of Commons, aliked failed of making the least impression. Both Houses have refused, not merely to grant the prayer of the petitioners for the Repeal of the Bread Tax, but even to hear the evidence of the.pe titioners. It has often been repeated that, by the constitu tion, for every wrong there is a remedy,' but the two Houses have agreed in this case, that it is not in them, and the petitioners may go seek it elsewhere. They will best find it in their own determinatio►► to promote that thorough reform of the representative system, which shall be in itself a security that the Hereditary House shall not long conti nue unreformed either. In the House of Lords, Lord Brougham's speech was a masterly specimen of tact, bold ness, and power. He placed the question► upon the right grounds, and corrected the exaggerated hopes, and more exaggerated fears (real or pretended) of the opponents and adherents of the Corn-laws." The John Bull has a leading article, in which he rejoices in the result of the late Corn-law discussions; and another on Lord Normanby's departure, in which he puts forth the following would-be important hint :—" The consummation of the whole affair would be, to see the bethrcatened and beleaguered—the proscribed and interdicted Lord Durham, my Lord Normanby's successor as Lord Lieutenant, and strange as it may sound, stranger things have happened." THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS (BLUES). A few days since a paragraph went the round of the pa pers, stating that Captains the Hon. Cecil Forrester and Hanmer had fought a duel, and fired three shots. up to the period of the duel, however extraordinary might bet e h circumstances of the case, it was simply a personal quarrel between two officers, and in which the public had no con cern ; but the affair, and the circumstances attending it, have since the duel, been brought under the cognizance of Lord Hill, and it has now assumed altogether another character. It is no longer a personal question, it is even more than a regimental one —it must be re garded as a precedent for all other officers in the service, showing to them how the General Commanding in-Chief treats such conduct as that complained of in his own regi ment. It may be well, although they arc already generally known, to state shortly the circumstances which preceded the duel, in order that i he whole case may he the bettor un derstood. They are as follow :—Captain Hanmer re ceived so gross an insult from Captain Forrester at the mess-table of the Royal Horse-Guards (the Blues), in which distinguished regiment both these gentlemen have troops, that he instantly quitted the room and sent his friend, Capt. Conroy, of the Coldstream Guards, to Caet• Forrester, for the purpose of arranging a meeting. Th is ' when proposed by Captain Conroy, was declined by Car tail Forrester, who refused to fight Captain Hanmer unless he was accompanied by a brother officer (of the Blues). Upon this Captain Hanmer assaulted Captain Forrest n er in Pall-mall, and struck him a blow with a stick. In co sequence of this, Captain the Hon. James Macdonald, en the part of Captain Forrester, challenged Captain an' mer, and the meeting took place, at. which the three shots were fired. So far it seemed a mere private quarrel. It appears, however, that Captain Hamner. on returning to his regiment at Windsor, after the duel, found his society avoided by all his brother officers, and, having reason to believe in the existence of a conspiracy, having for its object to force him out of the corps, he addressed i t' letter, through his Lieutenant- Colonel, to Lord Hit" requesting that his. Lordship might be pleased to orde r that a Court of Inquiry should be assembled forabe purpose of examining all the circumstances of the sucte! and deciding whether his (Captain Hanmer's) cond had been such as to justify the system of exclusion pactised towards him. His Lordship, instead of corgi).- ng with this request, ordered all the officers of the Blu e ` i to wait upon him at the Horse Guards, where he receive them, dressed in full uniform, as Colonel of the Reg imnt' His Lordship commenced by asking whether Lieutenant' Colonel Richardson, or any of the other officers, had dyer, thing to complain of in the conduct of Captain Hamner,' any fault to allege against him ; and his Lordship desire°, that if such were the case, the officers would immediately Po' coed to lay the complaint before him. Upon no answer bell / returned, Lord Hill produced a paper, on which he state s he had written down the substance of the address he ws, about to make, in order that it might serve as a record () ; the steps he had taken, should the case come again bef°rt him. lie then proceeded to censure, in the str onge° terms, the course pursued by the officers in regard to Car tain Hanmer, which his Lordship designated as one un; worthy of their character as gentlemen, setting th e we _ example to other regiments, and highly detriment al to t service. He concluded with a command tha t a tot_B, change of conduct should be adopted, and with the e; pression of his earnest wish that he might not b e egal called upon to notice a recurrence of what bad pass°,,, d ' What has been the result of this parade at the Po - e Guards? The result is that the orders of Lord Hill ba c j, been of no avail ; the system of exclusion is still continueuj for it is notorious that Captain Har.mer is never addrese(l , by any of the officers, and is barely answered when he speak:, We need scarcely say that this subject is much c a n , sassed among military men, and that impartial officers 0", demo that system of exclusion practised by the Blues ft'; one totally subversive of all proper discipline in a regirnelios and among its many evils they recognise the fact that it b placed an honourable and high-minded gent l e man, s ue d as Capt. Forrester most assuredly is, in the position__ havin g wilfully insulted a person to whom he was n ot Tye pared to give immediate and ample satisfaction. ►eason assigned by him for his refusal is only an eggs; • Lion of the fact, for how was Captain Hammer to g e a rt brother officer to be his second when all had taken ip against him and in favour of Captain Forrester. 1° ° e a elusion, we have to assure Lord Hill that military °lsle are drawing a comparison between what he would i , h tu , done if such things as these had happened in any unl„riag nate regiment of the line, and what he is now 14" in his OWN aristocratic corps.—Observer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . - - -4. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER CHESTER, TRADES ' CUP. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway—offered 13 to 1 agst Captain Healey's Van Buren 14 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy—taken 100 to 6 agst Caravan—taken 100 to 6 agst Mr. Topham's The Drone 100 to 6 agst Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff 100 to 4 agst Lord Westminster's Sir Ralph DEBBY BETTING. • tik en tO 2 ° ‘ to 1 agst Kremlin, and 22 to 1 agst Afeunier- - large sums. HUNTING AP l' 0 IN7'MENT gill; The East Sussex hounds on Thursday at Beddinghar° Saturday, at Windere Hill—quarter to 11. , • SA' e' The Norfolk hounds on Thursday at Milehain N r iA la g tnrday, at Langor Bridge—half-past 10. The South Weld hounds on Friday at Haltham W r Ormar l- ' ll. The Essex and Suffolk hounds on Friday at Bramfor" Lord Moreton's hounds on Thursday at Williatnstr o p Saturday, at Charlton Park—half-past 10. Mr. Muster' hounds on Thursday at Lowdham M ill; Sr turday, at Oxton Turnpike-11. Lord Clinton's hounds on Friday at the Kennel. The B. V. H. on Friday at King's Mill Bridge. 1 0 ' The East Kent harriers on Th urs d a y a t Pinellanl•--' ) 'ib i Mr. Giles's hounds on Thursday a+ Staunton Swan — ,-1 0 ' The Ludlow hounds on Thursday at Thatcher's Wood The Hereforeshire hounds on Friday at Madley- -1 2' nela The North Shropshire h oun d s on Th urs d a y a t the 1 , .-e ° Saturday, at Gredirtgton—quarter to 11. g ad o ' The Bad•worth hounds on Thursday at Freston ; at S. The an Two Gates—ha-past Dukef Cleveland's lf hounds lo. on Friday at GainforLVl°' S TO HIS MAJESTY LEOPOLD The average lowest temperature of the month of January, 1538, was 27.1, and of the same month this year 34. 7, making a difference of about 8 degrees. The propor tion for the month of February in the by-gone year, and the present up to this date, is nearly the same. OF THE BELGIANS. f the SIRE,—WeII knowinghow profoundly them in a ° 0 0 ' Gracious M a j est y o f t h e B e l g i ans i s occ upied at this e fit ii mentous crisis in Royal cares, for the independeockete sod people, the integrity of his territory, and the align' pre', sanctified pri nc ipl e o f genera l lib e rty,' involved in , 1 " - yse l ; sent political re l a ti ons w ith E uro p e , I should tbi i rf e - r e s °l guilty of c r i m i na l wan t o f cons id era ti o n, were ; r mere personal motive to obtrude a solicitation on Y e :, big" jesty's attention, however ardently I might desire t" honour of being in y o ur s er vice. I g ife But, I venture, Si r e, to feel confident, that w" eil f ee,' expression t o th e sympathies, the deep and solel' 501,,0pie thies for the Belgian nation, of seven millions of of my native country, Ireland, and of their rnigov eg git O'Connell, who, for near forty years, has been 9 °7 0 ev e i by purely legal, peaceful, and constitutional 4 . 0_9' 0 5 St tarn for Ireland and England, institutions, religl e ° ,•aes civil, as free as those which are secured to the Beib - s e ete, their Constitution, and the benign sway of You r for Majesty, you will deign to grant me your attendee few moments. f 0 So intense, Sire, is the sympathy of Ireland , a nd a ttty - t land's leader, on this subject, that I am distinedY ng o f rised by him, whose voice is the voice of seven Ini llic 'tbs! i p of the eight, of Ireland's people, to offer assurance'Dee your Majesty should require it, within one mo nth,a er eic e ' of the youth of Ireland would be raised for Y our 1, 6 e °r e unless measures should be taken to prevent it b y `riote r vernment of our August Sovereign, Lady Que e° e etb ir to whom the country of O'Connell, is devoted wi t " siatic loyalty. e pop: In most humble testimony of my fealty to th°se,eot ciples of religious and civil freedom, which s ° P r s e a co 'cis nently characterise the Belgian Constitution, s u „ to be a model fur other legislations, I respectful! 01 that your Majesty will condescend to permit that have the honour of serving during the crisis , u, u . s sO r ti r for any commission, but carrying a musket and ;011ie in defence of the sanctified rights of your Majesty host' people, in case of any aggression on Belgium by power.-1 have the honour to remain, Sire, With profound respect, your Majesty's t , Must obedient and humble servat,l3so, THOMAS ST P Rue Ducale, February 15, 1839. s t ye memommissammtwaffemarxregsamramoirsmassra o a s , be SOUTHWARK ELECTION.--Mr. Rie ll3 ,, r d en t er / Member for Knaresborough, has, it seems, s ;! r bu ffe° t e• Conservative interest, against Mr. Harvey. o .. „resel i re were the chief requisite in a candidate for the ''` o eit g o• tion of Southwark, Mr. Harvey would stand ° oli o er against Mr. Richards ; but fortunately comet the pos°,jot gacity, and liberal notions are required, and to b 0 0 0 sion of these the ex- Member for Knaresborougmbersee put in the slightest claim. Every one re e v ie bieb ° WI speeches in Parliament, the ultra -absurdity of c o os failed, like Ben D'lsraeli's pathos, to set the t 1 5 roar. 0 0 INSTRUCTION OF THE FARME3'• .. 0 10 d, conw' r ee evident, from the division in the House of p d e co on the fe e in' Tuesday, and the no-division in the Lords ing evening, tbat the manufactures must have . ,, t be, ost on their side to be successful. The latter 0 " , aeti o ret vinced that they have no interest in high P rie e e i ' iog jt the fluctuations occasioned by the present ganoweeo'cote leaves them constantly at the mercy of the le" :eu ees,est may not be possible for a lecturer to obtain sago s fi ew eto . sisting entirely of agriculturists; but there er,, e ,,,eef 6 4 011 of towns where there is a sufficient number et, "' O f r o e' rers to ensure fair play, placed in the middle!, et 4, 0 3 , agricultural districts, and where the informattubbotirP, nicated will be sure to spread in the ne i ggicltluf Exeter, Frome, Dursley, Stroud, Axminste r, cog °, 0 , ster, Coventry, Loughborough, Hinckley're P l ,,, "e ne fi Lancaster, Knaresborough, Norwich, &°.' din t"„ e it this description, which ought all to be Intl : ivi es 0 " agitation to which the decision of the two 1-1 ° — I TT/ evitably give rise.—Manchester Times. s , rt y.A.- deo NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.---M g• Of th ., It was stated very generally in the NewsPaP e ' nt iere e e s en sei; that Mr. (Jas.) Stewart was amongst the ge - 11 , 0 t be' last week were raised to the dignity of Qul lae bee ll „,,tlr That was a mistake. The gentleman wh ° pe .es g - r i tb m cs a has hoi been raised is John Stuart, Esq ,of Lincoln's I .ri s b e hio fr ith ouncil and name b ub o g th: r etsr e i d bar, and who from his being extremelY tba business both 00 0 very f u ll pr actle fara iliar pr io _, lVi ed r• to it n s t a he ve H ry ou e s x e te o n f 'i L ve ords. not having disavowed the language " that if Lord John Russell struck his i „ tbe Se i eee d e e gistracy, the people would put it on agar . % re coto o f tP, for the Home Department, on Saturdayltiojee_.o,6o! in nunderstand the Lord Chancellor to issue a new u.°ll l t he In s ftir e Peace for the borough of Newport, in we' aon otoe y ' Mr. Frost should not be included.---15, Merlin.